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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Fair Year Fairly Beaten.

IN July, 1905, the Lewis and Clark
Fair was in the height Of its glory.
Our streets were thronged with thou
sands of visitors from all over the
United States. Every hotel and lodg-
ing house was crowded, and new
buildings were going up on every
hand. This unparalleled activity,
while pleasing in the extreme, could
not dispense the gloom from a large
humber of pessimists, who feared the
Slump after the fair" But more
than a year has passed since the fair
was at the zenith Of it's success, and
nine months have passed since its
ioors were closed forever, and what
Is the result? Bank clearings for
July, 1906, more than $~4,300,000
greater than for the same month last
year, and building permits for May,
June and July-the months when,
last year, buildings was at it's height
this year $1,36S,000 greater than
,,or the same three months in 1905.
These glowing facts may be Distress
ing for the pessimists, but it should
be remembered that Portland has
been no place for a pessimist for the
past two years.-Portland Oregonian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
English is Good Enough.

The English language is pretty
we'll liked, and to some extent service
able, as it is-as Shakespeare mis-
spelled it, and Milton versed it, and
Pope and Swift and Addison and
Goldsmith refined it, and, in fact, as
all our long line of literary geniuses
have philosophical and sermonized
and renamed and word-painted in 1t.
And the Englishman, unfamiliar or
but slightly familiar with any save
his native tongue, may well wonder,
as he contemplates the great body OF
English literature, whether there is
another so strong and at the same
time so flexible. Surely any move
ment which even remotely threatens
to impair it's strength and lessen Its
fexibility should be approached with
thoughtful hesitation. 1t would, in
deed, be a sad whiting down from
the big to the little should simplified
spelling finally lead to, simpliied
rhetoric, and simplified rhetoric re-
suit in desiccated prose and potted
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

The London Spectator recently said
that until it took Great Britain near
iy three years and the whole power
Of the empire to subdue the Beers,
Englishmen could never quite under
stand why it took so many years and
so many men for the North to con-
luer the South, but that now they
understand. The New York Tribune
hints that we may also have showed
the way for a settlement Of the Brit
ish-Boer status which is %agitating the
country now. 1t says:
1.-THE great question now %agitating
England, that of the status Of Boer
and Briton in the Transvaal, is, Of
course, one for Great Britain to set
tie. If a striking precedent is wanted
much might be learned from the
American policy Of magnanimity
which, after some serious mistakes in
he reconstruction period, has at last
obliterated sectional lines between
North and South and resulted in a
happily reunited people"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
When Love is Young,

They had reached that stage of the
engagement when there is usually
more or less speculation as to the
future on the part of the bride to
be.
1T doesn't seem, Tom dear, that
we could ever speak a cross word to
each other, does it, dearest!" she
murmured from his coat lapel.
Never, sweetheart" declared
Tom stoutly.
But, dear" she persisted, "if-
mind I say tiff some morning the
steak should be burned and the
coffee cold, and you were tempted
to be just a bit-just a teeney wee
bit cross, what would you do?"
She looked up into his face anx-
iously and he felt that his reply must
be- one that would fully reassure her.
After q moments thought he ex-
claimed triumphantly: I'D 60 down.
town and get my breakfast Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

"My food was killing me and I
didn't know the cause" writes a Colo.
young lady: "For two years / was
thin and sickly, suffering from indi-
gestion and infammatory rheuma-
tism.
81 had tried different kinds of diet,
plain living and many Of the rene
dies recommended, but got no better.
FINALLY, about five weeks ago,
mother suggested that ] try Grape
Nuts, and | began at once, eating it
with a little cream or milk. A
change for the better began at ono
'To-day I am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time.
I've gained 10 lbs. in the last five
weeks, and do not suffer IN
from indigestion and the rheumatism
is all gone.
81 know it is to Grape-Nuts alone
that 7 W my restored health.
still eat the food twice a day and
never tire Of it," Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
The flavor of Grape-Nuts is pecu-
liar to itself. 1t Is neutral, not too
sweet and has an agrt cable, healthful
quality that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources Of rheumatism
is from overlooking the system with
acid material, the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
AS soon as improper food is aban-
doned and Grape-Nuts IS taken regu-
larly, digestion IL made strong, the
organs do their work of building up
good red blood cells and of carrying
away the excess Of disease-makinG
material from the system.
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. '"There's a reason" Read
the little book, "The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
An Awful Awakening.

