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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
A new EPOCH IN THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION
Electrific alton of the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad in the New York Zone. =. =.
B~ WILLIAM -. wiLGOS-

pony trucks at each end. Each driving
axle carries without intermediate gear
ing the armature of an electric motor
having Abnormal rating of $50 horse
power, and capable of developing much
greater power for short periods. This
locomotive is, therefore, capable of de-
veloping greater horsepower than any
steam locomotive.
The main frame Of the locomotive IS
of cast steel, and is carried on elliptic
springs, with the load equalized as IN
a steam locomotive. The main frame
serves a double purpose, being not only
the mechanical frame of the locomo-
tive, but also the magnetic frame for
the electric motors. This construction
is strong and simple in design, and
further insures reliability and a MINI
mum Of maintenance: The parts are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Conner Treatment OF Water.

The public must not make the mis-
take Of imagining that the copper
treatment for destroying disease bac-
terra in water supply systems is de-
signed to replace or supersede slow
sand and other efficient means of fl
tration now employed. 1t is intended
to supplement these methods. Filtration
is usually effective. but m%anyatimes
cannot be used. The method is so .ex-
pensive that the vast majority of
towns are obliged. to- do without it.
Again, there are many times when the
polluted water Of a reservoir must be
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18

1t rather resembles a small Spitz
dog. but it is not a dog any more than
it is a raccoon, although the shape Of
the head and the face marking that
seem to belong so peculiarly to the
family of Procyonidae, are marvelously
initiated in this little beast. Perhaps
it resembles q white Arctic fox more
than it does any other creature. 1t
had been called q white fox in the
country, Northern Japan, from which.
Captain Golding obtained il, but it is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18

CANNES fit when the jaw is shut. The
animal has. the peculiar lower jaw OF
the marsupials-the angle is infected;
it is, in fact, a marsupial with struc.
tural parts foreshadowing those of the
more highly developed dog. Such an
animal as this transports us back to
those primeval times when animals
far more generalized than those that
now exist united in themselves diverse
characteristics and specific features
never, in our day (save in a few such
instances as tie Tasmanian wolff,
found in any one individual or in any
one species.-J. G. Beard, in Scientific
American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
A Street Doctor.

A feature'of low street life in Toxic
Is the "kuisha," or moxa doctor, who
applies small pads made of certain
dried herbs to the skin, then setting
them alight, the ensuing blisters being
supposed to be most effective as a cure
for various ailments. Among the doc
tors remedies. too. are rhinoceros pills.
warranted q sure cure for tightness OF
the chest, gnashing Of the teeth and
depression Of spirits. and "furidashi,"
a popular remedy for coughs and colds.
which is said to expel the devils and
promote circulation: while musk pills
are prescribed as an infallible cure for
every. i'll, from a red nose to sea sick
ness,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
To Study Crlminology.

