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SNEEZING OMENS. At One Time to Sneoze Was Regarded as a Death Warrant. Sneezing fromn very reipote timles has beens regarded wvithi supirtillon. Our forefialthers wet to bed aglInt if they sneezed while putting on t heir shoes. A sleeze to tie right was deenmed lucky; to Ili' left, tif evil por tent. To sneeze near i buriat place was v'ery 1unlucky. Tradition ias It that snieezing was at first a fatal sign-every huuaii heing sneezed bull (liltnce a nd Iten died-but Jacob peti ioned the 'reator to re ItinOe the snit'ezing lan and si(.'t'e.lteed. '1'Itence r)4t'2-e the onwe u tiversal rus ton of la i al sIl itezer With "God bless you:''' or "'May you live long!" The cuso n still o11talls In sou:) pi its of Europe. In 1-ii;ad not o2'ly was a sneezer blessed, buts friends rainel their haIs to 1m1a 1as well. Inil bin I hook. "Tile t'ode of Q'onduet," it is dI'ec'ted that "if his lordship sneet'zes ye ire not to 'bawl out, '.(od bless you!:' but how to hin handsoine.y." All over tihe world the sneeze was rec-2iogniz.ed. 1hole nit. toins Wt't uniid'r orders to ipke ex e1:lmation2s wh2en Ileir kin;; sneczed. Sneezing was tielieveil to Ibe a s'ure cure for bicough nail was also looked p1)o1 its a1 sign of sanity. 1f ancient 1and universal belief goes for anything it Is good to sneeze. -- I.ondon02 Tele graph. WHEN WORK BECOMES PLAY. The Secret of Contentment Is Found In Proper Employment. A philosoph1er on2c' said th:t "no manh properly emiplotye:l was ever luis etrable." \lit( t mnore truthful slate mnent was never cuantle. To be properly emnployed one must be engaged in ai b 2usin'ss In which he Ials faIlth anti coIntidenc(e 111d for wie-h Ie has r'espect. Ifs ie (122ubts the lelt i1na1y >f tile 111sl21ess, If It(h must re solt to practices wh'iic1I ha feels pre q)ue.stio)nabl'e. it' he isn't liou(d of his (occutIjion, he is not p1roperly (employ el. It' the wio'k lin Is l:ivtn2 to ler 1or22 pal s 2ti(0n hiil. If he fool-s that he ou2gh1t to be 1' doiin soinethig: ele. if lie en!ies t1e 2 h r elljt!22yee. his Iplacle in the Sli2 (or factory, l the:1 the wNork dlest1ens at2al (les boys, 2121.l ilisery ffl laws. The wrriters got1 thin;;s bailie''( atp wIIw' they talked 'ab 2ut wort 2ut( ply. 'Too gre:i at a1ditinction was drani. IP1:1y wras pictu'ed 128 s01 Ihi:l:g th:tt gav' 1:21piness :1nti wvork as seine1thn wthigh one1t perfornael only beeanuse hek was hung1Lry. The tr uth2 is, it is all 1'1.1y or ought 11 to lie, fur the 1112112 who is 11ro'; er'y emI) 11ayed1 1- o1y en2g:aell i:n playinig. lie gets ats touch dleli.ht( Irin it ats he for" Inely g18 ot frl' i'p the chih2lih I :t ne s 111 should. 'ertaitnly here <:un het no t1ais ery whore at nalt h2ts 11102d his work. - -1aytoni News. Knew Just How. .\lany year: ago in 'aris. at f1he first presentaition1 of a tragcerly that had for. its c1osing scene the 22' l rrier of at s,1we'd ish klIg wil h hmd lk ielnuace n'arly 1ltf at tcentuiry earlier. all wVent well till the 12lt1derI scene 'Iln tn on, when a very ti gn i2'd1 old --enltlilin ill tlhe stage box called out IlnL'rily: "A.bIsur1d! They've I it i all wrong!" The inanatger htitulself he:lrnl I his plain s1pokenI corninent,. al.d2, Ibeing 1:2trIally distur el bIy s,1 sw( eeplu22g a t.:tlenln: tionr, lhe s2uh .2 ~it the122 2ritie and1( Ipo 12ad to 1find with itI. wh'1ole groupInI2g ef 1the scene22 is 1incor. kinto thle ri.1ht of I~o door122, whereat'~ s Barbarous Tattooing., wok that1 1 it fte to2 ok 12n-arly3 sIX wh le b ody - of .tl'(iin- ma'lesV wth er'2I iel 11rnitated( r'.1::b de2signs8, (Ire'Ies, ('urves.' a12(2 122:12y 2h-2i2ns of2( 82inull wor21k, 12) 2:ludinlg ro2(r2al and(I1121nluIr spots, e'venl to lle Wiln'lerW2 n Il ni) the11 to1 of; the head.('I Thus,1 Ia!glning at1) ('iri)12ty, Durable. Tihe a)d:iatio whlh'I 11(dh felt for hIs A 1111t .