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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
In a recent letter from Gil G street,

| In a recent letter from Gil 6 street,
! s. W, Washington, D. c., this vener-
! able gentleman says of Peruna:
! "Ihuve tried Perund after hdV-
ina tried In Uafn other remedies
| for catarrh, and lean sag without
1 reservation that I never feH d
! symptom ofreltefunttt Ihad gtue't
! Peruna the simple trial that It's
advocates advtse...Ide not believe tt
! has q superior, either asa remedy
/ for oatarrh or as q tonic for the
1 depressed and exhausted cs.dt-
ton ,uhich Is one ofthe effects Of the
disease. u--Benjamtr r. Hat1ies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
The q. s. Dept. of Agriculture

A pelican's pouch is large enough to hold
seven quarts Of water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
For soc. and This Notice

Copenhagen has the largest inclosed deer
park in the world. Its area is 1900 acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01

cine for chronic ca
tarrh of the stom-
ach and bowels. l
have been troubled
severely with it for
over a year, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

i = & 7, . 4 y i
States. during which he demons ira eo
his ability to WELD sword as " Wort l1
as the pen He is one Of the most pop
ular officials in Virginia, and no man IN
Louisa could defeat him for his office,
and none would do so he could. Mr..
w, r. Goodwin, an old Louisa boy OF
c,eat popularity, is the efficient chief as
sistnnt clerk s 8 81
Mr. r Iindsay " Gordon is the popular
Common uealth,s attorney. Mr.. Gordon
has = states reputation as an excellent
,,,a,,,har ~ IA iconstitntionalsp &, ,on-
~, 81 arod ona ~ the
q m,naast nersnnal,tJes ~ nat august
, ataa,,,r =, 30 ;.
roty 81, ~ - - .
ult.'y .'cA' MUS anu - d Gnu '''.t' ne
Ner s atlo'lalls T., Y,
Mr. Hela wis IS rne present popular :
Sheriil ana Mr.s =. franK tsiehers, Is
resident deputy at Louisa and also AL
keeper mr.. Bi '''s IS E noted Tor ms
tact and fearlessness in running down
criminals The Louisa motto Is let no
guilty man escape The sherlfal.ty
force is credit to the county and State.
DR.. r. p, May is custodian of Louisa.s
strong box faithful and affable to a de-
,,N,o11r, e11, A,,r1,,,
- ~ - : = = : {. ~
In - i = '1'f cav cav W. ea' t.'o
town of Louisa was possessed of a verj
unique dstlnctlon-af one-man power
monopoly Of all hotel and saloon rights
and privileges. In the veal 1882. one Hnr
ry Lawrence was proprietor Of the tav-
ern or inn and was also owner d OF ali
the lands upon which the town hns been
builded. Every parcel Of this land sold
by him and his administrators was con-
veyed with the distinct provision that
mo tavern, eating house or par-room
should he conducted thereon except
,Ipon the express permission of the own.
er OF the then only tavern, These ore,
Hstrfctionsu-as Familiarity termed-con-
tInued until. last year, and tho respec-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

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one colored one, an excellent town hall,
two banks large number of mercantile
concerns. including elaborate department
stores, a splendid hotel, boarding houses.
restaurant. schools. etc. Concrete walk
ways have Just been put down: pretty
and substantial dwellings are being erect
ed and there Is an air of general prosper
lily and happiness everywhere apparent.
Mr.. Goodwin May is the present mayor of
4 the town.
CoUNTY's STRENUOUS ELECTIONS.
Louisa.'s local elections have been of the
strenuous character from time lmmcm-
orial. Even when the Republicans had a
large Majority in the county and elected
their legislative ticket the Democrats
would always monopolize the local Of
fees. and this. too, very often without
primary, and with several Democrats
running for the same office in the gen.
cral election. While the negroes nllled
T to the party" when law makers We're
to be chosen. they could not be solidihed
in the local election and there was never
any danger of NEGRO rule. These con-
tests were characterized by great zeal
and enthusiasm, but were devoid Of per-
sonal animosltles and mud Singing
Who in Virginia has not heard OF the
3erstwhlle actual or visionary courthouse
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

