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would be extended toward a young and
unmarried duke? Almack's was a sort
of royal academy of society, the aca-
demic diploma being represented by
the family shield.
1.-THE heartburnings, jealousles and
maddening envies caused by this ex-
elusive circle were, take it, the cause
of it's decline and fall. Trade, even of
the grandest and most successful kind,
even in the persons of the children, had
no chance whatever; no self-made man
was admitted, genius was not consid-
cred at all; admission to Almack's was
like admission to the Order of the Gar
ter, because it pretended no nonsense
about merit; wives and daughters of
simple country sQuires, judges, bishops,
generals, admirals and so forth, knew
better than to apply; the intrigues,
back-stairs influence, solicitation of
friends, were as endles as the intrigues
at the admiralty to procure promotion.
Admission could not, however, be
bought.
$50 far the committee were beyond
suspicion and reproach. 1t was whis-
pered, to be sure, that there was favor
itism-awful word! Put yourself in the
position, if you have imagination
enough, of a young and beautiful de-
butante. Admission to Almacks means
for you that you can see your right and
title clear to a coronet. What will you
do-with cringing. supplication, adula-
ton, hypocrisies-to secure that card?
And. oh! the happiness. the rapture, of
sending to Willis rooms and finding
card waiting for you! and the misery
and despair of receiving instead the ter
rible letter which told you, without
reason assigned, that the ladies of the
committee could not grant your re-
quest!
"They were not expensive gatherings,
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the tickets being only Is. Cd. ($1.S7) each,
which did not include supper. Dancing
began at IL to the strains Of WeIppert's
and Collinet's bands. The balls were
held in the great room at Willis, and
the space reserved for the dancers was
roped around. The two favorita dances
were the valse and the galop, or the
'sprightly galoppade.' as 1t was called.
Quadrilles were also danced. 1t may be
Interesting to those that have kept the
old music that in the year 1886 the ia
vorite quadrilles were rEclair and La
Tete de Bronze, and the favorite valse
was LIE Remede contre lie Sommeil.
The conditions which governed af-
fairs other than society were also sus-
ceptible of great improvement, as is
shown by this review by the same
writer:
"In the year 1887 we were still, to all
intents and purposes. in the eighteenth
century. AS yet the country was un-
touched by that American influence
which is now filling all peoples with new
ideas. Rank was still held in the an
cient reverence; religion was still that
of the eighteenth century church; the
rights of labor were not yet recognized;
there were no trades unions; there were
no railways to speak Of; nobody trav-
eled except the rich; their own country
was unknown to the people; the ma
jority of country people could not read
or write; the good old discipline of
Father Stick and his children, CATO
nine tails. ropes end, strap. birch.
ferule and cane, was wholesomely
maintained; landlords, manufacturers
and employees of all kinds did what they
pleased with their own; and the blue
ribbon was unheard of.
There were still some fiery spirits in
whose breasts fingered the ideas Of the
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BIT OF THOUGHT FOR FARMERS
Seldom Two Successive Seasons of Low
Prices in the Hog Market.

The average farmer acts before he
thinks seriously. He is serious enough
at the present time. The low prices of
pork, corn, oats, etc., are disturbance
to financial ascendancy. He concludes
that hogs don't pay, from view of the
past season, and neglects to plan for
the coming season, says a writer in the
Western Rural.
1t is not remembered that the average
values of pork for any five consecutive
years, always show a fair average prof
it. 1t is forgotten, too, that two success
sive seasons of low prices seldom occur
in the hog markets.
The hog grower too often counts the
entire value of his product as corn or
oats entirely. The value of the raw
grain is often found to equal the same
apparent quantity of grain in the net
form of pork. No account is taken, at
times, of vegetables, pasturage and 9TH
er items of food that enter into the con-
sumption of the pork as it is most safe
ly produced.
The hog is healthier from a mixed diet
This should always include grazing, or
in lieu of grazing vegetables, or corn
and clover ensilage in spring and late
autumn as well as in winter. During
the prevalence of snow and mud 1t is
not always wise course to permit
grazing of the bluegrass or rye in win
ter. Exercise on a sandy bare lot with
the cooling diet mixed with the oats and
other grain, is the best for pigs at
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SUCH AN oUTPoURING IT WAS
Community of Poorly Wives Induced a
Parson to Provide a Remedy.

