Georgia Historic Newspapers

    ODD BITS OF NEWS.
The Maine hear is fast becoming a
tradition. There is talk of abolishing
the $5 bounty on bears.
A Philadelphia woman has sued her
heartless husband for divorce because
he has forbidden her to hat pie.
floating Bangkok, the capital of Siam, iR a
each city, containing 70,000 houses,
of which floats on a raft of bam¬
boo.
A pearl that was afterwards sold to
a jeweler for $7o was found in the giz¬
zard of a turkey in London recently.
The London school board rule for¬
bidding collections in schools was sus¬
pended in order to allow subscriptions
to the Indian famine fund.
It is said that a Missouri dealer who
recently shipped several hundred mules
to Johannesburg, south Africa, realiz¬
ed #250 to #300 each on them.
Denmark's foreign egg trade hns
grown to tremendous size, mainly wi h
England. Twenty years ago the an¬
nual Danish export of eggs was 000,
000, now it is reckoned at 111,000,000.
Paris is making tlio venture of lay¬
ing Hue down mahogany roadways. The
relaid Lafayette has been polled up and
with real Brazilian mahogany of
a peculiar fine texture and color.
The c.zar has caused the formation
of three committees to receive contri¬
butions of money in aid of the suffer¬
ers from the Indian famine. These
committees are established at Moscow,
St. Petersburg and Odessa.
On Time,
And very early too. That’* what any one (Should
be lit treating one's self for of tho kid¬
neys and bladder. The diuretic which experi¬
ence indicate!) no supplying the requlrito stimu¬
lation to tho organa without exciting them, la
Hostetler’#Stemrt<h UttteiH. Don’t delay; kid
iiey For inaction and dieemtew are not far apart.
fever ami ague, dyepepabi, eonHtlpaibm,
rheumatism and nerve debility, also, use the
BIUojh.
Don’t you often tiro of tho bicycle tiro, and
fool that It is a good lout to spend more time on
your feet.
No-To-lluc for Fifty rents.
Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-lloo
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Paves money, makes health and manhood,
(Jura guaranteed. 50 cents and $1,00, at all
druggists.
_____ _
The steel mil may try to hide, but tho loco¬
motive always gets on to It,
Comfort <‘o.*dH 50 Fonts.
Irritating, aggravating, agonizing Tetter, f$e
ztmm, Ringworm and all other Itching TottorJno, skin dis¬
eases It Is soothing, are quickly cjMdtng, '’tired healing. by tho use Costs of 50
cents a
box. J, T. post HUnptrJno, paid -bringscomfort Savannah, (id. iitouoe. Address
CABCARBTH stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c.
How’s Tills?
We offer One Hundred Dollara Reward for any
ease or ( ‘atarrhihat cannot bo cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Curo,
F, J. CltKNKY A- (*0., Toledo, O.
We, Wo, the the tutdorslgimd, un have known F. •!. Clio
jwy jwy for for tho tho last hi h> years, and believe him pnr
foctly foully hoiiomi honorable in all business tinusaeilonsand
nanciftlly imnclally ah a ble to carry out any obligation made
elr oirflrm. Arm.
• “• *- Tuu Thu ax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
inn it an & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
ode, Ohio, taken
;.ai .arrh Cure blood Is Internally, acb
* ' u upon the and mucoussurDu os
stem stem. Testimonials sent free. Frtoo,
11 Hall's !, •, pej» |>er bottle. botth Family Bold by all Druggists.
all’s Fund Fills are the bent.
Just Jv?8T try try n a 10c. box of Cnscareta, the 11 nest
liver liver and and bow bowel regulator ev’er made.
FITS FITB stopped stopp Iree and permanenUycured. No
fits fits after after first hi st day’s use of Du. Hunk’s (Jurat
Nkhvk Kestoukh. Free #U trial bottle ami treat
iso. Bend to Dr. Kline, 031 Arch 8b, Fldla., l*a.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Byrttp for children
teething, mfttma tho gums, reduces tuftamiua
Uon, allays pain, cures wind colic. ii 5 o, a bottle.
