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be on other things than your beautiful

be on other things than your beautiful
body"
But. sister, don't you wash your
body?"
THE fact is, she replied, as her eyes
frightened with a smile, "by chance
caught glimpse of my knees the other
day, and they were 80 black that ! was
ashamed to stand in the presence Of our
dear Lord"
And think how praiseworthy this is,
too, for Sister Ursula is not forty-two
yet. She is still beautiful woman,
and, as you may remember, was a born
princess 1t makes no difference. /
don't feel myself equal to such sacri-
fee. never could stand having black
knees.
And yet, Blanche, can't remain as 1
am. ! have looked at the moon for
whole hours, and it hasn't helped me
out bit. For this reason I've been
looking forward with such great anxiety
to have you with me, to advise me, to
lenlighten me. wanted your judgment
on matters and men. You must be very
wise, now that you are mother. Is it
such an enrapturing thing for woman
to clasp babe to her bosom? Which
do you love the better, the father or the
ohild2 Or do you love them both the
same? Do you commence to feel at
home in this new walk Of life' You
may write freely to me. You may trust
me as your other self. Mamma never
reads my letters.
No doubt you say to yourself: If
Adrienne is so much in need Of advice,
why dosn't she 60 to her mother or tt
.Abbe Servan, her confessor? But. deal
Blanche, I'm rot an ordinary girl. Mine
Is an exceptional case. Mamma would
think me moonstruck and Able Servan
wouldn't understand me. Mamma would
offer to take me away for a short trt
somewhere and Able Servan would
coursel me to seek aid and comfort in
prayer. The good Lord has other things
to attend 20, and besides, although my
case is peculiar one, don't think il
hardly serious enough to call for an in
terpostion of Providence. Possibly it's
very natural and very ordinary, this
case of mine, and only seems strange to
me because it S new to me.
Well, this is it: Mamma wants me to
get married. and theoretically have NO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
English Recruits.

English army. statistics state that
$4,000 Of the $4,000 men who present.
ed themselves for enlistment last year
were accepted. Of the remaining,
nearly $4,000 were rejected by the
medical officers. As regards the ages
of the recruits of 1895 the following
facts are given: Of those sttested 17,-s
600 were batween, eighteen and nine-.
teen years, 900 between nineteen
and twenty.one, 5000 between twenty
one and twenty.three and 5000 between;
twenty.three and twenty-five. England
and Wales supplied the greater mum.
ber of recruits. New York Sun. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
MidgetS Make q Match.

Tommy Rice and Annie Price, "the
smallest midgets in the world" have
married. The bride is twenty -four
years of age, exceedingly prepossess-
ing, and thirty inches high, while the
bridegroom is fifty-nine years of age
and twenty-nine inches. New York
Mail and Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
A Bicycle Lawn Mower.

The uses of the horse are becoming
more and more circumscribed, and all
the powers of the inventor seem taxed
to find an acceptable substitute. A
lawn mower run by steam was recently
exhibited abroad. The machine,
which was of the size usually drawn
by horse, consisted of small engine
mounted on low, broad wheels, and 80
arranged as to cut the grass and roll
the lawn at the same time. -. ....
This invention is, however, only
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
A Young Man With q Future.

Jimmy, fur de love O neayen.what
has you got dere?" &,
''Hush! Not word on yer lifel =
shaved our old billy goat, and striped
him with black, an I'm taken him.
into town ter try an sell him, fur .
horned zebry to some dimes mn-
scum !'-Truth.
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true to his beloved, and suppose hS
should present himself some fine day
full Of ignorance and lofty ideals and!
ask for-say-my hand, do you suppose
mamma would encourage him? Not
bit of it. She'd refuse him at first; any
way, she'd say that he didn't know
enough of life. And to Judge from the
little I have overheard of such conversa-
ton, she and her friends would have a
good laugh over the poor fellow. Why2
I've just been re-reading Paul and
Virginia" Oh, who will set me down
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
Safest Place From Lightning.

According to Professor McAdie, the
risk from lightning stroke is FIVE times
greater in the country than in cities,
because ordinary dwelling houses in
city blocks receive very considerable
protection from the tin roofing, cor
nices, cutters and 80 on. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19

A storekeeper of Kokoma, Ind, is
highly indignant over the action OF 9
burglar who broke 500 plate glass
window to get at about $40 worth OF
silver plated ware.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19

The number of police in England is
as one to every 730 inhabitants. one
to 923 in Scotland, and one to 34l Id
Ireland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19


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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27

