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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

rounds with a cocoon made Of thick
and closely woven wadding Of golden
Rilk. Placed in boiling water contain
Ing gum and soap. this cocoon easily d.
yides and gives q thread so fine that 1S..
600 would make strand no larger than
ordinary sewing silk. II the silk of the
cocoon Is not to be had. one may EN-
ploy the threads Of the cobweb which
the spider places on the trees. or one
may disturb the spider. catch the
thread which ii unrolls as 1t falls and
by turning it on q pencil preserve 1t
perfectly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

When the thread has been procured
piece Is detached and each end Is placed
in small ball Of wax. in the middle OF
which there has been previously placed
q shot. Then the diaphragm which Is
to have the reticule IL taken from the
telescope. This name Is given to sys-
TEN of threads crossed ut right angles
which serve for the purpose Of deter
mining the optical axis. the name In
practice including the diaphragm itself
with its threads. the crossing Of which
should occur ut Its very centre. The
diaphragm also has very fine lines
which have been carefully engraved
upon It and after cleaning them care
fully the thread held by the balls OF
wax is placed on the diaphragm. where
It Is slid with the aid Of magnifying
glasa until II is firmly fixed In the pro-
Der lines. Ordinary reticules are
formed OF two threads. but for observa-
tons Of great precision reticules with
many threads are employed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
Gold in the Snow.

1t Is said that there are some places
on the Copper River where the snow.
when melted and strained through a
cloth. leaves n small trace Of gold de-
poslt. No perfectly satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of this has been given. but
some scientists say that the gold may
have been brought from the fur North
by the heavy winter gales that sweep
over that part OF the country. 1t Is
possible that II all the snow In that re.
cion could be melted II would leave on
the ground millions Of dollars in gold.
dust. and yet no artificial way has
been found Of making 1t yield in pay.
ing quantity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

OF the eyes. This has been In more or
less general use for soma time. and
In order that the light may fall proper
ly on the work the combined lamp
stand and copy holder shown In the
accompanying cut has been designed.
The desk Is adjustable SO that 1t can
be raised and lowered to any desIra-
lie point. and the lamp, too, is nova
ble within limited lines. Another lamp
stand Is also shown. which will be
found useful for many purposes where
the current Is available. 1t Is especial.
ly desirable for m invalid's room or fcf
the general reader who desires light
without the Inconvenience and heat OF
oil or gas.
The copy holder Is twenty-fye inches
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

pieces Fixed to It's upper portion. These
eye.pieces slide by means Of setting
screw. On the lower portion OF the
frame are fixed the object glasses
mounted on n pivot. which follows the
line passing through their centres. thus
allowing them TO swing around their
axes so that they may be- brought to
occupy n position that Is perpendicu-
lar TO the plane Of the frame. or. on
the contrary. to place them In the
plane Of the frame. according as the
glass is open or closed. The cut gives
a clear idea Of the construction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
A Remarkable
Bridge.

The large balf-tone OIL this page
shows a remarkable bridge over the
River Indus at Rondu. In Northern
Kash.nir. This frail-lo0king structure
which crosses n rocky gorge. through
which the river runs at tremendous
rate-consists OF three ropes. one foot
rope and two side rUpes. Joined to-
gether by short lengths Of rope at In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

down-he'n get out: And I'll lose my
golden hirds-lose my life"
The idea 10 preyed upon her mind
that she watched her chance. and
creeping down to the storeroom
heaped heavy boxes upon the trap. got
nails and nailed 1t fast and strong.
The murder begun. she feared 1t half
done. But bruised. stunned. not dead.
James Greene hung by his clothing
only ten feet from the trap. caught by
a broken bar that once crossed the
well.
For O time we must leave him there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
Old Afan.of.War Di, covered.

In the battle OF Dungennes between
Admiral Torrington's fleet and the
French, In 1890, the British seventy.
gun ship Of the line Anne was run
on the sands and 3crttled. She sank
irl the quicksands. where she has been
buried until a few days ago. when he
hulk appeared Mt low tide. 1t was
found that many Of her brass guns
were still on board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
A Wonderful Cane.

"Tropica! growth Is m endless won
der" said Senator Dcpew to a bevy OF
his colleagues At the Metropolitan Club,
Washington. "On one Of my visits TO
the lower attitudes l saw n cane two
miles long" The company looked In.
crcdulous. "Pcrfectly true. I assure
you. gentlemen said our Chauncey,
after pause for effect: "it was burf<
York Press. 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
corpora,ions In &c rInany.

