<M the 1 heatres.

At the AvJtiemy.Tuesday, Matinee and Night, "Sherlock

Holme3.''At the Bijou.

"Lighthouse By the Sea," all the Week.

Tho nm?i profo iñd and advanced shi-di i-.- of criminology must admit, withJjcrfect candor, that ii:«- Sherlock Holmes,of Kir A. Conan Doyle's creation, 1msreVenJed the baseness <>f human nature inKlieh an npp»i1l ng light tba.t some of, thenefarious <i.>ii-i«s as lal<l bato to the Ima¬gination, irai¦;.-.end every thought whichmay hetve been aroused In connection.with the evl* that lurk. Truly, the o>'lowers or tin famous Doyle detectiverstnrles hmst be impressed with the logi¬cal conclusions; which his hern arrivesnt, and, tflieroforei, the deductions ln-tlulgcü in through the medium of hisintellectual reasoning are of serious In¬terest to those who wi uld take n stepdeeper Into the renlms oi criminal opera¬tions. Niyther in Die annnls of ScotlandTnid or Hie Plnkerton Agency Investigartlons, ¿an be found such a series of thrill¬ing adventure«?! as have been chronicled»>y .Sir Doyle, nnd it is everywhere con-oeded tlmt Sherlock Holmes, with hisBiypo-èhond:iar nnd misanthrope notions,notwithstanding, énslly outclasses in keenperception any of the moni noted secretHorvCee apostles of modern times.

Exciting Adventure.One of the adventures, possibly the

most exciting tunons nil Uie stories toldby the celebrated romancer Is the basisTipon which William Gillette has rear'his play, entitled "Sherlock Holmes," a

composition of genuine dramatic worth.sparkling with criçp dialogue and replete-with unctuous humor, while embodyingnil the salient, features of melo-'drámatli:¡novelty. Aside from these highly com¬mendable finalities, tin« introduction of«some exceedingly unique electrical ef¬fects have been devised, which ¡ire inthemselves a pronounced Innovation, andnecessitate the employment of a consid¬erable amount fit" complicated light con¬trivances.The production of "Sherlock Hoiimes,"

which wtill command attention aL the'Academy Tuesday, mnlinec and night.Will be identically the same in everyparticular as that used in the long Lon¬don and Now Yqrk engagements, and theoast, headed by Mr. Erro] Dunbar, Is onecalculated to meet- fastidious demands.-,

' Okott Coming!Ch.iuneoy Olcott will make a tour of the

South for tin« first time since he hasbeen a star, commencing at Richmond,January 9th. Critics have found inChauncey Oleott, a combination of thevirtues of Sca.nl an, Einmell, and Bouel-caislt. Certainly no comedian ever beforetho American public combiner, ho manyqualities as this handsome fellow, whoalas sung and aoted bis way Into thehearts of millions of people. He has a

winning personality, dramatic sensibilitynnd power. To the well suited play Mr,Occoti bringo all tho charms of his de¬lightful personality, the grace and pic¬turesque figure nature fitted him with,a keen sense of the true Irsh wit andhumor, a touch for comedy ilghl as airand exquisite in its fullness, a volee do-lieiously sweet and In perfect attune withthe gentle .pathos and rippling fun of the.Jrish 'baUiitts lie sings.

Lighthouse by the Sea.Vance & Sullivan attach the greatest

importance to the scenic equipment ôf(theJs plays, and in "The Llghithousp bythe- Sea," which.will be the attrncUon at

CAMERA CATCHES EPISODE IN LIHGrTHGUSE BY THE SEA.

FOR PLEASANT EVENINGS AT HOMEDullness Often the I npardon¬

able Sin in Home Life.ManWho Snores on a Sofa."Blessed he Rag-Time".WhatDaddy and Children Warn at

Hoirie Are "Chuñes".LostArt of Good Reading.-Some¬thing Good i<» Eat at 9:30 a

Bip; Help.

By Margaret E. Songster.(Copyright; i:-1, y Jo.¦. nh ß Un*» loi

]. I ought in ix 01 -.¦ -... m h» Un

Qé¿M t/yer'um !'''iV.'"¦.¦'-"':.'." h'ürtracts H.... l'am |y with us

liiighj gio»\ «nU :i- .¦¦»..¦ war nih, (tlter 11«i-ij'V l.i fjnft l'il-iJ.Kll rillOW iind colil.

