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TASTES IN PERFUMES STRONG 8CENTS ARE NOT CON SIDERED GOOD FORM. Some Subtle Fragrance, However, Every Woman Should Convey Many of Them Are Nerve Stimulants and Healthy. The first perfume came to us in the Bowers. The perfumer, like the mu sician and the painter, tries to copy nature to please the senses of man. The first to discover the art of per fumery were the natives of the Orient. Their ancient civilization was not alone responsible for this. These na tions cultivate all things which delight the senses. The taste in perfume among various races differs exceed ingly. The first perfume was obtained by burning aromatic gums and woods. The word itself is derived from "per," through, and "fuming," smoke. Pefumery was studied by the vari ous nations which in turn held the scepter of civilization. The Hebrews when In captivity learn3d the art from the Egyptians; the Romans from the Greeks, and the western nations from the Romans. With the fall of Rome the art was for gotten, and was rediscovered during the conquests of the crusaders in the far east. The excessive use of perfume by refined people in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was to counteract the unpleasant odors which abounded in those days. Women of today display a refined taste in the use of perfumes, while their fore-mothers used musk, civet and lavender. The progress in the art of perfum ery is perhaps the cause of this. The perfumer of today Is constantly seek ing to wrest new secrets from nature. Hardly a flower grow? that has not had its scent reproduced. Strong perfumes are not considered in good taste in these days. The deli cate, subtle fragrance is the one pre ferred. Many scents are nerve stimulants and health-givers. Every woman has her glass bottle of lavender salts, so refreshing when tired or suffering from a headache. France and England lead the world today in the manufacture of perfumes. Each woman chooses her own beau tiful scent and envelopes her belong ings in it. Garments, laces, notepa per and even books exhale this deli cate fragrance. At present the fad for scent bottles and pomanders, worn about the neck upon long chains, is in high favor. These are in silver in antique de sign and incmsted with semiprecious stones. More elaborate ones of gold dupli cates ot those worn by court ladies during the reign of Louis XV. may be had; but they are rather expensive. Of rococo design and set with jewels, they are wonderfully beautiful. Pomanders or perfume balls of the seventeenth century are less expen sive. These come in many designs. Gold ones, representing oranges and heart shaped designs in filigree work, read ily allow the scent to escape. Others are snail shaped or fashioned to rep resent English walnuts or tiny spheres carved and adorned with jewels. The woman who keeps apace with the times must purchase a scent bot tie. . SHOWING TWO IDEAS. The return of the "Tour de Coa," and a charming hat by Lewis of white moire, edged with chantilly and lined with black moir.-London Madame. Color Scheme. A very good color Bcheme for a living room is in all the varying shades of brown, with now and then a touoh of orange to brighten it, says Needlecraft. The floor Bhould be given the darkest shadetof brown, the walls a medium tone and'the ceil ing a cream shade. The furniture of this room could be of the best va riety of mission, the rugs oriental with plenty of orange or red in them, and the curtains should have a de cided golden tint, as the light shin ing through them is very beautiful against brown. A touch of yellow might be given in a couch pili'jw and lamp shade. New Linings. The newest linings for top coats are those of the Jouy taffeta. Thia fabric with its pretty design, is en tirely too effective to be concealed as lining, and is therefore allowed to ?how itself In the collar, revers, cuffs and trimming. The tints in the Jouy taffeta are quite as soft and well blended as in the cretonnes wltb which we have loaf been familiar. AIS USUAL BAD LUCK BY JULIA FRYE. "Yes. of course, I had a lovely time." Julia shook the evening dress that she lifted from her trunk a little vindictively. "You may observe, sis ter, dear, that this creation doesn't show any signs of hard wear, nor do any of my other dancing frocks. If you'll pardon the trite remark. I have returned home a sadder but a wiser girl. I have learned a few wholesome truths, though I must admit that I found them rather unpleasant at first. "I'll just give you a little account of my visit to the city and then it won't be necessary for me to point a moral. "Looking back now, I feel like smil ing at the pitiful egotism which led me to half expect a phalanx of young men at the train to meet me. Some bow, I got the idea from the flattering remarks of at least a half dozen of those who honored our porch with their presence last summer and prr vious summers that my advent in the city would be to them a source of the keenest delight. Strangely enough, therefore, my arrival created not even a ripple of excitement. "If lt hadn't been for dear old Mrs. Gray, there wouldn't have been one friendly face to greet me as I stepped oft the train. Even she was fuller of ber own affairs than of mine. She said she had some errands to do, and asked me if I would mind going with ber to the shopping district. Of course, I said I'd like to go wish her. but after we had passed a whole af ternoon pricing toweling and kitchen ware in the basements of three de partment stores, I made up my mind that when I wished to see the shops I'd try to go without