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To Button Boots.
“In buttoning shoes there is no need
to rip of buttons and split out button¬
holes so often. Half the women don’t
know how to handle a buttonhook, anil
that is the trouble,” said a girl who
was on her knees trying on a pair of
shoes for a enstomer. “Moat women
take tho buttonhook, nud after catch¬
ing tho button in it turn tbu hook
straight over backward to force tho
button through tho hoi That is all
wrong. See how quick the buttons
will and fly olT flint way,” and she illustra¬
ted sent four buttons flying into
the uir as a result. “Now do this way.
l’ut the hook through the buttonhole
and take hold of tho button with it.
Then keep tho buttonhook flat nud
swing it around in a half circle, always
keeping the hook level where it lioJils
the button. This saves the wear and
tear on the buttonhole stitching, anil
the buttons will stay sewed on four
tiniiH as long. "-—Shoe and Leather
Flirt*.
His Capital Joke.
“I suppose," observed Bunks, with
a sigh, “1 ought to call this u rcd-lct-
ter day.”
“Why?” asked Rivers.
“My wife is to give a pink T this
evening.”— Chirm /o Trilniur..
Are \ (•oititf •« Trn vi*l f
if i nti in whatever direct ion, or hy
what ' v, r n , have a sufficiency of Hostct
tcr\*» Storwn liith' H with Kirkiu-fs#, you. Then you
nmy hi 1 defiance in sea brave the
influi-nro of a malarious climate or abrupt
1 rami lion*of temperature, boK<>t avoid of dyspepsia, food
and 1 he M« limchie puntffc ton bad
ami wahT, an I anuiioiif constipation, h a 1 iincXpectwdly bilious-
developed ami rheumaiIsm. tendency to
Keep iidhh of water on the back of a tight
love to purify the n r
hr. Ki iiierw Swamp-Root euro*
a’l 1'amfihlet Kidney and and (Consultation bladder troubles. fr<
: iiboratory Hint,'ha niton N.i
Hi-fore luyin c n carp t wash the floor with
turpcntli le to jii cvvnt buffalo moth*! 1
<• co rtf In Met' u ?•*.
this futmiti book by .Iih lire hongntruet was
li l re tin- will tho most popular of all South-
lnil.li. iti I iih. Until r <cntly no copies
m t»- i it l except now a d then oneeou d
found as h kind of family kcep-aUe.
l'he Atlanta .Journal has republished th<
iKKlk ok and sells If, bound In cloth, posture pro-
aid, to any pan ol nited States for on
I.ihIIth and Gentlemen*
Arc you inter*.* stud in acquiring a thorough
buMitcHMr limit Ion? port it'* Hu dues* Colic. *u
mul School of Short Hand will «lvn you the
most thorough t -h for Ii-mm money limn Riiy
cither Bust rue's Coll feu in tho United State*.
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Good board ut $10.00 per month Write for
particular* to Porter A Anderaoi Macon, On.
Mnvi*$ lIn* Ilnlili'N.
Dor Teething, Cholera Infantum, Hummer
Pomp aint, and other trouble* common to
children, Go -liii-r is boion-1 doubt the
pTeaU'flt of all re •ill"n. Nothing on .nrlh
will take children through tile trying or leal
of 1 ii-i’tliinr o-rinel so JilciiRiiiUly. The) all like safely I lake and it, stir- mid ely I it il
iih u-r. o
in - like like manic In inerting file troubles of that
Cl It leal 1 o-l
Annul..... Toiirl.l.
The ino-t pleasant New York, mel and rhcapeid Kail way via to
reaeli Boston, tin* in
Central lCtlirnud and Oreiui 1-ten hip
t• 111 \. The into i- f’ll.he for lie mini
$24 00 straight. Ticket< Im-'udt
stateroom. Tables supplied Verb
ewcles of the season. ifm
or address any agent of Ct-nlri
(■mul Nigvr for Everybody! !!
Nmv the t me for all to prepare IheiOHelveft
to make a livelihood, atul the very best way to
ilo this for both young ladle* and young m* n
i* to fallen eourno of *!> nogrnpby and type¬
writing. Special summer rate* offered by
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BuildluK, WiillNt., Knoxville, Term.