The Chicago Record has sent out
postal cards to Individual voters In the
States OF Indiana, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin. Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missou-
r, Nebraska, Kansas and the two Da-
kotas. 1t is universally conceded that
q vote In these States will decide who
shall occupy the Presidential chair.
The Record has received a large per-
certage OF the inquiries sent out, and
he count is 10 progress.
-" Are YOU willing to make a very
great sacrifice for me, George ?n srts.
me, dearest" "WelI, the next time
you talk free silver with papa, let him
knock you out"
WHAT A wOMANCAN DO,
Last week cleared, after paying all cx-
Penses. $S5.s5. the month previous $40 and
duties. believe any energetic person can
40 equally as well as 1 have had very little
s a15 sxer The Dish Washeris just lovely
People hear about tho Dish H4 washer m S Sa AND Soms
cheap Dish Washer has never ' before gSS ssn
va ! 2s . His n tS1s Eft. The WitL Mound g City Dish
and dry the shes for a family OF ten in twn
minutes without wetting your hands. AS
soon as people see the Washer work they
make 1t quicker than with any household
article on the market. l feel Convinced that
any lady or gentleman can make from $40 TO
particulars by addressing TnE MouSDD CRY
DISH WASHER Co, st. Louis, Mo. They
moip you get started, thcn you can make
"onoS awful iast' "A. l.. G.
I'D Ike to ask one thing" said
the cross boarder. What is it,
please - asked the land ,.ty. Glow
did you get this steak co, ked so hard
without even getting it hot?"
A Chance to Make Money.
have made 81 $40 clear money IN 81 days and
L think this is doing splendid fora woman I'M
experienced in business. Anyone can sell
what everyone wants to buy, and every family
people come or send for the Washer. and
evey washer that goes out sells two or three
more, as they do the work to perfection. You
can WASH and dry the dishes In two minutes.
am going to devote my whole time to this
| business now and l am sure / can clear SIW
sycar My sister and brother have started in
business and are doing splendid. You can get
complete instructions and hundreds of tcsti-
%%onlais by addressing tho Iron City Dish
washer Co., Station A, P%ittsburg, Pa, and II
you don't make lots If money it's. your own
AauH' Mrs. w. FL.
The United States government ON
ploys twenty women as official light
house keepers. They are scattered
throughout the North, South, East aud
West. Some of them are famous TO
their hardness and bravery. One Of
these is Ida Wilson, Miss
Lewish who has churer of the light
house at Limo Rock, Newport, IL. /.
She has wrestled with storms OF all
KINDS, but has V yet neglected q
duty nor left her post.
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through the village, firing at the Indi-
ans who are scurryirg away just as
Amory and the adjutant charge at o lit
tie knot Of scowling redskins. whose RI
fes are blazing at them not q dozen
yards distance, just as tho good old
colonel, afoot now, Is clasping the hand
Of come poor woman whose last hope
WAS gono but II moment before and
even while listening to her frantic bless
ings finds time to shout again to his
half maddcnod men: Don't hurt the
women, lads. Look out for the chill
dren!' q haglike, blanlicted fury of Il
Brllo squaw springs from behind tho
shelter of Il pile Of robes, levels her re-
~volNer, and, pulling trigger at the in
STAN, leaps screaming down into tho
creek bottom, leaving Farrar sinking
slowly into the snow.
An hour later, with strong skirmish
lines out on every side of the captured
village, with n score of Indian warriors
sent to their last account and the others
scattered over the face of the earth, the
little battalion Of the Twelfth Is won
dering if, after all, tho fight were worth
winning, for hero in their midst, his
head on Lcale's arm, his fading sight
fixed on the tear dimmed eyes of his
old colonel Ti3,astt fmTie ssaages inu fffHhhrnfeea
In that listening ear: "Leale-old friend
-tind-fnd hat poor girl-my-my
son robbed and ruined and deserted
and DO tho friend to her-you've been
to mc-and minc. God bless
And this-while tho regiment, obey
ing its stern duty. goes OF in pursuit.
this is tho news Jack Ormsby has to
break to the loving, breaking hearts at
Frayne.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27
sopra'tnI. ,sst. BY 2. y Way.

men. Close at his back come Amory
n his sorrel troop. cheering like mad,
Dat,erlng over Indians too 2t slqqM8g r iRam ae
every warrior in their path. And still
the colonel shouts, This wayl' and
Ormsby, Amory and tho adjutant ride
at his heels, and the sorrels especially
follow his lead, and, dashing through "a
labyrinth Of lodges, they rein up cheer
ing about two griny tepecs, at which
Bat is cxcitedly pointing and the ranch
men both are shouting the names of
loved relatives and listening eagerly for
answer. and thrilling voices within are
crying, "Herol Here!" and stalwart
men, swinging from saddle, arc rush
ing in, pistol in hard, and tearing aside
the fiimsy barriers that hide the rescued
captives from the eyes OF their deliver
ers, and tho other troop, ro-enforccd
again by strong squads from Loale's
rallied line, are dashing to and fro
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27

