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ooinra-lfya Dines With the Senator
Mi Butt a Couple of llama.
Fto.11 tho Atlanta Journil.
*Wk mountutn la tb« homo ol lha large
Etruscan Uack bear, Big Tom Wilaon and
Senator OThilon Baird Vnnaa. Four times
In eix ytta,s,Iilg Tom Wilson lias written
me: "Coma tip aa aoou os possible, I havo
taught the bear owned by you for killing
purposes. PtVhse hurry np, a* ha is eating
his bead off.” Four times affairs of state
hare prevented my going up to Black
mountain, and so other hands hare killed
tny bear.
A HKAJI TO BK KU.I.Kn.
Tim bear of Black mountain ie of tho
order of Carnivora aud tribe Plantigrade,
and Is a tribe of the Lyutiy Uraidm. They
walk on the solos of their feet end hare
Are toes on each foot. Their tails are not
aerial tales, being brief and to the point.
The tnlt ntejjio niaelc mountain boar Is ex
tremely rudimentary, and lu some cases Is
merely a depression.
Some epeclee of the hear hibernate In the
winter, oreupf lug it hollow tree or onvo In
the earth, Tlfny remain stationary at such
time), llving'on tho rroolSof their glorious
past. THatUninu|ptkau boor Is found In
tlijNt Kamnpatkin The flush of tho black hour
^JSfBllek tffbunlnlu Is eaten tor food. It
taate* like «%ot hex. People who can got
od liver oil to-eutbsulilom out bear moat,
he bear cats mostly bdrries, roots and
Upodgcnjln
. Si^nTirmWrmiiflTOltl etun
ties alter Bn^t and eats' a colored olilld.
• How end tlieu one at dink hears the
'shrill cry of a shnto adown the shelly val
ley Of the north branch o( tho Swanuanoa.
Then the peasantry of Black mountain
crouch closer to esoli other, aud they call
In their great wealth of dog whore it will
be safe, for they know that Hena'or Vance
la feeding tho hoar with one of hla clipper
built bugs.
Senator Vuucu’a bogs come of a hardy
race of ridge rooters easily detected by the
lour, sud face. He Is a mountain hog nod
fond of liberty, reminding one of William
Tall, except that Ills logs aro lunger.
Is eure footed and dings to tho crags and
precipices like a chamois. “Yesterday,"
said the senator, "wa killed a rattlesnake
and I wanted the boys to k. c|< It to show
yon, but I've got thirty or forty hogs run
ning around here loose In the woods wult-
tngfur chestntl's or the third party or
something of that kind to coma along, and
eo they ate It up.”
These ho's during tho snmuior diet and
train themselves dowu u great deal, take
long walks and otherwise bunt iliomaolv
till they look like autumn leaves. Then
when the nutuniti loaves aud tbe nuts and
acoriajjlBmu on, you will sue the reaor-
baoks.' If k’.iio crop be good, fling his tail
gaily ovC^tiie dashboard niul let bygones
be bygones. Should the mast, as this
1s called, 1m shot", or only a half crop, of
course hla tail will naturally hung at
bait uiiut, bin that is neither hero nor
there.
When taken np ami fed a month or
nftur this corns i of ehesttiuttiug tho Black
mountain sandy shoiu or corul iusuct soon
become* u delicious morsel, the hams being
us large anti jui -y \\h those of the Buff (Jo*
oh in ut maturity.
I ftU* n oottpla of these hums at Senator
VMice's table, uml I shall never apeak
light 1 ? of the mice rooter ngqin. 11 < is
Niil>j«*e< to none of lira dlstnoe< peculiar to
eorpulenco. Ho breathe* gooff air, eats the
pokeberry In tniffatunmer till bin ceilings
and WMlstcontingH are ah real as a Chinese
demonstration; thou ho eats tiro wild cu<
cumber which falls from the cucumber tree
after the squirrel has had all ho wants,ami
the result is that by November he is ready
to take a course of corn in tho oar or else*
where, and winds up at tho glorious yule-
Udo when the holly berries are red aud
the mistletoe and the persimmons aro both
ripe, still slender and girlish iu figure, but
ss tender and juicy as a Brnzil nut.
Sometimes one strikes a mountain bog,
however, that will not take on flesh, but
remains thin and angular. These are often
killed and dried just as they are, nml may
be used to clean lamp chimneys with.
