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FULFILLED. : from out her curving palms plit she could not see ; p they were and running o'er, l ! been space for not one more— *d w'th kisses three. . / 1 ' kisses, newly pressed palms, tenderly; . i sty lips she eager quaffea, 1, until for joy she laughed |th tears, and could not see. -Anna C. Brackett, in Scribner. lassie Saved the Suoons. ’ BY AXNIE H. FRECHETTE. OWN in the milk ing yard of the Bostwick farm two young girls were milking a,nd talk ing cheerily. The autumn evening was closing over them and already in the shadows of the barn it was quite dark. girls were Bose and Cassie Bost- ’and their pleasant chatter fol- their parents upon a journey ►had that morning undertaken, mere also speculating as to when (brother, who had driven them to station twenty miles distant, would sk. They were bright, capable with little timidity about them, at the fact that they were corn- lively alone upon an isolated did not troublo them much. Es- aliy was this the case with Cassie, younger of the two. Self-reliant full of resource, she would have ghed to scorn any one suggesting ■ thought of fear. She was big and (■mg, and to her life -was a grand flic, and her sixteen years had been 'i unbroken “good time.” J*At the house their younger sister, ilorence, was preparing the supper id entertaining “the baby,” a boy of lliree, who between the falling of pvening and the pangs of hunger was growing sleepy and low spirited. Out from the kitchen’s open door Appetizing odors of coffee and frying ham stole to greet the two girls as they came toward the house with their brimming pails of frothy milk. “It smelis good,” said Cassie, “and I’m hungry as a tramp—” “Oh, Cassie, why did yon say that? I’ve just been trying not to think about tramps. I always feel creepy when I’m about the barn after dark anyway, and now—” “Well, my saying that won’t bring any r along.” “They are positively the only things in the world that I am afraid of.” “Well, then, I’m not afraid of them. And suppose one should come along, surely three great, stout girls ought to |j be able to take care of themselves.” fj “Oh, Cassie dear, please stop talking j j about them. I feel as if one were step ping on my heels. Let’s run.” “And.spijl the. milk? Not much!” The Kitchen looked so bright and cheery as they entered it, that Bose i seemed to leave her feaio outside with j the duskiness, and by the time she had j strained the milk and put it away she , had forgotten that tramps existed. Cassie had gone up stairs to make some needed changes in her toilet, the baby had roused from his tired nap, and was taking a rather mournful in terest in the preparations for supper, when Bose, who had just stopped to ask him whether he would have honey or preserves, heard a stealthy step upon tho jiorch. A moment later, the door was pushed slowly open and a man walked in. “Good evening, ladies. Is your pa at homj>?' 1 “N—no,” faltered Bose, trying to settle to her own satisfaction whether this dirty' looking stranger might not be some new neighbor, who had come on legitimate business or whether he was her one horror—a tramp. “Any of your big brothers in?” with rather a jocular manner. “N—no, sir.” “And I don’t see any bulldog loafing round,” he added. “Our dord, he is dead,” explained the baby, solemnly. “Well that’s a good thing. Will the old gentleman be in soon?” “I—I don’t know—you—I—I hope so. Is there any message you would like to leave for him?” Before the man could answer, the j r *t>oy’s voice was again heard. “My faver he’s dorn orf. ” “Whore’s he gone, sonny?” “He’s dorn on the tars, so’s my mover—and my' brover he putted y r em on—and he won’t be home ’till I’m asleep—and lie’s doin’ to brin’ me a drum and put it in my bed.” (Oh, how Bose longed to shake the baby'!) “Well, then, ladies, since you are likely to be alone, I think I’ll stay and keep you company, and since you press me to, I will stay' to tea and spend the evening. Don’t go to any extra work for me though. I’m rather hungry, so you may dish up that ham at once, my dear.” This to poor Florence, who had shrunk almost into invisibility behind the stove-pipe, and who seemed glued to the spot. ‘ ‘I’ve usually a very fair appetite,and I am sure I will relish it.” He tossed his hat down beside the chair which he drew up to the table. With the light falling full upon his dirty, insolent, face, Bose knew that her greatest dread was before her. H ith her knees almost sinking under her, she started toward the stairs, for she felt that she must let the intrepid Cassie know, and find out what she advised. ‘ ‘Where are you going, my dear ?” askedthe tramp, suspiciously. “You’ve not got any big cousin or uncle or anything of that kind upstairs that you are going to call to tea, arc you?” “Oh, no, there is■ no one upstairs but my poor sister,” she managed to gasp. She could not have told yon ; why she said “poor sister,” unless it \ was from the sense of calamity which : of eight a pleasant sound come fitfully “Does he know I’m here?” “Yes, I’ve told him.” “Then it would be no use for me to pretend to be Nedthinking aloud. “I’m afraid not.” Another silence dedicated to thought. “Bose.” “Yes.” “I’m going to be crazy. I’m going to chase him off the farm.” “Oh, Cassie, you can’t. He’s a great big impudent wretch. What folly to talk about chasing him off the farm.” “It’s our only chance. ” “Don’t count on me. I can’t help you, I couldn’t help chase a fly!” “You cau scream, I s’pose?” “Oh, yes, I can do that.” “Well, yon do the screaming and I’ll do the chasing. Bush down stairs and scream and scream-—and bang the door to, and just shriek : ‘She’s out— she’s out—she’s coming down stairs!’ And you will see what a perfectly beau tiful lunatic I will be—it’s a good thing I have this old dress on—and only one shoe. Now make a rush— and scream.” Bose’s over strained nerves were her best allies, and as she flew down the stairs, it was the easiest thing in the world for her to give one piercing shriek after another. They resounded from the narrow stairway through the kitchen, and for the moment seemed to paralyze its inmates. As she burst in upon them, Florence was transfixed midway of the table and the stove, with the platter of ham in her hands— the baby had climbed upon a chair— and the tramp had arisen with a be wildered air from the table. As her skirts cleared the door, she turned and dashed it shut and flung herself against it, shrieking: “She’s out—she’s out of her room!” To the mystified Florence there came but one solution to her behavior— fright had overthrown her sister’s reason, and with a wail she rushed to ward her crying: “She’s crazy 1 Oh, she’s crazy!” “Who’s crazy?” yelled the tramp. The baby now wildly terrified 6et up a loud weeping, while from the stair way came a succession of blows and angry demands that the door be opened. A moment more it was forced ajar, and a head crowned with a mass of tossed hair was thrust out, and quickly fol lowed by a hand in which was clutched a gun. “She’s got the gun—oh, Florence, run to the baby,” cried Bose. “Who’s that?" demanded the ap- parition, making a rush toward the tramp. “Here, keep off—leave me alone,” backing away and warding off an ex pected blow. She stood before him, tall, strong and agile. 1 won’t leave you alone. What do you mean locking me into that room ? I’m no more crazy than you are. What’s this?” as she stumbled over the hat which the tramp had put beside the chair and into which he had de posited the silver spoons from the table. “Oh, I see, yon are all in league to rob me of my gold and precious stones!” and catching it up on the muzzle of the gun she gave it a whirl which sent the spools glittering in every direction, then advancing upon him she thrust the hat and gun into the face of the horrified man. With a volley of oaths he sprang back ward, upsetting his chair and falling over it. “Oh, don’t kill him, Cassie, don’t kill him. ” “We’ll have a merry time,” gayly dancing about him and prodding him sharply with the gun, .as he tried to scramble to his feet. “Keep of! with that gun, ean’tyou !” he yelled. “Can’t you hold her, you screaming idiots?” and half crawling, half pushed, he gained the kitchen door which had stood partly open since he entered. “Where are you going, my pretty maid? Don’t you try to get away,” shouted Cassie as she flitted lightly after him. The tramp stayed not to answer her question nor to obey her command, but clearing the door fled wildly through the dusk. “Here’s your hat—I’ll fire it after you,” she called, and a sharp report rang out on the quiet evening air, then all was still. The three girls stood for a moment in the door watching the dim outline fleeing across the meadow in the di rection of the highway. “He’ll think tw'ice before inviting himself to supper another time,” qui etly remarked Cassie with a satisfied smile. “Oh, Cassie darling, you have saved our lives, ” cried Florence, flinging her arms around her sister. “I don’t know about that, but I’ve saved the spoons anyway.” “There, there, baby,” going to the still affected boy, “don’t cry any more, sister Cassie was just making a dirty old tramp hop; she didn’t really shoot him, she was just playing shoot. ” “Oh, Cassie, you splendid brave girl, how did you ever happen to think to go crazy?” asked Bose, as she looked over her shoulder from the door which she was barricading. “Well, I knew something had to be done, and that just popped into my mind. I was doing ‘Ophelia’ the other day up in my room, so I was in prac tice, and didn't I make a sweetly pen sive maniac. Now I hope you girls will never again make disrespectful comments upon any little private the atricals of mine. If I had never cul tivated my dramatic talents, what would have become of you, I’d like to know?” It was some time before the tidal wave of excitement subsided sufficient ly for the girls to settle down for the evening or for the baby to go to sleep. Again and again they thought they heard stealing footsteps, and. although t he door was locked and doubly locked, they drew up into battle line when ever the autumn wind shook down a shower of leaves upon the roof. Just as the clock was on the stroke neck over?” as the owner of the voice tripped upon an old slouch hat. “Bring that article of wearing ap parel to me if you please,” requested Cassie as she opened the door letting flood of light out upon the visitor, “That is a little token of remem brance which I wish to keep. There?’ holding the hat out at arm’s length “I have long wanted a gilt toasting fork or rolling pin or something artis tic for my room; now I shall em broider these shot holes and gild the brim and hang it up by long blue rib bons, just where my waking orbs can rest upon it as they open in the morn ing. Ah, this hat will ever have stir ring memories for me, friend George, eyeing the young man dramatically. He looked at her a moment then burst into a hearty laugh. “Is she crazy, Bose?” “Yes, she’s the dearest and bravest lunatic in the world, George,” an swered Bose.