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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Government Wants Prunes.

Those who have q passion for prunes
had better lay in a supply Of the fruit
at once or between now and April 3,
because on that date Uncle Sam pro-
poses to buy $4,000 pounds of them
for his soldiers, and local dealers say
q transaction of such magnitude is
likely to send the prices soaring. The
pruns are to be furnished to the Gov
eminent in ten-pounds boxes and must
be Of such size as to III sixty-ive to
seventy prunes to the pound. Phila-
delphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
The Lessons Of Adversely.

A flower has been discovered in
South America which is only visible
when the wind blows; it is Of the
species cactus, and when the wind
blows a number Of beautiful flowers
protrude from the little Jumps ON the
stalks. So. beautiful lives are devel-
oped by adversely.
A German baron had a deep ravine
near his castle, and thought to make a
huge Aeolian harp Of it. He stretched
wires across it. In the gentle breeze it
was silent, but when great storms
blew down the ravine the air was filled
with music.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
TO Teach n Girl to Swim.

T. Hopkinson Smith, painter, au-
thor, engineer and profession optlmist,
tells a story showing that Boston boys
of the street are like all others. He
overhead 4 conversation between two
youngsters selling newspapers. Say,
Harry, watts de best way to teach a
girl how to swim?" asked the young
err one. Oats a cinch. First off you
puts your left arm under her waist and
you gently takes her left hand
Come off; she's me sister," CAV,
push her off de dock"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

weak. My doctor could not help me,
and I turned to Doan's Kidney Pills,
with the result that the kidney conges-
ton disappeared, and, with it, all the
other symptoms. What is more, the
cure has lasted for 8 years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N, Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
The Coffee:Debate

erly educated physician, chemist and
food expert.
Please remember we never say ordi-
nary coffee hurts everyone:
Some people use 1t regularly and
seem strong enough to withstand lts
attacks, but there is misery aud disease
in store for the man or woman VINO
nersists in its use when nature pro-
tests, by heart weakness, stomach and
bowel troubles, kidney disease. weak
eyes. or general nervous prostration.
The remedy is obvious. The drug CAT
feline, contained in all ordinary ,conee,
must be discontinued absolutely OF the
disease will continue in spite or any
medicine and will grow worse.
1t Is easy to leave of the old fash
toned coffee by adopting Postum Food
Coffee, for in it one hnds a pleasing
hot breakfast or dinner beverage thas
has the deep seal brown color, changs
ing to q rich golden brown when good
cream is added. When boiled long
enough rs minutes) the favor Is not
that of rank Rio coffee but very IKE
the milder, smooth and high grace
Java, but entirely lacking the drug ell
feet of ordinary coffee.
Anyone suffering from disorders SET,
up by coffee drinking tand there is an
extensive Variety cen nbso uteiy De
pend upon sDme measure or felleiH ny
Quitting coffee and using Postum 5000
Coffee.
If the disease has not become too
strongly rooted, one can with good rea:.
sou expect it to disappear entirely ID
reasonable time after the active cause
of the trouble Is removed and the cellu-
lar tissue has time to naturally rebuild
with the elements furnished bg Eos
tum and good food.
IFS ONLY lust plain old common sense.
Now, with the exact facts before the
reader, he or she can decide the wise
course, looking to health and the pow
err to do things.
If YOU have any doubt as to the
cause of any ache or all you may have,
remember the far reaching kilograms
of n hurt nervous system travel from
heel to head, and it may be we'll worm
YOUR while 10 make the experiment OF
leaving off coffee entirely for 10 days
and using Postum in its place. 49,.
You will probably gather some goo9
solid facts. worth more than a COLO
mine, for health can make gold AND
sickness lose it. Besides there's all
the fun. for it's like a continuous Inter
nal frolic to be perfectly we'll.
There's a reason for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Stamps Letters by Electricity.

A new stamping machine for letters
has just been tested at the Berlin Post
Office. The machine has been con-
structed by the Norwegian mechanic.
Krag. 1t is operated by electricity ana
works so fast that it is said to stamp
1900 letters per minute, which would
make 1854 letters per hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Where Love II, There God Ia.

