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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
Lf9ht Furnitp re.

It is testimony to our growing sani-
tary wisdom that bedroom,,should now be
80 universally done In light effects. The
heavy suits Of furnitura deemed indispen-
sable to the bride setting up housekeeping
generation ago, and which took aconsid.
erable share of the outfit purchase money,
are today the most unstable articles sent
to an auction room. A large and splendid
black walnut bedstead that cost 500 30
years ago, without even springs, brought
81. so at an auction sale. With 1t was sent
q small white iron bedstead with brass
trimmings, the sort that costs $3.50 to
$40. This was sold the same day fo: S3, o
good evidence Of the proportionate demand
for the two articles. No heavy draperies
arc put in the modern bedroom, only
dainty and washable stuffs. The air Is
allowed to penetrate freely and the light
as well, extra shades of green holland be-
ing provided to darken the room for the
morning nap. The heavy mahogany or
walnut dresser has gone with the big bed
stead, the chiffonier and little dressing
table with cheval glass taking Its place
Dallas (Tex.) Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
For Your Cardcase.

A first call Is made on the newcomer by
the older resident, without waiting for
the for1nality Of an introduction. 1t is re-
turned within ten days. If the acquaint-
ance proves undesirable, it may cease after
the first interchange Of visits.
The fashionable calling hour for ladies
Is from II to 12 and from to s; for
men, from to 10 when the day is occu-
pied.
A formal or first call lasts Is minutes,
friendly call twice as long.
A man must ask permission before he
may call, or bear letter Of introduction
from another city.
An invitation to any entertainment,
whether accepted or not, necessitates a
call from the recipient within month.
Calls should be made on the hostess
day, If she have one.
The guests Of q dinner call upon their
hostess within week.
A bride does not call upon her friends
until they have called upon her after the
wedding receptions.
Persons in mourning receive but do not
return calls during the first year after
their bereavement.
Calls Of con graduation are made on the
young mother, the flancee or friend to
whom unexpected joy or success has come.
-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
The First BasilfcRs.

In the third century there were already
small buildings called ''synagogues," or
ecclesie, where services were conducted,
but Constantine began to build the first
basilicas fitted to hold large congregations.
In the west the apse was at the west end,
but in Asia it was on the east, and our
tains divided off the bema or choir from
the rest of the basilica Within these stood
the wooden table Of the eucharistic rite,
and behind it, facing the congregation,
sat the bishop or presbyter, facing east at
Rome, but west in Asia. Not until the
ordinary service was ended and the deacons
had carefully excluded all among the
worshipers who were unbaptized were the
curtains drawn and the mysteries display
ed to the faithful. Thus no proclamation OF
the rite could be due to the mocking OF
unbelievers, though nothing was hidden
from the Observation-Disclosures Maga-
zine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
Tho Model Hostess.

A woman may possess wealth untold,
she may have the kind est of hearts and the
brightest Of minds, but unless she has abb
solute control of her feelings there will be
some time in her career as hostess that she
will display annoyance or furry, and the
contagion, spreading to her guests, will
cause an otherwise successful entertain
ment to die out in undisguised failure.
A model hostess must to all appearance
be made all Of good humor as far as dis
agreeable happenings are concerned
Even though guest or careless servant
inadvertently breaks bit of china which
can never be replaced she must smile on
as though the loss Of tie entire set would
but emphasize the pleasure Of the evening.
Her well bred calm inspires her guests
with feeling Of confidence.
A furried hostess or nervous host, whose
countenance but sadly conceals the worry
felt, can do more toward making the
gusts uncomfortable than II the soup were
served stone cold. An imperturbable
calm and ready tact are the two impor-
tant factors in the making Of model
hostess. Secure these and you need fear
nothing.-Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
An Excellent Plan.

