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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-03-26

and evening wear. A very lovely one
in champagne tan Is over q taneta
foundation slip Of the same shade.
Coat.tails adorn the bodice back. While
the front Is in Eton effect. Point de
vcnise lace and black velvet ribbon IN
strap effect Is the graceful finish. o
flaring fall Of the lace finishing the ell
bow sleeves. The skirt Is In half-incn
tucks to the depth Of yoke. and falls
In loose pleats below. short triple strap
pings Of the velvet ribbon being set on
at intervals around the skirt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-03-26

A New idea In Back Combs.
A new idea In the form OF back
comb Is one that has a slight curve In
the centre of each tooth. giving 1t q
firme: hold on the hair than the ordt
nary comb.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-03-26

New York City.-Fancy waists that
include boleros with elbow sleeves are
much In style. and are charming Tor
odd bodices and gowns made en- suite
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-03-26

u
the ruins OF the place where once was
kent the knowledge of Your iniquities.
The place has been torn down and the
records destroyed, and yet you will hnd
the ruins more dilapidated and broken
and PROSTATE THAI the ruins OF Me.rose or
Kcni.worth, for from these last ruins you
can pick uD some fragment OF sculptured
stone or you can see tie curve OF some
broken arch. but after your repentance
and your forgiveness you cannot hnd IN all
the memory OF God fragment of your
hardened sins so large IA 4 needles point.
Their sins and their inlquities Will l re-
member no more 8,
Six different kinds Of sound were heard
on that nigh: which was interjected into
the daylight of Christ : assassination. The
neishing Of the war horses..for some OF
the soldiers were in the sadd,e-was one
sound. the bang of the hammers was
second sound. the jeer OF malignants was
a third sound, the weeping OF friends and
followers was n fourth sound. the plast,
of blood on the rocks was 4 fifth sound,
and the groan OF the expiring Lord was
sixth sound! And they all commingled
into one sadness.
Over a place in Russia where wolves
were pursuins a load of travellers and to
save them 4 servant sprang from the sled
into the mouths OF the wild beasts and
was devoured, and thereby the other lives
were saved are inscribed the words. Great
er love hath no man than this. that man
Law down his life for his friend" Many a
surgeon in our own time has in trachteo.
tony with his own lips drawn from the
windpipe of a diphtheritic, patient that
which cured the patient and slew the sur.
aeon. and all have honorcd the self sacri-
fee. But all other scenes of sacrifice pale
before this most illustrious martyr OF all
time and all eternity. After that agonizins
spectacle in behalf OF oar fallen race moth
ing about the sin forgetting God Is TOO
stupendous ior my faith. and ! accept the
promise, a,d will you not all accept it?
Their sins and their iniquities will re-
member no more"
Copyright. lC2. L Klepschl
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20

Ao-~Why do they call Il an am Of
the sosTH He-'Because It hun the
shore, I gnesI."-IndianapoHs News.
A Thespiah oGtastrophe.-"so your
Hamlet made q great kit2' swell, bard
". The audience made the hit; We
the target "-Detroit Free Press.
''What kind OF StoEe dsd the pre-
historic man useF' asked Ghs little
Ostend Probably he used q noun
tain range."-PhiladelphiS Record.
'They caught man robbing the pub
lie library till in New England town"
How did they punish him7" 'Msde
him read all the historical noVSlS."-
CleEland Plain Dealer.
HHOw FTeet It would be TO live alone
with you in yonder IighthOusel" he
whispered, tenderly. "YeE," she muir
INJURED, abstraetedly, ''and DO light
houBekeeping."-Smart Set.
Beryi-'cWeH, all I've got 70 say II
that Ethel 81 q tWo-fseed ereature."
sibyl-FYes, end she'd look better II
she'd ne the other face instead Of
the present onSl"-BaltimOFe Her
aid.
Beetem-'PshGW5 I must have so
by noon to-day, and left all my money
az home IN my other clothes. Can't
you help ne out?" Wiseman-"Sure.
III lend you carfarS 70 60 home for Il. "
Philadelphia Press.
Barnes-"I hear your house wal
broken into e other night and lots OF
silver plate and jeWslry stolen.
shedd-''Yesl but the raBcals entirely
overlooked the ten tons of coal in the
lar."-Boston Transcripts.
A Satisfactory Nan.-NSW Man
Here are some poetic contributions
which came in to-day's mail. lam not
up on poetry" Editor-''Goodl
don't want you to be up on It. Iwant
you to be down on tn. z. Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
COMPLAIN OF STAMPS.
Loa RsOOafIy Seat OF ~ Pest O2oS
T. DORaFtRea4 That Stuck
X 3oO Wen. = {

