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trouble in pulling of the wedding in
such short order. He was inclined to
agree with me. He thought it more
than likely his bride would balk at
such unceremonious haste.
But, by Jove! know girl who has
no such foolishness about her
When I married Dearest-who had
been the Hon. Agatha Wyckhof, you
know-she did not make me wait for
anything. We were. married at the
questionable hour of seven in the
morning in a certain little well-re-
membered chapel in the village Of
Wye, with Mrs. Armistead. her aunt,
as our only attendant. And then
but I forgot am not telling our
story, but Terhune's. Poor old chap!
eff you could have seen mini" said
to Dearest, throwing myself on the
terrace at her feet. Never saw him
IN such state! He was in the wild
est hurry to begin his record-break-
ing campaign for a wife, but didn't
know how to go about it at all. And 1
couldn't blame him really. Twenty
thousand dollars year would make
all the difference in the world to
him!"
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FOR HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Recipe for softenlns and Whitening
the Hands-Cure ard Prevention
of Headache.

A recipe used by Frenchwoman
for softening and whitening her hands
LIZ made by boiling two or three foury
potatoes in their skin, peeling them,
MASKING them and making them into a
paste with equal parts of rosewater
and milk. Apply this preparation at
bedtime while the hands are moist
after they have been washed.
Many women suffer from headache
after a day of busy shopping. To
bathe the forehead with sponge
wrung out of water as hot as can be
borne will in many cases bring relief.
Repeat this as often as the sponge
cools. When the head feels tired it is
refreshing to dash some cold water on
the forehead, then to wire 1t off and
lie down for a time. Closing the eyes
for few moments at odd times dur
ing the day has wonderfully bene-
fetal effect and will ward off many a
headache.
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THEY ARE NOW open.
United States Postal Banks
Begin Business.
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THEM
Deposits From Pennies to Dollars
Will be Accepted-Deposits Limited
in Any One Month-No Pass Book,
But Handsome Certificates.

Washington.-Thro the practi-
cal institution of the postal savings
bank system the United States gov
ernment will afford to the American
people facilities for the saving of a
part of their earnings. The establish
ment of postal savings banks is re-
garded as the most important and far
reaching financial step taken by the
government since the authorization of
national banks and their operation
will be watched with keen interest
by fnanciers throughout the world.
The new system is inaugurated on
a comparatively small scale. One
postoffice in each State and Territory
has been selected as depository. In
these forty-eight Offices, thorough
test of the new system will be made.
It was decided to make the beginning
thus small not only because no ade-
qhate appropriation was available to
put it into general operation, but
also because the plan of operation
adopted differs entirely from that of
any postal savings system in the
world. No pass book will be furnish
ed the depositor, but all deposits will
be evidenced by engraved postal saw
ings certificates, issued in fixed de-
nominations of 81, 81, SIS, $40, $40 and
$50, each bearing the name of the de-
positor and the date on which interest
begins to accrue. The certificates are
non-transferable and. non-negotiable.
Interst will be payable annually at the
rate of two per cent per annum.
BY the terms of the law, no ac-
county for less than 81 may be open
ed and no person may deposit more
than $10O in any calendar month or
have to his credit at any one time
more than $500, exclusive of accumu-
lated interest. Accounts may be open
ed by any person over 10 years old, in
his or her own name, and by married
women in their own names. The ac-
counts of wives cannot be interefered
with or controlled by the husbands.
For the present, deposits will be
limited to patrons of the postofices
at which the system is established.
The service is entirely free, no fee
being required in connection with the
opening of an account or the with
drawal of money deposited. No per-
son connected with the Postofice De-
partment will be permitted to dis
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But she interrupted me. "Yes," she
said, $50 far you're quite right But
don't you see, Freddy, dear, that the
Agathas meant to invite are Agatha
First and Agatha Sixth. In the first
place, they are the only Agathas of all
the six yet unmarried, and in the Sec
ond place, they just happen to be the
two girls Archibald showed the most
interest in at the time you two men
were guests at Castle Wyckhoff for
the first time"
"Of course" / cried, 81 see 1t now!
And you think he'll have more of a
chance with them than with strange
girls he's never seen before?"
The secretary, 4 mean my wife
as say the other name will slip out
occasionally sometimes when I'm
talking of old times-smiled lndulgent-
ly. "As argue it." she said, at will
be Ills only chance. He couldn't hope
to accomplish anything in ten days,
in regard to a girl he doesn't know,
and If you will remember, Agatha
Sixth showed marked liking for him
at that time! A most important point
in favor nf his speedy marriage!"
"Then why not ask just Agatha
Sixth? Why have Agatha First, too?"
] inquired innocently.
Dearest allowed the most delightful
little expression Of pity for my linn
tied masculine intelligence to dim the
brightness of her eyes.
GEO BE CONTINUED)
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ronder of that country than think:
she should be.
From the American backwoods," l
repeated, "that you've never even
seen, against poor old Terhune! Why,
he probably wears scalp lock and
brandishes a tomahawk, for all you
know!"
She smiled pityingly at my primitive
notions OF American civilization.
"Which?" she said, "Terhune or the
third cousin? You're very ambigu-
GUS, Wilfred. Besides, you know lots
better than that!"
hung my head in well-affected con-
fusion and admitted that l did.
Don't be a silly" she admonished,
though could see she thought my at;
titude good one, and tapped me on
the head with her thimble. 1t hurt a
little and pretended to be very angry
at the liberty.
"Just you stop that!" l cried, sud-
denly flinging my arms around her
and pinning her so tight to her chair
she couldn't speak. "And don't pre-
tend you're not going to agree with
me about Terhune! It's serious mat
ter, and you know it! The old boys
in a hole and want to help him out!"
"And you expect me to provide the
method of exit, isn't that it?" asked
my prisoner as soon as she could get
her breath.
Exactly" l said, setting her free
and settling myself in another chair
that was conveniently close to her.
pitch in and tell US how to go
about it," And I leaned back and lit
a favorite pipe Of mine for which l
had long ago gained permanent par
don from Lady Vincent. Which title,
by the way, explains the fact that my
older brother Edmund had died short
ly after our wedding trip, making me
Lord Vincent instead of Lord Wilfred,
and at the same time my father, the
duke of Totten's, heir. At length my
oracle ceased puckering her pretty
brows and spoke. 81 think" she said,
I'VE might manage it if we gave a
small house party and had two of the
Agathas who stayed with me a year
ago during the time when I was car
rying out the conditions of my IA
ther's will and friend Terhune as the
only guests"
withdrew my pipe from my mouth
and my gaze from the broken roof
line Of Wyckhoff castle and the tops
of our famous Wyckhoff oaks, which
was all my lazy line of vision held,
and sat up.
81 know It's an idea," 1 remarked,
"but can't seem to get the inner
significance of it-a house party for
week with just two Agathas and
chune for guests. How"
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SlTOE}(gl5ON Lal@ASOHS "
-T[Sl[5 [R[SA[l kAGAlTElN

