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No Patchwork! One of the most encouraging features of a cure made by S.S.S.(Swift's Specific) is its permanency. Of all diseases, it is well known that those of the blood are the most obstinate, and therefore the most difficult to cure. The medical profession, in fact, have virtually ad mitted that a real, deepseated blood disease is beyond their skill. Of course, their admission is not made in so many words, but actions speak louder than words, and their inability to cure, after months and often years of treatment, is sufficient evidence that dis eases of the blood cannot be cured by doctors. Their mercurial mixtures, al though taken faithfully, only cover Tip the symptoms of the disease, inducing the patient to feel that he is being cared; but when he is sooner or later seized with stiff joints, pain in the bones, etc, the evidence of the doctor's patchwork is conclusive. Such results cannot be ex pected from the use of S. S. S. Being purely vegetable, containing no harm ful mineral ingredients, it is the only blood remedy which acts on the true principle of forcing the disease from the system, building up rather than tearing down the health. No loss of hair, no stiff joints, no decrepit mercu rial wrecks result from the use of S.S.S. H. L. MYiiKS. Mr. II. L. Myers, of 100 Mulberry street, Newark, N. J., made the mistake of re lying upon remedies based upon mineral ingredients, and for the hundreds of dollars which he invested received only disappointment in return. He says : 'I was afflicted with a terrible blood disease, which was in spots at first, but afterwards 'spread all over my body. These soon broke out into sores, and it is easy to imagine the suffering I en dured. " Before I became convinced that the doctors could do no good I had spent a hundred dollars, which was really thrown away. I then tried vari ous patent medicines, but they did not reach the disease. When I had finished my first bottle of S.S.S. , I was greatly improved and was delighted with the result. The large re 1 splotches on my chest began to grow paler and smaller, and before long disappeared entirely. I regained my lost weight, became strong er, and my appetite greatly improved. I was soon entirely well, and my skin as clear as a piece of glass." S.S.S. is a sure cure for all manner of blood diseases, and disappointment never results from its use. It is Purely Vegetable and one thousand dollars will be paid for proof that it contains a particle of mercury, potash, or other mineral. S.S.S. is sold by all druggists. Valuable books on blood and skin dis eases will be mailed free to all who ad dress Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Onr Minister t Turkey. Dr. James Burrill Angell, who has been appointed to the important post of United States minister to Turkey, is DR. JAMES B. AKGEIX. distinguished as an educator, a scholar, an anthor and a diplomat. For more than 25 years he has been president of the University of Michigan. Dr. An gell was born Jan. 7, 1829, in the town of Scituate, R. L He has served as min ister to China and was member of the commission appointed to settle the fish eries dispute. A. General for a Month. General Frank Wheaton, who recent ly attained the rank of major general, had the tmosnally brief period of a little over one month to serve before being re tired on account of age. His career has been one of the longest and most active of any on the army list For more than GEUTERAl THEATOIT. 45 years be has been under arms in the government service, and during that time he has fought Indians as well as civilized troops. General Wheaton is a native of Rhode Island and comes of fighting stock. He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1855. By the Loss of One Type. A single type dropped from one of the forms of the Pittsburg Leader the other day, and its loss cost the paper $405. It appears that a Pittsburg concern had advertised in that edition of The Leader a special sale of ladies wrappers at 98 cents each. In handling the form the figure 0 dropped out. The loss was not noticed until next morning, when the store was besieged by ladies wanting to buy wrappers at 8 cents, as advertised. The firm stood by its guns until the last wrapper was sold. Then it sent a bill for $405 to The Leader, this being the nun representing the difference between 8 cents and 98 cents on each wrapper sold. The Leader paid the bill without protest In view of the responsibilities which newspapers are obliged to assume it cannot reasonably be claimed that ad vertising rates are too high. Exchange. : C WOMAN'S PHYSIQUE. Correct Proportions and Bow