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He!p!Help! I'm Falling Thus cried the hair. Arid a kind neighbor came to the res cue with a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hair was saved! In gratitude, it grew long and heavy, and with all the deep, rich color of early life. Sold in all parts of the world for sixty years. . Abont one year afro I lost nearly all of my hatr following an attack of mnaalea. I was advised by a ftlend to ua Ajrer'i Hatr Vigor. I did to, and aa a result I mm have abeautlful heud of hair." 11 B8. W, J. liuowM. Menoin ouee falls, Wli. I M Hade by J. C. AyerOo., LowelL Jdaaa. 1 1 Jm AUa manufaoturtr of I I V-l - . mJL. SARSAPARILLA. M ii ft ? PILLS. I A. -if W VI U CHERRY PECTCSAL. I Tw Since. Hostess Tou seemed embarrassed at meeting Mr. Smoykle, Mrs. Travnoo. Guest I- thought you knew, Mrs. Longshore. He's my my antepenulti mate husband. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn tnat there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all in itanes, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known totht medical fraternity. Catarrh be ng a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. anting directly upon theblood and mucous sur faces of thosyswm, thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease, arid giving t' e pat em strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tito pro prietors have so much faith in itscurativepow ers hat they offer One Hundred Dollarifor any case that it falls to cure. Send for litt oi testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY fc CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all druggists, 76c. Take Hall'a Family PUU for constipation, Quito the Contrary, "Nasty medicine, is it? What are you laking it for?- To help your cough?" "To help it? Great Peter, no! To kill it." Mothers will find Mrs. Window's Soothing Byrup the bt st remedy to use fot their children luring the teething period. The Old Man's Experience, "He's the boy after your own heart, isn't he?" "Not much!" replied the old man. "He's the boy after my pocketbook !" Atlanta Constitution. HOME MADE MIXTURE SAID TO BE INEXPENSIVE AND EASILY PREPARED BY ANYONE. Is Said to Promptly Relieve Backache and Overcome Kidney Trouble and Blad der Weakness Though Harmless and Pleasant to Take. What will appear very interesting to many people here is the article taken from a New York daily paper, giving a simple prescription, as formulated by a noted authority, who claims that he has found a positive remedy to oure almost any case of backache or kidney or blp.dder derangement, in the follow ing simple prescription, if taken before the stage of Bright'a disease: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sareaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at bedtime. A well known authority, when asked regarding this prescription, stated that the ingredients are all harmless, and can be obtained at a small cost from any good prescription pharmacy, or the mixtuie would be put up if asked to do so. He further stated that while this prescription is often pres.-ribeti in rheu matic afflictions with splendid results be could see no reason hy it would not be a splendid remedy for kidney and urinary troubles and backache, as it has a peculiar action upon the kid ney structure, cleansing these most im portant organs and helping them to sift and filter from the blood the foul acids and waste matter which cause sickness and suffering. Those who suffer can make no mistake in giving it a trial. Particulars Wanted. Customer Where is your hose depart ment? Xew Floor Walker Er garden or parlor variety, madam? Yr"Y. .n Oixiryogrma jieanses trie ually;i)ispels Colds andnead' yruprf,Tiis acnes due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as aJjaxative. Best forMenvomen and Child Aoungarul Old. ToetiOeneficlalEjfecta Mlwavs buy The trenume which has ihe jull name of the Com pany v' CALIFORNIA 'Ra Syrup Co. Pywhom it u manufactured, printed on the front of every package. SOLD BY AH LEADING DRUGGIST only, regular 50-ieillv pfesT Steamship lb Cross 1-1 SjJsaegfakMMs G ; i ; . I vat f tfa Fleet butrfonta recaU nemo gdq voyage of Me tfaann3f) pionoer ' -in tffecirf) navfe&tlon ' As large and as powerful, as is the Lusitaula, the big liner's memorable trip across the Atlantic did not create half so much Interest as did the voyage of the little American steamship, the Savannah, which was the first steam vessel to bridge the great ocean! The Savannah's trip was made in the year 1810, and was only intended as an ex