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One small boltle of Hail e Great Die*
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and ail irregularities of the
kldney.% and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles in chil
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Covington. Ga , July 23, 1898.
This Is to certify that I have used Dr.
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Kldne-y and Bladder Troubles, and will
say It is far superior to anything I have
ever used for the above complaint. Very
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H. I HORTON. Ex-Marshal.
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
DLN & CO. HE FONT TUB GENERAL
BUSINESS SITUATION.
How Increase in Fnllnres Was
Drought About—Disasters Resulted
From \inaringly High Friers and
the Effort to Get Down to Normal
Conditions Once More Report
Upon the Iron, t euton anil Wheat
Situation.
New York. July 13.—R G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will
say:
If the great increase in failures to SIOO,-
570,134 in the first half of 1900, against $19,-
664,661 lost year, and especially to $43,893,-
079 in the second quarter, against $21,695,-
635 last year, gave no occasion for dili
gent search, failure returns would be
worth nothing. But to-day It is shown
that thirty banking failures for $25,822,652.
against thirty-one last year for $7,601,728,
accounted for much of the difference; that
265 brokerage and real estate failures for
$22,122,346. against 145 last year for only
$2,328,215, accounted for another part, and
that in building and lumber working and
trade, other large failures distinctly con
nected with those in real estate, explain
much more of the difference between man
ufacturing and trading failures luet year
and this.
In these and much less Important
changes In few other lines, are seen sub
stantially all the commercial disasters as
yet resulting from on amazing rise in
prices last year, followed by weary, but
largely successful, efforts during the past
few months to get back to a normal state
of business. When this is seen and the
remarkable steadiness in number and size
of the great majority of failures for not
exceptional amounts, there appears ground
for especial satisfaction that business has
been on the whole, so soundly conducted
under conditions of unequal danger.
The Iren Age makes the output of pig
233,413 tons weekly, July 1, but the de
crease of 16,000 tons has by this time been
exceeded, other furnaces having stopped
this month, and repairs of works and of
wage scales may yet occupy some weeks.
The increase of 56,9">8 tons in stocks un
sold implies decrease in manufacture
more than double the decrease in output,
and works of five'of the great corpora
tions ate waiting for decline in wages just
when the workers have looked for in
crease. Open markets are now admitted
at Pittsburg, where quotations have been
for some time nominal, and Bessemer pig
Is offered there at sl6.
Cotton speculation has held the price
too high for the comfort of foreign spin
ners who have not provided for all their
wants, but the arrangement by the Pall
River committee to dose for a m nth or
more a large pait of the New England
mills will clear away dispute about the
market for goeds.
The end of the crop year has brought
the usual estimates, which command no
more confidence than usual. If the coun
try can get out of a crop, officially called
647,000,000 bushels of wheat, all it wants
for food and seed and 5J0.000.000 bushels for
export, with considerable left over in sight.
It is the easy inference that anxiety is
needless. There is no evidence as yet, and
for some time to come cannot be, that in
juries sustained have been as great as
some suppose, so that alarm is not more
necessary than tl was last year.
Failures for the week have been 196 in
tiie United States, against 169 last year,
and 26 in Canada, against 24 last year.
REGIMENTS IN A HOW.
General Fight Hetxveen the Men nnd
Several Mere Hurt
Springfield, 111., July 13.—At Camp Lin
coln late last night a general fight occur
red between the men of the First and
Second Regiments. Several men were
badly wounded, and had it not been for
the timely arrival of Capt. Ryan of the
Seventh Regiment with a provost guard,
several lives might have been sacrificed.
The trouble was a sequel to the raid
conducted by Junkhouser of the First
Regiment on the previous night on a
“blind pig," when twenty-seven of the
Second Regiment, whom he found there,
were arrested,
A group of ihe First Regiment boys
were attacked in the dead of the night
by the Second Regiment nun. Bergi.
Dick Carroll, Company I, First Regiment,
was brutally assaulted, Ids face terribly
lacerated, and ho will be disfigured for
lift.
Sergt. Fischer, of the First Regiment,
Company D, and several others were as
saulted and severely injured. Many corn
par 1 s of the two commands slept on their
a ms for the night.
COItRIiSPOMircXTS IX BATTLE.
Fired at Many Times in n Day, but
Never Hit.
Julian Ralph, in the London Mail.