his position. Uncle Jerry" was there.
It was gala time and Wells vas the
freedman's idol. At the CONCLUSION OF
Wells speech, John S. Wise appeared IN
one OF the courthouse windows, and,
steadying himself on the Sill by hold
on the blind with his left hand, delivered
one Of the most impassioncd political
speeches that ] have ever heard. he he
event for Wells ana the new order OF
things with gloves off, and his ex-
nletiyes would not have graced a Sunday
school class. rush" Burgess, and Honor
mile Marshall Amber were wort 70
have a political combat on every court
day There was an old negro man from
Jackson.s precinct who was always an
Interested listener at these joint discus
sions and would enthusiastically seek . y
cheer Burgess on by such eJacui'i,'"li.
NJ "Git up on him, Burgess! iNde nm 81
To,d him de trilf!'' These are numerous
co,onuialIsns OF Louisa to- this day.F5lta
Is hut iust 10 say in this %connecl'on3
Inn in honesty and uprightness anu
GOOD demeanor I,oulsa's colored popuisa-
lion will compare most favoraoly WIZ
the best standards OF the race NY mnti =, 4
and the abrupt transition from s'ayets
to citizenship was attended WIZ as ~. ~
friction mere as Ill., HlAS''r - l,s,,5
1ot3n poindexter. BLACK as charcoal
possessed nalurai VI f'' 'ot ~
''S1' reroininscent sketch of Louisa would
~ comnlete without reference TO the peer
-. fudge. Edward II. Lane. who, LOT
a., MANY years graced the judiclal peh !1
OF the county. He possessed the requisl.e
constituents Of Judge In a remarkap'ie
degree, and had wide reputation : a '''l
T.: Gordon uncle OF the present a.to '
rev for the Commonwealth, was io' q
long time the States prosecutor, ana ms
ability and fidelity Will long Dc rsnehi-
bcred. ts5 U &
each OF whom discharged MS duties VIII
nbility and fidelity, are James w. Wool-
folk and W. s. Gooch. judges; James @.
Moss, J, w. voolfolk and y. g. Jen-
SninEs, sheriffs; NJ. Il. Gooch and a. - y
Richardson, treasurnrs; W. r. Bihb, Com
monwealth's attorney. - 7, !, :,
i''s PRESENT COUNTY OFFICIALS.
The present court clerk, Mr.. Jesse J..
Porter, has been welding his pen in re-
cording court matters since the year 1854,
when he entered the office as penman Tor
David NJ. Hunter who was clerk az mat
time was greatly interested IN LOOKING
over some OF Mr.. Porter's writing zone
ii. the year 1854. when gull pens ana
sure enough Ink were In use, These re-
cords are splendidy preserved and are
rs leglble as those maae but Yesterday
by the same hand that ihas not lost Its
rover Of excellent chirography. In 1870.
Mr.. Porter was elected clerk of both
County and Circuit Courts In 1875 the
law provided for separate County ana
Circuit Court clerks, Mr.. Porter being
elected recorder for the County Court,
and Mr. Samuel H, Parsons for the =
cult Court. OF course. there was an alb
rupt intermlsson Of this popular old
clerks pen-wielding during the period OF
the "late unplcasnntness'' between the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
BRITISH BRIEFS.

London was increased during the
year 1904 by 374 new streets, with q
total length of over IA miles, and 3d.
2G9 new houses were built
For the purposes of closer settlement
the government of South Australia has
introduced a bill for the compulsory
repurchase by the state Of estates val
ued at more than 100000
A sample of British war Office brains
was furnished by recent order that
all horse rugs at the Cape Of Good
Hope were to be given into store in
August. Of course August at the Cape
is equivalent to December in England.
London is to have an amusement
building in a central position on Il
four and a half acre site. 1t will be
suited for exhibitions, athletic gather
ings, concerts, winter garden and a
roof garden which is to cover three
and half acres.
Because England's canals are used
so little comparatively correspondent
of the London Times has written to
that paper making novel suggestion.
He would have the canals drained and
their beds converted into roadways for
the use Of automobiles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
EARLY ANTAGONISTS.
Dissection Was Practieed In Exxpt
In 300 H. C.

