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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-05-25
Road Building as a Study.

"Road building" writes a sub.
scriber, who is a prominent county
engineer in Massachusetts,, "is a mat.
ter which requires special study In
each particular case, and the effort
to lay down uniform practice even for
localities which have fairly uniform
conditions leads to im~perfections.
Methods which worked well in one
particular stretch Of road may fall
when applied to another. In making
I'D specifications for country roads,
while it is convenient to have a stand
ard form, the engineer will do we'll
to vary that form to suit the condi-
lions. Traffic should be studied more
and the benefit derived should be
commensurate with the expense.
"The phase of the study of roads
which is preliminary in its nature,
should be more dwelt upon by essay
lists and authorities. The Importance
of the road from the standpoint of its
expected use should be more thor
oughly inquired into before entering
on the actual construction, as well
as the various preliminary engineer
ing inquiries Of the state Of the soil,
the availability of native material,
drainage, etc. In other words, does
public convenience and necessity re-
quire certain work done?
"The construction of good roads
over long stretches Of country means
such a vast expenditure, not alone
in first cost, but of more Importance
still, in future maintenance, that hap
hazard methods must be abandoned
and all the elements of present and
future use gagged with as certain a
forecast as possible.
"These are some of the points
which I feel are somewhat neglected
in current literature, and it would
seem also that the State legislation is
perhaps weak on the subject Of main.
tenance; legislators do not under.
stand that sitter a macadam road is
built three or four hundred dollars
per mile a year must be spent to
maintain it; in the long run perhaps
more"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-05-25
The Kaiser's MaXims.

The Emperor Of Germany has al
ways before him the following rules
when sitting at his desk in his work
room:
Be strong in pain.
To wish for anything that is unat-
tainable is worthless.
Be content with the day as 1t Is"
look for the good IN everything. :.
Rejoice in nature and people and
take them as they are.
For a thousand bitter hours con-
sole yourself with ore that is beauti-
full.
Give from " ur heart and mind al
ways the best, even if you do not re-
ceive thanks. He vino can learn and
practice this is indeed a happy, free
and proud me-; his life will always be
beautiful. He who is m%istrusting
wrongs others and harms himself. :.
1t is our duty to believe every one
to be good as long as We have not the
proof to the contrary; the world is so
large and we ourselves so small thai
everything cannot revolve around us.
If something damages us, hurts US,
who can tell if that is not necessary
to the welfare Of creation? .
In everything of this world, wheth-
err dead or alive, lives the mighty,
wise will of the almighty and all
knowing Creator; we little people
only lack the reason to comprehend it.
AS everything is, so it has to be in
this world, and, however it may be,
should always seem good to the mind
of the creature.-Dietetic and Hygie-
mic Gazette.
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"a Hands Cracked Open.

q am a man seventy years old. My
knds were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over a year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed, itch, burn and ache
30 that I could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were so bad
that / could not dress myself in the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. I called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. I could get nothing to do any
good till l got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year ago
! nay daughter got a cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint-
ment and in one week from the time
] began to use them my hands were
all healed up. and they have not been
a mite sore since. I would not be
without the Cuticura Remedies.
They also cured a bad sore on the
hand Of one of my neighbours chill
dren, and they think very highly Of
the Cuticura Remedies. John w.
Hasty, So. bingham, N. H., Mar. s
and Apr. II, 1909"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-05-25
Secondhand Opinions.

Leading physicians and eminent
specialists might be greatly edited
if they could hear the opinions at
tributed to them at luncheons and
bridge parties or other purely femi-
nine gatherings. Women's tongues
run riot on such occasions, and the
woman who has not the courage to
advance an opinion of her W falls
back upon her doctor or her husband,
repeating over and Owe again, like
a parrot: "But DR.. So-and-So said
just this" etc. And as no one else
heard the doctors remarks her state
ments cannot be refuted.-New York
Tribune.
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PEACE.

