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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
Women In ,Men'a Parts.

On June 25, 1905, Congreve's "Love For
Love" was represented at the Haymarket
entirely by women. Prominent among q
motley troop ok players aoting at Windsor
In the following year was one Susanna
Carroll, who tore q passion TO tatters a.
Alexander the Great. BY marriage with
the queens head cook this lady subse-
uuently became Mrs Centlivrs, under
which name, as authoress Of several Lively
comedies, she Is best identified now. 1t
was written Of her, on her death In 172S,
that, "having greater inclination to wear
the breeohes than the petticoat, she struck
into the men 9 parts" one Of her quslitca.
tions for which was that she chad small
wen on her left eyelid, which gave her q
masculine air.
Possibly tho adaptability to male roles
shown by the women at the Haymarkes In
l7o5 suggested to Vanbrugh the ingenious
plot Of his comedy, "The Mistake, !"
brought out at the same house year Later.
In this Mrs. Harsourt appeared as Caniil-
10, "suppos'd son Of Alvarez" girl who
from lack Of a male heir, had been reared
from her cradle as one Of the opposite sex
to preserve an estate Naturally there is
much playing at Cross purposes, with
adruit love complications, and the whole,
not to come tardy of, must have needed
deft handling on the part OF the actress.
Gentleman's Magazine.
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Dumas' Adaptations.

Alexandra Dumas, who hated the Eng.
tish, would have cursed In his breesiest
style had he known Of the plumber Of un.
authorized adaptations and snnexations Of
his "Thres Musketeers" which bristle On
our boards Beerbohm Tree put on the his
torio conglomeration in gorgeously pano'
ramio style at Her Majesty's. Sidney
Grundy, play adaptsr In ordinary, prepar'
I'd that version for the stage, and his mama
appeared in bigger type on the posters than
that Of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to b
mentioned at all. Most of the play tnkers
here erase the name Of the original author
altogether and insert their own. A walk
along the Strand I sometimes think
hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Ham.
ilton and Rose, all the modish native
edapters Of the day, Ging In chorus III
good old oouplets:
Bring me the works Of Y. sardou,
Bring me the works Of E Augief,
Bring me the paste and scissors, tos-
I am the man to write play.
London Letter.
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j. M. NlCKLES,
Attorney at Law
AbbevilIe, 8. @.
Office with W, N. Graydop.

The beet Spring Tonic for yonr
Horse, Cow or Hogs is Milford,s Horse
and cattle Powder at Milford's Drug
Store.
The Best Blood Remedy on the
market is Milford's Sasaparilla. ASK
anybody who has taken 1t. You can
get at Milfird's Drug Store.
Paints, Varnishes and Stains of every
kind can be found at Milford's Drug
Store.
Don't mistake that pain In your lungs and
bad taste In your mouth for pneumonia. lts
only the mean cigars you are smoking. You
can avoid this and be happy by smok n
Speeds Cinco Cigars, "th0 general favorites.
Nv goods are 10 better or nicer than others,
but the pleasure and beauty Oft Ia that you
can always find what you want and find II
right at Speeds Drug Store.
Why all OF this fuss about Speeds Cinco
Cigars, because when we have good thing
we believe in letting you know about 1t.
The sale Of these cigars In 1908 far surpassed
all other years. Speeds Drug Store.
Don't smoke mean cigars when you can got
Speeds Cincos for the same price, they are
more popular than ever 1t will take ten
thousand TO supply our demand this month
December and this demand is steady In.
creasipg. Speeds Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
MAN A NONCLIMeER.
He Shows o Singular Repugnaaos e
Becoming "ArboFeal.0 .r...,

