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That Tire It is romarkablo bow many peoplo there are who have That Tired Fooling and seem to think it is o? no impor tance or that nothing noel bo dono for it. They would not bo so oarolosa if they roalized how really sariona tho malady is. Bat they think or say "It will go off after a while. " We do not moan the logitimato woorincss which all experience after a hard day'B work, but that all-gone, worn-out feeling whioh is ospooially overpowering in tho morning, when tho body should bo refreshed and ready for work. It is often only the Makes Pi Wicked, Deceitful Boy. A subscriber to morning and evening papers residing on the north side har just made an interesting discovery o? how papers aro stolen from doorsteps. Pushed to desperation by losing pa . per8 just the mornings he seemed to want them the most, he got up early tho first of tho week and watched. Ho had not been at his post long when a boy selling papers came along, accompanied by a spaniel dog. Ino boy was calling "Papers!" but desisted when he reached the gate. Pulling it open quietly, ho called to the dog: "Hore, Boss, go in and g<! it!" The dog dashed into tho yard and onto tho porch, grabbed the paper and was out to thc boy in a twinkle. Tho discovery may explain how a boy can 6tantl at a front gate in an in nocent attitude and yet be engaged in a vory reprehensible practice.-Colum bus Dispatch. Wanted to Engage Him. "I say," said the business man to the detective, "some fellow has been representing himself as a collector of ours. Ho has been taking in moro money than any two of tho men wo have, and I want him collared as quick as you can." "All right. PU have him in jail in less than a week." "Great Scott, man! I don't want to put him in jail; I want to engago him."_ Hadn't Time. Customer (femalo and unfair)-I or dered ten yards of dress materiui nero yesterday to bc sent; has it boen cut yet? Shopwalker-No, indeed; thc assist ant said you hadn't been in yet to change your mind. May Week Celebration; Snvnnnali, Ga.? .Hay 12.10, IS9.3. It ban boen decided lo hold a May week cel ebration in Savannah daring thc third wrck in May. fur which a Very interesting pro gramme has been arranged, including grand carnival, large military parade and display, Tybeedny with sham and naval battle, eic. It ls also expected that several large war vos e?is will be present. Tho old reliable Central railroad of Georgia will sell round-trip tickets May 12th to ltith, limited returning May 18th, in>m nil points in Georgia, and from Montgomery, Ala., und in termediate points, to Savannah, at thc rato of one fare for the round trip. ' For military companies in uniform, twenty or more traveling in a body on one ticket from stations within 300 m?es of Savannah and from Montgomery, Ala., and intermediato PpfiaflSMlmt1 ???j Pgr "*"" *** each dircc JLifi?Uiauthorlz ?. "ti fliese ve#'"fOW-fir***" every" one will have an opportunity of making the trip to Savannah. For further informalion, rates, schedules, etc., apply to nny ticket accent of the Central railroad system or S. Ii. .Webb, iravcllnsc pas Fonuer agent, IC Wall street, Atlanta, Ga. ? ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR * ^NURSING MOTHERSJNFANTS/ CHILDREN ? JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York. * HS SWALLOWS IT WHOLE. Better than mineral waters? Well, I ebould emile. Threo dozen in a bor, and. Yon can carry six , In your vest pocket. Take ono every night. After dinner, or at bcd time. It Beats Congress water all hollow, Or Klaseagon. You always havo lt handy,. The effect is b;ttcr, and 1 When yoa trivol C eaves freiqhU I am an old traveler And I get things down fine. A 9 Ripens . Tabule Is worth moro Than any spring in ezistonco. ?* -oxcepi a door spring 1 hate a draught I W. L. DOUGLAS 0*3} C aJ^B? ' IS THE BEST. ?P<t# FIT FOB A KING. $ 3. COEDOVANT. 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That Tired Peeling and nervousness are euro indications of an impuro and impoverished condition of the blood. Tho oravingof tho system for help oan only bo met by purifying tho blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is tho ono great blood purifier. It expels ali impurities, gives vitality and strength, regulates the digostion and makes tho weak strong. " IQ tho spring I felt very much run down -no strength or appetite. I bo^aa to take lljod'a Sarsaparilla and my appetito improv ed aa-11 did not have That Tirad Feeling.' ff. It. SQUIRES, East Lovcrott, Massachusetts irsaparilSa ire Blood. The Human Family. The human family living on earth oday consists of about 1,450,000,000 iouls-not fower, and probably more Those aro distributed liberally all over the earth's eurface, there being no considerable spot on thc globo where man has not made his home. In Asia the so-called "cradle of the human race," there are now about 800,000,000 people densely crowded together, an averago of about 120 to every square mile. In Europe there are 320, 