Savannah Tribune

VOL. XX. BEEF TRUST BIFFED Supreme Court Brands Meat Combine a Conspiracy. GOES AGAINST PACKERS Victory for Government Complete, Says Attorney General Moody. Strengthens the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. A Washington special says: The supreme court of the United States Monday decided the case of the United States vs. Swift & Co., known as the beef trust, charging conspiracy among the packers to fix prices on fresh meats, etc. The opinion was handed down by Justice Holmes and affirmed the decision of the court below, which was against the packers. In his opinion Justice Holmes* discussed at length the various contents of the packers and disposed of them individually. He admitted that some of the charges were less specific than desirable, but said this was necessarily true, on account of the vast, extent of the field covered. He added that sufficient cause had been shown to prove continued offenses and an offense of such a nature to justify the proceeding. The opinion continued the injunction granted against the packers under the Sherman anti-trust law by the lower courts. The opinion was concurred in by all the members of the court. Summarizing the bill, Justice Holmes says: "It charges a combination of a dominant proportion of the dealers in fresh meat throughout the United States not to bid against each other in the live stock markets of the different states, to bid up prices for a few days in order to induce cattlemen to send their stock to the stock yard, to fix prices at which they will sell and to that en dto restrict shipments of meat when necessary, to establish a uniform rule of credit to dealers and to keep a black list, to make uniform and proper charges for cartage and finally to get less than lawful rates from the railroads to the exclusion of competitors." Referring to the allegation of lack of continuity in the charges, he said: "Whatever may be thought concerning the proper construction of the statute, a bill in equity is not to be read and construed as an indictment would have been read and construed a hundred years ago, but it is to be taken to mean what it fairly conveys to a dispassionate reader by a fairly exact use of English speech. Thus read, this bill seems to us intended to allege successive elements of a single connected scheme." He disposed of the charge of "multifarioungness" in the following language: "The _____, as a whel, seems to be within reach of the law. The constituent elements, as we have stated them, are enough to give to the scheme a body and, for all that we can say, to accomplish it. Moreover, whatever we may think of them separately, when we take them up as distinct charges, they are alleged sufficiently as elements of the scheme. "It it is suggested that the several acts charged are lawful and that intent can make no difference. But they are bound together as the parts of a single plan. The plan may make the parts unlawful. Intent is almost essential to such an attempt. Where acts are not sufficient in themselves to produce a result, which the law seeks to prevent—for instance, the monopoly—but require further acts in addition to the mere forces of nature to bring that result to pass, an intent to bring it to pass is necessary in order to produce a dangerous probability that it will happen." KILLED THREE AND SUICIDED. Quadruple Tragedy in a Gambling "Jolnt" at Nogales, Arizona. One of the worst tragedies in the history of southern Arizona, in which four men lost their lives, occurred in the border town of Nogales early Friday. Wall Walters, a gambler, entered the saloon owned by M. M. Conn, walked to the poker table and, without a word of warning, drew a revolver and opened fire, killing three men. He then turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his own BRITONS AGAIN ANGERED Her Consul and Vice-Consul at Warsaw, Russia, Attacked by Soldiers During Strike Melee. A London special says: The foreign office has received a telegram from Consul General Murray at Warsaw, Russia, reporting that himself and Vice Consul Mukhain, who is a Russian subject, were charged by Russian cavalry engaged in clearing the streets of Warsaw. It appears that Mr. Murray is partially deaf and probably did not hear the approach of the troopers, and when he subsequently endeavored to make known his personality it was without avail. Representations were at once made by Ambassador Hardinge to the Russian government, which demanded that the governor general of Warsaw institute strict inquiry into the incident. His majesty's ambassador also sent Colonel Napier, the military attacke, to Warsaw to report on the subject. At the foreign office there is evident apprehension of another popular anti-Russian outburst, and while diplomats say there is no doubt that full satisfaction will be given for the affair, the newspapers are unanimous in condemnation of Russia and attribute all incidents to anti-British sentiment. It was intimated that these accumulative evidences of hostility, whether accidental or intentional, are causing much apprehension, and that it will be necessary for the Russian government to give full and prompt explanation or otherwise popular sentiment in the United Kingdom might create a serious situation. Regarding the affair, a St. Petersburg a dispatch says: New complications between Great Britain and Russia are reared on account of the attack on the British consul and vice consul at Warsaw Saturday night. Coming on the heels of the placards posted by Assistant Police Chief Roudneff, accusing the British of assisting the revolutionists of Russia, the Warsaw incident may be the source of another outburst in Great Britain, which may again strain relations between the two countries. Beyond the fact from the attack at Warsaw, resulting in the wounding of the British vice consul who is now in a hospital, the British embassy here has no details of the affair, but Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, has already delivered a note to Foreign Minister Lamsdott, asking for an immediate investigation and explanation, reserving any claim which may be hereafter made and at the same time asking for protection of British consuls throughout the empire. By the first train he also dispatched Major Napler, the British military attache, to Warsaw, to secure a full report on the circumstances EXTRA SESSION THREATENED. President Insists That Congress Act Upon His Pet Measure. President Roosevelt has put the republican senators on notice that he will call an extra session of congress early in March unless he gets action on it's pet measures during this session. This warning was given a delegation of senators who called at the white house Monday. The president summoned them to inquire if there was any prospects ahead for railroad rate legislation, a greater navy program and the arbitration treaties. On being informed that the prospects were exceedingly poor, the president banged his fist against the table and exclaimed: "Then you may get ready to stay here all summer, for I will call the new congress in extra session within five days after adjournment March 4. The country wants this legislation and the country shall have it." THOUSANDS WERE KILLED. In Recent Fighting Russians Lost 10 000, and Jaws Half That Number. 600, and Japs Hail That Number. A Tokio special, undre Monday's date, says: The casualties during the fighting at Chenchiedpo and Heikouta are estimated at 5,000 on the side of the Japanese and 10,000 on the Russian side. CRISIS FEARED IN POLAND. Situation Throughout the Country is Increasing in Seriousness. The latest reports reaching St. Petersburg depict the situation throughout Poland as increasingly serious. Minor collisions between the troops and police and the populace continue to swell the number of dead. Railroads and industries are completely at a standstill and the presence of thousands of idle workmen who have been out of employment for months, and are starving and desperate, adds a factor of the greatest danger. SAVANNAH, GA.. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 1905. SLAVS BEATEN OFF Five Hundred Officers and Men Taken Prisoners—Rustians Didn't Drive the Japs from Town of San- depas as Reported. Telegraphic advices received in Toklo Sunday from the Japanese Man- churian headquarters say: "Our detachment occupied Llutlako yesterday (Saturday), and was twice counter-attacked by a superior force of the enemy last night. We entirely replused the enemy." "Our detachment at dawn today (Sunday) attacked the enemy in the neighborhood of Eltsaahotszu, about two miles north of Helkoutal, and occupied the position. The enemy fiercely counter-attacked our force, which assailed Helkoutal last night, but was repulsed entirely. Today our force occupied the neighborhood of Helkoutal. "The enemy in the direction of Lui-tako and Helkoutal has entirely retreated to the right bank of the Hun river. Our force is now pursuing them. "In the direction of Chenchlehpao and Likajentan, the enemy made several attacks last night, but were repulsed. The enemy attacking these points belonged to the eighth and the tenth corps. "In the direction of Helkoutal the enemy is composed of the first and mixed, corps of infantry, together with a cavalry division under General Mlstchenko. "We captured 500 officers and men. "The casualties on both sides are under investigation." A St. Petersburg special, under Monday's date, says: Instead of confirmation of Saturday night's report that General Kuropatkin had broken through the Japanese left, there came Lieutenant General Sakharoff's official admission that the Russians had been compelled to retire from Sandepus on account of their inability to carry a redoubt. It is also significant that dispatches from Russian correspondents at the front have again suddenly ceased, which is regarded as an indication of the failure of the operation and strengthens the first impression that it was a demonstration undertaken to distract the people at home from the political situation. The Russians lost about 1,000 men in the fighting at Sandepus. Disorders Increase at Warsaw, Rusla, But Quiet Brides in Moscow. But Quiet Rights in movies. The strike, disorders in Warsaw, Russia, are becoming more serious. The ordinary life of the city is quite suspended. On Saturday the strikers stopped the street railway service, but remained otherwise orderly. Sunday, however, they began a wholesale pillage. The majority of the shops in Marshal Kovski street and the state vodka shops were looted. All the factories, shops, schools and theaters are closed, and the street lamps are extinguished. There have been several collisions between the police and strikers and many arrests have been made. Peace abiding inhabitants are terror stricken. At Moscow the strike is considered to be practically over. A blizzard has rendered excellent service to the authorities in keeping the people indoors, and there was not the slightest disorder Sunday on the part of the strikers. The authorities, however, had taken exceptional precautions to avoid the assemblage of crowds. Even the Sunday markets were closed. Strong pickets were posted all over the city, inside the factories and outside. There are about 300,000 troops in the city. STAND BY ROOSEVELT. Democrats in Congress Are Solidly for Revision of Railroad Bates. Revision of Railroad Rates The agricultural appropriation bill was considered in the house Thursday, but the debate turned principally on the topic of restricting the railroads in the matter of freight rates. A feature of the debate was the statement by Mr. Williams of Mississippi, who said that on the subject of revision of rates the democratic party was committed without addition or subtraction to the recommendations of President Roosevelt in his recent message. WAS OFFERED BRIBE Senator Bard Makes Serious Charges Against Catholics. California Senator Was Promised Political Support for His Influence if He Would Aid in Diverting A Washington dispatch says: Sensational disclosures in relation to the alleged use of Indian trust funds for the support of sectarian schools were made Monday by Senator Bard in a statement to the senate committee on Indian affairs. In addition to the charge that Roman Catholic schools have received 98 per cent of the money expended under contracts made by the Indian commissioner, the senator said that he had been approached by a representative of a Catholic association with a promise of carrying a certain stated number of districts in California for him in return for his influence in bringing about a continuance of such favorable contracts. The statement of Senator Bard created a stir in the committee and he was asked to give a detailed account of the transaction as well as any other matters relating to the use of trust funds for sectarian school purposes, on which he was informed. He filed with the committee a statement covering the conversation and also a list of the districts the Catholic association proposed to carry for him. He then discussed the statement of S. M. Brosius, agent of the Indian Rights Association, and also quoted from a circular issued by M. K. Sniffen, secretary of the association, charging that the discrimination in favor of Roman Catholics was by direction of the president. Senator Bard said he attached more importance "to the act of June 7, 1897, which declared that it was the settled policy of the government to hereafter make no appropriation whatever for education in any sectarian school." The senator stated that he had been informed that there was no record at the interior department of authority for the diversion of these trust funds to the support of Catholic missions, but he had the statement that it was done on an oral order, which agents of the Indian Rights Association allege to have been issued by the president. The committee took the statement seriously, and it was the sentiment that at the next meeting the amendment would be offered to the Indian appropriation bill prohibiting in the future the use of the Indian trust funds in the manner charged. Senator Bard said he had been informed that a very small percentage of the Indians interested gave their consent to the application of their frends to the support of sectarian schools, and that a large majority of the Indians were communicants in the various Protestant churches located within the various reservations. TREMENDOUS AUTO SPEED. One Hundred Miles Covered in One Hour and Twenty-six Minutes. At Ormond, Fla., a world's record for motor cars has been made for 100 miles. H. W. Fletcher, driving an 80-horse power car, covered the distance Monday in one hour, twenty-six minutes and three-eights of a second, and average of 43 2-5 seconds a mile, and beating all other contestants by about three minutes. Ten of the fastest cars started in the race. Cossacks Murder a Girl. At St. Petersburg Tuesday evening the police surprised a meeting of strikers in a tavern and fired, killing a girl and wounding four-other persons. War Office at Washington Details Lieut. Rucker of 16th Infantry. A Washington dispatch says: The secretary of war Tuesday decided to detach from the sixteenth infantry at Fort McPherson, Lieutenant L. S. D. Rucker, Jr., and place film in charge of the Georgia state troops as special officer for instruction. The request for this assignment was made by Governor Terrell and Senator Clay called at the war department to put the request before Secretary Taft. The request was granted and the orders will be lashed at once. Beef Trust Must Toe the Mark, and Comply with Edict of Highest Court in the Land. A Washington dispatch says: It can be said by authority that unless the corporations constituting the alleged "beef trust" shall heed the injunction made permanent by the decision of the supreme court of the United States Monday, the government will institute