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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Gnu0 Auans
Good Work of Autoists.

At the last general assembly OF the
French Touring Club the president
revised the tremendous work accom-
plished by the association in the last
rear and the increasing support it re-
eeives from all. sides. The member
ship since the last meeting shows an
Increase of 1000, which leaves the
society with 4 sum of 100000 francs
10 be spent with State and other aid
On the construction of the big Alpine
road (which will connect the lake of
Geneva and the Mediterranean in an
unbroken line of 600 kilometers)
and different other great highways,
besides improving the roads leading
out of Paris and in the neighborbood
If the city.
The Touring Club has already
spent 100000 francs on the roads
Of France and 10000 francs OH
steam and motor boat services. The
T. C. F. has also done a great deal to
sport and travel among
the youth of France. and the forma-
ton Of excursion societies, compris-
ing some 1000 members among the
pupils of the lycees and boarding
schools, is due to its agency. Its
most recent developments are the
creation of a committee in aerial nav
lgation and one for bringing the
French colonies of Algeria, Senegal,
MADAGASCAR, Indo-China and in the
Atlantic more prominently forward
as pleasure and health resorts.
For its intervention with regard to
preserving the character of an island
to Mont st. Michel it deserves the
gratitude of the country, says the
Queen, as also for it's work in favor
of the forests by saving them from
destruction in some cases and having
them replanted in others, while ma
king every effort by appeals of all
kinds to propagate knowledge In
schools and among the general puo-
lie on the value and Importance OF
trees and rivers.
BY opening out hitherto unex-
plotted districts for winter sports,
training guides in ski running and
generally by it's work in favor OF al
pine sports it deserves the greatest
praise and gratitude from the popu-
lations in isolated districts. Thus
the Vosges, the Cevannes, the Jura,
the Pyrenees and the French Alps
have become accessible as winter re-
sorts to the great benefit of the ma
tive population and the advantage OF
French and foreign pleasure and
health seekers. 1t is quite impossi-
BILE to estimate here all the T. c. F.
has achieved to encourage this indus
try by organizing meetings and COM
petitions, distributing skis and to-
boggans, etc., so as to make their use
familiar in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
SHE QUIT
But 1t Was q Hard Pull.

1t is hard to believe that coffee
will put a person in such condition
as it did an Ohio woman. She tells
her own story:
81 did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said I liked 1t
so we'll I would not, and could not
quit drinking it, but l was a miser-
able sufferer from heart trouble and
nervous prostration for four years.
81 was scarcely able to be around,
had no energy and did not care for
anything. Was emaeiated and had a
constant pain around my heart until
I thought I could not endure 1t. For
months I never went to bed expecting
to get up in the morning. felt as
though I was liable to die any time.
Frequently I had nervous chills
and the least excitement would drive
sleep away, and any little noise would
upset me terribly. was gradually
getting worse until finally one time 1t
came over me and / asked myself
what's the use Of being sick all the
time and buying medicine so that l
could indulge myself in coffee?
$50 I thought would see If could
quit drinking coffee and got some
Postum to help me quit. I made 1t
strictly according to directions and 1
want to tell you, that change was the
greatest step in my lie. 1t was easy
to quit coffee because had the Pos
tum which l now like better than the
old coffee.
Zone by one the old troubles left,
until now I am in splendid health,
nerves steady, heart all right Il the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills, don't take any medi-
cine, can do all my homework and
have done a great deal beside
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" q
pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Proportions of Beauty.

If a woman be five feet five inches
in height, her extended arms should
measure from tip of middle finger
Just five feet five inches, exactly her
own height. A woman of this height
should measure twenty-four inches
round the waist and thirty-four inches
about the bust.
The upper arm should measure
thirteen inches and the wrist six. The
calf of the leg should measure four
teen and a half inches, the thigh
twenty-five and the ankle eight.
From her thighs to the ground she
should east just what she meas
ures from the thighs to the top OF
the head.
The distance from the elbow to the
middle finger should be the same as
the distance from the elbow to the
middle of the chest.
From the top of the head to the
chin should be just the same length
as the foot, and there should be the
same distance between the chin and
the armpits.
The length of her hand should be
lust one-tenth of her height, and her
feet Just a seventh, and the diameter
of her chest a fifth.-New York Her
aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Philippine BaTTOomS.

Referring to barrooms, one ratu1-
ally recalls the American bartender,
as he is in the islands. There he is
very much an autocrat; and, like the
Spaniard, he will not wet or soil his
ieweled hands. An unsavory calling
here at home, it is 4 dignified n in
Manila. There the barkeep sits in
front of the bar bedecked usually IN
spotless white from head to foot,
with a diamond or two of awkward
size glittering above his cravat. Most
of his time is spent hobnobbing with
the customers, especially with the
moneyed ones He takes a drink
every time any one else does, not for
getting to order a round on the house
periodically. He is a sort of walking
floor manager. a jovial host, and an
all-round good fellow. Numerous
Filipino boys, working behind the
bar and at the tables, do his every
commandments Woollay, in the
BookkeePer.
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Catching Fish by Electricity.

