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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
Dependj on the Farmers.

The candid and unprejudiced opinion
Of a public man on a question concern
ing which he is we'll qualified to speak
is nearly always. Of interest. Such
an opinion concerning the prospect for
National Highway legislation was re-
Gently recured from a gentleman who
is a close observer of men and events,
and who has spent many years at the
National Capital. He said:
1 have watched the growth of the
so-called "good roads movement" with
much interest, and especially since
Colonel Brownlow introduced into Con-
gress his bill providing that the Gov
eminent should pay half the expense
of improving the roads. AS regards
tlfe prospect Of such a measure ever
becoming a law, I will say that it all
depends on the. farmers. If the agri-
cultural classes go to work in earnest
for Government aid, they will get it;
if they do not, Congress will never en-
act such a law. in Government af-
fairs, as in most other affairs. I have
noticed that the people who go after
things are the people who get them.
The farmers as q class receive COM
p~aratively little serious consideration
from Congress simply because they
don't demand it. Every Congress now
]appropriates more than a billion dol
lars. but low much Of this is spent in
the rural districts? Almost nothing.
Millions are spent for public buildings
In cities; millions for improvement of
rivers and harbors; millions for the
army and navy; millions for the Gov
eminent at Washington, etc. Occa-
sionally a few thousand dollars go for
something that directly benefits the
farmers, but that is all. Of course
there isn't as much chance TO give the
farmers direct benefits from the spend.
ing of public money. But national aid
to road improvement furnishes an
ideal opportunity. It would even up
things to some extent. 1t would GER
tainly be a big thing for the rural dis
tricts. The money spent would Of
course make good times; but the main
benefit would come from the improve
ment of the roads. 1t would increase
the value of farm lands; it would en-
able the farmers to- market their crops
to better advantage; it would make
farm life better worth living. In fact
it would be q great permanent bene-
fit.
If any other class Of our population
had such an opportunity to enjoy the
fostering care and aid of the Govern
ment, how they would work for it.
They would give their Senators and
Representatives no rest. But the far
mers as q class move more deliberate
ly. They take time to look into the
why's and wherefores, and to consider
all objections. So far as I am able
to learn. the farmers are taking up this
question seriously and in time will
make their influence most powerfully
felt. 1 think Congress vii be ready
to enact q national law whenever there
is O general demand for it from the
farmers of all sections.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
Foils Big Brother and Gets Married.

Jacob Sachs and Minnie WechSlcr.
both of Newark. N. j., wanted to get
married, but .Minnie's big brother, 10.
seph, said "No." ct. Minnie, in tears.
planned with Jacob that, big brother
or no big brother, they would get mar.
ried, and in the night, when it was
raining. they slipped out of their home
and eIoped to New York.
Joseph, the big brother, followed hot
on their trail. He was unromantic
enough to look upon the affair as an
abduction and not IN elopement, and
he told the police how Jacob had car
ried Of his infant sister. With two
sleuths Joseph traced the pair and had
them arrested.
"Why. my sister is only seventeen
years DID," said Joseph in court. "This
man abducted her. She has no right
to choose a husband"
Insane jealousy" snapped Minnie.
Then she counted back to the time
she was born and proved by arithmetic
that she must be at least twenty-three
years old
"And, o, Judge, won't you marry
u.s." cried the girl.
The judge could and did. and Minnie
was a bride before she had time to
realize it.-New York News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
The Alligator in France.

