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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12
An Amusing Mistake.

A quaint tale Of typewriter is told
by an Anglo Indian. An English Judge
In India. an expert on the typewriter.
used 1t for the taking Of judicial notes.
The machine was taken into Court.
when q certain novelty was impaired
to the proceedings by the click Of the
keys and tinkle Of the bell. The pris-
oner was found guilty and sentenced.
Promptly he appealed on the ground
that. instead of listening to the ev!-
dence. the Judge had while away his
time by playing on musical snstru-
ment.
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All Know . Good ;rhipg.

The Ohio Penitentiary managers ano
economists. says the Cincinnati En-.
quirer. had been wondering what to do
with the crusts OF bread that are left
over every time the 1000 prisoners sit
down to q meal. They finally decided
TO cut the crust of all bread and make
the crust into bread pudding. Since
this information has worked Its way
through the prison the piles Of left.
over crusts are daily increasing.
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in the house. In q recent letter to Df.
Hartman he'says: s.,
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
SALEN, May Q, 1893.
The Pe-ru.na Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Dear Sirs-I have had occasion TO use
your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family foe
colds, and 1t proved to be an excellent rem
cdy. have not had occasion to use it for
other ailments.
Yours very truly. w. n. Lord.
It will be noticed that the Governor
says he has not had occasion to use Peru
na for other ailments. The reason for this
j. most other ailments begin with Q cold.
Using Pe-ru.na to promptly cure colds, hs
protects his family against other ailments.
This is exactly what every. othe: family in
the United States should do. Keep Peru.
m in the house. Use it for coughs, colds.
Ia grippe and other climatic affections OF
winter. and there will be no other all.
ments in the house. Such families should
provide themselves with copy Of Dr..
Hartman's free book, entitled Winter Ca.
tarrh." Address DR., Hartman. Columbus.
Ohio.
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Pleasures Of Eagllsh Travelln \.

A new terror has been added to rail-
way travelling. A friend Of mine
writes a correspondent was journey.
ing the other day with his wife from
Lancashire by the Midland. Three men
got into the same compartment. the
one in the middle without his boots
being apparently prisoner. One. OF
the guards. a young muscular man,
watched every movement Of the 'pris.
oner" intently. and not without cause.
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A Boy who sess Doabie.

TO the British Association at Belfas.
says the Westminster Gazette. DR.. Ce'
ell Shaw, q local doctor, gave IN &C
count Of case Of paralysis Of conver'
gence Of the sight, which 10 only the
second of Its kind on record. A Bel
fast boy, nine years Of age. lately
found all ut once that he could not
focus his two eyes to the one point,
but literally saw double. This Is moi
unusual as the result Of some other
affection. but very exceptional when
independent and without any apparen,
reason.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12
Tho Paw Of Dancers.

The greatest pay dancer ever re-
ceived was $65OO year for six years.
paid to Marie Taglioni. But for shorter
periods higher pay has been given.
Miss Fuller Is said to have received
$2475 In q single week.
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Famous Flowers.

The latest fad In England is flowers
grown from bulbs procured from the
battlefieijs Of South Africa. A firm at
Llttlehampton makes q speciality Of
this. and has recently done quite big
business In specially selected bulbs i'm
ported from the veldt, kloof and kopje.
1t was q novel idea. and the firm was
soon making up collections as fast as
its staff could work-collection OF
bulbs guaranteed to have been gath
cred On SpIon Kop. Magersfonte!n,
Colenso. Elandslangte and many other
famous battlefields. The same idea
has been taken up in America. plants
from famous Sbattlefelds Of the civil
and SpanIsh-American wars having
been collected By several women, who
have had special opportunities for gra-
tIfying their taste for flowers.
once building For Doctors.
No time has been lost by Henry
Kahn In proceeding to the erection Of
a handsome structure for physicians
offices on the lot he bought q few
weeks ago on the south side Of Sutter
street. 206.3 feet west Of Taylor. says
the San Francisco Chronicle. 1t will
be five stories with basement and 0c-
cupy a lot 45.1Ox137.6 feet In dimen.
slons. The base Is to be Of granite.
with liberal use OF. plate glass. and
the upper portion will be in pressed
brick Of red and yellow hues. Marble
will be employed for the entrance
and the interior will be furnished in a
tasteful and durable manner. Each of
the Offices will be provided with its
anteroom and supplied with special
electric devices and X-ray closets.
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Apart from insane persons main
tanned Mt home. concerning whom NO
Official returns are made. Scotland had
last year lG,2SS iunatics.
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An EQUlAAU WHO o
PROMISES TO Be A
GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER.

