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inches wide or two yards forty-four
inches wide.
An Interior Gown.

An interior gown Of pastel heliotrope
crepe de chine has a narrowly gored
princesse front. Above the waist this
is accordion pleated, with yoke collar
arrangement Of broad Alencon lace,
and & bertha of the same quite low
down on the shoulders, so that in effect
it forms epaulettes. The princesse
panel is embroidered down the front in
wistaria flower and foliage design. out
lined in silver thread and pansy purple
chenille appliqued down on the hello
trope crepe. The full sleeves are gath
cred into q broad cuff of Alencon lace.
The edges of the side cores which come
over the princesse front are embroid-
cred with the flowing wistaria pattern,
continued as border around the
gowns hem all the way across to the
other side and up again. This is in
purple chenille, silver thread and
shaded green embroidery silks for the
foliage.
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coats. This stylish May Manton shirt
waist includes novel yoke collar that
gives the desired dropping line, and
also a narrow vest effect at the front.
AS illustrated it is made of white mer-
cerized vesting and is unlined, but all
wasting materials are appropriate ana
the fitted foundation can be used When
ever desirable. At the neck is a fancy
stock and deep pointed cuffs finish the
sleeves. When palmer waist is de-
sired the yoke collar can be omitted.
and the waist made with yoke fronts
and plain back as shown in the small
cut.
The waist consists of the fitted foun-
dation, fronts, back and yoke collar.
The fronts are gathered at their upper
edges and again at the waist line ana
meet the yoke. but the back is plain
across the shoulders. The yoke collar
is quite separate and is arranged over
the waist. the closing being made in
yisibly. The sleeves are the faTor1te
ones that form full puffs below the
elbows and are finished with deep
pointed cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is fouI and one
fourth yards twenty-one inches wide
three and one-half yards twenty-seven
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-10
i THE FAIRIES TELEGRAPH.

Last night. when the chimes from the old
Had slowly caroled the midnight hour,
The fairies came trooping from every
/ flower,
: To dance on the meadow green.
And early, quite early, with rap, a-tap,
= tap, 49,
"A woodpecker startled by morning nap,
To tell me what be had seen.
The fairies had fed with the waking day,
Fastened to thorn and dewy spray
Their floating telegraph lines. :,
And the bee and the butterfly, ready for
fun. :!
Were sending dispatches, every one, .
With ;ths'aueerest OF all queer signs.
Each line to = blossom they carefully
(And spelled out the Il message with drops
I sawSit myself I know it is true,,5i
As Sut through the meadow I'went.
Though some may call them but gossamer
looked Sisht over the mischeyyo,sssa; is; heads,
And I read the message they sent.
Nm 5stSsrss4s> ~ 80. y 'sSs@
OF course, can't tell it, for bees talk,
you see,
Though written with dewdrops as plain
Could haru.- be copied by you or by me,
In the prosy letters we know.
But look through the meadow some
morning, pray,
When the earth is just op'ning her eyes
to the day.
And see if it isn't all true.
:, .t Los Angeles Times.
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4 Dollar and a Sovereign.

When Lord Coleridge visited Ameri-
ca among other places he visited
Georgetown. As he and his guide
were walking on the banks Of the Po-
tomac, Lord Coleridge said to his
guide:
"Mr. Secretary, do you believe that
Washington chucked a dollar across
the Potomac?"
"Yes, sir, do.'
why do you believe it?' said the
judge.
"Well, sir a dollar went much fur
ther in those days than it does now"
AS they were parting, Lord Cole
ridge said: ITO revert to the question
of Washington. you put me Off last
time. Do you really believe that hc
chucked a dollar across the Potomac?'
well, can't say, sir. All know is
that he chucked c sovereign across the
Atlantic. London Onlooker.
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University Girl Champion Kicker.