to Maintain Them. In a lecture at the Academy of Na tional Sciences in Philadelphia Professor A. B. Brubaker, discussing the subject of "Physical Development" said: "Professor Gottfried Schadow of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin has given to the world, in his figure of an artistically formed woman, the follow ing measurements: Height 63 inches; breadth of neck, 3 inches; shoulders, 15 inches; waist, 9 inches; hips, 18 inches. "Long before Professor Schadow's time an unknown artist created the Venus de Medici, the world's ideal of perfection in the female figure, on these measurements: Height 63 inches; breadth of neck, 4 inches; shoul ders, 16 inches; waist, 9 inches; hips, 13 inches. "Professor Sargent, with several thousand tabulated life measurements in hand, produced composite figures of the young American girl with these measurements: Height, 63 J inches; breadth of neck, 3.8 inches; girth of neck, 12.1 inches; breadth of shoulders, 14.7 inches; breadth of waist, 8.6 inches; girth of waist 24. 6 inches; breadth of hips, 13.1 inches; girth of hips, 35.4 inches; girth of calf, 13.3 inches; girth of upper arm, 10.1 inches; girth of thigh, 21.4 inches, and forearm, 9.2 inches. "Miss Anna Wood has given measure ments closely similar to those of Pro fessor Sargeant in her composite figure of the Wellesley college girl, being aver aged from the measurements of over 2, 000 young women. "Given the height proportion and weight of an average physique for the man and woman, what should be the attitude or posture of such an individ ual, especially when standing? By pos ture is meant a position of equilibrium of the body which can be maintained for some time, such as standing, sitting or lying. "For the maintenance of the erect posture the following conditions must be realized: ( 1 ) The corresponding halves of the body must be in the same anatom ical relation; (2) the center of gravity of the whole body must fall just in front of the last lumbar vertabra. That the first of these two conditions may be realized,, there must be a well developed and symmetrical skeleton and a corre sponding symmetrical development of the muscles on the two sides of the body. That the second condition may be real ized, there must be such a development of the extensor muscles on the back of the body as will be sufficient to antag onize the flexor muscles on the front of the body. "These conditions are not always realized, and hence certain physical de fects are observable, such as obliquity of the head, elevation or depression of the Bhonlder, curvature of the spine, and so forth. "Among the defects which interfere with proper stature and proportions may be mentioned knockknees, bowlegs and pigeon toes. "Knockknees occur in childhood or at puberty and are generally associated with rickets and due to a want of mus cular or bony strength. Owing to the width of the pelvis, the thigh bones are inclined inward. This determines the direction of the Reformity. There is a disproportion between the weight of the body and the strength of the muscles. In consequence the inner condyle of the thigh bone grows down and inward and throws the lower leg outward. "Bowlegs are also associated with rickets and want of strength in muscles and bones. In this condition the natural curve of the bones is exaggerated, and the leg bends outward. "Pigeon toes are a term applied to the inward direction of the foot, depend ent on insufficient development of the muscles which should turn the foot out ward. This is a condition observed in monkeys and very young children. "In addition to the above mentioned deformities relating to the trunk and limbs there are others found in both men and women, especially in the lat ter, however, which relate to changes in the shape of the thorax, caused by un due compression or constriction. "It is difficult to understand why this constriction should have been indulged in through the ages. Theru is an idea, however, that it confers on the individ ual en artistic effect The Greek woman of the decadent period suggested the methods and objects. It was adopted by the Romans at the beginning of the em pire. During the middle ages it died out to be revived in the twelfth cen tury." New York Sun. Kecent Triumphs In Surgery. Cleansing of the wound itself was al most a surgical heresy a few years ago. Fouled bandages were the rule, and the thicker and more abundant the dis charges the more "laudable" they were considered to be. Hence in the older works on surgery the so called "laud able" pus was as much a sign of safety as it is now of danger. Cleanliness of instruments, now a prime consideration, Was then