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painti ng flag staffs.
How the Pole* on City Sky-Scrapers Art
Bedecorated.
The flagstaffs which seeui to be an
indispensable part of the modern
office building often extend to an ex¬
traordinary level. height above the street
The tallest in the city are
those which have been erected above
the domes, at the top of the two tow¬
ers on the Broadway facade of the
Park Bow Building. The top of the
dome is 390 feet above the sidewalk,
and the trucks of the flagstaff's, which
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HOW FLAGSTAFFS ABE PAINTED,
(The left-hand figure shows the weight
carried by stirtrup. The right-hand
shows it carried on the ehair.)
are fifty-seven feet in length, are
therefore about 450 feet above the
street level.
A few days ago the foot passengers
down Broadway and across the City
Hall Park were watching with great
interest the figure of a man who was
engaged in painting these lofty poles,
and the question naturally arose as to
how this perilous work was done. The
answer will be found in the accom
panying engraving, which shows one
of these aerial artists at work. His
climbing apparatus is one of the very
simplest kind, and consists of two
short lengths of rope, each of which
is provided with a slip noose which
encircles the flagstaff. The upper
rope carries an ordinary “bo’suu’s
chair”—a plain piece of board which
forms a seat astride of whjch the
painter sits—and the lower rope ends
in a simple foot-stirrup. In climbing
the pole, the weight is first thrown on
the foot-stirrup, thereby releasing the
noose of the upper rope, which is then
slid up the pole. The weight is now
thrown on the seat and the stirrup
noose being released of weight is
drawn a few inches up the pole. By
thus throwing the weight alternately
on either rope and slacking the other,
the painter is enabled to climb to the
top of the pole. The painting is done
from the top downward; the order of
slipping the ropes being, of course,
now reversed, Underneath one end
of the seat ik hung the paint pot, and
a dab of putty for filling up cracks and
knot holes is stuck conveniently upon
the same end of the seat.
Tlie Best School.
The best and cheapest school of
journalism is the country newspaper
office. No one can become a banker
or a broker or a merchant by attend¬
ing a commercial college. No more
cau a college course in journalism fit
you for rewspaper work. Theory is
one thing; practice is another. If
you aspire to enter the higher ranks,
work on a country weekly as a starter.
There is the best possible training for
a young man who desires to become
an accurate writer and a reporter of
events. In the city one rarely if ever
meets the people he writes about, and
there are no consequences to be feared
on that score. But in the country
there is a personal accounting in store
for the scribe who garbles or errs in
statement of facts. This knowledge
thills the habit of accuracy into one
as nothing else will.
Tito Cemetery Problem.
There are no less than forty-eight
cemeteries in New York City and its
vicinity, where lie buried the bones
of over 4,000,000 men, women and
children. Over 18,000 are buried
annually, in Calvary, about 5000 in
Potter’s Field, 4500 in Greenwood,
8000 in Holy Cross, 7500 in the
Lutheran, about 2000 in Mount
Olivet, about 1G00 in Most Holy
about Trinity, over in 1800 Cypress in Woodlawu, Hills
1800 and
nearly 4000 in the Evergreens. The
combined area of our cemeteries is
<3600 acres. The total acreage of our
parks is only 6600. By adopting the
practice of cremation we might in¬
crease the park area, as well as im¬
prove the water supply.—Victor
Smith, in New York Press.
A “ail Case.
Dr. Okargem—“Your friend needs
vigorous treatment; I never saw a
Bian iy such a state of mental depres¬
sion. Can’t yon convince him that
the future holds some brightness for
him?”
•Sympathetic Friend—“That is un¬
fortunately his impossible. weeks He ahead has drawn
salary for three and
spent the money. ”—Pearson’s Weekly.
half Japan has considerably more than
as many inhabitants as the United
tivn States, though our country is tweuty
tim»s it? wea.
"For the Sake of Fun
Mischief is Done. "
~A vast amount of mischief is done, too,
because people neglect to keep their blood
pure. It appears in eruptions, dyspepsia,
indigestion, nervousness, kidney diseases,
and other ailments. Hood's Sarsaparilla
cures all diseases promoted by impure
Hood or lovu state of the system.
3(ocd& Styu ofowiifla
Never Disappoints
Tell E» Why.
We see the fielder on the plot
Catch every whizzing ball;
High ball, low ball, grounder, hot,
He’ll catch ’em one and all.