proceedings against the individual members, of the corporations to enforce the decision of the court. The proceedings will be under criminal law if such can be instituted. The minds of the president and members of his cabinet are made up fully on the question. They have determined that the "beef trust" shall obey the law, and now that the highest court in the land has upheld the hands of the administration, it is said they will permit no further "dilly dalyling" with the subject. At Thursday's cabinet meeting the president and Attorney General Moody shared in the congratulations of the members of the cabinet on the result of the "beef trust" case before the supreme court. The president, who made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction at the decision of the court, united with the members of the cabinet in congratulating the attorney general. The subject was considered briefly at the meeting, but no definite conclusion was reached as to what action, if any, the government would take in the future, except the general determination to enforce the law as it has been construed by the supreme court. The president and the members of the cabinet regard the decision of the supreme court as a signal triumph of law as they have viewed it, and have carried it into effect absolutely. THINK·WOMAN DID DEED. Concensus of Opinion That Mrs. Kirby Murdered, Family, and Ruled. inherited Family and Custody It is now believed that the Kirby, tragedy near Wauchula, Fla., was caused by the wife and mother. Here is the story as now being told: John Kirby, his wife and four children, who met death recently, came to Wauchula last October from Blount county, Alabama. They recently moved into a single room house, 12 by 20 feet, with one door and one window. The family were quite poor and had become somewhat despondent. Between 8 and 9 p. m. January 24, fire was seen coming out of the house by Mr. Harrell, the father-in-law, who lived across an open field about a quarter of a mile distant. He ran to the house, found the door and window closed and fire coming out through cracks and through the roof. The fire was so hot he could not get to the door or the window. He called several times, but no one answered. He never heard at any time a sigh nor a moan from the inside of the house. When the side of the house fell in, he saw some of the people inside, but they did not stir. There had been a gallon of kerosene oil taken to the house on the day before. When the house was burnt down the kerosene can was found unexploded. The man's skull and that of the oldest boy, 13 years old, were both broken in on the side. The woman's skull was intact. The skulls of the three smaller children are entirely burned. All the family evidently perished on their beds except the wife and one child. A hammer was found not far from where Mrs. Kirby lay. The concensus of opinion is that she did the deed, using the kerosene oil to fire the house and then took her own life. Panama Appoints Consuls. President Amador of Panama has made the following appointments: C. Gilbert Wheeler, to be consul at Chicago; James R. Shaler, formerly an intendent of the Panama railroad, to be consul at Chattanooga, Tenn. "I WILL GET JUSTICE ABOVE." Was Declaration of McCue When Told Appeal Was Denied. The Virginia supreme court of appeals has, denied the supplementary appeal in the appeal of ex-Mayor McCue of Charlottesville, convicted of wife murder. He was sentenced to be hanged January 20 and was reaped by Governor Montague until February 10. When informed that the court had refused a hearing in his case, McCue took the news calmly for a few minutes and then said, "I will get justice above." He broke down and cried. Helnous Crime Occurred Near Little Town of Wauchula—After ALK Had Been Killed Teech Was Applied and Home Burned. The little farming community of Wauchula, in Polk county, Fla., was plunged into excitement Thursday morning by the discovery of a crime equaling in horror that tragedy at Statesboro, Ga., last year. The home of John Kirby, a farmer who moved to that locality last October fromBlount county, Alabama, was found in ashes, and in the spounder-ing rulers were found the bodies of Kirby, his wife and four children, ranging in age from a boy of 13 to an infant of one year. The whole neighborhood soon reached the scene and an investigation was made, which resulted in inevitable conclusion that the entire family had been murdered and a torch applied to the dwelling. A hammer was the only weapon found in the ruin, which could have inflicted the wounds. The coroner's jury, was empanelled and, after making examination of the premises, rendered the verdict that the family came to their death "by fire or some other means unknown." While many theories are entertained regarding the crime, no traces of the perpetrators can be found. Some believe other members of the family were, murdered in bed by bing knocked in the head, and Mrs. Kirby was outraged and then killed by some other means. A thorough investigation is under way. Meeting of Cotton Growers at New Orleans Meeting Adopt Resolutions. At the Cotton Growing convention in New Orleans, the following resolution was adopted: "Be it resolved that we endorse the movement on foot to endow the state commerce commission with full and complete control over such discriminations and abuses; with power to enforce their findings, and request all southern senators and commission men to support and aid in the passage of those in every way possible." MR8. CHADWICK BANKRUPT. Trustee Will Be Elected to Take Charge of Property. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick has been formally adjudged a bankrupt in the United States district court at Cleveland by default. She failed to file an answer with the legal time limit to the bankruptcy proceedings brought against her some time since. As a result of the court's action, the creditors will meet and elect a trustee to take charge of her property until it shall be sold. MARINES TO SAN DOMINGO. Five Hundred Stationed at Panama Rushed to Black Republic. Considerable excitement has been created on the isthmus of Panama by the receipt of orders by the converted cruiser Dixie to proceed at once to the island of San Domingo, where fighting has broken out in the streets, and become so general that the assistance of the 500 marines quartered upon Empire hill are considered absolutely necessary by the United States. COTTON POOL LEGALLY NAMED Cognomen is "The Southern Planters Commission and Holding Co." The legal name of the cotton pool formed by the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association has been fixed as "The Southern Planters' Commission and Holding Company." The charter has been drafted by the ablest lawyers of New Orleans and the domicile will be in that city. CITIZENS OF TOKIO CELEBRATE. Business Men of Japanese Capital inhabit Over Fall of Fort Arthur. Business men of Tokyo celebrated the capture of Fort Arthur Friday. Speeches were made by Premier Katsu, Vice Admiral Togo, and the ministers of war and the navy. An allied camp of the emperor was sent nine car loads, of imperial plums, to the officers, and men of the army in the field. THE man who talks the most is generally of a shallow mind. THE young man with a tax receipt in his pocket can afford to be independent. THE Farmers Conference at Tuskegee will take place February 22-23. As usual the subjects will be of interest to all who attend. THE police during the week have raided several of the dance halls. A few issues ago we called attention to those places being a hot bed of crime and immorality. The raids of the police are to be commended, but a far more effective method can be adopted in breaking up these places, and that is to discontinue granting them license. In Lexington Ky., the colored citizens recently called a mass meeting to condemn the dives such as are infecting other cities. It is hoped that they will succeed in their efforts. In any city where these dives are allowed it means the debauching of our young people. Wherever they are, steps should be taken to break them up. ONE of the reasons given by the Adjutant General for refusing the request of the Colored military to go to the inauguration is that of poor equipment. At last the State has admitted that the Colored troops are badly equipped. It shows plainly the manner in which the State has been treating its Colored military. FROM reports the coming Farmers' Conference at the State College will be largely attended. This section of the State must be well represented. These conferences are mainly for the benefit of the farmers and they should take advantage of the same. The subjects will be such as will be of interest to every housewife In attendance Chatham County should be the banner county. SOME weaks ago the Lincoln Guards of Macon, Capt. S. A. Lockhart, commanding, sent through Col. J. H. Deveaux, commanding officer of all the Colored troops of the state, a request for premission to attend the presidential inauguration at Washington. The result of which was the refusing of the request and a sensation from the same. From a military standpoint the action of the Governor and Adjutant-General can not be criticised and for that reason the colored officers have nothing to say, about the refusal. The public can easily ascertain the cause of the Governor's action. The colored troops of this State were represented at the last inauguration by the Georgia Artillery of this city and by the Lincoln Guards of Macon. Their military bearing and discipline caused favorable comments from those who saw them and much credit was reflected on the staie. At this inauguration, besides the Lincoln Guards of Macon Cos. A and D of this city and Co. G of Augusta were planning to go, but like good soldiers, the orders of a superior officer will have to be obeyde. This will not prevent the people from thinking. There will doubtless be much Northern criticism of the announced intention of the state authorities to disband the colored military companies of Georgia. It will be said that there is harsh discrimination against the Negro soldiers on account of their color. But, looking at the matter from a cold business proposition, of what good are the colored companies to the state? What return is had from them for the money that is spent on them? They are never called into service. When there is a demand for troops, it is the white soldiers who are always called upon. The Negro militia is maintained merely for ornamental purposes, and no other. Is it worth the cost to keep them in their service? The editor of the Morning News from whose paper the aboye is clipped, from this article, seems deficient in his knowledge of the Negro as a soldier. He first attempts to anticipate that the Northern criticism will be on account of color. No truer criticism could be made. As a soldier the Negro is loyal, is efficient and he is brave. This can not be discounted; history is in his favor. In this country from revolutionary time to San Juan Hill he has been giving an excellent account of himself. "As a cold business proposition," the colored troops are as useful to the State as are the others. The few hundred dollars given them during a year is no more than they deserve. In some shape the colored citizens should get returns for the large amount of tax paid. It is not the fault of the colored troops that they are not called into service. If they were called they would give a good account of themselves. They would not cause the State to blush for shame. They would not bring a Statesboro stigma upon the State, nor he represented with such degraded offences as were charged to some while at Manassas. The Negro soldier is not alone "ornamental" but he is a fighter with no quality whatever of a coward. Farmers' Conference. Prof. R. R. Wright, of the Georgia Industrial Institute, has just returned from an extended trip through Georgia in the interest of the proposed convention of farmers on Feb. 16 and 17 in this city, and states that a large number of them are enthusiastic over the coming convention. Among some of the places visited by Prof. Wright was Jesup, Eastman, Tennille and Sandersville. More than 120 prosperous farmers, owning from 100 to 2,000 acres of cultivated land, have promised to attend the convention, and it is expected that much good will result from it. The meetings of the convention will be held at the Georgia Industrial Institute. Masonic Notes. Despite the fact that repeated requests have been made to the officers of delinquent Lodges, a large number have failed to render returns of election. The failure to render their return promptly hampers to a great extent the efficient administration of the duties of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary. The brethren of the local Lodges have been disappointed by not being able to meet in the new temple this month on account of the contractor's delay in the work. After this month it will be occupied. Recently the two Eastern Star Chapters have been adding to their membership. The officers of Seven Star Lodge No. 122 and of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 228, were installed jointly on the 27, by P. M., J. P. Smith. It was an interating occasion and the love of the brethren for masonry was plainly seen. Bro. L. C. Braswell is W. M. of Seven Star and Rev. Tisdel is W. M. of Mt. Olive. Both of them are faithful and efficient. St. Philips Dots. Rev. Sims' discourse on Sunday morning was very interesting; the large congregation that was out to hear him was much benefitted also the evening service was well attended. Union services of the Allen's League was held at Bethel A. M. E. church on East Broad street on last Sunday afternoon. The League is composed of St. Philips A. M. E. St. Philips Monumental A. M E. St. James A. M. E. and Bethel A. M. E. churches. The League held its annual election of officers for the ensuing year. Every member is on the move at St. Philips. There will be a big rally on the 4th Sunday in February. Our church has been divided into two divisions The Fisher division No.1 and Howard division No.2. The Fisherites have a very good general to fight under. One of the Fisherites said they are running with both feet and hands. My brother the Howardites know when you say running that means retreating. You had better continue running because when the 26th of February arrives and the Howardites come up with their big siege guns re-inforced with Rev. J. W. Carr's army, they will capture the fort. They have the ammunition (money) ready to lead to victory. Proclamation: To our friends and well wishers of St. Philips church; we again call on you to assist us in this grand rally no matter how small no amount is it will be thankfully received. You can give what you have to Bros. S. J. Howard, S. W. Green, W. J. Williams, M. Q. Rogers, S. H. Johnson, L. M. Fisher, H. G. Nixson J. B. Munroe and you will get credit for same. Our monthly love feast, Rev. F. R. Sims commander in chief, was held on Friday night. The usual services will be held on Sunday. Young Man Wanted. THE TRIBUNE can give permanent employment to a reliable young man of steady habits and with an ambition to succeed. No other need apply. Cemetery Lots. Colored citizens that have receipts for Lots in the Cemetery it would be well for them to carry same to Col. Russel, at the Court House. Are You Engaged? Engaged people should remember that, after marriage, many quarrels can be avoided by keeping their digestion in good condition with Electric Bitters, S. A. Brown, of Bennettville, S.