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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Origin of $50 Long,

With reference to the origin of the
familiar expression, $50 long," cor
respondent Of the London Academy
suggests that it is derived from the
Norwegian "Saa laenge," common
form Of farewell, equivalent in mean
ing to "au revoir," and pronou6ced like
so long," with the "g" softened. There
was fair number of Norwegians
among the settlers in America, to
judge by the names, and it is quite
likely the phrase was picked up from
them. 1t is in general use among the
Dutch in South Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
AN ORGAN WITHOUT STOPS.
That Was the Opinion of the Man With
Musicless Soul.

That Was the Opinion of the Man With
Musicless Soul.
There is man living in an Elev-
enth street fat who has no music in
his soul, and there is man on the
lower floor whose soul is tull of it..
The lower floor man not long ago add
ed four lung parlor organ to his lares
and penates and two healthy daugh-
ters of his began to practice on it.
Several nights later a friend paid a
visit to the first man, and as soon as
he got inside the apartment he heard
the parlor organ on the lower
floor.
Fine toned instrument that" he
said, because he, too, had some music
in his soul.
The musicless man grunted.
Whose make is it?" the visitor
asked.
Don't know" was the ungracious
answer.
How many stops has it,"
The host pulled himself up for a
powerful effort. "Well," he replied.
Its been in the house for about a
week now, and in that time it hasn't
had any that have been able to dis
cover.'-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
BRITISH ALIEN BILL PASSED.
Sir Charles Dixie in Opposing Measure
Highly Praises JewsS

London, England.-The Alien Immi-
grafton bill passed its second reading
in the House of Commons.
Sir Charles Dixie and Charles Phil
lips Trevelyan, who led the Liberal op-
position to the bill, held that the de-
mand for it was the outcome of anti
Semitic agitation. Sir Charles spoke
at length on the excellent qualities VI
the Hebrews and said that Christian
peoples ought to be anxious to offer
the Jews an asylum as compensation
for past persecution, which was the
cause of tho r faults.
The Minis .erial men 2rs warmly re-
pudiated the idea that anti-Se' litism
had anything to do with the question,
and Sir Charles Dilke's amendment
was defeated by a majority Of l24.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18

It will be worth all the self denial
that one may practice for several
years to see the Worlds Fair Of 1904
at st. Louis. Money saved. earned or
borrowed, cannot be better spent than
In getting acquainted with the worlds
progress as revealed at this latest and
greatest of expositions. All Of us can
not travel around the world to take
note Of what the nations are doing
but the nations from all around the
world desire US to know and have sent
their best works to st. Louis to be
placed on display.
Therefore, by all means or any
means, see the Worlds Fair. 1t means
everything to your future growth OF
mind. to your present pleasure. and
lifelong satisfaction. Who that saw
the Centennial Exposition or the
Columbian Exposition that does not re-
vert to it with recollections Of keenest
pleasure?
Within the two square miles of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Mans Ncrye Impulses.

The speed of nerve impulses in man
is stated by DR.. Alcock, in a recent
paper before the London Royal So
ciety, to be sixty meters GIG feet
second. The experiments Of Sir Mich
ael Foster fifteen years ago showed it
to be thirty-three meters. DR.. Covers.
the eminent neurologist, remarks that
either DR.. Michael Foster or DR.. AL
cock is widely wrong. or the rate of
transmission has become greatly ac-
celerated during the last fifteen years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Ancient PRESCRIPTIONS,

Sir Walter Besant's study Of old
English customs shows that the doc
tors of several centuries ago pre-
scribed for fevers "a cold water affu.
sion' with drinking of asses milk.
When the queen was i'll in 1868 tney
shaved her head and applied pigeons
to her feet. Powdered mummy for a
long time was considered to be a
specific against diseases. 1t is said
that the reason it went out Of use
was that dealers took to embalming
bodies and then sold them for genu-
inc ancient mummieS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
The Dardanellaa.