The French are to have an alligator
farm. Several French capitalists re-
Gently visited this country to purchase
a few head: of stock with which to
start 1t. The point selected for the
venture is somewhere in the SCUM Of
France. The French prize the ALI
gators skin so highly that the leather
dealers belive it will pay to raise the
animals directly on home soil-or, more
properly in home waters. If they sue
coed it will be the first farm Of its
kind in the world.
Alligator skin is daily growing rarcr
and more high priced, while the de-
mand for it continues on the increase.
The French require large quantities or
it for shoes, bags, portfolios, and toilet
articles. President IOubet, not long
ago, received as a gift, an entire hunt
ing suit made of the finest Sims DID,
tainable.-Boston Transcript
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of vital interest to them every day in
the year. The farmers, until recently,
have been compelled to struggle with
the road problem without much help
or encouragement from any other
class. Now, however, some strong ele-
ments of the city population are rally
ing to their support. Among these
may be named the manufacturers Of
road building machinery; the makers
and users Of bicycles and automobiles,
and the moneyed men of the cities who
have money: INVESTED in the country.
These people are entering into the
work for road improvement with ever
more enthusiasm and zeal than the
farmers.
Just now the farmers who want
better roads are brought face to face
with a most important question. Will
he accept the assistance of these city
allies? Will he welcome the aid Of
the machinery man, the capitalist, the
bicyclist and the automobilist? Or
will he treat them as schemers who
are trying to NEEDLE with his af-
fairs?
The answer to these questions ought
to depend on what these city friends
of good roads are proposing to do. If
they propose to have the country roads
improved in order to increase their
business, and enhance their pleasures,
wholly at the expense Of the farmer,
then he should spurn the proffered
alliance. If, on the contrary. they are
proposing, through State and National
taxation, to lift a large part Of the
burden off the farmer and place it
on the taxpayers Of the cities. he ought
to bid them welcome, and extend the
glad hand.
This is a live question for the farmer
to consider and answer. Already the
opponents of State and National aid
are at work trying to sow seeds of
suspicion in the minds of the farmers.
and they will do their best to prevent
any cooperation between the country
and city friends of good roads.
AS a matte rof fact, State and Ma
tional aid offer the only hope Of gen.
eral road improvement, and such aid
can never be secured if the city people
array themselves against it. Unless
the farmers are wholly blind to their
own interests, they will welcome aid
from any and every source, and will
make every effort to secure the pow
erful aid of the State and Federal
Governments.
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PAY FOR OLD STUMPS.
farmer REIN bursed by the Speculative
Makers of Turpentine.

Turpentine can be extracted from
an old pine stump. and this fact is the
basis of a new industry reported from
northern Minnesota. The promoters
If the novel enterprise are asking farm
ers for the privilege Of clearing their
land OF stumps.
Such a proposal comes to the owner
Of a "cut-over" farm, whose ribs are
sore in futile efforts to dodge the OBJ
struSive stump, like a message of de-
liverance. All the promoter wants is
the stumps, and the farmer serenely
wants him to have them, so q bargain
is easily struck.
The turpentine mel go on the land
with a stump puller and extract all
the remnants of the forest, hauling
them away to the plant where the tur-
pentine is extracted, and all the
stumps, pine or hardwood, are burned
for charcoal. ]. is asserted that the
stumps are rich in turpentine and that
the process yields good financial re-
turns.
Hitherto the manufacture of turpen-
tine has been practically. confined to the
South, where the yellow pine is very
rich in all b%y-products. White pine
yields them in comparatively small
quantities. 1t is not likely that the
industry will ever reach great proper
tons in the North, but as long as the
turpentine man finds his raw material
cheap and easily accessible he is likely
to carry on the good work.
What Minnesota is more interested
in is the elimination of the stumps.
Some cut-over land really needs them
to decay and thus enrich the sandy
soil, but there are large areas Of good
farming land, especially adapted to
potatoes, red clover and other crops.
that will be much @ valuable when
entirely cleared. 1t is an enormous
labor for the farmer. to, clear a quarter
section Of these distractions. When it
is done he can put in a larger crop
acreage and raise more to the acre,
but the clearing means years Of labor.
If he can have it done for him by the
%turpentine and charcoal producer he
will not begrudge his benefactor a
handsome proGt.-MinneapOlis Journal.
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Her Opinion.

