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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Testing Fireproof Stairs For Flate,

In Frankfort, Germany, official tests
have been made of fireproof stairs for
apartment houses. Fires fed with a
material which gave forth an intense
heat were built In the yard of one of
the fire department houses, and over
these fires the stairs were placed. The
longest resistance was shown by the
stairs which had covering of plaster,
and it was found that they could be
used twenty-five minutes after the fire
was started. The stairs covered with
fireproof paint were made Of so many
different materials and of such vary
ing strength that no definite results
could be arrived at, but they were
serviceable after five or ten minutes
in the heat. Of the stairs of wood
and not covered with freproof paint,
those of cak withstood the fire the
longest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
spaniards Aro Not Strenuous.

If the register of Spanish voters Is
true nobody stands better chance of
living 100 yehs or more than the in
habitants of Asturias, writes Madrid
correspondent. The last list Of elec'
tors shows that the districts Of Ian
greo, Morein, Grado, Villaviclosa and
Carreno each counts upon centenar-
ian voter; the districts Of Siero and
Oviedo count on two apiece, and the
district of Salas counts on three Of 1O3
and 104 years old. Another district,
called Cangas de Fineo, contains sew
eral Methuselahs varying between 102
and 1O7. The province Of Asturias,
which contains 100000 inhabitants,
possesses twenty-eight persons Of 100
or more years. This demonstrates
clearly it's excellent climate and the
careful life lived by its inhabitants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Defends Newspaper Reading.

In his attitude toward the daily press
Lord Kelvin presents curious con-
trast to Bishop Creighton, whose ig-
norance Of journalism has been re-
ferred to in this column To an inter-
viewer who asked him whether he
read a great deal Lord Kelvin a little
while ago made the rather startling
reply that he had not read book for
thirty years. II read nothing but the
daily papers. Well, perhaps that is an
overstatement; it may not be thirty
years, but it is long time. Of course,
I am continually referring to books,
but have not the time for steady
reading; except the daily papers. and
I feel especially bound in crises of our
history to study the course of events"
Compare this with Mr.. Balfour's
statement: II never read the papers"
London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
CfusI,ed,

The other day an old woman bounced
into 4 city office with a notification
that had been sent 10 her 10 the effect
tlat quarters rates on some prop
ert OF hers were due.
She asserted she had paid them. A
clerk got out the books to prove that
she had not, and suggested that she
had made mistake. She still de-
clared, however, that she had paid
Don't you ever make mistakes"
she inquired.
The clerk assured her that he did
: not. and jokingly added:
The only mistake l ever made was
when | got married.
She looked at him q moment and
then said:
No; your wife made that mistake" !"
London Spare Moments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Novel Adornraent For Guns.

A novel adornment TO-: cuffs and re-
vers Of dressy toilets consists in cov-
ering them with embroidery forming
part Of Chinese garments. The EN-
broidery is not cut out and appliqued,
but pieces of the garment itself where
the embroidery shows are cut into
the required shape, and form the en-
tire revers. To produce the desired
effect contrasting colors are employed,
the embroidered designs appearing in
various shades on ground of black,
White. dark blue or brick red.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
m Warrant For Pessimism.

We know that 1t is the habit OF not
a few in comparing the present with
the past to magnify the past and TO
minimize the present. But everybody
and everything in the present can' IN
the broad view of the progress OF the
race, be regarded as better than tneir
prio- approximate analogues, FOR the
world is better and humanity is better
now than ever before. since knowledge
is more, unselfshness is more, altru-
ism Is more, courtesy :. more and Vanf
ty, vapidity, vapor, violence and ven
ality are far less.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
The DOG Who Knew.

In Lincoln Park the other after
noon a man was sitting on a bench
when a handsome setter came to him
and raised q paw. Thinking the dog
wanted to shake hands the man po-
litely responded, after which the dog
started to run off. 1t had gone scarce
ly a dozen feet when it turned around
and came back, again extending its
paw. This time the man examined the
foot and found pin sticking in it. He
quickly drew out the pin and the dog
trotted away, wagging its tail.-New-
ark Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
ADoctor's Ingenious Idea.

A well-known Gotham physician,
who was recently enabled, by means
of q current obtained from the storage
battery of his electromobile, to i'm
provise a light for very delicate sur
gical operation performed at the pa
tents house, has had made regular
outfit for use in this direction. 1t con-
sists of about thirty feet Of electric
wire and half q dozen lamps. The
doctor carries the apparatus with him
constantly in his rounds, and it can
be attached in half q minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Princess Golf or Walking Skirt

Every golf player realizes the diff.
fculty in attaining perfect neatness
that lies in the waist and separate
skirt. Button, hook or fasten them
together as we will, the exercise that
grows out of putting" driving" and
the like, means danger Of parting and
consequent underlying anxiety. The
princess skirt illustrated was designed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
A Pretty Idea.