Ilnll'* Catarrh Cure
a ( nm.tlt111iniwii Cur- Price 7.V
SfiilMmrtl Air I
Short Line to Norfolk iunl Old l Point Com
i t, Vh. Atlanta Through Hlotumr Washing ou v< MlbuU \l*o d train
between anti igton. l)o-
t Ween Augusta and Purtftiuoui th. Va
If a fillet <m1 with t-oreeyes use Dr. Isaai Tliomp-
honV Kve-wut* r 1 h’UKgDt-HHoU at P *r hot I la.
Nervous
Troubles
Originate in
Impure Blood
Therefore the True
Met hod of Cure
Is to Take
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
Which cum*? N rvousness,
Dyepepi »ia t Sort >ful», Halt Kboum,
Catarrh i. Uluummiisin and
other Disease*, because it
Purifies
The Blood
Its sure to net Hood's and only Hood’s.
Hood's Pills nr lIn- lu st family cuthar-
tie. irvutU- and *'ITi'(divi‘. Try a box. Coo.
And School of l-Ilortltloii. August 7tli
to doth. Kitfhf Mrst-clttM Tuauhers.
One Hindnd Class Lessons $5.00
\ f full particulars
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ROPE FEED*-
STEEL SAW
iPBiLLS
STEEL - Out and out.
COST LESS MONEY and cut more
umber than any Saw Mill in the U.S.
MANLY MACHINE CO.
BO I L c"!v!*r«ir K ** daltos, ga.
Bijers ol Machinery, Attention ’
Deal direc y with manufacturers amt
write id i or prices.
EMJINK8, HOILKHS, SAW MILLS
(irist Millls, ("line Mills, Cotton
tiius and Presses,
And anyth wanted in the machinery line.
IIOFlfil.iPxi ill OS W«KK*. Macon.<in
Minial* awarded us oa COI
ftDAl
P.icY*. At.aiUx
WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS:
A POOH rniNCBM.
Tho estate of tho young Hawaiian
Princess Kaiultni, tho condition of
which has just bocu roportod upon by
its trustee, A. 8. Cloghorn, shows us
that the British bred girl, who gave
Americans a peep at hor a year or two
ago has not very much royal pelf to
sustain her title with. The inventory
of the estate comprises a bushel baskot
of articles of jewelry, some sugar stock,
a littlo real estate and an interest in
property left by her mother, the Prin¬
cess Like-Like. The Princess is intel¬
ligent and amiable, but ill-fitted, with
her English training, for lifo in tho
atmosphere of the Provisional Govern¬
ment,—Detroit Free Press.
RIGID IIRGIMRN Ol' EMPRESS ELIZABETH.
The most partial critic con! 1 not
say that tho lifo of the Empress of
Austria is happy or peaceful. It is
feverish, eccentric and palpitates with
excitement. Tho great, aim and ob¬
ject of tho Empress Elizabeth seems
to be to fatigue herself. Ouu of the
people iu her entourage affirms 1 while
at the Itivicra that she seemed to liva
for her figure, her hair and health.
Kho has no other interests. On these
visits she rises at six, takos a little
milk and somo eggs and then starts uu
a twenty-mile walk in the mountains,
with her Mentouoso guide as hor only
oimpanion, to coma homo faggo l and
exhausted. She goes to bed at niuo
and sleeps ia damp shoots. Fearful
of overeating herself, she takes no
regular meals, '.'hroo times a week
she has cold moat and ten, twice a
week slio takes a solid lun ih, and
twice a week she has tho juice of four
pounds of beefsteak squeezed out raw
and dtiuks it. She nevor diuos, but
in the evening she eats some pastry,
of which she is inordinately fond. Oc¬
casionally she breaks out nud gives
hor appetite its full run. Thou her
chef, Herr Seitz, whose post is no
siuuonre, has to rack his brain to flu 1
dolicacioi for hor fastidious palate.
