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The age-herald., 1898-01-09

one person can do with success another one is sure to blunder over? That the well turned compliment paid by the man who understands the art of con. versation is a delight, while the at. tempt at it made by a man who is a fool is worse than a blunder-it is cause for defamation of character? One woman can be tender and af- fectionate to all mankind and charm | them. while a different type of woman following this example is spoken of as fast and found a bore. You have got to learn your metier and then fit your self to it. You have got to suit your self in dress and manner to that which nature intended you to be, and the suc- cessfu1 man or woman is the one who finds out what natures intentions were and honorably achieves them. If you have any doubt as to what mean, Just look at some of the little things and sec how they make or mar.
 It is all right to wear huge bouquet of violets, but roses would look abomin- able.
 It is smart beyond description to swing your huff on jeweled chain, but necklace in daytime would be the abomination of desolation.
 It is perfectly correct to encircle your waist with a Russian belt covered with brilliant enamel, but it would be in hor. rible taste to wear three or four brace. lets on the street.
 It is all right to have your huff as big as all outdoors if 1t is fur, but if it is silk or velvet it must be almost as small as vest pocket.
 It is correct to have your skirt f1ttedI but, though just as much attention must be given to it, your bodice must look loose.
 It Is quite in order to have a veil like no other woman in the city, but that veil must not look extreme.
 It is the received thing to have a cost ly handkerchief, but the cost must be in the fine linen cambric, for you would ruin your reputation if you carried lace one.
 The difference is intangible sometimes, it. is slight. but it exists, and it is what goes to make people failures or successes. I don't know how can ex- plain it better than to say you would not feel particularly good toward me if you happened to address me solemnly as Mistress Barbara" but you know that you have a friend in need and in deed friend in
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
Hints For Lady Cyclists.

Cycling shoes, when new, should be worn few times for short rides be- fore being used for continuous touring.
 waterproof cape which costs but a few shillings and lasts for several sea. sons should form part of every tourists equipment.
 To brighten the enamel wash with a large, soft linen cloth and lukewarm water dry thoroughly with soft cloth and afterward polish with a solution of beeswax in spirits of turpentine, but never use brush, hot water and. soap, as they injure the enamel.
 Although a "naked'' machine is pref erable for short out and home riding in dry weather, a tourist should not shirk a full equipment of mud guards.
 After riding in the rain it is most im- portant that the tourist should see that the front wheel brake is in working or- der and not in need of fabrication at it's joints.
 Wormwood boiled in vinegar and ap- piled as hot as one can bear on sprain or bruise is an invaluable remedy. The affected member should afterward be rolled in flannel to retain the heat.
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well worth it, sometimes she isn't. Oc- casionally she goes in for being very elaborate in her getup and, instead of looking like gentlewoman, suggests a lady of the lake; again, she'll aim at picturesqueness and achieve dowdiness, but sometimes she gains her end. and then she is so overf1owing with pride that one wonders she does not burst.
 It is a very funny thing, but. there are days in New York when you see nothing but pretty women, and there are days when you could, with cer- tainty, bet your luck penny without fear of losing it that you wouldn't meet single good looking woman on the street. New York has queer regula- tions, made by nobody knows who, but obeyed by the world of women. One Is, that woman who counts herself of any importance is never seen on Broad way except as she crosses it to go to some other street, except on Saturday afternoon. Then she possesses it.
 You see her starting for the matinee, providing herself with sweets and with violets, picking up her chum, and later on, when the matinee is over, you see her out for walk. You see her if she has not been to the matinee. You see her lowing to this man and to that man while all the gay world is surging
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], ly as if she wished to pass unobserved, l is pretty little Maude Adams, who to- | day by her good acting and wonderful magnetism is packing a theater. With her and talking in the most earnest way is the creator of Gallagher" that most fascinating of young pickles | Richard Harding Davis. Smooth faced i perfectly dressed, he has to perfection
 that air of indifference which, among
 a certain set of young men, is counted especially good form.
 | A tall dark, slender woman, whose | gown is a marvel of good taste and perfect fit, is Elsie de Wolfe, at once
 the woman of society and the actress,
 the wittiest talker off the stage and
 the best dressed woman on it. Just
 now, in the small part she plays in "A Marriage of Convenience" she is do- l ing bit of fine work-fine because she
 makes the character of waiting maid l not only perfectly correct, but abso- | lutely of its time "in the picture" as the professional would say. Following her and bringing out her good points by contrast is a loudly dressed woman, well known dancer, who wears across the front of her jacket her stage name wrought in brilliants.
 Here is Hermann Oelrichs. big, blond and well groomed; Willard, the English actor, picturesque, Irvinglike and ut terly unconscious of the looks that are being given him. Talking as if he were interested to his charming wife, Vir- ginia Harmed, is young Sothern. There is certain affection in the way we call him young Sothern,' for I do not be- lieve that there is an actor today whose audiences are as loyal as are those that gladly listen and eagerly applaud his efforts.
 So they come along, worker and idlcr. those on the mimic and those on the real stage, and you and as we drift in to get a cup of tea conclude that Saturday on Broadway-this Saturday, at least-is the day for good looking people.
 It is odd how one thing will be abso- lutely correct and another one so un- desirable that it would Damn with a large D anything to which it was at- tached.
 Did you ever stop to think of the right and wrong of inanimate things? Did you ever stop to think that what
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
A DAY WITH BAB,
Correctness of Style the Proper Caper, The Right and Wrong of
 Inanimate Things