In the 700 pages of President Har.
per's report on the first decade OF the
University of Chicago's history there
IS but one omission, and that is inten-
sonal. In the section devoted to wo-
mems athletics the space headed
high kick" is followed by the word
omitted" The "segs," however,
know who holds the record for the
nigh kick, and they are proud of the
mark and of the girl who made 1t.
The record is six feet four inches, and
was made last year by Miss Lucinda
Buck, a member of the girls baseball
team last spring. Miss Buck took a
prominent part in all the outdoor
sports of the young women.-Chicago
Tribune.
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Wine a Mocker.

'Wine is mocker, strong drink brawl.
er; and whosoever erreth thereby Is not
wise" Strong drink is the giant deceiver.
It makes many promises and breaks them
all. 1t promises pleasures, but through q
tinseled vestibule ushers- into pain and
misery. 1t promises good fellowship, but
loses the respect of noble men and true
women: 1t promises boy manhood; put
one into thinking that he is 'o'er all the
ills of life victorious" but when sobriety
comes again he finds himself less able than
ever to cope with life's ills: -.
Shakespeare long ago told how it puts
an enemy into the mouth to steal away the
brains" Men who are fooled by drink are
not wise. On a summer evening a thick
cloud of insects and moths circle about the
night electric lights in the streets, but IN
the morning it will be found that the gla.
mour of the light has slain thousands. The
men and boys who circle about the saloon
are as foolish as the moth and the fly:
They are contracting a disease which II
not stopped in its incipiency, or later
cured by scientific methods, means earthly
ruin, and finally eternal death. -. -.
The United States is the second among
the beer.producing countries of the world.
and, is ssriving hard for the GLORIOUS
honor of first place Senator Galhnger, IN
the United States Senate, quoted the words
of physician who had practiced thirty
five years in Toledo among beer drinkers.
It, too, is "mocker." It "daily becomes
more and more the wretched mans mas.
ter. 1t clogs his liver, rots his Kidneys,
causes his heart and arteries to decay, stu.
pefies and starves his brain, loads his body
with dropsical fluids, fastens upon him
rheumatism, eryslpelas and disgusting dis
eases, and drags him to his. grave when
other men are in their prime"
One recalls the story of the Dundee
navvy. who, one night after a regular visit
to public house, had frightful dream of a
big fat rat coming for him, followed by
two lean ones and an old blind one. He
swore some evil was sure to come upon
him. His wife could not help him to an
Interpretation. His. bright boy, with the
wisdom of Joseph, was ready, however.
'"The fat rat is the man who keeps the pup.
lie house where ye gang sac aften, the two
lean ones are me and me mlther, and the
blind one is yeasep, father"
How MANY blind ones there are! They
cannot, or will not, see the need Of stop
ming until it is e'enmost too late. They
pooh.pooh the idea that they cannot stop
when they "get ready" to do SO. Then,
when they become convinced. that they
! really are unable to stop they pooh-pooh
the suggestion that there is a cure tor their
disease. Others are not so blind with re,
spect to the latter proposition. They hail
With delight anything that promises their
freedom from bondage. They accept and
are saved. Thousands live to-day to tell
The story of their rescue from strong drink
through the medium of scientific and spe-
cial medical treatment, where all other
means had failed again and again. ..
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Who Pays the Piper.

