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LIFE SPONTANEOUS.
lt ls the Inevitable Outcome cf thc
Cooling of a Globe.
So far as we have evideuce. life is an
inevitable outcome of the eooliug of a
globe, provided that globe is sufficient
ly large, for life did not reach this
earth from without. Ko'fauciful mete
orite bore it the seeds which ha ve since
sprouted aud overrun its surface. Me
teorites gave it life, indeed, but in the
more fundamental way in which all
nature's processes are done, by supply
ing it with matter only from which by
evolution life arose. Of this we are
absolutely certain from the fact that
while meteors were falling upon it in
any numbers they were formiDg its
mass, the full heat of which had not
yet been evolved by their impact and
subsequent condensation. The heat
that .thence ensued was excessive,
many.fold-grouter than sufficed to kill
any genus that might have come to lt
.housed hi the meteorites themselves.
Thus the .action due the meteorites
after they came must have annihilated
any orgnnlc;possibilitle3_they^rnay Jiaye^
^aT^erth? heat had waned enough to
make survival possible * found life al
ready started, since protoplasm formed
the moment cooling permitted of it
The proof that life was .here spon
taneously evolved appears at every
stage in its history not only in its ori
gin, but at every step of its progress
upward where a marked departure oc
curs from Its previous course. It and
the environment are observed to have
changed together. Two short parallel
columns, the one showing the changes
that have occurred in the habitat the
other those supervening In" the habitat
will make this cot simply clear, but
striking. As effective as the well
known deadly parallel of oratorical ut
terances, this life giving one reaches
the same certainty through the proba
bilities disclosed.
Occasion of this vital parallelism oc
curs at the very start. Indeed, we
may go back of this and note agree
ment before the start, for until the
conditions were' such AS could support
life no life appeared. "This is the first
coincidence. Another follows OD Its
heels with the dawn both of conditions
fit for some existence aud of that ex
istence itself. The waters were its
birthplace. No other portion of the
surface could then" have offered lt a
, home, and nowhere except in the sea
is it then found.
The simultaneity of each new birth
and each new cradle crops up again
when a new licit! arose by the making
of the laud. As soon as this was suit
able plants appeared to take possession
of it and from that time on neglected
more and more tile sea.
The fourth parallel is found in the
significant fact that the edible plants
aud the plant eaters made their debr.!
OD. the sceue together ia miocene times
the world having got along without
both before that epoch. This entry
baud In hand, so to speak, De Lap
parent, the great French geologist, does
not hesitate to link logically and to re
gard the ODO as the necessary coinple
- anent of the other. If this were not the
case, there is certainly DO reasoa why
they should appear at the same instant
of time. Food evokes its eater ID fact
as definitely as ia phraseology.
The last of this procession of coinci
dences, man, came on the globe at the
time when the cooling of the globe ren
dered his own extension possible at
the least expease to himself. His braiD
allowed him to take advantage of eon
ditioDs less intriDsically favorable than
other animals could eadure. Bis mind
clothed his body and gave him fire, and
with these two products he sallied
forth into a world where aotagonists
were chiefly climatic, with which he
was fitted to cope.
Thus all along the line we perceive
that life aDd its domicile arose togeth
er. The second is necessary to the
first, and the first is always sufficient
to the occasion. Ti\e coincidence of
the possibility and its seizure, of the
^osse and the esse, seems to be a gen
eral principle of evolution. Endless
variation is constantly in progress, and
this variation takes advantage of any
opportunity so soon as it occurs. Life
but waits in the wings of existeDce for
its cue to enter the sceoe the moment
the stage is set-Professor Lowell in
Century Magazine.
"If the Eye ls Maimed"
' Necessity-gives to the eye a precious
power of seeing, and In the same way
it gives a precious power of fee?hig to
the whole body. Sometimes it seems
as If the very substaoce of my flesh
werevso many eyes looking out at will
upon a world Dew created every ?r.y.
