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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
IMEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
Dan Rice in His 'Memoirs" Tells In
side Mysteries Of Show Life.

Dan Rice in His "Memoirs" Tells In
side Mysteries of Show Life.
tuy bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest OF his customers
Ia for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcec than funny plays.
A wide sale Is therefore predicted for
che Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown. a book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a
volume of the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings OF
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous lone Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages.
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you postpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House. 134 Leonard street,
New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Voting in Australia.

The women Of Victoria, Australia,
recently received the right to vote for
members Of the State Parliament.
They report that although they had
previously been petitioning for the
appointment of police matrons they
could not get them, but that with
their first use of the ballot they
elected men who promptly had ma
irons appointed for the prisons and
notice stations. The Women's Politi-
cal Association is said to have guided
the women of Victoria in selecting
candidates. This association is or
'ganized to work for the things that
women of all parties want, the pro-
lection of children, treatment for wo-
men, the reformation of criminals
rather than their vindictive punish
ment, and everything tending to
STRENGTHENING the morals of the peo-
pie. Its members are pledged to cast
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Woman Infccts Milk.

4 Boston waitress, who infected a
large can Of milk by drinking from
the supply which was next day given
to the guests, was the cause of the ep-
tdemic of typhoid at Jefferson, which
resulted in the death of several well
known Bostonians, according to an Of
fetal statement issued by Dr.. Mark
Nv. Richardson, secretary of the State
Board of Health. There vas a wait
ress at the house who was in the first
stages of typhoid on and before Labor
Day.. She went to the refrigerator,
drank some OF a can of milk and then
put the a back. In the morning the
same milk was used by the guests at
breakfast. The girl had infected the
can, and as a result all those who
used the milk contracted the disease
New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
The Value of His Time.

Young physicians in the smaller
towns have an idea that appearing
very busy will help them greatly in
starting a practice. The following is
told by a Senator, DR.. Godfrey
Hunter, of Kentucky. DR.. Hunter
had a call the afternoon following the
hanging out of his "shtngle," and
started through town in his buggy
at terrific speed. A physician stopped
the enterprising physician.
Doctor" he said, "it is against the
city ordinance to drive at the speed
you are going. You must accompany
me to the judge and pay your fine"
what is the fne?" inquired the
doctor. ...:. ,...:v,.,
Five dollars"
The doctors hand few to his
pocket. "Here's ten dollars; I have
to come back just as fast as I am
going."-Success Magazine.
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New England Pie,

Some poor dweller in the benighted
beyond Of Chicago asks what a real
New England pie is like. 1t probably
will not help him to be told, but If he
means apple, it is like an essay by
Emerson liquefed with the music OF
Massenet and spiced with the syn
icism of Shaw; if he mean pumpkin,
it is like some of Gounod's music,
heard in a landscape all sun and
flowers. 1t is too early yet to de-
scribe the mince pies Of 1909, but
last year's-and last year was not an
extraordinary good year-were like
an increase in salary and a present
from home arriving on the day when
ones conscience was behaving itself.
Boston Globe.
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eTNlNGs G
no WEAR W

Collars are as high as they have
ever been.
This season probably will see but
few hats in felt.
The jet button craze already shows
signs Of waning.
Rat-tail braid seems to be sup
planting soutache.
AS a rule taffeta will be the petit
coat Of the new season.
Travelling wraps are growing more
decorative as time goes on. ..at.
Hips are slightly more emphasized
than in the former styles.
"A pearl gray glove is lovely with
costumes in the gray shades. !
The beautiful willow plumes' are
coming into their own again. III
The newest belt buckles and pins
combine mother of pearl and jet.
Street suits are to continue much
as they have been in general design.
AS regards material and colors in.
the fall styles, black reigns supreme.
Blouses opening at one side have
started a fashion for one-sided jabots.
The use of panne is a millinery
feature especially for the purpose Of
fashioning turbans.
The Dutch and Elton collars are
promised a renewed popularity
through the winter season.
Even full dress costumes are to
clear the ground If the latest edict of
Paris, abolishing all trains, is obeyed.
Instead of satin for brides, this
year will witness the dawning star OF
all dull finish crepe surface material.
Silk lace has returned to favor, and
in the different blonde laces and in
mechlin many exquisite costumes are
made up.
The roll that has been removed
from the p~ompadour allows hats to
sit more firmly, and they will be worn
very low on the head.
The lovely meteor crepes and liber-
ty satins will still be worn, but will
probably come second to the rough
materials this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
What's O. Gentleman?

