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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
M Waste Land in japan,

In spite of the atmosphere Of toydom
the little hamlets in Japan are centres
of persistent earnestness,' says q
Yokohama correspondent. Every bit
of ground is put to some profitable
use, and everything is proof Of the
wonderful thrift Of the Jap and his
remarkable faculty for making
plants grow" AS the train skirts
along Toxic Bay it passes rice field
after rice field stretching from the
truck farms down to the very shore
line. One cannot help feeling that in
America these beautiful green flooded
fields would appear in their pristine
state-dull, characterless salt marshes.
The fine vegetable farms 60 to the
edge of things in the other direction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
The Tale Of q Dog.

At hostelry in Hampton-on-Thames
is a dog named Jack, says the West
minister Gazette. He had been trained
to pick up coins and not give them up
until a biscuit or some other tooth
some morsel had been given to him In
exchange. A day or two ago a custom
er dropped two half-sovereigns on the
floor. He picked up one, but the
other could not be found. After
searching in vain for half an hour he
asked the landlord for a biscuit to
give to Jack, who was lying in a cor
ner presumably asleep and looking
very innocent. No sooner did the dog
get the biscuit than he dropped the
missing half-sovereign from his mouth.
Jack, it may be added, collects money
for Richmond Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03

very pretty May Manton model shown
is Of the latter material in pastel pink,
with chemisette and undersleeves Of
white India silk, trimming Of simple
cream applique, belt and bows of black
velvet ribbon, but the design will be
found adapted to various fabrics
lawn, batiste and the like, as well as
simple childish silks.
The foundation for the waist IS a
fitted lining that closes at the centre
front. On it are arranged the full front
and the waist, which is tucked and
Joined to a square yoke and tnlshed
with a novel and becoming collar. The
sleeves include snug portions beneath
which the soft full cuffs make charm
ing effect. The skirt is slightly circu-
lar. with a founce at the lower edge,
and is tucked to form hip yoke, but
is laid in inverted pleats at the back.
Both it and the waist are peculiarly
adapted to girlish figures and fall IN
soft folds below the tucks.
To cut this costume for a girl eight
years of age six and an eighth yards OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
THE REALM OF FASHION.
fulness should be carefully diminished
below the waist. as you do not want to
carry a bump of lace or satin as the
finish of the pounched front.
A Good Investment.

It is a good investment to purchase
q sunshade of good quality silk. The
cheaper grades Of silk look smart in
their first using, but when the fresh
ness wears off you see fine creases and
even cracks. If an expensive parasol
costs because Of its fine trimming or
founcing it is an expensive article. But
if it costs a dollar more than you ex-
pected to pay and is Of stout silk,
you may consider the money well laid
out, for next season the sunshade
looks fresh and proves strong when
YOU take it from it's wrappings of It's
sue paper where it has been kept.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Flower Designs in Jewels.

The most charming things are to be
seen in flower designs in jewels. One
pin, which is particularly attractive, is
in violets, two Of the blossoms, one
white and one blue, the blue in sap
phires, the white in diamonds and the
stem in emeralds. The little dicentra,
bleeding hearts. one of the pretty
dropping branches Of tie flowers very
much reduced in size, is charming
little pin in enamel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
The Persian Scarf.

A good example of millinery in the
popular plateau shape is Of butter
colored straw. The crown is low and
quite fat. Around it is passed a wide
scarf of cachemire embroidered in
pale Persian colors, a perfect little
harmony, with the faintest touch OF
silver. The brim Of the hat sutices to
uphold the scarf ends. They do not
hang down. Owing to the shape OF
this new hat there Is sufficient head
room. The sunken crown is large
enough to let the brim come quite low
over the face.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
The Crusade in Erief.

Beer is one of the most successful drunk
ard-makers among all the drinks.
Camden, N. Y, has gone no license by
seventy-two majority after the most exclt
ing contest in the history of the town.
It is influence of bad example, lack OF
courage. false idea of manliness, or some
defect in character OF misfortune IN envl-
ronment which leads to the first steps IN
drunkenness.
In MAJ les the world over the trend has
been distinctly away from serving liquor
70 the crews. as used to be the custom IN
our own fleet.
The worst enemies we temperance people
have to fight are those inside and not out.
side of ourselves. Outside the walls OF
Trov the Greeks could do no harm to the
citv, and outside our bodies there is but
little harm which alcohol can do.
For some purposes, indeed, OF art and
manufacture, alcohol is very useful, but IN
side the body it is mischievous, only mis-
chievous and always mischievous. what a
Good thing it is that it cannot force Its
wav into our bodies without our own con-
sent, that it cannot storm the walls OF our
castle.
According to the annual report of the
State Commissioner of Prisons, there has
been an alarming increase of drunkenness
in the State of New York.
You know the old saying, "a mans
house is his CASTLE" and this castle we can
defend as long as, we like against the en-. en-
trance of strong d drR1 ~ be- quite wa our 70
fault, and we shall have nobody to blame
but ourselves.
Early in December the following notice
was posted on the docks along. Lake Erie:
'No beer or whisky or any y, lntoxeatlp9s toeanH9s
Of drink will be permitted on the premises,
nor will drinking be permitted during
working hours"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
The Cop and the Lady.

