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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
IMMORTAL GEORGES INFLUENCE.
His Wonderful Cherry Tree is Still Bear
ing Fruit.

His Wonderful Cherry Tree is Still Bear
ing Fruit.
Two little boys from a kindergarten
in Boston went into a BARRIERS shop to
have their hair cut. Two men were
there awaiting their turn.
The barber said to one Of the boys:
run over to the store across the street
and see if my assistant is there. Tell
him to hurry up and come back, there
are four men waiting" ,
The boy went, found the man, and
gave the message, except that he said
there were two men and two boys
waiting. Then he added: 1.-The bar
Der told me to say four men, but L
wasn't going to tell a lie for two men,"
why not% asked the man.
Why" responded the boy, don't
you suppose we have a picture OF
George Washington over in u kinder
g~arten"
The teacher declares that she shall
tell the story of the cherry tree" with
renewed interest and frequency
Youths Companion.
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Our Greatest Need.

The need of the churches is a SUI
preme moral motive. In some way this
nation must be lifted above the sway
of prejudice and s%elfshness and com
PEELED to study all conditions as they
appear to him who looks at them from
above. Only the realization of God is
great enough for this task. Our great
est need is such a realization OF God
as present and active in all the affairs
of humanity as shall make the mem
hers of our churches appreciate that
escape from Him is impossible, and
that the moral order is universal, in
exorable and Interchangeable. Difficult
les adjusted in the easiest way usually
have to be adjusted again, but where
they are settled Alright they are settled
forever.-Anory H. Bradford. in the
Christian Work and Evangelist
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Thwarted Plans.

It is an evil thing and bitter to be
unhindered in ones life by God. 1t is
no gift of freedom promised, but a
curse bestowed when it is said OF
Ephraim, Let him alone" 1t is the
final word of doom when the Lord
says, Il let them go after the Stubborn
ness Of their heart, that they might
walk in their W counsels." When
the prayer was offered. Suffer US to
90 into the herd of SWINE" we may be
sure the request was granted solely
because offered by demons.
Ours be the joy that our wishes are
opposed. 1t is proof we are sens Of
God. Let US rejoice we are not visited
with the contempt of divine indiffer-
ence. Let US write it on our hearts
this day as one of the gladdest prom
Uses of Gods Word, Il will hedge up
thy way with thorns."-Pacifc Bap-
ticf
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Bears Fruit.

1t is when our faith in God the
Father, Son and Holy Ghost is quietly
expressed in daily action that it can
and does bear fruit in and tell upon the
faith and life of other men. The man
who should definitely regulate his re-
ligious life and devotion with the
thought mainly before him of how he
will thus by example be influencing
other people is. I think, approaching
the whole question from a wrong side,
and is in grave danger of doing positive
harm first to himself and then TO 9TH
ers. But it remains true that in this,
as in other matters, "No man liveth%to
himself" and that the attitude he Wis
IDLY and habitually takes in religious
matters must, whether he wishes 1t or
not, tell, for good or Ill, upon those
about him. How infinitely that en-
hances the importance Of what every
one Of us believes and does!-Arch.
bishop Of Canterbury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Loose Outer Wrap.

In the outer wrap this season coats
are worn loose and baggy, with dol
man-shaped sleeves and capes of the
regulation coachman cut cover the
gown almost entirely. A long poHeee
coat, severely plain, was lined with
gray and white squirrel fur, the lining
being entirely concealed when the coat
was closed. The only trimming was OF
several silk frog trimmings down the
front. This is another instance of thin
fabrics being utilized out of season.
Fortunately, in this case, however, the
fur lining supplies the necessary
warmth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Yellow Rose Tones.

A lowered chiffon in yellow rose
stones was made with a plain full skirt
over an under-skirt of taffeta and an
interlining of plain yellow chiffon. The
waist was full and plain, cut low and
square, and had a very high girdle
sharply pointed top and bottom.
Around the decollete was a fat band
Of heavy cream lace headed by a tiny
quilting Of cream chiffon. On one side
was a rose and leaves made Of chiffon
and ribbon. The sleeves were a short
elbow length and were composed Of
three small puffs divided by bands Of
the lace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
New Short Sleeves.

