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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11
On Second Thoughts.

MY friend, said the insurance
agent to the young man let me in
sure you against accident today"
Never had an accident in my life"
was the young mans prompt reply.
But you may have Aren't you
about to marry?"
Yes, but what's chat got to do with
it?"
"a great seal epposa "a. vile
was to get angry with you and throw
anything at you; or your mother-ln-
law might attempt to uso force in
dealing with you, or"
The young man stopped him.
"Ah. that reminds me" he said:
I'll not get married"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11

: Panegclonts Susst~.F hopS. ~lSfy~ dear
Mrs. Flatbrane, that you never allow
the sauce Of your hospitable meats to
be seasoned with acerbity.
Puzzled but Plucky Mrs. F.-Dear
me, no, sir! We always use paprika.
baltimore American.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11
streouou. treatment Of Children.

A Milwaukee physician, DIR. John q.
Worden, has adopted this strenuous
treatment to prepare his babies for
the rigors Of life, and up to the pres.
emf his methods have bsen ahua
justified by their success
ticle in Good Health fcr Octoaer bs
little daughters. Shirley aad Jane.
aged respectively eight aud thfeo
wears. are two of the irmest and
healthiest bits 81 humanity to whom
disease Of All kinds Is unNaown Dur
ing tho cold weather these children
NAV be seen barefooted and bare
headed. clad only la their cotton gar
ments, thoroughly enjoying the roNp p
in the snowdrilts, and without a goQEe
pimple on their ssia.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11

First Of ALL said the Sunday school
teacher, Cod made the world and all
the beasts and birds. Now, what was
the last thing He created?'
Why" replied little Willie. Il guess
It's that baDy that came to our house
yesterday. l alnt heard Of anything
later. r."--philadalphia Press.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11
Growth Of Worlds Commerce.

1t is estimated that the worlds in.
ternational commerce will aggregate
this year fully $4,000, 100000. In
1850 the commerce between all the
nations amounted to only $4,000,000,-
000 The increase in the half century
has been, therefore. over 600 per
cent
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11

The Woeheimer railway, from ASS
ting to Trieste, passes through a por-
tion Of the Alps and has Az tunnels
and 728 brid ses. One of the bridges
has the largest stone arcn III lno
world Its span is over 270 feet.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-01-11
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

cross or between vertical lines Of per-
forations or can be made Of the ma
terial throughout as liked. The ell
bow sleeves are gathered to form
pretty pufs and terminate in becom-
ing frills, while the long ones are
joined to the deep cuffs. If lingerie
material is used it can be tucked or
trimmed in any way that may be
liked before cutting, but lace, net
and the like are usually preferred
plain.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen-year size is one and a
quarter yards Of material t~hirty-six
inches wide with two and three
eighth yards eighteen inches wide for
the sleeve and facing to cross line,
two and a half yards with facings
between vertical lines of perfora-
tions; or, three and three-quarter
yards eighteen, two and three-quar-
ter yards twenty-seven or one and
ave-eighth yards f~orty-four inches
wide if one material is used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Pull Your Boat Up Stream.

To drift with the current or to
pull against it-this is the problem
which is born anew with each new
day. Some Of our daily duties are
easy to perform. We turn to them
as easily and naturally as water seeks
a level. There is no conscious eX-
penditure of. will-power. There is no
resistance in our nature that must
be overcome. But these are the du-
ties of the day in whose performance
there is found the least merit.
Fortunately for US we cannot, or
at least dare not, always drift. each
day has it's tasks which test the will
and try the heart. Their perform
ance requires stern determination.
They afford the best discipline and
develop the latent powers of the soul.
Inclination is not always-in fact, not
often-a true test Of the thing we
ought to do first.
Sometimes it has been a source OF
wonder to find a preacher very -eady
in the use of language, and yet max
ing no Roadway in his chosen profess
sion. In more than one case the ex-
PLANTATION has been found in a dislike
of study and reading on his part. 10
talk has been with him as easy as
to drift. To study-well, he has been
unwilling to pull against the current,
and he has failed.
To pull against the current devel-
ops muscle, lung and nerve. 1t in
creases the power Of resistance and
endurance. To do the thing we dis
like because we ought to do it, is to
give the will the place it deserves to
occupy. It is to make conscience a
master, and make US conscious OF
our own powe".
The hills of God are up stream,
not down. The mount of victory is
never reached by drifting. The I"-ay
Of success lies in the pull" not the
vulgar pull" of the %financier and
politician, but the pull against the
current.-Pittsburg Christian Ad-
yocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Silent Christians.

