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Pekei on ne1 Subscription Price One -Dol In A4yance. - Etered at Ploken Pitoeo s S Mail Matter PICKENS. N. V.: THURSDAY, AiMI, 97, A ne trouser skrm "Iso " popular even on the Paris stage. The silk hat is threatened, but threatened hats live long. In catching a street car a harem skirt has a hobble skirt skinned a block. There ought to he no trouble in get. ting a little light on the so-called match trust. New uses are continually being found for radium. All that is needed Is sonic radium. Sometimes when you think that op portunity is knocking at your door it turns out to be a collector. The meanest man has been found In Texas. lie was arrested for stealing milk from an orphan asylum. A hospital physician declares that everybody is crazy now and then. So it isn't always the other fellow. An unusual happening Is reported from Connecticut. A woman found $3,000 in her dead husband's pockets. To teach the young idea how to swim Chicago educators think is quite as important as teaching it to shoot. The harem skirt has been causing riots in Io Janiero, but Buenos Ayres appears to be making an effort to take It tranquil.y. Now we are told that a woman's skirt is her crowning glory. All of which is our notion of no place to wear a skirt. In parts of Nova Scotia automobil Ing is allowed four days each week. The rest of the time the roads are perfectly safe. ,iYou can send a day letter by tele /raplh now, but old-fashioned people .-will cling to tho "arrived safety" and "am well" formula. A New York physician promises to make bad boys good by proper breath Ing. It is a far cry from a strap inl the woodshed to a breathing exercise. A foot race has been arranged for one-legged men from Minneapolis to 1t. Louis. And thus tho great work thr twentieth century goes on. A New York office boy made $50, 000 speculating in Wall street, but they got $20.00)0 of it away fromi him the niext dlay-and he is still fooling aroundl in W~all street. jIn New York a woman is trying to prove that she loved a man and she offers in evidence letters in which she called himx her "ugly monkey" and her "curly bear." It must be splendid to be lovecd like that. TB' an astronomer it is alleged that because comets are composed merely of dust collisions with themi need not be ,feared. Just the same they give the solar sy-stem the appearance of n0bding a vacuum cleaner,. tnted, Conn., has a fIsherman claims to have (caught a pickerel so the latter mistook his niose It. and jumpedl at* it,- It strikes t saidl isher-man must have con a vast amount of bait to ac nose so br-illiant that a pick rthe new law it costs $10 t( pistol in New York instead o. '50. But those whlo e'xpect tc difference r'eflected in a dle f shooting affrays wvill proba alppoinitedl. If the fee was a nd it was not enforced mort an the $2.50 onec, it wouli ineffectual. mn Maxim is still singing thi fthat great American dish beans. Some of these days ible and much-abused pie wvil authority abroad who will sud isleevate it to the heights, an< us ashamed that familiarity an< Ion have miade us belittle the hid sweetness and light we have wit] QA jilt ed hirooklyn man is suing the Sckle fair one for the time losut ii iourting her. She pleads by way e defense a woman's inalienable righ ULthe pursuit of happiness by chiang 4 Uher ,qgind. In face of this consti Snal ri'ghit the unlucky swain ha, o'case. All the courts ap~pealed t< on this issue have hitherto upheld thi: right, which, indeed, antedates every thing but the creation. King Sodultich ('hoa Fa Mahma Za jiravudh, oif Sianm. cables thaniks foi sending an American I(reprsentative t( -si late father's cr'emat ion. That is 'nothing. We are quite willing, on gen eral principles, to sendt representative to more ('remations of oriental poten P tates, considering that the Orient hai sugh p~otenitates5 to burn. But it is t< be'hoped that Siamese court etiquetta ~''will not require an American fongu< to; twisted around His Majesty's tname. the ex bitors e fficere in OUR81 the spartanburti Association (s 4)j,%O)v certainly to be congratulated ot Yar getting up such a salendidexrkind Men, hibit. ad Women Now 6 "From Spartanburg I went or Foiest City, N. C., which is onir c 28 miles north of Spartanburg on the Clinchfleld & Ohio RaIlaBIT way, also on a branch of th . t ern. As this was a sma 14 - d. ntas yet Oven iuu to crystallize thought on the ideal of a s0ort0 orkday." volution will, from tim to time, make conditions which will dictate to the thoughtful and pro gressive mind what should constitute a rational workday. The onward trend from the condition of the worker toil. ing in drudgery to the more intelligent method whereby he or she may utilize his or her brain value coequal with his or het brawn value, indicates that working men and women, whether in factory, mill or commission house, who are now enjoying a shorter workday than was the custom 30 years ago, are greater producers than formerly, and are doing it in a more satisfactory and intelligent way. About the time that the ten-hour workday became prevalent. the work ers, especially in the hardest. kinds of employment, hoped to live to see the introduction of eight hours' work