Nekifer Scliouchuck, the Esqnimau
boy that plays on the Carlisle Indian
School football eleven. Is the only
player of bis race. Schouchuck is not
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The Nile Dam.

Since 1899 the great Nile dam at
Assouan has given steady employment
to from 1900 to 10000 Italian and
Egyptian laborers.
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800 Reward. SiOO.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure In all
It's stages. and that Is Cstarrh. Halls Cstarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being CON
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCur Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease. 'nnd giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing It's
work. The proprietors have so much faith In
It's curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
There art no less than 1862 different spe.
cics of fish inhabiting the waters Of Amer.
ica north OF the Isthmus of Panama.
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The truth is not always pleasant, and
that's when it is generally tod.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

Recent experiments in England have
demonstrated that furnace Stag. satu-
rated with coal tar. makes q superior
water and dust proof road surface.
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Piso' 3 Cure Is the best medicine We ever used
for all affections Of throat and lungs.-WN.
O. ExpsLEY. vanburen. Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
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Mount Etna is found by Professor
Ricco to have been lowered sixty-6ve
feet on the south side since 1868 and
twice rs much on the north. The top
il supposed to have been slowly blown
away by the wind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

American shoes are worn by thousand,
of Europeans in their native lands
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

A. the Chinese Have II.
All unskilled fools quarrel with their
tools.-New York Press.
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The Trouble with money Is that II goes
o much faster than il comes.
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Intelligent Sparrows.

Intelligent Sparrows.
G. p. L.. as he relates in the Daily
Graphic. Gagged young sparrow which
would have been killed by falling from
is nest but for the fact that n piece
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup for children
teething. often the gums, reduces infianma-
ton allnys pain. cures wind collie. DC. a bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

When fellow proposes he expects the
| girl to take him a, his word.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-12

The British public use up nearly 800 tons
Of cardboard yearly in the form Of post.
cards
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JUNE TINT Butter COLOR makes top
| Of the market butter.
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FTTspermanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. t2trial bottle and treatisefree
DER II. KLINE. Ltd. 99l Arch St., PhilR., Pm.
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JohnsonJ Happy Pills are manu- factured
blythe Happy Medicine Co.. Borough OF Rich
mond, N. Y. City. They are highly recon-
mended for malaria and chills and fevers.
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T Summerland. Cal. there are
about one hundred submarine
oil wells In successful opera
Ey Dwight Kempton.

scattered along the beach between the
limits Of the highest and lowest tides.
The wells farthest from shore are in
from fifteen to twenty-five feet Of wa
ter at low tide. The drilling Of sub
marine oil wells. rs performed at Sum-
merland. primarily involves the con-
struction OF q wharf from the shore
to some point over the Oil.producing
strata. or across the region where the
borlngs are contemplated. In strength
Of structure these wharves have been
built In considerable variety. from
those consisting Of a mere double row
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A machine has been invented for picking
potato bugs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-29
EASTER PRESENTS.
Appropriate Tokens. Fraciful. Cost
" md OtherMise.

