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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Make Clothes Study.

In Paris people make much more of
a study than we do of the shape, style
and color of their clothes In order to
have them becoming. A Frenchwoman
will wear old-style sleeves, but if she
takes any interest in dress she won't
wear q color that makes her look ugly.
no matter what the fashion may be.
She puts her brain power Into selecting
modes that are becoming to her. OF
course the French dressmaker and mil
liner always have excellent taste aud
they help her make up her mind. In
Paris when one goes to buy a new co.'s
tune the first question TO be asked is.
"Yhat will be suitable for the Occa-
sions when l want 10 wear it?" The
next is. "What will suit my figure,
height and complexion. without look
ing too Observation-Disclosures Howe
Hall, in Good housekeeping.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tons made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty Of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at theeleft or right@of the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the
small of the back, ,leucorrhea, dizzi-
ness, fatulency, displacements 81: the
womb or Irregularities. All OF these
SYMPTOMS are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
has to be paid by a dangerous opera
ton, and lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss Luella
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- =.
"About two years agoI wasa great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. Thedoctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that I had a tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation II l
wanted to get well. felt that tnis was my
death warrant, but spent hundreds OF dol
growing. Fortunately l corresponded with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors. I did SO and Immediately began to
improve in health, and I was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. / wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just Us surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just SO surely will Lydia e..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, inflammation of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and prostration.
Mrs. Pinl1ham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address. Lynn. Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Bread Upon the Waters.

One Of the secretaries of the Amerl-
can Board says that some forty years
ago he, a small boy, was invelgled
by a sister into giving q precious (and
regretted fifty cents to a mission
band for the education in Turkey OF
an Armenian girl named kohar. Years
NAV well tend to make n forget a
vaguely distant Kohar, and even a
painful sacrifice of which she was the
innocent cause. But the other day
Kohar came to light again; this time
to astonish the good man with q gilt
of $3.50 for the treasury of the Amer
lean Board. The true convert KNOWS
the emotion of gratitude exactly as
well as her teacher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

which provides for many occasions anu
which can 5e varied in a number OF
ways. As shown it IS made of cash.
mere with bands of taffeta piped with
velvet, and Is worn over a chemlsette
Of all-over lace, but the chemisette can
be omitted and the neck left slightly
open, or the waist can be made high
with long slee4es, as shown in the back
view. In any case it is stylish and sat
isfactory. and adapted to almost all
Waistings and the softer dress mater
ials. In this instance it matches the
skirt, but the model will be found a de-
sirable one for the separate blouse,
which fills so many needs, and which
this year is so fashionable in white
silk or embroidered net, for both of
which materials the model is a most
satisfactory one.
The waist is made with a fitted foun-
dation, which can be used or omitted
as may be liked, and itself consists Of
the front and the backs. These last
are laid in narrow tucks that extend to
yoke depth and when q chemisette is
used are cut out on indicated lines.
The chemlsette is separate and the
closing is made invisibly at the centre
back. The sleeves are full above the
elbows and they can be finished at that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
KeepIne Time by Wireless.

DR.. Max Reithoffer, professor IN the
Technical High School Of Vienna, i'll
conjunction with Herr Karl Morawetz.
the government inspector Of clocks.
has completed a system for synchro-
nizing clocks by means of wireless
telegraphy. The plan has been sub
mitted to the City Council, and per-
mission has been secured for regulat-
ing the public clocks by this agency.
Gfne city clocks are TO be served free
by the system, but for s~yDchronizing
private timepieces a small fee will be
levied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
strange Credulity.

When Napoleon Bonapartc was once
listening to q very improbable story,
related by Marshal Duroc, an aVoWed
irtidel, who protested that the story
was true, the emperor quietly re-
marked: There are some men VINO
are capable of believing everything
but the Bible" This remark mas
q abundant illustration in u age. Ihe
capacity of some persons to accept
any theory of the physical world eX-
cent that which makes God its author
iS simDly boundleSS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Strange Find.

A strange find met the eye OF a
Havre fsherman's wife while she was
drying a Goldfish caught by her nus
band on the French coast. A hard
substance came under her hand, and
in the fish she discovered a golden
bracelet. The ornament is supposed
to have dropped overheard from the
wrist of a lady passenger on a n ocean
steamer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
God,s wny of Escape.

