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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Says Lid" 10 a Oetriment.

Washington.-"When the lid is
placed upon a city, ones pleasure is
interrupted and fragrant immortality
must be expected said Preston Glib
son. a prominent clubman of New
York and Washington. The recent or
der in New York, which closes repu-
table tango palaces, drives the pa.
irons to disreputable places" said be
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Seeks EuuenIc Bride

Denver, Colo.-Paul S. Hunter, sec
Eretary OF the state board of health.
has advertised for a young woman
willing to enter a eugenic marriage.
THE prospective bridegroom is NJ. d.
Bowen. clerk in the general assem-.
bly,. who has volunteered TO become
a martyr to science. Bowen is wei
built, good looking and possesses
every possible eugenic requirement
according to secretary Hunter.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

Beads and heavy tassels, beaded
passamenterie and touches of the gor-
geous in gold and silver laces are used
on all varieties of gowns. but are most
happily placed on dinner and evening
toilettes. A bit of finery in embroid-
cry quite changes the character of an
ordinary dress What with the ever
present girdle and draped skirts, clev-
er dresses are able to make one skirt
do duty for VARIOUS occasions. BY ar
ranging a train so that il can be
draped up on the skirt, making it
round, and by two or three separate
bOdiceS, one may manage variety with
out much trouble. This is a great
convenience for the tourist. Extra
tunics and long scarf draperies used
over a skirt and girdle do wonders of
transformation, also.
Black satin is the best choice in
the softest and most "souple" of quail
ties. for a skirt TO be worn with sew
eral waists or tunics. One may ar
range to be either quietly or elaborate
ly gowned, according to ones taste,
by these means.
The spangled scarf and the corsage
rose are great favortes at the mo-
ment. But the feature of features for
on which fashion appears TO concen-
trate attention. is the wonderful de-
velopment Of tassels and beads in dec
Grafton. A beaded drapery. which
seems to me merely a scarf wrapped
about the figure, shown here in the
picture, demonstrates how effectively
and cleverly the draping is done.
JULIA BOTTOMlEY.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

Second St, W. s., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. at was at the
'Change Of Life that turned to Lydia
T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as a tonic to build up my sys-
TEN, with beneficial results. - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1926 w. Venango St.,
(Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.-"I have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. / have gone through
the Change Of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for t. rec
ommend it to young girls and TO women
of all ages. Mrs. C. BARRIE, 3052
25th St, San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, IS unparalleled.
II you want special advice write 70
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict confidence.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Erocks for Girls.

For the young girl there are small
little frocks of serge, chiffon. broad
cloth, charmeuse and wool brocade.
Some of them have quaint little Elton
jackets, opening over vests of softly
gathered net or chiffon.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
An Endless Interest.

rs baseball season over?"
The baseball season is never over"
replied the enthusiast. THE fact that
they are not playing the game leaves
more time for conversation about it,"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Coal Exports
From the u. S.

From the u. s, proxlmate 100000.
600. against less
than half that sum a decade ago. This
estimate, based upon figures for eight
months of the current year just com
pleted by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. department OF
commerce, indicates that the value OF
domestic coal sent to foreign coun-
tries in the full year will approximate
$40 .000,0 900; of that supplied to vessels
engaged in the foreign trade, s25,000,-
900; Of coke exported, $4,000, 900. and
of shipments of coal to the noncon-
tiguous territories of the United
States, s1,00O,O0O. This indicates an
increase during the last decade of over
porter in the calendar year 1908 hav.
ing been $27,000,O0O, while for the cur.
rent year the total will approximate
$4,000, 900: and the increase in the
value of coal supplied to vessels en-
gagged in the foreign trade and of that
passing out of the country in the form
of coke has been along similar lines
though the official record of that sup
piled to vessels only begins with the
year 1907.
OF the exports of coal to foreign
countries, anthracite forms about one
third and goes almost exclusively 10
Canada. For the bituminous, which
forms about two-thirds of the total
Canada is also large consumer, TAX
ing 100000 out of the $4,000, 900 tons
sent to foreign countries in the eight
months ending with August, though
Mexico, Panama. Cuba and certain
other of the West Indies are also large
purchasers. The value of the bitumin.
Gus coal exported from the United
States to Canada in the eight months
ending with August was $4,000, 900 ;
to Cuba, s2.333,000; to Mexico, over
81 100000; to Panama. approximately
81 900, 900; to the West Indies other
than Cuba, $1,25O.O0O; while the re-
naming $3,500,000 worth was dis
tributed to more than a score OF coun
tries, including Italy, Austria Hun.
gary. France, Netherlands, Spain, Eng
land, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Co
lombia, Costa RIGA. Guatemala, Egypt
and British, French. German and Por-
tuguese Africa
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

