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winter theatrical trade q glass hat. It
is as gorgeous, with it's nodding plumes
and wonderful array of trimmings, as
the largest and most striking theatre
hat that ever obstructed first
nighter's view, but there is this diff
ference-the new hat obstructs no
ones view. You look through it as
clearly as you would look through a
plate-glass window.
The new glass theatre hat is almost
as light as feather. 1t will not break
if you drop it., and it is quite as
fashionable as to its style as any
theatre hat made of felt or velvet. The
hat is made of very thin preparation
of pliable glass, which has been pre-
pared with certain chemicals to prevent
it from breaking. Its main ingredient
is silicate of soda. The glass is per-
fectly, transparent, and makes a most
effective foundation for trimmings.
The glass can be bought by the yard
if one is fortunate enough to know
where it is manufactured. It is 80
pliable that it can be easily plated or
ruff1ed, and under the deft hands of
milliner can be made into very fasci-.
mating transparent bows. As pompons
and fancy wings it will also be used.
But its chief use will be for the founda-
ton of the big theatre hat, for it's
daring brim and high crown, so that
no matter what the hats size it can be
easily seen through.
One of the most effective of the new
theatre hats is a rather expensive
creation in glass and chiffon. The
faring glass brim is cut into series
of tabs, each tab softened by shirred
edge of delicate pink chiffon. The
glass bell-shaped crown of the hat is
is also finished with shirring Of chif-
fon, and it is admirable for the person
behind it to get view of the stage.
Beautiful pink feathers are used for
the trimming. There are four of
them, and they all have downward
droop. These feathers coil prettily
over the hair at the back. They full
fill perfectly their object of being or.
namental and yet not IN the way.
Around the base of the crown bit OF
fllmy chiffon is coiled, which is caught
in the centre with an antique silver
and rhinestone buckle, and there you
have the new theatre hat complete.
And to own this dainty glass creation
you must pay $25. But there are
other glass hats now on sale for the.
atre wear which are less expensive,
and some which are double this hats
value. They are all extremely novel,
and yet they are not unpleasantly con-
spicuous, and as for being light and
comfortable nothing to equal them In
the millinery line has ever been seen
before.-New York Journal.
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now. The Director General of Agri-
culture has issued regulation that all
animals of the bovine species ore to
wear earrings as soon as they have at
tanned the age of three months.
This is a hygienic measure, intended
to prevent the introduction into Bel
gium of animals suffering from tuber-
culosis.
Breeders are to be obliged to keep
an exact account of all animals raised
by them, and the ring ION which is en-
graved number) is fastened in the
animals ear for the purpose of pre-
venting.-or helping to preventive
substitution of one animal for an
other.
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Caulifiower, Carrots and Egg Plant.

Delicate Caulifower.-Trim and
wash carefully close, white cauli'
flower, being careful to remove all in
sects; drop in salted, boiling water
and cook for twenty-five minutes.
Carefully lift out and drain on clean
cloth, then place in hot dish and
pour over it the following dressing:
A pint of boiling water, half cup but
ter and pinch of salt. Slowly add two
tablespoons OF -four smoothed in a
half cup rich cream; boil up; add to
the cauliflower and serve at once.
Creamed Carrots. .-Scrape dozen
fair-sized carrots, and boil in salted
water till tender. Drain off the water;
season with cup of rich, creamy
milk, lump of butter size of an egg, a
teaspoonful of sugar, pinch of, salt,
dust of pepper and tablespoonful of
-four smoothed in little of the milk
and added after the rest is boiling.
Stir carefully to prevent Jumps, and
serve in a hot dish with tiny squares
of toasted bread.
Fried Carrots. and scrape
clean, cut in slices one-fourth of an
inch thick and parboil in salted water.
Drain, and fry few slices at time
in plenty Of hot fat, until a delicate
brown.
Carrot Balls.--Stew and mash half
q dozen large carrots. Add two we'll
beaten eggs, half cupful of -four;
salt, pepper and butter. Make into
balls and bake in the oven until light
ly Drowned.
Spiced Carrots-Wash and scrape
six medium-sized carrots; slice and
stew in just water enough to cover.
When tender, drain off the water;
cover with vinegar; and add salt,
pepper, a few small pieces of CHINA
mon bark, a dozen whole cloves and a
cup of sugar. Return to the fire till
scalding hot; remove, and place in a
glass jar. As soon as cold they are
ready for use.
Fried Egg Plant-Pare and slice
and stand in salted water for two
hours; drain on clean cloth; and dip
each slice in beaten egg, then in fine
bread or cracker crumbs; sprinkle with
pepper and fry in hot fat. Serve i'm
mediately. They must not be taken
from the water until ready to cook, OF
they will turn black.
Egg Plant Croquettes-Peel the
fruit, chop fine, salt and let stand we'll
covered for two hours. Carefully
drain off all the liquor that arises, and
TO each cupful of tne plant add we'll
beaten egg and cup Ct bread OF
cracker crumbs. McIl0 into fiat
cakes and fry.
Baked Egg Plant-To every cup OF
egg plant, prepared as above, add a
tablespoonful of cracker crumbs, a
teaspoonful of butter; and salt and
pepper to taste. Place in pudding
dish and bake for twenty minutes.
Serve in same dish.
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suIt Made of Rattlesnnke Skins.

