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lie tome iinrna ;*» B i ■ I F VOL, VI. To Core Constipation Kofsw. Take Oasearets Candy Cathartic. lOo or 25c. ff CL C. C. (ail to cure, druggists relund money. —At Albany, N. Y. Fields & Hatch, now employing: 300 hands on knit goods, are to increase their output. So. 17. Sow to Save Labor In Spring Clean ing. labor Spring cleaning is no longer the it mma In the days of our grandmothers. Women understand how to save themselves fythe use of modern conveniences. When beginning the work everything should be In readiness—tacks, hammers, brooms. best With a supply of Ivory purposes), Soap (which lime Is the for all cleaning am ■Stonfa. and carbolic acid. Good weather should be selected, nnd only one or two rooms cleaned at a time; air and sunshine ■should be freely admitted. Eliza R. P abrek. S SS Courage and Strength in Times of Danger ." c Ifead the warning between the lines. What is that •warn¬ ing} It is> of the danger from accumulation of badness in the Blood, caused by the usual heavy living of the Winter months. Spring is the clearing, cleansing time of the yean the forerunner of the brightness and beauty of glorious Summer. Follow the principle that Nature lays down. Start in at ones and purify your Wood with that great specific, Hood's Sar separilla. li never disappoints. Mecame Tu mors under “A tumor as big and as a instead la/ge mar testing physician ray tongue, it, I of my operate on used my fttvorito spring tonic, Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The bunch soon disappeared.’’ Mrs. 11. M. •Coburn, 579Mer’k St., Lowell, M ass. Bheumatism-T had rheumatism for five years and can conscientiously'say that flood’s Sarsaparilla blood lias given me entire re¬ lief. As a puriiier it has helped my •children wonderfully.” J1ns. S. A. Saoar. •SW Franklin Avenue, Passaic, N. J. zfiocdS SaMafnillffct msm Hood’s fil ls oure liver ills, the non-ir rita ting and tike only cathartic to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla^ MWT BE A FOOL Try COOSiR <«BEASE LINIMENT be fore.you say it’s i><* good.' fli’s .under ft ttlMKAMEE, and with thousands of merchants handling it we have had hut few bafcfels returned. It. will CURE Croup, CdUglts, Cold#* Rheumatism and all Ac tie a and Pains. f AMTEB-4GEMTS: Ladles or Gen tlemen for my ne w flouseli old IVeeessi t y jsells on sigh t; large profits; every lady wants It. Let me _ _ star lyou.In business. AdclvessA.N IELEls,Cincinnati,O A Scorpion Hunt in Florida. 1 knew very well that the scorpion I was after was of a very modest and retiring disposition, and was never seen above ground in daylight except Jay accident or mistake, I was also under the impression that they were becoming rather rare, as it was more than a year since I had seen one. Still, it was with more than confidence, to say nothing of the more prosaic requi¬ sites of a stout pair of gloves, a paper and a hoe, that I started out one to find my Thelyphonus. I my course to the nearest wood, not for a moment doubting that a few hours’ work would bring to light the object of my search. I labored .faithfully until dark, overturning rot ten logs, sticks, bark, old rails, and other field and woodland debris under which my “grampus” would likely to )k- hiding, but the search was alto¬ gether fruitless.—Norman Robinson, in Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly. TUMOR EXPELLED. -^Unqualified Success of Lydia M, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Elizabeth YTheelock, Magno¬ lia, Iowa., in the following letter de¬ scribes her recovery from a very criti¬ cal condition: “ Dear Mbs. Pinkham:—I have been taking your Vegetable Compound, and am now ready, to sound its praises. It / has done won¬ ders for me in \ relieving me of a tumor, Co i “My health has been poor for three years. Change of life was working L H upon me. I was very much bloated I and was a bur¬ den to myself. Mas troubled with smothering spells, also palpitation of “the heart and that bearing-down feel Ing. and could not be on my feet much. “ I was growing worse all the time, ^atttil I took your medicine taking three boxes of Lydia 35. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Lozenges, the tumor passed from me. “My health has been better evor Since, can now walk quite a distance am troubled no more with palpita¬ of the heart or bloating. I rec your medicine to all sufferers from female troubles.” It is hardly reasonable to suppose that auay one can doubt the efficiency of Mrs. Pinkham’s methods and medi¬ cine in the face of the tremendous v#*" f!iwa at "timOPy. ) ‘To thine own self be true,and it will follow, as night the day, thou cans’t not then be false to any man,” LINCOLNTON, GA-. THURSDAY, JO AY 18.1899. j* u a j/ J7'\ I I If). I |vl|< 4M ^ s>s ^ -v F A Ft 4 —• v A DAY-TIME TUNE. The sun sings out in a dawn-dappled sky; And a fleeting moon croons a pale reply; While the star-crowded chorus beneath, round, and o'er us, Comes muffled, uncertain, Through the day’s drawn curtain; And the waking world lifts a workday cry To mate with the martiallng music on ■ high. Eight good for the soul it is: drifting But through dreams; whore the fat it’s braver to plow earth teems. The office is better Than the lotos-fetter: And sweater than the bottle Is the wide engine throttle. So, clerk, to your work! and, maiden, to your seams! Tradesman to your trade! and agent to your schemes! There’s time for you to loaf when the sun’s gone out; it’s work-hours while it beams. —Rupert Hughes, in the Criterion, OVERBOARD. BT O. P. EAVY chains §] were about his ankles, h a n d - sa i (Stq cuffs upon his ' ~ wrists and the y brand of crime was on his fore g||| head, on his dark features, and in his fierce, wolfish eyes. There he stood, an out¬ cast from the pale of human kind¬ ness, the convict, Mark Mold, on the deck of the passenger ship Briton, the captain of which for a certain sum paid by the law officers, had consented to take him, with several others of his stamp, to Botany Bay, as room could not be found for these criminals aboard the transport vessel anchored a mile below and which had been packed to overflowing ere the prisoners were brought to it. While Marl; still waited on the deck x 'tg- sTow him in the dark hold with his fellows a boat from the Liverpool dock came alongside with several passengers, among them a handsome lady of thirty, Mrs. How¬ land, tered wife of Colonel Howland, quar¬ with his regiment near Port Jackson, Australia, where she was go¬ ing to join him, and her little daugh¬ ter Grace, a beautiful child of six yeai'3. As Mrs. Howland was assisted up the gangplank she noticed Mark Mold and shuddered. “You need not he afraid, ma’am,” said the captain. “The criminals will bo kept in the hold, chained; they can do you harm.” “Can you not send them away from here? 1 wish you would.” “I regret that I cannot, as I have agreed to take them.” Descending into the cabin, the lady sat, unable to rid herself of the feel¬ ing of alarm excited by the presence of the convicts aboard the vessel. She at length concluded to go ashore and endeavor to persuade the ship-owners to have the criminals taken off the craft; but ere she could proceed to execute her plan the Briton was under weigh. the bright As day after day passed little cherub, Grace, spread light and joy throughout the vessel. The rough sailors would smile, their brown faces softening when she ventured among them. They always had a pleasant word for her, for her winning iittle ways had made her a favorite with all, the cabin boy up to Ben Hayes, the oldest seaman aboard. She would walk forward the thing of a morning and shake with each one, her mother permitting such freedom on the of her child. One day, having that the crew did not fare as tuously as the passengers, little Grace, instead of eating her piece of cake at the cabin table, took it among the sailors and make each them take a big bite, saying she would tell the captain to send them basket full. Soon she noticed on deck the con¬ vict, Mark Mold, who, having taken ill in the confined air below, been relieved of his chains and led to breathe the fresh air. A look crossed his haggard face as inhaled the pure breeze, and, out on the broad, blue, rolling ocean, he seemed at once to get stronger better. “Won’t you have some? Here, take it; you may have it all,” fell childish voice on his ear, and, down, he saw Grace at his knee, hold¬ ing up her piece of cake. , He seemed about to put his hand on her head when Mrs. Howland gently, but quickly drew the child away. The man showed no emotion at this action of the lady. It was natural the mother should deem there was con¬ tamination — poison V— in his touch; that she should not'have permitted him even to lay his hand on the golden hair of the child. “You must never go near that tnan again,” said Mrs, Hofriand. “Wby, mamma, isn’t he a little g°od? I’ve heard uitcle-^-and he is a minister, mamma—say that everyone is » little good.” “You have