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.AiORNING. IIIIiUIIEST OfENI mam ms MONDAT, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 14 and 15. J H HELLER & BRO 220 Newcastle St. His Life in Peril. “I Just. seemed to have gone all to pieces,” writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., "bi Piousness and a lame back nad made life a burden. 1 couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out to work when I began to use Elec tric Butters, but they worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, can eat any thing, have gained in strength and en joy hard worn.” They gave vigorous health and new life to weak, sickly run-down people. Try them. Only 60c at all druggists. The sensible housewife will always use Bob Hoy flour. Miss Kate Slater wishes to call the attention of the ladies to her new fancy work in battenherg and aunce work. Do You Want a Home? $1,900 will buy the handsome resi dence where C. MeOarvejr now re sides. This is one of the prettiest homes in that section of the city and ihe price is unusually low. See Brob stou & Fendig Cos. . Goes Like Hot Cakes. "The fastest selling article 1 have in my store,” writes druggist C. T. Smith, of Davis, T.y., “is Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, because it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. 1 have Known it to save sufferers from Throat and laing aiseases, who could get no help from doctors or any other remedy.” Moth ers rely on it, best physicians pre scribe it, and all druggists guaran tee satisfaction or refund price. Trial bottles tree. Regular sizes, 60c and sl. MATCHES* f CLOCKS. \ JEWELRY.: ♦ REPAIRED in the very best man- * vner and at lowest prices for J ♦ GOOD WORK. ♦ Pins put in breast pins only ♦HOc. We guarantee our work. ' ♦ EVERYTHING IN JEWEL ► ERY. Call and look. [ KINNON MOTT. 0. D. i r *’*' The Leading Jeweler, f 215 NEWCASTLE STREET. ’ Inspector of watches for the l Southern and B& B Railways. Keeper of the city clock. Time L by wire from Washington daily ; ♦ at 11 a. m- FAMOUS GOODWOOD. Somethluic About a lliatorie ICujtllah Hmcu Course. The Goodwood race course is quite unique. It Is a long way from a sta tion and Is not near any town, says the London Tatler. It is on a hill the top of which is shaped like n horse sins*, the space between the two horns being represented by a deep ravine. The course runs round the horseshoe, tile start being at the end of one horn and the ilnlsh at the end of the other, 'i he result of this Is that Hie equestrians who oil other courses con trive to see both start and tinisli by the simple process of riding across while the race is In progress cannot do so at Goodwood They must elect which they will see and remain there. On the other hand, the course is very eus.v to follow with glasses. The races ns an institution are com paratively modern, but there must have been hunt races and-matches on this course since the days of William Hi., wlien we hear of •' .odwootl hunt as in existence. In 1800, howev er, the then Duke of Richmond made a new course, which is practically tlie present one. in ISbl the course was completed, and in order to celebrate this a regular meeting was got up by the duke with the assistance of the hunt and some officers of the Sussex militia and yeomanry, and prizes to the value of about £I.OOO were put up. This meant a good sum in those days. This was tlie first Goodwood meeting of importance, and from that year it became an annual event. 1 A Walking Fern. Most ferns are confirmed travelers. New fern leaves grow out from the un derground roots some distance away from the old plant. The average ob server scarcely notices this,, but there is a native fern that steps off at so lively a pace that its odd habit has long furnished one of the unceasing entertainments of the woochr The walking fern often carpets ledges and tops of shaded rocks. The slender, tufted leaf fronds are singularly Un fernlike in appearance. They squirm about and “walk" by declining their taper tips to tlie soil and taking root there and growing. In time dusters of new leaf fronds spring from such rooted tips. By and by some of these, too, bite the earth and, taking root, start still other colonies, which in turn will continue the progress again and again. Naturally, with the lapse of time, ttie connection lietween the older tufts and the younger becomes broken, yet one sometimes finds series of three or four linked together, representing as many steps in the pretty ramble.