The American Bar Association has
passed i resolution in favor of estab-
fishing in the Department OF Justice.
Washington. q laboratory for the study
of the criminal, pauper and defective
classes. In the Bureau Of Education.
Washington, Mr.. Macdonald has for
several years been carrying on work
of, this kind under many difficulties,
and it is mainly owing to his initiative
that the foregoing resolution was
framed.
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EK0RUEKN
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Remarkable h~reprooing properties
are credited oxide Of titanium by an
English ! dyer. Flannelette treated
with it could not be made to burst into
fame, and other textiles are claimed
to be made equally resistant, while 1t
cannot be removed by dyeing, boiling
pr washing.
The increase in the number of tall
buildings has resulted in a larger use
Of ribbed and prismatic glass for win
dows, as well as in the production OF
improved varieties Of such glass. The
Illumination Of dingy rooms, shut in
by lofty walls, is increased by the re-
lection, from the many facets of the
glass, Of light which would otherwise
pass the windows without penetrating
the interior of the rooms. The employ
ment Of diffusing glass is regarded as
introducing a new era in interior light
ing. $50,
Alltrecorded submarine earthquakes
have. been plotted on a map Of the
world by Wilhelm Grebs. Many OF
them represent submarine volcanic
eruptions, and a very striking fact is
their great concentration in the mar
rowest part Of the Atlantic Ocean, berf
tween Africa and South America: 1t
is suggested that this greater apparent
activity may be due largely to- lack
Of observations in the much less tray-
eled Pacific. Other centres are the
West Indies, the west coast of South
America, the south or the Bayou Ben
gal, the Malay Archipelago, eastern
Japan and the Mediterranean.
Electric light baths are reported to
ebe quite common in German hospitals.
IAN English physician, DR.. J. 8. Hook
.er, states that he has found them much
more effective in rheumatism and4like
diseases than drug treatment, and, as
they fill the skin with blood, he sug-
gests that they should be of great I'M
portance in bringing out the suppressed
rash Of feYers, such al scarlet fever
and smallpox. The use Of X-rays in
serious blood diseases has given sur
prising results to Professor Bozzoh. Vt
Turin. He has succeeded in curing
a difficult case Of leuchaemia, a disease
which arises from increase in the white
corpuscles and may endure from six
months to ten'years.
Renewed speculation as to the lcanse
OF thamysterious force known as mag.
netism has naturally followed DE
Hensler's production Of magnetic alloys
from non-magnetic materials. One OF
his alloys-containing sixty per cent
Of copper, twenty-six Of manganese
and fourteen of aluminum-proyed
practically as magnetieea s iron, but II
is very brittle and cannot be drawn or
forged. On attempting to increase the
%malleability by adding iron, all mag
netic properties astonishingly disap.
peared. An old idea was that magnet
ism is due to some peculiarly Of the
of the iron atom, although this metal
lis not magnetic when heated. but 1t
now appears that magnetic properties
now depend upon some special group.
ing Of the atoms within the moleeule,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
ANIMALS NEW no SCIENCE.

respects a more interesting animal
than the white raccoon dog. The
"Tasmanian wolf" so far from being
a wolf, does not belong to the dog
family. 1t Is, in fact, 4 marsupial.
and is nor nearly akin to certain Of
the k%angaroos, than it is to the Can.
idae. The female, indeed, has a well
developed pouch, though the marsupial
bones are wanting, being replaced by
cartilages. The animal walks upon
its toes and partly upon half its soles
or palms, as may be seen more evi.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Farmer Shot bY q Cow.

Ira Cummins, a Woods County farm
er, was accidentally shot near Marshall
while attempting to remove a cow and
q calf from q pasture.
Cummins carried a loaded shotgun.
and the COW BECAME angry and chased
Cummins. In So doing she caught her
horns on the gun trigger, dischargine
the weapon. The contents entered
Cummins' breast, killing him instant
ly.-Alya Pioneer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
whole Cistern Out Of Order.

a story concerning the Rev. Mandeli
Creighton relates to the time when,
as a vicar in Northumberland, he
looked after the temporal veal of his
people. He was legal adviser and doc
tor. druggist and compounder of medi-
zines as well. One old woman was
telling the wears wife what DR..
Creighton had said to her. MI.
Creighton, he says it's my digester
that's out Of order" explained she,
shut 1 say it's my whole cistern."
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purified at once. An epidemic is at
hand, and there is no time for slow fl.
tration. Then it is that DR.. Moore's
discovery helps us. BY his method, in
a few hours we can thoroughly steri;.
lie the water, destroying every dan.
gerous germ in it, and the process Is
so cheap that every small town can
afford to adopt it.-From Gilbert 81.
Grosyenor's "The New Method Of Puri-
flying Water" in the Century.
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IDENTITY in the hind feet; this causes the
body to be brought much nearer to the
ground in running than is the case
with i wolf or dog, and constitutes the
Tasmanian wolf a semi-plantigrade.
The lower canine teeth in dogs pass
on the outer sides Of the upper ones
when the mouth is closed, while the
larger recurved CANNES Of the Tas-
manian wolf in the upper jaw are sep
'arated from the incisors by a space
into which the points Of the lower
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18

NUTuIHS, UI INT snip III
frida,. was a small, white creature that
proved to be a puzzle to all natural
history experts who saw it. 1t is
twenty-one inches Tonga little more
than twenty-seven. counting in the
tail-and stands rather more than ten
inches high at the shoulders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Too Much to Expect.

"See here, landlord, must I sit here
forever before I get the half chicken
that I have ordered?'
sob, no, sir! I'm only waiting till
somebody comes and orders the other
half. OF course, I can't kill half a
tk;cken"'-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Found All ArInadillo.