—-Courier-Journal. WORDS OF*WISDOM. If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain. To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy the true empire of beauty. Choose rather to punish your appe tites than to be punished by them. Be still prepared for death, and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter. Vast chasms can be filled, but the heart of man can never be satisfied. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside. Government is not mere advice ; is authority with power to enforce the law. A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: one to fear and sorrow, real poverty. Woman is like the reed which bends in every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest. Make but few explanations. The characiei’ that cannot defend itself is not worth vindicating. Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure which is useful to praise which deceives them. Let us hope that science, commerce and labor will flourish ; for tho shed ding of blood is a thankless business. What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are the per fecting of ourselves and the happiness of others. Tlic Passing of the Rusller. “These stories that are finding their way into the papers nowadays about impending trouble between cattle men and rustlers on the ranges of Montana and southwestern Dakota have probably little foundation in fact,” said George Weare. “Themave rick and the rustler appeared about simultaneously in the history of West ern cattle-raising, and with the dis appearance of the maverick the rustle? has also left the ranges. Iu an earlier day great herds of cattle, owned by Eastern capitalists, were left on the ranges in charge of men who had no personal interest iu them. These herders were none too particular about gathering in and branding calves. Cowboys, who had nothing else to do, found a lucrative business in picking up these strays, branding and selling them. This was the origin of the rustler, and in a fewyearshc’ncreased amazingly. It was not uncommon for them to band together in formidable combinations, and when mavericks were scarce there was a tendency to keep up the supply by cutting out calves from the herds by night. Barely they would make daylight raids, but. on such occasions the poorly paid herdsmen did not care to • risk their lives to defend the stock of men they had never seen and had no particular reason to love. “The rustler’s methods of getting rid of their stock were numerous. A favorite plan was to give a chattel mortgage on a given number of cattle of a certain brand, then grazing in a specified locality. The cattle were usually found according to representa tion and the money was advanced, and before the fraud could be discovered the mortgageor was well out of harm’s way. “But of late years all this has changed. Herds, as a rule, are under closer supervision by their owners. Cowboy's are better paid and corre- spondingly more loyal to their em ployers’ interests. I believe there isn’t a man on the ranges in which I have any concern who would not fight at the drop of the hat if he thought our interests were being interfered with. Mavericks are scarcely known. The men of neighboring ranges carry the brands of their neighbors as well as their own, and wherever a cow is found with an unbranded calf the brand of the mother is applied to the youngster. Under these conditions the rustler has gradually disappeared, and the only relic of his race is found in the common cattle thief. Live oaks and lariats are rapidly thinning out evdn these. ”—Sioux City (Iowa) Jour nal. had overtaken them all “In that case be spry, for I’m hungry and want you to pour out mv tea for rae. I like to have a pretty face opposite me at table.” Bose dragged herself up tne narrow, closed stairs and into Cassie’s room. k>so, you must be about flickered'out. You came upstairs as though you were eighty,” said Cassie, locking up from the shoe she was fas tening. “Why, what ails you? You look as if you had seen a ghost!” “Oh, Cassie, there is one of them downstairs, ” came in a w'hisper. to them. It was a softly whistled tune, and .the chee:y cadence told of a mind free from unpleasant doubts of wel come. “Surely that can’t be Ned back al ready—he wasn’t to start home till 9,” said Bose, going to the window and cautiously peeping out under the cur tains. “Bight you are there. Sister Bose,” assented Cassie. It sounds uncom monly like young Farmer Dunscomb’s whistle to me. ” “Well, whoever it is, I am deeply thankful that somebody beside a tramp “What do you mean, Bose Bostwick? : is coming,” interrupted Florence. A ghost downstairs!” “No—no—a tramp !” “Whew!” and Cassie gave a low whistle. ‘ ‘And I s’pose you’re scared ?” *' “Oh, Cassie, I feel as if I were chok ing! Do hurry down; he may be killing-poor little Florence and the baby —what shall we do? The baby has told him we are all alone. What can do—try to think.” the button hook “And so am I,” demurely agreed Bose. “Do go to the door, Cassie, and peep out and make sure that it isn’t that dreadful creature coming back. ” “Are you a dreadful creature com ing to murder us all!” demanded Cas sie of the whistler, setting the door slightly ajar and thrusting her head out. “Well, I don’t go round giving my self out as a dreadful