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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

the use of his eyes, a fact made use Of
by cowboys on the plains who will
whip off his coat and throw 1t over
the head of a runaway. A Frenchman,
NJ. Ranglaret, has made use Of this
knowledge and has turned it to good
account in the construction Of a SIM
pie arrangement by means Of which
the horses eyes may at will be coy-,
cred, so as to shut out the light. II
Is called binder brake, and, as will
be seen from the accompanying cut.
consists Of double binders. The in,
side ones, which can readily be fast
ened on the ordinary binder, Is made
of very pliable leather, and controlled
by a cord, the end of which Is access
sible to the driver and experiments
show that the device is very effective.
There are said to be 800 known VA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

An appendicitis club las been
formed in Cleveland, Ohio. To be-
come q member of this unique orgGui-
zation, one must have been operated
upon for appendicitis
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Etiquette and Pie.

1t is proper to lift the lid of the pic
to see what's inside AZ a boarding
house, but not proper when you arc
invited out.-Atchison Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

When a fellow refers to a girl as a
peach. the marrying clergyman may
be justified in looking for o pair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
A Iife.SaYinH Boat.

A collapsible lifeboat has just beon
invented by a native Of Switzerland l.
The appliance has two frames, one vt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
A PHYSICIANS AUTO.
Motor Vehicle Which is q Model Of Com
pactness.

Several motor vehicles for the use
of physicians have been placed on the
market by American makers, but none
of them are more compact than that
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion reproduced from the Horseless
Age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
A Roman Milestone.

Yellaheen workmen. in digging for 4
new road near Shapat, two miles east
Of Jerusalem, recently unearthed q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
No More Runaways.

No More Runaways.
It is q well-known fact that the mad
est horse will come to standstill
almost instantaneously if deprived Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

Electric Time Alarm. ~
When the bell Of an ordinary alarm
clock begins to ring the sleeper is apt
to wake up sufficiently to think 1t VIII
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
MILESTONE FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM.

Roman milestone. A section Of it IS
shown in the cut This milliarium was
probably the second one from Jerusa-
lem. The. were placed at intervals
of 1000 Romap PAGES about equivalent
to our mile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

people rush forward to the middle oc1
the river, and the arduous work be-,
gins, everyone trying to be the frst 10.
make hole in the ice with chiseL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

There are said to be 800 known vaa
rieties Of wheat in the world x
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
HIS MARRIAGE FEE.

A poor couple living in the Emerald
Isle went to the priest for marriage,
and were met with a demand for the
marriage fee. 1t was not forthcoming.
Both consenting parties were rich in
love and in their prospects, but desti-
tute of financial resources. The father
age
Give me lave, your reverence"
said the blushing bride, ito go and get
the money"
1t was given, and she sped forth on
the delicate mission of raising a
marriage fee out of pure nothing.
After short interval she returned
with the sum of money, and the cere
mony was completed to the satisfaction
of all When the parting was taking
place, the newly made wife seemed a
little uneasy.
Anything on your mind, Catherine?"
said the father.
well, your reverence, I would like to
know if this marriage could not be
spoiled now?"
Certainly not. Catherine. No man
can put you asunder."
Gould you not do it yourself, father?
Could you not spoil the MARRIAGE
mo, no, Catherine. You are past
me now. I have nothing more to do
with your marriage"
THAT aisen me mind said Cathe-
rine, land God bless your reverence.
There's the ticket for your hat.
picked it up in the lobby and pawned
it."-Tit- Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
WORKERS IN LONDON LAUN-
DRIES,

