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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
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DO you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound?"
If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her ~neighbors this question, she will be
surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot. be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 80 years we have published thousands
of letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in ali that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine
Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statemento Of a wonan's expert
ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write
and ask her.
Houston, When I first began taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. 1 had been
sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia,
and a liver trouble. had tried several doctors medicines, but
nothing did me any good. ~ %$
"For three years I lived on medicines and thought would
never get well, when I read an advertisement of Lydia E.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it.. @
"My husband got me one bottle Of the Compound, and 1T did
me so much good I c continued Its use. L am now a e woman
and enjoy the best of health.
ct advise all women suffering from such troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They wont
regret it. for it will surely cure you"-Mrs. Bessie u. Hicks,
$40 Cleveland St., Houston. ~
ANY woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely
not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should IT
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks.
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Collier Nero Foated.

The naval collier Nero, which went
ashore on Brenton's Reef on July 2.
during a dense fog, was successfully
foated by the Arbuckle compressed
air method. The deck was made air
tight, and by means OF powerful COM
presscrs the water was gradually ex-
PEELED from the hull through the
rents in the bottom. When the ship
had been sufficiently lightened, she
was pulled from the rocks by the
united efforts of tugs and salvage s
Sels.-Scientific American.
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Classic English.

Nothing doing. "-Addison's LET.
,ers."
"Cut in and in."-Thackeray's
vanity Fair"
"Twenty-three. dickens Tale
Of Two Cities"
Forget it-cast it away."-Haw.
thorne's Marble Fawn."
Gone to the wall."-Bunyan's
"Pilgrim's Progress"
Make good" - Deuteronomy
which is a book in the Bible.
"It's a sure hing."-Goldsmith's
"She Stops to Conquer"
"She was a respectable old guy
Thackeray's vanity Fair"
Gave Hector a Gift-a gilt nut
mega lemon" - Shakespeare's
Loves Labor Lost. Puck.
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Mr.. Newrich, the Pittsburg multi
millionaire, was furnishing the lib
rary of his magnificent mansion.
LET me see," he unused. You've
got the order for the s85,O00 edition
de luxe of Dickens bound in levant?"
Eyes, sir" replied the bookseller.
"And the $4,000 set of Shakes
peare?"
Eyes, sir"
And the standard authors. bound
in calf, Thackeray, Scott, Washing
ton Irving, Cooper, and all them
there other fellers?"
Eyes, sir, I have a memorandum
of the entire list"
well, then, that's off my mind"
said Mr.. Newrich, of Pittsburg, with
a sigh of relief. Now, what I want
is something to read. Say, have you
got a complete set of "'Old
Sleuth?'"-New York Times.
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Highest EndurabIe Temperature.

1t is difficult to say what the high
est temperature is that a human be-
ing "a live in. In the kitchens of
some Of the great hotels and in the
stoke holds of some steamships the
temperature gets to 40 or 145 de-
grees. Cooks and their helpers and
stokers have to endure that tempera-
lure for hours at a time, and they
seem to get along pretty well. The
hottest place, perhaps, where human
beings work is in the vulcanizing fac
tories, where the temperature is 212
the boiling point of water. There
are a few who a stand this heat for
a little while at a time, but man can
endure no more.
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Signal Flags,

Signalling by flags, as the term is
now universally understood, was in
vented in the year 1854 by Surgeon
Myer, of the United States Army. Be-
fore Surgeon Myers invention the
only flag signaling vas by color. but
realizing the inadequacy of such &
mode of conveying information, DR.
Myer studied out the system of "wig;
wagging," or talking by making mo
tons with the flag, a sort of deaf ant
dumb telegraphy, which has since
been adopted by pretty nearly all the
nations of the world.
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Mean Man.

