North Carolina Newspapers

i I LA 13 ! i3 ADVANCE. "LET ALL THE EIIDS THOU AIESV ATlBE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AS D TSOTES." BEST ADYERIISIIC IED10H NUMBER 7 VOLUME XXIX. WILSON. N. C FEBRUARY 16, 1809. SOI .1 o "j . :.. " " " " . mmn v. v H va -;h n ak3 vour throat i v miner . iniU-l-io. 1'verv cough fl b conge-sU tio Jiuh membrane of U y jour !;.!,.. ;r,; .o' tvcnii your throat tavi I"u:i3 i'i I way. Take fT? ---irk B 4 V , t 17- . Ai... I i. . XT ... I. 1 rist beh:; i'ie tickling in the ILroct V f-f ceases; tto ccugh disappears, fci ..-- Tv-o-e;:sa: 1.00; COc. C ZJr. A'- -v'r Ch-rrr Peci:a! Picster j' ehHi; .' "vcr t! tun- of every V-:r-;c:i I-.-.-.. .Jed TUii a Cos-jli. INDIANS AS HOTEL WAITERS Kijoneiice of a Traveler in a Small Town in Nebraska. i "Aproi5.cs of Indians as waiters," said the social traveling, man, "I dare say the students from Indian colleges will do . first rate, but I have in mind the time whori it was tried in -Nebraska in a small tovn on the Missouri bot toms, and in a way that was not alto gether satisfactory to the guests who were waited on." . "Were you one of them?" asked the Representative of a piano house. "Xd, but I was at the ljttle .river tavern where it was tried. The girl waiters had all left for a new, big hotel tbat was to be opened in the next town, and the landlord had to do the waiting himself, and then he thought of the Indians at' the reservation and went and hired four of. them. They didn't get around until breakfast was over the next day an Indiair doesn't have any idea-of time nd there was only one man who hadn't eaten. . lie was a drummer, from a . New York clothing, house) and the biggest growler in six teen counties." ' ..- ; " 'You tab e his cider, Jim,' said the landlord to the man be had been drill--ling'. 'Pi t this bill of fare under his nose, give liim a .glass cf ice water, and may the Lord have mercy on your souL' - - "Indians are nor- as slow as they seem, and this was one ,of-the wicked est bucks cn the reservation. He man aged to get the order all right and carried it in and .served it, and then, towel 'on arm, he stood at the back of he guest's chair, as he had been in structed to do. But the drummer was ugly and swore a big, round of . oaths1 that he wpuld have no Indian in his. "At that the grim statue, at the back whipped out a savage dirk from his store accoutrements, and, holding it over the head of the. grumbling guest, he said, with consistent Indian brevity, accentuated by a Choctaw swear word: 'You eat!' ' "And eat he did, flesh and fowl, not daring-to move a muscle, while the arm of fate held the murderer's knife within ah -inch of his visage. And it was not until he had eaten everything in sight that his dilemma was discov ered, and he was rescued in a state verging on collapse. "That particular guest was never again heard to complain, but the trial of Indians as waiters ended then and there, .their methods being quite too original or aboriginal, for practical ap plication." ,. A Chinese Permutation. A story which, if not true, is not badly told, t- the effect that while the bark Cape City wa,3 at Hong Kong a Chinaman was engaged to paint the necessary name -on each bow. He. produced on one bow tbre legend "Capecity," without a space between the two words. Then he noted that the "y" was nearest to the1 ship's stern, and remembering this fact, he afforded an excellent example cf how severely logical his race can be, for in a little while he had painted on the other bow the striking permutation, "Yticepac," to his own delight and the crew's amazement; Town Drnnimeri. In Scotland the' tosvn drummer was an Important personage and performed many duties. When beggars or sus picious characters could not give a sat isfactory account of themselves on be ing brought before the bailies, and were ordered to be placed in the pil lory or in the jougs, they were after ward drummed cut cf town. The drummer would also make known, af ter beating his drum to attract atten tion, notices-relating-to town affairs, roupings under, judicial authority, &c. Tuliuci'o.. An n Drug. "I know that many are of , opinion iViV northern simples are weak, imper liKt, not so well- concocted, of such loroe, as those in southern- parts, not so fit to be used in physic, and will tnsrefore fetch their, drugs afar off; senna, i cassia, out of Egypt, rhubarb from Barhary, aloes from Socotra; turbith, agaric, mirabolanes. hermo dactlbi, from the East Indies, tobacco tiom the west." Ilecs eaair In the- Speed of u Ship. As . rule, six months' cruise de ceases the speed cf a ship 55 knots in every ICO. This is caused by'the bar ru;cle3 which form on a ship's hull. - 4fOU 'Ur biive .c-ir Hoc, i,. purines tiie blooil. 