Where Love n, There GOu IN
Thoughts that disturb and trouble
us seldom come from God. 1t is gener'
ally best to put them away, and throw
ourself, with increased trust in Him
and mistrust of self, at His feet. And
never forget, amid whatever may be-
fall yo~u-dryness, GOODNESS, desolation
and disappointment, consciousness OF
many faults, and of great weakness,
and want of faith-that where love is.
there God is sure to be. He never yet
has suffered any soul to fall wholly
from Him which, amid all its frailities
and falls, clings to Him in !ove.-H. L.
Sidney Lear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

and they will not.
We will gladly make q present o
S25, 100000 to any rooster or importer o
old fashioned coffee who will accepl
that wager.
Free Inspection of our factories anC
methods is made by thousands OF PEG
ple each month and the coffee impor
ters themselves are cordially invited
Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are alb
solutely pure and made exactly Il;
stated.
The formula of Postum and the an
alysis made by one OF the oremos
| chemists of Boston has been printed or
every package for many years and Is
absolutely accurate.
Now as to the food value Of Postum
1t contains the parts Of the wheat berry
which carry the elemental salts sucl
as lime, iron, potash, silica. ETC.. ETC.,
used by the life forces to rebuild the
cellular tissue. and this is particularly
true of the phosphate OF potash. also
found in Grape-Nuts, which combines
in the human body with albumen and
this combination, together with water,
rebuilds the worn out gray matter III
the delicate nerve centres all over the
body. and throughout the brain and So
lar pleXus.
Ordinary coffee stimulates in an I'M
natural way, but with many people il
slowly and surely destroys and does
net rebuild this gray substance so Vi
tllly imDOrtant to the Weli-Deing OF
|t...T human being.
These are eternal facts, proven, well
authenticated and known to every prop
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
A Gown of Fashion.

A fashionable gown had L skirt that
was accordion pleated, and was finished
at the bottom with five narrow tucks
and a broad hem. The sleeves were
elbow length and were finished with a
narrow, lace striped cuff and two frills
of lace edging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

Mary A. Fisher, Of New York, viii
write a novel and devote the proceeds
of the sale to the support Of q home
non~sectarian, and to care for those
"who have labored in literature, art
education, or any of the various pro-
fessiOnS,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

during bad weather
brought on a heavy
cold, aching of the
limbs and pain in the
back and Kidneys. Sc
we're congestion of the
kidneys followed. Be-
sides the terrific ach'
ing there were whirl'
ing headaches. and ]
became exceedingly
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
will take care of themselves,

We demand facts in this coffee dis
'cussion and propose to. see that the
facts are brought clearly before the
people. .
A number Of coffee importers and
roastcrs have Joined a movement 10
boom coffee and stop the use OF Eos
tum Food Coffee and in their news
paper statements undertake TO deceive
by false assertions.
Their first is that coffee is not harm
full.
We assert that one in every three
coffee users has some form of inciplent
or chronic disease; realize for one mo-
ment what Il terrible menace to q ma
ton of civilized people, when one kind
of beverage cripples the energies aud
health of one-third the people who
use it.
We make the assertion advisedly and
suggest that the reader secure his own
proof by personal inquiry among couee
users. ..
Ask your coffee drinking friends II
they keep free from any sort OF aches
and ais. You will be startled at the
percentage and will very naturally seek
TO place the cause of disorder on some
thing aside from coffee, whether food,
inherited tendencies or something else.
Go deeper in your search for facts.
If our friend admits occasional neu-
ralcia, rheumatism, heart weakness.
stomach or bowel trouble, kidney COM
plaint, weak eyes, or approaching ner-
Yous prostration induce him or her to
make the experiment of leaving off
coffee for 10 days and using Postum
Food Coffee, and observe the result. 1t
will startle you and give your friend
something to think Of. OF course, If
the person is one of the weak ones and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Tact in Dress,

Tact in dress is necessary to every
woman who hopes to become represen-
tative Of that refinement which is the
chief ornament or womanhood or girl
hood. 1t is rare that one sees French
people dressed out of keeping with
their surroundings or position.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Tasy tn DecOrate.