There is a place in a battle where it
Is more dangerous to be than even the
firing line. That is the zone where the
bullets strike the earth. Soldiers al
most always shoot oo high—over the
heads of the foe before them—so that it
Is sufer to be in the front than in the
middle rear. To the middle rear ran tho
correspondents, and then fell down. They
fell when they found the ulr as thick
with bullets a ever a pudding was with
plums—nnd when, wherever they down a
foot, there was a spurt of sand from a
falling shot. Have you ever seen a sor
ry tramp walking in the rain with water
gushing from the holes In his boots? The
sand fountains reminded them of that.
Both fell behind an ant heap and began
to laugh.
"There was no other way to run," they
said to one another, “it looked as If the
Boers would cut us off in the other direc
tion."
"Put4-putt-putt-putt,” sounded the aw
ful Vlckers-Maxlm quick-firer, ■ and its
tornado of 1-pnund shells raked the air
over their heads with seven screaming
missile* at a time. Zlzz-zlt hummed the
Mauser and the Martini-Henry bullets
like magnified bees in swarms. The air
was thick with (lying lead. Bits of he
friendly ant hill were ehlpped off. Spray
from the dust Jets thrown up by bullets
fell softly on the hands of the corre
spondents Thicker and thicker came the
hail, for the Boer shuruhocker* bad seen
the two men run and drop, and were
sending a crossfire where they lay. They
buried their noses in the red sand and
talked and thought.
They talked and thought—about what?
They have told me and I have made
nc*e of it.
“Say something funny," said the young-
I er man. "I wish young B. were here. He'd
keep us laughing. Wow! but that was
close. It fanned my ear."
, “I wonder what’s become of our
horses."
"Hang the horses! What I wonder la
how that mule can stand there 100 yards
j ahead of us, where the bullets are like
| drops in a slanting rain. I’ll bet the
brute is full of holes and doesn’t know
it. Perhaps we are, too."
'Hello! here’s that Guards doctor. Doc
: tor! Doctor! Come and tell us what's go
| !ng on.” The Guards doc;or is nothing
I loath He dashes over to the rprresnond
j err . and in doing so awakens anew fury
of rifle and machine gun fire
"1 can’t stay long." he says;, "we’ve
g. t a great many wounded up there, end
| 1 must If ok after them. How's the tight
going? It's simply going on. forever, and
i neither side Is budging You chink the
! bullets are thick here Watch mo go for
ward, and when you see me drop you may
know it's a bit thick. There’s one place
ahead where the shot come in solid
streaks like telegraph wires. Well, ta-ta!
I must make a dash for it."
As he runs the correspondents see the
tiny sand fountains spurt up in front of,
beside and behind him. At last he drops
and for half an hour lies still.
For an hour and a half the eorresprnd
ents keep their noses pinned in the veldt
behind their anthill. Every now and
again there comes a lull, and they think
they wid make a bolt for safety, and one
rds s his head or lifts an arm, whereupon
the bullet factory opens again for busi
ness, and Laden s reaks rake the aT like
a fine toothed comb. They resign them
selves and watch other men in like posi
tions.
They see a Col fist Tinmy run to
| n tiny sage brush that wouldn’t stop a
j pea-shooter and gratefully take its shel
| ter.
; They see another Tommy lying flat as
a flapjack and reaching stealthily, blir.d
-j ly over the ground to gather little stones
-none bigger than a hen's egg. He gets
five or six of these and builds a whimsi al
shelter four inch< s wide and three, inches
high. He press* s his face in the sand
with this ridiculous, microscopic wall In
front of his crown. It is best that he
can do. and he is content. He is content
until—ten minutes later an explosive bul
let hits his fcot and smashes it as if a
heavy sledge hammer bad crushed it.
DintrpßS of the Wounded.
He calls to the corresi>ondont9 to bring
the stretcher bearers to him. 'Two of
them have been hiding behind an anthill
for a very long while. To them the cor
respondents yell, and the bearers are un
able to A Tommy looms up ahead
dragging a shatterel leg, hopping along
before a pursuing blizzard of bullets. He
too, calls to the correspondents. “For
Heaven’s sake, gentlemen, get me to an
ambulance. I’ve been wounded like this
for ten hours.” The correspondents forget
themselves and their danger, and, telling
him with the shattered leg to go and lie
by him with the crushed foot, they start
through the rain of bullets to rouse the
two bearers.
They forget themselevs and their danger,
though there is death at every ste*—Just
as every man, who is any good forgets self
and danger on the battlefted if only he has
something to do. Kven if he has the
jumps, give him a rifle and see how in
terested he will become. S(Mid him gal
loping into the fire on an errand and his
funk will drop as if the bullets had shot
It away.