WffKN bilious or fVisMve, oat a t’ascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guarantoed; 10a., 03c.
We think Pisa’s (hue lor Consumption Is the
only medicine for roughs. .Iknnjk Pinckahi),
Bpilngheld , ills,, Oct.
SCBOFll IASWELUNGS
On Our Boy’s Nock Crow
Larger and Larger
Until wo beenme alarmed. In May wo pur¬
chased a bottle of Hood’s Barsaparlllft and the
child began taking 11~ We gave our son Hood’s
Baronptirilltt until tho sore was entirely hea e l.
Ho Is now permanently cured.” W. C. Kum
iish, Ml burg, Pa. Remember
Hood’s Sa pa 8 , m a
iM heboUIn fa ct th o Quo True Blood Purifier.
Reed’s Pills
MALSBY& COMPANY,
57 Ko. Forsyth Bt., Atlanta, (la.
General Agents for Krte City irou Works
Engines and Boilers
Steam Water lleat«ri, Steam Puuips ami
Penherthy Injectors.
Manufacturer* and Dealers In
SAW A^XXxXxfB,
Corn Mills, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Machin¬
ery and Grain Separators.
SOLID and INSERTED Saws. Saw Teeth and
Locke, Knight's Patent Dogs, ltirdsall Saw
Mill and Fug Tull iuo lt«|»a!rs. Governors, Grate
liars end ft line of Mill Supplies. Price
aud quality of goods guanvutesd. Catalogue
free by mentioning this paper.
OSBORNES
ifte/ hedd c ($ o tmpe
i«*ta. tin. Actual business. No text &
Short time. Cheap board- Send for
Bubbles or Medals.
“ Best sarsapanllas. ' When you think of It how contradic¬
tory that term is. I or there can be only one !>est in anything—one
best sarsaparilla, as there is one highest mountain, one longest
river, one deepest ocean. And that best sarsaparilla is-?____
There’s the rubl You can measure mountain height and ocean
depth, out how test sarsaparilla? 5 ou could World's if vou were chemists.
But then do you need to test it? The Fair Committee
tested it, —and thoroughly. They went behind the label on the
bottle. What did this sarsaparilla test result in f Every make
of sarsaparilla shut out c£ the Fair, except Ayer’s. So il was
that Ayer’s was the only sarsaparilla admitted to the World's
Fair. The committee found it the Vest. They had r.oroernfor
anything that was not the best. Ar.d as the l>est, Ayer’s Sarsa-
11a received the medal and awards due its merits. Remember
■J ‘-best” is a bubble any breath can Mow; but there arc
i prick sqch bubbles. Those others arc blowing more
^xgapariUa” bubbles since the World’s Fair pricked the
L* True, but Ayer's f.arsapariila has the medal. The
' atches the medal proves it gold. The pin that pricks
proves The it best v.iud. Wo point to medals", not bubbles,
f : sarsaparilla is Ayer's.
CLOTH FROM CAT-TAIL
A New Use for the Humble but Pretty
Water Plant
Very few, probably, are aware that
the fur, or vegetable down of the cat¬
tail is a marketable article, superior to
featberg or cotton for many purposes.
It Is not quite eo valuable or useful as
eiderdown, but It approaches It very
closely, and Is cheaper than any of tbe
three. As a matter of fact, a great
many people are to-day using articles
covered with cat-tall products who
have no Idea where tho material comes
from.
It Is a vast extent of country, com¬
paratively speaking, from which the
cat-tall la gathered. It comes from the
swamps along the numerous creeks
that put In from the Delaware bay,
from Morris Elver to Cape May. The
average amount gathered In the season
hi a ton a day. Tho work of gathering
and transporting It, and then weaving
it Into tho many forme which it must
take before becoming salable, consti¬
tutes a considerable Industry.
One of the most elaborate uses to
which this material la put Is that of
covering sofas. Very many of the sup¬
posed plush-covered divans are really
covered with a fabric of cat-tall. It
wears better than tho plush, and is in¬
finitely cheaper.
