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yyashable Shirt Waists.

Midsummer demands that generous
supDly of washable shirt waists be
kept On hand, and the simple styles
now in vogue are easily made al
home with the use of a reliable pat
tern. The material represented IN the
drawing on the left of the large pict-
ure is red and white Scotch madras.
simply machine stitched and closed in
front with pearl buttons. The back
fits smoothly across the shoulders, and
may be made with or without applied
woke, the fulneSS at the waist being
adjusted by tapes run through Il cas-
ing. The fronts have attractive tui-
ness laid in five small backward turn
Ing plcats ut the meek.
The regulation shirt waist sleeves
have openings finished with under and
over laps. and the wrists are COM
pleted with straight link cuffs. The
mode IS desirable for all wash fabrics
in plain. dotted, striped or figured
designs.
To make this shirt waist will require
in the medium size three and three
quarter yards of material twenty -One
inches wide, or two and half yards
thirty-slX inches wide.
Ribbon and lace insertion united ~
machine stitching is the dainty fabric
illustrated in the other drawing. The
front and sleeves are cut en- bias
and a strip of the insertion is applied
over the pleat in front, which renders
the closing invisible.
The waist is arranged over fitted lin
ings of silk or lawn Which match tn d.,
color of the ribbon.
Gathers ut the neck and waist line
give the fronts 4 graceful. slightly
bloused, effect.
The back fits smoothly across the
shoulders, scant sfulness below being
drawn to the centre at the waist line,
Stylish tlaring cuffs fall in scallops
over the hand and finish the wrists OF
the dress sleeves that have only slight
fulness at the top.
Tiny darts taken up in the founda
tion of the stock collar curves it com
f0rtably to the neck and over thl:
the material is smoothly adjusted.
TO make this waist in the medium
size will require three and one-hal
yards Of material twenty inches wide
or two and One-Quarter yards thirty
six inches wide, with one yard of law
or tw- y:.rds of silk for lining.
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bow to Fold n Skirt.

Fold your skirt lengthwise, very
much in the folds in which it hangs.
If it is made with box pleat at the
back see that this lies perfectly flat.
Take the pleat and lay it fiat on ta-
BILE. keeping the front fold also without
a crease. If the fulness of the back
is folded inward take up the two folds
and then lay it on table. keeping, as
said before, the front breadth quite
fiat @s&
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How Drink Delutles.

The effect of alcohol is to make a daz-
cling palace of the vlest slum; thr ugh al
coholized eyes CRIME, filth and rags are
beautiful Drihk makes the one-room
dweller contented with his lot. We may
despair OF breeding dlscontent while drink
holds sway People who would reform So
cety must make the dethroning of drink
a plank IN their platform.
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Walnut Log For Paris Exhibition.

AT Dewey, thirty miles south of Coifey-
Vile, Kan. a walnut log has been shipped
to the Paris Exposition. The tree from
which the log was ken is supposed to be
400 years old. The trunk is sixteen feet
in circumference, and the first limb was
forty-fve feet from the ground.
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POPULATION OF PORTO RICO.
The Census Shows 953.243 Inhabitant
or 264 to tho Square Mile.

General Sanger, Director of the Census
Of Porto Rico, has issued a bulletin show
ing that the population of the island on
October l6, 1899, was 953,243. The popula-
ton of the island to the square mile is 264.
The people of Porto Rico are, in the
main, a rural community. There are no
large cities in the island, the two largest
being San Juan, which has population OF
32OIs, and Ponce, with q population OF
1852. There are in Porto Rico tifty.seven
cities. each having q population of 1000 or
more The total urban population OF the
island. under this definition, numbers 2o3,-
792. or 2l.4 per cent. of the total number
of ;nhobitants of the island.
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Wrapper wisiIsE Essssse pleat in Back.

The comfort nggested by this pref
ty, AeooIlookine wr:pper is most be-
witcRing. Soffkool challies that has
q green leaf on ream-tinted ground,
is thesmateriaf Illustrated. The point
ed brctelles yoke and cola: of leaf
greeH Liberty satin are overlaid with
Russian lace, and trimmed with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25
The Long Glove Again.

