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our far western
5Fe a trifle crude in dress, and
care little for style at the dinner table,
but they never refrain from pressing-
the electric buttons about the house
for fear it will call out the fire depart
ment. I have known rural visitors
from the interior of New York state
to abstain on the representation of the
mischievous bell boys, who had caught
on to their verdancy, and who would
walk down six flights of stairs to make
known their every want.”— Washing
ton Post.
Papa Caught.
First Little Boy—What you laugh
ing at?
Second Little Boy—Papa is scoldin’
everybody in the house, ’cause he says
he can’t lay a thing down a minute
without some one pickin’ it up an’
losin’it—he, he, he!
“What’s he lost?”
“His pencil.”
t'Where is it?”
“Behind his ear.”
’Xwas Ever Thus.
“I want an apple,” said Tommie.
“You’ve just had one,” said his
mama.
“I know ’at,” said Tommie, "but it
wasn’t the one I wanted.”
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cTde or some-
udulent turn to
pairful position. Your
ipired him for all time, and
.cars after you are dead he will be
_ ing the advantage of yoar optimism.
Your opportunity to do that one thing for
that young man was not half as long as the
time I have taken to rehearse it.
In yonder third gallery you sit, a man of
the world, but you wish everybody well.
While the clerks are Standing round in your
Store, or the man in your factory are taking
their noon spell, some one says: “Have you
heard that one of our men has been con
verted at the revival meeting in the
Methodist Church?” While it is being talked
over you say: “Well, I do not believe in re
vivals. Those things do not last. People
get excited and join the church and are no
better than they were before. I wish our
men would keep away from those meetings.”
Do you know, O man, what you did in that
minute of depreciation? There were two
young men in that group who that night
Would have gone to those meetings and
been saved for this world and the next, but
you decided them not to go. They are
social natures. They already drink more
than is good for them and are disposed to be
wild. Prom the time they heard you say
that they accelerated their steps on the down
ward road. In ten years they will be through
With their dissipations and pass into the
great beyond. That little talk of yours de
cided their destiny for this world and the
next. You had an opportunity that you mls-
tmproved, and how will you feel when you
confront those two immortals in the last
Judgment and they tell you of that unfortu
nate talk of yours that flung them over the
precipice? 0 man of the world, why did you
not say in that noon spell of conversation:
“Good! I am glad that man has got re
ligion. I wish I had it myself. Let us all go
to-night. Come on. I will meet you at the
church door at 8 o’clock?” You see, you
would have taken them all to heaven, and
you would have got there yourself. Oppor
tunity lost!
The day I left our country home to look
after myself we rode across the country, and
my father was driving. Of course I said
nothing that implied how I felt. But there
are hundreds of men here who from their
own experience know how I felt. At such a
time a young man must be hopeful and even
Impatient to get into the battle of life for
himself, but to leave the homestead where
everything has been done for you,your father
or older brothers taking your paii when you
were imposed on by larger boys, and your
mother a! ways around when you got the cold
with mustard applications for the ohest or
herb tea to make you sweat off the fever and
sweet mixtures iu the cup by the bed to stop
the cough, taking sometimes too much of it
because it was pleasant to take, and then to
go out, with no one to stand between you
and the world, gives one a choking sensation
at the throat and a home sickness before vou
have got three miles away from the old folks.
There was on the day I spoke of a silence for
a long while, and then my father began to
tell how good the Lord had been to him in
sickness and in health, and when times of
hardship came how Providence had always
provided the means of livelihood for the
large household, and he wound up by say
ing. “De Witt. I have always found it safe to
trust the Lord.” My father has been dead
thirty years, but in all the crises of my life—
and there have been many of them—I have
felt the mighty boost of that lesson in the
farm wagon, "De Witt. I have always found
It safe to trust the Lord.” The fact was my
father saw that was his opportunity, and he
Improved it.
This is one reason why I am an enthusias
tic friend of all Young Men’s Christian As
sociations. They get hold of so many young
men just arriving in the city and while they
are very impressionable, and it is the best op
portunity. Wbv, how big the houses looked
to us as we first entered the great city, and so
many people! It seemed some meeting must
have just closed to fill the streets in that way
and then the big placards announcing all
styles of amusements and so many of them on
the same night and every night, after our boy
hood had been spent in regions where only
once or twice in a whole year there had been
an entertainment in school-house or church.