Community of Poorly Wives Induced
Parson to Provide a Remedy.
Paul Wilson, revenue officer, tells
good story of a moonshiner who was ar
rested by him for selling hundred gall
Ions of wildcat whisky. The defendant
was minister in charge of mountain
church, and when placed upon the
stand told the facts in his own peculiar
way:
"Yo' see, jedge," he said, at was this
way Brother Adams he'd a leetle ticker,
an he ses, 'Parson, take a gallon hum
and 1 TUX it. My wife war poly, sab,
very poly tibet summer, an she drunk
the most of it, nigh all Of 1t, 1t did help
her pow'ful. So Brother Allen come
along one day an ses, Brother Allen,
thet's a good critter you're ridin'.' Vas,
parson. he's the best on the mounting.
I'm goin' fer the doctor. He did my
boss Bess heap of good. an I'm goin'
to let him try he han on my wife. She's
poly. An how Is yo' wife, parson? She's
bettah," ses I. I got some Ticker an it
sot her UP right WELL 'Hev yo' any
more? ses he, an I lowed I he'd, so /
give him some. Then I got more, an 1t
war a kim O. po' season, jedge, an jes
let my brethren hev 1t for their wives,
an we he'd SIGH an outpourin' of grace
as we never he'd befo'. an it want long
fore every man on the mounting war
a brother. They all jined the church
an SIGH a lot Of poly wives I never
seen. 1 reckon I Civ out bout a hun
bred gallons. jedge, Jest to church men,
bers. I wouldn't let the unregenerate
hev drop. jess made half dollar
on each gallon to pay for totin' it to the
house an measurin' 1t out, an didn't
git nothin' fer right smart of it. 1
won't hev no mo- of it. jedge. even If 1t
breaks up the church" The old man
was so honest that minimum. fine was
imposed.
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but they were also obliged to send for
the answer, which took the form of a
voucher that is ticket, or simple re-
fusal, from which there was no appeal.
Gentlemen were admitted in the same
way, and by the same mode of appli-
cation, as the ladies. In their case, 1t
is pleasing to add, some regard was
paid to character as well as to birth
and rank, so that If man openly and
fiagrantly insulted society he was sup
posed not to be admitted; but one asks
with some trembling how far such rigor
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HER KIND WORD.

"Mr. Blylxins thinks he knows a great
deal" said one girl
Eyes" replied her kind hearted friend,
s'but you can't deny that he has some in
tellectual power"
ST haven't observed It,"
1.-THE very fact that you mention shows
that he has lively imagination"
ington Star.
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uiar things the queen ever did, for In
those days the tradespeople. who COM
posed the aldermanic board, did not
amount to much in the estimation of
the nobility or aristocrats. Some idea
of the condition of affairs can be gained
from this extract of an article written
by Sir Walter Besant at the time of the
queens jubilee, and which dealt with
the year 1887:
Society, so years ago, was exclusive.
You belonged to society or you did not;
there was no overlapping, there were no
circles which intersected. And If you
were in society you went to Almack's.
If you did not go to Almack's you might
be a very interesting, well-bred, praise
worthy creature; but you would not
claim to be in society. Nothing could
be more simple. Therefore, everybody
ardentIy desired to be seen at Almack's.
This. however, was not in everybody's
power. Almack's, for instance, was far
more exclusive than the court. Riff
raft might go to court; but they could
not get into Almack's, for at its gates
there stood, not one angel, with a fiery
sword, but six in the shape of English
ladies', terrible in turbans, splendid in
diamonds, magnificent in satin, and aw-
full in rank
A DREADED COMMITTEE.
"They were the Ladies Jersey, Lon
donderry, Cowper, Brownlow, Will
loughby d'Eresby and Euston. These
ladies formed the dreadful committee
They decided who should be admitted
within the circle; all applications had to
be made direct to them; no one was al
lowed to bring friends. Those who de-
sired to go to the balls-Heavens! what
lady did not ardently desire ?-were OBJ
liged to send in personal request to
be allowed the honor Not only this
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Believes Dreams Come True