entirely ignored. Oftentimes the same instruments would be used at different times upon the dead as wall as the living body, and a celebrated oper ator of that day was accustomed to hold his knife between his teeth when his hands were temporarily employed in the wound. If a cut healed rapidly, it was a rarity sufficiently great to court com ment Now, the exact opposite " is the fact. The former result was rather an accident of cleanliness than the deliber ate acknowledgment of what should have been the rule. Consequently the most careful surgeons those who pos sessed instinctive habits of neatness and cleanliness were the most successful Dr. George F. Shrady in Forum. A. Very Good Reason. " "Wnryebeen, George?" "Workin." "Wot for?" "Old 'oman's in the 'orspitaL " -Pick A Domestic Calamity. "That was dreadful about your cooJC Calling down the cellar, Mrs. Dobson." . "Yes. She bad my best cut glass bowl In her hand." Chicago Record. A WOMAN SOLDIEB. "Yes, there were women in the army." "I know that I knew that Mrs. Logan was with the general a good deal, and eo was General Frank Barlow's wife with her husband In the army. I have seen Mrs. Barlow riding by the side of the gen earl on more than one march. I saw her once when Barlow's division was suddenly attacked by the lenerny. The bursting of Shells directly over her head did not seem to scare her, and when the general directed an orderly to escort Mrs. Barlow to a place of safety she begged to remain. Just then a dozen shells and solid shot rushed over their heads like a train flying over a bridge. " 'My dear,' said General Barlow, 'this Is no place for you. Go back. I can't fight With my wife in such danger as this. . " 'I'll go, general, eaid the lady, 'but how must I feel when I know my husband Is in such dangerf "Three or four of the Johnny camp ket tles, by theWhitworth gun route, dropped over at that point, singing their well known wisher-wosher-wusher-boom-bing-ping-ping-ping song, when Barlow called out: 'Good by, my dear.' I'll be back soon. Orderly, obey your orders. Take Mrs. Barlow away from here at once. And the orderly and the woman galloped out of danger. "But I've told a war story with a wom an in it when I started out to test you on the question of woman soldiers. Did you know of any?" "I said yes, and I meant women soldiers, not women with the army, such as you have been talking about" was Colonel Charley Richardson's answer Richard son, the printer, who was a private, made a prisoner by Mosby, but lived to get out and become a Dakota editor, a colonel and a member of the legislature. Then he told this story : "I was made a prisoner soon after the Kelly -Ford fight, while a member of this train guard, on our way with rations to Culpeper. Upon reaching a bit of forest near Brandy Station, Mosby 's men swooped down upon us. The first thing I knew Mosby was within a few feet of me, calling for a surrender and allowing me to look into a six Shooter. The guerrilla chief caught sight of my fine new pair of high topboots, for which the sutler had received $12 the day before. " 'Geout of thope boots., young fellow!" Was his second order. " 'Can't I keep thenar " 'Back talk means a hole through you In a second. Get out of those boots!' "That was enough. The boots came off. " 'Throw it up here, was his gruff order when one was off. I can see just how the rough rider looked as he swung his right foot over to the left, took off his well worn shoes and threw ther.i at my feet with an order to 'put them on, and blank quick, too, for we have n time to fool away. ' And they bndn't, for our cavalry had heard the skirmish and were rapidly rid ing to our relief. But they didn't catch up with us. So, in time it took a week -we reached Libby prison. "My particular chum in prlpon was a beardless young "Virginian, Billy Gates, Whose family, he said, was loyal to the old government and hadn't objected to his en tering the Union army. He had been cap tured at about the time Mosby plucked our squad. My chum was very nervoi.s and hated prison life worse than I did, if possible. He mingled but little with jhe other prisoners. We shared our rations, slept under the same blanket and ber ame very good friends. "In January, 1864, the Richmond Whig office was in great need of printers. The foreman called upon Major Dick Turner, the prison keeper, and the two came to our floor and asked if there were any Yan kee printers there. A Vermonter mimed Baker and myself responded. They said ve could have work if we would take a parole not to leave the city, give informa tion or do anything else unbecoming pa roled prisoners. We readily agreed to the terms. "My chum, Gates, took