In a town of Switzerland a few
years ago some ~workingmen going
early to work. walking along the
street, saw a white figure on top of a
high house. What is it? A lady in
her night dress, and she was sitting,
looking down, quite happy, smiling
in perfect security. She was a SOM
nambulist. She had risen in her
sleep without any II knowing it,
and had taken her station, and was
pleasantly looking about, and no
doubt misunderstanding pleasant
dreams. Well, they did not know
what they could do to save her from
her peril.
Just as they were talking together
the sun rose. A bright beam of sun
fell upon her eyes; she saw where
she was; gazed one moment aroun'
and then fell headlong-killed on the
spot. It was an awful awakening.
Fellow-sinner, if you are out of
Christ, and the day Of His coming
overtakes you-oh, what if the first
beam of that bright day be the first
moment Of your awakening, and it is
too late!-Banor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Tucked Blouse.

The shirt waist or simple blouse
that is made with a chemisette is
among the daintiest of all, and is ex.
ceedingly attractive as we'll as emin.
emily fashionable. This n Is closed
invisibly at the front and allows of
trimming after a most effective man.
ner. In the illustration the material
is a pretty plaid, while the trimming
is velvet matching one of the darker
colors and the chemisette is Of all
over lace. But chemisettes of lin
gerie material are always pretty, and
are equally in vogue, while trimming
can be silk or any contrasting mate
rial that may be liked or, indeed, the
same material trimmed with a little
braid or velvet ribbon. The pointed
trimming straps on the front are dec
orative and quite simple, yet are not
obligatory, for a palmer waist can be
made by emitting them. The collar
finishes the neck, and whether the
sleeves are made with deep cuffs or
terminate at the elbows, the full por-
lions are completed by pointed bands.
The waist is made with a fitted lin
ing that is closed at the front and
consists of fronts and back. The back
is laid in pleats for its entire length
that give tapering lines to the figure,
but which are stitched to yoke depth.
The chemisette is separate and closed
at the back, while the waist is closed
invisibly beneath the tucks at the
front edges. The sleeves are prettily
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
PaIe-Hued Shoes.

Among the most noticeable whims
of fashion recently has been the en-
tire RELOCATION into the background
of everything black; the numerous
new colors are so lovely that they
have for the time quite e~xtinguished
our old favorite. This now applies
to our shoes and stockings even as
much as to our frocks, and they are
dyed all manner of beautiful colors
to match or blend with the gowns
they are worn with. Judiciously in
dulged in this latest idea is an I'M
questionable Success, and curiously
enough is seen to the greatest advan-
tage at the two extremes of our at
tire-in the evening or with the
clothes one wears during a country
visit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

many women like to wear through
out the entire season. 1t can be
either lined or unlined and made
with three-quarter or full length
sleeves. In the illustration louisine
is stitched with belding silk and com
bined with tucked taffeta and
trimmed with a tiny edge of velvet
and little velvet buttons, but the vest
and the collar and the trimming on
the cuffs a be of any contrasting
material that may be liked. If a
more dressy effect is desired chiffon
or one of the pretty lingerie effects
can be used, while if washable mate
rial is chosen for the waist these can
be of ~all-over embroidery or some
material of the sort.
The waist is made with the fitting
lining, which can be used or omitted
as preferred, and which is closed at
the centre front, and consists of the
fronts, the centre front and the back.
The fronts are arranged in a box
pleat at each edge and in rather wide
tucks at the shoulders, which are
stitched to yoke depth, while the back
is tucked IN tapering lines. The
trimming portions are Joined to the
centre front, which in turn is joined
to the waist, and the closing is made
invisibly beneath the box pleat at the
edge of the left side. The sleeves are
moderately full ones finished with
prettily shaped cuffs, whether they
are used in three-quarter or full
length.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and a
half yards t~wenty-one, three and a
quarter yards twenty-seven, or one
and ~seven-eighth yards forty-four
inches wide, with seven-eighth yard
eighteen inches wide for the centre
front and collar, one and an eighth
yards if long sleeves are used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Illiteracy in Canada.

A Toronto dispatch states that DR..
Goodwin Kingston, in a report to the
Bureau of Mines in Ontario, Can,
says:
1T is my duty to direct attention
again to the alarming amount of il
literacy in some of u settled dis
tricts. This is shown by the fact that
at some mines fully half of the men
cannot sign the payroll. These are
mostly, too, natives of the district in
which they work. If these illiterate
men were all middle-aged it might
be hoped that they were a product of
conditions from which the province
has emerged, bnt many of them are
young, some, indeed, mere lads"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
The Old Law.