000,000, averaging 100 to the square mile, a population not so crowded as Asia, but every where dons?. In Africa thero are, ap proximately, 210,000,000, and in thc Americas-North, South and Central 110,000,000, theso latter, of course lhinly scattered over tho broad areas On the islands, large and small, there aro probably 10,000,000 more. The proportion of the extreme blacks and tho whites, is as five to three; the re maining 700,000,000 aro intermediate, brown, yellow and tawny in color. Of the entire race, 500,000,000 arc well clothed, that is, they wear garments of some kind; 250,000,000 habitually go naked, and 70,000,000 only cover the middle portions of the body ; 500, 000,000 livo in houses, 700,000,000 in huts and caves, tho remaining 250, 000,000 virtually having no place to lay their heads. Furs of the Future. Whut aro women going to do a hundred years or so heneo for their winter furs? Fur-bearing animals arc rapidly being exterminated, and unless soon protected there is reason to be lieve future wearers of ermine, sable and marten must pay fabulous prices for tho privilege of being kept ele gantly comfortable, while humblo or dinary mortals will havo to resort to imitations or to the skins of perennial cats. Thc employment of 60 much fur as a personal adornment has led to a fearful slaughter of animals in Brit ish North America, which was sup posed to teem with material for cold defying garments sufficient for all time. But such is not tho case; tho north is not so productive as the trop ics, and we had better hang on to our Russian sabio overcoats and frilly ormino c ipes. There never may be any mere- AW i or h Advertiser. How Many Toes Has a Cat? This was ono of the questions asked of a certain class during examination week ; and simple os tho question ap pears to be, none could answer it. In tho emergency, the principal was ap plied to for a solution ; and ho also, with a good-natured smile, gave it up; when one of the teachers, determined not to bo beaten by so simple a ques tion, hit on the idea of sending out a delegation of boys to scour the neigh borhood for a cat. A feline was soon secured and a returning board was at ouce appointed and tho toes counted, when, to the relief of all, it was learn ed that a cat possesses eighteen toes, ten on tho front feet and eight on the hir.d feet. A PoHonotiH .IfUr. This fitly describes mia ina, a vaporous poison winch breeds chills and fever, bilious remittent, dumb ague, ague cake, and ia the Impies dead'y typhoid forms of fever. Hos teller's Stomach Hitters prevents and cures these complaints. Uiliou-ncss, r oust ?pat ?on, dyspepsia, nervous und kidney trouble, rheu matism, neuralgia and impaired vitality arc also remedied by the gnat restorative. Al wa va try to look on thc bright side of ii; trials and perplexities. Dr. Kilmer's SwA&ir-R0 0T cures all Kiducy and Bladder tronidos. Pamphlet and Consultation frea. Laboratory Binghamton, N'. Y. Never excuse yourself from (loins a good deed because it looks little. Ilcnlth in Your Vest rocket! A 1-ox of Ri pans Tabules can bc stowed away in your ve-t pocket. It costs you only CO cent-, and may save you a? many dollars' worth of time and doctor bills. Pl-o's Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, ?3Seneca St.. huiTalo, SC. Y., May 9,1?!)4. F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., Prop', or Hall's Catarrh Curo, ofter 5100 reward for anj ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hull's Catarrh ('ure. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, "5c. Mr?. Winslow's Sooth! ns Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, alluj-s pain, cure9 wind colic. a bottli Both the method and results -when Syrup of Figs is taken? it is pleasant and refreshing to the taftc, and acts gently yet promptly on thc Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho Sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head- ! aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duce!., pleasing to the tasto and ac ceptable to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from thc most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have mado it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for au y one who wishes to try it. I)o not accept any substitute.' CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, Kr, HEW WM. N h EARTH'S JOY. Over (ho hills she carno, Followed by singing birds Tilling tho air with llamo And melodious words. Sudden tho valleys grew Guidon, ?nd all the stroan^, Waking to muslo, knew Joy at the cud of dreams. Whithu* .she took her way, Blossom and bad and leaf Gladdened again the day, Hushing its voice of grief. Etars lu the sky above Sang, and tho quickening sod Toit ut its heart the love Spring-mid the touch ol God! -Frank D. Sherman, iu Harper's Uaznr. MARGARETS LOVE, IG HT by tho old sun dial I saw her lirst ; about her was a blaze ofsunshine ; blood-red and vir gin-whito roses bent their beaute ous heads beside her. A hundred sweet scents min gled