The question whether Russia has the
right to send her Black Sea feet
through the Dardanelles is based upon
treaty executed in 1841 between the
Eve great Powers. whereby it was
agreed that no ship belonging to any
nation save Turkey should pass
through the channel without the con-
sent Of Turkey. This agreement was
reafffrmed by the treaty Of Berlin,
executed after the Russo-Turkish war
In the T0S.
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Eating at Night.

Every living bird and beast strives
it's utmost to cram itself with food
before retiring for the night, and this
food is digested as the night pro-
crosses. The evening feed is the feed
Of the day. with the brute crcHtion,
and yet doctors tell us to refrain from
eating heartily at night and even ad-
wise us to retire to rest with q more
or less empty stomach. Are we fol-
lowing nature when following this ad-
vice?-Country Gentleman.
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a twelye-acre outdoor display IN addl-
ton to the nine acres under roof.
The Palace Of Art at the Worlds
Fair contains 195 galleries. Each gal
lery is a large room. lighted from
above and flied with the choicest
works of all countries Of the world IN
which art has made noteworthy pro-
gress. The group of buildings to house
this magnificent display represents an
expenditure Of more than $l,OOoOoo.
Even to the timid traveller, st. Louis
presents no complications. 1t Is all as
plain as q b c when once you get your
bearings. The streets all run east and
west or north and south, with rarely
a confusing diagonal.
All trains into st. Louis arrive at
Union Station, one of the finest rail-
road terminals in the world. The sta
ton is on the south side of Market
street, between 18th and Goth streets,
so that when the visitor emerges from
the station he fipds himself at the be-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Where Lord Nelson Really Died.

Visitors to the Victory, at Ports
mouth, England, who have gazed upon
q spot in the cockpit. and ! elieved 1t to
be the place where Nelson breathed
his last, were quite mistaken, accord
ing to discoveries just made during
the overhauling of the ship. The au-
thentic place where the hero died was
close against one Of the huge ribs Of
the ship little further forward. This
place is now 10 be rallied around, and it
will be lighted with electric lights, for
which storage battery is to be placed
ON board. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Happy When They Are In Jail,

MANY prisoner as soon as he steps
in the outer Office" said Charles
street Jail officer, according to the Bos-
ton Record, throws himself into a
chair with sigh of relief, muttering:
This is the first happy hour i'll many
months This is especially true Of
men charged with large embezzle-
ments. Their consciences seem to be
on the verge Of collapse until they ar
rive under the shadow of the Jail, when
they then see their future clearly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Cocoine Trade.

The United States is buying 10000
ounces of cocaine a year, 1T about 81
IN ounce. Of this only a very small
proportion is used legitimately. Some
States have forbidden its promiScuous
sale, but the laws have not been en-
forced. 1t robs its victim of his men,
tal faculties and destroys his moral
responsibility in briefer time and in
,reater degree than any other drug.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
A Frosty ATMOSPHERE.

"I understand that prima donna
failed to give her farewell concert be-.
cause she had a bad cold"
Yes" answered the manager.
"How did she contract it?'
"Well, it wasn't an ordinary cold.
1t is what is technically known as a
box office l."-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
MANY RIOTERS KILLED.
Twenty-three Dead, Forty Wounded In
Hungarian Town, tt

: Budapest, Hungary.-A Serious riot
is reported to have taken place at the
market town. of Elesd, near Cross
warden, resulting from a fight be-
tween meetings Of the Socialist and
Independent parties. While order was
being restored by the gendarmerie
Socialist shot and killed the COM
mander. The gendarmes tir9d volley.
killing twenty three of the Sioters and
severely wounding forty. Troops were
summoned from GrosSward .in. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Veteran Experience.

"I'll bet you never smelled gunpow.
derr' exclaimed an excited veteran to
q comrade.
"Well, to tell the truth, didn't" ex.
planned the other: you see, the day of
that battle I had a bad cold in my
head ."-Yonkers Statesman.
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A Blessed Relief.

Dumley-"Gracious! I'm glad I amt
a Russian. 1t must be awful to have
to leave home and so to war"
Housekeep-"Oh, I don't know; there
may be mitigating circumstances. Per.
haps it's housecleaning time there just
as it is here" e."-Philadelphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Austrian Strikers Giving In.

