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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-15
A NoIsELEss POWDER NOW.
1t Ia Also Smokeless, and q Mouldsr II
an Iron Works Has Invented 1t.

1t Ia Also SmOkeless, and Mouidsr In
an Iron Works Has Invented 1t.
A noiseless and smokeless sunpowder
has been invented by John Bohnenengel, 4
German, of Hazleton, Penn He Is EN-
ployed as a moulder in the llazleton Iron
Works, but is of an inventive turn of
mind, and has some knowledge Of chemi.
Gals and explosives. At private eXhIbi-
ton given few days ago the practicable j.
ity OF his discovery was made apparent, A
shell loaded with his powder was fired at
indicating the explosion was the falling OF
the munger on the she'll The bullet struck
the target, an inch board, and went clear
through it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-15
soumanian Jews Coming to America.

Koumanian jews Coming to America.
The majority of the young folks amcng
the Roumanian Jews appear to have made
up their minds to emigrate to North and
South America; A number OF them nave
started to make the journey as far as
Hamburg on foot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-15
Prayer of ST. Ansplin.

0 God, thou art Life, Wisdom,
Truth, Bounty and Bcsse,lnc<s, the
Eternal, the only true Good! My God
and my Lord. thou art my hope and my
hearts joy. | confess, with thanksgiv-
iry, that thou hast made NE in thine
image that | may direct all my thoughts
to thee, and lovr thee. Lord, make me
to know thee Alright. that l may more
and more love and enjoy and possess
thee. And since. in the life here below,
| cannot fully attain this blcSSrdncSS, let
it ut least grow in me- day by day, until
it all be fulfilled at last in the life to
come. Here br the knowledge of thee
increased, and there let ii hr perfected.
Here let my love to thee grow. and
there let it riprn: that my JOY being here
great in hope may there in fruition be
made perfect. Amen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-15

Tho only reason that many people give
for doing anything in Il certain way is
that it has always been done so. And that
is often no reason. or the poorest reason
that ran be given for. following out to
its logical conclusion. that would make
all change impossible and carry us back
to the Dark Ages. when nearly every
thing was not only wrong. but waS done
in wrnng way. a disposition to resist
change III hought and practice is the
immovable imprlimrnta that stands in
the way of Christian thought and re-
form.
Many Christians live and do in this
world aS if religion was but by-bllSi-
ness and his world the one thing nrc-
cSSary; when indeed, all tn" things of
the world are but things by thr by. and
religion only the one thing necdful.-
:Tvbu Bunyar.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
So Lnst the Cnan.

81 once had a case" said a member
Of the bar, against a man in the cOun-
try, which was as clear as daylight in
my favor, but, by the cunning of his
lawyer. he had continued to avoid
coming to trial for about two years.
AT last the case was called, late in
the term and late one hot day, with the
court and jury tired and impatient.
stated the facts, and produced the evil
dence, which was all on my side.
"The judge asked the counsel
whether they wished to argue the case,
stating that he thought it might easily
be submitted without argument. The
jury went out, and Immediately re-
turned with a verdict for the defend
ant.
"As soon as the court adjourned |
sought out the foreman of the jury and
asked him how in the name of common
sense he came to render such a ver-
dict
"'Why, you see, said he, we didn't
think much of the lawyer against you,
and it wasn't strange he had nothing
to say, but we thought you one of the
smartest lawyers in the country, and If
you couldn't find something to say on
your side it must be a pretty hard
case, so we had TO go against you. -
Cassell's Saturday Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14

