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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
THE BIRTH OF TINE LOCOMOTIVE
ny CLINTON pAyaxRYrELp.

Would you ride ON a s,eed which the ut
.ermost speed shall not tire?
Not in the emperors stable. y friend,
shall you ind him. :.
Come down to the giants who labor with
water and tire.
The swarthy mechanics whose strength
and whose siiil have designed HIM.
There lie the waste and the rust OF the
loose scattered iron,
But here By the iorges and here where
the hammers are falling.
Resonant. steady. are men ~hop Your
faith may rely on
To work Us the miracle born OF their
wonderful calling.
For the soldier is bred to destroy, to re-
joice in the killed,
To tear at the life and the heart OF 4
suffering nation
But here are the men who have taken as
watch word. Il build"
They are one with the gods. for their
work IS the work OF creation.
.Sul;cnly echo the iorses, and higher and
higher
Rise the white flames under brass in the
cruciNBc flowing.
Now the iron takes shape and follows the
workers desire,
Swiftly and surely the eager conception
is growing.
Quietly out in the sun the smooth switches
are lying
When 10. from the hands of the toilers,
half.breathing, half-sobbing.
Strong with q strength never wearied,
good will undying.
The Iron Horse comes, with his new
power beating and throbbing!
Take him! Through him shall message
OF ultimate healing =.
Establish the peoples al one, and shall
heal all the rotten
Corruption OF years, one land to another
revealing.
Take him-s son Of the Law, out OF
Chaos begotten:
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
TiRlNc OF FACTORY LIFE.
Girls or the Tenement Eager Fer Dornos
tic Service.

Girls or the Tenement Eager Fer Donos
tic Service.
To encourage factory girls to enter
domestic employment band Of young
society women. graduates Of an uptown
private school. have furnished a suite
Of rooms for model training. and EN-.
p:oyed an instructor In the art OF
housework. The enterprise Is the most
recent addition to the work OF the
Brearley League Industrial Evening
School. which has been conducted for
several years in the Fogs Memorial
School Of the Children's Aid Society.
No. $50 West Fifty-third street. with
the support OF the organization whose
name II bears.
Two rooms, q bed room and dining
room. have been fitted for the purpose.
and two evenings q week the fifteen
young girls Of the domestic training
class. who are from fourteen to sixteen
years Of age, make sortie on the place
with pals and brushes. brooms. dust.
pans and cloths. and remove every yes.
tise Of dirt that has accumulated since
the last lesson. Indeed. scrubbing goes
on with as much zest and vigor as II 1t
were the semi-annuai housecleanins
fray In family apartments. The pretty
white iron bedstead. with Its spick and
span counterpane and shams. Is
stripped and aired; the crisp white
muslin curtains are carefully pinned up
safe from the dangers Of water and
dust. the rugs are swept until locker.
on trembles for them. and they are Mt
last rolled up and put away to allow
the floor Its share Of the cleaning. 1t
Is, indeed, the door and the paint that
suffer the most. for every girl In the
class loves to scrub. and into that work
puts all her superabundant energy.
When the windows and mirrors are
cleaned. the last hit Of busting done.
the bed remade in the primmest OF
styles and the nickel polished, the table
Is set. without vestige Of food. TO be
sure. but In q fashion most satisfactory
to those who arrange It. Then comes
one of the girls as waitress. and all
sorts of points Of etiquette suited not
only to the maid but the dinner. are
discussed. BY the time the table Is
cleared and the dishes put away the
hour for closing has come. The girls
Of the class are mainly Of Irish parent
age. and work In carpet or hammock
factories or fax mills. receiving from
s. to $3.50 q week.-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
MINOR fVENTS0F THE week
WARRINGTON IrEMs.