\lrgarlet inc'Ilded all her2 1 at. "'I don't (nre l'much14! for pla21in tee(th) like 2211n12, Aun .\11 3:r2garetl,"' s12hl 1101h 'whlehl he2 had1 watched2 o her' In laugin~lg conversation1(22 wIll) is1 12uother.2' "I wIsh 1 1had4 some14 ('opper' t(22.d 2)nes lIke Close. "What sort of (-bap1 laIs man8f)1t ShIn L ner't" "lIe's thiel sort of chap)1 wh'o w12ouln't tinkl of olferin you~ (a2 mat2ch e to light ou 02 c(Igar' unless8, he were' surIe y'ou J had another2 2 ci1ga1r in) your1 piocket." rtttsburgh Pre's's. lie-YouMercenary. I1e-Yu use to aytherewa .2 something about me you liked, She Yes, bu1t you've spent It all now. --Philade~lia Ledger. LImited. "WVhy did you slap your baby sister's ~ aco?" "'Cause th' rest uv 'er was wrapped up."-Judge. D :Uty is sddty, irrespective of its ro 90t~Nnfy Sontoka. SIMPLE LIFE BEST h Wear and Tear Cause Statesmen to Die Young. SAYS WORK ISN'T TO BLAME. Yalo Professor, After an Exhaustive Study on Question of Vitality of Our Public Men, Declares Quiet Life Is the Long One. New IlIaen. ('onn.--hat Ithe sitliple life is the long one nitl that the con vlviil solil life of the atiloni's rep resettittves iI congress Is not iin(luI caee to longevity, hut has, on the cn I t'r, heedt the tmens of taking ofl' at a too early age linntiy of the best mern of the couintry, nire decltions made by I'rofessor Ir vin. -'isher, one of the best known politinl economists in the( counitry, after iln exhaustive stud y. "I 'i'esiils, vioe presilents and con gressnen are a select groupt, endowed at the outset. wvtih uniusual vitality. The vitality of imi'ost of them is severe ly ta xed and mlaleially r-edliced by tho hieavy responlsthilities and had per~sont aI hygiene in('ieilnt to a1 public vierer. A minority eseinpe the worst of these conilitins and retain the imalor poat of their natural en mliwinent of vitality. IUnd hygiene hais beet) n re destruc tive Than the weilit of responsibility. "'This sconclusi 11 Is suggested by tihe fnct. thnt the vice presidents suffer a greater curtaillment of life than tlt' 'II hI'Ioti by Amferi:tii fr,-, Assittion. 1'I' FFSSon 1II~ lN isillitt. preshdents, althotighl Vier pre-shlents haiive tar loss reslionililityr, lut piel'nd tnutch Cayre time Iin \\'ntshingtoni sotril lie' thun Ile ire ii ents. It Is also sug. gest ed by I he fact tthat t le clvil war perlou, w%-ith its greater wet"(1;1 of r"e sl''insibuilit; ttt uire siniiple lIving, shwrell :t owri iniertality- than the ple rio,;is ptro)eding and foullowrin-, with less weilIht il respolsbility blut less situlel livin."' I' for1'ic-iillsheir :ulhl I iht hilstorlenlly theire lhis bieien ai iprogressive' doc-vese 10Ilihsie enu1ses of diathI i'onsistling of chiiily ait tlii- iarlier agesl', bt ai prio grocssive io eiige for thei worisie in thsse i'asis whlii'h iIlI Ihelr iIthois ichleily at thle later'i year is. ginertivle iiseises woiubl xpilalii the Iimpoineniiiit in liortIalIty ut t he eiiitier grinduntoI s, ievien positivye retrI;mreion5l~l In thle mor taiility iof Ithe~ slilci inYes. (eeptiuinality of' thei ibler nges In the elvii war pierid. For If' It w'as plnin livliig wib lviixplainiel the low mor tai ty ofr tiat erliid we shlonl expect lie moriie ina rkwil iiillueinci of t hat fac liir toi appiear Just asX It dlies, at the (llri iages at, whle~h thle wear' nieil tear mtlit IIty is iielly registered. "Th'le thanage to vItalIty whieh w tfi ini liublic lIfe s nmot , thierefore, put forwari id lis an a rgumient 1 nin lst niteir lng piubllie ser'vice, nor will a k:nowvl Ied Ige o f thle fa its probably13 ten (11li inta diirect ion, certaily 1noht a iiolig t hose 5onal lot eres5ts, as e'very~' pul ici man shioubl(. 