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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02

: The Deep Waterway
; For Illinois.


Writing of Another Phase of the
Deep Waterway Problem" Ebin j.
Ward says, in The World To-day:
"The inevitable conclusion follows
that, if the State takes possession OF
the water-power rights Of private in
dividuals, nothing al be accom-
plished with the $4,000, 900 toward
the construction of the waterway.
However, for the s20,000,000 a
waterway, after the plans of the
United States engineers, can be built
from Joliet to Utica, provided the
State leaves private owners in pos
session of their private property, as
does the plan of the United States for
a waterway down the valley. The
idea Of the Government or of the
State developing and distributing hy-
droelectric energy, is so foreign to
the universal conception Of the proper
functions of government, that the In
ability to do so should be regarded
as fortunate.
Therefore, why should the State
abandon the construction Of a water
way, merely because it cannot secure
the water-power for it's private gain?
Let us have the waterway, but let the
State use it's powers for governmental
purposes only"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02

Her in actual being! Sherry-brown
eyes, fair hair, and voice; charmingly
dressed, and in the company of two
other ladies, evidently English.
Charlie looked round him wildly.
He could not hope for an introduction
then and there; it would be too pre-
cipitate. But he must learn her name
if he could-why, there, a few yards
away, vas Dick Barring, and he al
ways knew everyone and everything:
Not without some slight agitation
did Danford cross the room and make
his inquiry. Mr.. Barring seemed to
understand that the name and ante
cedents of an elderly lady with white
hair and then of a tall tourist in
tailor made costume were asked for;
but finally he was made to compre-
bend.
DO I know her? Rather!" he ex-
claimed. THE prettiest E~nglishwom-
an in Paris, and the wife Of"
here he named an attache Of the En-
bassy. Shall I introduce you?"
"No, thanks very much; I only
wanted to know" said Charlie, trying
to appear Indifferent.
But he packed his belo.. gings and
made for the coast by that evenings
train; and the last time I saw him in
London T was favored with his
declaration that it was better to be
single than married.-Waverley.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
A Burning Eruption Covered Her
From Head to Feet.

-Four years ago I suffered severely
with a terrible eczema, being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time I suffered continual torture
from itching and burning. After be-
ing given up by my, doctor I was adj
vised to try Cuticura Remedies. Al
ter the first bath with Cuticura Soap
and application of Cuticura Ointment
I enjoyed the first good sleep during
my entire illness. also used Cuti-
cura Resolvent and the treatment was
continued for about three weeks. AT
the end Of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no Ill effects since. i would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cutt-
cura Remedies, as 7 know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning,
1112 Salina st., Watertown, N. T.,
Apr. II, 1902"
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J II SILENCE OF
HALF THE WORLD

"In regard to the men, on the other
hand, women are absolutely SILENT"
says Inez Haynes Gilmore, in Sue
cess Magazine. SIT may be that they
discuss their masters among them
selves, but if they do, it is in whis-
pers and under a VOW of secrecy.
Whether this silence be through
prudence, through fear, through chiv-
airy, or because they have not formu-
lated their opinions, nobody knows.
But it is 81 profound that the men
have leaped fatuously to the conclu-
sion that women have no opinion in
regard to men or, more fatuously
still, that there is nothing about men
for women to criticise. The women,
themselves, are just beginning to be
conscious of their own tongue-tied
condition. Elizabeth Robins, one of
the few women earth-Writers who has
dared to approach this subject, says,
If I were a man, and cared to know
the world l lived in, l think it would
make me a shade uneasy, the weight
of that silence of half the world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
Insects in Coal.

Discoveries in the coal mines Of
central France have furnished by far
the greatest advance that has ever
been made in our knowledge of the
insects which inhabited the world
millions Of years, as biologists be-
lieve, before the time when man
made his appearance upon the earth.
In that wonderful age when the car
boniferous plants, whose remains
constitute the coal beds of to-day,
were alive and flourishing the air and
the soil were animated by the pres
ence Of flies. grasshoppers, cock
reaches, dragon flies, spiders, locusts
and scores Of other species which en-
list but slightly changed at the pres
ent time. But the insects of those re-
mote times attained a gigantic size,
some of the dragon flies measuring
two feet from tip to tip of their ex-
banded wings. The remains of these
insects have been marvellously pre-
served in the strata of coal and rock.
-Harper's Weekly.
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Are Women Bad Tempered?