The brocades in supple silks hold first
place and lend a touch of splendor to
otherwise unpretentious little gowns
One should study the posi-, .lities in
girdles along this line.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

pound wherever l.
go. 1t has done me
50 much good at
Change Of Life, and
it has alsohelpedmy
laughter. 1t is one
of the grandes t
medicines for wo-
men that can b e
bought. l shall try
to induce others to
try it. Mrs. J. II.
CAMPBELL, 200 II.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
PInturicohio's Recovered madonna"

cealed under a false bottom. The
painting was taken away and deposit
ed at the Italian embassy, and the box
was watched by detectives ready to
detain anyone claiming 1t. Four ar
rests have been made in Italy in con-
nection with the theft. Under Italian
law no old masters are allowed to be
removed from the country without the
express permission of the govern
ment, and persons breaking this law
are liable TO fine amounting to three
times the price which they may have
received for the stolen picture.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Why?

But don't you want TO give me a
kiss. Manolita?" NO. no! My grand.
father says you've got the tongue OF
a viper, "-Blanco Negro (Madrid)
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
a Good Place.

Here's a story of sailors raising
chickens on shipboard"
why not? There's a hatchway."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

old fool thought it was big cannon
that we we're pointing at him"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

Coaifieids Of the World.
The worlds coalfields cover at least
,250, 900 square miles.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29
Three WOMEN
testify
To the Merit of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
Of Life.

Stroator, I'LL shall always praise
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

The secretary of agriculture has just
published rules ana regulations gov
erning The importa-
Foreign Meat ton of meat and
ReuliatjOnS. meat food products
10 carry out the
meat section of the tariff act approved
on October 3.
The regulations provide for foreign
certifiCatiOHs as 10 ante-m0rtem and
post-mortem inspection in countries III
which the animals are slaughtered In
addition, meats in countries will be in
spected by the department of agricul-
ture at ports of entry before admis-
sion. Attached to the regulations is
full list of veterinary inspectors in
foreign countries whose certificates
are acceptable to the United States.
The regulations also place foreign
meats after entry into the United
States on the same basis as domestic
meats. Heretofore imported meats
have been governed entirely by the
food and drugs act and have been ex-
cluded from the establishments under
the inspection of the bureau OF animal
industry under the meat inspection
act. Under the new regulations i'm
ported meats are placed under the
meat inspection act after entry and
thus are admitted to federally inspect
ed establishments and are governed
by the same inspection system as
heretofore has surrounded interstate
commerce in domestic meats. The gen.
eral rule is that no meats are diseased.
contain harmful dyes, chemicals, pre-
servatives, or other ingredients which
render such meat or meat product I'M
sound. unhealthful, unwholesome. or
unfit for human food will be admitted.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

Potato growers in the United States
are informed by the department OF ag-
riculture that II is
Fight Against hoped that a pota-
Dot ofo poet to disease preva-
lent In parts of Eu-
rope and in Canada may be kept out
Of the United States by quarantine
measures This disease is known as
"powdery scab."
This disease is reported to be wide
ly prevalent in Ireland and Scotland,
where there is this year large crop
of potatoes which the growers would
like to export to this country if they
would be admitted.
A large mass meeting was recently
held in Belfast. Ireland, to protest
against the maintenance Of the potato
quarantine by the American govern
ment, and resolutions were passed tes-
tifying to the freedom of the Irish
crop from potato wart and suggesting
that a representative of the Irish de-
partment of agriculture proceed to
America to confer with Secretary
Houston They were. however. ap-
parently under the impression that
the quarantine was based entirely
upon the wart disease. whereas the
federal horticultural board has also
taken the occurrence of powdery scab
into consideration.
More than 21,0OO,0C0 dozen eggs
we're exported from the United States
in the fiscal year
Egg Exports 1918, against 1900
for q Yoor 600 dozen ten year
ago according 10
by the department of commerce The
total value of all eggs exported reach
ed practically s4,500,000 in 1913.
against 3,2O7 in 1893. 20 years ago;
s325.57l n 1903. s543.3 1856 in 1905. and
81 ,O3S,64 in 1906.
Meantime. considerable numbers of
eggs were imported. the figures for the
fiscal year 1913 being. Eggs in the
natural state, 1,271.765 dozen; yolks.
227,457 pounds. and dried eggs. 20.284
pounds, the import figures OF 1913 be-
ing materially In excess OF those In
1912. which showed eggs in the natur-
al state. 1,O9S.6Ss dozen; yolks. S9.755
pounds. and dried eggs. 1858 pounds.
but much less than those of certain
earlier years, the imports for 1892
having been 100000 dozen.
The average price at which the 81
600 900 dozen eggs were exported in
the fiscal year 1913 was 212 cents per
dozen, and the average price at which
the 1,50O, 900 dozen eggs were import
ed was Is cents per dozen.
The eggs exported practically go to
all parts of the world
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