O my. comrades, why such eagerness and
hasting,
Such gulping down of life and never tast-
ing?
I am going-you may tarrv here in town.
The trees do not hurry in their growing,
Nor even the little flowers to their blow
ing,
Nor the red leaf to its fall among the
brown.
You will not hide yourselves where I shall
hide me,
Where fern and laurel linger green beside
And soothe the hectic year with dreams
of spring;
You will not know the wild primeval feel
ing
When solitude and stiffness, softly stealing,
Unite. the cords that bind the spirits
wing;
You will not hear life's undersong the
Singeth around the keen ships quiet mo-
ton
And the cedars and the hidden rivers
sing.
Charles W. Russell, in Everybody's
Magazine.
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her first year of service she had 6O4
cases to deal with. Much of Fraulein
Dittmer's work corresponds to that
of. the woman probation officer in
American cities. Youthful delin-
quents, waits and deserted children
are placed in her charge. She deals
with them as she thinks fit, some-
times placing them in institutions,
sometimes-in the case of delin-
quents-restoring them to their par
ents and afterward visiting them fire.
quently. Among Fraulein Dittmer's
charges last year were 165 boys and
girls who had run away from their
homes in the provinces to Berlin.
The majority had come because they
wanted to see the Kaiser's palace"
New York Tribune.
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before starting her carriage, was not
that Of the humble laborer. Some.
thing in his look caused 4 strange
and sudden tumult in the breast OF
his young %patroness. The machine
shot abruptly forward, and Pietro.
standing in the road with the card
in his dark hands, watched it out Of
sight.
Marjorie felt angry with herself.
She determined not to see Pietro
again, but to turn him over to her
father alone. She could not explain
the sudden reserve and timidity that
she felt. She realized that she
wished very much to see him that
evening, and the consciousness
brought the quick blood to her
cheek.
That evening the maid handed her
the card of "Mr. Peter S~turgis." Mar
jorie did not recall the name, but she
went to the drawing room.
She knew him instantly by his
eyes. He vas in irreproachable even
ing Clothes, his black hair cropped
short, and there was nothing in the
smoothly shaver jaw to suggest the
rufian.
II want to thank you for your
kindness to Pietro." His English was
perfect. And may I explain that, as
I am to make construction work my
business, I thought it advantageous
to begin at the bottom"
But you've lost your Job, you
know" flashed Marjorie.
That's of no consequence" he
said airily. II can get another on the
sewer with some of my classmates"
and" she continued reprovingly,
"You said you were from Sicily"
Pardon, Signorina, Syracuse. Syr-
acuse, Onondaga County, New York"
1t vas a rapid courtship, and from
that day to this she has called him
"Pietre ."-Boston Post.
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A Delicate Job.

Hens are now laying eggs by sched-
ule. A scientific farmer who raises
poultry. for bird fanciers and sells
specially bred eggs for specially made
pieces has worked out a scheme for
keeping a record of the ancestry Of
each egg that is laid.
The various breeds Of chickens are
segregated in their respective u
ways, and each nest in each runway
is duly numbered. To the ler Of each
hen is attached a numbered metal
ring. A boy watches the hens as
they enter the nest to lay their daily
and on a time recorder stamps
the hour the egg is laid, the number
OF the nest aNd the number OF the
hen,--System
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bowed to the law. At once there
sprung into the millinery market the
products of invention and ingenuity,
and the result has been altogether
admirable and satisfactory. We have
not sacrificed our better feelings and
we have not sacrificed the beauty of
our hats.
We wear i%gnorantly and blissfully
the plumage of the guinea fowl and
the Cochin China hen. We add to
this now the tail and neck ruff of the
rosters and call them Chantecler.
To show how ingenious the French
are are in naming fashions, in popu-
larizing some passing garment by CIV
ing it a local habitation and a name,
there is this story: This neck frill
which they took up last autumn was
a truly French variation on u more
severe and trying Peter Pan. 1t was
accordian pleated, made of softest
lingerie fabric, and was applied to a
neckband that was only slightly
lower than the usual one.
To-day, and not until to-day, has
it been popularized. And why? Be-
cause it has ingloriously been given
the name of Chantecler ruff. And it
really is not unlike the soft collar
of long feathers that adorns a roos-
ter's neck.
This name has given an impetus
to its being made in the iridescent col
orings of red, and bronze and black,
that one notices in the cocks feath-
ers: the fabric is chiffon or net, and
the effect is gained by placing a layer
of one color owe a layer Of another
color. .
Attractive as this is from a color
standpoint, one has to go carefully In
applying just such a bit of 1eckwear.
1t won't blend with white or cream,
but it is rather effective on ar all
black gown, and queer, odd tints of
red. AS an article Of wearing ap-
parel, however, it can hardly"have a
chance to be popular because Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-05-25
Otter Caught in Fish Trap.