Ills Company Not Wanted.
A word of comamml to those stretcher
bearers brought them quickly to their fret.
Then the correspondents had nothing to
do again, and then the bulelts “ping'ed ”
beside them and buzzed about them, and
they dropped flat on the veldt—with r.o
shelter this time. Again they lay a long
time. A bullet touched the hair of one;
another flew between their heads, not
eighteen inches apart. Three Tommies in
full flight saw them, and ran toward them,
bringing a cloud of shot with them.
“Keep away! Keep away! You fools!”
the correspondents shouted. “Get your
selves killed as much as you like, but
don’t direct the fire on us. Lie down by
yourselves, you idiots!” Their frenzy and
profanity revealed to the correspondents
how great had been the tension on their
nerveti.
“It’s telling on me.” said the young end
handsome one, “yet I am not conscious of
being afraid.”
“There's no room for fear,” said the
other. "We know our danger. We can’t
help ourselves, and that’s all there is about
it. I'm sick of my lime juice and water.
Give me a drink of your plain essence of
microbes.”
Next a bullet-headed Tommy darted up
from behind and dropped beside the
younger eorrespondent. Just heaven! how
he was sworn at and abused as anew
hail of bullets showered around the three
—loosened by his dash across the veldt.
"If you would pull in that blooming tin
pail, and put it under your stomach, you
wouldn't git so much o’ the blooming bul
lets. It shoines loike a heliograph.” He
was right. Ho referred to a two-quart,
bright, new’ tin water bottle w’hlch the
elder man had left beside him on the
ground.
Of all the sublimated fools in any army
this Tommy was the worst. He next ask
ed for a drink, and. taking a covered
bottle, raised himself on his elbows, put
up his head, lifted the bottle high, and
began to quaff. A thousand rifle balls
and ten minutes' play of the "putt putt”
showed that this had been accepted as
a chalenge. Again Tommy was sworn at
for an idiot—and what was his reply?
“I know it. When 1 was loying hover
there be’ind a hant 'ill, I 'eld up me
blooming 'elmet am' got a 'ole put through
it before 1 eould’git it down again.”
He was quieted by the impressive as
surance that be would get a pistol ball
through his skull at the next provoca
tion, and for another half hour he lay
Then, suddenly, he said: "Gens,
I'm blamed tired of planting me nose in
the sand and waiting for It to sprout.
What 1 say is, let's run for It, each one
In a different riirec ksliln, so the bloom
ing Boers won't know which to peg at.”
"You're a general. Tommy," Said the
correspondents. “We're with you."
He gave the word. All three ran like
mad In different ways, and the Boers
directed all their fire on the young and
handsome correspondent. It was dusk,
and Jets of flame sprang out of the veldt
all around him. But he was not hit.
—There is a plan now before the Ital
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the Apennine, by building an aqueduct
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bring up the total length to 860 miles.
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ODD POKER HANDS.
One Combination Couldn't De lleaten
In 4,5G0,000.000 Times.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
An exclusive little poker organization
the members of which are mainly Board
of Trade men, and which has its head
quarters in a buffet in the shadows of the
Rialto building, had two remarkable set
tings recently. That is to say, each ses
sion was made memorable by a deal of
unique kind.
The central figure in the first incident
was a young trader whom every one in
the wheat pit calls "Doc." because he
never was ;i physician or even a medical
student. There were seven player* in
the game, which usually is confined to five
or six. The pots always are Mg enough
to be interesting, not only because ton
dollar limit invariably rules and SIOO worth
of chips is the least ever bought, but also
because every one of the players is a
plunger at the poker table as well as in
hours of grain speculation. A pair of
aces frequently is played up to S4O or SSO
and "bluffs" of the most audacious kind
are practiced continually.
But this story' has nothing to do with
"bluffing." It is about how "Doc" clean
ed up all the money on the table on one
hand last Monday. He was sitting next to
the dealer in a s2l jackpot when the man
after him—known to his confreres as
"Shorty’’—opened it for the limit. The
I next player raised the bet $lO. and every
one stayed up to "Doc." He found the
seven, eight, nine and ten of heart* in
his hand, nnd considered it well worth
spending S2O on in a pot now worth sl2l.
But tho opener evidently had something
pretty good in his clutch, for he raised
again.