-C., says: "For years' my wife suffered intensly from dispepsia; complicated with a torpid liver, until she lost her strength and vlgor and became a mere wreck of her former self. Then she tried Electric Bitters, which helped her at once, and finally made her entirely well. She is now strong and healthy. All drugstores sells' and guarantees them at aoc a bottle. To all churches, all ministers, all societies, all lodges, and all executive officers: A Young Men's Christian Association is to be organized in our city. It is necessary that we have a time for meeting. At present 4:30 has been set for the worthy meeting. Therefore we request that this hour be reserved for this worthy cause. Another Endowment. Another Endowment. The death claim of Mrs. Hattie Jackson, of Right of Way Fountain No. 248, was paid at First Bryan Baptist Church on Sunday night last. After brief remarks by the Chief R. H. Williams, the cashier's check for $75, drawn on the Saving Bank of the Grand Fountain U. O.-T. R., the first colored bank of the country, was presented to the beneficiary. The officers of the various fountains and rosebuds of the division were installed on Monday night January 30th., at their hall on East Broad Street. At the conclusion of the ceremony refreshments were served by the committee. It will be seen that the order has progressed when it is remembered that four years ago there was only one fountain here and one year ago only five whereas there are now eleven besides the convention on foot. Evangelical Union. At 11:20 a. m. Rev. F. R. Sims B. D. called the Ministers Union to order. Rev. James Jackson conducted devotional service. This meeting demonstrated the object of Union more than any previous one yet held. When Revs. H. R. Bryant, E. Lowery, Geo. E. Nalley, and J A Hadley had submitted their sermon reports which were discussed by Rev. R. E. Brand, James Jackson, J. S. Jenkins, G. H. Hillyard and the president, it was clearly seen that theology both, systematic, pastoral, and dogmatic are held at finger's end, and as to homiletic, we need go to the author of such work for the equal of the men mentioned above. Say what you please the congregations that are being pastored by the members of the Union may congratulate themselves on having such fort built up around their pastors as an Evangelical Ministers Union. The minister of the city who does not attend the Union, it is only a question of time when he will have to give place for such men as will attend. Attacked By a Mob. and beaten, in a labor riot, until covered with sores, a Chicago street car conductor applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was soon sound and well. "I use it in my family," writes G.J. Welch of Tekonsha, Mich. "and find it perfect." Simply great for cuts and burns. Only 25c at any drug store. Special Notice. Office of THE WAGE EARNERS LOAN and INVESTMENT COMPANY. On and after February 1st 1905, stock of this company will be sold at $2.00, premium each share, the total cost of stock being $12.00. This advance in stock is to equalize the value of future sales of stock with stock already issued according o the surplus of the Company. By orders of the Board of Directors, WALTER S. BCOTT, Notice. Stock in the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co., has been advanced to $8 00 per share effective January 15, I. W. ARMSTRONG, Gen. Mgr. Notice. Interest for the 4th quarter saving department Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co. is now due and payable at the Company's office. Dèpositors will please leave pass book. F. M. COHEN, Teller. Cheap Rates. Winter Tourists Rates via Central Railway. Excursion tickets on sale daily until April 30, 1905, to resorts in Florida. Cuba, Nassau, Texas, etc. Final limit of tickets May 31, 1905. For further information relative to rates, schedules, etc. Apply to nearest Ticket Agent. To Montgomery, Ala. 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Terms. 80 a year; four months. 80 Sold by all new subscribers. WARN & Co. Suit broadway, New York Boston, MA. 80 F. L. Washington. Wesley's Sea are drilling dust; Bion is consumed with rust; All the gallons of Greece Drink the ocean's dreamless peace; Lost was Solomon's purple show Restless centuries age; Stately empires wax and wane; Babylon, Barbary and Spain; Only one thing, undefaced, Lasts, though all the worlds lie waste And the heavens are overturned; -Dear, how long ago we learned! SCILLA had fallen madly in love with Vincent Keith at first sight. She fancied, with fluttering hope, that he also was attracted by her. She had had many admirers, but hitherto not one of them had stirred her heart. Now, as the weeks passed, she began to experience the joy of being wood when the lover is also the beloved. She knew so certainly that she had loved him that she trembled in doubt whether he loved her. She waited for the declaration she longed to hear before revealing herself. ing as had seen the little rift within the lute, when the nightingale gang over again his tender raptures, now passionate, now pleading, and Lucilla, with falling tears bent her head over the withered leaves of a faded rose, Vincent sailed to seek a better fortune, a kinder fate in other lands. And Lucilla waited to see him again, counting the hours, while time sped into years. "You must really come with us to the theatre to night." Declared Lucilla's great friend, Elsie Southwood. "Felix has such a nice box, and is going to bring Mr. Glorioso. You know Lucilla." She was now cool, now tender to him as hope and fear alternated in her heart, and he, manlike, was equally cast down by her rebuffs and elated by her favors. One evening he brought her a cutting of verbena, and they went together into the garden to plant it. The surroundings inclined to sentiment, and he broke off a flower, a red rose with a golden heart, kissed it, and asked her to wear it for his sake. Her hands trembled as she fastened it into her low cut bodice, and he caught them in his. She did not withdraw them. A moment more and the eager question might have sprung to his lips, but they were interrupted. Hal, and Edgar, Lucella's brothers, made a noisy appearance on the scene, and carried off her love to the billiard room. Seeing there was no help for it, he yielded with a good grace, and Lucilia chafed. She wished now she had not let him hold her hands. He would remember that sigh of yielding on her part, and she had nothing to console herself with. Yes, the rose! It nestled warm against her breast. She would put it in water, that it might last the longer. So thinking, she made her way up to her room. But, after all, the flower was still quite fresh, and it seemed a pity to disturb it from where his hand had helped to place it. Now that Hal and Edgar had him at their mercy, there was little hope of seeing him again that night, unless she cared to join in their game, and for that she was not inclined. She sat down by the open window and watched the dusk gather. The wallflowers and the roses threw up an interrogating perfume, and a thought came to her. She would watch for a glimpse of him as he left the house. Yes, it was worth the long wait! The moon rose; a silver crescent in an unclouded sky; and presently in a distant tree a nightgale began to sing its song of love. The liquid notes thrilled her; ner he rt went on to the night. But time sped on; it was growing late; her exultation died down; the nightgale ceased; the rose had be un to droop on her breast. "Flowers fade on fists." She smiled at the thought. Her own heart was true and steadfast enough, she knew. Nevertheless, she took the flower now and placed 'it in water. As she withdrew into the warm room she shivered slightly and wrapped a light shawl round her bare neck and arms, that her evening dress left exposed, are she seated herself again at the window. Then came the sound of the hall door banging, and her lover's swift tread crumbed over the gravel. She leaned from the cement. Right past her window, he came, and suddenly stopped. Was it love's preoccupation that he stopped and stood looking up at her window? Certainly with even less thought of seeing her there than she had of such an unexpected move on his part. She was not warned in time to retreat. "Love! Love!" he whispered, "throw me down the rose." But she drew hastily into the shadow with burning cheeks. Did he guess she had waited three, perhaps four hours, waiting for a sight of him, who had never yet so much as told her he loved her? She would die of shame! He assumed, at any rate, that she cherished his flower. He took much for granted. And he dared stop under her window and beg a love token as if she had given him her heart without the asking! Lucilla's pride was up in arms. She pulled down the window with an anger that was manifest. And he, ignorant of the intricacies of the feminine heart, with a sudden hopelessness, upon him, went sadly home. How small a misunderstanding can create a barrier between two lovers whose love is as yet unsigned, unsealed and undelivered. That night made a breach between Lucilla and Vincent that was not long in the widening. "Pride properly belongs to a woman," Lucilla told herself, "and not to a man." And, Vincent, conscious only of her rebukt, waited vainly for the encouragement she had not grudged him before. And, one day, when the young moon rose on just such another summer even- L There's a sight that blinks the run, Sound that lives when sounds are done, Music that rebukes the birds, Hang the lovelier than words, Hang and scent that shame the rose, Wind that blows down, Silence stiller than the shore. Swept by Charon's stealthy car, Ocean more divinely free Than Patinic's boundless sea; Ye who love have learned it true. ing as had seen the little rift within the lute, when the highungale gang over again his tender raptures, now passionate, now pleading, and Lucilla, with falling tears bent her head over the withered leaves of a faded rose, Vincent sniled to seek a better fortune, a kinder fate in other tands. And Lucilla waited to see him again, counting the hours, while time sped into years. "You must really come with us to the theatre to night," Declared Lucilla's great friend, Elsie Southwood. "Felix has such a nice box, and is going to bring Mr Glenroy. You know, Lucilla, you always wanted to meet him." Lucilla roused herself; she was nearly always absorbed in a reverie now. I always absorbed in a reverse now. "The man, you mean, who has the gift of reading in people's faces their fate?". "Yes. I wonder if he will tell us ours. Of course I know mine; I'm always going to be as happy as the day is long, with my precious Felix, a regular Darby and Joan couple. But aren't you longing to have yours told, to know whether you'll marry for love or money, and wander far or live and die at home, and all that kind of thing? Felix says he is wonderful when he can be persuaded to do it for anyone, but he won't tell some people at all—if he can see death or misery in their faces, or anything like that." Inadvertently Lucilla said: "Oh, then he won't tell mine!" Elsei stared. "But you're not going to die, Lucilia; you're too young. You're a year younger than I am, and people don't die at twenty-four unless they're ill. And you're not miserable, you've everything to make you happy. It's other people you make miserable. When are you going to marry my brother Fred? Every one knows he's deeply in love with you." "Perhaps some day, perhaps never," said Lucilia, indifferently; "but I'll go to the theatre, Elsie, if it's only to see Mr. Glenroy, and in the hope that he'll read us our fate. I confess I am intensely interested. Indeed. I long, above all things, to know what the future holds in store for me." Lucilia found herself scatted with her back to the stage, with Mr. Glenroy at her elbow. The play was a popular melodrama, in four acts, and with three long intervals. Lucella did not give much of her attention to the play, so occupied was she with her companion. He was a gray-haired man of middle age and middle height. His features were good and regular, with a well-formed nose, and large, rather full blue eyes. His face wore an expression of great kindness and intelligence, and he had a peculiarly sympathetic voice and manner which won the confidence at once. He appeared deeply interested in Lucella, and talked freely to her between the acts, and not the ordinary small change of conversation either. Soon they were discussing personalities. "You're not happy," he said, under cover of the orchestra; "you must not mind my saying so!" "But what makes you say so?" asked Lucella, quickly. "I generally speak the truth to people," he said, whimsically, "if I speak at all; but sometimes they contradict me." "You are right," she said, in a low voice. "I won't gainisay you." "And if you are not careful you have more unhappiness to come." "Qh, don't, don't say that," she cried, alarmed. "Tell me what is this strange gift you have of reading people's future in their faces." "H is no gift," he responded, smiling, "merely the faculty of observation and deduction very acutely developed. And then, my theory is character makes fate—is fate. Gauge thoroughly a person's, character, and you may predict with more or less certainty her fate." "And my character—my fate?" she breathed. "The keynote of your character," he said, promptly, "is pride. Pride through and through, always pride, and pride again. It has shipwrecked your life already." In a low voice he added: "There is always the danger it may do so again. Don't let it." "It is hard," she responded, "that one's temperament should predestine one to disappointment." "Yes, if you ask too much of life," he said, quickly. "But don't you adjust the balance yourself? Can you, of all people, say that no one pays the price of your suffering with theirs?" A picture of Fred Southwood's face, now with the love light on it, now darkened by despair, rose up before her. She dropped her eyes, unwilling to return a truthful answer. The curtain had gone up, and in the slight confusion which ensued in the boxes, consequent on the return of many occupants to their places, she noticed a young man, whose appearance seemed familiar, yet unfamiliar, made his way to his seat. "Koh young girls," went on Mr. Glen-roy, in a lighter tone, "don't understand what that kind of a thing may mean to a man. 'Faint heart never won fair laddy' is all very well in its way; but take a sensitive fellow, for instance. Welt, here is a case in point. I came from the Carlton to-night, where I was dining with a friend; oddly enough, there he is, that young fellow just settling into his seat. He made his pile out in Australia a short time ago. Before that he was in a bad way about some girl—one of those stiff-necked damsels. I should say, who ought to be queens in their own right—the role of simple woman isn't good enough for them; on rather, it's away up beyond their ked. Now this man I'm speaking off, my friend, has a strange dislike for red roses—can't bear the sight of them. There were superb ones on our table to-night—just like what you are wearing, Miss Woodford—and he had them all taken away; so I suppose there's some memory of her bound up in them. He's not one to wear his heart on his sleeve, but little things like that betray a man to his friends." Lucilla was making an effort at self-control, a tumultuous joy was tugging at her heart. She strove to make some adequate reply to Mr. Glenroy. All through the rest of the evening she surreptitiously watched the fair head of the man she loved, the torment of the last few years changed to tremulous doubt and hope. Did he see her, recognize her? Once or twice she thought his eyes were on her, earnestly gazing, but she had not strength or courage to meet his glance. The curtain was rung down at last, and a feeling akin to despair began to settle on Lucilla as reluctantly she made preparations for departure, and with the others left the box. There was a long wait in the vestibule till their carriage was called, and Lucilla suddenly started at the sound of a well-loved voice and a hand-clasp that set her pulses beating. Vincent Keith stood at her side. In her nervousness and confusion her hand went up to her throat. The abrupt movement detached one of the crimson roses at her breast, and it fell on to the ground at his feet. Gravely he stooped to pick it up. Her senses were all in a whirl, and as he offered it her, she whispered, faintly: "Won't you keep it—a belated gift?" He surveyed the flower—a full-blown rose; and at the instant's hesitation the flame faded over her face, and she would have recalled her words, if she could. "It has a golden heart," he said, softly, "and I have always wanted the heart of Lucilla!" She faltered a moment, then, with eyes downcast, murmured: "You have always had it."