When it comes to a question OF
hobbies and pursuits are wives ever
as indulgent as their husbands?. A
man IS usually far more lenlent to
his wife's tastes than she is to his.
He may not be able to understand
her fondness for Mrs. Smiths COM
many, but he endures it without a
murmur. He may not appreciate her
espousal of the suffragette's cause,
but he allows her to gang her ain
gait without expostulation. With
her other fancies and ideas it is the
same; if they please her and don't
hurt him" he is content.
A woman, however, will lose no
time in informing her husband h a
she can't endure Brown, and he really
must not go fishing with him any
more. Of if bicycling happens to be
his innocent recreation she will never
rest until she has got him to take up
tennis, a form of sport which may
! appeal to her personally, but in which
I he has no sort of interest, says Wo-
n,n,s Life A man shows far more
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
Circlets For Ankles.

The diamond garter has been a fad
for many years, but recently Berlin
women have decided the garter is not
worth the trouble and expense, now
that the sheath gowns have gone out
of vogue. To have large diamond
earrings was all very well, and rings
on dainty hands will always be in
fashion, but what more could the fas-
tidious ask than a sparkling
band of diamonds around her ankle?
First one of the women in the kais-
er's court started it. Others were
willing to emulate her, and now when
there is a dance the circlet of gems on
the ankle inevitably calls attention to
a small foot and a shapely ankle.
But the one drawback to these orna-
ments is that sometimes they become
loose and are lost. But the plain gold
band is used to take the place of the
bejeweled c%irclet, and women risk
wearing those in the streets.-NeW
York Press.
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Refined Raillery.

"Poor Lal Brough," said an actor
at the Lambs, had a great liking for
London bus drivers and conductors.
He was always telling quaint yarns
about them.
"He told me once that, as he sat on
a bus in High Holborn going toward
Tottenham Court road, an Elephant
and Castle bus went by the other way,
and Brough's conductor took off his
badge and dangled it by it's cord in
the Elephant and Castle drivers face.
"The driver, a. sight of the dang
ling badge, turned purple with rage.
He swore and shook his fist and vent
on terribly, while the conductor on
Brough's bus held the badge by its
string and laughed as if he would
burst.
"Brough had watched the odd incl
dent with a puzzled smile.
what was the idea of that per-
formance?' he asked, as the conduc-
tor pinned on his badge again.
Why said the conductor, point
ing his thumb derisively at the driver,
who still, from a distance, shook his
fist and swore-'why, We see, is fath-
er was ung.'"-Washington Star
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ORcTTI "a;
eTNlNes G&
TO WEAR IN w.