kxS 6ao"b . oAAb 648x xsCUuooNAoS -
Becoming "Arborea1." .,.-.,,
Climbing runs in families, for steeple.
Jacks are often the sons Of fathers who
were In the business, but 1t is somewhat
odd. that man, though he learns to swim
DO well that armed only with knife ha
can encounter shark In its native els-
ment, and judged by the extent Of hii
mining operations In comparison with thu
size Of his body surpasses by thousand
times all animals that work underground,
has never become q good climber or shown
the slightest tendency to become "srbo.
real" as he has become aquatic and sub
terranean.
South sea babies that cannot walk
will roll into the sea and swim, oolbsz
boys at IA will take pick and lamp and dc.
scend into the mine almost as naturally q
young moles, but we believe that In spita
Of the danger from wild beasts In forssl
regions and the fact that In such places
there is ten times more life on the level o1
the tree tops than on the ground there Il
no single instance Of q tribe which, proper
ly speaking, has become "arborsal" and
learned to climb like monkeys. Though
not few make huts in trees they approach
these by ladders, and except In the huta
which they use as refuge and sleepins
place they spend their time on the ground
Even In forests where the upper lsvsll
of the trees are 30 closely laced together
that a comparatively slight adaptation
would enable the Indians to progress from
tree to tree, and where nearly the whols
Of the fruit and the greater part Of the
birds and animals used for food are found
only in this upper story" man Il not,
and always refuses to become, q climbing
animal" Natural repugnanoe to thil
form of enterprise seems characteristic OF
savage men, and even Of animals which
run no risks whatever. African natives
who have only lived in one storied huta
show the greatest dislike to going up
stairs and have been known to creep up on
hands and knees, while large dogs whsu
required to ascend stairs for the first time
often refuse to do 30 except under STRONG
persuasion and with evident reluctance
London Spectator.
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rock dust Is spread over the road and
second rolling given until the. bib ma.
chine makes no impression on the
roadbed. In this way the soft lime
stone rock Is welded or cemented into
a solid mass and a road equal to q
dark driveway created.
OF course there are number Of de-
tails connected with road construction
which add difficulties to what appears
to be very simple mode, of building,
and to avoid these various artifces are
resorted to. In discussing the ques-
ton Professor M. A. Scovell, director
Of the Kentucky agricultural expert.
mental station, said:
"a number of things affect the dura-
bility of a road. First, If water stands
on 1t; second, II the road Is not so con-
structed as to prevent water from per-
meating it; third, If the roadbed on
which the metal rests becomes soaked
with water; fourth, If the metal is not
firmly bound together by first COM
pacting and then cementing; fifth, If
the metal Is too soft to stand wear.
To prevent standing water the road
should be we'll crowned. If water can
permeate the metal of road, especial
" in freezing weather, 1t soon disin-
tegrates it and causes ruts. The metal
should be compacted and cemented by
having heavy rollers run over 1t, wet
ting thoroughly and rolling and then
wettipg again and rolling with fine
rock scattered over the roadbed. This
cements the entire mass. II the dirt
foundation on which the metal rests
becomes filed with water, 1t soon set
ties, and this causes the metal to break.
When it freezes enough to freeze
through the metal, the soil underneath
expands, and this expansion soon
breaks the metal and destroys the
road. 1t is necessary, therefore, to
well drain any places in the road which
are liable to be wet. For this tile
drains are put down at the side Of the
road three feet deep. Proper crown.
thorough cementing and compacting
and drainage Of the foundation road
bed are the essentials Of model road
building, and these are essentials In
the constructing OF the Fayette county
roads.
Special Agent Joseph A. Holmes Of
the national department Of agriculture
visited Lexington for the sole purpose
Of inspecting these roads and declared
that the material and construction
were equal to any In the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
FROM THE RUBBISH HEAP.
What BeosAaes Of Old Rags, Cinders, Bones
and Tfps.