The stalwart policeman at a Broad
way crossing in the dry goods dis
trict calls her. "the Drum Major"
When she alights from car he steps
forward and gives the military salute.
II can't help IT," he said, "I'm an old
soldier and she's the ideal Of born
drum major" She is the real thing
as "tall, stately blonde" and has the
military gait to perfection. There are
occasional heart throbs in the neigh
borhood when the "cop and the lady"
exchange salutes.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Which 1t Probably Did.

A party of youths at a seaside town
had tried all the penny-in-the-slot ma
chimes on the pier, until at last they
came to one that didn't respond to the
penny placed in the slot.
Look here, my man." said the eldest
Of the party to the pier attendant.
"that machine is to try your weight;
the next, your height; the next, your
strength, then, your sight; and now
I've put a penny in this thing, but
I didn't see what it's for"
"That, sir " replied the pierman.
ooh. that one Is to try your temper,
sir."-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
"New.Laid Eecs,O

"How long will An egg last?' asked
Judge Addison at Southwark Of an
egg merchant, says the London Daily
Mail.
"Oh," said the merchant, otis sur
prising how long an egg will last. 1t
will last good q month"
up to a month DID," continued the
Judge, "eggs are what Is called new
laid"
Eyes. SIR" was the reply.
A solicitor jumped up surprised.
why" he said, II should have
thought that after a week they would
have been only fit for electioraeying
purposes"
"The bulk Of eggs sold in La0don
are never under a month DID," dryly
remarked the merchant.
II am painfully aware Of thae &c It,
I am sorry to say" said the judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
"Wearing the Purple"

When We speak Of purple" we at
once think of a very familiar color
tone. Originally, however, this name
was. given to fine clothes irrespective
of their tint. This was owing to the
costliness of the purple dye and the
high regard in which Il was held. For
the latter reason only the very most
expensive and finest stuffs were dyed
with it, and from this "robed in pur-
pie" gathered very wide significance
unknown to-day.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

The Worst Drink of All is Absinthe-It
cohol and in Addition Will Kill
Mans Conscience.
It IS a great folly which induces man to-
day to be Indifferent to the healthy drinks
which nature supplies He turns his at
tention to manufacturing alcoholic drinks.
He has thought to find alcohol source of
joy, source of vigor. He has only. found
III it unhappiness, ruin, decreptitude and
illness. 1t is not enough for man to lose
his reason through alcohol. He wanted
still further to do something to satisfy his
worst instincts. He must have a sovereign
liquor that would not only produce all the
above results, but would also deprive him
of mis- conscience. Sc he invented absinthe.
Working people in the great towns, women
of the people, the idle peasantry, are
duped by this dreadful liquor. They are
not aware what Satanic poison they are
imposing on their delicate brains. The
moment they create such an appetite is a
dark hour.
Who could possibly remember the acts
of barbarism, the acts of fury created by
the magic green liquor, which Is filling the
asylums? See, there, a man whose body
is in a perpetual trembling condition: He
has a good foot, good eye, and ne Is en-
ragged that he can no longer work. He is
drinker of absinthe.
See, again, another! Suddenly his face
pales, he is covered with perspiration, he
wears frightened look. He has had mo-
mentary unconsciousness and sudden diz-
illness. In a moment he has lost conscious
ness of his surroundings. That man is an
absinthe drinker. See poor bricklayer
lying on stretcher. They are taking him
to the hospital, where he quickly will die,
leaving forever his wife and children. He
has fallen from a scaffolding. A sudden
Inconsistencies caused him to lose his
equilibrium. He is killed, caused through
absinthe drinking.
Another instance! The people are ter
rifed to see an unhappy man beating the
earth, victim of violent attack: His
tongue is bitten by his teeth: A bloody
foam runs out Of his mouth. His features
are all distorted. He is an epileptic, and
: it is the work of absinthe.
See below in the court where there are a
number of insensible persons. A man is
seized with an indescribable despair. One
Saturday in his holiday hour he had drunk
frequent little sips of absinthe. On return.
ing to his lodgings he was suddenly. seized
with a violent rage. He killed his wife
and two children without having the least
consciousness of what he was doing. He
energetically denies that he did the deed
to persons who know him. He knows
nothing about it. The absinthe drinking
made Of this man dangerous automaton.
See, again, this woman! She rocks the
child in the cradle. Suddenly she is seized
by the most terrible convulsions and i'll
treats the child. Ask the cause of this
cruel treatment and we shall point to the
fatal absinthe! 1t is murderer. Dante
in supposing the terrors he described did
not know anything more terrible than this.
Banner of Gold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03

material twenty-one inches wide, four
and a half yards thirty-two inches
wide, OF three and three-quarter yards
forty-four inches wide, will be re-
quired, with one yard twenty-one
inches wide for chemisette and under
sleeves, four and a half yards of inser-
tion and one-quarter yard of all-over
lace for collar to trim as illustrated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
"Jns+ What We Thought"