A pretty idea is shown in a narrow
vest of pale-colored cloth. 1t is pierced
with three eyelets on either side as
big as a nickel and heavily wrought IN
silk. Through these openings inch
wide ribbon is laced, which holds the
front together. The ends are tied and
fall over the skirt. Liberty gauze OF
chiffon scarfs are fastened at one side
or caught at the waistMne and float
on the skirt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
rAE E@I@TS OF fN@Hl0N.

file. It SO happens tina: the brim IS
raised in front toward the left side. So
over the left temple bunch of prim-
roses nestles under the brim. The
hat is faced all around with tulle ar
ranged in tucks. The tucking is grad
mated so it looks very we'll. A wide
band of black velvet ribbon is passed
about the crown and tied with a few
loops and ends, wired to serve as an
upright at the left, where it meets
the upturned brim.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
The Diplomat's Solution.

"And if an irresistible force meets
an immovable body? suggested his
friend, the speculative philosopher.
THE situation, indeed, would be
critical" admitted the eminent diplo-
mat: "but, with mutual restraint and
reasonable concessions, see no rea-
son to despair Of an amicable settle
ment."-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Happy Man.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

"Darlingw exclaimed the happy man,
the next moment II never dared
hope you would accept me-"
"I'll explain" said Miss Lakeside.
II consulted a fortune-teller the other
day, and she told me my second mar
riage would make me very happy and
wealthy, so, Of course, I had to get
my first marriage over with."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
BLACK and White Effects.

Black and white effects are quite as
dominant as ever in the seasons fash
ions, and certainly nothing can be
much more Useful or appropriate for
greater variety Of purposes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

Many discoveries Of interest were
made during the survey of the bed Of
the Pacific by the Nero, vessel be-
longing to the United States Navy. The
object Of the survey was to locate
route for a cable, and q map was made
of the. ocean bed from California to
Japan. The discovery that will attract
the most attention, perhaps, is the
greatest known ocean depth-ffty-two
hundred and sixty-nine fathoms, near
~ six miles. This was found a short
distance east of the island of Guam.
All the way from Hawaii to the Mid
way Islands the soundings showed
that the bottom is level plain of soft
mud, at an average depth Of twenty
seven hundred fathoms. Between the
Midway Islands and Guam is another
level plain, broken here and there by
low mountain ranges, and between
Guam and Yokohama is a great peak
that rises almost to the surface.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

The Spanish navy Is now among the
smallest Of the sea powers Of the
world. At one time, more than a CEN
tury ago, it was among the greatest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Tbs HL'Aiplonn Hairpin.

"L'Aiglon" pins for the hair, which
come in different designs, have the pin
part double like hairpin. 1t is pressed
together before being slipped into the
catch at the end, and, springing out,
the pressure holds i secure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

John Nugent, Of Skowhegan, Me-,
is six feet nine and a quarter inches
in height. He has eight brothers and
four sisters all over the six-foot mark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
Reautiful French Petticoats.

Pretty French petticoats in white
have big embroidered flowers splashed
upon the flounce, the centres of both
flowers and leaves with incruStations
of lace, the solid embroidery outlining
them,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

New York City-Guimpes of lace,
tucking and similar materials have
become as essential to the wardrobe
of the grown-up as to that Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
A Tucked Tulle Facing.

"A lightweight hat is q JOY to the
heart. One of these is picture shape
of fancy black-lace straw, soft enough
to be bent to suit the lines Of the Dro-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

At the examination of seventy-eight
recruits of the German army twenty
one did not know who was the Emper-
or Of Germany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs.-Wn.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

H. Il. GREENS soSs, of Atlanta, Co., are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertisement
in another column of this paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

bishop style and the neck is finished
with q regulation stock.
To cut this guimpe for woman Of
medium size, two and half yards Of
material thirty-two inches wide will
be required, OF one and seven-eight
yards Of all-over lace eighteen inches
wide, and seven-eight yards thirty-two
inches wide, to make as illustrated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

Have you ever experienced the joyful SEN
sation Of good appetite? You will If you
chew Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

In these days when man displays COM
mon politeness he is referred tosas gen.
tlenian of the old school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

No woman can hope to keep her age q
secret; the years will tell on her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

The Austrian parliament has a wait
er among it's members.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
.eething, soften the gums, reduces inaamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c a bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

You can't help looking down on man
when he's in hole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

The salary Of the young King Of
Spain is S750,000 year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

II you have rheumatism, write DR.. snoop,
Racine. Wis, Box 14sS for six bottles OF hin
Rheumatic Cure, exp. paid. Send no money
Paw $3.50 figured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

The dealer in kitchen utensils is one
sort of Pan-American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05