We all know the rubbish heap, says .
writer in the London Mail Old tins, ola
shoes, dirty paper, bottles, bones-every-
thing, in fact, that has served better pur-
pose, and Is now deemed done with, Ii
thrown there. When we see oil this refuse
carted away, the most Of us have an idea
1t will be pitched into some ditch or some
place rarely visited. But for that to be
done Is the exception and not the rule
The old rubbish heap-so great an eyesore
In our garden-performs some very i'm.
portant functions.
The clearing away Of this rubbish 10
generally done by contract. but those who
undertake the work often make good
profit out Of it Every heap undergoes a
thorough sitting, and all the various things
which compose 1t are put by themselves.
The cinders are carted of to brickyards,
where they are ground up, and In few
days are converted into good, substantial
bricks.
Then all the bones, after they have left
our tables, are taken to boiling house,
where the fat and gelatin they possess are
extracted, the fat being used in the manu-
facture of soap and the gelatin being pct
to number Of purposes, chiefly, however,
being made into those brilliantly colored
wrappings which enfold Christmas crack
erS
The bones themselves are cut up into all
sorts Of cheap ornaments, or are often
ground into powder and after chemical
treatment make very good tooth clean
ing preparation. Torn and soiled paper re-
turns to the mills, and, as a ruls, becomes
papier mache. Z:
Every piece of old rag Is eagerly pounoeo
upon. Although much Of 1t ultimately be-
comes paper, BY far the larger proportion
goes to the shoddy mills Here the filthy,
Objectionable garments are reduced to Q
pulp by mechanical process and in tho
future viii again do service as clothes
There are, indeed, very few articles Of ap.
parel worn which have not some Of this
shoddy In their composition. It Is said
that by It's introduction the price Of cloth
ing has been reduced 81 per cent.
Then what becomes of all our old sauce
pans, salmon tins and the like? First, ths
lead by which they are soldered is taken
from than, and after this they are remelt-
ed All pieces Of glass find destination
In the melting pot, whereas bottles, II they
are not damaged, are cleaned and 50 put
into active use again. Gutta percha arti-
cles, which obtain good price, are remels-
cd. Cabbage leaves and the like find their
way to the pigs. So you see that there L.
very little of the rubbish heap that Is not
put to some purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
ROADS OF KENTUCKY
OLD TURNPlKES TO BE SUPERSEDED
BY MODEL HIGHWAYS.

Method Of Reconstruction of the
Limestone Pikes-Points to Consid-
er In the Maintenance of Stone
Roadways.
The limestone turnpikes Of central
Kentucky have been famous for more
than half a century, and how Fayette
county is the first Of localities in the
great west to take up the mo1el roads
system on anything more than, an ex-
perimental basis, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Thirteen great turn
pixies radiate from Lexington like the
spokes from q wheel, and for two
miles on each one Of them, commenc.
ing at the city limits, the fiscal court
has ordered to be constructed a turn
pike on the model road system. This
means twenty-siK miles Of roadway,
and it is more than probable that
before the contract for this length Of
road is completed other contracts for
additional road construction on this
principle will be let. AS there are 400
miles Of turnpike III Fayette county
the complete reconstruction would
mean the investment Of $5oO,OO0 in
new pixies for the county.
It is expected that by the fall of 1902
the twenty-six miles Of model road
contracted for will be completed. The
fiscal court is then expected to issue an
order for an additional two miles on
each Of the pixies until all are recon-
structed throughout the entire length.
The model road when completed is as
smooth rs billiard table, sheds water
like ducks back and, 1t is asserted, Is
more durable than the regulation. mac
adamized pike, where the cracked rock
is simply thrown upon the roadbed
and allowed to adjust itself to condi-
tion. AS a preparation to reconstruct
Ing m old turnpike fifteen ton spiked
roller Is run over the old road to tear
up the metal, as the rock is called, of
which the pike is constructed. This is
followed by half ton harrow, which
completes the work. A modern grader
then shapes the metal 80 that the road
will have the proper Grown" for she'd
ding water. New cracked rock is add
ed and the entire mass rolled until it is
apparently solid. Then 1t is watered,
and screenings or the small cracked
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING.
Most Difficult of All Systems to A.
quire Except the Chinese.