The directors in German companies
get no salaries unless the annual divi-
dend e::ceeds four per cent. and the
limit they may receive Is $1,000 year.
The law forbids the manager Of com
pany being n member Of Its board. DE.
tailed statements must be printed for
prior TO n stockholders
~, not inv
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

The points Of lightning conductors.
the pointed leaves and spines OF trees.
are always radioactive. and II has been
largely shown that freshly fallen rain
IL so. too. and retains this property for
about IN hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

The effect in running Is said to he that
the non.skidder creeps around the
wheel, 80 that regarding for the mo-
ment one chain only. this would never
press the tire in the same spot In two
or three consecutive revolutions. With
this end In view II Is Of the utmost i'm
portance that. though the non-skidder
should fit its tire loosely. 1t must on no
account be so tight as to cause visible
impressiop on the tire by any chain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
A Significant Sign.

When a woman begins to praise her
husband to her friends for his goodness
to her she has given up hope Of every
thing else.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
AN INGENIOUS
FOLDING GLASS
It Occupies No More Room
Than a Pocketbook.

NJ. L. Petit has just invented very
ingenious glass, one that closes like an
ordinary pocketbook with q clasp and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
An lmpossible Task.

The worst thing about making love
In poetry to win woman Is the living
up TO it in prose after you have won
her.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

In height. weis.s Eve pounds and
throws light on the keyboard OF the
machine. rs well as the copy being
transcribed. The height Of the focr
lamp Is three feet when not extended,
but when raised the lamp Is five feet
from the floor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
How to Interest People.

To interest a man talk about him.
self; to interest woman talk about
somebody she wishes were talking to
her instead Of you.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
Some Very Early Settlers.

The most recent finds Of human ros.
sils are those due to the exploration
by the Prince Of Monaco OF caves nj
Baousse- Rousse. where skeletons have
been unearthed by excavations at q
depth OF nearly eight yards. Two
skulls have been obtained along with
fossilized portions Of the skeletons.
one being that Of a young man aud the
other of an old woman. The shape Of
the skulls and the length Of the arms
indicate 4 very early type Of human
being.-kansas City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
NEW ELECTRIC
LIGHT CONVENIENcES
Lamp Stands Which WIN Prove Val.
uable For . Variety Of PsHposes.

The copyist at the typewriter finds
that the best thing designed for the
PURPOSE Of holding the notes OF manu-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

Germany's exports grew from 500 COG.
600 in 1901 to S114. .49I. 900 In 1902.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

Running lessons the blood supply In
the legs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
VJE or SPIDERS
WEB IN OP7IC

A. L. Clement, In Nature, Poris...
Translated and Condensed For Pub
&c Opinion.
It Is the extreme fineness Of the spl-
der's web which makes 1t very valua-
bic for the reticules Of astronomical in
struments. In autumn the spider lays
Q great number Of eggs which 1t sur.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
A ouiek. Growing Plant. .

The bamboo holds the record among
plants for quick growth. 1t has been
seen 20 grow two feet In twenty-f -four
hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22

Even the bald-headed man realizes
that there Is plenty Of room at :h' ;op
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Cotton Situation and Market

Those who still claim that on ac.
count Of high water and bad roads the
crop will yet go to 100000 bales,
are becoming few in number, and the
estimates are crystallizing around 10,-
$50, 900 bales. There is not a known
fact that justifies a larger estimate,
for there is no evidence that there is
an unusual amount Of cotton in the
country and small towns. AS So per
cent of the crop has been marketed,
1t ought not to be difficult to estimate
the remainder, and the best judges say
the crop will fall considerably short
of II, 100000 bales.
This fact, together with the further
fact that ten-cent cotton has not less
ened consumption is leading all to
think there will be a scramble in the
summer months for the rest of the
crop. All goods are moving, and the
demand is strong and prices well main
tanned. Cotton is wanted therefore
both for export and for home use.
Ten cents is not, therefore, high for
cotton under such circumstances, and
no one need look for lower prices.
the farmer is no longer as a rule in
terested in this question, but all should
see that the world has reached point
where it needs an American crop of
11,000 900 bales, and as seasons go
this is about all we can produce. A
crop of below II 100000 bales means
hereafter ten-cent cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
SELECTING Text Books.