— Country Life In America. Bridal SnprrwlltlotiM. Many and curious are tin* customs regarding brides. In Switzerland the bride on her wedding day will permit no one, not even her parents, to kiss her upon the lips. In purls of rural England the cook pours hot water over the threshold after the bridal couple have gone lu order to keep it warm for another bride, says the London Globe. The pretty custom of throwing the slipper originated In France. An old woman, seeing the carriage of her young king, Louis XIII., passing on the way from church, where he had Just been married, took off her shoo and, flinging it tit Ills coach, cried out, “’TIs all 1 have, your majesty, but may the blessings of God go with it.” There is aft old superstition In Ger many against marriages in May. A fa vorite wedding day in .Scotland is Dec. fit. so that the young couple can leave their old life with the old year and be gin their married life with the new one. The Italians permit no wedding gifts that are sharp or pointed, con nected with which practice is our su perstition that the gift of a knife sev ers friendship. Sympathetic Critlo. The first play ever witnessed by Miss Sparrow of Brooklyn was “Hamlet." She sat breathless and spellbound un til the curtain had dropped for the last time, and not until she was well on her way home did she confide her opin ions and feelings to her niece, “I pitied Ophelia,” she said at last; "yes, i certainly pitied her; blit, you see, she didn’t realize sueli a great deal after all, her wits leaving her that way. "i’was a mercy for her, but I couldn’t help thinking ’twould have been better to take her right out of the piece when her head got so weak. “But yet I could see that would have thrown Hamlet into a position where he’d have had to say more to fill up the story, and as it was he looked so sick I didn’t know, he’d live to fin ish the performance. Nothing would have surprised me less than to see him topple right over where he stood, and if he’s got any relatives if there’s a single one of the Hamlet family any where round—l should think they’d see to it that lie lias Hie doctor before uiorning.”— Youth's Companion. What Answer Goulif she Make? Mother—Elsie, your sister fells me you took a second helping of pudding at Mrs. Brown’s today. Little Elsie—So I did, mamma. “Do you think that was right, Elsie?” “Yes. You know you have often told me not to contradict any one, and Mrs. Brown said, ‘I know Elsie will have a second helping to pudding,’ uud i couldn't contradict her, could 1?” Washington Star. Text For Text. A minister in a country town once instituted n series of reform measures against a local political organization. He began his political campaign, ac cording to Harper's Magazine, by send ing to the chief boss of the district a card upon which wi re written the num ber and chapter of a verse In the Bi ble. W inn the boss and his associates looked iq) the text, they found it to bo a fire breathing threat against evildo ers. The worst resort in the town was a so called hotel known as The Firs, and the minister preached hotly against the place for two months preceding election. The evildoers, however, not only refused to tremble, but they won the election. Some months afterward, when nil wits going at the lively pace of old, the minister received a postal card which read thus: Dear filr- We respectfully refer you to the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, eighth verse. , THE FIRS. Upon looking up the text be wits amazed to read the following; Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying. Sin - thou art laid down no feller is come up against us. Tle Oyster Season. The theory that oysters are only good to eat in the months which have an “r” in them Is more or less new. Once Aug. 5 was regarded by everyone as oyster day and the first of the sea son. So far from calamity following the eating of oysters in August, it was said that “whoever eats oysters on St. James’ day will never want money.” The old theory is still recalled every year by the children who lieg passers by to “remember the grotto.” How many either <>f the children or of those they beg from know the origin of Ihe old and Irritating custom? Loudon Globe. Her Name For It. “My dear,” remarked Mrs. Simplex gently, “I think 1 can give you a bet ter name Ilian growlery for your den.” Simplex—Aw- yes, that’s very kind of you. (Rut tie moved about uneasily, not liking ilie cold glitter of bis wife’s eyes.) Mrs. Simplex You and Bloomoff sit there and tell each other funny stories, don’t you? Simplex—Ye es. Bloomoff says some capital tilings, and I fancy I can— Mrs. Simplex—And you tell each oth er about tlie handsome women you have fascinated and various other fairy tales. Mr. Simplex—Oh, come, now, 'Aon my word, you know! Mrs. Simplex (sweetly)—Call it file foolery, dearest. It will then Lie the most appropriately named room lu the house.