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1rn,nan and the Doormat.

REGINALD" she said. before we
go any farther l want you to tell me
something. At a meeting Of some kind
the other day woman said men look
upon women as doormats. Oh, tell
me-tell me, before it is forever too
late-is that your idea?"
We'll, darling" he said, looking far
down into her wonderful, deep eyes
and feeling around for her soft little
fingers, "to be perfectly frank with
YOU. | must confess that do consider
women to be like doormats-in a
sense"
A pallor overspread her sweet face.
She sank down on the davenport or
the dubuque, or whatever the fashion,
able name for it is, and motioned at
him to stand back.
Don't touch ne! Don't come nea-
mel" she cried when at last she could
trust herself to speak. THANK heav-
en- have found you out in time. Ugh,
And they say this is an enlightened
age Oh, why did let you kiss me
before l knew,"
"You see," he said when she allowed
him to continue. "if it were not for
women and doormats I'm afraid some
of the men wouldn't always leave SO
much of their coarse clay outside as
they do or try to do under the cir
cumstances."
In moment she was pinioned
against his breast and words hal
ceased passing between them.-Chica-
go Record-Heralu
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The Earth's Reutlinrs.

Little bendings are in progress all
the time the world over The i'm
movable" hills are bowing and Scrap
ing to each other constantly. Every
evening, as the dew settles in the VAL
leys between them, they nod to one
another. So, likewise, do the noun
tains, even to a greater extent. GRAY
ity is tugging all the time. And in
London, too, where earthquake sensa-
tions are practically unknown, the
earth bends daily, and the buildings,
like the hills and the mountains, nod
to their friends opposite when the
morning traffic begins. On Sunday,
usually, their manners take a rest,
excepting in such places as Petticoat
lane, where business hourishes in as
lively a fashion as in Paris. Heine
said that even the trees made obei-
sance to Napoleon the First when he
entered Berlin. This was imaginative
yet truthful, for the weight of .ue
crowd along Unter den Linden made a.
fitting sufficient for Professor Mines
pendulums to have recorded distinctly.
One might say the crust Of the earA
acts like a steel spring, it bends so
easily.-Everybody's Magazine.
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Novelties In Bronze.

Bronze, the favorite modern metal,
has undergone several changes. By
acid oxidation lovely colors are pro-
duced in the metal, as dead brown,
patina like green and several violet
shades, among them heliotropa. The
material is then gilded, but the colors
still faint:y simmer through. Won
derful female heads, which rest upon
q broad basis Of chest and shoulder,
display III the snimmering hair iris
in it's natural colors, while~the finely
modelled neck rises from drapery- in
green or violet tones. Newest in all
these genres, however, are the orna-
ments OF gold, sllver or bronze mount
ed in glazed earthenware. BY chem
ical process the stoneware receives a
rough, shaded surface, giving it the
character of some highly interesting,
unknown stone, the coiorcd tones of
which cause it to appear a rarity. The
fans this year are adorned with costly
paintings or are enriched with gold
and silver pallettes. The old fash
ioned fan cases to hang at the girdle
have also leappearcd. The glass cases
and tables clasped with bronze are in
empire style, whl.e lnlaid TABLES with
three graduated shelves for paintings
or photographs have often exquisite
inlaid work.
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ature. Milly, I've confession to
make. 1 know you'll think I'm N
awful fool, and perhaps be angry, but
promise me, Milly, beforehand, that
you will forgive me-"
I'D promise you anything, Harry.
lit can't be anything dreo dful, I'm
sure" falteringly.
"Then read that and put me out Of
my misery"
And taking from his inside breast
pocket copy of the Daisy containing
Aunt Megs advice, which he had so
successfully acted upon, he opened it
at the fatal page and handed it to her.
Harry" she said quietly, pushing it
away. her eyes filling with tears this
while. "I-I know what you mean now.
she-she was there, and-and you
saw ter."
81 saw her her, Milly?" calculated
Ellington, utterly taken aback by her
answer.
Yes, Harry, and you see her now!
II was Aunt Meg at the time, and
knowing whom your question COLI
cerned replied accordingly. l, too,
meant to confess all today, and you
have made it easier for me to do so.
Kiss me, Harry, and say you forgive
me. Magazine.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