the leather trade. and not for the con-
sumptive market. In tanning leather.
and especially in putting on the fine
gloss of expensive leathe.. eggs have
long been recognized as Indispensable
articles But good eggs are too ex.
pensivc for the work, and tanners do
not like to accumulate rotten eggs ow.
ing to their o2or.
The eggs that reach the market in a
cloudy or deca.i ing condition are not
so far decayed as to have a very disr.
greeablc odor. If canned Immediately
they become no worse. When the tam
ners open n can of such eggs the odor
may be a little offensive, bat not 80
oyerpowerng as might be the case if
few dozen eggs were stored away for
use in hot weather A can of eggs is
opened only when needed, and the con-
tents Immediately used. Thus the
cloudy and decaylng eggs find a mar
ket at prices that pay the Gamers and
save the tanners money.
The vast quantities of egg shells OBJ.
tanned from these canneries are also
sold for various purposes. They are
both utilized for making commercial
fertilizers and for manufacturing
some of the numerous hen foods that
are now put on the market In order
to make the hens lay more eggs in
winter it is necessary to feed them
with lime-forming food such as green
bone, clam and oyster shells The egg
shells are even better than any of
these, for they contain the exact sub
stances t the hens require in their
systems to facilitate tl, work Of ma
turc in producing eggs. SO hen food
that contains a tair amount of ground
or powdered egg shells is excellent for
stimulating the birds to greater ener-
gies in winter.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
Moths as Largo ne Bats.

There are hundreds Of moths which
fly about in the light and cause great
annoyance; some Of these grow to very
unusual size. One, about as large as
bat, caused great excitement at a
song service one Sunday evening not
long since. 1t became frightened and
flew from one person to another seem
ing to select the feminine portion of
the company, each Of whom gave Il
little Shrek each time it lit on her.
The men, most of whom were army
officers. undertook to catch it, and
rushed at it with waving handker-
chiefs. open song books and anything
else they could find. This was kept
up for about fifteen minutes, and in
stead of o dignifed song service the
meeting dcgenerated into boisterous
romp Havana Letter in New York
Times
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
Turklsh Time

A recent visitor to Constant!nOple
reports one custom of the Turks
which causes vast deal of trouble
and confusion.
This is the Turkish system of reck'
oning time, A Turk holds that the
day begins exactly at sunset; at that
time he sets his clocks and watches
at the hour of twelve.
As the sun has the same habits in
presiding over Turkey that he cxer'
ciscs with regard to other localities
it may easily be seen that this sys'
TEN of reckoning time necessitates
setting the clocks every day.
1t appears that watch which could
run for weeks without gaining or los
ing n minute would be of no special
value to Turk.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
Hia LAT YItiInIa,n.

or the late Doctor Poor, mission
ary in Ceylon, man of pleasant
humor, the New York Observer tells
this annccdote:
During Que Of the periodical epi'
denies Of cholera which swept Cey'
lon, Doctor POor was violently at
tackled. A messenger was at once
dispatched for Samuel r. Green, M,
D., II medical missionary residing
about i've miles away, When Doctor
Green came into the room, Doctor
Poor exclaimed:
"Wcll, this is a bad prospect! Here
Is a Poor patient and a Green doctor"
This was his last wltticlsm.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
Something About Trees.

The stems of trees have provision
for a symmetrical arrangement of
branches, the nodes or points where
the buds are produced, being placed
at regular intervals. This tendency
toward symmetry is, however, inter.
fered with by several disturbing
causes, internal and external The
most important of the former is the
varying degree of vigor in the buds,
which behave like distinct plants,
some of them growing into strong
branches, while others produce COM
paratively small shoots
Even il all buds were of equal vital
ity, regularity would not result. Many
of the buds and tender shoots are de.
voured by birds, insects or squirrels.
When of larger size, branches are Of
ten torn away by high winds, blasted
by lightning, or broken off by acci.
dent. A tree will sometimes grow
into an irregular form through the
pressure of prevailing winds. This
irregularity has also it's use. In a
gale of wind 1t will be observed that
the branches sway in all directions,
and the various movements counter
balance each other. If the branches
were arranged with perfect regularity
they would all sway together, and the
leverage would be so great that the
tree might often be uprooted or broken
Off short.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
LABOR WORLD!