That is the opportunity. Start that innocent
young mau iu the right direction. Six weeks
after will be too late. Tell me what such a
young man does with his first six weeks in the
great city, and I will tell you what he will be
throughout his life on earth and where he
will spend the ages of eternity. Oppor
tunity!
We all recognize that commercial and liter
ary and political successes depend upon tak
ing advantage of opportunity. The great
nd feared to touch the
surgeons of Euglam
tumor of King George IV. Sir Astley Cooper
looked at it aed -■‘id to the kine. “I will cut
your majesty as though you were a plow
man." That was Sir Astley’s opportunity.
Lord Clive was his father’s dismay, climbing
church steeples and doing reckless things.
His father sent him to Madras, India, as a
clerk in the service of an English officer.
Clive watched his time, and when war broke
out came to be the chief of the host that
saved India for England. That was Lord
Clive’s opportunity. Pauline Lncca, the
almost matchless singer, was but little recog
nized until in the absence of the soloist in
the German choir she took her place and be
gan the enchantment of the world. That day
was Lucca's opportunity. John Scott, who
afterward became Lord Eldon, had stumbled
his way along iu the practice of law until the
case of Aukroyd versus Smithson was to be
tried, and his speech that dav opened all ave
nues of success. That was Lord Eldon’s op
portunity.
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William H. Seward was given by his father
$1000 to get a collegiate education. That
money soon gone, his father said, “Now you
must fight your own way,” and he did. un
til gubernatorial chair and United States
Senatorial ehair were his. with a right to the
Presidential ehair if the meanness of Ameri
can polities had not swindled him out of it.
The day when his father told him to fight his
nwuway vr-is William H. Sewa-d’s otmor-
I amity. John Henry Newman, becalmed a
I whole week in an orange boat in the Strait of
[ Bonifacio, wrote his immortal hymn. “Lead
Kindly Light.” That was John Henry New
man's opportunity. You know Kirk White's
immortal hymn, ■■’When Marshaled on the
Nightly Plain.” He wrote it in a boat by a
lantern on a stormy night as he was sailing
along a rocky coast. That was Kirk White’s
opporf unity.
pit?” The
: I do not know
to that place, but if this
_ :d break you would be there in a
Inute.” It was the Christian miner’s op
portunity. Many years ago a clergyman was
on a sloop on our Hudson River, and hearing
a man utter a blasphemy the clergyman said
“You have spoken against my best friend
Jesus Christ.” Seven years after this same
clergyman was on his way to the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church at Phila
delphia, when a young minister -addressed
him and asked him if he was not on a sloop
on the Hudson River seven years before?
The reply was In the affirmative. “Well,”
said the young minister, “I was the man
whom you corrected for uttering that oath.
It led me to think and repent, and I am try
ing to atone somewhat for my early behavior.
I am a preacher of the gospel and’a delegate
to the general assembly.” Seven years be
fore on that Hudson River sloop was tbe
clergyman’s opportunity.
I stand thisminuto in'the presence of many
heads of families. I wonder if they all real
ize that the opportunity for influencing the
household for Christ and heaven is very brief
and will soon be gone V For awhile the house
is full of the voices and footsteps of children.
You sometimes feel that you can hardly stand
the racket. You say: “Do be quiet! It seems
as if my bead would split with all this noise.”
And things get broken and ruined, and it is,
“Where’s my hat!” “Who took my books?’
“Who has been busy with my playthings?’
And it is a-rushing this way, and a-rushing
that, until father and mother are well nigh
beside themselves.
It is astonishing how much noise five or six
children can make and not half try. But the
years glide swiftly away. After awhile the
voices are not so many, and those which stay
are more sedate. First this room gets quiet
and then that room. Death takes some,
and marriage take others, until after awhile
the house is awfully still. That man yonder
would give all he is worth to have that boy
who is gone away forever rush into the room
once more with the shout that was once
thought too boisterous.
That mother who was once tried because
her little girl, now gone forever, with care
less scissors cut up something really valuable
would like to have the child come back,
willing to put in her hands the most valu
able wardrobe to cut as she pleases. Yes. yes.