up and down and you are being punch ed to look at this one and to stare at that one of the many celebrities.
 First, you meet big, blond, laughing May Irwin. She is dressed in a hand some, dark gown and wearing a huge chinchilla collar and hat covered with plumes. She is as magnetic on the street as on the stage, and you feel as if you must stare at her as long as she is in sight. Then, looking like a lady in picture book or one of Boucher's s nymphs in a Worth frock, comes Lil- Han Russell, in town for the day and drawn by force of habit to the matinee Saturday afternoon. Her beautiful blond hair shows against her rich toque of purple velvet, and her gown, sim pie one of cloth, fits her as if the king of tailors had made it, while her feet and hands are perfectly shod and gloved.
 Behind her, and while you are trying to get over the intoxication of her good looks. comes fascinating Sadie Marti- not (by the bye, how old is Sadie Mar tinot? Has she found the fountain of eternal youthO wrapped in some mag nificent sables, and your eyes go from her to that lilylike looking woman, Mrs Burke Roche, who rolls by in her fa- ther's carriage as somebody near you remarks that she is one of the Ameri- can girls who presented her English husband with twin sons.
 Rowing to this fashionable woman and to that one is John Drew-John Drew, who, without a single feature, is counted the most distingue looking man in New York. Perfectly dressed, he wears his clothes as if they were a part of him and as if to them he never gave thought.
 contrast in appearance is the young statesman, Perry Belmont - rather small. with keen, dark eyes, a slight mustache and dark hair. He looks as if he ordered his tailor to make his clothes and after that gave no thought to them.
 A slender quiet looking girl in a dark brown dress, brown jacket and a brown cloth hat, one at whom you scarcely look and who walks by quick
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During the past year we had the horse show, the cattle show, the flower show, the dog show and the innumera- ble doll shows, but all of them meant one thing. You are inclined to think that the horse show is meant to ncite the breeding of finer horses, the flower show to make orchids more wonderful and chrysanthemums bigger, the dog show to induce the bringing forth of smarter puppies and the doll show to make popular handwork and charity. But that's all mistake. They are for nothing of the sort. They are all for one cause.-the encouragement of wo- man. You get a horsy, or a flowery, or a doggy, or many colored back ground to bring out her and her best gown. Nobody can deny that she rules the court, the camp, the grove, proba- bly most of the men below, though I rather doubt her having to do anything with the saints above. She is the acme of self possession and parades around the tanbark, the soft dirt or the linen cover and invites all the world to come and look at her. Sometimes she Is very
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
The Ex>Queen of Naples.

