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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13
State Tax For Roads.

The best method yet devised for levy
ing taxes upon city property for the
purpose of building country roads Is by
the medium of q state tax. This is
levied upon city and country property
alike, upon all classes Of people, 80 that
every locality, every taxpayer. con-
tributes proporuonately according to
the amount of property owned, the
wealthy property owners contributing
the largest amounts.-0tto Dorner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

Bystander: "What are you doing
on that fence, little boy?"
Boy: dad gave me a penny to
sit here an make faces at the coal wa
pon drivers"
Bystander "What is that for?"
Boy: "Why, they get hot an
trow coal at me an it falls into our
yard"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

Johnnie had been told to write 8
short composition in which he should
say something about the days of the
week. The little fellow thought 6
few minutes, and then triumphsntly
produced this monday father and
Killed bear, and there was mos
enough TO last over Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13
And now, Johnnie.

Schoolma'am And now, Johnnie,
let me hear you bound Alaska. :
Johnnie Oh, no you don't. You
can't get me tangled up in any of your
old international disputes.
"Johnnie," said his mother severe
ly, someone has taken big piece of
gingerbread out of the pantry"
Johnnie blushed guiltily.
20, Johnnie &! she exclaimed. "I
didn't think it was in YOU"
1T ain It ALL" replied Johnny "part
of it's in Elsie"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

Connections at Greenwood for oil points on Sea.
board Air Line.
For further information relative to tickets, rates,
ETC., address
w. NJ. ARCHER, Ticket Agent, Anderson, 8. G.
GEO. T. BRYAN, g. A., Greenvisls, 8. O.
ERNEST WILLIAMS. Cen. Pass. AgL Augusta, 81
T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
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Suffer if you must. ~ Only try, If
YOU are to suffer, to do 1t splendidly.
That's the only way to take up a
pleasure or q pain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

you are a 81, 50, SO. or So hat man 1t makes
ifArence your hat is at Hall d Anderson
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

Clay. and unknown peas for sowing Q
Glsnns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-13

Wednesday afternoon In the Court House
The meeling was held to elect delegates TO the
Reunion. Captain John Lyon and Mr.: John
Frasier Lyon were elected to 60 TO the Re
union in Columbia. Miss Josie Lyon wal
elected a. Sponsor and she chose Miss nellie
Edwards as her maid OF honor. Mr.. Lewis
W. Perrin and Mr.. 81. NJ. Wilson were elected
to represent the Camp at the Rennion II
New Orleans.
MI. Geo. Smith OF Calhoun Falls was In the
city Monday the guest Of his brother Mr.. w
Joel Smith.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
A Poor Relation,

Professor-Can you see any relation
between these triangles?
S~tudent-Yes. sir; that middle trian.
sle's q poor one.-Columbia Jester.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Marvellous Escape from
Death
PA|NE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
Does a Wondrous Work for a Lady
Who Was Almost Crazed with
Pain and Suffering.

1t is well known that terrible rheumatism,
~sciatica, and neuralgia cause more helpless
ness, acute suffering, and agony, than any of
the other diseases that affiict humanity. The
great medicinal virtues of Paine's Celery Com
pound make it the only trustworthy specific
for the cure of all forms of rheumatism and
neuralgia. Thousands of strong testimonial
letters from the most prominent people of the
land, prove that Paine's Celery Compound
has banished these terribly fatal troubles when
all other treatment has failed. Mrs. Mar
garet Bethel, of Brainerd, Mimi, after thirty
years of agonizing tortures had a desire to end
her life, if it was the viii of Heaven; she al.
most prayed for the time to lay it down.
Heaven-directed, she made use of Paine's
Celery Compound, and is enjoying true life
once more. She says
"For thirty years I have been a great suf-
ferer from neuralgia in the head, and also
with rheumatism in the whole body. began
taking Paine's Celery Compound and soon
found I was much better. Before taking the
Compound, my life was such a burden hat
almost prayed TO lay it down. / was bedfas,
every two weeks with horrible pain in the
head, back, and neck, until I was almos,
crazed. / am able to do harder work and
more of it today than for twenty-five years. ]
am really enjoying lite again, thanks to
Paine's Celery Compound. I am satisfied
that my life has beer prolonged many years
by its use.'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
A Echo.