'l ake Hood's bur eapai ilia if you would BE WELL, MAN'S INTRINSIC VALUATION HJs Physical Personality Bangeii From 6,CC5 to Over 333,333. The more money a? manjean produce each year the more valuable, of course, is his body to him. The less money a man can produce the less valuable is his "body. The -railroad president's body is worth a vast fortune. On the other extreme, the body of a tramp, a criminal, a lunatic, or a beggar is worth literally less than nothing. The poor laborer who is -prone to imagine 'himself of very little use in the world and his body of very little benefit to anyone will be surprised to know that he is In the possession of a handsome legacy, from' which, by the proptfr exercise of his hands, he draws a yearly interest. . - For instance, take the case of the ordinary "farm hand." He is found all over the United States. He i3 a Swede in the northwest, a native in the south, and possibly an Irishman or a German in the east. Tie gets, say, an average wage amounting to ? 200 a year. How much do you sucrose that man's body is worth to him? Jjisc about !G,Cr;5. For his $200 a year is ,to him in the nature of an investment at an annual interest rate of 3 per cent. Tell him he's worth $6,Gt5 i:d he won't believe you. But he'il go cn drawing his yearly interest just the same. v Then there is the carpenter. He's a valuable bit of dust, this workman. So is every other skilled mechanic. Some will earn more money than others, but a true average will be about $500 a year. The body of that carpenter, mason or painter is worth $10,666. Seems queer, doesn't it? A good many of them would doubtless like to realize i their entire principle at once. Look at the ?15-a-week j7oung man, the clerk in the lawyer's office, the beau of the ribbon counter or the starting stenographer. He has to. tount his pennies to pay his board and keep himself looking neat, with an oc casional flyer at the theater' or on an excursion. Do you-suppose he would be so careful if he knew he was worth 126,000? .We'll, hardly. Yet that is just the sum 'his labor , figures out as a 3 per cent, investment proposition. A Dialect Stovy. ; The brogue of the :south and west of Ireland is softer and more musical than the brogue of the north,- which has about it some of the flavor of the Scot tish accent. When Lord Morris was Chief Justice of Ireland, a young junior barrister rose in his" court one day to make his motion, and. spoke in the hard brogue of the North of Ireland. "Sa pel," said the Judge, in a low voice to the registrar of the court, "who is this newcomer?" "His name is1 Clements, my lord." "What part of the coonthry does he hail from, in the name of all that's wundherful?" asked the Judge. "County Antrim; my lord," was the reply. "Well, well," said the Judge-, "did you iver' come across sich a froightfui accint in the whole coorse of yer born loife?" . When the IJon Goes Courting. - A curious custom obtains in some portions of Spain . in regard to be trothals. A young man who looks with favor upon a handsome senorita and wishes to gain her hand calls on the parents for three successive days at the same hour- bf the day. At the last call he leaves his walking stick, and if he is to win tie desired bride the cane is handed toJhim"Wlien he calls again. But if he is not regarded with favor, the cane is thrown into the street, and in this way the young man is made to understand that further calls will be useless. - " Newspaper Men in Holland. At least 200 outside newspapers sent envoys to Holland to report the. coro nation ceremonies, and a committee arranged for their comfort. A house was taken to serve them as a sort of club; during their stay. Each duly accredited journalist received an ele gant sort of pocketbook containing his own photograph, "with a permit to at tend all the public ceremonies and to travel gratuitously over all railways within the