Free advertising, in the generally ac-
cepted sense of that term, says the
Columbus Citizen, is not the most. de-
Sirable kind; but it is nevertheless
fact that the great bulk Of paid news
paper advertising costs the advertiser
nothing. That is to say, it indirectly
returns to him not only the amount in
vested, but profit in which the whole
community shares.
The bulk Of newspaper advertising
is placed by merchants. The money it
costs is paid almost wholly in salaries
and incidentalS to individuals in the
community in which the advertiser re-
sides. so that his return is not wholly
from the general trade he seeks, but
also the injection of this amount of
money into the trade Of his community,
with the result of enlarging it, perpet-
uating it and multiplying its resources
in all forms of industry.
The merchant feels the pulse of pros
porous or adverse conditions more del
icatcly than almost any other member
Of the community. Newspapers pay
by far the larger portion of expenses
in building up the community. Their
investment is not nearly as great in
machinery, stock and other forms Of
tangible property as in brains and
Drawn.
That is the reason why money spent
with them by local merchants brings
two-fold returns in the present and the
future.
The newspaper is an institution
working for the welfare Of the COM
munity in both material and other re-
spects, in reality makes paid advertis-
ing free.
The intelligent advertising patron of
such a newspaper contributes to the
happiness and prosperity of the COM
munity at the same time he promotes
his own business interests in the pres
ent and lays the foundation for great
er profits and usefulness in the future.
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with novel suspenders that form epau'
lettes and so gi the broad shoulder
line Of the season. AS shown the dress
is made Of dotted blue henrietta
stitched with corticelli silk and held
by gold buttons, the guimpe of Persian
lawn with trimming Of embroidery.
All simple dress materials are appro-
pirate, however, with gulmpe or cot
ton or China silk as may be preferred.
The costume consists Of skirt sus-
penders and guimpe. The guimpe Is
tucked to form a yoke and again at the
upper portions of the sleeves and is
fitted by means of shoulder and under
arm seams. The skirt is straight and
laid in deep, backward turning pleats
and is jointed to the belt. The sus-
penders are made in three portions.
those over the shoulders forming epau-
lettes, and are held together and at
tached to the belt by means OF but
tons.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size item yearsl is four
and one-half yards twenty-one inches
wide. three and seven-eighth yards
twenty-sevcn inches wide or two and
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The Cats Rivals.

The cat has long been a pampered pet
Of society, says q French writer. Fair
Persians, uncanny Chinese, half-fin-
ished ManXes, sleek English tortoise
shells, and lucky black grimalkins have
been cultivaed as carefully of late years
as Shorthorns and racehorses and GER
tain breeds Of dogs. Pussy has had
shows and society all to herself, and
one could name some famous "cat-
teries" belonging to well-known men,
bers of society. A great insult is now
offered her, however, in that the
mouse has become a fashionable pet,
and has already attained the distinc-
ton of points" A mouse show is II,
contemplation, to which every god cat
should be taken for q treat
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTEMPERANcE.

Poem: Civilized (Republished by Re
quest) The Cruelest Decelyer is
Strong Drink-It Makes Multitude
Of Promises md Then Breaks Them.
I used to roam in ignorance
The former heather said.
II did a wildly heather dance,
With feathers in my head.
! used to fight in heather style
Unless my foe would run
But now pot him at mile,
For / possess gun.
"Oh. it was terrible to see est.
Me in my former state, g..
But destiny looked after me
And led the hand of fate.
Until where once we sat and sang
Our prayers to the moon
The white man built a big sbebang
That he calls saloon.
Enlightenment came here; she bore
Krag-J Jorgensen and Krupp-
In one weeks time smoothly swore
And played at seven up;
The kindly men who took my land
Came from across the sea
And said they'd take me by the hand
And make man of me.
$50 now I'm not a savage man."
He said, and wisely smiled,
'With pagan eyes I do not scan
The desert and the wild. ..
do not ramble any more
The wicked paths despised-
blow the foam upon the floor,
And I've been civilized.
Chicago Tribune.
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cordially, hung his hat on its Saccus
toned hook, and prepared leisurely
fashion to read the newspaper. His
wife watched him a moment anxious
ly, then asked:
"Was that all the mail?"
"Oh, no; bless me, no! Here's a let
ter from Annie" and he fumbled in
several pockets.
Glancing at Miss Bridgeford, his eyes
twinkling merrily. he said: Mother
thinks there's trouble coming. She says
her signs never fail, and she's got some
sign for this, though I've forgotten
what If l worried as much as she
does, my hair would be whittier than il
is now" and he shook the snowy locks
that surrounded his rosy face like q
nimbus. Still holding the letter, he
continued: "She's broke dish this
morning, and she said, Now I've ge1
to break three before I'm through Sc
l said, why not break the other two
right off? and 1 went and got two old
plates and told her to smash them,
and she wouldn't. Don't you think,
Miss Bridgeford, that would be great
deal wiser than to spoil two good
onesT But his wife was too intent
on the letter to heed his banter.
"Why, you've opened it!' she ex
/ claimed, as he gave it to her.
"Of course. 1t was addressed to me"
"Oh, dear, l dread to read it, there
was suchfa lot of muddy water in my
dream, and you made me look at the
new moon through glass, and I sneezed
twice before got up. Is Annie SICK,
or has she lost her school?' she whim'
pered.
DO read it, Mrs. Perkins," said Miss
Bridgeford, seeing that Mr.. Perkins
did not intend enlightening her. and
sorry to witness such waste of ner-
vous energy.
She scanned the lines and drew a
long breath of relief. Isn't this
splendid? Just listen. Annie's been
promoted to the principalship-a great
honor-better salary-and she's going
to send US two hundred dollars year
noww
Rising to take leave with kind con.
gratulations, the girl looked at Mr..
Perkins, expecting some disdainful
reference to the "sure signs;' but long
experience had taught him better. He
knew only too well that these refuta.
tions of their efficacy would speedily
fade from his wife's memory, and be
entirely gone by the time the next ones
came.
Mrs. Perkins chattered on as she
followed her caller out to the steps:
"I'm very proud of Annie, Miss Bridge
ford. This is her third promotion. In
all her years of teaching she has never
had a bit of fault found with her work
by the superintendent and never lost
day by sickness"
Then the force Of lifelong custom
made her suddenly remember the un-
known malignant powers that she be-.
lieved must be warded off after asser-
tiors of good fortune, and exclaimiDg:
There, I'm boasting" she quickly
stretched her little withered hand up
to the door frame and raped three
times on wood.-Youth's Companion.
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Tha Selection of Dress Trimmings.