That made matters exciting enough, but
interest was intensified when the man
who had made the first "tilt" pushed in
S2O worth of checks, so that a double rulse
confronted the rest of the players. Again
everybody stayed up to "Doc," and It was
palpable that a lot of good hands were
out. Ho realized by this time that he
would have to make a straight flush—that
is, catch the six or jack of hearts —to
stand any chance of winning, but success
would pay him nearly* 30 to 1 nnd he did
not hesitate about making good. The man
who had opened simply followed suit.
"Doe." of course, drew one card. Only
two other men drew, the others standing
pat. The opener, who had taken a card,
must have felt well satisfied with his
catch, for he bet $lO right off the reel.
The next man—he who had done the per
sistent raising previously—kept up the
merriment by putting In S2O. Three play
ers called and the dealer, who had drawn
one card, raised. "Doc" looked at his
catch. It was the six of hearts. All he
raised the dealer was $lO, because that
was all ho could raise. Not a man after
him dropped out, but four of them reach
ed a "show-down." The dealer raised
again and "Doc" went him better. "Shor
ty” went to a "show-down" and that left
ihe dealer and "Doc" the only bettors. It
happened that the latter had the more
money on the table, and the dealer soon
joined the other men in the "show
down."
In all there was S9BO in the pot. With a
straight flush "Doc" was in a clash by
himself and scooped In all the cash. He
had not beaten anything bigger than two
sets of four.—one held by the dealer, who
had a gallery of queens, and the other
by the man next to "Shorty," who had
four fours. The other four hands were
full houses.
The game was interrupted only' long
enough for the six losers to get out their
pocketbooks or rolls and buy more chips.
Not one of them claimed ever to have
seen a deal in which one player hnd sent
all the others to the "bone yard." But
the very next day they all took part In
an even more astonishing play.
A thin, sedate player, with glasses,
whom no one over accosted more famil
iarly than by his Christian name, Henry',
opened the usual s2l pot for $lO. Four
men merely stayed, the fifth man rais
ed and "Doc," who was dealing, and who
found himself with pat straight, con
cluded that it would profit him merely
stand the raise. Tho opener did likewise,
but the next man raised and three men
dropped out.
"1 stay," announced the original raiser,
throwing In $lO in chips. "Doe" by this
time had lost much of his faith in his
hand nnd contented himself with making
good. So did the opener and the player
next to him.
"Cards?" asked "Doc." picking up the
deck.
Every one of the four men stood pat.
There was a surprising fulling off In
betting. The opener bet a white chip, and
it was called all around.
"I’ve got a big straight,” announced
the opener.
"So have I," said the next player, and
his answer was echoed by the other two,
It was true. After a little chuffing the
four hands were laid face upward and
each one consisted of an ace, king, queen,
jack and ten of mixed suits. There was
nothing to do, of course, but to divide
the pot, which gave a little profit to each
man who held a straight, but which was
a very tame if amazing result of the
holding of four pat hands.
"Doc." who is something of a mathe
matician, figures that the chances of four
hands like those described coming out in
:i single deal are something like 1 in
4.560.000,000.
—'The Minister of Foreign Relations of
Nicaragua has presented to the American
Minister, William L. Merry, a handsome
walking stick, decorated with Nicaraguan
atoM, and valued at S2OO
ALWAYS ON DECK.
A TOOTHBRUSH DRILL
DR. GRADY SAYS IT IS AS NECES
SARY AS GYMNASTIC EXERCISE.
"Good Teetli; Gooil Hen It It "—Sugges
tions for n Systematic Examination
by Competent Dentists of the
Mouths of School Children.
From the Baltimore Sun,
In a paper presented to the American
Medical Association at its meeting in At
lantic City last month Dr. Richard Grady
of Baltimore, who is dentist to the United
States Naval Acadmey, said:
"In my office there is a motto, ‘Good
teeth, good health.’ suggestive of the cen
tral thought of this paper:
Without good teeth there cannot be thor
ough mastication.
Without thorough mastication there can
not be perfect digestion.
Without perfect digestion there cannot
be proper assimilation.
Without proper assimilation there can
not be nutrition.
Without nutrition there cannot be
health.
Without health what is life?
Hence the paramount importance of the
teeth.
"A few years ago I discovered that not
one of the 500 children in one of the pub
lic institutions in my city had a tooth
brush. The children of that institution
are now supplied w'ith toothbrushes, but
I fear there are many similar Institutions
in the world where the toothbrush is nev
er seen and the dentist never heard of.
