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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Sorrows best antidote is employ
ment.-Young.
A stout heart may be ruined in for.
tune, but not in irit.-Tlugo.
Sooner or later the world comes
round to see truth and do the right.
-Hillard.
Nothing is so naughty and assum-
ing as ignorance, where self-conceit
sets up to be infallible.-South.
We love to expect, and when expec-
tation is either disappointed or graf
flied we want to be again expecting. :
Johnson.
He that takes truth for his guide
and duty for his end may safely trust
to Gods providence to lead him Alright.
Pascal.
No true and permanent fame can be
founded except in labors which pro-
mote the happiness of mankind. -
Charles Sumner.
A soul occupied with great ideas
best performs small duties; the divin-
est views of life penetrate most clearly
into the meanest emergencies. Mar
tineau.
1t may serve as a comfort to us in all
our calamit;es and affiictiops, that he
who loses anything and gets wisdom
by it is gamer by the loss. LES
TRANCE.
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The Hundred Year Club.

The Hundred Year Club Is the latest
development Of the end-of-the-century
mania for societies. These would-be
centenarians have quite discarded the
idea Of q threescore-and-ten limit to
human existence. They declare that
the life of man Should be normally
from 12O to $50 years. and while they
admit that this increase Of days may
not be secured by the present genera
ton, they expect that the average life
will be considerably heightened.
The circular issued by the club
enumerates several objects to be Sc
cured in addition to greater length Of
days. Some Of these purposes are rele-
want, as, for instance, the decrease in
the cost of life-insurance which will
come with increased longevity. Others
appear to be rather remote from the
main project, as when stress is laid
on, the fact that "these clubs will de-
velop the faculty Of conversation
which makes one appear to advantage
in society" After all, this may be an
important feature Of the work. If the
same people are to be meeting one an
other. for something like century, it
is by no means unessential that they
should learn to make. themselves
agreeable. 1t would not be easy to re-
gard the Hundred Year Club with sat
isfaction if through it's efforts certain
persons should extend their hold on
life to the traditional ninety-nine-year
lease without improving in the mean
time.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Source of the American Temperament.

Source of the American Temperament.
The American over-tension and jerki-
ness and brenthlessness and intensity
and agony OF expression are primarily
social, and only secondafily physiolog-i
ical phenomena They arelbatthabits,
nothing more or less, bred Of custom
and example. born of the imitation Of
bad models and the cultivation Of false
personal ideals. How are idioms
acquired, how do local peculiaritiess, Of
phrase and accent come about?
Through an accidental example set by
someone, which struck the iears,Gof
others, and was quoted and copied till
at last everyone in the locality chimed
in. Just so it is with national tricks:
Of vocalization or intonation, with,
national manners, fashions of move
ment and gesture, and habitual ex-
pressions of face. We, here in America
through following Il succession Of pat
tern-setters whom it is nowimpossible,
to trace, and through influencing each
other in bad direction, have at last
settled down collectively INTO what,
for better or worse, is our own char
acteristic national type-a type with
the production of which, so for s. us
these habits go, the climate and con-
ditions have had practically nothing
at all to do. Professor Williami
James, in Scribner's. Gi.r
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Use CERTAIN CHILL CURE.
Skeleton Made of Newspapers.

A Lewiston man,, q chemist went
Into well known Lisbon street variety
store the other day and began to pick
lfout things of, interest and tell where
they were made and what. they were
made or: He found several things
-madein Japan, where he supposed that
the. newspapers, which he especially
has no liking fer, has no pull with the
public '"'f
AlIt so happened that the storekeeper
knew something, about the. forcefulness
. OF Japanese newspapers. and he took
sup allittle white skeleton, made in the
exact shapel of a human one, and a
good specimen. Of japanese art. This
the Lewiston chemist thought was odd,
! .and heseouldn't guess what it was
made of, butt said that he. would like
to see what it was made Of. He went
away saying that Japan was destined
to be a great country because it was
not overridden with newspapers.
When the chemist got home he put
!, the little Japanese plaything into the
water and soaked it out. Gradually it
.unrolled till it.peeled off, bone by bone,
! and the little. rolls were found to be
closely printed paper evidently old ia
panese newspapers, used by the max
.ers of the little playthings. The chem
list took. the rolls to friend OF his who
has been. studying Japanese little,
and he picked out sentences here and
there such as:
! "The Chinese army was cornered at
.iPort Arthur" and Fearful slaughter
. of the Orientals-on both sides" The
next time he went into the variety store
he found his friend, the store keeper,
. erinuing out Of his eyes at him. What
F. were the japanese skeletons made Off
asked the store man. Newspapers,
said the chemist-Lewiston (Me.) Jour-
nal
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Flower Baths the Vogue.