Many complaints have been made
70 the post Office authorities that the
stamps sold in books of "a and 4s have
had . way of sticking to the parafin
paper that was supposed to protect
the mucilage on them. An investiga-
ton was made, with the result that a
circular was issued authorizing the re-
demption of stEmps 50 glued to the
sheets in books.
It was explained that "by mistake
the contractor who made the books
had used a poor quality Of parafin pa
per. POstmasterE were instructed 70
return to the department at Washing
ton all books Of stamps made with this
inferior quality Of parafin fly leaves
which they had on hand. Under this
order about $4,000 worth of damaged
books have been turned in, and it il
thought that there VIII Be little more
trouble Of the kind.
This Is not the only stamp trouble Of
the post ONCE. Particularly from the
south and along the Atlantic coast
there came many complaints that the
ordinary one and two-cent stamps
stuck 20 everything they touched. A
sheet Of 50 or more was turned in at
the New York post once this week.
They had been sent loose in letter
from the south and were AOPelessly
glued 10 the paper.
Whether the trouble e due to some
thing wrong with the mucilage or the
sbDormaIly wet season in the south
and along the coaEt has not been de-
termined. There 80 no provision for
the redemption by postDaEters Of
dEmaged individual stamps.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
Two DECADES OF BIG SHIPS.
HaPa BOOa Bait WithiA IN
Last Few Tears.

4 striking illustration Of the rapid
y with which marine architecture has
developed during recent years Il to
be had In the case Of the old Anchor
liner City Of Roma, which was built
IN 1881, and for II years enjoyed the
distinction Of being the largest At
lanttc steamShip. She Il being toWed
now in England to an obscure port to
be broken into junk, says the Wash
ington Star. It is with difficulty that
one recalls the City Of Rome as q
holder Of records Of any kind, al
though when she Wss In her prime her
name was familiar to the people on
both sides of the ocean. When she was
displaced from top rank in point Of
size BY the Lucania and the Campania,
In 1893, there Was much marveling and
many predictions that these vessels
would for . long time hold the head
Of the hstH. But once the era Of big
Vesaels opened IL produced q rapid sue
cesEion Of largest ships" and during
the past i've years there has been such
an impetus In the steamship building
line, especially in Germany, that the
announcement Of another monster ex-
cites comparatively little attention.
Just st present the Oceanic and the
Celtic are the largest vessels in Gerv-
10, and slongEide Of them the City
q Rome would seem . pygmy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20

BosA mavs TAsiF Eaningu, BIT, -
s. 1oraias ts rails writer, usn A. :
e q DIsaavaatagA. 4

women were put here 20 makS ne
world look pretty, though the fashiOn
papers have never gusssed thiA saya
faeetious writer.
They are fond % droaIing, except 81
dances and dinner parties A great
traveller once met . Lady friend whom
he had not seen for many yeaS - .
dance. "Why, how you have altered,
said the lady. Il declare should not
have known you from Adam" Nor I
you" retortsd the man, ',from EVs.-
Another hobby h talking. They are
cutie 90 Rarrulous when sober e. msn
are when in their cups, and their con.
vsrsStion = Often just - wen WorA
hearing.
A ruIS they have morS heart than
head. This - apt 70 render them
thoughtlesS. A woman win WAX 70
the end Of . street, then turn shArPly
round without looking to see Whether
there q anyone Immediately behind
her, and e. . consequences, gouge Jour
eye out with the end, Of her Eunshade.
Sometimes EhS win beg your pardon
but I have known ono 20 Just nip the
eye Of the ferrule into the gutter and
sail ssrsnsly o without aging .
word
Men GrO what WOmSu nary. Ihsg
drink and smoke and swear, and have
ever 90 many pockets, but won't go 70
church. Perhaps Il they wore bonnSt8
they might. They are more 1logical
than women, and also more geological.
Both men and women have sprung
from monkeys, but the women certain
n SpranR farther than the men
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
CARP OUSTING WILD DUCK.
BtrOTSd the wild Rice Fields
A Ontario, Canada.