Much Decay Preventable.
"I am fully persuaded that more than
50 per cent, of dental caries is absolutely
preventable by medicines internally ad
ministered. which act specifically in the
mouth; alike pleading and imi>erative Is
the appeal to both ambition and intelli
gence to prevent, rather than to repair,
the ravages of decay. If the teeth are
not allowed to accumulate deposits on
either their exposed or protected surfaces
they will, it is claimed, be exempt from
caries.
"Given the varying predispositions of dif
ferent individuals to earies, which is gov
erned by the law's of heredity and envi
ronment. the growth of micro-organ isms
in the mouth Is in proportion to the
amount of disturbance they suffer or rest
and opportunity they enjoy.
"Treating diseased teeth of school chil
dren at public expense seems entirely out
of the question at present; yet why
should it he less reasonable to have visit
ing dentists than visiting music teachers,
and drawing teachejs, and teachers of
physical* culture? The position of visit
ing dentist in our public schools would
not be a sinecure. There would bo work
to do every day. If bad teeth could be
prevented the gain to the state and the
individual would be of enormous value,
as It Is wonderful how many diseases can
be traced indirectly to bad teetji.
"It is the noble privilege of the teachers
of the country to promote in some degree
tbp preservation of the teeth of those
under their care, and this they can do by
inculcating early nnd earnestly and with
the emphasis of a high religious duty the
principles of dental hygiene.
"The same spirit which has led to en
listing the active co-operation of the pub
lic schools concerning measures for pre
venting the spread of contagious diseases
of childhood should be insisted upon in
the care of teeth.
A Toot bhrii wh Drill.
"The inculcation of cleanly oral habits
among children should be insisted upon.
It is just os important and as necessary
to keep clean teeth as It is to keep clean
hands and face, because all the food we
eat must come in contact with our teeth.
It is essential that a child he taught how
to brash the teeth properly. Brush the
upper teeth downward and the lower
teeth upward on their inner and outer
surfaces, preventing injury to the gums
, and effectively cleaning nil the crevices
of the teeth. A toothbrush drill at school
Is as needful as any gymnastic exercise
for the preservation of health. There Is
strong reason to believe that many dis
eases of the nervous system, respiratory
organ* and alimentary canal may be due
to the fact that the masticatory organs
have been neglected.
"We nr now able to say to teachers
and pupils that It has been proved be
yond doubt that decay of the teeth is
caused by two different profesnes—(l)
chemical. (2) parasitical thi the pre
vention of dental caries depend*, first
of all, on strict cleanliness of the mouth
and teeth, the Importance of which can
not possibly he overestimated. Undoubt
edly it can he sold that the toothbrush
nnd plenty of cleen water stand at the
head of all measures of this nature, mid
that the next prophylactic means is the
intelligent use of proper antiseptics. \
tepid salt solution has been recommend- i
ed as nn inexpensive nnd effective anti- j
septic for rinsing the mouth, and where
there is u tendency to bleeding of the I
gums powdered boric mil may be used
One thing not often spoken of in refer- j
enre lo cleaning teeth is the value of j
rinsing. Many patients know nothing i
about It and the average dentist dors not
think It worth while to mention it to 1
them. The matter of closing the lips and
forcing the water vigorously back nnd
forth between the teeth exercise* n Im
portant part In cleansing them.
C lennncs* n Defense.
"We want to emphasize the startling |
fact that the teeth of children have been
deteriorating, until now it has become a i
serious matter. Of all causes of decay
i*ncleanness is perhaps the most fertile.
The clean tooth may decay—the neglect
ed tooth mutt decay. It has loet its
chance of self-defense.
"We want children Instructed in the
care of the mouth and teeth, In cleansing
the whole mouth, including the tongue,
nnd the sooner this is done the sooner will
the many evils arising from the present
neglect be stayed. Children must be
taught some system of oral hygiene. See
that tK-hool children receive thorough in
struction as to the utility of good teeth.
These same children will soon be the par
ents of the community in their turn, and
they would have the advantage not only
of better mouths of their own, but of be
ing in a position to care for their own
children. Instead of regarding the teeth
as foes children should be taught to re
gard them as special friends and devote
to them their best care.
Systemii Susceptible to Dineanf.
“We w-ant to remedy the possibilities
of the propagation of disease In public
schools through the present condition of
children’s mouths and teeth, and lhei
dentally the discomfort of parents whose
children have aching teeih, sleepless
nights, distorted nervous systems, bad di
gestion, alveolar abscesses, foul and fetid
breath. When children are in this oral
condition the whole system is out of or
der and they are more susceptible to
disease.
