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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
RELICS OF R0ME0's JULIET.

The tomb Of .I!rliet at Verona is fall
ing into decay and steps are to be
taken by the citizens to restore 1t. The
house where she was born, on n of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08

In some parts of Berlin there are
beer saloons which are %patronized only
BIZ women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
Miss Roosevelt Must Pay Duty.

Miss Alice Roosevelt must pay duty
on the gifts received by her in the
| Orient, which are reported worth $780,
900, in which case the duties may eX-
| iced SEQ. 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
OHIO HAS A NEW STATE FLAG

Ohio has a State flag. designed at the
instance of Governor Herrick. The
centre of the flag bears the great seal
Of the State. This is surrounded by
seventeen stars in commemoration or
the fact that Ohio was the seventeenth
State admitted into the Union. The
field of the flag is scarlet.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08

, Raisins were first produced In Cali
fornia in 1867.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
Brutal Truth


I maintain" said Cap
tain Harcourt, dogmatical-
", sis that it's absolutely
impossible in these days to
stick to the exact truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08

Whenever the temperature reaches a
certain point in Switzerland the schools
are dismissed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21

interest in it. Daily his wife received
letters from him, which were filed with
expressions of devotion to wife and
family.
Then came letter which was writ,
ten in a scrawl. 1t read: -:
My brain is on fire., I am burn:
7Rg up phi; inside bstc, On what torture!
should happen, I have my name and ad:
dress in my pocketbook.' y --,0
The wife, alarmed, waited for another
letter, but none came. Weeks and
months went by. She consulted the
chief Of police Of Camden and Of this
city. Influential friends caused the
postofice to try to help find Crerand
But no tidlngs came of the missing man
Traced by Handwriting.
It was learned that her husband ha6
been selling books for Cleveland pub
fishing house. This concern said ii
had received an order from Seattle
self IA. Man, A specimen of The The
handwriting showed resemblance tc
that Of Mr.. Crerand.
A correspondent in Seattle found
Man. There was then no longer any
question but that he was Crerand. -
He said he had no recollection of his
past life. He did not remember his
wife or children or Of having ever beer
in Camden.
~ do not know who am,'' he said
"My mind as to my past is a blank
All I know is I found these books il
my room. How they got there I dom
| know. l sold them quickly, and wrote
to the publisher fors more: I didn't
s seem to hay have 3 name' and so called my
Crerand disappeared again before he
was seen a second time.
Physicians at Evansville, Ind, be
came interested in him land he was
/ placed in sanatorium, but without re
suits. Il "
Mrs; Ozerand was urged to take 5
She readily found her husband, but thu
blank look on his face told her HI
didn It know her. Then he looked at hi
daughter. She ran to his arms.
Child Awakens Memory.
| Latent memory was stirred and Gre
rand began to recall events in his pas
life. Then, like flash, he recollectet
everything. But with the recovery O.
event of the last two years. He wa
anxious to go home.
| Seen yesterday at his home, sos Had
don avenue, Mr.. Crerand related al
that happened before his memor,
lapsed.
TT recall,'' he said, .teating an.
drinking at my hotel in San Francisc
with a man I met. Later I becam
sick and felt depressed, and believed
would die. wrote my wife the lette
she received, and that is all I know.
HYou tell me was in certain place
afterward, but cannot recall that
When Mr.. Crerand left home his hal
was black. It is now snow white. H
shows signs Of suffering from nervou
| disorders, and his physicians will SEN
him away for rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21

McCray, who's s. years old, earned
S. and the thirty-six eggs by the feat.
guardhouse, paid the wager and settled
for the eggs. ,e% 1Is- %
he brushed the heap of shells from the
guardhouse table: p.
= ft.This was only a trial scamper for
me: I will be in shape to show my
real form on Easter Sunday. I IN sort
Of sorry for Mansfield, but he should
have looked up my record. guess III
go home to breakfast now.' VI .Es.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21
SIGNALS AS FROM
DEAD FIND FATHER
Dying Sons Morse Code Message
Leads to Piercing of Psychic
Mystery.

