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IS YOUR
HAIR
TURNING
GRAY?
What does your mirror say?
Does it tell you of some little
streaks of gray? Are ycu
pleased? Do your friends cf
the same age show this loss
of power also?
Just remember that gray
hair never becomes darker
without help, while dark hair
rapidly becomes gray when
rapidly becomes gray when B
once the change begins. ■
Ayers I
Hair V
vigor
will bring back to your hair
the color of youth. It never
fails. It is just as sure as
that heat melts snow, or that
water quenches fire.
It cleanses the scalp also
and prevents the formation of
dandruff. It feeds and nour
ishes the bulbs of the hair
making them produce a luxu
riant growth. It stops the
hair from falling out and gives
a fine soft finish to the hair
as well.
e have a book on the Hair and
Scalp which you may obtain froe
upon request.
If you do not obtain all the benefits
yon expected from fho use of the
Vi*or, write the Doctor about it.
Address, I)K. .1. C. AYER
9 Lowell, mass.
lorial Gl mpsee and Clippings.
ewton county 1ms gor.e dry.
pt. Sigsbee, formerly of the
tie, but more recently of the St.
!. is to take charge of the Wa'tle-
Texas. This is right and proper.
I to the Maine, Capt. Sigsbee had
;r command the Texas than any
r battleship afloat. Capt. Phillip,
'resent able commander of the
as, will be promoted to the post
mmodore upon the retirement of
liral Sicard, on September third.
lie Sparta Ishmaelite says that “the
ilists are almo-t as bad as the
liards in holding on to a poor
lie Augusta Herald expresses the
el that the average ability of the
Georgia will be considerably
er by the time the new regulation
Emission has been peration
few year.
State Democratic Executive
imittee met in Atlanta last Wed-
the chairman, Hon. F. G.
ay
ignon, presiding. There were
ity-seven of the thirty-six members
ent. It was decided that the
nnan should appoint a campaign
tnittee. The thirty-fifth Senatorial
e>t between Moseley and Nesbitt
settled in favor of the latter.
h? populists of Washington county
a meeting at the court house last
day. Judge J. K. Hines of At-
i made a speech on the government
lership of railroads and other popu-
bobbies. They nominated R. L.
fhens tor Senator of this district,
W, L. Knight and W. M. Kelley
nominated for the legislature—
dersville Progress.
lie indications are that the taxable
s in Georgia will show a decrease
>t least $3,000,000 this year. Few
pie will believe that there has been
ictual decrease in the \alue of prop
in Georgia to the large amount
led, within the past twelve months,
decrease reported is chiefly due to
defective method of assessing taxes
ie rural counties in Georgia. If
y county in tlifr state had a board
lessors, similar to those in the
; , we believe the values would
an increase, rather than a de-
J —Columbus Enquirer.
MISS JULIA FLISGH
IS NOW IN GAY PARIS.
heie as to the difference
between the troops of
S ie Sees the French Metropolis
All Its Glory.
FRANCE'S FOURTH OF JUtY.
Augustan Spends July 14 in the City
and Sees It in Its True Parisian
Paris on Its National Fete
Day. •
Paris, July 15.—(Special Correspon
dence Augusta Chronicle.)—If I should
say “Paris is a charming city,” *1 sup
pose I should be accused of uttering a
platitude Yet the impulse is so stu
pendous that before the trave'er
can think the well-worn phrase
slip* from his lips. There is no
other adjective so well becomes
this enchantress city; there are other
cities as bright und* clean, there are
o her cities, possibly, as gay in one
fashion or another, but there is a charm
about Paris, intangible, invisible,
but potent, that affects the stranger
as a delicate perfume affects the
sense.
To see Paris in its glory, to see the
truly Parisian Paris, the tourist should
visit the city on the 14th of July. This
is the day of the national fete, the 4th
ot July of Prance. It was more by ac
cident than by design tlmt we arrived
just before the 14th. Two days before
the signs of the coining holiday were to
be seen in the streets and shops. Print
ing was lavishly displayed, flags flut
tered from all the public buildings, and
shields of red white and blue, with
large-sized letters “RxF” met the eye
at every turn. There were parades of
military companies and bands of mu
sic, and everybody seemed full of ex
citement and gaiety.