Moyen age coats will be worn by
children.
Whole coats are made of the tall
less ermine.
Purple silk stockings are one Of the
seasons novelties.
Much of the trimming Of the nat
now goes at the back.
Net forms the foundations of near
ly all the new trimmings.
The so-called Egyptian ribbons that
look like temple columns, trim many.
of the handsomest turbans.
Bunches Of short plumes are being
used more than the single long ones
so much in vogue last season.
A toque OF chamois-colored velvet,
trimmed with black wings, is decided
ly smart, and unusual as well.
Net boleros, in white and black,
deliberately embroidered, are most
serviceable as a toilet accessory.
1t liz a yelled season, and these
short lengths Of wells are an import
ant accessory to the modern outfit.
Plain meshes are always acceptable
and every woman should number n
or two of this variety in her outfit.
Two new names that go with tones
that are charmingly soft and becom-
ing are bat gray and Beauvais blue.
Net boleros, in white and black,
deliberately embroidered, are most
serviceable as a toilette accessory.
The flower of fashion this season
is the Bermuda lily. It is in white or
pink and is grown small or large.
Moire waists of the Gibson style
are holding their favor. They have
silk buttons covered with the silk.
In the monthly expenditure Of the
average well-dressed woman the
money for veilings will be no small
item.
A mixture of silver and gold in
trimming bands or garntture is now
more favored than gold or silver
alone.
The pleated walking skirt is a de-
servedly popular model, and q most
practical one, and it has now many
devotees.
Marabout or ma1ines, massed about
the huge wings on the large cavalier
hats is a distinctive note of the fall
millinery.
Hair bands Of all kinds prevail,
some single and of considerable
width, and some double, like the
Greek fillet.
Made wells, decorated with ornate
designs. are more expensive, but the
finished style of these cannot be sup
piled by other wells.
Self-toned wells in colors to match
the costume are much worn, and Of
course black and white meshcs are
always in good taste.
A handsome scarf has the Persian
pattern outlined in gilt. Few oppor-
tunities for displaying silver or gilt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
TIE ERA OF HASTE.

E%very5ody's runnin'-runnin' night an
Doesn't seem to be no chance fur sittin'
down to play; 4
Runnin' after Office an a-runnin' after
wealth,
Runnin' off to Europe in the hope o fndin'
health;
Runnin' fur policemen an a%-runnin' fur
the car
1t rely amt surprisin' if we don't know
where We are.
Amt no time fur restin' an there amt no
time fur fun.
Everybody's got to keep a-goin' on the run.
It wouldn't much astonish me eff I should
find, some day,
This earth had caught the fever an COM
pletely broke away,
An started in to run amuck among the
distant stars
An scarin' all the senses out O. people up
in Mars.
Les settle down more quiet in the country
an the town,
Before we all discover that we're totally
run down. ,
I'm weary of the h~ustlin', bustlin', rustlin'
modern style.
Suppose we stop this runnin' an ies' walk
a little while.
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WORDS OF ID

When PoVerty comes in the door
True Love engages her on the spot to
do the cooking.
The manager of a temperamental
"star'' knows that all luminous bod
les are not heavenly.
Chivalry died of a congestive chill
the day the first short haired woman
appeared on the streets.
4 waited for the river to run by,
mother" and now I am too old and
stiff myself to run.
A man is never so much a man as
when he is trying to convince some
woman she isn't anything but a wo-
man.
A good name should be chosen for
a book, but if you want 1t to bring
you great riches get the right press
agent.
To the opitimist the rains of April
bring the roses of May; to the pessi-
mist the same showers bring fore
bodings of rheumatism.
The only tie that binds is a love
knot.
Many a peach hath the disposition
of a lemon.
People who live in glass houses
ought to invest in shades.
The thoroughfare known as easy
street is paved with dough.
Because a girl is chicken hearted
is no sign that she is feather headed.
In the spring a young girls fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of Easter
hats.
They who pawn their opportuni-
ties rarely have the wherewithal to
redeem them.
He jests at jars who never had a
maiden aunt who invited herself to
live with his family.
eff I kept on, Mavourneen, until
told you everything I want to say"
wrote the ardent young Irish lover
to his sweetheart, "I'd still have sew
eral volumes to write you, darling"
From Ewes Epigrams,' in the
New York Telegram.
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Not Appropriate.

Senator Beveridge was replying at
q dinner in Washington to a defender
of the Sugar Trust:
when you say that" the Senator
cried, you say something ludicrously
unexpected and malapropos.
You remind me of a man at his
brothers funeral. This man bent
over the grave and closely watched
the lowering of the coffin down into
the clean-cut rectangular chamber
prepared for it. He heaved a sigh as
the coffin came to rest, and said to
the undertaken heartily:
Its the neatest fit I ever saw in
my life. Come and have 4 drink on
the head of it. ''-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
Sash Worn With Bracelets.