Many lovely embroideries, particu-
larly in gold and silver, are shown in
the shops, but these must be bought
with discretion. A great deal of money
can be wasted in this way, and a good
frock ruined by inferior accessories.
The study of dress is a very difficult
subject now, even for the rich, while
ordinary folk have much to grumble
about.
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The Crusade in Brief,

In Athens, Ohio, Mr.. Davis has Closed
his saloon, and will open meat market in
the same place. Mr.. Davis gave as a rea-
son for the change that the saloon is not
fit place in which to rear his children.
In Liverpool, England, of ITO police court
cases on one day seventy-five per cent.
thirds @ Of Which were women and half the
number were under twenty-five years of
age.
The "No Drinks Between Meals pledge,
brought forward by a West End of Lon.
don vicar during temperance mission in
his church, secured only three signatures
in the course of a week. while over LOO
people signed the total abstinence pledge,
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Decidedly Advanced Ground.

Church of Alton, Iowa, with large and
influential membership, preached a sermon
to lns people on recent Sunday, taking
decidedly advanced ground on the ques;;
ton of temperance. The priest declared
that he was not prohihtionist and had
at some of their wedding feasts occasion
ally taken a glass of wine with the mem
bers Of his flock. "But l am getting de-
cidedly tired" said the priest, ",of being
called upon to 60 out at night and prevent
some drunken husband from abusing his
family, and if any of you who deserve it
find that. you have been blacklisted at the
| did it myself. And in the future shall
decline all invitations to social glass.
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would Bar Drinkers.

Press dispatches are telling Of a move
ment on the part Of Findlaay (Oho) manu-, 7;
facturers, which, if carried out to lts tuli
purpose will work very ysssnt radical reroGm e@onc
the manufacturers to form ali organization
barring from employment any and every
man addicted to the use of Intoxicating
LIQUORS. Manufacturers find themselves SO
annoyed by drunken workmen that this
step is likely to be taken for mutual self
protection. In this they will but follow
the example of many large firms elsewhere,
and of the railroads, and an increasing
number CT great business establishments
1t is reported that the owners of saloons
in the neighborhood of these manufactur,,
ing plants in Findlay are greatly alarmed
by the prospect of much diminished
trade
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A Dawn-Cloud Effect.