The singular complaint comes from
various parts Of northern Ontario that
fish are responsible for the disappear
ance of certain kinds of game. In 10
calities which were formerly noted for
the excellent duck shooting which they
offered the birds are now not to be had
at all.
The ducks, geese and other aquatic
birds were formerly in the habit Of
frequenting the large fields of wild rice
in the lakes and streams of parts of
Ontario, but now these fields have been,
in many instances, destroyed by the
German carp, which has found its way
into these waters. The vegetarian diet
Of this detestable fish not only ruins
the favor of its own flesh, but exhausts
the food supply Of some Of the most
desirable forms of feathered game,
SAYS the New York Sun.
The Ontario inspector Of fish
cries, who has been in north
ern Ontario for the last few
weeks, reports that the German
carp has not only become danger
ons to other fish, as has been frequent
Exclaimed, but that in Cooks bay. Lake
Simcoe, where there were formerly
hundreds Of acres of wild rice, not
spear Of that plant is 10 be seen to-day.
The same Is true Of the Holland river,
where there were at one time 100
acres Of rice. The carp have eaten Il
root, branch and seed.
The almost incredible part Of Il 10
that the fish have entirely destroyed
the fields in one year The aquatic
birds which visit the locality. finding
that an their usual feeding grounds
have disappeared, cut short their visit
and move away in search of others.
The local Eportsmen complain, too,
that the carp have attacked the beds
Of Wild celery, and that they, too, are
almost completely destroyed.
Il remains 10 be seen what the ef-
feet Of this wholesale destruction Of
aquatic vegetation will be upon the
game fishes Of the locality. The fish
cry, oversser Of the district declares
that Il is question whether the
spawn Of the muslrallonge can be pro-
tected and developed without the rice
beds. He does not accuse the carp OF
eating the eggs Of the other hsh, but
states that they keep the water con
tfnuaIly disturbed, and that to their
uresence in these waters must be at
fributed the decrease in the number
Of muskaIlonge frequenting them for
upaWning purposes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20

This s. the season Of the year when
the wife Of the Italian laborer begins
10 think Of laying in her winter stock
of conserVa. ConHervs - diSh with
ont which no Italian family would
think Of passing the winter. Every
year about this time the average Ital-
ian housewife may be seen buying
large quantities Of tomatoes. The
tomatoeB need not be oyerchoice and
sometimes the softer they are the bet
ter conserTa they make. The tomatoes
are taken home, put IN q press and
then squeezed until every drop Of juice
has been extracted. The pulp which re-
mainsis spread upona board and placed
in the sun 80 dry. When e has at
.Gined the eOnsisteney Of putty It Il
scraped together and placed in alright
jarB for the winter. tits used for max
ing sandwiches and sometimes forms
the staple Of the lhborSr'smeal-Lon-
don Ezohangs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
NARY LEITER's ELEPHANTS.
BO1AOs OAiOago Girl Owns More %
- Big Animals ThAa Any
< Other CaaoAsLaa.

Lady Curson, too, has one diStins-
ton THAI il unique. She IL the pOSGsssor
Of more elephants than any other An
glo-Saxon or European in the world,
for more than one Of her dusky ad-
mirers has sent her ladyship an sls-
Phsnt, sometimes two, says London
Household Words. One Of these IL an
immense creature, with the kind of
wonderful Sagaeity about which we all
read IN school readers in the days Of
our youth ItS unWieldy form, with
Lady Cur1on IN . white and gold how
dab on it, back, = often to be seen in
the native bazasrs, and when the beast
Sees anything for which it has a fancy
that article Il promptly handed up to
its mistress. One day last year he
made . very queer present, nothing
less than . small brown baby two or
three years old. II Was the son Of the
great beasts keeper, and no sooner
did the elephant see II trotting along
with its mother than he seized il gem
ely and lifted IL into the air. The next
moment Lady CurSon was gazing in as
Constituent upon . snail brown baby
clothed in . string Of bsads. Needless
TO say, II descended . richer and hap
piaR baby.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
swEArBOx CONFESSIONS
Bsssaa oOuES RuIiag en- TAis usshSa
- cO1BOIliAg Assessed PSEsoas
- RSl WAS nSV Knew.

Here h . recent court deSIEion a
the court q appeals Of the District
Of Columbia. West W. United States,
which shows what . violation Of the
legal rights Of accused persona TIE 90
called ~SWoatbOx" msthOds % TIE po-
ice are:
. Whsrs an omssr, having . prisoner
IN OustOdy, said 70 him; 'sYou have
BEEN telling NE q pack Of lies; now,
you had better tell the truth, " where
upon the prisoner made q confession,
II was held that the confession was in
voluntary, and Il WaI error 70 admit
Il IN svidenas and 70 submit TO the
jury the question whether or not &c
was voluntary. Under the law, as
properly administered, q confession, IL
forced, cannot be used against q per-
son charged with the commission Of
crime. The Ewestbox method Of OBJ
tanning confessions 70 be used against
the parties making them IL not sane
toned By the court. The court said
that words Of exhortation 20 . confss-
sion seemed often to be innocent
enough, and cited the following, ell
OF which had been held sufficient TO
Vittats the confessions. "You are I'M
der Suapioion and you had better tell
al you know" at would be better
for you 70 speak out, you had bet
Ter tell the truth" and ''YOu had e.
vel tel an about It."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
A NINETY-YEAR-oLD BABY.
0Aaaf FoFtoIsO IN the Kew YoFh Ha0
Fha L. one Of the Few ROltsS
I e. tie PIsooshs 49,