Unhappy is the woman who has not
a pretty wrist. She looks on the new
waists and the new theatre and visit.
ing gowns with despair, for they all
have short sleeves. Not necessarily ell
bow sleeves, but with the cuff ending
a good four inches above the wrist.
The fashion is pretty and graceful, but
it calls for a well-turned wrist and
forearm. The short sleeve and the
transparent guimpe are characteristics
of the fashions of 1904 and will prob
ably continue through the coming year.
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which are laid in box pleats, and the
closing is made at the centre front.
The sleeves ere in n piece each and
can be arranged over the Innings or
Joined to the cuffs as may be preferred.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and three
fourth yards twenty-one inches wide,
three and ~three-eighth yards twenty
seven inches wide, or two yards forty
four inches wide.
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crate ones may be liked. This n is
laid in box pleats for its entire length
and is becoming to the generality Of
womankind, while it is absolutely sim
pie and we'll suited to wear with the
Jacket suit. The sleeves are among
the latest of the season, wide and full
at the shoulders and narrow at the
wrists where they are finished with
deep cuffs. As illustrated the material
Is royal blue taffeta with figures of the
same color, but all the seasons waist
Ings are correct.
The waist consists of the fitted lin
Ing, which is optional, fronts and back,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Conviction Of Sin.

Undue stress is sometimes laid on
what is called the conviction of sin.
. The conviction of sin comes
surely enough and fast enough when
you have the perfect ideal before you
and are striving to realize it. But L
would rather have you aim at the con-
viction of righteousness; that is, of
rightness, of a heart right before Cob
p. Peabody.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

meath this tripped pretty russell ties
and spats. Her muff and little tailored
neckpiece were of the calfskin newly
used this winter, and her small, close
toque was fashioned of the same SILKY
golden brown and creamy skin. The
whole ensemble made a picture sar-
torially and artistically delightful
Newark Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Chiffon With Pleatings.

Chiffon is we'll adapted to accordion
pleatings. A lovely blue with a flow
cred border had a double skirt, both
accordion pleated. The bodice, also
pleated, was mostly Of the Powered
part, as were the pleated sleeves.
There was a girdle Of the plain chiffon
and a large rosette of blue chiffon and
tulle directly in front on the bodice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
At New York Dance.

Of the favors given among the pref
test were zouaVe jackets made OF a
lattice work of real violets with arm
lets Of the lattice work on n side and
a cluster Of roses on the other. Wreaths
Of violets were also given. Wreaths
Of brilliant colored leaves Of tropical
plants, particularly in red, gold and
silver Itints, made beautiful fayors
also.-New York American. ~, :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
The Apparent Difficulties.

The things that seem to be difficulties
and h%ardships only need to be fronted
to yield. like the east wind in its sea-
son, good results in bracing and hard
ening. Fix it in your minds that
nothing worth doing is done but at
the cost of difficulty and toil.-Alexan.
der Maclaren, ID.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Juvenile Jealousy.

Tommy was listening with ill-con-
cealed Impotence to his mothers eu-
logy of the boy next door. s...
Hes a bright little fellow" she said,
with a pleasant face, regular features,
a musical voice, a shapely nose, a res
olute chin, an eagle eye"
"His eye amt any eagler n mine is"
interposed Tommy, with an angry
sniff.-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
In Brown and Cream.

For a symphony in brown consider a
girl seen on Broad street. She was the
rare sort of girl who can wear golden
russet brown. Her. choice was a long,
close, severely made coat OF broad
cloth in that shade, showing only a few
inches of the skirt of the same. Be-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Remarkable Cures
E6acted
Pe-ru-na.