The newest mean man" story: In
a western county Of Kansas the dead
body of an unknown man was recent
ly discovered. In his pockets they
found 500 in bank notes and a big
revolver.
What about it," asked the inno-
cent one.
"You would expect that they'd
have used that hundred in finding his
relatives, or failing in that, have Civ
en- him a decent burial, now, wouldn't
you?"
Sure"
"Well they didn't" is the answer.
"They arranged his dead body before
a Justice of the peace for carrying
concealed weapons and fined him
500 and buried him in the Potter's
Field."-Kansas City Journal.
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is a troublesome problem for a girl
or woman. Shall l tip? Whom shall
1 Up? How much shall I give? She
does not know and has no one from
whom she can seek information with
out embarrassment.
Tipping is much more customary in
| this country than it was a few years
ago, and as a rule it is safe to give a
moderate fee to any servant with
whom you have come in contact. ,
In the average country house this
| will mean the waitress, the upstairs
| girl who attends to your room and
who may have done you small favors,
such as b%uttoning your frock, and the
coachman who drives you to and from
the station.
1t is not necessary to go around to
every servant on the place when many
are kept. Some hosts object siren
uously to a tip and forbid their SER
wants to accept any. This position, if
known, must be respected. Generally
your hostess will let you know in a
quiet way how she feels on the sub
ject.
How much to give depends upon
how much one can afford. 1t is fool
ish from false pride to cripple ones
self by gifts or stay at home from a
visit because you cannot afford to
tip. Both maids and hostess usually
know, your financial status, and the
latter would only be worried by ex.
~travagant tipping.
If you have made demands upon
the time of a maid, such as asking
her to press a dress for you, she
should be quietly given something fol
her trouble at the time. You would
have to pay an outsider for such
work, and have no right to expect it
as a favor.
If at all possible do not get into the
way Of expecting your friends maids
to do such things for you. Hunt up
a laundress, or, if you can do your
it will be convenient for you to 60
into the laundry to do a little fresh.
ening up to your clothes. If she in.
sists on having it done for you, &C.
cept, as she may prefer it to your
presence in her kitchen.
Make it a rule, whenever possible.
to pay for your baggage on the train.
This V embarrassment later. In
the country where you must be met it
is out of the question, but try to be
present to fee the men who carry your
trunk to your room.
Never fee ostentatiously. 1t is the
height of bad taste. Also do not get
into the habit of letting your hosts
pay your way as a right.
There are many excursions where
the hosts assume all obligations;
these must not be questioned, but &C
cepted gracefully. If you propose
little trips, or if you pay a long visit.
insist upon paying your share of car
fare and other expenses.
The money side of visiting requires
delicate handling. You do not wish
to be a beat or a SPONGE" on the
other hand, nothing is in worse taste
than neutrality-suspicious. or pickering
| acceptance of the gracious hospitality
that would assume all financial re-
sponsibility for a guest.-New York
Times.
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Sea Water For Figs.

An American firm has established
a large fig packing house at Nazli,
the chief producing centre Of Asia Mi
nor. The fruit is moistened for pack
ing with sea water, which has to be
sent in barrels from Smyrna, 12C
distant on the coast. Heretofore the
fig crop has been transported to
Smyrna for final drying and packing
It has averaged about 10000 camel
loads a year, a camel carrying 450
pounds.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
CUTIcURA CURED HIS ECZEMA.
Humor Came OH Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
of Rad Scaling and Itching.

vi ~ ~
IT have been successfully cured of dry
eczema. I was inspecting the removal OF
noxious weeds from the edge of a river and
was constantly in the dust from the weeds.
At night I cleansed my limbs but felt a
prickly sensation. I paid no attention to it
for two years but I noticed a scum on my
legs like fish scales. I did not attend to 1t
until it came to be too itchy and sore and
began getting two running sores. My
ankles were all sore and scabby and I could
not wear shoes. I had to use carpet and
felt slippers for weeks. I got a cake of the
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Omit,
ment. In less than ten days 1 could put
on my boots and in less than three weeks
I was free from the COMPOUNDED itching.
Capt. G.. P. Bliso, Chief of Police, Morris.
Manitoba. Mar. 20, 'O7, and Sept. "a, 'Os."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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How to Speculate.