An things considered, TIE hggwS
baby among all the Wild animals
owned by the New York Geological so
eiety IL an infant that il not an animal
ct all, but . rePtils-one Of the herd Of
testudo, or giant tOrtoiSes, natives Of
the Galapagos islands, says WomHn'G
Home Companion. With his four COM
pGnions he forms one Of the few rslics
we have left TO Us Of the life Of the
PleOcenS age; these tOrtOises are the
sole survivors Of the prehistoric rep
tiles. The young teStudo ia the small
est in the herd; he weighs only 90
pounds- His exact age is not positive
" known, but it Is Variously estimated
that he must have seen from 90 70 100
years. That seems rather old for .
baby, but he IL q child in arms com
pared with his relative teEtudo
vicins-Who carries on her broad back
(it q four feet three inches BY four
feet seven and one-hah incheE) the
weight Of something over four cen
turies, SLa who tips Tie sale - -
pounda
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20

mere are 81 Raris 1915 factorses.
ne worlds o. a. output e soai n 1890

mere are u Paris I.sls factories.
Ths worlds output q zeal IN 1900
-, 767, $4,000 tons.
A large tsctory IN Jena, Germany.
utiIizes its surplus hot Water IN such
Wsy IS to afford the laborers nearly
= thousand baths per week.
In some German cities il IL clwton-
srT to fee street car conductors. who
are thus enabled TO add from four -
ET dollars q month 70 their income
The richest farm IN the world iE a.
are worth S2ss, 900 in the heart Of NeT
works ultra-fashionzbls district. be-
tween West End avenue and River
side drive. It - tiled regularly and
the produce Is sold ct the neareEt mar
ket. During the civil war the site
wss covered By government recruit
ing station
A researsh steamer belonging to the
Norwegian government recently car
RED on the North sea some experi-
mental hshings which yielded impor-
tsnt results. In three days III halibut
and 300 large cod were caught at a
depth Of 200 fathomE, thus proving
the existence Of large quantities Of
these fishes ct time Of the year when
they are not 20 Be found on the coast
Of Norway.
Many people imagine that the IN
oandesceut electric light gives out little
or no heat, but IL IL found that Of the
energy consumed only six per cent.
is converted into light, while s5 per
cent. goes into heat. A lamp immersed
in water viii bring the water TO
boil. and many cases Of FIRE have been
caused by earelessness in letting in
fammable substances rest In contact
with the lamp.
Prof. james Dewar, president Of the
annual meeting Of the British Asso-
cation for the Advancement Of Sci
ence at Belfast, has pointed out in the
boldeSt language that while English
men have repeatedly discovered scien-
ti6c principles and laws Of great i'm
portance, the Germans and Americans
have been making the practical appli-
cations of them, leaving England be-
hind in resPing the advantages.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
EHD OF A STAGE CAREER.
8Ow o. Mans Adnirat1oA hOE tie
Soago Was the CausO - RAS
Rom Wssa

ny wife tells me that our 15-yeGr-
old boy IL stage-Etruck, said a man,
smoking his after dinner cigar over
on another mans piazza, according
to the Detroit Free Press. "She is
worried about It, but I tell her 20
take it easy-it will all come right.
was stage-struek once myself, and
that's how I came TO have this hand
some Roman nose, and to be q re-
spected and prosperous lawyer"
Roman nose" repeated the other
man, 81 can't see the connection be-
tween q Roman nose and your being
stage-struck."
"Well, the connection e there, al
right" continued the other man,
fondly caressing the little arch in the
middle Of his large, ornamental nose.
AT ~ I was badly stage-struclZ; and,
of course, my parents bitterly OPP
posed all such notions on my part.
The fever continued 70 increase, how
ever, and with two other young men
of the same age, I secretly organized
an amateur comic troupe 70 go on
the road when the time was ripe. AS
a starter we decided to try our great
entertainment on q country town not
many miles away. We eloped with
our outfit, guitars and gaudy ward
robes one day. and had no trouble
in getting together Q pretty fair su-
dience that night, at ten cents each.
The songs, dances and dialogues went
on all right. They were really fun
nv, I believe, even now; but ct the
close Of the entertainment net
with bad luck.
ain going out TO announce another
appearance the next week elumsily
caught my foot in the folds of our
impromptu drop-curtain, and pulled
the heavy curtain pole or roller down
on my straight GreeiSn noss-the
pride Of my mothers family, and
mine by inheritance.
81 was assisted TO my fathers roof
the next day, with q fractured nose
and two very black eyea. By the time
I was wen again my ardOr for the
stage had abated; and believe my
son win get ever the mania, too. Ny
wife however, has not heard the
story Of the Roman nose, and she
rather sdmirea II"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20
EATrOOMG FOR HORSES
- HsRAs % IASatA4Va8
i-- tAO AnAAA1A 5-i