Everybody who has read Daudet's "Rois en Exile" will be interested in hearing that the ex-queen of Naples, who figures in that celebrated novel as a model of all wifely and queenly vir- tues, is about to marry Hungarian no- bleman famous for his love of horse- flesh and skill in riding.
 This ideal queen in exile's late hus- band. who was great fool, according to M. Daudet, used to be very much afraid of her. She was the "better horse" and of a dashing, valiant tenn per, as her conduct in the siege of Gaeta bore witness, and she regarded the ex- king as silly, not to be considered save on state occasions. He, poor man, would go to the Madeleine to pray for his handsome spouse when she went to learn bareback riding at the hippo drorne.
 It is a matter of history that her majesty, with her sister,. the empress of Austria. often hired the hippodroms for
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
Curious Customs.

A curious marriage custom obtains in the island of Himla, just opposite the island of Rhodes. The Greeks, by whom 1t Is peoplcd, earn their living by the sponge fishery. No girl in this island is allowed to marry until she has brought up a certain number of sponEes, which must be taken from 0 certain depth. In some of the other Greek islands this demonstration of ability is required of the men, and if there are several suitors for the hand of 0 maidep her father bestows her on the man whc can dive best and bring ur the largest number of sponges.
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
Eating Houses For Women

In London the question of suitable eating houses for young women en- ployed as clerks in the city has been much discussed. These young women receive about half the salary that the young male clerks, whose places they fill or whose work is identical are paid. Three and four dollars a week is pay that is eagerly competed for when a va- cancy occurs by an army of eager wo-
 men. It may be guessed that these wages permit only the most economical of luncheons, most of the female clerks bringing a sandwich or two from home and eking out this insufficient meal with the inevitable cup of tea. As an em-
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
Putting Plants to Sleep.

All plants, even in tropical countries, require a period of rest. Some repose in the rainy season, others in the dry season and others again in the cold or in the hot season. Herr Johannsen, a Scandinavian, believes he can abridge this period by intensifying the "sleep' with chloroform or ether. Bulbs or buds exposed to the vapors of these an@sthetics resume their period of ac- tivity sooner than those not so treated. It has also been observed that the tu- bercles of orchids placed near warm ing pipes, and thus more completely dried began to spring sooner than oth- CTS kept in the ordinary way.
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their sole use and would ride in the ring like two circus girls. Finally the king gave up praying and joined the la- dies in the arena, where he and Chad wick, the English clown, would toss balls for the queen to catch as she rode standing on the horses back. But these famous princesses of Bavaria ride no more. The widowed ex-queen of Ma pies still loves fine horsefesh, but her haut ecole days are over.
The age-herald., 1898-01-09
FUN ON THE ICE,
The Most Popular of Winter Sports For Women--Skating For Health
 and 7leasure.

the latest frills and fads of fashion, and here mamma crowds on her jewels and gewgaws. as did the ladies of the six teenth century when they appeared at noontide festivals.
 The favorite skirt worn by good skat- CTS over there and copied extensively on this side is of corduroy Of velvet or some heavy cloth trimmed with fur. A rather dark and indefinite tint is usual ly selected. b-It the bodice is a gay bit of color belng made of silk, with jaunty fur tippet about the neck, and if
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the waist be small a belt of some sparkling bejeweled stuff is often added to emphasize it's slenderness.
 AS an exercise skating Is certainly more graceful than dancing. It bestows a grace and boise the other cannot boast. But, best of all, it renders girl not so dependent on a man as docs dancing.
 No girl, pretty or plain, need wait at the edge of the pond, consumed with envy as her more fortunate sisters glide past her. Standing lightly poised for a second, to be sure her skates are firm ly adjusted, she may glide along the glittering surface with all the grace of a swan without fear or favor of any man.
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ployer pointed out, it is undoubtedly to this failure to get nourishing food and breath of fresh air by going out to restaurant that the anamic ap- pearance and general want of tone which are seen among these young wo- men are largely due. There is no doubt among those who employ them that they do their work as well as their brother clerks, but there seems to be also no desire to give them the same Day
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02

of Probate the amount Of the Legacy
of such legatee, and any interest that
may be legally due thereon, and such
payment Of the amount OF such
legacy to the Judge of the said Court
of Probate shall Ee full and COM
plete discharge to the executor Or
executors, or the administrator or
administrators. with the will annexed.
The said amount so paid to the
Judge OF the said Court OF Probate
shall be protected by his official
bond. and shall he held by such
Court Of Probate for such legatee
subject to the order Of such Probate
Court or any other Court Of COM
petent jurisdiction. Approved lhe
11th day of February, A. D 1888.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02
Hurry;ag Rias Guns seuth.

