davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Cats Watching Sparrows.

Every afternoon just before twi'
light a row Of cats Of all ages, stages
eauges, breeds, tribes and then a few
other kinds thrown in to sort o ven
IN the balance of things, a be seen
in the yard next to st. Andrews
church, at Eighth and Shipley streets
All of them are squeezed as close to
the wall of the church building as
they can get, and there they lie IN
wait for sparrows which infest the
creeping vines that grow all over the
wall of the church on the south siae'
Every moment or so some luchiess
sparrow alights too near the grounu
or chirps too loud, and some cat lH-
mediately. makes a running Jump ap
the vine, and before the BIRD can NY
from under the leaves it Is cat 1000
Sometimes as many as twenty cats
can be seen in a row Watching lo1
their evening meal of birds.-"h-
mington News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Our Ideals.
By HUGO

If we are sincere, we ought not to
overlook the fact that the scholar, as
such, has no position in public opin-
ion which corresponds to the value
| of his achievement, and to the mental
energy which he needed for it. The
foreigner feels at once this difference
between the Americans and the Eu-
ropeans. The other day we mourned
the death Of Simon Newcomb. There
seems to be a general agreement that
astronomy is the one science in which
America has been in the first rank of
the world, and that Newcomb was
the greatest American astronomer.
Yet his death did not bring the
slightest ripple of excitement.
The death Of the manager of the
professional baseball games inter-
| ested the country by far more Pub
lie opinion did not show the slightest
| consciousness Of an Incompatible
loss at the hour when the nations
| greatest scholar closed his eyes. And
if I compare it with that deep nation
! al mourning with which the whole
| German nation grieved' at the loss of
men like Helmholtz or Mommsen or
| Virchow, and many another, the con-
trast becomes most significant.
When the president of Harvard
University closed his administrative
work, the old Harvard students and
the whole country enthusiastically
! brought to him the highest thanks
which he so fully deserved. But
when, the year before. William James
left Harvard, the most famous
scholar who has worked in this Har-
ward generation, the event passed by
like a routine matter. At the COM
mencement festivities every speaker
spoke of the departing administrative
officer, but no one thought of the
| departing scholar. And that exactly
expresses the general, feeling.-The
| Atlantic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
The Cost Of Administration.

In the building of highways much
| attention must always be given to
the economy Of administration.
There is a tendency on the part OF
some newspapers throughout the
country to criticise this department
| of the work, but they rarely give SUI.
hcient data for the formulation OF
reliable statistics. (
A recent publication states that In
a certain State a fcareful examina.
ton made from the orders issued for
a period of one year, shows conclu.
sively that only sixty per cent. OF the
appropriation was actually expended
on the roads, the other forty per cent.
representing the administration and
supervision" This.amount seems en-
tirely out Of proportion. Many prac.
| tical road makers figure on a profit
of ten per cent. in contracting, and
an amount equivalent to fifteen per
cent. to cover the expense of engi.
neering, supervision and all incidental
expenses, including wear and tear on
plant, interest, insurance, taxes, ETC.
In work done under direct super.
vision, instead of by contract, the ele-
ment Of profit is, of course, elimin-
ated. as are the other items of wear
and tear on plant; and such. incl
dental items as the salaries of the ex-
ecutive officer and the employees OF
the office, should be covered by ten
Der cent, at most, Of the appropri'
alton. =.
It seems to be the ~concensus OF
opinion among engineers that the
combined cost of engineering and adj
ministration in general work in the
construction of roads, should not ex'
coed fifteen per cent.-Good Roads
'Magazine. s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
AS CHILDREN DO.