The workmen in the Rio TintO mines,
in Spain, have decided to strike.
The National Wagon Manufacturers
Association has decided not to raise
wages.
Laborers in an electrical company at
Havana, Cuba, have struck for higher
wages.
The Mayor of Olean, n Y, has ve-
toed resolution to increase the price
paid street laborers.
The striking blicklayers and the
contractors at Chicago have signed an
arbitration agreement.
The plant Of the National Steel Com
pany, at Columbus, Ohio, employing
nearly 500 men, has been shut down. 4,
There is a great drop in work at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. A large mum"
Der Of workmen has been placed on
furlOugh.
Ten thousand Alabama coal miners
have suspended work pending the set
tlement OF their wage dispute with
the operators.
The Newport CKy.) Rolling Mill Com
pany, employing 500 men, has refused
TO sign the scale demauueu ny steeA
workers, and has shut down indeh-
nitely.
By the shutting down Of many mills
In and around Pittsburg, Penn, for the
usunl summer repairs and adjustment
of wage scales, more thac 100000 men
and boys became idle.
All the window glass factories con-
trolled by the American Window Glass
Company, having a capacity Of over
1900 pots, have been closed. Fully
10000 window glass workers will be
idle for several months.
The Executive Council of the Amer
ican Federation Of Labor has just is
sued a report chart showing that ac.
cOrdng to the latest information re-
ceived from the secretaries of many
unions throughout the country the
general state Of employment con-
tinues exceptionally good, with pros
poets that the percentage of unem-
ployed will rapidly decrease from
now en-.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
rhn nnnvolnnn,ent nf Fnrminr.

Modern farming methods in tho
Northwest challenge the admiration of
the world. Steam and electricity are
made to serve the farmers purpose.
lie plows, rcaps, thrashcs by machin-
CRY. He telephones from his farm
house to his grannrlcs. Sometimes he
receives tho latest grain quotations
over private telegraph wire in his
dwelling. often the acreage Of his
farm is expressed in the thousands,
sometimes in five figures. He comes
from the poor places CT the earth and
finds a home and self-respect-Chicagc
News.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
THRsUBURBAN CIrT-

ZEN Is a permanent institu-
hon--a nxture at the NationaS
Capital. Thousands and thou
Sands OF people can testify TO
the good work IL has accom-
pIished during the past 1ve
years Ia the line Of suburban
Improvement. It is the only
Dawspaper In the District or
Columbia that maintainB a
punching bureau, whose duty
10 Is to punch up the Authori-
ties and keep them awake 10
Vhe needs OF the suburbs. On
shat account It deserves and 70
receiving substantial ene0uE
a3emonA.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14
LTAKE HEART.

Though fearful storms have swept in wrath
About thy toisome, rugged path,
And thou hast ofttimes been cast down
And sore dismayed by fortunes frown,
Faint not, but bravely bear thy part
The storm is followed by the calm,
And winters gales by airs of balm,
Dark night gives place to sunbright day.
Let hope still cheer thee on thy way,
Beyond the cloud still shines the sun;
Press on until thy work is done.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14

IN Japan are now published three
times as many books as In Italy,
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14

Iron and Steel Interests at Peace.
Lending iron and steel interests
came to an agreement to check the
present decentralization in the trade.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14

Perchance thou m0ny times hast failed,
Some weakness over thee prevailed,
And thou hast faltered in the strife
And sadly rued thy blghted life;
Though great thy grief and keen thy pain
0 weary one, take heart again.
Dwell not upon thy mournful past.
Arise, and for the right stand fast;
BE strong and brave, fold not thy hands,
For thee still flow life's golden sands;
To better things sweet voices call
And God in love rules over all.
in Allen Guilford, in Boston Transcript.
The suburban citizen., 1900-07-14

The total length of the railroads IN
Asia is 10000 miles.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
Recipes,

Stewed Carrots-Wash and scrape
the carrots and let them boil until
perfectly tender with two small whole
onions, then remove the onions and
cut the carrots into small pieces. Put
the carrots into a saucepan, add a
little meat gravy or soup stock, one
teaspoonful of vinegar, half a tea.
spoonful of sugar and season with
pepper and salt. Cook slowly for an
hour.
Cream of Spinach Sculptor cream
of spinach boil peck Of spinach in
just enough water to keep it from
burning. When done keep the liquor
and mash the spinach through a sieve.
One quart of cream thickened with
two tablespoonfuls of -four rubbed
smooth with two of butter will be the
proper proportion for peck of spin.
ach. This will make a very delicate
green soup if well prepared.
Combination Pickle-Three quarts
of ripe tomatoes pared and chopped
| fine drain and do not use the juicel
half pint of grated horseradish, one
pint of chopped celery, half a cup Of
chopped onions, eight tablespoonful
of mustard seed, two tablespoonful oil
chopped red peppers, eight table
spoonfuls of brown sugar, eight table
spoonfuls of salt, one tablespoonful OF
ground cinnamon, one level teaspoon
full each of cloves and mace, and one
quart of vinegar. Mix these ingre-
dents together thoroughly and pack
in stone jar. This makes about
seven quarts and does rot require
cooking.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