as a maximnum of toil in the 24-hour day, and in many instances the cbange has not only taken place, but has proved its utility. Whlien those yet. working ten and twelve hours per day have their hours of labor reduced to the eiglit-liotr maximum, the change will carry with it new wishes, greater desires and higher aspirations. Intelligent workmanship begets intelligent thought..and vice versa. So the increased leisure time will be as intelligently applied for social and economic better ment, as will be apparent in the improved workday output of the toiler. With this new condition will come a better citizenship, a desire for a brighter home life, and in time, circumstances may make it necessary, in order to measure up to the improved civil and mental stature, to reduce the standard or recognized working day below the maximum eight hours, and it. will not. be surprising if the not remote future fixes the workday at six hours, but I question if for many centuries the workday will be made shorter than six hours. 'Ihe recognized business hours of a number of professions are already )laced at about five or six hours per day, and while in several of those pro fessions men and women do certain kinds of work connected therewith, outside of their regular workday, the labor, mental or otherwise, is not of a regulation natire, is almost voluntary, at least to the extent of being undertaken or not undertaken in any one day, and may be termed more h labor of love than the customary task or workday allotment of labor. 'I'lere should only be such reduction of the actual working hours below eight per day as to give all willing to work opportunity to supply the nwelds of Ie publhd ic, economically but wisely practiced, and such a redue *i tion can only amount to public or general good vhien aecomi pan ied by tlie intelligent betterment already re ferred to and which should be in proportional ratio that is to say, the workday should only be shortened im proportion to the cultivated tastes of the public for 4 the proper application of the so-called leisure timne, N vbecause if the ratio failed morality would suffer and tIhe necessary progress to continue anything like ideal life would be destroyed. So much has been written, such an abundance of symipathy offered, so many guide posts in view, all for the country girl g(.ing to the city. Not one word in case '~ i the order should be reversed-the city girl going to the country to reside. Tlhe first Ljvj d j ~ leaves stagnation in a sleepy village, people .who have a per'petual grouch, small gossip, Countrythe church that is the standard of, not what the man or woman may be, but what their etlorts are to make the populace think they By MRS. H. H. GENRICH are (how they succeed is quite a different argument). In short, she leaves a place where ambition and untiring energy arc st rangers. TIhe other leaves all that's gay and bright, hustle and real life, streets that throng with business girls who are alive and alert-good healthy red blood racing in their veins. She is living the best she knows in, the hope that sonme day she will be a private secretary with a salary double the amount she now receives. I ler life is clean, morally, mcntally, physically. She does niot find it necessary to wvalk the streets and act coqluettishi and court admirmat ion. When she walks she is in a huiirry-she is going some place andl she inu t be there at a certain timG. Then againi statistics claim that dlivorce is; more common in country towns than in cities--a plausible thing, as the country girl before mar riage sp~endls the greater part of her time in visit ing her acqumaintanices and roaming thc st reets. After marriage she caiinot at tend to household duties, so they ar~e slighted. You see her constant ly on the streis, coniscquenmtly the breach widens, then separations, and divorce. Taking facts into consideration, the (ountryv girl .is lesself wi . enters the city gates if she has the right make of character. Thle city girl, on the other hand, whmo goes to thme 'omunt ry to live is dloomied1 to more loneliness, heart aches than she ever experienced on a sl umming expedlitionl. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I m a y l i e a b l e t o o f f e r a s u g g e s t i o n o f value to those who want to sleep in fresh air, yet have no sleeping porch. We have Iii iacea spare bedroom that we use for sleeping quarters, with no furniture or pictures. It Oi a is simply a big empty room except' for twvo S~eepin ~ beds, one of a large size and a small one Porch for Wue h)ave hot water heat and keep the radliator covered with a wool blanket By ROSS.hApinned tight around it and keep the valve Riverside, III. open just enough to cause a free circula ______________________ tion, to as to keep the wvater from freezing. On thle northI we have two large French wind(ows that are usually open and on thme east a small window that is8 always open. This affords us much fresh air. We use the hathroomi as a drossing room, as it is always warnm, and, we keep the door to our bedroom closed all the time, the window on the eaist never being closed. Wine' havo a boy two years old and he has not slept in a heated room, sinc hewassix wesold. For those who nare