A woman who Is building tiny house,
which, however, is the crystallization Of
her ingenuity and ideas Of convenience
picked up here, there and everywhere, has
In the china closet opening from her din
ing room two deep drawers inserted un-
der che bottom shelf. The drawers are
each of them IA inches deep and are lined
throughout with tin. In one Of them
bread is kept and in the other cake. They
fit snugly, the cake drawer locking.
Everybody knows that the tin bread and
cake boxes bought at the shops and kept
on the floors of closets are very well while
new, but the careless maids, opening and
shutting them many times day, soon
bang them into a shape which prevents
their tight closing. When that condition
Is reached, they are about as useless as an
open shelf for the purpose for which they
are designed, that of keeping out the heat
and damp air and also mice, If such infest
the place. Housekeepers whose china
closets have been in existence for years
will find it an easy matter to have such
drawers added.-Exchange.
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Vandals Deceived Mt Mount Vernon.

On the posts Of one of the old beds in
the mansion at Mount Vernon are small
glass knobs with sockets drilled into them,
which fit little spikes, but do not fasten
on. 1t is perfectly natural for visitors to
place their hands upon the knobs, and
those who do Immediately perceive that
they can be taken off. The next step is to
slip them quietly into the pocket and carry
them away as relics ie sacred place.
Although an attenda is employed to
watch this room, there are so many visit
ors that it is impossible for him to prevent
such pilfering, and the glass knobs have
to be replaced two or three times week
during the busy season, but that costs very
little trouble and expense. A factory near
Pittsburg turns them out for 30 cents a
gross, and MIR. Dodge is in the habit of
ordering barrel of them every spring.
There are several thousand of these glass
knobs scattered over the world, in mu-
seums and private collections of mementos
and historical relics. Many more are
doubtless concealed for reasons of consci-
ence and fear Of discovery, but the guilty
persons need have no concern. The orig
inal knobs that belonged to the bed are
safely laid away in vault. Chicago Rec
ord
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
Doing Little Things Well.

A young man, having exhausted his
patrimOny in obtaining professional
education, settled himselfin a town al
ready filled with successful lawyers to
practice law. One day one of these
old lawyers asked him how, under
such circumstances, he expected to
make living.
II hope l may get little practice, !"
was the modest reply.
"It will be very little,' said the
old lawyer.
"Then l will do that little WELL" an
swered the young man, decidedly.
He carried out his determination.
The little things we'll done brought
larger ones, and in time he became
one of the most distinguished jurists
in his State.
Again A certain old bishop, who
was fond of finding odd characters in
out-of-the-way places, was visitingin a
quiet neighborhood. One day, in a
walk with friend, he came to a cross
road settlement, with few houses.
Among them was a snug little shoe
shop, kept by an old man.
Interested in the old cobbler,, the
bishop stopped for chat.
My friend" he said, ~ would not
think so small a business as mending
shoes would pay so we'll"
"Ah," said the gentleman with him
"old Cato has the monopoly of shoe
mending in this region. No one else
gets job"
How is that, Cato ?" asked the
bishop.
Just so," replied Cato. at is on,
little patch put on with little stitch, :
or tiny pegs. But, when | take q
stitch, it is stitch, and when | drive
peg, it holds"
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CHESS AND MATHEMATICS.
The Game and the Science Run on
Parallel Lines.

Parallel Lines.
1t was Leibnitz (born 1646), the famous
German philosopher and mathematician,
who made that oft quoted phrase, "Chess
Is too much of a game for science and
too much Of a science for game" which
unfortunately seems to remain the popular
idea Of chess even in this day. After
prolonged devotion to the pastime it Is al
legged that the great Teuton renounced 1t
completely for solitaire, which is not easy
to explain, since all card games, saving
perhaps whist, are generally distastefu to
the confirmed chessist.
John Oliver Hobbies says, "Artistic
chess is beyond the petty restriction OF q
science" and this rings much truer than
Leibnitz's narrow dictum, which perhaps
she had in mind when she wrote.
1t has been remarked that chess and
mathematics have much in common; that
they run on parallel lines; that they have
a similar direction Of thought. Leibnitz
was not the only great mathematician
who made the game a study. Euler and
Jaenish were both fine players and chess
analysts. Richard Proctor, the astron-
omer, who was also noted for his mathe-
NAUTICAL attainments, was devoted to the
game.
And to turn to the other side Of the
shield most first rate chessists have been
excellent mental calculators. Andersen,
who next to Steinitz was undoubtedly the
most warriorlike of chess players, was
really great mathematician. Lasker is q
professor Of higher mathematics.
But, Of course, there are elements In
chess which are wanting in mathematics,
the chief being the combative element.
The two intellects which contend for the
mastery must possess the qualities Of gen.
erals in the field Of battle, an important
distinction. Pulitzer in American
Chess Magazine.
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TROY'S TALK.
Hunters That Caught Birds-FrO m
Drug Store 10 Bank-GOOd Edu-
cat0r-PersOnal Points.