The silence and darkness which are
said to shut me io opeo my door most
hospitably to countless seosations that
distract inform, admonish and amuse.
With my three trusty guides-touch,
smell and taste-I make many excur
SIODS bato the borderland of experi
ence which Is In sight of the city of
light Nature accommodates itself to
every mao's necessity. If the eye Is
maimed so that it does not see the
beauteous face of day, the touch be
comes more poignant and discriminat
ing. Nature proceeds through practice
to strengthen and augment the remain
lng senses. For.this reason the blind
often hear with greater ease and dis
tinctness than other people. The seose
of smell becomes almost a new facult?
te penetrate the tangle and vagueness
of things. Thus, according to au im
mutable law. the senses assist and re
enforce one another. - Helen Keller's
"Sense and Sensibility"1 In Century
Magazine.
Knew the Animal.
Bacon-Were you ever in a runaway
accideDt?
Egbert-Well, my horre rao away
with ir.e once, but I thiuk it was more
by design than accldeut on the part of
that horse.-Yonkers Statesman.
A Smooth Tcnguo.
"No, Mr. Smith." she said gently, bub
firmly, "I can never be your wife."
Theo he struggled to his fee! and said
in broken tones: "Are all my hopes to
be ithus dashed to pieces? Am I never
to be known as the husband of the
-beautiful Mrs. Smith?" Tthis was too
much, and she succumbed.-New Or
learns Times-Democrat.
His Idea of a Wife.
"What is your Idea of an ideal wife?"
"One who will cook the meals, do the
washing. look after the furnace, make
her own clothes and-and"
"And what?" .
"Keep herself looking*as young and
as beautiful as an actress who pulls
down $400 a week In vaudeville."-Chi- j
cago Record-Herald.
A Panther.
"Now, Elsie," said the schoolteacher,
"can yon tell me ?vhat a panther ls?"
"Yeth. ma'am," lisped the little miss.
"He 1th a man that makths panths."
Kansas City Independent
Simplicity forms a main Ingredient in
a noble nature.-Thucydides.
FREAKS CF CLOCKS.
Electric Storms IV-ay Stop Them and
May Also Siari Them.
"A watch may uce?* cleaning when
it is not dirty a.t all," said a watch
make?, quoted in the Washington Post
"This sometimes ac .onnts for a great/
deal of misunderstanding between the
owner of a new watch and the watch
maker to. whom It is brought for ex
amination. Furthermore, a watch
which has never been worn may need
cleaning.
"A common reason is\th.at oil In a
watch may have dried up around the
pivot and become sticky, thus causing
a watch to go very slowly or stop en
tirely, in which case of course It needs
not only cleaning, but the addition of
fresh oil.
"The oil which Is considered best
for watches is made from the porpoise
or blackfish jawbone. These oils have
a most disagreeable odor and have to
be treated chemically before being
used.
"Tht: skeleton of the fish, with, only
?&&M?^et^o\^.r^r^^S^^ '"hot"
^?^folT^everal days and the oil al
loweoV* to ooze out slowly. All the
volatile parts of the oil are naturally
neutralized in this manner, and the
oil collected ls said to remain fluid e
clear when it comes* in contact V .
metaWor as long as ten years.
"Makers of chronometers are -?pe
cially scrupulous In the preparation of
oils, owing to the accuracy which ls
demanded of these delicate timepieces,
and often prepare their own oil by
mixing porpoise, sperm, olive and
neatsfoot and a small quantity of
mineral oil. When . these oils are
mixed, it is customary to keep them
in an uncorked bottle exposed to the
sun. This Is done to allow all foreign
and coloring substances to fall to the
bottom, after which the oil ls filtered
through a mixture of charcoal Cust
and animal charcoal.
"Clocks sometimes stop running for
no appart?nt reason. During an elec
tric storm it ls not uncommon for them
to stop abruptly, only to resume their
regular functions with as much accu
racy as ever after a certain Interval
of time. This interval may be only for
a few moments or it may be for years.
