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The Detroit times., 1909-03-23
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HOME-CITY 1886.
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ARRANGEMENTS have been made with
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ANN-Nett5 No PtsitSON j, siriug "A guoi
position can get one aftCF completing
ore OF our courses. Day and Night
classes all the year Our facilities
ave positively uncdUaled In Micn.-
gan. Detroit Business University.
n q Wilcox-ai.
CASH boys wanted at Hunter e. Hunt
cr. bEsag references and working pa
ppTe.
GOOD au-around liveryman wanted.
one that knows the city. 20 Custer
ave-
TEp-COatmakers. experienced
Yunkers Madison Apis.
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Then came the substitution OF

Then came the substitution OF
sheet-iron for wood, and the double
| castings with filings between to give
| greater thickness. A Chelsea manu-
| facturer named Wilder years ago con-
| ceived the idea of filling the space be-
tween the inner and outer she'll OF
| the walls with plaster of paris, but
| this form of reinforcement contained
an acid which devoured the metal.
| Finally cement was used. and is to-
| day, with other patent filings.
Each manufacturer has his individ-
ual secrets inc patents in material,
locks, bars and filings. The eVolu-
ton of the safe has been marked. To-
day they range in size and price from
the tiny home safe worth SIS to the
burglar and fireproof creations weigh
ing six or seven tons, and costing any
where from $3.50 to $4,000, accord
ing to the type and equipment. Spec
ial makes come higher.
A Boston firm recently got $4,000
for building a mammoth door for a
vault. This door was seventeen inches
thick and embodied a bathing network
of bars and locks. The construction
of vaults is a kindred branch of the
work, only the fittings are more ez-
tensive and elaborate and firmly en-
trenched against the ravages OF bur-
glars and fire by impenetrable walls
and masonry.
There are two styles Of safe, the
ones filled with solid cement, which is
put into the casing wet, and those
filled with loose plaster and dry &C.
ment shovelled in. The aim Is to
have the filling retain a certain degree
of moisture, so that in the event of
fire the heated exterior will create
a steam which will cool of the inner
casing Of metal and thus protect the
contents.
Jumps of alum or other salts or
crystals have been added to filings in
order to provide the necessary mois-
ture. Thin metallic tubes filled with
water have also been imbedded in
filings so as to create steam, and yet
in searching for the required mois-
ture great care must be exercised to
avoid a filling which will be too fab
by to furnish the rigidity required to
prevent the safe from breaking if it
falls.
Filings are also made of patented
so-called indestructible, non-conduct-
ing compounds. Excessive dampness
would corrode the metal and injure
the safe. 1t can be observed, there
fore, that the filing of safes has been
an absorbing feature in the trend of
steady improvement which has char
acterized the making of safes and
vaults in the United States.-Boston
Herald
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A Use For Vacant Lots.

The annual report Of the first
years work of-the Chicago Gardens
Association is such as to encourage
any who have .despaired of practical
ways by which to aid the needy and!
to hearten the association itself to re-
newed effort for the future. Briefly
upon a tract Of land lent to it the
association during the last summer
has given garden space to 100 fam
lilies, and each Of these families has
at an expense to the association Of Sc,
made a profit of $50, besides, in most
cases., getting vegetables, enough to
support itself during the season.
Many of these gardeners knew moth
ing about the work, but by means OF
a little instruction and the example
of their neighbors they got success
fully through the summer, and in no
case was there a failure of crops
But the remarkable percentage OF
profit from the investment was not
all that was gained. In many in
stances health came to sickly workers
and to all there came a spirit of indie
pendence not before possessed.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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make a handsome gown, and the waist
finished separately and made from
Jersey cloth, MORE, broadcloth, serge
or other material, will be found an
exceedingly serviceable and practical
garment.
The waist Is made with front, side
fronts, backs, side-backs and under
arm cores. The sleeves are Of the
plain close fitting two-piece sort and
the stock collar finishes the neck.
The neck can be cut out on any Of
the indicating lines and the waist
worn with a chemisette or yoke of
thin material, and it can be cut off on
either perforatedline ifshorter length
is more becoming.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four yards
twenty-four or twenty-seven inches
wide, two and three-quarter yards
thirty-two, two and an eighth yards
forty-four, or one and three-quarter
yards sixty-four or seventy-two inches
wide.
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InlpelIed by PoIiteneSs.

The man, whose sense of polite.
ness vas not entirely calloused, looked
up from his seal in the crowded car
at the stout lady who swayed in front
of him. Finally he struggled to his
feet and offered her the place.
The stout lady hesitated.
Before I take your seat" she said,
81 want you to assure me that you are
yielding it in a cheerful frame OF
mind"
Il really can't do that, ma'am," the
nan hastily answered. Il am offer.
ing you the place merely because l
am polite"
And with a sigh of relief he slipped
back into the seat.-CleVeland Plain
Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Hard Luck.