Under the old English law a per-
sonal chattel which had caused the
death of a person was declared a
'deodand," or forfeited to God. The
crown took charge of it and it was
sold, the proceeds to be distributed
by the high almoner in pious uses.
Thus a cart which had run over and
killed a man was "deodand;" so was
q horse which kicked it's master to
death. All things> animate and in
animate, which caused the death OF
q human being were forfeited as
'deodands."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

along without worrying much until
dropsy set in. My feet and ankles
swelled up, my hands pulled and be-
came so tense l could hardly close
them. I had great difficulty in breath
ing, and my heart would flutter with
the least exertion. 1 could not walk
far without stopping again and again
to rest. Since using four boxes Of
Doan's Kidney Pills the bloatiIg has
gone down and the feelings Of dis
tress have disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Jack Horner's Legend.

The legend Of Little Jack Horner,
as told in Somersetshire, is as fol-
lows: At the time of the dissolution
The abbot Of Glastonbury wished to
send some important deeds to tho
brother of Queen Jane Seymour. For
safety he concealed them in a pie
and intrusted it to one Jack Horner>
During the transit Jack Horner
pulled out the plum in the shape Of
the title deeds of Mells Park, where
his descendant now resides.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Foot Binding Prohibited.

A correspondent writing from Pc
kin says that the empress dowager,
learning that her imperial edict is
sued several years ago calling upon
Chinese fathers and mothers to stop
the custom of binding their daugh-
ters' feet was not being obeyed as
universally as a special imperial edict
ought to be, evinced considerable ire
at the news, with the result that sew
eral grand councillors, who were
present at the time, underwent a dis
agreeable quarter of an hour at her
majesty's hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
What is Pe-ru-nd?
is it a Catarrfn Remedy, or a Tonic,
or is it Both?

Some people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna q . q
great catarrh remedy. -.a.a
Which OF these people are right? Is 1t more proper ITO a Peruna q
catarrb remedy than to call 1t a tonic?
Our reply is that Peruna is both a tonic and q catarTh remedy.
deed, there a be u enectuaI catarrh remedy that Is not also q tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarTh, a remedy must nt
only have a specific action the mucous membranes Affected BY the -
tarrh, but it must have a general tonic action i'll the nervous system.
Catarrh. even in persons who areo otherwise strong, s a weakened con.
dtion of some mucous membrane. There must be something to strengthen
the circulation, to give tone o the arteries, and to raise the vita forces.
Perhaps u o vegetable remedy in the world has attracted o much at
tentiop from medical writer's as HYDRASTIS CANADENSlS. The wonder.
full efficacy of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing in
hold upon the medical profession. When Joined with CUBEBS and
COPAIBA d trio of medical agents is formed In Peruna which, constitutes .
specific remedy for catarrh that in the present state o medical progresa
cannot be improved upon. This action, reinforced 10y such renowned tonics
as COLLLNSONIA CANADENSIS, CORYDALS FORMOSA and CEDRCN
SEED, ought to make this compound a ideal remedy for catarrh In all it,
stages and locations in the body. l
From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna Is beyond criticism.
The use of Peruna confirms this opinion. Numberiess testimonials from
every quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this judgment Is not
over enthusiastic. When pracuc"l experience confirms u weHgrounded the
DRY the result is a truth that be shaken. 3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Velvet UndersleeVes.

Undersleeves Ito make the fashion.
able three-quarter length sleeves COM
Portable in cold weather) conform to
the coat, and may be Of silk or vel
vet trimmed with lace and buttons.
They are fastened in place by buttons
or patent snaps on the inside of the
coat sleeve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

Darling" said the bride, II had
a terrible feeling Of sadness come
over me this afternoon-a sort Of
feeling that you were doing some
thing that would break my heart If
/ knew Of it. Think, sweet, what
we're you doing, now, this afternoon
at 4 o'clock?"
Dearest" replied the husband
tenderly and reassuringly, Eat that
hour I was licking stamps and past
ing them on envelopes. Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
HatDin Chestnut,

The hatpin forms a very important
part of the modern hat. Some are
of huge dimensions, many being the
size and color of a horse chestnut,
while others are of silyery mother
o'-pearl, colored crystal and queer
stones.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
A Beautiful q

In the London hospital ward was a
little girl whose brother had died
recently enough to make his sister
still a subject Of reflected interest.
1T was all along of eatin' too much
ice cream and ginger cookies" she
said to the doctor who was attend
ing her. Then she smiled beatif-
cally and piously. 1T was a beauti-
full death, DOCTOR"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Saslles on Gowns.

