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USE OF TAILS.
They Serve as Propellers, Boas, Trow.
els and Various Other Things.

They Serve as Propellers, Boas, Trow.
els and Various Other Things.
"There is no definition of a TAIL"
declares a writer in the Strand. 1T
is not, in it's nature, anything at all.
When an animals fore legs are fitted
onto its backbone at the proper dis
lance from the hind legs, if any back
bone remains over we call it a tail.
But it has no purpose. 1t is a
mere surplus, which a tailor (the
pun is unavoidable) would have
trimmed off.
Eyes, nose and mouth, hands and
feet all have their duties. The tail
is unemployed. And if we allow
that life has had any hand in the
shaping of it's own destiny, then the
ingenuity of the devices for turning
the useless member to account af-
fords one of the most eX~hilarating
subjects of contemplation in the
whole panorama of nature.
THE fishes fitted it up at once as
a twin propeller, with results so sat-
isfactory that the whale and the pur-
poise, coming long after, adopted the
invention. And be it noted that
these last and their kin are now the
only ocean-going mammals in the
world. The whole tribe of paddle
steamers, such as seals and walruses
and dugongs, are only coasters.
Among those beasts t. t would
live on the dry land the primitive
kangaroo could think of moths bet
ter to do with his tail than to make a
stool of it. 1t was a simple thought
but a happy one.
Sitting up like a gentleman, he
has his hands free to scratch his ribs
or twitch his mustache. And when
he goes he needs not to put them to
the ground, for his great tail so near
ly equals the weight of his body that
one pair of legs keeps the balance
even.
And so the kangaroo, almost the
lowest of beasts, comes closer to mai
in his pastures than any other animal.
The squirrel also sits up and uses
his fore paws for hands, but the
squirrel is a sybarite who lies abed
in cold weather, and il is every way
characteristic of him that he has sent
his tail to the furrier and had it done
up into a boa, or comforter, at once
warm and becoming. See, too, how
daintily he lifts it owe his back to
keep it clean.
Then there is the beaver, whose
tail I am convinced is a trowel. I
know of no naturalist who has men
toned this, but such negative evil
dence is of little weight.
THE beaver, as every n knows,
is a builder who cuts down trees and
piles log upon log until he has raised
a solid domed cabin from seven to
twenty feet in diameter, which he
then plasters over with clay and
straw. If he does not turn round and
beat the work smooth with his tail,
then I require to know for what pur-
pose he carries that broad, heavy and
hard tool behind him"
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IN
mAAAEAsHgoW@

For morning yea chamois and
castor gloves are still the rage.
Cotton wolfe leads as a material
among the lace-trimmed blouses.
Field flowers in their natural COL
orings are appearing on hats.
Navy blue yelling with dots in vel
vet are a feature of the season.
Many of the new waists are of net
embroidered in a color and gold.
The silk rose is worn upon the cor
sage as we'll as used to trim hats.
Alluring indeed are the satin vio-
lets which are favorites for trimming.
To YEA with Dutch collars there
are charming little clasps of bril-
liants.
A straight row of buttons down
the front of a dress is not in good
style.
The pin stripe in linen lawn is pos
itively fascinating for wear with the
linen suit when it repeats the gown
color.
Apropos of leather toilette access
series, both suede and glace gloves
are worn, the former fine and vel
vety, the latter highly glazed.
For morning wear about the house
nothing is more attractive than the
freshly Numbered shirt waist dress of
linen or lawn.
Dressmakers have declared that
the best width around the bottom for
the present day clinging skirt is two
yards and a little over.
Jersey cloth and albatross are both
worn for the tops of petticoats.
For smart afternoon wear pale
toned gloves are now the thing in
Paris. The tones most in use are
rose, pearl, fawn and butter yellow.
One Of the new notes among flow
ers is a mixture of English wall flow
ers and forget-me-nots.
Cross-stitch embroidery has a re-
vival. 1t is used rgon cushion COW
ers, table covers, bags, etc.
Black and white Syrian scarfs, or
Egyptian wells riveted with silver or
gold, are the most popular draperies
worn afternoons and evenings.
bangles, tassels, fringes, all are in
order, and passementerie drop trim
mings may be found in the metallic,
pearl, jet and crystal effects.
The smartest of slippers are made
of Irish crochet. They have a lining
of silk, a stunning gold buckle and,
of course, the high French heel.
The new old-fashioned sashes of
wide black chantilly lace, bound or
bordered with black velvet ribbon,
are to be worn over white or light
colored dresses.
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Glossy Hair.

