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20 WOMAN’S WORLD. Continued from Fax* 9. with. I n*ver knew him v*rv well. • h* was a man of *r**at r* , station whll* I. at the time, wa n mere '• > ro He <ll*4 tha efi-HVi before I )o ni Mm Drew m company. It whs * *•••* r s, y. for he was only S3 year® of air*, a rrtnt actor. an 4 ba4 a remark* tun future before him Mr* Drew was an *ct:>*s who knew her husinos* more thoroughly thin any w*- man I ever me . ex ept Laura Keen* x>mmand(l unive-?jl rv*f>*et, thoufn her rather ear. ante vein of humor li mot make n**r many fri*r<l* An example ©f her Kb • of humor. an*l one that l!n frere4 ri my mmd. efp*' tally as It was our ia* | p .iran e ot the tOßether Offtirol when Jbn Wilke?* Ho)lh tsmt to tr,. \roh Theater to appear * m star. He had risen very tuddnily, hi** prtt . aptearance in Philadelphia hav ing ieen in m very unlmiortant role, and Mr* Drew did Mt take very kindly to t • I* iot hi* coming to her theater an I opr* aring In w leading role. I#lke all of o' ti*. Booth had the greatest reaped Miid fear for Mrs Drew. wml she would rattle him by pretending to look to him for Hlvlre and suggestions as to what to and during rehearsal*. ‘•Where do you want me to etnnd. Mr. Booth?'' ahe would say. very swae ly. "Why-er, w here-er-ever you have boon •roustomed to, Mrs Drew.'* he would mv. somewhat abashed. “Mr Forrest used to want me to stand here, but not all great a- tori agree. Mr. Booth.' very sweatly. "Wall, you might——" "Yea." •‘Come here " "A —a. a:.l If you " "Yea. yes. yes. yes—" At this piur t Booth become entirely rattled by her wve*t yeses ** began to actitter. got excited, and brok* down <*on pletaly. One of the dozen rules gl en recently by an author!’v for a long life is to sleep K* 1" V K I V “Y, . > - \m .. .--v.- ; ' . ' . . ‘ '<• v . . ' i -V The Cxarlna Barf. wllh on*'* bedroom door op*n, says the 1 Now York Post. It I* *tmot a trim* that In these dav* of knowledge of th* value of ventilation, building* at it) *<• up with ballroom* unprovided with any ' meant to eerur* rlrrulatlon of air. Tran rom* In th* average private home* are 1 unknown. Window* In th* city homo ran be at only one aide of the room, and wllh no open fireplace the poa*lhiUtle* of chan*- j In* the air during the night are jo r | The caution of the open door I* an evl- \ dent attempt to aeslet In providing pure air. Aa the cold aeaeon eel* In the c'o- , In* up of our home* mutt follow, and the ‘ gain of the open-air life during Che rum mer will be counteracted by the *hut-ln I existence to be faced for the neal four or live month*. Where a reglner I* In the j room, It ahould be left ppen at night, pro vldlng It I* known that the cold-air bx leading to the furnace communicate* di rectly with the outer air. Too ttrong cm- I phaala can scarcely be laid upon lhl mat- ! ter. Jarndyre of Rloak (louse sleeping In a bed pulled to the middle of a square chamber, whose windows open on every aide, and were left raised throughout the night, may have been a lltlle radical In his habit, but be erred on the rlgm aid*. It was a Madison avenue maid, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who listened 10 her caller's complaint that hr was becom ing nearsighted, and suggested that she knew of a sure remedy. He seemed much Interested, and begged her 10 tell him hut ahe was shy about It. and said that she had only heard ll was a sure cure. He declared he would be glad to try any thing At last she told him. blushing sweetly. "They say there Is nothing so good for nearslghudness as to kiss a blonde girl.” •’He waa thoughtful a long time, then he aaked earnestly, ''But what Is a fellow to do when he Is so I lam. and nearsighted be can't tell when a girl Is bio. .t He left In about half hour because she was so cold to him. It I* necessary for (he child lo P am that H cannot do wrong wllh Impunity, says the Philadelphia Enquirer. Thai It hurls tiaelf by every display of passion, and accomplishes nothing. The tuyere meas ure* taken with such children generally lack wisdom, coolness and cultnnee*. and do no good. The fact Is that bis anger ts nothing more than the over-excitement of a nervous system by contagion. They gather the eontaglon at a very early age, reflecting surrounding conditions most faithfully. Terrorizing the child does no good; It has In some cases brought on Idiocy. We look too much to our eomfort, rot to their benefit. Our harhne* may give us la-ace, hut what does It aerom pitsb for the child? In these moments of anger. It may be noted that, generally, punishments anti blows have llllle effect ll la a nervous hypertension which must run Us course, once started. Raising a nervous ehiki nervously Is the worst of crime*. To calm an angry child's cries, menaces and blows are of little avail, they only excite It further Take the child before a mirror and show him how ugly he looks. Or throw a lltlle cold wa ter over him. either from a cup or from a siphon