Philadelphia, April 21.-His whole
past faded from his mind, wandering
aimlessly about the country for two
years, supposed by his family to be
dead until his son, a young telegrapher,
gave a remarkable psychological dem
onstration on his deathbed, James j.
Crerand of Camden has been restored
to his home by this paper.
Students Of psychology are making
an investigation Of the remarkable cir
cumstance which led Mrs. Crerand to
believe that her. husband was still alive.
It is considered a. wonderful illustra-
ton Of the subconscious being which
scientists assert is in every man, mani
Testing itself only as the physical life
A year after the fathers disappear
ance the son lay dying. One by one
his senses became imperative. He was
in comatose state. For hours he had
not taken notice of anything. Those
who watched expected the end, every
moment. - f.. ...,.
Sons Morse Message. ~
Then, strong and distinctly, he began
trapping on the headboard Of the bed.
No notice was taken Of friends who
spoke to him. The attending physi-
elan administered stimulants, but the
young man was too far gone to respond
to the most powerful drugs.
Clearly the characters Of the tele-
graphic code were made. Those who
knew how weak the boy was, marveled
at his strength. They called in a tel
egraph operator, and he read the rap.
pings. Again and again the same mes,
sage was repeated.
Come home, father, or it will be
too late" .ssis.. 3, , + :.
Later the end came, and the mother
felt she must renew the search for the
missing man, which had been aban
doned in the belief that he was dead.
Mr.. Crerand had left home to go to
San Francisco to look up the estate of
a wealthy aunt, believing he had an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21
He answered.:

"My theory Of the laws and under
lying principles Of plant creation is, in
many respects, dramatically opposed to
the theories Of the materialists. am
a sincere believer in a higher power
than that Of man. All my investiga.
lions have led me away from the idea
of a dead material universe, tossed
about by various forces, to that of a
universe which is absolutely all force
life, soul, thought, or whatever name
we may choose to call it. Every atom,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21
LOVE LETTERS TO OTHERS
Unidentified emily Cause Of the
Estrangement OF the SCOTS.

Omaha sa Meb APRIL ld 2lMrs Mar,
for a divorce from her husband, viii
fred Scott. The SCOTS formerly re-
sided in Minneapolis, and were mar
ried there Jan. 90, 1902.
Mrs. Scott charges her husband with
extreme cruelty and alleges that he
wrote love letters to other women, cit
ing one letter in particular as proof Of
his infdelity to her. This letter was
addressed to one 9 Emily The wife
asks for 81 900 alimony and the custody
of their child.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21

moleeule, plant, animal or planet is
only aggregation of organized unit
forces held in place by stronger forces,
thus holding them for a time latent,
tho tteseming with uncomfortable power.
just on the outer fringe Of this infinite
ocean of force. The universe is not
half dead, but all alive"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21
ATE SO HARD.BOILED =: -.
EGGS IN HALF AN HOUR

Philadelphia, April 21.-Egged on by
cheers from his admiring friends, Will.
lam McCray, a park guard, established
a new hard-boiled egg record yesterday
morning by eating thirty-six in thirty
minutes -. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21
A UNIVERSE ALL ALIVE

Creed Of a Man Who Gives His Life to
Study Of Plant Creation.
William s. HARDWOOD in April Century
: I asked Mr.. Burbank this question
"Has anything developed in your
life-work, and in your study of the
great elemental forces of nature, tc
mperil true faith or render dead a be-
lief in God or the Immortality Of the
,soul?' ..-s-- ss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21

| In London railway stations baize-eovered
boards are provided. on which letters or teIe.
grams addressed to passengers may be dis
played.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-21

An English woman a few years ago invented
button hook for gloves which II now worth
5000 q year. to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