An English lord was recently dining
with q family in New York. The
hostess little girl sat opposite the lord
and stared solemnly.
care you an English lord. really
and truly, SIR" she said At last.
eyes" h. answered, laughingly.
really and truly"
81 never saw an English lord be-
fere," she said. give always wanted
to-"
"And now you're satisfied. aren't
you| said the young man. gayly.
mo, I'm not satisfied. responded
The little girl. "I,m disappointed."-
The Children's Visitor.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

of the thickness of the tube (see Fig
ure y.
Figure . shows how, a piece of whale
bone about six inches long is inserted,
acting as the propelling power of the
gun. You shoot with a wooden peg
about one and a half inches long.
fitting loosely into the barrel Of the
gun; to give it more weight and
strength, we insert a carpet tack.
To shoot, hold the gun with the
right hand, pulling the whalebone back
with the index finger, and inserting
the peg; as soon as the index finger
releases the w%halebone, it springs for
ward and forces the peg out. TO aim
we'll, hold the tube in such a way
that the whalebone spring points down.
ward.
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gInitials For Names.

Brevity is said to be the soul of wit,
so the mania in England for initials as
authorizations Of the names of per-
sons, societies and newspapers seems
to be growing. The lively periodical,
N. A. P, commonly understood to
mean "A1ostly About People," has al
ready a secure standing, and the Lon
don correspondent Of the New York
Times Saturday Review notes the
starting of several other .napers named
on the same principle. Among these
are 2. O. P. and T. A. T., and the lat
est is 3. NJ. G.. which is devoted to the
banjo, mandolin and guitar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
Eat Apples and Be Healthy.

Hail to the apple. It is the latest
entry in the life-preserver class offered
by the scientists who are ever seeking
means to prolong life and relieve the
ills that flesh is heir to. In a we'll
known sanitarium for nervous diseases
there are numerous lplacards on the
walls Of the gymnasium, the dressing
rooms and the halls, which read: Eat
apples" Apples are served in every
form-raw, baked and steWed. When
they are served raw the patients are
expected to pare them and to save
the stomach from the hard work Of
digesting the skin.
The apple has in it the elements
which go to the making Of good red
blood; it has a goodly quantity Of iron
inside its red, yellow or green cover
ing. The apple has in it both a tonic
acid and a fattening sugar; it is a
real food. There are two large divi-
sions into which apples may be put
the acutely acid and the subacid. Not
every one can eat greetings, with their
wholesome sourness; those who can
not can try the believer or the russell,
which are less acid, but equally nour.
ishing.
Not every one can eat apples I'M
cooked without suffering from indi-
gestion; those who cannot should cat
them baked. Baking is better than
stewing, for the fruit juices are kept
inside the skin and changed gradually.
So why not eat apples and see what
they will do for your blood, for your
nerves and for your pleasure?-salt
Lake Telegram.
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SPRING MATTRESS TO FALL on.
Device Which Will Prevent Many Ele-
vator Accidents.

A new life-saving device, designed
10 prevent serious injury to one un-
fortunate enough to fall down an ele-
vator shaft, has been made by Joseph
G. Branch, Inspector of Boilers and
Elevators, and is shown herewith. 1t
consists of a woven wire net covering
the full opening of the we'll and sup
ported just above the bottom by stout
arms. The whole is supported in an
outstretched position under normal
circumstances by a pair of springs.
When the falling body strikes the
net the fall is broken by the combined
action Of = and the springs. 1t will
give and sag to a position indicated,
the arms themselves closing up scis-
sors-like, as is shown, and being re-
sisted in this movement by the COM
preston Of springs. The pipes are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
Wood For Paper.