with tho warm odor of ripening frait, and tho drowsy hum of a solitary boo was the only sound that disturbed the sum mer stillness. I had met her brother a month be fore iu London. We had been school fellows once upon a time, and when, after years of separation, wo en countered and recognized each other, he gave mo an invitation to come and seo him. Havitig accepted his invitation and apprised him of tho day an 1 hour of my arrival, I certainly expected to find some sort of a conveyunco await ing me at the small rustic station. Such was not tho case, so, with tho solitary porter's assistance, I engaged a fly to convoy me to my destination. When we stopped before a pretty, low-storied house, whoso whito walls were nearly covered with ivy and other creeping plants, a neat maid servant opened the door. The ex pression of astonishment which tho sight of my luggage for abrief instant called forth was quickly suppressed as ?he bade tho driver deposit it in the hall and ushered mo into tho dining room. I had not been thcro many minutes when the master of the house entered, "My dear fellow," ho bogan almost before he had opened the door, "I don't know how to express my regret. I have been so busy lately-1 am writing a series of articles fer tho Weekly Gazette-that I put your let ter aside and forgot to tell my people you wore coming." 1 'Pray, don't apologize, if I am in tho way," I began. "No, no; not at all," he hastily in terrupted; "only I am soi ry you had to come from tho station by yourself. Would you li?co a littlo refreshment now, or will you wait till dinner time? Wo dine in half an hour." 1 'I should prefer waiting, " I replied. "Then como up to my room at onco. Tour own shall be got ready while you are at dinner. " Thus speaking, my host lcd mc to his chamber, au arjartment of ampio dimensions, but crammed with books, pamphlets and periodicals. --?Pe?i?ng- wrto ' mafctruSC~CTW? atcrcr ' ? might require, ho begged mo to es cuso him, as he had still a few para graphs to add to an article ho wished despatched by that night's post. "If I am not back by tho timo you havo finished your toilet you aro pretty certain to find my sister in tho draw ing room," ho added as ho loft mc. I made tho best of myself that was possible under the circumstances, and as I brushed my hair was even able to smile at Robert Elliot's short memory and tho surprise which my coming must havo been to his sister. Ho did not return, so I ventured downstairs unaccompanied. Au open door showing au interior of softly tinted harmony of books and pictures and flowers, with lace drapery flutter ing in tho gent?o breeze, and a delicate tono of blue pervading tho furniture, guided mo to thc'drawing-room. It was empty, howovcr, but as I gazed around at thc many sigu.s of taste and refinement scattered about, my preconceived notion of Miss Elli ot, as a middle-aged spinster iu spec tacles and wiry ringlets, who ruled her brother aud his household with impartial severity, and who attired herself in sad-cclored garments, bogan to waver and grow dim. There was a youthful appearance about this room somehow, a homelike carelessness of arrangement, which to gether with tho open workcasc, fitted up with very fragile-looking tokens of industry, a gold thimblo set in a rim of precious stones, gilded scissors, and a very fairy's web of dainty embroid ery, relieved my mind of tho fear lest I might bo domiciled with ono of my special horrors- a strong-minded, straight-backed female, delighting in Dorcas meetings, coarse calico and flannel petticoats. The smooth, green lawns, tho sur rounding beds dazzling in pomp of purple and gold, scarlet and blue, tomptcd mo through the open window, and tho quaintness of the floral ar rangements lured mc onward from path to path. And so, walking slowly along, I turned a corner and came faeo to face with my "Queen of Beauty," my "Star of Light." Her clasped hand? resting on thc moss-grown stone, her eyes dreamy and downcast, tho rich blood mantling in her cheeks, and tho pale cream huo of her dress suiting admir ably tho magnificent brunette color ing of skin and hair. Screened from view by u clump of evergreens, I stared on spellbound. 1 hnd seen many handsome women. Be ing au artist, I was acquainted with every ttylo of beauty, tho classical, thc piquant, the stately and tho placid, but never before hud I beheld so per fect a face, so perfect a figure. Of what was she thinking? Of whom was shu dreaming? Wus she wrapt "in maiden meditation fancy free?" As I watchod her I almost prayed that tho passionate nature, which must of a surety bo combined with such tropical southern type of beauty, might still bo slumbering una wakened, and that I might bo tho happy prince who should summon it to life ; that mino might bo tho kiss that should call it forth ; that There was a noise of Hwift footsteps crushing the gravel of a neighboring path, and ere I had time to movo from my placo of espial a gontloman carno burying forward, a glad, joyous ex pression on his