$4 heavy Tapestry PortIers, m reus
 and greens. 8 yards long, heavy
 fringe top and bottom, 70 $1.25 China Silks, in red, green and
 oriental effects, very pretty soft
 drapery for a mantel or 11o light over-drape. Per yard. AO $2 mantel Scarfs in large line of patterns, in floral effects and ori- ,snu,ls, entals. with tti.ne heavy finch 48c s1 Door Panel, in Renaissance ap- plique effects, 36 inches wide OOo 54 inches long. ..... ........ ~OC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

corncob pipe, but the initiated who had watched the effects of such smoke upon the Hon. Champ Clark. knew, when the Senator never had a pipe dream, that he had been misrepresented or had misrep- resented himself No man can smoke the Missouri corncob pipe as long and as sed- ulously as has the Hon. Champ Clark and not have pipe dreams. For the Missouri corncob pipe Is prolific of dreams. The wind which rustles through the corn as 1t ripens on the stalk steals through the siken crevices of the shuck and fingers in the heart of the cob until sucked out by the man at the other end of the stem, who releases 1t with his smoke. The Hon
 Champ Clark has released so much more than has ever found freedom through the lips of Senator Cockrell that his pre-emi- hence as the Missourian whose corncop pipe smoke has clouded the land ana woke the rising wind Is not to pe ois- puted. And his imagery is that or the smoke which corncob pipe dreams alone can inspire There Is succulen;s ;s ana a sweet savor in the corncob pipe or Nis- souri which the pipe of no other 'and can hope to equal It is. as the aboe said or philosophy to Monte Cristo, goiaeh cloud which bears the soul to heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

all-pervading. a never-failing courteous ness as distinct, as perfect and as charm ing as that of one of his own southern characters. And this despite the fact that half dozen other characteristics lay violent claim upon your attention 1t the same time.
 But the courtesy of MT. Page is not, as it Is in so many people, a negatives quality. a mere lack of anything ap-' preaching discourtesy. Not only is Mir. Pages courteous habit of thought speech and action thing inborn, inbred-apd therefore a thing of which he is entirely unconscious-but with him 1t seems to be a positive expression of one of the ahigher ideals of life, one method of utterance of the souls striving It is as ingenious as it Is spontaneous, and as deep-seated as Is the essence of being. It Is unbelieva- ble that it could be stripped from him under any condition whatever. This cour- tesy is more than an ordinary politeness. It expresses itself in the way his eyo lights up to greet you, in the strength of the clasp of his hand. in the expression of his mobile features, and most of all in the deep. sweet tones of his musical voice. It expresses itself in the manner in which Mir Page speaks of people and of things: in the kindly and charitable way in which he allows for those things to which he is opposed; 1t is given utter ance in the broad and deep philosophy that underlies his thoughts, that recog- nizes the purely human in all men, and which forms sort of mortal apology for their shortcomings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
MISSOURI MEERscHAuM.
Hon. Champ CIark's Stalwart Cham
 pionship of Corncob Pipe.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 Nearly $500, 900 worth of Missouri corn cob pipes were smoked last year. At an average price of ten pipes for a dollar, but little less than 3,000000 Missouri pipes have shed their sweetness on the air. The statistician fails to follow the great distribution to tell us where they went and who have smoked and are now smoking them. but we violate no confi- dence and run no risk in saying that the Hon. Champ Clark has been the largest single consumer. If the records were avail able it might be easy to prove that he has constituted the home market which, with weli-adjusted tariff levied against the German meerschaum. the Turkish narghile, the English briar root, and other foreign foes. has built up from an in- fant industry to giant enterprise the corncob pipe manufacture of Missouri The Hon. Champ Clark has furnished the home market The tariff has done the rest. The greatest corncob pipe factory in the world is in the congressional dis trict of the Hon. Champ Clark. and it slopes to the mighty Missouri on it's western bank Local pride, as well as na- tional patriotism. has kept the corncob pipe in his mouth most of the time. When he removes 1t 1t Is only to cry out against some other tariff than that which stands between the corncob pipe of Missouri and an alien invader upon these shores. Ths corncob pipe tariff Is sacred thing to the Hon. Champ Clark.
 For years Senator Cockrell bore the un- deserved reputation of smoking only q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
DELIGHTFUL ANTIQUITY
 OF OLD ENGLISH INNS