If done calmly tlie shock of the cold may quiet him Immedlatc-lv. Put a towel around hi* shoulders first *o os not to wet hi* clothing. Anger Is really an attack of the nerves In which we are only half conscious. It Is a nervous dis ease. Many women ate Justly accused of talk *rg nonsense and talking too much of ••ye th# Baltimore Herald. But m<n \ ate more or lesa tesponsible lor this, l The average man cxpccif alt somen t entertain Mm. In bin opinion that l what they are here for. and he cunild era that when he show# up at * |**rt> or lakes a girl to the p.uy he has <ion hi* part. He lias pushed the button anl j she must do the real. Just w*’ch tin .ext couple you out together at dm ner. or between the a* ts at the theatre— anywhere li is alw.*>s the **rn The girl is doing the tulkmg aid making the effort to entertain the min. ai*d r-he knows she in playing to the blggc*! *ort of luck If ha throws in a nc* tmark every now aid then tc help her along Tiers am plenty of men in society with si-om ton versation Is pracii ally a monologue on the woman * part. au*l If th* man thinks ihat his awful alien e is fasclna’ing or lmpre*lve he 1- nuking the ml*tke of hl life The girl is doing drudgery and eh* knows It. ai.<) rhe Is wondering if any other kind of a bore Is such a bore at lh* man who sits up like a knot on a log arid says noth gig A man of wide reputation In the liter ary world and also well known In aoclal oitd business circles *a\-. * carding to the Chicago Time*.Herald "If I were a woman 1 would think io*hlng het'er worth my while than to flrsi have a g <1 ami liberal odu Hlon I do not mean ly that ilmt I would be satisfied with i.o*h tng lesa than .t college training, though that i* good In Its way. and I would know* history and geography and lit* ra ture, with enough arithmetic to attar.d to my own a'COuntKirvl busin* t Adal r s should or. as ion require. If I were a woman I should consider myself very In competent to take up the lines of house hold management without k<>*l work ing knowledge of cooking anl reining and sewing If 1 were a wtynin I would learn to do every bit of work that Is gen erally conceded to lie within woman's do inoin " "If f were a woman.' nay* another mm. "I would inform myself upm the to tea of the times and current event*. 1 moull know something about the latest book* the is teat plays, little about mu<lc and n little atout art. even if | could rot know much about any of thoae thing* Then, when my husband or my children or my friends wee ready for a half-hour s chat, I could he counted on to he compan ionable 1 would never discus* the fer vent question and I would never led ahout the lltlle bitches In the domestic machinery.” An Optical Rallad - There was once a lovely maiden With a wink. Who wou and pucker up her eyelid* In a kink: And the menfolk* all adored her. Though she swore they sadly bored her. For they liked to see her wink A witching wink— A catching lltlle quiver a* her lashes tried to sink. And her eye* began to squint With a laughing sort of glint, While her wink expressed In slangy style ihe message, "I don't think." I On a day this lovely maiden Took her wink To a stalely soda fountain* For a drink. For she was so very thirsty— Hut the soda man—how durst he?— Tried lo understand her wink— Her witching w.nk— That funny lltlle quiver when her Isfches tried lo sink So he asked her what she'd like. And he added quite a "spike.” For he couldn't pad the wlnky, bltnky message, "1 don't think " Since that time the lovely maiden Does not wink. Does not even blink her eyelids— Not a blink For Ihe day was one of trouble— She was always seeing double. And she wobbled In her wink— That wretched wink— That cunning little dicker which had such a fetching shrink She's been questioned times galore If ahe'a winking any more. And ehc never flUk* nn eyelid as sho answers, "I don't think " Baltimore American. A remarkable Impression of spaciousness I* given in a small apurxment hall by the Judicious use of a mirror, say* the New York Post. The glass I* perhaps five feel long and about two wide, wllh a three inch fiat wooden frame, and Is set against Ihe wall directly opposite the entrance door, at on angle to reflect the length of •he hall and (he room beyond. A* the door open*, 100, the light from a win dow In the outalde hall falls upon Ihe glass, to hr reflected In every direction— Ihe mirror. Indeed, transforming the place, so far as size and vista are concerned. Il I* a very pretty foot thal Mis* Jaun ty exposed to the shoe salesman, and sho must have known 11, write* Clara Belle In the Cincinnati Enquirer. Hut ahe look ed cross enough to be unaware of the fact, and as for the meek salesman, he sat on hi* heels, shoehorn In hand, and looked patleni "I tell you,” the customer was saying, "these shoe* do not fit and I won * have Ihem. What's Ihe good of having shoes made to order If they don't fif" "If you had not worn them." eoeed th* salesman, "wo might think