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i SCIENTIFIC. The normal eye can distinguish 1G5 heparato tints in the spectrum and ob •erve 650 degree#©! brightness. There are more than 1,000,000 nerves in tho human body. , All plants havo periods of activity Tfcnd rest. Somo are active in tho day ! time and sleep at night; other* repose ^nwake Glaring the daylight hours and aro at night. I At a depth of 1,000 feet from tho Burface of tho earth, at Ithaca, N. Y., there is a sold stratum of rock salt of an cxcclleut quality, nearly 300 feet thick. A German officer lias invented a mo tor in which a flue stream of coal dust is utilized to drive a piston by explosion in tho same manner as the gas in the gas engine. Tho tensile strength of wrought iron rods varies os tho equuro of tho diam¬ eter. A onc-inch rod will support 7,000 pounds and a two-inch rod will support 28,000 pounds. Sash Curtains. i A new way of solving tho curtain question tlmt is certainly convenient and by no moans ugly is to havo two setK of aash curtains—ono for the up¬ per and one for the lower half of tho window. Both aro hung on rods and eonsist of two parts, so that they can Vie parted in tho middle. The upper not should bo made long enough to fall about an inch over tho top of tho lower set. They may bc mado of muslin, silk or any fabric, with edges liem-jititehcd, lace. frilled or trimmed with The arrangement is a good ono for small bedrooms iir for kitchen windows. will Early in the approaching fall ground Ik - broken for the first of the build¬ ings of tho Methodist University, which will be erected at Washington. 93,000,0011 Tohn.ro Hill NnT*d. Cblcugo (memo, lalor-Ofoan's September 8[Rpocinl.1—The Illustrated Supple¬ of ment, No-To-ltuc, (LwcrJMng the great success and merit has made it famous In a day. Mr. II. I,. Kriunor, the active man, was seen In to-day at his office, 45 Randolph street, anti talking of No-To-Uae’u growth, said it was hnrd work to keep up with tho rap¬ advertised idly lnrr.vislng No-To-fiae’s demand, as every box sold lie said is merit. : "No-To-Bno not sold on tho strength of the thousands and tens of thou¬ sands of testimonial statements, but under nn nlwoluto guarantee to euro or monoy re¬ • funded," That mado a long story about merit very short, ns it absolutely protects the user from physical injury or llnaudnl loss. “Whv-" said he, “No-To-Bno will make 100,000 cures this year, and iho sav¬ ing will average $50.00 for every ono cured, or a grand total of $5,000,000 saved from going To-lloe, up in smoko and out In spit." No is indeed, a Ood-setvd to tho poor innn those hard times. According to tho testimonial*, the however, Iho money saving is least consideration, for almost every¬ system, one reports an improvement of tho nervous Increase iu weight, and a revival of physical ami mental powers that Is indeed miraculous. Prominent physicians look upon No-To Bae ns « groat success, and aro very freo to proscribe It. Every wholosnlo drug house in this coun¬ try ami Canada soils No-To-Bac, and tho re¬ tail druggists are pushed to supply tho do nmnds of customers ; tho direct mail demand Is Immense. Tho cost of No-To-Bac comparod with tho results is a small matter, as tho saving in a week pays the cost of a cure for a lifetime. No-To-Uao Is sold for $1 a box, or threo boxes, $2,50, with a guarantee to cure, or money refunded. A few extra copies of tho Inter-Ocsan Sup¬ plement (eight pages) illustrated Iu five col¬ ors, have Itoen secured anti will bo mailed for the asking, by addressing the Sterling lienaody Co., Chicago office, 45 Randolph *tm< ; New York office, 10 Spruce streot; Laboratory, Indiana Mineral Springs, lud To slow to anger is better tlihn to own the test kind of a seven-shooter. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp - Root cores aM Kidney and Bladder troubles. Painpldet Loboraiory and Binghamton, Consultation freo. N. Y. keeps The bicycle is indeed a "safety" when it young I'oop’c out of bad associations. I!««r’i This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Howard for any ease of Catarrh tlmt cannot be cured by Had’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cm m.y A Co., Prop.., Toledo, O. We, ilu> undersigned, have known F. J. Che¬ ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per¬ ami fect financially y honorable in all business transactions able t,o carry out any obliga¬ tion ma le by their firm. Wiwr.V Till y\. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. W u lusti, KtN.' .vN A* M auvin, Wholesale Dru rglsls, Tootle, Ohio. HallV Catarrh Cure is taken internally, not¬ faces ing directly of lie upon the Price, blood ami mucous Hold sur¬ by t system. 