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'. '•■• ^ j£ig£ jctab'e PreparationforAs- A^SSSSSSS Motes Digphon.Cheerful- Ssanafies'.ConSams waiter Si,Morphine nor Mineral. ^tNakcotic. ^^zmxzmrBES flunpl-iii Sf*l~ jUx.Sau* + focklU* SJif - AWcStea* Worm Set d - (hvdud Wy n •• "• A^rfectHcmcdy forConstipa- nn Sour Stenach,Diarrhoea, Vorms Convulsions .Feverish- S^loss OF SLEEP. jacSimile Signature of NEW YORK. The Always Bought rxACT COPY OF WRAPPER. .~-±,wrVm. i Have Always Bought. ASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. THE QUICK HORSE. laid Apt ^uowtlon. is £OLb©tirueB more wit in feb« lation to the business in band of salrcady chosen for another pur- iu the invention c? an appro- Ephrase. Bishop Whipple, acoord- i The Church News, loved to tell Story: i devout colored preacher, whose twas aglovjr with missionary zeal, Inotice to his congregation that in peniug an offertory would be taken cions and asked for liberal gifts, well to do man in his oongre- to him before the servioe: uprine to kill dia church ef yet |uying give, give. No church k. Yer gwine to kill it.” ftiie sermon the colored minister people: ler Jones told me I was gwine is here church ef I kep’ a-askin live, but, my brethren, churches fdia dat way. Ef anybodyknows dat died ’cause it’s been much to de Lord, I’ll be very Obliged ef my brother will tell me pat church is, for I’ze gwine to sod I’ll climb on de walls of xch, under de light of de moon, 'Blessed am de dead dat die in FIGURES OF SPEECH. While aunty wn reading a story ona night. To good little Oliver’s sailing delight. She came upom something remarkably queer That good little Oliver wondered to hear. And this was the something she plaeidly read: "JnneAnn then determined to enter the shed. And, cautiously dropping her eyes on the Uror, They fell on the snake whieh had caught them before.” Interruption was rude, the dear child had bees taught. Be he said not a weed, but he thought, aai he thought. And the longer he pondered the stranger SI grew— The thing that Jane Ann was reported to do. Be felt ef his eyes with mysterious doubt And wondered how she could have taken hers out; And how—this was really what puzzled him *hey could fall on a thing which had caught before*. —Mary PL Bradley in St. Nicholas. Don’s Complete Pile Cure The great, quick and sure cure for piles, without cutting cr pain. Guar anteed the best on the market. For sale by all druggists. An Outgrowth of Improved Amerfoaq Methods of Fire flighting. In St. Nicholas there is an article on **The Quick Horse,” by F. S. Dellen- baugh, devoted to the horses of the mod ern fire department. Mr. Dellenbaugh say$: It is only within recent years that quick horses have been developed and appreciated and admired, and the poet has not yet attempted to sing the praises of this more prosaic but noble animal. Yet, after all, to one who carefully ex amines the matter the quick horse ap pears to have quite as good, if not a bet ter, claim upon oar admiration and sympathy and encouragement. The swift horse wins the race, and in these days he may cause considerable money to change hands, in which there is cer tainly nothing that is commendable, lint the quick horse I write about saves life, saves property and under modern conditions of life is essential to our safety and general well being. He is the resnlt indirectly of poor .building— an outgrowth of our skillful American fire departments, which could not now exist without him. Not so very many years ago when a fire broke out every body rfar and near began to run and especially began to yell, and the volunteer firemen of that time, being in the service for the excite ment of it, joined in the yell and start ed ont the old hand engine from its sol emn repose, while the foreman running ahead shouted innumerable orders hoarsely through his trumpet, to the great delight of hundreds of small boys panting to keep up in the glorious race The fire—-that was altogether a sec ondary matter, and when they all final ly got there they went to work with" more or less efficiency. There was a great deal of fun in the business, but fires were not extinguished. Our cities in the early days were not built to pre vent fires, but seemed, if anything, ra ther built to encourage them. In Franca we may well be amused as we