Governor Jelks has chosen q fine
sub-commission to select text books,
namely. j. II. Phillips, superintendent
of the public schools of this city; M. G..
Wilson. president of the Florence Nor
NAL school; H. j. Willingham, presi-
dent of the Agricultural school at We
tumpka; J. H. Foster, principal of the
Tuscaloosa public schools, and W. w.
Benson. principal of the public school
at Fort Deposit. Doubtless some Of
these commissioners were opposed to
state uniformity, but as each and all
are men of high character they will do
their best to carry into effect law Of
the state.
This sub-commission is really the
more important part of the machinery
of the new law, for 1t selects the books,
passing upon their merits, while the
chief commission simply secures
prices. True, the chief commission can
disregard the recommendation of the
sub-commission, but it will not likely
do so, and the work of the sub-commis-
sion is therefore of prime Importance.
The men selected for service on the
sub-commission are busy men, but they
should find time to serve the entire
state In the new work assigned to
them. The selection of text books for
100000 children is no light task, and
its Importance should command the
services of every man named for the
sub-commission by the governor of the
state. 1t is call that should be con-
sidered a command.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
HER HORSES WEAR NO SHOES.
Practical Philanthropy Fills the Days
Of Mrs. George William Curtis.
From The New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Practical philanthropy and successful
work in the S. p. C. c. has made Mrs.
George William Curtis as widely known
as her author husband. Through her eff
forts at home, now a distinctive branch
of the society has been permanently es-
tablished on Staten island. To organize
this branch was a difficult undertaking
for one woman, but has been accom-
pllshed and Is a decided success at the
expense of a large part of Mrs. Curtis
private fortune. Her great love for
horses and dogs has made her source
of wonder to her friends and a guardian
of animal rights greatly dreaded by bru-
tai trucl<men and vicious boys. The
care with which her own pretty bays"
are watched Is really an exaggeration.
They have no check relns, binders or
even shoes, for lack of which Mrs. Cur
tbs only drives ON highways and side
streets, where the roadways are as ma
ture made them.
A simple home life Is hers The mis-
tress opens the doors and gives the new
Corners cordial handclasp and a bright
smile. This is the domestic side of this
woman. who, with no sentiment or per-
sonal vanity, has devoted so many years
of her life to helping the destitute poor.
Wearing mans soft black hat. which
fits down tightly over her now snowy
white hair and old-fashioned black coat,
and a short rainyday skirt. Mrs. Cur
It's can be met any hour in the day driv-
ing on country roads, seated rigidly in a
little red four-wheeled wagon, holding
the reins firmly in her right hand, with
the other strolling a Scotch terrier while
she talks TO the bays" trotting brislSly
under the fash of her whip. Mrs. Cur
it's sister is Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell
of East Thirty-fourth street. Manhattan.
who was appointed member of the
state board of charities by the governor.
They are daughters of Francis Shaw, the
philanthropst. Miss Elizabeth Curtis,
the granddaughter in the third gener-
alton, Is also In charitable work, for
which the family long has been promi-
nent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
sHEPARD's PLATFORM FOR 1904

From His Speech in Chicago.
Upon this programme let us then make
our campaign: The establishment of equal
rights: the abolition of special privilege;
the maintenance OF democratic self-gov-
eminent. The programme means resolute
tariff reform, beginning with the goods
which have fallen under monopoly, reso-
lutte and practical prevention of inter-
state commerce preferences and abuses,
rigorous reduction In cost of admlnistra-
ton, the promotion of the Philippine self
government and independence, and the
provision Of fair and secure normal and
normally distributed currency by all banks
which hold banking charters from the
government
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
MEN IN GLOVE MAKING.
With the Help of Machinery They Are
oustine Women From the Field.

From the New York sun
1t is asserted by some authorities that
the great number Of trained women
workers now available has 1essened mems
chances for wage earning. The business
Of glove making offers an instance of men
workers ousting the women from the
field.
Women used to make all the gloves,
working by hand. The newly invented
machinery for sewing and dressing the
seams OF gloves has revoiutionlzed the
business. Men now run the machines
and the women are not wanted The new
improved method of drafting the pat
terms, which were formerly Of paper or
of wood, has also helped to alter matters
in the gloye-making factories.
There are three orders of glove makers,
those who seam the fingers and put in the
thumbs, those who hem the edges at the
wrists and those who embroider the
markings on the back. These workers
are called respectively the makers. the
welters and the pointers. The wages of
any of these seldom exceed 50 day.
The designers OF the new wrinkles in
glove manufacture, those who introduce
new adaptations of skins and novel modes
of finishing and decoration, are likewise
men. Men decree the fashions In mems
gloves and prescribe the seasons styles
for women.
The glove makers depend upon women
for only one department of their business
and that is to uphold the fashions that
are created and help make popular the
peculiar shades and styles of fastening
end of back-stitching as they are put on
the market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

