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STTNDAY MORNING. THE WORLD’S GREATEST WOMAN PHILANTHROPIST Remarkable Benefactions of the Baroness Burdctt.Coutts. * IXTY-FIYE years devot *' * * cd untiringly to tile dis i;* O tributiou of a vast l'or <=* ... tune for .the heitelit of * '—' *' the poor—that is the re *'* * markable record of An * * -:*• * x gel a Georgina, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the greatest woman philanthropist in English history, if not in the history of the world. Tlie Baroness, who was born April 2T>, ISI4, is thus in her eighty-ninth year. She commenced her active phil anthropic work when she was Inn twenty-three years old. She was a daughter of Sir Frauds Burdett, one of the chief Liberal poli ticians of a century ago. Her inherit ance of nearly $10,000,000 was be queathed to her by her step-grand mother, the wife cf Mr. Coutts, the banker. When the young woman by this lie quest became the head of a banking house second only to the Bank of England she took the name of Coutts. Queen Victoria conferred peerage on her in 1871. Including as it does many of the most crucial periods in English history the long life of the Baroness affords a remarkable review of events and changing conditions, ller munificent benevolence set the pace for the rich of all England, and the results have been immeasurable. One of this remarkable woman's most active lieutenants and quite ber most important adviser, was no less a personage than Charles Dickens. The great novelist was familiar with every phase of life in London's squalid East End, and together the two visited the wretched dens and planned loving ly wholesale reforms. One of the first things accomplished was to demolish a low den for thieves and murderers in Betlinol Green and erect in its stead blocks of model dwell ings—the Baroness was really the pio neer of model dwellings in London— with every accommodation in the shape of laundry, baths, etc., and a good library and reading room. All this was for people who had been surrounded by abominations of every sort; whose every breath had sucked in foul stench, and whose every foot step had been in slimy pools and de caying refuse shot from dust carts— truly a trap for fevers and loathesome diseases. These buildings were erected some half a century ago, and they still hold their own and are indeed in ad vance of some cf later date for drain- age, ventilation and light. Forty odd years since a treaty "was made with France on the basis of reci procity, under which large quantities of French silks were imported, to the practical abolition of the Fast End hand loom industry. The weavers were absolutely starving for want of work, when Lady Burdett-Coutts came 'forward as the principal supporter of an association which had been formed for the relief of the sufferers. Some of them were started in small business, younger ones were trained for useful employments, and a sewing school was also opened, at which women of all ages were received, the workers being provided with a good meal at the out set of each day's work. Here a large number of persons were employed at plain needlework, their earnings ranging from eight shillings to fifteen shillings per week—a very substantial addition to the scanty in come of these families, for many of the men had only the casual work which this bounty provided for them. The lads were specially looked after, many of them going to sea, and there was, in fact, a complete system of carefully devised help for young and old, even to the engagement of profes sional nurses for the sick, and substan tial money aid that the homes of the people might be kept intact. Also a considerable number were sent out to Australia as emigrants, the Baroness not only defraying the cost of their passage, bnt also advancing sufficient money to keep them in comfort until they had made a good start in the new world. It Is good to record that this trust in the people was not abused, the whole of the money advanced being subsequently repaid by instalments. When the bitter winter of 1861 over took The tanners of Bermondsey, and they could not follow their occupation, they were also helped in a substantial manner. The magistrates of the police courts of the neighborhood were inun dated with applications for relief, and the Baaoness had her own agents at these courts, who inquired into the cases and promptly relieved them. Many will remember the cholera epi demic which raged among the poor of the East End of London between thirty and forty years ago. The pa . the Baroness played in relieving the sufferings of the victims is beyond all compute. In addition to paying the Salaries of a qualified medical man, peight trained nurses, two sanitary in spectors and four men to distribute disinfectants, her gifts of food and clothing were on a most lavish scale. Take one week's gifts at random, and this is the wonderful total: One thou sand eight hundred and fifty shilling tickets for meat, 250 pounds of arrow root, 500 pounds each of sago and tap ioca, thirty pounds of black currant jelly, fifty gallons of port wine, twen ty-fire gallons of brandy, twenty gal lons of beef .tea, 500 quarts of milk. 100 blankets, 400 yards of flannel and 400 assorted garments. At the same time vast quantities of bedding were sold at cost price to the people, and many new appliance? and remedies' were tested >in a practical manner. There is not a costermonger living in London who has not the greatest veneration for her who is known as “The Baroness.” Slip has been their best friend for many years, has fought their battles when Bumbledon in its newest form threatened their partial extinction, and they are not likely to forget that as a body they owe their continuance of favored positions and many other benefits to her ready liber ality.