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A PHILOPENA WOO|NC.


Nenita Seibert, in Chicago Record.
John Armstrong took Miss Harlowe
out to dinner and neither the dinner
nor the diners received any of his at
tentiOn, for it was entirely occupied
by Miss Harlowe.
He could not have told what was the
first course. nor what was the last, nor
what had been said by the lion of the
evening, Lieutenant Barnum, of Gu
ban fame: but he knew at just what
droop Miss HarlOWe's curling lashes
looked prettiest, he knew every detail
of her gown, he knew just how her
brown hair turned to gold where the
rays of the electric globes fell upon it,
Miss Harlowe held out twin nut in
her pretty palm. "Wil you eat Il
philopena with me, Mr.. Armstrong;"
she said.
1t was marvellous what a softcning
effect those lashes had on her brilliant
eyes, one felt the difference when she
looked up from under their silken fringe.
Some people said she had hard eyes
Armstrong did not think So He bent
over the small hand and took up the
nut as if it We're a jewel.
81 will do anything that YOU ask me
when one eats a philopena?"
"Oh, you cannot accept anything
from me and | cannot accept anything
from you. If one of us does and the
other cries 'philopena' the unfortunate
is obliged to give a pawn"
"Those are very hard conditions, al
together unfair" said Armstrong.
Eat it," Miss HarlOwe command
al ft,,V, AL ,.I, ~
down at her plate. There is always "A
way TO get around the hardest condi-
tions," she said, softly.
'Phillipa carried on as usual this
evening" remarked the hostess to her
husband when the last guest had gone
81 declare, that girl is simply dread
full She is the dearest, prettest thing,
but she seems to think that all men
We're created solely for her amuse-
ment."
Mrs. West had a tender heart. and
all the evening she had carried with
her the recollection Of the pathetic
gratitude in John Armstrong; gray
eyes when she told him that he was
assigned to Miss Harlowe. She gave
an unoffending yellow soft pillow a
vicious dig, which might have led one
10 suppose tnat Tor moment she had
transformed it into Miss Harlowe's
golden head. Then she gave her hus-
band a hug and a kiss as If to atone
to all men for the cruelty of all women.
MY dear" said he, John Armstrong
is able to take care of himself"
But Mrs West knew he wasn't.
Phillipa was sleeping the sleep of the
just Probably 1t was the sleepless-
ness of the unjust that John Arm
strong was experiencing.
lie had been warned. other moths
who had futtered about the flame ex-
hibited their singed wings, or expati-
ated on the altogether wingless con-
dtlon of still more unfortunate vic
Tins. But where is the moth that was
ever saved by good advice?
"She is as beautiful as a picture, and
with about as much heart" said Ira
Vers.
"She is beautiful, and she has
heart to match her face" replied Arm
strong. you fellows have never been
able to reach it, that's all, She isn't 4
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this place. We live on it. Then, never
miss an old lady. Make a point of get
ting into conversation with the old
ladies. Sometimes they have nice sons
that come over Sundays"
Il should have a perfect contempt for
myself if ] went on that way. One
hasn't to do it at home, and ] think
that all that insincerity and show is
silly"
well, | noticed the other night when
Dudleigh was introduced to you. He
asked to be presented, didn't he?"
Yes he said-er- -he-liked, that is"
"Oh, of course | don't want to seem
to pry, but"
He really was very nice, l thought"
well, you didn't act that way. You
sat there just as still You never said
word, ! positively achcd to Join il.
and make things more lively. You know
my dear, Dudleigh is great catch. He
is immensely rich and owns a yacht
and a lot of horses and things, and
! could see at a glance that he wasn't
used to being treated that way. He's
run after more than any man at this
place"
well. what could do? He seemed
a breakfast or something on his yacht.
and ! suppoSe--eVery one will think
it queer. as you say--if l don't go,
but the fact is ] don't care much for
that sort of thing. If it is like the hotel
| am afraid | should be very much out
of place"
"Do you mean to say that Dudleigh
is going to give a breakfast on his
yacht? Well, l must say, some of you
quiet girls are pretty deep! And you
never said a word"
Yes. | said that I hadn't met him
before and that mother wouldn't like
my accepting attention of that sort,
and"
"Well, you little goose! To lose such
a chance, And now yOull go back to
your dissecting room and bones and
things, without ever going on that love
ly yacht"
"Oh, I'm going if mother will only
come on. You see, he had me send her