All that hangs gracefully about
woman's clothes speedily becomes the
fashion. The woman who first wore
the shawl in Italy TO- startled Rome
by her grace. She had not even been
known as pretty before that, but ever
afterward she was the Roman beauty.
The shawl received another hanging,
a fringe, which swayed and trembled
with every movement Of the figure.
Then came the gracefully hanging
skirts, and now the newest thing is to
have a sash drawn from the waist
through bracelets of gold worn above
the elbows. The sash, which hangs
down to the edge Of the skirt, gives
an unusually graceful effect. AS the
sash is not loose, but attached to the
dress at the waist, it is no trouble to
the wearer, but is an everlasting
temptation to be kept moving.-NeW
York Press.
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CURE FOR
Nervous Affection That May Yield to
Proper Treatment.

Blushing is a curious phenomenon,
often very disagreeable to the suffer-
er. It is due to a sudden relaxation
of the walls Of the minute blood YES
sells of the surface of the body and is
classed by physicians among nervous
affections of the circulation.
Self-consciousness is usually the
exciting cause of habitual blushing,
which occurs therefore more common
ly in bashful children, and in girls
more frequently than in boys. Those
who blush easily are generally OF a
sensitive, nervous temperament, and
as contact with the world modifles
this somewhat the habit gradually
disappears with age.
The face is the part where blushing
more commonly occurs, although any
other part of the body may show the
same change. One who watches the
bushes of a painfully embarrassed
person may see a faint pink flush
spread over the cal and throat as
we'll as the cheeks. 1t is said that
among uncivilized tribes, where much
of the body IS habitually exposed,
blushing, when it occurs at all, may
involve all the uncovered parts. 1t is
probably because the face is the part
by which one is identiied-that which
personifes the individual-that it is
the recognized seat of the blush.
Sudden attacks of general blushing
without any apparent reason may al
feet those who are somewhat adj
vanced in life and constitute a most
disagreeable symptom.
Children who blush easily should
be trained to overcome self%-conscious-
ness or bashfulness. They should be
persuaded, not forced, to take a prom
inent position among their playmates
rather than to hold back and speak
only when they are spoken to. Undue
timidity should be overcome because
it Injuries the chance of success in
business or the social world. The
speaking Of pieces" in school, if the
child can be persuaded it will be good
for him, will so far to cure morbid
blushing.
The spontaneous blushing or flush
ing of adults may be benefited by ton
les, remedies to aid digestion, a gen.
erous but simple diet, cool bathing
and plenty of exercise in the open air.
Youths Companion.
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A Woman's Time to Dress.

"a correctly gowned woman can
not dress herself in less than one
hour and a half"
Nine. Marguerite Sylvia, the prima
donna, thus sets the feminine sarto-
rial time with finality.
A we'll groomed woman allows:
Fifteen minutes for a bath.
Ten minutes to adjust corsets and
underwear.
Fifteen minutes to go over the face
with a light massage and powder.
Fifteen minutes at least to arrange
the hair.
Ten minutes to adjust the hat.
Twenty-Five minutes, being all that
is left, in which to arrange the outer
costume.
"Of course" said Nine. Sylvia,
"these are the necessities Of a 'wom-
ans toilet. She must allow, at least,
every other morning:
Thirty minutes for a manicure.
"Forty-fve minutes for waving the
hair.
"An hour for a thorough massage.
,"For myself, 1 am eve late. How
ever, I am afraid that the time I con-
slider necessary for dressing would
cause the learned Chicago judge to
bless a fate that had led him
to my drawing room to cool his
heels"
The Chicago judge to whom Nine.
Sylvia referred is Judge Grove, who,
in connection with a fine he imposed
upon the chauffeur of Mrs. George
W. Lederer. exclaimed:
ga woman has no regard for time;
she will take half an hour to adjust
three hairpins. Women take too
much time in dressing and primping.
They have no idea of the inconve-
niences it causes their husbands,
friends and admirers"
Certainly there is n thing that
no man can understand" said Nine.
Sylvia, land I doubt if I car explain
it. The less a woman puts on the
longer it takes her to do it. Never
have women worn fewer clothes than
with the present fashions, and never
has it taken them longer to dress.
But, after all, the question sim
mers down to this" concluded Nine.
Sylvia, would a man prefer to wait
for an attractive woman, or to have
an unattractive woman waiting for
him? Whatever is worth having Is
worth waiting for?"-New York Tel
gram to the Kansas City Star.
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Petition the Duma.