of taking them haek. hill——" "Well, how Is a person lo tell whether a shoefit# until she had worn It.” snapped Miss Jaumy. "let me see the prorrlet r " The proprietor cam • a mild mar wit steady eyelid, who felt Ihe shoe all over and asked questions. "You can do Jusl you like," said the customer haughtt- THE MOKMNG NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1000. Ily "I shall never buy another pair of shoes again here whether you take these hick or not, and I shall not pay for I I' * M I The proprietor look-d grave. "'lt I* not our ha hi I to lik- Iw k rood* that have iieeii worn.” tic aaM softly '‘but——'' Perhaps she should nol have Interrupt ed. ahe did though "The ehoea are no good to m- tharr why I ehall not pay (or them. I aha!! never w. ar them, and I should never *hmk of wearing a shoe from such a place, you might Jutt a* well take them back.” I wan about to ay," the proprietor went on. emoothly. "that though aa a rule we do not take back good* that have been worn. since you do not care to ue or pav for tiles'- w*- will make an exception In fht* eae. that you may withdraw your patronage without reemlng to he under obligation* to u* for a pair of ahoea which you have nol paid for. Mr Sellem. plea.e take off the lady*, ahoea I hope you will leave ua b-tier aatl-nel now.” She waved her rhln about aome and raid that ahe thought they were only doing what waa merely hr.neat. hut, eomehow. ahe dkln t feel comfortable, ahe didn't know why. “You will douhtleaa (Ind yourrelf •lilted elaewher*." remarked the proprietor mlld jly Then he told the aaleaman to aend ! the ahoea to the repairing mom and turn ed away Mlaa Jauntv felt queer By and by ahe felt queerer She lvt.l no ahoea to go home I In had to rml her.elf at th it very atop Sand all the aatlafartlon ahe got waa In de mundlng that another aalettman wait on ! her. *The Woman Thafn fiord . Ho, gttitlemen, lift your glae. up— Kach valiant, each awaln and lover— A klae to the beada that tram In the cup A laugh for the foam rpllt over! For the aoul !e a lit and the heart bata high. And are haw unlooaed It* tether; "Now drink." raid the aage, 'Tor tty morrow we die!" go let’a have a ln*t together Swing the goblet aloft; to the llpe let It fall; Then bend you the knee to addhea* her, And drink, gentle Mr*, to the queen of ua all— To the woman that a rovd ~Ood bleas her! Oh, youth la a madcap and time Is a churl' Pleasure palls and remorse fellows after. The world hurtlew ..n In Its pt lle-f whirl With Ita klasea. Ha tears and Its tangl ier; But there'e one gentle heart, tn Ua bosom of whtte- Detir love with the tender eyea gleam ing. Who ha* all the wealth of my homage to-night Where ahe Ilea In her Innocent dream ing— And a watch o'er her ever my spirit ahal! keep, ' While the angels lean down to care** her. And I'll pledge her again. In her beauti ful sleep— The woman that's good—Ood bless her! I Ah, bohemia's honey was sweet lo th* s|p. And the son* and tha dance were ailur- Ing (The mischievous maid wllh the muti nous lip Had a charm that was very endurlnzl— But out from th* music and smoke wreath* and lac* Of that world of the tawdrily clever There float* the rare spell of the pure little face That ha* chased away folly forever! And 1 pledge tY l*st t°*t. ere 1 go to my real- Oli. fortunate esrth to pos-es* her - To the dear tender heart In the little white breast Of Ihe woman that's gool—Ood blees her. —Hsrold Richard Yynne Rarely ha* a woman's kindness of heart been shown so forrlbly as ll wos recently at the comp where Rleut. Gov Timothy I, Woodruff of New York, end hi* wife were enjoying an outing In the Adiron dack* Gov. Woodruff received a mes sage from William W. Durant of Camp Sagamore, asking that Ihe carpenter at the Woodruft camp uilahi mnk. a >olbu for n bov of 1C in Mr Durant's employ who had died euddeflly. There was no undertaker within many miles, and the carpenter nt Sagamore was aura' The coffin was made of plain boor Is In about an hour ond a half but It seemed *o loxltke that Mr* Woodruff herself stained and vamlsbssl It. making |t look less crude. Bill: she was not satisfied wllh lin appearance and looked for while material lo line 11. bill could find none. Nothing daunted. h* took ■ while muslin gown of her own and (Impel Ir softly Inside the casket, wllh a little lare-trlmmed ruffle to finish the edges, and In this receptacle the boy's body was sent to hi* mother |n New York Mr*. Woodruff, In relating (he Incident to n friend, said thot she had never be fore undertaken a task so grew some and depressing. When a man at the altar niter* the words. "With all my worldly goods I the* endow." what docs he mean? Certain It I* that few hushanda live up to their pledge, rays n writer In the Chicago Chronicle. The majority look upon the small sums they give (heir wives hetlnvw os so much money thrown away. One of tha most charming of women and faithful of wives endured the parsimony of her "lord and master" ns