a special invitation, and he put off the
breakfast until | heard from her, and
well, she hasn't replied, and, the fact
is, that is why ! thought I'd better go
home. I felt quite blue about it, And
Mr.. Dudlegh said that if / could get
her to consent he'd bring the yacht
down to New York to take us on, and
I usually have a lot Of influence with
mother so I think I'll take that 1890
train, and I'll go on with my packing
now, If youll excuse me-"
We'll" said the most popular girl,
as she flounced back to her own room.
81 always did say that those red-haired
sleepy-eyed girls were about the slyest
things. To think Of her carrying off
ChillingtOn DudleiGh like that when
all the girls i'm the hotel have been
spelling him for the last month! That
girl is just too deep for anything! Just
wait till ] tell the other girls!"-
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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lace and drawn work round neck,
and gossamer, tight-titting or flowing
angel sleeves. A number of these en-
ter into the outfit, each a marvel of
exquisite work, according to the purse
or deftness of fingers of the bride.
A fashionable time for the marriage
ceremony is from midnight up to
o'clock in the morning. The bride
groom, with his immediate relatives
and friends, proceed to the home Of the
bride, and from there a wedding pro-
cession is formed to the church Car
riages are rarely used. the party, if
living in town, making the short jour
ney on foot, the bride walking with her
godfather, the bridegroom with his
gOdmother. The ceremony over, they
return to the brides home. whereupOn
she lifts the veil from her head and
throws it over that of her nearest girl
friend, who cuts it into bits and dis
tributes it among the unmarried
guests.
The bride then strips to pieces the
orange blossoms of her crown, and also
those which deck her gown more or
less olaborately, according to the num-
ber of her guests, and a spray is pre-
sented to each. The fun then grows
lively over counting the blossoms,
those fun blown signifying years, the
half blown months, and the buds days
which will intervene before the recip-
tents marriage.
The bride then retires to make a
change in another special feature of
her array. tho bridal garters. which
are elegant affairs, Ornamented with
white satin rosettes and orange bios
SONS and suspended from the waist
upon strands of white satin ribbons.
Each garter is enclosed in a pretty box
and presented to her most intimate girl
friend The strands of ribbon are cut
into pieces and distributed among the
other guests. Then, simply attred in
the wedding gown, sometimes even this
laid aside for another the bride and
the bridegroom lead the dance and the
festivities take the form Of those usual
to such occasions.
Refreshments are served, never omit
ting chocolate. which from time imme-
mortal has been the nuptial beverage,
so generally recognized that when a
friend wishes to ask the date of a mar
riagc the question takes the form OF
"When will chocolate be served"
After several hours of gaiety the
bridegroom takes his bride to their
new home, and they begin a life of true
domestcity. They continue to be seen
occasionally in society, but generally
ohaperoning some young friends or
chatting With their contemporaries. or
quietly and contendedly moving
through the dance, always, invariably,
with each other.
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Il beg a thousand pardOns for walk
ing into your room like this!" said the
most popular girl at the hotel, but the
door was open, and"
"Oh. don't apologize" said the young
woman, who was on her knees beside a
big. open trunk. sit down anywhere
on the bed. You see, | am packing up"
You are not going back to town, are
YOU"
Il thought / might just as we'll go
home. You see. I've been here two days
and I've done nothing but eat and sleep.
] don't seem to enjoy myself much in
fact, / am really very uncomfortable" 4"
you've kept too much to yourself" ="
said the popular girl. II noticed when
you came Saturday night you were so
reserved that you seemed scared, and
you came right up to your room and
Went to bed" said the young wO-
man on the floor. 1--WE been here two
days and spent nearly all my time in
bed. | could do that home, you know.
] don t know whether the trouble is
with the place or with me, but I'm tired
Of it, I've talked to two or three women
on the piazza after breakfast and they
seem to get disgusted because l make it
a rule not to gossip about folks"
"Oh, that's not gossip. It's just hotel
talk, If you are going to stay at
summer hotel you must learn to talk
hotel language and do as everybody
else does. You'll excuse me, but you've
