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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
COST or APPAREL
GIVES EUGENE SHOCK.
Former Empress Never Paid More
Than $125 For Gown.

Loud complaints are heard because
Of the huge advance in the prices
charged for women's apparel In Lon
don. There is no doubt that in the
last twenty years there has been an
enormous increase In the charges not
only for very elaborate toilets, but for
simple tailor made costumes, and as
for hats and millinery generally they
have now reached q price that verges
on the ridiculous.
; One hundred dollars to $125 is gen.
orally asked for q tailor made costume,
although it is a we'll known fact that
q few years ago an ordinary tailor
made yachting costume could be OBJ
tanned for half that sum at the very
best shops.
Not long ago, it Is said, the ex-Em-
press Eugene expressed herself as
Mortified at these present day prices
and declared that she herself had
never paid more than $125 for her
most magnificent toilets. 1t Is quite
certain that this sum would not buy
an elaborate toilet that could be worn
nowadays at the court or state balls
or even at the Ascot meeting. Five
hundred dollars, $3.50 and ever more
Is not infrequently paid for court
dresses, and many Of the beautifully
draped toilets that created a sensa-
ton at Ascot this year are known to
have cost $3.50 to $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
THE PATH TO SUCCESS.

A New York minister wrote to seven
prominent men u series Of questions as
to their rules for success in life.
He Incorporated the replies in a ser
mon, and, although this man is an elo.
quent preacher. this was n Of the
best discourses ever heard from his
pulpit.
Among the secrets Of success men
toned were honesty, loyalty, ABSORB.
ton in ones work. dependability, in
vention, earneStness. enthusiasm, tenac.
ity of purpose and hard work.
AS to whether it is hard work or wor'
ry that breaks men down. all agreed
that hard work would not endanger
any ones physical or mental health.
and two said that hard work is a tonic.
Among the causes Of failure were
mentioned intemperance, immortality.
untruthfulness, cigarette smoking.
making a drudge of oneself and getting
into debt.
A majority agreed that a college edu.
cation is not necessary to success,
though it might help the right sort Of
man. If not the right sort it. might
prove a detriment.
All agreed that religion Is an asset,
but one added that it must be real
and not lip cam or Hypocrisy"
All these ideas are old. you sayi
: Yes. but the beauty in these mems
cases is that they have tried their mot
toes out in actual life and have every
one succeeded. some Of them in an emf
nent degree.
They have proved their words.
The men that have won have told
US how they o almost from the be-
ginning Of history. There have been
thousands Of testimonials. and they
have all sounded much like these.
The universally of the testimony Is
a proof Of its truth.
Thus the winners have planted guide
posts all along the road to success, SC
that the wayfaring man. w though
a fool, need not miss the directions.
There are many roads leading from
this main highway.
One is called intemperance. Beware
of that.
Another is laziness. Shun it as you
would a pestilence.
A third is untruthfulness. Do not
let your feet stray this way.
A fourth IS named debt. You will
find pitfalls In this path.
Avoid the byways. They lead no
where.
Keep In the middle Of the road.
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WHISKY'S FIRE TEST.
BY It Indians Detected DiIution Made
by Traders.

When the Hudson's Bay Trading
company began It's trading among the
Indians it was found that by selling
the Indians liquor they could more
easily be induced to trade their peltries.
The first whisky or intoXicant Of in
ferior quality was distilled in Eng
land and brought to America in large
barrels, but in transporting 1t overland
it was found more convenient to divide
it into small kegs. The traders sooD
became aware Of the fact that by ff
luting the whisky with water NOR
furs could be obtained. This was prae'
ticed for some time, but the Indians
learned that good whisky poured on Q
fire would cause 1t to flame up, but
had the whisky been diluted the fire
would be q%uenched.
1t was by this simple experiment
that the term "~frewater" became a
common word among Indians. A chief
who had experienced the bad effects
Of whisky among his people said 1t was
certainly distilled from the hearts Of
wildcats and the tongues Of women
from the effects 1t produced
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
W WORKING OVERTIME.
Better Hours For Employees, Making
Trains Safer.

