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FUSS TAm j B i c Banquet Manage,! lr a Woman. The largest Ibanquet on record in history, it is claimed, was that given ,o the mayors of France m the Gar n of the Tufleries during the Paris fxnosition. This banquet was entire ly managed by a woman 26 years old, • j lo potel. The number of guests ‘ '' 2 3 466 and the total number of rmoloyes was 24,080. This included ‘ ,i drivers, detectives, caretakers . |; jlverj ice cream men, dishwashers, waders and cooks. On the day of the banquet Mile. Potel was on the ground I a magnificent costume, surrounded bv a small army of subordinates and boys on bicycles to carry her orders. --Chicago (Chronicle. Help fortthe Women of In Us 1. \n English woman, who has gone to India to practice medicine, states in a letter.to :a friend that it has been proven that only through the enlight enment of the high class women of In dia ran help come to the Indian wom an of lesser rank, and the medical work of English women is evidently to be the greatest and most powerful lev r f or raising the iron door that shuts he eastern women from western free lorn and culture. Further that it is m unfortunate fact that there are, no nore strenuous opponents rtf any hange in the position of Indian worn ■n than most of the women ithero 'elvcs. It is known to be no uncom non thing for the mother of the fam ly to refuse to eat and make herself nd everybody else wretched if one of er daughters is merely allowed to go 0 school. Tlie Sleeve of Summer. I The sleeve should receive special lonsideratien. in making summer lowns, and certainly the variety is fc-eat enough to allow every one to se lare a particular type suited to 'her Bquiremente. The long sleeve :is a Brt of mutton-leg shape reversed so Bat the fulness is all at the wrist, ■here it is gathered into a cuff/ is 'a ■vorite style, and elbow sleeves., va led in finish, Will be a feature of I lin gowns, white the modified bishop I eeve, finished With a turn-back cuff, I til be chosen for the late spring tail s' gown. An association of fabrics us Issential to the beauty and good style I! these dressy sleeves. Fine sheer ba- I Bte in white or a deep cream tint ■ finely tucked, •shirred or run with ■ce insertion to make the under- B< j ves that are worn with the foulard ■ veiling dress Which has sleeves in Blow or three-quarter length; and ■vest front and deep sailor collar of ■c same fabric, ornamented with rich Ice. are frequently added to accentu- I that idea. Chiffon, mousseline de lip and all-over lace are also util ■ in this fashion, when a very Bessy effect is defined- I 'fitiinuinir for I’m Money. ■t is considered quite smart to make Bmey nowadays—provided, of course. Be can make it in ornamental ways. Be threading of beads and gems on Bains and necklaces is one way to Bp busy the fingers and fill the Brse of the ornamental wotker. It is Hid that four fashionable women Bike these barbaric baubles for pri- Bc clients and the shops—one with B laudable desire of purchasing for Brsclf With the proceeds a diamond lira! The great difficuty seems to be I hit upon something really new. One ■ ikes a special point of very fine Id narrow gold braid, threaded at in- I 'vais through queer Japanese heads Id little toys, such as whistles and Bep-shows. ami also of big lumps of ■quoise treated in the same way; fm‘- another started her career with B worth of beads and pearls, both B Pilar and irregular in size, and re- M i npor. the Changes her ready wit. B 1 rin S upon rabies, emeralds, gold ■ l ls, amber, crystals, orientals, Ve- B ian and the rest, to produce pretty ■ dgns. Hundreds of dollars can be ■®t on the gold-mesh bag, studded ■ h real jewels and dependent from frame; but less expensive are lovely and not so keen a of sorrow if lost. —New York Advertiser, S Woman and the Bootblack. chair reserved for ladies," is ■9 sign that a west side bootblack ■ stuck over one of his seven chairs. sign attracts attention but not ■ r, y So much as the member of the ■tier sex who has the courage to B>h to the elevated perch to have ■ hoots cleaned and dressed. ■he matinee girl seems to lie the H test patron of the reserved chair. ■ she is seemingly unabashed as ■ and boys half a dozen deep block ■he sidewalk and stare. This gap ■ erowd is the arch enemy of the ■ bootblack, who realizes that his ■'ustomers invariably fail to come B after be{n 8 stared at in this way. ■ “'' sign is all right, but I'm afraid ■ c hair is a little ahead of the * B s ' be bo °tblack. “The new’ ■“ is a great and glorious insti ls^, at as come ho stay seeming- B e fight for her club, her ■ re tickets, her political rights, ■ ‘’served seats in the restaurant her righ( . tQ p . ck her hi)s _ ■typewriter, but when it comes B, une down at a corner shoestand B, 6 ber books looked after she ~m; rose ,ban the mare that David ■an S eacon - The new I], Paa 1 stand being placed upon B u a ehair and stared at as a ■*,, freak - Her courage is not ■yct - Ul l tn that P° int - At least - ~~^ ew Y °rk Sun. KUwitri! VII Hnil Harriet I-ano. '•During the Prince of Wales’s stay in v ashington (upon the occasion qf hi? 