The pelt of the first otter trapped
in Loyalsock Creek for many years
has been purchased by Michael Kel-
lar, a leather dealer in Williamsport.
The otter measured ffty-four inches
in length. It Is estimated that the
skin when tanned will be worth $3.50.
The otter was caught by a boy who
had a trap set for suckers in the
creek. The otter followed a fish into
the net, and becoming ensnared in
the meshes Observation-Disclosures
Record.
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"a freak. is she?" Eyes, indeed.
She's two-faced, f~ore-handed and five
feet."-Life. ~ r, -"
my ancestors have been in this
country for $50 years" Gee. but
they've been keeping quiet about It,"
Chicago Record-Herald.
"I heard somebody say something
about Belle Smith yesterday" "Oht
fine! What?" Nothing bad enough
to repeat, dear."-Cleyeland Leader.
Too much of fame in any shape
A bard abhors.
A famous poet can't escape
His creditors. ~
her-"Will you please shut the
.door?" Him-"I've tried to, but II
won't stay closed" Her-"It will IL
it is closed from the outside
Cleveland Leader.
He thinking of sermon)-"Quite
a novel treatment, eh?" She (think-
ing of the hat in front)-"Yes; but
too glaringly a bargain, don't you
think?"-Judge.
Are you a recent arrival in this
town." "Sir, I am Indigenous"
"Oh, well; nc harm meant. I didn't
particularly want to know" Biz.
mingham Age-Herald. ~
81 notice." remarked Mrs. Lap
sling, they're having a good deal OF
trouble in Washington now over the
CONSERVATION of our natural re-
sources. Chicago Tribune.
"Why we're you so chilly to the ia.
nous ball player?" my brother
says his fame is founded on a stealing
basis" "He said he is famous for
stealing bases" "Well, what's the
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Mr.. Binks Gin art museum)-M
didn't know you were such an admir-.
er Of curios, Mrs. Blunderby." Mrs.
Blunderby-"Oh, yes, indeed; I just
delight in iniquities boston Tran.
script.
"You will have: to let me off for a
day or two in April, ma'am." "Why
Nora, what for?" RI must be sick a.
bit, ma'am." 'Sick, Nora?" "Suree
ma'am. I'm tn grandmother of an
office boy who wants to git of an see
tn openin' ball game, ma'am."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some grin and bear their woes;
Make little din.
And some-Q'm one of those)-
Omit the. grin. ~
"You make it a rule to keep your
constituents interested as much as
p~ossible?" Eyes," answered Senator
Sorghum. "In politics there Is no
use of trying toilet we'll enough alone.
If you don't give peopl something to
think about they'll be giving you
something to think about. Wa
ington Star.
my husband is so helpful in our
household work; you know I just love
to be tidying up and cleaning and re-
arranging all the time" "And he
takes a hand in the tidying up?".
"Well-er-indirectly. lie throws
things around and out Of place so
that I'll have something to do!"-St.
Paul Dispatch.
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very reason that it is difficult to find
anything to put it against.
There Is no such obstacle to the
popularity of the all-white Of ivory
tinted Chantecler ruff. 1t is here al
ready in large quantities, and in every
width and degree Of fneness.
1t is to be hoped that it will not be-
come popular in the very cheap mus
Inns and coarse cotton laces. There Is
always that danger in lingerie things.
1t is so easy to coarsen them and
bring them within the reach of every
one who wishes to invest in the last
thing.
Not that one wants the smart fash
ions kept for the people with full
purses Far from it. They are too
often the people who cannot wear the
last thing" with half the snap of the
girl who hasn't a dollar to spend on
superhuities; but if these girls
couldn't pick up the cheap-looking
Chantecler ruff for a few cents they
would go home and make one for a
few more cents that would have the
charm of fneness about it.
No one counts on these rooster
ruffs being becoming. There is some
thing trying about that straight pleat-
ed line below the base of the neck, but
the American girl car be trusted to
turn and twist it to its best advan-
tage.
When it, has points at the lower
line, and is worn a bit lower in the
front than at the back, then it has
more chance of setting Off the face
abor, it.-New York Times.
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PROBLEM OIL LAKE CHAD.
Its Shrinkage-No Reason to Believe
It is Drying Up.