An exchange devoted to the liquor bust.
ness quotes prohibition paper as saying;
eve are opposed to. the free and unlimited
coinage of drunkards." and adds: so are
we. And so is every decent, self-respectlng
liquor dealer" AS every liquor dealer
gives his whole time and energy to the max.
is not a decent, self-respecting' man
among them. Well, that is just what we
though s.-Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Chain Buttons.

The following method is employed
20 keep the pouched fulness of a
blouse front from spreading unbecom-
ingly from side to side. Where the
folds are drawn down to their narrow
est the cloth or silk is held together
at the middle by couple Of gilt but
tons linked by a few inches Of gilt
chain. The disposition of the pouched
front below the waist gives trouble
to some dressmakers and amateurs, as
Il should not protrude too much. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
King Bacchus and His Prime Minister.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson at Band Of Hope
meeting said "Bacchus was the king OF this
country (Great Brittany and the brewer
was his Prime Minister, and they had
lot of fellows going up and down, the
streets roaring 'Britons never shall be
slaves though they are the slaves OF the
LIQUOR power and send to Parliament any
body whom the liquor power tells them to
send there. Well. after all these years of
temperance work it was rather depressing,
no doubt, but they all knew it was hard
to twist and turn people who had grown
up on one line. There was a saying that
there was no fool like an old fool; he felt
the truth of that as he got on. daughter
But what did the Band of Hope do. 1t
realized the difficulty, and it left the older
people to be looked after by other organ:
cations, and said it would do what it could
to train up, the children so that when they
grew up they would set themselves and
tbeir their country free from this curse. He re-
membered reading that in the days of the
French Revolution in one of the French
towns a lot of children used to 90 about
waving revolutionary banner and say
ing, Tremble, tyrants; we are growing
up!'' That was what they wanted the
children to say. 'Tremble, brewers. We
are growing up'!' All, ah! they were trem-
bling already. What did one Of their great
men say at a meeting not long since!
Speaking of the bill to prevent children
being served with liquor in the public
houses he saida This will never do. They
are destroying our future customers. An!
he often thought how much better the
liquor men understood the temperance
question than we do. The liquor men
were right, for the Band of Hope wanted
to teach the children to boycott the publi-
cans. They must do something of that
sort. for the publicans would not 90 on
strike on their own accord. They heard
of all kinds of strikes, but they never
heard of strike of the liquor men. #
they would only 60 on strike for month
there would be sort of temporary mil
lennium."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Side Lights on Life.

The average man is an economist
when he has to buy anything for mis-
wife.
Many q man who knows bis own
mind has q somewhat limited ac-
quaintance.
The man who hates another has an
ingrowing grudge against himself.
Cry tomorrow If you must, but laugh
to-day.
The man whose education is finished
helps to swell the undertaker's bank
balance.-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Dreams of the Blind.

From the fifth to the seventh year
Is the critical period in the education
of the visual centre in the brain. Per-
sons who have lost their sight before
this period soon lose their power OF
seeing in dreams; while in those who
become blind after the seventh year
the power Of vision is so firmly estab-
lished in the brain that it is retained
in dreams for many years, or even
throughout life.-Professor Jastron's
Psychology.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
"Teetotal Fanatics"

Meeting the charge that those who ear
nestly oppose the liquor traffic are tee
total fanatics" DR.. Farrar, Dean OF Can
terbury asks s it fa3atGsm t nzaas1t to cond
tioGs brings deeper ruin and misery than
war, famine und pestilence combined"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Very Significant.

The London Daily Mail, in a recent arti-
Gle on the beer poisoning at Manchester,
relating to a party of workmen IN Not
tinghamshire who were supplied with be, beer
from the Manchester district, says: Ihe
only man VINO escaped was total ab'
stainer"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Some Stylish Coats.

Very coarse white serge coats are
stylish; so are coats of a finer serge.
and cream alpaca coats sometimes
have yokes of lace or net. A stylish
cream alpaca coat is trimmed with
band and revers Of black taffeta.
Frenchwomen are wearing stylish lit
tie rose-colored coats with a semi
tailor made effect, in three quarter
length.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
wb.r.,n YJes Tbeir Pleasure.