And that one thiig wa that VIII
had applied for and Sould hear of no
other regiment in all ths army than that
at the head of whiohhis father had
died, the Twelfth cavaty, aud NO one
could understand, and Mrs. Farrar
couldn't explain, how was, why it
was that that of all othas was the one
, che had vainly hoped 70 would not
/ choose. He was wild wit joy and en-
thusiasm when at last th\ order came,
and, with beaming eyes knd ringing
voice, he read aloud: twelfth regi-
ment Of cavalry, Cadet Will Duncan
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27

ClAhLESTON q WESTERN AFRO
vile inona iiWay GO. Augusta and Ashe.
LIST, lSG ''u'c III eiicct Oct.
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CONTINUED NEXT wEEK.)
A Wife Equal TO a Cold Mine,

Will some of your readers give me aeood re
s so( ,h h"r max Ing cold stafenf ! am selling
and have to use some starch every place and
want to know how to make cold starch. My
help him thought | would sell self heating flat
irons, and | am doing splendidly., a c6nt's
worth OF tucl Will heat the iron for 3 hours. so
YOU have a perfectly, ven hea,. You can iron
~ half the time and no danger of scorching
r lGI tho mn, aT b wS1h tn, the C a,dl ironl am and you can
house, as the lion saves so much fuel every
body wants one. make $l.6O on each. iron and
My brothcris dong well and | think anyone
FIN The % =, +. {1iS q YmSn GX nywherS selling Hgg irons;
start anyone in the business. rs they did we'll
If you Will address them. Mrs. a, Russell
Liquid manure applied to chrysan-
thcmnms up to the time Of blooming
will greatly increase the size and
number Of flowers. If large sized flow
ers we're desired, allow only one bios.
som to each branch, pinching out all
but the main bud as soon as they APP
pear.
Gray Hair Made Dark.
V ! saw In your papern statement that Zulu
e s%IllcE IN W fSrnc restore any hair to- tural
sent Tor a sample package, and In less than
1ntGe weeks my hair was perfectly restored to
and "@d'i 6y n SGiSF' zS My wis 1@iior i" her Was Gai itf 4 ho ys9 1
pitckhHc oil Zulu Nul.cr by sending Z, two cent
stamps TO Wilson Il Co., New Cor cord, Ohio.
ana IL 1t does not restore tho hair to natural
color in three weeks they will return your
stamps; 1t not only restores the hair to natl-
ralcolor, but will stop the hair falling out
immediately and is one of the best hair ton
les made. and you take no risk, and If IL does
NOT saItsly you perfectly they Will return
your stamps. A READER.
/ The New Hook Spoon Free to All.
Al read in the Christian Standard thatSIiss
IN. FRITZ. station a. st. Louis, Mo. would
ssnnnTG99n elegant plated hook spoon to anyone
AMI FSSg her ten 2-cent stamps. l sent for one
Trinnn41ssnd II so useful that / showed IL TO my
| oidnrs ffSSnd made SlS.OO In two hours, taL ing
ITfuuoiS lISthe spoon. Tho hook spoon is n
dis IhsonoiaYcccssity. 1T cannot slip into tho
b Sns pr c,ohnH vessel, being held In the place
linz tha oh the back. Tho spoon is some
Si nc spoons were MIST invented. Anyone can
s sfom sanPIe spoon by sending ten 2 cent
70 make money aroun&home. 10
Se Very truly, JEANEErTR SIS
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THE
Liquor, Morphine,
Opium and
Tobacco Habits.

Thousands in the Throes OF Torture.
.PrompL decisive action can save the
Many ALREADY saved prove that there IS
Are thes. the days Of freedom? Is every
body, out Of bondage? Would that we
could answer, Yes, ~cvcrybody's free!
But i'll tbs enlightened age hundreds 9.
thousands,f men are in the clutches of a
tyrant wors, thar II in history, unable to
iilght their way to liberty, impotent TO break
their letters,
When onct the habit gets its grip on q
man 1t destr,ys his nerve and will power,
robs him of his only means of defense. His
lie is sappyd )ut Of him, his manhood de-
stroyed, his lrain deadened, and he be-
comes q wreckof n man-existence a liv-
ing death, him,elf an object of disgust in
stead OF love AID affection TO those who are
dear to him.
Is there no hope ? There is-evcn after
years OF slave,y a cure without failure
: M and be Teated aua~if in a week or
TWO you do not like gaining weight, feel,
ing new manly vicOr and making your
loyed ones happy, you can quit and there
Will be no charge No cure No pay!
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III women knew how red their noses
got When they cry they wouldn't try
III on thoir husbands so often.
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CONDENSEDSCHRDUL