Blue Hill, in Milton, Mass, is fam
Gus for its observatory and its rattle
snakes. To add to its standing among
the hills of the country, it has freak
advertiser, so to speak. He is known
far and wide as "Blue Hill Bob" His
favorite sport is the killing and skin
ming of snakes. So many of the rat
tly reptiles of Milton has he dispatched
that he is able to wear suit of snake
skins as result of his labors and his
skill
1t is wierd and scaIy garment, but
''Blue Hill Bob" rejoices in it.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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Ladies' and Misses Blouse.

In the two-column design Bordeaux
red faced cloth is strikingly decorated
with parallel rows of black braid that
contrast strongly to the handsome
edging and full revers of chinchilla
fur. A belt of black velvet droops
gracefully in front according to the
prevailing mode. Hat OF red felt,
faced and banded with black velvet
garniture of red silk crepe, autumn
leaves and back quills. This stun
ming outdoor wrap, says May Manton;
is one of the most desirable of the
seasons novelties, combining style
with comfort and giving a distinguished
air to the wearer. A unique feature
is the extended shoulders which form
epaulettes over the coat sleeves that
show a slight fulness at the arm's-eye.
The entire coat is lined with plaid
taffeta. The blouse proper is fitted
with shoulder and under-arm seams
and the basque portion is cut sepa-
rately and scanned to the blouse be-
meath the belt. The sleeves are snug
fitting and are scanned to the lining
only at the upper portion beneath the
epaulette and both cloth and lining at
the under-arm portion. To insure
additional strength a strip Of cloth is
stitched to the lining round the upper
portion of the arms eye where the
sleeve joins it alone. The right front
of the blouse laps over on to the left
and closes invisibly. Revers of fur
are turned back from the throat and
the neck is finished with standin (
collar.
To make this coct for lady in the
medium size will require two yards OF
fifty -four-inch material.
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material, and for the skirt five and
five-eighths yards of same width
GOOD.
The New Ribbon Stock.

It is good thing to be able to say
that the ribbon stock does still stanchly
hold its own. The vast difference now
lies in the ribbon it is made Of. For
neckwear we have score of new and
most lovely weaves. Mohalr and silk
suede are the newest. The first is
woven exactly like any high grade of
brilliant mohair, with possibly a rather
lavish intermixture of silk, finished
with simple edge and colored in the
latest plaid patterns. It wears like q
satin of the best quality and almost
refuses to wrinkle.
Silk suede is yet newer than the
mohair, and really it is velvet rib
bon only with the silk pile shaved
closer than a mole's fur. It comes in
the new tones of castor gray and nec-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
What Wendell Philips Thought.