Senator Vance lives on tho saddle of a
ridge iu such a position as to have in front
of the house tho highest peak of Craggy
raout-aln, while at the back of the house,
straight down 500 foot, you hear tho roar
and tumble of the North Branch. Hero
stand* Gombroon, tho restful and ideal
home of North Carolina’s favored son
and senator.
“What made you call it Gombroon t*“ 1
asked Mrs. Vance, as 1 ate another water
melon and concealed the rinds in Major
Stedmau’s umbrella. I asked this question
because a piften political adversary pa d
that [' was mighty poor taste for u United
States senator to name ids summer home
for a little covey of decayed and flea in
fected hovels on the Persian gulf.
“The little seaport ou the Porsiau gulf
had nothing to do with it,” said Mrs.
Vance. “I'd boon reading au article o.u
•The Vagaries of Eminent Men,' and
among others tho dream of DeQuincy that
aeetned to hauut him in all his latter years,
that he hnd conquered, owned and ruled a
distant Island called Gombroon. In all his
leisure, as a purple background to tho pic-
lute of actual life, 6toud this over present
country which lie called Gobinroon,
“So. whon iu the midst of this, husband
wrote me that if ho could think as earnestly
and industriously of tiro coming couveu-
dW of the ootri ttyd the orchard
i , ^^^ ^ ouhlaln h« would* probably [
mote JlcoGHfttl a* ^politician, I named
Hit home Gombroon, and Gombroon it Is
likely to remlta.”
Yott get off the fciclnnond and Danville |
tjralu at Black mountain station, and there
you aecurewfiacre drawn by two niclan-
choly mutes. Black mountain station is '
not a financial center, but Is still die- ;
tuted to by Wall street A large political j
meeting was being bold there at the school-
house on tbe afternoon of our arrival, and
good, pure democratic doctrine was coining i
through the open window, together with
the flavor of honest toll and unrectifled
spirits. 1
Tin* road to Gombroon is night miles in
length and reminds one of Pennsylvania
avenue in some respects. Tho route crosses
and rccrosses the Branch lust often enough
to keep the feet of ono's mules tidy, and
the bowlders which you drive over are well
worthy of tho attention of the geologist.
Four years ago I would have said that the
road to Gombroon was rough ami irregular,
but since then I have driven over Patten
avenue and South Main street iu Asheville,
and I am gentler iu iny judgment of moun
tain roads since t hut.
, I gathered from what Senator Vance let
fall while wo were conversing on political
in Attorn that lie is a democrat. Bo is Mrs.
Vance. Yet they had nothing to say of tho
republican nominees except iu a tone of tho
most kindly commiseration. Wo spoke
very little on political mutters, however, os
Major Wilson was there also, nml if any
one spoke of politics he promptly but grace
fully changed tho topic of conversation by
referring to the third party candidates.
The nominees ou the third pArty ticket in
North Carolina seem to be having some
trouble already, one having boon arrested
for using profune language in the post-
office, another for carrying concealed
weapons, another chargod with eloping
with his wife’s sister, and another with
stealing a hog from a widowed woman dur
ing our late war. I trust that those grave
charges will ho refuted at an early duto.
Senator Vance has many agricultural
FOES TO TRADE.
It AD HOADS, Hltftt FHfSlfttlTS, TOLLS,
TAXES AND TABItf FH AUK THIC
KNEMIKH OF INDUSTRY—HOW THIS
I AT It ANOTHER WATKJtMftLON.
Ideas in common with my own. His
watermelons mature in October. Bo do
mine. Ho has been unsuccessful In per
fecting a careless baked upplo from seed
ling trees. Bo have I. His wormloss applo
for train us© has never reached maturity.
Nelthorhas tny own. *
But vegetables generally have done
In both cases. We had an nlmtylaj
truck from the garden, and Ins
that would do more for
too enthusiasm and rtrn
vrllfndWhemTul^hi,li
Ijeld In the rui#joints
lug island. *
Gombroon is a handsome su
built of native timber grown on The' place,
cut on tho plnco and hauled by tho Vance
mules, Peter ami Bopotor, to a little mill
dowu the branch, where the timber was
•awed, dressed, kiln driest and prepared
for tbo building, lu digging for tho foun
dation a bed of beautiful building sand
was found and a quarry of excellent stone
was struck within a four-minutes walk of
the house and a little above it, so that with
a stone boat and tho speckled steers, Kye-
ther and NyetUer, Senator Vunco easily
hauled In a few days stono enough to build
the foundation of tho house.