In some interesting notes on the re-
searches of DR.. David. q Swiss natural
list. in the Congo forest. there is refer
ence to 4 find made by him Of an arma-
dillo. four feet long, closely resembling
its congener of the pampas. 1t fire.
quently assumes IN erect attitude. sup
porting itself on its tail and holding
the tree trunks ,,i>1 :.s l7"crir: for
claw.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Source of Solomon's Gold

The evidences that Rhodesia was the
country from which King Solomon's
gold YVES obtained are said to be accu-
mulatiug. The builders Of the more
ancient portion of the massive and ex-
tensive .'uins recently explored at Great
Zimbabwe, are believed to have lived
about 1000 B. G., and to have belonged
to a race who were the gold purveyors
OF the world.
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Japanned English.

A Japanese guide book which has
been issued for the benefit of English
speaking visitors contains the follow
ing: "The restaurant in this ground is
the first established in the city. 1t las
very fine view, and its business is pros
nectSye"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Trained Butterflies.

A California woman, Miss Mabel
Adams Aver, Of San Francisco. has sue
ceeded in training q number of butter
flies. Sugar and water are the in
ducements, and the little winged pets
go through several cute performances
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
HE identification Of the passen-

HE Identification Of the passen-
ger traffic of two of the most
important steam railroads in the
world, for distances of from twenty
Eve to thirty-fye miles, radiating from
q terminus in the greatest city on the
Western hemisphere, may we'll be
termed the marking Of the commence
meat of a new epoch in the history of
transportation.
! Having this object in view, the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road Company in 1899 commenced a
careful study of the problem of chang
lug motive power within what.has been
termed the ":New York Zone" south of
Croton, on fine Hudson division main
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18
Pearls = Daytime Com.

{ Pearls I the daytime gem. They
do not have to reflect light to show
to the best advantage. In fact, the
loveliest tinted pearls, the pink pearl
of the Bahamas, the bronze-black pearl
of. Panama, are more beautiful in day.
Epbf-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18

The largest sailing vessel in the
world is nearing completion at Bremen
haven. 1t will exceed by a thousand
tons the Hamburg 1ve-masted Preus-
sen, which is at present the largest az
we'll as the fastest sailing vessel af1oat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-18

a collection Of some
twenty living animals re-
ceived some. time since by
the New York geological
Society from Captain Thos.
Il oF fba shin Al
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27
The Paraslers.

The Paraders" will be seen at
the opera house Saturday night, De-
cember 30. An advance notice says
Messrs Frank NJ. Beach and Lee
Barth, who play the leading comedy
roles in THE Paradcrs," are recent
recruits to the legitimate stage from
the vaudeville boards. and from all
accounts they have come into musical
comedy 10 stay. Admirers of Weber
& Fields and Rogers Brothers will
find in these two young men the
greatest rivals 10 the older teams
of German comedians which have
sprung up In some years. and, owing
to the recent separation of Messrs.
Weber & Fields. and the probable
retirement from the comedy stage
after this season 'ef the Rogers Bros.
they will probably find themselves
at the top OF the Dutch comedy lad.
der By another year. Both are tai
ented and versatile Young artists,
and in ''The Paraders" are making
the hits Of their career.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27

A resume of business conditions
throughout Ellis county for the year
now drawing to close might reveal
In many instances unsatisfactory re-
suits, but when the bottom of the
matter Is reached through careful in
yestigation failure is more respon-
sible to methods persued than con-
ditions prevailing. Prosperity has
not been as general as in some years,
but the people are thrifty and hap
Ply. Some business concerns have
gone down, but others will take
their place and from the ashes OF
other failures there will spring up
prosperous establishments. Old Ell
lis has done better by her people,
perhaps, but admitting this 1t is hard
to find county that has given more
to her children. Providence, in her
open-handed prolificness has spoiled
US, and even a touch of reverse
makes US whimper.
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!. AmusEMENTs. :


w B. Patton vii De al tke opeEa
house Thursday night. pseoabef ! 5,
Tn ''The Last Rose Of Summer An
advance notice says:
w. b. Patton. the peculiar come
dian who has been 30 popular with
our theater-goers since his first APP
pearance In 1.-THE Minister'S Son.
viii be seen this season In his newest
comedy. The Last Rose OF Summer. .
Mr. Patton Is one of the few high
class comedians capable OF writing
his own plays. His first real sue
cess was The Minister'S Son." He
appeared in the title role OF this play
over one thousand times, from coast
to coast, and has since written THE
Little Homestead. a Sly Old Fox. .
Royal Rags" and his latest effort
Is The Last Rose of Summer, =
which is pronounced by critics to be
the newest. brightest and best come
dy seen in years. Nothing has been
spared TO make this a little better
than the best, and local theater GO
ers will look forward 10 this as one
OF the real treats of the season.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27
For years Waxahachie