Sometimes, when night is creeping down,
And all the world about is dim,
and he must go to Sleepytown,
' You lie down at the side of him
land whisper soothing little things
} In childish words, such as you frame
10 tell the sound of beetle wings
/ And how the freely gets its aame.
And soon the world grows darker yet
And to the little fellows eyes
Strange, hidden dangers now beset
The shadow places in the skies;
But you speak low and comforting
And tell him none of them are there,
That near him is not anything
: But what is good and kind and fair.
Then trembling come his little hands
Out through the dark and find your face,
AS though BY touch he understands
y That he is in the safest place;
And so with fingers on your cheek
He signs contentedly to sleep
And you, you may not even speak
So very, very still you keep.
Sometime you, as q little child,
: Shall fare into an unknown night
And shall yearn for the stars that smiled
With all their soothing, drowsy light;
And you, as little children do,
May grope out through the darks OF
space,
And sigh in peace to sleep, when you
At last have touched your fathers face.
Wilbur D. Nesbit, in the Chicago Even
ing Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Feminine Philosophy.

. No woman is a humorist, because
all Of them are. !
A kiss in time causes ninety-nine-
and then some. r.ira.-; I'll?
The use Of complexion powders is
never Objectionable to the man who
sells them. > p"
These are the days that girls are
crowding No. 6 feet into No. 3 ball
room slippers. {
Most girls r also deciding these
days what they don't want for Christ
mas presents. ~
It is easy enough for a woman to
look pleasant If she has anything to
look pleasant about.
The favorite girl Of the family is
the n who can get the most money
out of the rich uncle.
No Thanksgiving dinner will be a
complete SUCCESS unless Nora, the
hired girl, breaks a few dishes.
1t sometimes takes a woman a long
time to discover that cheap man is
the dearest thing on earth.
An extremely popular fashion with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Warming.

"No, Alice" counsels the fond
mamma, you should not marry Mr..
Leftover. If you do you will regret
it,"
why, mamma? Because he is a
widower?"
Not exactly. But he will not make
a good husband"
why, mamma, Everybody knows
that while his wife was alive he was
a shining model for all the other
husbands in town. He never drank,
smoked or swore; he never stayed
out late at night; he never danced
with any one out her-he was simply
perfect"
II know, my child. And I want to
tell you that a man who has been held
down that way during has first mar
riage will know how to dodge such
rules the second time. Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
WORDS OF WISDOM

Agood guesser always boasts Of his
intuition.
fiat first you. don't succeed, blame
e on your luck.
The best foundation for success in
business is rocks.
Don't worry, and you'll have moth
ing't worry you.
A girls ideal is naturally shattered
when he goes broke. "
II you have any doubts about a
strange bed look before you sleep.
OF course the best thing with which
to feather your nest Is cash down. .
A married, man can always get a
little off his sentence for. bad be-
havior.
Lots of politeness is wasted on
people who are too slick to be taken
in by it. .r
Even when 4 woman feels she is
worth her weight in gold she hates to
get fat.
If. wishes were horses there
wouldn't be any DON in the world
for automobiles. ..
Virtue, being its own reward, you
can't very well blame a man If he is
good for nothing. 3
The fellow who was weighed in the
balance and found wanting must have
neglected to drop a cent in the slot.
Some men can't even find fault
without acting as though they had
discovered something to be proud Of.
When a fellow feels like throwing
himself down and worshiping a girl
he should wait. She will probably
throw him down herself.-From THE
Musinges of a Gentle Cynic," in the
New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
SECRET WORKER
The Plan Upon Which Coffee oper-
ateS.

d. Coffee Is such a secret worker that
1t is not suspected as the cause OF
sickness or disease, but there Is a
very sure way to find out the truth.
... A lady in Memphis gives an inter-
esting experience her husband had
with coffee. 1t seems that he had
been using it for some time and was
an invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the Worm
at the root of the tree" and ordered
it discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly in its place.
The wife says: 1--WE found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
heart trouble, and we would have
gladly paid a hundred times the
amount of the doctors charge when
we found how wise his Judgment was.
"The use of Postum instead of cot.
fee was begun about a year ago, and
it has made my husband a strong,
well man. He has gained ~thirty-tfVe
pounds in that time and his stomach
and heart trouble have all disap-
peared. -"
1.-THE first time I prepared 1t I did
not boil it long enough, and he said
there was something wrong with it.
Sure enough it did taste very fat, but
the next morning l followed direc.
lions carefully, boiling It for fifteen
minutes, and he remarked this is
better than any of the old coffee
1--WE use Postum regularly and
never tire Of telling our friends OF
the benefit we have received from
leaving off coffee"
Look for the little book, "The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's
a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22