Tho building is finished in the very justly
oolebrated woods of North Carollua, and
1 may bo allowed at this point to speak, I
hope, of tho lack of enthusiasm shown iu
the collection ami preparation of such
things for tho big fair from this state. It
is*doubt Till I,' ni\v o*hir state in the union
has suoli an unbounded wealth of beautiful
woods, and yot I tremble when I think
what a feeble showing it bids fair to mako
ut Chioago. Nebraska, which is a magnifi
cent agricultural state, but not celebrated
ns a timber state by any menus, will furnish
the SI.000 hum.n«r with n handle of Ne
braska woods with which to drive tho last
nail in the woman’s bulldiug.
Why couldn’t Nortli Carolina, with
every variety of staple and orimmeutal
wooil covering tba entire Blue Itidgc iu
tills state to a depth of 80 to 100 feet, nerve
herself up to supplying tho handle of such
a hammer? Shu would not feel it in fifty
years from now.
Gombroon, with its oaken stairs and
hulls, its ceilings of curly poplar and ma
ple, its rooms finished in cherry and moun
tain mahogany, its library with massivo
dark henins of native wood nml oaken
floors, is u good advertisement of wiiat
there is lying untouched and undeveloped
in what Professor Guyot says is tho most
inngnlficoutly wooded mountain rntigo in
tho world.
Mr. Butties, to whose mules wo were in
debted for a delightful ride of eight miles
up to Gombroon, said that tho estate em
braces 3,500 acres, I believe, which gives
tlm senator’s pigs a feeling of perfect free
dom that is entirely absent in the illiterate
but arrogant hog of tho congested metropo
lis.
The Vance hog may bo known at once by
tho flash of his eye and tho flrm, eieot and
dofiaut tail. His face is loug and thought
ful, but there is an elasticity to his step
which rominds one of tiro autelope, the
springbok or the gazelle.
Senator Vauee begun life and gradually
worked bis way up to congrcxs,where lm had
nothing to do from morning till ulght hut
legislate in the interests of good govern
ment daytimes and auswer letters from his
constituents at night.
As a young lawyer ho attracted the atten
tion of tho court by his Craggy mountain
methods of fettling matters with opposing
counsel* “Will you step outside and re
peat that remark?” he would say in a low
tone to counsel, motioning over his shoul
der with his thumb. Then, if counsel said
yes, they would slip out quietly and in an
ex parte method arrange tho matter, return
ing later with from one to four eyes closed
and resume the trial.
One of his earlier cases was taken by Mr.
Vanco ou shares or at the halves, he to re
ceive fifty per cent of tho judgment for his
work. Ills client during the trial devel
oped into a person criminally liable, am!
under tbe old statute received a verdict of
fifty-seven lushes. Ever since that Mr.
Vance ha* accepted uo cases except at an
agreed price. He was afraid that he might
deprive some poor man or his family of
the lashes that they needed for the winter.
KAltMBR'g KAItNtNUB AHK DEPOSITED
IK OUBTOM HOUSES.
The typical protectionists are a queer
set. From McKinley down, they all
continue to cry, “Wo must protect
American industry;" as if they alone,
and not all Americans were in favor of
buy and every policy that will protect and
beceflt our own people and country in
preference to all other peoples nnd coun
tries. Hut at the same timo it is clear
that their actions—when they come to
substitute uctions for words—that they
have no correct idea of what industry is.
Doubtless, some will say, “What an un
founded and impudent assertion I”
“What, a free trade Ho I” But let us
reason about it a little and see wherein
is the truth.