75c. per bottle. all Druggists. Testimonials free. **A Practical A«c” L a fit epithet for the present age. "Of what mo D it ?” mid "How soon will 1 got my money out of it?" are question* always asked before making an investment of any kind. Bright, intelligent young ladles no longer spend their time in acquiring wish useless accomplishments. their Parent-* who to render children Independent, give them cannot do a wiser thing than a course in short hand and type¬ writing. For young ladle* it is a genteel and pleasant the stepping work, and for young men it is often tion. For stone to a higher business posi¬ terms, etc., in the best, most thor¬ ough and comnhde school in the Houth. write Miss McNutt s School of Stenography & M'ldg., "• Vpewriting, Wail 137 Knoxville, ami 139 S. B. & L. Assn. St., Toon. KarPs (lover Ho it, the great blood purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the complex¬ ion and cures constipation,'33 cts,, 50 cts.« ?t. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children ilon, teething, allays softens pain, the gums, reduces lufiammn cur es wind colic. 25c. a bottle If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thoiup oonVr.yc-w ater.Druggists sell a( 25c per bottle. Headache Dyspepsia Indigestion are caused by bad blood, and by * run dqwn, worn out condi¬ tion of 4lie body. Kemeinbor Hood’s Sarsa - * *%%%%%% parilla Be sure to get retires Hood's . IDmIh Pill* ft re *cnilf>, mild aad effoctlve. TII R. ELASTIC ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. with Tii® latest ball-bearing improved knee joists. 1 Send for ana best. desr ripttve catalogue and price list. T. C. 11 ILLS, Successor to A. McDKKMOTT, SWdfc MH (old No. I Hi St.('baric* nrreL, New Orloan*. La. PORTER’S EdncatHSforBusiDess. 1 Practical ?ttl! lillNlHOSS , I ants and court reporters as U teachers. Terms liberal. lira,Junto* assisted to good COLLEGE.I * pmitions. tlcular*. Write for par MACON, GA. J. I?. K. H. POIITKK. < rttTIH, President. Principal. MEN WANTED“tK‘S sod), iU. Salary >ed cxfMMiM* pai t. Knc <a© 4ct*. for pa>tw aia.s, MOt Box TII KK (lit, N AIIVHtt THIMi ArtwtM IATION, Atlanta, lift. WASHINGTON NOTES NEWS CONCERNING THE VARI OUS DEPARTMENTS. Sayings and Doings of the President and Members of the Cabinet. Bunday the marine hospital service was informed of the arrival at the Capo Charles, Va., quarantine station from Havana of un American bark with three cases of yellow fever on board. The vessel was sent to Fisherman’s island, a portion of the quarantine sta¬ tion, for detention. Tho treasury department Las decided that Balt imported from England is en¬ titled to freo importation into tho United States under the new tariff bill, notwithstanding the fact that several of the dependencies of Great Britain impose a duty on that commodity when imported from the United States. Section GOB of the new tariff bill treats of this subject. Information has been received at the stato dejiartment that tho two Ameri¬ cans banished from Nicaragua for complicity in tho Mosquito rebellion, aro now iu Costa Rica. It is said that thoso men aro well satisfied to accept tho terms of banishment without de¬ manding a trial or asking the protec¬ tion of tho United States minister to remain in Nicaragua. A telegram was recoived at the Jap¬ anese legation at Washington, Mon¬ day, announcing that the emperor would take up his residence at Hiro shina, and that the headquarters of tho army aud navy would bo moved to tlmt plaeo from Tokio. Hiroshima is a largo town ou tho inland sea, about 550 miles from Tokio. The action of tho emperor in taking up his residence thero is takou to indicate his inten¬ tions of personally superintending active oiierations in tho war at a point as near tho scene of hostilities as is practicable. A movement 1ms been started at Washington to organizo a chorus in Georgia for tho Cotton States aud In¬ ternational Exposition of 10,000 voices to bo known as the “Dixie Chorus.” Thoso formulating tho plan intend it to equal the great peace jubilee chorus of Boston when .Patrick Gilmoro or ganized nnd trained 13,000 voices. Professor N. DnShane Cloward will leave for Atlanta in a few days to sub¬ mit his specifications and plans to the exposition managers. Professor Clow¬ ard is tho leading musician of the capital, and with the exception of Pat Gilmore, lms organized and conducted tho greatest choruses over gotten to¬ gether in America. Chief Hazen, of the treasury secret service has received a telegram an¬ nouncing the arrest in St. Louis, Mo., of Secretary Smith, of tho St. Louis Bank Note Company. This company, it will bo recalled, printed and en¬ graved the five dollar and two-dollar warrants of tho state of Mississippi, which bore a striking similarity to United States mouey. The president of tho company will bo arrested when he returns to St. Louis, and Agent Holmes, of tho company, who