Lawless fishermen between Colum-
bus and Franklin have found a way
to fish without the use of any kind of
bait save electricity. And nor than
that. if the report is true, they are
stealing the electricity from the In
dianapolis, Columbus and Southern
Traction Company. of which q. T.
Sweeney, State Fish and Game Com
missioner of this city, is a director.
According to the report, which
seems to come from reliable author
ity, the fishermen hook a wire to the
interurban trolley wire and then
throw the other end Of the wire into
a stream. The electric shock kills
the fish in the vicinity of the wire,
and all the fishermen have to do is to
gather them in. 1t is said that on
some occasions SO much current was
stolen that traction cars were delayed
during the periods Of fishing. Elec-
tricians say the plan could be worked
by any one who understood electric
ity.-Indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
OccupatiOn For Women.

It would seem that the School
Board at Bloomfield. n. j., has in
vented a new occupation fer women.
The pupils of the public schools are
furnished with free text books. Each
summer two wOmen go through the
eight school buildings OF Bloomfield
and put every book in order. At the
md of the school term the books are
sorted by the teachers. grade By
grade. and all needing repai: arc left
N great piles on the office floor. The
:wo repairers take their paste pot,
awl and needle and make them all as
good as new before the summer is
Dver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
II She PLAYED Her Cards.

"I wonder how many love affairs
have been spoiled by that Internal
little b~rother?'" remarked a member
of a Broad street club the other night,
apropos of a discussion on marriage.
The latest tragedy of his kind
which I have heard of occurred in a
home of a we'll known young society
girl Just recently.
AN informal card party was in
progress, and a young fellow, who
had been very marked in his atten-
tions to the daughter of the house,
had her for his partner. In the midst
of the play, little brother popped up
with this query:
Mr.. Blank, does sister play cards
well?'
"'Yes-very we'll, indeed replied
the sutton.
well, then, you'd better look
out shouted the youngster, cause I
heard mother say that if she played
her cards we'll should would catch
you yet.'"-Philadelphia Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Black and White.

E%mbroideries in jet and steel COM
bined play an important part IN the
decoration Of a delightful evening
gown, a frock which offers a per-
feet harmony in black and white, ar
ranged. moreover, with those long
lines which invariably prove becom-
ing, no matter whether the figure OF
the wearer may chance to err on the
slim or on the substantial side. SOFT
white satin mousseline is the fabric
chosen for the gown itself, but this
white satin is almost entirely covered,
except for a narrow panel on one
side. by an overdress of black nous
seine de sole.
The soft, transparent black draper
les fall gracefully in lovely folds from
the line of the bust to the feet, un-
broken, except that at the waist they
are held in by a. narrow velvet belt,
covered closely with jet embroideries'
The whole of the overdress Is also
outlined with a beautiful embroidery
representing the favorite Greek key
pattern, traced out in jet and steel
with here and there a little touch OF
black velvet applique outlined with
tiny steel beads.
Across the panel of white chiffon
which appears at the side of the
bodice as we'll as on the skirt, very
handsome ornaments are placed, con-
sisting of loops and chains of jet
fastened on each side with large JET
cabochons, and finished also with long
tasselc of jet and black silk cord
frightened with strands of steeY
beads. The corsage is very becom'
ingly arranged. The under-bodice OF
white satin is draped with closely
gathered chiffon, so that it has the
effect of a chiffon chemisette, while
the shoulder-straps are made entirely
Of the let Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
THE WIRES.

We are the nerves of the world,
The threads of fate are we.
Whether in coil and spiral curled,
Or flung over land and sea;
From boards of the ages brought,
The great rocks yield our life;
With flame and force is our being wrought.
With throes of toll and strife.
Over the whole round globe
Our mighty web is spun,
Woven out, as a cleaning robe.
In simmer of snow and sun;
Drawn from the clods of earth,
BY a mounting. hot desire.
We come. to circle its utmost glrtn
With meshes of prisoned fire
We spar the bounds of space
With burning, outstretched hands;
The speech and soul of a Weakening race
Ride on our vivid strands:
We start the viewless waves.
Bearing their hidden song.
And toss them down through our slender
slaves
To the heart OF a waiting throng.
We lift the torch of light;
We drive the wheels of power;
Our careless force, through the day and
night,
Smites down the opposing hour;
We make the shining way
On which mans word may fare;
He gives his hope to our vibrant sway,
His dream to our paths of air
We are the harp of the world.
The chords of life are We:
Through US the song of the sphere is hurled
In a storm of harmony;
Forced in the sullen deeDs,
Strung through the void above.
We ring with a note that never sleeps
The note of a worldwide love.
Marion Couthouy Smith, in "The Road
of Life"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Vanished Mountains.