Opon thè pitsno, Set ¿hi ¦¦-.-.¦ chah lu'iulin.- t.-iblc. a stormy night ¦: .¦.,-¦¦, m-, im«who cares'/ The gale« mi y »vi Uie«K'Bt "I.ikii i.',.-iiiin.i (lii i»a -.-. '.'.1 wt» mo¿it h'lii»', an«! there wjll be no company;-

-,-,,V Inv; ll.i- KOO'i tlllltJ ¿11 hum« Ultll1it ;.v» earned. '

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,'.'"'..¦. till; ;.i,oiu it, and m in thlfi'"'a or -hat, Uie horn« evening nun«ipp

\M>!",. know H

^'l.'ü-m'ia.v"^ W9& lS*&.Sm

lins ÖIJöU nil of this week, they havesurpassé«* their previous efforts'..-¦ .-

The four sets used are nach said to b<remarkable for their artistic beauty nndtnasnäve proportions, the rock-botiiiclroust «f Now lCnglund affording theSO" nie ,'irllst iinusiuill opportunities. ThatWhich has aroused tho grealcsl. ontliu-slashi fe act third, which shows I he groalllirlit on Devil's Roch towering high intlio air, with the waves gently ripplingUpon the rocks, while ovor all floods thomellow -liiilit of a full autumn moon. Softfleecy clouds ("loan l.i-'.ily by on a gen¬tle brcer.e. The wind freshens, the waves

SCENE FROM WILLIAM GILLETTE'S FAMOUS SHERLOCK HOLMES.

«well higher aiirj great breakers cometumbling In. Tho clouds now are thickand black, torn by vivid and blindingHashes of lightning. The roar of thewaves mingle with the sharp crack of thethunder, and I lie war of the elementsseem to heighten the dastardly workof the villains, who, after a desperateand thritllng flghiti with Caleb Gade, the.blind keeper of the great light on Devil'sRock, boat him into Insensibility, ex¬tinguish the light, destroy tlio stairs lead¬ing to t, and carry off Flora, his grand¬daughter.The ill-fa tod ship, which the villains

hope to destroy, Is seen wallowing In thetrough of the. "sea, great waves breakingover lier, and rushing to destruction uponthe Jagged rocks. But Mlnty, the fraillinle circus girl, abandonad by her peo¬ple, and succored by big-hearted CniobGale, comes to the rescue, and snatch¬ing n. lighted brand from the hands of a

life saver, dashes up the rooks, and Intho midst, of tho terrifying electric storm,v.aiks a clothes lino loading from thecOlfts to the lighthouse and relight« thegreat light, which, by a hair's breadth,flashes a path of safety for t.ho doomedvessel. It is a scene« of thrilling realism,and i.« said io fairly sweep the audienceoff Its feet in a frenzy of excitement.

not maleo a pretense of entertaining her.1He stretches nut, lull lonuth, with a

cushion under hi« hotld, mi an iifghanpulled down over llllll, and lie childrenore told' i" k»'i> i|ii!«'t, lest tliny disturbfather, Presently the room resounds withhis heavy breathing1. Tho «nod mansnores.Now, love a man us you may. .husband,

father, brnt'iuf. «on. in- is u<-'i an InjerostTIng object when he snores on a sofa, inHi.- i; mlly room. fJcforo lou«, tlio olderI...VS sleal softly oui. They htiVO beardin»- ivhlstli! ni' eoniradCH on (ho street,uudlbj through any uproor 'of wind orbeat of rliln, and nil lliey go, Who tóulll.lain.- Ihi-mV l?ellOWn win» have beenv',,,.,. d up In an .ilii.i- ill day desire anilrequire recreation in ¡be oyunlug. lin¬ios homo a'l.ini. it ti.ey will se.-k it OlHO-

'nie'glrla slip off to llieir rooms. T|içjhave fancy work, or ¡, novclj or pérlmpsa study t.» occupy Wiom thera, uiul ihovwife Is If-lt alono with h« r drowsy lord,If, im ml Moeltlnus or sew nil Initions, orI..-1 up la ivt-ckly ueeounts.