Daily.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-25


The Baltimore Sun of Saturday last said
editorialiy that the struggle for United States
Senator before the Maryland Legislature
showed the entire absence Of boss dictation,
and said it was in refreshing contrast TO the
way things were done under Democratic con-
troll. The Sun may find eredence among its
very young readers, but older ones will recall
that very similar rivalry has several times been
witnessed when the Legislature was Demo
cratic. One notable incident was when Sen
ator Wilson was chosen. And while the Sun
was drawing its comparison to discredit the
Democratic party, its Annapolis eorrespon'
dent, in another part of the paper, was telling
its readers that the struggle was not so much
who should be Senator as to who should be
leader or boss of the Republican party Here
is what the correspondent said;
"Many political interests and the future
prospects of many individuals in all parts OF
the State are involved in the issue. The con
test really involves not only the censorship
and the distribution of the federal patronage
of Maryland, if there is a Republican admin
istration, but the delegation to the Republican
presidential convention in St. Louis. The
contests in the opinion of many, is between
Mr. Wellington and Mr.. Gary for supremacy.
Heretofore Mr.. Gary has to a great extent
controlled the delegation. He is an old and
trusted party leader, with commanding infu-
ence in his party, and his friends have no
mind to see him superseded by Mr.. Yelling
ton. This is now the fight and it is becoming
determined, almost bitter in its character.
The indiridudl to be elected Senator is subor-
dinate TO the main issue.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-25
Baltimore Centennial.
From the baltimore World.

.There seems to be a popular uprising IN
favor of the exposition" said Secretary We'd
derburn to World man, land have every
reason to believe that it viii be a success de-
snite the sscroakers am having drafted
an enabling act, which will be sent to the
legislature at once, authorizing the issue to
The state of $500, 600 worth of bonds. We
hone to push it through. The young mems
committee are doing good work. have
written to all the southern states and asked
them 10 let me know how much space they
needed and expect answers soon. have Just
learned that in the small city of Atlanta last
wear that the street cars hauled 5000, 600 per-
sons. an increase of over 100000 over the
wear before, and it was all due to the exposi-
fiop. While the stockholders are about $780,
900 behind, the city and state has been bene-
flied to the extent of millions of dollars
~ learn that farmers from the west and
northwest are locating in Georgia because OF
the advantages shown by the exposition. We
can have the same thing if we try. saw
gentleman from the south the other evening,
and he told me the reason that Louisiana,
Florida. Texas and other southern states were
not more largely represented at Atlanta was
because the people were waiting for the Bal
timore exposition, promising to make a big
exhibit here"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-25
The Eastern Shore Law.


Before the Senate went into joint conven-
ton with the House on Wednesday, to ballot
for United States Senator, Senator Talbot,
of Montgomery, offered the following:
Whereas ii has come to the knowledge OF
this Senate that majority of the members
of the General Assembly of this State have
entered into an agreement to elect Senator
of the United States from this State in viola
ton of plain. unrepealed and subsisting
statute. known as the Eastern Shore law ;
Therefore
/. ''Resotced, That this Senate enters its most
solemn protest against the contamination OF
this unlawful agreement and against the
open, avowed and palpabe violation of the
Flaws of the State, and particularly this law,
chaving its origin in ancient and honorable
compact between the two sections of the
State"
'Resolred, That this protest be entered
upon the journal of the Senate and copy
thereof be mailed by the secretary of the
Senate to each newspaper published in this
State"
The resolutions were adopted, and then the
Senators went over to the joint convention.
After the convention the Republican Senators
wanted a reconsideration of the resolutions,
but after spirited debate the Senate voted
against reconsideration, and the resolutions
stand as the official act of the Senate.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-25
Preaching to Deaf Ears.


Robert 0gle, Clerk of the Superior Court
of Baltimore, is making clean sweep of the
clerks in his Office. The Baltimore Neics,
that aided his election, is highly incensed.
and is preaching civil service reform to Mr..
0gle. Mr.. 0gle is practical politician, and
the Meas might as well sing psalms to dead
horse as to talk civil service reform to Mr..
Ogle. The Republicans elected last fall,
from Lowndes down, are all practical politi-
clans, and every Democrat in Office in the
state will have to go as soon as his services
can be dispensed with. The result of the
election meant a clean sweep. and any Demo.
crat who voted for Republicans with any idea
that civil service reform would he regarded,
or that the Republican candidates were moi
straight partisans and spoilsmen, was very gull
lible indeed.
The nice masks worn by the Republican
party last fall have been laid aside, and the
party is now showing itself in its true light.
The Neirs need not worry ITSELF 1t was
wild for Republican success, and the Demo-
crats want to see it get good dose of Mary
land Republieanism. The editor win then
probably want to go back to Missouri.