The house noisy now will soon be still
enough, I warrant you, and as when you be
gan housekeeping there were just two'of you,
there will be just two again. Oh, the alarm
ing brevity of infancy find childhood ! The
opportunity is glorious, but it soon passes.
Parents may say at tbe close of life, “What a
pity we did not do more for the religious
welfare of our children while we had them with
us!” But the lamentation will be of no avail.
The opportunity had wings, and it vanished.
When your child gets out of the cradle, let it
climb into the outstretched arms of the beau
tiful Christ. “Come thou and a’.l thy house
into the ark.”
But there is ono opportunity so much
brighter than any otherj so much more invit
ing, and so superior to all others that there
are innumerable fingers pointing to it, and it
is haloed with agloryall its own. It is yours!
It is mine! It is the present hour. It is the
now. We shall never have it again. While
I speak and you listen the opportunity is rest
les3 as if to be gone. You cannot chain it
down. You cannot imprison it. You cannot
make it stay. All its pulses are throbbing
with a haste that cannot be hindred or con
trolled. It is the opportunity of invitation
on my part and acceptance on your part. The
door of the palace of God’s mercy is wide
open. Go in. Sit down and be kings and
queens unto God forever. ••Well.” you say,
“lam not ready.” You are ready. “Are
you a sinner?” “Yes.” “Do you want to
be saved now and forever?” “Yes.”
“Do you believe that Christ is able and will
ing to do the work?” “Yes.” Then you are
saved. You are inside the palace door of
God's mercy already. You look changed.
You are changed. “Hallelujah, ’tis done!”
Did you ever see anything done so quickly?
Invitation offered and accepted in less than
a minute by my watch or that clock. Sir
Edward Creasy wrote a book called “The
Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, From
Marathon to Waterloo.” But the most de
cisive battle that you will ever fight, and the
greatest victory > ,’U will ever gain, is this
moment when you conquer first yourself and
then all the hindering myrmldous of perdi-
'ion by saying. “Lord Jesus, here I am, un
done and helpless, to be saved by Thee and
Thee alone.” That makes a panic in hell.
That makes celebration in heaven. Oppor
tunity!
Onthe 11th of January. 13G0, a collier brig
ran into the rocks near Walmer Beach, Eng
land. Simon Pritchard, standing on the
beach, threw off his coat and said, "Who will
help me save that crew?” Twenty men
shouted, “I will,” though only seven were
needed. Through the awful surf the boat
dashed, and in fifteen minutes from the time
Pritchard threw off his coat all the ship
wrecked crew were safe on the land.
Quicker work to-day. Half that time more
than necessary to get all this assemblage into
the lifeboat of tbe gospel and ashore, stand
ing both feet on the Rock of Ages. By the
two strong oars of faith and prayer first pull
for the wreck and then pull for the shore.
Opportunity!
Over the city went the cry,
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by!
Let tbe world go. It has abused you
enough, and cheated you enough, and slan
dered you enough, and damaged you enough.
Even those from whom you expected better
things turned out your assailants, as when
Napoleon in his last will and testament left
£000 francs to the man who shot at Welling
ton in the streets of Paris. Oh, it is a mean
world! Take the glorious Lord for your
companionship. I like what the good man
said to the on# who had everything but re
ligion. The affluent man boasted of what he
owned and of his splendors of surroundings,
putting into insignificance, as he thought,
tViA nKriofian'e nocapacionc *• Ab ” thfl
the Christian’s possessions. “Ah,” said the
Christian. "Man. I have something you have
not.” “What is that?” said the worldling.
The answer was, “Peace!” And you may all
have it—peace with God, peace with the
past, peaee with the future, a peace that all
the assaults of the world and all the bom
bardments satanie cannot interfere with.
A Scotch shepherd was dying and had the
pastor called in. The dying shepherd said to
his wife, “Mary, please go into the next
room, for I want to see ihe minister alone.”
When the two were alone the dying shepherd
said, “I have known the Bible all my life,
but I am going, and I am ‘afeered to dee.’"
Then the pastor quoted the psalm: “The
Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.”
