Beauty la Blood deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. Wo
ieauty without it. Caacarets, Candy Cathao
ic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
tirring up the lazy liver and driving all im>
mrities from the body. Begin to-day to
lanish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
.nd that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Jascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug*
fists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
About twenty-five persons in every mil
lon commit suicide in England.
It is better to remove than to hide complex
onal blemishes. Use Glenn's Sulphur Soap'
fill's Hair & Whisker Dye. black or brown, 50c
Before the Revolutionary War the Vir
ginians called the New Englanders Yankees.
Make It a Point
To Cet the Best Every Time, When
You Buy Medicine.
Health is too valuable to bo trifled with.
Jo not experiment. Get* Hood's Sarsapa
•illa and you will have the best medicine
nouey can buy the medicine that cures
vhen all others fail. You have every reason
!o expect it will do for you what it has
lone for others. Remember
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price SI.
Hood's Pills are tho favorite cathartic.
Silver Cups For a Cruiser.
An artistic set of silver punch cups
to be presented to the cruiser Raleigh
by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood,
of Haw River, N. C., has just been
completed.
Mrs. Haywood, who is a daughter
of Governor Holt, of North Carolina,
was sponsor for the cruiser at the time
of her christening. The cups are
twelve in number and weigh 100
ounces Troy. Each cup is four inches
high and three inches in diameter,
resting upon four dolphins, whose
bodies curve gracefully about the
body of the cup. They are highly
polished and lined with gold. They
are of the same design as the massive
punch bowl which was presented to
the cruiser by the citizens of North
Carolina when she first went into
commission.
The Raleigh is a second-rate cruiser
that formed part of Admiral Dewey's
squadron and is now on the Asiatic
station. —Baltimore Sun.
i ——
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
i
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood. :
What suffering frequently results
from a mother's ignorance; or more
frequently from a mother's neglect to
properly instruct her daughter 1
Tradition says "woman must suffer,"
and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
slaughters to a physician for examina
tion; but no mother need hesitate to
■vrrite freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letter from Miss MARIS
F. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa., shftivs what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
"My health became so poor that I
had to leave school. I was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. I was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. I was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is a firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. I followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as I
ever was. I have gained flesh and have
a good color. lam completely cured oi
irregularity."
DUEIIMATICM CURBII—One bottle-Positive
KnCUmA I lOIVI relief In 24 hours. Postpaid. SI.OO
■ "ALEXANDER REMEDY CO., S<6Greenwich St.. N Y.
i^A?fA»R^ATION|
<1 It has been s*id of Americans that they
ig are "a nation of dyspeptics" and it is true $)
hT that few arc entirely free from disorders T
\j of the digestive tract, Indigestion. Dyspepsia. A
© Stomach and trouble, or Constipation.®
¥ The treatiY\ent of these diseases t|
A with cathartic medicines too often ao- cs>
cP the trouble. T
1 THE LOGICAL TREATMENT I
is the use of a remedy that will build up T
the system, thereby enabling the v&rious JI
3D organs to act as Nature intended they should.®
Y Such a remedy is found in Or Williams' Pink \
Pills for Pale People® Here is the proof, JL
In Detroit there are few soldiers more popular and efficient than Max yT
VI R. Davies, first sergeant of Co. B. His home is at 416 Third Avenue. For Vl
four years he was a bookkeeper with the wholesale drug house of Farrand, 11
Civ Williams & Clark, and he says : "I have charged up many thousand VrR
TT-' orders for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, but never knew their
Vl worth until I used them for the cure of chronic dyspepsia. For two years \l
W I suffered and doctored for that aggravating trouble but could only be \)
helped temporarily. Cf&
"I think dyspepsia is one of the most stubborn of ailments, and there V"
VI is scarcely a clerk or office man but what is more or less a victim. Some yi
\1 days I could eat anything, while at other times I would be starving. \l
GO Those distressed pains would force me to quit work. I have tried many Qu
QP treatments and remedies but they would help only for a time. A friend >p
\l induced me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and after tak- 1]
IT ing a few doses I found much relief and after using several boxes I was \l
G*K cured. I know these pills will cure dyspepsia of its worst form and lam
yb* pleased to recommend them ."—Detroit (Mich.) Jour»«/. vp*
A T«»~ genuine p&ckage &\vMAys b«M» the tutt name.* JI
(pi At &ll druggistv or '*& nt postpaid «n receipt of
r o*'' bo*, by the Dr.tfilli&ms Medicine to., Schenectady,W V. \
Apt to Affect the."Verve*.