The steamer piled its way among
the Thousand Islands. Often its
course was toward q rocky height OF
q wooded shore. Surely unless the en-
gines were speedily reversed the yes.
sell would be wrecked. One turn. OF
the pilots wheel, and before us spread
the glory of the inland sea, and unim-
peded was the channel to it. With
NOT before or atter-the temptation or
trial He provides a way Of escape
Pacific Baptist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Golden Hearts.

A charming evening dress Of dell
cately blue chiffon is a mass Of tucks
and shirrings. Upon the blouse bodice
and the voluminous skirt there are rose
appliques Of heavy Chantilly lace in
the same shade. These roses are OF
gigantic size and the heart of each has
been cut away to show a piece OF the
cloth Of gold which is deftly intro
duced from beneath. This may sound
patchy. but the effect is exquisite.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
hales Are Shy.

Since the Standard Oil monopoly be-
came firmly rooted as q commercial
institution, the whales have been ra-
Their shy of coming in sight Of u
shores. Lately, however, a venturesome
eighty-foot monster of this species was
blown ashore on the Maine coast, not
far from PASSPORT.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
In Plum I;rOadCtoth.

Over a pleated skirt Of plum colorcd
broadclolh falls a coat of the same ma
terial to within ten inches Of the edge.
This coat is pleated all the way from
the shoulders and tue plcats stitched
down to the LIPS. There are three
ar the back, and n each side the
front. though it looks more because
they are Inverted box pleats. The Gar-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
An Honest Man.

A dairyman in Atlilone, Ireland. is
noted for his strict adherence to truth.
He was lately brought before a magis;
trate, and charged with adding water
to his milk. This he emphatically de-
MED, and stated that it was his in
variable custom to put the water in
the can first, and then add the milk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Power of Example.

No man is so insignificant as to be
sure his example can do no hurt. Ev-
cry one Of US is watched unconsciously
by some pair of eyes, and no action
goes absolutely unnoticed, though we
MAJ think so. To set some kind or an
example Is the doom-and the privilege
OF every human being.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Feather Hats.

Entire hats are made Of them. For
feather hats tiny feathers are stuck on,
each overlapping the other, the effect
of q birds breast being wonderfully
simulated. These hats are mostly III
turban shapes. Though the shapes
may have a similarity, there's none in
the c~olorings,. which come in a be-
wildering array. There are white mes
and there are black ones, and there are
yellow ones and brown ones, suggestive
of, if not as fascinating as, the brides
in woodland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
The Respectable Tramp.

A most respectfully dressed tramp
called at a certain door the other day.
"Hain't got any old clothes, have
ye?" said he.
mo old Clothes"
ANY hats"
mo old hats"
oval, We must hev some old shoes
most anything"
eyes" ruminated the housekeeper,
II believe we have one or two pairs
of old shoes. Now, what size do you
wear?"
"Oh, anything tibet I kin get on, from
severn to eleYensI"-Lewiston Journal,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Poke Him.

professor" said MI. Richley, after
paying the bill Of the specialist who
had been coaching young Richley for
college, do you believe in Pythogoras'
theory of the transmigration of souls?"
Most a~ssuredly not1 replied the
other. "Why?
II was going to say if there were
anything in that theory you'd prob
ably be a war horse after death; you're
such q good charger."-Phlladelphia
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
No Shade For Pat.

Pat-"I'm afther bidding you good
by, Moike. It's 10 Panima for me.
Shure, 81 q day working on the canal
looks like a gold mine beside the $1.20
in Amerfky."
Mike-"But, Pat, do you mind that
Panima is one of the hottest places
in the world? It's 100 in the shade
most every day"
Pat-"You don't suppose that I'm
such q fool as to stay in the shade all
the time, do you?"-Magazine Of Fun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
No Demand.

NO." said the passenger in the seedy
suit, business isn't what it used to be.
I've seen, somefpretty.b bad years. but
this is absolutely the worst ever
ITO what do you attribute it?" asked
the passenger with the skull cap.
"Ruinous competition"
What is your. line of business, may
I askP'
"I'm a rainmaker. "-ChicagO Tri-
bune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
No Lack of Revelation.

For the man to whom our natural IN
telligence is equal to the souls neceS-
sity for finding God there is no lack
of revelation. The universe is full or
visions and of voices.-John White
Chadwick,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
ITCHING SCALP HUMOR

Lady Suffered TOrtures Until Cured by
.Cuicura-scratched Day and Night.
My, scalp was covered with little PIN
pies and l suffered t~ortures from the Itch
ing. l was scratching all day and night,
and l could get no rest. l washed my
head with hot water and Cuticura Soap
and then applied the Cuticura Ointment as
q dressing. One box Of the ointment and
one cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now
my head is entirely clear and my hair is
growing splendidly. l have used Cuticura
Soap ever since and shall never be without
it. (Signed) Ada C.. Smith, 300 Grand ST.,
Jersey City, N. j."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Better Bargain.