As became the idle man having the
time of his life in the primeval forests
Of the Temsgamie reserve in Canada.
the clerk Of the New York court Of
special sessions was ~graciously inclined
to instruct the workers in amp. These,
says the New York Tribune, were two
young, unknown men who, with q
canoe and a camping outfit, were like
wise seeking lakewood experience.
He came upon n Of them baking
bread in a portable aluminium oven
before a smoldering log fire.
"Ah." said the clerk. assuming a re-
clining position Of graceful ease. "bak.
ing bread, l see."
YES. 1t doesn't come up for q cent
you see," continued the clerk. with
rising wisdom. the baking powder,
which contains cream Of tartar. libcr,
ates when heated a certain amount OF
carbonic acid gas, which,
"Oh, don't talk shop!' interrupted
the cook. II hate it put here!"
ooh, you dor' the clerk observed. as
tonished. what business are you in
may I ask?"
Tn an assistant professor of chem.
istry at Yale"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
HIS PRIZE ROSES.
A Little Secret That Was Confided to
the Wrong Man.

A Little Score, That Was Confided to
the Wrong Man.
An amusing incident is reported in
connection with q small flower show
in the north of England. One of the
classcs-cut roses-was open only to
cottage gardeners within a certain ra-
dius, and the winner turned up in a
laborer whom we will call Sandy. The
lucky individual was in high feather
and hung about near his exhibit all the
afternoon receiving the congratulations
of his friends.
Beautiful roses,' remarked a well
dressed stranger to Sandy. "They tell
me, however, that if Briggs had been
qualified to enter he would have beat
en- you"
Now, Briggs was the rose grower
par excellence in the neighborhood;
just outside the radius.
Briggs be hanged!" calculated San
dy. HE amt got no better roses thar
them!"
That's ~nonsense!' retortcd the
stranger. Briggs roses are the talk
of the district"
Sandy still stuck to his point and be
came quite confidential. Between
you and me-" he whispered eventually,
briggs amt got no better roses than
them, COS them's mis-! He couldn't en-
ter himself, so he gave me the pick of
his garden"
The stranger was satisfied, and 1t
was only afterward hat Sandy dis.
covered to his cost that be had con-
aded his secret to a member of the
show committee.-London Tit-Bits,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Art Exhibit Opened.

Tuesday the art exhibit under
the direction Of Miss Florence Starr
was opened at the University for the
inspection Of the public. The pic
lures placed in the collection at this
time is the largest that was ever be.
fore shown. The walls Of one room
are entirely filled with paintings from
life, while in the hall adjoining is
the copy work. There are a number
OF heads that have been painted that
show much skill on the part of the
artists. Misses Grace White and
Charlotte Freitag are the graduates
of this department. and their paint
ings show the skill that they have
acquired under Miss Starr.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Got Into Chicago Paper.

The Chicago American of Saturday
morning is said to have contained the
portraits of DR.. A. J. Dix and wife.
with a writeup that SAVIOR of sensa-
tionalism, that being a strong point
of the paper. About the only sensa-
ton there was attached to their we'd
ding was the fact that they were able
to fool their friends, who had been
watching and waiting for the con-
summation Of their marriage VOWS
in order that the welded couple
might he made the target for a few
harmless(?) jokes.
The article in The American refers
to the bride as being the heircss of
the Sickler millions in Colorado, and
that she is spending a vacation at
her summer home in Mitchell. The
paper reports the marriage as an
~elopement and that it will cause con-
%sternation among the friends OF the
bride in New York, Chicago and
Denver. DR.. Dix discovered the
illustrated article in the Chicago
paper and sent i copy of it here to,
day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Crushinr n Bore,

John G. Whittier, the Quaker poet,
once in describing the usages of the
Quakers in regard to speaking in
meetings. said that sometimes the vol.
untary remarks were not quite to the
e%dification of the meeting. 1t once hap.
pened that a certain George G. grew
rather wearisome in his exhortations,
and his prudent brethren, after solemn
consultation. passed the following reso'
luton: at is the sense Of this meeting
that George c.. be advised to remain
silent until such time as the Lord shall
speak through him more to Our salts
faction and nroft."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Do You Enjoy What You Eat

If you don't your food does not do
you much good. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure is the remedy that everyone
should take when there is anything
wrong with the stomach. There is
no way to maintain the health and
strength Of mind and body except by
nourishment. There is no way to
nourish except through the stomach.
The stomach must be kept healthy,
pure and sweet or the strength will
let down and disease will set up.
No appetite loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache: constipation, bad
breath sour risings, rifting, indiges-
ton. dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles are quickly cured by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Sold
by L. O. Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
Throwing Rice at Weddings.