Lake Chad in the Sudan has for
some years offered an interesting OBJ
ject Of study to the g~eographer. Ac-
cording to observations made by
travellers from time to time it was
rapidly drying up. 1t seemed likely
that at no very distant date the lake
would entirely disappear.
Native traditions, however, assert
ed that it was subject to fluctuation
and if so the apparent drying up
might be one of these. Capt. Tilho,
chief Of the French commission sent
to study the district, has just been
laying the results of his observations
before the Royal Geographical So
ciety.
When Capt. Tilho visited the lake
in 1904 the water was shrinking and
in 1908 the shrinkage vas steadily
continued. The open water then only
occupied one-fiftieth of the total area
of the lake basin, which, in its full
extent, is about four-ffths the size
VI oSlSluul. hdhC SudO ID VI tAO
nature of an inland sea, receiving
the drainage of the surrounding coun-
try and having no outlet. When
filled, however, it floods the swamp
ing valley of Bahr-el-Ghazal, on the
southeast.
It's average depth Is not more than
five feet. In spite Of the continued
shrinkage up to his last visit c. It.
Tilho concludes that there is no rea-
son to suppose that Lake Chad wi
eventually dry up. And the latest
news from the district is that during
1909 it was rapidly expanding.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of Lake Chad is the dense
masses of a tree some twenty-five
feet high and with a trunk over a
foot in diameter which grow in its
waters. When the water around it
falls below a certain level, or becomes
too salt-as it may do when the wa
tiers shrink-the tree die. The wood
of this tree, when dry, is the lightest
in the world, being only one-tenth of
the weight of water and less than
one-half that of cork. The tree is
known as the ambuch.-Lohdon
Globe.
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In Plain Sight.

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell and Joseph
Choate were chatting each other at a
banquet given by the Medico-Legal
Society in New York.
"One thing about your profession,
my dear doctor, that l have always
snvied," said Mr.. Choate, lis that YOU
bury your mistakes under ground
True enough" smartly replied
DR.. Mitchell. yours 1 believe, swing
mon s."-NeW York Times.
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Wife Must Pay For Own Dresses.

In France the husband, being the
recognized chief of the family, is re-
sponsible for all his wife's debts. This,
SO the Paris courts have just decided,
does not apply to an Englishwoman
who buys dresses in Paris. She must
pay for them herself.
In a suit brought by a firm of
dressmakers against an Englishwom-
an English laws have just been sue
cessfully invoked by the prosecution,
the court deciding in its favor and
sentencing the woman in question to
pay the amount due.-Echo de Paris
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Teaches the Blind.