Troy, S C.. Feb 25, 1901.
Mrs. Fannie Haddon, and Master Chalme
are In A pbevilIe TO rec relatives r a week.
Prof. J. NJ. Cuddy was unable to teach last
week.
DR.. and Mrs. l.. w. Sheppard. and Miss
Irene Fuller, from Liberty Hill, were visitors
In town last week.
last week from being bitten by a rahid dog.
DR.. George A. Robinson, and Mr.. Foster
Robinson. Two of our Troy boys, but who are
las, week. The former TO Miss Stewart. and
the latter 10 Miss Ditto. May they enjoy long
and useful lives.
We are sorry to hear of the serious illness of
Mrs. Kay, who once lived amongst us.
Our Hotel has had rush OF coin N ercia
men the past week.
DR.. l.. II. Russell. and MIR. w Beiers, of
Greenwood, came down on bird hunt last
week and banged IS They enjoyed their trip
Another burglarIzed store in town last
week, Mr.. ]. l.. Russell, Jr., q young mer-
chant was the loser. This s the second time
In less than three months. which is dlscou.
raging 10 any one. They are experts at the
The Klopdke party Thursday evening ut
the home of Mrs. j. ). Harris, was a success
In everv respect. The decorations were peau.
tiful, the prevailing colOrs were yellow and
green. Japanese lanterns were suspended
from all available places throwinga soft light
in the "mine "where The nuggets Of gold were
buried many little souvenirs were dug out
The supper was nicely prepared and many
tempting dishes were served. nice sum
was realized and the Committee deserves
much praise for the entertainment.
Mccormick seems 10 have a hard time
keeping their Post Master. We think "Uncle
Sam" will have to import one, as home talent
as yet won't for the suffice. The political
waters seem to be troubled, and will ue until
wrong has been righted
Rev. Mr. Wiley preached at HopeweIl
Church yesterday. They all seem much
pleased with their new pastor.
Mr.. George Price. and Miss Matte Edwards,
Mr.. John Young has been appointed Magis.
trate In Indian Hill Township.
Mas MUllie Title will visit Mrs. w. T.
Bradley at Abbeville this week.
The Augusta Chronicle speaks in COM
plimentary terms of Charles p. Pressly, a
talented attorney who Is one OF South caro-.
llnas brightest lights.
Mr.. John +. Bradley Jr., has left the Speed
Drug Co., at Abbeville,-is assistant cashier OF
Bank at Mccormick.
Many friends OF Mr.. Charlie Lyon rejoice
with him in his election as Sheriff OF AUbe-
VILE county.
The condition OF DR.. H. L. Culbertson, of
Amity, Ga, is not encouragi ipg and b Is friends
are anxious about him.
One Of our best and most substantial
young ladies, has something nice IN store for
the popular editor Of our dear old Press and
Banner.
Capt r. J. Robinson one the best educators
| In the State is teaching the Mccormick
School. They should be proud Of SO good a
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
GAMBlEO BUT ONCE,
Price Paid For q Parasol by the Founder
of Monte Carlo.