Industry consists of two factors, or
there are two elements in it. One is
production (derived from two Latin
words, pro, forward, and ducere, to
lead), meaning, in this connection, the
drawing out of materials or products
from natural resources, and the other is
exchange, or tho selling of the things
produced; nnd industry can't gat along
without both any maro than a man get
uieng with only one log. For example,
if a farmer grows 10,000 bushels of corn,
and needs only 1000 for hiinsolf, family
nnd finiinnls, nnd can't exchange or sell
tho other 9000 ho might as well not
have raised it. He can cut corn, burn
it for fuel uud make whisky of it, but
be can’t clotho himself with oorn hunks,
plow with a corn stalk, wear corn
shoes, nnd the like. To get these other
things ho must sell or exchange his
surplus 9000 bushels; aud ho must be
stupid who does not at onco see that
the greater the facilities afforded him
for exchunge, such ns good roads,
bridges, horses and wagons, cheap nnd
swift railroads nnd steamships, low
tolls, freights uud taxes, the greater
will bo the opportunity for exchange
and trudo to advantage. Ou the other
baud, poor roads, unbridged streams,
fetv or no railroads or steamships, and
high tolls, freights and taxes, all
tend to restrict or dostroy trade and
the opportunity to Ail his 9000 bushels
of corn to advantage. A twenty per
cout. tariff tax may fairly bo considered
ns the representative of a bad road; a
fifty per cent., of a broad deep river
without proper facilitos for crossing;
a seventy-five porwht., of a swamp bor
dering such river on both sides; while a
hundred per cout. duty, such as is levied
on blankets, window glass, cotton ties,
und the like, can oidya,properly be com
pared to a baud orTobbers, who strip
the producer of nearly nil lie possesses,
mnkiug him thankful that he escaped
with his tile. la short, there has never
been a ease m all human experience
when the rejiiovul of • restrictions—
natural or legislative—on trade did not
rcstdt in the extension of trade to the
muffial,.ndvantage of t(iu great majority
jkowaah vt‘ J
9900 JHhcla oi corn; “You can’t
unless you give me n big part of what
you received for It m exciiauge.” But
I faucy sotno farmer protectionist saying,
“There is no one sitting behind a bush
for me. I don't see him." Neverthe
less, he is there all tho same.
Our farmer bcIIs his 9900 bushels of
corn in Kugland nnd, ns bo wauts things
rather than money, and as many things
are cheap in England, ho concludes to
tnku his pay in hardwnro, woolen cloth
ings, blankots, starch, paints, oils, glass,
salt, cordage, bats, crockery, cotton tios,
nnd other like articles, and alerts for
homo by way of New York. There is
no man with a gun behind a bush ou tho
wbsrf to He iu wait fur him, but there is
another man, nrtned with something
better than a gim, who tells the farmer
that ho must give up more thmi half tho
value of all tho things ho has received in
payment for his com before lie can come
into possession of tho other half. If ho
docs not pay quickly or if he makes any
fuss about the chnrgos, this other man
will take tho whole, and uot unlikely put
tho farmur in jail. If the farmer could
pay in tbiugs instead of money, aud had
taken salt iu oxcliaugo for his oorn, then
for every hundred bushels he would huvo
had to bring aud givo up sevouty-tlirce
additional bushels. For every yard of
the cheapest carpet ho would have had
three-quarters of a yard cutoff; nud if
lie had cotton tics, each tie w'ould bo
shortened to the extent of ninety per cent.
If lie hnd taken tho commonest kind of
china plates or cups, then in order to
carry a dozen of them homo ho would
have had to pay for eighteen. And so
on. If our Government needed to impose
snd collect such taxes lu ordor-to meet
its necessary expenditures, there would
tie some justification for such procedure.
Hut revenue was uot the object sought
for iu the enactment o( the laws which
authorize or roquiro them, but the re
strictions of trade; to prevent the farmer
from selling his products to the best ad
vantage.
In short, carry out logically aud to
tlicir fullest extent McKinley’s views
nhoul industry, and you would havo
every man trying to produce a good deal
nnd sell ns little as possible.—David A.
'Veils, in American journal of Politics.
An Exnmplc of Tariff Reform.
McKintevism is atrocious, but what
would tho Democrats do in tho wav of
reform should they attain power? Tho
question is sometimes asked in good faith
by Republicans weaned of tho Republi
can policy of high tariff.
During tho first session of tho present
Congress a Democratic House passed
among other bills ameudstory of tho
McKinley law one which, it there had
bceu concurrence of a Repblican Senate
nnd approval by a Republican Executive,
would have put binding twine upon tho
ireo list. The tariff laid by McKinley*
ism upon binding twine affects every
ratset of a crop of cereals, for binding
twino is now employed necessarily in
connection with improved machinery
for mowing nud reaping. That tariff
was laid ami is maintained by McKinley*
ism lor no other purpose in this world
thuu to suable what is now known as
the cordage trust to manufacture this
necessary article aud make its own price
thereou, enriching itself but compelling
,^90,000 agricul •
ite*. It trthli
describes
whioh
benefiting
engaged
if binding twine, as
well u *U Ert(<9p»f like character, im
poses • burden upon millions of the peo
ple of the United Stater.
A Democratic House sought to put
binding twine Upon the free Hat in order
that the monopoly now existing by
reason of tariff taxation upon binding
twine and artioles of like character
might be destroyed by free competition.