“Yes, mot.’ said the shepherd. "I was fa
miliar with that before you were born, but I
ichoolmader. Advice
^roung people will not »1-
e lold them ihe wind was too
_ pleasant sail, but they raid: “Oh,
s j ust right and we can go lo Dunedin
TTfiftten minutes. It will be glorious.” “But
yon may turn ihe boat ever,” we said. “You
can’t turn the boat over—it is equal to a l:fe-
b iat,” tbe boys replied, and away they went,
boys and girls, while mothers and friends
watched the licilecraft an she sped like a thing
of life up the biy and the water dashed over
the boW and the girls scream d anl the young
men laughed and the old folks wondered what
would be the outcome. And sure cn> ugh the
w Tea got higher as they disappeared around
the bend. They never thought to reef the sail
and before they knew it the water was da-huig
over one side and the gills hastily climbed the
Beats on the ot! er and bec.ime al-mied.
“Let her go, Gallagher.” siid the boys, “she
can’t turn over.” And away she wont, dipping
and duelling water, while the girls begged fur
help. "Reef the sail, do. pieaso: wo are turn
ing over,” they cried, but the boys seemed par
alyzed anjl said: “Let’s run her into port,” and
run her tliev did, right cra-li aga’nst the dock
and she is there yet, S"inewiiere—we don’t
know where, for they won’t tell. All that after
noon we strained our eyes peering up the an
gry. misty bay for that boat, but no boat
came in sight. We were getting very anx
ious, when near „ Rundown we spied a
long-bodied, two-horse Vehicle coming over
land fiom unedin and it was packed with
people and there was an outsider on horse
back marshall ng the way that they should go.
Soon we heard their cheery voices—soon we
saw their subdued faces—soon we looked upon
their dripping garments—the boys wet to tlieir
eollar-boaos and the girls to their knees, if
they had any.
“Why, what in the World is the matter?” we
cried.
“Nothing—nothing much, only tbe boat
sprung a leak and the halyards got tangled
with the j b on tho starboard and we had to
run aground, and wade out at half-mast,” ihev
said. But gradually we got all the facts—hew
the wind got higher and higher and the boat
became unmanageable and tbe boy sailors de
moralized and all hands had to get on one side
to hoid her down and they just let her go,
Gallagher, sure enough, and she was half full
of water, and just as she was keeling over she
went bang, slam, crash against the dock and
spilt her precious freight in promiscuous con
fusion. Soon the sad news was spread all over
tho beautiful town of Dunedin, “A wreck—a
wreck—girls and boys, women and men, all
wrecked—run down to the wharf—some one
drowned—the rest are almost dead and their
boat is 8‘anding on its end five feet deep in
sand—run, boys, run. 1 ’ The little town turned
out en masse and brought relief and re
freshments, wet and dry. I ho forlorn
sufferers w. re escorted gently to
the hotel, and soon the reaction
came, and general hilarity prevailed. Hospit
able hearts proffered dry clothes and other
comforts, but the sufferers Faid no, for that
would aggravate and exaggerate the extent of
their disaster and increase the town talk when
they got home. Town talk! No fabrications or
evasions can smother or assuage town talk,
and, hence, I have written what I have writ
ten, for it is already narrated and disseminated
in these parts that tbe boat was capsized a
mile from shore in tbr o feet of water, and
each of the young men heroically should-red
a swooning female and bore tiiem unconscious
sjthelir.d. Ihavo tried to trace this un
founded story to its sourcand have, by go
ing back a ong the line of thos3 who told and
repeated it, reduced the distance to from a
mile to thirteen feet, and he swooning has
enlir lv disappeared, I am now waiting to s:e
another female who will, I hrve no doubt, re
duce the thirteen feet to three, and disperse
tbe toting business altogether. The young
ladies were not loti d, but paddled her own ci-
noe. But they wire wet.uo doubt about that, for
1 see long stockings drying on the fenc ■—and
the boys were wet, for they wore off rod shoes,
and are now wearing black. What their loss is
I dont know, but there is the boat to par for
and ti e livery bill and the wear and tear of
clothe?.
Has this taught them a lesson? I’m afraid
not, for they have just leased another boat—a
new one—and they asked the girls to name it,
and they named it “McGinly," for they ra ; d it
was doom d for the bottom of the eea. And so
McGinty has been painted in the bow, aod the
ciils have made a pennant an l worked Mc
Ginty upon t ha’. They have made four cush
ions and marked each one McGinty, and so it is
a moral certainty that she will, sooner or later,
go down with all on board.