Soft silk sashes with embroidered
scalloped edges are seen upon some
of the sheer French gowns. They
are either used as a short wasted
girdle or are passed around the
waist several times, drawn to the top
Of the girdle, swathing in the back
and tied there, the falling ends CIV
ing a short WASTED Empire sugges-
ton. The same arrangement is good
for any silk or ribbon sash.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease From Birth-Fortune
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With C%uticura.

t0nAA ~ASSASS
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura.
Fl have a cousin in Rockingham Co. who
once had a skin disease from her birth un-
til she was six years of age. Her father
had spent a fortune on her to get her
cured and none of the treatments did her
any good. Old DR.. c. suggested that
he try the Cuticura Remedies, which he
did. When he commenced to use it the
child was almost in a solid scab. He had
used il about two months and the child
was we'll. l was there when they COM
menced to use your Cuticura Remedies.
l stayed that week and then returned
home and stayed two weeks and then went
back and stayed with them two weeks
longer and when l went home | could
hardly believe she was the same child.
Her skin was as soft as a Laby's without
a scar on it. ] have not seen her in seven
teen years, but | have heard from her and
the last time | heard from her she was
well. Mrs. w. P. Ingle, Burlington, N. C.,
June l6, 1905"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

A Birmingham firm which makes
a specially of hand whistles has a
metallic design reputed to carry" a
distance of two miles, which has re-
Gently been adopted by the police
force in many of the large towns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
;Japanese War Honor List.

Japan rewards its soldiers and
sailors well. The gazetted war
honor list contains 561,426 names.
All soldiers and sailors on it receive
money rewards and 439,926 get dec
orations also. N.Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Faith.

In the far future men will look
back at us, their ancestors Of the
twentieth century, and smile. And
particularly, they will be amused and
astonished at our robust faith.
ITO think" they will exclaim,
chat there ever lived rational beings
who could believe that through and
through, and tough spelled, respec-
lively, thru, and tho, and tut! In
credible!"-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

A French experimenter, named
Vercier, has succeeded in keeping
certain kinds Of peonies more than
three months in cold storage, with
the flowers in fair preservation to
the end Of that period. Red and
white China peonies, for some un-
known reason, best stood the long
tests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Lace For BoaS.

While nothing could be lovelior
for the fascinating fluffy boas than
marabout and ostrich tips, yet there
are some beauties in which ace is
substituted for the tips.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

y For over
three years I
suffered with a
d~ropsical condi-
ton without be-
ing aware that
it was due to
kidney trouble.
''he early stages
were principally
b ackache and
bearing down
pain, but I went
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
Eeware of Oint1nents For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

CONTAIN Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derangethe whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Chene & Co., Toledo, O., contains
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the b God and mucous surfaces
ofthe system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be -ure you get the genuine. It is taken in
te. nallr and made In Toledo, Ohio, by i.
j. Cheney & O. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, Toe. per bottle.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

In an Atlanta cemetery n tomb
bears at the top: Helen Vance, wife
of Harold Vance, 1854. l await YOU"
At the base of the inscription some
one has written: "Hc took his time"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

full, laid in tucks at their lower
edges, and when full length is used
the Innings are faced to form the deep
cuffs, but if the lining is omitted the
cuffs are Joined to the lower edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-Quarter yards t~wenty-one, three
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

According to 1905 figures, the to-
tai number Of industrial workers in
Belgium was 1,265,000, Of which
205, 900 were women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
~ Aasszzzms a@a@9z% W@NuEN IS IS
e. WILLS

New York City.-The pretty and
attractive blouse waist that is simple
at the same time makes one of the
most necessary elements in any wom-
ans wardrobe. 1t is a bit more
dressy than the severe tailored shirt
waist, yet is not quite so dainty as
the one in lingerie style, made either
of lawn or fine silk, and is altogether
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
The Point of View,

A man gets little nourishment out
of the word when he reads it only to
find shot for saints
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BLOATED WITH DRCPSY.
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of AIS
West Fourth St., Olympia, Wash,
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The United States imported &,2345s2
worth of lace In 1905 from Nottingham
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
T.. w. Groves signature ia on each box. 25c.
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Mrs. Winslow'sSo Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25ca bottle
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Flowers Preserved.

The latest lumber development is shingles
made of concrete.
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Piles Cured In 6 to IA Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 6 to "A days or money refunded. 50c.
The British soldier wears a helmet which
weighs nearly one and one-fourth pounds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13

and tire eighth yards twenty-seven,
or one and seyen-eighth yards forty
four inches wide, with fve-eighth
yard of all-over lace for the chemi-
settle and fve-eighth yard twenty
inches for the collar and trimming.