Regularly ho goes iu a small boat iuto
the open Mediterranean, far away
from tho land, and brings ba--k a cask
of sea water, tho salt of which her Im¬
perial Majesty likes to cat. She lias
been obliged to obtain special per¬
mission from the French Government
to procure this luxury, for salt is a
Stato monopoly. When shu has over¬
eaten herself, as often happens, she
abstains absolutely from foo l for days,
and she will remain in bed after she
has overfatigued herself. Sin duel
not ride i;u horseback, nor play, nor
paint. Her Majesty hor
Once a month has
hair wash;> I. This may seem a small
matter to chronicle, but it is usually u
great event. Her hair is still beauti¬
ful, luxuriant an I perfectly black.
When lot do a u it touches the groun 1
as she stands, and she is tall rim
cleaning and cutting of this hair is a
business, nud so completely fatigues
Her Majesty that sho is unfit for any¬
thing afterward, it takes up tho best
part of a day. The arduous and deli-
cate duty is intrusted to Frau you
Foifulik, the wife of hor hofrath, or
consoilloir do la oour. Tho hair wash
is a profuun 1 secret, religiously
guarded by this lady. All outsiders
have been able to ascertain is that
forty eggs are used up every month
upon it, and that the other ingredients
arc obtained from no loss than twenty
mysterious bottles. The titeusils used
are enamelled. Besides being washed,
the hair is out very slightly, every
single hair by itself almost. When
tlie operation is finally over tho Em¬
press gets tits of violent headache an 1
is absolutely ill for the whole day.
Her hair iH practically her only beauty.
Although she has fine brown oyos,
they are small; her nose is short ftnl
insignificant and her mouth large an 1
rather heavy. Her feet, too, are very
long and narrow and devoid of insteps.
15ut she is tall and graceful. 8ho
walks with an elastic, springy stop,
and from behind looks lilco a young
woman. Her faoe, howover, is wrinkled
and shows Lues of care and sorrow.
Like Ingenis, sho drosses in black.—
Chicago Herald
i'A uiav.i xo.ucs.
Norfolk plaited blouses are worn,
and if made of a color they have black
surah cuffs and necktie.
Street suits of hair-stripod or dottod
pique have a gored skirt, open jacket,
and vest of white linen duck cut dou¬
ble-breasted.
Street suits of hair-striped or dotted
pique have a gored skirt, open jacket,
aud vest of white linen duck cut
double-broas ted
If tho run upon ribbons of every
color, kind aud width is phenomenal,
so likewise is the demand for moire—
black moire more particularly.
New China silks show but slight
difference from those of last season.
Black or dark grounds are strewn she with
tiuy old-fashioned flowers and lad
or hair-lino stripes arc shown.
Woolen au 1 silken fabrics vie in
popularity. In woolen, the lighter
•:r » it ’ s of hop-sacking, natty cloth,
ca-n i’« hair an i orepou aro seen in
oxtjtmild aha lea; thy fancy wool
lunvltios just iutrvilttcj’.l arc as lisjUt
as silk au 1 arc quite as desirable as
that material. In ooloriugs, groan
s.-ornate pro.lom'iiito, anlp.de gray
aud heliotropo oo:u • next.
If you boast the simplest of merino
dresses aud with it wear aroun l the
throat a merino collar baud, pinned
iu the front with a brooch, it is still a
merino dress; bit ouc.- complete it
with a draped collar luud of colored
velvet, with » loosely-hanjin j bib,
plaited short iu the centre au l lou,- at
the sides, made of black net, with a
cream lace applique ou the edge, au 1
the merino dress is a gown worthy of
tin name.
Few wide passementerie? nro used
by first-elass dressmaker.; the rich¬
ness of effect i? obtained by massing
rows of narrow out jot. M ich of the
trimming for wool gowns is of mohair
br*s<i, «Mfcht?r iu pUia or s^rpeutiae
effect. Moira*, s vUu au l velvet ribbon
is uot ouly sew a ou skirts in straight
Jioes, hut is sh^p^l iut. > vau lykes^
scollops, ami sometimes it issoarraugs l
ha to give stt overskirt eft Bias
hands of moire amt satiu iuiy ue piu>
phased ready mile.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A littlo woman goes a long way.
She even occasionally goes too far.
It is good to love when you nra
young, to bo loved when you are old.