Miss j. M. S. Gray has during the
! last six years worked as a sanitary In
spector of factories and workshops I'M
der the defunct vestry of st. Mary's,
Isington, and more recently under
the newly constituted Municipal
Borough Council, to which authority
she is still attached, and by whom she
appears to be regarded as highly eff
ficient official Islington is one of the
largest and most important parishes in
the metropolis; indeed, in point of area,
number of inhabitants, and reliability,
it stands foremost among the parochial
authorities in the kingdom. Miss Gray's
office is no sinecure; week in and week
out she is hard at work. She has to
inspect all factories and workshops in
Islington where there are women work.
ers, including those where tailoring,
laundry, dressmaking, fur-sewing,
shirtmaking, rag picking and sorting,
the manufacture of artificial flowers,
and even surplce-making are carried
out But these workshops only en-
brace 1.-THE of those which come I'M
der her care and control. She makes
between 1900 and 1000 inspections
year, and reports in detail to the local
authority.
Asked yesterday by representative
of the Daily News to detail some of her
experiences with regard to laundries
and laundry women and girls In her
district, Miss Gray who possesses to a
considerable extent all the shrewdness
and candor generally associated with
bonnie Scotland, from which she halls,
said: IT am not what they call gov
eminent inspector and, therefore, do
not work under the Home Office, but
under the direction Of the Borough
Council. 7. therefore, have only to do
with the sanitary condition Of factor
les and workshops. My duties are
strictly confined to those places where
women work, whether that be in the
factory or in their own homes. Isling-
ton being near the city, there is a great
deal of city work done here for the
warehouses, dresses, blouses, ties,
shirts etc, are turned out in vast
quantities.
"And laundries. of course, come un-
der your Inspection"
Most certainly. I think since the
passing of the Factories and Workshops
Act GS95) the sanitary conditions of
laundries has improved considerably.
The work is of a very destructive ma
ture. There are a great many dilapi-
dations caused by the heat of the stoves
and the rot Of the floors"
tYou have nothing to do with the
hours of the women employed in laun-
dries?"
Nothing whatever; but 1 may say
think there has been an improvement
since the act to which | have referred
was introduced. The hours are neces-
sarily Irregular and the work hard.
The principal hradships are in the tenn
perature of the ironing rooms and the
dampness of the atmosphere. It's only
strong women who can stand laundry
work; the weak ones fall out. You
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
Grnn,, ODcra House.

ll1E S1OhllNtT bl1IlESS,
1.-THE Sporting Duchess" was pre-
sented at the Grand opera house yes
terday afternoon and evening on a law
ish scale of splendor. The fourteen diff
ferent scenes Of the play were each and
all mounted with all the care and detail
characteristic of first production. The
company showed up to all requirements.
Helen Courtney, Frank Munnell. VIM.
DeVaull, Jessie Pringle and Alice Mere
dith deserves special mention for their
respective performances. blue Jeans
will be the change of programme for
to-day matinee and night.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
The performance of kidnapped in
New York. at the Grand opera house
next Monday evening will commence at
7:15 IN order to present the opportuni-
ty to visitors and regular patrons of
witnessing both the performance in the
theater and the students parade, which
is scheduled to pass in front of the
Grand opera house at $3.50 O'clock The
curtain will rise positively at 7:15,
which will bring the performance to a
close q o:20.
KIDNAPPED IN NEW YORK.
Barney Gilmore in his sensa tional
oomedydrama Kidnapped in New
York" will be the attraction at the
Grand opera house next Monday after
noon and the patrons of this popular
theate are promised a meritorious pro-
duction from a dramatic and scenic
point of view, Mr.. Gilmore has gained
considerable fame as an interpreter Of
Irish character, and in his new crea-
ton of Mr.. Dooley, the detective, he has
won fresh laurels Sale of seats is now
progressing.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17

ask at what age girls begin this class
1 Of work. I should say at seventeen.
( have been told by some women who
| have worked fifteen or twenty years ir
a laundry that they feel none the worse
but these have always belonged to the
stalwart class. In a great many small
laundres the work is carried on in
dwelling houses, and I have been par
ticularly and repeatedly struck by the
delicacy of the children living there.
They seem to die off. It is the heat
and the steam that kill"
From, 7 presume. consumption,
bronchitis and pneumonia principal
ly?"
Yes, these are the leading diseases
causing their death. I pay special at
tention to hand laundries; by that
mean laundries where no machinery
but purely manual work is performed"
And what Is your verdict upon them
as whole?'
Some are kept beautifully clean,
while in others I find something wrong
on the occasion of every visit. A great
deal depends upon the individual occu-
piers ideas of cleanliness and manage
ment The hand laundries are being
gradually bought up by those who con-
troll the big steam laundries, so that in
time 7 think they will entirely disap-
pear I need not tell you that, as far
as an inspector of factories is con-
cerned, the hours of labor are much
more easily controlled in a large than
in small concern. Moreover, there
are much better chances of ventila-
ton
"As to the earnings Of these wo-
menu"
Women in laundries can earn good
wages, and in most cases the wife Is
the breadwinner for the family the
husband more frequently than other
wise being loafer. I'm speaking now
respecting hand laundries I under
stand that in steam laundries the pay
is not so good, and young and untrain-
ed hands are introduced, whereas for
efficient work in hand laundry skilled
hands have to do the work of machin-
cry"
do you think, Miss Gray that young
girls are tempted to abandon domestic
service by the rate of pay offered to
them by hand laundries?''
L think, generally speaking, the girl
who applies herself to laundry work Is
of a lower class than the average do
nestle servant"
'The temperature Of the laundries Is
very high, is it not?"
It'll give you an example. I found on
some hot days of July there was an av-
erage temperature in the laundries
which I visited Of 80 degrees. OF course,
In summer the pressure CT work is
greater, and the long hours per day
which the law alows-viz., fourteen
out of twenty four--are more likely to
be worked In summer than in winter"
Generally speaking, then, you do
not consider the lot of London laun-
dry woman or girl happy one?''
II think" observed Miss Gray, by |
way of closing sentence, "the work |
Is very hard, and very often the con-
1itions under which she works are not |
at all satisfactory. But there Is an
>ther class Of women who work under
sven worse conditions; I refer to the |
agpicker and sorter. think 1t is the
worst class I have to deal with; it is
he most unhealthy. London Daily |
News
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
pol.,s wonderland Thenter.