—New York World. BRAZILIAN AVOCADOS. Increasing Popularity of the Atligatoi Pear. The increasing popularity of the avo cado, or alligator pear, has brought the Brazilian variety into great prominence of late. Asa matter of fact, the fruit is not a pear at all, but belongs to the laurel family. The chief authority on the subject is a picturesque West In dian, who imports these exotic dainties, and who is an enthusiast on the sub ject. "The avocado.” he said, “is food and medicine, as well as refreshment. When nature made it, she intended it as the highest development of the vege table world. It is delicious, but not cloying. It has its own characteristics, but will gratefully accept ail other flavors. For this reason it is the only fruit, which can be eaten plalu. with pepper and salt, with lemon juice and sugar, or with a salad dressing. New Englanders have made it into a successful pie. which, to be candid, 1 do not recom mend, because 1 think pies are bar barous; and Brazilian cooks convert it into a marvelous custard pudding. The peculiarity of the pulp is that it contains a large amount of fixed oil, which gives if a nutritive value supe rior to the olive and the peanut and makes it almost equal to the egg. “Though a stranger in New York, it is known and loved in every tropical and sub-tropical city. It is grown iu the West Indies, Central and South America, Hawaii, the Far East, North ern, Eastern and Western Africa. Bouie enterprising Frenchmen have a small orchard not far from Palm Beach on the Florida Coast, and in Southern California there are hundreds of trees now bearing. The finest variety is not the Mexican or the Venezuelan, or even the Chinese,' as is claimed by trav elers, but the Brazilian, and of these the very host come from the Island of Marajo, at the mouth of the. Amazon, just opposite to Para. The fruit is of a lustrous, almost vitreous green. The skin is very tough, rather than hard, so mucji so that it should be cut with a hard steel knife.”—Now York Post. llatilt of Inanity. A student of child life and develop ment devotes a portion of a volume embodying the result of his investigations to the subject of ques tion answering. He does not advocate the encouragement of silly and inane questioning, in which children some times persist. But this he says results from lack of proper mental occupation, and the child’s mind should be at once directed to something interesting or puzzling, as there is sneii a thing as forming a “habit of inanity.” But any reasonable desire for information which shows itself in the thousand and one questions asked by the normal child from dav,n to dark it is criminal to disappoint. It, would be less unkind to refuse bread and water. Perhaps it is wearying to go patiently over fa miliar ground—the a1) c’s of life, not once only, but again and again, but the parent who is too indolent or selfish to do this iA in reality starving his child, and no later acquisitions ever quite make up in the mental develop ment what was denied it in its early expanding years; just as lack of phy sical food when the new bones and tis sue most need it will result in a stunt ed body which no amount of later feeding will ever bring up to normal size. The Law Business. Overcrowding is the motto of the day. The factories are overcrowded. The theatres are overcrowded. The only reason why oue does not say that the street cars are overcrowded, is that they are something worse. All such overcrowdings, however, are sparse ness and loneliness compared with the overcrowding of the bar. In 3891 there were fifty-eight law schools with 6073 stSbents. Now, according to an estimate made by I’rofessor- Huffcutt, of Cornell, there are 120 schools with 14,000 students. Meanwhile the num ber of full fledged lawyers in the United States is said by.the last census to be about 114,000. No other profes sion, with the exception of teaching and of medicine, is so populous.—Chi cago Tribune. Doctor With 1000 Patient*. At an inquest held on an old man who was found dead in bed at the Ren frew road workhouse, Lambeth, the medical evidence showed that the man had died some seven or eight hours be fore being discovered. Dr. Easton said there were 1500 inmates, and he was the only medical officer. The night nurses, each of whom had 300 persons under their care, went through the wards once every two hours. The Cor oner said; “I cannot see bow one med ical officer can examine such a large number of inmates. There seems to me to be a false sense of security.” The jury expressed the hope that the press would make ‘‘this disgraceful state of things known.”