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Hint For Papering.

In papering any room it should be
remembered that light is the first
consideration, and that the paper
must be chosen accordingly.
Pure white is the best choice when
a specially light room is wanted, as it
absorbs only about fifteen per cent.
of the light thrown upon it. Dark
green, on the other hand, is the great
est consumer of light, absorbing about
eighty-fve per cent.
Next to white as a light-producer
are the soft pastel tints and light
blues, which absorb from twenty to
twenty-five per cent. of the light;
then comes orange, at thirty per
cent; apple and gray greens, almost
fifty per cent, and the popular brown
is almost as bad as dark green, as it
takes up about sixty-five to seventy
per cent. of the light it should throw
out.-New York Press.
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A Personal Interest.

Do you know your Father Have
you found God your Father? Have
you learned to shape all those mighty
forces and laws which constitute this
universe as a personal being to your
self, to approach Him with the con-
seriousness that He has a personal
thought, an individualizing knowI-s
edge Of you? Have you learned to.
go to Him saying that you want to be
with Him, and therefore you have
come to pray, not in order to urge
your little petitions upon Him as q
claim, but in order to use your little
petitions as a chain that binds you
to Him?
Have you learned to come to Him;
to exult in the sense Of His presence;
to feel tie breath of His Spirit upon
you? Have you learned 70. cast upon
Him the care and burden Of your
daily life, just as in childhood you
left to your parents the clothing and
the food, knowing that it would be
well? Has He become your Father,
always seeming loftier, and yet al
ways nearer and dearer? If so, and
not otherwise. Jesus Christ has ac-
Complished His work in you. aaBe-
hold, what manner of love is this that
we should be called the children of
Godfrey. R. F. Horton, in Pits
burg Christian Advocate.
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Prohibition and Prosperity.

In Enporia and its suburbs $4,000
people live, who are probably the
most prosperous people in the Unit
ed States-taken as a whole. For
Kansas is the most prosperous State
in the Union to-day and Emporia is
the largest town in Kansas without
a saloon. so that every dollar that is
earned in this community is spent
for something which adds to the real
comfort and the happiness OF the peo-
pie. There is no economic loss
through saloons or gambling places in
this town. Every man in town is a
worker. Every days work piles up
real prosperity. So in addition to its
attractions as an industrial centre,
Emporia is known all over the West
as a city of beautiful homes. This
is true because the money of the peo-
pie is not diverted from their homes.
From the Blue Book, issued by
Lyon County, Kansas.
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Milk Mixed Mush.-To make mush
add one-quarter of a cup OF sweet
milk to the water in which mush is
to be made and It will brown much
letter.
Venison Stcak.-Fry until almost
done in a small piece of butter. Sea-
son with salt and pepper, and then
add a cupful Of sweet cream. Let
boil until it thickens.
Potato Pancake.-Grate six raw
potatoes; when grated add n egg,
a tablespoonful of -four, and salt and
pepper. Fry the same as any pan
cake. These are 6n> with fried ham.
Cheese Cakcs.-Line little patty
pans with pastry, then put in bottom
one dessertspoonful of any kind or
preserve-gooseberry is the best
then put in a spoonful of any. kind
of cake mixture. Feather cake Is
good.
Salmon Fritters.-Take the bits or
salmon that are left and chop hne.
Stir in two we'll beaten eggs, n
drop this in hot butter and fry a
golden brown. Cold meats and rice
ma be used in the same way, and 1t
makes an excellent breakfast dish.
Stuffed Eggplant.-Halve tender
plant, coop out contents, leaving a
one-half inch wall. Chop the inside,
cook ten minutes in boiling water;
drain; add to pulp three tablespoons
bread crumbs, n tablespoon butter,
salt and pepper. one-half an onion
minced, two tablespoons mixed ham.
Fill shells, bake twenty minutes, and
serve as a side dish.
Baked Beans, French Style.-Wasb
and soak over night one quart OF
beans; put on to boil, boil up once re-
move from fire, put one teaspoonful
of baking soda into them, then wash
off thoroughly with cold water, place
in the pot with one-half lound salt
pork, ore te%aspoonful of salt, one
heaping teaspoonful of mustard, one
tablespoonful of brown sugar, one
good-sized tomato, one onion, one
half an English pepper, leaving out
The seeds. Bake all day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
A Collar Case.