—New York Weekly. No Room in the Safe. The Traveling Man was standing, looking disconsolately at the Floor The Hotelkeeper was,watching Him. By and by the Hotelkeeper said to the Traveling Man: "Lose Something!" The Traveling Man nodded. "Something valuable?" Another Nod. "Sure you had It when you came here?" Another Nod. "Don't you see that Sign, 'House not responsible for Valuables lost unless they were put into the Office Safe?'" Another Nod. "Then why didn't you put it in the Safe?" "Couldn't" "What was it?" "My Job."-Baltimore American. Entitled to Enter. Walter B. Stevens, Secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, recently was down for an address of welcome before the Congress of Deaf and Dumb held at the World's Fair. Usually punctual, he was a few moments late, and by way of preface apologized for his tardiness, his explanation being interpreted to his "audience" in the sign language by an instructor on the platform. "When I reached the door," said Mr. Stevens, "I was stopped by a Jefferson guard, who told me that no one was admitted except deaf and dumb persons. I told him that I was deaf and dumb and had a right to enter. "Oh, if that's the case, sir, pass right in," the guard replied."—Minneapolis Journal. Killed by Imagination. A workman on the Siberian Railway was accidentally locked into a refrigerator car and was afterward found dead. Imagining that he was being slowly frozen to death, he had recorded his sufferings with a piece of chalk on the floor. The refrigerating apparatus, however, was out of order, and the temperature in the car had not fallen below fifty degrees Fahrenheit throughout the journey.—Chicago News. Whistling. We consider that the ridicle which has greeted a notice in a Glasgow music hall to the effect that "Whistling or cheering with the feet is strictly prohibited" is undeserved. While it may be difficult to cheer with the feet, we believe that it is by no means impossible to whistle-with the feet. We imagine that instead of two fingers being placed in the mouth the whole feet go in.-Funch. Sixty Miles Long and a Mile Wide. Friday a peculiar snowstorm extended from Broad Mountain to, above Wilkesbarre, a distance of sixty miles. Although the snow fell to a depth of two inches, many towns experienced, the full effects of the blizzard, while neighboring towns within walking distance, were not affected at all. A big wind accompanied the storm. Philadelphia Lodge. RAISING DRUG PLANTS HE United States raises a good many of its medicinal plants, but it is so addicted to the drug habit that it pays an annual bill of some $10,000,000 to other countries for importations. If these drugs must be used, it is only natural to ask if the patient cannot save some of the money by encouraging the home industry. A good many of the drug plants are products of the tropics, and cannot be raised here; but expert authorities inform us that some four or five million dollars' worth of the others could readily be produced in the back yards of our suburban homes. There has been a steadily increasing shortage in the common-golden seal, or Hydrastis canadensis. At one time golden seal was so abundant in the East that it was torn up and burnt by farmers to keep it from overrunning their fields. In the Ohio valley it was considered a pest. But to-day it is worth about seventy-five cents a pound wholesale in the market, and it is eagerly hunted for by drug plant collectors. There are scarcely 150,000 pounds collected annually in this country, and the actual demand is several times this amount. Golden seal will grow easily on rich, loose garden soil. The soil should be made to imitate that of the woods or forest as nearly as possible. The plants are put in rows six inches from each other, with a foot between each row. It takes about three years from planting before harvesting, and after that an annual supply of roots should be bad. In two seasons the original plants should increase four times by dividing the rhizomes, which can be cut up in the fall. After the second year the increase should be much faster, for the rhizomes can be cut into small pieces, and each one bearing a bud will form a new plant. The original plants can either be obtained from the woods or from nurseries. In either case they should be planted in late summer, and carefully protected the first winter. the cultivation of seneca root, or snakeroot (Polygala seneca), has also been undertaken in this country. Like golden seal it was at one time very abundant in this country, and it was gathered by collectors of drug plants in the South. The annual shortage has sent the price for it soaring. Cascara sagrada, Rhamnus purshiana, and the coneflower, or Echinacea angustifolia, are also running short in this country, and their cultivation could be undertaken with a sure knowledge that prices would be maintained for years to come. Plantations of these drug plants should yield a good income after the second year, and if the propagation increased by cuttings, the supply should be satisfactory. A curious fact in regard to the drug trade is that we are to-day importing in considerable quantities ordinary medicinal plants which are found growing wild in this country, and are largely neglected. In some cases these wild plants are destroyed by farmers as noxious weeds, and their very presence on the farm is an eyesore to them. In this class of despised drug plants we have the common dandelion, purdock, couch grass and curly dock. The poor Italians of our towns and cities are apparently the only ones to appreciate the value of these common medicinal plants. In the spring and summer of the year they go forth to dig the roots of the dandelion and dock in gardens, lauses and by the roadside. In speaking to one of these Italian collectors, the writer ascertained that he made nearly a hundred dollars a year this way. Only a small fraction of his time was given to collecting. Fair prices are quoted in the drug trade for dock and dandelion roots, and the cultivated sorts are so much superior to the wild that there is money in them. All that the farmer or householder needs to do is to start a rich piece of damp ground with the roots of the dandelion for burdock, and then by transplanting cuttings each year a large supply could be raised. The plants take possession of the soil, but the small ones should be thinned out to give the better growths more room. To cultivate dandelions, burdock and couch grass seems like an absurdity to some, but we have it upon the authority of the Department of Agriculture that many tons of these roots are imported annually into this country for the drug trade. Experiments have been made to introduce the camphor and cork trees in the Southern States, and some little success has been attained, but it would seem much more to the point if farmers would attempt the cultivation of wild native plants that we now have to import to meet the ordinary drug trade demand. There is a common sage, which we raise in such small quantities that we have to depend upon Italy for our needs. The prices for sage are small, and this fact has discouraged many from undertaking to raise it. But the plant is easily cultivated, requiring practically no great attention, and its annual crop of leaves is large. Five or ten acres devoted to sage growing yields excellent, returns on the money and labor invested. It will grow in soil that is not very rich, and once the plantation is started, it continues to yield an income for the simple work of harvesting it. To make it profitable it should be raised on a fairly liberal scale—not less than five or ten acres. In the South in particular it can be raised at little cost. It can be started from seed, and then increased, rapidly by settings, so that within two or three years a plantation should be in full growth. The leaves are simply shipped from the business. and dried out of dorson wooden racks, after which they are bailed for market. Belladona, henbane and stramonium grow in this country under cultivation, so that good crops can be harvested, and they all occur here as wild plants or weeds. We import quantities of all three from middle and southern Europe, and pay a good price for them. All of these are susceptible to culture in small gardens, their roots growing rapidly, and their leaves furnishing an abundance of medicinal material for drug purposes. Stramonium is an annual, and must be planted from seed each year, but belladona and henbane are bleumlals, and can be increased by root division. The leaves are collected and dried in warm, airy places for market. Prices for these drugs are moderately good, and an acre of land devoted to their culture should yield fair profits. the labor of cultivating is small, the chief item of expense being harvesting and drying of the leaves. In the case of belladonna the roots are also collected and sold for medicinal purposes. The work is all light, interesting and profitable for man or woman. While caraway, anise, and coriander seeds are not usually classed among drugs in the eyes of the average person, they are thus classified by dealers. They are imported in large quantities from other countries. The value of imported anise-seed oil alone is nearly $100,000. All three of these plants can be successfully raised in the average well-drained garden. The seeds are gathered just before they are ripened, and when dried they have a steady market at nearly all seasons of the year. Unlike many garden products, they are not subject to violent fluctuations in price, nor are they perishable goods if held for some time, or shipped to a distant market. We import nearly $3,000,000 worth of crude opium for smoking purposes or in the form of alkaloids derived from the opium poppy. In many parts of the South the true opium poppy grows successfully, and the products are of the highest commercial value. There is needed a well-drained, rich soil for the opium poppy, and the small seeds are drilled or sown into rows. There is more skill required for this plant than most of the others mentioned. When the capsules appear on the plant they are gently scraped or scored with a knife, and through this slight incision the milk of the plant oozes. This quickly coagulates, hardens, and turns black. It is collected then for medicinal purposes, and refined by various processes. The incision on the capsule is not deep enough to injure the maturing of the seeds, which later are shaken out, and the oil is expressed from them. Southern California, Texas, Florida, and other Southern States appear adapted to the culture of the opium poppy for commercial purposes. We import some 40,000 pounds of thyme oil, which is made from the ordinary thyme of our old New England gardens, while great quantities of the leaves are used for culinary purposes. The commercial growing of thyme on a small scale should prove a profitable industry, especially as a side issue in gardening or farming where land is cheap and plentiful. Lavender oil is of medicinal value, and lavender seeds and leaves of great toilet value. Our total importations of this oil and leaves amount in value to over $100,000. The lavender of commerce is raised in this country for private uses, and it should find a place in the ordinary garden of drugs that one starts for profit. Its sweet odor should add materially to the pleasure of cultivating the plants. Chamomile flowers, senna leaves, and the leaves and flowers of saffron and safflower are imported for the drug trade to a total valuation of about $170,000. They are all plants that thrive in this country, and in the early New England days, when drug stores were scarce, they were found in nearly every herb or medicinal plant garden. They are found growing wild in some parts of this country, especially in the neighborhood of old gardens, where they were probably at one time cultivated. The roots of sarsaparilla grow wild in the Carolinas, and they have been cultivated to some extent in other parts of the country, while orris, gentian, and ginger roots have been experimented with in the warm Southern States—Scientific American. A Profitable Flower Bed Two hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents' worth of violets were raised and sold by a young girl who employed her leisure time from house hold duties in flower growing. Her violet patch measured 20x25 feet the first season, and the violets were sold to a near-by forist at fifty cents a hundred blossoms, netting a profit of $92.50. The second season, having transplanted more violet plants in about ten feet more of ground, $120 was realized in the sales.—How to Make Money. The Biggest Apple. Residents of Pazonia, Col., claim that the largest apple in the world was raised in that district this year. It is of the Wolf River variety and weighs thirty-one and a quarter ounces. Fine large strawberries were picked in the third week in October. *Magic in Art:* There is a magic in the word that makes men, even when they are gross and ignorant that they don't know the meaning of it. Process a love for nature. Remember Rudolph. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS CHEESE BISCUIT. Make any tea biscuit batter and roll out till about a half inch thick; spread thickly with grated cheese, sprinkle with cayenne pepper, a little salt and some blits of butter. Roll tightly, cut from the end, jelly-cake fashion, and bake. Berve hot or cold. SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE. Peel six/medium-sized sweet potatoes, cut into dice and line the bottom of a buttered dish; sprinkle with brown sugar and drop over it bits of butter, next a layer of potatoes, then sugar and butter, and so on till the dish is full and the sugar layer is on top. Bake and serve hot. SQUASH FRITTERS. Add a cupful of milk to two or canned or freshly boiled winter squash with this mix two beaten eggs, a teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper and a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot lard and fry. Serve with sweet or sour sauce as preferred. SPICE PUDDING. One-half cupful of granulated sugar. half a cup of butter, one cupful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon and one of cloves, one cup of boiling water, in which has been dissolved a teaspoonful of baking powder. Beat well together, then add two cupfuls of flour, and, lastly, four well-beaten eggs. Steam, and when done serve with an egg sauce. MAPLE CUSTARDS. Beat five eggs until a spoonful can be lifted without stringing. Add one-half cup of maple syrup, a saltspoonful of salt, stir well, then add three cups of milk and strain into a mould or individual cups. Wet the inside of the cups with cold_water. The hot water in the pan in which the custards are set to bake should not boil after baking is begun. APPLE SHORTCAKES Make a paste as follows: Sift four cupfuls of pastry flour and four teaspoonfuls of baking powder together. very thoroughly with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and a half teaspoonful of salt. With the finger tips work in a cup of butter and two cups of milk. Roll out lightly without touching it more than is necessary. Bake fifteen minutes in a moderately hot oven. When done, cut into individual sizes with a biscuit cutter, split, butter and spread each piece with a strained apple sauce and serve with whipped cream. These are very delicious also when made with preserves or any fresh crushed fruit. Hints for Housewives. To clean flat-irons rub them on green kedar. Clean your cooking utensils with a piece of soft red brick. Wash your stove with vinegar before polishing, and mark the result. Brown paper moistened in vinegar will polish your tins until they shine like silver. Rub a drop of olive oil on your knives and forks before putting away, and they will clean in their brightness and be free from rust. To remove grease spilled on a kitchen hearth—procure a piece of new rough heartstone and rub vigorously, and the grease will disappear as if by magic. A tablespoonful of vinegar added to each pint of water makes a capital preservative for chrysanthemums. The stems of the flowers should be clipped each morning. Clean brass with powdered bathbrick and a damp flannel and afterward polish with dry brick dust and a leather. This is the cheapest brass polish and quite effectual. A jug mop made by nailing a dozen little bits of linen or cotton rag on the point of a stick, is a great help in washing jugs which are too small for the hand to be inserted. To prevent wooden bowls from cracking, immerse them in cold water, then set over the fire, bring to the boiling point, and let boll for an hour, and don't take them out until the water has gradually cooled. Paint spots on glass can be removed by moistening with a strong solution of soda—the common kitchen variety. This will soften them, when they can be rubbed off, and the glass should then be rubbed with alcohol. A soothing drink for a sore throat that is recommended, is made of a pint of barley water brought to a boil over a hot fire, to which is added, while stirring until dissolved, one ounce of the best gum arabic. Sweeten to taste. To clean the ivory handles of knives, mix ammonia and olive oil in equal parts, and add enough prepared chalk to make a paste. Rust the ivory with this, and let dry before brushing off. Several applications may be necessary. Batans made by dipping, candle grease and such ugly things are the penalty one pays for these ornamental adjuncts to the dinner table) may be removed by placing a piece of blotting paper over the seats and pressing with a fork. RAUE FOR LIFE. HE hottest ruler I ever had," remarked old Jim Nace, in the Powers Hotel lobby recently, just before leaving for the St. Louis Ernest HARE FOR LIFE. HE hottest race I ever had," remarked old Jim Nace, in the Powers Hotel lobby recently, just before leaving for the St. Louis Expedition, "was up near the Rangley Lakes, Maine, when my chum, Kinnman, and myself rode out on our wheels, to snap a few pictures of the old Thomas place, a deserted country house built years back by a wealthy bachelor. He had laid out a petty race track and had astonished the natives in his day, but now the house is seldom visited and the little track is almost forgotten. We had waved along a grass-meadow hunting for the place, when a big drill moose jumped out into the road, and Kinnman thought it would be funny to scare him by rushing his bell. "The result surpassed expectation. With one snort of rage the moose jumped into the road, and after stamping his sharp hoofs into the turf for a few seconds, sprang joward us. I picked up the pace set by Klinman, who was a rod ahead. We each had a narrow rut, burned iron hard by the sun, and so these we spun along, bending low to keep our eyes open for obstacles. We made a turn in the road, careening over to an abominable angle, and then straightened up for the straightaway stretch. My heart sank as I saw 200 rods ahead that the road led up a bill, with open country on either side. "James shouted Klinman, under his left arm, and I caught a glimpse of a big, umbled down structure cut out in the skyline. "I overheard my friend as I felt the moose almost upon me, and we jumped our machines for all we were worth. A spill would cost us all. The dead grass dung over the ruts in places so as to render our pathways unseen, and at any minute I expected to strike a rock or a washout and go down in a heap. "To the right!" screamed Kinnan, letting out a kink and jumping his wheel over a narrow ditch to pass through an opening in a ragged board fence. "Instinctively I followed him, and before I knew it found myself skimming along on a smooth speedway. "The old race track," painted Kinnan, as we flew by the low bushes. "The moose had paused when we took the field, but now was hot on our trail. If the roadway was better for us, so it was for him; looking over my shoulder at the first quarter I saw him hugging the pole and bearing down like an express train. Fortunately for us, we had won some renown as sprinters, and gripping the handle bars we began to show the moose fancy pace. Soon we were at the opening, but Kinman cried out, 'Keep on,' and I knew without being told, that to take the road again meant suicide. Besides, I think we both began to enjoy the situation a bit. The moose, while doing his best, could not catch up, with us, although he held his own nicely. The only question was, would our endurance outlast his tenacity? "I don't hear him, I cried, and we both slowed up. "Guess he's got enough," gasped Kinnan, wiping the sweat from his eyes. Then he shrieked, "Turn! turn! and I caught the thunder of hoofs ahead. "The moose had turned and had gone around to meet us. "Just as he loomed in sight we swung about and flew for life. His little trick nearly succeeded, for his momentum was so great that he nearly had us before we could get back into our old form. For a quarter of a mile it was nip and tuck whether he would end the race or we should get clear. Then he grew disgusted and lost ground and we drew away. But the fun of the thing was gone now. He wasn't playing fair. His tricky disposition to cut bases and lay ambuscades made us sweat with a new fear, and no more did we try to draw out of sight. "He's turned again! I warned. "After him!" cried Kinnan, and wheeling about we caught back until we caught sight of his flanks. "It was grimly humorous, this new deal; and again did our spirits rise. Kinnan wanted to hoot at the animal, to make him more angry, but I objected. The moose' was matching his cunning against ours, and just now we were out-pointing him. I did not care to lose the advantage for the sake of evincing our derision. But as he circled around and met no bicyclists he became more enraged. He shook his antlers and "woofed" in anger. Our wheels made only a faint burring sound, as if some one were tearing off innumerable yards of cloth. Suddenly the moose paused, plowed up the gravel and caught sight of us. Quick as a cat he pivoted, and away we went again, this time in the lead. "Then he stopped, and we equitiously wheeled back to find him. We crept half way around the track, and yet we could not hear him. We began to grow nervous. "Wonder what he's got up his hoof now? muttered Kinman. "Easy, I gasped, he's hiding in the bushes somewhere." "Just as I said this there was a crash, and the moose was fairly upon us. Kinman swerved his wheel and kept dead ahead; and the moose chased him. This saved me, as I had time to complete my circle and race back. I should have kept on after my friend and the enemy, but I was too dazed to think quickly. So I tore back down the track at my sharp gait. Suddenly I met them, and in a flash had sped by. The moose, within ten feet of Kinman, who seemed to be tired, wheeled and put after me. But before I met my companion, he stopped again. This was at the back of the track, and instantly I thought of a scheme to escape. It all depended upon meeting Kinman. The sun was low now and I feared the shadows as, jumping my machine, I raced against time and I found my friend just as he was turning to retrace his course. I pointed to the opening near by, and out into the road we bumped. I was for making back after my camera, but Kinman pointed out the advantages of the empty Thomas house, and slowly we mounted the hill. "From the top of the rise we looked down on the little track, and there at the rear, behind the bushes, was our old enemy, standing patient and motionless. Kimman gave a shrill cry, and the moose, looking up, saw us and realized we had escaped him. He shook his head in disguist, and, vaulting the low fence, set off across the fields toward the woods. We found a rough road on the other side of the hill, and again picked up our path to civilization."—Rochester Post-Express. A MOTORMAN'S FEAR. "One of the strangest cases of a diseased will that ever came under my observation," said an old physician, "was that of a young man who never would have impressed you as being in any way above or below the normal of human beings. He came of good stock and had been noted for his conduct from the time he became a responsible agent up to the time I have in mind. Things had not gone well with his family in a financial way, and he was forced out into world, and often the way was a little rough for a fellow of his temperament. At the time I have in mind he was employed as a motorman by a street car company. He had held the place for probably more than a week when I was consulted by him and by members of his family who had become uneasy because of his condition. He was perfectly rational in the extraordinary statements he made about his case, and in fact gave me a clearer view of his aliment than I had ever been able to get from a patient. Briefly I was this: "While running his car he was often selzed with an almost uncontrollable desire to allow the car to run away. He wanted it to go at full speed. Often this impulse would seize him when there was another car or some obstacle on the track just ahead of him, or when some person was on the track—his idea always being to cause a wreck and a smash-up. He told me frankly that this feeling had been gradually increasing in intensity, and that his power of moral and mental resistance had been growing proportionately weaker. 'It is easy,' he said, 'for me to see the result of this thing, and I want you, doctor, to advise me what to do. You understand me. You know what my feelings must be about such horrible things. I don't want to harm anybody or anything. But I will if I remain on the front end of a street car.' He was, in my opinion, clearly right in the conclusion he had reached, and the result would come, but because he could not help it. That was the situation. I told him there was but one thing to do, and that was to remove the temptation. In a word, to quit the street car business. He resigned immediately. He secured another place in some other line of business where his mental fabric was not exposed to excitements of any kind, and when I last heard from him he was a well-balanced and useful citizen, and if any defects in will power existed, they never developed, and probably never will so long as he remains away from those influences and conditions which would call them forth. It was a strange case."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. JAP MASTER AND MAN. It was in this melee of blood and sword that I saw a sight that touched me deeply. I noticed two men in our ranks; and later I found out that the younger of these men came from a well-to-do Samurai family; the older man was also from the same place. In fact the father of the older man had spent all his life in the service of the family from which the younger man came. On this terrific day, when they were within a few meters of the Russians, when they fought with rocks, swords and anything they could get hold of, I saw these men cling to each other closely. At the height of the bloody excitement the older seemed to be mindful of the younger always. At one time a few of the Russians actually succeeded in running upon a part of our line. One of the Russians raised the butt of his rifle, about to strike the younger of these two men. Then I saw the older swing forward and literally hurl down the Russian with the bayonet through his body. A little later the young man was shot in the leg and fell. I saw the older man forget himself completely, forsake his gun, knee down beside the young friend of his, and not finding a piece of cloth, he tore the front of his hirt. He stuffed a little piece of cloth into the bullet hole in the leg of his friend. Then, after a little while, because of the fierceness of action about me, I lost sight of these men. When I came upon them a few minutes later they were together side by side. As I passed I said to the older man, who was half standing, always covering his young master: "Can't you manage to carry yourself to the rear with your friend—to the field hospital, or to some shelter behind the hill? "Oh, it is all right," he answered, "My young master is wounded a little, but he will recover in a minute, I think. Then we shall get at the Russlans again." I pointed to the ragged wound which a Russian bullet had made upon his own shoulder. "Oh," he said, "that is a scratch. Don't mind that." A Japanese Officer, in Leslie's Monthly Magazine. SUPPLEMENT TO SAVANNAH TRIBUNE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. INTEREST TO WOMEN ACCEPTABLE TO MOST WOMEN. A dainty apron is acceptable to most women. A new idea is a work bag and apron combined. It is so constructed that while doing fancy work you appear to have bib a pretty apron with a pointed bib. When you stop you pile all your things in your lap, untie the ribbons about your waist and the apron draws up into a bag. MEDITATIONS OF A SPINSTER. Judging from some of the awful things seen on the late Hallow'een', women, ought to go down on their knees fasting and give thanks that they are permitted to wear women's clothes. It's queer that it is/much harder to be just plain than it is to be saintly and plous. Silence, in some cases, speaks much louder than words. It makes a wife real envious to see the way her husband can forget the children when they are both away from home. When a woman has won something on an election bet she cannot see why some people think bettin gis wrong. THE HARDANGER EMBROIDERY. The Hardanger embroidery, or Swedish embroidery, as it is sometimes wrongly called, which is now so popular in the shops in embroidered shirt waists and centrepieces, gets its name from the town of Hardanger in western Norway. This embroidery, while new to most parts of the United States, has been in use for generations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In these countries the children are taught to do Hardanger work at school; and in the little town of Hardanger in almost every home are to be seen curtains, counterpanes, pillow shams and table covers ornamented with this beautiful and durable embroidery. The women of Hardanger always wear little aprons trimmed with Hardanger insertion. In fact, this custom is so associated with the village life that even on her wedding day the Hardanger maiden wears an apron. WHY HER SHOE LACES UNTIE. WHY HER SHOE LACES UNTIL "Why is it that a lady's shoe becomes untied so much more frequently and apparently easier than a man's?" repeated J. V. Ladd, the shoe salesman, after me. "Well, I don't suppose I would be in any better position to answer a question than any one else had it not been for the fact that a few days ago a couple of ladies, customers of my place, were discussing that very point, and their deductions appear to solve the riddle perfectly. "It is not that a woman's shoe laces will not tie in as arm a knot as any other's; the reason for the frequent annoyances to which women are subjected is apart from that. In the case of high shoes the trouble is altogether in their height. The shoe laces further up on the leg than a man's, usually hits more snugly, and therefore encounters a greater strain on the knot when woman is walking. The result is that it becomes loosened with a very short time, whereas, a man may walk all day without the laces of his shoe becoming untied. Where low shoes are worn the skirts flapping round the ankle do the work of loosening the knot."