All oil the shapes lend themselves
we'll to decoration. and, aside from
their eccentricity, are attractive. AS
far as coloring goes little Improvement
could be made. The successful millin-
ers are yeritable artists in color combi-
nations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield, wife
of the admiral, has written several
stories. and recently has made her
first effort at a stage production which
deals with the revolutionary war and
has been recently produced in New
York and aroused enthusiasm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Annliuue On the Hat.

Flowers and motifs cut out from
printed c%retonne and appliQued in tat
fesa. make trimming for an occasional
hat that is reminiscent Of the cotton
prints cut out and used as the basis
of trimming for some unusual gowns a
year or so ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
DERBY Crowned Hats.

The derby crowned hats, which ap-
peared numerously a few weeks ago,
did not take very wei, the m%illiners
say. 1t is improbable that they will be
worn very MUCH.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Deem Shades of Burnt Straw.

In London a very deep shade of
burnt straw is in evidence at the mil
liners and promises to be very much
worn during the spring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Fawar Omen Work Sfockinps.

Very few of the really up-to-date tan
stockings show any open work. Many
Of them are woven with a thin and q
thick stripe in two shades.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Oueerest Vegetable.

The most curious vegetable In the
world is the truf1e, since 1t has neither
roots, stem, flowers, leaves nor seeds.
In some parts dogs and pigs are
trained to dig for it, the animals being
guided by their sense Of smell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

A naval coal depot is a place for
storing and handling coal. Navy yards
and stations, as we'll as depots. have
large coal supplies and facilities for
handling them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

New York City.-The waist made in
lingerie style is Il pronounced favorlte
of fashion, whether the material be
lawn, soft silk or wool, and this one IS
among the latest and prettiest that
have appeared. In the illustration
Persian lawn makes the foundation.
while the yoke and the sleeves are cut
from tucking, which is further en-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
A New

The bands of silk headed by tisy
plcated frills which are finishing he
hens Of thin gowns are among the
economies of the season. They pro-
tnnt tho GOWN FROM wa"r
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

Charlotte Bronte,s Husband.

Charlotte Bronte's husband. tue Rev.
Arthur Bell Nichols, will o o cele-
brate his ninetieth birthday-it being
now half n century since some OF her
friends were advising her not to marry
him because he had rheumatism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness utter first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, 81 Observation-Disclosures
DR.. r. Fl. KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch st. ,Phila, Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

The published statements of a num-
Der Of coffee importers and roasters IN
dictate a "waspy" feeling towards u.s.
for daring to say that coffee is RIM
to a percentage of the people.
A frank public discussion OF the SUD-
ject is quite agreeable to us and can
certainly do no harm; on the contrary
when all the facts on both sides OF any
question are spread before the people
they can thereupon decide and act In
diligently.
Give the people plain facts and they
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
Gol,s Errands.

Difficulties are Gods errands. and
when we are sent upon them we should
esteem it a proof of Gods confidence
Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02
A COLD BROUGHT 1T ON.

Severe Congestion of the Kidneys Soon
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills.
Richard NJ. Pearce, q prominent bust
ness man of 231 So. Orange ST., New
ark, N. j., says: working nights
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-02

saws 81 can't quit you will have dls.
covered one of the slaves OF the Gomez
importer. Treat such kindly, for they
seem absolutely powerless to stop the
gradual but sure destruction or DodS
and health.
Nature has q way of destroying
part of the people to make room Tor Tie
stronger. 1t is the old law Of the sur
yival of the tittest" at work, n the
victims are many.
We repeat the assertion that cotee
does harm many people, not all. but al
army large enough to appall the inves
tigator and searcher for facts.
The next prevarication of the cotee
importers and roasters is their state
ment that Postum Food Coffee is maae
of roasted peas, beans or corn, ahG
mixed with a low grade Of coffee aN
that il contains no nOurishment.
We have previously offered to wager
S1OO, 100000 with them that their state
ments are absolutely false.
,rhpv have not accepted our wager
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09
DEBRIS CLEANERS
To ORGANIZE.
Men Employed Clearing
Ruins Will Demand a
Raise in Their Wages