Under date of January 10, 1897, DR..
Hartman received the following letter:
my wife has been a sufferer from a
complication of diseases for the past TWEEN
ty.fve years. Her case has ybafaed the
skill of some of the most noted physicians.
One Of her worst troubles was chrome
constipation of several, years standing.
She was also passing through that most
critical period in the life of a woman
I'm June, 1895, i wrote to you about
her case. You advised a course of Peruna
and Manalin, which We at once com
meneed; and have to say it completely
cured her.
"About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of eatayps: which
had been of twenty-five years, stanoing'
At times I was almost past going.
commenced to use PerunG accord
ting to your Instructions and on,
ttnued Its 8 for about q year, and
tt has completely cured ne. '--John
o. Atkinson. u
In a letter dated January J, 1900, Mr..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
A Poor Excuse.

Then you think the Judge will be
satisfied if you say, Lord, I had so
many names in my visiting book, and
so many invitations / could not refuse.
that it was impossible for me to attend
10 those things."-George Macdonald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
Seven Gored Pleated Skirt.

The skirt that is snug over the hips
yet provides abundant fulness below
remains q favorite and is promised
continued vogue for an indefinite period
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22
This one is quite novel and

Of time. This one is quite novel and
eminently effective, while it suits the
woman Of generous proportions as well
as her slender sister, a feature by no
means always found in full skirts OF
any sort. The model is made of brown
henrietta, in the new shade known as
onion, stitched with corticelli silk and
is exceptionally smart, the material be-
ing one of the latest whims Of fashion.
1t can, however, be reproduced in all
seasonable suitings and in all materials
in vogue for separate skirts.
The skirt is cut in seven cores, the
front, side front and back cores being
extended to form straps, which are
Tapped over pleats laid at the front
edge of each succeeding gore, and at
the back is an inverted pleat that can
be stitched fat, as illustrated, or pressed
into position, as may be preferred.
The quantity Of material required
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

The prize duellist Of Paris, NJ. Rouzs
ier-D orcieres, has fought in seventeen
combats and arranged 11S for others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

More people over $50 years old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher ATTITUDES.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

st. GATHERINGS lighthouse, situated on
the south coast of the Isle of Wight,
has just been provided with a new light
of 1900, 900 candle power, as against
100000 obtained with the old appar-
atus. Seen from the land there are
three distinct beams of light revolving
in view, one Just at the point of disap-
pearing behind the "blank" or Shield
while the Others pass rapidly over the
waters Of the English Channel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

In calcium carbide cartridges for
mining, 4 membrane separates the car
bide from the water. The membrane
is ruptured electrically, and five min
utes later the gas generated is exploded
by another electric spark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

Mice exposed to radium for twenty
days, in the experiments Of II. RouS,
Of Paris, lost their hair; and when the
hair grew again it was quite white.
Longer exposure developed muscular
paralysis.
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:@s1sEgsssssAe@= - q EM
S;gSGSI~ :%ISsSS&STW
EpopUIAIR
SJ 4 SCIENCE y -

When the newest English "penny-in-
th~e-slot" apparatus receives its coin,
a music box at a distance, as in another
room. begins to play, being operated
by wireless biography.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

B%anaEarina, the new flour OF inc
quality from the plantain, is reported
to have proven an agreeable and
healthful food. In Venezuela, where
it seems to be gaining favor, it is es-
pecially recommended as a nutritious
food for children and invalids.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

Keeping one lot of plants for two
months in an atmosphere containing
five times the normal proportion of
carbonic acid, and another lot in Or
binary air, E. Demoussy has shown an
average increase of growth due to the
carbonic acid of sixty per cent. The
plants included lettuce, tobacco, castor,
geranium and mint, only fuchsia show
ing no increase.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-22

The Paris Societe encouragement
pour l'Industrie Rationale has award
ed the grand prize Of the Marquis OAR
genteuil to w. NJ. Auguste and Louis
Lumiere for their Photographic dis
~coveries. NJ. Heroult has been award
ed a grand gold medal for his works on
electro-metallurgy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
A RATTLER's BITE.
It's Tightening Rapidity Sometimes 3 o.
vents Fatal Results.


