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f > ihe Press and Banner. Published every Wednesday at twc dollars a a year In advanee. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1908. j Singing Convention. The Abbeville County ainglng Convention will meet at JLowndesville, ? >. C., Oct., Satur- j day and Sunday 10, and ll. ah lovers 01 music are invited to come. J. \V. Burrlss. D. Poliakoff. I D. Poliakoff has in stock for tils fall buslQtsu ttits largest Hue ttiat bo bas ever bandied. XIjIh enterprising clotbler baa batgaius worth luvesugatloii. His motto in, a saiiobed customer, at all costa, best goods at least money. Good Paintsrs and Paperhangers. Located In town at present. Two llrst class painters and papeibangers, calbominers and decorators, interior work a specialty. An work guaranteed to give entire satisiattlon. atrlctiy tempeiate. Just drop a line, will only be too giad to can and give estimate on woik. Y. C. Uattney endKu \Y. I'rbanneca, PnnKifflp*. Abbeville. S. (J. Flent??Mnnice. Kills fleas and cares iLe worst case ol mange. Blcalse s mange cure. Not poisonous. For sale by ilie McMurray Drug Co., sole agents. Houtte for Kent. One brand new bouse, Just finished, convenient to public tquare. Five rooms, cornet lot. Electric llgtits and city water. Cburcb street. Apply to T.H.Maxwell. For Sale. 1 have seventeen pigs lor tale that Is fine Any one that wouia tike to buy can learn prices by pnone?li?one aud a ball on loriyone. J. A. Young, Troy,S. C. Xottce. 1 have a real good corn mill situated about one mile and a ball earl ol Bradley's mill. i Will be pleased to grind your corn. 1 gnuu i tv?o days in the week?Wednesdays and Saturuays. Givemeacail. J.A.Young. We have the store, we have the goods, we have the clerks. Phone 107, and that's all you have to do. C. A. Mllford & Co. ? When Trifles Become Troubles. If any person suspects that tbelr kidneys are deraDged they should lake Foley's Kidney Remedy al once and not risk having 1 Brlgbt's disease or diabetes; Belay gives the disease a stronger tootbold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. Sold by C. A. Mlliord & Co. Passed Examination Successfully. James Donahue, New Britain, Conn., writes: "I tried several kidney remedies, and was treated by our best physicians for diabetes, but did not improve until I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. Alter the second bottle 1 showed Improvement, and Ave bottles cured me completely. I have since passed a rigid examination lor llle Insurance." Foley's Kidney Remedy cures backache and all lorms of kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by C. A. Mllford & Co. For fe?ale. 60-saw Wlnsbip gin, feeder and condenter; good aa new. Price 850.00. Or, will exchange for live stock. Apply to J. W. McDonald, Mt. Carmel, S. C. WILL INTEREST MANY Every person should know that good bet lib la Impossible If tbe kidneys are deranged Foleys Kidney Remedy will cure kidney and bladder disease in every form, and will build up and strengthen these organs so tbey will perform tbelr functions properly. No danger of Brlgbt's disease or diabetes If Foley's Kidney Remedy is taken in time. For sale by C. A. Mllford A Co. At It Again. Can sell yon one of the fanciest farms within one-half mile 01 city limits for a very reasonable price. This farm contains 105 acres, 90 of which la In a high state of cultivation, ? as oan be seen by an Inspection of the prem lee. It also contains a nice new cottage and , a fine well of water. Will be sold In any I size lots and at almost any terms to suit i urchaser. Contains a frontage of half a mile ?t>, on Main street. Call and tee me. M. ?. Holllngsworth. ??? la Sunday School Institute. ej A Sunday School Institute will be held Id a( ihe Presbyterian Church beginning on Sept., 29th at 8 p. m. Tuesday. The public are cor- 8C dlally invited to rime. b( Rev. J. Lowrle WI/sod D. I)., Re*. f. W. 8t Gregg:. Rev. J B. Green Messrs J. M. Way and Dl S. C. Hodges will conduct the Institute. t? Teachers In the Sabbath Schools or tbecoun 0j ty are Invited to ccme get the benefit de- cr signed by this gathering. w ^ hi g< We will sell you one of our * new light running Demorest sewin? machines, fullv cnar- p> anteed for 10 years at $20.00 g to $35.00; the same grade & 'usually sells at $50.00 to ie $60.00. "Why pay the differ- S > ence ? S. J. Link. ai 1 fa Tbe Real Enlate Market Aclivr. Bqw about a Dice cottage In tbe city of Ab p bevnle? Bave more 'ban a dt zen at prices ranging lrcm S875 to S5 0C0. Alio several lots bl at moderate prices and aDy old terms. Cao tc sell jou any Dumber of acres oi culti\attd ej laoda Dear oity, or couDtiy. Oce ntw c( ttege u jCBt flnhbtd, with all mcdem improverr ems, t( cheap lor cath. Costs you Dotblng to look. Come to see me. Alwsj e Id rffice. w tf M. E. HoJliDgswortb. CJ Notice. w All persoD8 are hereby forbidden to blre or !! barbor one John Cowan, who 1b UDder ccn- w tract with me for twelve moDtbs. J. A. Brock, * Honea Path, 8. C., R. V. 1>. 