A novel collar case for holding the
little turnover collars which every
girl wears nowadays is made of buck
ram. It Is about six inches wide and
two feet long, and is bound all round
by ribbon. Inside are two bands OF
silk elastic of the same color, and un-
derneath these the collars are slipped.
The advantage Of his case is that it
does not crush when thrown into
drawers: with other articles, the buck.
ram being firm and u%nyielding. The
Ease is rolled up and tied with a rib.
bon fastened to n end. The collars
and cuffs intrusted to its keeping are
warranted to keep unwrinkled till
ready for use, which is more than
can be said for most such cases.
Boston Post.
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As to Reviyals.

The churches are looking forward
to the time of reYivals. There may
be few exceptions, but not many
Some pastors are getting ready. aud
not a few are anxiously lookingefof
the coming Of the favored time, and
asking what they can do to prepare
for 1t.
The best way, and indeed the 1nlys
successful way, to get ready for
real and permanent revival is to uae
faithfully the regular means Of grace,
The pastor who wants to see the work
Of God promptly and surely advanced
among his people should give earnest
attention to his own message and
work. He should make sure that. he
reaches the hearts of the people with
the simple bit all-powerfu1 message
God has given him. With plainness,
but in love and tenderness, he should
declare the whole counsel OF God,
warn men of sin and danger, and
point them to the Lamb OF God.
Faithful pastoral work should be
done.
The church should rallysto the sup.
port Of the pastor, and use the stated
means Of grace to edify believers and
impress the unsaved. These means.
faithfully employed will soon lead to,
such an interest In religious matters
and such a,~quickening of the spirfttaE'
life Of the church that special meet
ings will be demanded; and the re.
vfval will be an accomplished fact.
For the pastor there is no better adj
vice than Paul gave to Timothy:
Preach the Word; be instant In sea-
son, out of season; reproVes rebuke.
exhort with all longsufering and doc
rine.'-Pittsburg Christian Advos
cate.
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A Blot on Our Civilization.

It. is only in the report Of DR..
Sceleth, the Bridewell house physi-
clan, but it is so tremendous on this
subject that we quote it nearly ia
full:
During my three years experience
here, there have been only eight men
returned with delirium tremens who
had been previously treated in our
hospital for the same complaint. The
number of people that die of alco-
holism outside our institution Is
greater than the public suppose.
Alcohol is not a food, or beverage,
but a medical remedy, and should
be used as such under q physicians
direction.
Sixty per cent. of drinkers are
social drinkers" who have no, partic-
ular craving for alcohol, and who
will not take a drink, when alone,
once in q month, but on account of
their surroundings and friends have
developed a habit Of taking two or
more drinks a day; the other forty
per cent. drink because they like 1t
and try to make it replace water and
food, and they are on q straight
down-hill road for delirium tremens
with all its fatal complications.
If the social drinkers" could see
one of the hundreds of autopsies held
on persons who have died of alcohol
ism-see the congested brain, the in
famed and bleeding stomach Of gas
trio catarrh, the heart, liver and kid
neys undergoing fatty degeneration.
where the once firm tissues are now
soft and flabby, and the secondary
changes of cirrhosis Can increase Of
the connective tissue Of an organ)
which replaces the vital cells neces-
sary for their proper functions, the
changes in the walls Of the arteries,
and Of the nerves and spinal cord,
they would be satisfied with pure
water for the balance Of their lives.
Alcohol, direct and indirect, is re-
sponsible for the commitment Of sew
senty-fve per cent. Of the prisoners we
receive at the House of Correction.
BY temperance, 1 believe that the
average life of our race would be in
creased fifteen to twenty years.
If the advice of one who has seen
these unfortunates die raving mani
acs, with their horrible decisions
who has followed them to the morgue
and performed posts" on them, and
seer the ~degenerated changes in their
vital organs, is worth taking, my adj
vice summed up in three words would
be, Leave alcohol alone. Temper
ance Advocate.
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To be Continued.
Her Age.