Florida will soon be hers- lf again. I rode
out a few mile* this evening and inspected the
orange trees. Very few are dead—even tbe
budded trees are putting out their tiny foliage.
The groves have a shade of green everywhere
yon go, and in a week or two will have renewed
tlieir beauty, and appear more beanti ul than
tv-r. In a month they will begin to bloom,
and the growers are a’re'udy e .anting on a full
half crop the coming seas'n. I p neked some
well-blown peach biofsonis and brought them
to my wife to remind her of home. She wants
lo go back, I know, and I am just waiting for
her lo make up her mind and l’ilgowhenshe
goes. She asked me if I wanted to go with her,
and I assum d an attitude, and said with pa
thetic tenderness: “Where thon geest I will go,
and there will I ba buried.” i he weather is
delightful, and the young folks have resumed
their turf-bathing. The new hotel will be
opened on the 4:h, and visitors will find
luxurious comfort and reasonable rates. Its
name is the Verona, and its landlord is Mr.
Mann.
them
ixed up
>efore the said
the class room.
In the first thing that
£s was a_ student who was fil
tered enough to wear his hat in
te class room.
“Will that gentleman sitting be
tween Mr. A and Mr. B remove his
hat?” the professor said mildly.
“Will that gentleman with his hat
on please remove it?” again spoke the
professor.
The hat and coat suddenly disap
peared and the recitation went on as if
nothing had happened. It is doubtful
if the professor knows now that he
had been fooled.—Syracuse Post.
Little Dot’s Luck.
lnckiest
Little Dot—I’m
girl that ever was.
Aunt—Why so?
Little Dot—When I was out walkin’
my foot began to hurt me so I had to
sit right down and take off my thoe;
and what do you think it w&6 that
hurt? It was n button-hook that had
got in my shoe.
Aunt—But where was the luck?
Little Dot—Why, don’t you see? I
had the button-hook to put on my
shoe again.
A BRIGHT STAR.
A SKETCH OF THE SIAN WHO LEO
MARY ANDERSON TO FAME.
Also Plnyecl Lending Roles With Booth,
Barrett and Thorne.
“Whoe’er has (raveled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he stili lias found
Hia warmest welcome at an inn.”
—Bnx Abp in Atlanta Constitution.
(From the St. Louis Chronicle.')
One of the most conspicuous flgnres in the
Stageland of America to-day is John W. Nor
ton. Born' in the seventh ward of New York
City forty-s x years ago, tho friends of his
youth were Thomas W. Keene and Frank
Ghanfrau. We find Keene a star at tbe age
of 25 and Norton in the flower of early man
hood the leading man for Edwin Booth at
the famous Whiter Garden Theatre. He
was starred with Lawrence Barrett early in
the 70s, and alternated the leading roles
with Charles Thome at (he Variety Theatre
in New Orleans. Early in the Centennial
year, in Louisville, Norton met oar Mary
Anderson, then a fair young girl who aspired
for stage tnme, took her under his guidance
and, as everybody knows, led her to fame.
Mr. Norton is now the proprietor of tho
Grand Opera House in Sr. Louis, tho Du
QaesDe Theatre, Pittsburg, an l one of the
stockholders in the American Extravaganza
Com pany.
Ono afternoon early in June he hobbled
into his New York Offloe on Broadway and
encountered his business manager, George
McManus, who bad also been a rheumatic suf
ferer fer two years. Norton was surprised
that McManus had discarded his cane. Who
cured you? he asked. “X cured myself,” re
lied McManus, “with Dr. Williams’ Pink
That man is such an inferior creat
ure after all?
That an education of mind and
heart makes a woman any less the
good housekeeper?
That any two mothers will ever have
the same ideas about the bringing up
of children?
That a taste for neatness, tidiness
and general snugneis, lessen one’s
taste for things intellectual?
That this world was made for your
special benefit?
That the troubles you worry over
are half as serious as yon think them?
That your baby boy is really the
brightest child ever born ?
That the person who chews gum in
public is a lady ?
That your granddaughter will smile
at your finery as you do at your grand
mother’s?
That it really is so much harder to
say the pleasant thing than the disa
greeable one?
