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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
OLD sOOks.
Their Contents father Than Ths1n
Dates Make Them Valuable.

1T Is extraordinary" said q book col.
lector the other day, the value some peo'
Pile attach to old books simply because they
arc old. Not long ago q friend OF mine
showed me two old trunks filled with
books which he had found in q house orig
inally tho property of his wife's GRANDPA
thcr, and which she had recently Inherited
from her mother. There were in all per-
haps about 800 volumes, most of which
bore tho dates 1850, ITO, 17G5 and SO On,
and my friend confidently believed that
they were worth at least their weight In
gold. On the contrary, they were books
OF very little value and interest, and not
worth much more than their weight as
waste paper. He politely suggested that I
was O liar when I told him that, but he
changed his mind after he had tried in
vain to sell the books to secondhand deal
ers.
"Outside of these overestimated books
my friends wife had a barrelful of pam
phlets which she was going to use to kim
die tho fire with. Though worthless In
my friends opinion, these had really con-
siderable value, being old Massachusetts,
Philadelphia and New York almanacs,
Revolutionary pamphlets and broadsides
and printed documents relating to Kings
and Queens counties, and a dealer paid
my friend 500 for the lot. Ono Of the de-
spiscd almanacs was Charles Smiths
'G%entleman's Pocket Almanac for tho
year 1896, which contained a portrait Of
Washington one of the rarest Of the
Washington portraits-and yet my friend
was going to kindle the fire with it.
ut is really next to impossible to get
such people to believe that q book Is not
of necessity worth money because it was
printed o long time ago. Nine out OF ten
books published before this century are
growing more worthless every year. The
tenth n has value, higher or lower, in
proportion to it's character. Occasionally
q literary gem, q book Of real value to a
collector, may be found in a lumber room,
but the date, on the title page is never a
safe guide. "ANew York Commercial Ad-
v~ertiser.
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Near. hut Yet So Far.

Near, Dut tet 30 tars
We talked Of life and death. She said,
whichever of US two first dies
Shall come back from among the dead
And teach his friend these mysterieA~
She died last night, and all this day
! swear that things Of every kind
Are trying, trying to convey
Some message to my troubled mind
looked up from my tears erewhila.
That white rose dying in the cup
Vas gazing at me with her smile.
1t blushed her blush as I looked mp
It paled then with an agony
OF effort to express me aught
That would, ! think, bring peace to me
Could I but guess, and ! cannot.
And when the wind rose at my door
It clamore:l with a plaintive din,
Like some poor creature begging sore
To be let Ia. l let 1t In.
It blew my light out. Round my head
1t whirled and swiftly In my ear
Had whispered something ere 1t fed
1t hal hei voice, 80 low, 30 dear.
The looking glass this nvelong day
Has worn that curious, meaning air.
/ feel it when / look away
Refectin. things that are not there.
For hours no breath Of wind has stirred,
Yet bends the lamps fame as II famed
The clock says o'er and DER a word,
But 10 Godl-can't understand.
Gertrude Hall In Independent
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Having Company.

"hsih6 ohpohy
The letter read: "My dearest Sue,
Next Thursday l will spend with you
won't enjoy my visit, though.
II any trouble bestow."
sob, I'm so glad" cried Mrs. White.
"For company is such delight"
But looking round her in dismay.
~ must get ready right away
Armed with a dustpan and a broom,
She went to work in every room.
She oiled and polished, cleaned and rubbed
And mended. secured. washed and scrub
bed. .
Then in the kitchen she began,
While perspiration down her ram,
At pies and buildings, cakes and bread.
As If an army must be fed.
She toiled and fretted, cooked and baked
She hurried, worried, stewed and ached.
When Thursday came, she, nearly dead,
Just managed to crawl out Of bed.
And Mrs. Company came too.
They kissed and Rugged like women do
And then began tired Mrs. White
To make excuses, never right:
"Oh, dear, my house (then waxen clean)
Is most too dirty to be seen,
So shut your eyesl You're looking stout
Take off your things. I'm Just worn oaA
"You must excuse my cooking too
1t isn't fit to offer you.
('Twas fit for kings.) Too bad You CONS
Just when I'm upside down at homel"
Andthus she welcomed and distressed
And spoiled the visit Of her guest,
Who wished she hadn't come to DO
A tired woman's company"
Farm and FireaidA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
Varied Career of the Dis tinguished
. Courtier and Adventurer.