heard him say that the worst person has some good quality; believe' but I differ with him. I dou’t that convict, who, I have learned from! the captain, was a thief, housebreaker, and drunkard for years, has a single good trait.” •; Just as she spoke a heavy squall struck the ship, hurling her down al¬ most on her beam ends and driving ber through the water with everything humming. The wind blew with ter¬ rific force, and the vast oceau was veiled for miles by the whirling, driv¬ ing spray, which flew like snow-flakes all round the vessel, shrouding her in a white mist. Suddenly there was a wild shriek from Mrs. Howland as little Grace, who had attempted to run into the cabin, was literally blown to leeward into the sea. “My child! O God, save my child!” screamed the distracted mother, whose voice, however, was nearly drowned by the booming thunder of wind and ocean, the rattling of canvas, the slat¬ ting of sheets and ropes and the swashing, hissing noise of the sweep¬ ing spray. The sailors looked with appalled faces on the form of Grace as she was borne along by the merciless waves. Not one of them dared to venture overboard in that tempest, and as to lowering a boat, it was simply impos¬ sible, as no boat could live in such a storm. “Save her! Will no one save my child?” screamed Mrs. Howland, con fronting the seamen with clasped hands and frenzied, beseechiug eyes. They looked at each other and not ■one moved, for all felt that certain death awaited the man who should plunge in that wrathful ocean; bur Mark Mold plunged overboard, and the mother clung to a backstay, eagerly watching for his reappearance but, seeing nothing of him, she bowed her head on the rail, moaning and rav¬ ing like a maniac. Still raged the storm and on tore the ship further and further from the place where the man and child hap, gone overboard. The seamen n changed ominous glances and shoo’.’ shook their heads. Soon the squall swept far away to leeward, the ship righted and the sun gleamed from a clear sky upon a clear¬ ing sea. From the captain, who, having now brought his ship to, with main topsail aback, had run aloft, a wild cry went ringing to the heavens, sending an electric thrill of joy to the hearts of all on deck. “I see something two miles off the lee-quarter. God grant it be the man and child!” His boat was soon down with good oarsmen in it, with Mrs. Howland,full of wild, anxious hope, in the stern sheets. Nearer to that distant speck drew the boat. “There he is!” cried the watchful captain, at last. “I think—I believe— hut am not certain—he—yes, yes, thank God,—hooray! hooray! he has the child.” Yes, there was the convict in the water, holding up the child that the mother might see it. Such a scream of joy as burst from that mother’e lips it would have done you good to hear. A few minutes later Grace nestled on her bosom, weak and faint, but showing signs of rapid recovery, as the happy woman strained her to her breast, showering kiss after kiss upon her face. Almost exhausted to unconscious¬ ness, Mark Mold lay in the bottom of the boat, scarcely hearing the mother, hardly feeling the pressure of her lips upon his hands, when, at length, she turned to him, warmly expressing her gratitude. recognized truth of the Now she the saying that the worst person is not without some good trait, and very glad she was that she had not succeeded in having the convicts removed from the ship when she first discovered they were aboard. Of course, had they been taken away Mark Mold would have gone with them and her child would have been lost. On arriving at Fort Jackson Mrs. Howland related to her husband, the colonel, the gallant conduct of Mark Mold, who thereafter was constantly befriended during his hard prison life by the grateful officer. thefirsthe had This kind treatment, ever received from a liumau being since he became an outlaw, bad a softening effect on Mark’s character, and he conducted himself so well that the colonel at length succeeded in ob¬ taining for him a commutation of his penalty, which had been for twenty years, to half that time. When at last, the prisoner was dis¬ charged the colonel procured his em¬ ployment and the liberated convict be¬ came a steady, honest man. A Matrimonial Musing. Tbe average young man thinks he is in a position to marry if he has §250 in the bank and a steady job. Hope is a great factor in a love affair. After the man is forty he wonders how he ever did it, and when he eats pie at night and has the nightmare he always imagines that he is marrying again c -#250.