Cold weather is just as apt to affect th«
nerves as any other part of the body, and
neuralgia sets in. St. Jacobs Oil is just as
certain to cure it as it cures all the gen
eral pains and aohes of the body.
Of every million persons born in a cer
tain yeur only 223 are alive ninety-flve
years later.
Where to Spend the Winter.
Southern Railway, Eastern office 371 Broad
way, can furnish you with alllnformation re
garding tho winter resorts of tho South. Thl?
Kreat system traverses all of the Southern
States over its own railsand is the direct thor
oughfare of travel to Cuba, Mexico and the
Pacific Coast. For particulars call on oi
address Alex. S. Thweatt, Eastern Passenger
Agent.
The latest vagary of fashion in London is
monocles for women.
Dra't Tobicco Spit and Smoke Tour I.ife Away,
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or fl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedr Co., Chicago or New York
An orange tree will bear fruit until it is
160 years old.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2">c.a bottle
The State of Texas hns set aside for the
education of each child $4.50.
ij Try Grain=o! ij
|; Try Grain=o! i:
| | Ask you Grocer to-day to show you ] [
jj a package of GRAIN-O, the new food <>
i i drink that takes the place of coffee. < ,
J [ The children may drink it without J |
' ' injury as well as the adult. All who « >
! ! try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that ! !
' | rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, ] |
' but it is made from pure grains, and « »
i i the most delicate stomach receives it < ,
| | without distress. \ the price of coffee. ' [
.1 > 15 cents and 25 cents per package. • >
i i Bold by all grocers. , ,
I I Tastes like Coffee \ \
J J Looks like Coffee 1 '
l > Insist that your grocer gives you GRAIN-O i >
| | Accept no imitation. j 1
The Faithful Mascot.
They tell a touching story of one of
the regimental mascots—a dog in the
Sixth Cavalry—aud there are a dozen
soldiers who will swear that it is true.
There was one man of the Sixth
who had always been good to this dog,
and would give it a piece of bacon
from his own scanty store, and pet it
and remember it when things were
badly. This man was killed at St.
Juan Hill just after his troop had
forded the river and come into open
ground before starting on the charge.
And all day long he lay there in the
long grass, dead, the bullets and
shells singing over him, and nothing
mattering any more. Soldiers pressed
on, wounded men staggered back,
many passed near him, but no one
touched him or cared for him, since
there was nothing to do—he was dead.
But the dog found out somehow
that its master was lying there on the
ground, the hot sun burning him, the
cold night chilling him, and came
there with a dog's faithfulness and
licked the white face and stretched it
self out on the still body and stayed
there, guarding its master, until the
soldiers on burying detail came the
next day and laid the remains in a
grave.—Leslie's Weekly.
Preoance of Mind.
A melodrama of the most stirring
kind was being given at a theatre in a
small provincial town, says London
Tit-Bits, In one of the critical
scenes the hero suddenly became
aware of the fact that he had come to
the stage minus his poniard. Without
a moment's hesitation, he made a dash
at the traitor, exclaiming:
"Die, villain! I meant to strike
thee with my dagger, but I left the
weapon in my dressing room, and will,
therefore, strangle thee in the pres
ence of this indulgent audience."
It is scarcely necessary to add that
this variation from the original brought
down the house.
WHEN THE COLD OATS COME.
When the cold day* oome, and the snow
falls In the night,
Then it's good to be by Ores that flood the
room with light;
We care not <hen for sunshine o'er the
broad hills streaming bright,
When the cold days come,and the snow falls
in the night.
When the cold days oome, there Is pleasure
still in store—
Though we do not reap the roses, or the
daisies any more;
But the feet of Love fall lightly where the
firelight flecks the floor—
And there's pleasure In full measure, and a
wealth of it in store!
[ CAPTAIN FITZ PRIGG. {
"Why, general! is that you?"
It was I, certainly, but to be
brevetted from civil life to high mili
tary station without notice, and with
out the consciousness of having done
anything to merit the promotion, took
me a little aback. It was my first
visit to New York, but I had read
enough about metropolitan tricks
upon travelers to be on my guard. I
supposed, in short, I had had my eye
teeth cut—theoretically, at least.
"You are in error, sir," I said; "I
am not the gentleman you take me
for."