In a volume Of Bible eXpositions,
issued recently, DR.. Alex. Maclaren
has a sermon on Silent Christians"
which we could wish might be
preached in every church throughout
the kingdom. He asks the pertinent
question:
"How many men and women are
there sitting in these pews who, If
I asked them the question, Did you
eve tell anybody about Jesus
Christi would say, No, never! l
know this, that in regard to all the
recognized and associated forms OF
Christian work which cluster round q
Christian congregation, it is the same
handful Of people that do them all.
1t is just like the bits Of glass in a
kaleidoscope-there are not many OF
them though you a shake them up
into a great number of patterns, but
they are always the very same
bits. = = + Be sure Of this, that
a religion which is dumb will very
500 tend to lose its possession OF the
truth. That is one part OF the pun
ishment."
There is no greater revival needed
than that Of personal witnessing to,
and personal service for, Christ
amongst those that bear His name.
A church full of speaking Christians
would speedily solve the problem OF
Observation-Disclosures Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Effects of Agitation.

The results of temperance agitation
in the United States have been well
summed up by National Superintend.
emit Baker of the Anti-Saloon League
in the following words: "Thirty-three
millions of the people Of the United
States live in territory where the So.
loon is legally prohibited, and during
the past twelve months two and a
half millions of ou- people have abol-
ished saloons from the territory in
which they live. Kentucky, In the
past six months, has driven the sa.
looms from twenty-six counties by a
majority vote in these counties, Of
upward Of twenty-five thousand, free
ing a population of one hundred and
fifty thousand from the immediate
presence Of the saloon. Tennessee
has extended the Adams law to the
entire State, which means that within
a short time the saloons will exist In
only three or four cities. Alabama
has just passed a county local option
law, which, it is predicted, will abol-
ish the saloons from all but three
Of the counties within the next two
years."
Since these words were uttered
Colorado's new local option law has
been signed by Governor Buchtel, and
the outlook is more optimistic than
ever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Western Farm Values Increased.

The value Of the farm lands along
the Union Pacific increased by more
than s2,500,000,000 in the five years
1900 to 1905. The United States
census figures gave an aggregate
value for seventeen States in 1905
as sS,241,7S2,864, while in 1900 it
was only $5,692,230,S72. This is
an advance of nearly forty-iye per
cent. 49,.
BY States the percentage Of in
crease vary from 119 per cent. for
Wyoming to twenty-four per cent.
for California. Other records are:
Washington, sixty-eight per cent;
New Mexico, sixty-fve per cent;
Texas, sixty-one per cent; Idaho,
%ffty-eight per cent; and Nebraska,
ffty-seven per cent.
A recent bulletin Of the Union Pa
ciic Railroad shows that the hay and
grain farms increased In value by
$785,500,0O0; live stock farms by
$1,000 600; fruit farms by $4,000
900; vegetable farms by $4,000
900, and general farm lands by
$165,000,00
Colorado's sugar beet farms in
creased in value twelve per cent, and
in Oregon the principal increase, fifty
eight per cent, is also in sugar beet
lands. In Washington two-ifths of
the income from the lands showing
the greatest increase (seventy-fve
per cent is from fruit. Vegetable
growing is the best payer in Mon
tana; Of the lands increased fifty
eight per cent. in value two-hfths of
the income is from that class.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Carnegie on Drink.