on es badly at If I were his brother starting on a long and dangerous tour. He begged me not to go, saying he didn't want to make friends with the others, declaring that I had been a very brother to him. . But I partially satisfied him by saying that it was not likely that they would want us more than a week or two, and that now and then I would send him something good to eat 'But I shall miss you ever , much, Charley. Come back as soon as yop can. "It was 11 o'clock when they let us out We were to go to work at 2. While pass ing the Spottswood House I said: 'Baker, let's go in and get a square meal. It's been a long time since we've had one.' "After registering, washing and brush ing np we started for the dining room, when one of the Confederate officers, see ing our blue clothes, asked us if we were Yankees. We told him yes. " 'What in the name of blue blazes are you doing here?' " 'We came here to dine. " 'I arrest you.' " 'I guess not,' said Baker, as he show ed his pass from General Winder and a copy of his parole. We were allowed to dine. My, but how we did eat! We were both young fellows. I was only 17, and we had boys' appetites after that long, dry spell in Libby prison. I had managed to secrete 420 in greenbacks when captured. I had roost of that with me. Imagine my surprise upon stepping up to pay for that dinner when the clerk said, ' Twenty dol lars each.' I fend about $16 and Baker less than $10. Suddenly it came to me that his chai ge was based on Johnny money, so I said: We have" none of your money. How much is it in greenbacks?' 'Oh, it's Yankee money you have. A dollar of that will do." "But what about a woman soldier?" "Be patient. I had been at work on The Whig a week or ten days when one day, while on the way to the office, I saw an officer of the patrol guard, whom I had met several times, coining toward me. A well dressed young woman was with him. 6he looked at me as if fhe expected I would recognize her. Seeing that I did not ehe laughed, expended ler band and asked, 'Why, Cfcaiifj", don't you know me?' "'I've heard the volte, but can't place yon. "I'm Billy Gates, your prison chum, not a boy, as you fiii jo cd, but a girl, and for the Union, if thty lu.ug me for it. "Her Virginia Iricr.dH Lad found out where she was and by some means got her out of prison. I learned afterward from the office r that she was a relative of John Minor Botts, at. one time a distin guished Virginia congressman, who re mained true to the Union." J. A. Wat rous in Chicago 1 lince-Uerald. The Real Meaning. "The poet's license, my son,." said ths genial cynic, "is usually the liberty to waste postage stamps and starve in a gar ret" Pittsburg News. The Matter Explained. "Look a-here, Sam, yo' tole me dat yo'r oldes brudder had entered d9 church, an now I fin dat he's in de pen itentiary." "Well, dat'a all right He don enter ed de church, but dey caught him. Dat 'a why he's in de pen. " New York Jons naL .... - - ' -.-.- "Man wants bat little here below. This fact we've oft been told. Be wants a little bird, you know, . And on amaU bottle cold. f New Xora.Handar World. THE COLOR QUESTION. Coiffures, Becoming: and Cube coming. Light Bodices For the Theater. The time Is past when certain colors only - are worn by certain women. Of oourse it will always be the case that two or three colors are more becoming to one Individual than ' the rest of the rainbow, but now there are so many frills, furbelows and contrasting modifications that a tint unbecoming In itself may be rr anlpulated so that its 111 effects are nautral zed. The White accessories now so much worn are a great assistance in this matter, as they may be so arranged that the color cf the gown is not seen next the face. Voluminous coiffures are best suited to a small face, while a large countenance SUMMER WKAP. demands that the size of the head shall not be increased by either expansive hair dressing or large headgear. The hair is in all cases waved, however. It is now fashionable to dress for the theater in very light bodices, much deco rated, and tiny bonnets of flowers or rib bon, or no bat at all is worn. It would be a good idea if every theater would have a convenient dressing room in which hats might be checked and kept safely. As it is now, many ladies attending matinees are obliged to hold their hats in their laps during the entire performance and then put them on without the aid of a mirror. An illustration is given of a summer wrap of black satin, embroidered with jet It fits the figure at the back and in front and Is trimmed with very full plaitings of black mousseline de sole, which also form a short basque. Bows of black satin are