An exact definition Of a gentleman
has been tried many times, never per-
haps with entirely satisfactory results.
Little Sadie had never heard of any of
the definitions, but she managed to
throw a CLEAN of light on the subject,
albeit one touched with unconscious
cynicism. The word was in the spell
ing lesson, and I said:
Sadie, what is a gentleman"
please, ma'am," she answered, "a
gentleman's a man you don't know
very well."-Woman's Home Com.
panion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Suffrage in Danish Election.

The radical leader, M. Zahle,
formed a cabinet at Copenhagen to
replace that of which Count Holstein-
Ledrebord was Premier, and which
resigned. DR.. J. H. Deuntzer, who
was President of the Council and Min
lister of Foreign Affairs in 1901, has
the portfolio of Foreign Minister In
the new cabinet. AS the radicals are
in the minority in the Folkething the
Parliament will be dissolved and the
radicals decided to make an appeal
to the country with a platform which
includes woman suffrage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Glass Beads in Fashion.

A sudden demand has sprung up
for beads of glass and metal in Wen
ma, writes our correspondent. Purses
and hand bags made of beads have
come into fashion. Beads are being
used in huge quantities as ornamental
ton for dresses. Necklaces and col
lars of colored beads are everywhere
demanded, and many ornaments are
covered with pretty patterns in multi
colored beads.
The sudden fashion has placed the
Bohemian glass manufacturers In
great straits. The trade of bead
making had practically died out. The
workmen have either died or lost
their skill and immense orders have
to be refused. Boxes Of beads stored
in warehouses as worthless for many
years are being sold for incredibly
high prices.-London Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.

Itching Torture Was Beyond Worus--'
Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion
Relieved in "a Hours and
Cured in a Month by Cuticura.
aI!am s~eventy.seven years old, and some
years ago / was taken with eczema from
head to foot. I was sick for six months
and what I suffered tongue could not tell.
7 could not sleep day or night because Of
that dreadful itching; when | did sleep it
was from sheer exhaustion. 1 was one
mass of irritation; it was even in my scalp
The doctors medicine seemed to make me
worse and I was almost out Of my mind. I
got a set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent. I used them Persistently
for twenty-four hours. That night / slept
like an infant, the first solid nights sleep
I had had for six months. In a month I
was cured. w Harrison Smith, Mt. Kisco,
N. Y; Feb. 8, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corps Sole Props.
Of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
SOMEONE.

Who climbs life's ladder, round by round
And upward bound,
Tolls at his task, and only tries
To win his prize,
And thinks not of his ~neiehbor, who
Is climbing up the ladder, too?
Who's for himself, with strength and vim
When, next to him,
Someone who might not reach the top,
Must sometimes stop,
Because no one had thought in time
To say a word to help him climb
The ladders steep, the ladders long
Then share the song,
And show a way to win, anew,
The foothold true.
The greater joy Is always found
In helping someone, round by round.
Frank Walcott HUT.
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Busy g | County.

The county of Lancashire, England,
employs 10000 people in its coal
mines, producing 2S,000.000 to 80
900, 900 tons Of coal yearly. In 1908
the output per person employed was
t243.3 tons. The death and accident
rate is high; last year twenty-four
per cent. of the miners received in
requiring medical attendance.
Lives lost numbered 206.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The government commissioners APP
pointed in Italy to report on the ques-
ton of woman suffrage have recon-
mended that women engaged in trade
have the right to vote for members of
the chambers Of commerce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

River, N. j., makes a
statementin this con-
nection that is worth
attention. Says he:
81 was suddenly TAX
en- with an attack OF
kidney trouble, had
severe pains in my
back and loins and
was generally run
down. Doctors were
not helping me, so
began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
brought me prompt
relief, and as I con-
tinued taking them
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
1t All Depended.

"Now, Mr.. Blank" said a temper
ance advocate to a candidate for mu.
nicipal honors, II want to ask you a
question. Do you ever take alcoholic
drinks?"
Before I answer the question: re-
sponded the wary candidate, 81 want
to know whether it is put as an in
quiry or as an invitation!'--Phila
delphia Inquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Rules For Social Success.