'j'JliS :-; a Inn.- picture "I' many an Ameri¬can '"ia-cii'l :. Tho i.pie ¦>!. huiioroblo,Bti Ughtf«irwo.nl aim indimrloui», Theyoro i'.i. n-i ly loyal. Hut i i -u homes modull. And il-- mipiiisiçn ,i>; «in m homeIl f«.-. il:- r .. irml'i .. ui- »-. ««-.i. ¡- ..rn-ii

.kill dull

Ink© -ha.-i¡i Marieami Kl-

when frlellds come they should belong toeverybody,The. open platm counts for too Mille Inthese days. We have grown so artisticthat only classical music nnd only superbtechnique give us pleasure. If wo werequite honest We would sometimes declarethat we yearned fur the old simple dayswhen the daughter played anil the boyssang and everybodv was happy. Some¬where lately I read of a man, widelyknown as a soht-ilnr nnd slniesuian, whowas persuaded to purchase a ticket forthe debut of n great, foreign pianist. Heattended) listened wllh punctilious court¬esy but bore n bewildered expressionthrough the whole nitignL'lo.ent musicaldisplay. Shaking his gray head when

he left.the hall, ho confided to u lady:"My dear. It is no doubt fine, but Iheard no "chuñes." " "What daddy and thechildren want at home are -'chunes.''Blessed (be rag time. Welcome be coonsongs. Welcome, too. the old sentimen¬tal lyrics and the rollicking patriotic airs'find tho sweet Scottish ballads that stirthe heart and the memory, and that sim¬ple folk can sing.

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A home evening should be enlivened bygames. There are. plenty of games thateverybody can engage in und that danot demand absorbed attention and abso-lute quiet. The merrier tho game the bct-ter for an evening at home.We do not make so much ns we ought

of reading aloud lp the evening. Willyou think mo a pessimist if I confessthai the schools of to-day, In my Judg-ment, teach very few of their studentshow tu read. Thirty year« ago.but alaughing faeo warns me to take anothertack. Vet, as I don't like being silenced,I will jusl whisper that mamnni Is a bet¬ter reader than Louise, who'has a Vassal-or Smith diploma, and. that grandmammaIs very likely a better reader thanmamma;To road aloud, so pleasantly that the

reading is interpretation, Is a real ac¬complishment. There is something, too.In the choice of books. Not every booklends Itself to the imrposo of readingin the home circle. Some books are forone's private ear and eye.. Othors aregracious and await an audience. Theevenings of a winter ought not to be

was lud over reading that awakes no dis¬cussion and curiches no memory. Sup¬pose a homo to awaken to Its privileges Inth|s regard. It will then deny itself Ifneed be some superfluous luxuries, andwill have as regular vlsluinis certain fa¬vorite periodicals ami newspapers. Thebest authors of the day are contributingarticle« and essays to the weekly andmonthly magazine literature of the age,ami |n a l'iilturcd homo here must befamiliarity with what they are sayingand doing,Immense, strides aro malting In science,

in invention; in discovery, A ¡nuiie shouldnot bo ignorant uí what is going on. ThoWhole outlook has changed In ilio.se uppll-aiii.-i-s which make home life easy und ecn-venloiit; in surgery, and In tlio lio.iinieiilof diseuse. Home evenings are not. spentfoolishly when i boy g vi« a chunco to tie.sobeneath tho roof to know Intelligeiii y,tin- Order und ihe progress of current1-Vi-lllS.At the moment there are opportun!tloij

fill- li irningii great dual tnat is cnlorluiii-liig about our own lib loi,v. and ihe hooksthat f-pltoiuiüi) il nre exvollonl. lor readingnloiid. inquire at anv library for the« i'Q-c.-nlly publlii.'ieil IIm-s and rei olloel ions ofin. n ¡nul women who passed through tlioperiod m our civil war. Thorn is a shelflull Of .¦ 'lieh volumes In every free library,and lie-v are crumuie,! with episodes al<lIncidents well worth roiulinu ami talking¡lljOllt.

