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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Amusing the Baby.

Roscoe C. Sutcliffe, who has fought
child-labor so successfully for sixteen
years, said recently in Dallas:
These employers Of child-labor
seem to me to be lunatics. They fat
ten on tender little children, working
them eleven or twelve hours day,
stunting alike their bodies and their
minds; yet in nine cases out of ten
they are pious, church-going people,
and they assure you calmly that their
work benefits and gladdens the chill
dren instead of harming and sadden-
ing them.
"They remind one in their perfect
assurance of my wife's niece, child
Of nine.
my wife's niece was once left in
charge of her baby brother for some
hours.
when the mother returned home,
the first sound she heard was the loud
yelling and squalling of the baby.
She ran upstairs at once.
what is the baby crying for?'
she said.
"And the baby's juvenile monitress
answered calmly:
"'He's cross with me, mamma. I
was trying to make him smile with
the glove stretcher.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Wives as Lottery Prizes.

That marriage is lottery Is not
merely figure of speech in the prov
ince of Smolensk, Russia; it is an
actual fact There four times every
year a lottery is held, the capital
prize being young country girl, with
sometimes a good dowry in sheep.
The price Of ticket is about eighty
five cents. At single drawing 5000
tickets are sold. He who is fortu-
nate enough to draw the lucky ticket
has his alternative-he may marry
the girl If she pleases him, also gain
ing thereby s4374, in addition to
whatever the girl brings with her as
dowry; or if the "prize" in question
does. not please him he can turn the
ticket over to a friend.-Detroit
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

for some time; head has ached ands
back also has slept poorly. been qu1tes
nervous, and nearly tainted once o.
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing-dow SeeNnRsa
and during her periods she is exceed
ingly respondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor says: +" Cheer up: yon
have dyspepsia; you will be all right
soon." -, g
But she doesn't get all right, = ana
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES. - ~ 49, .t-5s ~ ~
Don't wait until your suhefings hare
driven you to despair, with y6urnervea.
ell shattered and your courage gonek
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Yege-
table COMPOUND. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, Of $40 18th Street.
Louisville, KY, niece Of the late Gene
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:l
Dear Mrs. Pinkham;
"I cannot tell you with pen and Ink Nhse
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Comp
has done for me- I suffered with fenAle
troubles, extreme lassitude, tho blnegs =
nervousness and that all-gone feeling AIsw4xs
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkham's VegetAble'
Compound, and It not only cured my felale
deraneement, but 1t has restored me to perfec$5
health and strength. The buoyancy OF my.
Younger DAYS has returned, and I dc, not rux-
Ter any longer with despondency. asi did b.
fore. I consider Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick end suf1sring
women y.
II you hnve some derangsmsnf e..
tho female organism write Mf1.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Putting Tigers to Work.

On one of the Pereak rubber es-
tates run by a, canny Scot they have
been rather short of labor, and as
tapping is in full swing have been
hard pressed. The other day the
manager hit on a brilliant idea, and
had all the trunks Of all the trees
rubbed with valerian. Now the tigers
come and scratch and tap the bark
in the most approved herring-bone
pattern, so that all the few remaining
coolies have to do is to walk round
once day and collect the rubber
Straits Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
For Fumipating Plants.

At the present time the scientific
study of the propagation Of flowers
is receiving the attention of the fore
most citizens of the world. : One OF
the greatest problems to be solved
is the determination C. the many in
sect pests which infest the plants,
retarding their growth or killing
them outright. Many systems Lave
been tried ir the hothouse, but a
than ordinary merit. Broadly, his
process consists in exposing vapor-
liable liquid insecticide in a finely
subdivided condition to the action OF
a stream of superheated steam How
ing through a conduit. This mix
ture is then discharged into the at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Vacuum Preserving Jar.