For years Waxahachie has been
the favored child of an induigent
Providence. Prosperity has been
dumped into the lap of the people
without stint. and business has come
our way unsolicited. But conditions
have changed. Other towns are pull
ing for trade and the greed OF some
in our own town has helped TO drive
business away. Seeing this the
brains of the town saw the necessity
of doing something. and something
has been done. Tuesday afternoon
board of trade was organized with
the towns best citizens present and
participating. No one thing was
more greatly needed Through its
influ.1tges neglected opportunities
will tn cared for and existing evils
corrected WaXanachie has been
aroused sFsen her lethaFsy and she is
EoIng "a Keep her eyes open Ia tbe
future
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27

Through error in transmission the
date for the Austin meeting of the
Southern Cotton Association has
been confused with the date for the
national meeting at New Orleans,
January IL. 1t is important to Texas
planters that the Austin meeting,
January 3, be well attended, and no
less important TO cotton interests gen
orally that the meeting at New Or
leans be the occasion of a large and
representative gathering. AT Austin
on January third the Texas division
will elect it's officers and lay the
foundation for great work, in which
every business man should be inter
eSted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27

The readers Of this paper will be
pleassd 20 learn that thee Ia AZ least
one dreaded disease thai aelenee has
beet anie 90 cure TN all les stages.
and thai Il scataFrh. HAil's catarrh
Cure ~ ths aElF positive cure ka0w II
sa the msaseal fraternity CasaFrh
oslng constitutional disease. re-
auiFsN constitutional treatment.
Tails CAsaFfh care IA taken snfeYn-
ats AGING alFeetly upssm the blood
aud naxieueuz saffAcea ul the symsesn.
THEREBY destroying the foundation %
the disease aud wtyinR The patient
strength hy building up ths oanasl-
afsaa and AAAist1n9 nature In aosnK
- wafh The pFgRFswtafn hAsw 40
##sh s#ssh 81 tga curative nawnFm that
sAax offer one hundred aaliaFa fnr
ans aam eaAs that sk fails 70 eure.
send fnF aAas af tMmfkmsanf ala
Address y = ehenay Il Company.
Tssiassu. 3a2o
saaa ~ as druggists. Is weatA
Ta&m HalFs FamigE Pitts fsr rnn~
st. "a zoo a.
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Worthy Citizen Honoresi.

\ large picture of Col Jas. s. Davis
now adorns the wall In the auditori-
um at the city hall. having been plae-
ed there by the members of the Jas.
Is. Davis Hook and Ladder Company
in honor of this worthy citizen and
patron OF the department This
picture was made some time ago By
Ed Hudson and is triumph OF artis-
tic merit IL was made especially
for the fire boys ana was hung In the
city hail along with the pictures of
other prominent citizens of the town
who have in years gone by taken a
great interest in fhe department The
JAS. s Davis Hook and Ladder com
pany was originally named for Mr.
Davis father the late Col r. A
Davis. and upon his death the man
ale Of thu father was transferred 10
the son In succeeding his father
as patron III the department Col Jas.
5 Davis has on more than one oeea-
sion displayed his interest In the
company in "a substantial manner.
and Yesterday he presented he lsey-
with $50 Ia sold as little Christmas
present
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~, HoRlsr HsnRINAN.