'isit to America in 18601 he was President Buchanan's guest, and de cupled apartments of the executive mansion looking over Lafayette square," writes William Perrine. in the Ladies Home Journal. “One even ing when an elaborate display of fire works was given in hh honor he stood on the balcony of the White House, together with Mr. Buchanan and Miss Lane, amidst great cheers. When din ing with his hosts he would escort Miss Lane to the table, seating him self at her right. His manner was somewhat bashful, and most public ceremonies apparently bored him. But while he was with Miss Lanv and the ■coterie of beautiful women of her set it was noted that for the first time since he had been in this country he seemed to show the manner of a gal lant young gentleman desirous of pleasing. One of the merriest morn ings she had with him was at a gym nasium in Washington attached to a female seminary. On the brass rings suspended from the ceiling lie swung himself one by one across the room, and the whole party laughed heartily at his pranks on the rope ladder. Then he fell to playing tenpins. Miss Lane and the Prince together succeeded in conquering Mrs. Thompson and the Duke of Newcastle; it was next the turn of the victors to play against each other, and Harriet who was one of the most robust girls of the day, speedily outbowled the Prince and put his muscle to shame.’’ A Means of Livelihood. There is a great deal to be said for poultry raising, both as a means ot livelihood and as a pleasurable occu pation, especially for a woman who lives out of but adjacent to the city. If she be not of very robust health this occupation may be the means of making her well and strong, for it means an open-air existence to her. Asa business investment, very lit tle capital will bring excellent returns. A woman is more fitted for this vari ety of work than a man, for, though she may lack physical strength, there are the many little essentials —care fulness, tender treatment,, thrift and attention—which are tire backbone oi j success in poultry raising, which she i alone is capable of handling. As an investment, besides the rais | ing of poultry for the market, the i eggs are to be considered. It is bet ! ter for the beginner to attend to but I one branch of this work, and which ! branch will prove the more remuuera ! tive, depends upon one's market. To | raise poultry one must be in close ; proximity to a city, but that is not so j absolutely necessary if eggs alone fig ; ure in one's investment, for these may j be shipped. As to the fowls themselves, pure bred or first-cross fowls are better lay ers than the average barnyard birds, and very little more expense Is en tailed an stocking a place with such. Of the non-setters, legborns are the best layers. Wyandottes are also good layers and moderately good setters, | and both the Plymouth and rocks are | excellent birds. Cochins and brahmas I are very disappointing. It is not nee ! estsary for the amateur poultry farmer | to lay in a large number of birds. A ! few birds of good laying strain, and with eggs from these hatched for the following season, will be all that is necessary. Give the birds plenty of room and liberty and keep their nest runs clean and they will thrive.—• American Queen. Panne frieze is anew material that is supple bat has a rough surface. Hairpins with jewelled heads are one of the noveltines tor hair decora tion. The latest French coiffure shows the hair coiled low on the nape of the neck. French silver buckles are very stylish and compete in popularity with the large turquoise buckles. White pique gowns are strapped •with bands of white suede cloth by way of novelty rather than for practi cal use. The new veiling displays gold spots, which is a pretty fashion, but not one that is likely to be approved of by the oculist j L'Aiglon stockings are the latest, j Silk stockings, of course, with yellow j eagles in a line running up over the | instep, and on either side of them i viplets. Gay little low shoes have red heels, the front part of the shoe, in which > the eyelet holes for the lacings are j set, being red and the lacings light drab silk. Mourning purses or pocketbooks— | unfortunate misnomer—come in blacK | leather finished with gun metal, the j design simple and having only a fine 1 heading at the edge. Handsome flowered silks are made , with a satin selvedge about half an ! inch wide in a contrasting shade. The stripe is really too pretty to lose and some modistes manage to util | i Ze it in the costume some way. The thin lace is so much more satis factory, say the women who consider a gown a real work of art. “I like the delicate texture,” says one "and it has more the effect of real lace.” The latest shirtwaist sets show studs with single stones set in gold with the tinieat of safety pins, also with the same stone to fasten the ™ nar iD THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA. Start The New Century Right! Don’t try to get along with those old fashioned, out ot date farm implements. What’s the use, when our prices on up-to-date implements are so low ? EVERY TEST for quality and durability, has been given the machinery which we sell and recommend, “Tried and true"” makes are the only ones good enough for our customers’. IpflMlHil i!M; STRIKERS FOREVER BARRED. Southern Railway Discharges All Ma chinists Who Refused to Comply With Ultimatum. The striking machinists of the South ern Railway Company in Atlanta were formally discharged from the employ of the road Thursday afternoon. It was the regular pay day on the road and the strikers were given their wages for the last month they worked. At the same time the road turned over to them their tools, which had remain ed in the shop