periment, as she did not carry a passen ger or a pound of freight. ' From n financial viewpoint the trln was a fail ure, for, while there were several offers to purchase the new steam vessel, none of them regarded as acceptable. lhe .Savannahs trln Is historic and was accomplished at great risk. So fearful were mariners generally of the fate of the experiment that the com mander fojind ir impossible to obtain sailors In New York, and was obliged to seek them in Xew London, Conn., the nome or the sailing master,.. Stevens Rogers, who was well known to. the sea faring men at that .port. Mueh of the data regarding the Sa vannah has been lost, but it. is certain that she was a full-rigged ship,, with auxiliary steam power, and of 350 tons. Originally Intended as a sailing packet between ,Ney York and Havre. Whila she lay on the stocks at the shipyard at Corlear's Hook, New York, she at tracted the attention of Captain Moses Rogers, who had been associated with Fulton and Stevens In commanding sev eral of the early . steamboats. He in duced a wealthy shipping firm in Sa vannah to purchase the vessel and fit her with steam engines, with a view to giving that city the credit of being, the first to inaugurate a transatlantic steamship ilne. - Queer Paddle-Wheela. Scarborough & Isaacs, the firm refer red to, bought the ship and had her fit ted with an inclined, direct-acting, low pressure engine of 00 horse power, the diameter of the cylinder being 40 Inches and the stroke five feet The en- w wMmmimmmi mm -rt-miiSi8-iiiri'i THE GIANT CUNARDEK LUSITANIA. gine was built by Stephen Vail, after ward connected with Morse in- the in vention of the telegraph at the Speed well iron works, near Morr'stown, N. J. The boilers were built at Elizabeth by Daniel Dod. A peculiarity of the equipment was that the paddle wheels, which consisted of eight radial arms held In place by one flange and ar ranged to close together like a fan, were so constructed that they could be nnshlDoed and taken on board if" the weather proved to be very heavy. In those days such contrivances were only regarded as fair weather adjuncts and not to be Intrusted to the buffetings of a rough sea. The vessel was designed to carry 75 tons of coal and 25 cords t wood. It cost $50,000. An account of the Savannah, pub lished after the trial trip between New York and Savannah, says "her cabin Is finished in elegant style and Is fitted np In the most tasty manner. There are 32 berths, all of which are state rooms. The cabin for ladies Is entirely distinct from that Intended lor gentle men, and Is admirably calculated to afford that retirement which is so rare ly found on board of passenger ships." Captain and Salllnu Haater. The captain was Moses Rogers, and the sallng master was his brother-in-law. Stevens Rogers, who was not re lated to him by ties of blood, although their surnames were the Bame, Captain Boger. native of Connecticut, who tE Atlanta was responsible for the experiment, commauded the Phoeulx built for John Stevens and his son, Robert Livingston Stevens, In 1808. lie took tnc little I'boenlx on her memorable voyage from Sandy Hook to Cupe May, the first time a steam vessel had braved the dangers of the ocean. He also commanded the Ragle in 1813," when that vessel made her first voyage from New York to Bal timore, and he was associated with the owners of the New Jersey, when regu lar bi-weekly voyages were inaugurated between those ports. Captain Rogers was regarded as a person whose opin ions on the subject of steam navigation were Important and valuable, ?wl. he frequently was consulted. by steamboat owners and constructors. The first long voyage of the Savan nah was from New York to Savannah. The trip occupied 8 days' 15" hours, and during that f line the engine' had been worked 41 hours. The vessel left New York, at 10 o'clock on the morning of March 28, 181 fli, and arrived at her des tinatlou on April 0,.at 4 o'clock In the morning. Arrived at the southern port the ship attracted a great deal of at tention, for It was known that she was to try . for the record across the At lantic. The revenue cutter Dallas sa luted the ship as she entered the har bor, and the bahkA.of the river was lined with patriotic citizens, whose en thusiasm found relief in shouts of ap proval. Seta Out for Liverpool. ' After showing her paces to the citi zens of Savannah, on the morning of Saturday, May 22, 1819, the Savannah set sail for Liverpool. The log of this historic trip is still to be seen In the National . Museum at Washington, where there are several other relics' of