kingdom. Bounty Sharpers. The state cfMichigan pays a bounty for the heads of dea4 English sparrows. It has recently paid out over ?2,000 to a crowd of Indiana sharpers who had killed the birds by strewing poisoned wheat1 about the streets of Indiana cities. The carcasses wftre shipped to southern Michigan towns, "'".atJ the bounties collected 'as on birds kill ed in Michigan. Large Landholders). One of the "largest landed proprietors in Europe is the prince of Schwarzen berg, vho owns 207,371 hectares of land in Austria, Bohemia and Bavaria. As many as 296 different industries are carried cn in them, giving employment to 7,108 persons, of whom 1,480 are females. . ArtifieJInl Flowers. Artificial flowers were unknown to the ancient civilized nations of Europe. They are first mentioned in Italy in the fourteenth century, but in China they wave known at an earlier date. ROaOJ '.IflAl.T OUl Ui .DIUAl TrSlII I111AV sbav yciiw no lijnq sj .i'.ino.iajej IS J 'T ED SKVEKAL TRrsTwnnTHV I'Rksons in this our i.iibiuess in iheir own and nearby rqumi. s. It is mainly -office work con vlugttd at home. Salary straight I900 year and expenses -definite bonafide no n-ore, no less salary. Monthly $7S. KcferencM.. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope, Herbert E: Hess, Prest., Dept. M. Chicago. DISEASE IN COSTLY STONES. Opals, Turquoises aad Pearls Are Suscepti ble to a Sort of Consumption. "When I bought this stone a few months ago," .said a young woman, drawing from her tapering finger a large opal ring and handing it to a fashionable jeweller, "it was remarka bly brilliant and translucent and glit tered with a dozen beautiful lights, but now its fires are gone .and it is nearly opaque." The jeweiler scrutinized the stone through a powerful glass. .. He found it lifeless, cloudy and void of refulgence. "The stone is sick," he replied. "Sick!" repeated the young woman, dismayed and; astonished. ' "Yes, madame," continued the jew eller. "Your opal is afflicted by a dis ease common to its kind, as well as to various precious stone3. Unfortunate ly no one understands the nature of the disease, so your stone is incurable. It will never regain its iridescence. "Opals, turquoises and pearls are ex tremely susceptible to a sort cr n'reral consumption, which impairs thair vital ity and-valne," explained the javyeller, as the young woman sadly departed. "The development cf this disease in in dependent of external - .ItCn cues or neglect. The germs of de.trrci'tn are born within the stones, 'icp f-r-nets and amethysts are fitqv.c. : suf ferers from the attacks of th3 myste rious sickness, and even the .magnifi cent pigeon blood ruby, the fiery sap phire and the costly emerald are occa sional victims. The diamond is the only known immune. "It is easy to detect sickness In stones. In some the lustre 'begins to wane slowly, and imperfect scintilla tion is noted. In others there is a distinct alteration in color, many stones becoming dark and hazy, a few gaining in transparency, yet plainly revealing loss1 of sparkle and those prismatic qualities which add so much to the value of many gems. "We do not know positively that this disease is contagious. Nevertheless it is a substantiated fact that apparent ly healthy stones placed in constant juxtaposition to diseased gems often 'fall sick' without any explainable cause unless it is that of contagion." t ; . One Wny to Get n Wife. The editor of the Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat4; has adopted a novel means to procure a wife. He advertises thus:' The Democrat offers a special premium of $50 for the handsomest and most charming old .maid between the ages of thirty and forty-five years, who ap pears at s the street fair. ' The winner is. to become the bride of the editor and promptly return the ?50. The entries are to assemble at the Star grocery cn Friday morning at j.1 o'clock, where they will be entertained by Messrs. Bush, Walker, Blair and Monson until the" editor arrives to make his selection. No biting and scratching allowed. A Fit Subject. The artist 'stopped suddenly in his walk and studied with interest the ab ject misshapen creature who was beg ging for alms at a street corner. The poor man's leg3 were bent outward at right angles at the knees, he had a great hump in his back, one arm was only half