But then it’s strange, we do declare,
This self-same catching star,
Will chase himself full half a square
And fail to catch a car.
—Chicago News.
Must Have a Good Mead.
“And is your son going to be a good
business man?”
“I guess so. They seem to think
pretty well of him down at the office,
anyway. They haven’t said a word
about discharging him, in spite of the
fact that his handwriting is the same
as it was when he came out of
school.”—Chicago Times-Herald.
She Is Willing To Be.
If a girl says she is to be married
“in a year or two,” it means there is
nothing definite; she has not yet laud¬
ed him.—Atchison Globe.
A*U Your Dealer For Allen’s Foot-Ea*e,
A powder to shake into your shoes: rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Allen’s Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. At all drug¬
gists and shoe stores, 25 ets. Sample mailed
FREE. Adr’s Allen S. Olmsted, Lelloy, N. X.
About 400.000 acres of land in the United
Mates _ planted In
are vines.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean btood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar¬
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring purities up from the lazy liver and di riving all im
the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blaekheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
gists, Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug¬
satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
Gold mining will soon begin in Eastern
Servia by English and German speculators.
Fite permanently cured. No fits or nervous¬
ness after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 42 trial bottleandtreatisefree.
Dr. Ii. H. Kline, Ltd.. 981 Arch 8t., Phtla., Pa.
A blind woman never squanders any money
for mirrors.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
JCc, £6c. If C. C. C. fall, druggistsrefund money.
Where Files Go In Winter.
Some one has asked, “Where do
flies go in the winter?” This Is a
question of some interest, for a house
fly is born fully grown and of natural
size, and there are no little flies of
the same species, the small ones oc¬
casionally observed being different in
kind from the large onee. The house
fly does not bite or pierce the skin,
but gathers its food l»y a comb or
rake or brush-like, tongue, with which
it is able to scrape the varnish from
covers of books, and it thus tickles
the skin of persons upon whom it
alights, to feed upon the perspiration,
A fly is a scavenger, and is a vehicle
by which contngious diseases are
spread. It poisons wounds, and may
carry deadly virus from decaying or¬
ganic matter into food, It retires
from sight at the beginning of winter,
but where it goes few people know
If a search of the house be made
flies will be found in great numbers
secreted in warm places in the roof
or between the partitions of floors.
Last winter an architect had occa¬
sion to examine a roof, and found
around the chimney myriads of flies
hibernating comfortably, and suffi¬
ciently alive to fly when disturbed
“in overpowering clouds.” No doubt
this is a favorite winter resort for
these creatures.—New’ York Press.
YVben Sunstroke Is Desirable.
The shadow of debt is rather gloomy
but some of us would ruu great risk
of sunstroke if we ever got out of it.—
Tuck. ____
Why I)o You Scratch?
When you can cure yourself for fifty cents?
All skin diseases such as tetter, salt rheum,
ringworm, ecserna. etc., can be surely cured by
an ointment called Tetterlno. Any number of
testimonials shown for the asking. Nothing
else Is as good. Unless your druggist lias It.
send 50c. in stamps to the manufacturer. .1. 1.
Shuptrine, Savannsh, Ga., for n box postpaid.
A defective hammock sometimes cau cs
lovers to fall out.
ten’t Tcl icco J pit t rd t tr-cte Ycui Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, he mag¬
netic, full of life, nerve and vigo•■. take No-To
Bae, tlio wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or $1. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sani) lo free.' Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Lies anil cats never travel in a straight
line.
Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed
f' * -V
.
To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c.
Ccmea Natural to 'Bn.
“Children! children! Don’t make
such a frightful noise,” said the
mother.
“We’re playing omnibus, mamma,”
said Mattie, soberly.
“Yes, I know, dear; but it isn't nec¬
essary to make such a terrible noise.”
“Yes it is, mamma. We’ve got to
where Hattie insists on paying the
fare and so do I."—Tit-Blta.
The Bitterness of It.
Wife of his Bosom—Soeratio, dear¬
est, what is the matter?
Mr. S. Welled Hedd (a literary cel¬
ebrity)—At last it has come—at last!
Not a single paragraph about me in
any of the papers this morning.-
Lunch.
Still More Counterfeiting;.