creature^’ re sponded a jolly voice from A Dog Who Deserves Fame. While Herman Bichard, who is em ployed in the south yards of the Northwestern Bailway Company, was driving from his honiein Mil waukee, one of the buggy wheels struck a sidewalk approach, the vehicle was overturned and Bichard was thrown out. His left leg and one of his arms were sprained. The horse broke loose and continued down Broadway cn a gallop. Mr. Richard has a Newfoundland dog which usually follows him downtown, and this morning when the dog saw the horse break away he started in pursuit. At various places between Michigan street and the Broadwaj bridge, the faithful dog grabbed the trailing lines, only to be jerked about until he lost his hold. But the dog succeeded in slacking the speed of the horse somewhat and some men caught it near the bridge. When the dog got back to where his master lay he was utterly exhausted, but afterward picked himself up and followed the ambulance containing his master to the Emergency Hospital.—New York Recorder. Fish Packed For Transportation. Fish transported long distances in hot weather are thus packed: They are laid in tight layers iu boxes and loaded in refrigator cars, which are reduced to as low a temperature as possible. The floor of the car is covered to a depth of several inches with chilled sawdust, upon which the boxes are loaded, leaving a space of some inches between the sides, ends and top of the car, which space is filled with cold sawdust. Then the car is closed and the door sealed. No Ice is placed in the tanks of the refrig erator car, as it has been found that ice is unnecessary if the packing is thorough. The Shakespeare Society of Ger many has sold-20,000 copies of a cheap edition of the dramatist’s works within a few months, and 10,000 additional GEORGIA HEWS NOTES. Interesting Callings tor ttie Perusal ot tlie Casual Reader. The office of internal revenue collector for Georgia has been turned over to the new coUector Hon. Paul Barclay Trammell. * * * The reunion of the Fourth Georgia regiment at Talbotton was an eminent success and the programme for the day was highly interesting. * * * The state convention of justices of the peace held at Atlanta completed a permament organization and will meet on the first Wednesday in August every year. * * * The Georgia State Horticultural Society held its eighteenth annual ses sion at Athens last Wednesday. The Attendance was very large from alj sections of the state. * * * Marshallville has now under success ful operation one of the best canning factories in the state. It has a daily capacity of from 5,000 to 8,000 cans, and sixteen skilled workmen are re quired to do the work. * * * Harry Kittrell, who murdered Levi Boss, by splitting his head open with an axe in Milledgeville in 1870, has been caught and jailed by sheriff Ennis, and after twenty-three years will be tried for his life. The three hundred workmen in the Richmond and Danville railroad shops at Atlanta are now working only five hours a day. This cuts their time just one half, with a corresponding cut of just half tlieir former wages. Many of them are now compelled to work for as low as sixtv-five cents a day. An excursion party of a hundred or more Augustians will visit the World’s fair on August 15th. The excursion is in the interest of the An- usta exposition and the Georgia State fail, which opens at- Augusta October 17th and closes November 17th The party will secure exhibits and attrac tions for the Augusta exposition. * * * C. W. Gunnels, of Bronwood, has a gold watch, a family relic, that costover $500. The mechanism of the watch is so intricate that only an expeit can fix it when it gets out of order. At one time, when the watch needed repairs, it had to be sent north, as it was found that no one at Dawson could reg ulate it. It cost $18 in New York city to clean and regulate it. * * * The DeKalb County Sunday School Association held its twenty-eight an nual celebration at tlie children’s tab ernacle at Decatur last Wednesday. The annual exercises of the associa tion are always one of the interesting events in the yearly history of DeKalb and the day set apart for the event is observed by all the residents of the county from one end to the other. * * * The semi-centennial anniversary of Atlanta, which will occur on Decem ber 23d next, will bo one of the most important chapters in the history of the city. Tho Pioneer Society which first suggested the semi-centennial are working to make the event a success. It is true the date is along way off,but the members of the society prefer long work to short work and for that rea son have commenced doing business at once. Heretofore the hanks of Atlanta have done much free collecting. Whenever checks were presented they would he cashed for their full face value. The clearing house association, however at a recent meeting decided that there must be a change in this re- ard,beginning on the 15th of August. After that date a small per cent will he charged on certain items for collec tion. The beautiful cyclorama painting, ‘The battle of Atlanta,” was sold at auction in front of the court house at Atlanta a few days ago. It was bid in for the East Atlanta land company for $1,110. The company will in all prob ability, put the painting up at Grant Park or at Ponce de Leon Springs, most probably the latter, and keep it as one of Atlanta’s permanent attrac tions. The painting originallv cost $37,500. There will