Iy and Otherwise.
In the WAY of gifts Easter is fast be
coming a miniature edition Of Christ
mas. Flowers and hCnhuHS in lcauti
full holders represent the mCSt Opuar
presents, and city florists and cOniec
TONERS reap an immense harvest from
this custom of EAStrr;iGe. Any fresh
growing thing. from Il pot OF hyac!nlhS
to n stately Easter lily or handsome
blooming shrub. may lie given "nd ac
ccptcd as an appropriate present. says
the pittSbury Chronicle Telegraph. 1t
is in LOnbon holders. however. to Il
great extent that the typical Easter
gift is most apt 10 be found. and very
costly they are despite the airy unSub'
Stantiality of some of them.
The display in the shops Is bewilder
ing. Great straw eggs are made or
coored braids interviewer with gilt and
have large straw rings ready for hang
ing them. When one of these wicker
eggs parts in the middle, the interior
is seen lined with peachblOw satin. so
that it may act conveniently as work
basket when its mission as candy
holder is over.
EGGS of various colOrS. covered with
satin and eXQuiSitely hand painted.
open to reveal sweets within. Some
are lined and wadded and answer for
ring or cuff button cases.
Dainty bOnbOn cases are made of fine
porcelain, decked off with flowers of
various hucs. Some choice china bon
bOnniercS have on the closely fitting
covers little scenes from farm life. the
hen and her progeny having prominent
place in each.
Flower trimmed fancy baskets in all
sorts of odd shapes and laden with
sweets are favoritc Easter reminders.
Opera bags and workbOXes and heart
shaped boxes decorated with flowers
typical of the season are all in the
Easter swim.
jewelers. small wares come in for 4
large amount of attention. and not only
prayer books. crosses, rOSarieS. etc. for
the devout, but silver triflcs. such rs
glove hooks, envelope openers. pin
trays. bonbonnicrcs. purses, cigarette
cases, etc, for the more worldly are in
rcquisition.
Those who manufacture the gifts
which they present at Easter are APT
to restrict themselves to small and
dainty triles. such as perfumcd Sa
chefs Of various kinds. decorated boxes
for ribbons. handkerchiefs, gloves, etc. !;
bookmarks. photograph frames, opera
and waist bags. and other personal
knickknacks.
One of the many eXquisitely bound
little books which publishers bring out
for the season is Il graceful gift. pro
vided one understands we'll the tastes
of the recipient.
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today. she said. We won't get any
eggs this Easter, John; they're too
high Easter and no eggs! Think of
it. Sarah"'
David Harris laid his paper across
his knees. took off his spcctaclcs and
looked straight into the blazing wood
fire as if gazing on some enchanted
picture.
Il wish she'd come every day" he
murmured softly. strange. but there
WAS something about the girl that re-
minded me strongly of Beth - some
thing pink on her hat or around her
neck. | don't know just what. but Beth
and her pink sunbonnet haven't been
out OF my mind this afternoon. Beth
had Il lovely peach bloom complexion.
ani those March winds down along
the Delaware have such way OF
burning ,rlicatc skins that Beth al
WAYS wore SunhonnctS when we went
off on early spring trampS, and pink
WAS her favoritc color.
easter was great day at your
house, Cousin David" remarked his
companion.
Yes Beth and usually spent the
afternoon before hunting eggs and col
o"in& them. There were great boxes
Of them behind the counter in fathers
store but we preferred to run over to
"raudfathCr'S farm. Il mile or more
away. and hunt for what we wanted
1t WIS fun
"ErHnGmoth"r'S reply TO our yearly
question WIS ever the same. 'Ccrtainly.
my drarS. run ont to the henhOuSr and
!ilI yclr hAS:ctS. HUi the substantial
brick h"nhouSc with its sitting room
and dining room and its up stairs where
the fowls went to roO$I drew us not
Ihithcr We liked best to search for
til" h,lin" places of the outdoor hens.
those that rUamcd over the farm III
their uW! sweet will. stole their nests
and ;"iA whenever and wherever they
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-29
ON EASTER MORNING.