Otto Richie. locksmth of Terre
Haute, Ind, is almost persuaded that
dreams come true" He spent three
days of the past week trying to open A
safe, the combination lock Of which
was out Of order, and was about to give
up the Job Friday night. That night he
dreamed that small screw had work
ed out sufficiently to interfere with the
tumblers of the lock. He saw the screw
plainly, and also that if he would work
the knob until the Indicator touched a
certain number on the combination
plate, and then give it quick turn to
the left the tumbler would be forced
past the troublesome screw head.
When Richie rose the next morning he
hurried to the safe and told Of his
dream to those present. He turned the
knob in the manner revealed in the
dream, the lumber moved past the
point where it had hitherto stopped and
the heavy door of the safe was open.
The covering was removed from the
lock and the protruding screw was
found to be as seen in the dream.
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DISEASE IN FOWLS.

Fowls are subject to disease ~nown
as anthrax, the results Of whit IS to
produce boils or purulent swellings on
various parts of the body. Sometimes
the combs turn black and at other
times BLUSH, both showing that the
blood is darker tnan usual, whence the
name of the disease, which means
black. 1t is contagious, and generally
fatal, so that it is not worth the trouble
aud time to try to save them, but it is
best to kill the diseased ones and purify
the house by burning sulphur in it and
limewashing it, by which the others
may be saved. 1t is we'll, too, to give
the other fowls each a teaspoonful of
solution of hyposulphate of soda in wa
ter as strong as it can be made-a sat
urated solution, as it is termed-once
a day, ard mix little of it in some soft
food. 1t is encouraged by giving too
much grain food. and no fresh green
food, such as chopped cabbage, which
is q natural substitute for the grass OBJ
tanned in the summer.
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BRAINS, THE FARMER'S REMEDY.

Slipshod farming will never again
pay in this country, if it ever did. 1t
was not much trouble to farm fifty
years ago. Anybody who could hold a
pillow or cradle or a scythe, and knew
enough to SOW and plant and reap at
the proper season, could farm. All
there was to do was to plant corn and
SOW wheat and oats and grass seed har-
vest and market them. The animals
that were bred did not amount to mucn
anyhow. In the East the local butcher
would come around and buy the calves,
and as a COW was a COW it did not make
any difference how long she lived. The
business was dead easy, as far as man
agement went. 1t was then all work
and no management, but now the man
agement is the principal things. The
farmer must think, and think hard. He
finds it necessary to diversity his crops,
more than ever, and he is often at
loss to decide in which direction to do
it. He has The brains to compete with
both on and off the farm. Bogus but
ters, cottOn-seel oil lard, and adulera-
tons Of every one of his products that
can be adulterated are placed side by
side with his productions in the mar
ket; and it is of no use for him to grum-
bic about it. While he is grumblng,
the other fellow gets the money. He
lnust not grumble but think and plan.
He must recognize the fact that agri-
cultural pursuits. like other lines Of
business, have their complications, and
that nothing on earth but the exercise
of the gray matter in his head will un-
ravel them-Farmer' Voice.
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When we are parted keep for me
With a Kiss.

Here's health to the fellow who wakes me
each morn
With kiss, with a kiss, with kiss!
Whose beautiful! tresses my temples adorn
With kiss, with a kiss, with kiss!
Here's health to the little one there at my
bed,
With his ruby red lips and his ringleted
head;
And God give the rose to the paths he shall
tread,
And kiss, and kiss. and kiss!
Here's health to the fellow VINO wakes me
each morn
With kiss, with kiss, with kiss!
In a little white gown or u jacket that's torn,
But still with kiss, with a kiss.
Here's health to the little one there at my
bed,
And for all of Gods roses-the white or the
He is sweeter than angels have sung or have
said.
With a kiss, with kiss, with kiss!
Here's health to the fellow who wakes me
each morn
With kiss, with kiss. with kiss!
And brave the worlds anger and all the
worlds ScOrn,
For his kiss, for his kiss, for his kiss!
And God keep him ever from grief and from
moan,
Though [ dwell in life's valleys alone-still
alone;
Let my own have the light, and the light
/ keep my own,
With a kiss, with kiss. with kissl
New York Herald
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CURE FOR THE "sTRETCHrs-

