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to^rsO/^rKV7r\rir7/s < r7fsC‘^? S2ffl WOMEN ADOPT A BOY. LIQUID VOICES OF THE SOUTH A writer in the Rome Tribune, speaking of "the soft, low voice, that most excellent thing in wo man,” says: “We have heard voices of Savannah and Brunswick ladies that were as soothing and delightful to the ear as we imag ine those of angels would be. Travel the broad world over and you will never hear voices so sweet and musical as those on the Geor gia and South Carolina coasts.” F. Hopkinson Smith, in Scrib ner’s for September, amplifies the same thought. He met an elderly lady from the South at the Nash ville exposition. After describing her work and her appearance, he Victor Thompion’s Mother Now Is [ Whole Thursday Club of Chicago. Little Victor Thompson bias, recently acquired 24 adoptive mothers over and above the one whidi the average small- boy loves and disobeys. He is the adop- tive child -of the Thursday club of the South Side, and -it has been suggested that bis name be changed to V. Thomp son Thursday. This is probably the first ease in which a child has ever been legally adopted by a secular-society, but, he is the "club child,” watched over For The Cracker. The old church bell, as it swung backward and forward in the crazy, tottering steeple and sent its deep toned voice echoing and' re-echoing throughout the moun tains and vales caused me to look up from my dusty books and pam pers and pause and retrospect. For those searching, penetrating, sometimes solemn, sometimes harsh tones crept way down tcT the corners of my room and into the innermost recesses of my heart; and bounding back, threw their shadows on the wall. Back into the almost forgotten past went my memory and painted among those “shadows” the scenes so dear in days of “Auld Lang Syne.” In the first “shadow” I saw my self—a little thoughtless child— walking beside my mother in the church yard, and the tones of the old bell sending out its invitations to “come, come, come,” and I with childish innocence was doing what to me was then a considered duty —and I was pleased. I saw the sober. ► g aghorttime. On& -*3 /J >1 7V\ S13-W ’S. tablets $1- s* . Three boxes Hf/7 1 £ $2. 0. By malt. ® 0 Y. / ® S Write for partlo- "gS VII ■Cfouiarsto £g 111/ HAGGARD’S s A Hi - " -6 specificco. h«; JiivLf M Atlanta', Ga. They cure all Kidney, Bladder, Uterine,; Prostatic and. Urethral Affections; impart vigor and over come effects of excess and indis cretion.'Containing remedies that act as'a tonic to all mucous and gland secretions, they impart vigor to all of the organs- and .healthy action to all of the fune- j tions of the system* and to build up- the entire organism. In other I words, they help every function and* impart vigor, and health to | the entire man. word REGULATOR is not Nothing eise is the same. It cannot be and never has been put up by aijy one except Absolutely Pure, THEIR “AIN DOOR.*’ The story of the man who brought an ejectment suit against his neighbor for tresspassing on three inches of his land, only to find, after a survey, that he him self was really the trespasser, to the extent of nearly three feet, finds a parallel in some figuring that the South has been doing of late. Twitted by the sycophants who run northern newspapers and swear that we eat cotton seed, wear horns, and murder for a pas time, one plucky statistician Halation and tlie Sufflage, At the legislative hearing given in Connecticut on woman suffrage Judge Hooker recalled the fact that for many years he and his friends had appealed Celebrated for Its trreat leavening strength and: healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder Com pany, New York. to the legislature of Connecticut to grant suffrage to colored men and had met with “contemptuous refusal” They then petitioned that colored peo ple should not be taxed, since they were not represented. This was conceded, and from 1844 to 1871 the real and per sonal property of colored persons in Oil this principle they cure when all other remedies have failed. PHYSICIANS USE THEM AND RE PORT results! ANOTHER KLONDIKE, S : beria is coming to the front ala the rival of Alaska in the spec ulation of gold seekers. A recent number of the United States consular reports contains an interesting description of the gold fields in Siberia. It is stated on the authority of a distinguished French engineer that nowhere else in the world are there such vast stores of gold and spread over so large a surface. Eastern Siberia at present produces bet ween 135,- 000.000 and 150.000.000 of gold —$27,000,000 to $80.000,000— annually, in addition to that which is clandestinely «xpurted. The conditions are similar in the main to those in the Yukon min ing area, the working season last ing from May to September, while the country can be prospected otib v.itii difficulty during the 8onal property of colored Connecticut was exempted from taxa tion. Judge Hooker read a letter writ ten in 1874 by the late Amos A. Law rence of Massachusetts to Abby Smith, a Connecticut woman who had allowed her property to be