The cordage trust notoriously exists. In
tlie expectation that the Attorney-Gen
eral ot Mr. Harrison’s cabinet would as
sail it in the courts a Republican organ,
desiring that he should have ftt'.l glory
for tho proceeding, indiscreetly pre
sented ali the facts, and though tho
Sherman law Is said to be aimed at the
trusts and so describes Itself, und though
tho Executive hot made some show of
commencing prosecution under that law
against such alleged combinations as tho
whisky trust, no hand has been lifted
agalust this atrocious monopoly. The
tribute continues to be exacted from
e.cry field of wheat, and rye, and oats
ail over this broad land. Democracy de
sired to put an end to such fraudulent
tariff legislation, and having no other
power than the power of the House it
passed this bill repealing the tax on
twine, but the Republicans said “No;
this tax shall Do maintained," and
though they were not frank enough to
go further and say “It shall be main
tained in tbe interests of this cordage
trust,” yet such is the faet.
This single illustration will suffice to
indicate tho d- jJtjdBHkl^Dernocrat.io
legislate
the its
protection wlj
taxes may be’
of existence it,
of Democracy
for tho benefit
tho lumber bat
to
Government n {
Somebody
—Chicago Tlmt
(Jetting
heme lj
k aim
,uTfc
« cast
ihose wl
ericau lad;
visiting rolatlvi
summer. She had
sewing machines wl
than here, and she
one back with her
the duty ou it and save"snot
paying freight, to pay hor
trouble of catrying it.' She saw
cigu agent of tho machine she
aud found thit she could save about
twenty per cent, by purchasing there,
and that she could escape tbo duty by
calling herself a seamstress. Sho was
arranging with the agent, whon ho sug
gested that as she was going to New
York, whero ho got tho muchinet, it
would save trouble and expense all
around if she would accept his order on
the New York house for a machine—
which she could havo at export prices —
though she need not export it or tnke
any false oaths in regard to it. Tho
plan worked successfully, nnd is likoiy
to be repeated nud extended to type
writers and other articles if the niantt-
factureia do not put n stop to these
anti-McKinley demonstrations ot their
foreign agents.
That Free Breakfast Table.
Whitelaw Reid said in a speech tha
by coupling together "protection nud
reciprocity” his party had given tu a
“free breakfast tnble," which the De
mocrats propose to destroy by “restoring
tho revenue rlutie; on coffee, tea aud
sugsr."
Tho ouly thing tbo Republicans did to
givo us a free breakfast table was to re
duce tho duty ou refined sugar from
ubout two nud u half to one-half cents
per pound. For this we would havo
beta thankful if it had not reduced our
revenuo by nearly $60,000,000 to give
an opportunity to impose more onerous
duties upon other articles of food aud
clothiug—duties that would not, like the
sugar duty, put almost ns many doll srs
:nto our treasury ns it took from tho
people, but that would take three dollars
from the people, one of which would
reach our Treasury and two of which
would be caught ou tho fly by tbo
“Iriends of tho administration. No,
wo havo not free sugar yet for our
breakfast tables; the half per cent,
duty must he paid to the sugar trust. It
is this duty that tho Democrats pro
pose to remove aud that they would havo
removed months ngoif a Republican Sen
ate aud President had not blocked tho
sray.
As to tea nnd coffee they have for
years heen ou the tree list. Tne only
possible effect ot reciprocity upon them
would be to reimpose duuui and to tax
them, as has been done by decree of
President Harrisou iu some cases. For
such a “free breakfast table" we nro not
especially grateful to the protectionists.
-lEXE^gL INVITATIONS.
A sportsman who, ou the strength of i
geueral invitation, had gone to pa-
week with a friend in the country, soon
found by a gentle hint he would hav<
done better to have waited for a specie
one. A
“I saw some b^tutiful scenery," was
the viator’s first remark, “as I came to-
day by the upper road.”
‘You will see still finer,” was iltt re
low
y, “as you go back to-morrow by tin
wer one,”
Married] Women In (he West.
A Cholera Cur*.
Tho western married man has no stand
ing la society except by Ills wife’s aide.
Tho man who “runs” tho towns are sel
dom seen at the parties, which aro man
aged by their unmarried clerks. In tho
old courtly days a man and wife bad a
social individuality; but when a man
attends a social gathering in tbe west he
is expected to seat himself beside his
wife and behave ns well ns he can, to the
end that people may understand that he
is not only fond of th# women at Ids
home, but in company as well.
If a married man should attend a west
ern social affair without his wife ho
would be very apt to be approached by
a married woman who would ask him in
an audible whisper, “Where is your
wife?" and there would be a certain
something in the woman's tone indicat
ing that he ougl.t to henshnmed of him
self for being there under such circum
stances. I onco knew a gny young hus
band to exhibit a paper, signed by his
wife, to the effect that he was nt the
party alone with her knowledge and con
sent.—E. W. Howe in Forum.