placed on the shoulders and at the waist in front and behind. A thick ruche of black gauze surrounds the neck. The bat la of black straw, trimmed with black ostrich plumes and yellow roses. JUDIC CHOLLET. BODICES. Iace Sollies at Wrist and Neck Cravats Mueli Worn. Bodices are very simple or very compli cated. Bouffant fronts and chemisettes, inseparable from the fashion of high belts, corselets and boleros, continue to exempli fy charming fancies convenient in the com position of summer costumes. According to the purpose of the gown, the bodice is of silk, lace or wool. Many are mada of j foulard, silk crepon, embroidered tulle I over silk, or linon, and on these materials are applied narrow galloon, lace insertion and similar trimmings. With the short bolero and bouffant chemisette the high belt is worn, fastening at the 6ido under a large bow. The fashion of leaving the edge of the sleeve unadorned has entirely disappeared. The wrists are now invariably encircled by TAFFETA COSTUME, some sort of softening trimming, ruffles being preferred. These ruffles usually match the neck frill and are made of gauze or lace. Sometimes the neck frill is seen only at the back and sides, the front of the collar being left plain. The cravat Is worn almost as much as the collarette, whether short, continued in the form of a draped plastron or a Jabot It is in these details that individuality of dress is shown, asalso in the cut of the sleeve caps or epaulets which now give the diminished sleeve its physiognomy. One of the prettiest sleeve caps for a nice bodice is the group of threw plaited ruffles of gauze the same color as the silk of the corsage. For gowns of a more serious nature and more severe ele gance, the sleeve caps are cut in dalmatic points, falling on the top of the arm and weighted by the brilliant embroideries or passementeries employed as a trimming. An illustration is given of a costume of taffeta. The skirt is composed of mauve and white glace taffeta with a printed de sign of buttercups, and is made quite sim ply. The bodice, of plain mauve taffeta, Is draped before and behind, showing a gulmpeof cream guipure embroidered with buttercup yellow. The draped sleeves are of plain mauve taffeta, as is the collar also. Bows of buttercup yellow satin are placed on the shoulders and at the wrists. The" collarette and sleeve frills are of white silk gauze. The bat, of nile green straw, is trimmed with mauve mousseline de sole and pink flowers. . JUDIC CHOIXET. Striking l or a Balsa. Up to Date. Tolerated Them. "Who are these people that Uvo next door?" asked the caller. - - "I've forgotten their name," said the wife of the prosperous pugilist ' 'They have queer ways, and they are rather poor, but they seem to be respectable. The husband, I think is a professor in some school or other. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. " Chicago Tribune. . - . . , - WOMAN'S W0KLD. i THE IRISH JOAN Or ARC AND THE WORK SHE HAS UNDERTAKEN. Hiss Anthony Answers Her Critics The Rage For Plaiting Summer Wraps Is m Serious Question To Purify Water. The Fashion In Gloves. 1 Miss Maude Gonne, who has been tailed the Irish Joan of Arc because of all she has done for the Irish national monument, is about to visit the United States. The main object of her visit will be in reference to the centennial celebration to be held in Ireland next year. Miss Gonne is the daughter of a colo nel of the English army. All her people are Conservatives and on the side of England. While visiting friends in the north of Ireland she saw some cruel eviction scenes. So touched was she by the sights she witnessed that she imme diately resolved to throw in her lot with the sufferers. " She worked for a long time among the evicted tenants, then took up the amnesty question, and when things . looked dark and gloomy at home be cause of the Parnellite split she went . to France, where her reception was ' most flattering. Her latest move is to start a paper called Li'Irlande Libre, the title of which sufficiently indicates the object The following interesting answers have been given by Mies Gonne to ques- I lions propounded to her by a represent ative of The World: "What is the object of the movement ' you are organizing for 1898?" I "The first idea is to keep green the memory of the revolution of 1798 and of the heroes who gave up their lives j struggling for their country's liberty. I This is a national duty. It may appear sentimental, but it has immense advan- tages. Besides its direct influence in tne way or promoting enthusiasm MISS MAUDE GOSSE. among the people, the celebration will afford a grand opportunity of setting Ireland right