‘We want periodical and systematic
examinations of the teeth of children in
the primary and grammar schools whose
ages range from 6 to 15 years, having in
view the prevention of their destruc
tion.
Teeth Car* Fays.
"Answering the question w-hy do we
want Instruction and inspection to pre
vent sacrifice of children’s teeth and the
accompanying effects on their health, I
would say:
"Take it all in all, care of the teeth
pays in comfort, in beauty, in the con
servation of health from youth to old
age.
"It has been demonstrated that 95 per
cent, of children have permanent teeth
decayed, ranging in number from 2 to 16
per child. When one has attained full
growth it may not matter much whether
the food is masticated by natural or arti
ficial means, provided it is properly done;
but with children it is a different mat
ter, and the state of our children’s teeth
is a question of national Importance.
"Relatively few’ children have teeth
filled, and those under 10 years of age
rarely have the dentist’s care except for
the extraction of loose and aching teeth.
"The teeth and mouths of many chil
dren are in an unhealthy and disgusting
condition, which not only injures their
own health, but also the health of the
teachers and other children w*ho are com
pelled to sit with them; it may be in
overcrowded or ill-ventilated rooms.
"A source of danger from decayed teeth
is the possible introduction of parasites
into the tissues with which the teeth are
connected. It is very difficult to prevent
small particles of food from lodging in
the cavities of carious teeth and there un
dergoing decomposition. It is not impossi
ble that by such means, especially If the
cavity is the root channel of the dead
tooth, a parasite might enter the soft
tissues.
"There is also another source of danger
to the younger children who exchange
pencils and chewing glim, which, after
being in mouths mixed with pus, are plac
ed in the mouths of other innocent and
unsuspecting children. These practices
may be democratic, but they are vicious.
"As to girls whose teeth are defective,
in a few years they will be the mothers
of the next generation. What about the
claims of their children unless we now
do our duty by the future mothers and
give them a chance to grow up as healthy
women?
"As no portion of the human body Is of
such complex structure as the mouth, and
no other has such diversified functions to
perform, have textbooks on physiology
used in schools include a chapter or two
on dental hygiene written from a dental
pc4nt of view.
"Have cultured dentists address teach
ers’ meetings and public schools, espec
ially normal schools, on the advantages
and desirability of absolute cleanliness
of the mouth.
"In cities containing dental schools
utilize the graduating classes in the ex
amination of the teeth of school children
under the direction of practicing dentists.
“If the mouths of the children In our
public schools could be examined by com
latent persons, carious or diseased teeth
treated or removed and instructions given
or enforced with regard to the Intelligent
use of brushes nnd antiseptic solutions, it
is believed that the death rate of the coun
try would be very materially lessened, the
percentage of illness much reduced and a
stronger and more vigorous race result in
soneequence of the prophylactic meas
ures."
FISH SKIN' LEATHER.
tinny Articles Mode Out of n Hither
to I'mised Product.
From the New' England Grocer.
The United Slates Fish Commission has
been making a collection of leathern made
from the ekins of fish end other aquatic
animals, especially of those which prom
ise to be of practical utility. Several
varieties of fishes have skins that make
an excellent leather for some purposes.
Salmon hide, for example, serves so well
in this way that the Eskimos of Alaska
make water-proof shirts and boots out
of it. They also cut jackets out of the
codfish skins, whith are said to be very
serviceable garments. In the United
States frog skins are coming into use for
the mounting of books, where an excep
tionally delicate material for fine bind
ing is required. There are certain tribes
of savages who make breastplates out of
garfish skins, which will turn a knife
or a spear. A bullet will pierce this
breastplate, but it is said to be impossi
ble to chop through the material with
a hatchet at one blow. Together with
such a breastplate, these savages wear a
helmet of the skin of the porcupine fish,
which is covered with formidable spines.
Fastened upon the head, this helmet
serves not only as n protection, but in
close encounters it Is used to butt with.
The Gloucester Isinglass and Glue Com
pany recently manufactured some shoes
of the skins of (he codfish nnd cusk. On
the lower Yukon, In Alaska, overalls of
tanned fish skins are commonly worn by
the natives. Whip handles are made of
shark skins, and instrument cases are
commonly covered with the same mate
rial, It being known under the name of
shagreen. Whale skins are said to make
admirable leather for some purposes,
while porpoise leather is considered u
very superior material for razor strops.