made some awfully bad breaks since
you've been here For instance you
went in bathing in the afternoon the
other day"
We'll, what of it? think can go
in when / please, can't II"
But not in the afternoon. No one
goes in in the afternoon. It's always
breakfast, then fancy work on the
piazza, and then the mail get in, and
then a bath just before luncheon. But
to go in in the afternoon-why, it's
awfully bad form | felt like telling
you when | saw you going down the
board walk with your suit. The nurse
maids go in in the afternoon"
well. | think that's a funny sort Of
idea" said the queer girl. 81 like to do
things when / please; not because 9TH
er people do them. l don't like it here.
] imagine the trouble is that | came
alone!"
Nonsense! / came alone only two
days before you did"
But you sem to know every one at
the hotel"
mo, there's a man that doesn't get
down until the 1l:40 train each night,
and I've never even spoken to him. In
fact, I haven't seen him except once,
and then he was running for a train.
No, don't know every one, but nearly
every one. You see, make it a point
10 get to know folks. You go around
like a clam, getting further in your
shell all the time"
You don't mean to say that you
speak to people without being intro
duced?"
introduced! Nobody gets introduced
at a summer hotel, at least it doesn't
count, but you must make II point to
get acquainted. Every one does"
But ! don't exactly want to get ac-
auainted. don't want IN avoid any,
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woman to be lightly won and l like
| her for it,"
Lightly won! Good heavens! That's
just it: she doesn't want to be won;
| she only wants to be wooed. John, my
boy | admire your delicious self-con-
ceit and your stubbornness, but tell
| you she is just playing with you"
Il do not care to discuss Miss Har-
lowe any further" said Armstrong,
| coldly. And Travers knew that he had
| said as much as he dared.
Phillipa sat in her drawing room
| waiting for John Armstrong. She was
smiling to herself as she remembered
| that she had told three men she would
| not be at home tonight.
He comes out of his shell when
| there is no one else here" she said to
| herself. What a great, noble head he
mad And what a Will. | will tell
| him about the other men,"
He came directly, and she welcomed
| him very sweetly; but as she looked in
| his face she saw a certain firmness
| about the lips and a steady light Of
| purpose burning in his eyes, and she
| shiverod a little. Like TraVers, she
knew that she had gone as far as she
| dared
She became desperately gay. but
| Armstrong was i'm no mood for rallery.
! He sat silent and watched the play of
| the light on her hair the delicate rose
| color that burned in her cheeks, the
| quick dropping and CTrving of her
| lips
Then he leaned suddenly over her
He was tremendously in earnest, his
straightforward nature could brook no
preamble. She certainly understood
him by this time.
"Phillipa," he cried, you know that
You are dearer than life to me. Do
not put me off any longer. | cannot
bear it. You are very beautiful, DEAR
like some exquisite flower with all
your gifts and Fraces, and | am only
an awkward, abrupt fellow. I have
nothing much to offer YOU, know l
am not worthy Of you, but / can give
you a heart that is all yours and u
lifetime of love and devotion. Will
You accept it, Phillpa?"
accept anything from you? Why,
you must think | have forgotten orr
phlopena Besides, if | did accept,
you know, I shouldn't have a thing to
give you for a pawn"
"Phillipa, do not tri1e with me!"
ou are very uIItdSOlldDle Inll-
lipa cried, conscious, however, that her
eyelashes were failing her for the first
time. you ask me to accept "a gift
just as If there never was such a thing
as philopena."
Armstrong rose. His lips We're white,
his eyes full of pain. He looked down
on her a moment, then he said. quiet
ly: Goodbye, Phillipa," and strods
from the room.
Like many another poor fool, I see
that | have endowed a beautiful doll
with a soul" he said to himself with
bitter smile.
He jammed his hat down over His
head and slid back the chain OF tho
door then he felt the touch Of "A hand
and he turned and saw what no ono
had ever seen before-Phillpa's brill
liant eyes all soft and misty with
tears. She laid her cheek against his
sleeve.
John, dear John, forgive me!" she
cried with a little sob. II do accept,
and here, l will give you the pawn in
advance"
She drew his head down and kissed
him, and Armstrong folded her in his
arms without a word
you see, dear" whispered Phillpa,
II couldn't give you my heart for a
pawn, because you already hadrit long
ago"
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Contentment.