"What 1 not General Flavem
of V"
"My name is Hay," I replied
"Timothy Hay from "
"Well! I never was so mistaken!
Do you know,"the stranger continued,
"you and my friend, the general, are
as like as twins? But I beg your par
don, sir—no offense, I hope."
After all, there is something flatter
ing in being taken for a distinguished
person. The gentleman seemed so mor
tified, moreover, at his blunder that I
could not help softening toward him.
Indeed, I felt half way inclined to
apologize for my identity. The least
I could do was to invite him to "take
something." He knew a good place,
and thither we adjourned.
"By the way," remarked my new
acquaintance; as we clicked glasses
"being from you must know my
old friend, Judge Wiggins."
Now, it happened that I did not
know the judge, but it would never do
to let on I didn't, for he was the lead
ing man of my state. So I put on a
bold front and said;
"Intimately."
Forthwith we proceeded to expiate
on the judge—in fact, exhausted hiin
—agreeing, in conclusion, that he
was the properest man in the nation
to have been made chief justice, and
that it was a burning shame that his
claims hadn't been recognized.
Captain Fitz Prigg—that, I learned,
was the ntrange gentleman's name —I
voon discovered, had an extensive ac
quaintance with our public men. From
the president down through the heads
»nd tails of departments to the newest
congressman, he knew them all. I
I think I learned more of American
biogvaphy from the captain, as wo
stood chatting over our toddy, than I
had gathered from all my previous
reading.
"But I was just on my way to dine
at 's," said the captain; "best res
taurant in the city— would be de
lighted to have your company. It's
so raro that one meets one with whom
»ne fiuds it a pleasure to converse."
I modestly tried to excuse myself;
btlt the captain pressed his invitation
sa warmly that it would have seemed
rude to persist in declining. So I
luffpred him to take my arm and lead
>ne away simultaneously with the be
ginning of an elaborate disquisition
on general politics, which lasted till
we reached our destination.
The captain had not overrated tha
«erits of 's. The dinner we sat
down to could hardly have been sur
passed, either in the luxuriance of the
dishes or the elegance of tho serving.
Captain Fitz Prigg ordered everything
on the must magnificent scale. He
must have a long purse, I reflected,
to stand this sort of thing often. And
how the captain sparkled as we
feasted! I never saw a man who
could eat, drink and talk all at once
like him. He could expound tho Vir
ginius case with his month full of
grouse, discuss backpay while masti
catiug canvas-back and guzzle while
doing all the rest.
"Pardon me a moment, Mr. Hay,"
said the captain, finishing his coffee
and rising; "I see one of our city
missionaries over there, and must give
kim something. I make it a point, in
my humble way, to neglect no oppor
tunity of doing good. By the by"—
taking out his wallet—"cau you
change me a fifty?"
I could and did.
"Keep your seat—l shall be back
»resently," ho added, stepping aside
ind accosting privately a youug man
whose attire, I thought, would have
comported better with his sacrad call
ing had tbe colors of his waistcoat
been a shade more subdued and the
stripes on his trousers a trifle less
complicated.
The two withdrew by a side en
trance. My frieud, it was evident, was
Dot one of those who give alms to be
seen of men, but belonging rather to
that class whose right and left hands,
in matters of charity, are on terms of
of no particular confidence.
The captain's stay was more pro
longed than I had expected. To pass
th#> time I glanced over the evening
poper, but found it dull after my
friend's sprightly conversation.
It began to grow late, and the
waiter approached with the bill.
"My friend will settle it," I said;
"he has just stepped out, but will be
back in a moment."
"Yon and he can arrange that after
ward," replied the waiter, "but it's
v>ar time for closing."
I felt rather embarrassed. The bill
was forty-eight dollars and a fraction,
and I had but little over that amount
with me. However, I felt confident
that the captain would make it all
right. Though he had not given me
his address, he knew nt what hotel I
was stopping.
I laid the fifty-dollar note I had re
ceived from the captain on the salver
on which the bill had been presented,
and waited for the servant to bring
back the change. Instead of bringing
it, he returned with a request that I
would please step to the cashier's
desk.
"This note is a counterfeit," said
that functionary.
"That can scarcely be, "I answered.
"I got it from a friend with whom I
dined here this evening."
"Then your friend will doubt
less make it right with you. The bill
is certainly counterfeit, and we, of
course, can look only to you."