Wo pity n man “who goes to the
dogs,” without a thought for the dogs.
Absolute contentment is absolute
rest, and ale lute rest is annihilation.
Marriage is like a cold bath, Tho
longer you will look ut it the loss you
will like it. •
When people recklessly impair thoir
own credit they must expect thoir cash
to grow scarce.
A man with ono bad habit always
has two—on<s habit itself and the habit
of lying about it.
Every day a man submits to soma
injustice, which ho vowed yesterday
he would not stand.
What has become of the old fash¬
ioned woman who set tin bread before
going to bed at night?
Tho milk of human kindness isn’t a
bit improved by diluting it with tho
tears of sentimental pity.
Whenever von find a man who says
that houcsty does not pay it is a sign
that he has nevor tried it.
It is with charity as it is with money it,
—tho more we stau 1 iu neo.l of tin
loss wo hive to give away.
Never offend littlo paoplo. The groat
can afford to forget. The small can¬
not even affect to forgive.
Humanity to animals is a duty re¬
posing on the same foundations as the
claims of man to humanity.
If pcoplo would only stop talking
where they stop knowing, half the
evils of life would come to an mil.
Don't (lopoti i too m ie i on popular
sympathy rhsr j nr3 more in a
pealed onion than iu a public calaiu
ity.
Senatorial Fiiiiar.il Expense.
When u Senator dies in Washington
his remains are put iu charge of a
Congressional Committoo and oseortod
to the place of burial with groat pomp.
All of this is at the expense of the
Government. Au average Senatorial
funeral will cost the Government $1,-
599 for transportation, $19) for the
casket and an additional $39 for the
undertaker’s work hero, $159 for tho
loc il undertaker at tho place of inter¬
ment, $109 for flowers, $150 for sup¬
plies for the Congressional Committee
on route, $50 for hotel bills. Thou
there may be such extras as a choir or
a special organist at tins church. Al¬
together, a respectable funeral costs
tho Government close to $3000. If
tho Senator to be buried is from Cali¬
$5 fornia, tho $ 10 expensos io. HolUfthum^V^jgjjj can easilj^^^^
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was referred back aH
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useless cenotaph. — W
llatianns.
Bananas were first discovered by tho
Spaniards. It is not unusual for Now
Yorkers to devour 10,000,000 bundles
of I (Hi each in a year. One-third of
this supply comes from Jamaica and
California, Florida, Bermuda Islands
an 1 Sardinia make up tho rest. Tlio
nutriment in ouo ripe banana is known
to equal that in fivo ounces of bread.
Tn tho tropics it is tho staple article
of food. Sau Francisco restaurateurs
serve the fruit in omelets, croquets,
salads, fritters aud fried like- potatoes.
Bananas for this market are pioked
green, tho transit taking from ten to
thirty days, so that tho belief that
tho fruit is pasty aud indigestible is
not ungrounded. The commercial
value of the banana is as yet insignifi-
oaut. In Cayenno vinegar is made;
the Malays extract medicines that are
tonic and astringent iu offeot; in tho
Antilles it is burned and the ashes
used to wash clothes. Fiuo cloth can
be made from tho akiu and from tho
juice an excellent, iudoliblo ink is
ma le New York World.
Water Taken From n Tree.
“There is a troo which grows in
Ma lag isoar called the ‘Travelers
True,’ which is of the greatest service
to the tired nud thirsty travelers iu
that tropical climate," said Professor
Wilbur O. Stebbins, of Richmond, to
a St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter.
“This wonderful tree has no branches,
tho leaves growing from the trunk and
spreading out like the sections of a
fan Those leaves, of which there arc
gem-rally not more than twenty-four
on each tree, nre from six to eight
feet in length and from four to six
feet broad. At the base of each leaf
is a kind of cup containing about a
quart of cool, sweet water The na-
G' s save themselves tho trouble cf
climbing the tree by throwing a spear,
which pierces tho leaf at the spot
where the water is stored. The water
thou flows down into the vessel held
beneath it and the traveler is enabled
to continue his journey, cheered and
refreshed by the precious liquid ua
ture has so kindly provided for hi
UM; .