General Jordan of the Mining Record
says: "A tablespoonful of chloroform in
about four times as much water is an in
fallible cure for ehclcra. A doctor who
had lived in Mobile, Ala., and had
great success in curing poople during a
cholera epidemic there, tolrl me about it.
When, in tho Cuban revolution, I weni
to Cuba to help organi?.o the insurgent
army, I had a chance to try tho remedy,
for a cholera epidemic broke out among
the troops. Sly first experiment was or
a negro, who was in the last stages, 1
cured him and hundreds after him
When we marched tho officers carried
bottles of chloroform, and if a man fcl
out sick with the clioleru, tho remedj
was applied, anil he was able to restimi
his place. I have seen men lying by tht
roadside in a state of collapse, almost
dead. An officer would ride up, dis
mount, aud apply the remedy, and bo-
fore tho column hud passed the man
would be in tbo ranks again,”
The Way to Catch a Porcupine.
Tbe porcupine climbs the tree as readily
ns it Bquirtel would, provided you don’t
slip up and cut his tail off while lie is go
ing up. Somehow or other he can’t, climb
the tree without his tail, nor ho won’t
cotne down without it. If you catch one
of these porcupines climbing a tree and
chop his tail off he will stop right where
lie is, and will stuy there until he starves
to death, unless he is taken away.—Phil
adelphia Times.
The Phonograph in a Hen Coop.
du Haudray, following the method
Professor Garnier’s studies of tho him-
I language, has carried his phonograph
^the hencoop. He places it in one
»e whero tho “family” are nt home,
|n the receiver has been cackled
, half an hour it is taken away
hade to repeat all tbe gossip in a
fliboring hencoop. Tho results of the
jrnenta are said to be marvelous.-
rk Journal.
Sell at Double Price.
ivenir half dollais to be issued
port of the World's Columbian ex
ion nre to be sold at tbe rale of one
,r for each of the coins. The board
irectors has decided to sell tho sou
venir* direct to the public instead of
placing the entire issue in the hands oi
some syndicate.
Easy Enough Apparently.
Miss Bugli-y—Yes; but bow you must
forgivo nnd forget.
Miss Faraway—Oh, I can forgive, but
it’s not so easy to forget.
Miss Begley—Nonsense! I can tell you
a hundred things I've forgotten.—London
Tit-Bits.
A Thin Qaercst.
Sunday School Superintendent—Tom
my, can you tell me why the lions didn’t
cut Daniel when ho was in their den?
Tommy—I guess it must er b’en, mis
ter, ’cause he was like you nnd hadn’t any
meat on him.—Boston Courier.
The first volume of Indian tales from
the pen of Cooper appeared wheu the
iTh r was 30.
Brenthen There a .Hum
Who can inhale malaria-breeding air with
impunity? No, not unless he bo fortified
against ltd insidious poi.son with Hoatettor's
Stomach Bitters. Then, indeed, is he defended.
Not only is this medicine most thorough as a
bulwark nguinst chill* and fever and bilious
remittent, hut it thoroughly relievesdyupep ia.
•onstipation. rheumatism, biliousness, nerv
ousness and kidney trouble.
rill
•offi of bile, and cures malaria,
splendid tonic for women and children.
Foundation lor a Factory (!lty<
“Four rail road a, one a belt line, and two fuel
oil pipe-lines aro eure to make a i>!g city here,”
r:aid Jay A. Dwiggins & Co., of Chicago, whon
t hey founded Grlrnth. They were right. Four
The Snltan’e Poisoner.
Among tho Turks the usual method,
of trying and punishing a poisoner is to
make Him drink his own concoction, if
any can be found. Otherwise the ac
cused is half strangled or beaten into a
confession, A poisoner who survives the
prcleminary ordeals, but is convicted
nevertheless, is tortured to death by be
ing spread cagled in the heat of the buii.
It is said (hat up to a recent period the
sultan’s list of palace employees included
a Turkish doctor, expert in poisons,
whose duties were not confined to attend
ing the sick aud tasting the sultans food.
It lies been known in Constantinople
that the skill of the sultan’s poison ex
pert was culled into service • whenever
his master wished to got rid of somo ooo
who had offended but who had been
guilty of no open violation of the sul
tan’s wishes or decrees. The present
sultan, Atidul Humid, among other re
forms, has dispensed with the court jiois-
oiw.—l’ittDburg Trader.