It has been observed that in the
neighborhood Of great ranges OF
mountains the force Of gravity is
slighter than elsewhere, and the eX-
PLANTATION is that the earth's rust is
less dense beneath the places where
it has been heaved up.
Assuming this to be 4 general law,
one authority points out that it is
possible to discover where ancient
mountains, now worn away and lev
eled by the action Of the elements,
once existed, because the density of
the underlying rocks has not changed.
France, it is thought, possessed n
of these vanished ranges, running
along the parallel of Bordeaux. for on
that line there is a lessening Of the
force of gravity. A similar pnenorl-
enon occurs on the plans Of southern
Russia .-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
A Safe Choice.

No one need fear to choose the
princess form Of gown. 1t is with us
for some time. And one of its charms
is that it does not insist on being
princess everywhere. Chiefly at the
back, Of course; but in front. where
the straight line often proves SO try
ing, we are permitted to Introduce
variations on the theme.
And the friendly bolerO still re-
mains to aid us in the Introduction of
embroidery. A green cloth princess
rock has not only a long pointed
panel of gold and green embroidery
down the front, but has also a short
bolero with very short sleeves, which
is q mass Of similar embroidery, with
long cords and tassels depending from
It. These are ]crocheted in silk in the
form of fuchsia bells. and they give a
very attractive finish to the gown.
They could be made at home without
any difficulty by anyone who knows
how to crochet. In color on a
cloth gown of the same tint, trimmed
with lace, they are delightful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
What Was Before Her.

My little daughter had been told by
her teacher to stand with her face
north, and her right hand would be
at the east, her left hand would be at
the west and her back would be at
the youth. Starting to go over 1t he
teacher asked: Now tell me what is
in front of YOU"
After some thought my little
daughter replied: My stomach
London Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
The Only Topic.

The lady from Boston looked
bored. The hostess noticed the fact
with some anxiety. ,
my dear Mrs. Flannel" she said,
"I want the Hon. Mr.. Bobstay to
meet you. He's such a gifted con-
qersationalist."
The lady from Boston failed to
look interested.
81 have met seven gifted CONVEX
sationalists this evening"" she said,
land their only topic was the financial
altitude of the edible animal tissues"
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 4.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Stop the Clocks.

Bendigo, Australia, has started a
reform movement to stop the Ginning
and striking of all-nightpublic clocks,
the city being moved thereto by Nine.
Melba. The prima donna passed a
sleepless night in Bendigo owing to
the din Of clocks, and she has threat
ened never to visit the city again.
The complaint has been discussed by
the Bendigo City Council, and it was
decided to silence the clocks from
midnight to 6 a, m.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

There is an art in the cutting of the
short princess frock that is far beyond
the capacity of the seamstress. She
omits this or that, and every detail in
a princess dress counts. Grumbles
are often heard about the frightful
cost of clothes, but it is only natural
and obvious that skill should be ex-
pensive. The disconnected argue that
the material could have cost but so
much, the trimming so much, then
what an enormous profit the dress
maker must secure. They forget that
she has to pay high for the skill in
cutting, in fitting, in trimming, in
finishing, without which the gown
would be but a commonplace affair,
instead of the chef d'oeuvre it prob
ably is.
The laveuse tunic jumped into pop
ularity in a single week. There is a
perfect craze for it, with its pleated
skirt and dainty little bodice, often
finished with a t%urn-down collar. A
smart sample of this kind of gown has
the bodice and deep-pleated 1ounce
il checked wool in dull tones Of
mauve and green, the tunic being in
green alone, draped not too tightly
round the hips and falling in two
ends rather low at the neck. Another
is all cinnamon cashmere de sole, the
skirt clinging in very closely to the
ankles, and the tunic also very tight.
The figure has to be perfect to look
we'll in this kind of sheath. And not
only the figure, but the gait is put
to the test by the fishwife or washer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Defined Absent Minded.

Rufus Choate once endeavored to
make a witness give an illustration
of Observation-Disclosures. wall SAID
the witness, cautiously. Il should say
that a man who thought he'd left his
watch to hum. an took it out'n his
pocket to see if he had time to go
hum to get it should say that that
Teller was a leetle absent-minded.'-
E~yerybody's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

Peach Kuchen.-Beat one egg, add one cup of milk and
two and two-third cups of sifted -four; add one-halt yeast
cake dissolved in a little water and two tablespoonful of
melted butter. Knead we'll, cover and let rise light. Roll
ont half an inch thick and lay in a buttered pan. Cover the
top with slices of canned peach laid so that they Will sllghty
,verlav zach other. Brush over with melted butter, dust
with sugar and lay a tin over while the cake rises. Bake IN
q hot oven, and as the pan is drawn from the oven sprinkle
the ton of the cake with cold water, which will prevent it
from becoming hard. Serve with whipped cream while warm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Cost of Legislation in Ohio.