what wendell Phillips Thought.
Thereare 80 many reasons for temperance
apparent to every man who gives the
matter any thought whatsoever, that, 1t
seems almost superauous to cite, in its
favor, words and ropinions OF people of
spoken for the truth hasdts effect; and the
following extract from 9 speech Of Wen
dell Phillips may be Of use inshowing what
that celebrated and eloquent advocate Of
numerous reforms thought of the temper
ance cause: "Someg men look upon this
temperance question as q whining bigotry,
narrow asceticism, or o vulgar sentiment
tality, At for little minds, weak women,
and weaker men. On the contrary, re-
gard 1t as second only to one or two others
Of the primary reforms of the age. ? =
Every one OF you can glance back over
your own path and count many and many
one among those who started for the
goal at your side, with equal energy, and
perhaps greater promise, who has found q
drunkard's grave long before this. ;,
Hardly one house In this city, whether
1t be full and warm with all the luxury Of
wealth, or whether It find hard, cold main
tenance by the most earnest economy, no
matter .which-hardly q house that does
not count among SONS Or nephews some
victim Of this vice, The skeleton Of this
warning sits ats,eyery board. The whole
world is kindred inr this suffering. The
county mother launches her boy with
trembling upon the temptations Of city
life; the father entrusts his daughter anx-
iously to the young. man she has chosen,
knowing what wreck intodcation may
make of the roof-tree they set up. Alast
How often are their worst forebodin8s,
more than fulfilled have known case
probably many Of you recall some equal
to it-where one worthy woman could
count father, brother, husband and som
in-law all drunkards. No man among her
near kindred, except her son, who was not
o victim Of this vice. Like all other ap-
petites, this finds resolution weak when
set against the constant presence Of temp
tatfon," II ~
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.
Will It Revolutionize the Trade?-It WI
Cost Only Six or Seven Cents Pound.

VIII It Revolutionize the Trade?-It VIII
Cost Only Six or Seven Cents Pound.
It Is announced at Denver, Col, that the
Right Rev. Dean q. Martyr Hart, OF st.
Johns Cathedral, had perfected an inven-
tion which Is calculated to reyolutionize
the rubber trade. Napier Ford discovered
a method OF oxidizing oils, and when ne
died In London two years ago he handed
his invention to Charles Grlest, who made
some improvements In it and then turned it
over to Dean Hart.
The Dean, who Is an expert chemist,
worked on 1t for months and finally made
1t valuable commercially. The business
end Of the process was turned over to Dr.:
John Cover, who went to London and
organized company for its manufacture.
The new substance is called perchoid. 1t
will cost only about five or six cents
pound. Dean Hart will go to Washington
to SEQ about the patents,
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Washing Brushes.

A brush should be washed in warm
water in which there is little bora-,
and. perhaps, with little pure soap,
at least as often as the hair. There is
an oiiness to healthy hair which, with
the dust collected on the street, soon
makes an impression upon the brush.
1t is advisable to use brush with
wh1te bristles. It shows the soil and
makes its own plea for an occasional
bath. Care should be taken to hold
the brush back up in washing, that
the water may not soak into the back.
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washlne Fla nnels,

"Shave quarter of pound of soap
into granite saucepan, add one quart
of boiling water, stir over the fire until
dissolved" writes Mrs. s. T. Rorer OF
Handling the Family WASH" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. s'Pour this
into tub half filled with water at a
temperature of 100 degrees Fahren-
heit. Mix well. Have on the left side
of the tub a bucket of clear, warm
water, 100 degrees Fahrenheit, into
which you may put Tablespoonful
of household ammonia. Take each
piece of flannel singly and immerse it
in the suds. Soap should never be
rubbed on fannels, nor should fan.
nels ever be rubbed on board. Wash
them by pressing and drawing through
the hands, rubbing the soiled places
quickly with the hands. Rinse at
once in clear water, and wiring by
pressing one hand under the other, OF
through wringer. Never twist in the
wringing. Shake we'll and hang to
dry Immediately; then proceed to wash
the second piece. The fannels when
nearly dry must be taken from the line
and pressed with a hot iron. Be care.
full that it is not, however, too hot, OF
it will destroy the. color. Flannels
washed in this way will retain their
soft texture and original size until
completely worn out. No deviations
from these directions, however, can be
made. For colored fannels make q
suds as above. To the warm water
for rinsing add four tablespoonfuls OF
white wine vinegar, or tiny bit OF
acetic which has been thoroughly dis.
solved. It is always we'll to wait for 8
bright day before washing fannels.
They should be dried as quickly aa
possible"
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Columbus's Pay Rolls.