That the world would be as wicked
as it is if Satan was as indolent in do
ing evil as many Christians are in do
ing good?
That our professions will help us
much if our lives do not come up to
them?
That we will all wear immense bus
tles again if fashion commands it?
That we can give money to the Lord
acceptably, while our legal debts re
main unpaid?
That the time will ever come when
an editor does nut receive every day,
on an average, three important letters,
requiring an answer, but without a
signature?
That the average man will know
what to do with himself when the mil
lennium comes?— Womankind.
To Accelerate Industry.
Pills.”
“I was encouraged by Mr. McManus' cure
and as a last resort tried the Pink Pills my
self,” said Mr. Norton to a Chronicle re
porter. “You have known me tor five years
and know how I have suffered. Why, dur
ing tho summer of 1893 I was on my buck at
tho Mullanpby Hospital, in this city, four
weeks. I whs put on the old system of diet
ing, with a view to clearing those acidulous
properties in my blood that medical theorists
say is tho cause of my rheumatism. I left
the Hospital feeling stronger, bnt the first
damp wenther brought with it those excru
ciating pains in the legs and back. It wa3
the same old trouble. After sitting down
for a stretch of five minutes the pains
screwed my legs into a knot when I arose,
nnd I hobbled «3 painfully as ever. After I
bad taken my first box of Pink Pills it struck
me that the pains were less troublesome,
tried nnother box, nnd I began almost un
consciously to have faith in the Pink Pills.
I improved so rapidly that I could rise after
sitting at my desk for an hour and the
twinges of rheumatism that accompanied my
rising were so mild that I scarcely noticed
them. Daring the past two weeks we have
had much rainy weather In St. Louis. But
the dampness has not had the slightest effect
in bringing back the rheumatism, whieh
consider a sufficient and reilable test of the
efficacy of Pink Pills. I may also say that
the Pink Pills have acted ns a tonic on my
Btomaeh, which I thought was well nigh de
stroyed by the thousand and one alleged
remedies I consumed in the past fire years.”
The greatest conqueror is he who can con
quer lrmself.
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The reader of this paper will be pleased to
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that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh
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medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
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ment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood an:l mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Do lars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of test imonials. Address
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INTO THE ICY RIVEK.
A Trolley Car Dumps its Passengers
and Seven of Them Drowned.
At Milwaukee a trolley car loaded
with passengers ran into an open draw
at Kennickinnick bridge. The pas
sengers were all dumped into the icy
water. Thousands of people were od
the spot at once and the people in the
water were fished out as fast as they
appeared on the surface.
One woman, the motorman and one
passenger have been found drowned so
far. Four passengers are still miss
ing. It is supposed they are confined
in the cars at the bottom of the river.
There were eleven people on the
car, five of them women. Six have so
far been accounted for. The accident
was caused by the motorman failing
to stop his car until within fifteen
feet of the open draw. Then he set
the brake, but the track w$s icj and
the car slid into the riyer.
The managementof the A. & W. P. R. R.,al
ways alive to the comfort and convenience of
its patrons, w ll put on an extra sleeping cir
between Atlanta and New Orleans during the
period of the Mardi-Gras festivirie-i at the
latter point. Diigram? are now ready at tbe
office of Mr. Geo. W. Allen, T. P. A., No- 12
Kimball House, and those desiring to make
this trip will do well to call on him some day i
in advance to secure sleeping car accommo
dations.
Geo- W. Allen - . T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
Jso. A. Gee, Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
Black Rings
under the eyes and a sallow complexion show
biliou=ness. This is one of the most disagree
able of stomach disorders and if allowed to
have its own way will result in great harm.
Cure biliousness at once by using Ripan's
Tabules. One tabu!e gives relief.
Notice.
I want every man aod woman in the United
Stat-s interested in the Opium and Wbi ky
liabits to have my hook on the-e diseas s.
Address B. M. Woolley. Atlanta, Ga.,Box381,
and one will be sent yon free.
Mrs. Winslow’sSoothins Syrnpfor children
teething, softens the gams, redu -e* inflamma
tion. allays pain, cures drind colic. 25j. a bottls
The old colored uncle applied to the
druggist for some whisky, not because
he needed it, but because he wanted
it.