The laborers employed about the city
In removing debris are to join the La
borers' Protective Union A raise In
wages and a shorter working day will
be demanded The formation of the
debris cleaners branch of the Labor
ers' Protective Union is not likely to
affect the work of clearing the lots in
the burned district. A day of eight
hours with a wage of $3.50 will be
asked No trouble is anticipated by
mands Of the men.
A meeting or the workmen was held
yesterday at Van Ness avenue and Mar
ket streets. 1t was largely attended.
The meeting was held under Nthe aus
pices OF the State Federation of Labor.
1 nomas F. Gallagher, president of that
organization, acted as chairman. Among
the speakers were c. w Holmquist.
Thomas Vamp, c. L. McCabe, James
Boiling and Michael O'Leary
The speakers urged the debris clean
ers to join the Laborers' Protective
Union, assuring them of a raise in
wages and an eight-hour day. Many of
those present expressed themselves as
desirous of joining the union. 1t was
decided to allow any man holding a
union card and who had been thrown
out of work on account of the fire to
become member of the union by pre-
senting his credentials.
1t is probable that the moderate raise
and the eight-hodr day will be granted
by the employers. The men are now re-
ceiving from S1.75 to 50 a day for nine
hours work.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09
COLORED MAN WITH RED HAIR
wAYLAYs AND ROBS SOLDIER
Police Are Looking for Remarkable
Negro Known to Friends
as "AprfcOt.n

The police are searching for col
ored man with red hair and freck1es
who is accused by William r. Keyes
Of Troop H. Seventh Cavalry, of rob-
bing him of SIS gold piece and SIT
in silver shortly after midnight yes
terday morning on Filbert street, be-
tween Fillmore and Webster
Keyes reported to Policemen Sheble
and Hogan that he met the colored
man on his way to the Preside. They
walked together till they reached a
vacant lot when the colored man caught
him around the neck and grasping him
by the throat choked him almost into
Inconsistencies. After the colored
man had taken Keyes' coin he ran
away.
The robber is described by Keyes as
feet 10 inches tall with red hair
and large freckles. He wore dark
clothes and black hat. Keyes had
heard that the colored man was nick
named Apricot" Detectives German
and O'Shea have been detailed on the
case by Acting Captain OF Detectives
Wren.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09
.LANGREUTER STILL
REMAINS SILENT.
Police Will Drop Inves-
tigation Today if He
Does Not Assist Them
Detectives Believe That
Relative of Woman
Committed Assault

The mystery OF the assault on H.
G. Langreuter in a car at CarvilIe on
Friday evening has the appearance
OF ranking with the other unsolved
mystery. WHO Struck Billy Patter-
son?" Acting Captain of Detectives
Ed Wren said yesterday that. as Ian
greuter positively refused to give the
necessary information. he will drop
the investigation He is satisfied that
Langreuter knows his assailant, but
declines to talk in order to shield
the woman in the case
Nothing was done by the police yes
terday, but today Detectives Mathe-
son and Mulcahey, who have been
working on the case, will have an
other interview with Langreuter at
the French Hospital. and If he per-
slsts IN his refusal to talk the case
will be dropped.
The police are satisfied there is
nothing in the robbery theory. They
are convinced that Langreuter was
assaulted by the irate husband or
some relative of the woman in black
who was seen to leave the car a
few minutes before Langreuter's cries
for help were heard
Detective Mulcahey says that Ian
greuter did not carry out his inten-
ton to examine vacant lots on Polk
street on Friday morning, as he made
his employers believe, but went
straight to the ocean beach, where
he spent the day. 1t was assumed
from that disclosure that Langreuter
was in the habit OF visiting the To-
cality in the neighborhood OF Car
Vile
The police look with suspicion upon
the denial of Frank Goewey the real
estate man, who says he knows
nothing Of the assault. Goewey ad-
mitted he was in his own car at the
time, and the police think it strange.
owing TO its close proximity to where
Langreuter was assaulted. that he
was not attracted by Langreuter's
cries for help The police say there
was considerable noise in Goewey's
car on the night of the Fourth and
that complaints were made about il
by neighbors.
1T seems to me- said Acting Cap
tain Wren. that all concerned in the
Langreuter case have decided to keep
their mouths shut, and we are at
standstill. Without Langreuter's Co
operation we can do nothing, and after
tomorrow's attempt we will drop the
case unless he consents to talk"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09
BLINDNESS and DEAFNESS
PREDOMINANT In MALE
Census Bureau Files Comparative
Report on Visual and
Auditory Diseases.