A curious discovery has been made
in the archives of the Spanish
navy-the bills of payment of the
crews who composed the caravels of
Christopher Columbus. The sailors,
according to their class, received from
ten to twelve francs month, In.
cluding their food. The captains OF
the three large caravels had each
eighty francs amonth. AS for Colum-
bus himself, who had the title of Ad-
miral. he was paid 1900 francs year.
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as taffetas are eminently suitable. The
trimming can be carried out in silk
passementerie, in fancy braid, in jet
or in velvet ribbon, all of which are in
vogue. The yoke can be of contrast
ing material, as shown, or one of jet
or applique, such as are sold ready
for use, can be applied.
To make this blouse for lady in
the medium size will require two and
one-fourth yards of forty-four-inch
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Daily Descend to Nothingness.

The love OF ourselves is so afraid to be
stripped out of anything that 1t suffers us
not to be carried forth tc our true rest SO
long as 1t can subsist and uphold itself by
it's own right and property. If God gave US
a true light we should undoubtedly see that
the course which tends to our diyesting our
selves Of all these things carries US on Sc
cretly but most really to the true possession
OF them and our own preservation and that
we must daily descend to our own nothing
ness, in which alone God is to be found.
Thrice happy are oil such poor in spirit
Mons. de Renty.
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Who Has Christ Ia Rich,

The Lord has given me the greatest In
al1enable. e.riches-Hisi image and likeness. he
has given me Himself. What earthly riches
do want after this? What honor? There
is no higher honor than to be Christian and
q member of the body OF Christ. There Is
no one richer than the man who always
bears Christ and His grace in his heart:
..Whom have In heaven but Thee2 And
there is none upon earth that desire In
comparison of Thee. My flesh and my heart
faileth; but God Is the strength Of my heart
and my portion forever" And yet we are
greedy; covetous, avaricious, proud, envi.
Gus. Man be rich through God; everything
comes TO you from God.-Sergieff.
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Arctic Expeditions.

Seeing that three separate Arctic expe-
ditons will shortly set sail for the north
pole, the advice given by DE- Nansen In
his great work, "The First Crossing OF
Greenland" as to the use OF alcoholic
liquors Is timely: r.
''It is often supposed" he says, chat
even though spirits are not intended for
expedition for use in cases of emergency.
I should acknowledge this If any one could
show me single case in which such rem
edy is necessary; but till this Is done, 1
shall maintain that this pretext Is not suf-
flcient, and that the best course is to ban
ish alcoholic drinks from the list Of neces-
saries for an Arctic expedition"
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A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

The Usual Way-Drink and the Labor
Market - The Liquor Industries"
But Drop In the Bucket Compared
to Some Other Employments of Labor.
Sparkling wine in brimming measure,
Filled with laughter, drained with pleasure
Robs you Of your greatest treasure:
Looks friend, but acts in treason,
Steals from you your God-like reason, :
Makes sot Of you In season. 5tsas
Lower than the beast it makes you.
Lower and still lower takes you
Till your every friend forsakes you;
Till your life Is but token 7... ta
OF the hearts that have been broken
By sorrow all unspoken;
And the smiles that erewhile met you,
Disappear, and friends forget you
And you die. and none regret you.
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Growing Influences Against Alcohol.