is iu charge of tho Chicago branch, will also bo looked after. Iu tho meantime the United States district at¬ torney at Jackson, Miss., is preparing a caso against the stato officials of Mis¬ sissippi. Governor Stono and others in tho same caso. The Mississippi of¬ ficials refused to call in tho warrants, but the fact that they havo been de¬ clared illegal by the general govern¬ ment has, it is said, had tho effect of destroying public confidence iu them as money, aud the banks refuse longer to take them. The Mints at Work. Secretary Carlisle is now demon¬ strating that ho is decidedly more fav¬ orable to silver than he was a few months ago. He is now rapidly coin¬ ing tho silver bullion purchased under the Sherman law. Tho seigniorago ho is covering into tho treasury. The mints at New Orleans, Philadelphia aud San Francisco are engaged in coining standard silver dollars from tho bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, commonly known as the Sherman law. During the month of July $430,000 was coined and during the mouth of August $728,000. About the same amount will be coined during tho present month, September, and thereafter such amount will be coined as the secretary may consider advisable under all the circumstances. Tho third section of tho act of July 14, 1S90, provided that tho secretary of the treasury should coin each month into standard silver dollars 2,000,000 ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of the act as much as might bo necessary to provide for the re¬ demption of the treasury notes issued in payment of the bullion, nnd that auy gain or seigniorage arising from such coinage should be accounted for and paid into the treasury. Tho coin¬ age now going on is done under tho authority conferred by this section of tho law and the seigniorage derived from it is paid into the public treas¬ ury as required by law and used for the ordinary purposes of tho govern¬ ment ; but the Temainder of the coins aro held iu the treasury iu order to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes issued in payment for the bullion. POISONED 1IIS MELONS. His Own Son ami Two of His Neigh¬ bors Were Victims. A sensational tragedy occurred’ near Dykesville, La., a small town just across the Arkansas state line, Sunday. Clinton Thompson, a farmer, has a fiue melon crop, which has been a perfect feast to the boys in the neigh borhoo L The raids of the boys be¬ came so frequent that the old man de¬ cided to put a stop to the depredations. He put poisou iu some of the tinest melons and awaited the result. Sunday morning his son Felix, Georgo Bridges, a neighbor’s son, aud auothcr mail named Jacob Muir, were found dead in the patch. The neigh¬ bor whose sou was among the victims was the first to discover the dead bodies, and called Thompson out to show him the corpses. When Bridges learned that Thomp¬ son had po : soned the melous and caused the d tath of his son, he drew a revolver and shot him dead in his track*, The murderer escaped. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONDENSED FROM OUR MOST IMPORTANT DISPATCHES. Short and Crisp Items of General Interest to Our Readers. ^ e Jackson : l,vl!r„?J g thC “ r ‘ ,cl . . f s “K” 1 :'; « ““ ger ,0 , r .?“ rb e lb Ti a hat .h “d « siLn , , «fu ’ refuse I to to sign them them. Cholera is raging iu tho town and province of Nijni Novgorod. In Rub sian Poland there were 5,000 fresh cases of cholera and 2,500 deaths from that disease ou an average per week. Seven anarchists suspected of com plicity in the explosion of a bomb in front of the palazzo of the ministry of war at Rome, Italy, last May have beeu arrosted. Five of them have confessed that the suspicions of the authorities as to their guilt were well founded. The Middletown National bank, at Middletown, Pa., of which Charles W. Raymond is president, closed its doors Thursday. Tho cause of the failure is supposed to be tho discount ing of the paper of certain corpora tions and individuals who find it im possible to pay. It is reported that the Chinese gov ernment has arranged to purchase half of the vessels comprised in the Chi mise navy. A Yokohoma dispatch says that Marshal Yamagata started for Corea Thursday to assume command of tho Japanese army in that country. It is said that the Japanese forces in Corea will soon number 100,000. T Iho yt . indications dl8 v V at , f. , h frora . are Tall -mn becoming River • strong says: that a majority of the striking mid operatives will resist the reductiou m wages until cold weather at least. They claim that tho print cloth market has so improved that there is now no excuse for a redaction in wages, and declare that they will stay out nut 1 victorious. Ihe strike of the union carpenters of New York City, against tho present system of “lumping” is