sold for taxes as a protest against taxation without repre sentation. Mr. Lawrence wrote: Mv Deab Madam—Your action will be high ly beneficial in bringing the subject to-pnbllo notice and in leading to the correction of a great injustice. The taxation of the property of women without allowing them any repre sentation, even in town affairs, is so unfair that it seems only necessary to bring it to publio view to make, it odious and to bring about a change. Your case has its parallel in ti very township of New England. In the town Endorsed by Dr. A. G. Thomas. I have carefully examined the formula of Haggard’s Specific Tab lets, and take pleasure in saying that I find it chemically correct, and that I can cordially recom mend their use to the profession. A. G. Thomas, M. D., Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Thomas is President of the| Faculty of the “Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery,” and the distinguished Professor of Chemistry in that institution. Dr. W. C. Smith, Specialist, At lanta, Ga., says: “I take pleasure in stating that I have used and tested your Specific Tablets with spleudid results. Their effect onj minis terial looking sexton as he showed us to the pew, which I knew as well aB he by the figures on the door; and the quiet, solemn parson as he read and prayed and preach ed until my little sleepy head was laid upon my mothers lap and Morpheus took me away from the dull uninteresting discourse to happy, bright dreams of wild fields and play grounds. sometimes, in the •very township of N«< where this is written a widow pays into the town treasury 17,830 a year, while 600 men pay $1,200 in all. Another lady pays $5,042. Yet neither has a single vote, not even by proxy— that is, each one of 600 men who have no prop erty, who pay only a poll tax, has the power of voting away the property of the town, white the female owners have no power at all. Please to accept the sympathy and respect of one of your fellow citizens. No doubt you will have it from all in due time, or, at any rate, from ■U who love to see fair play. Very truly yours, / . . Amos A. La whence- Judge Hooker has petitioned for the granting of suffrage to taxpaying wom en.—Boston Transcript. haps of some unknown to her. Since those cruel davs there had come privation and bitter poverty and that dread loneliness which sometimes takes possession of the helpless. And yet nothing had disturbed her exquisite patience or robbed her ot the marvelous restfulness of manner and refine ment which distinguishes the southern woman of to-day. If this gentle lady had suffered none of these things I am all the more glad for her sake. And yet, all the same, I think I have read her sigus aright, the indications are always so plain, and so many of her sisters have trod the wine- Hy and found that he was the child of a respectable widow she took him to a meeting of the club. It was proposed that he become the ward of the club and be educated and cared for at its ex pense. The motion was carried, and pa pers of adoption were made out in the usual form and signed by the secretary. He was placed immediately in the II? linois Training school at Glenwood, where he now is. Like other mothers, We stop, busy thoroughfares of life, when we meet a group of happy child ren, and wish our whole life were one of childhood. But childhood has its pleasures and cares, its smiles and its tears, its bright hours and its sad ones; and, al though the causes may: be not as great which change them from one to the other, yet the spirit in which-,we hear. them.brings them, in a level with manhood’s trials. But there are other “shadows on the wall,” and the tones of that old bell point me to after years when I would listen with eager ness for its invitation to Nine women have been elected as lay delegates to the general conference of ’the United Brethren In Christ, which is to meet in Toledo, la., May 18. I the club thinks-its child is brighter and better than the children of other people, and it fooks forward to the time when the president of the United States will be Victor Thursday, the child of poor hukJbonest parents and: tho.adoptive son of the Thursday club. ./ Victor is only 8 years old, yet he can read and write and has chosen his pro | fession. He says that he will be a law? yer. He recently wrote a letter to hid aggregation of mothers, addressing it to the president, Miss Mabel Dore of 8124 Prairie avenue. In it he told of his life at the training school and ended by say ing: “I want to thank the Thursday club for-adopting me. I am very much obliged to the young ladies, and I am going to get my lessons and be a good boy, so they will be'proud of their little boy* ” The matron added a postscript, Saying that the wording and thoughts in the letter were all hisown.--Chica go Record.- When bilious or cos CascaretJ candy catharic. anteed. 