Raleigh's day Of days was at the sack,of
Cadiz in 1896. 1t was Raleigh who over
bore the timid counsels of Lord Thomas
Howard, crying out to Lord Essex: CEN
tramosl Entramos!" a permission so &C
ceptable to the gallant young earl that he
threw his hat into the sea for sheer Joy.
Then Raleigh hItook him to his ship and
led the van nldar the batteries and right
into the bsrbor. When his vessel, shat
tered by shot, was on the point Of sinking,
he left it to enter Essex's ship, and,
though wounded severely by a splinter,
had himself carried ON shore and lifted on
to q horse to charge with Essex against
the Spanish army. Of the sea fight Hak-
"What manner Of fight this was and
with what courage performed and with
what terror to the beholder continued,
where SO many laundering tearing peeces
were for so long q time discharged, I leave
it to the Reader to thinke and imagine"
OF the charge on shore he tells us: 1.-THE
time Of the day was very hot and faint.
and the way was all of dry deepe slyding
sand in a manner, and beside that, very
uneven. But tho most famous Earle, with
his valiant troopes, rather running In
DECIDE in good order, then marching, has
tened on them with such u~nspeakable cou
age and celebrity, as within one houres
space and Jesse the horsemen were all dis
comforted and put to flight, their leader
being strooken downe at the very first en-
counter, whereat the footmen, being won
derfully dismayed and astoniShed at the
unexpected manner of the Englishmen's
kindc of such fierce and resolute fight, re-
tyred themselves with all speed possible
that they could"
We know the story of Sir Walter Raleigh
but too well-his crueNimprisonment, his
more cruel liberation to say his life by
accomplishing the impossible and his
most cruel execution On q warrant signed
Is years earlier. He knew all that Is TO
be known of success and failure, Of courts
and treachery, Of sea fights and assaults
on cities, Of treasure islands and tempests
and long marches in tangled forests
Fortnightly Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
STRIKES Hidden Rocks.

When your ship of health strikes the
hidden rocks of Consumption, Pneu
monis, etc, YOU ore lost if you don't get
help from DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. J. w. McKinnOn,
of Talaleda Springs, Ala, writes;"l
had been very ill with pneumonia,
under the care of two doctors, but was
getting no better when I began to take
DR.. Kings New Discovery. The first
dose gave relief, and one bottle cured
me-" Sure cure for sore throat, bron-
hits, coughs and colds. Guarante ed
at Speeds Drug Store, price soc and
81, 90. Trial bottle free.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
He Did His Best.

In an Aberdeen bookshop an old lady
was inquiring for a cepy Of the Bible, and
the shopkeeper brought forward n at
half a crown. But the old lady wanted
something cheaper. A copy at 10 pencs
was produced containing illustrations.
But the Illustrations, the old lady syerred,
sntailed superfuous expenditure.
"Then, here" said the shopkeeper, "h
. copy for q shilling which contains q
that's necessary for salvation" he de-
scended from the ladder and laid it before
his customer.
"But haze ye no something q wee bit
~,heaperp" asked the old lady.
"Wumman, wumman," said the shop
man, sea upon the ALMIGHTY to come
down and sell ye his ain publications, for
I can dae nae mairl"-London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
The Smart VerRer.

The church possessed a valuable Bible,
which was only used on Sundays, says Q
writer in The Cornhill Magazine, speak
ing of on English country parish. During
the week it was kept in box which rather
euriously formed the stand upon which
the reader of the lessons stood. On one
occasion, when this was being shown to q
visitor, the remark was made that it did
not seem very reverent for even a clergy
man to tread upon the Bible. pardon
me-" the old yerger replied. "In this
church, sir, we take our stand upon the
Scriptures."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

"Truly miraculous seemed the recov'
cry of Mrs. Mollie belt Of this place.
writes j. O. r. Hooper, Woodtord,
Tenn, "4lie was so vested by cough
ing up puss from her Lungs. Doctors
declared her end 50 near that her fam
lily had watched hy her bedside forty
eight honrs: when. at my urgent re-
quest DR.. Kings New Discovery was
given her, with astonishing result that
improvement began, and continued
until she finally completely recovered,
and is a heally woman to-day" Guar
anteed cure for coughs and colds. SOC
and S1.OO at P. b. Speed druggist.
Trial bottle freee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Afflicted With Rheumatism