"But I—l haven't enough of other
money about me," I stammered.
"Then this gentleman must do his
duty," returned the other, as a bluff
looking person—the house detective,
as I afterward learned—approached
and laid his band on my shoulder;and
without further ceremony I was
marched off to the station house.
I couldn't believe the captain had
played me false. He had probably
been himself deceived in the note,
and had put it off on me innocently.
His failure to return promptly had
likely been occasioned by the neces
sity of discussing some benevolent
project with his missionary friend.
He would be sure to come to my relief
as soon as he learned the unpleasant
predicament I was in.
And sure enough, when I was taken
to the police court next morning the
first man I saw there was the captain,
waiting my arrival, no doubt. He
and his reverend friend were in the
midst of an ill-looking crowd, on
which the latter, I thought, might
have bestowed his missionary labors
with profit.
I was overjoyed to find my estimate
of the captain verefied, and hastened
forward to take his hand.
I was surprised that he should turn
aside his head without speaking. He
was overcome by his emotion ap
parently. A second look revealed
another cause. He and the missionary
were handcuffed together.
A few words from a keen-looking
detective explained matters. He knew
the captain to be a notod "shover" of
the "queer;" had witnessed his meet
ing with me; had followed in our
wake the whole evening; had sat at
an adjacent table when we dined; had
seen me victimized with the false note,
and had followed and arrested the
captain and his accomplice, on which
he had found plenty more of the
"stuff."
I was released, of course, and left
New York resolved, if I ever returned,
to be more careful of making friends
at first sight; and above all, of accept
ing invitations to dine with the fas
cinating friends of judges and
generals.
WOULD CALL US "USANS."
Britisher Think* " Americana" Not a
Definite Knotigli Name.
A correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette considers that it takes too
much exertion and ink to speak and
write the "citizens of the United
States of America."and he suggests,
inasmuch as in manuscript it is cus
tomary for brevity to print three let
ters, "U. S. A.," for the "United
States of America," that the republic
be called "Usa" and its inhabitants
"Usans." He argues that there are
twenty separate nations or govern
ments in America, the same number
as there are in Europe, and that it is
as absurd to call citizens of the United
States exclusively "Americans" as to
have the word "Europeans" apply
solely to Spaniards. The correspond
ent concludes by saying that "if one
or two of the daily papers would make
use of the word "Usa" when alluding
to that part of America which is com
prised in the United States, the word
'Usa' would be found so convenient
that it would very quickly be gener
ally adopted."
This is not the first time that the
question has been raised as to a more
fitting nane for the inhabitants of the
United States, and the proposition to
call us Columbians has been more or
less favored; but really there does not
appear to be any necessity for a
new name. Technically, to be sure,
"Americans" is not distinctly graphic,
as there are other Americans outside
of the United States, but custom has
settled upon giving our people the dis
tinctive title of "Americans," and it
answers all practical purposes. It
certainly is to be preferred to "Usans"
—Phoebus! what a name! —and our
people have come to like it. They
won't give it np willingly or without
a struggle. As for "Usans"—pish !
better "Weeuus." There is some
thing that smacks of the soil in that,
though perhaps you-uns on the other
side might not be able to appreciate
its fittingness.
Widowhood Kefore Wifehood.
The sad and extraordinary position
of a woman being a widow before she
is wife is that held by Mrs. L. O.
Koops. A few days before Mr. Koops'
deeply regretted death he was married
bytue haudschoen (glove) to the lady
in Holland. She was to have left to
join her husbaud on the 13th inst.,but
the cables have apprised her of her
misfortune. The system of marriage
by proxy is frequently adopted by
Dutch bridegrooms in South Africa
and Dutch brides in Holland. A
friend of the groom represents him in
the church, and he is only released
from the solemn engagement by a sav
ing clause in the certificate. The aim
and object of these innocent mock
marriages is to bind the far-away hus
band to his contraot.—Johannesberg
Standard.
| THE REALM OF FASHION, i
A Necessity For Winter.
A necessity for the winter's ward
robe is the shirt waist of fine French
flannel, the choice of patterns in this
serviceable fabric being large and
varied.