rapidly spread ing. Already 1,200 men are on the striko and it is asserted that at the headquarters of the strikers that be fore tho end of the week there will not bo a union carpenter at work iu the city. Several contractors Lave agreed to the terms of the men. Yancoy Lewis, master iu chancery, at South McAlester, I. T., has sold tho Choctaw Coal and Railway Com pany to the highest bidder for $14,500, 000. George II. Earle, of Philadel pliia, was tho purchaser. The name of the road will be changed to Choc taw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, and it will bo extended from South McAlester to Oklahoma at an early day. The New York city police comrnis sioners Thursday afternoon held a se¬ cret meeting at police headquarters. When tho meeting was over it was an nouuced that tho board had found Captain Stephenson guilty ol receiving bribes from merchants so that they might evado the ordinance regarding tho blocking of sidewalks and he was diemissed from the force. Tho action of the board was unanimous. A Shanghai dispatch says it is re¬ ported that the Japanese havo threat¬ ened to withdraw their promise not to molest Shanghai unless the Kiang-uan arsenal thero bo closed. Tho motive for the threat is not apparent, but is surmised that the Japanese are anxious to provoke the British to interfere. Tho Kiang-nan arsenal is now in a state of inactivity, and, under any cir¬ cumstances, its productive capacity is small. The rp , break . . iu . tlio .. ranks , of ... tiro mill owners at New Bedford Mass, ts wid eniug. A number of them favor a compromise with the strikers and steps to this cud have been taken The manufacturers want to start up at a reduction. This proposition the op orators have rejected, claiming tha, when the market reaches 3 cents the timo will come for an increase in wages rather than tho restoration of a re< uc lon ’ Ihe big strike of the coat makers at New York has been practically settled, The light was short and hard. It was directed squarely against the sweating system, and the workers gained tho day. Thursday morning 7,000 of the 14,000 coat makers, who have been out since Sunday morning, went back to work on their own terms. Tho other 7,000 will probably be employed by the first of next week, though there are rnauy details yet to bo settled. A careful investigation made at Pitts burg, Pa., Thursday morning by tho Leader , of the facts surrounding the reports of the death of an immigrant, Johu Walther, at Cumberland, Md., gives no ground for the assertion that the death was duo to Asiatic cholera, l)r. J. Guy McCandless, of the bureau of health, stated that he had received a report from the inspectors sent to look after the quarantined corpse of the dead man and that every member of the party was well and no signs of the least disorder wero evident. The Wisconsin democratic state con¬ vention met in second session at Mil¬ waukee. Governor Peck was renomi¬ nated on the third formal ballot. Judge Rose, from the minority of the committee on platform, presented the following, which was adopted as an amendment to the platform: “We de¬ nounce the treachery of United States senators, who, claiming to be demo¬ crats, have joined with the republicans to defeat the full measure of tariff re¬ form.” This was adopted as an amend¬ ment to the platform and then the platform, as a whole, was adopted. Pence Accepts the Kenomination. A special from Denver, Col., says: Representative Lafo Pence has finally accepted the renomination of the pop ulist convention, though under protest, He says: “I may have been misunder Btood. Some kind-hearted bnt raisin formed friend has said that my nomi nation to congress need not be a bar to rny aspirations to the senate. But it will be. No man who is a nominee for congress has tbe right to aspire to the senate. I should have liked to have gone after Wolcott^ and I might havo boon the beneficiary. I accept the detemination of, my eonstitaenta, however,” GOV. STONE PULLED. THE TROUBLE CAUSED BY ISSU¬ ING WARRANTS Which the Government Says Looks Too Much Like Greenbacks. A J«taa, Mies., special says• Held to answer in the sum of *1,000 to the charge of feloniously issuing sfates money uois. in “cmhlanee of United ILat is tho coudit.ou -in which C.ov ernor John M. Stone, Auditor W. W. Stono and Treasurer Evans, of this state, now find themselves, The United States marshal received Governor Stone’s surrender Monday evening at 5 o’clock. Treasurer Evans out of llie city and Governor Stone was attending an official meet 'Ug out at the penitentiary. The gov ernor has anticipated his arrest, how ever, by employing Judge Campbell, the most distinguished lawyer of Mis sissippi, to defend the state, which, iu reftlit y, is the party in the case. That gentleman, speaking of