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What "Hamlet" Lacked. In a mining camp town "Hamlet" was one evening given by a strolling company, and this is the criticism that appeared next day in the local papers, .Written by the miner dramatic critic: "There is too much chinning in this piece. The author is behind the times and seems to forget that what we want nowadays is hair raising situa tions and detectives. "In the hands of a skillful play wright a detective would have been put upon the track of Hamlet's uncle, and the old man would have been hunted down in a manner that would have lifted the audience out of their cowhides. "The moral of the piece is not good. The scene where Hamlet sasses his mother is a very bad example to the rising g neration. "Our advice to the author is more action, more lovemaking and plenty of specialties. The crazy girl scene should be cut out altogether and a rattling good song and dance substi tuted." Charles V. at Table. Emperor Charles V. of Austria, by far the most powerful ruler of his day, was thus described as he appeared at table by Hoger Ascham, secretary to the English ambassador, in 1550: "I stood hard by the emperor's table. He had four courses; he had sod beef very good-roast mutton, baked hare; tnese be no sen-ice in England. The emperor hath a good face, a constant look; he fed well of a capon; I have had a better from mine hostess Barnes many times in mv chamber. He and Ferdinando, king of the Romans, ate together very handsomely, earring themselves where they list, wiurout any curiosity. The emperor drank the best that ever I saw; he had his head In the glass five times as long as any of us and never drank less than a good quart at once of Rhenish wine." It was notorious that the emperor ate and drank immoderately, and as a nat ural result he suffered terribly from gout from the time he was thirty years old. Game to the Last. Douglas MacDonald and his old cro ny, Donald MacDougal, were once op posed to each other in a famous curl ing match, and the last two stoues to finish the game were the two cronies'. Donald MacDougal, with enormous deliberation, threw his stone. He threw lt well. He made what Is called a pat lid and jumped for joy. Then il was Douglas MacDonald's turn. His case seemed hopeless, but such a splen did throw did he make that the pat lid was knocked off, and his stone lay at the side of the tee, winning the game. In his joy the old fellow jump ed sky high. He came down so hard that he broke right through the ice. He sank, but, boobing up again, he shouted from the cold water: "Hi, lads, we've won, and If I dinna come oot o' here alive be sure ye pit that stone on my grave!"-Exchange. Dirt and Death. When a celebrated Paris physician was asked how the city could prevent the coming of a plague then ravaging other European places he answered, "Boil your ice!" That tersely called attention to the necessity of utter cleanliness and that even ice made from impure water carried disease. "Yellow fever," said Henry Ward Beecher, "is God Almighty's opinion of dirt." The chief contributing cause toward modern efficiency in surgery is that surgeons have learned to keep clean. Nothing is so spotless as a good hospital. Everything Is boiled and sterilized-beds. Instruments, clothing, washrags, floors, hands and finger nails. That is why they save lives there. Nobody would die If he could keep perfectly clean. Death I3 the final triumph of dirt.-Chicago Trib une. Ho Understood the People. One of Jay Gould's campaigns as a dealer in railways was with the Wa bash system of railroads. He got con trol and after effecting a reorganiza tion which increased the capital stock and also the bonded debt sold them ont It is related of him at this time that an associate said to him, "Mr. Gould, don't you think you are bond ing this much higher than the property will stand?" "That may be," answer ed he, "but the American people are mighty partial to bonds." She Has Positive Proof. The Cook-Sure, an' ye don't mane to tell me that ye think it's bad luck to break a mirror? Tho New Maid (earnestly)-I don't think; I know it. The Cook-Glory be! An' how do ye know it? The New Moid-Every time break one I lose my job.-New York ournal. Part of the Role. "Shall we pose as millionaires or as ?reign dukes at the hotel?" "As the latter, my boy. As million Ires we might be expected to display ome evidences of wealth, but as ukes nobody can possibly take it miss if we skip."-Kansas Cit^ Jour aL Currying No Favor. "Lend a hand, Hiram, and help ketch e alderman's pig." "Let the alderman ketch his own pig. m out of politics f ?r good."-Louls Ie Courier-Journal. Taken at His Word. Creditor-Suppose I'll have to wait 1 the day of judgment for what y >u e. Debtor-Yes; call late in the day, ough.-Fliegende Blatter. bought works In silence; so does "~?e. One might erect statues to ce.-Carlyle. ; How Gold Plate Is Made. Talking o? silver g it plate, lt Is en spoken of as geld plate. One rs of the gold service nt Windsor stle, of the gold plate owned by sov lgns of Europe and by other per ? In this country as well as abroad, a matter of fact, these so called services are silver gilt, and only ew pieces ^f pure gold are owned the English crown or any other wo, It may interest our readers to how this fire, mercurial or water ng-foi it is known by all of these r\ a aa-I ? firma Puro omi ri nnrl mercury sro S?xsi fci?o <?i pan?. silver article to be gilded has been chemically cleaned, is rubbed all over with this paste, which has been placed iu a silk bag, just as the blue used in washing is put in a bag. When the piece of plate has been rubbed over it is perfectly white. It is then put fnto an oven, and gradually the mer cury goes off in fumes, leaving on the article a deposit of pure gold, which has practically become one with the piece of silver and will last for centu ries.