before the world as far as her relations with England are con cerned. " England is constantly trying either to draw the veil of silence over Ireland or to spread untruths and to say the Irish are getting more and more contented under English rule. "I do not say that all of us Irish are entirely free from blame in this matter. For instance, England'i task is made easier by the fact that certain Irish members of parliament have actually voted extra taxation for Ireland for the purpose of strengthening the British fleet Foreign nations have been thus led to believe that the Irish people are willing to bend the knee to their op pressors if thereby they gain a mere passing advantage. "All this is a great injustice. The best way to counteract it is to invite delegates from the liberty loving coun tries to Ireland to take part in tho cen tennial celebration of next year. They will then have an opportunity of wit nessing the enthusiasm of the people, of seeing that they are dissatisfied with English rule and that they have ample reason to be so. " Paris Cor. New York World. Miss Anthony Answers Her Critics. An interview lately appeared in the St Louis Republic with a Mrs. Beck with of Brooklyn, who accused the leaders of the suffrage movement of being in it from mercenary motives and of making "a fat thing" out of it. Miss Anthony and others were mentioned by name. Miss Anthony wrote to The Re public in reply. She referred to her long connection with the movement and con tinued: "During that time I have never had $1 for my services, nor have I ever re ceived any money from the national as sociation for my suffrage work in the last 50 years. I am usually paid for my lectures by any society which sends for me to come to a special place. In all of the laborious state campaigns, including the long, bard one in California last year, I have given my services without money and without price. The various bequests that have been left to me to use at my discretion have all been ap propriated to the suffrage cause. Not a dollar of them has found its way into my pocket, and the slender income upon which I live is derived from an annuity purchased for me by my friends. "Not one officer of the National Wo man Suffrage association is or ever has been paid for her services, and most of these women have contributed many years of hard work and a large amount of their own money. Mrs. Carrie Chap-man-Oatt, the national organizer, goes to her office every morning and does a full day's valuable work without a cent of salary or other financial remunera tion, and this she has done for several pears. She is able to do this because her husband is a man of good business and comfortable income. Rev. Anna H. "Shaw depends for her own support and that of a number of relatives whom she is educating upen the money received for her lectures, which are always fur nished to suffrage associations at re duced rates and very often absolutely donated to them. I do not know one of the leading workers in the suffrage asso ciation who is making any money what ever out of it, and I do know that all of them could make a great deal of money if they would use their abilities in other directions. The great obstacle to our success is the lack of funds to carry on the work. "I should n.n take the time or space to make even so much of a statement as this were it not that such attacks as that of Mrs. Beck with are frequently inade, and though I do not mind them personally I fear that they may injure the cause of woman suffrage, which I value above all else in the world. " Not Guilty. .. "And so they've gone and convicted poor ld Baldwin, have they Well, indeed I couldn't bring myself to believe that be was guilty." "Oh, be wasn't! The trouble was that his lawyer didn't happen to be in the prosecuting attorney's class." Cleveland Leadtii. ,. Dusting- a Bast. A maid with a duster Once made a great blaster A-dnsting a bust in the hall, And when it was dusted The boat it was busted. And the bust is now du . That ia all. , rinceton Tiger. - AESTHETIC IN EDCCATION. Professor Clewell Addresses the Teachers' Assembly. Cor. Raleigh News and Observer. One of the p peris of greHt intit,on the "Aesthetic in Education," khd read by President John II CWell, oi Salem Female Academy. Among othT things he paid : "There ia a need in our educational sjstemof a more thorough regard for the science of the beautiful. Men are careful to teach truth, but are not always careful of the form in which it is taught. 