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an open letter To MOTHERS, I, was \VF ARF ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE Fvrwravf USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND ” PITCHER’S CASTORIA,”* as our trade mark. DR SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyaraiis, Massachusetts, the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of r, ® ^ ’ This is the original “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA, which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty pars. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind, vou have always bought on the and has the signature of Cwrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is Prefent. w.». March 8,1897. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- oredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIM1LE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. 7T MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY. Lovemaking In Public. It ip evident from her letter to I The Ladies’ Home Journal that Mies Lilian Bell finds much in Paris to interest and amuse her. Among other things that are rather [novel to an American “one sees,” (she writes, “the comical sight of a French bride and bridegroom, in fall the glory of their bridal array —white satin, veil and orange blossoms—driving through the streets in open cabs and hugging and kissing each other with an unctuous freedom which is apt to [throw a conservative American [into a spasm of laughter. Indeed fclie frank and candid way that lovemaking goes on in public [among the lower classes is so amazing that at first you think [you never in this world will become accustomed to it, but you get accustomed to a great many strange sights in Paris. If a kiss explodes with unusual violence in cab near mine, it sometimes scares the horse, but it no longer disturbs me in the least. My lervousness over that sort of thing las entirely worn off. The Coming: Woman. ^ho goes to the club while her lius- p>and tends the baby as well as the rood old-fashioned woman who looks d'ter her home, will both at times get F un down in health. They will be troubled with loss of appetite, head- tehes. sleeplessness, fainting or dizzv spells. The most wonderful remedy for these women is Electric Bitters. ■Thousands of sufferers from Lame <aek and Weak Kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It is the medicine for ^oiuen. Female complaints and Ner vous troubles of all kinds are soon re lieved by the use of Electric Bitters, delicate women should keep this remc- o on hand to build up the system, paly f»0e. per bottle. For Sale by M. llrown & Co. A Genuine .Bill, but Split. A few days ago a sensation was caused at Ionia by the discovery of a counterfeit $100 silver certifi cate. The bill had been offered to the cashier cf one of the local banks, and pronounced by him to be bogus, and this opinion was confirmed later by a Secret Service officer who went there to investi gate the matter. The bill had partially split in two, and it was supposed to be one of the kind where the front and back are printed on seperate sheets of thin paper by counterfeiters, and then pasted together, with the silk threads between. The bill was sent to the Treasury office at Washington, and on Monday the Ionia cashier and the Secret Service officer were astounded at a dispatch from Washington stating that tho bill was genuine and that $100 in currency had been sent on to redeem it. This‘is the first in stance known of a United States note splitting in two.—Detroit Free Press. KIS? Ffie ■ el!: “No; I wouldn’t let him Belle: “Did he try me. Nel iiV The English papers are showing clearly that the sympathy of the English people is with the United States. England is the strongest nation in the world, and, w r ith the single exception of our own, has the best people, and the fact that they recognize the justice of our position will effectually block Spain’s efforts to get help from other European countries.—Albany Herald; If your religion has not led you to endeavor most earnestly to set tle peaceably that old difficulty between you and your neighbor what account is it?—Church En terprise. O yes, Maude, dear, President McKinley know s General Lee very well, notwithstanding the fact “ ie a ^ked j k© said he couldn’t recall him. he might, and accepted my 1 — _ li ! ' kshnal.'’ j w Love may be blind, but the I neighbors generally have their ,!t ‘ oil] erenee between a fire j eyes open. anque that irst, ” says Jag- ire possible to find j No girl is to good be hugged. " JU & rn liquid in the world to j The Bible tells us to hold f, Euench the average fire.” i as t to a good thing. LENT-WHAT IT MEANS. Some Interesting Facts About the Feast so Universally- Observed. Lent commenced on February 23rd. Easter Sunday falls on April 10th. Easter day, on which all the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens upon or next after March 21st, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. Full moon, however, for the purposes of the rules and tables of church, movable and immovable feasts, is the 14th day of a lunar month, reckoning according to an ancient ecclesiastical computation. The beginning of Lent must always be 46 days before Easter, thus pro viding 40 days of fasting, exclus ive of the six Sundays. Lent is an old Saxon word, sig nifying spring; therefore, it means, in reality, the spring fast. This fact is believed to be of Jewish origin, corresponding with the preparation of the Jew r s for the yearly expiation. The number 40 was anciently appropriated for seasons of repentance and humil iation. This w r as the number of days during which God covered the earth with the deluge, the number of years in which the chil dren of Israel did penance in the wilderness, the number of days that Moses fasted on the mount and Elijah in the wilderness. The Ninevites had this number of days allowed for their repentance, and our Lord, w T hen he was pleased to fast in the wilderness, observed the same length of time. Observance of Lent has in creased in solemnity and attention to matters of detail in many of the city churches within the last ten years. The gradual expansion of high church ideas has added greatly to the impressiveness of some of the week-day services. In the perpetuation of the primitive customs of fasting, some of the Roman Catholic churches