watch the pompier corps trundle its bathtub on wheels to the seene of the conflagration and deliberately fijl its apartments with water dipped up from the gutter, whence it is thrown by a little pump upon the flames, because we know mu eh of the architecture there is solid, and if the fire ie not extinguished it will soon burn itself out. But in our country a mere spark may in a few sec onds become a devouring furnace and destroy house after house and block aft er block. Many buildings are tinder boxes, and our dry climate adds to their inflammability, while the ever present careless or lazy workman by improper eonstruetioa gives the fire its first op portunity. THE OL.D OFFICE DEVIL. a Coe . Tormenting ** 1 suffered fer years with tetter. On arising my hands were stiff and my fin gers crooked. They would crack all over and the blood would run from them. The doctor ordered me to give up work. Then a friend said, 'Try AYER’S SAR SAPARILLA.’ I took in all eight bottles, which completely healed me." lira. W. SLOAN, Royersford, P& Teller. Be Tells Sow Se Evoluted Into try Editor. The old time devil was keen to lear He had gall. He wasn’t afraid to a. the milliners for advertising or prizi ing. He dreamed of owning a paper ■ his own. Ho experimented in a thou sand ways. He lived in the office al most, being there early and late. He made a battery and copper plated type* before the first typp founder thought of doing it. He did stereotyping in a ruck way, making a matrix from blotting paper. Desiring to do his work better, he tried to buy proper materials for stereotyping, but he was bluffed so easily by the prices or talk given him by tb* dealers that for many years «e. supposed ne was the victim erf some infamously jealous trasts. A tramp printer from Chicago made him believe that gasoline could bo made. The Chicago man pointed to a hig can of the fluid and insisted that he had made it. Gasoline was high priced then. The devil sold the gasoline the printer said he Lad made to a rival office, and the two divided the money. “Make some more,” said the devil. 44 There is a demand for it. ” The Chi cago printer left that night, and the editor made the devil pay for the gaso line. The editor can recall his last visit from the tramp printer he “learned the trade” with, the one who made gaso line. He came into the “shop” and was denied work by the foreman. He saw at a glance that the old days and loose ways were gone. Neatly dressed, well kept young men and women were at work in an office as clean as a parlor. “Whose runnin this sheet now?” he inquired. “.Tack Hill,” was the reply. “I know him,” he said laconically. “I taught him his biz.” And then they saw him drift into ike sanctum and heard him say: “Hello, Jack! You’re doin well. I want some thin to eat and drink.” “Gasoline” got what he asked for, just as all tourists do who apply. The next morning he called on his editor friend again, and when he found him discussing prohibition with two or three ministers and one or two of the elders of the town he lurched right into the editorial den and joined in the talk'to help the editor along. He was very drunk. He cried and said that naturally he was a prohibitionist, but be really jonged to die and go to heaven, only he had become “such a d d skeptic he didn’t believe there was such a place." Then he went to sleep. The preachera looked at him in pity; The editor spoke kindly of him as a comrade who had seen better days. As the editor talked “Gasoline” awoke and said: 4 'Jack, if you don’t gimme a quarter to buy a drink with I’ll sit here and holler.” And “ holler” he did. He “hollered” until the ministers left. This may or may not account for the fact that prohibition has prohibited in Editor Jack Hill’s town since the last visit of his Chicago printer friend.