The strike committee at Budapest,
Hungary. has issued a proclamation to
the strikers on the State railroads in
structing them to resume work imme'
diately and so avert 4 most stringent
action against them by the Govern
ment. The Diet was closed by royal
decree. The sudden end of the session
is attributed to a desire to avoid dis
cussions of the railroad strike and riot
inc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Eaau to 500 ThroucIl.

"They haven't much show of winning
the election, but they're making quite
a bluff. They're going to have torch.
light procession tonight"
THAT so? Have they any transpar.
encies?"
20! yes: that word describes the va
rious claims they've been making. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
An Experienced Opinion.

Father-"Daughter, Algernon Won
Spook wants to marry you"
Daughter-"What, that man? Why.
papa, wouldn't have him. He hasn't
any sense"
Father-"Of course not; of course
not. You don't suppose he would be
wanting to get married if he had. do
u?"-Detroit Free Press.
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Decidedly Fortunate.

"You are trying to break my heart.
said the tlirt.
"Yos." admitted the youth who had
just found her out, land it will be
fortunate thing if | succeed. AS long
as it's whole YOU can't possibly satisfy
all the men you have kept chasing
after it. Once broken. there ought to
be a little something for each. Chi
cago Pest.
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SOM etimeS.

Upgardson-"Do you share the super
stition that opals are unlucky"
Atom-"The fine opal you're wearing
on that soiled necktie certainly seems
to be in hard luck."-Chicago Tribune
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Her Mistake,

$50 said her new neighbor, 'your
husband talks Russian?"
"Oh, yes, quite fuently."
81 had supposed the noise I have
been hearing was made by your girl
freezing ice cream."-Chicago> Record
Herald.
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Puzzled. .

81 am just little puzzled" she said.
"What's the matter?" asked her dear
est friend.
"Why, of course, ri you become en-
gagged to a young man at the seaShore,
it doesn't count the following winter,
but does it count for anything if you
happen to meet him at the seashore
again the next summer?"-Chicago
Post.
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A WnIsa Fear.

"Sorry, boys, but I'll have to be get.
ting home" said Underthum, at the
club. MY wife expects me before mid
night"
whats the matter? Afraid. she'd
60 for you if you stayed any later:"
"No: I'm afraid she'd come .fog me-"
philadelphia Press.
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A Decentralization Family.

Brown-"Then you've no sympathy
for the Czar?"
Jones-"Not much; you see. since our
baby came, we know exactly what a
Car acts like ."-Cincinnati CONNER
cial.Tribune. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Killed Her Foster Daughter.

Mrs. Mary A. Powell confessed to
the murder of Essie Albin, her foster
daughter, in the Powell home, at Do
Yer Del, on February 8 last. The
confession was made soon after Mrs.
Powell was indicted.
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Wedding Anniversaries.

Hicks-"So you're going to celebrate
your wooden wedding, are you?"
Wicks-"Yes."
Hicks-"Well, I guess I'll celebrate
my wouldn't wedding. 1t was just
fye years ago that that girl from Chi
cago said she wouldn't marry me."-
Someryille Journal.
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Real Thing.

simkins-"Enpeck insists that hia
wife has a sunny disposition"
Timkins-"WelI, I guess that's right"
Simkins-"What's the eXplanation?"
:Timkins-"She certainly makes it ho'
for him at times. ."-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
CAPTURED STRIKING MINERS.
Utah Sheriff Captures Italians Who
Had Resisted an officer.

Salt lake City, Utah.-A wholesale
capture Of striking miners in Carbon
County is reported in special dis
patches from Price, Utah. E
Sheriff Wilcox and forty deputies,
armed with Winchesters, marched
upon the camp of the strikers in the
canyon, took them oy surprise and ar
rested 12O Italians OH the charge of re-
sisting an officer. The men were
loaded into box cars and taken to the
iail at Price In the strikers camp
were found several guns and reVolVers
and q Lalf-bushel of knives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
What Did She Wante

Mrs. Newliwed-"I want to get some
salad"
Dealer-"Yes, ma'am. How many
heads?"
Mrs. Newliwed-"Oh, goodness! /
thought you took the heads off. l
just want plain chicken salad. ."-Phila'
delphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18
Throws Herself Under a Train.