AStA4SS ".s
Be yourself. Don't initiate some
one else.
Be as nice to women as you are to
men. .t ST.. .. ... .
Be cordial to older men and wo-
men.
O Be natural. Forget yourself.
Don't let one man monopolize you.
Look as though you were having a
good time, even if you are not.
Make every man feel that you ap-
'p~reciate his courtesies. Don't gush
oVer them or owe him.
Don't spend your time in corners
with a man. Stay out in the open.
Never fail to pay all your calls.
Let nothing prevent you from be-
ing prompt-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The total length of railway under
construction or Immediately project
ed in India is 1922 miles. OF which
about one-third is by the British Gov.
eminent and the rest by private COM
panies. The estimated cost is over
$12, 1000 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

SNoJ q Cuuy ~ 10y ~
Medical Examination.
If you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease mail US a postal re-
questing amedical examination blank,
which you will Gil out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and If you can be
cured you will be told so; II you cam
not be cured you wilt be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take u advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for q medt-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to us as promptly as possible.
and our eminentdoctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts.s
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. /
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
To Teach in China.

Miss Amy F. Ching, of China, has
entered Wellesley College to equip
herself to be a teacher in her native
land. She is pointed out by her
friends as a self-made girl. She sup
ported herself while taking a course
in the normal school at Honolulu and
from two years work as a teacher she
saved enough to take her through
Oahu College, from which she was
graduated last summer.-New York
Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Mrs. Wyman, age seventy, or Pitts
field, Mass, recently broke all rec
ords in her piemaking career. She
made seventy-two pies of nine differ
ent varieties as follows: Custard, ap-
pie, cocoanut, prune, raisin, squash,
chocolate, BURBERRY and lemon. Mrs.
Wyman did the work alone and had
it flushed by noon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Mrs. Boole Ousted by W. c. T. q.

Mrs. Ella Boole, president Of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
of New York State, vas ~legislated out
of office by the national convention of
the w. C. T. u, when in session in
Omaha, Neb. In addition to being
president of the New York State
union Mrs. Boole is one Of, the ma
tional organizers. The convention
so amended the bylaws that no ma
tionaI organizer or national superin-
tendent can hold the Office of State
president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
Empress Helps Actresses to Dress.

Empress Helps Actresses to Dress.
The German Empress has started
many philanthropic organizations in
Berlin, and one Of the latest and most
useful is known as the Central Asso-
citation of German Actresses. The OBJ
ject is to provide actresses with cos
tunes for the stage at the smallest
possible expense. The Empress gives
all her Court and evening gowns to
the institution after, she has used
them, and she has induced many
wealthy women in Berlin to follow
her example. Many women who OBJ
ject to giving away their gowns part
with them at nominal figures. The
Empress is the president of the asso-
citation, which provides the majority
of the costumes seen on the Berlin
stage. Many theatrical companies in
Berlin have one or more dresses for
merly worn by the Empress.-New
York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Public watering troughs for horses
were condemned as disseminators OF
disease by the State veterinarian OF
Missouri, DR.. F. D. Luckey, and by
DR.. Schoenleben, of Kansas, at the
session Of the Interstate Association
of Live Stock Sanitary Board in
Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
A Yarn of the Sea.

Eyes, I've seen some rough times,
sir. Once we was wrecked and we'd
eaten all u provisions Then we
ate our belts, and then the old ship
turned turtle, so we ate her, too
Cassell's Saturday Journal.
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the palms In my back disappeared and
the kidneys were restored to normal
condition"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

A"Coachman's" Cape and Rug Muff
are the very latest in fur novelties. Rug
Mufs were popular last season, but the
three headed one of skunk here illustrated,
is the last word in mufs.
The toque is of brown velvet, shirred,
and is relieved by a brim and bow of white
kid, quite the newest touch for walking
hats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Statistics just compiled show that
the average is 31S car rides a year
for each inhabitant of New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton. allaYsp pain cures wind collie, &c. abothe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01
1mmaaA1NRssa@sgRKsY1 - -s669SH8tHI@3
- 9(1<QoTINANS1
9 S{sADllzkP a

/ their ballots regardless of party for
those candidates who can be trusted
to promote public welfare.-New
York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The Anti Cigarette League has 5000
members. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The savings banks of Germany
have some 100000 pass books
out, and their deposits amount to
s3,213,000,000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Buenos Ayres has the finest opera
house in the western hemisphere. II
cost s10,QQ0,e00.
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MUST BELIEVE IT..
Every Reader Will Concede the Truth
of This Statement.