— Chicago Times-Herald. GIRLS IN STORES, offices, or factories, are peculiarly liable to female diseases, especially those who are constantly on their feet. Often they are unable to perform their duties, their suffering is so intense. When the first symptoms present themselves, such as backache, pains in groins, head ache, dizzi ness, faint ness, swelled feet, blues, etc., they should at once write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., stating symptoms. She will tell them exactly what to do. Grace B. Stansbury, Pratt, Kansas, says:—“ I suffered from intense pains in the womb and ovaries, and the backache was dreadful. I had leucorrhcea in its worst form. Thus I dragged along. At last I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. Her answer came promptly. I read carefully her letter, and con cluded to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound. After taking two bottles I felt much better; but after using six bottles I was cured.” A PRACTICAt VIEW OP IT. THE GAME OF HIS LIFE. The folks that write of fields of green wt art birds and daisies rule, C’ll bet you, never struck thorn fields and plowed a Georgy mule, And them that write of tinkling bells in dells where cattle roam, I’ll bet you, never had to drive the scamper ing cattle home I ' And them that- sing of woodlands sweet anc. softly sighing pines, Til bet you, never had to tramp through prick ly briers and vines And cut a cord of wood or two! No matte: what they say, The country ain’t as purty as it looks Iron far away! and try it—where peopU blazed a way ah tb4 UNCLE MOSE’S PRAYER. HAS BEEN DECLARED! you want to keep posted and watch every development. Therefore, m Make a Special Offer for a Short Time. WE WILL SEND YOU |e Cracker and The Weekly Constitution Both One Year for $1.25. if his offer entitles you to a guess at the cotton crop of 1896-97, chance to win A PRIZE OF $1,000, which The Constitution t° the person sending in the correct or nearest to the correct plBSCRIBE NOW aad get all the county, state and World from these two exce lent papers, on or news B. Prayed Eloquently, but Gestured a little Too Forcibly. Uncle Mose came down from tbe country to visit his eon, who worked in the livery stable. Uncle Mose was a deacon in a little country church and was noted for his long, fervent prayers, but when his son Ike took him to the colored church in the city and when he heard the organ and gased upon the well dressed darkies he felt as if the Lord was a long ways off. Uncle Mose had met the parson the day before, and what was his surprise when that person said daring services, “We’ll all join in pra’r wid Brother Mose Smith. ” Uncle Mose went down,on his knees and threw his deep voice and soul in a prayer which shook the rafters. As he came to the close his old white head was shak ing and his voice was bringing each saint and sinner to the shouting point: “O Lawd, we know dat we is weak in dy sight an hab been follerin after things which sabor uv de debil, but, O Lawd, we know dat dow in dy rich ness of mercy gwine tuw swipe hit offen de big book an say, 4 Yo’ count is squab. ’ Hacoome we hain* been doin right ea durin de las' month, ner de las’ week, ner de las' day, but, O Lawd, please swipe bit offen de big jbook—yeah, swipe hit off. When de pale boss an de white rider cum ridin down from de valley uv de shadder uv death, de pal# rider gwine swing his lef’ laig oaten de •tirrap, eotch ns by de shaft, jerk a# behin him an b'or us to de blasin •on, an when we pat oar foot upon de mb’i av de sha’ lotah de boat up dose to d* teak, an gtela d*«Mt <fon J»r n. a* toy«•..away,**,,4% tM*r Ian. Amen." “How did dat pra’r go, Ike?” said he as he went home. 4 'Pap, dar wera’t but one 'jection, 'specially your gestures. When yon talked ’ boot de pale rider swingin hie lef* laig oaten de stirrup, yoa kicked Sister Brown right in de side. ”—Louis ville Dispatch. fust let ’em come have to rise Before the sun has chilly skies And work from then until the stars look from the darkening dome— I’ll bet you, ’fore the day was done they’d all make tracks for home! And. yet they keep on singing of country life “so sweet” And leave out all the mortgages and notes w. have to meet! We thank 'em far their compliments, for all the words they say, But still we ain’t as purty as we look from far away! —Frank L Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Showing One’s Varying View of Golf as He Plays Well or Ill. On the links of the Island Golf club at Garden City, N. Y., two men were having a hot game, with success about even. They were good friends and com plimented each other on their good shots and looked the other way after a foozle. Just as the younger one stepped upon the tee to drive off for the sixth hole a very swagger cart came spinning up the road that crosses the links nea* that tea A stunning young woman was driving. She pulled up sharply near the tee and called out to tbe man about to drive: “George, dear, won’t you come home now and not delay luncheon?'’ The man straightened up with an aLf of disgust at tho interruption and re plied: “Not now. I’m playing the game of my life. ” “I wish you’d come,” she said. “No, not now,” be answered. "I'm playjcg too welL I wouldn’t quit this for 40 luncheons. I’m breaking my rec ord by ten storkes. ” “Well, I’ll drive up and down here and wait for you, ” she said. As sbe started off George, dear, turned to continue the game of his life. He sliced his drive and lost the ball in the blackberry bushes in the ravine. Ho dropped a new ball and lost one stroke. Then he topped the ball on the niblick shot out of the whir and didn’t gain three feet. Finally ho got out with seven and was bunkered in the road that crosses the field. There he lost two more strokes and the rest of bis temper. Finally he got cut of the bunker and with a beautiful lie used his brassey for a three-quarters iron and overshot tho hole by -60 yards into the tall grass- There the tall was lost Ten minutes later the swagger cart was spinning down the road at the top speed of the horse, the stunning young woman sitting very erect aDd statu esque and driving with superb skill. In the back of the cart, with his beeis dan gling and brandishing two golf clubs, •at George, dear. The game of his life was over.—New York Sun. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Engravings of American will be Sent Free. Heroes v ef address t THE GEORGIA CRACKER, Gainesville, Ga. Jules Ferry’* whiskers were often an index to his stated feeling. I sew him on the day he escaped from the com mune of Paris to Versailles. He related lis adventures at the Hotel des Reser voirs to friends who gathered round him. The whiskers, which habitually stood well oat, like those <hi» enemies said) of a garconde cafe, were limp and lay fiat to tbe cheeks. The most leonine whiskers I ever saw were Skobeleff’s. They were of im mense length when )ae drew them ont; as was his woint, but when let* alone seemed only half as long. I dare say they had their lank days, bat not so far as I know. The term “whiskerando” (now well nigh obsolete) bad more meaning thaathose who used it thought —London Troth, We have just published the most handsome engravings ever issued of Commodore Dewey who won the great naval battle in the Phillipine Islands, Rear Admiral Sampson who has charge of the fleet of American war ships at Havana. Commodore Schley command er of the Flying Squadron. Captain Sigbee who was commander of our bat-' tie ship Maine. And of our brave con sul general at Havana who is now Major General Fitzhugh Lee and who will command tbe volunteer forces that will invade Cuba. To any one who will send us a list of names of ten pa triotic ladies of their neighborhood and six two cent stamps we will . eetoff'vmy one of the above large engravings free of charge, or if the entire collection of the five American Heroes is desired send us a list of twenty names of different ladies and twenty two cent stamps and we will send you the five engravings by return mail. These engravings are the most beau tiful ever • published and are handsome enough to go into any home. 6end us the list of names and stamps to-day as the edition is limited. There is no ad vertising on any of the engravings. In sending state whose engraving you desire. Address, Pastelotype Co., 33 Duane Street, New York City. And want LOW RATES to St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans. Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, or points in Arkansas, Texas, Mis souri, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, California, or any point West, it will pay you to write to or see me. .Excursion and special rates from time to time. Choice of rontes. Notrpu- le to answer queitions. Rate and maps furnished free. Ad dress, FRED D. BUSH, Dist. Pass. Agent L. & N. R. R., 36£ Wall Street, Atlanta, Ga. The Devil IS THE AIJTHOB OF DISEASE. SUFFERING, DEATH, and Whiskey Habits cured at borne with out pain. Book of par ticular* sent FREE. B. M. WOOLLKY, M.D. la. ua-jOffioe lOi N.- Pryor St. Mr*. M. €1. 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