A long journey by water. Beware
of d dark man. There is a lette'
coming to you from a distance. 1
stocks do not GO down they will 81
up. Sell those that you have and i
they do not go down. buy others. Gu
the cards in three piles, please.-NeV
York Evening Post.
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Theory II Fact.

"I tell you it is a mistaken idea
that animals have instinct" re-
marked the newfangled naturalist.
Twill you inform mt then what
makes a hen set on a doorknob?"
asked the auditor.
my Investigations have only gone
far enough to show that it is not in
Btinct," replied the naturalist some
what stif1y.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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have to settle that with the servant.
Or she might eve be willing to take
doggie out herself. Many women are
glad of almost any excuse nowadays
for training down and keeping them
seleves as slim as possible. New
York Press.
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PIMPIES

IT tried all kinds of blood remedies
which failed to do me any good, but I
have found the right thing at last. My
face was full Of pimples and black-heads.
After taking Cascarets they all left. am
continuing the use of them and econ
mendiug them to my friends. I feel hne
when I rise in the morning. Hope to.
have a chance to recommend Cascarets.
Fred c. Witten, rs Elm St., Newark, NJ.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe-
lOc, 25c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The genu-
Inc tablet stamped c c. Guaranteed to
euro or your money back. VIZ
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
SnanShOtS the Burglar.

Known as the kleptograpn. a bur-
slar alarm invented by an Italian ig-
mites a fiashlight and photographs an
intruder who invades the room in
which it is set.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

Artificial silk manufactured by a
new patent process is one of the new
shipments from England to America,
and apparently a growing one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
Etiquette For the Visitor.

1t is difficult to lay down hard and
fast rules for the stranger who visits
in another's home. Customs differ
not only in different social sets, but
eve in various families in the same
circle.
The matter of tipping, for instance,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

Peoria County Cl!.) holds a di
vorce record. there being Il TO-
every four and two-thirds marriage!
in the past year.
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difference of the throng. But under
all environments, the youth and the
maid will find a path to tread together
with lightsome feet, and eyes only Tor
each other and their destined future.
Washington Herald.
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Bread Pudding With Whipped Cream.-Take one cup
full of bread crumbs and soak it in two cupfuls OF milk.
When quite. soft beat it smooth, add a pinch of salt and a
tablespoonful of sugar. Separate the yolks from the whites
of two eggs, beat the yolks thoroughly, add them to the
mixture and flavor with half a teaspoonful Of vanilla to
which a few drops of bitter almond has been added. Butter
a tin baking pan, stick raisins in the butter and fill the pan.
Stick raisins in here and there to cover the top, put the
pudding pan in a larger one of water and bake in the oven
for about twenty minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