A vacuum preserving jar is re-
cent invention of an Illinois man.
The invention relates primarily to
jars or other vessels for hermetically
sealing aud preserving fruits, food
stuffs, beverages and so on. The
cover is held on by atmospheric pres
sure and readily released without in
juring the cap, 60 that the vessel can
be refilled aud used an indefinite
number of times, thus adapting 1t
for household as other purposes. In
the illustration it is shown in con-
nection with a jar, the upper end of
which is formed with a flange, upon
which rests q cap so shaped as to
form a tight connection. Around
the edge Of the cap is a rubber gas
ket. The centre of the cap is formed
with small vent, closed by means Of
a rubber valve. A vacuum or partial
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
An Echo Alarm Clock.

President Murphy, Of the Chicago
National League Club, told alta base
ball dinner a remarkable echo story.
There was a man." he sbegan,
"who had a country house in the
Catskills. He was showing visitor
over his grounds one day, and, COM
ing to billy place, he said:
There's remarkable echo here.
If you stand under that rock and
shout, the echo answers four distinct
times, with an interval Of several
minutes between each answer
But the visitor was not at all i'm
pressed. He said, with loud laugh:
You ought to hear the echo at
my place at Sunapee. Before getting
into bed at night stick my head out
of the window and shout, Time to
get up, William!" and the echo
wakes me at Z o'clock sharp the next
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
For Preserving Fruits, Etc.

vacuum can be created by bringing
the contens to boiling temperature,
which will cause tie outside atmos-
pheric pressure to tightly close the
rubber valve in the cap; or the air
at the top of the vessel can be ex-
hausted by means of a simple pump.
In the latter event the invention can
be used for preserving materials
without cooking. This invention Is
adapted to the use of any other ma
terial than glass for jars, and the
form is not necessarily limited to
that indicated in the drawing. Both
the jar and the cover are made en-
tirely of glass, making it non-poison-
Gus, with the advantage that it can
be used again and again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
NO REST NIGHT OR DAY.
With. Irritating Skin Humor-Hair Began
to Fall Out-Wonderful Result
From Cuticura Remedies.

From Cuticura Remedies.
About the latter part OF July my whole
body began to itch. l did not take much
notice of it at first, but it began to get
worse all the time, and then l began to
get uneasy and tried all kinds of baths and
other remedies that were recommended
for skin humors, but i became worse all
the time. My hair began to fall out and
my scalp itched all the time. Especially
at night, just as soon as l would get in
bed and get warm, my whole body would
begin to itch, and my finger nails would
keep it irritated, and it was not long be-
fore / could not rest night or day. A
friend asked me to try the Cuticura Rene
dies, and l did, and the first application
helped me wonderfully. For about four
weeks would take hot bath every night
and then apply the Cuticura Ointment to
my whole body, and kept getting better,
and by the time used four boxes Of Gu
ticura I was entirely cured and my hair
stopped falling cat. D. z. Blankenship,
3lo N. Del. St., Indianai oils, Ind. Oct.
q, 1906" .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Telegraph Lines For Europe.

Among the European States Rus
sia has the longest telegraph lines, a
total of 175,000 kilometers (109,375
miles). Next is France, with 150,-
900 kilometers (93,750 miles); Ger
many, with $4,000 kilometers (S3,-
$50 miles); Great Britain, with 49,
600 kilometers (49,375 miles). More
than twice as many kilograms are
sent in Great Britain as in Germany,
and nearly double the number sent
in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
In Mouru1n1.

His wife had been dead but o fG4si
weeks when young farmer living
near Reading, Peunsylyania, typi-;
cal Berks County German. made
good the deficiency and married
again. That there should be no Mos
lation of the proprieties, however,
was soon made plain by his treat.
ment of the brides proposal that he;
drive her to town on the following
Sunday: ~
What" he exclaimed, you sink
I ride out wit anoter woman 80 soon
after the deaf Of my ;wifeg' sl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Value of Effort.