The value Of coal passing out OF
continental United States in the year
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

The secretary of agriculture has just
published rules ana regulations gov
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

More than 100000 dozen eggs
we're exported from the United States
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

To cure costiveness the medicine must
more than purgatiVe; IL must contain tonic
Alternative and Cathartic Droperttes
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

Potato growers in the United States
are informed by the department of ag
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-29

possess these qualities, and speedily restore
TO the bowels their natural peristAitic motion.
80 essential to regularity.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
THE TYPEWRITER TARIFF.

one by one, beneficiaries of the pro-
tective duties are coming to the front,
and making a fight for continuation
of their special privileges. Among these
are the typewriter manufacturers.
The Underwood bill puts typewriters
on the free list. They now pay an inn
port duty of 80 per cent. This the
American makers declare is not un-
reasonable. The Financial World dis
cussing the proposed action of the
tariff reformers says:
These machines are of American
origin, and have been brought to a
higher degree of perfection In this
country than anywhere else The rev
machines that are manufactured under
European patents do not amount TO
much in comparison with American
makes, and they are not being i'm
ported to any extent worth speaking
about. With the 30 per cent duty ta-
ken off, however, this market would
be flooded with cheap machines from
Germany and England, and deadly
blow would be dealt to an industry
which has been built up to tremend-
ous PROPORTIONS in little more than 40
years.
1t may be that the manufacturers
are needlessly- alarm. Consular re-
ports show that the American made
machine is sold in competition with the
cheaper products of Europe in all
parts of the world. The intelligent
purchaser usually considers quality be-
fore price.
If the Europeans should make as
good machine as ours and put it on
the American market at a less price,
the home manufacturers might have
reason to complain, but not the pub
lie. The typewriter has come into so
general use that it may be classed
among the necessities. The users of
the machines have felt for long time
that they were paying more than they
should do.
A wage Garner should be allowed to
buy his tools in a free market.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
THE OREGON PLAN.

Oregon's minimum wage law, which
was recently signed by Governor West,
is the first one in America to have a
compulsory clause. Failure to pay the
rate of wages fixed and in the method
provided by the law is punishable by
fine or Imprisonment or both. In
Massachusetts,, the first state to es-
tablish minimum wage boards, the
only penalty is the publication of the
names of offending employers in four
newspapers in the county where their
industries are located.
The oregon law applies only to
women and children. An industrial
welfare commission is created to de-
termine minimum wages, maximum
Dor.
The commission is authorized to
call a conference of representatives of
the employers, the employees and the
general public to investigate and make
recommendations as to the minimum
wage to be paid in a given industry. If
the commission approves these recon-
mendations they become obligatory
The powers of the oregon commission
to determine hours and conditions of
health and morals, says The Survey
are more extensive than those dele
the legislature of any other state. The
members of the commission are to be
appointed by the governor.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
says UNCLE CIV