—Atchison Globa. Mtojlju® v*i Ornamental Planting. The careful use of plants will do much to produce a bome-like eftect. To make a beautiful and harmonious picture, trees and shrubs should be planted in such a manner as to give a pleasing effect. The first essential in creating beautiful surroundings is tha lawn. It forms the foundation for the remainder and no pains should be spared to make it perfect. A rich and thoroughly prepared soil should be provided, one which will retain all the moisture that it is possible for soil to retain. Next in importance to the lawn comes the arrangement and grouping of the plants. Plants in carefully arranged groups and masses please much more than disconnected planting. While well arranged groups are not easy to make, anyone by exer¬ cising a little care and patience may be able to do so as well as the man who makes this his business. All groups should be arranged to provide as much lawn as he space will allow and shut out uncongenial objects on. the out¬ side. One may consult his own choice in regard to the plants to be used in working out the picture. All kinds can be used to advantage. As a gen¬ eral rule, shrubs are as valuable as any other class of plants, as they attain their character and size quickly and are easily moved if desired, and more¬ over produce a massed effect difficult to acquire in other ways. Also shrubs when once established are less likely to fail. Trees and shrubs which are allowed to develop broad, spreading Shapes and graceful forms are far more pleasing than those which are often ruined by injudicious pruning.—• American Agriculturist. THe Fruit Garden. Preparations for extending the sup¬ ply of the fruit of the garden should f'b made early every winter and spring, even, if ono only owns a small place, fruit trees, bushes and vines should be planted and intelligently cultivated. First, this should be done for family use, and second for commercial purposes. The owner of a small or large place who does not raise fruit for home consumption is not deserving of the name of farmer. A quarter, half or one-acre plot will yield fruits in variety and abundance. Only tested kinds of fruit trees and vines should be planted. Let the nurseryman experiment with new sorts, unless you do it on a very small scale for the pleasure gained thereby. Too many farmers are led to adopt new varieties of fruits upon slim grounds of recommendation, and they lose money invariably by the process. The accumulated experiences of the many will be of use in guiding one in the selection and cultivation of all fruits. This experiment crystalizes in time in the short, pithy advice that finds its way in reputablo agri¬ cultural journals. Some times the advice is repeated so many times that a few are inclined to sniff at it, and ask for something new. There is very little that is absolutely new in the world, but our knowledge ad¬ vances gradually, and in each little new suggestiou that comes as the re¬ sult of actual experience proves of great value in the long run. The man who raises apples to-day cannot expect something from noth¬ ing. Apple trees need culture. They require as much intelligent care as any other fruit. If you arc not willing to give the trees this atten¬ tion, it is better not to raise any apple trees. If you are willing, then select the very best varieties adapted to your region; but it would be a pity to buy first-class trees and tiien stunt their growth with poor attention. The apples are a good illustration of all other fruits. It is not many years ago that we thought the apple trees could take care of themselves. Now there is no jirofit in apples unless one makes the raising of them a study. Vie must select the best trees, guard them against diseases, fertilize and cultivate the soil around them, pick the fruit at the right time, sort and grade them carefully, and then pack and skip them to the right mar¬ ket. One mistake in this chain of •work may knock out all the profits. What is true of apple culture is true of all other fruits. It is a period of intense competition, and the survival of the fittest will follow.