Observation-Disclosures Of the law
limiting the service Of train employees
on American railroads to sixteen con-
secutive hours 20 to the very heart Of
the efficiency and safety Of train oper-
ation,' said Charles C. McChord. COM
missioner, commenting upon a state
ment issued by the interstate COM
merce commission Analysing the month
ly reports Of Interstate railroads on
hours of service In the fiscal year nd
ed June 80, 1913.
Nearly 100000 violations of the six
teen hour limit were reported by 2G9
railroads in the year. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that 251,111 men
were employed in handling trains.
LAS q result Of the prosecutions in
stituted by the commission" the anal
ysis points out, 1.-The number of in
stances Of excess service. reported dur
Ing the last six months, as compared
with the corresponding figures for pre-
ceding years, has shown a marked re-
duction
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Heart to Heart
Talks
By JAMES A. EDGERTON
Always ROOM FOR REAL MEN.

ALWAYS ROOM FOR REAL MEN.
The recent death Of the Rev. Robert
Collyer calls attention to u career thai
should be an inspiration to every poor
boy and to every real man.
Robert Collyer was known as the
''blacksmith preacher"
He was born in England of a very
poor family. There were many chill
dren and an income pitifully meager.
Robert when Il small child was com
PEELED to 20 to work in the mills with
his brothers and sisters. He worked
fourteen hours every day. Thus he had
no chance for an education.
He came to America to better MS
condition. While still a young man he
was a blacksmith in Pennsylvania. AT
the same time he preached for little or
nothing on Sunday.
With muscular strength he had gain
ed mental independence. He mao
learned to Think for himself. He came
to doubt some of the dogmas or his
denomination and had the courage to
. say so. He therefore severed his con-
nection with that church.
The same mental courage made MS
career. He again cut loose. this time
from his livelihood. went to Chicago
and started in a small church. Being
vigorous and honest and having some
thing to say, he drew other men to
him. He became one of the most popu-
lar preachers in Chicago. He was a
friend of Abraham Lincoln. who had
as little education and as much mental
independence as himself.
Later Robert Collyer preached in n
of the leading churches of New York
city. He was the author Of many books
and was known and loved in most civ
ilized lands. At last he died full of
years and .honors.
One secret Of his power was that he
was always mentally honest with him.
self. Another was that he educated
himself. making the world his univer.
sity.
There are those who whine In our
day that the Of advancement
are being closed to the young men.
Rubbish!
A young man like Robert Collyer
would win in any age.
There never was q greater call thai
now for young men who can think.
who find new and better ways Of do
ing things, who have Il real message.
This Is true in industry. in business.
in literature. in politics and in religion.
The world always has an open door
for real men.
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HI PACE THAT KILLS..
Railroad Heads Under the Strain OF
Doing "Big Things"

Railroad Heads Under tho Strain OF
Doing "Bis Things"
Two railroad men Of long service.
President James McCrea Of the PENN
sylvania Railroad company and M. B..
ingalls,, chairman Of the Big Four,
have resigned with the explanation
that they must give up work Of such
rigor and responsibility to conserve
their health. President McCrea has
been in harness for forty-eight years,
and Chairman Ingalls, for more than
forty. Both began at the foot Of the
ladder as rodmen, and as they rose
their ,labors made greater and greater
demands upon them until the top was
reached, and then their hours Of work
were limited only by their endurance
and the responsibility they shouldered
was often near breaking them down.
Men In ordinary pursuits envy such
executive giants the handsome salaries
they receive, but they are always earn.
ed, often at the cost Of physical well
fare and the enjoyments Of home life.
There are no greater bondmen In In
dustry than executive railroad officers.
1t is voluntary servitude, but Of a
kind that allows them little rest, scant
time for change and recreation, and
almost never q vacation.
The general manager no less than the
president must devote himself body
and soul to his duties, and only sick
ness u him. There must, OF
course be a fascination about such a
calling, and it is the fascinf "'n OF do
ing big things in a big n ,, but 1t
takes heavy toll Of vitality. The COL
lapse sometimes comes when the VIC
tim believes he is still in the prime OF
life.
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, "PoRK BARREL" ROAD BUILD
} ING.