seeking gnna health I reomm-Ad feal a.., Mr. WentV By PONA] (Copyright. Ign, by Am It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a certain day when Miss Ethel Blaine left the manor house known as The Willows for a walk down the highway and then a turn to the left into the hills. There was a cave there among the rocks and scrubpines, and it was her intention to pay it a visit. At just thc. sane hour, on the same afternoon, Mr. Hugh Wentworth left the manor house known as The Pop lars for a walk up the highway and then turn to thq right into the hills. There were partridges among the pines, and he had his gun along to make victims. He was accompanied by his dog. It wasn't a high-bred dog and a thing of beauty, but he had a mission to perform before getting off the earth. The distance between The Wil lows and The Poplars was two miles. There wasn't a willow within three miles of The Willows and there wasn't a poplar within four miles of The Pop lars. Miss Blaine had just returned home from a year out west, and Mr. Wentworth had been civil engineer ing in the south. Miss Ethel found the cave all right. It wasn't much of a cave. One sit ting down in it was only four feet from the entrance. There was romance there, however. One could sit down on a stone and hear the pines whispering, the squir rels chattering and the partridges clucking. One .ould think of the In dian maiden who committed suicide there rather than wed a rich young white man. Counterfeiters and horse thieves had used that cave. Gallant knights had slept there and cooked their own breakfast of bacon and eggs while out on tours to rescue damsels all forlorn. Lovers had sat there and pledged their vows. No place could have been better adapted to meditation. True, a sort of animal odor clung to the cave, but one could think of the past and won der over the future. Many girls have He Was Accompanied by His Dog. to meditate on street corners andl it hack yards. Miss Ethel had sat ii the cave meditating for a long half hour, and had become sleepy over it when the clog of destiny aroused her He uttered a bark close by, and sh< heard a human voice not far away crying out: "Sic 'cm, Rover! Go0 for it, ok boy!" At the back cnd of the cave there was a small tunnel betwecen jaggec rocks. The giri thought she heart a stir back there, and the animna odor became more pronounced. "Hunt him clown-hunt him cdown!' cried the voice as the dog barked ani whined. The clog appearced at the mouth o: the cave and glared and growled al the girl. He had seen girls before but never one in a cave. She wasn'i on his master's land, but she was ir ambush and a suspicious person. Ani the (log's master, wvho seemed to be delayed by the tangle, shouted again: "Go in, Rover-go in! Bly George {lbelieve it's a fox! After his scali old man!" Then a red fox, whose den was al the back end of the cave, and whc had been keeping tab on the gir from the first, made a rush for free dom. At the same moment the doi mnade a rush into the cave. Miss Ethel rose up, to be knocked down again, and while the animals were fighting beside her body up came Mr. Wcntworth and blazed away wvitti his shotgun. Ho was an excitable young man. He put as many shots in. to the clog as he did into the fox, and at least one struck the girl in the hand and assisted her materially to screcam out. Dog and fox . \Wrangled awvay into the pines together, and the partridge hunter stepped forward and exclaimed: "Heavens above, but I've killed a girl." "No, you haven't!" was the reply as Miss Ethel arose and held out her bleeding hand. "No, you haven't killed me, but it isn't your fault. You meant to do it!" "My dear Miss- Miss ''Oh, you needn't make any ex vorth's Dog LD ALLEN oisted LiAerarr Proe.) cusest How can you say you didn't see me before you fired? Of course, you saw me!" "But* I didn't-believe me, I didn't I'm sorry, you knowl I never can forgive myself. Here-lot me bind your hand with my handkerchief. Ah, the shot did not penetratel It struck and glanced off. The scratch will be well in a week." "It may, or blood poison may set in. I never saw such a piece of care lessness. Why didn't you look to see if I was here before you fired? Why, you might have fired all the shot into my face!" "But you see, my dear Miss Miss--" he replied as he was busy rendering first aid, "how did I know that there was a girl in this cave? I didn't even know there was a cave. I didn't know there was a fox in the cave. I ought to have known-yes, I ought to have known, but I didn't, you see, and I beg to assure you that the wound is omity a slight one." "But I say you might have. killed a girl!" % "Yes, yes, but I didn't, and I can never be grateful enough. Do you feel weak and dizzy, Miss- Miss-" "And that dog of yours," she said, without heeding his question-"he must be an idiot of a dog!" "He'is-he surely is." "He ought to have waited till the fox got'out of the cave." "I know-I know, and I'll speak to him about it. That is, I'll give him a thrashing. Yes, he should have in vited the fox to come out. You be lieve me when I say I regret the in cident, don't you?" "Why-why, I suppose I do, and I hope it will be a great moral lesson to you." "It will-it surely will." "Then, if