An eccentric old gentleman placed in a
field on his estate board with the fol-
lowing generous OFFER painted thereon;
81 will give this field to any man who
is contented."
lie soon had an applicant. "Well my
man( you ere a coItented fellow?" asked
the old gentleman.
Yes, sir; very
"Then why do you want my field?'
The applicant did not wait to reply
Judy.
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Too Dark,

81 can't see which one this is" said
Aunt Jean, when she went In the semi
darkness to kiss her two little rieces good
night,
Ruth" answered Frances, soberly.
But 1t sounds like Frances" said
Aunt Jean.
"Praps IT is" replied a rogush voice I;
It's so dark l cant see oo.'--JudRe,
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He Got 1t.

PLEASE, sir, can't you help me?" asked
the seeming mendicant; IL am sick and
I'm need Of "A few dimes"
"lf you are sick why don't YOU go 10
the hospital"' answered the sEDatantial
citizen, why do you need few dimes?'
81 thought little change would do me
good" was the plausible reply.-Kansas
City Star
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What's the UseP

A witty doctor, who was one of a corps
of physicians appointed to vaccinate po-
icemen, remarked "WhJ is the use of
Yaccinating those fellows? They never
catch anything, Punch.
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At the Worlds Exhibition in Santiago Chilli in
1875 they once more received the highest possible
award.
At the u. S. Centennial Worlds Exhibition at
Philadelphia, 1876 where the need of superiority
among American makers was more earnestly con-
tended than ever before, after prolonged trial
and test by one of the most competent juries ever
assembled the Mason d Hamlin Organs were de-
clared TO be superior not in only but in all the
important qualities of such instruments
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At the Great Worlds
Exhibition at Paris, in

1878, several hundred ma
kers of musical lnstru.
ments competed before a
jury of exceptional ability,
with DR.. Franz Liszt at the
head, who, after months
of careful test and COM
parison, awarded two high.
est medals to the Mason q
Hamlin Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
HU. v.BAG Sists M to- to cIRE HIis Tobacco &C Habit.
A Dress of Spiders Web.

One of the promised wonders Of the
Paris exposition Of 1900 is to be dress
made of SPIDERS web. The idea is by
no means novel, for Reaumur and
other men Of science long ago thought
that the delicate threads spun by the
common or garden spider might be
utilized for industrial purposes, and
so far back as in 1909 some small
articles-such as socks and mittens-
Of this material were submitted to the
Academy des Sciences. But there was
an unsurmountable difficulty in domes-
ticating the varieties of the insect
found or in collecting their product in
a wild state Father Cambone, how
ever, q Catholic missionary in Mada-
gascar, has discovered n big spider,
known to the Hovas as halabe, which
can be induced, under the influence of
chloroform, to yield some 1000 yards
Of thread per month, and this thread
is so strong as to bear a weight of over
half a pound, and so elastic as to
stretch more than twelve per cent. OF
it's length. In the school Of military
ballooning cords made from the new
material have been used with much
success for the netting of balloons
combining, as they do, the maximum
of strength and elasticity with the
minimum Of weight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
Cheating IL City.

When clerk who is earning SAL
ary of S23 week puts aside in the
bank more than $4,000 in one year,
mere frugality is not sufficient to ex-
plaiL the transaction.
That was the record of clerk who
had charge of the rolls in the paving
division of the Boston street depart
ment two or three years ago. When
he was transferred to another division
two things happened. His savings
ceased and some queer dealings came
to light. For two years, at intervals,
the courts at Boston have been inves-
tigating these dealings. The over
thrifty clerk has been tried, first in
company with one contractor and then
with another, on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the city.
The method of fraud was simple.
The contractors we're credited with
more work than they did, and with
some which they did not do at all.
One of them was proved to have drawn
over $4,000 for teamipg during period
when he had not furnished single
cart.-Youth's Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
The Sexton in New York City.