Certainly the show at Polls is more
than a moneys worth this week. If
laughs are worth anything-and they
say they are the elixer of life-there is
a cure for all i'll i'll this Poll prescrip-
ton.
Reno, Richards and company with a
screamingly funny skit head the BILL
with Smith and Campbell, the rapid
fire jokers, as another strong card.
Burke's dogs do many wonderful
things and fairly astound the audience
when they play tunes on the bell
chimes. The dogs are alone worth 60
ing miles to see.
Hal Davis and company in zone
Christmas Eve" Louise Montrose,
Coincidence: Gavin and Plat. Mitchell
and Marion, and the Seeker trio are all
capital. In addition to these there is
the fine exhibition of the Mckinley
funeral pictures by vitagraph.
Next week there will be a strong bill
for bcentennial celebration, headed by
the Pony ballet. The show on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday will be con-
tinuous performances from 1 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Prices: Matinee, 10c and zoe; even
ing, 10c, zoe, soc. Ladies at matinee, 1Oc
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
IN THE MOORS' COUNTRY
SPECTACULAR IANGIER-AB BROAD
WITH Il DRAGOMAN
A Lively Experience in the Main
Street.-The Mosques and schooI-Op-
Arab Home.

Especial Correspondence of the Jaurnal
and Courier)
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17

hold shall attack him?' Some magni-
ficent Turkish rugs were brought for a
pallet which was speedily made up on
the stone floor. The African returned
with a beautiful lamp Of cut brass, a
cup flea in which mint leaves were
floating, and small loaf of white
bread. He deposited these in the mid
die of the floor and disappeared. Then
my host showered the blessing of AL
Lab upon me, and l was left alone. l
my food, put out my antique
lamp, wrapped the splendid rugs about
me and passed the night in the dream
less sleep"
-. NNIE 3 w RD
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17

cumulative in effect, and We may go to
the edge of ruin with IMMUNITY. But
the twelve grains would they Kill the
divil himself il he swallowed them?'
The doctor seemed annoyed. did not
know; he had never had him" for
patient.
"Ah, no, docther we niver had" came
from the bench, "more's the pity. The
old bhoy's still alive. '-Washington
Post
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
"ArJsTRALIA.p

One of the most interesting and novel
melodramas of the season Is announced
for next Thursday evening at the
Grand opera house. The company is
one of excellence and a veritable feast
Is promised to every lover of meo-
drama who visits the Grand during this
engagement
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
n NTERT'4IN1T n MIS-,

FANNIE B. WARD.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
CONGRESS.