I hands into his for a moment, then
quickly passed from the room.
Fred Benton was extremely humil-
lated. Neither Katherine Gordon
nor Marian Richards had shown a
proper appreciation of his devotion.
When he reached home Katherine
! was in one of her radiant moods, and,
seemingly having forgotten her treat
ment Of him a few short hours before,
| took him into the most 1attering de-
| gree of Stimacy.
For the next few weeks all went
| splendid1y, and Fred's hopes a
| high. Day after day he resolved to
| put his fate to the test, and although
| his hope was almost confidence, still
| he hesitated.
Al last the desired opportunity ar.
| rived. Katherine was sitting before
| the open fire, gazing into the dancing
| flames as if she would read her future
| there.
Inspired with a desperate courage,
Fred eloquently pleaded his cause.
AS she listened, Katherine's face
wore an i%ncredulous smile, which
| gradually changed to a look of sor-
row.
I'm sorry for you," she said in
answer, "but I'm engaged to Mr..
Thornton"
"To John T%hornton!" exclaimed
| Fred in establishment. II didn't know
that you knew each other"
1--WE met at Marian Richards" re-
| piled Katherine calmly.
Fred looked at her in helpless be-
| wilderment.
Marian was; and is. one of my
| dearest friends" explained Kath-
crime. "When her family left New
| York, after her fathers failure, I
| was away, and from that time until
I met her on the street here, shortly
after my arrival, I had lost all trace
of her. Since then I have been the
| confdant of her JOY and also Of her
| grief and disappointment. Knowing
your treatment of her, it is hardly
necessary to tell you that, even were
7 free to do so, I would not care to
occupy a similar position"
as that all?" asked Fred bitterly.
mo-" replied Katherine, as she
went towards the door. Hereafter,
I'd advise you to follow the golden
rule in affairs of love as we'll as in
affairs of business. boston Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Quail in Louisiana.

Quail are increasing throughout
Ethe State. The quantities in Louis
lana this year are said to be larger
than in any other year as far back
as the memory of those qualified to
know extends. Officials and allies Of
the State Game Commission say the
increase is one of the first fruits of
the game protection system.
Frank M. Miller, president of the
commission said: There is no ques-
ton but that the great increase in
these birds is due to proper protec-
ton. Last March a closed season was
declared, and from then until Novem-
Der the law was strictly enforced.
AS a result an enormous number of
these young fowls bred during March
and April, and what is more extraor-
binary, a second setting was Matched
during the fail along about Septem-
Der. Observers of the habits of our
native game will testify that this is
a unique occurrence. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
nReTTr &
eTNlNes: I'D
TO VICAR w