We knew so little of wlmt was to be
done that we went nut to Versailles in-
>iead ot Longclntmps, where we should
have gone to see the national troops re
viewed by the president.
We found Versailles palace closed to
the public, but we walked through the
beautiful gardens, and visited Marie
Antoinette’s chalet.
It is striking and touching to note
the influence of a great tragedy. There
were crowds of tourists at, the Tria-
um, and one little incident marked the
universal feeling ot visitors to this
most beautiful, most pathetic spot. In
the vestibule of both the Grand and the
Petit Triaura, pictures and souvenirs
were displayed as is usual in every pub
lic place of interest; in the Grand Tri-
aum there were few purchasers, in the
Petit there were many, and I noticed
that it was always Marie Antoinette’s
picture, or that of her apartment, or
some souvenir of her that was desiied.
Her tragic death has surrounded her
with an aureole that time cannot dis
sipate. All her weaknesses,her faults,
have been blotted out by the terrible
tragedy of her end, and the mob that
murdered her has also apotheosized her
for all time to come. History may give
us cold bare facts, but there is a chord
in the human heart that vibrates only
to the touch of great emotions, and
once touched thrills forever. So Marie
Antoinette having expiated by her
death the faults of a long life of degen
erate and licentious kings lives forever
the martyred queen.
There is an old proverb that Provi
dence helps the lame and the lazy. Af
ter the immense amount of tramping
we have done we may We somewhat
lame (we certainly are not lazy), so
perhaps that is why we have been so
unusually fortunate in our experiences
since we have been traveling. Having
deliberately gone elsewhere instead of
to the review, we had the good fortune
to see the review, after all,on its return
from Longchamps, that is to say, we
saw about 35,000 French troops under
arms. It was an impressive sight, too,
I can tell you, to see that mass of men
marching through the broad streets of
Paris, with the sunlight gleaming on
their guns and accoutrements.
The French soldiers are, as a rule,
not so impressive in appearance as the
English or German troops. In the
fiist place, the French are smaller of
stature, in the second, their uniforms
are not so neat and trim, in the third
place, their order in rank is not so
strict. On the other hand, there is
more individuality among the French,
more annimation of countenance. They
seem not so much a magnificent ma
chine to be set in motion by the
touch of a button, as a body of men to
be fired to action by a word of com
mand from a trusted leader. t
Speaking to an Englishman on the
train. 1 made the same observation that
made
of appearanc
France and England, and he said tlmt
was true, but he had been in the field
with both French and English soldiers,
and there were many admirable points
about the French troops. Said he,
“ They will go longer marches and en
dure hunger and fatigue without com
plaint 1 The English soldier must he
coddled. He must have his cocoa every
10 minutes, or lie is tit for nothing; but
the French soldier takes whatever he
can get without grumbling.”
I do not know how true his criticism
of the English soldier may be,but from
my observation of the French soldier I
think the Englishman spoke the
truth.
The Church of the Madeline appealed
to me as it always has done through its
beautiful front, modeled after the Par
thenon, hut the interior, though beau
tiful, lacks the one thing that adds
charm to most ol the churches abroad
—sacred ness. There are devout wor
shippers always to be found before the
beautiful altars, but ail the consecra
tion that I can ever find is the spirit
of prayer in these humbly dressed men
and women who kneel with bowed
heads before the image of Our Lady.
Everything else is a strange mixture of
paganism and mediaeval ecclesiasti-
cism. How can that church be sacred
the ruined palace and baths of the Ro
man conquerors of Gaul.
Many why go to Paris fail to visit
this interesting and beautiful spot, but;
nothing in Paris gave me more pleas
ure. Here and in the neighboring Palais i
de Justice, and Notre Dame, you have
an epitome ot ancient and madiaeval
Paris, lor the l-!e de Cite was the era
die of that great city the ruler hf fash
ionable life of the day.
As all the public galleries and church
(8, and most of the shops were closed,
in the afternoon of the fete day. there
was nothing to do but to stroll about
the streets and parks and look at the
people themselves, and they were worth
looking at, too. Everything was out in
Sunday attire, everybody gay and good
humored. Passing a long the Rue de
Rivoli,.we were stopped by a crowd at
the corner of a street. A band, sta
tioned in the square opposite had start
ed up a gay waltz and there,at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon, in the public street,
men and women were waltzing. Of
course, they were not the aristocrats
of Paris, no, but they were certainly ot
the respectable middle class. There
were old men and middle-aged women,
young men and women and children.