be a state convention of the Georgia Prohibition Association at Macon on Wednesday, August 23, at 11 o’clock a. m., to consult as to the best course to be pursued by the state on the question of prohibition. While delegates will he admitted from tem perance organizations, whether state local, and from counties and churches without limit, each county ill be allowed only twice the number of votes it has iu the house of repre sentatives. The weather crop bulletin sent out by Director Park Morrill for the past week shows a decided improvement in all the crops. The drought is over in many parts of the state and both cotton and corn are improving. The melon crop has been helped also. In southwest Georgia there has been some complaint in regard to the prevalence of hog cholera, hut it is not thought to he serious. The fears in regard to damage from caterpillars in this sec tion have been dissipated. * * * The Nancy Hanks will bo taken off a few days, according to reports from Savannah. It will be a sad blow to the Central’s pride, for tin's, is the fastest and handsomest unvestibuled train in the south. The Nancy makes a mile a minute, and is far ahead of any train ever run regularly in these parts, and is really the fastest long distance train, with one exception, in the United State. The alleged reason for taking the Nancy Hanks off is be cause it does not pay to run her. She is a popular train herself and carries crowds, but she has paralyzed the business of the other trains. Judge Speer has rendered a decision which declares that certain ordinances of the city of Macon in reference to the government of the market house are unconstitutional, null and void, they being in conflict with the inter state commerce law. The city of Ma con forbids butchers selling western meats at their shops and stores during certain hours and dnring these hours they can sell only at the market. The Georgia packing house and others who are dealers in western meats and rep resentatives of western houses asked that Judge Speer to declare the ordi nance unconstitutional. opencer. HTs report relates to the geology and resources of ten counties of northwest Georgia. It is an illus trated book, treating the upper section of the state “from the scientific, economic and agricultural stand points.” The ten counties are Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Chattooga, Walker and Dade. These constitnte the paleo zoic group. The report is technical, and even the geological board does not profess to find it plain sailing, * * , A Home of TUeir Own. Georgia’s public school teachers will meet in convention next year in a home of their own, sa/s Major Guinn, assistant state school commissioner. He is chairman of the committee which went down to the £ea cost last week to see what the St.’ Simon’s and Cum berland Island Companies are willing to do to get the permanent home of the teachers. Propositions were made in behalf of both islands. No offer was accepted and it was announced that the matter will be left open until the loth of September. Up to that time bids will be received by the committee. The teachers prefer the sea coast for a site. They are planning to get an auditorium built and in that will hold their annual conventions. It is believed that the session will be lengthened voluntarily and that the annual meeting will grow more and more educational in charac ter. Something on the chautauqua order is contemplated. Georgia has 5,000 white teachers. Low railroad rates are assured if a large attendance can be secured. The committeemen feel that they can arrange a permanent summer resort for the teachers at fig ures which will be as cheap as staying at home almost. * * * Commissioner Nesbitt’* Report. In his monthly report, just issued, commissioner Nesbitt says: “A general review of the condition of the crops of the state is difficult, for the reason that only limited areas have been subjected to the same amount of sunshine and rain. In many cases in tho same county in cer tain sections the seasons have been propitious, while in others all crops have been parched for lack of proper moisture. In southern Georgia the area where the weather has favored the growth of vegetation is larger in extent than where crops have suffered for want of rain, while in middle and north Georgia the damage area is greater in extent. “The ability of the cotton plant to withstand drought enables it to pre sent a far more healthy appearance than the corn crop iu those sections where there has not been a sufficient rainfall. As stated this area is larger in middle and northern Georgia, where growth was retarded by the cold wea ther prevailing iu the spring and ow ing to which imperfect stands were secured. Upon tlie whole the plant in these sections is unusually small subjecting it to the liability of future damage by early frost. Only in ex ceptional cases has the want of a prop er stand been to any extent compensa ted for by vigorous plant growth. In southern Georgia the outlook is more favorable, though here we have reports of localities suffering from drought and other localities where injury has resulted from too much rain. “The last days of July brought showers to nearly every point in north Georgia of great benefit to all vegeta tion and invigorating to the cotton plant. Compared with the report for July the condition of the crop shows in the average for the state only a slight change, this a decrease of a lit tle over 1 