long aa she could and then eef to work and secretly made cakes and preaerves. which ahe <hs. posed of at an exchange, and so earned a pltlan e which she could dispose of, oh. Joy! "and no questions eked " The man found this out ufier while, and then there was a scene. He stormed dreadfully and declared that Ihe wife of his bosom had laid him open lo fhe con tumely of his neighbors: that those per sons would now think he had stinted her. whereas she well knew he had always given her identy of food and such clothe* os he (hough! she needed. The lltlle wonmn had no reply for this argument, which seemed unanswerable, and so she gava up making cmkrs, but Ihe next time she wanted money to pav the dues of her literary club or lo buy anew magazine op soma trifling bit of bric-a-brac for her bare mantel shelf or a ribbon for her old bonnet she Just pawn ed her watch to get It. Her caae ts no! unique. There are few promises so ofien broken s that ore made at the altar about a mans worldly goods The families where the purse te common lo mother and father alike are pathetically Infrequent. Father Is usually an almoner, more or less gracious, and mother his humble pensioner, who comce seeking nlm>. For hr work as housekeeper, nurse, eteams iress and often cook and house girl sh • receive* her food and elolhes and what ever she can crib from Ihe funds with which ahe |s allowed to supply the larder Why she should not receive half the proflt* of the business does not appear, though, indeed, she wouldn't ask that, being modest In her demands What she would like Is a certain sum. email >r large, which Is her* to do with as shs pleases, wllh which she may buy pea. nut* |f ehe likes without rebuke or glvo to the blind lieggar at the comer Probably the most quiet and unpreten tious school of reformers of Ihe present day Is composed of a great number of In telligent people who advocate Ihe abolish ment of what they consider ihe heathen custom of Interring Ihe dead, say* the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tha advocate* of cremation can hardly be styled an organ ized force, and yet their name Is legion Apparently each seem* entirely satisfied with Ills own conviction* on th* subject, and lontent lo dc|a-nd on ihe march of Intelligence lo finally establish what he r rds as a necessary an l Ir.evtiuhle ra ft rm The writer hat| a* Interview with one of this class of reformers Hit olhar day. and in*! rcsssd with the < sim and practical manner In he presented his views H* had no hysterical notion that the coming *f the reform could b iis-iened by passionate apneals In its fa vor It w*ll torn** gradually." he. making its own appeal to the good sense, the economy and the -snlfarv necessities of the world. The proves* of dispelling long r w>*ej superstitions ir.d prejudices will necessarily l>* slow, but It will he sure, and the word wiil reap gr*at benefit from the result " He then expla.ntd the pr visions that he had made fur the dh|o>4l of hi* re maJn* when the dn*e shall come. I have alreadv made my will.'* said he. and the strictest provision |r. It relates to the disposal of rm house of clay. It pro vides that my body shall b** cremated, and that the handful of ashes r< matnlng shuli he carefully collectad ar 1 compoundad with a sufh-ient qtiantlt> of potters clay to f**rtn h smalt slf*l lah.et. which will i.ear an Ins rlptlon that will -erve as a brief hronich of my lif< ur*d death In other words. It will hear mi i a brief In s rlptlon as usually a I rns i humble grivi>tone, which 1 have prepared, oinlt tn*g the final date This." lie continued. will le fired, so that It will !>#• practic ally and then It will nerve a- a historical r* >rd of my coming and going for countless axes "What do you think of the plan?" said he It was so novel and so unique and prac tical withal, that one could only *ay that, if it had on* nated with him>elf he would have undertaken to have It patented. The followimr story, says the Birming ham (Knx > Uasotte. i* told about Nortii impton nd Mr. K.iloiicherc "One of my mates lu* little Invalid girl that * very thoughtful, and the que tlcns she a*o most surprising She'd often heard Bill talking to the missis about the war ond who was to blame for it. aid one night she says: " ‘Daddy, did Ood mak • I-ibby?" "And BIU he thought o bit imf says: " ‘Yes, love—l suppose so.