The Secret Service has Just unearthed an¬
other band of counterfeiters and secured a
large quantity of bogus bill*, which are so
cleverly executed that the average person
tv. uld never suspect them of being spurious,
i hlngs ot great value are always selected for
imitaib n, notably Hostetler's Stomach Bit¬
ters. which has many Imitators but no equals
for dlsoider6 like indigestion, dyspepsia,
stipatlon, nervousness and general debility.
Always go to reliable druggists who have the
reputaiicn of giving what you ask for.
himself Money makes makes the the man only when the man
money.
In Chinn as Well as Many Parts
of curing America constipation, the mulberry headache is highly and va'ued liver for
com.
plaiut Wintersmith's "Mulberry Pills” con¬
taining mulberry the concentrated the best active laxative principle and liver of
the is
medicine yet known. To prove it a sample
size box is mailed to any address on receipt of
a 2 cent stamp to pay postage. Address
Arthur Fetich & Co., Louisville, Ky.
Facts must he feminine—at least they are
stubborn things.
No-To-Rac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed icbnccc habit cure, makes weak
men stiong, bleed pure. tOc, $1. All druggists.
There is a line of railway in England, the
expense of which is nearly $10,000,000 per mile.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo. )
Lucas County. ( "
Frank J. Cheney makes oath tha t he is the
senior partner of the Arm of F. .1. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County wifi and State aforesaid, and that said firm
pay 'he sum of one hundred dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Sworn Frank J. Cheney.
to before iw and subscribed in my
presence, this 0th dav of December,
s pea x. > A. D. 188G. A. W. Gleason.
(' v —) AMarv Publie.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
actsdirectly ontheblood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold Hall’s by Druggists. 7.5c.
Family Pills are the best.
Mrs. Winslow’* Soothing Syrup for children
teething.softene the gums, reduces inflamma¬
tion.allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
Piso’s Cure is the imdicine to break up
children’s Coughs and Colds.—Mrs. M. G.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash.. March 8, 1894.
A low-lying iceberg is called by the sailors
a “growler.”
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take C'RScarets ( andy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
Jf C. C. C. tail to cure, dnigglstsreftuidmoney.
The average speed of a carrier pigeon in
calm weather is VAX) yards a minute.
% I
*‘t have cone 14 day« at a time without a.
movement of the Dowels, cot being able to
move them except by using hot water injections.
Chronic constipation lor seven years placed me in
this terrible condition; during that time I did ev¬
erything 1 beard of but never found any relief: such
was my case until 1 began using CASCARETS. 1
cow have from one to throe passages a day, and If 1
was rich I would give JlCU.OO for each movement; It
is such & relief. ' avi.mer L. Hunt,
ltS9 Russel! St., Detroit, Mich.
CANDY
CATHARTIC
trade mark registered
Plearsnt, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do
Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10c, 20c, 50c.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ■ ■ «
Sterling Kenedy Company, CMf&fto, Montreal, Sew York. 323
THE ATLANTA
ytumedd eueae
Offers thorough practical Typewriting courses In Bookkeep¬ Students
ing, and Shot thand and
placed In positions without extra charge. Re¬
duced rates to all entering school this month.
Call on or address. THE ATLANTA BUSINESS
COLLEGE, 128, 130 Whitehall St.. Atlantu, Ga.
TRIERS INK
Is what the largest acd best school
systems use.
Clinlk Produced by Hen*.
A flock of 100 liens will produce in
egshells several pounds of chalk an¬
nually, and yet not a pound of the
substance may exist within the cir¬
cuit of their feeding grounds. The
materials of the manufacture are
found in the food consumed and in
the sand, brick dust, bits of bones,
etc., which liens and other birds are
constantly picking up. The instinct
is keen for these apparently innutri¬
tions and refractory substances, and
they are devoured with ns eager a
relish as the cereals or insects, If
hens are confined to barns or outbuild¬
ings it is obvious that the egg-produc¬
ing machiners cannot be kept long in
action unless the materials for the
shell are supplied.
Is itiS bad? Then
your breath your
best friends turn their heads aside.
A bad breath means a bad liver.
Ayer’s Pills are liver pills. They cure
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia,
sick headache. 25c. All druggists.
Want your monsteohe or beard » beautiful
brown or rich black ? Then use
BUCKINGHAM’S DYE
CO ert. Of Q«ua*igT»i p. *. P. Hill e Co. N«»nu<, H. H,
Carnegie Calf
Wears Like Steel, A
Meg’s $2.50 B 1
Boys’ $1.75 1
Youths’ $1.50
Little Gents’ $1.35 Jj
Red Seal 9
Cartons.