The Evening Herald Gays: Rush
orders have been received at Fort
Warren directing the commander,
Col. Woodruff, to send a detac chmeut
of one corporal and eight men TO
Fort Winthrop, where they will get
eigbtinch converted rifle guns TO the
dock in readiness fox shipment. The
guns 80 to Mobile, Ala, where car
riaccs from New York have been
sent 10 mount the riles on. 1t was
learned 20 day that orders received
some time ago from the department
at Washington, bearing upon the
equipment aad efficiency OF the men,
are being carried out at the navy
yard, and that every marine remain
ing there has been inspected, his
equipment increased to that of active
service, and extra drill is being held
daily. The apprentices on the
Wabash, as we'll as the regular
seameu and recruits, are being given
practice at the guns and with the
cutlass.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02

house leaders to let congress 1t self
act. The Republican party cannot
go before the country this fall with
such fragrant disregard Of its plat
form pledges. As to Spaiu's liability.
1 think that our government can
hold Spain responsible only in the
event that Spanish authorities OF
Spanish agents were in some way
connected directly or indirectly with
the explosion. No government can
he held to answer fol- the act of a
fanatic or fend who has no official
connection with that government.
But even if Spain is not responsible
for the damage the fact of the ex
plosion presents al additional con-
tributiou to the existing lawless con-
dilion surrounding Cuba and will
have it's effect in influencing Presi
dent Mckinley to act upon the cou-
clusion which The great body Of the
people Of the country have already
reached, that Cuban autonomy is q
failure aud that humanity demands
that the anarchy and barbality that
has been prevailing in tie island for
the past year be terminated by such
proceedings on the part Of our gov
ernment as may be necessary.
Congressman Latimer said that
from present information lie thought
the ship was blown up from outside,
but that he lad no sympathy with
the feeling that Spain should be held
responsible unless it can be proven
that the government instigated the
outrage.
Congressman Elliott did not care
10 express an opinion or add any,
thing to increase the present excite
ment until the facts become known.
Mr.. Norton expressed the same
views as Congressman Stokes.
+. G.. Withers.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02
R.dsaication.

Lutheran Visitor.
We note a glad event in the pos,
torate of Rev. Z. L. WessiDger,
native of Lexington county, S. G., and
a graduate OF Newbcrry College. St.
Johns Lutheran church, Shirclnans
toYp, Pa, OF which hcis pastor, was
organized l7S7. and Until the pres
eut time las worshipped i'll an ediiice
in the country. In 1896, when Rev.
Wessiuser took charge, "Old Mes
siah" church in town was purchased,
and has been transformed into a
beautiful house of worship, with its
twelve handsome memorial windows.
fine fresco decoration, pews Of solid
chestnut, elegant carpet covering the
entire floor, and with pulpit and
altar furnishings i'll keeping with
the elegant intcrior-heav!ly plated
gold cross two feet in height. hand
painted vestments, etc, the latter be
ing special gifts as we'll as the mem
orial windows. Sermons at the ser
vices Ct the rededicatlou were
preached by Reys. J. L. Sibole, OF
Philadelphia, ard Rev. c l.. Haupt,
Of Lancaster. An appeal made by
the pastor for voluntary contrlbu-
tons toward the repair fund realized
$500, which cancels tho entire in
debtedness. The fredericksburg
Journal, which gives I full account
Of services, says: 'Rev. l.. l.. Ne5-
| singer, the 5oung and able PASTOR Is
an industrious worker, and great has
been his reward in the brief time he
has been in this fertile field. He is
dea,ly beloved by bis people.
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Bryan Spoke.
Made Money the Paramount Issue
for 1900.