The same argument that applies to
tho sofa is applicable to the pillow.
Very often, however, such pillows go
by another name.
8ofa pillows, also, are made of cat¬
tail because a pillow avowedly covered
with cat-tail would probably be regard¬
ed with contempt. Call it Alaskan
plush, however, or Shetland wool that
has been treated by a new process, and
it will sell readily enough, and give
good satisfaction, too.
The family album which graces the
centre table In the parlor of so many
farm houses Is also in many instances
adorned with cat-tall covers, although
the housewife cannot bo convinced
they are not plush. She liaa doubttccs
paid almost as much as if they were
what ahe supposes, and naturally she
scoffs at any person who hints that she
has been victimized.
It is becoming a prevalent custom to
use cat-tall fud on tbe buck of hand
mirrors and brushes, which have here¬
tofore been backed with plush. Some
say that the substitute Is really proving
better than the original. The head
rest, too, scon on the easy chair, is
often of cat-tall- and it la none the less
comfortable for that.
Another article for which the cat¬
tail Is Ugnd Is tho bed quilt. The elder
down quilt Is an,old-time article of
luxury. Tho cat tail quilt is every
whit as comfortable, aud coats about
oho quarter as much. In New JeiRey,
at least, tho housewife fully appreciates
tho value of the cat-tall quilt, however
much her less well-informed sisters
may scoff at tho idea.—St. Louis (Hobo
Democrat.
A Windy Weil.
Arizona possesses some of the great¬
est natural wonders in t.I« world, not
the least of which is tho phenomenon
of a current of air Issuing from or go¬
ing into the bowels of the earth
through sundry and artificial openings
made In tho earth's crust
Something over a year ago a Mr.
Coufman undertook the drilling of a
well at his place. Everything wont
well to u depth of twenty-five feet,
when the drill suddenly dropped some
six feet and a strong current of air Is¬
sued from the hole. The‘escaping air
current was so strong that it blow off
the men’s hats who were recovering the
loot drill. Tho well was of course
abandoned and left to blow, but there
are some peculiarities about It worthy
of observation. Tho air will escape
from the well for days at a time with
such force that pebbles tho size of
peas are thrown out aud piled tip about
Its mouth until It looks very much like
the expanded portion of a funnel. At
tho same time It Is accompanied by a
sound ranch like tho bellowing of a fog¬
horn. This noise Is not always present,
because the air does not at all times
escape with the samo force. Again
there will bo for days a suction current,
in which the air passes into tho earth
with less force than it escapes, and any
light object, us a feather, piece of paper
or cloth, will, if held near enough, bo
Immediately sucked Into the subter¬
ranean labyrinth.
Just the cause of this phenomenon
nobody lias yet been able to determine,
but It Is supposed that there Is an un¬
derground opening between the Grand
Canyon of tlic Colorado, which cleaves
the earth for than a mile in depth, and
the Sycamore Canyon, some eighty
miles to the south of It, of (he same
proportions. This would seem possi¬
ble from the fact that tho current of air
is always passing from north to south
or vice versa, varying a few points of
tlio compass from tho true meridian,
but always in theso general directions
as determined by experiments am
then the stratum underlying the quar.
tonary la of volcanic cinder. This is
very porous, and In many places so
called bottomless holes exiBt.
Over 1,000,000 cat skins are used
every year iu the fur trade.
WOMANS WORLD,
LITERATURE FOB
FEMININE READERS.
BLACK HANDKERCHIEFS.
Black handkerchiefs are announced
the latest crazo in Paris. A pleas¬
modification of this fancy is a white
with a black border em¬
with a wreath of tiny flow¬
Handkerchiefs of palo pink
yellow, blue and even purple,
among the season’s novelties, and
arc embroidered with whtto ini¬
and trimmed around with lace;
tho daintiest of all is a pure white
sheer aud fine, with a
of butterflies embroidered iu
corner aud reaching well into tho
DRAB IS FAVORED.