-London Cor. New York Post. The Spider Cure. The request for a "nut to nut a spi der in to cure baby's whooping cough" which recently startled a Somerset shopkeeper recalls the spider "cures" of the past There was, and Indeed is, for instance, that Irish belief in the web as a remedy for cuts, warts and| bruises and that superstttition of the eastern counties which credited it with. power to cure fevers. The weaver of the web, too, was looked upon as a doctor of medicine. A note from an ancient Notes and Queries gives the Illustration. "One of my parishioners suffering from ague," wrote a Somerset vicar, "was advised to catch a large spider and shut him up in a box. As he pines away the disease ls supposed to wear Itself out" A similar belief prevailed in the south of Ireland, but there treacle had to be substituted for the box as coffin fer the ague healer.-Westminster Gazette. The Doctor's Joke. A physician who never goes out at night without leaving directions as to where to find him if wanted profes sionally was at a theater near Forty second street recently with a friend Just before the curtain went up on the second act an usher handed him a note reading: "Come to the office at once. Don't telephone. Come." The note was signed by a colleague, and the doctor lost no rime in obeying the peremptory summons. Arriving at his destination, he was confronted by sev eral friends, who coolly explained that he had been used to decide a bet as to the length of time it would take to cov er the distance which he had trav ersed. The victim's p.nger was only slightly appeased when he was assur ed that the perpetrators of the joke knew no one else who was good na tured enough to furnish the Informa tion looked for.-New York Tribune. Putting the Owl to Use. There is a choice old recipe, in which the owl figures, "to make any one that sleepeth answer to whatsoever thou ask," given In "Physlck For the Poor," published In London in 1657. It says that you are to "take the heart of an owl and his left leg and put that upon the breast of one that sleepeth, and they shall reveal what soever thou shalt ask them." The Hindus, however, declare that the flesh or blood of an owl will make a pejson insane who eats or driuks it. On this account men who are devoured by jealousy of a rival or hatred of an enemy come furtively to the market and purchase an owl. In silence they carry It home and secretly prepare a decoction, which an accom plice will put into the food or drink of the object of their malignant designs. Wanted a Supply. "Politics," remarked a Washington official, "ls a science as well as a eir ena. One of the funniest things I ever heard in that connection was about the cowboy delegate to the constitu tional convention of Nevada when that territory was about to become a state. In the constitu on was the stereo typed paragraph about the new state's having two senators to represent it in Washington. When it was read to the convention tho cowboy delegate rose and yelled ou^ 'What's the uso of limiting it to two? We're overwhelm ingly Republican, and we can elect as many as we want' "-Washington Star. The Demons. "Critics are fine chaps," said an Eng lish actor, "but I must confess that when they condemn your play you feel annoyed. " T wonder why we call the people in the top of the house gods?' an ac tress asked an unsuccessful playwright once. " 'We do that,' the unsuccessful play wright answered, 'so as to distinguish them from the people in the bottom of the house who write the criticisms.' " lt Depends. An actor and a retired army man were discussing the perils of their re spective callings. "How would you like to stand with shells bursting all round you?" the general demanded. "Well," replied the actor, "it depends on the age of the egg." Poor'Venice. Friend-And were you ever in Ven ice? Mr. Rlchquick-Yes. Slowest town I was ever in. The sewers wero busted all the time we were there! Puck. A Warm Welcome. Saplelgh-Are you positive that Misa Cutter ls not In? The Maid-Yes, slr. I'd lose my Job If I wasn't-Boston Transcript A cnarmmg young meniDer or a wo man's literary club, who adds the dis tinction of being a bride to successful authorship, recently met a gushing stranger at a club reception. "Oh, Mrs. Blank, I am so glad to meet you. I enjoy your stories so much, and your husband's too." Then adding as an afterthought, "He is lit erary, too, isn't he?' "Thank heaven, no!" replied the bride. "He's in the coal business." New York Press. Progressing. T think Arthur would have proposed to me last night if you hadn't come in the room just when you did." "What reason have you for believing that?" "He had Just taken both of my hands in his. He had never held more than one of them at a time before." Wide Hats In 1798. An artist has advertised that he makes up wornout umbrellas Into fashionable gypsy bonnets. "The tran sition is so easy that he is scarce to be praised for the invention.-London rr-..,,, . T,,I,. T 1TOQ FIRE INSURANCE E. J. NORRIS, Agent Edgefield, South Carolina Representing the HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, and the old HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut. The HOME has a greater Capital and Surplus combined than any other company. The HARTFORD is the leading com pany of the World, doing a greater Fire business than any other Co. See Insurance Reports PRUDENTIAL LIFE "HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR" E. J. 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We are in a posi tion to tell these pianos on easy terms, if preferred to a cash trans action. Information for Out-of-town Buyers If you cannot come to Greenwood we shall be glad to select one of these splendid pianos and ship lt to you. Write us for further Informa tion. Your inquiry will be answered with a personal letter by a mem ber of this firm, giving you full descriptions Including a paper pattern showing exact floor space required, and naming very attractive plans tor periodical payments. Write UH TO-DAY-a postal will do. HOLLAND BROS., Greenwood, S. C. Send us Your Orders for Job Work 5 EGGS FOR ? HATCHING t I have a yard of Bar red Plymouth Rocks and a yard of White-faced Black Spanish-all strict ly first-class chickens. 15 EGGS FOR $1.00 Leave orders at store of W. W. Adams & Co. and I will promptly send the eggs to their store for you. The White-faced Black Spanish are among the best layers. Try them as well as the Barred Rock C. A. NICHOLSON, R. F. D. No, 3, Edgefield, S. 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