The late Senator Plat, of Connec-
ticut, enjoyed funny stories and
could tell a good many himself. Not
withstanding his long public life he
always remembered a yarn that he
carried from his school days.
One year when the district schools
opened in his town one of the teach
ers, in making a record Of the ages
of her pupils, as required by law,
found that one little girl, who came
from a family not noted for being
especially bright, was unable to say
when her birthday came.
So, in order to complete her
records, the teacher walked two miles
to see the girls mother one afternoon
after school. Asked if she could re.
member just when her daughter was
born the woman thought for somd
little time, and then with a sort OF
puzzled look, said:
well, the gal was born in 'tater
time, that's sure, but I can't member
whether they was a plantin' on 'em
or a-diggin' on 'em."-Boston Her.
aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
An InyidiouS Gail.

One afternoon the proprietor OF
an animal store said to his young
clerk:
tor. I'm going upstairs to wo2S
on the books. If any n comes in
for a live animal let me know. You
can attend to selling the stuffed ami
mails yourself"
About half an hour later in came
a gentleman with his son and asked
Tom if he could show him a live
monkey. To the customers amaze
ment the clerk ran to the foot Of the
stairs and yelled:
"Come down, come down, sir;
you're wanted ."-Judge's Library.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
The Root of Spirituality.

Spirituality issues from God-con-
sciousness. God is with US.
God is here because He wants to be
with His children.
God is lot here as, detective, but
IS our D%eliverer.
God calls no man to a solitary dis
.ipleship. The God whom he follows
Is always with him.
Gods being predicates His omni-
presence, and His omnipresence is the
pledge of His help.
God is not the great critic, but the
great Companion, the Comforter.
Gods omnipresence is our con-
slant opportunity to get help.-Lon.
don Sunday-School Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Saves His Whisky Dimes.

In one of the dry goods stores of
Green County, KY, a gentleman re-
Gently paid 8 small amount, all in
dimes, and afterwards purchased
about SO worth Of goods and also
paid for them in dimes. AS dimes are
very scarce, the merchant asked his
customer where he got so many. His
reply was that he had sold a load Of
hay to w. R. Noe and had received
the full amount ($10) in dimes. Mr..
Noe says he was in the habit Of taking
two drinks of whisky every day, but
now he gives his wife two dimes a day
and abstains from drink. Since he
commenced the practice he has pur-
chased a horse for $50 and paid for it
in ten installments all in dimes, and
after paying for his hay in dimes still
has dimes left.
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SOME DAY.

A kindly nurse shall come some day
To US with solemn mien, and say,sy.
IT'S time to 10 to bed and sleep.
And we, mayhap, shall sigh or weep
To leave u playthings and our play
And pray a longer while to stay.
But she, unheeding our alarms,
Shall fold US close within her arms,
Until upon her mother-breast
We sink at last to sleep and rest,
And wake to read in Angel eyes l
Our welcome sweet to Paradise.
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A Great SURGEONS Testimony.

DR.. Lorenz, the Austrian surgeon,
declining wine at a banquet tenderej
to him in New York, said: Il can,
not say that 1 am a temperance agita.
tor, but l am a surgeon. My success
depends upon my brain being clear,
my muscles firm and my nerves
steady. No one can take alcoholic
liquors without bunting these physi
cal powers, which l must always keep
on edge. AS a surgeon, l must not
drink"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
United States Sells Shoes Abroad.

According to a consular statement
the growth of expectation from $780,
900 pairs in 1878 to 6,500,000 pairs
in 1908 has brought the United States
to the head Of the list of boot and
shoe exporting nations Of the world!
The expectations of boots and shoes
last year was valued at nearly s12,-
000. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Cactus Still Minus Thorns.

Official reports On the first sum-
mer's field cultivation of the Burbank
thornless cactus have been made pub
lie. The average results are pro-
nounced successful. The report says
that the fears that the thornless vari-
cites would revert to the old habit OF
growing thorns have been %dispelled.
The use of the plant as a fodder for
cattle seems to have been established.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
The Saloon Not q Natural Right.