the length of the other, his lower jaw projected nearly an inch be yond the upper, his hair was fiery red, and his eyes were at cross purposes. "My friend," said the artist, with a glow of enthusiasm in his pale face, "here is a sovereign. Coine with. me to my studio; I want a model for an art poster." . , Waves Fnster Than Wind. We have it on the authority of Mr. W. H. Wheeler, who has devoted many years to the study of such matters, that in the bay of Biscay frequently during the autumn and winter in calm weather a heavy sea gets up and rolls in on the coast 24 hours before the gale which causes it arrives, and of which it is the prelude. In this case the wave action, generated on the ether side of the At lantic by the wind travels at'a much grdater rate than that of the body of disturbed air, and thus gives warning of the coming storm. Esygs For Albumen Paper. More than 3.000.CCO eggs are used every year in this country for making the albumen paper that is . used in photographs. : , ; . TT. -' - '. An CM Idcju ..' ' Every day etrengtliona tl.a, belief ff cmi :eut physicians tiat iap-jro blood Li the., cause of tho majority of our tllsc.-. I wenfy-five yeiira apro tiiin theory was used n.s a basis for the formula of Browns' Iron Bitters. The manyremarkablecures effected by this, famous old household remedy are cufHcient to prove that the theory is correct. Browns' Iron Bitters ia sold by all dealers. A Shawl 'of Cut Fur. The shawl of shawls telongs to the Duchess of Northumberland. It former ly belonged to Charles X of France, and was manufactured entirely from the fur' of Persian cats. Many thousands of catskins. were utilized, and theweav ing occupied some years. The shawl measures eight yards, square, but it is so fine that it can-be compressed into space of a large coffee cup. Manila's I,ihtins; Station. There is a central electric lighting station in Manila, which supplies cur rent for 12,000 incandescent and 260 arc lamps. There are about 20 miles of telegraph in the islands, and 70 miles of steam railways. Manila has also a telephone system. The conductors are all overhead lines carried on poles with porcelain insulators. Sandwich Slan Is Old. The walking advertisement known as a "sandwich man" is by no means a modern idea. In 13-16 a possession, of men dressed to represent straw-covered wine bottles used to parade the streets of Florence, Italy, being hired by the wine merchants there. BOOKWORMS AND REMEDIES The Destruction of Books Attributed to Various Species of Insects. Bookworms we take to be the species of maggot tho traces of devastation of which wring the heart of the collector, while in the flesh It is rarely seen. The only' one we hae ever looked upon was obligingly sent us in a box by a, contributor. We did not experiment on the wretched creature, but slew him forthwith. Mr. Blades had seen but three specimens of what he took, to be bookworms. Father O'Connor, cn the other hand, has studied under the mi croscope no fewer than seventy-two specimens . of iu- 4ta., de .J rue-.ive of books, and has given-designs cf many as well as much curious information concerning them. "These are, however, of various kind3, ro fewer than eight insects injurious to libraries being de scribed in an appendix consisting of entomological note;. Father O'Connor maintains against the expressed opin ion of Blades, tba-t- modem paper is subject to the attacks of the worm. He is right, though so far as our per sonal experience-sad enough goes it is only the superior classes of paper that are injured. . ' As to remedies. These are many, and as a rule of little vt lue. The one thing indispensable seems to nr. to be con stant disturbance Old books, rarely toucheel, are almost safe to harbor wormsT " The light application of a cloth, a delicate brush, a mere open ing and shutting cf the pages, are all of use. In the. case of a large library with heavy folios this is a troublesome operation to undertake, and it is not certain that the binding of old books will not be impaired. Thej necessity of keeping bindings V.ninjured is almost as serious a respo -sibility as that of protecting the ins.iie from the worm, which in this clim;.;e is not often very destructive. It is otherwise in India. Books scarred acrt -.:s with holes have come into our possession, the responsi