per cent. Compared to last year the condition for the entire state is about the same, while the sections vary widely. “Comparative figures as to the corn crop are not encouraging, whereas last month the department from the re ports of the correspondents was able to report a condition that promised a large yield. Owing to the drought, especially in the principal corn section of the state, the condition has fallen off over ten points aud the outlook is unfavorable. The crop on the alluvi al lands has not suffered so greatly, but the usual product of the uplands have been greatly reduced. In the more southern parts of the state the crop is matured, but in the northern portion the recent rains will prove very beneficial. “Inquiry as to the profits of the melon crop compared with last year has not been met with encouraging answers. The growing of frnit for market merits close study from every farmer, and the causes of failure should be investigated. It may not be either the quantity or quality of the product, but in the methods of mar keting and the expenses of transpor tation. “Rice, with sugar cane and sweet potatoes, as seen from the tabulated statement, presents a more favorable condition than the two great staple crops. As these crops occupy a larger place in our agriculture than is gen erally acceded to them it is a source of gratification to report that the yield will be nearly if not quite au average. QUARANTINE PRECAUTIONS The state'has published a 400-page ^T° rt of the ej^^^e geologist, J. Taken at New York Against Vessels from Soulh America. A New York dispatch of Tuesday says: Health Officer Jenkins has de clared a five days’ quarantine on all vessels arriving from South American ports where yellow fever prevails. This action has been rendered neces sary by the danger of infection from vessels in the South American trade which have reached port in the past fortnight with yellow fever on board. The bark Alice Beed arrived Mon day from Santos and was quar antined for five days, the first mate having died of yellow fever on July 3d, and three sailors being still confined with it. This is the third vessel arriving from South American ports within ten days which has re ported deaths from yellow jack. The port of Santos, Brazil, is a Feetliing hotbed of yellow fever, aud a report received at the maritime exchange states that at the present time the dis ease is making terrible ravages, hun dreds of people being stricken every day. VIRGINIA POPULISTS. Assemble in State Convention in Lyneh- bnrg. Tbe Virginia third party state con vention assembled in Lynchburg Thursday morning. Colonel Beverly was made permanent chairman. A large crowd was in attendance. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, and Congressman Pence, of Colorado, addressed the con vention. A telegram from the silver conven tion was received annonneing that the silver men of the west would work with the third party and predictin. victory next year. The convention i composed largely of farmers, andnei ly every county is represented. RICH RED BLOOD “ For feeling of dead* ness of the limbs, consti pation and poor circula tion of tl\e blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has no rival. My blood was in very poor condition. Since taking Hood’s Sarsapar- 11a I have good,rich, red blood,and do not bloat as 1 used ;o. Hood’s Sarsa- k parilla has proved its merit to me as it will to all who take it fair ly.” Mrs. M. F. Toms, Niantic, Ct. HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA CURES. Hood’s Pills Cure Sick Headache. 23 cents. Rood Position in a Bank. The following letter explains itself : Mebchant’s National Bank, Rome Ga., April 27, 1893.—Professor B. W, Jennings, Nashville—Dear Sir: No doubt you will be surprised to hear from me, hut as I know you are al ways glad to hear from vour “boys,” I will tell you that I have been elected book-keeper in above named hank. I don’t say t because I am writing to yon, but 1 have said to many others that the three months I spent with you was worth as much to me as was the twelve years’ schooling I had got ten previously. I have compared my books which I used at Jennings’ Busi ness College with the books of several other colleges, which other young men from this section attended, and they all acknowledged that your course is much more thorough and practical than the schools they attended. Yours truly, T. J. Simpson. Write for catalog with names of 1,000 students from 23 States. Address B. W. Jennings, Nashville, Tenn. Scorched Cloth. A SALARY OF $5,00ft. A Business College Graduate Gets a Position as Bank Examiner. Thomas E. Jennings, late of Nash ville, has been appointed Bank-Exam iner for the States of California, Ore gon, and Washington, at a salary of $5,000 per annum. He is a son of Prof. R. W. Jennings, of Jennings’ Business College, Nashville, and this appointment can be largely attributed to the business training he received from his father, as well as to the latter’s | influence in securing positions. This is perhaps the most thorough and in fluential school in the United States. Its graduates nearly always get good positions. Microscopic Writing. In answer to a prize offered by a French paper, for the best examples of microscopic writing, a constant reader sent in the whole history of Christopher Columbus written on an egg. Another wrote an the back of a cabinet photograph Francois Coppee’s novel of “Henriette” of twelve thous and