J. L ORR SHOE COMPANY,
ATLANTA, GA.
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GOLDEN CROWN
LAMP CHIMNEYS
Are the best.. Ask for them. Cost no more i
than common chimneys. All dealer*.
VlTTgllUllO GLASS CO., Allegheny, Pa.
DR. MOFFETT’S Aids Digestion,
i Regulates the Bowels,
Makes Teething Easy.
IF IS* BABY TEETHiM Relieves the
Bowel Troubles of
Mr; Children of Any Age.
’h * 1 TEETHING POWDERS Ask Costa Tour Only Druggist 86 Cents. for It
If not kept by druggists mail 25 centa to C. J. MOFFETT, M. ST. LOUIS, MO.
M ANY ignorance The a dutiful mother or daughter perhaps suffered neglect. pays and she in pain thinks for her her daughter mother's
must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her¬
self for her own sake and especially
INDULGENT for the sake of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.,
MOTHERS for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the feminine
organs.
Many a young girl’s beauty is wasted by unnecessary pain at
time of menstruation, and many indulgent mothers with
mistaken kindness permit their daughters to grow careless
about physical health.
Miss Carrie M. Lamb, Big Beaver, Mich., writes: “Dear
Mrs. Pinkham— A year ago I suffered from profuse and
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhoea. My
appetite was variable,
stomach sour and bowels i
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like &
colic during menstruation.
I wrote you and began to ■Jsv* §
take Lydia E. Pinkham’s m
Vegetable Compound and spy
used two packages of Si 1
Sanative Wash. You can't
imagine my natural relief. and My m U
courses are
general healthimproved.” s
Mrs. Nannie Adkins, \ z*
La Due, Mo., writes: I ,>
“Dear Mrs. Pinkham— ik*>
I feel it my duty to tell 7/
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She <
suffered time of menstruation untold agony be- at <8£l
foretakingyourmedicine; * •/'
but the Compound has
relieved the pain, given her a better color, and she feels
stronger, and has improved every way. I am very grateful to
you for the benefit she has received. It is a great medicine
for young girls.”
Malsby & Company,
30 8. Broad St., Atlanta, G».
Engines and Boilers
Steam Water Heater*, Steam Pumps and
1‘enberthy Injector*.
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Manufacturers and Dealers in
SAW MIIjIiS,
Corn AlilU, Feed Mills,Cotton Gin Machin¬
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SOLID and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and
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Mill and Engine Repair*, Governors, Grate
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free by mentioning this paper.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3&$3.50 SHOES “"'on
Worth $4 to $8 compared with
other makoe.
if- Indorsed by over
1,000,000 wearer*.
ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES
TIIB OKNITKK haw IT. L. Poo.1..’
uano ud prlc. ttsnpil *n hottea.
Take no mbstltute claimed
j. ■ to bo a* good. Largest fcaSer*
of 83 (tnd 83.00 shoe* la the
S : world. Your dealer should keep
*Rs?^l them—If not, we will send you
kind of leather, a pair on rocelpt of price. State
size and width, plain or cap toe.
Catalogue C Free.
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton. Mass.
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WASTED AGENTS tor our Cotton
Book ; it Regius at 3e. anil runs lo lie,;
figures the 1«th» ami 20ths from 300 to 700
pounds; a $4.00 hook for only 99e. Itsells
like “h< teakee;’’ terms liberal. Also for
the Bible Looking Gins*. It teaehesthe
Bible by Illustrations; agents making from
If 1.00 to $10.00 por day. Write to-day.
J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.
College of Dentistry.
DENTAL department
Atl»nt» College ofPhg«lci«n» and Surgeon*
nuai Session opens Oct. 3; closes April 30tb!
Those contemplating the study of Dentistry
should write for catalogue.
Address 8. W. FOSTER, Dean.
62-63 Inman Uldg., Atlanta, Gs.
and Whiskey Habits
cured at borne with
B I I tf SWM IWB _ ticulars*ent pain. Bookofpor. FREE.
KaaSHUWn w
b.m. woolley, m.d.
Atlanta, Uu. Office 104 N. Pryor 8t
m
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
___In time. Sold by dr uggists. ST?