Taunted with being the daughter of a
murderer, Miss Rachel Machett, a girl
twenty years old, threw herself under
the wheels of a train at Washington,
n O.
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By Proxy.

Boarder No. 1-"What's that loud
humping noise in the kitchen"
Boarder No. PITS the landlady
hammering the steak and wishing il
was the beef trust. "-Chicago Tribune
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Not Ouite the Same.

Old Grave-"Are you thinking of the
future, my friend?"
Young Slave-"No. tomorrow is my
wife's birthday. and I'm thinking oil
the present" boston Globe.
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The Mystery of Credit.

The Mystery of Credit.
"Tactful?"
every. She lives as far beyond her
income of $50 a week as most women
could live beyond an income of 500
Week."-Puck.
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As to the Star.

The Soubrette-"Does she make up
quickly?'
The nderstudy-"Well, everything
but her mind ."-Pittsburg Post.
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WIT'uud,HUMOR
Of TIL F. D A Y
Urbs in Rure.

I'm glad you city-people
Love the city as you do;
For if you should desert it,
You would spoil the country too:
- The Whim.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-18

Earthquake in San Francisco.
\ sharp but not severe earthq uake.
lasting about thrce seconds. shock SAP
Francisco. Cal.
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WHEN YOU CoT0 THE WORLDS FAIR

S. 1ss Ns s':s ss %s% s9ss
Bearings :: The Greatest 0 Worlds Exposions
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
The Care Of the Teeth.

The secret of the preservation of the teeth is
absolute cleanliness. The first rule is to cleanse
the teeth thoroughly after eating, no matter how
many times a day. A tooth wash should be for
the most part of soap in some form, since soap
is both cleansing and alkaline. The next matter
of Importance is the tooth brush. It is well to
have the two kinds, one in which the bristles are
even and the other in which the bristles have been
cut across so as to be in points. Each tooth must
be thought of as something to be brushed in its
entirety, front, back, sides, and the junction with
the gum. Once a month is none too often to
have a new brush. The teeth should be brushed
with the hand of the opuoside side; that is, the
right hand for the teeth of the left side and the
left hand for the right. After brushing the teeth
an antiseptic mouth wash should be used. If the
teeth become yellow or show discolored spots in
spite of good care a little powdered numice stone
should be used.-From "The Fountain of Youth"
in the May Delineator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
His

"The cheapest way that I know of for a man to
become popular" said the Pruntytown philoso-
pher, ruminatingly, "is for him to keep his
troubles to himself, and let everybody else tell
him their'n. When we are well off we are prone
to fatter ourselves that we are a great deal bet
ter off than those around US, and when we are
bad off it consoles us to believe that we are a heap
sight worse off than anybody of our ~acquaint-
ance; and not only SO, but We desire to have the
fact publicly recognized. So the wise man keeps
his own troubles scrupulously in the background,
and agrees with his neighbors that their woes are
of monumental Importance, thereby winning their
regard and admiration at small cost to himself"
Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
THE HOME CIRCLE


Will they not leave me in peaceAYes, dear, I
am coming soon.
What need of winters presence at rose-crowned
rites of June2
He brings her home in triumph, the sweet young
life he has won;
And 1 could rejoice in a daughter, had I not lost
a son.
Long since God took my others, and now I am left
alone;
For, though I am still his mother, the wife will
claim her own.
How cold tonight was his g~reetingl He called me
simply mother"
Those old sweet names of endearment so soon he
gives to another.
Oh for one hour of the nights when he sat by the
hearth and read,
And It was to his voice I listened, and not what
the dull books said.
And often I'd fall to .weeping-and yet I knew
not why;
But then we older children must have our mean
ingless cry.
A moment of silence and weeping, and then my
tears have done:
May !, who have wept for nothing, not weep for
the loss of a son2
But why is my loss so bitterq IT is what all
mothers have known;
For, though we still are mothers, we may not
claim our own.
Benjamin F. Sledd.
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MIR. MCNEIL on Sissyism.