* he says. So rhe thought a bit more, and she says: " 'What for. daddy?" "Rill was never so staggered. He ptit his considering cap on, but it was no good “‘I "I*'s surprising what bard questions children can ask " "Woman." remarked Mr Gooseltng of A Charming \a Mat ion on the Inevitable .Muff Collar and Reveres for Winter Wear. Georgetown, according to the Washington Star. "Is heaven’s best gift lo man. but ivluther It means a married woman or not. I am not so ecrtaln. Now, there’* my wife: I've known a good many worm n In my time, and I don't think I'd b> will ing (o change her for any woman 1 ever met. saw or heard of. We’ve lieen mar ried twenty years, and In all that lime we've never had a cross word thal we didn't get dispos'd of somehow t-.fore we hast many more It's the oniy way to get along wllh a woman. I'd rather yield a slozen limes a day than lo eat tin* kind of meal my wife ran have brought in tha table when she's a mind to. I'm willing to make as many concessions ns the next inan, hut 1 really think there Is a limit llmt any reasonable woman ought to observe. Not that my wife Is not as reasonable a* any other married woman, mind you. for she Is. But there are time* when she mokes me doubt Ihe strict ac curacy of Ihe time-honor*d maxim I have quoted. Now. for Instance, the other day I was doing something or oilier around the house, like u m in has n light lo do on his own premise . and. Just us men some times do. I put my linger where I had no business to put. It, and hit a lick with tlie hammer. " 'Well,' said I to myself, though my wife wos sewing by llw window on the other slle of the room, 'l'll bet I'm Ihe biggest darn fool in ten stales.' "All of which I had a perfect rlghr to say hut my wife looks up from her work, and says she: " 'William.' soy* she. 'don't you know enough about the ethics of gambling lo know that you have no right lo bet on a certainly?" "That's what she auld. and under ihe circumstance.-, wh * on earth could I sty bur nothing and that's what I said. But 1 hit that nail a lick wllh Ihe hammer that drove ll clear In over ll* head and broke a pane of glass that cost a dollar lo replace." >rn I'rlurlplt** nf llalhvnr Manage ment. From th* London Truth. Th* simjrfe truth !?• that the rate of proflt **rne! by nearly all Knglleh rail ways in greally in ex. of what in be fairly looked for from undertaking* of thin character; ami even those lines whose dividends ore mere m*b -*t are perpetually etigugcd in .i struggle to Increase them Were railways natlonul undertakings con ducted by government, th** only return that would be expected from them would In* a modeet dividend of 2S or 2\ p*-r cent, on ihe capital employed. The dif ference between that and th* 5, 6. or 7 per cent . at present pan! by the major! y of lines is ihe price which the traveling public and the commercial community i i monopoly in the bund* of private capi talists. I’niil something l lone to limit fhe amount of dividend distributed, mvl to compel toe companies to consider pas senger# nd trailers before eh arch older*, ihe public, though It mty groan and groan, will continue to suffer. - ♦ V —On ids savs of Joseph Chamberlain: “Ills face Indicates Ms choraeftr; it has no distinction, but ts full of Intel ice and li U that of a trade •‘man, not a statesman. * BRIC-A-BRAC ROMANCES. *0*11: Till K STOHIKA FROM OlJ) 11 mourn shops. Cilorlous Aperlmena f < rymtml, Bllver, Mshoganr, I’.te., at the Awelent Creole Families of l.onlslana In the llrte-a-Mrne Store* In HoynJ Street—Recovering Trensnrea l.oet Forty tears Ago flaring the Civil War. New Orleans. October. 19h0 —"The bric a-brac shop* of New Orleans are far and away the richest In genuine antiques ar.d the most romantic 1 have ever visited." said a woman who has been collecting fin* msh gatiy for her r.ow colonial house "In evem' way I feel repaid for my ex pedition to the old Ixnilstana city. Not only did I pick up the loveliest old chairs, tables, dressers and urmotres for my new house, but 2 stumbled on a half a doien first class romances in connection with the Civil War." Hlrli Frrueh and *|nnl*b Creoles. "it seems thnt the Gulf stale plsnteri ware richer than most of their brethren in lhe days of slavery, and furnished the’r hou?*e* with a splendor we are only Just now rivaling in the north. The rich Creole* had a peculiarly fire and aristo cratic tafcte In brocade, glass, china and carved mahogany, and Judging by the re lics of those times, now chiefly collected In the shops on Royal street; their house* must have been superbly luxurious Pover ty, or perhaps* a lack of Interest and senti ment in the heirloom, has caused the sac rifice of most of these treasures, but It Is a curious and Interesting fact Chat few southerner* of that region can go through the brb *.i-brac shops without identify ing things that once belonged in their family and were taken from the planta tions by unscrupulous soldiers during the last year of ihe war. "Two armies swept through lower Louisiana and fought bloody bsttles there Homes were deserted in haste by families who returned when peace was declared to find that rooms had been stripped of every moveable, and horses had in some case* been stabled in hallw-ays. Treasure*, buried for safety, were often dug up and i rrrried away, and only some of the more londerou* articles of furniture retnaln i fd intaet and in place. Mr. It In n L'm I Mt Portrait. "All manner of odd circumstances aro bringing these thing* to light, sometimes after forty years have elupsed. One of the strangest happened to the friend who entertained