To sell intoxicating liquor at re.
tail is not a natural right to pursue
an ordinary calling. This is quoted
from the opinions of the Supreme
Court Of Indiana. The saloon is not
q natural right because it is not an
ordinary calling, because it Is harm
full and dangerous to society, conse.
quently an unlawful business. The
saloon license statute, instead of re-
str;cting or limiting q natural or Law.
full right, is the means of legalizing
a natural wrong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Putting White Clothes Away.

Putting White Clothes Away.
A housewife should be careful to
have all the starch washed out OF
clothes before they are put away for
the winter. They should be rough
dry, and, if possible, protected by
sheets Of dark blue paper.-NeW
York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Filings For Our Sofa Cushions.

There is nothing nicer in the way
of pillow filings than the dried heads
of sweet clover, made doubly attrac-
; tive when embroidered or outlined
with clover blossoms. AS these 1ow-
ers retain their fragrance when dried,
there is something soothing and rest
full about such a pillow. In this re-
gard it bids fair to rival the already
highly priced hop pillows.-Boston
Post.
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"Rooky" Heir to 500, 900.

An hour after James L. Dixon was
sworn in as a recruit in the United
States Marine Corps at Chicago he
was apprised that his father had died
and left him 100000. Dixon said
he would "stick for the big show"
and prepared to go to the Marine
Barracks at Washington, D. c.. lust
as if he had never heard of the $780,
600. Ancil C. Dixon. the father, was
q merchant tailor at San Francisco,
where he died.
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Sublime

Enter into the sublime patience Of
the Lord. Be charitable in view of
it. God can afford to wait; why
cannot we, since we have Him to fall
back upon? Let patience have her
perfect work and bring forth her
celestial fruits.-G. Macdonald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Remember the Sabbath.

The interests of the Sabbath are
the interests Of the poor; the enemies
of the Sabbath arr the enemies of
the poor.-Professor George Adam
Smith.
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Do It at Home.

It is not necessary to send a pongee
frock to the cleaners. Natural
pongee may be washed in warm soap
water and ironed when dry. If 1t is
ironed on the wrong side it will keep
its new look. If the pongee is en-
broidered in %colors, it may be washed
with excellent result in gasoline. Be
sure to do this where there is no
dame.-Indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
A Practical Art Square.

To use under the dining table. Buy
a good piece of oilcloth two yards
square table oilcloth, then q strip
of bordered oilcloth to match; stitch
on square piece with machine; mitre
corners; choose a pretty pattern and
you will have a pretty square.-Bos-
ton Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Cuba in Good Shane.

Governor Magoon has returned
from his tour Of the eastern part of
the Island Of Cuba. He says he is
we'll satisfied with the. conditions
there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Hens Egg Nearly Ten Inches.

At Marysville, Ohio, William Nc
Calhoun has a hen which laid an egg
that is nearly ten inches in its longer
circumference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
For Pantry Shelves.

FOr TUuCEy OICISCS'
Can of Turkish preserved rose
Z leaves
Jars of small California fruits
glace.
Quart jars of figs.
Whole lines put up in syrup in
jars.
Sweet pickles of ca%ntaloupe, home
made style, in jnrn-Philadelphia
Ledger.
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Begin Now.

He who has no vision Of eternity
will never get a held of time.-Thom-
as Carlyle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

The beverage liquor traffic is an
unmitigated moral, social. financial
and political evil.
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Right,

Right is slowly but surely march
Ng on, ultimately to claim its OWL
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-26

court OF which all tribunals should be
branches. departments or divisions"
other Bodics Heard From.
Other committee reports submitted
today were on the subjects of title 70
real estate" and the proposed copy
tight bill" The election of officers
will be held tomorrow
Scores Inattentiyc Judges.
Detroit, Mich, Aug. 2G.-The evils of
legal argument. .2sed on misconcen-
ton of testimony were touched upon
in an address last night by Justice
William l.. Carpenter, of Michigan, on
Courts of Last Appeal before the
American Bar association. AS a rem
edy Carpenter urged that judges as
sumo a more attentive attitude in
court and encourage lawyers to make
fair statements.
Charles Noble Gregory dean of the
Iowa State University College of
Law, and president of the Association
of American, Law Schools. in his an
nual address last night referred par
ticularly to the growth of law schools
throughout the country and for the
advance in educational standards for
the latter he gave most of the credit
to the activity of the association.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-26
HARTMAN STOCKS
DROP STILL MORE
Prices Continue to Show Same Ten
denCy as Result of Financieis'
Condition..