It may seem absurd to claim .hat
there are cases where the bite a
rattlesnake is not fatal, yet s.
have happened, and to unA
these it is necessary only to u
stand the manner in which thi.
tile strikes. The spectacle .
tlesnake at bay is one~a
never forgets. The great, long
lies coiled in tense spiral, the ,>l ~
embodiment Of wickcdncss. Poised
i'll air, the white bellicd fore body is
bent into horizontal S, rigid as an
iron bar. Raised from the middle
of the spiral is the tail, quivering
like twnngcl banjo string AMI
emitting a rattle like steam escaping
from the pet cock Of radiator or
like the sound of Il moving machine
in distant bayfield,. Awe inspiring,
the dread, fiat, triangular head, eyes
cleaning black and cold as icy steel,
is ready to strike. AS the grew
some mouth opens wide and pink,
the long, thin poison fangs arise
from horizontal position and stand
upright like pair Of slender, curry
ed, needle pointed shad bones, ready
for business.
Like a flash, far too quick for the
eye to follow, the snake strikes,
sending home its fangs an inch or
two, and in that same Fraction of
an instant he has squirted table
spoonful of canary yellow, yiscous
fluid into the wound and lies coiled,
ready for a second attack. In this
incomprehensively swift attack lies
the answer why sometimes the bite
of rattler is not fatal, for SO won
derfully swift is the attack that q
bite may be imperfect, leaving only
pair of tiny needle punctures, with
just enough venom to make victim
seriously i'll. Another reason why
a rattlesnake's bite is not always fa-
tai is that temporarily the reptile
may be without venom. The snake
may have exhausted its poison on a
previous enemy, in which case il
would have to wait several days be.
fore the deadly fluid has reaccumu-
lated, or, again, the viper's fangs
may have suffered accident. They
may have been broken off and re.
quire time for new growth. In any
case, certain it is that rataesnake's
poison applied in the proper way
will do its work, and then only the
most expert and prompt assistance
will save victim.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
a Njoht Sniff Bee.

The old joke about the man who
crossed his bees with lightning bugs,
that they might see to work at
night, appears to have been realized
in India, where an unusually large
species gather honey only in the
nighttime. a.
There are many night blooming
flowers in that country, and this
bee apparently finds no difficulty in
gathering his store, for it is record
ed that the combs frequently reach
height of six feet.
It is not stated that the honey is
Of food value, and its use for human
consumption is to be questioned,
since many Of the night Towering
plants possess strongly narcotic
properties.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Strange Form of Insanity.

The whole world is crazy in one
direction or another. 4 perfectly
sane person is a miracle-that is, a
violation of the laws of nature. I
know of retired millionaire in New
York, aged seventy, who married a
sweet young woman of twenty-three.
That in itself is not extraordinary
or even criminal. The wife is the
most patient of creatures, humoring
the venerable husbands every whim.
He is as crazy as loon, or two looms.
He imagines he is a bird, and his
nightly diversion is to stick a bunch
of feathers in the hem of his pa
jamas and prance about the room,
growing and Tapping his wings,
while his wife from her cozy corner
cries encouragingly: 'tPretty bird!
Pretty bird! Pretty bird!" This
foolishness is kept up until he falls
exhausted.-New York Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
South Sea. Offertaries.

Odds and ends, and as queer a
collection as one could hope to see,
are found among the offertory con-
tributions of the natives of Bugotu,
in. the British Solomon islands. It is
no rare thing there for the minister
to draw from the collection box a
string Of red beads, which, providing
it measures the length of the arms
outstretched, is coin Of the realm
equaling a forin, but strings Of
white beads of the same length are
but as the insignificant three penny
bit. Other articles among the collec-
ton on the last Bible Sunday in
connection with the Melanesian
Mission church were white armlets,
each equal in value to a shilling;
pieces of tortoise shell, a bamboo
box, such as is used to carry lime for
betel chewing; fine string bag, and
piece Of the native cloth in swhich
the Bugotu women wrap their ba-
bies to protect them from the Me-
lanesian insects.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Tho Uses Of Evil.