Some of the dancers belonged to the ar
tisan class and the most novel sight of
all was when the waiter of a cafe near
by in his white cap and apron rushed
that has twice been secularized to meet ; out grabbed a stout, matronly women
tbe caprice of a moment? How can
that church he sacred that bears on its
face the defiant assertion, “Liberty,
equality, fraternity?” If the name ot
by the waist and went flying off with
his white apron fluttering in the wind.
When I red Hawthorne’s description
of the street dance in which Miriam
the church of Christ is not sufficient took part, I thought he was drawing
assertion of the claim, then is the
church no longer worthy to be called
His. But the exterior made no excuse
or apology. It is sufficient to itself and
that not because it i< Parisian, but be
cause it is Grecian.
Of all places the visitor to Paris
should visit Cluny .Museum. It is one
of the most interesting rrdics ot the
past that still remains to us. The low
rooms with their curious timbered ceil
ings and massive tire places, the quaint
corridors wiib the little dark stairs in
unexpected places, the chapel with its
carved screens, are all worthy the care
ful study of the visitor, and next stands
the relics of a yet more ancient past,
on his imagination, bat now 1 know lie
was describing a possible or actual
fact.
At night the real celebration of the
fete begins; the city is then a blaze of
light, the sidewalk cafes do a thriving
business, the streets are thronged and
mountebacks and acrobats are met with
at every corner.
The Parisian is a thrity, hard-work
ing, economical person in his everyday
life. He wastes nothing, not even a
drop of water, but no man knows bet
ter how to enjoy life when the time
for enjoyment comes. It would be well
if the American could imitate him to
some extent in both these respects.
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The one thing of greatest interest to
a student is, of course,the Louvre. This
we saw pretty thoroughly. The ordi-
nary tourist is too apt to slight the ar
chitectural study ol the palace, but
there is really much of history wrapped
up in the mere Walls. It is worth while
to go around the palace and through
the courts very carefully with a map
or plan, before entering the galleries at
all. This you cannot do so well with a
guide. And one word on the subject !
of guides: 11 you have allowed yourself |
anything like a reasonable amount of
time, and possess anything like a rea-'
sonable idea of what you want to see,
eschew guides altogether. They are
an unbounded nuisance. I have tried
both plans and my experience is that
with a good guide-book,and you should
have but one and that the best, and
with catalogues for the picture galle-
ries, you can see more ami with greater
satisfaction without guides. There are
a few places, especially the choirs and
chapter houses of English cathedrals,
where you are obliged to have them
because^you are not admitted without,
but these, of course, are exceptional
cases.
We have had all sorts of experiences
with guides and would-be guides, some
of them very amusing, but when once
}° u have learned how to manage them
(it generally costs you a few shillings
for the lesson,) you will do very well.
We had our usual good luck in cross
ing the channel. For two women to
cross the Atlantic and English chan
nel back and fortli without a single
qualm is pretty good luck, I think. We
had the added felicity on our return to
London of hearing Adelina Patti. She
has been singing in a series of morning
concerts, and this was the last of the
series.
She is a wonderfully, well-preserved
little woman, with the brightest o!
faces, and her audience encored every
thing she sang. Perhaps some of iny
lady friends would like to know how
she was dressed. 1 am such a poor
hand at a description of toilette that I
iisktMl my friend to take a careful look
tor me. Miss N— says her dress was
white satin covered with panels of black
chantilly lace, alternating with panels
of black passementerie, the skirt and
bodice finished off with a ruching ot
white tulle. Her hat was black with
a beaded crown and three white
trich plumes. A lady who has often
heard Madame Patti in her prime says
that while her voice has lost in volume
as is, of course, natural, in her judg
ment it iias lost nothing of its sweet
ness. Tiie concert was given in the
Albert Hall, an immense building, yet
every note was as clear and distinct
as the notes ot a flute, falling on the air
with the softness of a rose petal. I
wish that every girl who essays to sipg
even in an amateur way, could hear
Patti just once, that she might, if pos
sible, learn from the great artist two
great truths, first, that singing is not
simply making a noise, and,second,the
music that is possible in even one note
of pure artistic tone. It is only when
one hears a great singer that one re
alizes how much science goes to the
making of a great artist in any one
line. JULIA A. FLISCH.