A snob is one who fears to pass at
his real value. Snobbishness is pecu-
liarly the vice of the sham. 1t is in
compatible with honest worth and is
the brand of fraud.
The snob never learns that gold
cannot be contaminated by the pres
ence of baser metals. Test it with acid,
run it through the crusher and the
mill, burn it with fire, and it is still
gold. Likewise he has never learned
the simple lesson of Him that con-
sorted with publicans and sinners, who
talked with the woman of Samaria by
the we'll and took no shame of it. Eix-
cellence never feared to be placed side
by side with that which is inferior.
Merit does not shy at association with
them that lack it. He who is sure of
judged by his surroundings. A lily in
the mud is a lily still. He that hath
his lamp trimmed has no concern lest
his light be thought dim among those
that neglected oil and wfcks.
The snob is a self accuSer-a goat
that flocks with sheep and therebycalls
the attention af all to his goathood.
The social snob is always a person of
mediocre attainmentS and always
more or less vulgar. He depends
upon wealth or birth to bring him the
distinction which he claims, and sue
ceeds only in making himself a con-
and excellence. Snobbishness is the
acme of vulgarity; it indicates a lack
of refinement as we'll as a lack of wit.
Chesterfield in a procession of
yokels would have been Chesterfield
still, but would have branded himself
a maniac to have rushed about pro-
claiming his identity for fear the diff
ference between his bearing and that
of his fellow pedestrians would not be
noted. The pearl cast before swine
needs none to say that it is not a
pignut.
Whatever you are, wherever you
are, your character, bearing and deeds
will speak for themselves. If you are
not content to be known by your
fruits, you only make the matter
worse by advertising the fact If you
are a person of real worth, you may
eonsort with whom you please. Only
asses fancy themselves in need of
avoiding other society than that of
thoroughbreds. And when they have
achieved this society, they are betray
ed by their long ears.-(Copyright
1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

The medals you pin on your own chest
never hang right.
1t occurs to US that the average dog
overestimates rabbit
1t is hard for an ultimate consumer to
consumes much as he used to.
In time smoker learns that some very
bum cigars have a beautiful gold vest.
Your viewpoint changes so often that
there isn't much in having things Just
SO.'
Whenever anything serious happens, the
militia is called to stand around in the
way.
Fashions have changed So there are now
few women with hair enough of their
own.
A retailer can always be relied upon to
insist that the wholesaler makes most Of
the profit.
Beyond the fact that he is always on the
other side, there seems to be some un-
certainty about just what demagogue is.
Jude Johnson: -'I sometimes think that
during this age young men are made to
run automobiles and old men to pay the
expenses"
Much as you may envy big league sal
ary, we see by the papers that most of
the players feel they are getting the worst
of it.
1t occurs to us that the simplified SPELL
ing board should do something for the
names of immigrants before tackling our
own fair language.
nature of people who want to read all the
narrowing details; he has to, and only
favored few like to do what they have
to do.
practical, and ceases to worry because of
the heartless manner in which the Noble
Red Man was flimflammed out of his
heritage.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
READY MADE FARMS.

The rapid settlement of Canada is
one of the wonders of the age. Why
American farmers should move across
the border has been something of a
mystery, but it seems there is a
reason.
The ready made farm on the
prairie is the Canadian Pacific's meth
cd of drawing men to the land, says a
writer in the Worlds Work. The rail-
road is disposing of it's land grant
acres by building houses and barns
upon them, breaking the soil, and
stocking the farms and then offering
them, with the pioneering work all
done, to settlers. The cost of the raw
land is from $11 to $50 an acre for
nonirrigable land, and from $35 to
$40 for land that can be watered.
Added to this the settler pays for the
improvements that have been made.
There are several plans, or policies,
offered to intending settlers. The
ready made farms are intended for
men who know something of farm
ing. For them, the company improves
the land so that a new arrival can take
up his residence in a house already
built, his barn up, his ground fenced,
a well on his property, and his land
pIowed and seeded. They are sold at
the value of the raw land plus the cost
of the improvements; the whole
amount being payable in ten years at
6 per cent interest.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-04-22
QUAKER MEDTTATIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who buys his friends generally
gets stuck.
Cold treatment will generally kindle
flame of resentment.
There are also as good compliments as
ever were fished for.
Lots of people have plenty of dough
without being well bred.
To get rise out of some men you would
have to use an alarm clock.
Money talks, in spite of the fact that
some people want to keep it quiet
We seldom appreciate happiness until
We reach the point where we speak of 1t
in the past tense.
There are times when the qutter and
the fellow who never knows when he is
licked envy each other.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place. and luck seldom comes back
to play a return engagement.
When he is cast in the shade the op-
timist congratulates himself that he won't
suffer from sunstroke, anyhow.
Wigg-''Henpekke says his was a case
of love at first sight, Wagg-"And
suppose he has never had a chance for
another look
1.-The pen is mightier than the sword"
quoted the Wise Guy. Just the same,
I'll bet you a big apple the sword swaI-
added the Simple Mug.
And what particular form of insanity
has this one developed asked the visitor
constantly writing popular songs" replied
the guard Gee! I know where you can
get a lot more if you want 'em,' exclaimed
the visitor.