"People can talk of their troubles"
said Mrs. Wagleigh, but I think
Mrs. Jones has the hardest luck Of
any one. She is absolutely deprived
by nature of enjoying a woman's
greatest pleasure. She's a deaf-mute
and can't talk. She can only use her
hands. Now, if that isn't awful, tell
me what is?'"
Mr.. Wagleigh looked up from his
evening paper. Il met her husband.
this afternoon" he said, "and he was
tickled to pieces. His wife cut her
fingers with the bread knife yester-
day, and now she can't talk at ALL
New York Times.
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nothing like sameness, nevertheless,
and this one is graceful and novel
without being Of excessive width. 1t
is trimmed effectively with straps and
can be used separately, or with bod
ice to match or as part of a coat suit.
The lines are all long and graceful,
and the skirt is singularly effective,
yet absolutely simple.
The skirt is cut in six cores. There
are extensions below the trimming
straps which are laid in pleats and
pressed fiat, and the straps conceal
the seams above. The closing is made
invisibly at the left of the back.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is eleven and a
half yards t~wenty-four or twenty
seven, five and a quarter yards forty
four or four and a half yards fifty
two inches wide when material has
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Counting Strokes.

This reporter went into a barber
Shop this morning to be shaved. The
barber said: Ever know that in
shaving a man a barber uses $40
strokes?" Then we kept count, and
the number of strokes of the razor I'M
shaving once over was 1855. But the
barber said we should have cotnteds
the strokes in lathering, the strokes
in applying the singing stuff where
he had cut a wart, and the strokes in.
applying powder, bay rum, etc.-Atch-
ison Globe.
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Gray Over White.

A lovely voile gown in the palest
shade of gray over white silk is
trimmed with white %crocheted silk
buttons and bands of Indian embroid-
cry, in delicate shades of mauve
green, pink, red and black, all beauti-
FULLY blended together. These bands
Of embroidery, which form the waist
band and collar, are bordered OH eth
err side with narrow lines of black
velvet.
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New York City.-Variations of the
cuirass waist are so many as to be al
most without number. 1t is just as
we'll adapted to remodeling as it is to
new material, and it "a be made per-
fectly simple, it can be embroidered
or braided, it can be cut and worn
over a chemisette, and it can be made
in the length illustrated, or shorter
as liked. This n is adapted to all
uses and can be made with a pleated
skirt to match or with one of con-
trasting material attached to its lower
edge, or can be worn over the skirt,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
UNDER THE YOKE.

T cannot wear my old clothes
1 wore last spring, alack!,,
Because my waistband now has crepe
Quite halfway up my back!
And as for sleeves, more dolorous
Than ever is my song. ~
Whereas they have been full and Short
To-day shey're small and long. X
Fen ones anatomy is not
Exempt from sudden change!
We take on flesh, or cast it off
Dame Fashion says You must be fat.
More Botticelli-lke"-and 10!
No other type is seen!
Oh. Mother Eve, why did not you
Withstand the serpent's wiles2
Then we, your daughters, had not known
This curse Of varying styles.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Blouses of Eyelet.

The world has grown quite weary
of net blouses. It has seen too many
of them in the past year. The mate
rial that has been substituted Is fine
eyelet embroidery. This is found in
colors as we'll as white and ecru. 1t
is often dyed to match the suit, all
though the guimpe is now the pre-
ferred thing, as the one-piece frock Is
more and more in fashion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Country-House Frocks.

It never looks we'll to wear a smart
but not quite fresh afternoon dress at
a country-house dinner, for 1t har a
bedraggled and out-of-place look. 1t
is far better to have a fresh white
muslin frock of the cheapest descrip-
ton than the most expensive silk
which has been soiled by town use.
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us Miss Passay still unmarried!
eyes. She says it's from choice"
"Whose?"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
"He is due to learn sometime that
he cannot always have his own way"
Why, is he engaged?"- Houston
Post.
IT attended an .up-to-date wedding
yesterday" "Tell me about it"
1.-THE brides former husbands acted
as ushers."- Birmingham Age-Her-
aid. az
Miss Bronx-"Jaek is a nice boy.
but I can't marry him. I wish he
would forget all about me-" Mr.,
Harlem-"Just lend him some money
and he will."-Judge.
Oh. say, you cassowary
On the plains of Timbuctoo, ~ Il
IF you hear Roosevelt coming
It's high time to skiddoo.
Mrs. Flatdweller-Just think Of
It! Some miscreant tried to start a
fire in our apartment house, last:
night" MT. Flatdweller-WelI III
bet it wasn't the janitor."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Voice from within the taxicaba
"Shay, choofer, how much dol owe
ye?" Seven dollars and fifty cents,
sir" We'll, shay. back up till yes
come to- thirty cents. That's all Y
got."-Life.
Logic" remarked the visionary in-
dividual, "either proves or disproyes
all things" Eyes" rejoined the
practical person, ''but 1t doesn't ac-
complish any Of them" Chicago
Daily News.
Highblower Ito prospective butler(i
-"Seventy-fve dollars 81 month.
Why, that's all I pay my bookkeeper."
Butler-"But he doesn't have to as
sociate every day with your family.
sir."--Puck.
First olfer-"Welldo old chapil
That's the longest ball I've seen you
drive yeti" Second G.-'I'm afraid
the credits not all mine. A beast OF
a wasp touchedeme up in the middle
Of my swing.-Punch. 1
.onr family is awful1y exclusive
said one little girl to another who had
inst moved into the adjoining fiat.
ga yours?" raoh. no" replied the
other. eve haven't ANYTHING to be-
ashamed Of. "-chicago Daily News.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Correct Wells.