when a sheep has the Stretches
writes D. II. Thing, pour down its
throat pint bottle full of decoctiop
OF thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfol,a.
tum), made as strong as possible by
sleeping until as black as ink. Do tbis
the first time the sheep begins to
stretch, and it has never failed to cure
in my forty years experience. Gather
and dry the herb, so as to have it on
hand for the purpose. "-American Agr,.
culturist.
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Love. the moon is overhead.
All the misty woods are still;
What was that my lady said
II will never wed until
Some great hero that meet
Snetb humbly at my feet
Well-a-day. Well-a-day.
She would surely tell me nay:
will wait some other day.
Once again the moon is new
Like a broken band of gold;
New or old, my heart is true,
But my lady Seemeth cold.
When the mellow planets shine,
Shall ask her to be mine!
Well-a-1ay! Well-a-day!
What if she should tell me nay?
will wait another day.
Sooth, I think she'll drive me mad,
Yet l thought. when passing by,
That her blOSsOm-face was sad,
And a tear was in her eye.
Can it be if I should sue
I should find her heart was true2
Well-a-day! Well-a-day!
W nat ii Silc SllOu VI toil mo nay!
l will wait another day.
Not a shred o. moon above,
And of starlight there was none;
But I met my lady-love,
And I wooed her, and 1 won.
Shyly, sweetly, did she own
That she cared for me alone.
WalIa-5ayI Wnlla-dayI
Yet she might have told me nav
Had | asked her yesterday.
Hattie Whitney,
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NOSES MADE GOOD AS NEW.
ceIluIoid, Patience, and Maybe Finger
Needed.

Building nose" sounds queer,
writes DR.. Whitinger in The New York
Journal and yet that is just what sur
geons are doing almost every day.
Every surgeon who possesses mehanl-
cal ability enough to be called "plas-
tic surgeon" will take a contract to
build nose just as a builder takes
contract for building house.
The operator, i'll the case of a man
the bony portion Of whose nose has
been destroyed. first removes the dead
bone until he finds healthy bone.
He is then ready to proceed with the
building. Holes are drilled into the
sound bone for the reception of the
metallic frame work which Is to sup
port the flesh that will give the nose
the appearance of having it's natural
bony and cartila ginous support.
Probably the most famous case or
nose building is that Of the late DR..
Thomas Sabine. The operation was
performed at Bellevue Hospital The
patients nose had been entirely de-
stroyed by disease called lupus.
The surgeon transplanted the middle
finger Of the patients hand to replace
the nose. TO the house surgeon fell
the task of destroying the nail. For
this he used a powerful acid. In re-
lating his experience recently he said
that he supposed his work had proved
f,,t ha hof
been transplanted he found that the
nail was inclined to grow again, and he
was obliged to use the acid repeatedly
before it was finally destroyed.
There are surgical records Of other
similar cases in many of which the nail
had grown on the Ginger nose"
In ordinary cases where only the
bony portion of the nose has been de-
stroyed celluloid is said to prove most
satisfactory. as it is better borne in liv-
ing tissues than any other substance.
A case was recently shown at the
Academy of Medicine. The patient was
young man whose nasal bones had
been destroyed through disease. The
skin had fallen into the cavity.
The shape of the nose was restored by
an aluminium tripod. The surgeon
drilled a hole in the frontal bone for
the reception of one branch of the ap,
paratus, while the other branches fitted
into holes which had been drilled in the
upper jawbone To the unframed eye
the nose had every appearance of bein.
normal
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Barn manures are generally more eco
nomically used when applied to farm
crops than when applied to orchards.
says an exchange, yet they can be used
with good results, particularly when re-
iuvenating old orchards.
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The pleasant favor, gentle action and sooth.
ing effect Of Syrup of Figs when in need of a
laxative, and il the father or mother be costive
or bilious, the most gratifying results follow
its use; so that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have bottle
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Who will protect you from those enemies
nausea. indigestion, malaria and the sickness
produced by rocking on the waves and some
times by inland travelling over the rough beds
OF i'll laid railroads. Such Il friend is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Ocean mariners
vac htsmen, commercial and theatrical agents
and tourists testify to the prot ective potency
of this effect tive safeguard, which conquers al
so rheumatism. nervousness and biliousnsss.
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A Eifty-twO Years. Case.