Partisan femininity fairly reveIsi
these days in the practice, revived
from the early Roman period, of fonali
bathing. Flower baths, as they are
called, have become the vogue in the
French capital. The girls VOW that
they not only impregnate the skin.
with their delicate odor, but strength.
en- and invigorate the body. They
have two ways of takinga flower bath.
One of these is known as the dry
bath, and is us simple as it is luxuri-
ous. The bathtub is first heated and
then filled with blossoms. In this
perfumed bed milady rests for one
hour, when her maid pronounces her
ready. In the other method dozen
punches OF roses OIL other sweet
scented flowers are thrown into the
hot water with which the tub is pre-
pared for the bath.
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the spare rooni: he dug into this for
i while; then he brought out parch-
mient paper. He took it to his
wife and handed it to her. 1t was an
army discharge. The space after the
word character" was filed in with
the word excellent There was an
Endorsement at the bottom. of the. dis
charge signed by the colonel of the
regiment, saying, "This man is b fine
soldier, both in garrison and camp"
''I had to take my turn ms, cook of
my outfit, you know" be said after a
while, 'and all of MS have got to know
low to police up and keep things
Clean" u
"But why did you never tell me
you were soldier? Don't you know
+ perfectly adore and idolize ssl.
diers?" she asked him, and he. could
only grin and look sheepish.
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MADE LINCOLN TUMBLE HIS HAIR.

Medill's Eirmnoss Gave the Country
Correct idea of the Railsplitter.
The death of Joseph Medill re-
calls the story of picture of Lin
coin; the one by which he became
known to the country. 1t was very
soon after the first nomination of
Lincoln for the presidency. The
story of the picture is given in Mr..
Medills words as nearly as they can
be recalled
"I know him so we'll that I called
him Abe and he called me Joe. He
came to see me in the Tribune office
soon after his nomination. think
I sent for him. 1 said to him after
we talked Of more important matters:
"'Abe there are not many people
in the country who know how you
look. You must get your picture
taken. Get ready and 1 will go with
you.
'Snapshots were unknown then
and so were newspaper artists, as
they are called. Lincoln went to his
hotel to fix up and I called for him at
the appointed time. / think he saw
that I was surprised.
=" How do I look?' he asked. His
coat was buttoned from top to bottom.
But it was his hair which caused me
to look at him. He had evidently wet
it and it was stuck to the skin and
across his temples as smoothly as if it
had been ironed. 1t was so unlike
him that he looked unnatural.
1T will never do,' I said as
soon as I could recover my breath.
abe You never could be elected presi-
dent if the country thought you wore
your hair that way
"He looked ut me as if he were
dazed. He mad the heart of child.
He had plastered his hair down in
that way honestly and inuocently. 1t
hurt him to think he had done some
thing he should not have done. That
was his nature. He looked in the
mirror, and then that expression of
humor which L never saw in any other
face came out. He took both hands
and showed them through his hair
until it looked like brush heap after
n hurricane. Then he looked at me,
and told him that was more like him.
We walked into the photographers,
several blocks, and my recollection is
that he scarcely spoke during the
time. When he sat before the camera
he ran his long fingers through his
hair again and looked at me like
child that had been whipped. From
that picture all copies for campaign
purposes were made, and whatever
caricatures and cartoons were made
of him during the campaign were
suggested by that picture
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07
ODD VIEWS OF POLICE DUTY.
People WHO Want Postage Stamps, Ice
Water, Door Keys and Money:

Water, Door Keys and Money:
"Its easy to criticise the police de-
partment," said sergeant in the back
room Of a station-house, "but the gen.
eral public has no idea Of the many
different things we have to do and of
the annoyances to which we are sub
jected. When was on duty In some
of the south side precincts people used
to come to the station and ask for the
uueerest things. Hardly a day went
by that some one didn't come around
and ask for postage stamps, while in
the summer time they used to come in
droyes for d drink of ice water. When
he demonstrated with them, they'd
say: Vel, don't We pay taxes for de
ice, and shouldn't We drink 1t, what!'
AS a matter of fact, the ice is paid for
by the policemen themselves, but you
couldn't make them understand it.
Zone night about 10 o'clock, when
was on the desk, a big, stout German
came in and walked up to the rail.
Sergeant, my wife is gone out NIT
der key und am locked oudt,' he said.
"Well,' I said, what can do about
it?
"'Vy, sendt a policeman und make
me get in der house, dots what l
didn't spend my time arguing with
him. you can bet.
"But that was not the worst case by
any means. A poor tailor living on the
ton floor Of @ tenement down that way
committed suicide after quarrel with
his wife. The man was dead when the
ambulance came. A few hours later
the widow sent her little girl around
to the house to say that she had no
money, and unless some one helped
her out the man would have to be
buried in the potter's field. The police
are often called on in similar cases, so
the boys Clipped in all around
and raised $40. I gave that to the
child and sent her away. Soon after
it was time for roll call and another
sergeant came on duty. He was busy
writing up the blotter when the same
girl returned.
"My mudder says can l get any
more. she said.
"What? said the sergeant, who had
been asleep and didn't know about the
collection.
"My mudder says can I come
around next month an git some more
money was the reply. She didn't
get any more, and that incident was
somewhat Of q damper on charity
in that particular station for quite q
while. e."-Chicago Tribune.
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comfort her-"I have never seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed beg
ging bread;" and somehow Doltcas felt
that kind Providence had not forsaken
her.
Mrs. Cymonds put on her best dress,
tied her lavender bonnet-strings in q
becoming bow under her chill, and
looked at herself il the mirror with a
smile of satisfaction.
"He'il be certain to come to the
sewing-society today, and who knows
what may happen. as we walk home
together! My, but won't Letitia Pipes
be mad! She almost turns green with
envy now, when the deacon walks with
me-"
But Deacon Grey did not make his
appearance at the sewing circle and
the widow returned home ia some-
what different mood from that in which
she had set out,
"What in common sense he means
by not coming I don't see!" she said,
crabbedly. '.And that Letitia Pipes
was glad of it-looked like she wanted
to litter right out, when I had to put
on my bonnet and start home alone. "
The afternoon had worn away, and
the sun was sinking fiery shafts
of crimson beneath the far-off western
horizon.
"Who in creation a coming now?"
grumbled the widow, as q 1.-the, slender
figure swung open the front gate, and
tripped up the path to the cottage
door.
It was Dorcas, her brown eyes shin
ing and her cheeks glowing like full
blown Jacqueminot rose.
''Back again, like bad pennyl"
cried the widow, Grossly. "You'll have
to stay all night, I s'pose; but I've
told you once I couldn't keep you
and I can't!'
''I've only come for my things" "
said Dorcas, demuredly, her cheeks
dimpled with smiles and bushes.
''The deacon's out in the buggy wait
ing for me. %
''The deacon?" gasped the widow,
astounded.
Eyes. I'm married to Deacon
Grey" exclaimed Dorcas, while her
stepmother glowed in wrath and dis
may. 'I met him at the stile, this
morning, and I think he married me
out of pity. for was CRYING q little,
you know, to think I had no home to
go to. So he took me to the parson-
age and we were married, and went
home to dinner. Aud here's the dea-
con coming in now for my trunk.
"Well, wellr' exclaimed Miss Letitia
Pipes, when she heard the news. "But
& body might a-known it was Dorcas
the deacon was accounting. But I'll
bet a button Feroby is as mad as wet
hen about IL"
And so she was. Saturday Night
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THE TWO DOLLS.

Said the Pink Paper Doll 20 the Purple
Paper Doll,
"oh! how wish that were made OF
wood!''
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll,
"rm sure 1 think that paper s Just as
good"
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll,
'+Oh! how wish that 1 were made Of
wax"
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll.
"Your face would soon be scanned with tiny
cracks"
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll,
"oh! how wish were made Of bisaue"
aof breaking you would run an awful
risk.
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll.
'.Oh! how wish were Of worsted knit!'
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll,
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll,
ooh! how wish that I were made OF
rags"
Said the Purple Paper DOLL to the Pink
Paper Doll,
.Then the iunkman d carry you of in his
bags"
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll,
sOh! how wish that we're made OF rub
Der!
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll,e
1--WE used to know one, and we used to
snub her."
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll.
ooh, how wish were made Of china"
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll,
you'd be old-fas hioned, and they d name
you Dinah."
Said the Pink Paper Doll to the Purple
Paper Doll,
swell, then I'm glad that I'm paper
doll!'
Said the Purple Paper Doll to the Pink
Paper Doll,
II think it is the best, dear, sitter all!''
Carolyn Wells, in Puck.
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:,
SUnimjortance.

seWhat has become of the Chinese
EMPEROR" inquired one of the lead
ing citizens of Pekin. ''He doesn't
seem to be alive to the situation"
eyes," replied the mandarin who
knows court secrets; tas politician
he is SO completely off the earth that
the Empressf doesn't even think it's
worth while to announce any more
funerals for him. Washington Star.
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cen,ena-tan Duchess.

Jane Dowager Lady 5Carew of
Woodsdown House, County Water
ford, Ire, who has just entered upon
her one hundred mud first year, danced
at the Duchess of Richmond's ball at
Brussels on the night before Water
loo. She was then Miss ,Cliffe, the
daughter OF Major Anthony Cliffe of
Ross, and in the following year, 1915,
she married the first Lord Carew,
whom she has long survived.
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FRANCES New President.