A little bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil is
a medicine chest in itself. 1t can be aP-
piled in a larger number of painful all
ments than any other remedy known.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softensthe gums, reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
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It has been demonstrated by NUM-
erous experiments in Europe as well
as in America that the pulp possess.
Ing the best fiber for paper, and the
most practicable to make, is that de-
rived from the wood of the spruce
and fir.
Flinders Petrie says men have not
advanced in designing art work or
decorations, making jewelry or in
their ability to correct social abuses.
and the human intellect now does its
work just as it did 5000 years ago III
! Egypt. The advice of Ptah Hotep t.
mis- son, 5000 years ago, reads VerE
much like Polonius' lines to his soE
Laertes.
The municipal council of St. Peters
burg has decided to name the newly
installed municipal laboratory after
the celebrated Russian biologist
Metchnikoff, who is at present con-
nected with the Pasteur Institute OF
Paris. 1t will moreover found an an.
nual prize of 1000 rubles, this to be
known as the Metchnikoff Prize, and
it is to be awarded for the lest work
in biology.
The increasing use of electrical en-.
ergy upon a large scale in Industrial
establishments renders necessary the
adoption of numerous precautionary
measures, and it is to the credit OF
the great industrial organizations OF
this country that they not only recog,
nize this fact, but employ special Of.
6cials to give effect to the safety reg.
ulations adopted. An admirable art
icle on this subject by Mr.. R. j..
Young, safety inspector of the Illinois
Steel Company, appears in the Elec.
trical World.
DR.. T. Zell, a German naturalist
has collected many instances to prove
that animals learn by experience, and
thus become wiser than their unin'
structed parents. Game animals OF
all kinds, he AYERS, have learned the
range of modern rifles. Greyhounds
quickly learn to let rabbits alone, and
t%oxhounds pay nc attention to either
rabbits or hares. Killer whales and
gulls follow whaling vessels, Just as
v~ultures follow an army. Crows be.
gin to accompany the chamois hunter
as soon as they have seen the result
Of his first successful shot, and rough
legged buzzards follow the sportsman
after winged game. The number Of
birds that kill or injure themselves
y flying against telegraph wires is
much smaller than it used to be. DR.
Zell also refers to the fact that birds
and quadrupeds have learned to dis
regard passing railway trains, as
horses quickly cease to be frightened
by automobiles. His instances Of the
intelligent selection exercised BY
sheep dogs are familiar to all.
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1t is said there are 10000 00 Egyp-
tians who can neither read nor write.
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nMoPURENk1A,
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1t has been demonstrated by num-
erous experiments in Europe as well
as in America that the pulp possess
Ing the best fiber for paper, and the
most practicable to make, is that de-
rived from the wood of the spruce
and fir.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

Climatic conditions in Colombia cause
a large demand for portable houses.
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An effort made in Russia to form
a gigantic steel corporation, on the
lines Of the one existing in this coun-
try, has failed. N.Y.-SS
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Use and Ornament.

Chaucer was the first known poet
1anreate
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The applications under England's old
age pension law now amount to half a
million.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-06-17
Jasper.

Special 10 tie Me7Os.
]. s. Bennett, of Sequatchie, was
here Friday.
Craig Rollins of Sequatchie, was
here Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Price visited in Whit
we'll last week.
Hayden Simpson is clerking for J.
G. Kelly.
Miss Willie Deakins is visiting rela-
tives at Manchester, Tenn.
Missse Willie Coppinger and Nan
Coppinger, of Sequachee, were here
shopping Friday.
Chas L. Roberts, of Dunlap, was
here Friday.
Miss Myrtle Copeland is visiting re-
lations in Mississippi, and Red Bay,
Ala.
Mr.. r. A. B. Meyers has returned
from a visit in Cleveland, Tenn.
W. G. Hill, of the News, Sequachee,
was here Friday.
Carlos johnson went to the Lock and
Dam Friday.
Cory Robertson went to the Lock
and dam Friday,
Miss Elizabeth Hollis who has been
the guest of Miss Gertrude Alexander,
has returned to her home at Americus,
| Ga.
Mrs. T. S. Wood visited relatives at
Manchester, Tenn. last week.
The wheat harvest is now on and
some good fields are being reaped.
T. s. Wood is having his house
painted.
j. R. Pryor visited in Birmingham
last week.
The Burnett Milling Co. is closed
down, grinding corn only Scarcity
of wheat is the cause.
Dock Coppinger, of Whitwell, was
here Friday.
0. B. Spears, of the q. S. Navy,
was here last week, visiting his broth
er, L. N. Spears.
c. r. Robinson, of Ashville, Ala.
was here last week.
Laurence Wilkerson, who has been
attending school at the University of
Tennessee has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Booker Loving and
children, of Chattanooga, have been
here the guests of g. W. Brewer and
family.
S. B. Walker was in Winchester,
Tenn, last week.
Frank McGuirt, manager of the
Haag Shows, which displayed in the
valley last week, was formerly citi
zen of Jasper, and quite number at
tended the show when at South Pitts
burg
Rev. R. B. Stansell, of Chattanoo
ga, preached here Friday night and
held 3rd quarterly meeting at Lou''
Chapel Saturday.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-06-17
COalmOnt.
Sberial 10 The Nezos.