One who suffers with backache or
any form Of kidney trouble wants a
cure, not merely temporary benefit.
Rev. Maxwell S. Rowland, of Toms
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The averags gasoline engine uses 9 pint
of fuel per horsepower per hour.
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Some people would drown with q life
preserycr at hand. They are the kind that
suffer from Rheumatism and Neuralgia
when they can get Hamlns Wizard IN,
the hest of all pain remedies. rs,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

Itch cured in 30 minutes by. Woolfordf
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. at druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

The Korean tailor pastes his seams TO,
gether. q
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P%aper-hangers & Painters

You can greatly increase your business with no ex.
ira Investment BY selling Alfred Peats' Pixie
wallpaper; We want one good worker n each
looks showing q s25O.6OO.00 Wallpaper Stock
% our representatives. Answer! quickly that yon may
Sst the agency in your vicinity for lsll
1LYRRD PATS 60. hex York, D. l., e Boston, uaak
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-01

College rowdyism to the New York
Herald is no longer funny or decent.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
WERE BOTH OF MIXED BLOOD
Points Of Resemblance Between Eng.
lishman and Cowboy, ss the
Latter Understood Il.

"The countess de Pourtales was .
New York Lorillard," said a New York
tobacconist. $50 on both sides, Of
course. she has blue blood. Yet she 10
without false pride.
AT recent tobacco mems conven-
ton q director told me Of q remark
the countess made In Biarritz to IN
arrogant Englishman.
"This fellow boosted Of his ancestry.
The countess said that sort of talk
wouldn't be understood in tho wild
west. She said an Englishman said
to Texas cowboy once:
"T have Tudor blood in my veins
on the maternal side and through my
fathers family am a Plantaganet.'
Is that SOP said the cowboy,
Frightening with keen interest. MY
bloods leetle mixed, too. My grand.
father was Jersey tenderfoot and my
grandmother 4 Digger Indian squaw.
We're both half-breeds, stranger.
Come and liquor up!'"-Cincinnat
ENQUIRER.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
PERS ONAL.

William ]. Bryan, Jr., and Miss
Helen Berger were married at the
brides summer home at Grand Lake,
Col.
Newton D. Alling of New York was
elected president of the American In
stitute of Banking, and Chattanooga,
Tenn, was selected as the next meet.
ing place.
The home of w. H. Whalen, former
superintendent of the Iowa division OF
the Northwestern railway, was de-
stroyed by bomb at Tucson, Ariz.
John j. Ryan, former race track
plunger, was indicted in Cincinnati on
charge of operating bucket shop.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, returned
from trip to Europe.
Henry George, Jr., is the guest OF
Count Leo Tolstoi at Yasnai-Poliana.
The count welcomed his visitor most
cordially on account of his father,
whose economic ideas he admires
greatly.
Rev. U. G. Pierce, D. D., pastor of
All Souls Unitarian church of Wash
ington, was designated by senate
resolution to act as chaplain until
otherwise ordered.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

etable Compound had helped her, and
I tried it, and after the third bottle
was cured. Mrs. ALvENA SPERL1NG,
II Langdon Street, Chicago. Ill.
If you are ill do not drag along at
home or in YOU: PLACE Of employment
build up the feminine system, and re-
move the cause of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the STAN
dard remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou.
sands of womenwho have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, fibroid tumors, Irregularities
periodic pains, backache, bearing down
feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizzi-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't YOU try it2
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
PRICE ON HEAD OF BANDITS.
shaughnessy Offers $4,000 For captur,
Of G. p. r. HoIdups.

Winnipeg, Man., June 25.-Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad has issued
instructions to the local officers OF
the company to offer reward of ST.
900 for the capture, dead or alive, OF
the bandits who held up the trans.
continental express near Ducks, B. c.,
Monday night.
It is understood the government OF
British Columbia will also issue a sub.
stantial reward, particulars of which
will be announced today.
The squad of mounted police under
superintendent Constantine of Regina,
have arrived at the scene Of the hold.
up. Every since the attempted rob,
berry the wires have been busy re.
porting clues and the whereabouts of
suspicious characters, but it is not be.
lieved any tangible evidence has been
obtained.