Mrs. Gray. "I wa3 glad when we got to her apartment finally, to find that my Lrunk had come, for I was anxious to put on something pretty for the eve ning in case there should be callers. [ might just as well have taken my ease in the negligee that Mrs. Gray suggested, for our evening together was uninterrupted. I began to think that maybe some of the cards I had sent to my summer fri3nds-summer friends is such a good name, dear, for those careless young men who grace our tennis court and swimming beach and decorate our porch during the heated season-had gone astray. So I decided to call up Ted Harris and tell him I was in town. "His mother answered the phone. She said Ted had told her that I was coming and she thought he expected to see me the next week. He was so busy socially, she informed me, that he had very little time. Indeed, he waa leading a cotillion at the Fort nightly assembly that very evening. "I thought Ted's mother rather fe line, but the cotillion sounded good to me. and I had a fascinating mental picture of myself moving through the mazes of that delightful dance two weeks later. I remembered how Ted was always descanting upon the per fection -of the floor and the beautiful music at his club, and I was sure he would want me to dance there once at least. I was awfully glad my eve ning gowns weren't In the least bit country. "Well, to relieve your curiosity at once, let me tr'- you that Ted called me up the next day and was most cordial. He told me how glad he would be to see me and how sorry he was that he had every evening taken for weeks in advance. That was just his usual bad luck, he declared. But he said I must surely have luncheon with him downtown. I replied that 1 *ould if J could, but that my time was very full. * He said I simply must squeeze the luncheon in and he'd call me up in a day or two and arrange a date. "That, my dear, was the last of Ted. I heard from him no more and prob ably will not aga'n until he appears upon our veranda bright and smiling seme morning next summer, amiably I ready to enjoy our boat or our auto mobile or even the early apples in our orchard. "After 1 had been In town a week Clayton Rogers called me up and said he'd been trying to get around to see me, but that he was rushed to pieces with business. 'I'd like to get up a theater party for you,' he told me. I gasped with suppressed surprise and j pleasure. 'But,' he added, Tm going east tonight.' 1 thanked him warmly, j "The Todd boys called one evening jusr before I left. They talked of the delights of our country home and told me how eagerly they were anticipat ing their next summer's vacation, j They invited roe-now, sister, don't get excited-to walk around the lake with them some cool day next Au gust! Of course, I accepted with ! alacrity. "John Boyd actually took me to a lecture and Mr. Slater gave me a nerv ous shock by inviting me to the tn ea ter. But he chose the evening of the day I was leaving the city. John How ard and Mr. Bentley weren't heard rrom at all. "I had a good time, though, for Mrs. Gray is active in all sorts of interest ing things, and I went to her club and her church and helped a little with her numerous charities and learned a lot. But I think the most important lesson I learned was my true value as a winter friend and as a summer friend. Do you know, dear, I'm awfully glad to get back to nice old Tom, who really seems to like me all the year round!"-Chicago Daily News. It's a wonderful thing to be a man whom everybody will trust-including th? erocsr and the butcher. GOWANS 1 King of Externals Is the one Standard prep aration universally and enthusiastically endorsed by Doctor, Druggist, Lay man. GOWANS Cures Pneumonia, Cronp, Colds, Coughs, Pleurisy and all ailments caused from In flammation or Congestion. Gowans Preparation hus o n? of the largest and moat satisfactory sales of any preparation carried tn our stock. We consider it & wonderful success. THE MURRA Y DRUG CO., Wholesale Druggists Columbia, S. C., July il, Hf 10 BUY TO-DAY! HAYE IT IN THE HOME All Dra?C?Bts SI. 5 Jr.. 25?. GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. . Giurtntt?d. tai none j refondwl br fur Onegin Notice to Stock Raisers My handsome combination stal lion and also my registered jack will make the spring season at my farm near Clark's Hill. This is ?? splendid opportunity for the farmers to grow some fine horses and high priced mules. The best of care taken with mares sent, but I am not respon sible for accident. Terras: $15 to insure mares in foal. Jas. H. Garrett. The Ideal Pressing Club Neat Henning And "Pressing. We can p ease the mo3t fastidious person. All kinds of repairing and dyeing. We make a specialty O?* cleaning and pressing-ladies coat suits anrl skirts-and do the work nicely. We appreciate your patron age. Guarantee satisfaction. FHANK MAYNARD, Prop., Beaver D. Mill St., Edgefield, S. C. Make the Old Suit Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. Make your old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edge?eld Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS PROP. FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Marling & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies" Marling & Byrd I At the Farmers Bank. Edgefield d-0 Drive Sick Headaches Away. Sick headaches, sour gassy stom vch, indigestion, biliousness disap oear quickly after you take Dr. King's New Life Pills. They purify the blood and put new life and vigor in the ey tem. Try them and y .u wili be well satisfied. Every pill h lps; every box guaranteed. Price 25c. Recommended by Penn & Holsten. W V