She was bred in the greenhouses at
Floral park, and abe is particularly be-
coming to the springs new browns and
new reds. Also to be reckoned among her
good qualities are her possibilities for
house decoration IN a background of cool
green ferns and palms.
At the spring flower show of the Ameri-
can institute this earnation was voted
the most perfect new flower of the year.
The first prize was awarded to the beauty.
The flower Is said to be a hybrid of two
pink ones. It Is very large and possesses
to an unusual degree the points of merit
on which a earnation is judged-an up
right stem and a small ealyx. The petals
are toothed very little
Charles H. Allen Of Floral park was the
exhibitor of the plant at the flower show.
In the class competing with the Law
son for first honors among the new fiow-
ers here were the Fair Maid carnatlon,
the William Scott and the Lizzie Nc
QoWan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
SAYINGS OF THE WISE.

1 find nonsense singularly refreshing.
Talleyrand.
Repentance is the hearts sorrow.-
Shakespeare.
A man must become wise at his own
expense.-Montaigne.
The essence of knowledge is having 1t,
to apply it, not having it, to confess it,
Confucius.
Smiles are smiles only when the heart
pulls the wires.-Winthrop.
One thing is clear to me; that no In
diligence of passion destroys the spiritual
nature 50 much as respectable selnshness.
George Macdonald.
Pitch a lucky man into the Nile says
the Arabian proverb, and he will come up
with a fish In his mouth.-Wilis.
There Is nothing more fearful than
imagination without taste.-Goethe.
We do not believe immortality because
we have proved it. but we forever try
TO prove it because we believe it.-Mar-
tlneau.
The joys Of the world to come have
been habitually so pictured by divines
that the great majority cannot relish
them. and its pains so that they cannot
believe them.-Greg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

one or more of the companies consol-
idated may be abandoned, or all Of
them may be abandoned, and a new
one agreed upon. The new law rem
ders consolidation easy and wholly
legal, and 1t will promote the organiza-
ton of companies in Alabama, because
1t hands over to the consolidated COM
pany all the rights of the constituent
companies.
Still another bill gives all corpora
lions the right to condemn rights of
way and other easements over the
property of others that may be neces-
sary to its charter purposes, and the
restriction to the exercise of such
power is that 1t must not be inconsist-
ent with the constitution or laws of
the state
Still another bill permits any corpor-
alton to enlarge or amend it's charter
upon application to the Judge of pro-
bate, and a corporation may be re-
newed for twenty years upon the re-
quest of a majority in value of the
stock. Other bills authorize two or
more persons who desire to conduct
any lawful business, or businesses, of
any kind or character whatever, to
form themselves into a corporation
and they authorize the formation Of a
corporation when twenty per cent of
the money subscribed for has been
paid in, or rather the company is to be
organized by the election of board of
directors, and then twenty per cent of
the cash subscriptions Is to be called
for. and all other subscribers are to
sign contracts agreeing to hand over
property or to render services and the
like, when the corporation will be de-
clared fully organized.
When the two additional bills are
passed it may be assumed that Ala
bama is ready to outbid New Jersey
in the matter of facilitating the organ
ization of corporations, and the rates
of taxation will probably be less in
this state. The state auditor will soon
codify these laws and print them in
pamphlet form. They constitute a new
chapter in Alabama legislation, and
they may soon be frequently heard
from.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
WONDERLAND.

BY Harry Thurston Peck.
Sweet eyes by sorrow still unwet,
To you the world is-radant yet.
A palace-hall Of splendid truth
Touched by the golden haze of youth.
Where hopes and joys are ever rife
Amid the mystery of life;
And seeking all to understand,
The world to you is Wonderland.
| turn and watch with unshed tears
The furrowed track of ended years;
l see the eager hopes that wane,
The joys that die in deathless pain,
The coward Faith that falsehoods shake.
The souls that faint the hearts that
break
The truth by livid lips hemoaned.
The Right defiled. the Wrong enthroned-
And striving still to understand.
The world to me Is Wonderland.
A little time. then by and by
The puzzled thought itself shall die
When, like the throb of distant drums,
The call inevitable comes
To blurring brain and weary limb,
And when the aching eyes grow dim,
And fast the gathering shadows creep
To lull the drowsy sense asleep.
We two shall slumber hand in hand
To wake. perhaps. In Wonderland