*‘Si*c w i» ('lolhing.
A “size" in s coat is nu inch, in un¬
derwesr two inches, iu socks one inch,
in h ' lf * u in ,si 0:13
sixth of hu in I'd, iu trousers oae moil,
in gloves oue*fo:irtU of an iu?h. an I
hats one-eightu oi HU iuch.—Chi
li?tu*s
Several of th-> el-otrio launches
from the Chic* Fair are m opv.a
tiou ou the Bostou Far* lake
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OK INTKRKST RKI.ATIVR
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
T.ARGE OR SMALT, COWS.
It is just a littlo difficult to see how
Professor Alvord arrives at tho con¬
clusion that larger cows tliau those
usually accepted as “about right,” aro
the more profitable, at least it sooms
difficult to make his conclusions and
the figures of tho Chicago tost, ap¬
plying weights of cows an l results,
agree; and if wo see clearly, tho cow*
under 1000 pounds weight have a good
working advantage, and one entitled
to consideration iu making up a tablo
of conclusions, writes Johu Gould.
Wo liavo a doubt if tho result ol
averages could Do kept as high with
the larger cows as smaller ones, for
wo take it, tho Professor is declaring
that four cows that weigh 4500 pounds
are bettor than five cows weighing 90J
pounds each. hardly
The Chicago figures warrant
this, and we doubt if ono dairyman iu
100 will consent to tho practice ol
keeping 1100 and 1200 pound ones,
and the matter at last rests on this:
What docs each individual cow do
with her ration? And then it comes
dosvu to this Will ten small cows
consume more ami make less than
seven other cows that weigh as much
as tho ten?
If tho largo Jerseys at Chicago aro
grouped, and the smaller ones of like
number, there is but littlo difference
in tho pounds of butter mado on the
average, but it is suggestive that the
largest cow, weighing almost 1100
pounds, consumed $22.31 worth of
food to make 117 pounds of butter,
while tho littlo cow, weighing 791
pounds, consumed $22 worth of food
audmp.de 179 pounds of butter ; and
if another pair is taken, the largo
cow, weighing 1079 pounds, making
199 pounds of butter at a fool cost
$27.22; and the little cow weighing
770 pounds that made 183 pounds of
butter on $23.49 worth of food, we
think little cows nro still holding
their own. This last makes the cost
of tho butter of the large cow thirteen
and one-half cents, and tho littlo cow
12.4 cents; avhilo that of the first
mentioned largo cow would cost 12.6
cents per pound, which looks as though
small cows wero tho cows for the
butter-making farmers. —Practical
Farmer.
LIME AS A FERTILIZE
Limo has ioni icon used in Penn-
Bylvania witl^N brfect, .BLu’r also European in Eng-
.’in
IMlHk. it is not
^Kerhaps
amL, t0
9
is aboul __prim si If pile
a
the heap sn^l heof HKtntiiig, Pes so that
wheu tho from tho burn-
rug of the wood tho pile will not fall
open Tho covering of sods will need
to bo replenished when tho has fire burned burns
too hotly. After tho woo l
out and the pile lias cooled down, so
that it may bo ensily handled, it
should bo slacked nud spread as soon
ns convenient upou tho laud; any
lumps of unbnrne 1 Bhells that may
have escaped the heat of tho lire
should bo picked out and reserved Cc:
another pit.
We believe that in this wav a dress-
ing of liiuo might be cheaply prepared
wherever shells can bo had, and the
labor would be well repaid in tho in¬
creased fertility of tho soil.- Massa¬
chusetts Ploughman.
FAllAt AND GARDEN NOTES.
Let the ducks and geese be full
feathered before killing.
While iu somo cases it may be ad¬
visable to help ducks out of the* shell
it will bo au exceptional case wheu
chickens should be helped.
The beauty of tho comb produced
aud the honoy-gatheriug qualities of
the bee arc more important than a
beo which is pleasing to tho eye.
When shipping poultry see to permit it that
the coops aro largo enough to
tho fowls to stand up and strong
enough to endure rough handling.
The mau who makes a mistake this
year will be the ono who neglects to
breed his sound, good-sized, courage¬
ous marc to a horse fully her equal.