The one pruoence of life is concen-
tration.
An aim,ess life is commonly name
less life
Consideration is the daughter OF
kindliness.
Time lost in menuing nets is saved
in catching fish.
Disgrace is not in the punishment
but in the crime.
Riches are not an end of life, but
an instrument Of life.
Trust your secret to another and it
will return badly soiled.
A truth that one does not under
stand becomes an error.
Delicious rest is the fruitase Of toll;
it is strengths sweet restorer.
Success, if attained ct all, must be
attained via the path of drudgery.
A good conscience is sometimes sold
for money, but never bought with it.
1t is always duty to enlighten con-
science; it is never duty to disobey it.
If thou suffer injustice, console thy
self; the true urhappiness is in doing
it.
The two great longings of really
noble spirit are to be loved and to be
useful
If you wish success in life, make per-
severance your bosom friend, expert
ence your wise counsellor, caution your
elder brother and hope your guardian
genius.
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Novel Use for Old Magazines.

A new way of saving the special
magazine articles in which she is in
terested has been found by woman
who considers it a waste of money TO
have such periodicals bound. When
the other members Of the family have
finished reading the magazine she re-
moves the wire or cord that holds
the leaves together and takes out the
articles she wishes 10 preserve. These
are then sorted into envelopes marked
history" verse" fiction" etc.
When she has collected enough arti-
cles to form a thousand page book on
any subject she numbers the pages
over, writes out an index and sends
the books to be bound. In this way
she has collected several volumes on
subjects OF special interest.
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Glrze for Collars.

A glaze for linen collars may be
made by dissolving an ounce of best
white gum arabic in quarter OF a
Pint Of boiling soft water. Strain, and
bottle for use. Put small teaspoon
water starch made with two ounces
Of white starch and tablespoonful
Of turpentine. Mix, and dip each ar
into cold water again; wiring out, and
lay separately on dry cloth, and COW
CT with another dry cloth, roll up
tightly, anu leave for two or three
hours. Ircn slightly with box iron
on the wrong side until dry and stiff.
Have we'll heated polishing iron, and
use it with both hands to give weight
and polish; then pass the box iron over
the wrong side, giving the corners a
curl round, and air before the fire.
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ELASTIC BANDS DUST STRING.
Cheaper Than String In Some Uses
Tons of Them Sold.

mo-" said rubber goods dealer,
who had been asked about the sale of
elastic bands, I'VE don't exactly sell
them by the ton, but there are tons
of them sold in the course Of the year.
Originally designed more especially
for convenient binder for bundles of
documents and that sort of thing, they
are now used for a great variety of
purposes in place Of string. They are
used to put around packages and
bundles in stores, more especially
small packages, as in drug stores.
"They are used by many manufac-
turers to put around things of various
kinds, which otherwise would be tied
up. If many of these uses, aside
from their convenience and their at
tractiveness as part Of the parcel,
they are cheaper than string, because
the use of them saves so much time.
A rubber band can be wrapped around
g package in much less time than it
can be tied up.
Rubber bands in old times used to
be sold by the dozen, now, as you
know, they are sold by the pound, but
you don't have to buy a pound, you
can buy an ounce, or half ounce, for
that matter
How many bands to pound? Well,
that depends, of course, on the size
of the bands. The biggest, heaviest
bands used run only twelve bands to
the pound; the smallest. tiny little
band called an election ring, from their
use around punches of ballots, number
thousands to the pound. Most people
buy bands Of gray rubber, but nova
days there are not few who prefer
the bands of the more modern terra
Gotta color
IT never heard an elastic band play,
but there's sure to be music in the air
when the small boy gets out with his
beanshooter, which he makes by at
taching a. rubber band to the prongs
of wlshbone-shaped handle; this be.
ing on of the uses OF elastic bands that
| forgot to mention. New York Sun.
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QUEER ARE WlM5N.
That Is, Some of Them Are, Says . Gym.