face. At the sound of his hasty approach the white jeweled fingers wero un claflpod, the fair face aroused from its abstraction, the dusky, luminous eyes were lifted, and with a calm smile Margaret Elliot returnod the new comer's greeting. "Elliot, is Mr. Vernon a relative of yours?" I abruptly asked, as we smoked an anto-nocturnal oigar and chatted ovor old school days on the lawn before retiring to rost. "Well, not?t present, but ho soon will be, I suppose." "How? What do you mean?" "Why, Margaret and ho are tn bo married next month." v "Tho deuce! I beg pardon, but I gave my pet corn a most unkind knock against a stone. How dark it is to night." "Do you think so? I had just been remarking how brightly the stars wcro shining." "Had yon? But surely Mr. Vernon is a great deal older than your sister." "Yes, certainly. He is nearly sixty and 6ho is twenty." "What an awful difference. I con sider such unequal marriages ought to be forbidden. They are horribly wicked and wrong. How can you al low it, Robert?" "Well, you soc, tho circumstances are rather peculiar. Vernon has been foud of her from a child. Many years back ho did my father great service, GO when ho died, eighteen months ago, he ruado Margar :t promise to marry him." "And what are her feelings? Does she like him?" "I think so. She seems quito re conciled and happy. For my part I think her a very lucky girl. . Vernon is immensely rich. Besides his estates hero ho has a house in towu and a shooting box in Scotland. Then ho comes of a good old family, and will spoil and indulge her to her heart's content." "Oh ! well, I shall turn in now. Good night." Six weeks later in my studio, at Ken sington, I read tho announcement of tho marriage of "William Galo Ver non and Maigarct Alice F!".iot." Tho sun was sinking down from the bluo vault of a cloudless sky. Tho sea lay rippling and glistening, each littlo wavelet reflecting a separate sparklo. I had boon on tho beach all morning sketching in a desultory sort of way, and was now returning to tho hotel in search of soino solid refreshment. Brighton was unusually full-that is to say, if Brighton can ovor be unusually full-and.tho King's road was thronged with a fashionable crowd. I was in an extremely lazy mood and even with tho hotel in sight sat myself down on a seat facing tho road, and fell to idle scrutinizing tho folks as -hey wont by. All at onco my at tention was eugaged by a group of thrco. They had passed boyond me before 1 had observed them ; but I could perceive that tho ocoupant of tho bath chair, drawn by a man in liv ery, was a gentleman, and that the lady who Avalkod by his sido was young was evident by tho carriago of her shoulders and the contour of her form, whilo from tho poise of her head I further concluded that sho was good looking. Somo subilo attraction impelled mo to rise and follow them ; with lungour and i'atiguo forgotten, I set out in pur suit; I slackened my speed as I carno np to them, and turned slightly so as to catch a viow of the lady's face. "Mrs. Vernon I" Tho color?n her ohecksdeepened by ever so faint a tinge, and for ono brief second thero was a flicker of some thing in her eyes that sent an odd tremor through mo. But tho next ?m<3i&eot-ehe--wftif--the-wei?-bred tr?manr of the world again, as sho smiled and extended her hand. From her 1 turnod to tho ocoupant of tho bath chair, and my omotion was simply ono of shocked surprise as I recognized her husband in tho frail, cmaciatod frame beforo me. When I saw him two years beforo ho was halo and hearty, with hair scarcely touched by tho frost of timo ; but now his limbs were feeble and shaking, and his scanty lock3 whito as driven suow. "My husband is a great invalid," carno the quiet remark, as though in answer to my pitying astonishment. Mr. Vernon looked np quiokly. * "Yes, but I havo no causo to com plain, for my dear wifo makes my hours of pain and sickness so bright with her care and attention that I found more happiness in ill-health than during my long lifo of health and vigor. That chanco meeting led to many others, and I was speedily on terms of friendly intimacy with thom. Thoy wcro living very unobtrusively, tho doctor having enjoiuod strict seclusion and quietude as necessary to tho re covery of his patient, who but a short time provionsly had been smitten by a stroko of paralysis. Mr. Vernon always accorded mo a cordial welcome, and it soon bvcamo customary for mo to spend a couple of hours every evening in their apart ments. When wc were alono together his conversation had but one subject. Margaret's goodness and accomplish ments, and on this themo I was ovor an attentive listener. Ono evening our discourse had taken tho usual direction. Tharo had been silence between us for a while, when my companion broko it suddonly : "It has frequently occurrod to me, and moro persistently during my ill ness, that I ought never to havo al lowed Margaret to consider herself bound by her promise to her dying father. I ought to have known that such