“We can’t let you have it, uncle,
except for medicinal or mechanical
purposes. ‘ You are not sick, are you ?”
It was a powerful temptation, but
the old man overcame it.
“No, sah,” he said, weakly.
“And you don’t need it for mechan
ical purposes?’’
“What’s dem, sah?”
“Oh, well, for manufacturing or
other industries.”.
“Dat’s it, sah; dat’s it,” exclaimed
the old fellow, with a brightening
face. “De boss done tol’ me I had to
be mo’ induschius er hpoWan’t gwinter
hab me ’roun’ no longer, sah, an’ I
spec’ you better lemme hab a leetle
liquor, to kinder lub’icate my j’ints.
’Bout er tablespoonful, sah, to each
j’int’ll do fer today, sah.”—Detroit
■Free Press.
It isn’t drugs or medicines that is
needed at all; it is plenty of the purest
air that can be had. Open the windows
and the doors, clear out the cellars and
ventilate it thoroughly, remove the
dampness, the mustiness, the ancient
odor, the smell of decay which greets
the nostrils when one enters from the
health-giving atmosphere out of doors.
Never mind if the outer air bears the
taint of the gas house, the manufactory
or some other unpleasant thing; it is
also mingled with the health and
strength-giving forces of nature, and
is certainly better for the human sys
tem than the same air which has been
shut up and contaminated for an inde
finite period with no chanoe for puri
fication. Don’t mind even if a little
dust is brought in. A few minutes
with the duster will put the house in
perfect order again, and even at tho
worst, dust is not half so bad as dis
ease. And as for fear of draughts,
with colds and a thousand resultant
evils following in their train, nineteen-
twentieths of that is imaginary, nnd
the other twentieth is easily avoidable.
— Good Housekeeping.
The Greatest fledical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY’S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one ot onr common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from tho worst Scrofula
down to a common pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in
his possession over two hundred certifi
cates of its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from the
first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it. Rend the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Only a Box of Cigars.
She got out of her carriage anil
walked into the cigar store, at the
same time unfastening her sealskin
coat.
“I want a box of cigars for my hus
band, please. Let me see all kinds.”
“Now here are some Key West goods
we can sell for $8, and here are domes
tics from that down to $2.50,” said the
obliging clerk.
She looked at them carefully.
“Yon may wrap up that box for
$2.50,” said she, with dignity. “I
like the shade better. It will about
match his smoking jacket.”—Indian
apolis Sentinel.
WALTER BAKER & GO.
Tho Largest Manufacturers of
PURE, HIGH GRADE
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES
• On this Continent, have received
"HIGHEST AWARDS
from the great
Industrial and Food
EXPOSITIONS
Pin Europe and America.
His Attitude.
“Looking for work, are you?” asked
the good lady.
“Ob, not that bad, mum,” answered
Mr. Everett WreBt. “Jist merely
waitin’ fer it.”—Cincinnati Tribune.
ON THE ROAD
Pigeons on the Farm.
There is nothing more attractive to
a boy on a farm than a flock of pig
eons, and there is no farm on which a
few might not be kept. The common
variety is easily obtained and they will
take care of themselves if given a nest
ing place. They are quite prolific,
breeding four or five times a year, two
birds being hatched at a time. The
young make nice stews and the old
ones made into a pot-pie are a dish fit
for a king. Much amusement may be
gotten from the fancy sorts, such as
pouters, tumblers, fantails, trumpet
ers and homers. We have kept all
sorts and found ready sale for them at
good prices. The squabs are always
in good demand, and the old pigeons
bring a good price always in the mar
kets. It costs but very little to keep
them, as they pick up most of their
living about the farm. They make
nice pets and serve a good purpose in
keeping boys interested in the farm.
We recommend pigeons to every farm
er. —Exch ange.
Milk for Babes.