'The beauti ul' in a science reprern ntiutr a great power: beautiful women bave swaytd king doms for good or evil; beautiful sec tions have brought wealth to their owners; beautiful ntoiies and gems are rated at fabulous pi ice, and th aesthetic, or the science of the beau tiful will add a grpat power to our educational system if properly applied. There is no question but that a teacher inurt instil truth; he cannot teach the child that 2 and 2 make 5; so he mui-t tench the 'scien; of the good,' or uive up his position But one who cnrjnnt c fi nd nt'ainst the ecimee of the tiueand the good may cfleixl Mgainsr. the beautiful (aesthetics) and retain his ousition Looking at the pubje"t from a posi j tive view e suggest that the work should be in with the very 'a b c' of the matter. The teacher should study in matters of drees, in tone of voice, in every nction to introduce harmony and music. The pupil should be taught to come to the day's work with clean bands and face, no dust on clothing, with a dtgree of pride in personal appear ance, personal manners and attrac tiye voice. The school room should share this attention, till every ob jectionable feature had disappeared, aDd the room becomes an attractive place all harmony, no discord. Pome may thick a boy is not won by these matters. It is the very way to elevate girl or boy. They should be taught to reason out the fact that positions in business are opened to the boys who, in word and deed, are influenced by the beautiful; girls should be taught that happy homes are created wbpre the aesthetic is found. And when, from selfish motives, later the love of aesthetics, will remain because of its own value. The noble lives, the happy honis, the great works of the world are in neaily every instance connected directly or indirectly with aesthetics, or the science of the beautiful. Hence this science should hold a place (qual to the science of truth and goodness. These form a trio which have their ultimate end only in God himself the true, the beautiful and the good. We should not alone have the beauti ful harmony of colore; bo3'8 and girls should be taught to use in personal dress the beauties of color. The harmony of sweet sounds ought not to be confined to birds and musical instruments. The wonderful human voice should be free from h trshness and discord, and the highest Ideal of the aesthetic appear in this wonder which we call speech. Ai.d thus through a long list. "If the aesthetic is given a more decided place in our educational system the result will be nobler men, more beautiful women, happier homes, grander lives, gre iter perfec tion in our race, and we will appre ciate the threefold Meting of IJeav en, the gift of our imperfect world of the True, the Beautiful and the Good." Useful Uatket. To Prevent Smoky Lnmps. Soak the wicks in strong vinegar, and dry them well before uiiig them; they will then burn with great freedom from smoke A Stupefier for Files Mix one tea spoonful of black pepper, two tea spoonfuls of moist sugar and two tablt spoonfu's of cream, and place a little of it in niu-rs where flics abound. Good St'irch The proporf ion of a large teaspoonfnl of turpentine to every quart of mixed starch will im part a highly glwz d flVn-t, and will prevent the iron from sti -king to the starch. ThB Wool Tax Wilmington Messenger. The people may prepare to pay a great advance upon all clothing, blankets, fltnnels iuto which wool enters. The tariff now being enacted is the most unequal, burdensome and drastic instrument ever adopted by any people, not excepting the half civilized. It is a measure of favoritism, of classes, of abomina tions Tn the Yosemite Valley a while ago, a younfr fellow went out on the edge of a shelving precipice two thou sand ft tt high, and balanced himself on his head. A lit tle slip or little puff of wind would have sent him to eternity. Not one man in a million would be that kind of a fool. But nine men in ten are all the time taking foolish chances. There is no deadly peril about a little fit of indiges tion or biliousness, and yet if a man allows these troub les to get a hold on him he 19 taking serious risks. Dyspepsia alone seldom kills anyoody ; that is, it only kills you by inches, ar.d takes a good many years doing- it. But it weakens and under mines the constitu tion so that it is all ready to receive and fertilize the danger ous diseases which do kill you outright. Disease-germs won't grow in healthy blood any more than corn will grow on a rock. A man who keeps his digestion perfect and his blood pure may eat and drink and breathe disease germs, but they gain no foothold. They are cast out of the system. But a man with a dyspepsia weakened constitu tion breathes in typhoid or dipbtheretic germs and down he goes. The best health-insurance a man can have