discrepancy in ago was too great and unnatural ever to bc productive of happiness." "But," I remonstrated, "Mrs. Ver non appears to bo happy." "Yes," ho said, sadly, his faoo re flecting tho glow of the sunset sky, "sho uppears to be happy, but sho cannot bo so in reality. Soo what I am ; what a shattered remnant of hu mauity, what a crippled wreck of a mau, and think of her, with her youtb, lier beauty and her porfect health, and even when I was well and strong there was too much of May aud December about tho union for it ever to bo a well-assorted ono. My only excuse is that-that I loved her doariy." I attempted neither responso nor consolation, for words Utting to the occasion would not como. After u short pauso ho spoko again : "Lyiug awake, as I often do, I please myself by thinking what would bo best for my darling's happiness. I know I cannot livo long. Nay, nay," (for I was about to utter an impetu ous objection), "tho doctors havo spoken plainly to me. and havo told mo that my span of earthly days is nearly over; and so," ho went on bravely, "I plan out tho by-and-by, when-when she shall have mourned for mo a little-sho will meet somo ono who will be to Ivor moro than I ever have been or could be. I-" Thero was a tap R:; the door, and Bennet, Mr. Ver no a's personal at tendant, appeared. "If you please, sir, you are wanted immediately," lie said, addressing mc. I left the room to find awaiting mo a messenger, bearing tho tidings of my mother's dangerous illness. I made a hasty adieu and started fox London at once. For days and weeks I watched bj her bedside, and when at length tho crisis was favorably passed, a winter residence in thc south of Franco was ordored. I was making tho necessary arrange monts for our sojourn abroad, when tho nowB carno to mo that Margaret Vernon was a widow. DoarJack; Tho woo wife lays upon you imperativo commands to put li? au appear au-.'O to-morrow craning. Dinnor nt 7 sharp. Thine. Tuu FOBXAX. Furthermore, she bids mo say that a bcd ahall bc at your disposal. Ted Forman was ono of tho best fel lows that ever stopped, and his wife thc dearest little woman that ever spoilt her babies. So tho following day, at precisely 10 minutes post 7 p. m.. my rattat sounded through No. 19. Pem broke Gardens, W. "That's right," old fellow!" called out Ted's hearty voice, aud Ted him self emerged from the diuing-room. "Come and meet your doom like a mun and a Briton." "What's up now?" I inquiroil, un buttoning my overcoat. "What's up? Why, your fatoawaits you in thc drawing-room. My little woman has settled it all completely to her satisfaction ; and I'll tell you what, my boy, if I hadn't boon tied up protty tight in my matrimonial noose I'd havo gono in for myself-aye, and cut you out, too. Silo's no end of a fino girl ; but, como along, und judge for yourself." Ted threw opeu tho drawing-room door, and Mrs. Forman roso to wel come mo. "Mr. Frazer, permit me. Mr. Fra zer-Mrs. Vernon." A white, ringless hand was extend ed, and a musical voice said : "I havo tho plcusure of a previous acquaintance with Mr. Frazer." I had been commissioned by Mrs. Forman to choose somo music for her, and with her roll of pieces un der my arm was hastening to lay bo foro her tho fruits of my selection. "Are the ladies in?" I inquired of tho servant who answered my knock. "Yes, sir. They aro in the draw ing-room, I believe." "Thank you-you need not an nounce mo." Tho warm perfumod air of tho cosy apartment struck pleasantly comfort able after thc chill blast outside. As I closed tho door a slender figuro moved from behind a curtain, and for tho first time sinco her husband's death Margaret and I wero alono. I had taken her by surprise, and sho flushod and trembled strangely, and her voice faltered as she essayed ecmo commouplaco romark. A quick, sudden hopo sprang up within mo; my whole soul was filled with irroprcesiblo longing, and liko a torrent that could not bo stayed my tongue was loosoncd in passionate, ve hement pleading. I do not rcmombcr what I said, only that iu burning words of eager entreaty my story was told. When at last I ceased, she stood motionless, with drooping head and fingers closely entwined. "Givo me ono word of oncourago ment," I urged; "only ono little word, my lovo, my queen." "What would you have mo say?" sho murmured. "That you like mc a littlo ; that - that you will try to liko mo more." With a sobbing catch in her breath siro stretched out'irisr"nanda': - "Like you a littlo ! Ob, Jack, I love you with all my heart."