History and poetry and good' novels, byWhich is mount not goody-goudy hooks,lull those written with i purpose, and ll-luinlnaled by inn- art, will nid in makingdelightful Ina wliiii i' evenings at home,Of course., ih'-iv aró evenings wlion lallt-

lug I.- preferred |o< i-i-ading. iiel'oro thoholidays tlio ludir,, uf tho family are liliruto he busy with embroidery and ueod'.ti-'worli, knitting mut oruohut. I'erliaps theyuro dressing dolls. There Is no prut tierwork- "Tbc nul.- loi ¡nichos ih.ii inojher'fiuts into tin» pretty frock« and. potiJeiatsI-nf ie«r darlings' doll aro tho nio.si fujry-liin« .-i-wiiig in tía- mother's power, onlyMiiriiQssef] By um-. ho tulfus for the llltluinvisible child ..I h.-r lovo, win, ha« not\<\ : oinr (O III.lit" in« llOlill! jlifl kingdom.Something l.U ll'jipK ¡i nona- -veiling

wonderfully« l'uiign is i*u Insplrnjlon whena toy. Is-gin-i ;>« l!i"n furtive glance.». In Cliodirection of tin front door, (loiighiiulis and|-fidi r urn .'¦. iiwlMi und iimbrüsla when ihecluck hands |«olni to-r-lud iiuit ufle-j- nine.

Nuts and apples aro great allies to the sis¬ter's plans when she is trying fo fascinatean errant brother. A knock with the chaf¬ing dish and a bit of supper at all unor¬thodox hour have routed mnhv an attackof bluos when peoples were beginning tomope. Really and truly, there Is nn ex¬aggeration In saying thai most peoplesleep host after they have had a cheerfulevening and n light supper. Insomniawould lice from mini« n pillow If forxlwere taken In a moderate quantity beforeIts victim wont to bed.Fun at homo Is a panacea for more

U'oliblcs than you think. A happy. Jollyhome, wberni lovo and oonfl«len«.:c reign,sends Ils »;blldlvn out, panoplied againstthe wiles of the «levll, as well ns forltlletlto stand the assaults of a wicked world.

The Latest Walk.Is It In tho swing, or In the swim?

1 never hnd tho timo to understand Ityet,

Midst the toll and everlasting sweat,

Is It the swinging of the sowor.Not tho sowers, of tho sewing-room,

But the sower of the field?

Tim movements not unlike It.Vet the. backward swing belles It,

And the lacking of the seedIn hnndfuls hold.

Yet the maidens all arc working It,Are working It for all It's worth,

The swing, the backward swing,The swing-a-llng In walking.

It's the swing of locomotion,And be sure It makes commotion,

But the object of -ItI cannot for the life of mo perceive.

Is it patented or free,It's used with wondrous glee.

The swing, the swing,'The bindward swing,

In walking used.

The one-arm swing,Tlfó double-action swing,

The. swing, the swing, .

What mçanetli it.the swing?

Is it modern or is It archa«ilc,Did they use It in the ancient times,

Is it mount for use In reason.Or on wild, fantastic lines?

Who invented it?Is'It dervish, wild or civilized,

What's the meaning of It,Grace, or travesty of grace?

Is It militaire or civil,Is .It human or divine,

Built on projectIvc-h straight,Or serpentine?

I give It up.Would I could give the vision up.

Is this the new South?It must, lie for 'tis not the old.

Think of ancient «lamés of Southland.With such a -.'.'.-ilk and such n swing,

tiiá hand swing, the backward swing,The swlng-a-llrig in walking!

Clod help u.*, hut we love the old Southbest.

With Its dignity and ever sweetestgrace,'

The swing Is not the thing,Tlio modern swing,Trio Dervish swing.The meaningless swing,Tlio fantastic.The gr/iceless und unbecoming, swing!

The swlng-a-llng In walking!.A. SMITH IRVINE, Augusta, Ga.

ù sons;215 E. Broad Street.

Per Wsndow.

/_ ào80c. and $1.00.

See Our Line of

rotlTIEKES,ANDERSON'SCARPBT-HOUSt«,

I 215 East Broad Street»maBsmimtmsm¿awuféaW9sm

LUCK AND PLUCK IN A BOY'S CAREER.îhVestîgatîoii usually ShowsThat at Sonic Stage in Careerof the Apparently Lucky Per¬son He Was Extremely Plucky.Mow Sonic Boys Got to. theFront.Men Wanted WhoCan Expand.