In 300 b. C.
DR.. William Williams Keen tells
some interesting facts regarding the
early history Of dissection. The first
human anatomists were in Alexandria
three centuries before Christ, and they
and their successors for 1000 years
were commonly reported to have in
obliged in antemortem dissection. Says
Dr. Keen: "Vesalius was shipwrecked
and died while fleeing for his life on
such charge. The Edinburgh act Of
1905, giving the surgeons the body Of
one criminal annually to make an
anatomie Of, was guarded by the pro-
viso after lie be deid' Even poetry
has lent its aid to perpetuate the leg
end Of the invisible GIRL whose ghost
was believed to haunt Sir Charles
Bells anatomical rooms, where she had
been dissected alive on the night pre-
ceding that appointed for her mar
rage"
For long time Alexandria was the
only medical center Of the world, and
the physician Galen (born about 100
A. d. had to journey from Rome to
the African city even to see skeleton.
He sent his students to tie German
battlefelds to dissect the bodies of the
national enemies, while he himself
used apes as most resembling human
beings. Human dissection was revived
in Bologna in the fourteenth century,
where Madonna Manzoiina later was
professor of anatomy, undoubtedly one
of the first women doctors, If not the
very first. Leonardo da Vinci, painter
of 1.-The Last Supper" was a great
anatomist, but dissection had fallen
into disuse when Vesalius finally re-
vived it about the middle Of the six
teenth century. ~
Even in comparatively modern times
anatomists have been the objects of at
lacks by the populace. In 1765 Dr.
John Shipper Of Philadelphia was
mobbed as a grave robber. Doctors
riots in New York occurred twenty
three years later and were due to the
belief that the medical students robbed
graves continually. 1t was the lack
of opportunity that led to the practice
of grave robbing and originated what
DIR. Keen calls "a set of the lowest
possible villains-the resurrectiOnists."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
WORK..

The work which presents no difficult
ties to be overcome soon grows unin-
teresting.
There are some workers so anxious
to catch time by the forelock that they
almost tear the forelock off.
If it is true that good work implies
that the workman knows himself it is
equally true that the best work shows
that he has forgotten himself.
There is only one right way to work,
and it is neither in doing things before
they are started nor in doing them all
over again after they are finished.
The world is altogether too restricted
in it's use of the word 'art." Work Of
any kind done superlatively well is art
busting pictures as well as painting
them.
A good worker is pretty much like a
horse, after ALL When it's uphill going
don't worry him; when it's downhill
going don't hurry him, and be sure to
take good care Of him once he's in the
barn-Success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04

sustain the McCurdy family in Office
Hence it follows that McCurdy has re-
signed because the trustees showed
disposition to move upon his IN
trenchments.
We cannot see but what the poaro
is right There are other Things
against McCurdy beyond the fact that
he absorbed a salary disproportlonate
RI mis- deserts. The board was bouno
TO take account of the fact that ne
maid away the money of the company
for politics and on the stand denied IT,
His testimony was impeached in I'M
nortant particulars and he coulo
scarcely stand before the pubic as tle
president of a great eleemosynary IN
stitution with advantage to the lnstl-
tuition. The McCurdys do not appear
RI nave as much sense as young Mr..
HYDE. He saw when the jig was up
and quit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
GERMAN GlEANINGS.

Tickets above 35 cents in value are
to be taxed In German theaters.
In Hesse tax has been put on bach
elors, who may have to pay Is per cent
more in taxes than married men.
The German army now possesses a
corps Of volunteer motorists. In return
for certain privileges the members
place their machines at the disposal Of
the military authorities and go through
a regular training.
A curious club has been formed by
certain women Of Berlin. The chief
qualification for membership is that
the applicant must be deaf. A hundred
members meet weekly in Wilhelm
strasse, where they drink tea as they
converse in the sign language or with
the aid of ear trumpets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

The claim has been made during lne
late prosperous years that there mas
haon work for everybody that wanteo
70 work. In the course of recent
investigation in New York to test thie
statement 11s men were picked out a'
random. men who were found IN 'he
municipal lodging houses all OF theni
saving they were looking 1or woi NJ
E,mnloyment was secured for tnir'y
one Eleven of these threw up 'heii
Jobs. Only six stuck to their "orN
Forty-five men, when 1t was learneu
that an effort was being made TO Sc
cure work for them. suddenly olsap-
neared. One investigator dressed MINI
Golf in old clothes and set out Wneh
the day was ended he had sixteen 1oos
anon which to begin work next MORN
ing Several men were urged TO take
these positions, but they re1useo'
While these might not have peen
drawing-room jobs, they would 1ur-
nish any man a living. certain res
idue of men have no intention of work.
ing at any price.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
TURF TOPICS.