President Roosevelt nominated Gen.
eral Michael Kerwin to be Pension
Agent in New York. This Is q reap.
pointmeDt.
The Commissioner Of Internal Rev.
enue rendered a decision on the collat-
eral loans tax. sustaining his former
ruling that the tax must be paid.
Secretary Shaw asked for the resig-
nation Of Assistant immigration Com
missioner McSweeney. Of New York.
The House passed the bin to pension
Mrs. Mckinley at he rate Of $1,000 q
year. and it was sent to the President
for signature.
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington from his trip to the
Charleston Exposition.
The postal receipts for March as
compared with March. 1901. for the
fifty largest postotfices In the country.
show a net increase Of ten per cent.
Robert J. Wynne. a newspaper cor.
respondent, was appointed First As
sistant Postmastcr-G General.
Governor Dole. Of Hawaii. arrived In
Washington for Il conferepce with
President Roosevelt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
improved Umbrella Drip.cup.

Our illustration shows q practical
novelty for preventing the dripping Of
water over the floor from wet um.
brella when the owner. or borrower,
enters q room. Oftentimes the um.
brella Is taken through the house to
q rear room for spreading out to dry.
and In this case q trail Of water is gen.
orally left behind across the carpets.
The drip cup here illustrated Is In
terided especially to prevent this. as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

make 1t uncommon enough not to an
noy the dentist. The arrangement con-
sists Of q steel frame of the shape
shown. with mirrors fixed In different
positions in the frame to direct the
rays of light into cavity In any tooth
and reflect the interior to aid the dentist
In his work. 1t will be seen that
because of the shape and construction
Of the device. when 1t is placed In the
mouth the cheek Is held away from the
teeth by the projecting brackets or re.
tractors, while the tongue Is held from
contact with the teeth by the inner por-
ton OF the frame. the teeth being ex.
posed through the opening between
the parallel ribs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
A Useless Search.

A discussion arose at meeting or
medical men who had assembled 1T
the Philadelphia College Of Physlcians
as to the utility Of the X-ray on the
battle field. and the surgeon. DR.. w.
W. Keen. told this story: After the
battle Of Gettysburg n corps under the
command Of q young physician. who
had recently been appointed. was or
dered to collect the wounded. Among
the disabled was a man who had been
shot through the leg. The young doc.
tors proceeded to use his knife. After
cutting for half an hour he was inter
rupted by the young soldier with:
Say. how much longer are you going
to cut!' Until l get the bullet re-
piled the doctor. Why. you fool. II
that's what you want I've got 1t In
my pocket Sure enough. the bullet
had lodged In the skin Of the mans
leg after passing through. and he had
kept 1t as souvenir"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
FOREI0N.

n. Paul Doumer. GOvernor-Generai
Of Indo- China. resigned his office.
The Countess Boni dc Castellane.
formerly Anna Gould. Of New York
City. gave birth to son at Paris.
France.
The Belgian Cabinet refused to yield
TO the demand for constitutional re-
vision. and the King alone can prevent
serious crisis.
The Mayors Of London selected the
date of July 8 for King Edwards din
ner to 5UO.OOO Of the poor to commem-
crate his coronation.
The Governor Of st. Thomas. Danish
West Indies. entertained Admiral Hig-
sinson aud the officers Of the North
Atlantic Squadron.
A revolt broke out in Gea. O Portu-
suesc colony In India. several soldiers
being killed.
The newspaper organ OF President
Roca. of Argentina. urged that country
not TO permit Chile to absorb Peru and
Bolivia.
Berlin, Germany. was much damaged
by lightning. hail and flood.
Consul Campbell left Russia for the
United States. declaring that he will
resign the post at Warsaw. owing to
the opposition to bis appointment there.
Mealey. who preferred charges
against Ambassador Clayton. was de-
clared innocent Of contempt and per-
jury by the Court of Appeals OF Mex
leo.
Coronation preparations were active
IL T. progress in London: lively spec
ulaiiun sprung up in the price of seats
Ia view the royal procession.
II was reported In London that ten
b.italiOi!s oi militia would he sent 10
ireland 10 enforce the Coercion act.
S.nor Robert. leader of the Cata'
loniin>. died suddenly NJ Barcelona.
Spain. of heart disease.
Ii was reported tia; Germany. Aus
tria and Italy had agreed 10 cont!nae
;hr Triple Alliance.
The Car cuminutrd the sentence OF
death imposed Oh Colonel Grimm for
.rirayin. Russian army secrets 10 life
imprisonmrut al SchlusselberS. Oh an
island in the Nrva.
Persia will i>suc five per cent. TO-
Ou,. .,uw rul,llc sJld loan. with Rus.
sia's ruuSIut
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News Of the Toilers.