By Margaret E. Sangster.(Copyright. 11104. by Joseph H. Bowles.)

W*w**i,,,,lllK'H factor does most for theI boy, luck or pluck? DoubtlessI favoring opportunity helps t«»

gggggM success' In many caaos, undB_I>Ç5J doubtless hkmIii there are ihosoiarpffl_f who never get on, whether ornot circumstances s.ccm propitious. Alittle poem by 15. R. Sill sets forwardthe truth. Some whore a battle was rag¬ing, and a coward, skulking alono andhiding behind others, 3nld to Himself!"If only 1 had such a sword as the king'sson carries I should be In the thick ofthe fight, but. what can I do with thisblunt thing?'.' Thereupon he throws awayhis broken sword, which luler theking's son. hard beset and surriuinclcdby foes, picks up und gallantly wields,hi -wing down tlio enemy and winning theday. There Is here a lesson to takehome.Opportunity is utterly useless unless

there is character back of it, and thegreat trouble with ninny hoys and manymen, too, Is thnt they doponrT on some.fortunate turn of events, and do not.boldly take hold of tlu'!r fate and con¬cilier 'opposition.There Is a tide In the affairs of nunThat taken at the Hood lends on to for¬

tune. 113ut there arc men who have round

good forUino in the ebb of strength;health and poverty, and in whom thellood tide, has come after they hatl leftthe shallows and forced their way. Whenyou come to examine n life history yougenerally find that the apparently luckyperson, n't some stage or other, was ex¬tremely plucky. Take any example youplease, whether from the ranks of busi¬ness or from the professions, and youwill discover thnt hard work and an In¬domitable will tell for good In the end.

lu the everyday mutter of looking fora businei.s position", the boy who securesn fciolhold on the ladder where lie mayrise round by round Is considered lucky.Such ¡i hid may go from the high schoolinto an ofilce, and may make himself, byexactness, obligingness and responsibility,indispensable to bis employer!!. Three ln-Htances of this occur to me at the. mo¬ment. One bright, little chap, entered apublisher's office as a bell boy, havingbad no opportunity to go farther thanthe highest grade In the grammar school.He was alert, respectful, accommodatingand receptive at every pore, always earlyat tho oillce and ¿never In haste to lesivoIt when his day's work was done. liecultivated n memory fur face:» and names,and soon knew by sight the authors and,artists who were' habitues, of the .'place;he attended evening classes. Improved lit«education, studied stenography, and stepby step roso in tho house until he beenmua confidential clerk and dually a trustedliterary adviser, with a knowledge of thebusiness possibilities of a booK whichwas little short of Intuition.The second boy had a strong desire to

go to West Point, but was n little belowthe regulation height. Somewhat reluc¬tantly he abandoned thoughts of a mili¬tary career and began life in tlio officeof a merchant In grain, from the outsethe availed himself, not only of everyclianco to be useful, but of every chanceto serve his employer and to learn all that,ho couid of the business In its variousphases and ramifications, He Is still «*ayoung man, not near the merdlan, and ishimself, a grain broker, with an cnviablorecord for probity and Integrity, and a

seat on the produce exchange In a large:city.

j Tlio third boy, a widow's son, entered a

bank when very young, doing whateverhe was told/ and receiving tho lowestw.iges in the tank. He rose step by stepthrough several grades until he was cash¬ier, atiu he is now president of a bank,and looked up to by scores of men In hisown and neighboring towns. Instanceslike these may bo multiplied. They arenot due to luck nor wholly 'to pluck, butto a combination of sterling qualities,which arc- in the reach of every boy in theland;