—London Mail. ACCIDENTAL INJURIES. Mishaps From Which Little Children Are Wont to Suffer. Aside from the defects which are born with the child, by far the great est number are the result of accidents and Injuries. Owing to the softness and elasticity of the child’s frame he escapes much that would prove seri ous to adults. Yet the greater part of the serious afflictions of childhood, aside from the contagious fevers, are the outcome of injuries to the bones and joints. In children’s wards in the hospitals the majority of the little pa tients are suffering from the dis eases which make deformities. These are the different inflammations of the spinal column, which cause the vari ous curvitatures of the spine; the in flammatory conditions that, occur ring in the hip, give Vise to hip joint disease, and the malformations which occur in the foot, giving rise to the shortening of a leg, causing the child to limp. Many of these conditions are due to an accident, such as a fail or a bruise; some are present from birth. A child's frame is much like that of the young tree or sapling. It can bo trained and shaped while young and pliable, but after it is full grown this is not possible. Parents should use every means In their power to relieve and overcome the deformities which will be such a burden to their children all their lives. Mothers should con stantly Inspect their children to dis cover any of these troubles which re sult so disastrously. Whan the child is undressed, make it bond over so as to curve the spine, which makes the little projections of each vertebra stand out in relief. See that they make no deviations toward one side or the other. See that the shoulder blades are in a like position and not project ing too much. Look also at the ribs, especially where they are attached In front. It is well to have the seemingly healthy children gene over by the family physician once In awhile to see that growth is progressing as it Ehould. If the spinal curvatures and the hip joint troubles are discovered early great suffering and the attend ant deformity can be avoided. These diseases, which cause the greatest part of the deformity of childhood, are insidious in their approach and are often not detected until their ravages have progressed to such a degree that their remedy is difficult, even if possible.—Philadelphia In quirer. CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH C. 15.1 J. Cures Decp-Soated Cat'.os l'npeolal !y—To Prose It IS. D. IS. Sent Free. These diseases, with aches and pains in bones, joints and back, agonizing pains in shoulder blades, hands, fingers, arms and legs crippled by rheumatism, lumbago,sci atica, or neuralgia; hawking, spitting,noac ! bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach, 1 deafness, noir.ea in the head, bad teeth,thin 1 hot blood, all run down feeling of catarrh : are sure signs of an awful poisoned condi tion of the blood. Take Botanic Blood Balm. (B.B.B.) Soon ail aches and pains stop, the poison is destroyed and a real permanent cure is made of the worst rheu matism or foulest catarrh. Thousands of cases cured by taking 8.8.8. It strength* ens weak kidneys and improves digestion. Druggists, per large bottle/ Sample fre3 by writing Blood Balm Cos, 14 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Deacribe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. An orange tree, in full bearing, has been known to produce 15,000 oranges, and a lemon tree <SOOO lemons. • 100 Reward. HIOO. The renders of this paper will be pVasod to lonrn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the* only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutions l disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure lstaken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the* patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney A Cos., Toledo, 0. Fold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills aro the best. Persons in [Morocco are required to pay the policeman who arrests them a fee of twenty-five cents. KITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerveltestorer.s2trial bottle and treatisofree Dr.li. 11. i. r. ink. Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philu.,Pa. Any fellow who use* his feet can walk with a measured tread. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething,*oftenth© ruth*, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle It’s only natural that there should be springs in the bed of a river. * ■ Plso’r Cure Is the best medicine wo ever/jsed for all affections of throat and lunge.—Wx. O. Lxdsley. Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Some wealthy men show their sharpness by cutting their aons off. June Tint Buttep. Color makes top the market butter. Connecticut has seven former Governors living. Massachusetts has but three. 