4 general strike Of cloakmakers Is
likely in New York City.
The twenty-five shipyards Of Ger
many employ G0,0OO men.
The Bethlehem Steel Company has
voluntarily Increased the wages Of Its
employees.
The City Council Of Sherman. Texas.
has ganted the eight hour day to all
city employees.
The condition OF labor in Oregon Is
steady and fair for this time OF year.
All mechanics are busy and the mills
and factories are running night and
day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
C.rn-pi... Salmon Fisheries.

Mr.. Carnegie has just erected with.
In the Skibo castle grounds In Scotland
Il. magnificent salmon and trout hatch
cry. in whic.: 10000 sgs are incubat.
Ing in we'll appointed boxes. In con.
n .ction also with bis Skibo and other
estates in Sutherlandshire he is the
proprietor of extensive salmon fishin.s
In DOrnUch firth. and along the Kyle
OF Sutherland, and there are several
lakes. both natural and artificial.
Throughout, his domains that are well
stocked with trout.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
Invented tho Postal stamp.

The inventor Of the gummed postage
stamp was Scotsman. Mr.. James
Chalmers. Of Dundee. who. in 1854.
suggested the adoption of the present
system Of atfixins adhesive squares OF
paper to envelopes.
Mr.. Chalmers was ridiculed. and.
among others. medical men predicted
that the constan, licking Of gum would
bc prcjudiclal TO the health of the Ma.
ton. II was not until 1871 that the
plan Of Mr. Chalmers received the seri.
GUS attention Of the postottice author,
tiles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

triclty to transmit the signals. makes
Il safe to use In an explosive atmos-
phere by inclosing the contact points
In q protecting casing. The vertical
shaft which supports the hemispherical
cups has q metallic disk 10 contact
with q spring finger attached to the
side Of the chamber rs shown. but one
side Of this disk Is covered with q
crescent-shaped non-conductor. which
serves to break the current by interpos'
Ing between the disk and the finger
at every revolution. The chamber Is
flled with petroleum or other oil. thus
excluding dust and gas from the work
Ing parts and serving as lubricant for
the spindle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

is necessary than for individual use.
the latter concentrating its rays on a
much smaller surface than the former.
but the same general idea answers for
both purposes. A switch is provided
for turning OF the current when not In
use. The inventor Is Burton 8. Phil
brook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The sentence Of Iglesias. President
OF the Federation of Workmen in Porto
Rico. was revoked.
The Chaplain Of Cris:obal Cemetery.
Havana. Cuba. was arrested for refus-
Ing bodies upon which burial fees had
not been paid.
The United States transport Han
cock, which went aground on one OF
the Philippine Islands. was foated.
An order granting partial pardon to
all those who are undergoing life OF
shorter sentence was published at Ha-
vana, Cuba.
Cholera Is spreading rapidly in the
Philippines.
The report OF Governor Gardeaer.
Of Tayabes Province. p. l.. declared
outrages by American troops were
making the natives our perpetuaf
enemies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

with an excellent lock. which is To-
Gated inside the tongue and out OF the
way. the key entrance being at the
side OF the buckle and conveniently
accessible
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

Buckle and Lock Combined.
Dog collars with locking buckles have
the advantage Of dispensing with the
paddock.
The buckle Is well made and fitted
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
syoiceless Animals.

The giraffe, armadillo and porch
pine have no vocal chords. and are.
therefore. mute. Whale< aud serDents
are also vOiceless.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
Mirror Hoids the Mouth Open.

Perhaps the invention Of William
Hare. as shown In the d:awing. will
eliminate the expression "open the
mouth wide" altogether. or at least.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
Fatal Fight with Outlaws.