—S. W. Chambers, in American Cultivator. A Demand Supplied. A jeweler of Newburg. N. I., has invested in a stock of ‘married men s watches.” The peculiarity of these watches lies in the fact that they are f urnished with an alarm attachment which a man’s wife can set at the ex act hour when she wishes him to start tor home. The alarm going off at that time will remind him that his wife expects him. Siberia will be largely represented in Paris in 1900—the first time at any exhibition. The new railway and the lands it has opened will be fully rep resented. THE NEW WAY. They’ve Jrrokon down the barrier That custom used to raise; The girl, if you would marry her, Must do it all. these days. Papa and dearest mamma seem Not '-in it” as of yore— W hen most they favor love's young dream The more yon may deploFe. it used to be ttre proper thing To cultivate mamma, And give her potted plants, and bring Cigars for “dear papa;” But fashion now has made it wise To court the girl alone, To road her hieroglyphic eve* And tremble on her tone. Then, in some lonesome, dark retreat. Far from the haunts of men C-r maids, sbe’U bring you to her feet, Then bring you up again. She’ll educate you to the ways That suit her inclination. And marry you in ninety days By average calculation. — Chicago koeorfl HUMOROUS. •She—Hamlet is a play for all time. He—Yes; it will never give up the ghost. When we tell a man a good story, we have noticed that it reminds him of a very poor one. Biggs—Is your wife’s mother still visiting you. Biggs—She is visiting us, but she is not stilt. “No, indeed, I wouldn’t die in the country!” “Why not?” “The church bells always toll vour age.” “What makes Dickie’s cough so bad this morning?” “It is nearly time for him to start to school.” “Pa, what is a hero?” “A hero is a man who tries to read a paper in the same room with a boy about your size.” De Canter—Is there any sure way to tell the age of ahorse? De Trotter —-Yes; ask the dealer and multiply by one-half. “Do yon think tlie Indian will be civilized?” “Yes; Spotted Crow sent in a request the other day to have his name changed to Polka Dot.” A Colorado gentleman advertised left’ a well preserved skeleton, and shortly after Uis the paper was out an old mftid.of to war .Appeared in her best b-kiuid. .twainW-Ws inten¬ tions were honorable. Elderly Maiden (out rowing with pos¬ sible suitor, to her little sister, who is frightened of the waves)—Theodora, if you are so nervous now, what will you be at my age? Little Sister (meek¬ ly)—Thirty-seven, I suppose. “What kind of an alarm clock have von?” was asked of a Third avenue baker whose work demands his pres ence is the wee hours, “Two years old, fat, chubby, full of giuger and with lungs like a lire gong.” He—-Do you remember the night I proposed to you? She—Yes, dear. He—We sat for one hour and you never opened your mouth. She—Yes; I remember, dear. He—Believe me, that was the happiest hour of my life. Falcon Island’s Sudden SOnd. The latest budget of news from the native kingdom of Tonga mentions the disappearance of an island in the Pacific, under circumstances that seem to lend some color to a popular super¬ stition. On Oct. B3, 1885, the inhab¬ itants of the Tongan capital witnessed one of the grandest natural pyrotech nical displays of the century. Some 30 miles to the northwest a submarine volcano suddenly started operations, throwing columns of steam and feath¬ ers of tire to an estimated height of 12,000 feet. When the performance was over and people thought it safe enough to approach, it was found that u new island six miles long, two miles broad and 300 feet high had been added to the map of tbe world. It was christened Falcon Island, but no¬ body eared to settle on it. People who promenaded its surface had a sen Fragile nation akin to walking on pie crust. and unsubstantial as it was, it managed to live for exactly 13 years, human finally sinking and disappearing from view on Oct. 13, in the year 18. 8. No matter what the Thirteenth club may say, if that bold body is still in existence, which we doubt, there is something uncanny about that partic¬ ular number.—London Chronicle. Homes In Porto Kico. What interests the traveler in Porto Bico more than anything else are its beautiful homes and gardens, and the owners seem to vie with one another to make their places the most attrac¬ tive. It has been said that the De Leon estate near Ponce surpasses all others in its grandeur. Situated on a hill overlooking the city, with its many quaint bouses, painted in all the colors of the rainbow,and surrounded w iHi gardens of palm trees and other na ji ve plants-, the place forms a picture almost beyond description. The h •uses a) . e furnished with great taste. There is an absence of carpets, rugs and heavy ll . iugings _ Most of the furniture is made frum the native cabinet wood, an d the louuges and chairs have caned seats, which are seldom upholstered. The floors are usually hardwood or stone.