II was and am yet afflicted with
rheumatism," says Mr.. j. G.. Bayne,
editor of the herald, Addington, H.
dian Territory, but thanks TO Cham
berlain's Pain Balm am able once more
to attend to business. 1t is the best
of liniments.n If troubled with Then
matism give Pain Balm a trial and
you are certain to be more than pleas
ed with the prompt riliel which 1t aE-
fords. One application relieves the
pain. For sale by G. A. Milford and
H. M. Young.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
A Barrel OF Flour.

A barrel of flour will make nearly dou'
BILE It's weight In bread. Flour rapidly de.
teriorates with age unless kept dry. II
absorbs moisture, and this moisture i'm
pairs the gluten which is indispensable to
the lightness Of the bread. Besides, 1t
changes some Of the starch into sugar and
O glmmy matter known as dextrin, and
this makes the bread heavy and sodden.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
WoU1d Lose Less.

1t is often said that no European can
understand Chinese commercial methods.
Here is q curious instance of the Celestials
mental inversion. A Chinese hotel keeper
had contracted to board and lodgea visitor
for 81 n day. AS time went on he found
1t impossible to get his weekly account
settled. So he offered to maintain bis
guest for half a dollar a week. He said be
would lnee lcsc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

L. W. White has just received
a car of Barbed Wire and Nails.
All persons wishing barbed wire
had better leave their orders at
once as the demand for it is so
great the supply will not last long
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Tortoise Shell.

What Is called tortoise she'll is not tho
bony covering Or shield Of the turtle, but
only the scales which cover 1t. These are
10 in number, 8 Of them fat and 5 a little
curved. A large turtle affords about eight
pounds Of them, the plates varying from
an inch to Q quarter Of ar inch in thick.
ness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

1t is curious to note that in some parta
of Bavaria q method of procedure which Ia
called Haberfeld treiben still prevails and
Is practiced by the people in case OF
offenses which do not come within the
pale of the ordinary law. Neither person
nor property is injured. People assenb bic
with black or masked faces in front OF the
offenders house and howl, fire rifles and
boat pots and kettles. A mock sermon
setting forth the offense of the person con.
cerned is then rccited in the hearing OF
the misdemeanant.-Notes and Queries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
A Ffnancin Shake,

"Good morning Mr.. Toney. On ths
dick list today"
Eyes, sir; got the ague."
"Do you ever shaker"
eyes"
"When do you shake againi"
"Can't say when; shake every day Why
do you asks"
"Oh, nothing in particular, cnly I
thought il you shook bad I'd like to stand
by and SET If you couldn't shake the Is
billings out Of your pocket which you
have owed me so longl"-London Stand
Ard
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Eexema, letter, Salt Rheum' Aich
Ring Worm, Herpes,
Heb.

All of these diseases ace attended ny
intense itching, which is almost III
a unity relieved by applying Chamo Der
/, in,s Salve and by its continued use
q permanent cure may be eiiecteo.
T. has in fact, cured many cases that
had resisted all other treatment,
price 25 cents per bog: For sale by;
= A. Milford and H. M. Young.
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NE IN Verse;.
Opportunity.

Master Of human destinies am l.
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps va1s
Cities and fields 1 walk. / penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate.
II sleeping, wake; II feasting, rise before
turn away. It Is the hour Of fate,
And they who follow me reach every stats
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt or hesitat4
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implors.
answer not, and I return no more.
John J. ingalls,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Requirement.