Mr.. Carnegie, in his book, "The
Empire of Business" says: "The
first most seductive peril, and the
destroyer of most young men, is the
drinking of liquor. 1 say to, you
that you are more likely to fail in
your career from acquiring the habit
of drinking liquor than from any or
all the other temptations likely to
assail you. You may yield to almost
any other temptation and reform
may brace up, and, if not recover lost
ground, at least remain in the race,
and secure and maintain a respect
able position. But from the insane
thirst for liquor escape is almost i'm
possible. I have known but few ex-
c~eptions to the rule"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

Mrs. Aline DePasse, IT'S E. l65th St.,
New York, N. Y, writes: :
ut gives me pleasure to testify to the
curative qualities of Peruna and Manalin.
II was afflicted for over seven years with
cGtGrrh of the head, hroGt and dt-
gesttUe organs. | consulted many ply.
%sicians, but they did me no good.
"One day l happened to read some tessi-
monials in your Peruna almanac. l de.
cided to try Peruna and Manalin. /
bought q bottle of each, and after taking
them for a week I noticed a change for the
better. So l kept it up, and after using
twelve bottles l was perfectly cured.
II also gave the medicine to my chill
dren and they had the same beneficial re
suit. would never be without these en-
edies in the house.
al highly recommend Peruna and Man.
ain to all my friends, and in fact to
Miss Mildred Grey, ITO weimar st., APP
pleton, Wis, writes:
at gives me pleasure to recommend
Peruna for catarrh of the stomach. / had
this disease for a number of years, and
could not enjoy a mouthful of food: that I
ate. It was indeed a great relief when l
hit upon Peruna, and obtained decided re-
suits from the first. I took six bottles
before I felt entirely cured of my trouble,
but I had an aggravated case"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Alcoholic Athletics-Why A~bstaining
Americans Defeated the Beer
Drinking Germans at the Last
NJvmpian Gamac

In the last celebration OF the
Olympian games at Athens signal
honors to German contestants were
very conspicuous by their absence,
while our American athletes came
home covered with glory.
German writer's seeking to account
for the failure of their fellow citi-
zens, SO far as we have seen, are
unanimous and emphatic in placing
the blame for their low standing in
physical achievement on beer.
The tautness of muscle and the
absence of superfuous flesh which
marked the Americans, showed up
in strong contrast to the soft bodies
and weaker hearts of their Teuton
cousins. And the explanation &C
cepted in Germany is that the
Yankees r a~bstainers, while the
Deutsch drink beer.
Certainty increases in the world of
science and the world Of common OBJ
servation Of the discount-power Of
alcohol in material, physical, mental
and moral values.
One who drinks does not always,
perhaps not generally, become what
we call a failure, but he does surely
dull the fine edge of his utmost pos
sibilities.
If we imagine two young men Of
precisely equal age, development,
mentality, ambition and opportunity,
in competition, it is absolutely GER
tain that the one who drinks, albeit
very temporarily, is quite outclassed
by the abstainer in fitness for the
climaxes of %endeavor, where the win
nings turn on small margins and the
highest prizes hang.
The brewers, nowadays, are fore
ing down the alcohol-power of their
product to the lowest possible per
cent. possible, so as to sell more
drinks to meet a given craze for slim
ulant, and so as to tighten the public
odium earned by strong beer as an
intoxicant. So, that the young drink
er has a shade better chance to es-
cape excess than formerly, and If he
be content to compete. only for re-
wards that are low and easy, beer is
perhaps a lesser enemy than 1t used
to be. But if he sets his purpose to
measure with the high men where
victory may throb In the last heart
beat, or leap in the last atom of nerve
energy, he must go peerless into the
lists.
In the herd the doctrine is: If
drinking beer forbids the highest
strength, cut out the highest
strength. If drinking beer forbids
perfect health, be satisfied with some
health. If drinking beer puts the
very best interest of your family In
jeopardy, let them be satisfied with
second best, or downward.
The personal drink problem OF
young men in these days is not SO
much q matter as between success
and failure as between success and
success.-The New Voice.
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But one of the two worst things