Z. President Lonbet, the new president Of
Frahce is, If anything, calm, cane, trils
bourgeois and utterly devoid of sense Of self
Importance But there is q strong and ire
sistible will behind, his blnnd face, and he
looks like O man who would 1ntuse into
rundown French politics as much vigor and
new life as ,Hostetters Stoln ach Bitters Will
Into the run down system Of anyone who
uses IL 1t is an absolute cure for the worst OF
aiIIgtomach disorders
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean 1y
purities from the body. Begin. to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,- beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, 5Oc.
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Earned Money by Starving

A professional faster, named Succi,
has just completed term Of absolute
abstinence lasting twenty-five days in
Milan. Italy. He was walled up in a
stone hut, in which he was under con-
slant surveillance through two strong
glass windows, which were closed
under seals.
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes Tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Aching and
Sweating Feet Sold by all Druggists,
Grocers and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent
FREE. Address Allen S. 0lmsted, Leroy,
n Y
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! Nev .oldest Town of the United States"

A New "0ldest Town Of the United States"
The settlement Of Ponce de Leon at
3canarra, near the site Of Pueblo Viejo,
across Sam Juan Bay, is now. by more
than ffty-fve years the first town es-
tablished within the present borders Of
e+he United States. Historians, there
fore,Y must give the prestige of anti
ouity, not to the Spanish town of St.
Augustine, Fla, of 1866, as formerly
but to Caparra, founded in the year
15o9.-San Juan porto Rico) News.
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Do,,. ro,oceo snit and Smoke Your Life Amuy.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
uetic. full Of life, nervo and vigor, take No-To-
Dac, the wonder-wor!ser, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 5oc or 81. Cure guaran'
tecd. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New YorE
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Misunderstood.

"Do you buy condensed milk, ma
MAJ"
ct presume that we must, but I
never thought of it before. I always
order two quarts, but it never meas
ures more than three pints. Detroit
Free Press.
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Fits permanently cured. No lis or nervous
ness al tier flrst days use OF DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. SO trial bottle and treatisefree.
DIN II. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phtla., Pa.
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Piso,s Cure for CONSUMPTION is an A No. l
Asthma mcdicine.-W RI. WILLIAMS, Antioch,
Ills, April II, 1884,
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7 G. Simpson. Marques. W.. Va. says;
"Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me 9f very oao
aasn af natarrh. ~ Druggists sell 1t, I5c.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething softens the gums. reduces sinfiamma-
Hon ailsys pain, cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

To Cure Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l9c OF Ioo'
f g. C, C. fell to cure, druggists reAuau noaeS'
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n. ". GREEN'S SONS, of Atlanta, Ga. arc the
only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world.
See their liberal offer in advertisement in al
other column of this paper.
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fish diet may not strengthen the brain,
but going fishing often invigoratrs tue ihas-
ination.
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Aluminium feed wires, for electric II, rail-
WAYS are coming into use largely. Their
conducting capacity more than compen-
safes for the difference in price with cop
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Perhaps all men are liars, but there are
times when it's unwise to say so.
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Be cautious with whom you associate and
,evcr rive YOUR company or your confidence
to those of whose good principles you are not
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Japan has new lighthouse, m,.de
of bamboo, which is said to resist the
waves better than any kind of wood.
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Some girls a.e kent so busy getting engaged
th a + they have no time to marry.
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets'
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
1Oc 25c. II G. O. c. fall, orugBistsF eiuuu n4ou0S'
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Almonds are found In Asia, Barbary and
Morocco. Those we get are from Malaga. ''
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
- Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, g., AL druggists
80! Illlk ilikL L-ls 80. i-lllLL. 80
tits not failure, but low aim, that makes o
crime.
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The man who waits until tomorrow never
accom- nlishes any thing.
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Benuty Ia Blood Deep.

II is better to O one thing good than only
PARTLY to accom- plish two good things.
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nc HISIOfJ
wasted figures Of nine
tenths of Our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
M1ss LILA EVANS, of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-07

An honest man is not only the noblest work
of rhe Creator. but also the scarcest.
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To Cure IL Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money If il fails 10 cure. 25c.
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New 1899 Models: ChainIess, $75i colum-
bia chain wheels, $50; Hartfords, $35;
Vedettes, $25, $26.
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Wv roMEN are assaed at every turn by troubles pecn
AI to their SEX Every mysterious ache or pain Is a
wv symptom. These distressing sensations will keep
On coming unless properly treated
The history Of neglect is written In the worn races anu
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The Chainless wheel girl is helping the chain
wheel girl up the hill. But there are excellent
chain wheels We make them. The picture shows
that the Chaluless Is tho better. hill climber, De-
cause the bevel.gearing cannot be cramped or
twisted under the extra strain The same uni
formity Of action makes the Cbsinlsss exception
a1ly eeay running at all times.