Drab is one of the season’s favored
Tho French call it “sinter
but this is too poetic a title for
its uncompromising dull metallic
It is not like soft nun’s gray,
gray, silver, dove, fawn or
as delicate aud dainty. Drab
is not a becoming color on its own
merits. We associate it with the coats
and gowns of tbe Quakers, when far
stricter iu sectarian aud dress matters
than they are now, aud with the old
Puritan drivers of the defunct stago
with their many-caped long
coats. But a French modiste oau
make a gown of beauty out of
drap cloth. She combines it with
black and Danish or Spanish or Brit¬
ish red so artistically and deftly that
tho dowdy dress of drab becomes in
the hands of this sartorial prestidigi¬
tator a triumphant success But it
against, for example, one of the brick
red gowns of cloth with n black and
white vest,aud a brick-red velvet toque
on suite, and rivalry there is none be¬
tween tho two. The one is vulgar and
provokingly aggressive,the other bu( li¬
me u tly smart and eminently attractive,
but quiet withal. Another fancy of
the French woman combines the drab
material witli cream cloth accessories
braided in gold or stripped with tbe
narrowest lines of red aud gold braid
laid side by side.
TUB COSTLIEST MATERIALS EVER WOVEN.
Olio of tlio most beautiful and with¬
out doubt the costliest material' even
woven iu Lyons, France, iH the mag¬
nificent and unique broeado manufac¬
tured last summer for tho German Em¬
press. Tho ground is silvery-white
ailk, and the highly raised design con
sistof bold sprays of flowers and foli¬
age, among which bright, plamaged
birds disport themselves. Every petal,
leaf or feather is perfeot, and tho
whole stands out iu such strong relief
that at a distauee the effect is as though
the pattern was laid lightly upou tho
silk beneath.
One weaver alone was capable of
producing this masterpiece, and it
took him many long months to com¬
plete a piece of suQicient length for a
gown. Tho wages ho received, In
addition to his ordinary pay, were at
tho rate of #20 per yard, the eventual
prico of tho broeado being #120 per
yard. Tim stuff had been specially
ordered for a State gown for the Em
press, but when Her Majesty beheld
ft slio instantly exclaimed,, that it a;o
fur too beautiful to out up, and gave
command that curtains be made
of it instead of utilizing it for (ho pur¬
pose originally iu tended. Up to that
date tho most expansive material on
record was the clotii of gold bought
by Louis XIV. for a drowsing gowu,
which cost, according to modern
reokouiug, the respectable sum uf $8J
per metro,
TUB WAIST NOT DOOMED,
Many indeed are tho false prophets
that have arisen and sounded forth the
extinction ami doom of tho funny
waist, the separate waist, the blouse,
tho surplice and any of the rest of the
corsages not made on suite with tho
dross skirt. Wo heard aud trembled,
for is it not a universal favorite, ii
moat (rim, convenient, and faithful
friend? Verily it is all these and much
more, but its merits need not bo on
iarged upon; they are known and
thoroughly appreciated by all except
tho very limited minority whose busi¬
ness it is, for their profit, to invent
new and not always desirable fashions.
Long live tho separate waist, plum or
fancy, say I, and I am positive that
the aanio wish lives in tho hearts of at
least uiue-tenthsof my country women.