Mrs. Agnes J. Rossler is the per-
son who Is notified when a blind Wis.,
itor appears at the Museum of Natur-
al History. Mrs. Rossler has thought
out classifcations and arrangements
which are labeled in Braille or New
York point for the use of the blind
and as each article is passed from
hand to hand and studied by the
blind visitors an informal lecture is
given.-New York Sun.
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In Kentucky.

The county court Of Boyd County.
Kentucky, has announced its inten.
ton to make an official trip of inspec.
ton in automobiles over the roads
of the county, to determine what
steps are required to put them In
irst-class condition. When the court
convenes after the inspection it is
expected that contracts will be lei
for the repair and maintenance OF
the roads for ajterm of two years.
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lbs, MINI. =.
Brookville, Ohio.-"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to me and I have
become regular and my nerves are
much better. Mrs. r. kNNIsoN,
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements fibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
want special advice write
6nkham, Lynn, Mass, for 1t.
kee and always helpful
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woman. I grew worse, the kidney
secretions had to be drawn with a
eatheter. In despair I decided to try
Doan's Kidney Pills. I rapidly recov-
cred and really do not know what I
would have done without them"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Progression

One smile makes a filtration. One
Irritation makes two acquainted. Two
acquainted makes one kiss. One kiss
makes several more. Several kisses
make an engagement. One engage
ment makes two fools. Two fools
make one marriage. One marriage
makes two mothers-in-law. Two
mothers-in-law make a red hot time.
-Womap's Life.
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A King No Subject.

Sir Francis Burnand, the late edi-
tor of Punch, was requested one night
in company to make a pun extern
pore.
Upon what subject?" asker Bur-
nand.
The King" was suggested.
ooh, sir" he replied, the King is
no subject."-New York Times.
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Ing in cape IoWn,
South Africa. I
consulted the best
physicians and an
operation was or
dered at R
Hospital. After
the operation I
managed to pull
together but was
far from a we'll
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S1O75 For q Fox Skin.

A fine silver fox skin, nearly black,
was brought to Edmonton, AlbertaI
FebruaSxA ranking as the finest skin
shown e in some years. 1t was
purcl by a dealer for $1075.-
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Work of Police Woman.

The Berlin police woman, Fraulein
Margaret Dittmer, appointed just a
year and a half ago, has found the
position no %sinecure thus far. During
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In France a spinster is not allowed
% nut money in the bank or have a
check book. However, once married
,r a widow she can do business with
bankers as far as Ter means and mind
10
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I'LL L lO OlSh 1Ol
years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able to be
around. After tax
ing six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound I gained 20
pounds, am now
able to do my own
work and e e |
well."-M Mrs. ED.
LA DOU, Park Rap
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Y Bluefsh a la Venetenne-Have a two-pound buefsh
81 cleaned and scraped; place it in a buttered baking dish with
g one-half cup of liquor in which mushrooms were boiled, one
AZ chopped tomato and six mushrooms. Cover with oiled paper
g and bake for fifteen minutes, take from the oven, sprinkle
q with crumbs and minced parsley, season with salt and pepper,
dot with butter and return to the oven until Drowned.
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OPERATION UNSUCCESSFUL.

A Terrible Tale of Kidney Suffering.
Mrs. Emily H. Murdoch, 6 Lorraine
Place, Rochester. N. Y, says: kid
ney trouble came upon me when liv-
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When improvements now under
way on the Trans-Siberian Railroad
are completed the distance from
Paris to Pekin will be $500 miles, in
stead of 1900 miles, over the present
line through Hardin and Mukden.
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AFTER
SUFFERING
FOR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
m'sVegetableC Compound

Park Rapids, Minn.-"I was sick for
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Hoods
.SarsaparilIa

VIII purify your blood, clear
your complexion, restore your
appetite, relieve your tired feel
Ing, build you up. Be sure to
take it this spring.
Get 1t today in liquid form or In tab
,ets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.