'TETTERINE is the only remedy | ever sold
that would make a permanent cure of tettor
| sold it to a person who had letter on hand
for ftty-two years, and two boxes cured him"
B. II. TANNER
McDonald'5 MIL, Ga
box by mail for Soc. in stamps.
J. T. SHUPTRINE. Savannah. Ga.
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MUSE &M
Comfort One Another.

Comfort one another;
For the way Is growing dreary,
The feet are often weary,
And the heart is very sad.
There is heavy burden-bearing,
When 1t seems that none are caring,
And we half forget that ever we were glad.
Comfort one another;
With the hand clasp close and tender
With the sweetness love can render,
And the looks of friendly eyes.
Do not wait with grace unspoken;
While life's daily bread is broken.
Gentle speech is oft like mama from the
skies.
Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster.
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Narcissa Ton a crulse)-''What is the
matter, Captain Bobstay?" Captain
1.-THE fact is, my dear young lady,
we've smashed our rudder.' Narcisss
--"Never mind. Never mind. It's
moatly under water, aud nobody viii
Roties il h-Hsnsshal6 WeSdss
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Buy 81 90 worth Dobhns Floating Porax Soap Of
your grocer. send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mfg
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They will send you free
Of charge, postage paid, Worcester Pocket Die
tionary, 29s PAGES, bound in cloth, protnsely u.
Illustrated. Offer good until August 1st only.
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The large majority of families in
this country have not over $500 year
10 live upon. ssya the New York Post
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Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reduces intlamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
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Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
"Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my life" Write
him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, &c.
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The new astronomical observatory at Ed
inburgh, which was opened April Q, 1896,
cost $50, 900.
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have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
An unfailing medcine-F. r. LOTT, 1906 Scott
St. Coyinxton. KY. Oct J. 1894.
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The Child Enjoys

The eyes of birds that fly by night ara
generally about double the size of day birds,
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All Hail to Him.

AL Al a IL " kAtIl.
Blow the bugles.
Beat the drums;
LO. the candidate
He comes.
Ridin' early.
Ridin' late;
Watch out for
The candidate!
Saw the war throu3I
(Sure o thatD,
Got his record
In his nat.
Knows he's needed
BY the Stat;
Save the country
Sure as fate!
Good at farmin';
Got rt0w
In his back yard
Rustin' now.
Merchant-lawyer-
Doctor-a|l!
Anything the
People call.
Free religion
In the lurch
If ne didn't
Like each church).
Boun1 to please you
Beat the drums;
Lo! the cin}idate-
He CONES
L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
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Wasps rank next to the highest classes of
ants in point Of insect intelligence.
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st. Vitus' Dance. One bottle Dr. Fenner's
Specific cures. Circular, Fredonia, n. Y.
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In one season the rice yield in the
Rangoon Province of India has ex-
ceeded 1000. 900 tons.
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ANY ONE who has been benefited by the
use OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills, will receive
of much value and interest by
writing to Pink Pills, P. 0. Box 1882, Phila., Pa.
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PerAONal.

Over 1000 varieties of microscopic sea
shells have been enumerated by naturalists.
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When We Are Parted.

When we are parted let me lie
In some far corner of thy heart.
Silent, and from the world apart,
Like forgotten melody;
Forgotten of the world beside.
Cherished by one, and one alone,
For some loved memory of its own;
So let me i'll thy heart abide
When we are parted.
When we are parted keep for me
The sacred stiffness of the night;
That hour. sweet love, is mine byright;
Let others claim the day of thee!
The cold world sleeping at our feet.
Ny spirit shall discourse with thine
When stars upon thy pillow shine,
At thy hearts door stand and beat.
Though we are parted.
Hamilton Adie. in Home Magazine.