"Eighty-two." he snapped; "old
enough to know better!"
"Old enough to be thinking about
making her will, at any rate" said
meaningly. And of course Arch had
in reality too keen an interest In his
own welfare not Ito appreciate thai
fact without needing me to emphasize
it. He was not the boy-I thought
knew him at all, to sit sulking in a
corner when there was only little
thing like getting wife in ten days
between him and chance at for
tune! If he did, he could not certain
ly be the same Terhune that had
proved so earnest an aspirant for the
millions Of the Hon. Agatha, sum-
mer ago. And was right. 1t was no:
long before he'd forgotten his disap-
proval of Aunt Georgy's methods and
was excitedly discussing ways and
means of obeying her behest. l
thought myself the thing didn't sound
so hard. I thought at any rate that 1t
would be regular lark to have a try
at it. But he was much less optimis-
tic, much more downhearted. Not be-
cause he doubted his ability to get
some girl to marry him. for he felt
quite. sure on the contrary that his
orly trouble would be In making a Sc
lection. But it was the shortness OF
the time that stumped him. He
couldn't seem to see himself an en-
gagged man in ten days. his imagina-
ton somehow failed to sum up the
picture. did my best to cheer him
up and pointed out that the property,
which was sheep farm in Australia,
formerly belonging to Aunt Georgy's
brother, now deceased, and yielding a
yearly income of about $4,000, was
worth having try for. And as I said,
1t might have been much worse. Aunt
Georgy might have insisted on his
actually attaining the married state in
ten days time, instead of merely get
ting engaged. and that I thought
would have been well nigh impossible.
Girls are SO queer about that sort OF
thing. They must have trousseau,
and bridesmaids and churches and
fuss and feathers Of one kind or an
other He would certainly have had
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GOT 1T.
Got Something Else, Too.