of Monte Carlo.
NJ. Blanc, the founder of the casino at
Monte Carlo, was very eccentric.
He was never known to play at the ta-
bles except on one occasion, and then ii
was a somewhat costly experience.
While on visit to the Wicsbaden casino
with Nine. Blanc he was in the habit Of
accompanying her on a morning stroll
zach day. During one Of these walks
madame complained of the heat Of the
sun and requested her husband to buy her
O parasol. Accordingly the two entered
shop, where madame selected very
pretty article, worth 80 francs-about e3
4s-which NJ. Blanc, with scowl and q
muttered grumble, paid.
When the casino opened Mt noon, great
was the astonishmcnt of the croupiers and
visitors to see NJ. Blanc place louis on
the red at one of the trente ct quarante
tables. The attendants FASTENED to get
him chair, but this he declined, saying
he was only going to remain few min
utes. When the cards were dealt, he won,
and, taking up his winnings, left the orig
inal stake on the table. For q second time
he won, and had now got back the price
of the umbrella. But not content, he VEN
tured another 3 louis, which this time
he lost. Somewhat annoyed at this, the
founder of the place doubled the stake
and won, thus getting back the cost of the
umbrella again.
Determined, however, to regain bis 3
louis, he staked it again, only to see
it raked in by the bank. Thus he kept
Oh winning and losing, but never able to
recover the louis, till at last he found
himself 90 louis out, all the gold his pock-
etbook contained. A thousand franc note
he had was quickly changed and swallow.
ed up. Then, becoming exasperated, he
casbed his check for large sum, and, sit
ting down, commenced tho battle in ear
nest. Hour after hour passed by, but NJ.
Blanc, his eyes fixed on the treacheroua
pasteboards, never budged from his post.
he kept on planking down heavy stakes
until the last deal was declared, when,
calmly rising, he seized his yellow cape
and made his way through the gaping on
lockers into the open air.
On reaching home he found Nine.
Blanc playing "patience" with pack Of
cards, the offending parasol being on the
table.
Madame" said the old gentleman,
"do you know what that thing has cost
me9''
"Mais oui, mon ami. It cost you 80
francs"
Madame" +" rejoined he, "you are mis-.
taken. 1 have just paid the bill-91, 900
francs"
Madame's sunshade had cost no less
than e3, ,640.-London Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
She Carries the Mail.

In an outlying district in Haddington-
shire, Scotland, 16-year-old girl acts as
mail carrier. Her daily route Is nearly 90
miles long, and she covers it afoot. Every
morning at 9:3o, after sorting the mails,
she starts out. She wears q short skirt
and the stoutest of boots and leggings,
and on very stormy days waterproof uni
form provided by the authorities. About
p. m. she returns, and after sorting the
afternoon mails delivers kilograms In the
village. She was only 12 or IS when she
began letter carrying. Her route leads
through such scattered farmsteads and
through so many brooks and braes and
hedges that bicycle or horse would be
of little service to her.
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He Writ O Book.

Yonder. sir, where you see them high weeds
grow
An briers wrapt about the slab that's broka
They buried a man there long time ago
That writ book.
Don't seem to me ever heard his name,
But pap. who is the sexton here, he spoke
To me one day about him. All the same,
he writ book.
What was the book aboutp never knew.
Pap never tole me that an never took
Interest in him further'n I've told you
He writ book.
Pap says, says he "After the man WIS dead
Strangers would come from miles away -
look
At that grave an lay flowers above bis head
Who writ q book"
The years went on, an then, no more fortorns
They come with flowers an with mournf0
look
70 talk about the "genius that was gone"
Who writ book.
An then pap seen that 'twant no use to have
The sweetes' roses in that lonesome nook
When folks had long stop'd visitin his grave
Who writ q book.
For what's the use, sir, If folks never pause
Among the many gravestones here to look
For his to plant the roses jest because
He writ bookf
Frank Bell in Nashville Sun
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The Old Ones.

"Wen have to give up the idea Of put
tin pictures in the parlor, Jane" remark
ed old John Turnipseed as he threw the
bride under the table.
"Why2" asked his wife.
"Too dearl Why, priced one in town
today, and the dealer sez, sez he, 'That's
an old master; its price is $780,
"'Why,' sez I, it looks Like a second
hand pictur.'
"'Yes, it is, sez he.
"Then, thinks I, If secondhand pictur
costs that much, it's no use to prices new
un. So, Jane, I reckon We'll have to hang
up o few notices, God Bless Our Home
and the like, and let the pictur's Co.,
Pearson's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-27
THE HARD WORKED LIVER.
It II the Jack OF All Trades of the
Human Body.