Like roast pig, the origin Of throwing
rice at weddings is Chinese, and the
legend is scarcely less worthy Of
Charles Lamb: "a famous sorcerer
named Chao became Jealous. of the
power of another sorcerer, a woman.
and. conceiving a plan to destroy her.
he persuaded her parents to bestow her
upon his supposed son The crafty
Chao chose the most unlucky day for
the wedding, the day when the Golden
Pheasant was in the ascendant, SO that
when the bride enteFed the red chair
the spirit bird would destroy her with
his powerful beak. But Peachblossom
gave directions to have rice thrown out
at the door, and she passed out IN
harmed while the spirit bird vas de
vouring it"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19

No matter what the disease, the first
thing the Chinaman thinks of is gin
seng. His faith in his medicine helps
to cure him beyond any doubt. Given
such trust in any physician or any
drug, there is no question but what it
would reduce our mortality record. If
a man wants to sober up after a night
of feasting and wines, the remedy is
ginseng. IF he has used too much the
opium pipe, give him ginseng. If the
baby's stomach is out of order, put GIN
seng into it's food. If the appetite is
gone, it calls for the same drug. The
rich season their food with it as we
would with pepper, believing that it
aids digestion. The aged Chinaman
uses it in the belief that it keeps him
from growing feeble.-Medical Talk.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
THE NORMAL EXERCISES
Normal Graduates OF Dakota Uni
versity Gave Their Gradual.
ing Exercises Tuesday.

Nine young ladies and two young
gentlemen stood on the platform Of
chapel hall at the University Tuesday
morning and discoursed %eloquently
on topics they made important by
their excellent method of handli ng
them. 1t was the graduation exer-
cises Of the normal department, and
these had meritoriously finished
the prescribed course Of the Univer-
sity. The attendance was fair, it be-
ing rather an early hour for many of
the city people to get over to the
south side.
The program was opened with a
duet for two pianos, which was rend-
cred very acceptably by Miss Baker
and Paul Brown.
The rest of the program is given
below:
Duet, two pianos-Valse Carnival
esque, Op. 70-Chaminade-Miss Bak-
er and Mr.. Brown.
The Times That Try Nellie
Stoughton.
Eulogy - Horace Mann Blanche
Phillips.
Look Up and Persevere-Margaret
MarSo.
Influences That Kept Alive Educa-
ton During the Dark A~ges-Harvey
Best.
The Influence of Reading-Belle
Waugh.
st. Paul as a Teacher-June Taylor.
Ladies' Quintette-'Tis But the
Sparrows' Song - Misses Harker,
Baasener, Lathrop, Phelps and Til
iOtson.
John circumference Phelps.
The Progress of Woman Louise
Harrison.
The Place of the Story in Early
Education-Mary MacLean.
Moses in Rebellion-Glen Greattrax.
Wasted Resources-Frank E. Stahl.
Piano Quartette-Wedding Music,
Festiyal,.Procession, by Jensen-Miss-
es Cornwell and Rradberry, Dilley
and Hodge.
The orations and essays that were
presented reflected the ability of the
students and all were of high charac-
ter and delivered in excellent style.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
rauSe Fer Alarm.

"Say. DOCTOR exclaimed an excited
man as he dashed into the pill dis
penser's private Office, 81 want you to
make an examination as to my sanity"
what reason have you for believing
yourself q candidate for the padded
cell?" asked the NJ. D.
well. l happened to run across a
package of letters this morning that 1
wrote to my wife during our court
ship" was the significant reply.-Chi-
cago News.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
PUZZLES IN SPELLING.
They Are liable to Catch You In n
Most Mystcrioun WRx.