Of course there are waists and waists,
and of eourso the most perfect styles
arc made or sold by high class modistes
or importers, and tho range from thesu
special elegaut garments dowu to the
cashmere waists sold for less than a
dressmaker would fit aud finish one
for, is something wonderful. One
cauuot cordially praise many of the
models offered even at first class retail
houses that are made of flimsy mulls
aud other perishable puffed, materials, pleated, and bo
gathered, and ami and
tucked, that uot a few look rumpled
an 1 wilted while iu the hands of the
seller, yet they are marked at what
seems an absurdly high price. Tho
waist may be silk lined and the outer
material chiffon, and it may possibly
bear the name of some famed designer,
aud yet a womanol taste would qniehly
pass it by for one of plainer aud more
durable style. If one would be econ¬
omical and at the samo time gain iu
appearance by the choice, she would
better select a good quality of, say,
fancy satin, in dark blue, dotted or
hair lined with gold, or if more be¬
coming, a deep Jacqueminot rod,
barred lightly or dotted with black or
green; adding to tho collar, belt, and
sleeves a narrow lint handsome gimp
trimming, plain or “jewelled.” After
wearing the waist mauy times, it will
be found very little the worse lor its
use. The possessor of Ihe more ephe¬
meral waists, necessary, of course, for
fall dress occasion', can but regard
their condition with dismay even after
a few hours’ wear. Tue weight of an
opera cloak has a mo't demoralizing
efleet ou cltiffou. The traditional but¬
terfly's wing is uot more easily brushed
to destruction. Brocaded talk is now
Fashionably used for fitted blouses
and fancy waists, an 1 is likewise re¬
quisitioned for parts of tho bodies
formed o. faced elotb, wool canvas,
bonele textiles, si k an l wool goods,
etc., to which the brocade imparts a
distinctively dress appearance.— Xaw
York Dost.
Riches arc only a blessing to him
who makes them a blessiDg to others.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
EASY WAY TO CLEAR FURS,
K woman who knows says that
cleaning fare is easy enough. Put a
quart or two of rye flour into an iron
pot and set it over the fire, stirring
and beating till very hot. Spread out
the tors and sprinkle the flour hot Bad
thick over them, rubbing it well in.
After kneading for some moments,
shake tho flour off and brush and beat
the furs well. Tho natural luster will
return and make the furs look almost
like new.
RAW REEF FOR THE 8 ICH.
Ono of the most satisfactory ways
of giving an invalid raw beof is in a
sandwich. Butter lightly on the loaf
bread twenty-four hours old and slice
it very thin. Scrape a choice, tender
piece of beof, seosou it with salt and
»!bo pepper, if the latter can be taken;
spread it upon tho buttered bread, put
another pieco of bread over it, and
then cut the sandwich into linger
pieces, boiug sure to remove all the
crust. Servo them upon a prettily
embroidered doily ora mado. fringed napkin
as soon as they are
WHAT TO DO WITII A TOOTH HEN.
Sometimes a “green” housekeeper
buys a tough hen unawares, and then
sbo tears her hair because it is not fit
to eat wlien baked. Dress fowl and
hang it up over night to freeze. Pnt
to boil iu hot water aa soon as tho fire
is made, and keep it boiling for three
hours. If in hard water put a pinch
of soda as large as a butter beau iu the
water. Do not salt. Two hours be¬
fore dinner life from the water; dress
and stuff as though it had not been
cooked at all; lard it with nice sweet
bacon or fat pork and boko in a medi¬
um oven, basting often. The lien will
bo tender as spring chicken. The
water in which it was boiled will make
delicious soup, with bits of chicken
shredded iu it, for tho second day,
and makes delicious stock for hashed
eliiokon ou toast.
TEN MINUTES FOR BACH -FOUND.
Select two ribs of beef and prepare.
Wipe the meat with a towel, season
with ono tablcspoonfnl of salt and one
toaspoouful pepper, rubbing the sea¬
soning well into tho moat.
Lay four ounces line cut snot iu a
roastiug lay pau, place of over it the moat
aud six ounces suet on top ; set
tho pan iu a hot ovou, roast thirty
minutes, then turn the moat over, re¬
placing tho suet on top, an 1 roast
forty minutes longer. A pieco weigh¬
ing seven pounds will bo cooked in
that time. A good plan is to allow ton
minutes for each pound.
When done, lay tho meat on a warm
dish, remove nearly all tho fat from
the gravy, mix one-half tnblespooufui
corn stateh with mio-quniter cupful
cold water, add it to tho gravy, also
sufficient boiling water to make one
half pint of sauce; boil and stir five
minutes, then strain; add one-half
toaspoouful beef extract and a small
piece of butter; servo with the meat.
—New York Press.
RECIPES.
Potato Pyramids—Mold cold mashed
potatoes iu after-diuuor coffee cups.
Turn out; sprinkle with crumbs, aud
liltlo bits of butter, aud brown iu the
oven.