Nothing worth having in this uni
verse of God is to be obtained with
out effort. Strenuous endeavor, de-
liberate, unceasing, persistent toll
await him who would follow after
truth. Does the wilderness open out
before him? Then let him go into
the wilderness. BY and by 1t. Will
blossom as the rose. Is it desert!
Fountains of living water will spring
up in its dry places. Is 1t lonely! !
Its solitudes will become peopled
with congenial companions. Angels
will come and minister to him.
William D. Little.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Flaw in Casting.

The collapse Of the roof of the
Charing Cross railway station, Lon
don, was caused by pocket"
formed in the casing of one of the
iron tie rods. The weight of a stag
ing on which carpenters were work
ing broke it. There was 70 way OF
detecting the fault, experts said at
the inquest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
NeIlie's Advice to Her Pastor.

Mamma, rs got stomach-ache, y
said Nellie, six years old.
That's because you've been with
out lunch. It's sNcause your. stom-
ach is empty. You would feel better
if you had something in it,
That afternoon the pastor called,
and in the course of conversation re-
marked that he had been suffering
all day with the headache.
"That's because it is empty" said
Nellie. You'd feel much better if
you had something in it."-Judge's S
Magazine of Fun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
SunfloWer Rapid Transit.

There are several funny railroads
in Kansas, but the Central Branch
appears to be the only one that will
hold train long enough for the hens
to lay five more eggs so another case
can be filed and shipped.-Osborne
Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

tack, and had the other usual symp-
toms of kidney trouble-lassitude,
headache, pain in the back, urinary
disorders, rheumatic pain, etc. l
have a box containing IA gravel
stones that l passed, but that is not
Y of the whole number. l consider
Doan's Kidney Pills a fine kidney
tonic"
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, 1906-10-31
Heavier Loads Wanted.

The rural delivery routes number
35,7GS, and increase of BIB during
the year. Congress has done nothing
to enlarge the parcel post facilities,
or otherwise render the wagons run
ming with light loads more useful to
the people.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Gods Type-Setting.

Our Lord God is like a printer,
who sets the letters backward; we
see and feel Him set the types, but
here we cannot read them. When
we are printed off, yonder in the life
to come, we shall read all clear and
straightforward. Meantime we must
have patience.-Martin Luther.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
When Man Shops.

The British male purchaser is a
sly bird. He is conservative in his
fashions, and he selects with caution.
1t is because of this and of his avoid
ance of extremes and extravaganza
that he sets the fashion to Europe
Footwear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
,ip Demand For Alligator Hides.

Shoe and Leather Reporter says
that the consumption of alligator
leather is greater now than ever be-
fore, the output of tanneries in
America being approximately $780,
600 hides annually, worth about
S45O.000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
No Better Study.

know no study better calculated
to enlarge the understanding, and to
enkindle a noble enthusiasm, tnan
that of Christian missions.-Blshop
Andrews.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
No Use.

It's no use praying for God to
come into your heart when you are
spreading the table for the devil
Rams Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
A Snare.

People who say they go out to look
fc. God in nature are apt to leave
their guide books at home.-Ram's
Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

The first pocket handkerchief,
utilized in the manner they are to-
day, were manufactured at Paisley in
1743. N.Y.-40
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
THE FOUNDER OF THE SMITH
SONIAN INSTITUTION.
(By GutZon Borglum.)

A characteristic portrait of the
eccentric Englishman who bequeathed
to the United States his entire for
tune, to be used for the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among
mon -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
An Awakening.

When we get to heaven we shall
think most of the mercies we never
mentioned here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Hearts, Not Hats

The Lord looks at the hearts, not
the hats, in the church.-Ram's
Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Talk With Jesus.