How do you keep such glossy
hair?" asked a girl of a woman of the
world. II try to be very particular
with mine, but as you see, it persists
in looking blowsy."
II keep WELL" was the reply. No
ones hair will shine if she is in bad
health. Did you never notice how
much more luster your hair has when
you feel that life is all to the good?
Let me get a billions attack and no
amount of care will keep my hair
from looking dead.
Besides being careful to exercise
End watch my diet, I regularly polish
nv hair just as l would my nails. l
keep it clean, which goes without
saying. This does not mean shampoo
ing at fixed intervals, but whenever it
Is necessary. If one has been walking
much or moving around a dusty house
ct cleaning time, the hair will need
to be washed before the fixed time.
Some women confound' glossy with
ply hair. Nothing gives the hair as
unkept a look as to have it shining
with oil. Keep the hair as dry as
possible, then rub it to gloss with a
polisher.
Brushing helps a lot for gloss, but
in addition | rub my hair with a piece
of brown velvet. The velvet brushes
used to polish mems silk hats make
good hair glossers, but tying a piece
of velvet around an old nail buffer
answers every purpose.
Il am particular not to wave my
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Corded Fabrics.

There are more silk and wool ma
terials put on the counters each
week. New one that were kept until
late in the season have been shown
to the public. These are made up
into coat suits of one-piece frocks,
and are often striped.
Some of the colors come with a
plain surface for the skirt and a
striped surface for the coat. Silk and
wool bengaline is possibly the favor
lite Of them all. The corded fabrics
are in the height of fashion. The
idea even runs into shantung and
pongee. There seems no end to the
latter weave. 1t overspreads every
thing else. Just why is hard TO say,
for it is rather raglike when made up
and cannot be depended on for
graceful lines.
Some of the weaves are delightful
for house frocks, and as the material
has practically no weight, it makes a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
RAISING DUCKS.
Case in Point Where They Did Better
Without Water.

Without Water.
We confess that after raising ducks
in a small way for three years we
cannot satisfactorily say whether it Is
profitable to raise ducks without CIV
ing them access to- water. This year
we raised them without letting them
have access to water, excepting for
drinking purposes. During the sum-
mers of 1906 and 1907 we raised 200
Mammoth Pekins and the youngsters
took to the water within eighteen
hours after being taken from the in
cubator or within twenty-four hours
after the old hen came off the nest
with them.
The water, a small stream, was
within 800 yards Of the Matching
place and every duck, with one ac-
cord, took a bee line for it, says a
writer in Farm and Home. We had
good luck with them. This year we
kept watch Of the youngsters for sew
eral weeks, keeping them away from
the water. In a few weeks they
would range around the feed within
twenty PAGES of the brook but have
never taken a swim. We have the
Pekin and the Indian Runner breeds,
and for the past sixty days or more
they have grazed in the pasture,
often going almost to the edge of the
brook.
They seem to be perfectly healthy
and content and we have not lost a
duck by disease, nor had any sick or
ailing. After eating, they 60 through
all the motions of a swim, dipping
themselves and going through the
motions as if they were in the water.
We like ducks because they are so
healthy and so easily controlled. We
aim to market the Pekins at ten
weeks old and expect such ducks to
average fully five pounds or over. To
reach these figures they must not
have too much range or too much ex-
ercise. 1t seems to me that the
breeding ducks should have free &C
cess to water. 7 believe the eggs
will be more fertile and the ducks
healthier and stronger.
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Cost of Food.