the daring Captain Rogers. When the ship was off the coast of Ireland, a British cutter, the Kite, noticed her, and seeing the smoke belching from her funnel believed the strange craft was worn afire. When the cutter, after sending several shots across her bows brought her to, the British commander was much chagrined to find his mistake, and ordered the captain to take down the pennant he was flying, but Captain Rog ers answered that he would do nothing of the kind, as he was entitled to fly the colors. While he was oft the Irish coast, Captain Rogers had another experience which sorely tried his pride. He found when about fifteen miles from Cork that he uaa run out of coal. He was In a calm, but was unable to get up steam, and while he had hoped to steam Into Liverpool, he was compelled to enttr like any other sailing ship. On the voyage, which ended on June 20, at 6 o'clock in the evening, he came to an chor In the River Mersey, in front of Liverpool. The voyage had lasted 29 days 11 hours, during which steam had been used 80 hours. Cruised In European Water. Although the Savannah did not en ter Liverpool under steam, she shipped coal as soon as possible and gave the people at that port a sample of her work under engine power. Richard Rush, the American minister, sent a dispatch to the State Department, not ing the arrival of the ship. In this note he refers to the vessel as being the first of her description "that has ever crossed the seas, and having ex cited equal admiration and aatonlah- uirm as aue eutered the port under the power of her steam." Others at the time make note that she entered under her steum, but the log shows that this was not the case. For several months the Savannah cruised in Kurojwau waters. From Liv erpool she went to St. Petersburg, hav ing made a stop at Stockholm, where the Swedish royal family visited the ship and praised the captain's daring and enterprise. While the vessel lay t Stockholm, Captain Rogers was sev eral times lu negotiation for the sale of his craft to the Swedish or Russian governments, but the terms were not satisfactory. A Triumphal Return. The return voyage wus begun at Cronstadt ou Sept, 29. Stops were made at Copenhagen and at Arendal, Norway. The latter place was the hist port ou the homeward journey. The Savannah left there on Oct. 21. Forty days later she steamed into the harbor of Savauuah, after an absence of six months and eight days. It was a tri umphal return; the Atlantic had been crossed and recrossed by a steam ves sel, but the projectors had nothing to show for their outlay. They tried to sell the vessel to the United States gov ernment, but failing, they removed the engines, which were sold separately to an iron company in New York, and the ship placed ou a packet Hue which ran between New York aud Savannah. In 1S22 slie ran ashore ou Long Island and became a total loss. Eight years elapsed after the remark able voyage of the Savannah before an attempt to cross the Atlantic by a steam vessel was again made. In 182S the ship Curaeoa crossed from Antwerp to the Dutch West Indies, and while the voyage was regarded as successful, it was found to be unprofitable. In 1831 the Royal William, built at Quebec, safely crossed the Atlantic from Mon treal to London, and there was sold to the Spanish government to become th first steam warship in the world. ' The LnxltRnln'a Flrat Trip. It was a thrilling sight on the banks of the Mersey when the giant Cunarder Lusltanla swung out into the stream at Liverpool and began the journey over the Atlantic which was watched keenly by more people than ever gave concern to a nautical event before. England had at last produced a boat unequaled In size, in grandeur and in appoint ments, and the only thing left to guess work .was how fast she could thread her way over the boisterous and befog ged ocean lying between Enemnd and our shore. A great multitude lined the clde like that ,f rather startling. Men four miles between the pier and the ani1 women commit suicide, some tliou Irlsh channel to bid her Godspeed on snn(ls of tl,enl every enr but thnt a her first trans-Atlantic trip.' From the child and a boy of 1 Is a child can throats of 150,000 English men and be sml cno"Rh or bad enough or mad women came the word's of "Rule Briant-1 enoSh .to want to die, and to take nia" as the great anthem was sung aa BtePs to tlle ls disquieting. Yet In one never before. But this magnificent country (France) this has happened sendoff'to the Lusltanla did not restore frequently enough to cause a memlior to England the supremacy of