With the adoption Of the short ell
bow sleeve on some of our smart
gowns the:Qlongs glove is again worn;
indeed. there safe whispers that Pari-
slams are trying tos Introduce silk NIT
tens. 1t is fashion for the lady of
beautiful handsand handsome rings to
20 ioioo Of " Sa<b ssl<5lE
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HEROISM REWARDED.
Good Position For Newsboy Who saTsd
y p Many Lives.

Herbert Botsford, the newsboy, who
saved scores Of lives at the time OF the res
eryoir disaster at Grand Rapids, Mich; by
arousing nearly every family in the valley,
has been rewarded. :.
Several weeks ago Congressman William
Alden Smith offered to a boy to be chosen
from the Evening Press Association per-
manent place az messenger in the Census
Department at Washington. Botstord was
selected for the position. tie, IS bright.
ouick-witted and fifteen years old.
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<<zz{I{{I{{1?| SI ~ 49, ~
the E@l@TS OF fRSHI0N.

New York City.-Re1 and white
striped madras. white lawns and all
over embroidery with edging ana ln-
sertion to match are the materials
combined in this attractive and dainty
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Lived to He 123 Ycars Old.

James Reddick, believed to be the oil
est man in Ohio, if not in the Unit
States. died in the Columbiana lnfrm
few days ago. aged l23 Years. He
born slave in Virginia in l777. His
wife, aged ninety, survives him.
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the sleeves as /. separate guimpe,N TO
which the embroidery is applied IN.
round yoke outline. The sleeves are
gathcre into wristbands of Insertion
finished with a friH of embroidery.
The full round skirt is deeply
hemmed at the foot, gathered At the
top and Joined to the lower edge OF
waist. q band of insertion forming the
belt. To make as illustrated VIII nc,
uuirc two and three-fourthS yards O:
stripcd madras. thirty-two inches wide.
one and tive-cighths yards OF white
lawn guimpe. with sleeve and bertha
and ,hrcc-cightEs yards Of allover EN-
broidcry for yoke and collar. three
wards of insertion and four and one
half yards of embroidery.
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Tbs Centre OF Population.

The census of 1909 will probably show,
figuring on the old basis, that the centre
of population is somewhere between Terre
Haute and Vincennes, Ind.
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Won a Ball Game md $4,000.

For eight years Wooster University, in
Wooster, Ohio, had tabooed intercolle:,
giate athletics. Several years ago Edward
S. Kelly, of New York City, a graduate
in the class of rs, stated that when Woos1
ter had ball team and won one game he
would make a donation. Athletics wert
ieinstated this year and ore game was won
A few days ago President Holden an
nounced gift by telegram from Kelly of
$4,000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-07-25

Great Britain imported 10000, 900 great
hundreds tl,92O, ,OOO. .0003 of eggs last year.
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Infinite Love Makes No Mistake.

There are dark problems which even
faith docs not make plain to us. The
empty rrad!" AMI the aching mother
heart: The torn infant tcndrllS valniy
reaching out for mothcr-lovr, which moth
ing else on earth can satisfy: the broken
heart OF welded love; the cry of widows
and orphans for the strong arm Snatched
away: the unfultllcd promises of youth
full life: the unc0mplctrd arcs of circles;
buls that are never allowed to BLOSSOM
OH we cannot understand these things.
Even the glorious hope Of immortality
beyond does not make clear the neces,
sity OF shattered hopes and crushed
hearts and bleeding lives here. But hope
leans on the strong shoulder of faith,
and faith gathers inspiration from the
sunshine of hope-and both together, are
encircled hy the arms Of eternal love;
For Christ is the S'l!"St PROOF mat uou
ia love and that life is love. and that in:
finite Love can make no mistake.-Rev.
Charles A. Savage.
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It is a profound remark Of PrescOtt's
that "liberty is dependent upon forms"
Rut what is of more Importance to re-
member is that love is dependent upon
forris-courtcSy OF etiquette guards and
protects courtesy Of heart.-F. W. Rob
prtSOn.
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Dost thou we'll to be discomfort when
God has given thee the whole tree. with
all the clusters of comfort growing ON
it, because He suffers the winds to blow
down 4 fcM leaveS?-JOhn E,lavel.
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If we would live in peace. let us make
the best constructions of one anothers
words and actions. Charity judgcth the
best. and it thinks no evil If words and
actions may be construed in good sense,
let us never put Il bad construction on
them.-John Bunyan.
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NEARLY A BREAKDOWN.