According to the New York Agri'
cultural Experiment Station, the cost
of food per chick, to weigh one pound,
on ground grain, is three cents; OIL
whole grain, three and seventeenth
cents. After making repeated tests
in feeding, this station says the
ground grain ration proved consider
ably more profitable than the whole
grain ration for the growing chicks;
and the same was true Of capons OF
equal weight and age, fed alike be-
fore caponizing. No difference was
noticed in health or vigor Of chicks
or capons fed either ration.
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the door of the poultry house is
opened. If anything is wrong in the
hen house and the alarm is given, 9
man can close the door of the hen
house while standing on the veranda
by pulling the wire which is attached
to the bell. During the day the wire
can be unlocked and thus relieve the
bell from duty.
If desired, suggests Prairie Farmer.
the bell can be placed outside in a
box, which will make it sound louder
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

most comfortable frock for this hot
climate.
One of the latest weaves in it has a
diagonal cord through it. 1t is very
wide and heavy, much like stylish
serge.
If a woman wants a one-piece
frock with a long coat, this weave in
this material is a good choice.-New
Haven Register.
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A Woman on the Trail.

A tenderfoot's first night in b
woods is a notable adventure. l
shall not forget my strange dlsmay
and homesick perturbation, as I
crawled with Doe into our tent n the
cold twilight at 9 o'clock. The floor
of the tent was laid deep with boughs,
over them a pack-mantle was spread,
then a blanket, then our sleeping
bags, then several other blankets.
Our comrades tent was pitched near
ours, and between the two blazed a
genial fire. Doe urged me to make
ready for bed in haste, before the fire
went out, and she set me an admired
example of celebrity. But ALIAS!
everything went wrong beneath my
| laundering hands. I could not find
one article in my duff1e-bag without
removing all the others; / lost my
slippers in the blankets, and my cold
cream in the balsam boughs; l was
| shivering with cold and fatigue; the
fire was going out. AS for getting
into that sleeping-bag, never was
| there such an intricate process, nor
| one more lettering in its results when
once it was accomplished. I had to
adjust myself in the bed by a series OF
wholesale leaps and bounds, hoping
| against hope that l might fall upon
| some soft spit. In the dim light l
peered over at Doe, to see what b
had done for a pillow. There the
valiant one lay, fast asleep, with her
head on her duf1e-bag-and her boots
inside the bag! Obediently I fol-
lowed suit, squirming and wriggling
| in the clutch of that hateful sleeping
bag, and dragged up my dufle-bag
| from the ditch. But I was no Jacob,
| nor yet was l Doe, to sleep with such
a tough head-rest a. that, and l
| promptly discarded it and made shift
| to fold up my skirt and waist. Then,
of course, the buttons got into my
| ears, and the seams made ncom
Portable ridges. That was a funny,
weary night; I laughed rel at the
time. Every time I essayed to turn
over, in my still unsatisfed quest for
a gentle spot, the blankets on top Of
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the sleeping-bag heaved off into the
ditch. Then what a task to get them
again and r~e-establish them over me
with my pinioned arms! I sat up
and stared out into the dusk of the
dim, gray, northern night, and longed
Il confess it-for my home and my
kindly soft white bedroom Five
Women on the Trail" by Zephine
Humphrey, in the Outing Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
I%NT0LERABLE ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All Over Baby's Face
professional Treatment Failed
"A Perfect Cure nv Guticura.


"A Perfect Cure by Cuticura.
when my little girl was six months old
noticed small red spots on her right
:heek. They grew 30 large that I sent for
The doctor but, instead of helping the erup-
ion, his ointment seemed to make it worse.
Then I went to a second doctor who said
t was eczema. He also gave me an oint-
nent which did not help either. The dis
.ase spread all over the face and the eyes
began to swell. The itching grew ~intoler.
,ble and it was a terrible sight to see. 1
consulted doctors for months, but they
we're unable to cure the baby. I paid out
rom $2O.to $50 without relief. One evening
[ began to use the Cuticura Remedies. The
sext morning the baby's face was all white
instead of red. I continued until the
eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs. P. E.
aumbin, Sheldon, Ia, July -, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
# Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