That Is, Some of Them Are, Says Gym
icaI Masculine Observer.
Women are critically curious Great
ures," said cynical citizen, "and the
wonder to ne is that they ever make
a wise selection in marriage. do not
mean to say anything unkind. for no
man has a deeper or more profound
regard for women than I have, and
admire Drummond chiefly because he
said that woman represents eyolu-
tons, natures, Gods, highest achieve
ment, and that she was really the cll-
max of all these forces, and they
reached their limit in her creation,
result the forces had been striving
to bring about from the very begin
ming OF time. I believe this is true.
Being of cynical turn of mind, l am
not inclined to admit that the world is
wholly good, but what good there IS
On this old planet is to be found in
the other sex.
But why is it that We are constant
ly confronted by the perverseness OF
womans taste in the matter OF choos-
ing between men as we find it, for ILL
stance, in the stage portrayals? Take
the average play, and we will gener-
ally find the wonan's love drifting
toward some fellow who is totally un-
worthy, a fellow who is a vertitable
scalawag in all that the word means.
'in nine cases out Of 10 it is neces-
sary to kill few men in order to pro-
tect some good woman-on the stage
from the fearful tortures of living all
her life with an unworthy man. At
least, one man will have to be Of the
melodramatic kind. why, there is no
limit to the number Of fellows who will
be sacrificed in order to get the woman
out OF bad matrimonial bargain. Are
mems ideals higher than the ideals OF
women? Is the heroic and the sublime
in mans nature more highly devel-
oped and more delicately outlined than
these same impulses in the nature OF
the falrer sex? Fiction, you know,
and fiction of the standard sort Is
| filled with women of the kind l have
mentioned. Of course, they are not all
of the kind have been discussing.
Shakespeare's women, for instance,
are made Of sterner stuff, and histori-
cal examples Of the stronger and more
thoroughly balanced kind are not lack.
ing. There are the women Of the
French revolution, who lowered above
the men like gi1p tesses. There are our
own noble W men,, who struggled
through the blood and tears that
drenched the eos, and others might
be mentioned, for we may count all
around us the good examples Of wise
women in all Of life's relations.
But I was just thinking lightly
about the apparently natural devotion
which woman has for the scalawag,
and in a majority Of cases, if she Is
called upon to make a selection be-
tween two men, she will lean toward
the fellow who needs reclamation, in-
deed if she does not take him. If You
do not believe it, keep tab on them
for awhile. New Orleans Times-Dem-
Ocrat
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Sir William uarcour,s Success,

The most successful maiden speech
of recent times was that of Sir Will
liam Earcourt He wss IL years old
when he took his seat as member for
Oxford on Feb. 16, 1SfJ, and just q
week later addressed The house for
the first time The subject was hap
PLY one in which le was well versed.
Viscount Bury asked for leave to i'll
troduce measure entii.ed the vacating
seats bill, to repeal the statute Of
Queen Anne which makes it necessary
for members of the house to seek re-
election on acce lg Office in the gov
ernment, on the and that it se'.e |
no useful purp, Mr.. Vernon Har-
court, as he WI ..en caile!, protested
against leave being given even to
bring in such bill. The speech,
which occupies six columns in Han
sard and was loudly applauded
throughout, induced Viscoun. Bury to
withdraw his notion
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Prince Christian n Ganhnr

Prince Christian of Denmark, who
is on terms of close intimacy with the
Duke OF Cornwall, has moro than once
demonstrated his coo!ness and per-
sonal strength. The other day the heir
to the Danish crown was driving with
the princess. when the bells on their
horses startled the animals in an
other sleigh, which was overturned,
the occupants being entangled in their
rugs. The startled horses Eolted. and
the unfortunate passengers were III
great danger, but the crown prince i'm
mediately leaped out of his sleigh.
seized the runaways and brought them
to standstill.
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NHyNoNS ENINEg
A Nnyel Work. Enskat.