The Jewish women of Russia have
presented their first petition to the
Duma. In this petition they beg that
legislation be enacted to prevent hus-
bands from sending their wives a bill
of divorce by messenger. AS things
are now a Hebrew husband can d.
vorce his wife, with the consent of the
rabbi, by giving her a bill of divorce
ment. If the wife does not wish to
be divorced she can refuse to take the
paper, and it does not become valid
without her acceptance. When the
bill is sent by a messenger the wife,
not knowing what the paper is, has
no means of protecting herself.-New
York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-02
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See That Coffee Was
Doing the Mischief.

A lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning, and tells 1t in a way so
simple and straightforward that lit
erary skill could not improve 1t.
81 had neuralgia headaches for IL
years." she says, and suffered untold
agony. When I first began to have
them weighed 40 pounds, but they
brought me down to 40. I went to
many doctors and they gave me only
temporary relief. So I suffered on,
till one day a woman doctor told me
to use Postum. She said l looked like
was coffee poisoned.
$50 began to drink Postum and
gained Is pounds in the first few
weeks and continued to gain, but not
so fast as at first. My headaches be-
gan to leave me after l had used Pos
tum about two weeks-long enough
TO get the coffee poison out OF my sys-
TEN.
"Since 1 began to use Postum I can
gladly say that I never know what a
neuralgia headache is like any more.
and it was nothing but Postum that
made me we'll. Before I used Postum
never went out alone; l would get
bewildered and would not know
which way to turn. Now | go alone
and my head is as clear as a bell. MY
brain and nerves are stronger than
they have been for years."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Res-
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
inferoSt-
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Grapes Growing in Places Reached
F.. Only by Ropes and Ladders.

OEdDCS 80
Only by Ropes and Ladders.
The steepest vineyards in all Eu-
rome If not in all the world are situ-
ated on the northwest coast OF Italy.
I have seen grapevines growing IN
many countries and in many queer
places, but nowhere have I ever seen
vineyards located like those on the
s~eacoast between Levanto and Spec
zia:
The vines in some places along the
Rhine grow on very steep hillside,
but nothing to compare with those
growing on the lofty Italian cltfs.
You can now and then get a good
glimpse of these vineyards while rid
ing In the train from Genoa to Pisa,
which follows the coast almost all the
way. The trouble is that tunnels sue
coed each other in rapid succession,
thus continually breaking off the
view of the e and of the rocky
coast. J.. IT,
After leaving Levanto, a small
town situated on a semi-circular bay,
and going through a long tunnel, you
soon come to what are called the vii
lagos of the Cirque Terre. Each vii
lage is separated from the other BY
lofty cliffs. The vines cover the face
B of these bold cliffs, which are almost
|. perpendicular. AS such places can
: be reached only by ladders or ropes
the difficulty CT working the vineyard
and of gathering the crop of grapes
can easily be imagined.
Almost as striking are those places
where the vines are trained upon
wire across gorges made by the
streams which cut the rocky coast.
This whole region is probably unique
in it's viticulture. Only men like the
Italian peasant farmers, who love
the vine and it's luscious fruit, would
go ito so much labor and trouble as
to plant vineyards on the face OF
sheer cliffs.-American Wine Press.
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Make Home Happy.

Make the home life as happy as
you can for the children. Many a
boy goes astray, not tt -ough lack of
care and training, but because home
life is not made as happy as it might
be. Children, while they are young
and impressionable, should be sur
rounded with happiness. 1t is as es-
sential to their we'll being as sunshine
is to flowers. If, as they grow UP,
they find that happiness is not to be
had at home, they soon learn to look
for it Observation-Disclosures News.