Taupe is the leading shade in plain
mesh wells, and those made of a w1ry
thread in the large, h%exagonal style,
are unusually becoming to the COM
pTexion. Another mesh veil, Of finer
weave, is covered with fiat velvety
pastilles, square in shape and scat
tered over the surface at close inter-
walls. .' '
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
About Buttons.

Smoked pearl buttons are again
fashionable, and have been shown on
Il number of one-piece dresses made
If different winter materials. This is
a convenient fashion, and will relieve
the home dressmaker who cannot find
the button 10 match the frock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

which is pleated and Joined to a
smoothly fitted yoke. Jersey cloth is
being much used for the purpose, but
soft finished MORE and broadcloth
are exceedingly smart for waists OF
the kind, cashmere will be much worn
and indeed every %seasonable material
can be utilized. The waist made of
plain black with a founce of shep-
herds check, or some similar fancy
material, would be smart and novel;
the waist of Jersey cloth with skirt OF
silk or wool in matching color would
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Decorated Waists.

Just as waists were decorated with
Irish motifs made of cotton thread so
now those Of net and silk are decor
ated with motifs made in the same
way, only of metal threads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Artificial Flowers Worn.

Artificial flowers are as much worn
on the corsage as ever, the roses made
of satin being as favored for this pur-
pose as they are for trimming hats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Tailored Slippers.

Some designs in bedroom slippers
are quite trim and neat as we'll az
comfortable; these are styled tall
ored" slippers.
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: .'G.HZNGY
ORTIZ KNOWINGA

Hy is the name OF a town in Ore
gon County, Missouri. 1t can be
found on the official railroad map of
this State, but Uncle Sam does not
recognize it in his postal guide. He
did once, but the p~ostofice at Hy
was discontinued on account Of the
rural free delivery Of mail.
The jewellers in, arctic regions use
the Iceland moss extensively as food.
A bread is made from it after care
fully washing out two bitter organic
acids which it contains.
For many years the observatory Of
the vatican has been divided, a por-
ton being on the vatican hill, some
little distance from the square of St.
Peters, but by a recent rearrange-
ment the entire establishment will be
moved to the top of the hill.
The researches of Professor Find
ers Petrie at Memphis have resulted
in the unearthing of the palace Of
King Apries, the Pharaoh Hophra Of
the Scriptures and a contemporary of
jeremiah. Armor and bronze figures
of gods were found in the ruins.
In view of the Importance Of the
commerce in ostrich feathers, Vice
Consul H. M. Byington, of Naples,
states that Italians are being urged
to start ostrich farms in southern
Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. The sue
cessful results obtained in California
and at Nice are cited.
John Salmon, a Yankee in Ceylon,
has got rich by detecting pearls in
oysters by X-ray. The best part is it
detects seed pearls, and such oysters
are put into special plants to de-
velop.
The Welcome Research College Of
Egypt has a floating laboratory on
the Nile and all it's tributaries.
Farms are now to be found in many
States which have been systematic
cally cleared of cattle tuberculosis by
persistent testing and %retesting, &C
companied by thorough isolation, re-
movaL, or destruction of reacting an
finals.
United States land areas still uh-
appropriated and u~nreserved in 1908
we're 754,S95,000 acres, of which
36S,022,000 acres were in Alaska,
61,177,O00 in Nevada, 46,532,O00 in
Montana, 44,77S,000 in New Mexico
and 42,769,0OO in Arizona.
Leprosy is a singularly undemon-
strative disease. Out Of hundreds
only a few have a startling, not to
say horrible, appearance. 1t is very
mildly contagious, and nurses and
attendants have spent ten, twenty,
fifty years in leper colonies without
catching it.
One of the leading railroads of the
eastern part of the United States has
recently adopted reinforced concrete
gin poles for use in heavy erection
work. For instance, such a pole was
used recently in the placing of four
35-ton 109-foot Orders used in build-
ing a bridge near Philadelphia.
A gentleman of Portrush sent Lord
Roberts an old horseshoe when things
looked ill in South Africa. Gratefully
ly acknowledging it, the General adj
ded that he would keep this horse
shoe in company with n picked
up the day I entered the Orange Free
| State, and another l found at Paarde-
burg the day before General Cronje
surrendered"
The torpedo leaves the gun at a
rate of forty knots an hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Sleeveless Coat Yields,

The sleeveless coat yields but re-
luctantly to the mandate of the
season.
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Six.Gored Skirt.