Mrs. olberg, a Prominent Minnesota
Lady, Tells a Remarkable story.
Albert Lea, Mimi, Nov. 10, 190O.-
lSpecial:l-There Ire few men and
women In this State, or Indeed in the
whole Northwest, who have not heard,
or do not know personally. Mrs. Hem
riette G. Olherg of this city.
Mrs. Olberg vas Judge of Linen and
Linen Fabrics ut the Worlds Fair, at
Chicago, aud Superintendent of Flax
Exhibit at the international EXPOSE
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LIFE ON Il FARM.
Il Must De Elevated SO That It's Mimi
Shall Cease to BE n synonym
~ for DrudEery:

A great deal has beer said about
the hardships endured by farmers
wives, but how much harder do they
have to work than mechanics wives:
The poultry and the dairy co1npris,
all the extra work, and these may be
as much or as little as desired. The
farmers house does no: require hall
the care, his apparel needs less atten-
ton, his fashions are simpler, his
table is easier supplied and with far
better material at little cost; the chill.
dren are not kept indoors, but go
free as the birds, and, as they grow
older, how many less temptations!
The husband is not away all day, but
his home is his place of business, and
many are the holidays a farmer can
take without his business suffering.
The time for very hard work on the
farm has gene by. 1t is not as it was
fifty OF a hundred years ago, when
little machinery lightened the house,
keepers daily work. Then the farm
er's wife all the cloth worn by
the family, besides doing the cooking
over an open fireplace. Now the
housework is less arduous, the sewing
is quickly done, and much time can
be given to gardening, visiting and
mental Improvement. If we would
have our young men and young won-
en- realize that farming is the noblest
occupation on earth we must give the
calling more dignity, elevating it SO
That IFS name shall pooca IN ba n warn
synonym of drudgery. Home life can
be made very pleasant, even on the
farm.--N. y. Weekly.
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nature. standard and Mans,

Nature unaided can maintain a Ger.
tain standard. This it can 90 through
Its own mode of breeding and Sc
lection. that is TO say, the survival OF
the %flttest. The standard. however,
eau never rise higher than n certain
Level. There is an insurmountah!e
barrier which it can never scale. That
barrier is environment. But man can
Improve on nature. While he can be
even more rigid in his selection, he can
also modify environment and for the
better. He has thus been enabled tn
create the great gap that now exists
between the primal elements OF the
hog as he was and the hog as he is.
But the advance has not been all gain.
While the improved hog has gained
enormously in certain qualities. as. for
instance, those that relate to maturity
and easy keeping. the breed has los,
something in qualities which relate to
reproduction, and also in all round
stamina.--Farmers' Review.
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q 3 AFTER corr.
4 Rotation which II Not Popular nat
Always Gives FAIRLY sati.a0c-
tory Results.

+f-LsNEM HyZ4aEE 1880 -E ~
Until within a few years it has been
The prevailing custom In Huron couIi-
ty, o.; to follow corn with oats, the
pats with wheat and then seed to tim
bthy and clover; but now many sow
their corn ground to wheat, following
with a second crop of wheat to get
the ground in good shape for seeding.
More would follow this rotation il
they didn'tobject to sowing wheat aft
er wheat, and, while it is somewhat
risky, where a stiff sod is turned un-
der for corn, and wheat sown in the
stubble and well-rotted sod turned up
for the second crop of wheat. the re-
suit is often a better crop than the
first.
| have found that by using a disk
harrow to fit corn ground for wheat,
straddling each row and then rolling
down in the spring, a reasonably
smooth surface for Il meadow can b
obtained. l moved such a meado,;
this year, and no one would know
by riding a mower over it that it had
been seeded after corn-stubble wheat.
1t had been rolled both last spring
and this, last spring to get the corn
stubble out of the way of the binder,
and this spring to farther smooth ard
fit the field for moving. To get rid
of the corn stubble the first season,
roll on a dry day and when the ground
is dry, and it is surprising how few
will be left standing. There will be
a few corn stnbble raked up in the
hay, but very few. aud this is about
the only objection to seeding after
corn stubble.
To prepare corn ground for wheat
I put 10 rows of corn in one row of
shocks, cut the three middle rows and
lay them down in the standing corn.
then fit the ground and sow this
strip. which is just wide enough for
one round of the drill; then, with Il
jack to shock up by, cut the remain.
ing five rows Gu each side and set on
the ground already sown; thus the
stalks will have to he carried but
Ettle way. and a perfect stand Of
wheat will be secured except right un.
der the shock.
There is no cheaper way of growing
wheat. and as good crops as J. ever
raised were grown in this way, and
for the last three seasons I have seed.
ed the ground with excellent results.
-E. p. Snyder. in Ohio Farmer.
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4 Full 1ntcrnatiopal Agreement.