"Some people," said Uncle Eben,
doesn't seem to take no special In
terest in tellin' de troof, 'ceppin' when
it's sumpin' djsagreeable." ."-Washlng'
ton Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
rwas a H,pponk bile.

One Of Boston's teachers, in order
to utilize the circus parade as g. nature
lesson, declared short intermission
and allowed her pupils to witness the
procession, informing them in ad-
vance, however, that each one would
have to tell about something he saw.
Later, when one Of the youngest or
the class was called upon for q de-
scription, be gave in detail what he
saw in one Of the cages, and ended up
by saying: 81 am not sure what the
animal is called. but I think it IL a
hippomobile. boston Journal.
Not a Crowded Nation Yet.
fhe census report now enables US to
gee just how much elbow-room we
have:
If the inhabitants Of Wyoming want
ed to spread themselves out each of
them could have a little more than
square mile all to himself. In Nevada
every four people could have ten
square miles. Arizona, New Mexico,
Montana and Idaho can afford almost
a square mile each to their men, wom-
en- and children, while up in frozen
Alaska there are ten good square miles
for every soul Of population.
Rhode Island is the fullest State In
the Union-with 407 people to the
square mile. But even that leaves
good deal Of extra room. Massachu-
setts, $40 people to the square mile.
follows Rhode Island. Then come
New Jersey, $50; Connecticut, 1877;
New York, 1926; Pennsylvania, 140:1;
Maryland, 1905; Ohio, 102.
It is not yet time for Uncle Sam to
cry "Move up in front!' but the coun-
try can stand an immense amount of
industrious pushing to the West
New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03
Ingenious Method or Cheating.

Some ingenious party in Australia
has been trying to cheat the postal au'
thorities by sending precious jewels
through the mail hidden away In Q
large hole cut in Bible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03

In Florence April fooling prevailed
at an earlier period than in England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03

An African who had visited England
described snow as rain gone to Sleep"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-07-03

Kimona Dressing SacQue.
Ease and relaxation are we'll under.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-26
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1901.
THEY. CAN'T HELP IT.

An alleged Democratic Alabama paper remarks that Senator McLaurin IS given too much to Clevelandism," where uuon The Eutaw Mirror throws this brick:
 } We are not concerned as to the lm-
 mediate cause of Senator McLahrih political undoing, but it is qulteNpatenl fo people who arrive at conclusions m the orthodox way that "CleVelanolsn has never hurt any one who had pralns enough to comprehend 1t. what our contemporary is pleased to denominate sClevelandism" is simply another name for the only kind of Democracy that has beeu endorsed by the American people since the days of Buchanan, now more than forty years ago. As the exponent of that interpretation of Democratic prin- ciples Mir. Cleveland was twice endorsed by the country If our contemporary labors under the delusion that there are several kinds of Democracy, can 1t point fo a similar record for its faVorite brand!
 The Mirror need not be surprised that papers of the kind from which 1t quotes should shy at the very shadow of Mr. Cleveland. His character, record and genuine Democracy form combinatiop which is a constant reproach to some who prate loudly of their Democracy. That combination Is a mirror in which they view their own littleness. But possibly it is cruel to criticise them for they can't help 1t and can't help showing 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-26
soME ADVERrIsER DATES.

Tn view of the contest as to the longest oeriod subscriber to The Advertiser the following facts may prove of interest:
 In 1929 Mir. E. w. Thompson. who had heen connected with The Republican aaner established here in 1920. issued on alqAs 2gth of November 1929 prospectus for a paper to be called The Planters Gazette The exact date of the first issue is not known, as all the files Of The Advertiser prior to April 1865, were des- troyed by fire at the time the Federal troops came into Montgomery. It IS fact however. that it made its appear ance during the first week in January 1s30 and either under that name or The Advertiser has been regularly published ever since. In 1883 the papers title was changed to The Montgomery Advertiser and Planters Gazette, and the first part of the name has been retained amid all the changes that have taken place.
 In January 1886 the name of Planters Gazette was dropped. In 1s47 another paper called The Gazette was establish cd. but within a year it was merged into The Advertiser. In the same year The Flag of the Union was moved here from Tuscaloosa and united with The Adver- tiser. but when The Gazette was merged into it, the word Flag was dropped and the paper was then called The Advertiser and Gazette. For many years. it has been known simply as The Advertiser
 Some of those who are making claims to being among the oldest subscribers to The Advertiser have an idea that The Mail was united with it prior to the war of 1s6l-65. In this they are mistaken. The Mail was established by Messrs Hooper and Holiheld on the 18th of April, 1854. It had no connection with The Adver- tiser until the 10th day of May, 1871, when the two papers united, the name of The Advertiser being retained
 There are still others who write that they were subscribers to the old Alabama Journal the great Whig paper of its day until it was united with The Advertiser. They are also mistaken as the two papers were never united. The Journal ceased publication early in 1858.