Deloree, 1904, is still lame and will
not be started again this season.
Angola, 2:O714, won her second $1O,'
600 stake in the Ohio at Cincinnati.
Pan Michael, the pony brother OF
Boralma, 2:O7, now has record OF
2:O3.
Two new pacing records for Dan
Patch-2:O1, over half mile track, and
2:O5 to wagon, half mile track.
1t is said that Ed Geers has given up
all hopes of racing Walter Direct again
this season. His ailing leg was bills
tered after his Providence race, but ne
still favors it, even in jogging.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
An Oxford Bank Note.

The Clarendon Press once made a
bid for printing the notes Of the Bank
Of England. 1t was many years ago,
when the forger was abroad in the
land, and it was desired to make his
task more difficult. A sample Oxford
note was adorned with a number Of
unintelligible quotations from out OF
the way languages-Arabic, Coptic and
others. 1t was thought no forger
could produce them, and an elaborate
argument was given in with the sam
pie note to that effect. Nowadays any
note may be copied by photography,
and the unique quality of its paper is
the security Of the Bank Of England
against fraud.-LOndOn Sketch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
AJNI65H1AEARER
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS:
4 LOOK AT THE BOOKS.

Among other things, many other
things. this age is an age OF III
vestigation. The thing began with OLD
Tom Hendricks battlecry in the cam
Daign of 1876, Let us look at the
hooks" A whole lot of peaple in that
campaign were talking greenbacklsm,
the parity of money, the mysterious
resumption of specie payments ana the
constitutionality of using the army as
q police force at the polls. But
Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana
swept all of these wordy issues ASIDE
and went straight to the root or the
matter. He said: THE republican
party has been in power a good while
and though the republicans tell us
their administration has been immacu-
late. how do we know it unless we get
a look at the books?" Thousands of
people voted for Tilden under the i'm
preston that Hendricks was running
for expert accountant and would audit
all the books of the country.
Hendricks did not get a look at the
books that time, but the issue fingered
in peoples minds This idea of look
ing at the books is a dangerous no.
ton to put into pedple's noodles. 1t
sticks.
Now we are just arriving at the
fruition of the issue started by Hend-
ricks thirty years ago. We have got
a lot of commissions going about
looking at the books of the postoffice,
the printing, the farming and the
other bureaus. We have state COM
missioners looking at the books of the
insurance companies, and we have an
terState commerce commission looking
at the books of the railroad companies.
We are even demanding that political
parties and political candidates turn
in their books for inspection. Book
keeping, which used to be private
snap, has become public function.
Judging from the results that
have been obtained, Mr.. Hendricks of
Indiana was correct. You cannot tell
whether a political party is giving
you a square deal unless you see the
books. The recent investigation Of
the postal department showed that a
crooked deal began back in Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration and ran for
ward through McKinley's four years
and was nipped only year ago. There
has been a screw loose in the print
ing office, for we do not know how
many years. AS to insurance COM
panies it is shown that they went
into politics at least ten years ago and
have been in it ever since to the great
loss of their policyholders and scandal
OF the country. The railroads have
been keeping private books, and it
begins to appear that they keep two
sets, those which charge up the tariff
rates, and those which charge up the
actual rates, and they have a man
with sack of money going among the
favored shippers trying to make the
books agree
Publicity sucn as the public demands
immediately, and of it's own force
breaks up many of the abuses COM
planned of. 1t is like asking a man to
commit burglary for a living in plat
daylight to ask a railroad to give re-
bates and make a public accounting
OF them. The honest open book is the
daylight which binders robbery. Turn
on the light. Give US a look at the
DOCKS of all corporations doing bust
ness through a public privilege or un-
der public charter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04

Engineer Thomson estimates 'ne
cost of a 20-inch wooden pipe at Sz.lo
a lineal foot Engineer Welle says the
same pipe can be bought for $l'oo
lineal foot and can be laid in trench
for not to exceed $1.75 foot. There Is
about the same difference all through
in the two estimates of the cost OF
Walla Walla's proposed gravity sys-
tenn. The meeting of the Commercial
club tonight might well give a little
time to the discussion of the water
question. A difference of $4,000 in
favor of Weile with a 10,OOO,0O0 gallon
reservoir and filtering beds thrown In
is certainly worth considering.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
THE McCURDYS RESIGN