Veal Pie.-Use the best part of the neck of veal or some
other cheap portion and cut in rather small pieces. Dust
each piece with salt and pepper and barely cover all with
boiling water. Cook until tender, then add bits Of butter
rolled in flour and cook until the gravy in the step pan is
thick. Line the sides of a baking dish with a strip of good
paste rolled a little thicker than for fruit pies and fill with
the cooked meat and the gravy. Cover the top with more
pastry, cut a cash three inches long across each way and
turn back the four corners. Set the pie in a rather quick
oven and bake until the crust is done. Be sure that the
opening in the crust does not close by the rising of the paste.
Serve in the dish in which it is baked.
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The output of rubies in Burma dur
ing 1907 amounted to 2~,12S,36S trucks,
valued in Magok books at S577,325.
The royalty revenue for the veal was
&c., 45. The market for rubies was
fairly good the first Of the year, fall.
ing away discouragirgly toward the
las: Of the year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

CySL tuL1oI VI
years growth,
which three Of the
best physicians de-
clared / had They
said that only an
operation could
help me. lam very
ladthatIfollowed
q friends advice
and took Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
for it has made me
n ofropn opd uoM
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Her. Guess.

The Fat One-"Don't you think
travel broadens one?"
The Thin One-"Oh, yes. You've
been on a long journey, haven't
you?'-Yonkcrs Statesman.
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Alarm For Poultry House.

By arranging a wire to pass from
the hen house door to a bell on the
veranda of the house, after the man.
ner shown in the accompanying illus,
tration, warning will be given wher
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The United States annually exports
more wheat. including wheat fo"r.
than any other country in the world
..--46,O00 900 out of G4j,OUG,vp9
bushels.
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H!D2N4R;|&EE(R!N;2S!!X|

hair with too hot irons, as they de-
stroy the gloss. Unless in a great
hurry 1 use waivers. Sometimes I rub
a few drops of altar of rose or violet
perfume on my hair before rubbing 1t
with the velvet. New York Press.
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His Idea.

Sammy (admiringly surveying his
iately-arrived twin sisters)-Did you
get them cheaper by taking the. two,
papa ?-Smart Set.
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Good Morning Feed.

Two parts oats, two parts cracked
corn and one part wheat, make g
good morning feed to be thrown into
litter. Feed what they need to keep
them. busy till noon-about a quart
to ten fowls, amount needed varies
with different breeds.
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OF
GROWTH
Removed by Lydia E. Pink.
ham'sVegetableC Compound

Lindley, Ind. Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound removed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

A household once supplied with Hamlins
Wizard Oil is seldom allowed to be without
It. In case of sudden mishap or accident
Wizard Oil takes the place of the family
doctor. Are you supplied?
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The beginner finds many stumbling
locks in the artificial methods, but
experience shows the trick of how to
easily step yer them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

The actual valuation of all tobacco pro-
iuced and manufactured in Cuba last year
was at least S45 900 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

OF the 63,453 Chinese admitted
into the Tfansvaal only 1900 are
still there. N.Y.-27
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
.eething, ~softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ZION, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle.
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Great Britain's coal output in 1908 shows
| decrease of 2.35 per cent, or 6,3O6,473
Ions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21

1t takes about ten weeks to build a rail
way engine.
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DAISY KILLERs

HAROLD sCAERs. 80 DeiAlb Ave. Brooklyn, III
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
"Tempus Fuuit."

Mr.. Lingerlong-I had a queer
adventure this afternoon
Miss de Muir with swift
glance at the clock-You mean yes
terday afternoon, l presume.
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TRA-LA-LA-
EVERYBODY SING