English spelling is the most unsystem-
attic and therefore the most difficult Of all
systems to acquire, except the Chinese.
The French has not q complete alphabet
to represent all It's sounds in q simple and
systematic manner, but the French uss
the incomplete and defective Roman q.
phabet much more consistently than We.
The object of writing is to convey thought
An ideal system would allow Of the con
veyance Of thought with the least e1pendi-
ture Of energy on the part Of both writer
and reader.
The sounds Of the spoken language
should be represented by the simplest,
most complete and most logical system.
There are In English 40 distinct sounds;
40 distinct letters are needed to represent
them. With such q system the intermina-
BILE difficulty Of learning to spell would
disappear, the time spent In printing and
writing unnecessary letters would be saved
and the learning Of the language BY chill
dren and foreigners would be greatly ia
cilitated.. There Is no valid objection to
phonetic spelling except the difficulty Of
introducing 1t. The genealogical objeo.
ton Is unworthy Of serious consideration.
The etymology, for example, Of "soph.
Ism" (Which, by the way, does not import
q wise saying) resides In the real word,
not in It's spelling. Any one who knows
the history of the word would associate
that history with 1t, however it might be
spelled. The Pathological association Ia
vors phonetic spelling. It Is, of course,
impossible to make 80 radical a change at
once, but it does not follow that the bene-
fits Of phonetic spelling, the metric system
or any other great improvement will como
to Us in the surest and best way by simply
leaving the matter to chance. There Ii .
tendency to shorten spelling, but the bene-
fits to be derived from improvement arc
80 great that definite action should be
taken to secure them early and to make
the changes in the way that will be most
beneficial. Changes for better and for
worse will continue to come by chance a.
they have come. in the past, but chance
change In 30 important q matter a. the
language of the most enlightened and
most progressive people Of the world
should not be satinactory.-Self Culture
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

A New Orleans man who was a fond
papa was telling his friends yesterday OF
the hard time be had trying to teach his
youngster to say "Mississippi." The word
seemed moro than the little one could mas
ter. Finally the father hit on the plan OF
teaching the child the word by syllables.
"Now, say after me-" said he to the boy,
"Missis"
"Missis," !" said the infant phenomenon.
"Sippi."
"sippi," echoed the boy.
"Now say the whole thing" command
ed the father.
"Missis, !" began toe child, and then ht
;thought awhile. "Papa," said he, "whas
did you say the lsdy's name WssS"-NeW
Orleans Times-D Democrat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

V. D. Lee, ct al, against Fannie Nd
Bride-Foreclosure. ; s.;li'.ssS ~
BY authority ola Decree Of Sale lby5
the Court of Common Pleas for Absss
beville County, in said State, made I'M
the above stated case, I will offer for
sale,, at Public Outcry, at a AbbeviIIes
C. H., 8. c., on Saiesday in March
5th), A. D. 1906, within the legal
hours of sale the following describeds
land, to witt All that tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being ins:
Abbeville County, in the State afore-
said, containing TWO HUNDRED;
AND THIRTY-FIVEl Acres, mote
or less, and bounded by lands of j 3E*
Callahan, @. A. White, r. M. Boyd
and Vienna Road, known as the Fort:
Hannah Tract. ! 81 & Is
Terms of Sale - One-half cash, the
balance in twelve months. The credls
it portion to bear interest from day
of sale, secured by bond OF the pnr-l
chaser and mortgage Of the pfemises.
Purchaser to pay for papers and re-;
cording. 4,
~. L.W. Perrin, 6 6
Master A.; O., 8. g.. q q
Feb. 1S, 1906. Il,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
A Generous Cardinal

The late Cardinal Bonaparte was
grandson Of Lucien Bonaparte. He was
very charitable man. During one OF his
illnesses a servant came to him and said
that poor person at the door begged 10y
aims. "Give him what money you VIII
find In my purse" said the cardinal
"There Is no money, eminence The
silver spoons are all given away. We have
nothing left hus pewter spoonS" well
bring him In and give him good meal"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
Rfafa Tax For RoRda.

The best method yet devised for levy.
ing taxes upon city property for the
purpose of building country roads Is by
the medium Of a state tax. This Is
levied upon city and country property
alike. upon all classes Of people, so that
every locality, every taxpayer, con-
tributes proportionately according to
the amount Of property owned, the
wealthy property owners contributing
Che largest amounts.-0tto Doruar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

"Charlotte, my dear, how u 1t I dnd
you weepings Have you had bad newl
from your husbandp"
"Oh, worse than thatl My Arthur
writes me from Carlsbad that he would
die with ardent longings for me were II
not that he could gaze affectionately n
my picture and cover 1t with thousand
kisses every day."
"That is really very nice Of him. And,
pray, Is it that you are crying forf ]
would give anything to have such poetic
and tenderly loving husband as you hayel''
"Ah, yes, my Arthur Is very poeticll
But let me tell you that, just to try him,
I slipped my mothers photo into bis trav-
cling bag instead Of my own before hs
started. ."-London Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
Another Ancient Mystery.