In England no feature Of life is more
marked than the tendency away from the
use of Intoxicating drinks, and in our own
country the action OF great business cor.
porations, mutual benefit societies and
brotherly associations OF all kinds In re-.
fusing to have as employees or members
men who drink intoxicants to excess, ia
perhaps the best thermometer we have Of
the growth Of public influence against the
alcohol habit
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Temperance News and Notes.
Health enters by the gateway OF temper
ance.
"Joy and temperance and repose
Slam the door on the doctors nose."
The sorrows that are drowned by. .drinh
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Captain skidmore, Of the fishing smack
Hoodeneganset, has just arrived ut Essex,
Conn.,, with q number OF relics from the
bottom of the ocean. Among them is lady's
beautiful gold watch which was taken from
the stomach OF Goldfish captured near
Nantucket. The watch Is marked "Ber-
gee No. 6722, London. England" and is in
a perfect state Of preservation. The hands
repjster 70 Is O'Clock.
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Only One WaY.

The London Daily Chronicle asks: .'Why
cannot the temperance societies devote
part of their energies to making our drink
traffic and habits q triae more ctvilized?e
To this the Good Templars WatchWord re-
plies: "There is only one way to ciyilize
the drink traffic, and that Is to prohibit it."
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Stout Ice-Breakinr Machines.

In Norway ice-breaking machines
are in use which paddle their way
through ice twenty-eight inches thick
at the rate of four miles an hour. One
of these machines has lately been sent
to Vladivostock to keep it's harbor
open in winter.
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A DeacMute Anniversary.

The Gallaudet Celebration Association OF
New England has decided to observe the
10th anniversary Of the birth OF. Rev.
Thomas H. Gallaudet, the father OF eduea-
tion for deaf mutes, In Boston, in Decem-
ber.
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TRANSPARENT THEATRE HAT.

It's Big, Light, Beautiful and Becoming
and Is Glass, to Be Seen Through.
Hereafter the theatre hat need havR
no terrors for us. Wewill look through
it, One of New York's most enter
prisine milliners has invented for the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08

Tuberculosis is in England and
Wales the cause of IA per cent. of all
male and 133 of all female deaths.
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tarine red, that are replacing the long
admired mastic brown and watermelon
pink.
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A Gold Watch In Codfish's Stomach.

Nature is too thin screen. The glory OF
the One breaks in erywhere.-Emerson.
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COWS WITH EARRINGS.

Hygienic Measure Ordered. by BeIgiunS
Director-General OF Agriculture.
A COW is the last creature one would
expect to see with earrings, yet every
cow in Belgium has got to wear them
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JUDGE ADAMS'S NOVEL DECISION.
Weak Minded Not Entitled to Protection
of the Law.


of the Law.
In the United States Circuit Court at st.
Louis, Mo-, Judge Elmar B. Adams has
caused some surprise by sustaining de.
murrer to an indictment charging "Prof."
J. C. Fay, medium Of that city, using the
mails to defraud.
Evidence against Fay was conclusive,
but he was discharged by Judge Adams,
who held that any man who was so men
tally dwarfed rs to be swindled by the rep
reservations OF such men rs "Prof.' Fay
he should not be a competent prosecuting
witness in the criminal prosecution OF the
man who made them.
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Child's Coat of Dark Red Cloth.
Up to the age of three years the
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Boycotting Illegal,

The United States Circuit Court OF Ap-
peals in st. Louis decided that boycotting
WIS illegal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21

Ensign Hill, better known in the army
as the 'Kansas Cyclone" will pay her
first visit to Red Jacket on Saturday and
Sunday, May 22d and 23d. On Satur.
day night she will give lecture at the
barracks entitled "Whiskey Jim and
hummer Bill" Those who have heard
Ensign Hill say she is a fine speaker and
never fails to interest her hearers. There
will be charge OF 10 cents on Saturday
night. The ensign will lead all the meet
ings on Sunday and will also give Stun
lecture at Lake Linden tonight Don't
fail TO hear her.
A grand stereopticon entertainment
will be given by Prof. I. Wills on Satur-
day evening, May 20, a p. m Admis-
sion 10 cents. "A Trip Through Corn
wall, ," "Driven From Home for Con-
science Sake" a very touching subject;
and several other fine views. This will
be one OF the best entertainments the
professor has given. Don'tfail to attend.