Mrs. Young proudly)--"The landlord
was here to-day. 1 gave him the
months rent and showed him the
BABY.
Mr.. Young who's nightly kept
awake)-"Pity you didn't give him the
blessed baby and show him the months
rentr'-Ally Sloper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Small Matter.

French Maid Ito inquiring friend)--.
"Oui, madame is i'll, but re doctor
half pronounce it something very
trifing, very SMALL"
Friend-"Oh, I am so relieved, for ]
~was'really anxious about her. What
does the doctor say the trouble is"
French Maid-"Let me recall. II
was something very leetle. Oh, I have
it now! Re doctor says Eat madame
has re smallpox."-The Taller Lion
dom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Their Tribute.

"A great many fashionably attired
people attended the funeral Of that
cook"
"They were her various employers.
They all say that her treatment Of
them. was uniformly kind and consider:
ate.".
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Ostrich.

Naturally the ostrich feather leads.
Long plumes, and all lengths, indeed,
adorn the hat Of the moment. So do
tie dainty little tips. There's nothing
more splendid than a fine feather from
q great African bird.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Cllump.

Tess-"Mr. Dumley's just the mean.
est man. He told me last evening he'd
teach me how to whistle if I'd pucker
up my lips"
Jess-"Oh! that old scheme! Then
be kissed you, chi?
Tess-"No, the stupid old thing! He
didn't kiss me at all"-Philadelphia
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A Kind Act

If we embrace every opportunity to
do a kind act and he always ready,
willing and anxious to lend q hand to
those in trouble or sorrow, we Will
surely receive ,uuch kindness In re-
turn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Wanted-A Double.

"Say," queried the sporty, looking
man as he entered the intelligence
Office, "can you procure a clerk for me
with a voice exactly like mine?'.
Don't know" replied the manager.
what's the object?"
II want him to stay at the office
every night and answer the telephone
when my wife rings up" explained the
party of the sporty part. - Chicago
News. - ..f. -. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
An lllusfratlOn,

"Pa, what's the difference between
poetry and verse?
Its about the same as the differ
ence betweena gentleman and a gent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Doubtful.

Doubtful.
Stippler-"Did Miss Kutts admire
your paintings"
Dobber-"1 don't know"
Stippler-"What did she say about
themP
Dobber-"That she could feel that l
put a great deal of myself into my
work"
"Stippler-"Well, that's praise"
Dobber-'Is it? The picture I showed
her was Calves in a Meadow
Cleveland Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

New York City.-The short, jaunty
Elton is q pronounced favorite of the
autumn and is especially we'll liked
with the cOrselet or %princesse skirt or
with the skirt that is worn with q
aeep glrdle. Here is one Of the smart
est yet shown that gives q waistcoat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
live New Lille Now.

To be always intending to live a new
life. but never find time to set about IT
this is as if O man should put OH
eating and drinking and sleeping from
one day to another. until he is starved
and destroyed.-Tillotson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
Misaes, Blonee Waist.

j No waist suits the young girl so well
as the blouse and none is so fashion
able. Illustrated is an exceedingly at
tractive yet absolutely simple model
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
That RoRnigh Beam.
Dream

Don't the Highfyers live beyond
their income?"
Dear NEWLY, they live beyond
the income they wish they had."-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

effect and which is adapted to all sea-
sonable materials. The lines are ex-
ceptionally good ones and the tucks
from the shoulders give a distinctive
In this case n Of the new
i1onble'' voiles is trimmed with collar
and cuffs of velvet and made with a
waistcoat of b%roadcloth, but the pos
sibilities are many. The sultings Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

The familiar nursery rhyme, MARY
Had a Little Lamb" was written by
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.
1t is a sad but

1t is a sad but
true fact that
e v ery e a r
brings an in
crease in the
number ofopera-
lions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths of the
patients lying
on those snow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

ment is finished by a dozen buttons,
which are made Of the cloth. with
metal rims. A dozen of them arc down
the front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

Women in China have the privilege
of fighting in the wars. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13