Producers who ship houey, ex
traded or comb, should endeavor to
prevent leakage, which is a loss to all
concerned aud au injury to the trade.
A cow that calves iu September will
give milk all the whiter, when butter
is most valuable, nud be dry iu July
aud August, butter is cheapest.
Saving a horse’s strength without
reducing service is a great art. Trot¬
ting through sandy or muddy places
aud on rising ground exhausts a horse
rapidly Drive slow through such
pitfalls
Wheu the bees are building comb
or raising brood they must have water,
which should be placed iu shallow
troughs with floats, that they may not
drown If located near a small body
cf water, th it will be sufficient
Every time a bee hatches, it leives
ft very thiu lining iu tho cell, Tacr^
will bo several of these iu a seasoa, as
it only takes twenty-one days for a
young bee to emerge from its cell, and
in a few years there will be quite a
number of these thiu linings, so that
the colls gradually get smaller.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Yellow is tho most lasting color.
8omo writers ascribo leprosy to a
taint in drinking water.
Tho apple has a larger proportion
of phosphorus than any other fruit.
Window panos of porous glass,
which allow a pleasant nud healthy
ventilation of a room, while prevent¬
ing draughts, have been mado ir
Paris.
During tho epidomio of cholera at
Hamburg, Gormany, Dr. N. Himmonds
examined flies captured in the post¬
mortem room at the time the bodies
wero open. In theso flies numerous
comma bacilli could bo demonstrated.
Some of tho cars on the Brooklyn
(X. Y.) Bridge aro now illuminated by
electricity as an experiment. Tho
system used is a dynamo driven from
the car axle and storage batteries to
supply current when the car is not
moving.
Vinegar is the latest suggested cure
for bee stings. Au Englishman who
has seen it used on several persons
says it stopped pain and prevented
swelling. This is contrary to tho old
theory that an alkali—as in saleratus
—is requisite in such eases to neutral¬
ize tho formic acid.
Cold storage for tho preservation of
fruit has proved a failure Tho fruit,
whilo kept iu goo l condition for tho
timo, ilocayed rapidly when takcu out
of storage. Apples were successfully
preserved by being kept ou barges in
Now York Harbor, whore the water
.kept thorn just above tho freezing
point.
A scientist suggests the use of an
alloy of gold and aluminum for tho
making of money. He says that c mu-
terfeiting would bo almost impossible,
as tho ouly alloy which can be made
successfully consists of seventy-eight
parts of gold to twenty-two of alum-
mum Tho product is said to be of a
beautiful purple color, with ruby re¬
flections that cannot bo imitated.
In a papor road before the Botani¬
cal Congress at Genoa, Professor Sac-
carde calculates the number of species
of plants, at present known as 173,708,
ns follows: Flowering plants, 105,-
231 ; ferns, 2319 ; other vascular cryp¬
tograms, 595 ; mosses, 4999; hepatic o,
3011; lichens, 5899; fuugi, 39,803;
nig®, 12,178. Profe ssor Saccardo
thinks it probable that ths total num¬
ber of existing species of fungi may
amount to 250,009, and of all other
plants to 135,000.
There was a discussion onco iu the
Popular Science Monthly flamingoes regarding
the position assumed by in
incubating—some authors affirming
t hat they straddle their raised nosts,
their legs dangling down on either
■tti-'ndothors ■itt^i that they disposed of
some other way The
ft” now to be settled by
in his book, “Wild
ferved thorn in their
alow mul islanl
fcmarismn, “most dis-
lAistaueo Bp-.'ong of about
red logs
icteiteg, the knees
■flv/oud the tail,
Neatly cnr'ed
i^rs, with
Blasts— r
Used.
crowded ele
eutly, I avas
on the forward
■^^ic'-.siint ^ppars, where shower I was of
1 sliii-Me i my ryes
Kill HR- of these auu-iyiug
ally lodged beneath
elids, where it effectually
le usual efforts to remove
^Fhere was little sleep that night and
the next day it was neoassary to go to
my physician. Ho looked at tho e.yo,
said that the cinder had been ground
into tho eyeball, and directed me to a
specialist who would remove it. It
proved but a simple matter for him,
and tho skill witli which ha accom¬
plished it compelled me to speak of
tho difference between his methods
and the clumsiness of “eye doctors”
with whom I had had some experience
iu the long ago.