The report that President NoCurdv
OF the Mutual has resigned is annar-
entity authentic. The last heard from
McCurdy he mad volunteered to cut
MS exorbltant salary of s15O. 900 in
two- His son Robert had made vol
untary offer to reduce his salary and
commissions, and Son-in-law Theband
iao MADE a similar offer as regards
MS commission contract. These offers
We're made to the committee of three
"nich was named by the trustees r.
1piow up the evidence adduced by Mr.
hughes in regard to the Mutual.
Inc committee did not accept the
various McCurdy offers, but merely
reported them to the board of trustees
ne BOARD apparently has not Thought
good business to accept offers hy
Mnlcn II would be morally bound r.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
Malay Houses.

Malay houses are invariably built on
posts, so as to raise the floor from four
to six feet above the ground. The floor
is composed Of bamboo, with inter
stices between Stats, the earth beneath
becoming the receptacle Of the drain
age Of the establishment. The uni
versal plan of the we'll to do natives
is to build the house in two divisions.
the front one for receiving visitors and
lounging generally, while the rear por-
ton is reserved for the women and
children.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Hand embroidered blouses are likely
to be worn throughout the entire win.
ter.
Radium, crepe de chine, eolienne and
chiffon are likely to be leading silks fol
evening waists.
Silk waists, particularly those OF clan
tartans, are going to be popular with
the gray coat suits which will be SO
much worn.
Women who bought long and close
fitting coat suits late last winter are
rejoicing at the likelihood of wearing
them all next winter without trans
crossing sartorial laws.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04

THE HALL OF FAME.

Mayor Sweet of Grand Rapids, Mich,
Indignantly refuses an increased sal.
airy.
Harry Amman, a Portland (Me.) hotel
clerk, is able to furnish splendid sam
pies of penmanship which he produces
with either hand with equal ease.
A. r. Gates of Curryville, Mo-,
claims the championship set Of whisk-
ers of the state. His are four feet
long, of a brunette shade and just
twelve years old.
Senator Foraker of Ohio holds that,
while no good American will lie for
revenue only except to the assessor, we
all lie little, no matter how truthful
we consider ourselves"
Henry C. Frick has given to Wooster
university at Wooster, O., $4,000 in
memory Of his mother, who was for
many years resident of Wooster and
who died there recently.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
are planning a great social campaign
in Washington for the coming winter.
Members Of the Indiana colony say Mr..
Fairbanks proposes to Guido himself in
entertaining.
Truman H. Newberry Of Detroit, who
has just assumed the duties of assist
ant secretary of the navy, Is one of the
richest young men in Michigan. He Is
forty-one years of age and graduate
Of the Scientific school Of Yale univer
sity.
Mrs. Lucinda Watkins Of Atterbury,
ILL.,, is 96; her daughter is 76; her
granddaughter, 81; her great-grand-
daughter, 81; her great-great-grand-
daughter, 10; her great-great-great-
grandson, 10 months. She has 131 liv
ing descendants.
William Rankin, the oldest living
graduate Of Williams college, recently
celebrated the ninety-fifth anniversary
of his birth. He retired from the presi-
dency Of the Presbyterian board Of for
eign missions in 1888 after filling the
Office thirtyseven years.
Nine Maxine Gorky protests against
the story so often told Of her husband
that he was born in poverty and vaga-
bondage. She insists that he was a son
of we'll to do parents, and, although he
did not attend school, his grandfather,
who was painter, gave him lessons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04
Elephant Sagacity.

A remarkable instance Of the sagac-
ity of a female elephant which had lost
her young one in pit trap has re-
Gently been related. The mother made
strenuous attempts to rescue her on
spring by throwing quantities of earth
and branches Of trees into the pit, but
all her efforts were in vain. as the
hunters arrived before the pit was SUI
ficiently filed to allow the young one
to Chamber out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-04

''Miss de Simpson," said the young
secretary Of legation, Il have opened
negotiations with your father upon the
subject Overcoming to see you
oftener with a view ultimately to
forming an alliance, and he has re-
sponded favorably. May l ask if you
will ratify the arrangement as a mo
dus vivendi?"
"Mr. Won Harris" answered the
daughter of the eminent diplomat.
don't you think it would have been q
more graceful recognition Of my adj
ministrative entity if you had asked
me first ?"-Chicago Tribune.