Johnny-~Pa, is there anything more
valuable than diamondss
His Father-No, son. Whyi
Johnny-Oh, I was just wondering
what they gave Methusaleh on his five
hundredth wedding anniversary.-Jewsl-
ers' Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
w. II. Carr.
Meggetts, S. c.

Dargan has just received a splendid
line of beautiful American Semi Porce-
lain, nothing like it for every day user
and we sell s in. plates for SO cents per
set, yet from Feb. 10th to Oath they
are to 60 at 33 cts, per set.
Ewers and Basins, Chambers, Toilet
Sets with and without the slop Jar at
Dareans at 10 per cent off the regular
price.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
A. NJ. Smita's Locals,

Christmas Is most here. Don't forget thai
wo are headquarters for holiday goods OF al
KINDS.
Choice line OF Drummer's samples Just re
ceived and opened up. Call and save money
Nothing better for Christmas than oul
line Of aiter-dinner coffee cups.
Get our prices on flour, meal. corn and hay
before you buy.
Shoes, shoes 10 wear. See our line of Dress
shoeg before you buy.
See our line OF China for Wedding and
Christmas presents.
North Carolina Blankets all prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28
An Old Palace.

Lambeth palace, London, has been ths
home of the primates Of Canterbury for
over seven centuries. This place can show
specimens Of almost every style Of Azchl'
testurs which hAs prevailed ssnos a10o
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

Milford's Sasaparilla for the Blood.
Every bottle guaranteed to give salts.
faction or your money refunded as free
ly as we took 1t,
Milford's Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

Arrivals at Green wood Train No. 1, daily
from Augusta and intermediate stations, %
p. 10; traio No. 8, from Charleston, Beaufort,
Port Royal, Savannah, Augusta and intermedi-
Ashevlle, Spartsnburg, Greenville. Charles.
ton, Columbia Laurens and in term Ell late sta
tions, 46 p. N; train No. IA Except Sunday,
from Spartanburg and intermediate stations
IL 40p. m. 70. .,..-. $50
j. Z. Crymes. Y. A. Geo. T. Bryan, Gent Agt.
Green wood, 3. G. Greenville. 8. @.
Ernest Wilioms, II. M. Emer Traf Mgr
Gen. Pas. Agt., Augusta. Ga -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

A splendid line of Jewelry at OAR
gans and 10 cents Store.
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Cabbage Plants

am again ready to I'LL your orders
for early and late varieties of Cabbage
Plants. They are grown in open air,
near salt water, aud will stand hard
cold without injury. .t
Prices $l.50 per 1000; larger the lots
smaller the price per LOCO. Specialin
ducements to dealers. g..
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-14
EAST RANpoLPH.

Herbert Greaves OF Bridgewater visited
his sister, Mrs. II. f. Sprague, last week
Mrs. f. &. Jenness is to do the house
work at +. G. Clarke's during their ao-
sence.
Mrs. Fred G.. osgood of Boston is visit
ing her sisters, Mrs. Bert Bragg and Mrs,
X. Peck.
Miss Bernice Folsom OF South Royalton
was guest OF Miss Ruth Sprague satur-
day and Sunday.
All interested in the church and Ladies
circle are requested to make something
for the church fair which will be held
sometime in July.
Rev. and Mrs. E. c. Clarke have gone
to New Hampshire and Maine on visit
and to attend a meeting at Dover, n. n.
They expect to be gone three or four
weeks. There will be no preaching at
the f. w. B. church next Sunday, but
will be prayer meeting &C the usual
hour and Sunday school as usual.
The baseball team played two games OF
bali at Randolph last Thursday. The
game in the forenoon with team from
Bethel GiIead, consisting of three players
from Gilead, the balance made up OF RAN
dolph players, resulted: East Randolph
S, Bethel Gilead 9. The game In the
afternoon against Randolph Highs second
team resulted in a victory for East Kan
dolph, II to 2. The game lost TO Bethel
Gilead 90 was the first game lost this sea-
son, the team having won seven games