10 and 25 cents. rail wav which the Russian govern ment is building, and which will pass directly through the region where gold is already being pro duced in large quantities and where vast quantities of it un doubtedly are to be found. The greater part of Siberia was until a comparatively recent period regarded as a barren waste. Re cent investigations, though pa r - tial, have shown that this is one of the richest regions in the world both in the quantity and variety of its mineral stores. Tne devel opment of this natural wealth is sure to follow fast upon the con struction of the Trans-Siberian railway. Russia knew what she was about when she undertook this great scheme, and it will probably prove a very valuable investment from a strictly finan cial point of view, though the main object of its construction was to strengthen Russia’s scheme for increased power in the east. Gold hunting in Siberia will not be attended with the dangers and hardships which are found in ^Alaska, and which will continue sthere for a long time to come.— Atlanta Journal _ A number of Greek women in Athens are wearing the old Greek costume now to show their patriotism. Cwmetuer, says: “T fr&vo'tried Haggard’s Specific Tablets, and find them an excellent compound.' Their therapeutic virtue as anerve tonic, hepatic and general secre tory stimulant, giving yital tone to the entire system, makes them a superior remedy. C. R. King, M. D., Specialist.” Atlanta, Ga., April 28, ’96. Rev. A. R. Holderby, M. D., pastor of Moore Memorial church, and physician m charge; of the dispensary'on Luckie street, says: “I have tried Haggard’s Specific Tablets, and find that they readily and promptly act in relieving gen eral debility and nervousness. A. R. Holderby, M. D.” * “I have tried Haggard’s Specific Tablets in a few cases, and con sider them the best nerve and uterine tonic I have ever, used. Would recommend them to all parties suffering from nervousness or any uterine trouble. - I A. H. Culpepper, M. D. ” Boston Girl- Have any volumes of weight been published iu your city lately? Chicago Girl—You just ought to heft our new directory. The Grandest Remedy. Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chil- howie, Va., certifies that he had con sumption, was given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of, but got no relief; spent many nights sitting up in a chair; was induced to try Dr. King’s New Discov ery, and was cured by use of two' bot tles. For past -three years has been attending to business, and says Dr. King’s New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Di. King’s New Discov ery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It don’t fail Trial bottles Tree at M. C. Brown & Co.’s drugstore. ‘come with a warm heart full of bright hopes and pleasant prospects; when I knew r that beneath the root which sheltered that “old Jbeil” I was to meet her when I was but just beginning to feel the Divine influence of woman’s love* Oh, how I love to dwell upon that picture; for while the “shadows” hold that before my mind in the passing panorama of life, I live bright, golden years in magina- tion—and, as the mind loves to dwell on what is ever* the dearest loves to c -iorse Owners! Use The Law’s Delay. Comment was made recently on the case of the Alabama negro who had had six trials for killing his wife, the trials extending over a period of six years. Some time since a Georgia negro who had been Jin jail a long time without trial dispatched this letter to his attorney: “Mr. Jones, I know dis is de summer time, en dat my jedge en jury urns’ be gone fishin’, or maybe dey had a death m dey family, en ain’t out er mo’nin’ yit. Ef so, I doan want ter hur ry ’em, kase fishin’ won’t wait, en death mus’ be respected; but do, ef you please, suh, when dey gits home en good health, tell ’em dat I ain’t dead yit, en not ter fevget me when dey’s settin’ up in court en passiu’ sentence, kase I heah one er nay wives 'is dyin’, en de yuther’e laid up wid de rheuma tism, while heah I is!”-—Atlanta Constitution. 1 Safe Speedy and Positive Can The Safeat, Best BLISTER eve/used. Takes the place of all liniments lor mild or severe action. Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OR FIRING- Impossible to produce scar or blemish. Every bottle sold.is warranted to give satisfaction Orange, Woman’s Club. The Woman’s club of Orange, N. J., held a most interesting session on March 24, when its annual election occurred. This marked the quarter century of the club’s existence: It is one of the oldest clubs for women in the country. There were but four others in existence at the rime of its founding. It organized with 15 members; now it has a membership | of 800 and a long waiting list. The club has become a department club, and the : recording secretary, Mrs. Stanley, read a brief review of the year’s work, which was followed by reports from, the chair men of each department. Each depart-' ment in turn furnishes the club pro gramme for general meetings. The de-: partment of education furnished a pro gramme upon coeducation, also one up on the education of the Indians. The election of officers for the coming year gave the presidency to Mrs. Cush man, who has filled the place in a most able manner during the, last'year. ' The other officers were re-elected with the exception of Mrs. Stanley; who was not J eligible for recording secretary, having held the place for the limit allowed by the club. Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold bv druggists, of sent by express, charges paid, with full direction* for its use. send for descriptive circulars, THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO- Cleveland Os. thought. mine think of that hour of bliss, when, for the first time, I clung to the fond hope that there was one, : at least whose heart beat quicker when I was happy, and whose eye would moisten when I was sad; whose heart beat with my heart j whose mind walked with nay mind; whose soul was as open to mine as to-the eye of Conscience or ;of God—beneath the soundings of that “old bell” I knew she would meet me and. the music of its ldrp was sweeter in my ears than the Siren voices which hushed the- slumbers of the ancient gods. There is, on the banks of the Sanhili, near where it gives its waters to its. superior,-—the Dela- - Menstruation. “I take pleasure in. recommend ing Haggard’s Specific Tablets! I have used them with great success in several cases of painful and suppressed menstruation and acute cystitis. J. L. Hull, M. D*’! '! Finally, in offering the tablets j to the public, we claim for them that they are superior to all known remedies, and accomplish results; unknown to medical science. On this point we challenge mvestiga- j tion, and will be glad to have the medical profession test their mer its, and give the public the benefit of results. If these remedies are not on sale in your locality, Order i-i AH made of Best Ma- a^fgEjglgjipWigg^ _J Is -crial, with Best Work- 'fe§J||§8SgppM!f|8BiS; Jniaitship. jo / 1105'. Most et-.o::< i:. i y ' JfeAraSaHp-- J in 'i' 1 ' "i iuel, splendid \ steamers, and most free”: A • ; a&Tl&Tl'y.-- from sparks. More LEF- purl engines in use. througnout tue South than any other make. Range in capacity fro) up. All about the.se/engines in new pamphlet “D,’’ copy of wliii and any further information desired, furnished free on application to low They Found the North Pole in Mars. At one time the obstacles which trevented the inhabitants of Mars rom obtaining access to their forth Polar region were eonsider- d insuperable. Scores of emi nent explorers and men of science ost their lives in the quest. Cost- V expeditious were fitted out to to purpose. - The Pole was ap- jroached by sledge, by balloon, by hbmarine boat—all in vain. But be day an evening journal print- id a story that' an Esquimaux, frhile engaged in the national oc- bpation. of hunting the Polar tear, had picked up a nugget of ud. Within three weeks every ijph of the ArtiC Circle had been Krefully examined; and a num- Br of difficult boundary questions |ere engaging the attention of firious foreign secretaries;—Pick- 8PRIHCFIELP, OHIO, In the South. Reports from the South are cer tainly of a reassuring nature. The South is rejuvenating, is the ver dict of all close observers. The wholesome influences of the new tariff are apparent everywhere. The agricultural situation has never been so bright. Nothing lacks animation but the whiskey industry, and that will speedily mend under the impetus of the generally improving conditions. A new commodity, cigar leaf, has been added to Southern agricultu ral interest since the Cuban exclu sion act, .and very important it to become.—Hardware. Handicapped. “That man.” remarked an ad miring friend, “has the faculty of saying clearly in a few words what others would require pages to ex press.” “Too bad 1” said Senator Sorg hum. “He’ll never get along in politics; not unless he learns to filibuster better than that.”— Washington Star.' - , promises the lips—but here the hand was pledged and solemn earnest vows given and returned, and the music of its tones seemed sweeter in my ears than ever before, the trees and flowers looked more beautiful and the laughing waters danced more gaily at my feet. D. M. Wells. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18, ’97. Mamma*—“Why, Johnny, how wet your hair j is 1J I hope you haven’t been in bathing, when I told yon you nmstn’t. ” Johnny—“But I fell into the water, mamma. Yon can’t blame me for that.” Mamma—“But how does it hap pen that your clothes are dry?” Johnny—“I took them off just before I fell in. I thought you wouldn’t like me to get them ail wet. ’’—Boston Transcript. uch in Little especially trap of Hood’s Pills, for no medi ae ever contained so great curative power in small space. They are a whole medicine IT CURES ECZEMA AND ALL SKIN DISEASES. If you are afflicted, swap 50 cents for a box. It will be the best trade of your life. At all Drug Stores, or by mail Upon receipt of 50 cents in cash or stamps. J. T. SHUPTRINE, Savannah, Ga. ,le in Gainesville by Dr. E. E. Dixon & Co., M. C. Brown & Co. ichards Drug Co. BacUen’s Azalea Salve. The best aalve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay re- quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per oox. For sale by M. C. Brown & Co. |ii i i 11 i iiii 111 nmiiii 11 tii h 11 rfi