When enthusiastic advocates
of good roads from all parts of
the country meet in convention
it is inevitable that Il LumDer OF
ill considered plans should be
proposed. plans that would do
far more harm than good to the
cause.
One of these is the proposition
that the federal government
should vote an indefinite number
Of millions for the work and
place the money in the hands of
the local authorities. That SIM
ply means dividing it among the
constituencies that have return
ed congressman with Il pull. 1t
is the old rivers and harbors
plan. which has wasted more
millions of public money than
would suffice to build a road
from Detroit to New Orleans
and keep it in repair for twenty
years. not to speak Of laying
out a grassy boulevard strip and
n footwalk on either she Of 1t.
This money has been deliberate
ly shoveled into little harbors
that we're never heard Of before
and that which never sheltered
anything bigger than a tug or
a fishing boat.-Better Roads.
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B MANNERS.

Men do in crowds what they would
not think of doing as individuals.
We had numberless examples of it
during the late presidential campaign.
The candidates for our highest Office
were almost mobbed by the crowds.
were jammed and rushed, called by
their first names or nicknames and
generally treated in a way that show
ed public bad manners.
Yet most of the men making up
these mObs probably psss as well bred.
In their personal relations they are
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Tooth a Foot Long.

seattle.-The skeleton of a man.
moth was uncovered by workmen
sluicing the excavation for the munic-
ipal stadium ut West Seattle. The
homes were found $50 feet below the
ton Of the hill imbedded in a clay bank.
One tooth measured twelve inches
long, eight inches wide at the base,
six inches wide at the top and three
inches thick.
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That Occasional Chord,

There are chords in the human
heart, strange, varying things, which
are only struck by accident; which
will remain mute and senseless to ap
peals the most passionate and earnest,
and respond at last to the slightest
casual touch. In the most insensible
or childish minds there is some train
Of reflection which art a seldom
lead, or skill assist, but which will re
veal itself, as great truths have done.
by chance, and when the discoverer
has tile plainest and simplest end IN
y1eW.--Charles Dickeons.
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FLOATING Cannery.

A new phase of scientific manage
ment has been put into operation out
on our progressive Pacific coast by
the conversion of the good old ship
Glory of the Seas into a floating can
nery of salmon. There Is the whole
proceedings right on one floating spot
catching, cleaning, cooking, can
ning, boxing and then, when the hold
Is full of the seasons pack of cases.
a tow of the factory into port and the
market.
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THRUST INTO HAY FATAL.
RoyaIist Hidden In Cart Is Killed by
Frontier Guard.

ItSJciioI tt'NNSi
Frontier Guard.
Paris.-A grim incident of the rising
in Portugal was recently narrated by
q French sculptor.
A peasants cart filled with hay drew
up at the Spanish-Portuguese frontier.
The officials glanced into it. One, to
satisfy himself, thrust his sword sew
eral times among the bundles. pass
on" he said carelessly. An instant
later he uttered an exclamation of
horror. Blood was trickling from the
straw.
The driver sprang from the cart and
fed, followed by revolver shots from
the customs officials. Overturning the
cart, the officials found beneath the
straw q dead man. The sword had
passed through his heart as he lay
hidden. He was a royalist leader try
ing to smuggle himself into Portugal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

Lakewood IN. NJ Progress: ut is a
significant fact that about three
fourths Of the small Democratic and
progressive newspapers Of the country
are for Woodrow Wilson. and all OF
the Republican papers are doing every
thing in their power to defeat his NOM
nation for the presidency. This goes
to show who the Democrats want and
whom the Republicans fear"
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Pleasant for Papa.

ESQ.," said the indulgent father,
young Mr.. Nervey wants to take yar
away from me-" 20! yes" repl3
the dear girl, "but he says he'll bril-
me back after the wedding journey.
He has decided that we shall board
with you."-Catholio Standard ara
Times. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Better DAYS Comiau.