the affair, »ahb “It is one thing for the United to order a prosecution. It is flui* 0 a different thing, however, to o»der judges and jurors. The case will have to be tried right hero before 11 Mississippi jury.” . legation, which has been brew ! a » nearly three months, promises bc of “ atlonft l importance. Its de¬ . whcn rcachos ll t, hc United te8 BU premo court, whore it is bo,, , ““ . to ^ time, may knock out 10 cc "t tax imposed upon state b,,llkf , '’ \ ,r the question which will om ' “ * 10 j ron t will be the right of ,. l “« state, not only to issue bonds and warrants, but even money itself. It w «s on tl.c 2d of January last that the j t ... is - a ( uro ot - Mississippi 11 met iu s ,> cbl j ^essiou Under the new t . ( , : tntion special sessions can ol « v for period of a tl . 'v days to consider appropri nt.v.ii bills, articles of impeachment against state officers and similar privi leged questions. In this ease it was the question of appropriations made urers 189.1, ary by deficits iu the year 1892 and aggregating over $400,000. Coder the old constitution but $300, 0< 0 was raised for school purposes, while unde* the new it required over $9:K»,000. Besides this, as* showu bv Governor Stone’s message, the receipts fn>ni several sources had fallen off, notably in the matter of liquor li censes, a wave of prohibition passing over the state which closed up tho barrooms in sixty-nine out of seventy live counties of the state. There were various remedies sug gested to euro the deficit iu tho raising of the necessary revenue, but none of them wero sufficient. Then it became necessary to cousidor the raising of $200,000, which would bo needed bo fore another session of the legislature c °Hld be had. Ihe question of issuing bonds was sprung, but Frank Burkitt, -bc populist leader, suggested the is • s u ftn ce of warrants of smell denomina tiollp ’ "bich could be floated among tilc l ,co pl e > paid out for services to tho ‘ sblto nnd in other Wft y 8 thrown into circulation. Ho offered to pay cash { 'ir $1,000 worth of such bonds if is sued - 11 wns °. n <ho l ast “ight of tho term of tho legislature that the bill was read for tho issuance of these warrants, of which the enacting -clause was as follows: “That the state treasurer is author¬ ized and required to prepare and Bell at not less than par, bonds of the stato of Mississippi to an aggregate not ex¬ ceeding $200,000, as may be necessary to defray the current expense of tho state, nnd the faith of the state is pledged for tho redemption of thoso bonds.” In tho conference between tho two houses the term “bomls” was cbange.1 to ..warrants,” and though “ the matter wn3 k , (t in , ho bomls f Governor Stono l.y the adjournment of tho legis latnro, which he could only have kept iu session 1 >y a special proclamation, op 6e<1 to this H ° , is i fltiou . B ut hav in tbe n i teroRtiv of approving ° tho bill or keeping tbat ia p08 . sion, he chose the former as the best of two evils, and signed the bill. It was in June Inst that $50,000 of these warrants, iu denominations of $ >, $10 and $20, were received from the St. Louis Bank Note company, which had been employed to engrave them. The new warrants bore a remarkable likeness to the United States green back notes. The vignette of Governor State looked well on the left hand cor ner. Tho note went in the state. It was redeemable at the state treasury on January 1, 1896, and bore a rate of 3 l»er cent interest. There were many 'wko thought, when they saw the notes in circulation, that the money ques tion had been solved, and that for all purposes of local indebtedness no one would want anything better than these pretty pieces of paper, which had behind them the credit of the state of Mississippi. The exigency of the state government required a more rapid circulation of these notes, and they were ordered to be paid, one-half iir liquidation of all indebtedness in the way of salaries, etc. It was at tbis juncture that Chief Hazen, of tho civil service division of the treasury depart¬ ment, wrote Governor Stone that lie was entrenching upon the prerogatives of the treasury department, and de¬ manding the surrender of the plates and the warrants still in his possession. To this Governor Stone replied that the state knew its rights and was pre¬ pared to defend them. CAUSED BY TRAMPS. An Ohio Town Almost Totally De¬ stroyed by Fire. The little village of Dalton, Ohio, located nine miles north of Massillon, was almost totally destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The fireorig inated in a stable and while the direct canse of the origin is unknown, it is presumed it started by tramps taking quarters there for the night. The en tire loss is estimated at $200,090, the heaviest being the Royal Insurance Company. The