me while I stopped In New orbons Bhe Is a Bostonian remov'd south only recently hecause of her hus i hind’s railroad interests in tha: part of ; the country. We were culling together cue day. when another caller, a handsome white haired woman. Mrs. Blank was In |1 1 educed. My hostess’ face wore an odd expression at the mention of Mrs. Blank’s true name, which Is rather an tin* ommon | cne. • When we left she confessed to me that ( her New Kngland conscience was giving I her dreadful pang* It was all on account of Mrs. Blank, whose name was identical with the one painted on the hack of a por trait in my friend's possession; n portralr of a peculiarly tmndsome, dark e\e*i >ou n g man The picture she had bought of a de.iler In Hoston as mu h for the poetic charm of the vlvaclmii, haughty young countenance as for the artistic worth of the work, and she had regarded It for Nears as it most valuable possession. Now. however, she felt that beyond the shadow cf a doubt tlie portrait was a likeness of someone cf Mrs. Blank’s family, and her conscience gave her no rest until she v rote that lady and gavo a hint of the situation Mrs. Blank arrived in double quick time, full of agitation and gratitude, and offered so minute a description of the RHEUMATISM-CATARRH IN THE BLOOD. TRIAL TREATMENT FREE. 11 Is tha deep-seated, obstinate cases of catarrh ami rheumatism, the kind that have refused to heal upder ordi nary treatment that R. H B. (Botanic Blood Halnir cun* It matters not what other treatment*, doctors, sprays, lini ments, medicated air. blood purlfl-ta. have failed to do. It It. B. always promptly reaches the real causa and roots out and drain* front the bones, jjlnts, mucous tnembruno and entire cystem the specific poison In tha blood that causes Rheumatism or Catarrh. B. R R, Is the only r-m-dy strong enouith to do this and cure, so there can never lie a return of the eymptoms. If you have pains or aches In hones. Joints or hack, swollen Klar.ds. tainted breath, noises In the brad discharge* of mucous, ulcera tion of the membranes, blood thin, net easily tired, n treatment with It it. R will stop every avmptom by making tha hlood pure and rich. I’ruKglsts |I. Trial treatment fica hy addressing BROOD BARM Atlanta, Oa. Describe troubl .imi free medical advice given, lllood Balm thoroughly rested for JO years; over 3.1*10 voluntary testimonials of cure* by a. U U. DR. HATHAWAY ON CHRONIC DISEASES. lie says that they can he Successfullv Treats Only by One Who ha? made them A Life Study. Relies Solely Upon Skill and Experience. CELE. BLOOD POHOK, AKIN Ol*F.%•', Etc., Etc. which Dr. Hathaway tral* with nueb succeM. he find, that h 1 ktmcral knowl edge a* a phytldnn l nh*o!utly nwoiary. because the- dlaraaca alway, to. volve mor<- or l,u comoltr.itlona of different portion* of the human ■yatem. lIIL, Dr. Il.ih.iway curea thwse ohronk- dlxeaer, because h, flllY baa made a life atudy of them. He give* each and ... _ || -i* ery caae a thorough diagnosis and prew ribee a rouree of llr HD treatment to meet lta every requirement, thus giving e, lilt liuiliun If J caaa rM only the tatieflt of Ida aklll as a competent Purnp apeolallat. but also his thorough knowledge aa an emi- UUlwut nent physician. Dr. Hathaway never dlsappotnta his patients. He deal* with them In an honest, straightforward, profession al manner, relying strictly upon Ws skill and up to .kite L|||fj|ln methods of treating surh disease, giving each case the 1 UIIIIIO benefit of his 20 years' experience. He offers no "free" CuOPU treatment, “free" samples, etc etc., and indulges In non* CL *C I Jr of th* fraudulent C O. D. schemes, and other question*- * bl* mehods practiced by so-called doctor* and high r ffl 171 sounding medl-a] "Institutes" in different portions of the • * will \ country. CONSULT DR. HATHAWAY. 0 Ehery one Is Invited to ronsult Dr Hathaway In person or hv letter with out charge If you will write him fully about your case he will give you a com petent opinion by return mall. Bend for hi* complete symptom Monks, also his row 64-page book: all correspondence Is confidential, am) answered tn plain en velopes. J NEWTON HATHAWAY. M D. Office hours: to 1J ra. Jto B and 7U • j. "tw u i;„Al,!., * <-o, m ' u * * m 10 * m l*> "> 28 A BRYAN STREET. SAVANNAH. OA. picture that there could be no doubt It was th* portrait of her husband, stolen from her plantation home when It was looted during her absence. Reeoverlna a Table. "Sly second experience of this sort was when trylntr to purchase a dlntnc table of mahogany The bric-a-brac dealer on Rojzal street had found one that he wished me to consider, but It was not removed to his shop from the house where It be longed, and so at eat was my anxiety to aee It that I beirxed a ehannlnx I'reol frtend to pilot me down to the out of the wav street where It still remained. We *tru,(]ed thpouyh the rain, lo the most wretehed, unpsved thoroutthfare, and Into a house that hod once been a