The meetings Of the General AS
sembly are expensive Injuries. Rep
r%esentative Ritter introduced in the
House recently a sundry appropria-
ton bill carrying $250,0O0. to pay
salaries of Members of the Assembly,
the salaries of clerks, porters, door
keepers, sergeants-at-arms, pages.
stenographers. etc, and other g
penses. There are 149 Members OF
the Assembly, drawing $1,000 each a
year, 0. $149.000. so the expenses in
cidental to the session will cost just
SOL, OO0.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

A farmer near Osceola. Mo, had a
pair of fractions mules which became
docile, he says, after he had presented
them to Sam Eaton. a Baptist mis-
sionary.
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Pages AGO..

In the little town of c. lived
three maiden sisters by the name Of
Paige. They were neat as the
villagers call it, in its most accentu-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

An Italian jeweler has carved a
single pearl into the shape of a boat,
which has a sail of beaten gold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

The Seven Stars Hotel at Village
Green, Pa, has been a public house
for 145 years. 1t was the headquar-
ters of General CORVALLIS in 1777.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

woman tunic. An awkward action of
the knee is advertised by this ultra
tightness.-New Haven Register.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold In one day.
Price csc. Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy relieves
in a few hours and cures IN a few days. Price 25c.
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Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the liver into
activity by gentle methods. Theydo not scour, grippe
or weaken. They are q tonic to the stomach, Liver
and nerves; tnvIgorate instead ofweaken. Theyen-
nourishment from food that is put into It These
pills contain no calomeli they are soothing, healing
and stimulating. For sale by all druggists In lOc ana
25c sizes. If you need medical advice, write Mum
yon's Doctors. They Will advise to the best OF tnstr
ability absolutely free OF Charge. MUNYON'S
SD and Jefferson Sts, philadelphia Pa
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Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or P~rotruding
Piles in 6 to IL days or money refunded. DOC.
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Piles Cured i'm @ TO ia DAYS.

At an elevation of 1000 feet the atmos-
phere is free from microbes.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-16
Stockholders Of Flour Mill Re
quested to Pay so Per Cent of
Subscriptions Meeting Call

To the Editor O. The Rnhesonian:
| wish to say through your pa
per that | wish all of the stock
holders that have subscribed stock
to the flour mill would at once
send in 80 per cent of stock, be-
ing what we called for up-to-date.
Our calculation is it will take
so per cent Of all stock subscrib-
ed to get the mill to running and
each subscriber is expected to do
his share. and | request all the
stockholders to meet at II O'Clock
a. m. on May Il on the mill yard
at Pembroke with the directors.
| want all interested to be sure
and be on hand that date with
out fail.
Our work is now going on and
the machinery will arrive by the
time we can get the house ready,
and | hope we will have nothing
to delay the work.
". X. Culbreth.
President.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-16

Flying the white-starred en-
sign of the United States Navy
at her stem, the stars and stripes
at her stern and a string of gay
signal penants along the $50 feet
of her deck line, the battleship
Florida, the biggest of the Ameri-
can 'Dreadnaughts" built thus
far, was successfully launched
at the Brooklyn, N. Y, navy
yard Thursday in the presence Of
the Vice President of the United
States. the Secretary Of the
Navy, the naval attaches Of all
the powers and a crowd Of SO, 900
enthusiasts whom lowering skies
and intermittent rains had failed
to keep away.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-16

The Administration Railroad
bill, after weeks and weeks Of
debate in which the bill suffered
radical changes, was finally pass
ed by the House on the 10th by
a vote of 200 to 126. This came
only after a vote on an amend
ment, which almost caused a
panic in the regular forces and
made many Republicans fear
that the bill. even in it's amended
form, was doomed. In the final
vote every Republican placed
himself on the side of the meas
ure, either by his vote or by be-
ing paired in it's favor. and Ia
Democrats joined the majority
to make the total vote in favor
of the measure 200 to 126.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-16
The Sweet
Toned
Shaw Piano

is the final result Of untiring
patience and careful study to
produce a medium priced in
strument Of fine playing quail
tiles to meet the popular de-
mand.
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jefferson, Iowa.
Mrs. W. II. BURGER, 700 Cherry st
Jefferson, Iowa.
Another Woman Cured,

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Jefferson, Iowa.
Another Woman Cured.
Glenwood, Iowa. -; About three
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months | was made sound and we'll by
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l will always tell my friends
that your remedies cured me, and yea
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Dunn, Glenwood, Iowa.
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If you want special advice write
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