1,000 Per Tent. Profit In Pocket, Health and Pleabuke is paid by fresh, luscious, home grown Strawberries allowed to ripen thoroughly on the vines. We sell the Plants packed to carry fresh anywhere in the B.S. Our 150-pag* Manualffree to buyers) makes growing (or pleasure or profit plain to all. Plant now. Catalogue Strawberries, Asparagus,etc.,free. Continental Plant? Cos. No. 12 Strawberry Heights., Kittrcll. N. C. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed I To CureqrMonev. Refunded Merchant.soVyhy Not TrV It? Price soc. % THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. GOVERNOR OF OREGON m CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From the Executive Office of Oregon. Pe-ru-na ! known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation ami commendation testifying to the merits of Pd-ru-na as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every .State in the Union. Dr. Hartman • receiving hundreds of such let ters duiiy. All classes write these letters, from tHo highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, tlie preacher—all agree that Pe-ru-na is the ca tarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their great est enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise ami testimony. Any man who wishes perfect health must lie entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of ca tarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru na not only cures catarrh, but prevents. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent ad mirer of Peru na. He keeps it continually Alligator Extinct in the South. The alligator is nald to be praeti rally extinct, in the South. To Dame Fashion may be attributed his passing away. The demand for shoes, satchels and pocketboolcs of alligator skin has been such within the last ten years that we will probably soon be com pelled to visit our museums and zoos to hunt up the creature, which has un justly earned an evil reputation as the terror of Southern swamps. Mr. J. Knight Perkins, of Kalamazoo, thor oughly searched the southern portions of the country for 14-foot alligators. In all New Orleans he could find but one alligator 10 feet long. Ho discov ered that even littlo alligators from four to eight inches long had difsap to the census reports in The Insurance American. NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL. "Ah, it’s a sad old world ” sighed the man who had been cheated out oi 520. "Y’es,” assented his neighbor; “one of my horses got biß head fast in the hayrack last night aiw broke his nock. I was offered S2OO for him less than a month ago.” "Pshaw! That’s too bad. Looks as though it’was goin’ to brighten up, don’t it?” And he went on his way whistling cheerfully.—Chicago Record Herald. HER SAVING WAY. Mrs. Scaie-Downie—l will have to get another girl tnough only tem porarily, perhaps a month or so. Mr. Seal e-Down ie—Three dollars more a week and board! What do you want an extra girl for? Mrs. Scaie-Downie—l have found out how to make just the loveliest little hanging cabinet you ever say, at a cost of oniy but it will take me several weeks to do it.—New Y’ork Weekly. LAUGHTER. “Laugh and the world laughs with you Sometimes. But you’ll laugh alone If the jest of chaff at which you laugh Is a stupid thing of your own. —Philadelphia Press. Bad Coughs | “ I had a bad cough for six weeks and could find no relief I until I tried Ayer’s Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle cured me.” L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic I bronchitis, pneumonia, j asthma, or consumption. Don’t wait, but take Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral just as soon asyourcough begins. A few doses will cure you then. Three sizes: 25c., 50c., sf. All drnjjrlMs. Consult your doctor. If lie says take It, then do as he says. If he tells you not to take it. tlieu don't take it. Ho knows. Leave it with him We aro willing. J. 0/ AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. in the house. In a recent letter to Dr, Hartman he says: State op Oregon, i Executive Department, / Salem, May it, 1898. ) The Pe-ru-na Medicine Cos., Columbus. O.: Dear Sirs—l have had occasion to use your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family for colds, and it proved to be an excellent rem edy. j have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe-ru na for other ailments. The reason for this is most other ailments begin \yith a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. I'his is exactly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Pe-ru na in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, la grippe and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other ail ment;R in the house. Such families should provide themselves with n copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled “Winter Ca tarrh.” Address Dr. 1J art man, Columbus, Ohio. f§§j GUV HIfSNOES. I /'wm THE best shoe / IN AMERICA : * FOR L Ato° i( \\ ‘ irAlltE // jj SUBSTITUTE II II IF YOUR OIALEB DOES \\ J i *// MOT CARRY THEM., jjf Nv/ A POSTAL CARO TO US jy WILL TIU. YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM. CRAPPOCK TERRY CO. LEADING SHOE MANUFACTURERS OF THE SOUTH. LYNCHBURG VA. r Situations Secured lot graduates or tuition refunded. Write at once for catalogue and special offers. BSnrcm/ Business ItSCS&MjJ Colleges Louisville. Ky. Montgomery. Ala. Houston. Tex. Columbus, Ga. Richmond. Vo. Birmingham, Ala. Jacksonville, Fla. (mm (JIB uitd lIIADACIIIiS. Sold by ell Druggists, WANTED £3OO Yoiixia Men At one© to qunllfj for fford 1 OBltlons which we will guarniitao In writing under a $5,000 deposit to promptly procure thorn. The Ga.