II liked my coffee strong and 1
drank 1t strong" says Pennsylvania
woman, telling good story, "and al
though I had headaches nearly every
day I just would not believe there
was any connection between the two.
I had weak and heavy spells and pal
pttation Of the heart, too, and al
though husband told me he thought It
was the coffee that made me so poor
ly, and did not drink 1t himself for he
said 1t did not agree with him, yet I
loved my coffee and thought I just
couldn't do without 1t.
Zone day a friend called at my
home-that was a year ago. 1 spoke
about how well she was looking and
she said:
"'Yes, and I feel well, too. It's be-
cause am drinking Postum In place
of ordinary coffee
IT said, What Is Postum
"Then she told me how it was a
food-drink and how much better she
felt since using it in place of coffee or
tea, so / sent to the store and Dougnt
a package and when it was made ac-
cording to directions it was so good
I have never bought pound of coffee
since. I began to improve immediate
ly.
'1 cannot begin to tell you how
much better feel since using Postum
and leaving coffee alone. My health
is better than it has been for years
and 1 cannot say enough in praise of
this delicious food drink
Take away rhe destroyer and put
rebuilder. to work and Nature will
do the rest: That's what you do when
Postum takes ccffee's place in your
diet. There's Reason"
Read the little book, 'The Road to
Wellville," In plgs.
Ever read The nb0rc IetteEa a new
ono appears from ti1nc so time. They
nrc genuine, true, and fall OF human
interest.
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SHOW one that clashes with the others.
Like the many-colored oriental embroi!
deries. each color is the note in a har.
mony.
Green has proven It's strength as a
means Of making a noticeable and ele-
CANT costume. Two. gowns of this, one
in emerald satin and the other light.
er green chiffon, we're worn on the even,
ing Of the production of ''Thais" at Chi.
cago, when all the boxes at the opera
were brilliant with gay attire. They
were not to be overlooked; such was
their. strength and distinction. The
satin was trimmed with splendid gold
embroidery and bore off the laurels for
that evening. as the handsomest cos
tune.
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each.
An interesting and valuable feature
of the system is the privilege accord
ed to depositor of converting his
savings into United States bonds to
be issued in denominations of $40, $40,
SEQ, $50 and s100, and multiples of
S1OO up to and including $500. The
bonds will be issued in both register
ed and coupon form and will bear in
terest at the rate of two and one-half
per cent, payable semi-annually. The
bonds are redeemable at the pleasure
of the United States one year after
the date of issue, both principal and
interest being payable twenty years
from date of issue in gold coin.
If the system adopted should prove
successful it is planned to extend the
service as rapidly as practicable.
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cretonne Shades.

The newest and prettiest thing in
home decorations is the lamp shade Of
shirred cretonne or fowered silk. For
these hea-y wire frames are pur-
chased, the round shape being the
best. The cretonne or Sill Is then
shirred tightly under this frame, and
clamped or glued to 1t. A narrow
border of furniture gimp conceals the
joining place.
In tapestry this. variety of lamp
shade becomes really gorgeous. The
idea, of course, can be applied in any
of these materials to candle shades
as we'll.
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troduced, was a simple affair by COM
parison with the many gorgeous cos
tunes about It,, 1t was cut round
length (as so many are) and was a
smart visiting gown. The brilliant yel-
low and gold spangled scarf and the
lovely coiffure, with its wide band Of
gold and mass of smooth puffs, made
the ensemble one of the successes Of
the evening. But perhaps the raven
hair and smooth, creamy skin of the
wearer, and, more than all, the pair Of
dark and brilliant eyes she possessed,
lent splendor to her apparel. Ger
tainly no one was more admired and
no one 80 unconscious of it apparently,
than she of the gold scarf.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
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Wants His Children.

Colquit, Ga.-Nineteen days with a
rifle and rig on the trail of the man
who he alleges stole his wife and chill
dren, and swearing that he will go to
the ends of the earth to find them,
William Bcatwright, arrived here
from Florida and set cut again after
one day. He had come through Ala
bama. Boatwright secured warrant
here charging Arthur MCGOWAN with
kidnapping. He wants his children
and says he will get them by peaceful
means if possible, otherwise he will
use his rifle.
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CHAPTER II.

"And to the cousin in America, with
nine chtldren!" said Agatha.
Not SO very much" said. Hes
very well of, they say. All those
Americans are Besides that, Ter
hune's really got more right to the
stuff than he has! A nephew is much
nearer than a third cousin, you
know!"
Not if he isn't married, apparent
ly," remarked Dearest, but knew she
only said it to tease me.
20, come, now" eypoatulated;
you know you aren't going to stick
up for wild westerner from the
American backwoods."
wherever they may be-" put in
my wife, who has spent the greater
part Of her life in the states and is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-01-04
vlrulnia treasurer Removed.

Roanoke, va. L. c. Anderson,
treasurer of Smith county, Va, found
guilty by a jury of gross negligence
in conducting his official duties, has
been removed from Office by Judge
Hutton, who named George A. Collins,
a prominent merchant Of Marion, to
succeed him.
The charge against Treasurer An
derson was that he had put on the
registration lists the names of mum.
ber of men who legally were not en-
titled to vote.
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A Toilet Novelty.

A small silver novelty that makes
a useful gift for traveler-especia
in summers a, fiat, plain silver case
to hold the books of powder paper.
The case is double, clasping like a
card case, and is made with an inner
rim, beneath which the powder book
covers are slipped.
Marked with a monogram on one
side and date on the other, such a
case makes useful engagement pres
ent; unmarked it is suitable for a
prize.
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Two Airmen Killed.