~ Way
What queer quirks a good and ODE.
dent mind will sometimes take! A
clergyman Of exceptional scholarly at
tainments tells me that he once wrote
what he at the moment conceived to
be the word righteous" The nature
of his calling ought to suggest that of
all words this one should be among the
most familiar to him, and indeed it
was. Yet when he had written it it
did not look right. After puzzling over
1t for some time he concluded that it
must end with "ious" instead of "eous,"
as he had written it. Finally in a
mental muddle he went to his una
bridged dictionary, but was amazed at
finding no such word there. Deferring
further search for the nonce, he COM
pleted his letter and then opened the
dictionary again. This time he found
the word all right and in its proper
place, a fact which, he said, would
have been a warning to him if he had
been a drinking man.
The explanation of it was that by
some unaccountable freak he had got
it into his noddle that it was spelled
~"ritcheous." He had spelled 1t so in
his letter and had of ours looked on
the wrong page of the dictionary for it
in the first instance. BY the time he
looked again the crotchet was out of
his mind. and he knew how to spell the
word as well as Webster did, Brook
Ign Eagle.
A Town Under One Roof.
What would the ordinary woman say
to a family that used every day 10000
napkins, 10000 towels, $500 sheets,
10000 plates and $4,000 knives and
forks? This is what is required by one
Of the large hotels in New York, at
which a man cannot live for much less
than So q day. The hotel will accommo-
date 5000 people, besides 1900 servants
10 wait on them.-Youth's Companion.
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A Town Under One ROOF.
Too Much Ambition,

Il can't understand why you dis
charged my boy. You advertised for a
boy with ambition, and he
That's just it, madam-that's just
it. He wasn't in the place two days be-
fore he had his feet on my desk and
was smoking my cigars."-Baltimore
News.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19
An Amusing Compliment.

Adelaide sat gazing very intently at
the gold filling in her aunt's front teeth
and suddenly exclaimed:
"Oh, auntie! l wish I had copper
toed teeth like yoursr'-Iittle Chroni-
Gle.
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ALMOST |NC|NERATED.
Nathan Norris. One of the Best
known Lawyers, Lost His Life.
His Nephew Also Burned to Death
Mother. Two Daughters. a Son and
the Governess Were More
or Less Injured.

Indianapolis. Ind. April t3.-Nathan
Norris, one OF the best-known attor.
neys of Indiana. and Frank Haas. the
12-yearold son of DIR. Joseph Haas.
were burned TO death Sunday morning.
and Mrs. Joseph Haas. Miss Belle
Haas. Miss Rose Haas. Louis Haas
and Grace Lemon. governess. were
injured more or less seriously. The
residence OF DIR. Joseph Haas. at 523
North Alabama street. was nearly
burned to the ground. The fire start.
ed at , o'clock from the furnace.
The family was asleep ON the second
floor. Mr.. Morris was a brother or
Airs Haas. From the position of his
charred body when found IL was ev..
dent he was endeavoring to get the
family out of the rooms when over.
come by smoke and flames The fire.
men succeeded in saving the other
members OF the family after heroic
work. so rapidly did the flames spread
The body OF Frank Haas and the un.
conscious governess were found on
the back stairs. Louis Hass broke his
leg jumping from a second story win.
dow.
Mr.. Morris was the senior member
OF the well-known commercial law
firm OF Morris & Newberger. He was
born in California in 1857 and has prac.
ticed here since 1877.
The injured members OF the Haas
family are still in serious condition.
though IL is believed all will recover.
Mrs. Haas and one OF her daughters
are suffering. and II was feared at
first that they had inhaled flames.
DR.. Haas. one of the best-known physi-
clans in the city. was at Lima, Ind,
visiting his son at military school.
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STORM IN ILLINOIS.
One Life Lost. Many Persons Hurt and
Much Property Destroyed.