bility for the destr -etion .being attrib uted we. know not on what authority to white ants. Wales' Decorations. The Prince of W-.les has the right to decorate himself vita no fewer than fifty foreign "orders," while besides the Garter, the Thistle, and the St. Patrick, the Prince possesses five other British orders Of lesser note. The Queen is not half s-i well off in this re spect as her son, for, besides the Brit ish orders which were in existence when she began to reign, and those such as the Crown of India and Royal Red Cross which' she herself has es .tablishci, she hs Uitv ten -others-, H&ese including St. Catherine of Russia, St. Isabella of Portugal, Maria Louisa of Spain, Louisa of Prussia, the Lion and Sun (Persia), Pedro I. of Brazil, and the White Elephar-t of Siam. The Steps lie Wanted to Talie. ' Not long ago a number of constables were assembled at Scotland Yard, Lon don, for the purpose of being examined in matters relating! to police duty pre vious to being appointed as sergeants. The following quertion was asked a candidate by a member-cf the examin ing board: "You are on duty in the vi cinity of a menagerie, and you are in formed that a lion has broken loose and is roaming abc::t the streets. What steps would you take?" "Jolly long slegi', sir," replied the constable, to the amusement of the other- members of the board. 'lost Medieval Race. The Spaniards are not the most medieval of races. 'I ie Svanthians, who live in the inaceess.Me mountain range between the Black and Caspian ' seas, are probably the laziest people-in the world. They have made no advance" toward civilization a 2,500 years. It is their invariable rule to observe holi days four times a week, with saints' days as extras. ' 1 Stone Tele.ciaph Poles. j The messages between Milan and Switzerland, by way of the Simplon pass, pass over a telegraph line with stone poles. This line runs along thf fine military road v. hich skirts the west side of lake Maggicre. The poles are of gray granite, and average about 10 inches square and 25 feet high. They are in use for a distance of 30 or 40 miles." ' Unapnreciative England. American humor is seldom appre 'ciated in England. Perhaps that is why a couple of English 'custom house In spectors who recently seized and con demned as decayed two cases of hams consigned to a London firm from New York did not relish the joke implied in the marking on the outside of the boxes: "Nosegay Brand." Not Generally Known. Thirteen out of every 10,000 people in the United States are in prison Seventeen out of every 10,000 are in sane, the number being divided almost equally between the sexes. " The ten dency to insanity :s greatest among the Irish. It is least among the Cana dians. - Uepeption l'usi isltrd. Berlin courts have ruled that exhibit ing the signs "English spoken here'' or 'Ici on p-arle franeais; in shops where ihe languages are not spoken by the shopmen is a contravention against the law dealing with unfair competition in trade, and '3 : punishable by fine and imprisonment. IIakt's -Emulsion ! Cod Liver Oil with Creosote and the Hypo pmosphites. if.fiihu!iy i;sed, is a S-evific in the -treatment of Weak Luri.:s, Cm nn p'!on, bronchitis, etc Leading physicians recommend it. Sold by B. V. Margrave. PECULIAR PREJUDICES. Nearly Everyone Manir-. Sm FaTorita Kccentrielty. ' Everybody, more or less, possesses a fvorite prejudice, which In the eyes Cl cvc-rybr4'y e-se appars nonsensical aru i:..;-cry. In the gaj time of the codsej, f -r ' i,..,- th voune rakes strove sIZaok ta fleveloii Borne pecvJii:; ; x."cariois prejudice, by which their 122123 wtuld' become famous, and possibly" thrc ugh this be handed on to posterity Jest now there i3 an exentrlc old gentleman living near Luton in Bed fordshire, who persists in lonning the attire cf an earlier time. Any day he may be seen taking hi3 wa.ks, wearing knee breeches and an indescribable green waistcoat, whilst hit silk bat s peculiarly antique. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of his fr ends, he re fuses absolutely to dress up-to-date, Trotesting that he i3 a great admirer cr tne good old days and of all its cus toms. The present-aay orthodox dress is far too sober aM severe to suit his tastes. .Equally sir:;;- against mcdeii; other old gv.it l. of a small v-!i -. also shuns fiu or conticentsi r cook to prepare which a saddle of conspicuous pait. - is the prejudice :i zi shared by an v Ik. la the squire" ;,. Derbyshire. He , '...bles any French . : .. allowing the :!; r-lam food, in hi o" alvcays plays a A j ;ni2ht be expect ed, he is a firm believer in the great ness of his couury, xr.d has never yet evinced a desire to travel further than ' Scotland, . vhere he possesses another residence. - ' - ' ' . A celebrated auth:? professes a ter rible prejudice against cats. He can neither eat nor wor e while one is in the room, and says that, Without see ing the animal, he can tell whether one is about. A well-known politician is similarly prejudiced against the feline race. Music halls and iiatars are the pet aversion of another individual, who ascribes much of the wickedness of this world to their influence. His eldest, son, of twenty-two, once, visited a cer tain place of this description, and so enraged was his father that the latter vowed, that if it occurred again he would cut him off with the proverbial sftilling. A wealthy old lady living in Derby shire has never yet entered a train, although her ase must be very nearly eighty. Ker ideas are naturally very old-fashioned, and so great is her dis like to railways that she has fixed up on a house some fifteen miles -away from the nearest line. When she does travel, she ' accomplishes it by means of a pony chaise very similar to the one the queen uses az Balmoral. Letters Upon the Clouds. A Newfoundland mechanic has in ented a device for signaling at sea by crowing the reflection of letters upon Lhe clouds. The signals are changed with much rapidity by a device resem bling a typewriter Key board. All lonely men are net unhappy; for instance, those going alone at euchre. Dist reshi njf Houii-h I.MKrxFe Permanently cured by the masterly powers of South Ame? ican Nervine Tonic. Invalids need suffer no-longer, because this great remedy can cure them all. It is a cure for the whole world of stomach weakness and indi gestion. The cure begins with ihe first dose. The relief it brings is marvel--lous an surprising. It makes .no fail ure ; never disappoints. No ; matter how long you ha e suffered, your rure is certain 'msd-er the use of this great health giving force. Pleasant and al ways safe. Sold by E. V. Nulal, Druggisl, Wi'son, N. C. Ituly is Growinar. Italy' has had 294 square miles of land added to its territory in the last 70 years by the advance of the delta of the Po into the Adriatic sea. The meas urement has been made by Prof. Mari nelli, who carefully compared the Aus trian , surveys to 1823 vith the Italian surveys of 1893. The addition amounts to one six-hundredth cf the total area of Italy at the earlier date. Russian Cannibals. ' Cannibalism is rife in the Russian province of Kassan and canmot be put down, according to the st atement of the Bishop of Kasan at tfce Russian church congress at Kiews rule, only persons suffering" ,stxa.A& dis eases are eaten." V Preferred Qn-er Piet A rhinoceros bird, about tne size of a turkey, which was retentry shot on the Island of Java, had Wits crew a -rim from a small telescofe and three brass buttons evidently lelonging to the uniform of a British ijldier A Colorless inU. A colorless ink, for us in writing on postal cards, etc., is isade by mixing together sulphuric acid ana water, me writing becoming permanently visible wlien the paper is be:. tea. WG in, "(J"'-. It has been calculate that ordinary stinpowder, on stploding, expands about 9,000 times or fills a space thi3 much larger as a e?-3 than wben n a solid form. A Lour Tunnel. If all the tunnels the worId were placed end to end thei wouia reacn a distance of 514 about 1,142. rnfes. l ney numuer .r:ic. - .1 . thena, von find. Take thlncs but dYcu Have Alww Bought Bears the Signature of 1 I ' 4 - , drt S, So Havana. f Vavana correspondent writes- One to-lthat ?:CT Whre the sI' "Da! Bargam, and a big ready-made cloth, ing shop here is decorated by tu pit prietor with the announcement in S mers "Mas barrato que ji -?lL inS tT17 lntPreted. means am tte begt thing in the world; push Xo Peef ft?P fhlnese. Beef is never seen at a Chinese table oxen and cows capable of working the plough being accounted too Yaluahje to the farmer to 1 consigned to i the butcher. Very ssvere penalties