Los Angeles.-John B. Moisant and
Arch Hoxsey, aviators extraordinary,
have been killed. Both fell out Of the
treacherous air currents with their
machines-neither from vast height
and Moisant's remaining minutes of
life were so few as to count as naught.
Hoxsey was killed instantly. Moisant
met his death attempting to alight in
a field a few miles from New Orleans.
Hoxsey, at Los Angeles, lay crush
ed, lifeless mass, in view of the thou
sands who were watching the avia-
ton tournament. He fell 500 feet
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He Had Reason.

In illustrating a point he wished to
make ut a political gathering in the
west, noted politician told Of an cpl
taph which an Indiana man had caused
to De inscribed upon the monument Of
his wife, who had died after a some
what tempestuous married life. This
legend read:
Here lies a wife. Tears cannot
bring her back. Therefore her hus.
band weeps." "-Harper's Magazine.
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To Clean Stained ormolu.

Dull and stained ormolu is not diff.
ficult to clean with powdered whiting,
moistened with gin. This cleaning
paste should be rubbed on with a
small brush, the bristles of which
are hard, so that it is possible to work
it into the chased design. When the
paste has dried on it should be re-
moved with a hard brush and a polish
secured with a clean leather.
The above recipe always gives sat.
isfaction.
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has always been somewhat laughed
about, especially because Of its high
heeled shoes. The Bath Enquirer re-
calls the story that former pastor OF
the North Congregational church once
accosted devoted Universalist with
the question:: "Mr. Raymond, did you
ever see an angel with high-heeled
shoes on it's feet?" why, no." an
swered Mr.. Raymond, II can't say that
1 ever did; but did you ever see one
without them?"
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important Cases Before Highest Court

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by the
government designed to accomplish
the dissolution of STANDARD Oil" and
of the American tobacco organization
embodying the greatest antitrust"
fight of the generation, will be taken
up for the second time by the Su-
preme Court. Continuing it's consid-
Grafton of affairs of government, the
court will Immediately afterwards
give its attention to the constitution
ality of the corporation tax provisions
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act.
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Pretty Table Decorations.

Smilax is pretty and effective
Decoration for the dinner table. It
is not expensive, as 1t can be used
three or four times, provided 1t is
completely submerged in cold water
between, and then gently shaken and
dried before use.
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His Speciality.

what has become of young Mr..
D'Auber, who showed such signs OF
talent in drawing? Has he made 3
success?"
"oh, yes, indeed. He's got all the
work he can do now."
Magazine or studio work?"
"He draws the maltese cross show
ing where the body was found, in the
evening papers. ."-Cleveland Leader.
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The Cache.

Knicker-We are told to do our
shopping early.
Booker know it; my wife has al
ready concealed forty-nine-cent tie
in the top bureau drawer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-01-04

EFT IS at the opera that women may
/ indulge the love for inery (Which
i Mother Nature has made so strong
an instinct In them) without let or
hindrance No one Is accused of over
dressing there, SO long as she arrives
at good effect Eanh-nnA -----i----
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JULIA RoTToMLEN

which is ornamented with two rows
of embroidered buttons.
The corslet and girdle, the latter
knotted In the back, are OF light blue
liberty.
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Everyone wears scarf. Much gilt
ter and much soft and exquisite color
mark these lovely accessories. They
are in the highest favor and are likely
to remain so for some time to come.
They are lone anI-~-------A------
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G.. STEVENS,
Notary Public.
Letter 10 =
Dr.. Ellmcr q Co.
Dinshamtoa, n. 7,

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yoa
Send to Dr.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham.
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. It viii
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at al drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one.d dollar.
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The test of piety comes not in the
pews but in the press of daily life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-01-04

Next to a lecture, advice is about
the most useless thing.
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BIRMINGHAM CITIZEN SWEARS !
TO REMARKABLE STATEMENT

I want to tell you what DR.. Kilmer's
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tor gave her did not seem to help her
and she was finally persuaded to try Dr..
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is now well and healthy At the time Of
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and she now weighs lS5. My wife is 90
years of age and cheerfully recommends
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and feels very thankful that she found o
remedy, with such wonderful merit.
We give you absolute permission "a
publish this in any way you wish.
Yours very truly,
D. R. RIDENHoUR,
Cor. 4th Ave. and Goth st.
Birmingham, Ala.
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State of Alabama
Jefferson County
I, E. G. Stevens, Notary Public In
and for said State and County, certify
that D. R Ridenhour, known to me a.
such, personally appeared before me thia
Slst Say sf July, 1909, and made oath
that the above statement was true in
substance and fact.