words. The prize was won by a man who sent in the contents, written at length, of the first two sheets of a great newspaper, written on a post card. The people who will ultimately be benefitted by this strange competi tion are the Paris oculists. The Womac of the Future. Susan B. Anthony is of the opinion that we are on the verge of an era of unmarried women. Our civilization, she says, is changing. Daughters can not be supported at home, and there is nothing there to busy them. The women used to sjfin and weave, make carpets and soap, but now all that is done for them in the factories. Young men do not make enough money to support their wives, and there is such a craze for dissipation ami ng them that the women would rather go into a store for almost nothing than to What to do with scorched places on cloth is a question that sometimes puzzles the careful housewife. If the scorch is not too bad, dipping the ar ticle in soapsuds and hanging it in the sun for some hours will be likely to remove it. If the Joy is dull, hang the piece before the grate fire. Scorched, spots that are very bad and yet have I mftrr . v - Reading Times. not consumed the fiber of the goods, are said to be restorable by repeated dripping in a saturated solution of bo rax. The saturated solution as the chemists call it, consists of ns much salt or crystal as the water will dissolve. It is always safe to put in a little ex tra ; if the borax stands undisturbed in the bottom of the bottle, one is sure of the full-strength solution. Repeated dippings of this, with exposure to sun or fire light, will remove what are by How They Learn. Litle Dot—“I don’t see how cows can eat grass.” Little Dick—“I s’pose when they is young the mother cow keeps sayin’ to their childrens, ‘If you don’t eat grass you sha’n’t have any pie.’ ” KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- tei man others'and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the Avorld’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshingand truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by tlie California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. Sustain tlie Sinking System. This common sense injunction is too often unheeded. Business anxieties, overwork, ex- w _ posure must and do cause mental and pliys- most housekeepers considered hopeles's w! discolorations. TVhat He Had Heard. Neighbor—“Your sister is going to marry a very nice man, I hear.” Boy—“His father has got fifty thousand dollars, and hasn’t any other childrens, and he’s got a rich bachelor uncle wot’s too old to get married, and he’s inherited a lot o’ money from his Aunt Jane on his mother’s side, and ” Neighbor—“I mean he is averynice man morally, and has good, steady habits.” Boy—“Mebby, I don’t know. I haven’t hearn anything about that.”— Street <£t Smith’s Good News. injuriously upon the system. That most ben eii ientnf toniesand re-toratives, Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters, effectually compensates fora drain of strength and .oss of nerve power, regulates imp-tired digestion, arouses the dor mant liver and renders tlie bowels active. It is, besides, a preventive of malarial and rheu matic ai inents. Go to the devil in your private life and Vi ur business will fo'low you. If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out, good for nothing, it is general debility. Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good appetite—tones the nerves. Politeness som“times hurts an enemy more than savage words. '1 lie Business Age. Friend—“Why didn’t you exhibit at the "World’s Fair?” Manufacturer—“Business, old boy, business. Bee?” “Humph! I don’t see. “You are away behind the age. By refusing to exhibit I got half the pa pers to denouncing me, aud the other half to defending me, until I’ve had about a million dollars’ worth of first- class advertising, and it hasn’t cost me a cent.” Wishing to become rich without wor thy effort is wishing that others may be impoverished without an equiva lent. Students, Teachers (male or female). Clergy men and others in need of change of employ ment, should not fail to write to B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, Ya. Their great success shows that they have got the true ideas about making money. They can show you how to employ odd hours profitably. W© Care Raptor©. No matter of how long standing. Write for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J. Hollensworth & Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. Price $1; by mail, $1.15. For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness, take Brown’s Iron Bitters—it gives strength, making old person^ feel young—and young persons strong; pleasant to take. Suspect and watch the man who never makes a m slake. W. II. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes: “ Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years, Hall’s Catarrh Core cured me.” Sold by Drug gists, 75c. * Beecliam’s Pills are better than mineral wa ter. Beecham’s—no others. 