is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It acts directly on the stomach and liver. It gives the blood-making organs power to make healthy blood. It clarifies the blood from all impurities, and builds up the healthy flesh, muscular power and nerve energy, which fortifies you against disease. His life-long success in the treatment of chronic diseases has given Dr. Pierce's medicines a world-wide reputation. His " Pleasant Pellets " cire constipation. That Fine Young Jack, Joe Blackjburo, One of the finest Jacks in this whole sec tion, will stand the present season at the arables of J. B. Warner, between Lewis ville and Clem monflville, near the Griffin's Ferry road. - Every precaution used to prevent acci dent, but not responsible for any that may occur. .. For particulars and pedigree, if desired, address. . Box I, Winston, N. C Original Observations. Orange (Va.) Observer. The "green grocer" is the one who sells his goods on credit. Wealth is a purph rob that will hide th- most hideous de ormity. Whiskey ig reported steady, which is more than many people are who drink it. It is not so much what we have as it is what we expect that makes us happy. If the whole truth were known the world would be full of people with hanging beads. Fieh are said to make exce lent brain food some people would have to eat a whale to do them anv goo.l. Many of the"sound money" nhout ers of last fall would now be dliirht ed to get poor, despised 53-c nt dollars. People fi.-ihing for compliments pet thfir best bites in shaIN w watr. Is a tramp idle when he labors under an imprest-Fun or entertains an id ja ? Uneasy moves the foot th at. w ea th a corn this is a fact a sure as vim are born. The friends wh rn-vi-r (,rcut tl,,w ho borrow a dollar of US Hint Tl. f.r return it. Men who "talk by the vnrd and think by the inch" are t'rKiuntly moved by the foot. - If your bettgirl values acinar com plexion more than a eh-ar coiisciVhcp, you had better drop h r. Many a man owes his smces in life. more to the hisses of his enemas rather than to the plaudits of his trends. Out West farm moitiragcs have become no hea vy that they have to bore through them with an auger in order to plant corn. Strawberry Tlnn In Over. Charlotte Observer. We are amazed to read, in reference to the management of the North Carolina penitentiary, that "the laxity ol the watch over'the convicts is causing escapes." That great and good man, John K. .Smith, the new superintendent of the penitentiary, is credited with having fed these petted darlings on strawberries and cream during the seaon, and is said to refer with pride to their love for him. We are surprised that under thse circumstances any of these unfor tunate innocents should take it into their beads to stroll oft by the Ihzht of the moon or other-wise, and I'rof. Smith has a light to take it quite unkindly of them. Pain-killer! (perry davis'.) Ic A Pure and Rafo Remedy In every case S and every kind of Bowel Complaint is 5 Pain-Killer. I This is a tnio statement nnd it can't be C xnudo too strong or too empuutic p It Is a simple, safe and quick cure for E Cramps, Coogh, Rheumatism, Colic, Colds, Neuralgia, : l)lanhn, Croup, Toothache. TWO SIZES, 25c. and 50c. well ia sold everywhere in one to ten pound tins, with our trade-marks, "Coltoleiie" and steer's head in cotton-tiant wreath on everv tin. N..t guaranteed if sold in any other way. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, rilK-AflO, ST. LOriS, Newspaper Advertisini Is The Kind That That's ihe ri;ht kind of advertising the steadv, jurliciouH sort when you have Homething the people want. 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Since they started 50 years agow Ayer's Cathartic Pills have, from the time of their preparation, been a continuous success with the public. And that means that Ayer's Pills accomplish what is promised for them; they cure where others - fail. It was fitting, therefore, that the world-wide popularity of these pills should be recognized by the World'a Pair medal of 1893 a fact which emphasizes the record: SO Years of Cures. A Drop of Ink .lulic iou-h Hpplicd may hn the menus of calling the attention of a joo1 many jci)!e to f lew nH'rits of a rmrticn'ar nrtk-le or line rf good 4 whiti'i yon have to liavc hiiil x pt-rience in applying printing ink. Let lit apply some for you on the p-geH i .The Sentinel. 3v lh a 5. Packing house lnnl of tjucsllonablc 1 quality and cleanliness, with nil its I known tlanerb to health and digestion, or pure, sweet Cottolcne? Endorsed by jihjsieians, expert cooks and careful housewives. Genuine Made only liv XtW VOlli:, M"NTUKAL. 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