The familiar work basket now ap-
pears under the name Of work jug ana
the possession of q work jug is nee
essary if one would be up to date.
Slender scrap baskets ere employed for
lnis purpose. The latest ncte with re-
gard to .ne genuine scrap basket is
tc provide an inside lining that may
be lifted out without disturbing the
interior of the highly decorated straw
catch-all,
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There Is more Cata-rh in this section OF tho
country theH all other diseases put together,
and until the last fow years was supposed to
be incurable. Fora great many years doctors
pronounced 1t q local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
curablc. Science has proven Catarrh to be o
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
euro, manufactured by F. J. Cheney i Co..
Toledo, o., is tho only constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to c teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
" on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They offer ono hundred dollars for
any case It fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address F. j. CHENEY &
Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists. roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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let Us Hope Not

Johnny was spelling his way through
q marriage notice in tie morning pa
per.
"At high noon,'" he read, "the
clergyman took his stand beneath the
floral bell, and to the music Of the
wedding march the contradicting par.
ties moved down the
mot 'contradicting,' John" inter
rupted his elder sister. Contract
ing.
well" stoutly contended Johnny
they'll be contradicting parties after
a while!"
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.zs=EAIA A1 IA}oyS AD
4 R<fWES
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Sage SoufIle with Cranberries--Place
in a double boiler four ounces Of
cleaned sago, a pound of sugar and q
pound of cranberries in alternate lay
ers and cook without stirring Tor half
an hour, then let it cool; stir in the
stifly beaten whites of six eggs. Serve
in a glass compotiere with cranberry
sauce around it.
Waldorf Potatoes-Pare, wash AMI
dry eight potatoes Of medium size. Cut
them round and round in curls in the
same manner in which apples are
pared, having the piece as long as
possible. Lay in cold water an hour:
drain dry. Fry in deep fat in a bas-
ket until brown and tender. Drain on
soft paper, sprinkle lightly with salt
and serve as a garnish for the roast.
Have the platter hot
Grape Pudding-Soak one-half box
of gelatin in one-half a cup of cold
water, until soft; add one cup of boil
ing water, juice Of one lemon, one
cup Of sugar and one pint of grape
juice. Set aside 10 cool until it begins
TO stifien, then fold in the stifTy beaten
whites Of two eggs. Run into mold.
When ready to serve unmold and gar
nish with whipped cream. A bunch
of grapes may be placed on the top
of the mold. This will serve eight
persons. Recipe may be doubled, as
it will keep If not used.
Rice Croqucttes-One-half cup of
rice, one-half cup boiling water, one
cup scalded milk, one-half teaspoon
salt, yoks two eggs, and one table
spoon of butter. Wash rice add to
water with salt, cover and steam until
rice has absorbed water. Add the
milk, stir lightly with fork. cover
and steam until ri'e is soft. Remove
from fire, add six yollis and butter;
spread on a shallow plate to cool.
Shape in balls, roll in crumbs, then
shape in form of nests. Dip in egg,
again in crumbs, fry in deep fat and
drain Put cube of jelly in each cro-
quette. Arrange on a folded napkin
and garnish with holly.
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side of the bride, on the coach har-
ress only On the outside. The boss
is the only place where crest or
an initial should be placed. For wet
weather work the harness should be
of black leather throughout, with the
metal parts covered-this rule applies,
however more to team harnesses than
to fours.
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The Electric Clock Now.

The electric clock is a convenience
that the traveller and the stay-at-home
individual alike appreciates. By
touching button at the side of the
clock the face OF the time recorder
is brilliantly Illuminated so that the
hour may be easily seen AZ any time
OF the night A dry battery is con-
ccaled in the base OF the clock case
and a small glass bulb appears in
front Of the face. The battery with
care will last for some months and
renewal costs but little.
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Patience.

"I never lose my temper when a
man insults me-" said Broncho Bob.
But you didn't waste any time on
Coyote Bill"
mo. But I didn't lose my temper.
I've learned by experience that moth.
irg keeps man from shnotng
straight like losing his temper. -
Washington Star
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TWO POETS.