3. w Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether ba? saved the lives ot hundredB.of babies aDd will taiely carry your baby through tbe mo6t trying pe- a rlodoi Us llle as It In a guaranteed remecy lor & Teething, Summer Diarrhoea, Flux, iDdlgettion.atd all stomach and towel troubles el ? infants. 25 cents. For tale by McMurrs> Drug Co. and country merchants, or Easy- p( Teetber Medicine Co., Hartwell, Ga. d P' Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey and " Tar have been iold without aDy pereonlever having experienced any other than benetlclal r results from Its ute for coughs, cclds and lung ?' trouble. This Is becauie the genuine Foley's re Honey and Tar In the yellow package con- ? tains no opiates or other haimful drugs Guard your health by refusing any but the genuine, Sold by C. A. Mllford & Co. ? ?? tl Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. Foley's Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the wor6t stages Cl and If taken In time will effect a cure. For w sale by C. A. Mllfo rd & Co. 0j ? bi hi Foley's Orlno Lsxatlve Is a new remedy, an Improvement on the laxatives of icrmer -p, years, as It does not gripe or nauseate and Is p( p'easant to take. It Is guaranteed. For sale u by C. A. Mllford & Co. b< - SI 111 J. W. RYKARD. r; If you are In need of a watcb; 11 yon want a Kood reliable clock lor the home; II you wish to make a present: If you want good goous . . for small coat go to J. W. Rykard, the watcb and clock man. New goods coming In every week. w' te Quit Renting?Buy a Home . J Dt br I will cut the Allen piece near Lowndefvllle to suit you and Bell It to a good man on gc long time without any caeh, taking so much 8ti cotton per year. If you want to see me hbout pr It, write me. Anderson Real Estate aDd In- gr vestment Co., E. R. Horton, President, An- j derson, S. C. at be tli Times are hard. Make your jji money go as far as possible lcc by buying your furniture and 00' sewing machines froin^A^ ?er s. JipfflgL =g-~- ..iii-j ?L1?L'-i-i a ,>mcm f 1 PRO - - -V is ? is t October IS ? is ? j Grand Lodge A. li litia convenes at 10 If of Clinton Lodge N 4 M. W. Grand M jg Darlington will pre* | Ceremony of La] ffe Court House and C: jP at 10:30 a.m., follov by the Grand Maste |^ Immediately aftei ner-stones a special jjft will be held, the Pr 1 pointed by the Chie As soon as Cour the Court room wi Presiding Judge by jg then the Judge will Grand Jury. | After the charge Orator of the day, I jjft will deliver an addr (ft JU(ige Hudson wi ciate Justice, Euge] | deliver an address * - - T~\ X ff> Abbeville Jtfar. ju | lowed by Associate $ who will also delive S There may be rei !? All of the Circuit to be present to assi ffe After the speakinj President Harris Issues an Address o Cotton Producerf: The great monej-producing crop of 11 jutb?cotton?Is dow being harvested. Tl rmeis should invesl'gnte conditions at ;e good Judgment in selling this great mo r crop or the Sonth. By so doing many million dollars will I Jded to ber wealth. First, we will look into conditions. Tl ipply of cotton Is le?s to dny lhan It hi ?en in twenty-five years. The merchant telvesare scant of goods. The populutlc ; ane woria ib lacrcueiut d?cij u?j, ?>. ley have to be clothed. AgalD, the outpi manufactured gocds have greatly d eased this year fiom the fact the 1907 cro as 4,000,000bales fbort. This shortage wl Five to be made good, as the world Deeds It )ods, As to the condition of tbe 190S cio fe haye beard nothing for tbe last elgl eeks but a bumper crop. Who Is it tni rcnlaees these report*? I see la Euroi D00 miles away, statisticians are freel redictlnga crop of American cotton tb Bar of 16,000,000 bales, while many of tl DOwlDgoneBon this side are seodlDg ot teratnre forecasting the crop at 14,000,0 ales. The South is now belDg flooded with circ rs of bear doDe by spoculators and manip itorB wbo are trying to sell tbe mark dwe under tbe mfluence of .these bearle rgumente. Tbe wholesale Jobber In tbe cotton trac re demanding concession! from tbe mani icturer in tbe price o/goods, while tbe spli er Is holdlDg back as lone as possible In o er to be able to lay in tbelr supply as low i Disible. Never before have so many interests coc Ined to hammer down tbe price of spot co >n. There never was a time that tbe grov rs will be called upon to exercise tbe fu mlt of tbelr strength in resisting tbe effor > depress prices as at the present