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1 HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. .t ^ "j/ A Screen For the Writing Corner. 'A In these days of fanoy note papers a screen covered with the envelopes of one’s letters is an ornamental and use ful piece of furniture. The ordinary bamboo screen with two or three panels serves as a background, and on this'are panted the lilac and blue, white and pink, long and square en velopes sent by many correspondents. The variety of stamps add color to the whole, and the postmarks are often in teresting, if one’s friends are globe trotters. The envelopes, if arranged simply in straight rows, are easy to , read, but fans, circles and designs formed by white or tinted envelopes are devised by fanciful folk. If one have a collection of handsome crested , or monogram envelopes they lot k well * arranged ns a border. A screen of this description is an interesting feature of the writing corner of an in- ■ genious woman’s room. DAinty Droit Closet*. Perfumed pads for trunk trays aud compartments of the dresser have proved - so satisfactory in imparting that delicate scent which women love that one woman has carried out the scheme still further. She had been in the habit of* banging sachets of her . favorito powder in her clothes closet, but it did not seem to be as satisfac tory as ibe pads in the bureau. She experimented by hanging sheets . around the wall and using a liquid floeut, but that evaporated.'. Finally she took out the pads from her trunk and bung them on the books in the • dress closet. Then she thought, “Why not pad the closet?” fwNo sooner thought of than done. Her bost dress closet is now uphol stered over all the walls and ceiling. She did it herself. The backing of the pads is cheesecloth. Then thoro is a thick layer of cotton batting thickly strewn with her favorite vio let sachet powder, and covering the .whole is a delicate shade of violet China silk. Before fastening this lin ing to the walls of the closet it was tied in comfort” style with dainty baby ribbon, tied in bow knots, j, The pads are bound all around the 'edge with violet satin ribbon, having loops at the upper edge to hang the pads to the wardrobe hooks. These findings are not “sewed to stay’* at ,the top, but may be easily ripped loose in order to renew the powder at any time. Pads on the eeiling and above ■the hooks are fastened with brass- beaded tacks hidden under the ribbon bows. '• This luxurious closet may be imi tated in cheaper upholstery and bo quite as dainty. Bilkolines, which come in such delicate huos and pat terns, with sprays of the most delicto ..flowers,.-can be. usod. These - MRp and inexpensive materials are to be bad with a white or shaded ground, and the sprays of flowers may match .the odor used'—violets, roses, crab- apple blossoms, heliotropes, or almost anything in the way of a flower from .which perfume is extracted. If a .white ground with sprays of flowers is used, the bow knots can match the flower, and if a tinted ground is used white ribbon is very pretty.—New York Herald. Paying Double Prices:; Price, $18.76. for everythin* If not « ► pleasant, is it? But < » that's what you are doing, if you don’t buy here. Did you think ft possible to buy a $50.00 Bicycle for $18 75? Cat alogue No. 59 tells an about Bicycles, Sewing * * ’ Machines, Organs and Pianos. ’ What do you think of a fine | suit of Clothing, made-to-yeur- measure, guaranteed to fit and * expreex vaid to your station far $5.30? Catalogue No. 57 shows 39 sample* of clothing and shows many bargains' in * Shoes, Hats ana Furnishing , - ungs. • Lithographed Catalogue No. ' 47 shows (Jifsi**. Rugs, Pdr- ' tieres and Lace Curtains, in 1 hand-painted colors. We pay ' Freight, sew carpets free, ana 1 furnish lining without charge. What do you th i nk o f a Solid Oak Dry-air Fam ily Refrigera tor for $3.95? It is but one of over 8000 bar- < gains contained in our Gen- < eral Catalogue of Furniture , and Household Goods. t We save you from 40 to 60 4 per cent, on everything. Why , buy at retail when you know , of us? Which catalog you v 1? Which catalogue do *% Price, $3.95 you want? Address this way, JULIUS HINES & SON. Baltimore. Md. Dept.310 £ USELESS INFORMATION. A single bee collects only about a tablespoonful of honey during a sea son. . A bilnd bat avoids wires and obstruc tions as easily as if it could see per fectly. The best watchmakers’ oil comes from the jaw of the shark. About half a pint is found In each fish. The egg of the queen bee is about one-sixteenth of an inch long, and as large round as a line cambric needle. The goldfish is a great coward, and a tiny fish with the