A little talk with Jesus Is worth a
lot of talk about Him.-Rams Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
No Militant Christians

IF YOU are Gods child you will not
double up your fists at any OF tne
rest of His family.-Ram's Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

The shark holds the record for long-dis-
tance swimming.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
+ GRAVEL.
HAS Formed Since
Kidney Pills.

music publisher,
IS: During two
I had kidney trou-
I passed about
pounds Of gravel
sandy sediment
the urine. I
rent passed a
tone since using
)oan's Kidney Pills,
however, and that
vas three years ago.
used to suffer tlse
most acute agolS
lurIoe a gravel at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, ,softens thegums, reduc ucesinfamma,
tion, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25ca bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

The Irish linen industry is booming as Il
has not Aourished in years. 80 - s q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

All Hallows Church, Exeter, England,
700 years old, has been torn down.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13

The best job printing in Nevada at
tho BONANZA Office.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13

The BONANZA is the oflciall paper
Of Nye County.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13
III GREAT
RED TOP
This Mine is Undoubtedly One
of the Richest in the Gold
field District

The great Red Top mine is one OF
the wonders OF the Goldfeld district.
Early last summer with only pros
pective values in sight, Red Top
stock sold at 80 cents; today with
more than So, 900, 900 worth Of ore
showing, it is quoted at $l.35, with
the owners 10th TO part with it even
at that price,
A steady daily production is being
maintained to the local mill under
contract to treat 1000 tons prior to
January %, and the Goldield News
says that unless the machinery pre-
vents, the plant will make good.
! Another agreement will be entered
into when the present contract ex-
pires, for the treatment OF 1000
tons more and this is to be repeated
until $500, 900 worth has been
marketed, o maximum limit of three
months, being the time in which this
result must be accomplished.
The higher grades OF the higt
grade rock, are kept safe under lock
and key below ground and will form &
separate shipment later on, This
treasure is in turn being segregated
the $40 per pound tale, the So pei
pound tale, the SO, 900 + and thu
IS, 600 ore, all being kept separate
or course the 5000 predominates ant
there's millions in it, Adloinin!
the Red Top, which it end lines, |
the Booth, a most promising prop
i erty. There is a big demand for thi
|; stock and the price has taken
| jump. The Booth is sure to make
great mine.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13
LADDERS
IN MINES
They Should Be Kept in Good
Condition and Thus Pre-
vent Loss of Life.

OF all the things about mines, the
ladders probably receive the least
attention says the Mining and Scien.
tifc Press.
Originally strongly made and OF
selected material, they are sent
down into the mine and put in place,
where they become covered with dust
or mud, according to whether the
mine is dry or wet. Thousands OF
feet, 10 time, travel up and down
the ladders and slowly but surely
wear them out. In time the ladder
becomes a much worn and mutilated
and u dangerous proposition, The
rounds become broken and drop out,
the i~astenings become loose and in
many Instances no effort is made
to secure them.
But still the miner trusts the .ad.
der or luck and continues to use il
and it is the greatest wonder in the
world that there are not more &C
cldents, as a result. Ladders SHOULD
be made Of 2x4 inch scantling, will
steps lx4 inch, not over ten inches
from center to center, which are le'
unto the sides and securely naileC
with at least five 1~2.penny nails
The sides should have at least IA in
'cbes space between them, making
the ladder Is inches wide. The lad
der should be securely spiked or Sc
cured by large staples to timber
firmly placed and they should receiv
inspection often enough to keep Their
in good condition. Ladders in shaft
particularly should be kept in goo
condition constantly.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13
The Miners, Railroad.

The Denver and Rio Grande Rail-
road besides reaching all the mining
districts of Utah and Colorado, forms
a part of the most interesting line to
all points east. Through sleeping
cars from Reno to Denver, Omaha,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago.
Be sure your ticket calls for passage
over the Denver and Rio Grande, the
Scenic Line of the world. Tickets to
all points on sale at all railroad ticket
Offices.
w. j. SHoTwELL,
General Agent,
625 Market Street,
II San Francisco Cal.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK

Samuel Douglass, Mayor of Red
Lodge, Montana, is dead.
Sparks new water system is a big
success. Streams a be thrown
through a 2 inch hose a distance of
100 feet.
The Idaho authorities believe that
they have the murderer Of former
Governor ~Steunenberg in the person
OF M. j.. Hogan.
The publishing house Of Harper q
Bros. has granted the demands Of
the striking printers for the forty
eight hour week and a closed shop.
A disastrous fire in Kansas City
last Saturday destroyed an entire
block in the business section of the
city. The loss is estimated at
81, 900, 900.
United States Senator Joseph Clay
Stiles Blackburn OF Kentucky will
retire to private life on the Sd of
March and will be succeeded by
Judge Thomas Paynter.
Mabel Gilman says she will never
marry Corey, the steel magnate, on
account OF his disgraceful attitude
toward his wife, who had been faith
full and true TO him so manysyears.
Suit for divorce brought by Leila
Whitlow against John Whitlow in Sau
Bernardino revealed the fact that
the couple discovered two years after
their marriage that they we're uncle
and niece.
T. O.. Heydenfeldt OF San Francisco
has been arrested IN a charge o
bigamy. His former wife claims tina
he did not wait a year after receiv
ing an introductory decree, before
; remarrying, as the California statute
: require.
I James C. Weller Of Telluride, Colo.
is In Bullfrog trying to locate tn
e four pr~ospectors who discovered tn
remains of his son and two other me
S in Death Valley last July. The me
. he is 10 search OF, Messrs. Brooks
Andrews, Axle and Stanley, burie
the bodies aud reported the find I
the people OF Bullirog. Mr.. Welle
Q desires to exhume the bodies an
have them shipped to Colorado 10
interment.
A dispatch from San Bernardo
announces that the Salton Sea
IS slowly but surely advancing undt
the pressure OF the waters OF tt
Colorado river. Not only is tt
IS great sea spreading toward IL
It Southern Pacific company's track
10 but the water is e~ncroaching upC
is the choice lands OF the Coachella va
ID ley. The main line OF the Southel
Pacific is being moved to high
le ground. 1t is said that the sea
le gaining in volume at the rate OF hI
an inch every twenty-four hours.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-01-13

It is reported that United States
Senator Burton OF Kansas will resign
his seat in a few days.
The annual report OF the Southern
Pacific company for 1905, shows gains
in receipts of more thar $4,000, 600
over the year 1904.
James w. O'Connor has been ap-
peinted administrator OF the estate
Of his brother, the late Mayor d. w.
O'Conuor Of Reno.
Mayor McAleer Of Los Angeles has
failed to give the names OF the Offer
ers of an $50, 900 bride to the district
attorney. Until the grand jury
meets the incident is closed.
The findings OF the court martial
which tried Trenmor Coffin Of the
limited States Naval Academy, a
Carson City boy, on the charge Of
hazing, have been received by the
navy department. The verdict is
dismissal from the service.
Governor LaFollette was sworn in
as United States Senator last Satur-
day and as soon as he gets acquainted
with the ways and customs OF the
upper branch OF congress, will intro
duce some dynamite bills aimed al
the railroad and other corporations.
DR.. Bruguiere, the wealthy Cali
fornian, who is suing his wife for 9
divorce in the district court o
washoe county, hopes to get iudg
ment by default, as his wife's attor
neys, probably acting under instruc
tons, have failed TO answer the com
plant within the time allowed b!
law. The case will be called in our
next Monday.
According to the Reno Journal
while the fire iend was getting in hi
deadly work on the Palace hote
building OF that city, Maxwell, one G
the owners Of the building was /
San Francisco negotiating for tn
sale OF his interest to James May
Unmindful that the property wa
being destroyed by fire, smoke an
water, the two men sitting in a res
taurant discussed the terms OF tn
proposed sale, and the money
$l4, 600, was paid over before tn
news OF the fire reached them.
Bob Fitzsimmons and his wi
Julia have kissed and made up. IT
r~edoubtable bob" journeyed
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and wi
given o cordial greeting by his viii
who said that bob" was a pref
good old has. been after all. Bob WI
so elated over his good fortune tai
he went into a blacksmith shop
make souvenir h%orseshoes for b
friends, and the crowd that follow,
weighted down the floor to such {
extent that it gave way and Il
whole outfit was precipitated to u
basement, six feet below.