time. There was never a time that co-operatic as needed a* badly as It Is .today. Our annual meeting of "T.ie Farmers' Ed' itlonal and Cc-operalive Union of Amerlo let at Fort Worib, Tex., on the first an as in session four days. Tbe attendant as larce, all tbe cotton-growl ug States wei ell reprebemea oy ueiegHieo. The unanimous consent ol tbe delegati an to keep tbe minimum price a been itbln tbe membership. A national cotton committee was forme lib a delegate from <acb State, lor tbe pu ose ol handling cotton. President Barrett will call a meeting tt ret of January, aB by tbat time we wi now tbe true condition ol tbe crop. Ab to tbe condition of tbe growing cro; very.cotton producing State waB repr nttd and there we bad the opportunity sttlDg a true report bb to tbe condition le growing ;crop. Not a single Slate r ort?d any thing like an average crop. Son: 'ported 40 per .cent,off, some 30 per cen ime 20 per cent, some IS per cent. lenty of warehouse*, and we advise war ouslDg !t and borrowing money on yoi celpt to satisfy your indebtedness. Ab cotton is tbe great money ciop of tt juib, 1 want to urge our bankers, mere-bun 3d otb< r moneyed men of the South to bei ie weak larmers to bold tbelr cotton unt le price gets above the cost ol production, i ie grower may have a profit ielt to him i ave money to spend with other busintss ei rprlses. ;t will be impossible for ns to make an a irate report at this time. To begin wit ehad floods and wet weather up to the 1 ' July, tben hot, dry weather. Bust an tight aDd a dczen other peatB we had nev< sard of before. East of the Mississippi river you hear tbi ;xas and Louisiana are going to make bun >r cropB. When you Investigate It you Qn 1b false. In the last three weeks I ha\ >en In seven of the leadlnn cotton be .ates, and In no place did 1 find anythin ke an average crop. From tbe time lie 3me until I reached tbe "Lone Star" ata Jld not see a single field of cotton tbat dl jt have blight, either rust or black tot, an hb poorly fruited. Farmers, all you have to do now Is to jui t steady In the boat and not put a bale < itton on the market until the price gel jbt. Remember, It all depends on } ou as i hat It brings. We cannot blame the otb< llow forgetting It as low be can. Thereat If the farmer Is prosperous aJl other bus >6s Is prosperous, and If be Is not, all olbc )Biness Is dull. ft is the duty of every business man of tb >utb, no matter whst profession he is in, t and behind tbe cotton and make It bring oflt above tbe cost of production to tb owei. How Is tbe grower of cotton to beoom tie to maintain a profitable price? Firs i must diversify his orops. and now Is tb ne to begin for another year. Sow oaU seat, crimson clover, vetcb, rje, and bai y- you will need it next spriDg to fee >ur stock. Instead of buying, raise you irses, mules, cows, bogs and corn. j,ult buying bap to kill grasa, to rals lion, to buy more hay with. Make bom If-supportlng and seltsnstalnlng. au oeperlty Is yours. 11. Harris. k I, - ? t 3 r. Have your pictures framed In the beet sty d at Mllford's Book Store. r All the latest Novels Papers and Magszli at Mllford's Book Store. e Just received a ulce lot of oval and fqut ? portrait frames at u Mllford's Book Store. Nunallye Candy always fresh at MUfor j Book Store. GRAM ! ist, 1908. 5 F. M. of South Caro- Jj o'clock a. m. in the hall i ?- 3- | [aster J. L. Michie of y side. *i /mg Corner Stones of y ity Hall will take place S /ed by Masonic address J :r. < the laying of the cor- \ I session of the Court $ esiding Judge to be ap- i f Justice. j t convenes the key of \ ill be delivered to the the building committee proceed to charge the to the Grand Jury, the Ion. Joshua H. Hudson ess. 11 be followed by Assone B. Gary, who will on the history of the dge Gary will be folJustice, Ira B. Jones, r an address. narks by some others. Judges will be invited 4/u 25L ill Lilt, ugjl cx^jii. ^ g dinner will be served. S \ v. >g>g>g- ^S'^S'^S* i i Hurry Ui ie BB And Come to tl e- "Live^ Store" o ? "Busy Street" ft P- -? 1-i ~ C O/i. J{ ail H1I1US UI oc< 5 sonable Goods. 18 5o White Goods, u- White and Colored Lawr uet b Ginghams, Prints, Percales, Trunk", 0r Dress Suit Cases, Shoes Ot 1] Hats, Clothing, u Hardware and Groceric D j Amos B. Morse f MARBLE AND 6RANIT1 r 1 yi rf (b, I am in the marble and granite bu "dl nees. I represent the Southern Mi sr ble and Granite Company. lVe Pay llie Freight ? and guarantee satisfaction. Tf wo it does not come up to contract it dc 't not cost you a cent. Any one wanting Monumen u Toombs, SJab Work or Curbing I w f be pleased to have them call on me sl my shop or write to me and I w come to ste you. \ J. F. EDMUNDS ir ie See us for bagging and tie a barbed wire, seed oats, ba e ley, rye and onion sets. * S .T T.ink. f MCgMBWUMBBBMBBBM?Ml?8BHMWS MBBMIt "OB GOOD EOADS BY RAIL TRAIN LOAD OF EXPERTS ON EDUCA? TIONAL TOUR. i ?? |i Third Train That Has Been Sent On< |% by the National Association?South if' to Be TanKht to Ootid lllghwayi J/ ' Scientifically. [/ A train of twelve cars, known na \f the "Good Roads Special," left Wash\jt Ington on tbe .ljues of the Southern ji railway early In November to stop at [% ten or twelve of tbe chief cities reached 7. by the system and aid In organizing [/ good roads associations and at the !