Beautiful children. whose voices sweet
Echo the carol the bells repeat
All in the Easter morning.
Did ye know that before the sun SO rcd
Had clambered up from his downy bed
Loveliest carols were sung and said
Early on Easter morning?
Out where the willows are bending low.
Out where the mists drift to and fro.
All in the Easter morning,
Little brown birds in quiet nest.
Twittering low meath mothers breast.
Say. Spring is coming: let's sing our
best"
Early on Easter morning
Dainty fernets. In woolly fold
Safely hidden from wind and cold.
All in the Easter morning.
Lifting their blankets. peep to see
What kind of place the world may be
And waken and rustic merrily
Early on Easter morning.
The clear little trooh sings low and sweet.
Touching the pebbles with dainty feet.
All in the Easter morning,
Spring is coming; | make the way
Green where the flowers shall be some
day;
Singing, | herald the suns first ray
Early on Easter morning"
Beautiful ones. ere the sun was red
..ovrlicst carols were sung and said
an in the Easter morning
The Iight mist shroudeth the sleepy town.
But the birds and the ferns and the brook
lc; brown
Sing in the gray. while the stars look
Early on Easter morning.
m. Z. Waterman in Youths Compan-
len
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winter fields of lilies have been grow
ing for us in Bermuda and are now cX.
haling their fragrance in city green
houses. The early Easter, therefore,
will not lack its fowery offerings, nor
would it lack them if it should come
in the middle of January.
The flowers that salute the morning
OF this beautiful festival connect us
with the rcmotest recorded antiquity.
The oldest Egyptian tombs bear testi-
mony. both in their pictures and in
human beings made the same use Of
flowers In the religious festival of the
spring that we do in 1902.
Before Pharaoh reigned the eastern
people placed flowers upon such affairs
as they had in token of gratitude and
gladncss. Wreaths and garlands Of
flowers were hung in the temples.
Bouquets and mounds and pyramids of
flowers were employed precisely as
they are with us.
At private feasts a bouquet was Of
fered to each guest on his arrival, and
we perceive that it was a polite OBJ
servance for guests to exchange flow
crs selected from their bouquets. 1t
would be difficult to think of any use
of flowers made by us. whether in pri-
vate entertainments or in public cere-
monials. which was not perfectly fa-
miliar to civilized peoples before the
pyramids were built.
If in some of our conspicuous church
es there IL OstcntatiOn or excess in the
display of costly flowers on Easter
morning. we need not harshly con
denim an indulgence which has the
merit of being harmless and of giving
n banquet of Eight to great multi
tude of people.
Nor is it the waste it once was, for
after the glorious music of the festival
has died away and the congregation
has dispersed the potted flowers bloom
on as before and the gathered flowers
are carried away to the hospitals and
asylums.
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shed their purity and beauty in the
humblcst Of homes.
Easter lilies, however. are not the
only flowers of Eastertide. Perhaps
the most popular flower after the lily
is the aZalca, which is already being
sold in the shops and along the streets,
the prices Ringing all the way from 81
to well on up to $50. The azaleas come
in the double and single varieties and
in colors that deepen from snowy white
through the most delicate pinks to
vivid rose and deep crimson.
Roses will be depended upon largely
this Easter, while lilacs, the very eX-
pensive product of the greenhouse, and
lilies of the valley. hyacinths, margue-
rites and very effective yellow daisy
which appears early in the spring will
all be very popular Easter favoritcs.
Easter being the queen festival OF
Christianity, flowers are a chosen me
dunn for the expression of philanthropy
ic inclinations at this season. You have
the reputation of being n good naturcd.
well meaning man, or you are kind
hearted woman. Then remember the
children in the hospitals, who cannot
share in the sunshine and spring skies
of Easter day, and the grOwnup sick
also, for you never saw man or wO-
man who was too old to appreciate a
flower, and the dear people in the old
folks home. who have few casters yet
TO come. and in remembering them
At last "A heavenly hand
Give thee. give thee,
Lilies of eternal peace.
1t is pity that the flowers will not
comply with the needs of the Easter
festival and bloom two months earlier
than usual. but happily for the luxuri-
Gus Christians of the modern world
our florists know how to create an ar
tiiicial spring to match the imaginary
moon, and they also know how to I'M
port from tropical islands the flowers
that bloom in their spring a thousand
miles away.
All through this snowy and frosty
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-29
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1902.