“It is no cause for surprise,” was
his comment, “for in no branch of
surgery has more progress been made
in recent years than in the treatment
of the eyes. There was a time when
any phys’eiau felt himself to be as
competent to treat the eye as any
other orgau. There was not one of
them who did not have au eyestone
always at hand, with which he felt
fully equipped to remove any foreign
substance. But advancing knowledge
has shown that these agents wero but
a simple delusion They were por-
tions of tho covering of certain shell¬
fish, about tho size of a split pea,
worn smooth by the action of tho soa.
“When ono of these was placed un-
dor tho eyelid at the outer corner tin
winking of tho lid would push it
gradually to the inner side, and, com¬
ing iu contact with an irritating parti¬
cle, it might occasionally carry it
along with itself and finally remove it.
But tho action was never certain.
There was no foundation in fact for
the belief that these stoues had a
peculiar detective power and moved
about in the eye until they fonu 1 au l
removed the irritating substance foi
which they had been ‘.sent. They
merely furnished a mechanical means
of doing iu a clumsy mauuer what a
little skill will accomplish with greater
certainty. They have deservedly gone
out of use, and now are seldom used
except among sailors and other super-
stitious persons New York Herald.
Tears ol Joy and Sorrow.
When Lawrence Barrett’s daughter
was married Stuart Robson sent a
cheek for $5000 to tho bridegroom.
Miss Felicia Robson, who attended the
wedding, conveyed the gift.
“Felicia,"said her father, upon her
return, “did you give him the check?”
“l’es, father,” answered the dutiful
daughter. asked Robson.
“What did he say?" anything,’ replied
“He didn’t say
Miss Felieia, “but he shed tears.
“How long did he cry?”
“Why, father, l didn’t time him; 1
should sav. however, that he wept
fully a minute."
“Fully a minute!' jabson,
“why, I cried on hoj
ill”—Chicago
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by its manufacturers. Its sale is greater
than that of all other baking powders
combined.
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Little Curious Things.
January 1st has been New Year’s
Day over since Julius Cmsnr “reform¬
ed” tho calendar, in tho year 4.5, B. 0.
Professor Masso, the Italian scien¬
tist, is authority for tho statement that
eel’s blood is as poisonous us viper’s
venom.
One of the now rifles used by the
Italian soldiers sends a ball with force
enough to go through fivo inches of
solid oak at a distance of four thou¬
sand feet.
According to an investigator located
at Davenport, la.,there are 20,000,000
microbes to each cubic inch of water
taken from the Mississippi at that
place.
Statistics provo that nearly two-
thirds of all the letters carried by the
postal service of the world nre witten,
sent to atul read by English-speaking
people.
Juue was named in honor of Juno, a
Roman divinity, who was worshipped
as ( pieen of the he ovens. It is called
the “month of mariiages and of sui¬
cides.”
“The Speed of the Earthquake” was
the subject of a recent scientific lec¬
ture by Professor Lancaster. 11c
proved that tho average speed of trans¬
mission of the shock is 18,000 feet per
second.
The year 1819 was one of “notable
births,” bringing into tho world such
celebrities os Queen Victoria, John
Ruskin, Walt Whitman, Charles Kings¬
ley, Julia Ward Howe, J. G. Holland
and Cyrus W. Field.
Curious Effects of Frost.
An egg expands wheu it is frozen so
much that the increased bulk breaks
the shell. Apples, ou the contrary,
contract to such au extent that a full
barrel will shrink until the top layer
will be a foot below the chime. When
the frost has been slowly and carefully
drawn out they again assume their
normal size and appearance. Apples
can be transported when the Potatoes mercury
is 20 degrees below zero.
once touched by frost are ruined.
Southern Recipes.
“The Cream of Cook Book-**' contains 1 hi
best recipes of the old book-*, and many never
before in print.