"Say, ma wants two pounds of
butter, She wants it just exactly
like what you sent the day before
yesterday, an if it amt that same
kind she don't want any at all"
The small boy had bolted in, dis
charging himself abruptly of his er-
rand, pausihg now only for breath.
But the grocer, taking down the or
der of new customer, did not mind
the interruption.
ou see, madam, how it goes"
he said pleasantly. 'sMy customers
are particular, and it is my pleosl.s .
to get them exactly what thev de-
mand. Yes, sonny" blandly to the
boy, ssyou shall be attended to at
once"
ssMa says don't forget to send the
same kind Of butter" reiterated the
boy. seSome Of pops relations has
just come to visit, and ma says if
they stay long it won't be her fault"
New York Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
,Wouldn't. Use Slang.

# Il think it is shameful the way
that girl spita slang, said a pretty
girl to friend. s'My, if I twirled
my talker the way she does my
blooming old dad would dust my
duds till dust was thicker than flies
in fly tinei"
Y on betcher brass and serve you
right r. replied the other young la
5dy, My parents are sundowers Of
the same hue, and if I should make
q raw crack in my conversation they
would thrash the rosy cussidness
out Of my angelic anatomy quicker
than chained lightning r. And they
proceed to- suck the juice out Of a
lemon through q stick Of candy. ~.
Kansas City Independent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Locking Backward.

The superstition of the ill luck of
looking backward or returning is a
very ancient one, originating doubt
less from Lots wife, who slooked
back from behind him" when he was
led BY an angel outside the doomed
city Of the plain. In Roberts "Ori-
entail Illustrations It It Is stated to be
considered exceedingly unfortunate
in Hindustan for men or women to
look back when they leave their
houses. Accordingly if man goes
out and leaves some !shling behind
him which his wife knows he will
want she does not call him to turn
or look beck, but takes or sends it
after him, and if some great emer-
'gency oblges him to look back he
will not then proceed on the busi-:
ness he was about to transact =
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Byron a TRAGIC Eiaura.

toThe more I think of Byron"
says John Davidson in the London
Outlook, s'the more clear it becomes
to me that he is, first, second and
third, q tragic figure. He was the
child of loveless marriage, that
constant source of huge armies of
discordant natures. His upbringing
was tragic, his marriage was tragic,
his loves were tragic, his death,
which at first I thought only tragic
force, is actual tragedy. Byron and
Napoleon, contemporaries, were the
analogues and compliments of each
other. Byron is the passive tragedy
of the imaginative temperament as
poet, using expression. Napoleon is
the active tragedy Of the imagina-
tive temperament as warrior and
world compeller, employing deeds.
Byron inevitably ends in an abor-
tive attempt at action in Greece.
Napoleon, as inevitably, in an abor-
tive attempt at expression (the die
tated memoirs) in ST.. Helena"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Hard Water.

When hard water is boiled great
part of the salts in solution are
throgn down, but owing to the vio-
lent motion of the boiling water
they rise from the bottom Of the
vessel and adhere to its sides. Quite
often from two to three ounces by
weight Of hard, scalelike saline mat
ter will be found on the inside of a
kettle. Some Of this gets broken
away when water is boiled and is
poured into; the tea. If on lifting
the lid of a boiling kettle you see
the water turbid it is quite unfit to
drink, for there are salts in suspen-
sion--not in solution-and these
suspended salts are highly injurious.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
a Msn Who Walked.

In the loafug room of the hotel at
Titusyille, Fla, at the head of the In.
dian river, Sol Barge called Ike Ran.
dolph blanked fool. Don't call
N fool, said venerable cracker.
.es' say he walked off" "Walked
What does that mean2" asked
and the cracker explained: "The
ord created men out of clay. AS
fast as He made en- He leaned 'em
up again the fence ter dry in the sun.
After while He came along to put
brains into their heads, beginain' at
the end OF the line. But before He
could get through With the job some
. the fellers got impatient an walked
off, ,%