"On the other hand, electric storms
have been known to be responsible for
the starting of old clocks which have
remained mute and Inactive for years.
Imagine the utter amazement of the
members of the household upon sud
denly hearing the solemn tick-tack of a
stately old hall clock which from all
appearance 1 .d long ago retired from
active service."
The Serious Breton.
The Breton is stalwart in stature and
stern and serious in disposition. He
has hewed his life out amid the serious
things and along the rocky roads. His
bronzed face looks austere, but beneath
his blue blouse beats a heart warm and
true. The primitive simplicity of his
life and the Intenseness of his religion
give thc Breton short view of the fri
volities of existence. He" carries his
j religion Into his dally life and work,
.iud along all the roads are gaudy cru
cifixes, which the peasants never pass
without kneeling and crossing them
selves. It ls characteristic of, all these
Brittany folk that they mind their own
business. I don't know what the result
would be if you were to try a joke on
them. I should be afraid to undertake
lt Life is a serious problem to the
Breton. It is homespun for him even
though the rest of France may be ar
rayed in silks. He has worked out an
' existence against great odds, and it has
given him a character and physique
which make him notable amoug his
fellow countrymen,.-Frank Presbrey In
Outing Magazine.
No Flattery .Necessary.
"You needn't begin Jollying me,".said
the gruff man to the man who had
land to sell. "I'm not a man that can
be affected .by flattery. When I"
"That's just what I said to my boss,"
interrupted the agent. "I told him
when he suggested your name to me
that it was a relief to call pn a man
who did not expect to be praised and
flattered to his face all the time. I tell
-you, ?lr. Grump, this city has mighty
few men such as you. Nine men out
of ten are simply dying to have some
one tell them how great they are, but
you are above such weakness. Any
one can see that at a glance. I'm glad
of it It's helpful to me to meet a
man who rises superior to the petty
tactics of the average solicitor. Ifs a
real and lasting benefit and an instruc
tive experience."
Ten'mlnutes later, after a few more
such comments on the part of the
agent the man who could not be flat
tered into signing the contract was
asking which line his name should be
written upon.-Success Magazine.
The Chinese Language.
The Chinese language has no alpha
bet Instead of being formed from an
alphabet its words are either symbols
intended to represent images or are
formed by a combination of lines or of
two or more such symbols. The lan
guage is monosyllabic. Every word is
a root, and'every root is a word, and
ancient tradition makes it out that the
founder of the written language of
China was one Tsang Ke, who lived
some 3,000 years B. C. According to
the account, Tsang Ke, while wander
ing one day in the fields, found a tor
toise, and, observing its shell distinctly
and beautifully marked, he took it
home and thus formed the idea of rep
resenting the objects around him.
Looking upward, he carefully observed
the figures presented by the stars, aft
er which he attentively considered the
forms of birds, mountains, rivers, etc.,
and from them at length originated the
written characters. At any rate, the
Chinese language, as written, is sim
ply a great mass of hieroglvphics.
New York American.
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THE ART OF; GARGLING.
Not the Same Thing as the Process
Usually Followed.
The proper method of gargling is
thus described by a writer in the Med
ical Record:
"The patient (at first under the guid
ance of a physician)' should sit well
back in a chair, take a swallow of wa
ter in the month and-bend the head as
far back as possible. | .
"Now he must protrude the tongue
from the mouth (the tip of the tongue
may be grasped with ia handkerchief)
and In this posture with protruding
tongue he must try to swallow the wa
ter. The physician should control ihe
patient's vain efforts, for it is impossi
ble to' swallow under such circum
stances.
"The patient has the ^sensation as it
he actually had. swallowed the water.
Now he must start to gargle, to exhale
air slowly. One can see plainly, the
bubbling of toe. fluid li|the wide open
:pharynx ' y ?|
"After gargling thus ?for awhile the
patient is ordered to close the mouth
and quickly throw head and body for
ward. Thereby all the fluid is forced
through the choanoe and nostrils,
.? ashing the throat;, and nose from be
hind and expelling all the accumula
tions that had been present with great
force.