“The Ne w South Cook Book” is beautifully
bound, and will bo sent to any address upon
the receipt of ten cents in postage.
B. \V. Whenn, G. P. A
E. T., V. & G. R. R-, Knoxville, Tenn
Lookout Moiiuiatii.
One of the largest Lookout, sign 4 ever painted The is seen
by visitors to monnta in. ascent
up this historic old mountain is in ide by an
incline railway. Open observation cars are
used, and the trip to Lookout point, 2,200 eet
above sea level, is made in six minute*. Jmt
at the loot of this incline the laboratory of the
Chattanooga Medicine Co. is located. The roof
of t his building shows a s gn 175 feet long and
forty feet wide that reads ‘‘McElree’s Wine of
Caruui lor Women.” Some of the letters aro
twenty feet long and < an be read from the
cars whi e riding all the way up the .......
tain. No visitor comes to Lookout mountain
without having “Wine of Cardui” firmly im¬
pressed on the r memory. The Chattanooga
Medicine Company also make Thedford’s
Black Draught, ana have an immense labora¬
tory containing more than one-half a re of
floor space
Karl’s Clover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex¬
ion and cures constipation, 25 cts., 50 cts., $L
1 L
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KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends rightly to il. personal The many, enjoyment who live when bet-
ins
tei inan expenditure, others and enjoy by life more, promptly- with
less more
adapting the world’s best products to
the needs of physical of being, the will liquid attest
the value to health pure
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of is Figs. due its presenting
Its excellence to
in the form most acceptable and pleas¬
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truiy
beneficial properties of a perfect lax¬
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation. millions and
It has given satisfaction to
profession, met with The because approval it of the the medical Kid¬
acts on
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak¬
ening objectionable them and it is substance. perfectly free from
every ?igs is for sale by all drug¬
Syrup of
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but Fig it is man¬
ufactured by the California Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed Syrup on of every Figs,
package, also the name,
and being well informed, vou will not
accept any substitute if offered.
PEH yTDITIITMCMT Coustipttion
IK LAI ntiri 1 for
»nd Biliousness.
At ill scores, or by mai' ‘Jce double box ; -i <1 '.:ub>e b->xe*
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1 loss’ a Snail Breathes.
The breathing operation in a snail
is one of the queerest processes imag¬
inable and is carried on svithont tho
least semblance of lungs. Tho orifico
through which ho takes his supply of
“the breath of life” is, of course,
called the mouth, notwithstanding
that it is situated in the side of his
great sucker-like foot. The process
of brentliing is not carried on with
anything like regularity, as it is iu
most creatures, the month simply
opening occasioned to let in a ysupply
of fresh air, which is expelled by tho
same opening ns soon as the oxygen
lias been exhausted. The snail’s pe¬
culiar mouth is provided with a tongue,
set with hundreds of fine teeth.
In Loudon,
German—“Who is this Lord Rose¬
bery they are talking About?”
English Sport—“Why, man, ho is
the chap whose horse won the Derby.”
German—“What else is he?”
English Sport—“You bloomin’idiot,
what else need he be?”— Detroit Free
Press.
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Often results in colds, fevers, rheumatism, Wo
neuralgia and kindred derangements.
do not “catch cold is ” if we are in good the condi¬
tion. If the liver active, and system
in consequence doing its duty, we live in full
health and enjoy life “rain or shine.” To
break up a cold there’s nothing so valuable
as Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They perfectly keep
the whole system regulated in a
natural and way. grumble, If we do if not feel morbid, happy, if if tho wo
days worry dreary and long, wo are if the weather is
seem
bad, if things go awry, it is the liver which
is at fault. It is generally “ torpid.” Dr. Pi erce's A
common sense way is to take
Pleasant Peliets. We generally eat too much,
take insufficient exercise, by means of which
ou r tissue-changes become indolent and In¬
complete. Bo comfortallio—you You’ll be-well when are com-
fart'd iK> when well. you
have taken “ Pleasant Pi-bets.”
No Constipation follows their use. Put
up and re-
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Because, wo aro th9 Ih, largest manufacturers of
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value by stamping tho name and price on tho
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the middleman's profits, pur shoes equal custom
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