The liver is the jack Of all trades Of tho
body. Most organs are satisfied with do
ing their own particular business, Zone
man one job, but there would seem to be
quite four or five distinct functions for
this important organ.
In the first place, each one Of its mil
lions of minute cells acts as filter, guard
ing the portals of the blood from intru-
sion. Our food may have undergone the
ordeal Of digestion, but before it is allowed
to circulate and nourish the body it must
be carried to the liver, which examines
and promptly eliminates any particle like
ly to be injurious to the health.
Then, again, as tonic manufacturer
the liver is without rival. 1t prepares
special medicine, and every now and again
sends dose to the stomach to induce 1t to
work properly. Whenever the liver has .
little time to spare from its other duties
it manufactures stock Of this medicine
(the bile) and saves it up in the gall blad-
der until required.
Moreover, the liver selects all the in
soluble fats of our foods and by dividing
them into very tiny globules and making
a soap of them with an alkali so iquef1es
them that they can be absorbed in the or
dinary way. The superfatted Hvers Of the
Srassburg geese fused in making the IA
nous pate de foie gras) have been 30 over
worked that they have entirely lost this
soapmaking power.
One of the most curious things done by
the liver is to deal with any starchy sub
stances that are insoluble and gradually
- ~S~1
that is found nowhere else in nature
namely, animal sugar. This sugar (gly-
cogen) cannot be initiated by the most
clever chemist, and it is carefully saved in
the body so as to compensate for any def
cheney in the supply of the ordinary kind.
Whether we consider tie liver as filter
or soap boiler or an apothecary or a sug.
ar maker, we find it doing each kind OF
work as though that one were it's sole
re.-New York World.
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CHEAPER MILEAGE BOOKS.
SeabOard Air Line Makes Note.
worthy Reduction of Price.

The Seaboard Air Line being ever alive to
the peoples Interests as we'll as its own haa,
effective February 25, reduced it's l,0O0-miIe
tickets In Florida, from $50 10 $25 all one
thousand mile tickets OF the Seaboard Air
Line railway Issue are now good over the
entire system with the exception of the
family mileage tickets sold In the State Of
North Carolina) which traverses Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama, and reaches the CAPT.
tails of all the above States.
BY agreement, one thousand mile tickets of
Seaboard issue. are good In addition to its
own lines over the Richmond, Fredericks.
burg and Potomac railroad from Richmond
to Quantico. and the Pennsylvania railroad
from Quantico 10 Washington. the Columbia,
Newberry and Lsurens railroad, and the
Baltimore Steam Packet company's line
from Norfolk TO Baltimore.
The Seaboard Air Line railway is the short
line from South Carolina To all points north
south and west and has q service that Is
second to none In the South. and its trains
are run on quick and convenient schedules.
For information write
Geo. Mop. Bate. #. p. A.,
Columbia, S. c.
r. E. l.. Bunch,
Gen. Pass. Agent,
Portsmouth, Va.
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Near, but Yet So Far.

We talked of life and death. She said,
Whichever of Us two first dies
Shall come back from among the dead
And teach his friend these mysteriea.s
She died last night, and all this day
swear that things Of every kind
Are trying, trying to convey
Some message to my troubled mind
looked up from my tears erewhila
That white rose dying in the cup
Was gazing at me with her smile.
It blushed her blush as looked up
It paled then with an agony
OF effort to express me aught
That would, think, bring peace to mo
Could but guess, and cannot
And when the wind rose at my door
It clamored with plaintive din,
Like some poor creature begging sore
To be let tn. let 1t in.
It blew my light out. Round my head
1t whirled and swiftly in my ear
Had whispered something ere it fed.
1t had her voice, 30 low, so dear.
The looking glass this nvelong day
has worn that curious, meaning air.
feel it when look away
Refectins things that are not there.
For hours no breath Of wind has stirred,
Yet bends the lamps fame as II famed
The clock says o'er and o'er a word,
But 10 Godl-can't understand.
Gertrude Hall in Independent
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Requirement.

We live by faith, but faith is not the slave
OF text and legend. Reasons voice and
Gods
Natures and duty's, never are at odds-
What asks our Father Of his children ave
Justice and mercy and humility,
A reasonable service Of good deeds,
Pure living, tenderness to human needs,
Reverence and trust and prayer for light to 80
The Masters footprints in our daily waysf
No knotted scourge nor sacrifcial knife,
But the calm beauty of an ordered life.
Whose very breathing is unworded praise,
A life that stands, as all true lives have sooocs
Firm rooted In ths faith that God Is good
-VhittaA