are attached to the slaughter of these ani mals, the punishment for the first of fence being a hunlred strokes -lth a bamboo. b Ice la India. In India every town of any size has its own ice factory, some 0f them capa ble of turning out from 500 to 1,000 tons of ice' a day; and the same thing holds good in Egypt and the southern states of America. Kun for the Hoboes. The several Swiss cantons, borderine on the Lake of Lucerne have a way of getting rid of tramps by giving them a ticket across the lake' to another can ton. The tramps enjoy the tituation. No ne has been able to prove that Oaccn was Shake's peer. r Muscles of the Head." " The head has 77 muscles 8 for the eyes and eyelid, 1 for the nose, 8 for the lips, 8 for the jaw, 11 for the tongue, 11 for the larynx, 11 for the ear, 17 for motions of the head and neck, 1 to move therhairy scalp, 1 for the eye brows. An Albino Squirrel. One of the very rare albino squirrels was trapped recently by a Maine hunter. There, is not a colored hair in its white fur, and the eyes are of a bright pink. 1 The Elephant's Ear. Although the flap of skin which covers an elephant's ear is of consider able size, the ear itself is very small in proportion. Not Worried. . A newly discovered story about Hen dry Clay is to' the effect that when his wife was asked if she was not worried by his gambling she replied: "Oh, not at all. Mr. Clay always wins." Why allow yourself to be slowly tor tured at the stake of disease? Chills and Fever will undermine, and eventu ally break down, the strongest consti tution ''-FERRI-CUR A' (Sweet Chill Tonic of Iron) is more effective than Quinine and being combined-with Iron is an excellent Tonic and Nervine Med icine. It is pleasant to take, is sold under positive guarantee to cure or money refunded. Accept no sul.sti tutes. The "just as good" kind don't effect cures. Sold by B. W. Hargrave. Mr. GIa.dM one's Axes. No visitor to Hawarden forgets to inspect that porteatious collection of axes which keeps sdive the memory of one of its late master's best-known recreations. ,The late Mr. Gladstone's passion for tree-feeing was a godsend to his admirers. Anyone in doubt as to the selection of a present whereby to testify his admiration could always as a last resort, fall back upon an axe. Hence the array cf these weapons in all parts of the castle. Many of them" were more adapted to ornamentation than utility, and' especially is this true of the tiny model axe that came from the Princess of Wales with a playful, punning letter on the iniquity of "ax ing questions."" One enthusiast act ually forwarded a fall-size axe made of solid 'silver. Water Tube for Jail Bars. A water-tube jail is one of the latest achievements of Yankee ingenuity. It is " ncrlonger necessary to make the prison bars so heavy and hard that I water tube jail bass. itting through them becomes difficult it instead they are made simply of ipes forming part of a hfgh pressure later system. Should any of these 4pe3 be severed the water escapes and prickly gives warning of the break. I . ' :t-' Much of 'ife's misery i. due to indi gestion ; for who can be h.ippj with a j pain in the stomach ? As a corrective and strengihener.of the alimentary or igans, Ayer's Pills are inyafuaLle, their use being always attended with marked benefit. im i Mi mi ?m -11 :.. mM ml')-- -If 1 1 1 Foul-Smelling Catarrh. I Catarrh is one of the most obstinate toTrido? "difficult here is imt one way to cure it. The disease is in the blood, and all the iHli' S n antL lnhaUn8 mixtures in the world can have no permanent effect whatever upon it. Swiffg Spe cific cures Catarrh permanently, for it is the only remedy which can reach the disease and force it from the blood Mr. B. P-McAUigter, of llarrodaburjr. -yrS?dCiiararhforyeri- Heitei 1 u-ll see no Improvement irntw. though I wm constantly tinted with pnn eot muailnir reraedlr In fact. I could feel that rach winter 1 wuwort . .lhe ?.emr Pvloua, Finally It wat brought to my nolle tiiat Caurrh was a blood oiseajie, and af wr think Ir.R over, the matter, I 1 wasunreaaonabU to expect to he cured by remedies which nnlt 'w reached the mirf 1 3r3 then AtviAnA tn i.. S. S. S and after a U vr huttlp wero nat t Weed a rx-reeptlble improvement. Continuing the remedy, the disease was forced outof m system, and a complete cure was the result I advise all who have this dreadful disease to abandon theJrlopal treatment. which has aerei done them any piod, and take 8. 