The senate Monday confirmed the
nomination of Hon. Philander G.. Knox
TO be attorney general of the United
States.
The bill TO provide revenue temper
arily for the Philippine islands passed
the house by vote OF 1G3 to 12S. The
bill imposes the Dingley rates on goods
entering the United States from the
Philippines and the rates established
by the Philippine commission on
goods entering the Philippines from
the United States. 1t also provides
for the collection of tonnage taxes on
vessels plying between the United
States and the Philippines. and that
foreign vessels may ply between these
ports until January /, 1905. The duties
and taxes collected under the provis-
ions of the bill shall 90 into the Phil
ippine treasury, to be expended for the
use and benefit of the islands.
Representative Wood, of California,
has introduced bill to establish a
department of mines and mining.
Chairman Ray, of the house CON-
mittee on judiciary, has introduced an
antl-anarchy measure, which prob
ably will be the basis Of legislation on
that subject in the house. The meas
ure provides the death penalty for
assaults on the president or other ex-
ecutive officers. 1t is made a felony
to advise or teach the overthrow of
the government or any interference
with government officers. The death
penalty also Is provided for conspira-
cies in this country leading to the kill
ing of. foreign king, emperor, presi-
dent or other ruler.
Mercer, of Nebraska. introduced n
bill appropriating S2,0O0000 for the
proposed new building for the depart
ment of agriculture.
a bill introduced by Senator Penrose
provides for levying a duty Of % per
cent al valorem on all importations of
manufactured silver.
Most members of congress left :or
home over the holidays Thursday. SO
Fridays sessions were very thinly at
tended. Both houses adjourned until
Monday, January 6, 1902.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Cattle: Best steers, IS 50d6;
good TO choice butcher steers, 81 S5q5 40;
light to good, 50 90a4 75 good steers and
hefers 81 35li4 65 light to good, 50 1904 rs;
common thin heifers to fair butchers,
81 35d3 30; mixed butchers and fat cows,
S3N4; Gamers and common thin butchers,
81 5Od2 20. Shcer-Best lambs. 81 S5q5 %
light TO good and good mixed lots, SO 500
10; fair to good mixed and butcher sheep,
81 i0aS 20; culls and common, 81 50a2 80.
Hogs-Fairly active. but lower; tops,
s. 50; bulk at 921h6i5 o.
Chicago-Cattle: Good to prime, $66D7 %
poor to medium. SO 70u5 so; stockers and
feeders, $2u4; cows, N04 80; heifers, 81 500
5 25 Gamers, a@2; bulls, 81 75d4 so:
calves, 81 J06t6; Texas steers, 81 25u5. Hogs
-l.iXed and butchers. s. 7566 80; good to
choice heavy, Sc 10a6 50; rough heavy.
So SOa6; light, sos 20; bulk Of sales at
$ 7Oq6 20. sheep-Lambs, 25c lower; good
to choice wethers, SO 65d4 %; western
sheep, S8a4 %; native lambs, So SOFAS %;
western lambs. $4n5
Buffalo-Cattle: No good stock on mar
ket; veals, Sia7 % closed dull for all but
choice grades. Hogs-Heavy hogs, Sc 400
6 50 mixed and mediums, Sc 25d6 40; good
weight Workers. s. 9006 10; light, s. COO
. so; pigs. 50 20d5 30; roughs, s. 25n5 60;
stays, stat 90 Sheep-Top lambs s. 500
wethers. handy kind, 50 1904; yearllngs.
sia4 80; good export sheep in demand at
SO 50U4, from ewes to good wethers.
Cincinnat-Cattle: Heavy steers, choice
to extra, S 35G5 20; nominal fair to good.
81 SOFAS %; oxen, $2@4 %; butcher steers
choice, 81 JOa$5 fair to good, 50 SOFA 40;
heifers, good to choice, 81 75G4 Is; extra,
81 2564 80 common TO fair, 81 5003 S.;
cows, good to choice, SO 35d4 extra, 81 10
"A 25 fair to medium, 81 3543 Is Gamers,
81 50d2 %; common rough steers, poor
cows and scalawags, $lG1 so; stockers and
feeders. 81 506t4 80. Hogs-Heavy ship
pers, So 30d6 81; good TO choice packers
and butchers Sc O5a6 Is; mixed packers.
s. 70d6; common to choice heavy fat sows,
SiGf6 TO- stays s. 50d4 70; light shippers,
s. 15d5 co; pigs 10 lbs and less, 81 2595 10.
Sheep-Extra. SO 1913 Is; good to choice,
81 50d3; common TO fair, 81 25dD2 40; weth-
ers, good to choice, Sid4 Co; common to
fair, 50 25d3 90.
Pittsburg-Cattle: Choice. $696 30;
butchers b 81 5oTs5 HogsePr rT1e he Seavies
Sc 45d6 Go; heavy mediums. Sc 25G6 IS;
light mediums, So 156i6 20; heavy Workers,
Sc O566 10; light Workers, s. zoos IS: pigs,
s. SOFAS GO. Sheep-Best wethers, g 1904;
good 50 25d3 co; mixed. 50 50G3 10; culls
and common, s1q2; yearlings, 1904 10;
lambs Sd5 30.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
Murdered by Robbers.