1 ut kniowle'dge ls Ipower', ainil u kiiowledge oif thle fa i-s shuouihI eniabb.o us to prolee our 01 lul ic mn 1 or1 enabhil le Ithlemu to pr'oteoct them'iiselvyes anrd to do. 14o in thle pubIlie hiteii'st. Th'1is enn heit coriilitions1 in the cuntiryi noil its eap lIIt by3 betteri hieaIth li ustoms al halb. Its, by' better Ideals anad by3 a iioire sys. temiat Ie apjilient lon of I lhe per'fect Ideals already3 e'xisthbig."' niionei't Ion wIth th le lIves of the preslenits oIf the Uniited Staites, Prlo fessor' FIsher says: "fThe longevity of each presidenit Is reckconed from the date of inaugurn I ion-that isi, from ,hle time of his first being president. Titus WashIngton be came president at the age of fifty. seven, when the 'expectation' of life, accordIng to the American experience table, was sixteen years. He actually Ilived, however, only eleven years in stead of' the sixteen. John Adams, on Ithe other hand, lived after inaugura Ition twenty-nIne years, which was two and three timne. his expectton~ of thie. tean Yars Clardy & Wilson I Clardy i THE LA5 Have You Gotte: Big Expansio SATURDA We must have the roor the prices more than right. Mens Oxfords When ti round up th That this sa /ml dem have attendee A " ful bargains _ Manye ~2PI:~iliberal reduci fu. r"dnleed t. .... .. . 5.19 sam e w ay be $4.50 rdu dii . t ... .. .. .. 3.79 1. o red i.d to .. .. .. ...$3.49 $3.5u0 re dneed4" to .. .. .. .. $ .9F lG:."l rd -111.. . ..3.19 $1.00 reduced to .. .. .. 2.69 W e must m E White Slippers us provide ti Half Prices profit by the There are double Belte Byer WllHavhi e Clardy p liberaeredu FiveFac sameu S ayuld (1 Tatdsese te eus o v ide codti (2)Tha whn w c r oftcb thedioerdcnton (3 Tatte lod. Th rereosn thrug (15 ), That Src . 8. . . th mot.elaleree75or Belated fromrtheibloodve Lauren . s -o -~~r'eto o osn ~6 k Fte odtat s Younablssn Shyl~ourclyd 4S(() hat ifteas lThe resul nofar dorderh clndi (2)' my t when ab o ret the ud i esore c nti (3) That tht s n n te bloodistecrero poon thrg (4)Tat trom naticessfully trta dieaset ointingl hand bark teache bnow o a s pu the tisus es.pt liar medial vaue. aThe ms Inrelisable. emedy for S i ontsrom ine nd. acnabn-o.S .S adno *s.ss.icis n elperyithentu. fbei to- osn cdfeelsk 50 dy, t s atucessueyr whtherrm gldlfgv specod Y cae oblood ttbl has ne of hesoslaIn dietyt toan thosans of Reautrers for abt the 'troubre g1 tanha, chknow fo is plecu- the4tissue pata, tilt pWW1 BP11C019O COMPANT. ATLANTA. 4z Wilson | Clardy & Wilson )T CALL! n Your Bargains? n Sale Closes LY NIGHT n and to get it we are making pis store closes Saturday night we will most successful sale in our history. ale has been appreciated has been istrated by the crowds of buyers who d and takenadvantageof the wonder offered. eople today feel thankful for the tions made on goods they purchased e would like to make you feel the fore Saturday night. dsare already knocking for entrance. ke way for them this week. Help ie room and at the same time you bargains we offer. plenty of good bargains and values yet to be had, so >und The Last.Call This One More Opportunity setter Values" kr Wilson. - - S. Carolina _________________________ iaoutoi thet body. Ilbda o COIoving ofpyuritiesanr oangsnascAd liiltoo troublel fllhOXorl oany11 troubIleof..8.. S. 8. deeas/, """ l" the semato the -liO0 11 JIle flilaoo ni Inth blood , t o PdeL01 rlat orwtle.l niec ntondayt don;aadallottlen hadvicel andaganstfaieesate!il y toubor canyit' the seTakanoicethaof the dl rvn6 he f the dayred. o boo a ho- PlcSLO~D0E~e minIstrator with will annexed . h oiglu tele.Jn of 1 he J9udge ofPae.o Lu anrerehd n ou and1 Incligea.tioan dutyhesamebuyildlinppl for fina normarlwand healannexed Anyhoperoon YOndebdeduto sayid r th esthave relif. W wil ovr uosled fordcretipaind t i make -y. advice and treetonn they didter gand ieson oeChamber lain's ablentsa sar e illn ent, Boom preenti their ton . Givfo e thoid dae dulhhy proue. Obtaiabler hrev eyr.an utsyte r h etIhv