courage to attack it can frighten it almost to death. Rome ?n. Boston. Rome is envious of Boston's subway and will start one ot her own through the Quirinai hill to the slopes of the Vlmlnal and Esqhiline. The tunnel will be 53 feet wide, with tracks for car riages, electric cars and foot passen gers. An electric street railroad from the Porta del Popolo to the Porta San Giovanni will pass through it. Tfib engineers give out that it will take only Beven months to build the tunnel. wjyiK- !' KedpeH. f Orange and Banana Salad—Peel and aliee four large oranges and four bananas, squeeze over them the juice of a small lemon; add sugar to taste; «nix lightly, then oover with grated {oocoanut. y Honev Cake—Beat one-half cupful of butter and one oupful of sugar to a Stream, add two well-beaten eggs, one capful of honey, two teaspoonfuis of baking powder, sifted in with two cupfuls of flour, and one tablespoon ful of caraway seeds. Bake moder ately. { Balloons, or Puff Padding—Onepint milk, one pint flour, three eggs, one saltspoon salt. Beat the egg yolks, stir in the milk, add the floor, part at a time. When all is well beaten, out in the beaten whites, fill small but tered caps half fall. Bake in quiok oven; serve hot. The eeoret of exoel* lenoe is in eating as soon as done. # Teal Loaf—Mix three ‘pounds of ohopped veal with three-qnarters of a pound of finely ohopped pork. Add ; *ix craokers, rolled fine; three hard- foiled eggs, chopped; one teaspoonful ;of pepper, one teaspoonfnl of salt, . jone teaspoonfnl of nutmeg and one- ihalf teaspoonful of mace. Bake two &oors, basting with batter and water. !i Beef Celery Soup—One pound of ■olid lean beef (round steak will do), !cqt Into email pieces, cover with two [quarts oold water. When it qomea to .•», boil set back to simmer for two •hours. Then add a stalk of celery io«t into dice, one email onion minoed, •one-half cup rice well washed, one itablespoon salt. Simmer for two •hoars, then add a pint of milk, heat 1 again,,strain and serve. Cream—'One-half cup sago ■ one pint of milk until dear, ' salt, three tablespoons of i whites of thres eggs stiff; sand cook three rninn „ ^_Jed add s little flavor Ve«t oj» ioe or— 1 of I THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fio Syhu* Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the tkue and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup ofFigs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has 'given' to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advanco of all other laxatives, as it acte on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company — CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FU AN CISCO, CaL LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. V. T. RELIEF FROM PAIN. Women Everywhere Express their Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham. firs. T. A. WALDEN, dlbson, Os, writes: “ Dear Mbs. Pinkham:—Before tak ing your medicine, life was a burden to me. I never saw a well day. At my monthly, period I suffered untold misery, and a great deal of the time I was troubled with a severe pain in my side. Before finishing the first bottle of your. Vegetable Compound I could tell it was doing me good. I continued its use, also used the Liver Pills and Sanative Wash, and have been greatly helped. I would like to have you use my letter for the benefit of others.” nra. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, gig mulberry St., Lancaster, Ohio, writ*.: , “Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—For two years I was troubled with what the local physicians told me was inflamma tion ot the womb. Every month I suf fered terribly. I had taken enough medicine from the doctors to euro any one, but obtained relief for a short time only. At last I concluded to write to you in regard to my case, and can say that by following your advice I am now pefectly well.” nra. W. R. BATES, nansfield, La., writes: “Before writing to you I suffered dreadfully from painful menstrua tion, leucorrlioea and sore feeling in the lower part of the bowels. Now my friends want to know wliat makes me look so well. I do not hesitate one min ute in telling them what has brought about this great change. I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound enough. It is ths greatest remedy of the age.” For Health and Recuperation Cleveland Springs is unsurpassed. Fine fernery, large hotel, wide porches spacious thickly-shaded groundB. livery, fine drives, excellent table, reasonable rates. White and Ked Sulphur, Llthia aqd Iron Springs with their health-giving ana strength-restoring waters. Address for accommodations and ratoe, Lea & Mill an, Cleveland Springs Hotel, Shelby, N. C. —It's funny that a young woman never h( appreciates her dressmaker's work unless it's a miss lit. Are You Using Allen’s Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching. Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot- Ease a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Sold’by ail Druggists, Grocers and Bboe Stores. 25o. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. —Severe frosts have damaged small fruits and vegetables in England. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken Intel nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Write for testimonials, , ree. Manufactured by “ * "ill F. J. Chunky a Co.. Toledo, O. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnpfor children teethtng.eoftens the gums, reduolng tnflama- tlon, allays palmcures wl ad colio 35o a bottle Fite permanently cured. No fl ts^or nervoui- 1 site: - ~ ”” ciiuauouu; uutuu. aw »*« «* . « a ness after first day’s use of Dr; Kline s Great Nerve Restorer. IStrisl bottleand treatise free Db. H. H. Kline. Ltd.. #31 Aroh St. Philo. Pn. Special Announcement — Queen & Crescent Boute. — One-Half Bates to Buffalo, New York, Via the Queen A Crescent, June 12 and 13, with liberal return limits, account Imperial Coun cil Mystic Shrine. Ask agent tor particu lars. W. C. Rinbahbon, General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, Ohio. A Bullet-Proof Cuirast. The latest ballet-proof cuirass hails from France and is the invention of M. Threaed, Its essential featnres are a sheet of metal fitted with an outer and inner lining (the composition of which is not stated), the whole apara- tus weighing less than eight pounds. According to good authority, it was re cently tested with a Manser rifle, whioh was fired from a distance of about 70 yards. The ballet tore the front of the onirass and made an indentation in the metal plate, bnt did not penetrate it. Stufffling With the Rabbit Pests. In Tasmania the rabbits are giving quite as much trouble as in the Austra lian colonies, and so serious is the pest that the Government, by a recent act, has deoided to advance purohase money to farmers who wish to purohase rabbit- proof fearing has also been put on the free list for the same reason. T HE return of prosperity to our Great« Country should be demonstrated by! songs accompanied by a MOLLER ORGAN OR PIANO. For the finest tuned; instrument at the lowest price, address | M. P. MOLLER, Manufacturer, Hagerstown, Md. ’’Can you show me the way to'the painless dentist’s?” "Yes. Go down the little street, then turn the corner, and listen till you hear a shriek.” Love ot trees and plants la sate; you do not rin risks in your affec tions—Alex Smith. Canadian Buttle. Schemes for improving the harbor faoilities of Canada are receiving seri ous consideration. There will be a struggle between Montreal, Hew York, New Orleans wad Galveston for the main trade of the Northwest on* -««edi Lincoln's Brother-In-Law. MaJ. Clement B. White, of Selma, Ala., the only surviving brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, was an officer of the Alabama state guard at the out break of the war, and under orders of the executive of' the state took part with his command In the capture of Fort Morgan, Mobile bay, before Ala bama had formally seceded from the Union. When it was reported to Pres ident Lincoln that his brother-in-law had performed this daring exploit against the national authority, on be ing asked what he would do about it, replied: “Well, I suppose I shall have to hang White—when we catch him.” Maj. White later performed many dis tinguished military and civil servfces for the Confederacy.—New York Trib une. Queer Legal Tangle. The will of Henry Yocum, who own ed the yacht Paul Jones, and was on it when it was lost in the Gulf of Mexico, left all his estate to his daugh ter, and should she have died before he did the estate would have gone to" his heirs. The daughter was also on the boat, and because she, too, has heirs, the case makes a curious legal tangle. The old Roman law held that in case of shipwreck a person below the age of 15 was presumed to die be fore an older person who perished In the same wreck. Above the age of 16 it is presumed that the elder of two persons died first. The daughter was 20 years old, but the heirs of the father propose to have a fight for the eState. There are over 200 brands of wine produced in France, but more wine is drank in England than in France, and London is the greatest wine market in the world. iszzzzzxzxa Keep Your Youth If you are young you nat urally appear so. If you are old, why ap pear so? Keep young inwardly; we will look after the out wardly. You need not worry longer about those little streaks of gray; advance agents of age. will surely restore color to gray hair: and it will also give your nalr all the wealth and gloss of early life. Do not allow the falling of your hair to threaten you longer with baldness. Do not be annoyed with dandruff. We will send you our book on the Hair and Scalp, free upon request. MMIs to lh» Dmotmr. If you do not obtain all the*bene* fits yon expected from the tue ot the Ttgor, write the doctor about It Probably there la tome difficulty with your tenoral system which may be easily remora Address, DR. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mom. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Hon. John A. T. Hull, whose i Identified with the army reorg bill, represents the seventh y/ HON. JOHN A Iowa In the national house of repre sentatives. Mr. Hull is fifty-eight years' of age. He was born at Clinton, O., in' 1841, and was educated at the Asburyy Ind., university and at the Iowa Wes-i leyan college. In early life he movedl to Iowa, where he resided when the war broke out in 1861. Entering one of the Iowa regiments he served with gallantry under the union flag. In 1872 he became the secretary of the Iowa, senate, and held that office during six consecutive years. Subsequently h» became the secretary of the state de partment and still later lieutenant gov-, ernor. On retiring from the office of! lieutenant governor, he entered con-' gress, where he has now served four, terms. There are few better equipped debaters in congress than Mr. HullJ This fact was recently attested by the, zeal and success with which he engi-i neered through the national house of| representatives the measure of whfehl he is the author. j r*c r* C \ Yankee Doodle. A writer in the Daily Telegraph states that Yankee Doodle, the inspire ing notes of which are likely to bq heard for some time to. come in many strange lands and on waters of manyj remote seas, was originally Nankea Doodle and was written in ridicule of Oliver Cromwell. Furthermore, though upon thiB he casts doubts, it is said the famous tune was composed by a Dr.' Shakburg. It would be difficult for the doctor, who was a surgeon, wit, and musician in the American War of In dependence, to have composed (plagiar ism apart) a tune already extant, a hundred and fifty years before. But the bibliography, so tb say, of the sonjLiuifl tune is far more gAmplicated. No doubt some words were sung to the air ot Yankee Doodle in contempt of the Pro tector, hut the air is almost not Eng lish at all. There is a harvest song bf the German laborers who yearly mi grate to the Low Countries which is almost certainly the origin of the American national air. In the musi cal antiquities ot England the very tuns is said to exist. The tune was known also as Lydia Fisher’s Jiff in Charles the Second’s time. When first known to the Romans; silk was so dear that it was sold welghtj for weight with gold. About one hundred nnd seventy thou sand umbrellas are left in London pub lic conveyances every year. Mexico Is spending about $200,000 year for United States furniture. THE CQUPER MARBLE WORKS. Established 50 Years. 159-163 Bank St., - NORFOLK, VA. Largest Stock In the South! III Low prices quoted on Monument^ lam Gravestones, Etc., in Marble of ICO Granite, delivered at any Southern ranite, delivered at any Southern point. Write for Illustrated Catalog. I No, 12, it la free; and aave money. UJT ANTED—Case of bed heeltb thet KIT-AKS W Will not benefit. Send s eta to BIpan. Ohsmleal Qo.. M.wyorh, for 10 sample, and loot testimonials^ USE CERTAIN CORN CURE. q ROPS^ qaiolinljjif ud bum a T DR. MOFFETT'S ■ I eethinA TEETHING POWDERS AMs Digestion, tes tbe Bowels, Tfidhlng Eisy. TEETH1MA ftdiera tbs Bowel Troubles ot Children of Any Age. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA. T HE Sixty-Second Session will open Septem ber SB, 1899. Lectures will begin October 8d. SALESMEN WANTED. medical Course, four years, Matricu »».*«» Ip*. tal Course, three years, Matriculation sn l tuition fee., t«5 per teaalon. Pharmaceuti cal Course, two years. Matriculation and tuition fees, $«0 per session. For further articular*? address, CHRISTOPHER particulars, address, cuatexoru r.H TO PIPKINS, m. D., Bean, Richmond, Va. CRAM’S MAGNIFICKNT TWENTIETH CKNTURY MAP OF UNITED STATES and WORLD Just completed. Largest, latest and most accurate map ever printed on one meet In the world. Shows all recent change*. Sells at sight Price low. Exclusive territory given. Big profit to ifllesroen. Also Handsomest Line of Low-Priced. Qutck-SeUlna Book* and Fmnlbf lllbleaevoronered Addree* HUDGINS PUB-