8 a rem edy that can reach the disease and ore it." -To continue the wrong treatment for Catarrh is to cont inue to suffer. Swift's Specific is a real blood remedy, and cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases, which other remedies have no effect whatever upon. It promptly reaches Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the most aggravated cases. for 'S7acsre I lit: is Purely Vegetable, and is the only Mood remedy guaranteetLto contain no dangerous minerals. ; Books mniled free by Pwift Speciflfl Company, Atlanta, Georgia. EQUIPPINGX ARMYMULE. . . Xf 1. I mvhiu in n jcienc? an Kxoert Ca Man Who I ijt Money. Most of the army rmlir3 in Cuba wer fitted with the Mexican aparejo, which is to be preferred to the saddle with "tree and sawbuck." j It consists first cf two or more thlcJ felt blankets, folded 'large enough t nearly cover the mule from shouldei to rump. Over this is placed a hugi pair of leather bags united by a broai band of the same material, the cavi ties stuffed with soft hay. This is girthed to the mujle by i cinch nearly a foct in width, which U drawn as tightly as possible by f "strong man, pulling with both hands and with. T foot -'nginst the animal's ribs to give him a greater purchase On each side of the spine the article! to be carried are placed and lashed bj a rope about fifty feet in length, whlct has at one end a broad webbing bel' to pass under the belly as was doni with th! others. Another "squeezing' is given and the rope is crossed in dif ferent directions ever the load, tight ened at every crossing, and finally fas-, tened in a kinot Irosed by one pulL "Packing"! is a ecience. and as suet commands good' wages. I have knowr a "chief packer" to be paid a salary o: $150 per month on the frontier, and hh services were worth the money paid The duty is taught to cavalrymen a part of their drill,, and many of th soldiers become very expert at it. At t pack drill of the Ninth Cavalry a few days before it left Montana one com pany packed its mule In 1 minute and 54 seconds, and, others were but llttl slower. Thirty mules generally constitute a "train," and are managed by three men. They are trained to follow a bell, worn by a horse, white preferred, at being more readily eeen. They are nol confined- in any way except when first put into the train; then, any straying from it is punished very severely and Mr. Mule soon learns his place and thai it is best to keep it. Each man with the train carries a diamond-shaped leather blind with leather cords attached to the end3 and ktctied together. If i a. pack become disarranged two cf the men lead the mule cut of the trail, blindfold him with this blind, rearrange his load, re move the leather andjillow him to re join hi3 fellows. He is never struck when started, and pack mules are never misused by good packers. To I-'eel I'ari. If Taris la ever beseiged again, It will in all probability be spared the horrors of famine. A committee np- i pointed jointly by the minister of war anil municipal council han just ap . T VVome'for building lare meat. . o"- - Paris in time or Var needs' 200 tons of meat a day. At this rate all the flock of sheep and heads of oxen that could be brought together at the last moment would last but "a few weeks, and It might be impossible m, feed them.The stores about to be erwr-1 ed will contain even fn time of pp,ve large supplies of meat, and immedl:it. ly upon' a declaration rf war will re ceive 30,000 tons of beef and mutton. This represents fifty days' ration?. .. 100 days' half-rations. The forts rfuin! Paris have suffiek-nt totxl lo last t!ir year. No war is likely to last tiii length of time! Huer. Fifty pounds of honey are annu ally produced b.v a hive of .",000 bees In five years the be will have Jd creased to T().0 it. Jiemorr Koen. A German scientist claims that the memory is stronger in Summer than in Winter. He says that among the worst foes of the memory are too much food, too much physical exercise, and X'jo much education. "In a minute" one dose of Hakt's Essencr op GisfiKK Hiil relieve any ordinary c.-e 01 cone, cramps or Nausea. 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