Springfield. H., April Is. - One
death. fatal injury and n score or
more of injuries resulted from tor
nado that swept over Logan. Dewitt
and Platt counties Sunday afternoon.
The fatality occurred in the HASA.
darzar settlement. little farming
community three miles from Atwood.
Platt county. The home OF Clifford
Halsadarzer was demolished and afte.
the storm HalSadarzer'S infant sou
was found dead 500 feet from the
place where the house stood. The
baby was lying in bed when the wind
struck the house. Mrs. Halsadarzer
was hurled across the village stree,
and fatally injured. Mrs. j. h. Mac.
tins home was destroyed. and several
guests were painfully injured.
Deer creek, in Logan county. was
swept dry of water Reports from this
district state that three houses were
destroyed and number of people
more or less injured. Supervisor Ad
am Schanaurer's handsome residence
was destroyed. The family of several
children and n number of visitors. Is
in all. sought safety i'm the cellar and
the house was torn from over them
The homes of Samuel V. Baldwin and
Gus knecht were destroyed.
Mrs. Balwin and two farm hands
took refuge in smoke house in which
they were hurled several hundred feet
and painfully injured.
Pittsburg. Pa, Apr! 13.-With ter.
rifying swiftness the thunder storm
which came out of the west Sunday
evening crashed over Pittsburg. pour.
ing miniature rivers through streets.
flooding cellars and infiicting damage
that will reach thousands OF dollars.
Many buildings were struck Irving
Il. Wilson, or Dubois. Pa, while walk
ing from one building to another nj
the Dixmont insane asylum, where he
is employed. was struck down by a
bolt OF lightning. He was dead when
picked up.
The congregation OF Christ NJ. r
church. in Center avenue. was storm
bound. The street for blocks was
flooded. Street car traffic was almost
entirely suspended in the eastern por.
tons OF the city. In Williamsburg the
cloudburst poured through the valley.
People were driven into the second
stories OF their homes. The loss 10
DrODprty in the 37th ward waS proat
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FLOODING A BURNING MINE.
Sluice Cut From a Dam Made on the
Shore Of the Ocean.

Sydney. n. s., April 13.-Through n
sluice cut from a dam made on the
shore OF the Atlantic ocean and open
Ing into the old working. water is now
pouring into the burning colliery No. |.
or the Dominion Coal Co. at the rate
OF nearly three and half million gal.
Ions an hour. The pit is flooded up to
the seventh level and there are four
more levels to be flooded before the
fire is reached. This will require an
estimated 450,000.0OO gallons of water.
The depth OF the water Sunday at the
lower end Of the pit was about 10
feet and it is backed up toward the
shaft TO distance OF over $500 feet.
Ii will take five more days to flood the
mine to- such an extent that the entire
fire area is submerged
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Grnnrr frnm Tnnnnn

Misfortonc- are God. cali TO new
miui-tric~
The true man sees IN difficulty call
to cudcavor.
EXternal forms Of religion often
mark ~ extinct fires.
Watching others - often an attempt
to hide our own weaknesses.
Perfection may be like the North
star impossible to touch but good to
steer 10y.
You cannot pull,a man out Of the
miro ~ sin los ihr9wing rocks II cen.
sure at him Rams Horn
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NoN-uNioN FiREMEN.
Were Captured BY Union Men Blu,
Subsequently Rescued BY Police.

Buffalo. n. Y. April 13.-when the
propeller William 5. Mack arrived in
port a. 1 O'Clock Monday morning with
five non-union fremen on board a gang
OF striking union men boarded the
vessel. clambering over the railing as
soon as she touched at the dock The
five non-union men We're captured and
taken TO the headquarters OF the
union.
The police were at once notified BY
the steamship officials and a squad of
men surrounded and raided the union
hall. They rescued four of the Kid
mapped firemen, one Of whom had been
terribly beaten. The fifth man is miss
ing and the police have been unable
TO find any trace OF him.
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SECRETARY MooOY's PARTY.
They Landed at Charleston. S. c., and
Started For Washington.

Charleston. S. c., April 13.-Secre-
tary OF the Navy Moody and party
OF ten. including Postmaster General
Payne. Congressman Joseph Cannon.
Senator Redfield Proctor. Senator f.
j. Hale and Private Secretary Fish
back arrived here on the dispatch boat
Dolphin about 2 o'clock Sunday after
noon. Not more than an hour was
spent In the city and few citizens were
aware OF the arrival of the distinguish.
ed party. which left here on the Allan
tic coast line at 500 for Washington.
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FRONTIER SMAN DEAD.
Col. Bill Root, WelLknown. Passed
Away at Salt Lake.

Salt Lake. Utah. April 13.-Col. Bill
Root. frontiersman. a companion
through his life of Buffalo Bill" and a
friend of Bill Nye during the latter's
reportorial days in Laramie. died sud
denly OF heart failure in his apart
ments in this city late Saturday night
He was 60 years old When a young
man he settled in Laramie. became in
tercsted in the Laramie Boomerang
and took Bill Nye in partnership with
him. This was the beginning OF the
latter's fame as a writer As a catch
er OF wild animals. Col. Root had an
international fame