and Royal George taverns. Their moldy antiquity sems too picturesque to be true, and there Is one travellers suspicion that Is well founded--he soon learns to avoid, as a hard featured fraud, everything that calls itself 'Ye Olde Tavern or "Ye Olde Inn" Good wine needs no bush. and real age does not have to proclaim itself in ostentatiously obsolete spelling.
 English inns. indeed, are something more than places of entertainment for man and beast. They are museums of antiquities and literary curiosities, re- posMories of fine old customs that are fading out elsewhere. At the Golden Cross, Oxford, I could have slept. had I elected to do so, in the Martyrs Room,' where Cranmer. Ridley and Latimer spent their last hours of repose before they gave their fiery testimony to the truth. ''at the ditch over against Balliol college" preferred chamber with memories less distinguished and dolorous. At the Bull. in the old cathedral town of Rochester, I spent an evening surrounded by Sou- venirs of "Pckwick Papers" and undress- ed by a large mirror that was said to have belong to Dickens himself His Gads- hill residence was but q mile or so away. So one found the Cruikshsnk engravings all over the tapoom and coffee room and, hanging in the large square hall and on the walls of the fAg staircase. there were engravings of f'thNfnQwelist. to- gether with brass w4runinR pans, side arms of the Georg5an Aerand fnurchvaSr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

den pipes, venerable blue china and copies of Hogarths Fakes Progress"
 You are pleased to see that the good old customs have not all been yielded up by the English inns. One of them that al- ways delighted me was finding my own stub of a candle in a little cubbyhole at the foot of the stairs and piloting my self to bed by 1t. Another was the four poster canopied bedstead in which slum- ber took upon itself the dignity of an in- stitution; somehow you felt that you were supporting the British constitution and giving the common law the needed sanc- tion of your approval, You slept we'll in those beds unless 1t was cathedral town and you had put up at an inn too near the tower, whence the great clock throb- bed the minutes and changed the hours.
 Getting up was still another function. The first time I slept in a country inn found my boots, which I had put outside the chamber door. gone when l awoke and had to go down stairs in stocking feet. By the cozy grate fire in the coffee room I greeted friend of mine and his wife. with whom had been making bicycle tour. and they. too, were in their stocking feet; our several pairs of boots, all neatly polished, were arrayed before the grate. That Is the English custom and 1t is pleasantly reminiscent of a country boys habit of completing his toilet before the sitting-room fire on win ter mornings. learned afterward to call for pair of carpet slippers before taking up a candle at bedtime
 Meals at an English inn have at least the advantage of being served in ways that have the fine flavor of tradition about them. There are variety of apart ments bearing names that subtly differ entiate their uses You may eat or drink In the taugoom. tAe co1See room. the mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26

ket room, the commercial room, the morn- ing room. You may have a little cabin all to yourself commanding the Tagged court yard and be served by a waiter who car ries your food and drink across 1t from the mulion- widowed kitchen opposite. If there are any flowers in the garden there will be jar of them on the table.
 What you will get in the food line in most cases is-eggs; seldom an omelet- nothing so difficult that just plain British eggs. and at dinner time the roast beef of old England garnished with brus- sells sprouts. The coffee Is usually bad. the tea usually good. It is not divers- fled fare, but I wish to offer tribute to one item. The cold roast beef, cold nut ton and cold boar's brawn of England are more delightful than the juciest and tenderest joint of any other country, served hot from the spit. The whole joint is set before you and you work your will upon 1t.
 Once at Epson. after hard bicycle ride, I explained to my landlady at great length that wanted something substan- tial but not too substantial. something hot and refreshing, but not surfeiting. She put 1t all in two words. "Oh, see," she said. you want meat tea
 That was what I got.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
19O5-O7 Third Avenue.
.. B. F. in the New York Mail.