We live by faith, but faith Is not the slave -.
az text and legend. R.u-nr q voice and
Gods,
Natures and duty's. never are at odds.
What asks our Father OF his children snvs
Justice and mercy and humility,
A reasonable service OF good deeds,
Pure living, tenderness TO bunilr needs
Reverence and trust and prayer tuI light to ~
The Masters footprints in our daily waysf
No knotted scourge nor sacriicial knife
But the calm beauty Of an ordered Life,
Whose very breathing is unworded praise
A life that stands, al all true lives have stSsa
Firm rooted In the faith that God ia o
-Whitt4sR
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

Three little rules we all should keep,
To make life happy and bright,
Smile in the morning, smile at noon,
Take Rocky Mountain tea at night.
G.. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

"Kid' is merely a jocose substitution
for "lamb," used for q young child, and
Ia very old. Charles Reade and Dickens
used "kid" In this sense, and Virgil's
phrase, site capelln," has been freely
translated, $50 it, my Riddles"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

Please don't forget that we carry a most ex.
cellent line of Hosiery for ladies. men, boys
and girls. Price 10c. bargains 6 & 10c store.
We have the best line OF boys school end
dress shoes ever shown In Abbeville. Perrin
Clothing Co.
At bargains s & 1Oc store youwili find o do
sirable line Of heaters, 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

In the spring time you renovate your
house. Why not your body? Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea drives out
impurities, cleapses and enriches the
blood and purifies the entire system.
35 cents. C.. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
The Fool md His Money.

"Optimism," said the sorry fool, "h
seeing the green side Of a S. bill"
And what Is pessimism'" asked his
friend.
"Seeing neither side Of a IS bil"-Ne~
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

The expenses of Great Britain are now
about $500, 900, OO0 yearly, or nearly 81 600
Der minute, but every tick OF the clock
represents an inflow Of o little over Sl6
into the British treasury, thus leaving an
annual surplus Of about $40 o ,e&
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

: Milford's Sasaparilla for the Blood.
Every bottle guaranteed to give salts
faction or your money refunded as free
ly as we took it.
Milford's Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
One of Life's Lessons.

By the time a man has learned to speak
with discretion and weigh his words care
fully a younger generation springs Up,
thrusts him in a corner and will not LAT
him speak at au-Atchisol Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

Thousands of Egyptians live in old
tombs, eating, sleeping, wooing, loving.
laughing, dancing, singing, doing all
their deeds Of dnily life and household
work among tts mummies and saToopA'
lgi
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain lea Nuggets
. Rusv Medicine for Busy People.
II busy MeuI0ITTe TUT Ou'J WHY,
Rrinrs Golden Health and Renewed Ylg0r,

Brings Golden Health and ReHeWeu Y1Vu'
A spcciic for Constipation. Indigestion. Liver
and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema. Impure
Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels. Headache
and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
Ho1IIsTER DRUG COMPANY. Madison, Wis.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALL0W PEOPLE
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Get our prices on corn: flour, hay bacon
and meal at A. N. Smiths.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-15
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
VI. NJ. Wolf Loses Both Feet and Part
or Hand Under Dining Car.

Ogden, Oct. In NJ Wolf, one Of
the head clerks IN the office of Master
Mechanic Malone of the Southern Pa
cific, met with serious injuries Satur-
day evening by being crushed beneath
the wheels of a dining car, resulting
IN the loss OF both Of his feet and a
portion Of his right hand. but the ply
siQians, nurses and all who are assist
ing In caring for him at the hospital,
give encouraging hope of his recovery,
though for "a time after his arrival at
the hospital his life was in the balance.
from the loss Of blood and nervous
shock.
MIR. Wolf was going TO Evanston 60
spend Sunday with his wife. TO whom
he was married but n few month ago,
and had gone over to the depot to board
the Union Pacific oastbound train. The
switching crew was just making up
the train. and he walked up towards
the express offices. where the train
was being made up. Whether he at
tempted to boa ] a car that was being
switched and missed his footing or
was too close to the track and was
struck by the car is not known. The
first known Of his being under the ear
was the sound OF his groans, which at
tracted the train crew, who quickly
removed him to the express Office and
the ambulance was soon there and took
him to the hospital, where both feet
were amputatcd at the ankle and sew
eral fingers OF the right hand. He stood
the operation well and Is improving
very satisfactorily. Mr. Wolf came TO
Ogden from Evanston about two
months ago. and had not been able to
get a suitable house to bring his wife.
lie Is about 30 years of age. and Is held
in the highest esteem by his employer
and associates. His wife arrived yes
terday morning, and is now at his bed
side.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-15
CARDSTON, CANADA
SHOCKING DEATH ON RANGE.
Forest Lyman Has Life Crushed out
Under Horse.