/ game time give a practical Illustration Xf of modern roadmaklng. The tour will end Jan. 1. j% Tbe train carried a full equipment f of roadmaklng machinery and a party / of eighteen persons, all skilled in tho j manufacture of good dirt and macadi am roads. It Is tbe third such train ft to be organized through the efforts of . the National Good Roads association, f one having been sent along the route f of tbe Illinois Central from April to f July and a second having traversed the 'a district between Chicago and Buffalo along the routes of the Lake Shore : route and tbe New York Central. Evr ervwhere the meetings have been wide Ijf ly attended and have produced perji manent organizations determined to K better the country roads of the secl!/ tlon concerned. |jU Mr. Martin Dodge, director of the ofiK flee of public road Inquiries In the agriiic cultural department, and M. 0. EljfS drldge, his assistant, with Mr. W. H. IU Moore, president of the National Good V* Roads association, are In charge of the M "Good Roads Special." Under their dill/ rection fourteen road experts, Mr. R. W. Richardson, secretary of the na|j tlonal association, and several clerks Iv will undertake to organize In each of If the cities visited a permanent good roads association. To this ood they ly will confer with the mayor and city rj. council of each city and the officers of ^ Its commercial or^illutft)^ arrange H LOAD IK WBONQ PLACE. V that a suitable hall shall bo hired and !/ obtain the use of ten or twelve teams, |j| as many men and a sufficient supply of crushed stone to construct a length Y of good road as a sample. v When tbe train arrives, the engineer* ijt will begin at once to build about a mile of dirt road with the teams, men If and materials furnished by the locally Ity. They will then surface or macadijf amlze as much of that road as their time will permit When the practicability of the movement has been thus manifested, the mayor and commercial organizations will unite in a call for a public meeting to organize an association. |A President Moore of the National | Good Roads association says of the I project: f "The south can have good roads if It will, and the sooner the citizens get tok gether and work along some well organized and practical line these results will be reached the quicker* There is nothing that will do more to Increase I" ^ value of virgin lands and advance .?! the development of the rural districts than well constructed public roada. )j? The Improvement of the road system will have a wonderful effect upon stlmI? ulating the settlement of people on farms, and as these settlements are being made so will tbe value of the land Increase. "Wherever a city or town is found possessing well made roadways leadIS, lng therefrom you will find the business of that point Is in a prosperous condition. Therefore the citizens of every town in the south will be promoting their ows Interests If they give this movement their moral and If nee essary nnaucmi uupyuiu ' "It Is hoped that every state, county, city and town officer will give this subject of better roads serious conslderatlon and then take the matter In hand Immediately and show his constituents that the movement for better roads will receive his utmost consideration and utmost co-operation. I "It Is universally decided that good roads are what we want. In order to secure them we must pull together, D working systematically and on practlcal lines. This grand tour, planned by the Southern Railway company, Is a signal for action. If the states visited are not alive to this and do not avail themselves of the opportunity to secure information rendered by the good roads special train, no one will be at fault except the citizens of the states in which the exhibits are made." Grades of Road*. The grade Is the most Important factor to be considered in the location of roads. The smoother the road surface the less the grade should be. Whether the road be constructed of earth, stone or gravel, steep grades should always gj_ be avoided If possible. They become ir_ covered at times with coatings of \ce or slippery soil, making thena very difficult to ascend