-San Francisco Bulletin. A Decorated Mouse Nest. Upon tho sandspit projecting from thotownsito of Port Angelos into the straits of San Juan do Euca arc n number of small, unpainted cottages, which aro vacant tho grouter part of tho year. A lady in closing ono ol these lor tho winter loft iying upon a shelf tho cast-off feather pompons of a turban. Ono returning carly tba fol lowing spring she mado tho discovery that tho pompons had been destroyed during her absence, and thc wire ! stoms with a few nibbled feathers alone remained. In tho thorough cleaning of thc cot tage that followed, what at first ap peared to bo a small pilo of cotton and feathers was fouud in ono corner of a room. Investigation, ho wovor, showed it to be tho nest of an ambi tious and artistic mouse. It was shaped liko a great pocket and was, perhaps, oight iuohes across its widest or straight edge, whore it openod evenly to admit its builder to the softly cushioned interior. Tho prevailing material used in the construction of this curious nest was wadding, doubtless pulled from a com' fortable; while standing upright, thickly upon thc outsido wero the inch-long feathers of thc missing pom pons, showing they had boen distinctly designed for decorativo purposes. Small white cotton tassels were alsc found intermingled with the wadding of tho nest. Those tassels had becu obtained from thc short muslin win dow curt-'ins, from ono set of which tho ornamenting fringe was com pletely romoved, hoing cut off SG smoothly it seemed impossible scissors had not been used for thc work, in stead of tho teeth of ? cunning little animal. Tho compartment disclosed by lift ing tho well constructed lid of the pookot-likc nest, was perhaps one quarter thc sizo of thc wholo struc ture, and aftor tho mouso had crept be neath it closed snugly, shutting thc occupant in from all possibility of cold. Tho nest, however, boro no signs of having been occupied, and accidont discovorcd tho body of the intelligent builder ilattcuod beneath ono of the loosely arranged boards of thu cottage floor. Beal rogrct was felt for tho fate of tho unfortunato creature whose lit tle, unoccupied homo wu? cur of al ly preserved and produced as convincing ovidonco, when u look of incredulity challenged the truth of tho story con cerning tho mouso that feathered i ti nest.-Northwest Magazine. Thc Umbrella Demon. There is a class ol individuals whu ought to bo chasod out of tho public streots. This class of mcu is divided into two kinds. Cue carries thu um brella under tho arm, grasping tho handlo with ono hand, allowing tho eyo-oponer end to stick straight out to jab tao eyes out of ovorybody bohiud. It would bo a good thing if every man and woman who chances to be behind ono of theso luuatio3 would fetch tho umbrella a smart rap downward, as they do in Berlin, Germany. The other stylo of lunatic crooks his elbows aud grasps tao umbrella around tho mid dle, thrusting thc thing back and forth. This is ten times more aggravating than the other woy, though it does not jeopardize such vital organs as the eye.-Boston Courier FORGOTT KM. Tho world moves ou (ind yut you arc away; There ls tho lustro ol thc shirs each sum mor night, Tho glory of tho sky find sea each dawning day, Wldlo ovory noontide wears its crown ii radiant light; ind only in my heart tho gray ghost of de spair Sits with folded wings and broodeth thero. [f through tho darkness of my soul's edipsc Ono ray ol amber brightness could have shone. ii would have been to soo your smilcless Hps And know thu gladness from your eyes had tl'JWU; [ might havoboen content to walk apart, Knowing the .samo unrest was lu your heart. Unseen, forlorn, I stood and saw you pass, And as the last glimpse of your form and faso Yanfcjuod like frosty tracery on glass, Tho dark of midnight seemed to fill thc pince rh Ot lust gllinp:? I had mcaut to prize Revealed tho warm, glad laughter in yodi eyes. -L?llau W. Carter, lu Boston Transcript. PITH AND POINT. It's tough luck when a mau has in somnia and his foot goes to sleep. Philadelphia Rocord. "She is a bachelor girl, isn't she?" "Yes, and she has a brother who is a spinster mau. "-Detroit Prco Press. A South street haberdasher an nounces: "Our handkerchiefs are not to bc encezed at."-Philadelphia Re cord. "Do you think the new boarder is permanent ?" "?os, indeed. Ho threatens continually to leave."-Chi cago Intcr-Occan. Noah Count -"Well, Iledison, any new conceit on hand?" Inventor "Yes; my son's homo from school." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What reason has she for thinking Mr. Staylato regards her so highly?" "Well, he went home at 10 o'clock la6t night."-Chicago Inter-Ocean. A Jersoy City undertaker advcrtisc? that ho furuisos "every requisite for o funeral." Ho must bc a doctor as well as an undertaker.-Texas Sift ings. Invalid-"I'm getting tirod of this monotonous stato of things. Even a new symptom would bo a relief." Doc-tor-"Well, then, why not pay mo something on account?"-New York Herald. Spratt- "Miss Eider is much oldei than I thought." Hunkor-"Impos sible." Spratts-"Well, I askod her if she had read VEsop's Fables,' and sho said sho read them when they iirst carno out."-Tit-Bits. The doctor had presented his bill, and it was large. "Hump I" said Skin flint. "This is a pretty big charge." "No doubt," said tho doctor, "confid ing tho vnluo of tho lifo I saved ; but it goes."