"This is the tenth time you have
been up before me-" said the Cleve-
land judge severely. els It possible,
your honor?" replied the prisoner.
"Well! we'll! Amt it wonderful how
long some judges hold office under the
old system? But I promise 1t won't
happen again-not after we get the
recall to workin'."
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In the Cyclone Belt.

IT tell you what" said Gotham, ed
tertaining his western cousin, EVERY
things SO high here it's almost tmpoS,
sible to keep a house going" Well
replied the Kansan, "the winds r sdl
high out u way it's almost impossie
BILE to keeps house from going
Catholic Standard and Times. -
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Cheerful PHILOSOPHER.

Fontenelle, the French writer, va
always cheerful, and this is perhaps
why he lived to be one hundred years
old. He used to say: "W1thous
c~heerfulness, what Is philosopnA
WORTH" When about to die, he saida
II do not suffer, my friend; I only
feel q certain difficulty IN living" K
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Happiest Homo.

But the happiest home Is bum
when the twain together meet tina
trials and catastrophes that coma
from the outside world with the good
health, the common sense, the humor.
tho patience and courage that VIII
rout them It should not be necessary
for these qualities to be used by tho
one to combat the faults Of the other1
Barbara Boyd. x
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LAMP SHEDS PINK GLOW.

Neon Gas Appliance Is Suitable For
MiIady's Dainty Boudoir.
London.-Much discussion IS going
on concerning the new neon lamp,
which gives out a beautiful rose-pink
color peculiarly suitable for boudoirs
and tea rooms.
Neon, which is an atmospheric gas,
was discovered by the English scien-
fist, Sir William Ramsay. 1t Is said to
possess the property Of allowing an
electric current to traverse 1t under
certain conditions Of pressure and tenn
perature and of turning a large proper
ton of it into the rose-pink light
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"Who ~Eats-Paysln

No indoor worker can continue I'd
eat meat thrice, or even twice daily,
after middle life-and middle life,
mark you, begins with the thirty-ffth
year-without paying the penalty In
an attack Of govt, rheumattsms
Bright's or an allied disease, a few
years later. This "few, years" may, IN
special cases, stretch itself to q score
but, inevitably, who eats, paysl"~
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette,
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Past and Future.

"She is a woman with a past" said
the Suspicious Neighbor, with BUD
pressed horror. Well" said the Old
Neighbor, she's better of than the
rest Of US, If that's all. I'm AFRAID
most of us have something coming Ia
u.s." And it was 80. You unhappon
your past, but what's coming you may
sidestep, i'' n
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Three Kinds Of Men.

There are three kinds Of men IN tie
world-those (the best) who maho.
jokes, those who can enjoy jokes, and
those (the worst kind) who attempt tai
explain .jokes.-G. X. Chesterton, n
London Daily News. ., !.
$500 uoamoH-.noG elsA I y eml
pe4ss 3sq2 quo Gus EIIsW pI, Leu
eleA eq u mIQ GIIum uo6 prnoM. 4
'eI@@ea sql eloIsa asne -
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Who Ia She2

We are willing to admit that chrys-
anthemums were never more beauti-
full than now. Even a head of cabbage
would be beautiful If a pretty girl
wore it for a bouquet.-Philad elphia
Telegraph.
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BITTEN BY BUG, BEGS BALM.
Passenger Asks $4,000 For Incident In
Sleeping Car.

SIeepInS SdTs
Milwaukee, Wis. - Samuel Cohn OF
Milwaukee, who arrived from the west
recently, has sued for $4,000 because
he was bitten by an insect In a rail
road sleeper. The defendant In the
suit is the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul road, and the case will be tried
in Montana, where the "offense" is al
legged to have been committed.
When Cohn arrived in Milwaukee be
carried one arm in a sling, and he
claimed in making his complaint to the
company that he had been made so Ill
that his business was interfered with
and that the mental and physical an
guish resultant was worth $4,000.
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Reasonable Stimulation.