In a fight between officers and des.
peradoes. near Braggs. |. T.. four men
were killed and seven wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

Many n man who is considered n
good story.tellcr fails utterly when h.
gets home to his wife
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
LAUNCHES PASSENGERS FROM THE DRY
BEACH.

Ter in the water 1t Is fitted with Sc.
ries OF pivoted blades. which turn at
right angles to the plane Of rotation
during the lower half Of their rcvolu.
tion To accomplish this dedector Is
ttached to the side Of the fork. which
throws the blades out during half OF
the revolution and then returns them
as they pass through the fork.
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The lawyer rather encourages othe
people to tell him their troubles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
PURE ATMOSPHERE
FOR BUILDINGS
New Solution Of the Heating and Veil-
tilotin8 System.

Pure air In rooms can only be OBJ
tained by thorough ventilation. and as
no provision Is made in many build
ings for q change of air except by
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30

Mr.. Ware was born at Hartford.
Conn.,. in 1S4l. He enlisted In the
Civil War In Company E. First Iowa
Volunteer Infantry. serving afterward
In Company L. Fourth Iowa Volunteer
Infantry. and Company +. Seventh
Iowa Cavalry. finally becoming Cap
tain Of the last.named organization.
He also saw service in the Indian
wars. and In these campaigns was
badly wounded. After leaving the
army he moved to Fort Scott. Kan.
and in 1871 was admitted to the bar.
was d member OF the State Senate.
and twice 4 delegate to the Republican
National Convention. Later he moved
to Topeka. He Is 4 member Of a we'll
known law firm Of Toledo. Kan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
TO SUCCEED Mr.. EVANS.
Eugene r. Ware. OF Kansas. Choson 20
Pension Commissioner.

Pension Commissioner.
Washington. d. C.-President Roose.
velt astonished politicians In general
and Kansas In particular by appoint.
ing Eugene F. Ware. better known by
his self.chosen name Of "Ironquill" OF
Kansas. to succeed Pension Commis.
sioner Evans.
1t is usual to appoint a Union SOL
der Pension Commissioner. but 1t Is
seldom that the position has gone to a
man with such a lighting record as
Mr. Wares. II he cared for the title
he would be known as Captain Ware.
for he served all through the Civil
War.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-04-30
TRIED TO POISON HER MOTHER.

boken, Convicted OF the Crime.
Jersey City. y. J.-Annie Thoms.
sixteen years old. who. on January 10
last. ut her home In H0boken. at
tempted to poison her mother. Mrs.
Lizzie Thoms. was convicted in the
General Sessions Court.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-04

the rczschs6tszhe great feminine major
Hy, Is a thing OF this day and hour.
Poppea may have batted in asses
mix. ard NInon de l'Enclos may have
used iJJaghcss OF rose leaves for her tlat
~ tub, but never before was there q
time wsilen Mary Smith, the greeIigro'
cfx's daughter. went in for scientific
beauty culture.
Undoubtedly a vast amount q tnarm
Is being .dsne by interruptions beauty
fakirs. and a host Of women are ruin.
ing their skins and hair and health
with .uuscienti6c facial massatse and
lace stcalnfns. inferior creams aud
ointmente. unsuitable baths, disastrctis
Siampoos and other treatments .adyer.
tised as s;lre guidesto the fountain u
perpetual youth.
on the other hand, large percent.
a..e az xsmankind Is improving Its mp.
pearance. and preserving its youth by
rational and scientific treatment. Tue
great dftficulty lies In discriminating
between true and false prophets, and a
woman cannot he too careful as 10 the
reputation and ability OF the beauty
doctor 10 whom she trusts herself or as
10 the quality of the creams, &C.
which she uses at home Self Culture
Magazine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-04
Woman 81 Di,adynntnse.