Krurut man sion. but was so fallen Into dilapidation that we held our umbrellas over us In the hall and up the stairs At first sljrht I (jnew I wanted that table. nd badly, for without exception* It was the most super!) place of mahixany I have ever seen. The Kres; leaves were of solid wood two inehe, thick, and the center pedestal carved In to irreat lion's paws, with the beasts and necks of swans carve,! between. I was Juet about to announce my satisfaction, when you can miesa my surprise at the sl*ht of my Creole friend dropping her head on the ratiie nil 1 btirstlnir Into tears. "The table lind belonxed to her mother, who had. piece by piece, collected tho reel of the dlnlnir room set. which, dur tnx the war. had disappeared. A famous French cabinet-maker and carver had r, ade the set for her *rardmotlnr. nn t when wo tnvr ttxated we found that the family In the house who had sold the table to the hrlr-a-hra dealer were the children nf a famous carpel baaker He rnrne to New Orleans In General Rutter’s time, sot vety rich by various in'--ins, took the htjr house and furnished It royally with loot boujrht up very cheaply, an,l then. ItavliiK rot Into trouble, he disappeared and hi* children are to-day living In di rest poverty. Riltle by little they have sold all the splendid furniture. The table seemed the only thlnu left, and. of course. I had to let my Creole frl-nd have tliut. "1 was pretty disconsolate until the wo man who was the proprlet- ss of the house surrested a sideboard at that time re posing m the back yard. Out into the wet we irampil to a *hol. where the chickens were roostmr- There was. Indeed, a side board. a niece of cabinet work and wood fit almost to match that Inromoerab'e table. That I could see. In spile of cruel weather stains and rreen mold yrown on It. bur do you believe It the woman wouldn't let me have It for four days, be cause three hens were settinr comfortably In Hi* huge lower cupboard*. 1 w* charmed to Kei It at any time, so I watt ed until that gorgeous chicken nursery was vacated I've no doubt that It be longed to some rich Creole, whose de scendant* would be clad to secure It. but I hurried It north, and It ts mine now. Fonnii In Ihe *h<|a. “In nrr of th'* N>w Orleans curlon'.ty nhtfixt I proud to Identify nnd pur chase for a friend living in New York the dearest oid whle nnd gold lea s**r The frl*iid in a southern woman, married to a New Yorker, and a* I've often h*itrd tier talk of her plantation home I was delighted to come n* roh a complete ch ili tea set—tray, pot, cream Jug, sugar howl nnd cup*—hearing the name Mt Kepo** In gold letters on every piece. I bought the set <|Hd gave it to her on Christmas and received the sweetest and rarest of thanks, her tears of tendereat gratitude. ••I’ll never forget another Incident of my interesting furniture hunt in New Or leans. One morning I went in a bric-a brac shop to ask about a cut glass goblet j that l saw In the window*. It was a beauti ful bit of crystal, and if there had been u set I would havo bought It promptly. As luck would have It there was but one; the dealer told me he found it In a negro cabin and had been always curious to know* wf at Initial tvas originally cut in n medallion on one side, for hy rougn grinding and scratching nil outline of the letter had been >bllteriited. "We were puzzling over It when an el derly gentleman, who was prowling ahout the shop, came up and calmly asserted ttiat It was a B 'l l know* that goblet anywhere/ he toll us 'l’vr drunk out of It or one of Its broken fellows often tn a plantation house on th* Bayou Teche I came souih for my health when I was a Yale student, and vMti t for a winter at that hospitable southern home and drank three times a day ai meala out of a glass goblet that belonged in :* set made in Europe a a spe.dal wedding gift for my hostess, ller father was hugely rich for that day. and he ordered whole outfit of glass to l e mad. frrm ad dgn that would not ho ued for ;nv one ele. A big B was cut deep on every piece, and. you can well believe. It was a unique net. when It even Included a largo cut glass bowl and pitcher for her w&di*tand. with cups and dishes and platters to hold the toilet articles. That last was a luxurious fashion among the French and Baanlsh of furnishing wg*htand*. and If you don’t mind.’ went on the old gentleman. Til buy that goblet. It has for me the value of a souvenir. 1 fimf south again this gpnng for tny health, and I’ve tried to Proha My no other physician In the Unit ed States ha* treated as many case. chronic dlsee as Dr. Hathaway— talnly no one naa cured so large a percent age of the cases which he has undertake" No one else has made such •> atudy of the special class of diseases of which Dr Hathaway make* a specialty, hence it * hut reasonable that no one els* can treat them a* successfully. It should always be borne In mind that Dr. Hathaway 1, a thoroughly competent physician and stands at th# from l n h s profession He does no* claim to cure ell diseases No living man can. He do.