sort and more substantial were erected.
In Fig. 9 another form of poles is
used, while in Fig. 10 we have the plan
of mailing the insulator direct to the
pole. Some Of the cocoanut poles are
perfectly straight, but there is a
species of harder wood found in
abundance along the roadside and in
the jungle which makes good poles, but
which is very crooked. This kind is
shown in Fig. 10. The crookedness is
usually regular, and the pole can be
ascended regularly by using the pro-
jections and turns as steps. Ere
quently nails or other supplies give out
before line is finished, in which case
the native carpenters, are called into
service, and these men usually have
some pretty good modes for attaching
wooden parts without any ironwork.
First the pole is mortised and the
cross-piece sunk in like (G), Fig. IL.
Then the parts are bored through and
wood pins inserted. These pins are
made secure by driving into the ends
of each little wood wedges CID CID
This make firm job, but it takes the
carpenter long time to nnish the
operation. But his wages are only
about 20 cents a day, and the linemen
can secure any number of them to
work.
In Fig. IL is shown the process of
using bamboo cross-arm. The pole
is cut out to the proper proportions to
receive the cross-arm OD. The arm is
split bamboo and is light and tough.
At the point where the insulators are
connected, back pieces are put on, thus
making the securing part strong.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

islands are not so firmly designed, and
many of these presses may be found
idle, owing to the def manner in which
the crude mechanic of the Philippines
can swing the hammer and smash
things.
AS soon as a telegraph instrument of
any sort is in the hands of the Fill
pinos, their curiosity is so great that
they must pick it to pieces to see how
it works. The mode of operation con-
sists in inspecting carefully every nut,
screw, pin and connection, finally lead
ing to the removing of parts. The
natives will gradually pick the ap-
paratus to pieces, and then they are
too lazy to put it together again.
After they have torn machine apart
they lose interest and want to go to
sleep. There is the most peculiar lot
of mechanical people working about
the lines in the Philippines one ever
saw. The only way that the soldiers
can get any service out of them is to
use the rod and brighten them into
working. l accompanied several corps
of linemen across the southern islands
of the Philippine group, and the
sergeant of the outfit had to attack the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

articles. There can be no shoes made
here, because the natives are not pos
sessed of sufficient mechanical ability
to operate shoe machinery. The Fill
pinos cannot handle the wrench to
good effect, and many a good electrical
device which has been sent here as a
specimen on trial has been ruined by
the recklessness of a native tinker. /
have seen electrical devices of all des-
criptions put out of service in short or
der by these bungling native mechan-
les. These men have never had the
proper training. They are good
enough at hammering at and wrench
ing with bars the heavy rolls of a
sugar-grinding machine, for the Span
ism builders evidently supposed that
the native mechanics would do this
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

are willing to work until nearly noon,
and then they want to sleep till about
three o'clock. The active Americans
connected with the lines in the Philip
pines do not desire to lose the best part
of the day in sleep, and they object
to have operations stopped on the cree
ton of new lines or in the repair of
old ones. just to permit these lazy fell
lows to take a nap. Therefore there
is considerable dispnting about noon
time each day. 1
In nearly all cases the regular signal
corps men are employed so far as is
possible in the line work on the is
lands, but there are not nearly enough,
and the natives have to be used and
trained. The natives do all Of the
laboring work, such as digging holes,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

The establishment of telegraph and
telephone lines in the Philippine
islands has opened up considerable new
territory in the new possessions of the
United States and has also given a
new line of work to the natives says
G. d. Rice in an interesting article in
the Western Electrician the most pro-
gressive publication of the kind in the
country. The Americans have been
doing nearly all of the construction
work on new lines, but recently have
secured the services of the better
classes of natives for the general
mechanical work and the lower classes
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
Wealth in the Arctics.