Coconnut Drops—Two cups of
grated ooeoauut, one cup of sugar,
olio tablespoonful beaten still. of Drop flour, white buttered of uu
egg, on
paper after mixing; sift sugar over
them and bake fifteeu miuutea iu a
slow oven.
Deviled Biscuit—One tablespoonful
Of good cheese, oue of dry mustard,
ono of olive oil, half a teaspoonful of
salt, one fifth toaspoouful of cayenne,
two tnbloapoonfttls of milk. Mix
those ingredients together and spread
I ho mixture lightly upon half a dozen
soda biscuits and toast over a hot fire.
Bervo immediately.
Broiled Potatoes—Slice large, cold,
boiled potatoes lengthnisc iu rather
thick pieces aud broil brown ou a but¬
tered gridiron. Beat up u tablespoon
ful of butter into cream with as much
minced parsley ; ada an even teaspoon¬
ful of salt and five dashes of black
pepper and rub a little of this sauce
over each potato, us it is broiled.
Bervo iu a covered hot dish.
Creamed Turnqis—Peel; lay it
water half au hour and cook tender
and frost, in hot salted water (ona tea
spoonful salt}. Drain, pressing well;
put in a clean tin or porcelain sauce¬
pan nnd heat smooth over the fire with
a wooden spoon (never au iron one),
mixing in, ns yon stir, a tablespoon
even lull ol butter and three of cream
or milk ; season with a teaqioonfal of
salt.
Sponge Cream Pie—Crust for two
pies. To two well-beaten eggs a Id
one cup wlnto sugar and whip •Well to¬
gether. Take one and one-half cups
of flour nnd two teaspoonfuls of bak¬
ing powder and mix thoroughly wkilo
dry ; add this to the eggs aud sugar,
aud also one cup cold water; stir
briskly for three minutes. Lastly,
add one tablespooufnl of hot water
and bake immediately ia two deep pie
tins. When nearly cold, split and fill
with the cream.
Cream Filling for Pie-Tut one cup
of water and one half cup of milk into
a tin pail and set the pnii into a kettle
of cold water; then heat until water
boils. Beat ono egg and one-half cup
of white sugar together; add one
tablespoocful of flour, wet with a lit¬
tle cold milk, and pour this mixture
iuto the boiling milk, stirring until it
thickens; flavor to taste wheu par¬
tially cooled.
China Chilo—Pnt three ennees of
butter into a stewpau and add two
small onions, minced, two small let¬
tuces, shredded finely; half a teaspoon
fnl of salt, a dash of cayenne pepper,
one-fourth of a teaspoonful of black
pepper and a bunch of parsley. Wheu
the onioni have become soft, add a
punt of finely minced, lean, raw mut¬
ton from any part an i half a pint of
gbol stock or water; cover closely
and simmer for two hours. Fifteeu
minutes before it is done add a pint of
ptas and a gill of chopped mushrooms.
Serve iu a border of rice.
Venerable retaliates.
Queen Victoria, for all her seventy
seven years, is yet overtopped iu point
at age by four other monarehs of En
rop’—the Pope, tho Grand Duke ol
Luxemburg, the King of Denmark and
tLk Grand Duke of Saxc-Weimar.
W 111 II III 1.
STEAMSHIP FOUNDERS OFF CAPE
HATTERAS.
SEVENTY-EIGHT SOULS GO DOWN.
Heavy Seas .Encountered and Water
Hashes Through Gratings Putting Out
Fires—The Vessel Abandoned.
The French line steamer Ville Saint
Nesaire, which sailed from New York
on March Oth, bound for the West In¬
dies, foundered at sea.
Of her eighty-two passengers and
crew only four are known to have been j
saved. These arrived in New York
Wednesday on the schooner Hildaafter !
a week’s drifting about the Atlantic in j
an open boat, during which thirty-four 1 j
of the thirty-eight occupants went mad
or died of starvation. The saved are:
Berry, inspector of the Compagnie
Generale Trans-Atlantic; Marie, the
ship’s doctor; Stauts, third engineer;
Tagado, a San Domingan.