-Harper's Bazar. Littlo Ethol (horrified) -"Wo'vc in vited too many children to our too party. Thoro isn't enough for them to get more'n a bito each." Little Dot (rcsignodly)-"That's too bad. We'll havo to call it a reception."-Good Nowa. "No," said Small wort, "I hardly feel justified in saying that Peppora ls inordinately vain, but when a fellow has a musio box in hts room arranged to play 'Hail to tho Chief as soon as ho opens the door what is ono to think j>f him ?"-^C_incinnati Tribune. _ Advanced Woman-"What makes you think that woman will nevor bo tho equal of man?" Patson (explo sively)-"Bats!" (And the advancod woman demonstrated the trath of his assertion by climbing the nearest chandelier. ) -St. Louie Post-Dispatch. "'Lot mc soo," said Eobbs to Dobbs, "isn't this Dobbs that wo were just talking about a relativo of yours?" "A distant relative," said Dobbs. "Very distant?" "I ahould like so. Ec's tho oldest of twelvo children in Dur family and I'm tho youngest." London Tit-Bits. Forming a (?old Brick. Describing a visit to the New York Assay Office the Journal says : lu two furnaces at this visit nearly $230, OOO in liquid gold wa3 simmering, waiting for tho metters to hullo it out and pour into tho moulds, while on tho right, in four furnaces, wero ?110,000 in silver "warming up." In a half hour's time it would bo ready for tho ladlcr. Thc patriarch of this department is Harman Cooper, a man about sixty years of agc, with a full gray beard and straggly gray hair. For thirty years Mr. Cooper has been in tho gold and silver melting business for thc Government. He is generally recog nized as thc cleverest man in tho pro' fossion. Tho boss molter has five assistants, all of whom havo been with him foi years. At the timo this visit was paid al] was in apparent confusion. Workmen wcro rushing hither and thither. A pot containing $130,000 in liquid gold was soon to bo tapped and tho yellow molal ladled ont into moulds, each ol which, when filled, represented exact ly $8000 and weighed about twonty-flvc pounds. Suddenly Cooper gavo tho word. There was a flash of light and tho visi tors were looking into a seething caul drou of burning gold. Cooper and his firat assistant, Ander eon, took up their ladles. Thcso in struments aro of tho fincst-tompcred metal. Tho "cup" in which the --old is picked up is about tho sizo of an or dinary teacup. The ladles when filled woigh from fifteen to thirty pounds, according to thc fineness of tho gold hoing handled. Harman dipped his ladle into th? glittering pond of Aro. Ho filled it tc tho top and quickly carried it over to ono of tho rows of mould. Tho de posit was quickly made, and boforo he could malro nuothor dip iu tho liquii his assistant had poured his uhuro ol metal iuto tho mould, and a brick of 88000 was formed in livo secouds. When Mr. Vaux Danced With the Queen, Tho story of ton told, that the late Hon. Bichard Vaux had danced with Qucon Victoria, has been doniod quito frequently since his death, but, us ti matter of fact, he did dauco with thc Queen. He was not her partner, it is true, but danced in what w?s known as thc Quoon's cotillion, at thc ball given in her honor in 1837, whou he Avas Secretary of thc United Htatet Legation. Mr. Vaux was selected by tho Queen herself as one of seven per sons to join with her in tho dance. In thu course of tho evolutions in thc cotillion, ho danced with tho Queon. This statement was made by Mr. VUUJ to a well-known Pennsylvanian win. served with him in the Fifty-lire! Congress, while ho was filling out thc unexpired term of the lato Hou. Samuel J. Randall.- Philadelphia Record. Toper Horseshoes. A practical invention by a veteri nary surgeon is now mcccssfully ap plied at Berlin. He manufactures horseshoes of paper impregnated with oil or turpentine to inako it water proof. After being saturated it is glued together in thin layers with n cement which does not become brittle whon drying, and contains a mixture of Venetian turpentine, powdered chalk, linseed oil and lacquer. Those horseshoes oro marlo in various thick nesses. The holes admitting thc nails by which the shoo is fastened to the hoof aro stamped through the paper when moist ; it is then subjected to a very strong pressure, under a hydrau lic press, and when dry can be filed and planed to fit the hoof snugly. The inventor has also attempted to make these horseshoes of papor pulp, adding chalk, sand, turpentine and linseed oil in such quantities that the material is impermeable to moisture. This composition possesses tho neces sary elasticity and toughness for the purpose ; it can be pressed into molds and driod afterward, or cut out of blocks of tho mass and placed under strong pressnre. The shoes made by pasting together paper sheets are pre ferable, as they are stronger than those made of the compressed material. These shoes can bo fastened to thc horse's hoof either by nails, as usual, or be cemented with gluo consisting of gum of ammonia, one part, and gutta -4-pexcho, ^XSLP j*??*??-tr&? g?*?