Alaska, according to Consul Adam,
of Dawson is about to produce won
derfully in copper as we'll as gold.
Northeast of Prince William sound
huge masses of nearly pure copper
Weighing each from a hundred to a
thousand pounds are found scattered
over a wide area. Timber and water
are convenient, so that large de-
velopnent of the copper industry is
expected. Dawson's output of gold
this season is estimated at from $780,
100000 to s25, 100000, or double that a
year ago. This increase is due to i'm
proved methods of working The ricn
deposits of gold, copper and other
mineral wealth found in the small
part of the artic area SO far prospect
ed suggest the idea that the world has
striking developments in store for II
when the unexplored parts of the
earth shall have been explored by com.
petent prospectors Twenty years ago
the rich mines of the Transvaal, west
ern Australia, the Kondike and Cape
Nome were unknown. The country
containing them was worthless
waste. Now they are among the chief
sources of supply. Like surprises are
probably in store for us when the vast
areas Of Siberia, northern China,
Tibet, northern America and central
Africa are carefully prospected. Min
ers have so far sampled the minerals
of very small part of the globe.
The coming century may give us a
dozen new Ell Doradoes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

for the laboring work In this way the
natives are gradually working into the
ways of telephone and telegraph-line
construction.
The average Filipino is a poor
mechanic, and some of the work on
wires and poles is very poor. The
Filipinos have for a hundred years or
more neglected to make any study of
Rough-and-Ready Line Construction.
the sciences, and all industrial and
mechanical pursuits appear to have
had a secondary place with them. Th
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
The Old Office Inkstand.


Upon the Office table there
It's stood for many year:
An inky tide has ebbed and flowed
Der all its dark career.
The careless dips from hasty pens
Have mixed with dust and dried.
And formed dingy, crusty coat
On top and every side.
The old brass rack on which i
stands.
And where my pen has perched,
is twisted now and out of shape
Its pristine brightness smirched.
Inc thirsty pens of quill or steel
That from it drew their drink
Have dropped into the dusky past,
And lost their taste for ink.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

sort of thing. Therefore the rolls are
cast and turned in immense proper
lions, and there is not local mechanic
possessed OF enough strength to WELD
a hammer and break these rolls. On
the other hand, the packing presses for
the tobacco and hemp products of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

Up to the death OF King Humbert,
Pope Leo went regularly every day
into the vatican gardens with the
usual escort Of two guards and one
or more prelate. After the tragic
murder Of the king II was thought
better at the apostolic palace to In
crease the number of these guards,
who never let him out of sight, and
look much more closely to the en-
frances to the garden. In fact, now
three times day the whole demesne
Is thoroughly searched by armed men
to be sure that no suspicious char
acters have slipped in.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
Police Protection.

Dear me. how do you do It? You
don't seem to have ibit of trouble
keeping your cook"
"Of course not. You see, there's
such nice policeman on our beat
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
a Suggestion.

Tharper-And how are you two get
ting on together?
Hornbill-Pve tried everything to
make my wife happy, but it seems no
use.
Tharper-You haven't tried suicide
yet?-Brooklyn Life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

native assistants with a good-sized
stick every day TO get any work out of
them.
For a great many years it has been
the custom OF the natives to sleep a
great part OF the time The Filipinos
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
Here We Should Say East Boston.

How do you like my new rainy day
skirt, dear?"
Him. When are you going to do
it?"
"Why-do what?"
Wade across to Brooklyn. Harp.
er's Bazaar.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25

consequence is that today they are in
capable of managing any of the mod
ern machines or labor-saving devices of
the age. The manufacturers of the is
lands must confie their efforts to the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-25
CUTTING THE WIRES
CRUDE VANDALISM OF THY LAZY
FlLIPINos.
TROUBLES IN TELEoRAPHY

Valuable Woods Used For Piles in the
Philippine Wilds-Linemen Have
Rare Opportunities to Get Rich and
Some of Them Do-curiosity of the
Natives.