Among the lost are: Andrews, first
lieutenant; Herbert, second lieuten¬
ant; LeJuene, purser; Nocoluy, sec¬
ond captain; Mariani, chief engineer;
Mrs. Tagado aud four children, starv¬
ed to death.
The steamer Ville Do St. Nesaire
left on March 6th, bound for West
Indian ports. Blie was one of the
smaller vessels of tbe French lino and
had been engaged iu the West Indian
trade for years. She was one of the
first to come over when the line from
New Y’ork and the West ludies was
established.
The steamship encountered severe
weather on March 7th while off IIat
toras. Tremendous seas swept over
her. She rolled and pitched. Great
waves bore away the hatch coverings
and floods of water found their way
through the gratings to the engine
room and extinguished the fires. The
steamer was unable to make any head¬
way, boiug water-logged. Captain
Jacqncneau gave the order to man tho
four boots. There were eighty two
persons in all.
In the haste to leave the vessel it
was impossible to than get provisions or
water to last more a day. Of the
four boats only olio lias been heard
from. It is believed flint tho other
three were lost.
Tho survivors of this tragedy are
hardly yet able to give a connected
story of the last twelve days. Captain
Berry, the inspector general of the
French line, tells a story of privation
and hardship such as is seldom heard
in the annals of the sea. The other
survivors are on board the Normandie
nnd the Ville Do Brist, a sister ship of
the ill-fated vessel.
Some vi tho agony of thirst, drank
salt water to suffer fiercer pangs and
to become raving maniacs, whom the
saner ones had to struggle with to pre¬
vent them from doing harm.
Tho stouter ones managed the. craft
ami relieved each other at the. task.
Homo leaned over the gunwale, with
heads lolling and froth dreaming from
their lips, ami some others moved
their glassy < yes to the horizon,
searching vainly for that rescuer who
would not come.
ARKANSAS 0 V E Ii FLOW El).
Over Eight Ihimlwl MH«*a of tho SIhU*
Now I n vi minted.
Wednesday the United Ktates wrath
or bureau gave out the startling infor¬
mation that 800 square miles of the
state of Arkansas is under water, and
that the Mississippi river will continue
to rise.
In the district to the west of Marion,
Ark., hundreds of people were picked
up. The work of saving stock lms
been abandoned and from now on all
efforts will bo directed towards saving
human life.
ARMS FOR INSURGENTS.
Three Su*i»e<‘tod Filibusters Sail From a
Florida Key.
A special from Key West says: A
fishing schooner just arrived reports
seeing three large steamers passing
(’ape Florida Island going south.
They were well out and seemed to be
under full speed. One of the vessels
had au unusually' large number of men
on deck, while one of the others seemed
to be heavily laden. No names could
bo mado out, they seemingly being
covered up.
TO FIX CENTENNIAL RATES.
Railway I’assorfvr Mon W ill Meet In
IS ashvillc.
The passenger men of all (lie south¬
ern lines have been requested to meet
at Nashville, Tenu., to fix tin- rates
for the Tennessee centennial.
All of the lines operating south of
the Ohio aud west of the Mississippi
river are expected to have representa¬
tives in attendance.
It had been expected that the South¬
ern States Fnsseuger Association,
which met in Tampa, Fie., Tuesday,
would consider the rates to. the Nash¬
ville exposition, but they will not be
fixed until this later convention is
held.
SE A BO A It!) COM FL A INS.
Road Chartres That rtissopyor Associa¬
tion Discriminate*.
Several weeks ago the Seaboard Air
Line filed before the North Carolina
railway commission two complaints
against the Southern States Passenger
Association, charging it with gross
discrimination in through rates to New
Orleans and Florida points. The com¬
mission referred the complaints to the
interstate commission. Wednesday it
received a notice that the cases would
be heard at Savannah on April 6th.
DISCUSSED BY CABINET.
Tl-.e 1 ~x;h Oil ions to Culm Are Hein-?
I«<H»ke<l Into.