the sea ' of tlle lnrIs ,,nr' M Louls rroa1' to now held by the Germanic fleet, and write n bo()k nbout lt-' IIe enlIs clliI'1 the sturdy Anglo-Saxon must try once s"icl(1 one of the menaces of France, more before this eagerly sought distlno ! niKl 8'ves serious discussion to its tion comes to him. The big boat be- causes nnd Its prevention. According haved beautifully even if she did nof to tl,e statistics, out of the 8,710 sul lower the record. She was superb ln'ol,lps ,n Frnnce ln VM2 r, wore of everything save this. It may be that children under 10 years of nge. In the" Lusltanla later on, when her ma-jotlleT yenrs tlle Pi'opwtion has been chinery is free from friction and the nllout tlle samfi' tbe nnlubor of cl,l,d working parts are unusually well oiled, Bnlp,as incrensing ns the total num will shorten the iournev between thu ber Increased. In 1834 France had only continents to less than five days. Her owners believe she will do this. . Power of the Crocodile' Jam. The power of the jaws of the croco dile is terrific, says Sir Samuel Bakei in his book on wild, beasts. Once, he continues, be had the motai of a large hook, the thickness of an or-j child suicides to give them cauw for dinary telegraph wire, completely benl 'worry, the census of the United Slates together, the barbed point belnfl ' sa.vs that the evil is not very prevn pressed tightly against the shank and lent here. Most of the children who rendered useless. This compression was ' commit suicide In this country are of caused by the snap of the jaws when seizing a live duck which he had used ns a bait, the hook being fastened be neath one wing. On one occasion he found a fish weighing seventy pounds bitten clean through as if divided by a knife. This, again, was the work of the snap of the Jaws of a crocodila A Frenchman, M. Paul Bert, once made experiments on the strength of a crocodile's Jaws by means of a dyna mometer. He found that a crocodile weighing 120 pounds exerted a force of 308 pounds ln closing his Jaws. Bluffing the Bluffer. The talkative man In the smoking room was boring the company with hit reminiscences of the great people he had met "Last week," he said, "I spent a most delightful day with my friend Lord Broadacres." "Indeed," said a gentleman on a cor ner, who had not hitherto spoken ; "and so you don't recognize me as Lord Broadacres?" The boastful one Instantly collapsed, and, muttering some apology, left the room. "And I'm not Lord Broadacres at all," chuckled the gentleman as the door closed upon the discomfited one. London Tit-Bits. A Pertinent (location. The lank, longhaired young man looked dreamily at the charming girl on whom he was endeavlng to make a favorable Impression. "Did you ever long for deathf he asked, ln a low and moving ton. "Whose?" Inquired the charming tmt practical young person. Where He Shlaea. When thugs beat up a New York man. Find a policeman if you can. He only seem to ihow h!a isug When citixens attack a thug. Washington Herald. Some women have goch am all waists that It makes you uncomfort able to look at them.. DEDICATION OF THE tm r Tift 1 v 1 fjUlC' uVvr At&AHV The picture shows the dedicatory scene at the McKinloy monumeut In Westlawn Cemetery, at Canton, Ohio, during the dedication of the national memorial to President Wm. McKinley. Tlio President, other dignitaries, offi cers of the memorial' association and special guests occupy the stops leading up to the monument. In the picture the statue of McKinley is bidden by the American flag. Supreme Court Justice Day, president of the association, Is standing in t lie direct foreground, with Governor Harris of Ohio beside him. Just back of them to the left are Tresident Roosevelt and Vice Tresldent Fairbanks. . CHILD SUICIDES. Not Numerous Here, But In France They Are a Serloua Problem, Hugo IiOeb, a boy of 1G, recently committed suicide In New York. A sui- ' twpnt-v chll(1 ""dues, but then there were only 2,752 In nil. M. Pronl points out that these figures do not give nil the youthful deaths from suicide be cause not all of them became known. America has a better record. While Franco and parts of Germany and Switzreland nnd Spnin have enough . foreign blrtn. Suicides nre more frequent among city than among country children, M. Pronl snys. City children live under n ' greater strain, they linve less chnnce for healthful play, they nre more fa millnrized with acts of violence, and, as a rule, they are under more pressure at. school. M. Proal points out the wrong nnd the foolishness of rigorous examinations, some of which are enough to make a