Large hats are the rule for evening
wear
Sleeves have a decidedly fuller
tendency. 81.
Silks are more prominent than for
many seasons.
The waist line has been lowered
but tho tiniest bit.
The cuirass gown has seen its best
days and is on the Wane. !
Contrasting facings are a feature
Of the latest winter hats.
The daintiest new hatpins are head
ed with Irish crochet lace
= Tight fitting and stifly boned
basques are again imminent. -
Embroidery appears on many Of
the charming new stockings.
Lace trimming on hats will be COM
bined with much furry material.
Eyelet embroidery has more or less
taken the place of net for blouses.
Small bows are replacing the large
ones for tying the young girls hair.
Lynx, black fox and pointed fox are
best in small furs for general wear.
.Glace gloves will be worn more
than the suede with evening costumes
this season.
Jet trimming upon frocks of sap
phire hue is one of the many varia-
lions of the hour.
The large hat is being restricted to
dress occasions; small hats are in
sway for all ordinary wear.
Skirts, while cut on broader lines,
still retain more or less the sheath
effect. The silhoutee is almost ex-
actly the same as it was last season.
Goats are still s%emi-ftting, but the
cut has changed. The backs are nar
row and fat and the skirt of the coat
is almoA as close-ftting as the dress
over which it is worn.
A very pretty finish for the simple
felt hat is a band of wide soft satin
ribbon Topped at n side. The ends
which hang below the brim Of the hat
are finished with tassels.
Orange, the exact shade of the
fruit is one of the most fashionable
colors. 1t is alluring in panne velvet
for the long military cape, which is
getting in fashion every day.
Ruf1ing for shirt waists will be
worn much this fall. This in a meas
ure is due to the low-cut coat. These
rulings, which ere detachable. are
made of tucked net, batiste or sheer
linen.
The fashion for boomers for the
small girl is an increasingly popular
one and nowadays each frock is 40
companied by its neither garments
made of the same material as the
frock itself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Ignore Trouble.

"We can't make sorrow and trouble
nonresident by keeping them out of
our conversation" said a physician.
"At the same time, I believe that
nerves are wrecked and the suicide
records increased by this modern
harping on neurasthenia, degeneracy,
corruption, social and political, tuber-
culosis, divorce and crime Things
are talked about in the most out
spoken way that it wasn't good form
to mention once. All this makes the
race wiser, no doubt, and evils must
be known and discussed or they'll
never be removed, I suppose; but
think Of the physic effect of all this
verbal delving into dark places. Prob
ably no one al measure the harm
done by suggestion. Id like to have
the power to try, for n year, the
plan of keeping all murders, suicides,
divorces, ETC., out of print and out q
conversation. I'll wager there would
be fewer murders, suicides, divorces
the latter part of that year than the
first part"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Blue and white in Greek Flag.

The Greek flag Is an unpretentioua
piece of blazonry. consisting Of nine
stripes of blue and white alternately,
with a white cross on a blue ground
In the top left hand corner. The navy
flag has a golden crown in the cen-
tire of the cross. \
Blue and white are the national
eolors Of Bavaria, and were adopted
oy the Greeks as a delicate compli-
meEt to the Prince Of Bavaria, who
accepted the throne Of Greece when.
that country had succeeded in wrest-,
ing her independence from the Otto
nan Empire,-Dundee Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Hoboes En- Route.
By A. No. 1.

One evening, after being driven out
from under the Overland Limited"
we climbed into a box car loaded with
lumber on a freight going East. We
closed the door, and after pulling
some OF the lumber against it in
such a. fashion that the brakeman
looking for a rake-of "a dollar tax
levied on ramps by train crews)
couldn't open it, we laid ourselves
upon the lumber. Soon. the train
began to get under Roadway, and at
each jolt of the trucks. up and down,
sideways and crossways, the lumber
would follow suit, only a little harder,
as before it had time to settle, after
each jolt, the next one would send it
flying again into the air.
Poor Bobby! This was hts first ex-
perience as a box-car tourist. He
had often complained to me after
riding underneath the limited. flyers
about the sand, cinders and rocks that
were hitting him, but this ride was a
new experience, and he groaned: ooh,
A No. i, T wish we could get out of
this forsaken old .%rattlebox. Let's
get off at the next stop and take the
Overland" He kept on bothering me
so much that I had to tell him that
in the deserts passenger trains. make
mighty few stops, and that we might
have to wait a week or longer at a
lone depot before we could catch an
other ride; and that coyotes would
make short work of US should they
catch us after dark. Only by thus
soaring him could I persuade him to
wait until we reached the end Of the
. division. The very next day, after
being driven of at a lone water tank,
we were forced once more to take a
freight car.
J. We found this n loaded with
large lump coal. Here poor Bobby
suffered agony, because the coal, be-
ing packed solid to the floor, exactly
responds to every jolt the springs of
the car make, and as this kind Of a
aoad reaches below the centre line,
the top Of the car tumbles from side
to side, straining, creaKing and groan-
ing. Bobby was groaning, too it was
too much for him. He shouted to
me, over the Internal. noises: "a No.
1, that lumber car yesterday allowed
us to lie at least fat on our backs,
but these miserable coal Jumps won't
even permit this, and the racket is
making me deaf"
But, poor boy, he didn't know
there is a limit in tough box-car rid
ing, and that very night we had a
chance to try this limit. w had
climbed into a box car loaded with
rough, coated pig iron. It's a bad
proposition to ride and worse when
the car Is overloaded, as this one
surely was. The springs seemed to
have been forgotten when the car
was built, and poor Bobby's lamer-
tations were an unmistakable meas
urement as to what. is the limit of
misery in riding in, box cars. ,t
He shouted to me over the jump
ing, humping, rac~ket-raising pig
iron bars! EVERY bone in my body
is aching, my insides are all broken
loose, my back isaIl twisted, I can't
stand, sit UP, or lie downito rest on
these rough, }jolting pig-iron bars.
Don't you wish we had that coal car
to ride again instead of this one?"-
From Bobby Lee" in The Bohemian
Magazine. - y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
A Gold Digger.