-Ala. Bus. College, MACON, GEORGIA. t DROPSY 10 DAYS' TREATMENT FREE. Hare mado Drcpirv and its com plication® a ipcoixity for twenty yearn with tuo no*t woaderfcu success. Have enrod many thcia aud cases. y 10.11.Z.G2£2W'380173, Box B Atlanta, Qa. 7*“- buy PfnntT JyßTi'l i warrant* issued to sol -1/J • I diem of Die Mexican and 111 AYlPflfl 2 t li er crljr Wars and t*y ITlCAlLdll ■ In cash. V*nr . iiswmvuu rants secured for those entitled, including heirs. 17 j Write for i>ari leu Jars. Veteransi und Atlantic JBulldiug, ~— — 1 Waahingteu, I). C. the name of this paper when writing to advertisers- (At. 44. ’O2) m „ WHERE ALL ELSt FAILS. EJ| U Ecst Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Use s*l Eel * n titns. Sold b 7 druggists. pvf OLD BELIEF EXPLODED. Jinks—This talk about a woman not being able to hit a nail with a ham mer is all nonsense. Jenks—Think bo? Jinks—l know it; my wife was try ing to drive some the other day, and one of her nails is all black and blue where she hit it. —Indianapolis Sun. NOVEMBER 2 $3 & SS£S SHOES K M'. L. Dr.iqfas s'toss aro the standard of the world. >V. h. Donifla* made and sold more men's (food, year Welt (Hand Sawed Process) slioejt in Htellrtt six months of IWO2 than any other u anufacturcr. Cin nnn REWARD will h* paid to anjone who I UiUud ran disprove thin stafcmuut. W. L. DOUGLAS S4- SHOES CANNOT BE EXCELLED. st,io3,s2oi wizsu 12.340,000 Best lmpor l od ani American leathers. Hull’s Patent Car. Enamel, Bex r Calf, Calf\ 1 /id A </. Co:ora Colt, A'ii L. kangaroo. Past Color I'yclet* uscal. Cfllii&'l 1 Thr nutn© have W. £,. X>OUOI*AB* uam" and prlco Ktmnped cn bottom. bhc.es by mail, i*.V. extra. I/lns. Catalog free, W. L. noJfll.Aß, nuoCKTON. MASS. Avery & McMillan, M and 63 8. Forsyth St., Atlanta, G. ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Reliable Frick Engines. Boilers, all Sizes. Wheat Separator#, all Sizes. HIM IRPBOVED SIW IIU.ON EAHI: Large Engines and Boilers supplied promptly. Shingle Mills, Corn Mills, Circular Saws, Saw Teeth, Patent Dogs, Steam Governors. Full line En. gines and Mill Supplies. Send for free Catalogue. RlßttfS I have been using Ripans Tabules for over two years as a medicine for general ills. 1 always keep a sup ply on hand, and lind they come in handy for everyday use in case of headache, constipation or a bilious attack. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. IX INVESTMENT The Preferred Clock of the W. L Douglas s c h o°. e Capital Stock, $2,000,000. $1,000,000 PreforrecJ Stock. $1,000,000 Common Btock. Shares, $I GO each. Sold at Par. Only Preferred Stock offered for s?lo, W. L. Douglas retains all Common Stool. The Preferred .St< kof the W. !,. Douglas Shoe Com pany pays better than Savings Bank* or Government Bonds, livery dollar of stork offered the public has Jv. K'hind it more than a dollar's worth of actual assets. W. L. vm. Douglas continues to 'own VK; one-hatf of the business. ar4 y§si is to remain the active head *£2s of t he concern, y fggi This business is not an oo> * developed prosper t. It n r. v J! demonstrated dividend pay fyj ec. Tins is thslargest husinssi in the world producing Men’s if Goodyear Welt' Hand .Hewed and Process) shoes, and has nl f' I ways been iiiunenwly proflt ?• A atl. There las cot.hecn-a //fV year in Ike past twelye Wlafn the business has pot earned cash much more ,l "*tt*ountnecessary ' AV4/mu)io pny 7 per cent annual dtarfdend oa the preferred stock of gl 00'. 000. The annua! business now is x>. it is increasing very rapidly, and will coital f7.000 obu for the year 1008. The factory i* no tv tummgr out 7P.00 pairs of boe# owr day, and an Addition to the plant is lielng built which will increasedim cap*efty to 10,000 pairs per day. The rvnson I am MfVring the Preferred Stock for Bale is to perpetuate t lie buslneHs. It you wish to invest In the best shoe business in the world, which is permanent, and receive 7 per cent on your money, you can purchase one share or more itrthts great binrnctw. Scud money bv mshirr's cheek or certi fied check, made payable to W. L. Douglas. If them is so bank In your town, send money by express or po*t office money orders. Prospectus giving full Information about thlf groat and prontablejjusiiiesfl sent upon application. Address W. 1.. UOL'iil.AS, Urocliion, M uu. Have l Seen Onr SHbt caj Mosey Savin’ Catalog Hgg FiK 11 Telegraphy, Louisville, Ky., (founded In 18<M) % wlU toaefe you the profession quickly and secure position for you. Ilandoomo catalogue PRH.