1t has been estimated that nine nov.
els had q total sale Of 1000, 900 copies.
This means two million pounds of
paper. We are assured by a manufac.
turer Of paper that the average spruce
tree yields 4 little less than half a
cord of wood which is equivalent tG
five hundred pounds of paper. In
other words, these nine novels swept
away four thousand trees.
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condition or cooked. and the economi-
cal and quick removal of the eyes with
the ordinary means is impossible.
A pistol-like device with which this
is accomplished with celebrity and dis
match is shown in the accompanying
cut. In use the pineapple is pared and
the band OF the clip is placed under the
I'VE about one-half inch and then the
trigger is pulled, and III its descent it
completely cuts out the eye The trlg-
ger, being released, throws out the
bite. In this manner the eye is cut out
with great economy Of the fruit as
compared with the usrl.. method Of
procedure.
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know, she was a pupil Of Madame
Buchanan, of the Champs Elysees, and
is quite proud Of her n%eedlework.
Every young woman these days must
have at least one handmade dress.
that is, a dress made by her own hand.
Eloise spends four hours 4 day orna-
menting her latest creation with
French knots. Last night she informed
me that she had made already over
1900, and expects to make 500 more.
The krots look like little hummocks
of thread, and are built right in the
cloth"
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board with the numbers l to 8 on
them are mounted, on toothpicks and
grouped around it at even distances;
the other ends Of the tootlpicks are
then inserted in the sides Of the cir
cular piece of wood. The target itself
is fastened to a stick CT wood about
eight inches long, fastened to a stand
as shown in the picture. The gun
consists of a paper tube, which is
made by winding cardboard we'll coy
cred with glue, around the stem OF a
leadpencil. When 1t is dry. a piece
about five inches long is cut off. One
and three-quarter inches from one end,
we make an incisior about two inches
long, cutting down to about one.half
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
CUTS OUT The PINEAPPLE EYE.

The preparation of a %H.Eeapple Is a
long and tedious operation because of
the size and shape of the fruit, and for
the reason that the fruit is rather hard
to. cut. After it has been pared 1t
must he carefully gone yer and the
eyes cut out. These tough portions
being allowed to remain. interfere
largely with The enjoyment of eating
the fruit, whether it be in its natural
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
The Oil Industry.

The recent report Of DR.. G. T. Deane
that the total output Of the California
oil wells last year amounted to ove1
%, 900 barrels only partially repre-
sents the important influence and value
of the industry. It's true significance Is
pointed ost by j. w. Harrison, a proml.
nent indianapolis coal dealer. who says
it practically disDlaces G.000,0W tons
OF coal as fuel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
The.British Income Tax,

The income tax was introduced into
England by William Pitt in 1909 under
the stress of the French war. 1t ceased
in 1916, but was revived by Sir Robert
Peel in 1912, and extended by Glad
stone in 1859. From being a temporary
war tax it has now become a perma-
nent part of the British financial sys-
tenn, and is resorted to by every Chan
cellor who finds himself in difficulties.
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During the last year 5S4 persons bit
ten by dogs having hydrophobia. were
treated by the Pasteur Institute in In
dia. There were only six failures to
immunize the patients. Six other
cases came after the disease had de-
welcomed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10

Hamburg has a Madchenheim, or re-
fuge for girls, at which last year 9315
young women were provided with
sleeping accommodations at seven to
ten cents q night.
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UNREST.

By FLORENCE EARLE COATES.
Man that will not be begulied
Like a fond and happy child
From his toll or futile strife,
Feels within his bosom burning
Ill the deep, imprisoned yearning
Woven in the wool of life.
~.
Aud though far, with weary feet, g
lie may wander, man shall meet e.
No content until he come ="
Soon or late, his fate compelling
To loves domed and s~tar-lit dwelling,
For he has no other home.
The Outlook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10
TARGET SHOOTING ON
THE DINING ROOM TABLE

. Figure I shows the target cut out o.
cigar box wood. 4 circular piece is
first cut, about one inch in diameter.
and eight small round pieces of card
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10

Making H ench Knots.
II did not see your daughter in the
coaching parade, Mr.. Gates"
"No She has been captured by the
latest fad-making French knots. You
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10