Washington Star: An entire agree
men by The powers upon the chief
terms OF the Anglo,Gcrman alliance is
now reported and thus the internatfon-
al bargain to respect the territorial IN
tegrity and to maintain the open door
of hin has been formally struck.
Certain of the powers, the United
States, France and Russia, have re-
fused to act upon the third clause of
the agreement respecting future proce-
dure in case any power seizes territory.
The United States, rance and Russia
are not willing TO bind themselves TO
q policy Of offense In case a hostile
move Is made in China by one of the
powers. 1t sufiices for all present pur-
poses that all of the powers have ac-
cepted the principles of governmental
integrity and open door. 1t is not to
be assumed that this acceptance Is in-
sincere and that iii consequence II
one of the powers may ut any time vio-
late the agreement and seize a part of
China Ey
Thus the good faith of the world is
pledged to preserve China In the condi-
ton demanded by the interests of
peace and commerce. This pledge is as
'orngl as. it can now be made. lean
While negotiations are slowly proceed
ing to procure from China satisfactory
guarantees that there will be ample
protection for foreign interests in the
future. There are serious items to BE-
adjusted regarding the p~unishments to
be administered for the recent uprising,
and there may be friction between the
powers and China. But nothing now
should stand in the way of a complete
harmony between the powers them
| selves. Such differences as may arise
respecting the precise modes of tie To-
forms and the exact scope of the pun
ishments required in China ought to be
of easy settlement o that the funda-
mental policy of governmental intesri-
ty and open door has been adopted. 1t
would be a sad display of international
stupidity and intolerance If a smooth
course of negotiation with China cohl5
not be found.
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Di.respect for !. Dyna.,y.

Philadelphia Record: Prince su, who
accompanied he Chinese Imperial
court on its fight from Picking, tells a
story which should give pause to those
powers that persist In their d~isorgaIiz-
Ing tactics IN Peking and vicinity. The
rutt1anisnH displayed under the very
eyes CT h emperor and empress dow.
aser by the army which accompanied
the fugitives, the sacking and pIllage
of villages and the slaughter of their
show to what d low estate
1.-THE imperial authority has fallen in
The mutinous soldiery ever
went SO far as to appropriate the meals
prepared for the august personages
whom they We're supposed to guard. It
would require very little to extinguish
the authority of the emperor and em-
press dowager altogether. and then
chaos would be let loose In China. 1t
Is time for conservative and construc-
tive craftsmanship to manifest itself
among the powers. lest the only avail
able neal of restoring and preserving
order in the vast Chinese empire
namely, the ruling dynasty of China
shall be over:arown.
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- a@s-HHlta NEESs
ferlna Medicine Co.. Columbus. o.
Gentlemen;-"As 9 remedy for eatarrh /
,cnn cheerfully recommend Peruna, i hnve
been troubled with chronic catarrhI FOR ovei
sslK years. had tried seseral remedies
without relief. A lodge friend advised mo
TO try Perana, and | began to use Ii faithful.
ly before each meal. Since then / have al.
ways Kept 1t In the house. am now In
better health than l have been in over twen.
~ years, and | feel sure my catarrh is ner.
manentiy cared
Peruna cures catarrh wherever %locate1.
As seen as Pcruna removes systemic On.
tarra the digestion becomes good, nerve,
ssTong. and trouble vanlshcs. peruna
strengthens weak nerves, not by temporari.
ny stimulating them, but by removing tho
cause OF weak nerves-systemlc catarrh.
ms - the only cure that lasts. Remove
The cause nature Will do the rest, peruna
removes the cause. Address The Peruns
Abkdlctae Company, Columbus, Ohio.
aDr i book treating Of cafarrh Ia rs
INHERENT phases ard Stages, also a
book entitled "EeaLfh snd Bcauty.o
written especially for women,
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OUR SOUTHERN VENTURES.
American Capital !. aiepotoll.lns Ven,