With this most unusual blouse is
worn a very full white silk net skirt
shirred down half way to the knees
The bottom has four two-inch tucks
each edged with narrow point desprit
A long fitted petticoat, which shows
plainly through the net, is Of rose satin
the exact shade of the velvet in the
blouse. A panne velvet girdle is worn
with a buckle Of rose stones and old Sill
yer in art nouveau jewelry.
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A Few Facts.

Beverages, liquor, New York, under
the captain, "A Few Facts notes the
following:
"That we have not few saloonkeepers
in this State who are blind to the import
ance of keeping sober in their own places
of business"
"That many saloonkeepers invite public
criticism and put unanswerabie arguments
in the mouths of the enemy by conduct
ing tough places and providing a place
of refuge for bad characters"
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1--WE will never give up," said the
South American military leader. "Give
up what?" asked the coldly practical
man. And after moment Of refec,
ton the military leader candidly re-
Piled: Anything we can get our
hands n."-Washington Star.
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Tho Lace Cun.

Much care is shown in the shaping OF
the lace cuff, smart sleeve finish at
present. This is no longer the plain,
tight cuff of lace, but must fit the arm
in militaire effect and also be irregular
in outline.
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Lace Wells.

Long lace wells are becoming draped
over hats and tied at the side. These
are forty-six inches long, and only as
wide rs the ordinary trlle or net face
veil. Dotted net wells Of the same size
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Sheer cottons in dainty dimities In
quaint, old-fashioned cross-bar de-
signs. the finest of batiste,' closely akin
to organdy, and printed cottons in POM
padour designs are the smartest wash
fabrics for the summer nf 1904. .
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A Sad Record Of Intemperanee.

During the twenty years from 1882 to
1901 (t6e latest year for which statistics
are published) the deaths from intemper-
ance in England and Wales nave in
creased sixty.six per cent. among male.
and l25 per cent. among females.
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one-half yards forty-four inches wide.
with one and seven-eighth yards thirty
six inches wide for guimpe, and seven
eighth yards of insertion for collar
and cuffs.
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The New Skirts.

The new skirts are to be OF two
lengths, either just touching all around
or escaping the ground by two inches.
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Consumption of Whisky.

In sixty years the annual per capita
consumption of whisky has gradually de-
creased from two and half to one and a
fourth gallons. In forty years the con-
than two to more than seventeen gallons
DER capita.
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The Proper Footwear.

Some of the new evening shoes are
in gros grain silk, exquisitely embroid-
cred by hand. Lace rosettes embellish
them, and silk stockings are worn
matching the gown.
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Skirts a La Mode.

Skirts must be full or they are not
fashionable, and the pleats, shirrings
and tucking over hips falling in straight
lines below continue in great favor.
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A New Fabric.

Messaline is a new fabric that has
had a warm welcome. 1t combines the
best qualities Of crepe de chine and
satin liberty.
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Girls Suspender Costume.

Little. girls are always charming
and attractive when wearing guimpe
frocks. This one is among the latest
designed by May Manton, and is made
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Hoppe linens are to be used to create
the elaborate linen costume of the fasn'
ionable woman. 49, We.
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DR.. R. Robbins, Muskogee, I. T., writes:
"Peruna is the best medicine know OF
for coughs and to strengthen weak stom'
ach and to give appetite. Besides prescrlb.
ing it for catarrh, have ordered it fol
weak and debiitated people, and have not
had a patient but said it helped him. 1t il
an excellent medicine and it fits So many
cases. .......... -. -:
IT have large practice, and have a
chance to prescribe your Peruna. l hope
you may 1--we long to do good to the sick
and the suffering"
DR.. M. c. Gee writes from 5l3 Jones ST..
San Francisco, CAL: $50;
"Peruna has performed SO many wonder
full cures in San Francisco that am con
WINGED that it is a valuable remedy.
have frequently advised its use for women
as find it insures regular and painless
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!. Fayorite Shad

A shade much in favor is elephant
gray. especially in velvets and Cloths
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New York City.-Long shoulder ef-
fects always are becoming to young
girls, and are seen in the latest models
for odd waists as well as frocks and