—Pearson's. lii on tlse Ground Floor. An exposl muster was one of a group in a city hall corridor recently engaged In discussing queer manifes tations of jealousy on the part of young men in love, u dispatch in the morning papers having given rise to the eon versa f lon. He said (hat Hie most jealous man lie ever had knowl edge of applied for a position in the postoflire. 1!e brought, such excellent recommendations that the postmaster was moved to wonder that the young fellow did not go into mercantile life. Pressed for a reason, he finally con fessed tliut In* was giving up a better position in order that as an employee Of the postolliee he might not only get bis fiancee’s letters the sooner, but also might learn whether or not she re ceived mail from auy other mail.—Phil adelphia Times. Boated the Kncmy. lii some of tiu* London-courts there ore private dining rooms reserved for the exclusive use of the legal frater nity. Into one of these rooms one day there hustled u gaunt female who on being courteously approached by a junior counsel (Lilly declined to leave. Thereupon an unblushing Q. (’. looked tin* lady In the face and expressed his mind. Still she did not budge. Coun selor Lockwood then Intervened. “I do not think there is anything unseem ly in fids lady’s presence,” quoth be. “She wears a gown and yes, I’m pret ty sure that she also wears u wig.” The lady went.—Loudon Tatler. Good Opcnem. “George certainly lias very strong hands,” saitl his motlier-iu-law grudg ingly us site watched him uhscrew the top of a can of .preserves which had stubbornly withstood his young wife’s efforts, says the Gentleman’s Maga zine. "Hasn't lie. though?” cried ids young bride admiringly. “Now 1 know what he meant when he spoke in his sleep last night about having such a beauti ful pair of openers.” After Iho Dnm'p. “I hope you have enjoyed the even ing, Miss Oliver.” “Not excessively, Mr. Roland. The men are such wretched dnucers. 1 have had only one really good part ner.’ “My own experience precisely.” “Yes, Mr. Van Twister is the best dancer f ever saflf. There lie goes now with Grace Turner. It is a pleasure to .watch them, isn't II?” “Yes; he does very nicely—with a partner like your friend Grace, She Is the one to whom 1 was referring just uow.” “So 1 supposed.”—New York Herald. Armored IMentH, In tlie countries where the cactus flourishes it is selected by various birds mid oilier members of the animal kingdom as a place of refuge. There is it special kind of woodpecker in Mexico, a clever bird, which furnishes nn illustration of what birds will do. If tlie traveler is near a mass of cactus known as the candle cactus, he will perceive at some height from the ground a hole iu tlie mass of spiny leaves that appears to be evidence of decay. It was really made by the woodpecker, which peeked away till tt made an opening just large euough to get inside the armored tree. It then burrows its way down the middle among the pith till it is right in the center, and there It builds its nest and keeps the eggs free from the great heat of the sun and from its enemies. Rabbits make their homes in the cac tus. They burrow under the roots and so keep clear of hunters who do not appreciate the defensive properties of the plant. If any one attacks a cactus vigorously with a hatchet and man ages to clear away some of tlie pro tecting spines, be will surprise a whole colony of birds and small animals, the latter on the ground floor and the for mer iu the upper stoi ies, A Sociable Servant. A Japanese servant must have good manners, for he lias to have sufficient knowledge of etiquette to entertain his master's guests if his master is out. A filar rubbing his knees together and hissing and kotowing he will invite you to take a seat —on the floor, that is, on your heels with a flat cushion between your knees and tbe floor to make your ordeal a little less painful. It is nothing for tlie Japanese, who has no calves, unless he is a rickshaw boy. He will then offer you five cups of tea—it is the number of cups that sig nifies, not the number of callers—and, dropping ou tils own heels with ease and grace, enter into an affable con versation, properly humble, but per fectly familiar, until his master ar rives to relieve him. Even then he may stay in the room and is quite like ly to cut into the conversation and dead certain fo laugh at the smallest apoiogy for a Joke. All That Wai Necessary. “You must abandon all business cares for tlie future," says tbe physician. “But I fear that 1 have not yet ac cumulated sufficient money,’’ protests the multimillionaire. “Sufficieut?” repeats the doctor. “Why, my dear sir, you have enough money to pay physicians’ fees for the rest of your life!”—Baltimore Ameri can. __ •