There are $4,000 10. $4,000 street
casualties which cali for the use OF
an ambulance In London every, yeac
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10

Several Silesian villag'j have been
visited by a plague Of adders. In
Frendenthal alone 452 snakes have
been killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-08-10

The most expensive chair in the
world belongs to the Pope. 1t 10 of
solid silver and cost 100000.
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Bamboo sprouts shoot upward at the
cate Of three feet a day under fayor>
HE circumstances
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free to move endwise through proper
openings made. in the upper ends of
the strut arms, permitting them to
close in and break the force of the
fall.
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SM@6
&@WWD B i s !
MGMDSD'
@~% @
City Friends.

MONG those interested in
J road Improvement, tho
) farmers of course stand
. first. The character and
condition of the roads are
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SSS&ES
A OF
VIRGINIA. q
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XILLIARD turned courteous
S ly at Lydia DenEing's
y summons.
S "Will you be so kind as
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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-08-03
CIRCUS NOVELTY
Ringing Brothers Present a Cor.
geous Dramatic Spectacle lntrodu-
cling 1900 Characters.

Jerusalem and the Crusades, Ringing
others sublime, beautiful and in
structive spectacular production, is a.
dapted from the religious and historical
story of which every man, woman and
child in the civilized countries of the
world is familiar.
Noother narrative of Christian history,
with the exception of those treating di-
rectly with the birth and life of Jesus,
is of such thrilling interest to people of
all classes as is the Crusades, on which
Ringing Brothers magnificent. spec
tacular production is builded. Kings.
queens, lords, mobiles, chevaiers, knights
courtiers, functionaries, church officials,
attendants pilgrims, pages, soldiers, pen
itents, choristers, theologians, students,
serfs, vassals, Characteristic types of
every class, dancing girls, singing wo-
men, exhuberant children and thou
sand and one other picturesque charac-
tiers, give varied animation and color and
enthralling interest to the panoramic
changes of incident and scene. The
grand cathedral at Clermont, France
from whence the historic Crusaders,
started upon their holy mission, is pic
tured with classic accuracy ard charm
ing coloring The palace yard of the
Emir, the Egyptian ruler at the time of
the Crusades, is portrayed with voluptu-
ons fidelity, and presents in its passing
incidents the most bewitching exempli-
tication Of ballet and dramatic art. The
grand ballet advertisement in this scene
is an original conception and more en-
trancngly beautiful than any dancing
conceit ever invented and interpreted.
The legiOns of girls employed in evOlv-
ing the elegant and graceful figures of
the novel ballet are artists. graduated
from the best masters of the terpsicho-
rean art, lithelv and lissomely young and
sensiUvely practiced in accomplishing
the highest and most delightful effects
i'll dancing study. The barbaric spen-
doris OF the Egyptian court are revealed
III TINS revealing scene upon scale of
magniticence and expenditure never be-
fore attempted This prodigal display
of medieval luxury and Oriental extrava-
gance is only in keeping with the pro-
gressive policy OF the Ringing Brothers,
who have enlarged and improved every
department of their enormous shows, by
far the greatest in eXistance, until now
they appear to have reached the climax
of human possibility. The great shows
will exhibit in North Yakima Thursday
August is and give two performances
only. in the afternoon at o'clock and i'm
the evening at O'Clock.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-08-03

In the superior Court of the State OF Washing
ton in and for Yakima County.
In the matter of the estate of James Ricbey
deceased-in Probate
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against the estate of James Richey de-
the proper vouchers. to the undersigned ad
ministrator of said estate, at the office of Me
Aulay n Meigs, in North Yakima, Washington
me same being the place for The transaction OF
business of said estate. within one wear from
the date of the first publication of this notice,
70 wit, within one year from the 9Th day OF
July 1904, or the same will be forever barred
Dated this 9th day of July. 1904
CLYDE II. RICHEY,
deceased ~ }