healthy child nerv ous, and a nervous child a wreck. Disputes among parents are another cause of child suicide, and poverty Is another. But disgust with life In old or young ls almost always the sign of a sickly temperament, M. Proal says, and If a child has been so unfortunate as to inherit such a temperament, the parents should try to make the child healthy, and only good food and exer cise and quiet and plenty of sleep will do that. "M. Proal's book has a message for us," remarked a New York woman, who has been an educator for many years. "'There are few child suicides In the Unllcd States, for ours Is not the Gallic temperament, but there is plenty of child nnhapplness. The un happlness of a child ls tragic, the more so because the common delusion Is that childhood means happiness. Children can suffer, but they can seldom explain their sufferings. "A child's sorrow may not last long, but it may be bitter while It lasts. I think. It was George Eliot who said that a child's grief may be worse than a grown person's while It endures, be cause the child has no background of experience, he cannot look back and say: 'Other troubles have passed, and this will pass.' "Few people comprehend what mis ery a sensitive child may suffer from a quarrel between Its parents. The whole foundations of Its world are shaken; Its whole horizon Is overcast Few peopla know how a sensitive child MTOIEY MEJI0EIAL. ! 7W v. v v " v 1 CI u n fcr;.v may brood over the conviction that it is plain nnd homely, or stupid. I can never forgive my mother,' said a clever woman to me once, 'for telling me, when I wns a child, that I was unat tractive. She did It for my good, but, oh 1 how It hurt me, how I shrank and hid from people, believing I wns ugly;' "Have you ever soon the faces of the children who work In the factories of the South? Have you ever seen the old, old look of some small boy whoso mother has been left with no money, only children, and who feels himself flm ....... a a. i n . i ... mi; hi. in h me niiiiM.vi ies, cnimren can suffer, not enough In this country to commit suicide perhaps, but their capabilities for pain nre large enough. Let us be tender with them." HOUSEHOLD REFUSE IN VIENNA How It la Collected nnd Dlapoaed of In Auatrlan Capital. The Vienna correspondent of the r.niw-nf ilivilu ivlfl. flw. it a i l collection nnd disposal of household refuse in thnt city in a recent number. ' The question of dealing with the household refuse produced in a city of 2,0)0,CflO inhabitants lias for some time, ho says, been engaging nttention and I lie following results have been ob tained from the experiments conducted by the municipal authorities. As re gards the disposal of" the dry material collected in the dust bins, the method giving lli best result has been com bustion. The refuse ls collected by carts pro vided with npecial receptacles. All the dust bins are covered square boves of a uniform shape and size, about 75 centimeters louK, 50 centimeters high and !; centimeters wide. These boxes are pmhed Into the receptacle of the car, which is then closed by a Hd and the lx).v Is uncovered and emptied by turnliij; a handle without nny dust es caping into the street The refuse is then conveyed to the "coinbustorius," where It Is burned, except such por tions as can lie used otherwise. .Old metal, tinware and glass ara melted down in a special apparatus and used for Industrial purposes, while the combmtlble material is used to generate steam for driving two dyna mos for lighting the building. As yet these trlnls have been conducted on a small scale, but if the system ls nj proved of and refuse collected from the whole city Is treated In this way the amount of energy, obtained will be very considerable. The treatment of wet refuse, espe cially of an organic nature, has not hitherto yielded satisfactory results, and another series of experiments with this material has been Instituted In ihe hope of using it as manure. The cost of refuse disposal on the system de scribed Is very small and the process Is even expected to be profitable for the municipality, if conducted on a larger s'ale, while It ls undoubtedly the best way from the standpoint of hygiene nnd medicine. In particular, the method of collecting refuse -without scattering dust ls sure to be Imi tated by many corporations, while a fruitful source of contamination of the air, especially during the busiest hours' of the day, ls thus easily done away with. A Frequent Lament. j Of all the words of tongue and pen, The maddest are theae: "You'll par me when?" Baltimore American. i