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A few years ago a lady notable for herhousewifery wus 111 one summer withnervous exhaustion ; she lamented thatshe could not. a» usual malte her pre¬serves and Jellies ana Jams, and morethan once spoke grlevlously about theshelves that would be empty In the com¬ing winter. Her son, a youth of seven¬teen, quietly ¿aid to his father: "If Imay have the fruit, the sugar and thefuel 1 will make any mother's preservesthis summer." The father consented.The boy did tho work with the deftness,Judgement and tlior'oughuesg that distin¬guished his mother and so astonished herthru, wlieiy another year came aroundand be proposed making u start In thebusiness .'of'fruit preservation for winteruse, no objection was made, to tho trial.With a friend and a blended capital ofless than Jl tho young fellow began. Heami his friend took orders C. 0. V., and,to make a lonir story short filled everyOlder so well ¿hat the pooplo in the littlevillage grew proud >->f the local prodigies.J-w.iBl year they hod a business nettingthem thousands of dollars in profit. Theyhuvo a fuclory¡ a salesroom -and a forcoor trained employe/ft and have arrived atthe beginning of what will provo a verylarge success. It has been almost a Jackand tho Beim Stalk progress, but It isdue not half so much to luck as to con-isummaio pluck.

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The boy who would succeed in anythingmust have some ofrf.be quality of the manin the famous rhyme of Mother Goose:

There was a man lived In our townWho was so wondrous wise,lie Jumped'.Into a bramble bushAnd scratched out both his eyes.

And when he found his eyes wereput,

With all hi« might and 'mainHe ¿uniped into another bushAnd scratched them in again.

Many little things help n boy at theKlart, Foremost among them Is a habitor promptness, A boy who hIoucIich alongwithout ambition or qirlokness makes.nbad Impression, A boy whoso lialr Is un-1Kennt), whose clothing Is slovenly andwhose shoes uro imbiuslied conveys an ¡Idea of shlfllessnoss which no amount ofgenius will Overcome, ISqually unfor¬tunate for any boy ils a scent of staletobacco about Ids clothing, Ufa Is aplací« of struggle. Whoever would over¬come discouragement and difficulty mustbe fully armed nt every p-iint and welltrained. Boys are averse to discipline,but it Is disciplino which gives the ud-vu n togo in the lung run, Nobody shouldbo content to remain In the awkwardsquad; nobody need think tint a win¬ning porsoúitllly, a quick apprehension ni¬even a g'.xl elementary education willaval) much unless there |s stiiinliui. 'jV.iuresponsible plodder gulps more substantialniiv-miiige than lilp brilliant compeer wliYiflames up like (lui rookot .«nul conies downllko the stick. Who bus not seen tho fel¬low who never gels bey«aid a certainpoint; who begins well, but soon pills out,while others, outstrip him'/ The presi¬dent of a groin rallruud Hiild In nioi "Thocons'fiiui illlllculty in in Und men who nreelllclont and who win expand, who iimibe tv'UKh'd 'with ,iinytli tug liu-gv, «indwhose ability I« equal to their ambition."Until the end at time thero will ho plentyof room ¡a tho top of every professionknown to men. You roucli the top byresolute, climbing, by leltlng go no Inchof advantage ,u.j hy subordinating everysecondary ¡ilm to the uuo which with youIs pre-eiiilneni. j

A Foreign View.Some of the, London papers are poking

fun at Iho New St. Regía Hotel in ¿MowYork.tlio establishment where only*thevery rich can afford in look In. One .«-.i-i-let.v journal, telling of ihe magnificenceof the new hotel, gives Ils readers theselew (IPS! "All l>ils are payable hourly;une patron having' a sen- mi who doesnothing chai but pay billa. One of the |

beds in the hotel was Iwie/., owned by a

O.ar of Russia. The waiters appear awl(Htmnpar .through Uaju-dnits irear the.tables. One. family pay« £3T,0,000-noldollars.for live moms for a year. Thehotel Is perfumed with violet In themorning geranclnm ot noon alid roso nttea time.

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BOTTLE THE ATLANTIC.

Field for Somebody to Engagein the Mineral Water Business.

"I have never understood," said a doc¬tor, "why somebody didn't bottle theAtlantic Ocean and sell the water undera line name as a mineral water."The Water of the Atlnntk. contains

some 0/ the most wholesome mineral «alls,and has n derided value medicinally.Some of my patients keep It 0*1 handmuch »»r lb»; Unie, and profess to find itvastly beiioflelnl."One of these men Rids the sen water

several miles off shore and at high tide,so us to be reasonably sure that II Isfree from pollution. Ho bottles It In gnod-sized demijohns and lets It ripen, muchas the famous Juniper water of the Dis¬mal Swamp Is ripened for carrying to seaon board vessels making long voyages."Did you ever smell any of those Ken¬

tucky sulphur water« after they have lainbarreled in a Cellar for a few weeks? Theodor Is pretty bad, hut, It Isn't worse thanthat, of ripening sea water."When you take out the cork the whole

household knows It. After a while theBert water loses Its offensive smell, andthen it Is ready for use.