with loaded vehicles, as well as dangerous to desr>nd. They rjj allow water to rush down at such a i6b rate as to wash great gaps alongside or to carry the surfacing material ts, away. As the grade increases in Bteepill ness either the load has to be dlmlnat Ished In proportion or more horse* or ill power attached. | Mothers, don't (jive your baby anything ^ that contains opiates or any other Injurious )a drugs, but Insist on havlog Dr. Thornton's ;'Easy-Teether," as ills the best medlciDenn the market lor teething babies, and Is absolutely harmless as It does not contain any 8, opiates or lnjurloue drugs of any kind. It is euaranteed under Pure Food and Drugs Act, r- Guaranty No. li'iBI. Price 2ft cents. For sale by MoMurrny Drug Co. nnd country merchants; or Eaay-Teether Medlelne Co., Hurtwell, Georgia. ?f I Tablets 1'ens Pencils and everything tor > achool at le* Mllford's Book Store ( If you want school books before jthe ruBh ' 're we have them ready. C. A. Mllford & Co. Miks. 8ilks. Don't forget that we always d'a kttp the blue rlbboD taffeta, the best money i can buy. The R. M. Iladdon Co. J DEAF AND DUMB, BLIND AND CAN'T SEE THE McCASKEY REGISTER -WILL NO ALLOW YOU TO PAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S GROCERIES. Mr F. B. Jones lias installei in Iiis grocery store the most uji to-date method of keeping hook extant today. The McCaskey Register pre eludes all possibility of mistake? The system has been tried air proved a complete success. The system places in the kitcli en of each customer a duplicat of the hooks in Mr. Jones store Only a look will tell the hous wife just how she stands at th grocery. There is no chance l'o mistakes. Mr. Jones has in his grocer everything carried in a firs tela* fancy and staple grocery stor< Every article that ho sells i guaranteed. Mr. Jones deserves the siieees with which he is meeting. 1 you have not tried him and d Inrtt )niA\ir hie fliArAiitrli m of bookkeeping you will do wel to investigate. You will no have to add up the items, Jone does that and pays the freight Go and see him. He will tak great pleasure in showing yo his system and in serving you t the very best of his ability. Bought before the advanc big lot flour, all grades. Et? ery barrel guaranteed. Se us before buying. A M. Smit] & Co. ? Land for Sale 625 ACRES. Valuable plantation on waters < Rocky River, oue aud one-half mile west of Latim< r station, on tlieC. i W. C. railroad, known as the J. E. G Bell place, comisiing of 100 acres original forest. 350 acres second growth pine Jane 75 acres pastuie laud. 100 8cres in cultivation. On the plantation is a fuirly got.d ' room dwilling house, 3 terai.t houses stables, cotton house, cribs, etc. Through this plantation runs a roa to Moseiey's Ferry. The place is w? tered by three small streams and a goo roir.eiul spring. Persons desiring to buy or see th place, call on Mr. C. H. Taylor, Lat mer,f. C. If this place is not sold privately, i will be sold at Abbeville at public oul cry on Saleday in November. Terms?One half cash ; balance on credit, of twelve mouths, with intern at n^ui I'CI icui. JIULU ui'j m halt Purchaser to i?ive bond and raortgag of the premises for the credit poriioc Purchaser to pay for papers. W. P. Greene, Atty. for Mrs. J. A. Edwards Car No. 1 Timothy hay jus received. A M. Smith & Co Bagging and ties in an? quantity at lowest prices. A M> Smith & Co. Abbeville-Greenwo od MUTUAL minim Ill U t 11' 111! v JL ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, $1,500,00( January 1st, 1908. 1717'KITE TO OR CALL on the unden-lgnei T~ or the Director of your Townsbl] or any Information you may doslr* aU>n mr plan of Insurance. We Insure your property aKftlnsl fiet-tru .Ion by r;&s, mmu is urn;, md do eo cheaper than any InstuaBce Con any In existence. Remember we are prepared to prove lo yur ?nat oure is the nates! and chsitptv:t plai. < Insurance known. J. E. BLAKE, Gen. Agent Abbeville, 8. f', i, JRASEB LYOK, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. BOARD DIRECTORS 8. G. Majors Greenwood J.T. Mabry Cofcesbury W". B. Acker Dona'ds M. P. UliDkHrs en Due West W. W. L. Keller Long Cane I. A. Keller Bmllhvllie W. A. Stevenson C?dar Spring W. W. Biadley Abbeville Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllie S. 8 Bo en TiOwndewvllJe A. O. Grant Magnolia J. W. Morrab Calhoun Mills 8. Li. Edmonds Bcrrteur.s H. L. Rasor. Walnut Grovd W. A Nlckles Hodges J. D. Coleman Coronaea 1). S. Hattlwanger Ninety-Six C. LI.Townseud Klnards J. Add. Calhoun Fellowship Joseph Lake Phoenix Rev. J. B. Muse Verdery J. H. Chiles, .1 r Bradley J. W. Lyon Troy W. A. Chealhutn Yeldell G. E. Dorn Call! sou G. K. Dorn Klrkseys J. it. Brooke.. Brooks Abt.evlilt. 