are much more exact than are the Protestant Episcopal churches. There are few churchmen, how- ever, who carry out absolutely the prescribed ritual of ancient times. Ash Wednesday, for instance, is observed nowadays w r ith much less rigidity than of yore. The name of that day is derived from the custom that prevailed in the prim itive church for penitents to ex press humiliation by lying in sack cloth and ashea. By the coarse ness of the sackcloth they ranked themselves among the meanest and lowest condition of men. By ashes, and sometimes by earth, cast upon their heads, they made themselves low r er than the lowest of the creatures of Gqd, and put themselves in mind of their mor tality, which would reduce them to dust and ashes. Good Friday is the holiest and most solemn day in the Lenten season. This day, sacred to the memory of our Saviour’s suffer ings, has been observed from the very first age of Christianity as a day of the strictest fasting and humiliation. All devout church people, both Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, are expected on this day to suspend all pursuits of business, attend the services of the church, and devote the inter nals of public worship to holy meditation on the sufferings of Christ and to other pious exercises. In a great many Roman Catholic and Episcopalian churches it is customary to hold on Good Friday a passion service of three hours, ! commemorative of tho three hours’ j agony of Jesus on the cross. : On Easter Sunday the church commemorates the glorious event of the Saviour’s resurrection. This festival, for antiquity and impor tance, takes precedence of all other church festivals. It was observed from the very first ages, and each succeeding year sees its observance more general on the part of all religious denominations. In near ly all of the churches—even those that do not observe Lent—cele brate Easter Sunday as a festival of music and flowers.—Savannah Press. Speaking of the power aDd use of the press as an agent for good, Rev. T. De Witt Talmage says: “I believe the consecrated printing press is the chief agency under God to save the world. In Ezekiel’s prophecy the Angel of God, supposed to be Christ, ap pears with an ink horn hung at his side. And I have no doubt the ink horn will have an impor tant part in the day of judgment. Those who have used it will receive plaudit, and those who have mis used it to receive condemnation.” About the worst joke a woman’ can play on a man is to marry him. A man’s best friend is the one who marries the man that jilted him. Catarrh Cannot be Cured With Local Applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this coun try for years, and is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combi nation of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney &Co., Props., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. It is the little things that count —especially when they come as twins and triplets. The sweetest woman in the world is the one that can keep her mouth the longest. DESK SPACE FOR RENT in nice office; reasonable terms. Apply at this office. SA Jg and Whiskey Habits Wt.ffzk cured at home with.- out pain B efirof par- 3s isy titular.-; sent T'jS.k.il. BAr. WOOLLEY, M.D. Atlaiua, Ui>. Office 101 >«. Pryor Sfc. THE BLUES. When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted woman is suddenly plunged into that perfection of misery, the blues, it is a sad picture. It is usually this way:— She has been feeling “out of sorts” for some time; head has ached, and back also; has slept poorly, been quite nervous, and nearly fainted once or twice; head dizzy, and * heart has beat very fast; then C that hear ing-down feeling. Her doctor says, “ cheer up, you have dyspepsia; you’ll be all right soon.” But she doesn’t get “ all right.” She grows worse day by day, till all at once she realizes that a distressing fe male complaint is established. Her doctor has made a mistake. She has lost faith in him; hope van ishes; then comes the brooding, morbid, melancholy, everlasting blues. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound instantly asserts its curative powers in all those peculiar ailments of women, and the story recited above is the true experience of hundreds of women, whose letters of gratitude are to be found on file in Mrs. Pinkham’s library. Try and see for yourself. Lady—Now that you have par taken of a good dinner, are you equal to the task of sawing some wood ? Tramp—Madam, equal is not the proper word; I’m superior to it.—Chicago News. All druggists sell Dr. Miles’ Pain Pills. When a woman throws a stone straight at the devil, she is apt to hither husband square in the face. The girl who wishes she had been born a boy, will never mak a good wife—she will want to wear the trousers. The Devil IS THE AUTHOR OP DISEASE. SUFFERING, DEATH. Mrs. M. G. Brown's METAPHYSICAL DISCOVERY kills the root of all Dis ease by a three-fold absorption of mois ture, according to God’s plan, through the organs of the head, (eyes, ears and scalp,) which Drains and Sewers from crown to sole; restoring health pro longing life. Three preparations form the Discovery—No. 1, Celebrated “Poor Richard’s Eye Water.” No. 2, Luxu rious “Ear Preparation.” No. 3, Un equaled “Scalp Renovator.” idpSend for Mrs. M. G. Brown’s METAPHYSICAL PAMPHLET, of 100 pages. It unfolds the laws and princi pals of the Metaphysical Discovert; points out the plan of 0°d for protect ing and sustaining the human body and mind from the Monster Diseases. It is i sent forth as an educator of the people. Its perusal wall lift them from the ruts of ignorance and darkness. Address Metaphysical University, 51 Bond Street, New York. ^^’Established nearly Forty Years. Special Notice I % Have you taken a bad Cough, Cold or LaGrippe? r Do you suffer from Habitual Constipation? Have you Disordered Liver or Heart Trouble? Have you a languid, lazy feeling, with Headache? Do you have Fever of any kind? L. Iv. Lamar’s Lemon Laxat ve Is the best suited to your case of any remedy you can find. While the preparation has been on the market a very short time, hundreds testify to th.e relief obtained by taking it. If you hitve not tijed it, call at any drug store, or let us knew your address and we will cheer fully send you ONE sample bottle FREE. No family, especially with children, should be without this valuable remedy. Macon, Georgia*