postoffice department and its entire contents were included ' in the fire. The citizens frantic are 1 t with grief the loss of their busi over ' blocks and residence* and tbe ness homeless women and chddren. SOUTHERN SPECIALS NOTING TIIE MOST INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY. And Presenting an Epitome of the South’s Progress and Prosperity. The first district North Carolina populists have nominated Harry Skin¬ ner for congress. He is tho originator of the subtreasury scheme which the alliance afterwards endorsed. Ouo of the most disastrous fires that ever occurred in Roanoke, Va., broke out at 11 o’clock Sunday morning iu the Bridgewater building, a large three-story, cased-brick structure, which, with its contents, was entirely destroyed within an hour and a half, Chief Justice Mclver filed an order at Columbia, S. C., Thursday calling an extra session of the South Carolina supreme court, to bo held on Scptem ber 12th, to decide upon the constitu tionality of the dispensary act of 1993. This is done bv consent of the attor noys for tho state and respondents. rf, The railway .. commission . . of „ _ North T „ Carolina has issued an order enforcing the standard freight tariff on the Wes tern North Carolina railway, which was lately purchased by tlio Southern. Itsaysthatsinco ho consolidation of all the hues, which the Richmond and Danville formerly leased there is no reason why the standard tariff should not bo enforced. Joo Henry Lloyd and Charles L. Wilson, both whito, have been arrested and lodged iu jail at Manning, >S. C., for counterfeiting, by deputy Charles L. Emanuel. Mr. Emanuel says he found seven molds for counterfeiting iu all denominations from a nickel to one dollar. It is thought that there are several more who will be arrested in a few days. The counterfeit money has been passing around for about six months. The Columbia, S. C., Journal pub lishes an interesting article stating that rumor has it that tho legislature may be called together in extra session to change tho election laws, in order “that there may bo no question of the legality of Tillman’s election to tho senate. It should bo stated that tho republicans are now contesting the le gality of the eight box and rogistra tion laws of the state,” and if these laws are declared constitutional, might not the legislature elected under them, and which, in turn, elects a United States senator, also bo unconstitutional. The American Pharmaceutical Asso ciation, in session at Asheville, N. C., voted to boycott manufacturers who furnish physicians with the manufac tuied , products , for use iu ... dispensing . prescriptions. This was done for the purpose of putting a stop to what the druggists look upon with alarm ns au encroachment on their own busiuess. It is claimed by them that year by year the doctors are getting more and more into the lmbit of filling their own prescriptions and dispensing drugs from their own offices, greatly to tho detriment of the prescription business of druggists. LIGHTNING IN ILLINOIS. Several Towns Lose by Fires Caused by Lightning. A dispatch from DeKnlb, Ill., says: Lightning played havoc among the va¬ rious small toivns of this section Fri¬ day night. As a result the business portion of Malta, a small town of GOO inhabitants, is in ashes, with Iosscb ag¬ gregating $50,000. Tho little settlement of Henrietta was also visited by .lightning and com¬ pletely wiped out. The loss will not prove very extensivo. At Caledonia four buildings were struck at different times and each was destroyed. At Elmhurst a big barn was struck and totally destroyed. The people had hard work to save the scboolhouso, situated near by. Rockford came in for its share of the flames, and in that town three tires were caused by lightning. At Belvnlere, a cocked, physician’s stable ,vn„ struct aud together with two horses. Huntley suffered the loss of three buildings, one of which was a stable. In the latter instance four horses were cremated. At Herbert two buildings wero burned. Tho Northwestern Railway com panv’s track for a stretch of threo hundred feet, at Trout park, is washed out by the heavy flood. At Geneva also a washout occurred on the Air Line, carrying away a large section of the roadbed. TIIE FLEECY STAPLE. The Agricultural Department’s Cot¬ ton Heport. The September report of the statis¬ tician of tho department of agricul¬ ture at Washington makes cotton show a decline of 5.9 ‘ points from the Au gUSt Condition, ,. . which . , ni 91.8, o against . was 00.9 a- n lor c it this : month. ,, m ine .. condition . 