sin® the inception of the stride. Vice President Gannon re cently issued an ultimatum that the strikers would be discharged unless they returned to work. The strikers repaired to the shop and received their money in a quiet and calm manner, just as if they were still regularly in the employ of the road, instead of beipg on a strike. The scene was attended by no disorder ana the sirikers quietly dispersed af ter having attended to the business for which they had gone to the shop. None of the strikers returned to work, they still manifesting that they are determined to prosecute the fight for a nine hour work day to tae finish. On the other hand, the road is equally determined not to grant the demand. Superintendent W. A. Vaughn, speak ing for the road, stated that the strik ers are forever barred from working for the Southern road. At the same time he expressed regret that the strike had occurred and that such ac tion was necessary. He says that the places of the strikers had been filled to the extent of 41 machinists and 15 apprentices and that the necessary work of the road will not be hampered in any particular. When questioned in reference to the matter, Superintendent Vaughn said: “I regret exceedingly that this strike occurred. Some of the strikers have been in the employ of the road for many years and the foreman of the machine shop tells me that the remov al of some of the old familiar tool chests resembled a funeral. However, an order was issued some time ago to the effect that if the strikers did not return to their work, their dismissal from the service of the road would follow, and they saw fit not to heed the order. “We have all the men we need at present, and we have been eompclld to stop workmen, seeking jobs with the road, from coming here. The busi ness of the road is light at this season of +he year and the men we have on hand can do all of the work necessary. As far as apprentices are concerned we have more applications on hand than we know what to do with.” ATLANTA POLICEMAN KILLED. I Shot Down By Unknown Negro Whom He Attampted to Arrest. An Atlanta dispatch says: Police man E. H. Deßray was shot to death by an unknown negro on Gordon street, in West End. Thursday night at 8:40 o’clock, while he was In the act of placing the negro under arrest. From an account given by eye witnesses, the officer saw three ne groes loafing around in West End in a suspicious manner, and when he halted them one of them started to run. The officer stopped him by draw ing his pistol. The negro pretended to surrender, but no sooner was the po liceman off his guard than the negro raised a pistol, which he nad kept con cealed, and fired. Deßray returned the fire, shooting twice. The negro turned and ran, and the officer followed. After crossing the street the negro wheeled and fired a second time, and the policeman fell mortally wounded. Five minutes after he was shot, De- Bray was dead, and he died without speaking a word. The ball entered the officer’s throat, first piercing his cravat. Deßray ~ad been told to go out Gor don street by a negro named Isaac Hammond, who stated that he believed three negroes meant to do mischief. If Hat mond was in the plot to have the policeman shot, Deßray was delib erately tolled into a death trap. This makes four of Atlanta’s police men who have been assassinated on the streets within three years, Officer Deßray going on the list of murdered officers with Albert, Ponder ana Mills, all of whom were killed while on duty. Not a single one of the murders was ever avenged by law, although the most earnest efforts were made to cap ture the murderers. Policeman Dfßray was elected on the police foreign March 13. 1897, and made a most excellent record as an officer. He was born hi Mobile, Ala., but was raised In Georgia. He was thirty-one years of age. In an humble home at No. 216 Lee Btreet, West End, a wife and five little children will mourn the tragic death of husband and father. The wife had been in such a condition of health that Officer Deßray was expecting at any hour to receive summons to has ten home, and that was the reason the d*ief had aim placed temporarily on the Wert End beat. 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It numbers its friends by the thousands. Our medical corres pondence is larger than ever in the history of the medicine. Many write to thank ns for the great good S. S. S. has done them, while others are seek ing advice about their cases. All letters receive prompt and careful attention. Our physicians have made a life-long study of Blood and ,Skin Dis eases, and better understand sueli cases than the ordinary practitioner who makes a specialty of no one disease. So*. We are doing great gfx good to suffering humanity through our consulting de partment, and invite you to write us if you have any blood or skin trouble. We make no charge whatever for this service. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA. MEDICAL SCHOOL BURNED. Bolt of Lightning Causes Destruction of Famous College In Chicago. During a heavy thunder storm Tues day night lightning struck the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chica go. The fire which followed the light ning in a short time destroyed the col lege building, which was one of the finest of its kind in the west. The loss on buildings and equipment is practically total, and will approxi mate $200,000. GENERAL WOOD IS ILL. Attack of Grip and Malarial Fever Forces Him Into Bed. A special from Havana says: Tht condition of Genera! Wood, who for several days has been suffering from an attack of grip and pialarial fever, which, however, did not interrupt his official duties, is somewhat worse. His POISONED ARROWS. Various Method* of Making Them Rnulljr l*iht*iice<l by Silvio*. Dr. W. J. H uffman of the geological survey has been making a study oi poisoned arrows. Among other things tie sayc: “The Ainos of Japan prepare a poi son for :pr s ling upon bamboo or meta! arrow points, to kill game with, a small portion of flesh about the wound being cut out before the animal is cooked and eaten. In Java, Borneo, New Guinea and other islands the practice obtains to a considerable ex tent. "The poisoning of arrows prevails extensively in Africa, particularly on the west coast, in the Gaboon, among the Somalis snd with the Bushmen. By the Bushmen the juice of a plant is used, mixed with the pulp of a ven omous worm. "The best-known and most active of arrow poisons is the woorara or urari of South America. It is chiefly used for the tips of darts blown from the blow gun. ami the most important ingredient is the juice of th< plant from which strychnine in obtained, to which are added certain other vege table elements and serpent venom. In Central America poisons are also employed on arrow sand blow-gin darts. The Caribs employed similarly a poison made from the. sap of a tree called the mancea illes. The antidote was the application to the wound of what we call arrow root.. “The Seris of Northwestern Mexko prepared a poison by putting into the ground a cow’s fiver, rattlesnakes, scorpions, centipedes anil other un pleasant things, and beating them with a stock. Into the mixture the arrow roof, points were dipped, and it would be difficult to imagine a much more poisonous concoction. or compound. The Apaches and neighboring tribes were until recently in the habit of smearing upon their arrows a composi tion said to be Composed of a decom posed deer's liver and rattlesnake venom. On some instances crushed red ants are also reported to have been used. “A microscopic examination of such a coating upon arrows obtained from Apaches years ago showed (he pres ence of blood and a crystalline sub stance that was apparently rattle snake venom, it is a well-established' fact that the venom of serpents retains its poisonous properties when diied in definitely. “The Shoshone and Bannock Indians that the proper way to poison arrows, as formerly practised by them, is to secure a leer and cause it to be bitten by a rattlesnake, immediately after which the deer is killed and the meat removed and placed in a hole in the ground. When the mass has become putrid the arrow points are dipped into it. The Clallams of Puget Sound used to make arrow, points of copper, which were afterward dipped in sea water arp! permitted to corrode. This was a dead sure death-dealer. “I have never met an Indian who would admit the use of poisoned ar rows in warfare against man. They will say they use poisoned arrows to kill game, but not to shoot in warfare. In nearly all instances when poisons are prepared by Indians the operation is performed with more or less cere mony, chanting and incantation, for the purpose of invoking evil spirits or demons. In their belie! the effects of poison are due wholly f< the presence in them of malevolent spirits or dem ons. which enter tin body of victims and destroy life.” A Xeiopnpi-r Ileal. Some years ago a popular bishop of the Northern Province: decided late in life to marry. The secret was well kept; neither the dale nor place of the rite leaked out. but the memorial notice writer on a morning paper, who was intimate with nearly every eccles iastic in his lordships diocese, belaid a mysterious rumor of (he coming wedding. He mentioned the rumor at the office, and was instructed to give a special report of the; ceremony. Jaunty, gossippy, indefatigable, he ferreted out the church, though it was distant, attended the wedding, bus!led into the vestry, watched the signing of the register, and men, to the pre late’s astonishment, heartily grasped his hand and said: Hood rooming, my lord—pretty wedding—much hap piness—allow me to congratulate you in the name of the diocese!”—Good Words. Following the B,mo- Plan. Animal instinct often gives a valu able hint to human reason. A case in point is cited by an engineer in a re cently written scientific review of tho subject of dams. The beaver, he says, does not build his dam <(iaight aerosa the stream, but with an arch again; t the current, his instinct telling him that in this storm it will better resist floods and the impo< t of floating ice. This bint from the little animal has been acted upon in many cases lately, notably in the building fl the Great Bear Valley dam In California. Engi neers, as a rule, build straight across stream, chiefly, perhaps to save ma terial, but the arched dam is the more economical in the long run. A Gen nine Irieli Hull. Avery fine and genuine specimen of the Irish bull comes from Dublin, which deserves to be recorded, says the Westminster Gazette. A member of the Dublin corporation, in speaking of the electric light question, said: “You are standing on <he edge of a precipice that will be a weight on your necks all the rest of you* days.” It, would be difficult to beat this. The idea of standing on something that rests on your own neck is bewildering,