New York. Aug, Hartman
stocks were weak again today at the
opening of the stock market One
block of $4,000 shares of Union Pa
cific opened at range of 203h AMI
202h, decline of 5 points again st
yesterdays closing. Dealings in
Southern Pacific were more moderate
with a decline of over point. Union
Pacific sold To 201%, which is pracI-
cally the lowest price touched by that
stock in over three weeks. Union Pa
cific preferred declined 2A and there
were recessiGns of point or more
throughout the entire active list.
At midday the Union Pacific
touched 200 IA its lowest figure
since July 30 last Efforts were made
to break the stock below 200 but
substantial support appeared.
The stock market closed weak and
disorderly. Wholesale liquidation
broke out at the last hour and de-
moraIization prevailed in Hartman
stocks. Union Pacific dropped more
than Z points to near 1913. Southern
Pacific broke 6 points. New York
Central 3 SIS, Reading and U. s.
Steel over points. The average
loss of the general market was 2
points.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-26
CANNON SERVING HIS LAST Term
BELIEF OF many IN WASHINGTON

Washington Aug. 26.-That Speaker
Cannon is now serving his last term as
presiding officer of the house is ths
fear admitted by his supporters and
the claim of number of republicans
who have aligned themselves i'm oppo-
sition to the "ezar" When the speak
er returns to Washington at the opea-
ing of the next session he will find
here more representatives elected on
the republican platfor- opposing him,
than when the extra xes SION ssssed
He is unquestionably losing strength,
and, while he is intrenched for two
years more. he has exhausted, it IS
charged in the distribution of commit
tee assignments, substantially all the
patronage at his disposal without win
ming more supporters.
Out of Joint With Taft.
Republican members classified as in.
surgents, who are asserting that the
speaker and the rules prevented down
ward tariff revision such as they adyo
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-26
STAYS IN GROUND
Body of Lieutenant Sutton Not
Disinterred as His Mother
Wished.
THE PERMIT IS RESCINDED
Excuse Is That Too Much Publicity
Had Been Given Affair by
the Family.

Washington, Aug. 26.--Tbe quar-
termaster's department of the army
decided that too great publicity had
been given the plan to exhume the
body of Lieutenant James n. Sutton
and it was for that reason the order
permitting this to be done was either
rescinded or held in abeyance. Sdeh
was the explanation given her over
the telephone, says Mrs. Sutton.
mother of the officer of the marine,
whose body rests in unconsecrated
ground at Arlington cemetery.
Would Examine wounds.
The mother desired the exhuma-
ton in order that the holy rites of
the Catholic church might he per
formed, the ground consecrated and
the body returned to it's resting
place. incidentally it was proposed
to hold medical examination of the
body and ascertain if the gunshot
wounds and condition of the arm
bore out the finding of the recent
court of inquiry.
Secretary of War May Intervene.
1t is not believed the refusal to
permit -disiaterment--at this time
means the mothers cherished pur-
pose is never to ge gained. Officials
of rank, even the secretary of war,
may take up the case and extend the
desired permission.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-26
ALL CHILDREN
WITH HARTMAN

Arden, N. Y, Aug. 26.-Walter
Averell Hartman. eldest son of e.
H.. Hartman has arrived from Chi
cago All the Hartman children are
now here.
An apparently demented man. said
To be John Deyo of Chicago. was TAX
en- into custody because of persistent
efforts to reach Mr.. Hartman S
house. The man said he wanted to
collect from Hartman several mil
lion dollars back interest on railroad
stock.
New York. Aug. 26.-The best in
formation obtainable in Wall street
today was that r.. II. Hartman was
resting comfortably.