Sexton and Undertaken" is the Sign
usually found affixed to OF near the
New York churches, but 1t does not
mean that the sexton actually con-
ducts an undertaker's establishment
He merely contracts for the funerals
Of The members Of the congregation
AID sublets the work to what are
known as wholesale undertakers, who
attend to this class Of work exclusive
ly.
4 twenty per cent. commission is
the sexton's share Of the proceeds, and
taking into consideration the large
membership OF some of the New York
churches and the elaborate funerals
that take place almost daily, 1t can
readily be seen that to be a sexton is
an honorable calling-for it is q busi-
ness that brings in the coin. The pro-
fits Of sexton in one Of the large
downtown churches is estimated at
$4,000 annually from his funeral bus
mess alone. Weddings are not so
profitable, but they do fairly we'll and
are cheerful. He collects the pew
rents and takes his habitual commits
sion, he gets $40 for digging n grave
and hires mere laborer TO do the
the work for 81; he is paid for opening
the church and for closing it, and a
few other things that keep him from
starvation. But there is one thing
he must look sharp after, and that is
his collections. 1t is peculiar fact,
but people will stand off funeral bill
as long and as callously rs any other.
Detroit Free IunSS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
Sharks Afraid Of Noise.

vowardiness Of sharks is we'll
knoIr among men who have been
muca to sea in southern waters in.
festd by man eaters. The fiercest
shark will get out Of the seaway in q
very great hurry if the swimmer,
noti ing it's approach, sets up noisy
spla hing. a shark is in deadly fear
of my sort Of living thing that
splahes in the water. Among the
Soua Sea Islands the natives never go
to saa bathing alone, but always in
parties of half dozen or so, in order
hatthey may make the greatest hub
bub in the water, and thus scare the
shalks away. Once in q while a too
ventlreome swimmer among the ma
tiyes foolishly detaches himsel- from
his swimming party and momentarily
forgsts to keep up his splashing. Then
ther. is swish, and the man eater
com.s up beneath him like a flash and
gobtles him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
Rich Baronet Who Died in an Old Garret

Rich Baronet Who Died In an Old Garret
Sir Henry Delves Broughton has just
died in England, ninety-one years old.
He was one of the most eccentric
members of the baronetage. For years
he never crossed~the threshold Of the
house in which he elected to live the
life of a recluse. He passed his time
almost exclusively in the room in
which eventually he was found dead.
The cause Of his death was senile de-
cav There was no one with him when
he died.
one Of the things which seemed to
affo.d him especial delight was to pa
per the walls of his garret over and
ove1 again with pictures cut from the
various illustrated papers. A dressing
gown was his chief article Of attire.
His meals were placed outside his
room at stated intervals. He had a
strng aversion to medical men, and
anybusiness had to be transacted with
the5oaronet on one side and his interro-
gatr on the other side Of the partly
opeied door.
TT, rent roll of this eccentric 'baronet
amt1nted to $150,0O0 year, and he
hal left personality to the amount OF
S7s ,O00.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-14
VERY GENTLE SAVAGES.
Visitors Inspect Samoan Camps While
the Fighters Rest from Battle.

Visitors Inspect Samoan Camps While
the Fighters Rest from Battle.
The Snmoans impress all travellers
as very agreeable people, habitually
gentle in peace and habitually brave
in war "Gentle when stroked, fierce
when provoked" They have strong
strain OF chivalry in their disposition
which has been manifested in many
ways. A Boston gentleman who re-
Gently visited Apia gives in private
letter, from which we are permitted
to quote, description of Mataafa's
army in camp after one of the battles
which have been fought between the
rival claimants to the Samoan throne.
He writes
''We went all about among the huts
where the savages were resting after
the battle and making preparations for
the next fight. Altogether it was n
very peaceful scene, for their arms
were all concealed under the mats on
which the men sat, aud mary of the
soldiers wer.' accompanied by cir
wives and children. They were anus
ing themselves by smoking and beat
lug on tomtoms. The Samoans are
most amiable race OF savages, and
white people are always perfectly safe
among them. Everywhere we were
greeted with smiles and friendly mods
and the salutation, 'Talofa, which
means Love to you = from men,
women and children.
cone instance of their friendly feel
ing occurred during the big battle. A
white man who lived OH the street
where they were fighting saw that two
of his horses had strayed out right
between the hostile lines. He didn't
want to lose them, and lie didn't want
to venture out in the line of fire, so
he stuck white flag out of his win
dow. Upon seeing it both chiefs or
dered their men to stop firing, and
hostilities were suspended while the
white man went out and calmly drove
his horses to place of shelter. Then
they went at it again. y
They are people who need but
sympathetic association with white
people to acquire the virtues of civil
ization without losing their own ex-
cellent qualities or native kindness
and courtesy. Boston Transcript.