- They- wero riant.
lACtorias located at once, new lion jes nnd stores
are going up dally.—Chicago News.
Something of Vital Importance.
you know that tho state of the blood run
ning in vonr veins is the enuse of your sickness
your health? This is a most importunt tnat-
No Wonder
Peoi*lo Speak Well
Of HOOD’S. “ For a
long time 1 was troubled
with weak stomach, In
digestion and Dys
pepsia* 1 began taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla and
j have not felt bo well all
Alr.Il.J* Uraiidngc. over for years. My food
neldora troubles mo now. My sister also took
Hood's Sarsaparilla with very pleasing results.
1 don’t wonder people speak well of Hood s
Sarsaparilla. Don’t ki-o how they can help
It.” R. J. Bhundaoe, Norwalk, Ct.
N.B.—Bo sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla^
Hood’s PUls act easily, yet promptly and
efficiently on the liver aud bowels.
A remedy which,
If used by Wives
about to experience
the painful ordeal
attendant upon
Child-birth, proves
an infallible speci
fic for, and obviates
tho tortures of con
finement , lessening
the dangers thereof
to both mother and
child. Sold by all
druggists. Sent by
express on receipt
of price, gl.5J per
bottle, charges pre
paid,
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, Ga.
or your health? This i« a most important mat
ter, although overlooked by people who show
a great deal of good sense otherwise. Your
blood has to lie kept pure, or your whole system
gradually becomes a wreck. It costs very little
to check disease and correct the slate of tho
blood if the matter is taken up in time; but it
costs a great deal, and is often impossible, If
taken up after disease has gained a foothold.
If you are troubled with Syphilis, Itch, Hu
mors, Swell!ncm. Skin Disease, Rheumatism,
Pimples, .Scrofula, Malaria, Catarrh, Fevers,
Liver and Kidney diseases. Old Sores, Erup
tions, or any other disorders resulting from im
pure blood, write at once to I)r. S. C. Parsons,
Savannah, Ga. His Blood Purifier is a won
derful remedy, und only costs one dollar
bottle. Send 2o stamp for pamphlet eontn
it lot of private and valuable information
Parsons Female Regulating Pills are very eftl-
:e to him without delay
n tainfng
caeious. Write
suK
jTOVE p 0LISH
the hands. Injure tho Iron, and burn off. 1
Tho Rising Sun 8tovo Polish is Brilliant, Odow> I
lew. Durable, nnd th«
or Rlasa package with
he consumer pays tor uo tin I
every purchase.
“German
Syrup
99
William McICeekan, Druggist at
Bloomiugdaie, Mich. "Ihave had
the Asthma badly ever since I came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when I used Bo-
schee’s German Syrup. I am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. I am greatly reliev
ed during the day and at night go to
sleep without the least trouble.” ®
The Ouly On© F.vcr Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD?
Thor© ia a 3-inch display advertisement in
tbifl paper, this week, wnicn has no two word*
alike except one word. The same is true ot
each new one. appearing ench weak, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Tills hrmse iilaces a
“Crescent” on everything they m&ae and
publish* Look for it, send them tho nnme
of the wmrd and they will return you hook,
IRON
TONIC
BEAUTIFUL l.lTIIOOItAPII8 or SAMPLE'* FHKB.
ternreter in tbe employ of the gov.
i Ellis island speaks fifteen laugimj
J
'. ret n> iv '‘fMKTWf AUd
ry-.iitn. Dyfpepjiin.
lndlKC’Mlon, thafttreafeel-
‘ iffttbsolutely eradicated.
Mind brightened^braltt
'boneS. '..'JfvAylm?.:
clcs, receive new force
Suffering from ©oiuplaluU ne-
cuU.tr to their sox, using It, nud
SSZ a E.-tfc. speedv cure. Returns
rose bloom oil cheeks,beautifies Complexion.
Sold everywhere. All genuine jrootls bear
i cent Maiup for 32-pago
lages.
**Cresccut« f ’ beutl
pamphlet.
OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. SI. LouU. Mo,
LADtKA noeumg « tonic, or children who
want building tip, should take Brown’s Iron
Hitters. It Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, BiliousneBs nnd Liver O'omplnint.H
makes tho Blood rich and pure.
Unlike the Dutch Process
(Th No Alkalies
'^Ur T —OH —
Other Chemicals
Anyonk would be Justified in recommending
Beechum’n Pills for all affections of the liver
and other vital organs.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in
flamed eyes or granulated litis without pain.