enemies. the trust scamps.
You'd think the election to be tomorrow, if you
were to read Mr.. j. Pierpon MOrgans New York Sun.
The Sum- patient for many years with the evil dongs Of
the sugar trust and in every other line read that Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt the ardent defender of that trust
The Sun IS expose of the sugar trust vany reads like
political tract And above stated it makes one feel
if an election just day off.
There's lots of talk in Wall street about the 'return
from Eba'' It's feversh talk, too. 1t means: ''Tha
bullheaded Roosevelt is coming home of these days.
and we'd better prepare for him. Goodness knows have
had enough of him. We just beginning to get things
right again and that pesterous grand stand artist threat
to return and the cry Of maefactors of great
wealth. Crush him Get the Sun to put the Sugar trust
scandal up Roosevelt! We don't need to worry about
the Havemeyer gang; they have always played ndepend
ent of Wall street anyhow. They ought to to JAIL
That the sort of talk heard in Wall street.
Down in Washington the big land, lumber and power
thieves also believing Look out for the return from
Elba." They say that 7. RS friends, who formed the
National Conservation association to perpetuae Roose
velt's good work. pack of politicians who playing
for the reelection of the strenuous Those thieves,
who of very much in favor of Richard Achilles
Banger and such like insist that the menacing shadow
of the big game hunter is upon the land and OH whew!
Could anything be than that?
The New York World thinks that most republicans think
that Taft will be renomnaed in 1912, and pours oil upon
troubled waters by saying that the machinery of the
tiona republican party will grind for Taft and keep him
In offce-this supposedly in spite of the people 1.-The
bogy is not going to get him" says the World.
All of which good fun, but nothing to compare with
the ilarity which may be occasoned later by an an
nounced the of his erring protege and HAS de-
clared himself candidate for president INDIE
PENDENT ticket
Tra-la- laa-Tra a-la
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Looks as if Zelaya will have to
recognize the belligerancy of Uncle
Sam.
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Y CbQrc +

Union Park Baptist church. First
and Madelia, Rev. w. s. Lake, pas
tor. At II a. m. Sunday the pastor
will preach on the subject, Labor
of Love-" In the evening at 80
the theme will be, The Peace Of
God" Bible school at 10 a. m,
young epople's meeting at $3.50.
Lidgerwood Park Congregational
church, Gordon avenue and Stan
dard street, Rev. d. e. Wilson. pas
tor. Sunday school at 10 a. m,
preaching at IL a. m. on the sub
ject, THE Great Refusal In the
afternoon at o'clock there will be
speaking under the auspice sof the
w. G.. T. U. by Mrs. Anna Angler,
on the subject, "The White Slave
Traffic. At night the pastor will
preach on Higher Education"
Emmanuel Baptist church, Ma
sonic temple, Rev. c. Ross Baker,
pastor. In the morning at 0:30 the
pastor will have for his theme.
THE Iconoclastic Hammer" In
the evening at 80 the sermon topic
will be, Little Shanties at the
Gate" Communion services at 10
a. m, Sunday school at IL noon,
young peoples meeting at $50.
Tomorrow will be a great day for
the LidgerwoOd M. e. church, cor
ner Morton and Broad, Rev. j. l..
Hess, pastor. The new church edi-
flee will be formally dedicated,
with preaching by some of the lead
ing ministers of the faith in the
city. At p. m. Rsy. U. F. Hawk,
the district superintendent, and DR..
c. o. Kimball will preach. In the
evening at 1870 the Rev. +. M. Hill
of st. Paul's M. E. church will
preach. Sunday school at 10 a. m
Vincent M. e. church, Main ave.
nue. and Lincoln street, Rev. G. o.
| kimball, pastor. In the morning
the pastor will speak on "The Tenth
Legion" AT night the subject will
be, 1.-THE Helpfulness of Love-
Sunday school at IL noon, Epworth
league at .6:15.
Liberty Park Baptist church
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PENCIL POINTS:

automobist expecting very
he knows.
Cook a
from as o what characerzea Welman
n
speak where there should
Abdul Iamid King Edward Kaiser William King Alfonso
Gar Nicholas all smoke cgares So do chorus girls
that bear the battleshp Virginia bitten
a humanity
important service.
rived in Boston New York Why disturb the
Send him to Philadelphia
that Bessie DeVoe
high
$250000
would the Gould
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Cleared up at Last.

Cleared Up at Last.
Jones reformed rounder, reading
from recording angels memoranda)
ION April 10, 1906, Jones went to
beefsteak dinner, stopped at divers
inns, imbibing strong drink. He
took hanson while in comatose
state, and was sent by policeman
to the address found on his cards
Well, by gee, l always wondered
how l got home that niAht!
The effect of passing the English
budget would be to make a house
biers.