If care is taken in procuring pure
milk from a healthy cow it will answer
every purpose—provided the milk is
kept clean and free from germs. Many
careful housekeepers cannot realize
how very great must be the care exer
cised with milk. It should never be
allowed to stand uncovered, and should
never be used unboiled. Dr. A. Ja
cobi, a recognized authority, in a re
cent article says, “after having been
boiled, the milk destined for the use
of a baby during the day ought to be
kept in clean bottles, containing from
three to six ounces, up to the cork,
and - the bottles turned upside down
and preserved in a cold place. Such a
bottle will keep longer than milk pre
served in the usual way. Before being
used, it ought to be heated in a water
bath. By repeating this heating of
the whole amount of the day’s milk
several times during the twenty-four
hours, fermentation will be retarded,
and digestibility improved. ”— Wo
mankind.
to recovery, the
*young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce’s
Favorite Pre
scription. In
maidenhood, wo
manhood, wife
hood and moth
erhood the “ Pre
scription ” is a
supporting tonic
and nervine
that’s peculiarly
adapted to her
needs, regulating,
strengthening and cur
ing the derangements
of the sex. Why is it
go many women owe their beauty to Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and face radiate from the
common center—health. The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious use
of the "Prescription.”
If there be headache, pain in the hack,
bearing-down sensations, or general de
bility, of If there be nervous disturbance,
nervous prostration, and sleeplessness, the
“Prescription” reaches the origin of the
trouble and corrects it. It dispels aches
and pains, Corrects displacements and cures
catarrhal inflammation of the lining mem
branes, falling of the womb, ulceration, ir
regularities and kindred maladies.
Unlike the Dutch Process, no Alka-
Ilies or other Chemical* or Dyes »j«
used in any of their preparations*
Their delicious BREAK PAST COCOA is absolutely
pure and soluble, and costs leu than one cent a cup.
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
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All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give tho best value for the money*
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The prices are uniform,—stamped on sol#*
From $i to $3 saved over other makes.
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ANY people look like “pale I
poverty of blood.
§ It’s most often claused by gen- §
^ oral debility from lack of Nutri- \
f tion. f
A remedial agent of undoubt- \
ed efficacy is
FALLING OF WOMB.”
Mrs. Frank Cam-
field. of East Dickin
son, Franklin Co., N.
K, writes : “,I deem it j
my duty to express my
deep, heart-felt grati
tude to you for having
been the means, under
Providence, of restor
ing me to health, for I
have been by spells un
able to walk. My
troubles were of the
womb — inflammatory,
and bearing-down sen
sations and the doctors
all said, they could not
Twelve bottles of Dr. Mrs " Camfield.
Pierce's wonderful Favorite Prescription
has cured me.”
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. They “put the house in order” ^
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To Orange-Growers.
rade of fruit can only be obtained
Plso’s Cure is a wonderfni Cough medi
cine.—Mr-. >V. Picke11, Van Siclen and
Blake Aves.. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Oct. 38. ’94.
Karl’s Clover Koit. the great b’oot purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cores constipation. 25 cts.. 53 ots,, $1.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp-
son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c |)er bottle.
A Hard Beat.
“Oi dunno phwat Oi’m goia’ to do,”
said the policeman, ’disconsolately.
“Oi’ll hov to give up me job an the
foorce unless they transfer me.”
“What’s the matter?”
“They’ve put me an a beat where
there’s nothin’ but electric loights
frnm wan block till the next, an’ Oi’m
purty nigh dead fur want av slape. ”—
Washington Star.
He Never Learned to Bun.
Cherry-hill Pete—-Git a gate on yer,
boss! Dey’s a mad dog cornin’.
Benjamin Franklin SchoolkyL—
Heaven protect me! Why was I born
in Philadelphia?—Judge,
The largest crop and best
by using fertilizers containing
Not Less than 12% Actual Potash.
This is equally true of pine-apples and other tropical fruits.
(K.O)
Our books on Potash are sent free. They will cost you nothing to read, and will save
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For Twenty Years
Scott’s Emulsion has been endorsed by physicians of the
whole world. There is no secret about its ingredients.
Physicians prescribe
Scott’s Emulsion
because they know what great nourishing and curative prop
erties it contains. They know it is what it is represented
to be ; namely, a perfect emulsion of the best Norway Cod-
liver Oil with the hypophosphites of lime and soda.
For Oonghs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Consump
tion, Scrofula, Anamia, Weak Babies, Thin Children, Eickets, Mar
asmus, Loss c? Flesh, General Debility, and all conditions of Wasting.
The only genuine Scott’s Emulsion is put in salmon-
ctlored wrapper. Eefuse inferior substitutes!
Sendfor pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE.
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