-. Insist, however, that only a thoicugh.v competent and up-to-date physician can succeed as a specialist. In the treatment of chronic diseases such aa i.oka of VITALITY. sTHirmnn. nr. NATURAL DIICHAHUd. VAHiro. And my old friends who owned so many beautiful thing*, but the whole fam.ly he* utterly disappeared, their plant ir! ri has passed Into the hands of prop> who never even heard their names, and thlz Is the only signs of them that remain, sz c. pt a quantity of mahogany furniture I see about th* curiosity shops ' After Many Venn. "One eouthern woman showed me a set of charming paintings that hy the strang est chance had been restored to her after an absence of nearly forty years, and toll me how by strange chance ahe saw h w ddlng laces and her fan of painted silk nnd mother of pearl nt an exhibit of pri vate treasures In New York. The night before she fled from her plantation home she put the small things she prized most In a tin box and hurled them. Her hus band's body servant helped her do this, and then, when she had gone, gave them to ihe soldiers of the Invading army. Sh* has never seen them since except tn that private collection, to which she does net doubt they went by way of the bric-a-brac shop. "New Orleans Is. you see, the place to go now for antique*.” concluded the traveler "There are score* of houses yet In the old French town where th* most beautiful mahogany is to be bought, for many of the Creole* to-day care lit tie or nothing for th* stately carved beds nnd dreselng table*, preferring modem oak, brass or enameled furniture. I had the pick of a whole houseful of the most splendid mahogany that the descendant* of an old Spanish family were selling, not because they wanted the money, hut because they thought the gnat four po-ter* clumsy nnd the rich dark tables nnd chair* heavy and gloomy. I bought all I could get. hecause fine antique fur niture Is. from even a sordid standpoint, a hne property that Increases In value every year. Emily Holt. TE REPATH Y IN IMMifl. Two -Anecdote* That geem So Prove It* Existence. From the New York Bun. A* n breed, perhaps, the Rt. Bernard rnny be sntd to be the telepathist among dog*. We speak of instinct tn anlmsls; we call this or that dog Intelligent, and characterize Ihe one or other related Inci dent as wonderful or Impossible. Tele pathy Is the most possible explanation In the Instance of a Bt. Bernard owned bv a gentleman at Prague we have a t* of telepathy. How else can the story be explained or accepted? During the evening of n day on which there had been a heavy fall of snow, and while snow was still falling, the gentle man, sitting alone by the Are with M* dog. noticed him growing uneasy and rest less In manner. Presently the dog * o: up nnd whined for the door of the room to be oposed. Thinking he wanted to go to Hie kitchen for food, hi* owner Opened the door and let the dog out. hut the *n - mat returned and seemed to expect some thing further of him. Going out Ino hi hall after the dog, he found him making the same signs of uneasiness before the hall door. His owner, therefore, took down lint and coat, nnd thought the usual even ing exercise was what the dog wanted. On hi* opentng the door, the dog con trary to hla custom, turned to the Ift. nnd mode straight ofT In • certain dire-" Hon. Following him nt a run, the owner lost night of him Whistling and ailing did n,it bring the dog hark. He wns *"* to track ihe animal'* footstep*, and found him In the oct nf removing the snow from a wretched watf. a man still living, who from hunger and expogure hml fainted, and was half-froxen. Thl* was some hair mlle from Ihe house. A gentleman personalty known to me re counted the following experience: '\\ re* I lived at Rutschuck-ln-the-Panuhe * had a very clever little pointer. The dog was not used greatly for sport, hut si chiefly the companion nf my children was in the habit of taking Journey* <" several days' duration and length. T'nially I W* no table to Inform iny family of the day of my return. B*om - times Ihe difficulties of traveling mad u Impossible for me to Judge tnyaelf w hen might rteurn. , , _ "My dog always knew I used <o rmU”J home by steamer from the other the river. My wife always knew by ,n dog’s manner from which eteame should land Shortly before the on which I w-a* about to cross wit* to leave the station on the opposite H bank the pointer Imams restless “ n ’ cited, nnd would go out Into the t to watch the atenmer come a- rose landing stage My wife used . the children: ‘Popa I* on the stean ■■ The dog never made a mistake. - i might have come by any of ihe * •' ers leaving during the day. There no haxarU or guesswork In the dog * v , easting*. B mply he knew the momm master set fool on the steamer, nrd *" ed that he knew it. Were the others of the Journey nil a blank '' was he. we wonder, through , means, conscious of hi* masters do S