U41
Is q patriotic, economic and relig-
one, than which there is none
he practical. The problem before
/ church is to set the lame man on
| feet SO that he can make his own
in things CT the heart and become
,ntributor TO the moral health OF
world. Let US observe how Peter
John faced the problem. First,
faced it squarely. They did not
he it. They e not too anxious
It getting to the temple. While
hip has its supreme place in the
Sous life Of every man, there is
xhing else. They did not criticise
Dor fellow; they helped him. And
kmestion is how they helped him?
Ibid not give him money. They
ene, and they did not feel the
, Of the limitation either; they
iney could solve the problem
ut 1t. The silver and gold in the
sphere are not good and con-
surroundings, congenial work
Eood advice and ideals. The Chris
Church does not stand merely for
k5sophic help and the gospel of
b surroundings. Peter and John six
|aths before would not have been
ally equipped to face this problem;
IS did not then possess God nor did
possess them. They were COM
ions of Christ, but they did not
hess His spirit. But now they were
S5lu posseSsed by the Spirit Of God,
that was the first step toward the
Ition of the problem before them.
b Sit is the first step to-day. You
WI can never help the lame man
we not only possess God but are
Bed by Him.
her element in the solution of
ESblem was that the two were i'll
Act accord. Six moLths before
Iar had forsaken Christ, while John
ke ran the gauntlet in the terrific
& of passion in the city of hate,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-17
SuDaWana Meadow Matters.

Mr. William NJ. Perrine. Trustee,
through bis attorney Charles Mecum, Esq,
has obtained from the Riparian Commission
Of the State Of New Jersey riparian right
to all the land fronting on the Supawana
Meadows along the Salem Greek and the
Delaware River from the banks to the low
water mark
This means that Mr.. Perrine, Trustee,
has leased and practically owns, personally,
the property between the banks and low
water mark which gunners have heretofore
claimed were the property Of the State and
that Mr.. Perrine could not control or pre-
vent trespassing thereon. The papers
granting the rights were received yesterday
by Mr. Mecum. Sunbeam,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-17
Notice to Subscribers.

Beginning August first, our collector, J.
D. Carpenter, Jr.. will call on subscribers
at swedesboro, Pedricktown, Bridgeport,
Repaupo, Gibbstown, Paulsboro, Mickle-
ton, Clarksboro, Mt. Royal, Mantua,
Jefferson, Null ca Hill, Barnsboro, Sewell
R. F. D. routes, Redwood, Evan. Pitman,
for the purpose Of receiving amounts due
the GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT on
subscription account. This opportunity Of
paying subscription bills at your own home
is offered at considerable expense to us, and
we trust it will be generally improved.
Wa J. D. CARPENTER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-17
Killed Bio Rattlesnake.

Last Sunday afternoon the little girl Of
Fred Richard, Of Cross Keys, informed her
father that she saw big snake in the corn
field Her father followed her to the spot
and found it to be big RATHER. Mr..
Richards killed it and found that it
measured oyer four and one-half feet in
length, had nine rattles and a button, and
measured eight inches in circumference.
Mr.. Richards has it on exhibition and is
proud Of his fnd. ~
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-17
American Bible Society.

The american Bible Society will hold a
grand rally at the Malaga camp ground on
Saturday, the 2eth inst, all day and even
ing. %
Rev. DR.. VIM. I. Haven, Of New York
City; Rev DR.. Nichols, the President Of
the Camp Meeting Association; Mr.. George
NJ Powell, Of Phila., President Of the
international Arbitration ConnciI, and
other prominent men Of the nation will
make addresses.
Rev. W A. Andrews Of Weisport, Pa,
will be the musical conductor, and Mr.. j.
Hampton Leonard viii be the general con-
ductor Of the bible rally
A choir Of some 200 or 300 voices will
render the music on this occasion.
Everybody welcome.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-17
CLAYTON VS. SALEM.

Clayton easily defeated Salem yesterday
at Washington Park by a score of 8 to 3,
Salem s three runs were made in the first
inning; after that Brady held them close.
wILLIAMsroTN SHUTS OFT GLAssBoRo
Wi Jamestown went to Glsssboro Tuesday
and in the final game If the series of five,
delivered another shut out to the home team
by a score of to 0, making four shutouts
in succession. Greenwell did the twirline
for the visitors, and proved wonder, strik-
ing out twelve men, and only allowing
four hits, while on the other hand, Bergen
was bumped for thirteen hits aud only
famed four men.
After the game, O'Rourke, who has been
furnishing the team to represent Glassboro,
was released and an entire new team has
been engaged Manager Sickler arranged
another series of five games with Williams
town and the opening game will be played
at Williamstown to-day.