"I thoroughly like It. and If 1 were Inthe hnhlt of doing 4h« things thai lendmen ,to tdrink (mineral waters beforebreakfast, I think I'd prefer plain Atlan¬tic water to n good many that I couldname which .<-.ull at prolty high prices."I don't know whether my patients

have ever calculated the cost of bottledAtlantic, but If the bottling was donewholesale Instead of retail R ought hoito come very high, and It hi certainly onellihig Hint no trust could ever monop¬olize!. I've :t notion that the fellow who.Ilrst puts up sea water !n un attractiveform and gets the attention of the publicwill make a handsome little fortune be¬fore his competitors can cut In and under¬sell or outadvertise him,'".New YorkSun.

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CIRCUMSTANTIAL.

Case in Which It Would HaveTold Against Innocent Man."Several years ago 1 took a late train

from Boston to New York." said a man Inbusiness In ICo-hsiurCIty. "In the» morning1 was awakened earlier than usual by theporter, who seid that a robbery bad bc?n !committed on the sleeper during the nightand tlHit nil thr» passengers would haveto get up. Some one had taken six onc-hundred-dollar blls from the olothing of agentlemen who occupied a berth In themiddle of the cur. yl'lvcry section had beentaken b«fnr»i he left Boifton, and as thetrain had been almos! constantly in mo¬tion It. seemed certain thai tire person whohad committed the theft was still on thecar."The porter said no one had been aboard

but the passengers, and that none of themhud left. It was proposed to search every¬body. A man who li-ad a. berth directlyopposite from the one who had beenrobbed objected. He told hi» name i»ndsaid any one might find that he was aman of good reputation. In the meantimesome officers boarded the «,-ar and after alittle sweuring got the money from thecolored porter, who was the guilty one."Then the passenger who had refused to

be searched asked the officers to examinehis pockets. This seemed strange, but holn«!3ted. In an Inside pocket they foundsix one-hundrcd-dollur bills. It was mere-,!ly a coincidence that Ire should have' thesame amount of money as the other pas¬senger had lost, and in exactly the s<iiiiedenominations, but he knew that underthe circumstances ho could lmrdly estab¬lish Ids Innocence. How vrns that for acase of clrcirnisrtnnliul evidence:'".Nash¬ville American.

WHENYOUREYESGive You TroubleYou should give them the best at¬tention possible. Have them ex¬

amined only by those who thor¬oughly understand the differentmethod» of examination.* The ad-Justing of Spectacles and Eye-Olasses Is no child's play and unless

properly executed, will often leadto bad results.We make a specialty of High-

Class Prescription Work and showall the latest Improvements InSpectacles and Eyo-Glasses,

Broken lenses easily duplicatedand guaranteed of correct focus.

E OUGHTto sell all the ¡

Carpelsand

Houseiurnishingsthat will lie hoI'I in townthis season, but wo won't.

Only Those Will BuyHere

who want to bo »tire of whatthey nro jotting, who donot buy simply because thePItlCB In LOW. We are

better prepared to serve

mich people than over bo-fore.

SideboardsIn great variety, in eitherplain or quartered oak, ofexcelleut designs nnd finish.They range In price from$100 clown to

$8.50O H A M II E It SUITS,

I» A « i« O H S Ù I T S,O O U O TI E K.

D A V E X P O It T S,S O F A S,

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nnd. 1* E I) E STAL S.

Don't buy a

HEATERuntil you have seen ourstoc't. They aro great sell¬er's and satisfaction givers.The price starts at. S 1,65

Liberal Terms of

CREDITRYAN

SMITH & T/VIMAIV,MASONIC TEMPLE-

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W. A. HAMMOND,Florist,

Í01East Broad Street,

RICHMOND, VA.

Plant Decorations,Choice Rosebuds,Cut Flowers,Floral Designs, &c.

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