But one of the two worst things
about profanity Is that it is immo-
raj. root, branch, tree and fruit. Ca
tering as it does to all that is low in
man, hand and bond servant as it is
to all the hosts Of sin, profanity dis
in~tegrates the unity of individual
personality. No man can be profane
without dishonoring God and dam
aging himself. We cannot give vent
in word to the evil that is in us
without spreading contamination not
only through our oWn lives but also
through the lives of mel and women
all about us. Profanity is unclean,
it strikes at the foundations Of NOR
atty. 1t undermines the n Of
honor and destroys the faculty of
cool, deliberate judgment; under no
circumstances is it susceptible OF
justification and its immortality is I'M
qu%estionably a fact.
But the last and the worst charge
that may be upheld against profanity
is that it is ungodly. Thou shall
love the Lord Thy God with all thy
heart and mind and SOUL" says our
Father. The curse is heartless and
it destroys our finer faculties do We
give it time. Under its %blighting in
luence the power Of mental appre-
citation of the glories of God will be
lost. It is soulless to the last ex-
IRENE. How can a man be cody
while cursing the children of God
in the name of the Father who has
given them life? How can a man
be cody when the springs OF sin are
rushing from his mouth? All, 20!
Profanity is ungodly. 1t shames God
and dissraces man. 1t reviles the
Father and degrades His sors. God
is good but profanity is evil. God is
kind but the curse is verbal murder.
God is truth but the curse cares not
for truth.
Unnecessary, unmanly. indecent.
immoral and ungodly profanity Is
the most frequent as the most insidi-
Gus of the sins Of the tongue. And
yet bad as it is when used by men,
it is most abhorrent when coming
from the lips of a woman. Not that
it is morally any worse, but that 1t
sounds worse. II you really want
to become positively assured OF the
horridness of profanity you need but
hear a woman curse.
We need to-day a strict insistence
upon cleanliness of language. No
man can be a friend Of Jesus who Is
ungodly in his talk. Christ proved
diyinely the possibility of forceful
speaking without the use of profan-
ity. And to-day men are most force
full, most manly. most convincing
when they do not swear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
S~tensland's Income.

A Chicago dispatch says: paul o.
S%tensland, the convicted bank wreck
er now in the penitentiary at Joliet,
will make more money during the
next year of his incarceration than
the salary of the Mayor of Chicago.
He is trustee in 1000 deeds Of trust
upon real estate and his signature is
necessary in order to release mort
cages All persons awho are inter-
ested in them must 60 to Joliet and
pay him SIS for each release. In the
coming year he will make $4,000
from this source"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Helped by Our Company.

There are some men and some
ONE in whose company we are al
ways at our best. While with them
we cannot think meal thoughts or
speak ~ungenerous words. Their mere
presence is elevation, publication,
sanctity. All the best stops in our
nature are drawn out by their IN.
tercourse, and we find a music in
our soul that was never there be.
fore. If to live with men diluted to
the millionth degree with the virtue
of the Highest a exalt and purify
the nature, what bounds can be set
to the influence Of Christ?-Profes-
o Drummond.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

mothers, are guarding their complex
ions a bit carefully just now and
these attractive and quaint head COW
erings make the best possible aid to
such results. Lawn, batiste, linen,
duck, dotted Swiss muslin and all
similar materials are used. Both
white and colored materials are in
vogue, and some very charming ef-
fects are obtained by the use OF
Dresden dimities and similar simple
figured stuffs. Two styles are shown
in the illustration, one with and n
without the cape at the back. of the
neck. In addition to serving for all
the Uses mentioned the bonnets will
be found admirable for motoring,
when they protect the head from
wind as we'll as the face from the
sun.
Each bonnet is made with a wide
brim and a soft full crown, which Is
attached thereto, the n crown be-
ing extended across the back. the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
A Business Enterprise.