25cts. a box. If afflicted with sore eyes nse Dr- Isaac Thomp son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle. At Chicago Royal Leads All. As the result of my tests, I find the ROYAL BAKING POWDER superior to all the others in every respect. It is entirely free from all adulteration and unwhole some impurity, and in baking it gives off a greater volume of leavening gas than any other powder. It is therefore not only the purest, but also the strongest powder with which I am acquainted. WALTER S. HAINES, M. D., Prof, of Chemistry, Rush Medical College, Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health. AU other baking- powders are shov n by analysis to contain alum, lime or ammonia. ROYAL BAKING POV/DER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. I used August Ficnver for Foss of vitality and general debility. After taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs. I have sold more of your August Flower since I have been in business than any other medicine I ever kept. Mr. Peter Zinville says be was made a new man by the use of August Flower, recommended by me. I have hundreds tell me that August Flower has done them more good than any other medicine they ever took. Georgs W. Dye, Sardis, Mason Co., Ky. % k Can bs Cured Without the Knife k 4 Or use of painful, burning, pois- I onous plasters. Cancers ex- w 4 clusively treated. For particu- A tars address DR. P. B. CREEN’S C 4 Sanatorium, Fort Payne, Ala, A His Own Doctor. A Valuable FAMILY DOCTOR Book by J. Hamilton Ayers, M. D., of six hundred pages, profusely illustrated and containing knowledge of how to CUBE Disease, Promote Health and Prolong Life. Tlie book also contains valuable information regarding mar riage aud the proiier care and rearing of children. SEND 00 CENTS TO The Atlanta FiiMisif House, 11G Loyd St., Atlanta, Ga., and they will forward you the book by mail, postpaid. AN ASTONISHING TONIC FOR WOMEN. McELREE’8 It Strengthens the Weak, Quiets the Nerves, Relieves Monthly Suffering and Cure* FEMALE DI8EASE8. A»K YOUR DRUGGI8T ABOUT IT. *1.00 PER BOTTLE. CHATTANOOGA PED. CO., Ch.ttanooga, Twin. HARNESS THOMSON'S T SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. Ko tools requir?d. Only a hammer needed to drive and c inch th in easily and quickly, leaving the clinoh absolutely smooth. Inquiring no ho e to be made la ih“ leather nor ourr lor the Rivets. Thay are strOnff, iongrli and durable. Millions now In use. A& len Jthn. uniform or assorted, put up in boxes. Ask yonr dealer for them, or send 40c. la stamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man’fd by JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO., WALTUiX, 31 .ASS. CSOTTON SCALES. 5-TON FRF.imiT IM II). It BA U BOX, Tare Beam. A enmulou- Scale. KoM oa trial. Forfactawrlta JONiilj OF BINGHAMTON. B1NGII.V.UTON, N. T, RAD FI ELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR has proven an infalliblo specific for all derange ments peculiar to the female sex,such as chronic womb and ovarian dis eases. [f taken in time it regulates and promotes healthy action or all func tions of the generative organs. Young ladies at the age of puberty, and older ones at the 'meno pause, will find in ft a healing, soothing tonic. The highest recommendations from promi nent physicians and those who have tried it. "Write for book “To Women,’* mailed free. Sold by all druggists. Brad field Regulator Co., proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. LASER mi LEMONADE. _ OOl9 the Blood. either cold orhotwiier. Ark ■Quenches Thirst. | for bottles * t grocers end drag- Ha lc < s Digestion. gists, 25 ana 50c. Send 0 &. ™ 5 rtarr.ps for sample, by mail, or $1.00 for two 50c- bottles, by expresi, prepaid.—enough to make several gallons. (Agents make big pay with us.) FRANK E, HOUSH A CO. 235 Wash'd st Boston, Mass. Do ITot Be Deceived with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the hands, injure the iron and bora red. Tbe Rising Sun Stove Polish Ls Brilliant, Odor less, purable, and tho consumer pays for no tin 5 package with every purchase. BLOOD POISON A SPECIALTY. ilVPn - Young man acquainted with m I fta 11 the grocery and liquor tra le on _ I bh E# salary and commission. Address Enterprise Cigar Co.,377 PallsadeAv.,Jersey City,y^. SEND for FREE Circular. J. N. Klein, Belleville,*. J. If any one donMs that I we can cure tho in atob stin&te case in 23 to 60 days, let him wrtefor paiiiculars and investi- pate our reliub lity. Our fnnclal tacking is $^00,000. When mercury, iodide potaasium, sarsapjrllla or Hot Springs tail, we gn-irantee a cure—and our Macic Lyphilenc i3 the only thing thut will cure pe.A-*ner’ tly. Positive proof seat sealed, free. Coox Bz*B>Y Co., Chicago, 111. 60ITRE CURED $75.00 To SiW 0 can be made monthly _ working for B. F. Johnson A Co., _ Ifd. 3 south 11th St.jRlchruondjV* AN ItJEAL FAMILY MEDICI {For Indigestion, liiiioasnem, = Headache, Constipation, Had ^Complexion. Offensive Hreatb, * and all disorders of tho Stomach, y Liver and Bowels, N , RIPANS TABULES = act gently yet promptly. Perfect- ■ digestion fellows their use. Bold! = by druggists or sent by mail. Box r m (fi vials >,75c. Peekag*- • 4 boxes), 22. I For free sair. r>lea-k'Wi~s • L* ln o A i S York. HOMES FOR THE POOR UNO RICH HIKE Far^e and small farms in Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia, for bale on Ion* time. Special ad van tagesofifered to ten or more pur chasers forming a co onv. Write for particu lars to T. J. FELDEIl. Atlanta, Ga. 3 SEELEY’S HARD ROBBER jcURE RUPTURE- j Send for “ Meehania :atmect of Rupture and Price List.” Addree L B. SEELEY L C0425 S. 11th St., PhiiadclpJa^P^. CANCER Cured Permanently NO KNIFE, NO POISON, NO PLASTER. JNO. B. HARRIS, Fort Payne, Ala. Piso’s Remedy fbr Catarrh ia the Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. ists or sent by mail, Stine, Warren, Pa. ... Thirty oik?,