x- R. F. in the New York Mail.
 IF your soul is steeped in tradition you
 will be sure to like English inns. l Their outlines suggest painting by George Morland. The square court with it's balconies, outside flights of stairs, and oriel windows; the tiled or thatched roof, the cross-t timbered walls and the wood bine and sroses clambering upon them' the venerable sign that creaks above the road. the ook-haunted elms that shadow the way-they all seem to have been copied from a painting rather than the nainting from them, In the taproom, at sunset you will find Morland's rusucs clad in clay-colored leather-like trousers and short velveteen coats. with soiled silk scarfs about their necks and dusty caps on their heads. They are discussing cups of brown ale. and like the oaken walls about them. seem part of tableau set for the travellers entertainment.
 The atmosphere of these old inns calls m memories of half the classics in the Enelsh tone1le-the adventures of Field ing,s and Richardsons and Dickens he- roes the causeries of old Sam Johnson and his school, ''the bards of passion and mirth" that foregathered in the Mer- maid Tavern when Shakespeare lived You azs almost suspicious os these Blue Boar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
Evenlnq It Up,

wicks-Hear what Sniffkins did when the collection plate came around to him in church last Sunday?
 Hicks-No Dropped button in, I sup pose.
 Wicks-Not even that. He leaned over and whispered. T paid the pastors fare this morning in the car. We'll call 1t square."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-26
Thomas Nelson Pase-The Man.

Vivian NJ. Moses. in Public Opinion.
 To the person who holds few minutes with MT. Page there must return again and again one impression that stands out more prominently than any other; that strikes the keynote. as 1t were of the mans whole personality This impression. this ideal quality that stamps and claims him for its own, is an
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-15

matter of the splitting of the so per
cent of the gross gate receipts.
McGovern naturally expected an
even split of the money, inasmuch as
the bout was only to go six rounds and
no decision was to be rendered one
way or the other.
Nolan claimed that as Nelson was
now the recognized champion he was
entitled to a larger end Of the boxers
bit. While Mr.. Deady understood
that things had been satisfactorily ad-
justed he went ahead with his ar
rangements for the bout, and is out a
pretty sum for hall rent, lumber. seats,
new ring and advertising, to say moth
ing Of the trips to little old New York
to bring the all cOnquering Dane and
Terrible Terry together.
Deadly expended a pretty penny to
make the match, and that after
agreeing to post double the sum put
up by the boxers to guarantee that ne
would hold the contest, he became dis
gusIed when he learned that the two
/ boxers were arguing about the division
/ of their end of the receipts. Deadly is
already out of pocket over $1,000 on
the Nelson-McGovern affair. There are
many offers for the bout. Several
promoters are after the contest. One
/ who was originally supposed to have
| the contest wired the managers of
/ both pugilists renewing his offer with
/ a moving picture privilege. If any
club n this city gets the bout it VIII in
all probability be the National Ath-
! IetiC club,
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-15

everywhere. I take no part in the dis
cusslon, but it seems that except the
missionaries, there is not a religious
man on board What's the matter
with converting the Americans, the
English, the French and the Germans.
as Wen as the Chinese?
The passengers are becoming rather
tired of each other, after nine days I
notice that they are not quite so polite
as they were at first. They are begin
ming to talk about each other a lit
tie; 1 have heard it said of several men
that they are tiresome. They are not
tfreSone TO me, because I do not talk
to them. do not know many of the
passengers; can recall only a few of
their names. The captains name is
smith; the purserS name is Jerome.
OUTSIDE or these two, I know the name
of only one other man on board: Dr.
Freeman, with whom I rOomed for a
time. At Honolulu, Mr.. MacauIey
stopped off for eleven days and Dr.
Freeman was given another room. SO
that now room alone. which is very
much better. Among the women I
know two names: Mrs. Frazier and
Mrs. Hunter. talk to a good many Of
the other passengers, but do not know
their names. I spend most of my time
in sleeping. I frequently sleep seven
hours at a stretch. which is unusual
for me. In addition, I snooze fre-
quently during the day.
Today I discovered a Jap on the
steerage deck who looks like my
neighbor, Joe Henderson; my partner
IN the garden last summer. Early one
morning last summer, while I was at
work in the garden, Joe Henderson,
came out and followed me around,
telling what a. great worker he was.
He said he could do as much work be-
fore breakfast as any ordinary man
could do all day. He kept at this
talk until one of his children came
out to call him to breakfast, and he
went away, without having done a
thing, except to tell what a great
worker he was.
The tile floors of the bath rooms on
the ship are heated; there is a steam
coil under them. 1t is a good idea:
on stepping onto the floor of the aver
age bath room, you get cold feet.
E. W H