1 • of the plant in the month of June was 88.3, rising to 89.G in July J and to n1 111.5 0 last month, as stated. rT Iho , 1 August i ___ . Condition ___ i-i • _ IOl g the year _ -« loJo ono was 80.4, and the September condi tion for the same year was 73.4, a fall¬ ing off of seven points. The Septem ber condition for this year is 12.5 points higher than that of 1893. The state averages are: Virginia, 100; North Curolina, 88; South Caro¬ lina, 8G ; Georgia,- 84 ; Florida, 82 ; Alabama, 8G; Mississippi, 85; Louisi¬ ana, 91; Texas, 84; Arkansas, 89; Tennessee, 84 ; Missouri, 93. The principal cause of the decided decline in the condition since the last report was the excessive rainfall throughout the larger part of the cot¬ ton belt, producing a too great growth of tho weed and checking the develop¬ ment of the fruit, aleo causing shed¬ ding, rotting and rust. The general tenor of the reports is “too much rain and heat, causing too great growth of the weed and too little of the fruit.” First Clearance of New Cotton. The first clearance of cotton from Galveston, Texas, for this season has been made to a foreign port. The Sierra line steamer Maria cleared for Liverpool with 0,100 bales of cotton valued at $2*27,248. The entire cargo came from one compress in Houston- Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. Children’s Mistakes. Never scold a child for mistakes, and do not nervously and impatiently fret ftnd and worry at it because it does not learn to do a thing after once Wh cn 11 l,al, v l,0 « iu8 Bit at - the table and 1 use a spoon there is UCl ' d ‘? f continuous quiet and judicious "atelnng and training, in order to cultl '’ ato l ,rt 'P er ^ ablt « and teach it to he T ,ou aml fork correctly. here is nothing at all inviting, cunning or pretty m seeing a child play with its food or making unsue eessful and awkward attempts to get tbfi ou to itK moutb . Tcftch lbo cbibl 1>rocifJe i y wbttt is to bo llono aml tlo uot 8to p until ituu llertitaml8> tUell mildly but firmly in ' st its doing tho right thing w uU as neftrly fts it is ablo ovcry time. There ttre children of live years whose table mftnucr8 nro everything that could be desired. There are others, children of larger growth, who all their lives are a source of annoyance to their friends because they either do not know or do not care what proper deportment is. It is uonseuso to say that one can not teach children. Every mother of a family should take time herself, or, if slio is not capable of doing this, should employ some trustworthy per son to do it for her. It is almost always possible to lind time for tho things wo want to do most, and certainly there can bo uotli iug more important than tho judicious care that assures for tho child in later years reasonably good table manners, A crusade is being started against lho engagement ring iu Boston. One of n }°. reasons given for its proposed abolition is that many girls become engaged for no other purpose than to add another ring to their collection and break off the contract as soon as it becomes convenient. The Voice ot the People Proclaims one fact, as true, nam< ly, that Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters effects a cure when¬ ever it'is persistently used for tho ailments to which it is adapted. Among these are ma¬ larial and dyspeptic ailments, rheumatism, nervous and kidney complaints, constipation and biliousness. A tablespoonful three times a day is about the average, There are throe and a half millions of people who are always at sea. “3 k M m li V\ m m ik' I SI 7/ fit KNOWLEDGE tends Brings comfort personal - and improvement and rightly to used. The enjoyment who when bet many, live ter chan others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the needs the of physical world’s being, best products will to attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Its excellence Syrup of is Figs. due its presenting to in the form most acceptable and pleas¬ ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dls oe,hn S cold *( headaches and levers 1 met with the approval of the medical profession, Liver because and Bowels it acts without on the weak¬ Kid neys, and ening objectionable them it is substance. perfectly free from every Syrup Figs all drug¬ of is for sale by gists ufactured in 50c and $1. bottles, but it is Syrup man Co. only, by the California printed Fig whose name is on every and package, being also well the informed, name, Syrup will of Figs, you not accept any substitute if offered. Special Prices Most Com Quoted tho 4 Jigliment piete estab- in Trade . \ the South. Estimates Ce&t Furnished. PUBLISHER PRINTER engraver A GREAT WORK FOR THE SOUTH. Tii' , Soith rn biunigration and Improvement Ut>. hn*l *-0 « incorporated ror I he purpose November of advertising first fhe South's advinfagos. On this corormny will commence advertising in ever 2.