Seal leather dyed In a number of differ
ent colors Is included in the collection
of the Fish Commission. This leather is
obtained from the hair seal, nnd not from
the fur-hearing species, nnd is used to
a considerable extent in the manufacture
of pocketbooks. The hair seals are still
very plentiful in the North Atlantic
ocean, and as it is not difficult to kill
them, they afford a very promising source
of leather supply. Wnirus leather has
come into the market recently, but as
the animals are being exterminated rap
idly, It will hardly amount to much com
mercially. Another kind of leather now
seen on sale is that of the ee a elephant.
Up to within n few years a species of
sea elephant was found on the Pacific
coast, ranging as far north as Ix>wcr
California, but the animals have been I
so nearly exterminated that they are now
rarely seen. Another species Is to be
found in the Antarctic seas, chiefly on i
Kerguelan Island.
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Ecxcnin—No ( are. No Pay.
Tour druggist will refund your money If
Pazo Olnluwot ftu to cure you. UK I
—ad. " 1
If you will buy three
Old V lrgmia Cheroots
and smoke them to-day you will get
the greatest amount of comfort and
satisfaction that 5 cents will buy in
a smoke, and get it three times over!
You haven’t any idea how good they
are and cannot have until you try them.
Try three to-day instead of a sc. cigar.
Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this
year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents.
NOTHING LIKE IT!
There is nothing on earth to equal “Infants’
Friend Powder.’’ Where it has been tried it ha
taken the place of all other preparations for the
face, prickly heat, and a thousand and one uses to
which ladies put it. The baby needs nothing else.
Try nothing else for it.
READ THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS
Rowlinski, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.,
Savannah, Ga.
July 5, 1900.
Columbia Drug Cos.,
Savannah, Ga.:
Dear Sirs—Please send me half
gross Infants' Friend Powder. I have
sold It for some years and it has
been a good seller—give satisfaction:
package unique, and from personal
use I can recommend it highly for
chafing and prickly heat. Yours
truly,
ROBT. A. ROWLINSKI.
This is unsolicited.
FIRE PROOF SAFES.
We carry the only line of Fire Proof Safes that are
for sale in the State. We have a stock of all sizes and
a visit to our establishment is cordially invited. To be
prepared in time of peace is our motto. Get a good
Fire Proof Safe and you will never regret the invest
ment. Do not buy a second-hand safe unless you know it
has never been in a fire. We will sell you Iron Safes as
low as the factory will, with freight added.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Wholesale Druggists and Wholesale Agents
Fire Proof Safes.
—lt has been suggested that pome ap
propriate honor be paid to Congr seman
Galusha A. Grown of Pennsylvania, at the
coming celebration at St. Louis of the
Louisiana Purchase. He is the author of
the Homestead Law. enacted in 1854.
which did so much to develop the West
by making homo getting easy. "It is dif
ficult," says the Washington Times, "for
the present generation of Americans, sur
rounded by the modern conditions, with a
fierce competition in the struggle for ex
istence, to realize that there is in Con
gress to-day a man who is a link between
the infancy cf the nation and its pres nt
gant proportions-between the crude In
dustrial conditions of the dawn of the
century, now in is twilight and the hi li
ly organized machinery of the country's
commercial forces. Tn his personality and
record the Hon. Galusha A. Craw is that
link. If he lives until 1908—and his remark
able vitality and enthusiasm indicate that
he will—he will occupy a unique and con
spicuous position in the celebration of the
event at St. Louis in that year.”
MERCfMJirS UNO MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.
STEAM BOI II* LIVES.
SAVANNAH TO BALTIMORE.
Tickets on 6ale at company’s offices to
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
BALTIMORE, MD. BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL. CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN. HARRISBURG, PA.
HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK.
PHILADELPHIA.
PITTSBURG. PROVIDENCE.
ROCHESTER.
TRENTON. WILMINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
First-class tickets Include meals nnd
state room berth, Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodations and cuisine unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful han
dling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are np
polntedtko sal) from Savannah to Balti
more us follow* (standard iron
ITASCA, ( apt. Diggs, SATURDAY, July
14. 5 n m
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Billups, TUES
DAY, July 17, 6 p. m.
TEXAS. Capt. Former, THURSDAY, July
19, 11 n. m. I
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Peters, SATUR
DAY, July 21, 12 noon.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, TUESDAY, July
24. 2 p. m.