Lady Sybil Grey is the latest distin-
gLished gold digger. She accom-
panied her father, Earl Grey, Gov
ernor-General of the Dominion, on his
recent trip to the Canadian Arctic
gold fields. Near Dawson City, the
capital of the Klondike, she pegged
out a claim for herself with all the
prescribed legal formalities and
christened it the Sybil. Her first pan
ming out produced $40 worth of gold,
which she considers a very promising
start. During the long Arctic winter,
Lady Sybil will work her claim by
deputy, but she says she will return
next summer. to supervise operations
and examine results in person.
Westminster Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
, wmEs sa ssns on { .PPALATAL CASTOR OIL
Looks smells, tastes good ;ehildfen lick the spoon. &c
All druggists, orP ALATALC Co., Stone St,NeW YORK
PATENTS: :: 81: ::;.!:s. .sss :ss u: =: 81: s =:
. Authors, wives,

No fewer than twenty-five out 9of
sixty-eight well known English au-
thors were not married at all,
number, including Milton, Bunyan,
Southey. and Hazlitt, made several
matrimonial ventures. OF the rest
Shakespeare, Dryden. Addison, Cole
ridge, Carlyle, Ruskin and Dickens
are the most notable OF a long list
of those who were unhappily mar
ried.
why should the production OF lit
erature be apparently 30 tncompatia
BILE with a happy domestic 31ifea Are
literary men less capable than law
yers and plumbers Of choosing con-
genial mates?-
The truth seems to be that the
writer husband is at home SO much:
Of the time that he becomes as ia,
miliar an object there as the old.
cane-bottomed chair.
Two persons who can survive TWEEN
ty-four hours Of each others society.
a day without, jars are happily mar
ried indeed.-Success Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22
Invitations.

They need not be answered, unless
the recipient is an intimate friend
Then q congratulatory note may be
sent. ,
An announcement demands no
reply. ; ~. .
The matter of wedding gifts is, OF
course, an unsettled question. .
There are a number Of well-bred
persons who do not respond to an in
vitation with a gift, believing that 1t
is poor taste to send gifts to those
whom they scarcely know, but to
whose wedding they may have been
invited, for some reason of courtesy.
/ An Eat home" card inclosed in the
invitation necessitates a call, within
the time named, or, if one lives in
a distant city, a card sent by post
indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-22

men would be one that would reduce
the prices of things women wear.
1t is hard to tell which is the most
sensitive, the girl who is getting too
thin, or the girl who is getting too fat.
The old-fashioned woman has her
inning when she exhibits her pre-
serves and needlework at the county
fair. L
What's the use of women taking
any interest in the Cuban troubles
when that country furnishes US moth
ing but tobacco?-New Haven Reg
lister. - l.