The editor of this paper has contracted for my
scientific opinion on that subtle complaint, Sissy
ism.
The symptoms of this disease begin to appear
at about the age of fourteen. and is probably
caused by the natural tendency in a man to imi-
tate what he most admires.
Parents will note that the first evidence of
this bacillus is absence of mind. After that comes
frequent signing, then bubblering. Be not alarm
ed, however, for though this is a species of mad
ness it is not hydrophobia. Later still comes the
mania for singing under the windows at night,
for staying out nights to watch the light of a
window and feel the thrill when a graceful shadow
passes over the curtain. And last to arrive, but
most critical, is the poetry crisis.
So far the patient is not to be despaired of.
The fangs of Sissyism may yet be unlocked and
he develop into the s~hockiest, outstrappingest man
in Scotland County. AS I say, though, this is the
crisis, and while some are able to purge their
systems of the germ it makes its permanent resi-
dence in others. The fatal turn is when the patti
ent is so daft on women that he tries to become
one himself; and the man who RECEIVERS is he who
holds to his manhood and goes out after a ready
made woman.
The tadpole which is halfway frog, the gosling-
voiced boy, the man in politics who is on the fence,
that quality of character which is neither fish nor
fesh-is there anybody who hath a relish for it?
The efeminate man, the Sissy, falls in that class.
He washes his face with borax before retiring,
he is shocked at the boisterous life at the swim
ming hole, and instead of joining in it he carefully
spreads his handkerchief on the mill dam and
sits down on it, a good healthy shout would burst
his lungs, he is 80 delicate and fastidious about
his language that he has hardly any vocabulary
left except EXPLANATIONS and eyebrows, his sum-
mer socks are of the thickness of fish nets through
which he can watch his alabaster ankles, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
An Ingenious Housekeeper.

A towel-rack made of bamboo rods is suspended
from the kitchen ceiling by ropes and pulleys, SO
that it may be raised and lowered at will. It
economies space, besides providing a place where
towels, ETC., may dry quickly, as the air is hotter
near the ceiling.
Another convenience is a small shelf, waist
high, near the dining-room door, on which I place
dishes when / want to open the door.
Besides my kitchen table, but considerably
higher, is a s~lanting shelf, about twelve by eigh-
teen inches, with a narrow strip nailed across the
bottom edge, to hold my recipe-book, which is
held open by a rubber band.
Oi-cloth which is too badly worn to be used on
the tables will cover the pantry shelves nicely,
and is easily cleaned.
Having no dark closet in which to store my
canned fruit, I have covered my cellar shelves
with the cheapest black cotton cloth, which keeps
out the light.
An old toaster can be converted into a handy
paper-rack.
Cover the hand with a paper bag when cleaning
the stove.-December Woman's Home COMPANION.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
The Punishment of Incidence.

One of the saddest sights in the world is that
of a soul which has been starved by Incidence, an
undeveloped, stunted man, who has never suff-
GENTLY exerted himself to unfold his godlike
power, to cultivate his finer sentiments and facul-
ties.
1t is not necessary for a man to be actively bad,
IN order to make a failure of life; simply i~naction
will accomplish it. Nature has everywhere writ
ten her protest against idleness; everything which
ceases to struggle, which remains inactive, rapid
~ dictionaries. 1t is the struggle toward an ideal,
tne constant effort to get higher and further,
which develops manhood and eharacter-Suc-
cess.
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1t was down South that a woman going one
morning to call upon a friend was met at the
door by the small boy of the family, who opened
it for her politely.
"Good morning, honey" she said. 'Is your
mamma engagedW
That was a poser, and the child thought for a
moment, forgetting to invite the guest to enter.
81 fink" he said finally, having seriously con-
sidered the matter; "I fink she's married."-Ex-
change.