omSEg % PurS-brOd rSgIEtSROa an
tnAls are oftsn bothered By the quOo-
ton Of how best 70 mark them, 70 dis
tinguish them IN ease they stray, and
to ostaBlish thGir Identity undar any
circumstances he central sxpsrf-
ment farm ct Ottawa. Ont, suggests
tattoOing IA plasS q the more usuAl
branding. The branding iron not only
frequently leaves an unsightly and d.
figuring scar, but Il fails 70 sSrVa every
purpose, Einco Il indicates the owner
rather than particularly identities the
animal. The tsg and button devices
commonly used in the ear GEO usually
. source q annoyance, 6HS 20 The
aptitude they dSplay for Sttashfng
themselves 30 OEarythtnG 49, mAV b
brushed against
Various i've stock A1Do1ist1Ons, n.y.
the Springfield Republican, have d.
vissd at one time and another more or
less ingenious, and lee or more EatiS-
factory devices TO insure identihca-
tion, but nearly AL are open 70 the OBJ
lection that they fail b . Ghoss GmO
20 1870 The end IN NV.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-20


ne number Of people who voIun-
teriiy shufied on this mortal coil IN
American and other cities during last
year has been Investigated by some
deliver IN statistics and the following
figures indicate fheresults: San Fran
cisco leads with the largest ratio. so.l
per 100000 Of population. Next comes
another Pacific coast city, Los Angeles,
with ratio Of 29.s. The reader has
naturally been looking for Chicago,
and that city does, in fact, come next
with a ratio. Of $40, followed by the
neighbOring city Of Milwaukee, whose
ratio is 22.2. New Orleans was the
scene Of the self-destruction Of 21.s
persons per 100000 Of population, and
Cincinnati followed close with. 2l.2.
New Haven is next with zoe, and then
comes the borough Of Manhattan with
200, though greater New York az
whole is well down the list with q ratio
Of only 1876. This is less than Roehes-
ter, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit,
Omaha and Louisville, besides all OF
tho8e specifically enumerated above.
As 20 the foreign cities, Paris leads the
list with a ratio Of AZ, followed by
Berlin go Vienna % and London %.
There were more suicides in Saxony
than in any other country, 81 L per 16O,-
600. In Denmark the ratio was 25.s, in
Austria 21.2, in France 1877, in the Ger
man empire 14.s, and Sweden, Norway,
Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, the
United States and Spain followed In
the order given.
The table referring 70 American
cities Is somewhat difieuIt to explain.
Why the city Of the golden gate, and
California, with its glorious climate,
its sunshine, it's fruit and its flowers,
should show the greatest number of
suicides seems q mystery, unless the
presence Of a large Chinese population
explains it. The high suicide rate
Of Chicago il, perhaps, accounted for
by the rush and struggle Of that great
city and the large foreign element il
contains foreign element, more
over, which comes mainly from those
~~N-e-@~I a1ALAAC u AuOHE 1T
quent. The same il perhaps true of
Milwaukee and of Cincinnati. The high
rate at New Orleans may possibly be
attributed TO its relation to France
and the ideas and traditions brought
here from Paris, the suicide capital of
the world. But New York city casts
a cloud over some of these explana-
tions. Here are the large foreign pop
ulations, the stress and strain Of liv-
ing and working, the poverty, the ex-
element. Yet philadelphia, the
sleeping city Of the humorous para
graphers, has q higher ratio of sui
eides than greater New York. And
how is it to be explained that New
Haven leads all the other New Eng
land cities in the number OF suicides
st. Paul and Minneapolis lie side by
side, but in Minneapolis the ratio is
ia and in st. Paul it il but 6.5. It
seems thatr the conclusions must be
that there is no method in suicide mad
ness and that the effort to reduce it to
rule is doomed TO failure.