8 C., Jrm. 1. 1903 n.ii ?;?l.,'rr? Bnolrn U0LLUX1 pitrwjug oamo uucdjjci than buying the cloth. A. M. Smith & Co. Of course Tbomss o( Columbia Nil II pnppliis js with bis ueliclouH cream. AIcMurray Drug Co. &v-;' it * * IT IS EMBARRASSING. SITUATIONS THAT ARE AGONIZING TO * MRS. COUNTRIFIED. J ThonRh She Ik Well Bred and Ha* Hire Thlncs nt Home, the Erer Clinncrintc Etiquette of the Swell City Dinner Bothers Her. "It was splendid," she exclaimed, her checks aglow and her eyes bright with ex(l citemcnt. " Seven courses?not <yunting the oyster cocktail to begin with?and I never made a inisstroke with fork or knife, S and there was no end of brand new implements too. I came near making a terrible miscue, though, with the oyster ".ocktaiL You see, the dining room was rather dark, being lighted only with pink shaded can* dies, and in the gloom the cocktail looked just like a sherbet. I couldn't imagine, of nnursn. whnt a sherbet was doinsr there at that time, but it was not mine to reason why, and so I plunged boldly in, resolved e to do or die with the first weapon that seemed at all fitted to meet the sherbet emergency, and I came dreadfully near to e dying with mortification. For a fraction of a second I hesitated between a long, e slim handled spoon and a short, fat, gold r lined one, and then, with what I considered marvelous forethought, I decided the long, slim handled one could better bo spared for futuro contingencies and seleot3* ad the short, fat one. And I was just totiS taring on the brink of that oocktail with it in my fingers when I looked up and beheld the hostess eating hers with an oyster fork. My arm actually was palsied, I was s bo stunned, and I had great difficulty in making anything like my usual dexterous 'lightning change.' I didn't fully recover is from the 6hock until well into tlw soup. ... ''But the best part of the luncheon, after all, was that there was another countiy q relation there besides myself. She sat right opposite me, poor thing, and I just gloated M over her misery. If anything, she was more of a freshman than I because she had not been graduated from the waiting to ,t see what others do stage, and with each new course placed before her I could 6?e IS the terrible mcntdl struggle that was got ing on and knew just how her mind waa being torn with doubts between the long e tined fork for the entree and the short f-Vvin nnn fop t.hn fsalad. Oh. it W&S nitil'lll H the way her poor little country relation c fingers trembled over the knives and forki and spoons. I knew she felt ju?t the way you do when you watch the dentist hunting around among his tools for some now instrument to torture you with. Really I g sympathized with her from the bottom of my heart, but I could not resist the temp' tation to lead her astray once or twice, and g honestly it was the best kind ct a lesson, , for it will teach her the folly of tho waitQ lng to see what others do habit. That li euch a weak, vacillating policy, you know, that really by tho time the salad is reached you haven't a mind of your own left, and, besides, it demands such an unrelenting surveillance over the other guests that your tongue, which should be your most powerful ally in concealing jour ignorance, is effectually bridled, and the mark of the country relation is branded upon you as certainly as though you had looked )f at some dish the butler was serving and !H had refused to take any?and that reminds & me of how I once forgot the exception to K the rule and did something atrociously worse. "It was some time ago, when It was the I. oustom to pass great heaping baskets of fruit. It was altogether a docoratlvs course, and the guests were expected to j. take a grape or two or a fresh fig with i which the basket was ornamented and ' leave the foundation of larger fruit undis(j turbed. As I saw tho basket making the k. circuit of the table I was so overcome with j fear that an orange would be thrust upon me and that I would not know the latest e method of dissecting' it, that when the j. butler finally reached me and I saw a big yellow banana exposed I grabbed for it i, ravenously, as though I had not tasted food in weeks. I happened to be almost the last one, and as I glanced up I saw in a an instant what I had done. There were all the other guests daintily nibbling at a , tiny grape or a fig and there was that " ghastly, hideous, awful banana In front ( of me. "I was younger then, and I presume my Imagination was more highly keyed up. , At any rate that banana held mo in a hor' rible spell?fascinated me. I couldn't get " my mind away from it. And as I sat there, . with my eyes glued upon it, It seemed to * change into a horrible, monstrous, grini, ning thing that leered at me