A Washington special says: The fili¬
bustering operations between tbis
country and Cuba have occupied- tlic
attention c.f the cabinet.
Attorney General McKenna gave his
views on tho subject of permitting al¬
leged liltbnstering steamers to dear
tor Cuban jiorts -with cargos of arms
and munitions of war. A general dis¬
cussion followed his remarks.
The Typewriter’s Encore.
“During a recent session of parlia¬
Sir William Harcourt found
says a writer in the Leeds
“unexpectedly in view of an
speech, and having no notes,
into the stenographers’ room to
some. He procured a lady
typist, As and dictated to her for some
time. he wound up a glowing
peroration, the lady typist suddenly
gasped and burst into tears. ‘Would
you mind saying all that again?’ she
gaid plaintively; ‘I’ve forgotten to put
any paper in the machine!’ ”
In Doubt.
A certain minister, who is not always
so careful as he ought to be in making
his teaching and his practice corres¬
pond, was lately telling some friends a
story of adventure. It was a pretty
“tall” story, and the minister’s ten
year-old little girl was observed to be
listening to it very intently. XVhen ho
finished she fastened her wide-open
eyes upon her father’s face, and said
very gravely, “Is that true, or are
you preaching now, papa?”—House
hold Words.
Not An Unusual Case.
Sageman—I suppose you have heard
about your neighbor, Goldlcaf? Ho is
very seriously sick as a result of over
work.
Seeker—Don’t say! What has he
been being to bring it about?
Sageman—Trying to collect his
thoughts.—Boston Courier.
Woman’s Nerves.
Mrs. Platt Talks About Hysteria.
When a nerve or a set of nerves supplying
any organ in the body with its due nutri¬
ment grows weak, that organ languishes.
When the nerves become exhausted and |
die, so to speak, tho organ falls into de¬
cay. What is to bo done? The answer is,
do not allow the weakness to progress;
stop the deteriorating process at once !
Do you experience fits of depression, alter¬
nating with restlessness? Are your spirits |J , g
easily affected, so that one moment you laugh
and the next fall into convulsive weeping?
Again, do you feel something like a ball rising
in your throat and threatening to choke you,
all tho senses perverted, morbidly sensitive to
light and sound, pain in ovary, and pain es¬
pecially between the shoulders, sometimes loss
of voice and nervous dyspepsia? If so, yon arc
hysterical, your uterine nerves arc at fault.
You must do something to restore their tone.
Nothing i i better for the purpose than Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com¬
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Mrs. Levi F. Platt, Womleyshurg, Pa., had
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her sufferings:
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was awfully nervous, low-spirited nnd melan¬
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thanks, I hope all who read this and who suffer from nervousness of this
kind will do as I have done and bo cured.’’
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from the Commercial , Hangar, He,
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diemire, in full, just as it came in, as it is
interesting.
Hear Firs:—l send tills solely that others
may know what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did
(or mo and my kidneys, and to make it of
more effect I send it in affidavit form:
State of Maine, t
Co US IT OF Washikqton. ( Maine,
H. J. Crandlemtre, of Vnner-boro,
being duly sworn deposes and says:
“Two years or more ago I was attacked
with kidney trouble which gave m« violent
pain, and necessitated my urinating every
few minutes. Thou I had times of no control
over my water, nnd ’.ills made tilings unbear¬
able. Tim pain at those times was indo
Sflrlbable, and nothing gave me any relief
until I was led to try Dr. Williams' Pint
Pills. Tho first box helped me, and by tho
time I had taken my second I was absolutely
and completely curt-.L Ttiis was two years
ago, and since then I have had no return of
tho trouble, and X have no hesitation #r
doubt In expressing that I owe my recovery
to Pink l’ills.
(Signed) "ft. J. CttWBLXsiKK."
Personally appeared bo’ore mo tbis 13th
day of August, 1S9C, II. J. Craudlemire, and
made oath that ttie above statement was true.
Klikiia T. Holbrook, Notary Public.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pitts contain, in a con¬
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restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific fortroubles peculiarto females, such
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