The next day Mr. Harris interviewed
bis office boy.
John" said he. who looks after
you since your aunt died?"
My sister Alice, sir"
"How old is shc:'
Going on twelve. sir"
We'll. want you and Alice to spend
the day with me tomorrow. Come to
~ Central avenue We breakfast at
b."
Thank you. sir" replied John, his
eyes fairly sparkling as he til ught of
the good news in store for Alice.
"Wel bred. if they are poor" was
Mr.. Harris mental comment as John
and Alice appeared before him the
next morning.
Their fresh young voices and CHEEKY
faces charmed him. and before the day
was over he had fully ~esolved TO adopt
the orphans.
"Thcy haven't relative that they
know Of" he said. 81 can never be
Young again, and Beth can never cOul"
back to me. so I'll bring them here,
ana we ii nave al lC" btlh anu ''N 'i
growing up in our home. Cousin Sa-
rah and | have lived alone for fifteen
wears, and we're getting a bit rusty,
but these young people will brighten
us up. They'll put new life into us
and fill the old house with joy. I'll
take them out on the farm next sum
mcr and show them what hens nests
and haystatks are like. Well have
Easter every day in the year"
That night Mr.. Harris had long
talk with his ''homckccpcr." as he
painfully called his cousin Sarah. some
ten years his senior. and th" result Wls
that John and Alice found happy
home ard warm hearts to care for
them. and all because of sweet memo
rics of II happy childhood and loving
sister Beth
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Pleased. There were no egg trusts in
those days and no corners in eggs. but
llenty of hooks and corners where eggs
were to be found, and we knew just
where to look for them. HayStackS
~: StTaWStackS We're favOrite depOSi
tories. and Beth and did love to slide
down those great, clean. cOnical piles.
Managers and haymOWs where we loved
to jump. calf pens and dog kennels al
ways yielded bountifully and gave us
no end of fun Strikes! Such things
were unknown Those hens knew that
they were born to lay eggs, and there
was a jubilant cackling going on all
day somewhere on the farm. 1t was
always Easter with those hens.
"After the egg hunting Beth and |
buried ourselves in the kitchen for the
remainder of the day. with pots, pans.
kettles and dycStuffs. 1t wouldn't have
been half an Easter to us without col
orcd eggs. Io@wood chips produced a
beautiful purple, onion skins Il yellow
tinge. For variety we sometimes stuck
bits of bccSwaX on the shells, which in
these places remained white and gave
the eggs Il spotted appearance.
From mothers box of pieces or
from some ncighboring mothers box
Beth brought forth bright cOlOred fig
ured calicOcs, reds blues. greens. etc.
colOrS that would run She sewed a
bit of cloth round each egg, then We
dropped them into boiling water, where
they remained few minutes and came
out with the figures and cOlorS of the
cloth stamped upon them. Artistic ere
ations these We're. We expressed our
Joy 10y dancing around the room, then
aid the eggs separately on platters and
,Xhihi;cd them to admiring friends.
"Oh. Beth, Beth! It's twenty years
or more since you went away. and Id
give the world for a glimpse of your
sweet face under that pink sunbonnet
now" was the cry of the mans yearn-
ing heart He bowed his head upon bis
lost in thought.
The March wind whistled and shrck-
ed without, emphasizing the silence
within
sarah" resumed Mr.. Harris. rising
suddenly. "i'd like to have John aud
his sister spend Easter with us. What
do you sayI"
"Why. yes. of course. with all my
heart"
"We'll bave them come. then, and
We'll give them all the eggs they can
eat for once. Don't believe they ever
saw a hens nest in their lives"