and taunted me with my poor country bred manners. - tir\s ~ y "\jl uuurau iu was a unvuu, uiMguuivaui thing, and I doubt whether any of the " guests noticed it at all, but I had been an ticipatlng and dreading that lunoheon sc long and my nerves were 60 overwrought that when the affair was all over and the hateful thing had been removed I actually was on the vergo of nervous prostration, and I registered a vow that never as long as I lived would I be enticed away from my own humble table again. | "Oh, of course you who live upon suoh ' dinners evory day of your lives," the young woman went on, noticing for the first time , the look of polite amazement on her visit* I or's face, "cannot appreciate the state of mind of a country bred woman in moderate oircumstances when she receives an Invitation to a large dinner party from one of her city friends, but it is the event of the year to her?tne tning most co ue ) looked forward to and dreaded. She k not an ignorant nor an 111 bred woman, and she has lots of pretty things of her own at home, but in the rural environment In t which she lives It is impossible for her to 't keep up on all the newest dishes and the methods of serving them at a fashionable i course dinner, and when she goes to one nnd commits no conspicuous blunder she Is naturally elated, just as I am. I must confess, though, that the times when I have felt proud of myself have more than boon offset by the thought of the glaring ? mibtakcs I and the other irumbers of my ' family have made."?Now /ork Press. Yonr Name an?l Address In a Letter. ?' ' 41? nnm. JYiftKO a JJruuiiuXJ ui Biguiug jkjlu. JJI****** In full; It is the dignified way. And if you have not given your address In the beginning, be sure you do it at the close of youi letters. To date letters is a good habit, but in most correspondence It is not so impor tant as to give your address. Don't assume that people remember it; you may occupy less space in their minds than you think, and don't makothem take the trou bio of looking you up in an address book. Finally and emphatically, never use a title in 6lgning your own name. If you want a stranger to know whether you are Mis3 or Mrs. put the proper term in pa renthoses before your name; but nothing could be worse form than to directly intludo it in your signature. ? "Correct I Usage In Letter Writing," by Viola Bowi fcovo, is Demoreat's Magazine. A I'nj iiic InvPMtiiK nl. Mr. John Whiff, of 3i>> Highland Ave., Houlton, Maine, hk.\s: "Have been troubled with a cough tvery winter and spring. Last winter I tried i many advertised remedies, hut the 'rough continued until I bouuht a 50e. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery; i before that was half gone, the cough was all gone. This winter the tame ; happy result has followed ; a few doses once more banished the annual cough. I am now convinced that Dr. King's J New Discovery is the best of all cough ] and lung remedies." Sold under guar- . antee at Speed's Drug Store. 50c. and . $ 1 00. Trial bottle free. i mmmpmmmrn mmmm ? " '" 'm ?HS rOtLKB A ndti ' ^ Ha% M?t. Alboni FrnitrkM fl Scheme to HIm Her. "Once upon * time, when Mme. Alboni wasftt Trieste," writes Henry 0. Lahm la 'TTamnna Slnarer* of Today." "sll8 WM Informed of the existence of a plot to hlM her off the stage. Having ascertained ths names of her detractors and where they were to be found, she donned male attire, to which her short hair and robust flgnrs helped to complete her disguise, and want to the cafe at whloh the conspirators met Here she found them In full consultation, and taking a seat at a table she listened to thoir conversation for a time. After awhile she addressed the leader, saying: "I hear that you Intend to play a trick upon some one. I am very fond of a little practical joke myself and should b? glad if you would allow me to join yov on this occasion." " 'With pleasure,' was the reply. 'We Intend to hiss an opera singer off the stag* this evening.' " 'IndeedI And of what is she guiltyf " 'Oh, nothing, exoopt that, being an Italian, she has sung in Munich and Vienna to German audiences, and we think she ought to receive some oastigation fol her unpatrlotio conduct.' " 'I agree with you, and now please tell me whftt I am to do.' " 'Take this whistle,' said the leader. 