And from Baltimore Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at Aon p. m.
Ticket Office, 39 Bull llreet.
NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav. Agent.
J, J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
W. P. TURNER. G. P. A.
A. D, STE Bill NS. ATM
J. C, WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. '
General Offices. Baltimore, Md.
FRENCH LINE*
CMMIE GENERKIE IHfINSSTLIMTm?
DIRECTUNET°HAVRE PARIS (Francor
Sailing every Thursday at 10 ;; rn
From Pier No. 42. North litre--. root Morton
La Bretagne,. July IV La Touralnn. Aug V
!'\„^!'V aitne La Bretagne.,AuS 16
L Aquitaine ...Aug, 2La Lorraine... Aug 21
*• utft 'om rn relations reserved for
company s passengers upon application
General Agency, 32 Broadway. New York.
Messrs. Wilder & 0* I
The Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.
Woman’s Department,
Airs. Wm. King, Editor.
480 Courtland avenue,
Atlanta, Ga., April 26. 1900.
Columbia Drug Cos., Savannah Ga ■
Gentlemen—lt gives me pleasure to
heartily recommend Infants’ Fr,, rd
Powder, and to give to you a singu
lar little coincident connected with it.
During the Cotton States and in
ternational Exposition I was preda
ted with a little box of this powder,
and was so pleased with it tha- I
was exceedingly anxious to get mor,
but on looking at the box I T m :d
noihing but Savannah, Ga., no ■ t
address. 1 have often wished I kn, w
where to get it. This morning's
mail brought your circular with en
closed sample I immediately re
ferred to my box. nnd found it was
the Infants’ Friend Powder. It , 9
without doubt the best powder I have
ever used. Respectfully,
MRS. WM. KING.
Ocean Sieamsiiia Go.
—FOR
IMew York, Boston
—AND—
the east,
nsur PuS'c*r<J cabin accommodations. AU
to© comforts of a modern hotel. EiectrH
light s. Unexcelled table. Tickets incit'd*
and berths aboard ahlp.
Passenger farts Hum bavaaoaiL
c-f.V. ‘ Ni - U YORK-FIRST CABIN. Db
£*** ST CABIN ROUND TRIP, $32; 1N
... CABIN, sl6. INTERMIX*
CABIN ROUND TRIP. s*■
STEERAGE, $lO.
BOSTON FIRST CABIN. *3:
FJHbT CABIN ROUND TRIP, *36. IN
IERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7, INTERMB
‘‘•efk CABIN ROUND TRIP, S2S-<*
STEERAGE, $11.75.
be express steamships of this line
to 6011 from Savannah. CentrSl
<9olh) meridian time. n = foiVrrvs-
SA VANN Ail TO NEW YORK.
NACOOCHBE, Capt. Smith, SATURDAY,
July 14, at 6 p. m
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY,
July 16, at * p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
_yy®-SDAY, July 17, nt 8 p. m
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Aslilns, FRIDAY,
July 20, at 11:30 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
Saturday, July 21. at 12 noon.
NACOOCHEE, Cant. Smith, .MONDAY,
July 23, at 2:30 p. m.
KANSAS cm. Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY,
July 24, at 3 p. in.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg,
FRIDAY, July 27 ,at 5 n m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR
DAY, July 28 at 6 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY. July 30, at 7 p. rn
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, TUESDAY,
July 31. at 8 p m.
NEW YORK TO ROSTOV
CITY OF M.vCON, Copt. Savage,
MONDAY, July 16, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capl. Savage
FRIDAY. July 20, 12:00 noon.
CPfY OF MACON, Capt. Savage,
Wednesday, July 2r>, 12:00 no> 1
CITY OF M ICON. Capl Savage
MONDAY’ July 30, 12:00 noon.
This company reserves the right O
change Its sailings without nori'-e an.-
without liability or accountability there
for.
Sailings New York for Savannah daII
exrept Sundays, Mondays and Til day*.
6:00 p m.
W. G. BREWER. City Ticket end Pas*
eager Agent, 107 Bull street, Savanna#.
Ga.
E. W SMITH. Contracting Freight
Agent. Savannah. Oa.
R. G. TREZEVANT, Agent, Bavanrih.
Oa
WALTER HAWKINS. Genera’ *•">
Traffic Dep’t, 224 W. Bay street.
lonvllle, Fla.
E. H HINTON, Traffic Manager- •-
vennah, Oa
P K LE
f>lcr . North River. New York * T