Woman Is always more or less at a
disadvantage. She is seldom absolute
~ sure Of her footing. The world Is
full of unsupported qnlcksands into
which she may fall through limited
Knowledge OF social geography. She
has keen sense of her limitations ami
makes 1t her first business 10 hide
them.
Often she is unsuccessful. Tor where
one can hide her weaknesses beneath
pleasant ma nner and smiling ex-
terror dozen choose method which
but accentuntes what they so earnestly
try to hide. And the world has an I'M.
pleasant little knack Of judging by
otIs's bad instead OF ones good points,
And, when all Is said and done, wo
mans failings as a rule are trivial aud
possess far more importance in her own
eyes than In the estimation OF any one
else.
Her faults are more often of the head
than OF the heart. Of ineAperiencr r;itl'.
er tliln thoughtlessness. and there's
usually a good excuse for each little
weakness. .>.np-----s-- -..~.-~-
It's the fancy nowadays to sheer. Just
n little, at our sex. Some of us openly
declare thar we wish we We're men.
many Of the rest Of US wish 1t. even
while keeping silent.
Yet to be ii woman is a privilege Tor
which we should return Thanks. IL we
ever return thanks for anything. II our
LOT seems harder than that of our
brother, 1t bus compensatlons that out
weigh the grief that must sooner or
later come 10 MI OF Ms. The woman
who In admiration Of her masculine
relatives is led to ape them in manner
or dress commits the greatest mistake
OF her life and one she viii assuredly
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-04
wo,,,.n ana business.

a well known Chicago banker recent
Is denied with great emphasis the oft
reiterated assertion that Women are
"poor business mem He claims that
they are 1ar easier to handle than tue
masculine sex and pays them this pref
~ tribute:
srhey p4ver want to borrow money
sinless they have the collateral to pul
mp in abundance They make a point
OF paying on IA LOAN several days before
il is due. lest we shall become afraid
that they don't intend TO pay IT. They
are 80 worried lest they should over
draw that they always have a good hal
:ilee. Some of. them will make large
deposits and1cave them year after ytai
unhisturbed. We have the use OF tht
money without the payment OF interest
and they have the satisfaction OF know
in.: That 1t is where they can lay then
hands OH 1t at II moments notice. -
Chicago Chronicle.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-04
right side w-.r. out Flr.t.

's1'he journals in street ear trucks al
ways wear out OIL the right side first, y
said an expert In Traction mechanics
the other day. That's because the
majority OF people are right handed.
This sounds funny. but it's a fact.
Right handed people involuntarily
choose Il seat on the right hand side of
the car. and most people standing up
reach for strap OH the right. Any
conductor will tell you that the light
hand seats always ill up before the
seats on the left and il you make IT u
point TO count the number of PERSONS
occupying seats in crowded car you'll II
almost Invariably find that there are
more people squeezed into the right
hand sents than in the left. This with
the majority OF standing passengers
holding on TO the right hand straps.
throws most of The weight ON the right
wheels. and the extra friction grlnds
the right side journals down before
those on the left are much worm
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-04-04
BROKEN LANGUAGE.
we Understand 1t Much Better Than
Do the EUrOpennA

DO tnt tsUrOpehhS.
One IS astonishcd that the Parisian.
the London man and the Berincr can
no. understand any one who speaks his
language hrokenly. Where would we
who are OF Ango-Saxon stock he il we
We're like that? We must understand
many sorts of English not ''as she is
spoken" hut English as she is bro
ken: by half y dozen serts of wreckers
of our tongue We mist understand
CORNER grocery English. peanut stand
and hootbuck's English. the pidSin
English Of the Iaundries and the truly
awful middle OF those who start With
a potpourri called ''yiddish'' aud end
by massucring English with It,
In Paris II YOU merely shift the en-
phasis from the last syllable, where it
is always placed in French. to the first
syllable. even the most familiar French
words fall like so much Greek upon the
unyielding French ears. In London if
you say. I'm come back at noon" they
declare you "a foreigner because you
did not say midday" but il YOU took
any real liberty with their tongue and
should say. Il will back again by dinner
time come" you might as well ask the
average Engishman TO understand
Chaldaic. II is the same in Berlin.
You must =" 10 Bombay, Port Said or
Shanghai il YOU wan, 10 find English
made elastic as 1t Is III our American
cities.-Sew York Mail and Express.