The bureau of census of the Depart
ment. OF Commerce and Labor has is
sued special report on the blind and
deaf in the United States since 1900
The inquiry. which was conducted un-
der DR.. Alexander G. Bell, Is compre-
aensive and wide in scope rhe report
gives data concerning color, sex, ma
tivity. marital, condition, school at
tendance and occupations and much in
formation in regard to the age when
blindness occurs and the causes
One In about every 1900 persons is
blind. The total number of blind per-
sons in the United States is 64763 OF
this number 35.645 are totally blind.
Nearly 65 per cent Of the blind lost
their sight after their twentieth year.
There are more blind males. than fe-
males The former form 572 per cent
of the blind. The census bureau shows
that negroes were more afflicted with
blindness than whites and that; the for
eign born blind whites are greater in
number than the native, whites.
A small percentage of blindness is
caused by consanguinity of parents and
onlys6 per cent of those without sight
are congenitally blind
One person in every $50 in the United
states is deaf AS in the cases of the
blind, deafness predominates in the
male. OF the S9,2S7 deaf persons In
the United States 55,5o1 are able to
speak well. 9417 are able to speak i'm
perfectly and 24,369 cannot speak at
all. Practically all Of those who speak
imperfectly or not at all lost their
hearing in childhood
Of~the deaf and dumb more than es
per cent are reported totally deaf II
ls reasoned that the ability to speak is
dependent upon two factors, the period
OF iiIe when deafness occurred and the
oesree OF deafness The report says
schools for the teaching of speaking to
the deaf are doing good work and many
dear persons are able to read the lin
movements and thereby understand
speech.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09

Before a temporary altar erected in
front of st. Joseph's Hospital, Beuna
Vista avenue. Father Flavius Kraus.
o. F. ~, of st. Louis, Mo- celebrated
his first mass yesterday, the ceremony
being all the more interesting because
the priest was assisted by two of his
brothers-Father Josaphat Kraus. O..
F. NJ, of this city, and Father Wolf
Three brothers in holy orders at one
altar is an unusual sight.
Besides these three brothers there
were present two uncles of the young
priests-Father Ladis1aus Czech who
the purpose of participating in the
ceremony, and Flavius Czech, lay
brother. associated with the Franciscan
Monastery at Fruitvale, this State.
Just without the altar rail knelt the
parents of the three brothers--Mr. and
Mrs Vincent Kraus-together with
their daughters. Misses Julia and
Annie Kraus. who had travelled from
Poland to witness Rather Flavius Off
ciate.
There was one other brother pres
ent. John, the youngest OF the family,
who has chosen a business career.
The service was very impressive.
Father Fl2vius recited the mass, while
his brother, Father Josaphat Kraus.
acted as deacon; Father Wolfgang
Kraus, as subdeacon; Father Ladislaus
Czech, master of ceremonies, and
Father Macmillan Neumann as as
sistant priest. The sermon was de-
livered both in English and in Ger
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-09
Popular Entertainers, IncIud.
ing Gladys Graham, Are
Facets of the Gem.

The continuance for another week of
The Sparkler." a musical comedy in
three acts, under the personal direction
of w. H. Weber, is announced at the
new Davis Theater, McAllister street,
near Fillmore
The Sparkler," with it's various COS
TUNED choruses, the brilliant speciality
of Eddie Weston, the comedy of Max
Steinle and the singing of Miss Gladys
Graham, who makes a great hit with
her song, Cheyenne" is very enter
tanning production.
Beginning with next Saturday matt
nee "a Gay Old Time" a musical COM
edy In three acts by Eddie Weston. the
clever comedian, will be the Davis
Theater's next attraction.