your gun is unloaded, and your (log can behave himself, you may walk to the highway with me. I do feel a bit weak, and I don't care to faint away here." "Heaven forbid! Miss- Miss-, my name is Hugh Wentworth, of The Poplars. If you feel a faintness com ing on, I will look for some water." "I think possibly I can get home." was the reply, as the girl turned away her head to smile. As a matter of fact, after the first shock she had enjoyed the situation. Never in all her ninete,-n years be fore had she had a chance to "sass" a good-looking young man. He had given his name, and of course was (lying to get hers, but she wasn't giv ing in. As they reached the high way she said: "I think I can get home from here, as you are kind enough to say that I am not mortally woundedl!" "But, no, no, no! I could never for give umyself. Here comes the dog aft er us. Shall I load the gun and shoot him ?" "Don't put all the blame -on the poor (log. Hie didn't have the gun!" "I see-I see. Dear me, I shall nev er shoot another girl in all my life!" This was said in such lonesome tones andl the young man seemed so crushed to earth that Miss Ethel could restrain her mirth no longer. In reply to her peal of laughter Mr. Wentworth halted, and cast a quick glance at her and then exclaimedl: "You have forgiven me! I shall walk home with you! You will give -me your nanie!" And she walked and he walked and the dog wvalkedl. Yes, they all walked to The W~illows, and the young man andl his doeg were invited in and the unmnortal wound redressed. After that- Well, things are getting along so nicely that there are occa sions when Mrs. Blaine is heard to sigh and exclaim: "How am I to get along after Ethel leaves me!" There's Truth in it. Jack London, at a publishers' dinner in New York, said of industry: "'rho boy who starts at the bottom in some big concern thinks all he needs to do is to work his very best, andl then his employer will raise him up and up till, finally, he is made general m'anager. As a matter of fact, the truth lies nearer Lawson's case. "'Lawvson,' said the head of a rich firm, 'I have noticed that you work with amazing zest. No detail of the business is too small to escape you. No task too hard. You are the first to arrive in the morning, you are the last to leave at-' " 'Oh, thankc you, sir, Thank you, sir,' cried Lawson, expecting his sal ary to be doubled. "'Hence, Lawvson,' his employer ended, wvith a snarling laugh, 'I'll ask you to dig out the first of the month. it is men of your caliber who get a business down pat and then go and start rival establishments in the next block' " Expert Advice. "How long does it take to learn how to run an automobile?" "You'll need about three days to acquaint yourself with the working parts of the machine and a week to master the vocabulary." Result of Position, "What a peculiar gait your friend Hobbles has," "That's because he is the sort of man who in always on th fe-nc. -SOLD THE WORLD OVER THU. ON Instead of Liquid Antisepticsor Peroxide 100,000 people last year used Paxtine Toilet Aptiseptic The new toilet germicide powder to be dissolved in water as needed. For all toilet and hygienic uses it Is better and more economical. To save and beautify the teeth, remove tartar and. prevent decay. To disinfect the mouth, ie stroy disease germs, and purify the breath. 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New Magistrate-Ladies first, al ways. Let Alice Williams take the stand. COFFEE CONGESTION Causes a Variety of Ails. A happy old lady in Wisconsin says: "During the time I was a coffee drinker I was subjc t to sick head aches, sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days, totally unfitting me for anything. To this affliction was added, some years ago, a trouble with my heart that was very painful, 'accompanloed by a smothering sensation and faint ness. "Dyspepsia, also, came to make life harder to bear. I took all sorts of pat ent medicines but none of them helped me for any length of time. "The doctors frequentily told me that coffee was not good for me; but without coffee I felt as if I had no breakfast. I finally decided about 2 years ago to abandon the use of cof fee entirely, and as I had read a great deal about Postum I concluded to try that for a breakfast beverage. "I liked the taste of it and was par ticularly pleased to notice that it did; not 'come up' iOs coffee used to. The bad spells with my heart grew less and less frequent, and finally ceased altogether, and I have not had an at tack of sick headache for more than a year. My digestion is good, too, and I am thankful that I am once more a healthy woman. I know my wonder ful restoration to health came from quitting coffee and using Postum." Name given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and it Is this. Coffee has a direct action on the ilver with some People, and causes partial congestion of that organ preventing the natural outlet of the secretions, Then may follow biliousness, sallow skin, headaches, Constipation and final ly a change' of the blood corpuscles and nervous prostration, Read the little book, "The Road to Weilville," int pkgs. "There's a Rlear Eiver read the above letter? A new lae enuine, t'e, an ful of hum