Price 25c. John R. liickoy Drug Co.. Bristol. Va
J A. JOHNSON, Mndina, N. Y.,-ny8i*HH#s
Catorrh Cure cured me.” Sold by Drugg sta,7oc.
gv|W®I S
.ON® ®NJOY8
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
f ently yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
nches and fevers nnd cures habitual
constipation. St rop of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to tho tnsto and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action nnd truly beneficial m its
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tbe most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
W. BAKER & CO.’S
•reakfastCocoa
which it absolutely
pure and soluble.
It has morethan three timet
. the strength ot Cocoa mixed
jwith Starch, Arrowroot or
’Sugar, and Js far more eco
nomical, costing lees than one cent « cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED.
Sold by Grocers eTorywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mast.
AN ASTONISHING
TOrjIC FOR WOMEN.
CARDUI
It Strengthens the Weak, Quiets tba
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE D1SEA8E8.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
*1.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA f*ED. C0„ Ch.tt.noogs, Tstttt.
CHOLERA
Its Origin and History;
PREVENTION
AND CURE.
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad
dress on receipt of Stamp.
Dr. L H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ever? Mai His Own Doctor.
BileBe&ns
Small.
A WW- page Prof us* ly Illustrated Book, contain*
in,' valuable infoimation pertaining to d «•
on e* of ihe human s> stem, showing l ow to
i HEAT aud CURE with the simplest ot medi
cines. The book contains analysis of court
ship and marriage and mat a cnient of child
ren, besides useful prescriptions recipes, etc.
Mailed, post-paid, for 60 cents. Address
Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attacks, Sick-
Headache and Constipation. 40 In each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
ATLANTA l’LBI.lHIlING IIOI/MK,
110 Loyd Street. Atlanta, Ga
Picture “7, 17, 70” aud sample dose free.
4. F. SMITH A CO„ Proprietors, NEW YORK.
NATURAL bUriGiCAL INSTITUTE,
CoDiuuptUei and people
who have weak Inngf or Asth
ma, should oae Ptao's Core for
Consumption. It has eared
thousands, it has not tnja
It is not bad —
J t is the beat cough syrup.
Hold everywhere. *6«.
.. Thirty-nine, ’02
alup for ya
' in yo
r by pur-
chawing \V. L. Dotty
which represent 111© best
value f«r prices n*ked, an
thousands will testify.
CTTAHE NO SUBSTITUTE.
W. L. DOUGLAS
FOR
$3 SHOE QENTLEMEN,
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.
A genuine sewed shoe, that trill vot rip. flue calf, seamles*,
smooth in.slue. dexllj c. more comfortable.styilsh and durable than
any oth«r shoe ever sold nt tho price. Equals custom made shoe*
coating from *4 to $5.
and 85 IInnd-scwed, fine calf shoes. The roost stylish,
l v rosy and durable shoe* ever sold at these prices. They equal
fino Iroporied shoes r« sting from $3 to $12.
,>0 Police Shoe, worn by farm era and all others who
90s want a good heavy calf, three soled, extension edge shoe,
easy to walk In, and will keep the feet dry nnd warm.
50 Fino Cnif, $2.25 sad Q’Z Workingmen's Shoes
o*ill give more wear for tne money than any other make.
They are made for rervlco. Tho increasing sales Ehow that work
ingmen have found this out „
D AVQ 11 92 and Youths* 81.75 School Shoes are
DU ¥ O worn by the boys everywhere. The most service-
aide sh<x»s sold at these prices.
a a bpa q p OF 93 Ilaud-Sewed, 8*2.50, 82 and 81*73
La t\ Baf Biaw hhoes for iUissce are made cf tho best Don-
g«li or fine Calf, as desired. They are very stylish, com*
lorta >lo aud durable. The $3 shoe equals custom mode
shoos costing from $» to$C. Ladies who wish toepono-
ml?' in their footwear aro finding this out.
S V UTION. —Beware of dealers substituting shoes with.
\V. L. Douglas* name and the prite stamped on bottom-
* am r nn u/ ■ nnnoi ao» o tines Such substitutions arc fraudulent and subject toprostcu-
ASK FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES. tIon by Uw for obtaining money under false pretences.
If uot for ealo iu your uhiro Horn! direct to Factory, atatln^ kind, alz© and width
wanted. Postage free. Wiil give exclusive hrIo to shoe dealers and general mer
chant a where I have no audit*. Write for Catalogue. W, L. Douglas, Brockton* lUaaa,
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