Two poets lived: their time came and they
died.
Silenoed. they slept their long sleep, side by
side.
In memory OF the one with loud acclaim
Men built q temple beautiful. of Fame.
Mid richest carvings splendidly enscrolled
His name shone radiant. embossed in gold,
And even proclaimed him greatest OF man
kind,
The Master-singer and the Master-mind.
With lauds and praises did the temple quake,
But of the other si!enced poet no man spake.
Calmly surveying from his heavens height
The tenn ple-builders in their puny might,
Enthroned in spleadour sate the Orersoul:
And on eternal tablets did Il name enroll
Upon the honou.-list Of heavens hest:
In flaming colours it outshone the rest.
But 10, the letters did not spell! the name
OF him whom men placed in their hall OF
Fame.
voics spake Empty is the name ye
quote:
This poet lived the poetry the other wrote.
Elizabeth r. Finley.
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Best Tor tho Bowels.

Nomatter what ails you, headache to can
Ger, you will never get we'll until your bowels
aro put right. CAsoARETs help nature, cur.
you without q grippe or pain, produce easy
start getting your health back. CAsoARErs
Candy CathRrtic, the genuine, put up in meta
boxes, every tablet has c. C.. C. stamped OF
It. BeWare Of limitations.
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Intelligence and the Suffrage,

Symonds, o you object to woman
suffrage. ould like to know upon
what grounds, if you have any reason
able ones.
Belcher-I've heard more than a
hundred women say the men are all
alike. With such an idea in their
heads. how can you expect an intelli-
gent use of the suffrage from them2-
Boston Transcript.
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USELESS.

Mr.. D. Speptic-My dear. wish
you'd prepare something occasionally
to tempt my appetite.
His Wife-The ideal Why. you
haven't any appetite to tempt.-Cath-
Ollie Times.
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Prof. Walter Wilson, OF tho Savannah High
School, says: II feel it my duty to testify to
the wonderful curative properties Of letter
inc. 1t cured in few days my son whose feet
were affected with stubborn skin trouble,
afterueing otherremedics without any bene-
flt." Coca box by mail from j. T. Shuptrine,
Savannah. Ga. II your druggist don't keeplt.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits ornorrous-
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. S2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. R. H. kLIEE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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Il. q. GREEN'S Sons. Of Atlanta. Co., are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists IN the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column Of this paper.
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The rich man travelling abroad doesn' |
have to be linguist. Money talks in
every language.
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We refund Zoe. for every package Of Put
NAM FADE1Ess DYE that fails to give satis-
faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionrille, No.
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When fellow carries o picture in his
watch there is usually woman in the case.
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The bones of mastodon recently
found in Missouri indicate that the
beast had throat six feet in diam.
eter.
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HIS TASTE IN REFURNIsHING.
"Bigson says he has had his house
refurnished during his wife's ab'
sence"
"As surprise to her."
mo, as a shock. Detroit FREQ
Press.
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If ignorance were bliss, what a lot of peo'
pie would be happy.
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New Use For Petroleum.

Scientific investigation has proven that
petroleum is far superior to coal for fuel, so
that we need not worry should the coal sup
ply give out. IN nearlya all OF Natures prod
ucts we find that rs soon az one material be-
comes scarce another is discovered to take
its place. There is enc exception, however,
and that is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
is Natures own remedy Tor dyspepsia, indi-
gestjon, constipation and malaria, fever md
aGue. Don't fail to Try it.
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Practice makes perfect, but it doesn't re
quire much practice to make perfect fool
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-03-26

The average man returns a borrowed ula-
brela when it's worn out and he wants an
other
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Ship rats, which are propagators of the
plague, have been thoroughly cxterminatcd
at Marseilles by the use of liquid carbonic
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-03-26

New York City is the chief manufactur-
ing city in the United States.
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Typer's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Sour
Stomach and Headache. At Druggists, 50c.