A new antiseptic substance Of con.
siderable promise was recently de-
scribed at the French Academy. It
has the rather formidable name Of
mercury ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of sodi-
um. 1t is a white amorphous powder,
very soluble in water and containing
about forty per cent. Of mercury. 1t
has no irritating action on the skin
and does not coagulate albumen, but
seems nevertheless to retain all of the
antiseptic qualities Of its constituents.
Solutions of 1000 strength Zone part
in 1000 parts Of water) are strongly
antiseptic, and when the strength is
only 10000 bacterial growth is mark
edly retarded. Solutions of 1-20U0
strength prevent putrefaction in blood
or bouillon solutions. The fact that
it does notcoagulate almuminous sub
stances is an important quality, as it
is thus possible to use the solution by.
podermically.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

German chemists have at last pro-
ducpd q synthetic indigo which is rap
idly displacing the vegetable producc
Of the planters in India. and the Gov
ernment of Bengal has devoted 30'ooo
rupees to be spent in the Improvement
of the indigo industry, so that the
planters may compete, on even terms
at least, with the German laboratories.
A few drops Of any perfumed OIL
will secure libraries from the consum-
ing effects of moldineSs and damp.
Russian leather, which is perfumed
with the tar of the birch tree, never
molds, and merchants suffer large
bales of this article to lie in the Lon
don docks in the most careless man
ncr, knowing that it can sustain no
injury from damp. ,zra:.
"a friend of mine," says d torre-
spondent of the Sydney IN. S. W. Bull
letin, noticed near his camp a trap
door spider run in front Of him and
pop into it's hole, pulling the lid down
as it disappeared. The lid seemed SO
neat and perfect circle that the man
stopped to examine it, and found, to
his astonishment, that it was Six
pence. There was nothing but silk
thread covering the top Of the coin, but
underneath mud and silk thread were
coated on and shaped convex (as usu-
aD The coin had probably been swept
out of the tent with rubbish" says R.
/. Pocock, commenting on this in Ma
ture. "7sssataSe, ''r-c<e'. ~ .,s..
DR.. Sorby, the well-known scientist,
had a wonderful sapphire, by means
of which he discovered the nature of
the liquid that is sometimes found
in the cavity Of a crystal. The sapphire
had tube-shaped cavity about a quar-
ter of an inch in length and an eigh-
teenth of an inch in diameter, partly
filed with liquid. Its form suggested
that it might be used as natural ther-
mometer, and the doctor found that,
at fifty degrees Fahrenheit, the liquid
half filled the cavity, and completely
filed it at eighty degrees. A study Of
the rate Of expansion led him to the
conclusion that the liquid must be car
bonic acid.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
BY THE EDITORS.
Conundrums Fly Thick and Fast
Across the Editorial Tables.

COnundrums Fly Thick and Fast
Across the Editorial Tables.
Possibly" began the information edi
tor, glancing furtively at memorandum
on his desk, ''you can tell me what is the
difference between a fish dealer and an
untruthful newsboy?"
"None," replied the exchange editor.
sBoth do scaly business. Why isl
Il say there is. One signs for Lent
and the other lies for a cent"
Hang that on the hook. What's the
difference between schoolmaster and
sheep market?
"No difference. One boards around
and the other has boards around"-
Saw it off. One has his eye on the
pupil and the other has the pupil in his
eye"
what has the sheep market to do with
it?"
"That's where you get sold. Ha, ha"
Enough to make a donkey laugh, il
it?"
"Who's donkeyW
"Who's sheep?"
give are. Why is pound of putty
"Like a cage of panthers? Sixteen
ounces. Why isl
"a pound of putty
"Like a dose of laudanum? Stops the
pane. That reminds me. Why is a
Ratchet like arnica?"
zone is window smasher and the
other is a pane killer"
sob, mol Thought you'd bite at it. 1t.
hits an all on the head"
"Why is the wreck Of fruit train
"Gets it's dates mixed. Why does az
at doesn't. 1t only wabbles it's nos
trils. Can you tell why Pettigrew''-
Couldn't grow any ether day. Why is
ballot box
stuff! What's the difference between
the tin can trust and'-
"The other can't rust. Why is riot
Gus Instruction
Like deaf and dumb man? Ones
mute, and so is the other emeute. What's
the difference between macintosh and
a seasick boy"
zones an overcoat and the others
pale tot. Why Isl
"Stop! 1t isn't pronounced that way"
pronounce it any way please. Ones
glad rag and the others a draggled
lad
AT this critical juncture the Sunday edi-
tor came in and swore at them, and they
broke away.-Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
Painin Head, Side and Back.
HARD ON SMOKERS.
Old Time Legislation Against the
Use of Tobacco.