Naasas CHS Times
dt Hartman ssFs hs was onlg
joking when be- remarked tnat ne
was the source 81 es-tsoveraof odsn,a
political Influence EFiaenflt n. 4
sreai humursf of tuura He was
onlY in fun she's be- asu,rd 49,
h'su that hr woH.d nsht hIm Iu .a.
There vas uo division uf EQuitabla
sinfs ffis sugsesflon al ths az.
of thc legislature in tHr asufragofsr
FOO uuarf lHws hostile Co fha Rysn Ia
tefesis vas undoubtedly another blt
af pleasantly kvfy ukelv. tua. he
~aant .n ssfnesl ~hen bs Instructed
~ uiel 'u slss az alark a. 4
niiei sfslsg senatorial candidate
a1a ln sappesf D~psw thsumh
e'sssii. hiafs aaa uep~w al sappo~s%l
A# ~aa H n wreat p4eaaarw -
a@fs fAe asaarAaes sAat ss pawwr-
n fin&z~asr a. Mr HArrtmma *
ne - severe aEA mevsaam Mm mkmAs
AaEF bees a1ppSm~a sy p~rmsns en-
sAasszF ear wssA as axAs4vezzxnax
S@s tasf BE % . bscn@e am& watsv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27

The incoming year VIII be su $50
poTtani one ia state and county poll,
ticA and rvery ei,iaen Will desire Ga
have aas In he election 81 Officers
nu, shsnk If sour pigiabie condition
Il yoa fail - comply with the AZ.
mands IL las and nsslrot o. provide
Yourself wiih ueeessarr poll lax
reeTsps "a due season No mattef
hos important ~ mas ~ fBF Ypu in
sxerelss yonr ftsht # suftrase. how
srwAt Ia ~sa va @es desire tu eur
rvs' Nsthout your noii tax fecsipf
yaa wlll he sesplesa to sla Ga rrfnfm
pomeFle~m IL s@m3 . rsts fef rae
mssA xaa nag gaveg "a AxguS mau
80 ewmA 20 ar a. yaar seesramsns
- w@m~wRm~a In sles vssE eaa~ tAx
nmsS b. pmsa esfsTe Ianuary lsf sr
- e. aAA6sA@sAA@s4. aaA fAa stats
saaa rmmmzg moAa San mass - paaa hw-
awFs R~exwarv - u sea wszs4 wee
- 80 wsaM a@4 eswmsy xseeTtcna
Tew Aaxs e@4x a les @0ys AAgn i
mAi<A - skass yesn<Sf froz &as-
franehAne@sns
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-27

But let IL DE borne in mind
Concerning that wordy fight
That when the pot called the ket.
tie black
The blamed old pot was right.
Clara-oh, have you heard about
Cora Carrot She IL going 10 mar
~ a rich widower with six children.
Dora-she always was a greedy
thing,
The maiden vas busily knitun
said, BY her side softly sittin.
With ME wilt thou fIife"
She answered me "Nitt"
Alas. she was hnittln mitten'
Mrs Rash Are the Cashea. next
door. really mad A YOU
Mrs. Dash-0h. yes. they have
quit borrowing our lawn mower.
hammock and porch chairs.
Now let the foreigners ribald jesg
Concerning our dialect cease.
The American language Is the best
when II comes 10 making peace.
Suitor- Does your doll talk when
You squeeze IL?
Little Sister Yes. bur - doesn't
sag, oh George. don't
The smartest folks are NOT the ones
Who prosper By their wealth Of wit.
But rather those who get along
By other peoples lack Of a.
Our dealings wt&a sAe lnaians
aae open 10 s.sioes criticism
But we've got nearis ALL their
real estate
Gravel dust cattle eussed
Wind and rain hills that
strain
sand and mlre- punetured tire
stopped the train tugged
again
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SUNFLOWER SERMONS.
Atchison Glade

Did they have a Christmas in the
days of Job?
Apologies are like tears: They
should be suppressed.
Don't sit down too long 10 rest if
you have any desire to reach the top.
Never mind worrying about the
man who tells you he is worked to
death.
No man likes il when callers tell
his wife that she is working too hard.
Don't tell your troubles: The ex-
ercise they get in the telling makes
them grow
We have found in long experience
that handkerchief do about as we'll
as anything.
o
Because a man has dandruff is no
reason why a man should advertise
II on his coat collar. is it,
We have never seen anyone who
had a form TO which the addition Of
angels wings would be becoming
Occasionally one ol the best things
that happens 10 man is 10 call al A
doctors office and find that the doc
tor is out
Many will be- surprised to learn
that whom Christ was displayed in
the manager he wasn't tied up In it's
sue paper
A poor man always smiles when a
railroad train pulls out aud leaves =
rich man sho failed to ger there ON
'imo