Shall we admit Wombat to our Sub
limated Order Of the Kibosh? He al.
ready belongs to seven secret socie-
ties" I'm in favor Of admitting him
if there's enough of him left to work
our ritual on."-Kansas City Journal
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Increase of Dope FIendS.

Drug taking is greatly ON the nj
crease in London. Somebody reoen4
ly introduced "hasheesh" into that
great city, and so popular has It bel
Aome that two hasheesh chambers are
now in full swing not a hundred yardg
from Piccadilly. = -
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Softenina Granite Slabs.

It has been observed thai, under
certain conditions which have not
been explained, granite will warp like
wood. A slab set in a wall has been
under observation in Switzerland, and
q ~perceptible distortion has made IT.
self apparent.-Harper's Weekly.
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Plant of Old Age.

Washington Irving didn't enjoy old
age more than the other fellow. He
sighed one day: What a pity it Is
that when we have grown old we
can't turn around and grow young
again, and die Of cutting our teeth"
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OF Boubtfuip Status.

"Have you much of4a friendsh4rt
with Wombat? I see@yoa going homes
with him occasionafy.s"Th statue
Of our friendship is a puzzle to me-
He never takeansato;h his house exceps
when he has: been adrinktng."-Louier
Vile Courier journal" G \
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New Brunswick IN. j. News: "Sen-
ator O'Gorman of New York names
Governor Wilson first in his list OF
available candidates. Coming from
the ablest of Tammany men, this u
somewhat significant"
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impossible.

"A person should think twice be-
fore speaking" Perhaps so, but If
some people were to think twice be-
fore speaking they would be so e1-
hausted they couldn't speak."-B1r
minsham Age-Herald
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Parental Problems.

Where a whipping may improve
one boy it will create a grudge and a
thirst for revenge in another. Parents
have several problems besides making
q NATURALIZATION Globe.
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Huntsville (Ala.) Times Woodrow
Wilson can beat any man the Repub-
leans choose to nominate against him.
Present indications point favorably to
the nomination Of Mr.. Taft by the Re-
publicans, in which event Mr.. Wilson
will have q walkoyer."
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Cultivate Sense Of Humo6.

CV3tIVdte SeHs6I OF nuh1oE
A sense Of humor Is certainly tbs
salt Of life, either of the marrisd Vel
riety or the plain, single ~exisssnoa1t
It certainly helps g. wife to laugh on
many a little bruise that otherwise
would grow into a fostering sora To-
see the funny side Of many of the
trivial snnoyances Of life at ths tmei
they happen certainly eases hszsttuad
finn G2
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Great ~ConyenIence,

"You find that an automobile heipG|
you to keep yoar engagement" aIt
does better than that" replied Mrs.
Chuggins. IF you don't want to keep
them, it enables you to explain eY9
erything by saying you broke down.
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Some ENCOURAGEMENT.

"That girl has rejected me three
times" corrided the disconsolate
youth. WELL" replied Miss Cayenne,
you should feel encouraged. A girl
who will listen to three proposals
from the same man must think some.
thing Of him"
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PASSING Worry AIonu.

The man who doesn't borrow trou-
BILE borrows money from his friends
and let's them do it.-Washington
Post
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Classified,

"L4y precious lamb" said the new
parson to the little girl, II fear me
your father is one Of those Maynard
sheep, long strayed from the fold"
Dads not a sheep" smiled the little
pirl Hes a Bull Boose!"-Judge.
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SkllIfuI Ancient Cocks.

The cooks of the ancients were art
lists iii their way and were 80 skillful
ihat they could serve a whole pig boil
I'D on one side and roasted on the
ather.
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Lesson From Flowers.

There is dew in one flower and not
In another, because one opens its cup
and takes it in, while the other closes
Itself and the drop runs of.-Beecher.
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Woman,

To think Of a part one little woman
can play in the life of a man, so that
to reEouncc her may be a very good
imitation Of heroism. and TO win her
may De a observation-disclosures Eliot
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Enqiish Humor.

He who laughs last is an English
nan.-Princeton Tiger.