Lvno.h & Co. To Cure a Cold in One Day alee LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine It stope tho Tough and Headache and work? off the Cold. L>rufrgisto refund money if it falla to cure. B. W. G&OVE'S signature an each box. Sc COMSAT POULTRY YARD FOES Some Essential Measures Outlined by Expert Poultrymcn for Control of Insect Parasites. Insect parasites are the cause of a great deal of annoyance and loss to poultrymen. Some essential measures as outlined by George M. Turpin for their control are: Have the poultry houses separated from all other farm buildings. Have all the Interior fixtures of the poultry houses, such as roost-poles, nest boxes, feed hoppers, dropping doards, etc. removed so that every part of the Interior can be readily cleared and sprayed. Keep a good dust bath to which the fowls may have access at all times of the day. Common road dust with fine ashes and powdered sulphur or air-slacked lime added is excellent The road dust should be gathered during dry weather for use during the winter. Spray the coops and fixtures with a good whitewash twice each year, adding two pounds of salt and one fourth gallon of crude carbolic acid to 'every 50 galons of the spraying mixture. Setting hens should have access to a good dust bath such as mentioned above. If lice are found later on the chicks, rub lard in the feathers of the head and throat, and in bad cases also under the whigs. SHIPMENT OF BABY CHICKS Little Fellows May Be Sent Long Dio tancec by Express Without Dan ger or Discomfort. One of the most Interesting branch es of the poultry business is the ship ping of baby chicks hundreds, even thousands, of miles, and yet have them arrive in good condition for further growth and development. By ship ping direct from the incubator when the chicks are one day old, advantage is taken of that period in the life of the chicks when nature intended that they should be without food, and they can therefore without Injury or dis comfort be sent long distances by ex press under any conditions of climate. Chicks when first hatched require neither food or drink. Indeed, such I ls harmful. During the first seven ? ty-two hours the chick's life is sus tained by the assimilation of the yolk, for the embryo chick ls developed ! from the white of the egg, and just be ! fore hatching the yolk is drawn up i into its system and furnishes all the ; food any chick should have for the j first three days of Its life. It is dur ing this period that chicks can be ' shipped as far as express can take i them. KEEPING RATS FROM POULTRY : By Inverting Tin Bucket on Posts j Supporting House Rodents May Be Kept Away. If there ore many rats in your vlcln-j ! Ity lt will pay you to make lt ira? i possible for them to enter your poul ! try house. Put a post in the ground j for every corner of the house, says a writer in the Iowa Homestead. Invert Rat-Proof Hen House. over the top of the post an old three gallon tin bucket. Set your house on these posts and when Mr. Rat at tempts to climb a post and go Into the] poultry house he simply goes up in side the bucket and does not accom plish his purpose. ! HEN MANURE AS FERTILIZER) Has Greater Value Than Any Other Kind Used on Farm-Should Be Well Taken Care Of: Hen manure as a fertilizer has greater value than any other fertiliz er on the farra. It is generally sup-j posed by some poultrymen that the manure will pay for taking care of the hens, but this depends much on how it ia kept. The dropping boards under the roosts should be kent cov ered with some absorbent to preserve tho strength of the droppings. Land plaster or South Carolina rock is good. Me ver use wood ashes or ;ime with the poultry droppings. The , .mmonia or nitrogen would be set free, and part of the value ot' the fer ?ilizer lost. The droppings should not| be applied on a growing crop, or cov ered soil. Use lt on corn by putting a handful on each hill at the time of rast hoeing. It should be kept under cover until used. Killing a Turkey. The proper way to kill a turkey ls to tie its feet together, hang on a pole, then cut the throat and allow to bleed freely. Dry pick, leaving head and wings on. After picking, dip in hot water and then in cold. Thia will sive the skin a fresher took. r Guayo! Guano! 1 We handle Souther? States Phosphate & Fertilizers Company's Goods? P. & F, A. D. Bone Augusta High Grade, Acid of all Grades. These goods are now in the ware house ready for delivery. Jones And Son. Monuments and Tombstones 1 represent the Spartanburg Marble and Granite works tn this section and shall be pleased to show you designs and quote pricer on all kinds of work. Write me a card if you are interested and 1 will call to see you. John R. Tompkins, Edgefield, S. Carolina The J. Willie Levy Comp'y Is ready with your spring clothes and hats. Men's suits in Linens, Mohairs and worsteds-hats in Panamas, Straws and Felts-underwear and ties. Everything That Boys Wear Most complete Ready-to-Wear Wom en's department in the South. Order By Parcels POST Cr Albemarle-Hoi?man ^ NEW YORK A new modern hotel representing a Five Million Dollar investment on the sight of the former Hoffman House. Broadway, 24th Street, Fifth Avenue. THE ACME OF ARCHITECTURAL PERFECTION. LOCATED AT THE HUB OF NEW YORK'S GREATEST BUSINESS, OVERLOOKING MADISON SQUARE. 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Early Arrivals We are daily opening up ?new Spring goods and in vite the ladies to call and see our early arrivals, partic ularly our Laces, Embroideries and Wash Good,* We are showing a very strong line of these goods at low prices. J. W. PEAK