"This should be repeateu several
times, as the first trial ls not always
successful and satisfactory. It is an
act that must be learned. !
"When properly executed the sensa
tion, as-the patient will assure you, is
that of great relief not had by any
other method, lt will be wise for the
practitioner to try the method first on
himself. Even small children who are
at ali clever learn the method readily
and rather enjoy it"
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His Mouth Full.
A certain town council after a pro
tracted sitting was desirous ot ad
journing for ^luncheon. The . oposl
tion was opposed by the mayo:, who
thought that if his fellow councilors
felt the stimulus of hunger the dis
patch of business would be much fa
cilitated.
At lust an illiterate member got up
and exclaimed:
"I ham astonished. I ham surprised,
I ham amazed. Mr. Mayor, that you
will not let us go to lunch!"
"I'm surprised." .exclaimed one of his
colleagues, "that u gentleman who has
got so much 'ham' In his mouth wants
any lunch at all!"-London Scraps.
A Littls Vague.
"Is li far from here to the next
town?" asked a tourist of a man he
met on a rural road.
"Well, it ain't so very fer, nor it
ain't so very nigh, an' ylt it ain't as
nigh as might be If It wa'n't so fer as
it is. Still It'd be ferther if lt wa'n't so
nigh, so I reckon one might say that it
Is betwixt an' between fer an* nigh."
Llppincott's Magazine.
Cannibal Trout.
In small streams trout of two pounds
or over usually become cannibals and
live entirely on their smaller brethren.
Such trout will not rise at a fly.-Lon
don Chronicle.
Spring Season
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My fine black stallion, MONTE
CARLO, will stand at the Btables
in the roar of the court bouse du
ring the spring season.
He comes from the best Ken
tucky stock. His siro, Monte
Christo, Jr., was a noted saddler
and combination horse. He took
hundreds of Blue Ribbons at Ken
tucky fairs, wiDuing a $1,000 cap
at the Richmond fair.
Standard bred on his dam side,
with best records.
This is Monte Carlo's third
season in Edge?eld and he is wei!
known here.
Breeders can see him in har
ness at any time.
J. E. MIMS.
E?ENCH COACP
STALLION.
The Celebrated French 'Coach
Stallion, CALEMBOUR, will
make the Spring SeaBon at Edge
?field at the stables of Messrs. B.
L. Jones & Son.
The French Coach Horses are
in the front rank of excellence
among the carriage breeds of the
world/
Call and iuspect this celebrated
horse.
Edgefield French Coach Horse Co.
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Factories, Augusta, Ga., Pon Pon, S. C.
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Call on them for information.
We have many new SPRING GOODS now displayed.
Several shipments of nobby spring suits, just the thing
for early wear, received and displayed. Come in and let
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Have you seen ourJStylish Oxfords for men? All of the
popular leathers and all of the stylish lasts. For com
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Pretty line of Spring Hats in all of the new and nobby
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good crops and build up vour lands. 'Che remedy
for the prevailing scarcity of labor is to
1 M?k? ?ii Osie Acre what
The way to do this is to use liberally Fertilizers
sold this season by
Use Royster's Farmers Bone. Use Armour's
Blood and Bone goods. Use Patapsco, Mastodon
and Georgia Formula. Use Wilcox, Gibbes & Co's
Manipulated Manures. Besides these we can give
U? you the goods of other old and Reliable Manufact
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Dressing.
We appreciate the liberal patronage we have
had from our farmers for the past few years, and
hope to be able to serve them for 1908.
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We have in our stables from the cheapest Ten
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Therefore, we are in a position to fill all orders.
We can also supply you with good hors es..'Large
lot to select from, and our prices are right. Our
experienced buyer has just returned from the West
where he bought to the best possible advantage and
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