"The newspaper" says Bishop
Fowler, lis a business enterprise and
papers are made to sell. A business
is conducted chiefly and primarily
for the purpose Of making money,
and a man has as good a right to
make a newspaper to make money
as he has to sell dry goods and shoes
for money. If he makes money by
the process he Is under some, obliga-
ton to use the money and power for
good purposes"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Odd Trimmings.

The Partisan craze for combina-
tons of thick and thin materials,
that is responsible for the trimming
of silk and cloth consumes with
folds and braided bands Of net or
mousseline de sole, has lately been
seen here in a novel form, lingerie
coats and dresses of batiste being
trimmed with pale blue or pink cloth
m embroidered pattes, or cut bands,
with results that were decidedly chic,
though the description sounds biz
are.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Governor Burke Interested.

Governor Burke, of North Dakota,
is prosecuting a vigorous campaign
for the enforcement Of the prohibi-
tion law in the capital city, the effect
of which is being felt throughout the
entire State. The temperance people
are jubilant over the recent victories
gained, and the fact that they now
have a. governor who proposes to en-
force the laws without fear or favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Narrow Neck Ribbon.

The narrow neck ribbon that en-
circles the neck at the top Of the col
lar, and tying at the back, Is oftener
of black velvet than anything else,
though any color harmonizing with
the accessories may be used If pre-
ferred. There is quite a fancy, too,
for a black velvet ribbon worn about
the neck and fastened with a hand
some brooch with low-necked gowns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
The O of Brown.

The vogue Of rbrown!and the desire
for footwear not black, yet a shade
more dressy than the prevailing tan
color, account for the popularity Of
the new brown feathers. These are
made up in all the pump and Oxford
styles, but without any of the mix
ture of odd feathers in the same shoe
which is so marked a feature in other
colors. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Epyptians Hoard Gold.

Lord Cromer states that Egyptians
have a propensity for boarding gold.
A native, who recently died, left
$4OO,0 900 stored in gold in his house,
and many of them possessed OF
wealth will borrow money at interest
to conceal the fact. Large quantt-
ties of gold coin are annually melted
in Egypt and converted into orna-
.-.s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Liquor and Poetry.

Herr Dehmel, one of the greatest
living German poets of the modern
school," says: II have attempted sew
eral times to write poetry under the
influence of liquor, but the next
morning it appears to me to be mere
word play, monstrous fancies or con-
fused unconscious "reminiscences 1t
is needless to say that Herr Dehmel
is now a total abstainer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Struggling Patterns.

Quite struggling patterns in motifs
of chrysanthemums, carnations or
6ve-pointed, starlike, floral figures
are favorites, and thread designs are
especially good just now.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Care of Human Prodiga1s.

Whatever r%etribution God has for
men on the other side of the grave
means love, not hate; it means re-
form, discipline, redemption, not
damnation. God is a shepherd. No
sheep will wander from His fold in
any world that He will not seek, and
sooner or later find and bring back.
God is a Father. We may trust Him
forever, sure that He will watch and
wait with deathless love, until the
last prodigal among His human chill
dren comes home.-J. T. Sunderland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Dictionary of New Colors.

Columbint-Pinkish red.
Coquelicot-F1ame color.
Gobelin-Greenish gray blue.
Jasper-Black and white threads
to give gray effect.
Hussar-Bright blue.
Danish Blue-Deep China blue.
Orchid-Yellow with pink cast.
Bleu Morte-Pale blue toning gray.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Sun-Bonnets in Two Styles.

:. Sun-bonnet are always quaint and
picturesque in effect and just now
are being greatly worn for golf, for
gardening and for every outdoor oc-
cupation. Indeed women of all ages,
from the little tots to their grand
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

above and below the elbows. But
long sleeves can be substituted If bet
ter liked, and the guimpe can be
either faced as illustrated or made
Of one material throughout. All sorts
Of pretty laces and embroidered nets
are in vogue, while lingerie materials
In themselves afford almost endless
variety.
The guimpe is made with the front
and plain backs. 1t can be faced
with lace or other material to the