'At a signal to be given at the conclusion if the air sung by Roslna the nolat will oegin, and you will have to join in.' " 'I shall be very glad to do so,' said the singer and put the whistle la bet pockot "In the evening the house woa packed ?every seat was occupied?and the an* dienco warmly applauded the opening numbers of the opera. In due course Mmo. Albonl appeared, and at the point ?t which she woe about to address he! tutor a few of tho conspirators began to make a disturbance, not waiting for thf signal. "Without showing any conoeru, Urn Albonl walked down to the footlighte, And, holding up tho whistle, which was hung to her neck by a ribbon, she ex* claimed: 'Gentlemen, are you not a littl* before your time? I thought we were not to commence whittling until I had sung the air.' "For a moment a deathly stillness pre* vailed; then suddenly the house broke ln< to thunders of applause, which was lad tag the oonspirators themselves." A SEAMLESS TUBE. Vheye Are Three Operatlsu fc* ' Which It May Be Made. lleary Soother said at a recent meeting of the National Association of Mechanical Engineers that the scientific aid freohnlrta) designation of a tube, whether seamed at seamless, depended solely upon the tubs Itself and not upon tho process followed In its manufacture. Referring to the die* tionary you will find that the word "seam* less" means without seam, which conveys no light upon the subject. Turning to the word"seam," it lsfound that it is defined as a joint, suture, or line of union, and hen In the last term we find the key. A tube jointed in any way cannot be seamless. If In the primary stages of its manufacture It be lap, butt or lock jointed, it cannot by any subsequent operation be deprived of the seam and therefore cannot bis considered when completed as being seamless. A strictly seamless tube may be made by any one of three operations?first, a billet may be by successive steps punehed . into the form of a tube with extremely thick sides, and these may then by tho Of dinary drawing processes be reduced to a tube with thin walls; next, the billet may bo bored or the blank may be cast witk a hole in it and in either case then draws to the required dimensions; thirdly, the tube may bo made by the cupping prooees, which consists in taking a disk of ths metal, forming it into a cup shape, gradually elongating the cup and reducing It in diameter and finally by this means pro* ducing a tube. Each and all of these processes yield a tube which Is absolutely seamless and about which there is and can be no dispute. In all tubes formed with a seam the edges have first been separated, then united, either by lap or "butt weld or by eomo lock joint system, and in these the joint cannot be eliminated by any aftef processes. Tho custom houses of the United States recognize the difference between a seam and a seamless tube. A seamless tube is one in which the walll have never been separated from tho time the metal was in a molten condition to the time of the completion of the tube.?Zroa Age. . flpankiaff Caarieta. When oonvicts in the Colorado ?tat? prison become unruly, Instead of being confined to bread and water solitary confinement they are spanked, the lustra* merit U6ed being a paddle a little man than 2 feet long, S inches wide and weigh* lug 15^ ounces. According to the ohlef of the institution, this method Is entirely satisfactory and Is free from the pernlcionl bffects that often follow the ordinary treatment "During the spanking prooecs," nytf the warden, "the prisoner has no tlma tt brood?to store away in his mind vlolool thoughts and grow mentally one sided afl be grows physically weaker, for all of hi! time and thoughts are concentrated Into one spot for a minute or two, and when It Is over he goes back to bis worK none tna worse for the treatment"?San FrandaOf Argonaut i Wax FlguH. I The beet wax figures In the world an made In New York. One firm here haa two to show in Its store. Each of theM figures cost $200. They are made entirely of wax and are the exact counterparts of two famous New York models. The first figure was sculptured after a Frenoh girl. J Almost the only difference between the little French model and the polite, dainty figure in wax is that the girl of flesh and blood has dark hair and the hair of the wax figure la yellow. The socond figure in that of an American woman. Her figore and the soft pink flush of the skin seem almost perfect. The woman who ! stood for the model of this one was said , to have the best Amcrloan figure In New, York.?Boston Journal. Might Fit the Cue. Peddler?Wouldn't you like some mottoes for your house, mum? It's Yery cheering to a husband to see a nice motto on J the wall when ho oomes home. I Mrs. De Jagg?You might sell me one | if you've got ono that says ''Better Late J Than Never."?New York Weekly. The laboJ era who built the pyramid* did not work under such disadvantages a* have long boon attributed to them. Beccnt research shows that they had solid and tubular drills and lathe tools. Ths drills were act with jewels and cut lata tki roaka mIlk keennetsa and (vecuraay. 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