SberiaikO the NezOs.
Miss Jessie Moran, one of Tracy
City's most popular young ladies, was
the guest of Mrs. Eli Bennett a few
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Conry and daugh-
ter, Miss Lille, are visiting relatives
in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Miss Ruth Flynn, of Tracy City is
the guest of Mrs. Harris Scruggs.
Miss Margaret Schiesser, of Chatta-
nooga, was here Friday the guest of
Miss Herd.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sweeton attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Frank FURY in
Gruetli Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Turner returned
Thursday from Hillsboro where they
spent week Fishing.
Miss Lille Thomas has returned
from Nashville where she attended the
Blind school.
Mrs. Vance Lasater and baby are
visiting relatives near Hillsboro.
Bee Hall and Jesse Bell, of Tracy
City, were here Thursday en- route
from Gruetli, where they attended the
funeral of Mr.. Flury.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
JAS McGovern is very sick.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Scissam,
fine girl, June 5.
Dee Roast, of Tracy City, is the
guest of the Spiegle family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Crabtree enter
tanned a number of friends at their at.
tractive home here Friday night.
Dainty refreshments were served at 9
late hour. The youngsters present
were Misses Mary and Lou Byers, Jes
sic Moran, Terra and Nina Hall, Mag
gle and Lille Thomas, Myrtle Ash
burn, Odessa Mccoy, Flora Lockhart
kebecca Ross and Ola Grooms, Messrs
Horace, Jesse and Arsey Herd, Free
Abraham, Fate Lockhart, Lillard Con
~, Dee Roast Ed Thomas, Alf ant
Willie Spiegles. All report delight
full evening.
Willie Curtis and Henry Gum ar,
spending few days at Hillsbor'
fishing"
Vance Lasater is spending a few
weeks in the "Golden West. -
Revs. Brown and Pinn will conduc
protracted meeting here to commence
next week.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-06-17
Mt. Oliyet.
Sbeciai 10 the Ne7OS.

Special 10 the Meas.
Our Sunday school is progressing
nicely. Let everybody come out and
we will have a good Sunday school.
Rev. Mark Young preached here
Sunday at II O'Clock.
Dalton Turner visited Will Summers
Saturday night
T. G. Golston visited Billey Hudson
Saturday night.
Revs. Young, Copeland and Hambley
have been holding series of meetings
here the past week.
Rev. Copeland and family took din
ner with J. P Watts Sunday.
Mrs Clyde Griffith is on the sick
list.
James Robertson and wife visited
Mrs. John Golston Monday.
Mrs. Bessie Summers visited the top
Monday.
The Mt. Olivet base ball team will
go to Caroline Chapel Saturday to play
a game of ball with the Ridgedale
team.
Would like to hear from Caroline
Chapel.
Clyde Griffith attended preaching
here Sunday.
There will be Sunday school picnic
here July 3, only three weeks off.
Everybody come, there will be speak
ing in the morning and in the after
noon there will be ball game be-
tween Mt. Olivet and either Victoria
or Whitwell.
There was ball game here last Sat.
urday between Mt. Olivet and Sage
town. The score was to 4 in favor
of Mt. Olivet This is the second
game between Mt. Olivet and Sage
town. The Sagetown boys won the
first game and Mt. Olivet the second
The lineup for Mt Olivet was as fol
lows: Cook, p; Robertson, c; Smith
1b; Sumers, Oh; Sumers 3b; Cook, IS
Payne, rf Griffith, CT; Cook, If. Fol
Sagetown: Bryant C; Payne, p
Henry 1b; Thomas, 2b, Williams, 3b
Layne,- IS; Standifer, IF; Smith, CT
Palmer, If. New Writer.