**-? vantage claimed by the inventor for tho new shoe is tho impossibility of the horso slipping on slippery roads. Uses of Wood. Pino is the wood most nscd on ac ;ount of its abnndanoc. Tho timber of tho oak, which combines in itself thc essential clements of strength and durability, hardness and elasticity in a dogrco which no other treo can boast, has been used as a material for ship building since the time of King All fred. It is also employed in archi tecture, cabinet making, carving, mil work, coopering, and a thousand and one other ways, while tho bark is of great value as furnishing tan and yield ing a bitter extract in continual de mand for medicinal purposes. Thc timber of tho pino is also ueod in house and ship carpentry. Common turpentine is extracted from it, and much tar, pitch, rosin nnd lamp black. Splinters of tho resinous root serve thc Highlanders instead of caudles. Fishermen mako ropes of the inner bark, which the Kamschat- 11 dales and Laplanders steep in water, j j and use for making a coarse kind oe j j bread. Tho oil obtained from thf.ji shoots of the dwarf pine is a kind of ! ^ universal medicine Muong thc peas- j - ants of Hungary, while tho soft-grain-1 cd silver fir is in much requisition for the sounding boards of musical instru-1 j mente, and tho Germans employ it nimost exclusively in their vast toy fac tories. In the manufacture of lucifer matches, and, above all, paper pulp, thousands and tens of thousands of acres of pine forest aro cut down ev ery year, and tho timber, constituting tho chief material of English and American builders, is more used than all other kinds of woods put together. mn A LUV Srlmliirxlilp in any Jep .1 tmont ia to bo giron anti rely ino this summer to onn hoy and cir! in every county of thu mato. Anpy promptly to <?corbin H ?! ti nea* CoUcRc, MACON, GA. COST LESS THAN CHEAP PAINT Ol WHITE LEAD. Hnmmnr Point is NOT Patont, NOT Choi ?round THICK, in Linseed Oil and Dryers so tim KNOW that U 1 ? pure. There U no neerot. A ea! mar Pniut maka two calions of THK IIBST Paint LESS than Iteady Mixed Paint or White Lea I. The Was gets to b days w! shed the work b Ifs but it's h< Beware rou an imitation. Peddles and " this is as go FALSE-Peal be honest-send it back. Flirting With a Wux Figure. At ono of tho suburban stations, .long the linc of tho Beading railroad, iU enterprising soap manufacturer bas Tooted ti factory and warehouse. MIC in g thu railroad is tho largo balk rind?w of the main salesroom. In his window one day a few weeks ago boro speared to tho riders on the arly morniug trains a very pretty [ir!, who appeared to have paused in ho midst of her labor of wushiag tho rimlow to flirt with tho travelers. Jearly tvi ry malo rider who Baw ber ?rocceded to llirt with, ber, and the aalo riders on all tho truins that )asscd during tho day did tho samo. !n fact, she has*been flirted with ever ince, although most of tho regular idcrs have long since learned that the >onutiful yonog girl in tho window is mt a waxen figure.-Philadelphia Dr. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION FOR WEAK WOMEN. ?n?Tto t?ie ???i?i^^nci^r?i??m'yeai _^ fier, it was sold under a Positivo Guarantee if giving entire satisfaction in every oise for vlnch it is recommended. So uniformly suc essful did it prove In curing the diseases, de anjrcnients and weaknesses of women that tainui for the return of money paid for It were xceedingly rare. Since its manufacturers can tow point to thousands of noted cures effected >y it in every part of the land, they believe its last record a sufficient guarantee of Its (Treat .alue as a curative agent, therefore, they now cst its claims to thc confidence of thc afflicted okly upon that record. By all medicine dealers. .^??fre^c*??e<> \ McEI.REES ? WINE OF CARDUlJ I For Female Diseases. | ? TO AVOID THIS "ETSID TETTERINE Tho ONLY painless and harmless 0 N, 'fi A C rCUllE fur Oin wnrst lypo of Kczema, Tottor, Ringworm, ugly rough p?tcU os on tho fnco. crusted scalp. Ground itch, chafes, chip*, pint* Flos. PoiH'fn fruin ivy or poi ?on oak. n ?h?rt ALI. rrcMiK?. Bond Mc in H.tan.,,, or oasil to J. T. Shuptrlne, Savannah, On., for one bo?, if yoor drugi;!1*! don't koop it. Morphine Habit Cured IN 20 DAYS. VO SUFFERING, Nor any Money -Required in Advance. Not ono com till CURED ud SATISFIED. !"omo to sae me or write me ut once io- terms. 0. SYMS, ?VT. IX, ATLANTA, GA., 107 Alexander St. LN.U.Nineteen, *95 Guaranteed 5 years, Al NTS niral, only old fashioned l'ulnt materials, t you cnn mix in voca owNLInwocd Oil ana Ihm nf puro KAW Oil and a gallon of Ham ? In tho world; bebides, they cost you MUCH frLdui hing of the Feet ie a weighty matter, in these hen colored stockings will ir colors. Pearline does this eautifully. not only thoroughly effective, salthy. Doctors recommend Pearline as ? soak for rheumatism. Try it in the bath. It will give you a new idea of cleanli ness. Bathing with Pearline is a perfect luxury. some unscrupulous grocers will tell you, od as" or "the same as Pearline." IT'S dine is never peddled, if vour gr Jeer sends ? 423 JAMES PYLE, N?w Yorfc