—New York Tribune. ~ There is an establishment in Paris, France, for the sale of water from the River Jordan for baptism. NO. SO. quel: k diseases, queer cures. Anonymous Letters, Freezing, Bees « Other Unusual Remedies. One physician has discovered a. mr use for the anou.vuious letler. H has observed that in eases of Uysteri melancholia, rheumatism, etc., p: tients have sometimes been cured L a violent and sudden shock, Tie. fact being established, the said to himself, "why not shock m patients into good health?” and sine tlie idea occurred to liim his life been not only profitable but also erff tertaiiiing. lie suits the shock to Use ease, bin says that be has bad bette* results from anonymous letters ibafj from any oilier method. A few care* fully constructed letters, full of innuerfl do, gbttse and threats of injury, give a patient an absorbing interest " life. He will forget his ailments, that is a long step toward Incidentally the treatment may mak things interesting for the family dctailHj the convalescent, but that's a The physician who invented tlie ment savs that results have been gratifying. This is a day of queer diseases queerer cures. A ease of nervous haustion. dyspepsia or can give one a long lifetime of inter csling and varied experiences. Owl may lounge among the vineyards of Southern France anti eat unheard-of quantities of grapes in the name of medical science. One can take the open-air cure in tlie Tyrol, where tho patients, clad simply and sufficiently in one thin, abbreviated tunic; ramble over the hills, or. minus tlie tunic, lie* on the grass and soak up There is the kotimyss cure on the Utis sinu steppes and tlie starvation cure Germany. Germany is the heath of the barefoot fraternity, too. where devour believers in Father Kneipp paddle merrily about in the morning dew, and, arrayed in conven¬ tional purple and fine linen, hut still barefoot, invade the- i.. i: i ..ring towns on Sunday-. A I’aris doctor hns designed a dry bath of Arctic temperature which ills*-] counts the most noble efforts of a <lis approving chaperon. A tank of metal lined ■with fur, is sunk in a larger out or tank, and the space tietween tut two is tilled with .-in evaporating which lowers the temperature of tho inner tank to about 1(H) degrees below freezing. The nervous patient is put into this refrigerator and kept there for a few moments, the treatment be ing repeated every other day. effect is said to he marvelous, and dis ease is frozen out. Malta’s way of treating rheumatism. is heroic. Hut a generation brought up oil mustard plasters and electricity ought not to object to it. The patient is stripped and bees are cordially in- l cited U> settle upon his body. It amuses the bees and cures the rhea matism, so it seems to be a philan¬ thropic system all around Tlie poison in the bee stings is said to neutralize the acid in tlie blood which is respoit sible for the rheumatism.—New York ’West African Kan ways are reported as progressing as follows: The Sierra Leone Bailway is completed to Songa Town, requiring the erection of eleven steel viaducts, and is now being pushed on to liotofunk. At Largos 7,000 men are at work beyond Abbeokonta to¬ / wards Ibacinn, and the rails will be laid to the former place in a few weeks. The Tarkwa Bailway. in the Gold Coast Colony, is progressing; a jetty lias been built to facilitate land¬ ing at the port; shops, stores and bar¬ racks have been constructed, and the final purvey is about to be completed, Ou all these West African railways about 10.000 rneti nrv at work. The totai inmates of jails in the var# oi s •’ounties in’Indiana recently were 25,723. of whom 24,0(5S were males and 1,(155 females. There were S.109 in jail for intoxication, 4,052 for misdemean¬ ors, 2,872 for assault and battery, 2,319 for grand and petit larceny, 190 fot murder, 24 for manslaughter and tha remainder for various other crimes. GEORGIA RAILROAD. NM an 13 Connections. For Information as to Routes, Sched> —ules and Rates, Both— Passenger and Freight Write to either of the undersigned. You •will receive prompt reply ant, reliable information. JOE. W. WHITE, A. Q. JACKSOST, T. P. A. G. P. A. Augusta, <»«- 8. W. WILKES, H. K. NICHOLSOK* C. F. & p. a. G. A, Atlanta. Athene. W, W. HARDWICK, S. E. S. A. C. F. A. Macon. Maooa. M. R. HUDSON, F. W. COFFER Muiaduerifl#. g. & F. & P. A.