The demand of the present season
seems to be for skirts that are pleated
in one way or another, but there Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Rlack Sable Trimmings.

Trimmings Of sable blackness are
again to figure conspicuously on near
ly everything.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

figure or nap; nine yards t~wenty-rour
or twenty-seVen, four and a half yards
%forty-four' or fifty-two inches wide
when material has neither figure nor
nap.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The torpedo leaves the gun at a
rate of forty knots an hour. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The researches of Professor Find
ers Petrie at Memphis have resulted
in the unearthing of the palace Of
King Apries, the Pharaoh Hophra of
the Scriptures and a contemporary of
jeremiah. Armor and bronze figures
of gods were found in the ruins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

John Salmon, a Yankee in Ceylon,
has got rich by detecting pearls in
oysters by X-ray. The best part is it
detects seed pearls, and such oysters
are put into special plants to de-
velop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The Welcome Research College Of
Egypt has a floating laboratory on
the Nile and all it's tributaries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

In view of the Importance of the
commerce in ostrich feathers, Vice
Consul H. M. Byington, Of Naples,
states that Italians are being urged
to start ostrich farms in southern
Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. The sue
cessful results obtained in California
and at Nice are cited.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

A gentleman of Portrush sent Lord
Roberts an old horseshoe when things
looked ill in South Africa. Gratefully
ly acknowledging it, the General ad-
ded that he would keep this horse
shoe in company with n picked
up the day I entered the Orange Free
State, and another l found at Paarde-
burg the day before General Cronje
surrendered"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Farms are now to be found in many
States which have been systematic
cally cleared Of cattle tuberculosis by
persistent testing and retesting, &C.
companied by thorough isolation, re-
moval, or destruction of reacting an
finals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

For many years the observatory Of
the vatican has been divided, a por-
ton being on the vatican hill, some
little distance from the square of St.
Peters, but by a recent rearrange-
ment the entire establishment will be
moved to the top of the hill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

One Of the leading railroads of the
eastern part of the United States has
recently adopted reinforced concrete
gin poles for use in heavy erection
work. For instance, such a pole was
used recently in the placing of four
35-ton 109-foot Orders used in build
ing a bridge near Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

case they were seen, but not IN sea-
son to be caught. They vanished in
a speedy automobile, a style of vehi-
Gle much used by professionals of
the present day, and one which in
sures the success Of their mission of
crime. Since the advent OF the auto
mobile in the burglary equipment the
chances of capture have been greatly
minimized. The culprits have also
learned in their defiance to look at
the possibility CT q prison term
through the large end Of an opera
glass.
Safe blowers constitute the most
desperate type of criminals. They
are of the class known to the police
as yeggs, men c. nerve and of check
cred experience, many of them ex-con-
| victs with a string of reckless eX-
PLOTS to their credit. who, when cor
nered, do not hesitate to kill.
All manner Of precautions have
been taken to discourage their illicit
calling. The Postofice Department
of the United States has taken par
ticular pains without avail. Their
depredations really hit D%ostofices
harder than any other class Of estab-
lishments. Many rural ~postoftices
have been robbed several times.
The first safes were made in Eng
land more than 100 years ago. They
were fashioned of wood, planks be-
ing used for the case, with metal
trimmings. Later the wooden frame
was covered with sheet-iron, and they
had tremendous knobs, which were
of little use other than to make them
more formidable in appearance.
The state herald., 1909-12-03
Left Parson with Victory.

A west Of England parson once re-
fused to read thu Athanasian creed.
The parishioners complained to the
bishop. who told the parson he must
read 1t. Now It 80 happened that the
creed may be said or sung" so on
the following Sunday the parron nd.
dressed his congregation thus: Next
follows Athanasius' creed. either to be
said or sung. and. with heavens leave,
] will sing II. Now. clerk. mind what
YOU are about" After this they both
struck up and sang II with great glcc
TO iox.hunting tune. which. having
previously been prncticcd. was well
performed. The indignant pnrlshion.
srs sent word hot haste to the bishop
Dbout what had happened. but he said
ne could do nothing. ns the creed had
been sung. so the parishioncrs decided
to dispense with II altogether In fu.
turc.-London Opinion.