Royal makes tbe food pure,
wholesome and dalielont.
POWDER
Absolutely Pur*
POY.L EtK'HC POWDtS CO., NEW YOUK.
Why Europe hates Us.
SCHOOL CHILDREN IN QEOROIA.
There has Been an Increase of Nearly
5#,000 in the Past Five Years.
Atlanta, Aug. 9.—In 1893 Georgia
had G03,971 children of public school
age.
According to the census of this year
there are now 653,250 children in the
state between the ages of 6 and 18
years.
In the five years there has therefore
been an increase of 48,279.
These figures are from the state
school commissioner’s returns from the
census that is taken every five years.
The number of white children of
school age is 336,689, an increase «'
21,649. The number of colored chil
dren is 316,560, an increase of 26,626.
This makes the average increase ex
ceed by a fraction 7 per cent.
Uained ten Pounds.
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“For about two years I suffered
from indigestion. I could not bold
out to do a good day’s work. Since
taking three bottles of Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla I have gained ten pounds and can
do a good day’s work. I do not hesi
tate to recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla
as a good medicine,” C. P. Child
ers, Piedmont, S. C.
Hood’s Pills are the favorite family
cathartic. Easy to take, easy to oper
ate. 25c.
Savannah News.
In an interview on his return from
London, e few days ago, Mr. Chaun-
cey M. Depew said that all the conti
nental nations ot Europe have a feel
ing of hostility to us. Great Britain
does not entertain such a feeling for
the reason, principally, that she wants
to form an alliance with us, with the
view of dominating the rest of the
world.
One of the reasons why the nations
of Continental Europe regard us with
unfriendly feelings is that we are sell
ing them more than they buy from
us. The prospect that we will enter
the market of the far East as a com
petitor is also displeasing to them.
Europe has good reason to regard
with alarm our increasing wealth and
prosperity. A statistician cf world
wide reputation published recently
some, figures which show that the
United States are by far the richest
nation in the world.
How great and rich we are becom
ing is shown by the amount ot our ex
ports during the fiscal year which
ended on June BOtli. Our exports of
agricultural products and manufac
tures amounted to $1,200,000,000.
During the same period the value of
our imports reached only a little
more than half that amount. There
fore the balance of trade in our favor
was pretty nearly $600,000,000. With
such a balance it is not to he won
dered at that other nations regards us
with feelings akin to envy, and that
they would like nothing better than a
chance to cripple us.
The last fiscal year wa» a remarka
ble one in our export and import
trade. The value of our imports was
less than for uny year since 1885, and
our exports were the greatest on re
cord.
I he amount of gold that came into
the country during tlte last fiscal year
was very large—more than $100,000,-
000. And we did not lose any. It is
estimated that Europe is still indebted
to us on last year’s business quite $200,-
000,000. If we could continue to
have such an enormous balance ot trade
in our favor for a few years we could
drain pretty nearly all the gold out of
Europe.
Our combined import and export
trade is now greater than that ot any
other country, except Great Britain,
arid it is pretty nearly as large as that
of Great Britain. If our commerce con
tinues to grow tor a few years as it has
grown in the last two or three years,
the United States will be the .great
commercial nation of the world. The
nations of Europe see this as clearly as
.we do hence, the feeling of hostility
they are exhibiting towards us in our
war with Spain.
More than twenty million free sam
ples of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
have been distributed by the manufac
turers. What better proof of their
confidence iD it’s merits do you want?
It cures piles, burns, scalds, sores, in
the shortest space of time. Culver*
Kidd.
Gen. Gordon to Ray’s “Immune*.”
‘Colonel P. H. Ray, commanding
Third Regiment, United States Im
mune*, Savannah, Ga.: The heroic
course of yourself and officers and
cheerful response of your regiment to
the call to meet at Santiago a far more
dreadful enemy than Spanish arms will
be gratefully remembered by tbe gov
ernment and all Americans. God pro
tect you. J. B. GORDON.”^
Keep Quiet
and use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
- — Diarrhoea Remedly. for all pains of the
SPINAL sffiffsgiifc&si I the bowels, 1?always t cures 1 ® 08e ^^ r ttI
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