Special Correspondence.
Cardston, Alberta, Canada, Oct. a.
Word was brought today OF the acct
dental killing Of Forest Lyman, out
near Woolfs Ranch. The boy Is the
son of William and Eliza Lyman OF
Cardston, and was IL or 10 years uf
age. He had been riding horseback on
Sunday afternoon and not returning 10
the place where he was employed no
notice was taken OF his absence as It
often occurs that boys Of his age would
remain over night at one Of the neigh
boring ranches. Yesterday, Monday.
n Mr. Lowe was riding the range and
found Forest dead under the horse he
had been riding. the animal having its
| necFbrokcn. II appeared from the way
the boy lay under the horse that he was
not Killed Instantly. IN fact must
have lived. some time after the acct
dent for his position showed that he
had struggled to free himself from the
weight of the dead animal until his
life was crushed out. Interment takes
place at Cardston tomorrow.
The U. :. reclamation service IA
having the machinery aud supplies for
the st. Marys lake and canal shipped
In via Cardston. This means a great
deal for this part OF the country from
here TO the boundary line. as there viii
he ready sale for food supplies and
grain. Three cars Of machinery arrived
here today consigned To those having
the enterprise in hand The traffic
nj Cardston station has increased so
much of late, that the railway officials
found II necessary 10 supply additional
office force. In this connection. your
correspondent estimated the second
days sale Of conference tickets at 20.
the actual number was iS for that
day making a total OF IS adults be-
sides % children who attended confer
ence.
The weather could not be better for
thrcshing, potato and beet digging and
general form work
The threshing, so far has shown that
the crop reports before harvest were
greatly underestimate. The output.
SO far indicates an average Of OK TO 20
bushels OF wheat per acre. with 30 to 60
bushels the average Of oats.
Labor Is at premium, so much so
that single hands are receiving $3.50
day. while a man and term can make
81 to Sc a day. OF course the rush will
soon be over and II the coal strike re-
mains unsettled plenty OF employment
can be had In hauling coal from other
mines.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-15
pEsERr~EvENING NEWS MONDAY OCTOBER Is 1906

For County Recorder-James i.
Morrison OF Fichfield
For County treasureg-oiuf Michel
son OF Monroe,
For County Assessor Peter f. Olson
OF Koosharem.
For couaty SurNeyor-LehI Peter
son. Jr., of Salna,
For Superintendent o. Schools--N
w Morrison.
james g. Morrison was selected as
county chairman
ELECTION JUDGES APPOINTED
The county commissioners met in
special session today and appointed
the following judges Of election;
District No. /, Annabella--C I.
Bunker, Rasmus Anderson ana Elroy
Thurston.
District No. 2. Aurora --Erick soren.
sen. George Holloway and Peter II
Madsen.
District No. 3, Burrynle--M. l.. Burr
Henry U. Burr and william Hallows,
District No. T. Central--Carlos r.
Greenwood soren Andersen and Jo-
seph r. Hooton,
District No. 8. Esnorc--Laureuce
G. Kirkman. August +. Kooter and
James w. sylvester
lVSIIltl NJ v. GREENWOOD
w. Powell, Martin Johnson and II. q
Heilorson,
District No. I. Joseph. w. Park
or. Samuel MackoY Jr,, and A. n.
Warenski
District No. s, Fernando
Erickson, Ben Gardner and Martin
Simonsen.
District No. 0. Monroe John An
derson, Yergen Ycrgensen and Jacob
Magleby.
District No. 10. Rodmond--C. n.
Nicholson, Hans Rasmussen aud Louis
NJ Brienholt.
District No II, Richfeld--Jesse f.
Bean Andrew j. Jensen and Charlton
Seegmiller.
District No. -. Richfcld--peter
Hanson, Joseph W. Poulsen and John
Hood.
District No. 10. Richacld--Niels C.
Christensen, Chris p. Christensen and
j. c. Anderson.
District No. II, salina--John n.
Eweles, John Elben and A. s. Crane.
District No. IS. Salina-H. T.. Jor-
gensen, w. II. Brown and Carl Han
sen.
District No. 16, Vermillion--John
Tholman. John b. Mcmillan and J. Il.
Gledhill
District No. IL. Koosharem-Iohn
Jetersen. Soren Sorensen and O. II.
| Andersen.
District No, is, Vcnice-Joseph C.
Cowley, John kirlSman and G.. Brug-
| ger