American Capital ID M~opotell.inr vencs
xucla and Mexico.
Venezuelan Heralds The perusal.sof
the following lines win furnish lnfor-
nation to those persons in Venezuela
who smile when American capital and
enterprise are spoken OF. Let them
know that the Moniteur Officiel du
Commerce Francais says of the l3, 200
ktlon:eters OF railroad II, 400 are Atneri-
can; that of the 1880 mines in %exploita-
ton. 1900 are worked with capital OF
h same nation; thatsof the $500 nj
ployes OF the American railroads, only
1850 are the IONS Of Uncle Sam, and
h others are natives OF the cuuntry;
that one bank In every three Is Ameri-
can: that the which used to
be monopolized by the French, Spanish
and Germans Is now being fought for
by the Americans. The following are
the words OF NJ. Signoret, councillor OF
h French board of foreign trade:
French. English, Germans and
Americans, we shall all flnd ourselves
competing harder h eve
I'VE have on our side past success.
acquired strength; the Germans, and
especially the English, have at their,
disposal enormou capital and great
audacity. AS to the Americans. In adj
dition to these elements, they have in
their favor the proximity of their coun-.
try-1ve days-the facilities offered by
their low tariff, their enterprising spirit
and the resources which the commer-
cial ard industrial American people
shower on their pioneers abroad. They
Eave also another enormous advantage,
namely. that In the United States Mex
lean business Is sought for: this they
understand quickly, investigate and
execute. In France months and some
times years.. elapse before a hearing or
investigation can be obtained for u
Mexican affair.
I'm a word, Mexico has been made
known and developed by the Ameri-
cans, who. thanks to their 11,4OO kilo-
meters Of railroad, have enabled the
wealth Of the country to be exploited.
The day General Porfirio Diaz and his
minister, Pacheco. gave them 100 con-
cessions. of which only 107 have seen
the light, he served his country, for he
encouraged a practical people. who
have sowed the country freely with
gold. What Porfirio Diaz did for the
Americans he has tried to do on many
occasions for the French. but they have
turned a leaf ear to him and have pre-
ferred the Transvaal. but they have
time yet to show u little Initiative"
Coming from a F%renchman, clothed
with al official character. these words
should cause reflection in certain gov
eminent officers who believe that up to
the present time the United States
have not gone out of themselves nor
invested their capital abroad. May
these lines. reproduced in the interests
of their country, not allow them to re-
main any longer in ignorance.
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short Crops In Knssln.

New York Journal OF Commerce:
There is a further warning of the In
sufficiency of the Russian crops. This
comes from the ministry of agriculture,
which admits that the crops of this
year wesa considerably below the av-
eraGe, its reports coming from more
than 1000 correspondents. AS Russia
has had two poor crops lately, and as
the Russian government has sometimes
stated the crops more favorably early
In the season than the latter return.
justified, it is reasonable to infer from
these two official admissions made late
ly that the shortage is pretty serious.
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GeorEin's Mig Coat Fnr;n.

a Georgia paper says that r. Y. Not
tingham has bought a farm near Wal
den, in Bibb county, Ca, and proposes
to place 1000 goats IN it. He figures
that in three years lie will be worth
$1,oco,o0n, as in his opinion. the goats
will each year increase at the rate of
nine to one. He thinks the leading
feature Of the ranch Will be the dairy,
which he proposes to run in connection
with it for selling goat milk for me-
dicinal purposes. HI hopes to establish
a sanitarium near the farm for the free
entertainment of invalid women and
feeble children, but this will not be an
advertised feature of the ranch.