Old Time Legislation Against the
Use of Tobacco.
1t is one of the curiosities of old time
legislation that the use of tobacco was
in early colonial days regarded by the
magistrates and elders as far more in
furious, degrading and sinful than that
of intoxicating liquors. Both the use
and the planting of the weed were for,
hidden, the cultivation of it being per-
mitted only in small quantities, "for
meere necessitie, for phisick, for pres
ervation of the health, and that the
same be taken privately by anncient
men," But the creature called tobac-
ko'' seemed to have an inde@tructible
life. Mrs. Alice Nj. Earle writes of
these early restrictions about tobacco
in "Stagecoach and Tavern Days."
Landlords were ordered not to "suf-
fer any tobacco to be taken into their
houses" on penalty of a fine to the
"victualler" and another to ''the party
that takes it." The laws were con-
stantly altered and enforced, and still
tobacco was grown and was smoked.
No one could take it '.publicquely" nor
in his own house or anywhere else be-
fore strangers. Two men were forbid
den to smoke together.
No one could smoke within two miles
of the meeting house on the Sabbath
day. There were wicked backsliders
who were caught smoking around the
corner of the meeting house and others
on the street, and they were fined and
set in the stocks and in cages.
Until within few years there were
New England towns where tobacco
smoking in the streets was prohibited,
and innocent cigar loving travellers
were astounded at being requested to
cease smoking.
Mr.. Drake wrote in 1886 that he
knew men, then living, who had had to
plead guilty or not guilty in Boston
police court for smoking in the streets
of Boston.
In Connecticut in early days a great
indulgence was permitted to travellers
man could smoke once during a jour
ney of ten miles
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
Hintorx Of the CONGO Tree.

Mr.. H. White, a well known horticul-
turist of Leyden, gives Kaffra, in the
southern part of Abyssinia, as the native
place of the coffee tree, says writer in
Meehan's Monthly. He mentions Arabian
legends as samples of strange customs in
connection with it's use. 1t was not till
centuries after its use that 1t was carried
to Java, from whence the first samples
were received in 1706.
A tree from Java was then sent to the
botanic garden in Amsterdam, and when
it lowered and ripened seeds a young
Seeding was presented to Louis XIV
From this plant seedlings were sent to
Martinique, and from these plants, again.
seedlings were sent to Jamaica, Cayenne
and Santo Domingo, while from Amster
dam plants were sent to Surinam. In
fact, it was from the one plant sent from
Java in the beginning of the eighteenth
century by Governor General Van Hoorn
that everything in the French possessions
and the West Indies has sprung.
In this way has Travelled the progeny
of the original plant introduced from
Arabia through Burgomaster Nocoloos
Witsen at the end Of the seventeenth cen.
turv
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
DimcuIt Dutch.

The Dutch language is of good old
fashioned tongue. 1t is so difficult that
English speaking people cannot with
out difficulty acquire 1t. In fact. some
folk say II is more like unto English
than 1t is to German The Beers In
South Africa use the Dutch tongue as
It was spoken 200 years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
NO TICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate Of David Schneider, deceased.

PURSUANT to the order of the Surrogate
il of the County of Morris, made on the
23nd day of May, A. D., one thousand nine
hundred and one, notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against the estate of
David Schneider, late OF the County of Morris,
deceased, to present the same, under oath or
affirmation, to the subscriber on or before the
Twenty-second day. of February next being
Nine Months from the date of said order; and
any Creditor neglecting to bring in and exhibit
his, her or their claim, under oath or aff1rma-
ton, within the time 30 limited, will be for
ever barred of his, her or their action therefor
against the Executrlx.
Dated the I'D day OF May, A. D., 1901.
KATHARINE SCHNEIDER,
Executrix,
20ll Butler, N. ]
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

Our German friends have got on to
a new method of making brick by com
bining 81 parts of sand and 6 parts of
lime and subjecting the bricks nodded
therefrom to a steam pressure of 100
pounds, giving a product as hard and
ndestructible as any stone.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

The heated term during the first
week of May throughout the north
west put the foliage on the trees a
long way ahead of the corn planters in
the field.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

The asparagus bed is now generous
ly rewarding the man who had enter
prise enough to set it out and will fur
nish daily dish of most delicious and
healthful green food up to the time
when the first peas are fit to pick.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

We have friend who always wipes
off and oils his hoe blade when he is
through using it. 1t is of no use to ask
him to lend that hoe, because he would
refuse even his best friend; then he has
not any boys either.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

A good, stout hitching post with a
chain and snap attached is a conven-
fence which every distant caller at
your home will appreciate. 1t removes
every excuse for hitching horses to
your shade trees.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31

Complaint is made that some of the
graveled highways caved in, so to
speak, during the prolonged wet wealth
er of the late spring. The truth is that
under such weather conditions nothing
short of macadam or paving is mud
proof