Made Money the paramount Issue
for 1900.
Topeka, Klaus, Feb. 24.-Wiliiam
j. Bryan addressed six hundred dem
ocrats at a banquet held in this city
tonight. The gathering was in the
nature of reunion of the democrats.
Its magnitude gives it considerable
significance as showing the demo-
cratic strength as balance OF power
party i'll this state. Many speakers
of state prominence addressed the
meeting. Mr.. Bryan asserted that
the money question was to be the
paramount issue in the next cam
paign and cited the fact that the
national committee Of the democrats,
the populists and the free silver
republicans have issued addresses in
which they assert that the money
question is the issue and call for the
co-operation of the force that it may
triumph.
In an interview Mr.. Bryan declined
to discuss the present crisis with
Spain. He said there was time
enough to discuss that affair when
the official investigation committee
on the Maine affair had made it's
report.
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Faithful Watchman.

The truth Of an old saying about
children and fools is newly illustrated
by a story in London psper.
4 gentleman went into a fancy
goods store. 1t was early in the
morning, andin orderto make change
the shcpkeeper was obliged to go
upstairs after the cash box. As he
went ont of the room, be said in q
whisper to his little son:
Watch the gentleman that he
does not steal anything.
The precaution was natural enough
but the form in which it was conveyed
was unfortunate, for when the shop
keeper returned, few minutes later,
The boy clied out:
"Ha, he didn't steal anything! l
watched him.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES.

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An
Act to facilitate the settlement of
estates Of testators," approved 25th
day of February, A. D. 1897.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State OF South Caro-
Inns:
That the Act entitled can Act to
facilitate the settlements of estates Of
testators,' approved 25th February,
1897, be, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out all Of Sec,
ton l and inserting i'll lien thereof
The following:
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State of South Caro-
ina:
II, after the expiration Of two years
from the time when any Legacy be-
comes due and payable under any
will or testament, it shall be made to
appear to the satisfaction Of the
Judge Of The Court Of Probate, by
whom letters tessamentary were
granted, that the executor or execu
tors of such will or testament, OF the
administrator or administrators, with
such will or testament annexed is OF
arc unable to ascertain the where
abouts OF any legatee under such will
CT testament, or to ascertain whether
such legatee be dead CT not, it shal
be lawful for the executor or execu
tors, or the administrator or admin
istrators with the will annexed tt
pay over TO the Judge Of said Cour'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02
T:llMen-Lat;us. Bill.

Bat Little Doubt Now Of It's Final
Passage.
Special to 'ha Ntete.
Washington, February 22.-The
Tillman-Ls:inler bill is not dead by
any means. It will come again on
Friday, and it is almost certain that
it will be reported to the house favor
ably.
Congressman Latimer is sure of
success in the committee, and Col.
Elliott. who is member of the COM
m;t:ec and opposing thu bill, is very
much afraid Of q favorable report.
I.ArgR.--Ihe hill has been re-
ported to the House without recon-
loenda,iou aud thus the last vistage
of doubt as to its ultimate passage
has been removed
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02

consumption. I had II dreadful
caugh and could not sleep at night.
was advised by a friend to try Pc.
ru-pa. 1 got one bottle, and the
second night my cough stopped. l
took ten bottles, and I will say that
I believe I would be a dead woman
now if it had not been for PERFUME.
I recommend Pe-ru-na to all those
who suffer with la grippe"
Send for free book on "Winter
Catarrh." Address The Pc ru ma
Drug Manufacturing Company, c.
lumbus, Ohio.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-02
II can say ore thing for Chambe,

Il can say one thing for Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhcea
Remedy; and that is that it excels
any proprietary medicine 7 have seen
on the market, mud ] haze been in
the practice 0; medicine and the
drug business for the past forty
years. Whites J. NJ Jackson, II. D,
Bronson, Fla. Physicians like Cham
bcrlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy because it is 4 scien-
tific preparation, ard because j;
always gives quick relief. Get a
bottle at J. F.. ka.fmann's drug
store.