<KW or mfil'. timber ormlneraUands. M>nd complete manufacturing situ Un or Southern city ur»p^rtr Immigrntion f nnl a Improvement ae«cnplton Co-. to No. 45 North Br »iii St-, Atlanta, Oi- I^ar^e tracts suitable (or colonies desired. Prices must be reasonable- No o!i.r«e for adrertwmg. learn telegraphy, , tnllronrt nugino.* and Hbnrthiuid. New w. : teach ‘hem and furnmh jitaations catalogue free. TO new I —* YORK ™ ™ An old-fashioned way ■'ii MILES tcy of getting mere.* Slow and sate, but hard T"jr J work. traveling—found Most women, have something got beyond better. this kind Now, why can’t you look at that other old fashioned proceeding in the same light— N washing things with soap and hard rubbing. That’s slow enough anti tiresome enough, safe everybody knows, and it’s not as — as washing with Pearline. It’s really — destructive, in fact, the wear <?f that I, ^ constant rubbing. ideas. % Break away from these antiquated Use modern methods. Pearline saves at every point. O w^dTCl A feddlers *nd some unscrupulous Pcarlinc.” IT’S grocers * ill SF.—rearline tell j6n “ this is as good as** or “the same as FA r is never peddled, 11 JtfaCK | and if your grocer sends jrou something in place of 1 J carl ine, be honest —lend it AacA. ATT JAMES FYLB, F»vr York. Cyanide of potassium will remove all indelible inks whose base is nitrate of silver. Turpentine or alcohol rubbed in hot will remove now indeli¬ ble ink, if you use soda and soap iu very hot water on tho fabric immedi¬ ately afterward. Life Isn’t Worth Living to one who suffers the maddening ag¬ ony of Eczema, Tetter and such irri¬ tating itching skin diseases. Every roughness of tho skin from a simple chap to Tetter and Ringworm oven of long standing is completely, quickly and surely cured by Tetteriue. Is comfort worth 50 cents to you? That’s tho price of Tetterino at drug stores, or by mail from J. T. Shuptriuo, Sa vannah, Ga. “No woman,” said Montefioro, “is really beautiful unless she is uncon¬ scious of her beauty.” C URES OTHERS Bad Couuii, Spit up Blood,-Consumption. K. C. Met, in. Esq., of Kcmpsvllle, Anne Co,, Fa., Princess writes: “When I commenced taking 1 - your 'Discovery* low with was very a cough, much ana blood. at times I spit lip waa I not able to do tho least 1 it work, but most of tho time was in bed. 1 was 4 V ' all run-down, very weak, my head was diz¬ zy, and I was extremely despondent. Tho first - 4 bottle I took did not seem to do mo much * \ * good, It but 1 had faith in and continued using it *2$ until I had taken fifteen bottles, and now I do Mr. K. C. McLin. not look nor feel ltko the same nmn I was ono year ago. People are astonished, and say, r well, last vear this time I would not havo thought that you would be living now.’ I can thankfully say 1 am entirely cured of a dis¬ ease which, but for your wonderful 'Discov¬ ery,’ would havo resulted In my death.” WHY »T YOU ? McELREES WINE OF CARDUI. Sis ,v fjg rnt- >/ ■ I fj il iS' ran t y For Female Diseases. W. S3 L SHOE Douglas IS THE BEST. IMQ SQUEAKING. $5. FRENCH&ENAMELLED CORDOVAN, CaLF. \ FINE CALF& KANGAROl • r “i ’ $3.50 POLICE, 3 SOLES. , II $2A 7 - 5 Boys’School5hoe3. -LADIES* S§N*i SEND TOR CATALOGUE • ■ - : V : ' WR. ^ BROCKTON, W*L*DOUGLAS> MA33. You ran r.avo money by wearing iho W. I,. Dougina 8.7.00 Shoe. this Itemu«r, gradeof slices wo nro tho world, larpcst and manufjicturors guarantee their of in tho value )>y stamping tiio n.r.no '.ml prieo on tha bottom, which protect you ntalnst high priced and tho middleman's profits. Our shoes dual custom work in style, easy fitting and wearing qualities. We havo thorn sold everywhere at lower price# for the value given than any other make. Take no sub¬ stitute. If your dealer cauuot supply you, wo can. THE PROGRESS fj jT ( //cotton SELF-TRAMPING m press. !j /J reliable. Qiilek. Bti-onsr, Saves .Iambic trainping Ac In Mr box, bence only one man re iiTrijM qulred with Prow. Pucker baa faaM CTonlv to raise handle to start and ASU— ^stopped. lolif)w block Is automatically A iso sole M’f'r's of tho . steel lined Ideal liny I’rru. Pi ogrm Mfg. I'm, P.O.Box P, lltrridlnn, HIM. HALMSt^^fiG.lewiniGuni d Cur. s and Prevent* Hbi-nmutlnw, Indige-tlon, -V Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Catarrh and Asfhnr.a. m v Useful in MV.aria and Fevers: Cleanses li.e I A A Teeth an I Promotes the Appetite. Sweeten* V the Bri ath. Cure* the Tobacco Habit Endorsed V • by the Medical Facu ty. Send for 10, l.’> or 23 — ( cent r«ckat‘. Mirer, Stamp* or JoMul Note. f A OKO. It IiALM, 140 West 2‘Jth Sit, Now York, RPONS LIVER PILLS II*^ -AND- affoNICF affoNic Pellets. TREATMENT for ami Constipation BUioanness. At #11 3*oro«,or by mail 35c. Umiblo box; 5 doublo boSM *1.03. BKOYVN CO., New York City. (SO‘S C U R E n bilHtS WnfcHfc Syrup. AU tlSfc rAILS * Best Cough Tanton Good. Use Cr In time. Sold by drumriuta. -A 4 ■ ■ N'SU'MPTlQN m R A. N. U.. ........Thirty-seven, ’94.