As here illustrated, by May Manton,
LADIES' SHIRT WAIST.
brown and mode shades formed a
fancy bayadere stripe, and the fronts
are olosed with smooth shining brass
buttons almost as large as ten cent
pieces. At each side of the narrow
box plait in centre front are five back
ward turning side plaits that overlap
each other at the neck, and canse
pretty fulness across the bust. Over
lapping plaits at the waist line arrange
the fronts in a becoming pouch that is
decidedly up to date. The back is
LADIES' HOME GOWN.
arranged at the top in seven small even
ly spaoed box plaits that are gradu
ated to taper peroeptably at the waist
line, where they are grouped closely
together.
The top is joiued to the lower edge
of a pointed yoke which can be made
with or without a centre seam as pre
ferred. Shoulder seams join the yoke
to the fronts and single under-arm
seams join the fronts to the back. A
collar band finishes the neck over
which may be worn a stock or white
linen oollar with bow tied as here
shown. The shirt sleeves have be
coming fulness gathered at the top
and the small openings at the wrists
are edged with a plaiting of silk or
ribbon.
The straight cuffs have rounded ends
in latest style and a belt of ribbon
with fancy metal clasp is worn around
the waist.
To make the waist in the medium
size will require four yards of twenty
seven-inch material.
A Simple Uut Stylish Gown.
A very simple but stylish gown is
illustrated in the large engraving in
figured French flannel, showing wavy
black lines on a very blue gray ground.
Narrow black satin ribbon is used in
decorating and a half girdle of wider
ribbon is tied in a graceful bow with
ends at the front. The graduated
gathered flounce that forms the lower
part of skirt is one of the most popu
lar modes introduced this season. The
gown has a Princess back correctly
fitted with curved centre seam, side
back and under-arm gores, that com
plete the close adjustment. The fronts
have easy fulness gathered at the neck
and olose in centre front with buttons
and buttonholes, tho ribbon girdle in
serted at the under-arm seams confin
ing the fulness at waist line. The
standing collur that finishes the neok
is topped with a ciroular turn over
portion that ripples becomingly. The
two seamed sleeves meet the require
ments of size as decreed by fashion
for this season, the trimming of velvet
at the top being arranged to meet that
on.front of waist. The wrists are
completed with pointed cuffs that flare
over the hands.
The lower edge of gown is shaped
low and round in front while short in
centre back. The graduated lower
portion of flounce being quite narrow
in front and extending to half the
length of skirt in back. The flounce
is made with a narrow heading and
the foot is trimmed with three evenly
spaced rows of black satin ribbon.
To make this gown for a lady of
medium size will require eight and
one-half yards of material thirty-six
inches wide.
The Collar For the Shirt Waist.
The turn-over linen collar has a firm
hold on popular favor, but the latest
designs are out to turn up in the back
and down in front and on the sides.
These will be worn with the silk shirt
waists of the winter. These waists
are simply made with clusters of cord
ed tuoks. A model always popular
has three box-plaits down the front,
butthis season the plaits are made of
corded tucks. Prune and yellow seem
to be the popular colors for shirt
waists; yellow, trimmed with rows of
mauve or purple velvet ribbon, is
lovely.
Beautiful Lure Knots.
Cascade knots of lace, dotted with
crimson or gold spangles, are new and
very beautiful.
Graceful and Generally Becoming.
This style of skirt is exceedingly
graceful and very generally becoming
to stout as well as slim figures. As
here illustrated, gray poplin was the
material used, gathered satin ribbon
in the same shade edging the flounce
and foot of front, while jet passe-
menterie forms the attractive decor
ation.
The skirt has a narrow front gore
and two wide circular portions that
meet in a seam at the centre back.
The placket may be finished in centre
back or be made at the left front seam
under the flounce. Short darts fit
the top closely over the hips and the
fulness in back is laid iu backward
turning plaits at each side of the
centre seam, where passementerie
loops and olives unite them according
to the prevailing mode. The skirt is
of fashionable length and measures
about four yards at the foot. The
circular flounce is applied over the
lower edge and ripples slightly at the
front edges, where it is graduated to
very narrow width at the top. The
front gore presents a panel effect that
is exceedingly stylish. The skirt may
be suitably made of any seasonable
material in silk or wool, and a charm
ing effect is produced when the front
LADIES' SKIRT WITH CIRCULAR FLOUNCE
EXTENDING TO WAIST IN FRONT.
gore is of a contrasting fabric iu
harmonious coloring. The decoration (
may be as plain or as elaborate as de
sired, the variety of trimming this
season being almost unlimited.
To make this skirt for a lady of
medium size will require six and
three-quarter yards of material forty
four inches wide