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. HINTS FOR HATS. An entirely new hat, that has no pedigree, but is distinctly pretty, has a 'ow bowl top covered with a marabout pompon. The four-inch brim curves up with reticent grace at the left. It is covered with row upon row of narrow pleated lace, and bound at the edge with Japanese mink. The bowl hat often has a crown of roses, with fur binding always in effective harmony. The lace is usually pure white. But little lace will be used on the handsomest hats. Fur and flowers and fur and tulle or embroidery are the swagger things. Felts are fashionable in spite of the craze for the made velvet hat. The handsomest are the satin felt, not too stiff, with the brim showing the pleasant outline of the mushroom. A handsome feather used to be a treasured possession for one or more generations. It was treated with respect and placed on the hat in a dignified, upright position. But what is tradition to the modern American girl? Just something to be stumbled over once, to be uprooted, smiled at kindly and the fragments scattered by a little humor and a little scorn. CHEAP INITATIONS Cheap imitation of good things is seen a great deal, and gives a tawdy look to gowns. Avoid laces and ribbons unless they are good, says the Boston Sunday Herald. False jewelry is always bad taste, and yet women with beautiful jewels of their own go mad over imitation ones. If you cannot have the real, do without. Nothing so stains a woman. Walk along the street some day and look only at the feet of the women you pass. You will be astonished and horried to find perhaps only one whose feet are well shod. Every one can afford to have a pair of trees, as skeleton shapes can be bought and will fit any shoe or slipper in that size. Start with a good outfit of shoes, one pair for wet weather, whether boots or low shoes with cork soles; another for ordinary wear, and two patent leather pairs, for street and for dress occasions; the latter with high heels and thinner soles. That amount is absolutely necessary, apart from brown shoes or slippers. Keep them on trees and well cleaned, and not only will you be well shod, but you will save tremendously. One pair of shoes will not do for everything. They not only look bad, but the constant wear and tear soon finishes them. Give up other things, if you have to, but try it once and you will never go back to your old way. NECKLETS FOR GIRLS. The smart girl is a very interesting young person to behold these days, for she scarcely lets a day go by that she does not introduce you to a new fashion and greet you with a new fad. Early in the summer it was a long chain that she was wearing, of beads or jewels, according as her purse allowed. Now the long chain is looked upon as being entirely too popular to be worn by the girls who lead, instead of follow, the fashions. It is the necklet that is the smart thing to wear right now—a dainty little chain, sometimes of one strand and sometimes of three, which falls just below the throat. From the necklet dangles the fair wearer's fine stone. The necklet, is invariably of fine gold chains of tiny pearls. Amethyst drops make effective dangles, and baroque pearls are also much the mode used in this way, says the Woman's Home Companion. Very often the necklet consists of one fine gold chain, which fits snugly about the collar. From this but one dangle will depend, but it will be a large and expensive one. Strings of enameled beads just long enough to encircle the throat are a fashion of the moment. They are very dainty and attractive in pale blue, being strung in such a way that a small rhinestone alternates with each pretty blue bead. Big coral beads are also worn, but they must fit closely about the neck, instead of swinging away below the waist line. COSTUME FOR BUSINESS WEAR. COSTUME FOR BUSINESS WEAK This year, for the business woman, the smooth-finished, manish mixtures are in high favor for tailored suits. A vest of contrasting color, not too light, may be introduced, or a snug, semi-fitting, double-breasted coat, somewhat suggestive of a Norfolk jacket, is equally within Dame Fashion's laws. The sleeves are plain and snug-fitting. The skirt should be built on strictly tailored lines, no ruffles or shirring, and if trimming is used at all, it should be in the form of strapped seams or very flat, closely woven braid, which will not harbor dust. This skirt should clear the ground by at least two inches. With it should be worn a tailor hat, with no ostrich plumes or flowers, but a breast of coq pompon may be used for trimming. Many well-dressed women in business wear a rather stiff felt hat of good quality, trimmed with bands and big rosettes of ribbon, or velvet of the same shade. The business woman who is much on the street should own a complete rainy-day outfit and keep it for that purpose. This because for rainy weather she should have a skirt and long coat well removed from the ground. Many a long coat of waterproof cloth does more harm than good to its owner because she has it cut too long. The best tailors say that the rainy-day skirt and coat should clear the ground by four inches. If the waterproof coat is long, the material of the skirt beneath is not all important, and here the business woman may employ a made-over. FANCIFUL HATS FOR WOMEN. Among the fancy hats many are woven of thick chenille, the coloring chosen being usually rich. They are at their best in deep claret and maroon, purple blue and plum shades. A large flat crowned type and a medium sized hat, the brim rolled so as to suggest a tricorne, are both very suitable for chenille. The trimming for the former may consist of a row or roses of the same color, set against the upturned brim, while for the latter, wide ribbons may be chosen for the outside trimming, and a big bunch of roses for the bandeau underneath, tilting it slightly to one side. Shapes crowned with plumage are always more or less of a fanciful character. One may generally expect to see a certain number among seasonable novelties, but those shown this year are certainly an improvement on former productions. A picture hat in light peacock blue plumage particularly took my fancy. The feathers were not quite flat, but curled slightly, so as to form a low pile like that on a melusine felt. Round the high crown was arranged a sort of standup fringe of the blue and gold strands surrounding the tail feathers of the peacock emerging from a folded band of glace velvet of the same tone. More simple, but very pretty, too, is a big toque, the crown of which is covered with white plumage, and the rolled brim by a quantity of soft black cock's feathers sweeping back from the front on either side—Paris Letter to the Millinery-Trade Review. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT! And they all came, dressed in their best— a goodly company. With pleasant puris they took their seats, and filled the table up. And then the hostess briskly poured For each a brimming cup. The tea was, catnip, freshly brewed, And, as they sat and gossiped there, With many a blink and wink, Old Towser he came strolling in, Thinking to get a drink. All round the room he slowly walked And sniffed the catnip tea, And then, disgusted, left because No dognip could he see! —Will S. Gidley, in Little Folks. FISHING FOR APPLES: A great many places about the country have no water where fish may be found, and boys and girls living near them have little or no opportunity to fish. Those very places, though, are apt to have apple orchards, and fishing THE APPLE FISH-HOOK. for apples may furnish a new amusement not yet thought of. Beginning in August, there are generally a lot of poor apples fallen from the trees, which lie about on the ground underneath them. They are known as "windfalls." Gather a lot of windfalls and put them on the ground inside a barrel hoop. Now, for a hook, get a stick about six inches long and cut it as shown in the picture. Point it at one end and make the other half not over half an inch round. Push a good hard apple on this round part and fasten a cord to the part sticking through it. Any long stick will do for a fish pole, but the cord must not be shorter than four feet. Those who want to fish may gather around the apple pile, and with pole and hook properly prepared, should begin together. To catch an apple the pointed stick must be poised above it and then dropped suddenly. If the aim is true the apple will stick upon CATCHING AN APPLE FISH. the point and may be drawn from the gill. There should be no interference with each other unless the last apple is being fished for. But at no time, when fishing, must the bait of hook be touched. A large stone placed in the pile will spoil more than one point, and the time taken in sharpening it will be lost to that fisherman.—New York Evening Mall. THE MARY MORGAN SOCIETY. Nobody ever heard of Felix Smith giving a penny for charity until he joined the Mary Morgan Society. True, he was very wealthy, but he had a well-earned reputation for being stingy. "Come in," said Felix Smith when a funny little knock sounded at the door. The knob turned and into the office walked a little girl with black hair, big brown eyes and two dimples that played peek-a-boo at you when she laughed. "How-de-do," said she, and held out her hand. Mr. Smith shook hands and wondered what in the world she wanted. The little girl climbed into a chair, settled herself and smiled up into the face above her. "We've got a society," she said at last, "all we girls in the first reader, and I'm the President. The big girls have a society and send things away from somewhere to the heathen, and lots of the girls have a Christmas society, and sew clothes for poor children, so we got up the Mary Morgan-Society, so's we can help-old Mrs. Snell." "Oil!" said Mr. Smith. "Who's Mary Morgan?" "Why, I'm Mary Morgan," she said, with a giggle of pleasure. "It's this way. There is so much begging here in town that the mothers of the Mary, Morgan Society say that the members of our society can't beg from more than one person." "Meaning themselves, of course," interrupted Mr. Smith. "That's a wise idea." "They didn't say who," said Mary, her brown eyes twinkling. "I haven't asked anything from my mother. There's only seven of us, and I said I'd come to you." "Why?" asked Mr. Smith. Why asked Mr. Smith. "Cause," replied the President of the Mary Morgan Society, "you're very rich and nobody ever asks you for money, cause they say you're stingy, but I told the society I didn't believe you were, and I wasn't afraid, anyhow." The rich man looked very solemn at this frank speech; then he smiled and jingling some coin in his pocket, said: "How much?" "I'll write it down if you'll give me a piece of paper and a pencil," said Mary. He obeyed and pushed the little visitor close to the table. "Please don't look," she said, shielding her writing with her hand. She wrote all over the piece of paper, then folding it up and handing it to Mr. Smith, and, with a funny little bow, marched out. Mr. Smith unfolded the letter and read: "She needs flower, wud, meet, blankit, pillers, kook store and most everything. Please give what you can." "If he gives a barrel of flour, the society will call on him with a vote of thanks, like the big Yolks do," said the hopeful President. The next day the storekeepers were astonished to see Felix Smith ordering things to be sent to old Mrs. Snell and paying for them out of his own pocket. As for Mrs. Snell, she could hardly believe her poor old eyes when wagons loaded with flour, wood, meat, blankets, pillows and other things began driving up to her door. On every article was a tag which said: "From the Mary Morgan Society." Last of all, the hardware merchant unloaded a brand new cook store and set it up in Mrs. Snell's kitchen. Seven little first reader girls called on Felix Smith and not only gave him a vote of thanks, but made him a member of the society. Whatever may have been Mr. Smith's fallings, no one could ever accuse him of stinginess after he became a member of the Mary Morgan Society.—Adapted from The Mayflower. Politeness Doesn't Pay. There are certain sections of the city in which it is dangerous to be polite. A woman dropped her chatelaine bag in a lower East Side street the other day. A nicely dressed young man started forward and stooped to pick it up. While he was in this defenseless position the woman brought down her umbrella with great force and precision on the back of his neck. A policeman rushed up immediately to see what the trouble was and the woman accused the gallant young man of most things on the criminal calendar, but particularly of attempted grand larceny. With great difficulty the young man succeeded in pacifying her and explaining to the policeman, who let him go with this reprimand: "Them manners don't go down here, young feller. Just keep yer hat on an' blow smoke in the ladies' faces an' you'll be all right." -New York Sun. Would Have Lost It. Anyway. Col. Robert A. Pinkerton was talking about old times in Chicago. "I used to know a man there who was an ardent gambler," he said. "He lost his week's wages regularly in 'Dinner Pall' Hankins' game. "One Saturday evening the man started home, via the gambling house, as usual. A spasm of reform had struck Chicago, and the place had been pulled. The man tried to enter the door, but failed. He walked out into the street and gazed up in inquiringly at the closed windows. "Then he walked back to the door, tried it again, but it would not open, so he drew his pay envelope from his pocket, shoved it under the door, and walked calmly down the street."—New York Times. Very Annoylug. It was very careless leaving the parrot in the parlor on Sunday evening; but she never thought anything about it until Monday morning, when he roused the whole house by making a smacking noise and crying: "Darling Katie! Darling Katie!" He kept it up all day, too, and the old folks are much interested in the case-Smith's Weekly. Sobering Experience After having been missing for two years an Iowa man met his wife face to face in a distant city and straightway recovered his memory, which had been somewhat blurred. Nothing like bumbling suddenly up against the wife to bring a man to his senses. --- SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. Mrs. Fanny Armstrong has been on the sick list during the week. Mrs. S. A. Mack of 511 W. Gwinnett St., who has been sick, for a number of months, is still very sick. Mr. John H. Elliott who has been very ill for the past two weeks, is able to be out, again. Miss Florence H. Banks, one of our well known young ladies is teaching near Statesboro. Miss Jennie Belle Boozar has returned from Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee on account of ill health. Mr. T. H. Bembry, a former student of the Georgia State Industrial College, is teaching a well attended school at Hawkinsvill. An invitation is extended to all who are interested in the organization of a Y. M. C. A, to meet Sunday Afternoon at 4:30 p. m. 468 West Broad Street. Our sanctum was graced on Thursday last by a very pleasant call from Mrs. Dr. L. S. Parks and Mrs. Geo. W. Johnson. The commodious two story residence of Rev. S. Beauford, of Waycross, was destroyed by fire last week. The friends of the reverend regret his loss very much. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Weston had another addition to the family over two weeks ago. It is a girl, and a bouncing one too. Mother and daughter are doing well and Mr. Weston is one of the proudest fathers in the city. Lawyer E. M. Morse has been at home seriously sick for the past month. His many friends are anxious for his complete recovery and are hoping for the same. The Young Men Aid and Pleasure Club was organized on January 17. It is composed of young men between 14 and 18 years. For the present meetings are held each Tuesday night at 541 Maple street. The young men seem ambitious to do something for race progress. A Union rally was held on Sunday last at College Park Baptist church, Rev. R. H. Thomas, pastor. Rev. Hosea Maxwell preached at the morning service. His sermon was applicable to the occasion and were enjoyed by all who heard it. The members raised $32.00 during the day. This sum will go towards the repairing of the walls of the church. The members are unabating in their interest in the work of the church, led by their faithful pastor. Last week the one hundred and seventh anniversary of the First African Baptist Church was celebrated. The celebration concluded on Tuesday night. Several divines of the city assisted in the services which were very interesting. For the occasion the church was beautifully decorated, and elaborately so was the pulpit. The thought of summer was vividly had immediately upon beholding it. Rev. J. W. Carr, D. D., the energetic pastor, has done a great work, in the improvement made. This church has the largest membership of any church in the country. A very pleasant entertainment was given in honor of Mrs. Eugenia Bunch of New York, at the residence of Miss Jones, on Friday night of last week. An enjoyable time was had by all. Those present were: Mesdames Eugenia Bunch, Anna Evans, Laura Lewis, Miss Matilda Williams, Mrs. Jones, Miss Clara Jones. Messrs. Rob't Evans, John Young, Eugene Evans, Isaac Johnson, Nathaniel Evans, W. Norman, Charlie McGraw, Charlie Florence and Mr. Pratt of Washington, D. C. Rev. J. H. Gadsen, of Tuskegee spent a few days in the city during the week. He came on invitation from the First A. B. Church to preach the 117th anniversary of the church on Sunday night last. This he did with great credit to himself and much satisfaction to his hundreds of hearers. His thoughts on the origin and mission of the church were excellent ones. Rev. Gadsen is an old Savannahian and member of the above church. He was ordained by Rev Loye in 1897 and has been pastor of the Mt. Olive Baptist church of Tuskegee for nearly five years. Rev Gadsen is also an instructor in the Bible Training school of Tuskegee Institute. All of his Savannah friends are proud of his success. He returned home on Wednesday night. 3 Like Finding Money. Finding health is like finding money—so says those who are sick. When you have a cough, cold, sore throat, or chest irritation, better act promptly like W. C. Barber, of Sandy Level, Va. He says "I had a terrible chest trouble, caused by smoke and coal dust on my lungs; but, after finding no relief in other remedies, I was cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughes and Colds." Greatest sale of any cough or lung, medicine in the world. At any drug, store; soz and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. An Unfortunate Affair. The entire community was shocked on yesterday morning, when the death of Prof. Thos. L. Cottin was announced from the effect of a blow he received the afternoon before from one of his students at the Georgia State Industrial College. The student who committed the atrocious deed is named S. Bowen, and along with his parents has only been in the city two months. During class time Prof. Cottin had cause to reprove him for misconduct. It is stated that he became obstreperus and had to be put out of the class room. He became resentful and struck the professor on the head with a rock. The boy was immediately captured and placed in jail at Thunderbolt and the professor was taken to Charity Hospital where an operation was attempted but on account of his weakened condition it was not done. He died about 11:30 o'clock Thursday night. Prof. Cottin has been an instructor at the College nearly three years, and has made many friends while here. He leaves a wife and little daughter, and to them the sympathy of the entire community is extended. The remains were taken first to Mr. Albert Jackson's undertaking establishment and from there to the College from where he will be buried today at 2 o'clock. Interment at Laurel Grove. A Pleasant Time. The Married Women's Pleasure Club held their second annual on Friday last at the residence of Mrs. B.M. Denslow, 2020 BuOch St. The parlor was beautifully decorated for the occasion the color scene was evergreen and white roses. The officers were installed for the ensuing term by Dr. J. H. Bugg as follows: President, Mrs. B.M. Denslow; Vice president, Mrs. G. Maxwell; Secretary, Mrs. S. Crawford; Treasurer, Mrs. S. Kirkland; Chair of Finance, Mrs. L. Buncombe; Chaplain, Mrs. F. Mason; Clerk of order, Mrs. M. Battise. A solo was rendered by Mrs. S. Crawford. An essay was read by Mrs. H. G. Younge, a solo was rendered by Mrs Geo. Greene, a recitation by Mrs. F. Mason and a piano solo by Mrs. B. M. Denslow which was enjoyed by all present. Various games were indulged in until a late hour, after which the march was led by Dr. J. H. Bugg to the dining room. The table was beautifully decorated with lilies and white and red roses! and all enjoyed the sumptuous repast. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. I. Henly, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Maxwell, Mr and Mrs. M. J. Vose, Mr. and Mrs. N. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. B Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. B. Buncombe, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mason, Mesdames A. N. Nutall, H. Richardson, S. C. Kirkland, M. A. Campbell, S. Crawford, M. Saunders, R. H. Ryals, B M. Denslow, H. G. Young, M. Batties, A. Simpkins, S. Nixon, A. Alexander, E. Fielda, R. Jenkins, B: Washington, Misses K Sheppard, C. C. Robinson, A. Lyons, S. Bennett, Dr. J. H. Bugg, Messrs. N. Robinson, J. Sims, B. F. Robinson, Wm Robinson, C. Allen, F. Coleman, S. A. King, J. S. Kelson. Second Baptist Church. Services at the Second Baptist church last Sunday were well attended. Rev. Smith delivered two interesting discourses. The Womans Mission Society is in a flourishing condition, also the B. Y. P. U. The young people are taking an active part in the society. Sunday school begins promptly at 3:30. Rehearsals for the Easter exercises will begin shortly. Visitors are always welcome. Services as usual on Sunday. The many friends of Mrs. L. H. Smith regret to learn of her indis position, and wish for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Smith has endeared herself to many friends during her short stay here St. James Dots. The services were well attended last Sunday. Services began at 11 a.m. The choir sang sweetly "Happy Day." After the decalogue the pastor took for his text, Jeremiah 6:16 subject, "The old way." The subject was ably discussed, and very effective. Sunday School at 1:30 was well attended, and at 4 p.m. a general class meeting. Many were the expressions of those present and all seem to have enjoyed the true spirit of religion. Services at 8 p.m. were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Hadley. 'The funeral services of Bro. Miller was attended Saturday Jan. 28, 10 a.m. at the church. Sympathy is extended the bereaved family. Rev. Mrs. Hadley has returned from Valdosta, Ga. The sisters mass meeting Monday Jan. 30, was well attended. The chairmen of the Boards, are Sisters, Waters, Larkins; Sales, Nobles. They are rallying their members to the front. February 26, is their "Grand Main Office For Georgia, 212 Anburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. The largest. Negro Industrial Company of its kind in the world. Owned, and operated exclusively by Negroes. Employs more Negroes, than any other institution in existence. Branch Offices throughout the State. PETER Rev. W. L. P. Weston, whose cut appears above, is next to the oldest minister in the city. He was born in Virginia about seventy-five years ago and has been a Georgian for nearly half a century, during a greater part of which he has been identified with the ministry. He was ordained at the First Bryan Baptist church of which the Rev. U. L. Houston was at that time pastor. His first charge was the church at White Bluff. About twenty-three years ago he was called to the pastorate of the Mt. Zion Baptist church on West Broad street. His work there has been a successful one. He has a large, loyal membership composed of many well-known citizens and energetic church workers. These members are proud of their pastor and do everything possible to prove their appreciation of his valuable service. Rev Weston is also pastor of the White Oak Baptist church at Montieth, one of the largest churches in that section. He is the beloved moderator of the Berean Baptist Association, one of the largest bodies in the state. Rev. Weston is a vocalist and organist of no mean ability, and for years gave instruction in both branches. As a citizen he is well thought of and greatly admired by all who know him. He is upright in all of his dealing and is a true believer in a "clean pulpit" in every respect. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. Caming Events in The Social World. A grand entertainment and dance will be given at Our Hall by Rosehud, No. 625 U. O. T. R. Monday night, February 20 Admission 10 cents. The DeSoto Bellmen will give their third annual Ball at Harris street Hall Monday, night, Feb. 20th. Admission, 25 cents. The Y. M. C. will give their Ten Nights Fete at Morse's Hall, commencing Monday night, February, 6th. Admission 10 cents; Season tickets 50 cents. The first annual dance of the Twilight Reapers Aid and Social Club Branch will take place at Harris Street Hall Tuesday evening February 28th. Admission 35 cents; Double 50 cents. The Y. L. I. C. will give their ninth entertainment at Harris Street Hall, Tuesday evening, February 21st. Admission single or double 50 cents. A grand select dance will be given by the Youg Adelphia Aid and Social Club at Haris Street Hall, Wednesday night February 22nd. Admission, '35 cents; Double 50 cents. There will be a grand ten nights fete given by the Ladies and Gentlemen Soree Club at Duffy-street hall, commencing Monday night, February 6th. Admission 10 cents. The Evening Call A. and S. Club, will give a five nights fete at Margaret street hall, commencing February 6th. Admission 10 cents. There will be a grand exhibition at Gaines Chapel A. M. E church on Monday night February 6th. Admission 15c children 10c. A candy entertainment will be given at Morse's Hall, by Charity Circle on Wednesday afternoon February 22, 1905, at 3 o'clock. Admission 5c. Got Off Cheap. He may well think, he has got off cheap who, after having contracted constipation or indigestion, is still able to perfectly restore his health. Nothing will do this but Dr. King's New Life Pills, A quick, pleasant, and certain cure for headache, constipation, etc. 25c at any drug store; guaranteed. Grocery Store and Restaurant. I wish to,announce to my many friends and patrons that I have reopened my Restaurant at No. 464 West Broad street, next to the Wage Earners Bank, where I will also conduct my Grocery store. I will furnish first class meals as before, and keep on hand constantly a full line groceries. The patronage of the public is solicited. R. H. HOOKS, Prop. 464 West Broad Street. T. W. WALKER, President, Birmingham, Ala. MEN'S AND BOYS' The Farmers' Annual Conference Will be held at the All who intend to come are requested to communicate with the President, R. R. Wright, as soon as possible. ABLE SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE. President Wright will be pleased to accept invitations to meet the farmers of any section and organize farmers' institutes. Every Saturday from now until the conference opens, will be given for this purpose. When purchasing tickets to attend the Conference, secure a certificate so you will be able to return at reduced rates. Florida and West Indian Limited leaves Savannah 912 a. m. (10:12 a. m. city time), arrive Jacksonville 1:45 p. m. Sanford 6:15 p. m., Tampa 10:30 p. m., Tampa Bay Hotel 10:40 p. m., Port Tampa 11:00 p. m. Close connection at Port Tampa with steamships for Key West and Havana, sailing from Port Tampa Sundays, Tuesday and Thursdays at 11:40 p. m., arriving Key West 6:30 p. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving Havana 6:30 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, passing under the guns of Morro Castle about sunrise. Less than 46 hours from Savannah. This train carries through Pullman sleeper Savannah to Port Tampa. Diaing car Savannah to Jacksonville. New York and Florida Express leaves Savannah 4:15 a. m., city time, arrives Jacksonville 8:40 a. m., making close connection with trains leaving Jacksonville 9:45 a. m. for all points' South, carrying Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars to Port Tampa and St. Petersburg. Connections made for principal resorts in Florida. Savannah and Jacksonville Express leaves Savannah 4:00 p. m., city time (Train is made up at Savannah and is always on time.) arrives Jacksonville 9:15 p. m., connecting with train leaving Jacksonville 9:35 p. m., carrying Pullmam Sleepers to Tampa and Fort Myers. Effective Jau. 10, the famous New York and Florida Special, a train representing the highest standard of perfection in passenger service, solidly vestibules, consisting of Pullman Drawing-room, Sleeping Compartment, Dining and Observation Cars will leave Savannah 11:55 a. m., city time, arriving Jacksonville 2:50 p. m., St Augustine 4:00 p. m. Atlantic Coast Line offers the public train service unsurpassed in elegance, speed and luxury. H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Mgr., W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt., Wilmington, N. C., W. H. LEAHY, Div. Pass. Agent, M. WALSH, Trav. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga. West Side Pharmacy COLORED DRUG STORE. Carries a full line of Drugs, Toilets, Cigars, Tobacco Confectioneries and Stationeries. Prescriptions, carefully compounded. Open until 12 o'clock at night. Prompt delivery servirt and reasonable prices. Bold Phone:2374. Call over phone for what you present. Dr. C. D. White and Dr. J. T. Foulkes. 730 Gwinnett St. E., Cor. Wilson Court. We carry a fine line of Groceries, Fruits, Cigars, Tobacco, Wood and Coal. Our motto: Moderate Prices. Quick delivery. Polite attention Give us a trial. DR. L. S. PARKS, 240 Barnard St., Savannah, Ga. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. White Porcelain Pivot, and Gold Crowns mounted on the natural roots. Gold Fillings, Cement Fillings, and Silver or Amalgam Fillings, from nine to a full set of teeth $7.00 and $3.00. Broken Places mended and teeth added to old ones for a small cost. BellPhone 1244 All Gold Crowns Gua FLORIDA HOW TO KEEP WELL You can find this by visiting the OLD RELIABLE Stall No. 311 City Marker Beef, Veal and Mutton, And all kinds of game in season. Goods delivered promptly. F. E. JONES & BOM. Both 'Phone 669. For Rent. For Rent. House 540 Taylor St. E. 8 Room and bath. Desirable neighborhood. Reasonable Rent. Apply to Walter S. Scott, 462 West Broad street. For Rent Rooms, at present occupied by the Eureka Lodge. M. J. Doyle. WM. DRISKELL, Sec'y & Gen. Mgr., Atlanta, Ga. G. District Manager, L. SAVANNAH, GA. L. ASSOCIATION, Anburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. of its kind in the world. Owned, and plays more Negroes, than any other, throughout the State. West Side 5111 W. The popular "down-colore" Carries a full line Confectioneries and R. R. WRIGHT, President. COMMODORE NICHOLSON RECOMMENDS PE-RU-NA. COMMODORE NICHOLSON. COMMODORE Somerley Nicholson, of the United States Navy, in a letter from 1837 R Street, Northwest, Washington D.C., says: "Your Peruna has been and is now used by so many of my friends and acquaintances as a sure cure for our ailments as an convinced of its authorities quality and that strongly recommend it to all persons suffering From that complaint." Our army and our navy are the natural protection of our country. Teruma is the natural protection of the climate, and the vicissitudes of climate and exposure. We have on file thousands of testimonials from prominent people in the army and navy. We also give our readers only a slight illumination of the vast array of mobilized dentsurems Dr. Hertman is constantly receiving for his widely known and efficient remedy, Perma. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from Perma, write as once to Dr. S. B. Hertman,ident of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice. The latest novelty in stationery is postal cards made from peat. Hashing and Fainful Sores Covered Head and Body-Cured in Week by Cuticura. "For fifteen years my scalp and forehead was one mass of scabs, and my body was covered with sores. Words cannot express how I suffered from the itching and pain. I had given up hope when a friend told me to get Cuticura. After bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment for three days, my head was as clear as eyer, and to my surprise and joy, one cake of soap and one box of ointment made a complete cure in one week. (Signed) H. B. Franklin, 717 Washington St., Allegheny, Pa." Rheumatism can be thoroughly eradiated by a plentiful diet of ripe fruit. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At druggists, 25c, $0.00, and $1.00 per bottle. Corruption is declared to be unknown in Japanese politics. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All dragists refund money if it fails to cure. E.W. Grove's signature is on box. 20c. A hen to be profitable should lay a dollar's worth of eggs in a year. Iamure Piso's Cure for Unusumption saves my life three years ago.—Mrs. Trowna Rosins, Maple St., Notwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1991. The best paid clergy in Siberia get about $600 a year. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by all druggists. S.1. Mail orders promptly filled by Dr. E. Detchon, Crawfordsville, Ind. Only one man in 700 pays an income tax in India. Field Seeds Country merchants and farmers can save 10 to 25 per cent by writing the Nashville Produce for special cash prices. The only strictly can field seed house in the South. Write today. NASHVILLE PRODUCE`CO., J. J. ODIL, Manager. A Tobacco Grower's Profit Is dependent upon a properly balanced fertilizer. No erop is so easily spoiled as tobacco. The fertilizer must be right, and to be right it must contain at least 10% actual Potash Test it: Supply one patch with fertilizer with plenty of Potash, make with little water, no potash, and note the residue. Every tobacco grower should have our little book, Tobacco Culture, which will be sent free to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., N.Y., or Atlanta, Ga.,—22% South Broad St. Dropsy CURED Gives Quick Relief. Removes all swelling in 8 to 20 days of Potash, keeps it in soio 60 days. Dual treatment given free. Nothing can be feiser. Write Dr. H. H. Great's Sons. Specialists. Box B Atlanta, Ga. WANTED. In each State, Salesmen to sell in the following locations: Central Tobacco Worksco, Penicka, Va. An Overdue of Medicine and Its Results. This actually happened in Mindance. The story was told to me by the army surgeon himself. He was seated in his tent one morning when a number of the followers of the Sultan of Pantar came hurrying to him, saying the Sultan was dying of cholera. Aided by the alight knowledge he then had of their language the surgeon diagnosed the case from their reports as a well-nigh hopeless one. Still, anxious to show the skill and friendliness of the American for the Moro brother, he hastily made up six powders, each containing one-sixteenth of a grain of morphine and thirty-gains of bismuth. These he gave to the emissaries, telling them to give the Sultan one of them-in a glass of boiled water every three hours and to report to him next morning how the patient was getting along. The next morning the surgeon was more than surprised to see the Sultan himself walk into the tent. Wan and weak as he was, he had come some eight miles to thank the surgeon personally for having saved his life; and had brought with him one of his subjects, who spoke Spanish well enough to serve as an interpreter. It was through this interpreter that the surgeon learned how his directions had been followed. First they had given the entire six powders to the Sultan at one dose—a full grain of morphine and 180 grains of bismuth—and then had poured a tumblerful of boiling water into him every three hours afterward, scalding his mouth and throat so that he could hardly speak. But it curled him and the surgeon says the same treatment cured many another Moro who would probably have died under lesser doses.—Brooklyn Eagle. (At5-'05) Native-Born Singers. The foreign sounding stage names adopted by grand opera singers give the impression that few of them are Americans; but the fact, is that a large number of them belong to the United States. Among these may be counted Emma Nevada, who was born Wixon, and adopted the name of her native State; Minnie Hauck, too was born in New Orleans; Emma Eames, who, although she was born in Shanghai, had American parents; David Blspham, who is a Philadelphia; Suzanne Adams, a native of Cambridge, Mass.; Lillian Norden, born at Farmington, Me.; Mme. Homer, who came originally from Pennsylvania; Geraldine Farrar, who was reared in Melrose, Mass. Gertrude Nennyson, Pauline Waltmann, Lucille Hill, Florence Finlayson, Anna Hicksch, are all American-born, singers who have become famous. A BOLD GIRL Grayce—Edythe is dreadfully forward. She stood under the mistletoe for an hour last evening, and when that failed to work she invigled that young broker, Stockleigh, into the conservatory and asked him to explain to her what was meant by a "squeeze" Gladys—What did he do? Grayce—What could he do?—Louisville Courier-Journal. A FELLOW FEELING Why She Felt Leight Towards the Drunkard. A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman was led, in a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups, and she is now the more charitable. She writes: "For many years I was a great sufferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that I found I could not lie down, but walked the floor whilst others slept. I got so nervous I could not rest anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee—the main thing that I always thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that in passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I could not resist a cup. I felt very lenient toward the drunkard' who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, saying 'That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me—coffee and I will never part.' "At last, however, I bought a package of Postnast, although I was sure I could not drink it. I prepared it as directed, and served it for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against it. I must say that never before had I tasted a more delicious cup of coffee. From that day to this (more than 2 years) I have never had a desire for the old coffee. My health soon returned; the asthma disappeared. I began to sleep well, and in a short time I gained 20 pounds in weight. "One day I handed my physician the tablets, he had prescribed for me, telling him I had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked, 'I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that coffee was harmful. This is the best cup of coffee I ever drank,' he continued; 'the trouble is so few people know how to make good coffee.' When he got his second cup I told him he was drinking Postum. He was incredulous, but I conylnced him, and now he uses nothing but Postum in his home, and has greatly improved in health." Name: given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for the famous, Mittle book, "The Road to Wonderland." Mrs. John LaHue, of 115 Paterson Avenue, Paterson, N.J., says: "I was troubled for about nine years, and what I suffered no one will ever know. I used about every known remedy that is said to be good for kidney complaint, but without deriving permanent relief. Often when alone in A woman seated at a desk, writing or reading. the house the backache has been so bad that it brought tears to my eyes. The pain at times was so injense that I was compelled to give up my household duties and lie down. There were headaches, dizziness and blood rushing to my head to cause bleeding at the nose. The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills benefited me so much that I continued the treatment. The stinging pain in the small of my back, the rushes of blood, to the head and other symptoms disappeared." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.; Buffalo, N. Y. $ Smokeless powder throws off a faint haze which is clearly dispercible through violet glasses. 10,000 Plants for 1Gc. This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. Salzer Seeds have a national reputation as the earliest, finest, choiceest the earth trees. These seeds send you their big plant and 'seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer is made in order to induce you to try their warranted seeds—for when you once plant them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 28c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of the earliest 'Sweet Corn on earth-Salzer' Fourth of July—full 10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o' day, etc., etc. [A. C. L. Parkinan's Sense of Justice. A friend met Francis Parkman walking along the street holding two street boys by their coat collars. In reply to his friend's request for an explanation Parkman said: "I found this boy had eaten an apple without dividing with his little brother. Now I'm going to buy one for the little boy and make the big one look on while he eats it"—St. Nicholas. Deafness Cannot Be Cured We current by local applications as the upper extremities the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Enstachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed, the mucous lining is forced to hear, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be restored. Deafness is caused by cataract, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be bequeated by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F.J. Crenzky & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Some one has been figuring out the number of words $a_2$ man utters in a year and finds the average to be 11,800,000. Nineteen planos, every one of which was a wedding present, are in the possession of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Final Repentance. Speaking of crime, a very interesting story reaches us; one of the innumerable evidences of the intimate connection of most crime with poverty and "not getting a chance." The Rev. A. H. Simpson, vicar of Rogate, near Midhurst, recently received a letter from Australia, asking him to make inquiries in his parish for a man who lost a waistcoat and watch some forty-five years ago. The inquiries resulted in the vicar discovering a man named Ayling, of Durleigh, who about the time mentioned left his waistcoat on the side of the road while at work, and found later on that it had been stolen. The name and address of this person were sent to the inquirer in Australia. By return mail came a draft for £10 with an explanation. The sender had stolen the waistcoat when passing through the village, and the few shillings found, in the pockets together with the proceeds of the sale of the watch, had served to give him a fresh start in life. He is now a wealthy man, and wished to make some recompense.—London News. A Recompense. Young Edward, aged six, was quite tired of staying in the house. His mother was ill and had tried to keep him in the room with her because her room was warmer than his playroom, but his toys were all in the playroom and he became restless to go to them. "Goodbye, mamma," he said, "I will come back in a thousand years." "I will be dead and buried by that time, son." The little fellow stopped a moment with his hand upon the door, and, thinking of the Creed, he replied: "Never mind, mamma, you will rose again."—Lippincott's. Teacher—What changes take place when water is converted into ice? John smart—A change of price warm—Smart Set A Widow's Wit Gains Wealth. At the sale of the Roslyn jewels in London recently the name of Mrs. Elizabeth Brent figured frequently as purchaser. Mrs. Brent is an American widow and quite a remarkable woman, says the Chicago Chronicle. About seven years ago she went to London with her husband, who intended to introduce a patent lawnmower in England. He was accidentally killed leaving his widow wgiti about $250. Mrs. Brent, a Massachusetts woman, set about bringing Boston baked beans and cranberry saucepie into notice in London, and has succeeded so well that now her income sometimes runs to $1,000 a day. In her Kensington home she has a storehouse of rare works of art, souvenirs from faraway lands and Oriental hangings, said to be among the most magnificent in the city. In writing to an American friend Mrs. Brent said her success was owing partly to brains, but mostly to beans. What a. Hand May Mean. What a grand may mean. In all my experiences and thoughts I am conscious of a hand. Whatever touches me, whatever thrills me, is as a hand that touches me in the dark, and that touch is my reality. You might as well say that a sight which brings the stinging tears to your eyes, is unreal as to say that those impressions are unreal which I have accumulated by means of touch. The delicate tremble of a butterfly's, wings in my hand, the soft petals of violets curling in the cool folds of their leaves or lifting sweetly out of the meadow grass, the clear, firm outline of the face and limb, the smooth arch of a horse's neck and the velvety touch of his nose—all these, and a thousand resultant combinations, which take shape in my mind, constitute my world—From Helen Keller's "A Chat About the Hand," in Century. FAILED. Dlxy—Of course they gave you ether? So you didn't suffer any pain by the operation. Bingley—Unfortunately I came to before the bill was presented.—Boston Transcript. The annual consumption of salt in England is forty pounds per head. France consumes thirty pounds; Russia, eighteen pounds; Austria, sixteen pounds; Prussia, sixteen pounds; Spain, twelve pounds, and Switzer land, eight pounds. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer; $310 bottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. 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Miss Kate McDonald More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. The cause may be easily traced to some derangement of the female organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nervousness, sleeplessness, leucorrhoea. These symptoms are but warnings that there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result. The never-failing remedy for all these symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Miss Kate McDonald, of Woodbridge, N. J., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I think that a woman naturally dislikes to hurt her troubles known to the public, but restores them so much to me that I cannot help from falling in for the sake of other suffering women. "For a long time I suffered unfold agony with a. uterine trouble and irregularities, which made me a physical wreck, and no one knew what to do. 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