The body of James b. Hay. secre-
tary Of the Pacific Lumber Co, OF
Salt Lake was found buried in a
shallow trench alongside the Rio
Grande tracks. Monday night Hay
called at the home of Peter Morten-
sen, a contractor, and collected So. 800
which MortenSen owed the Pacific
Lumber Co. Since that time nothing
had been seen or heard of him until
the body was found The money was
gone and in the back Of Hays head
was great Jagged wound. The pol
ice believe some one who saw Hay
receive the money from Mortensen.
murdered him and buried the body in
the hastily dug trench
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
over one Hundred Years.

Louis Rock, a French Canadian, who
lived in Geo. Washington's time,
passed away at his home in Luding-
ton Wednesday at the advanced age of
1O7 years. Rocks first and last sick
ness was nothing more than mild
case of grippe, death resulting more
from old age than anything else. Mrs.
Rock died three years. ago at the age
of So. To them - children. % grand.
children and 81 great grandchildren
were born. Louis Rock was born at
sea while his parents were crossing
the Atlantic ocean in the year 1874.
During his younger days he spent
many years with the Indians in the
west and is said to have been the
first white man who entered Yellow
stone park. Endowed with a constl-
tuition which never knew fatigue.
Rock endured untold hardships dur
ing his long frontier career and until
ten years ago worked in sawmill
every day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
A Blacksmith's story.

Goodland, Kans., Dec. 23.-N. E. AL
bertson, local blacksmith, had almost
decided to give up his shop altogether
on account of Rheumatism which had
crippled MIN so that at times he could
not use his hammer.
His shoulders and arms were so sore
that he couldn't sleep at night. He
had suffered for years, but was gradu-
ally getting worse. till at last lie had
about made up his mind to give up
But just then he heard Of some won
derful cures of Rheumatism by Dodd's
Kidney Pills and thought he would try
for a cure once more.
They cured him completely and he
has not trace Of Rheumatism left
The shop will not be gwen up and Mr.
Albertson may be seen there any day
hard at work as If nothing had ever
allied him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-26
QUEER WILLS OF RICH MEN.
some Extraordinary Requests That Have
Passed Into History.

Some Extraordinary Bsquosts That Have
Passed Into History.
It does not necessarily follow that
because man has been shrewd enough
to amass a great fortune he Is Eise
enough to dispose Of ii In sen&1blo
manner The records OF the probate
courts show that requests fraught with
onerous, even impossible, conditions
are not uncommon. II is as though
the testator, resenting the scramble for
his property which he foresees Will fol-
low his death, desires to make the lot
of his heirs as hard as possible.
Within the last few months there
have been several of these eccentric
wills. A brother left his sister f26.-
900 under the express condition that
she should neither marry nor become .
nun. In default of carrying out the
stipulations the money Is to be dis
tributed among other relatives.
Very different toward marriage was
the attitude of wealthy Italian who
died recently. To each OF his three
daughters he left $500 a year x they
remained single and Ave times az
much, $500 yearly, II they married.
A member of the English parliament
just deceased bequeathed to his two
daughters his entire estate OF $I20,-
900 with the provision that they can
only inherit If they attain the age OF
35 without wedding either Hebrew
of citizen of the United States.
A curious evidence of the foresight
of Benjamin Franklin is furnished by
one OF the items of his will. A small
sum of money was left with the pro-
viso that it should not be used until
the twentieth century, and that mean
while the accommodating interest should
be added to the principal.
The gift has now become available.
with the result that the trustees Of th
Franklin fund have at their dlsposaN
1876, 900, which will esused to erect q
Franklin institute in Franklin square.
Boston.
More singular even than any of
these odd requests was the obligation
that Lord Butte imposed on his heirs
AS he lay dying he expressed the wish
that his heart should be taken to the
holy land and buried there, adding that
unless this was done his relatives
would never rest happy in possession OF
his estate. So strong was this appeal
that the order was carried out to the
letter