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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
DlscRlMlNATES AGAINST HENS.
Iowa's Legislature Proposes Standard
Weight For Eggs.

There are a good many ideas coming
out Of Iowa just now, and most of
them are at least food for reflection.
For instance. Iowa does not send
drunks to Jail, but to asylums, where
they are treated. The Governor of
Iowa is not only renegade protection
ist. but is now calling Senator Elkins
hard names. The letters passing be-
tween these two worthy gentlemen are
a joy to the public, even if reputations
suffer
The new Iowa idea, however. has
far more reaching consequences. A
law has bcen introduced into the Legis-
lature requiring a dozen eggs to weigh
twenty-four ounces, under pains and
penalties therefore provided. This
makes socialism look like a conscier-
tious principle by comparison. How,
we ask, is any law to be enforced sub.
jectiyely Oh the hen? Must the hen
laying eggs less than two ounces each
be reduced to dressed poultry by man.
date OF the law. Is it possible to edu-
cate the tireless hen up to standard
of weights and measures? Is it fair to
place all hers on the same basis?
Must the Cochin-china escape from no
virtue of her own but size, while the
industrious bantam is made to suffer?
We protest that this is carrying the
law too far.
Last year there were raised in this
country more than 10000, 100000 eggs.
The value Of eggs and poultry exceeded
that of all the gold and silver and
iron dug up from the bowels Of the
United States. That was magnificent
showing for the hen, and her moral
qualities seem equal to her industry.
When warm weather set in, did the
hen take advantage of what is com.
| monty accorded others, vacation? Did
she collectively say when winter came,
we are not expected to work ut this
season and We will not, even though
it be propitious? Not at all. The hen
kept steadily at business, with the re-
suit that eggs have never been 81
cheap in winter time, and the public
| has feasted on them.
Under such circumstances, an effort
to impose upon the hen by raising the
standard of the size of her product is
not only immoral, but it is injudicious.
If the hen is pressed too far she may.
go on strike and lay no eggs at ali.
| Then what will become of the Iowa
Legislature? We think the solons Of
the Gopher State had better confine
their efforts to making two cornstalks
grow where there is now one, rather
than undertaking to tamper with the
prerogative of the hen to lay eggs ac-
cording to the dictates of her own con-
science. Inquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Til: STOPPING o. TIE CLOCK.

Surprising falls the instantaneous calm,
The sudden silence in my chamber small;
!, starting. lift my head IN half alarm
The co@k has stopped-that's all.
The clock has stopped, Yet why have !
so found
An instant feeling almost like dismay:
Why no:e its siience sooner than its sound
For il has ticked all day.
So many lives beside my own go on.
And such companionship unhceded keep;
V6mpar!onShip scarce recognized till gone,
And ,ost in sudden -leep.
And so the blessings Heaven daily grants
Are il their very commonness forgot:
We little heed what answereth our wants,
Cn:l. 1t answers not.
a strangenesS falieth on familiar ways,
As ii some pulse were gene beyond re-
call
Something unthought of linked with all
our days
Some clock has stopped-that's all.
>George Fl. Coomer, in Youths Com
panlon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
BITS 5E NEWS
WASHINGTOI.

A trademark treaty between the
United States and Roumania has been
ordered favorably reported by the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Committee. "a.
Congressman and Mrs. Longworth
arranged for their departure for Eng
land on June 2.
Hope of getting Philippine tariff bill
out Of Senate committee during present.
session has been abandoned. -
Howard University has chosen as
president Rev. Wilbur P. Thirkfeld, OF
Atlanta.
A bill providing for delegate from
Alaska in Congress was approved by
the President
Secretary Shaw discussed with the
Senate Finance Committee a bill per-
mitting the Treasury Department to
hold $100OO0,00O in gold bullion, h-
stead of $50, 100000 as at present
The House Committee on Territories
has approved the bill granting the
Alaska Central Railway 800 acres OF
land and relieving it of the license tax
of 500 a mile.
The President sent to Congress the
report Of the International Waterways
Commission on the Preservation Of Nj
agara Falls, recommendations being
made for the restriction Of the amount
of water to be diverted for power pur-
poses. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Imitation Jewelrv.

"Never have 1 known such a craze
for imitation jewelry as now," was the
remark of the manager Of one of the
big department stores, and it only
needs a glance to see that in store
where the crowds are greatest the imi-
tation jewelry lies.
1--WE can't supply the demand" went
on the manager and know it is the
case not alone with us, but even more
so with those firms who make spe-
cialty of selling it alone.
Jewellers who have for years been
in the business have told me that their
trade has suffered greatly from this
cause. Such art and skill have entered
into it's manufacture that in many
cases it can't be told from the real. and
very frequently women who can afford
better things purchase the cheaper sort
when some article is seen to be pass
ing fad. That many of the wealthy
women in society have duplicates Of
their handsome jewelry we all know"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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other suitable metal, preferably of such
material as will not break readily.
On the top Of the cup is removable
cover, fanged so as to fit on the top.
The pipe is fitted horizontally through
the cup near the top, being tightly
fitted in perforations, so as not to leak,
and projecting at each side Of the cup,
one end holding the mouthpiece and
the other end merging in the small end
of funnel Within the cup Slight
aperture is cut into the tube of the pipe
for suction of the soapy water by blow
ing through the tube from the mouth
piece. The cup is shaken or jerked
slightly before blowing to throw II
wave of water onto the tube. There
is thus deposited i slight film to be
taken up by the air jet and carried
along into the funnel. where it deIel
ops into bubbles in the usual way. The
soap solution can be prepared before
charging the cup or the cup can hH
charged with plain water and small
piece of soap for diSSolvinS gradually
in the watcr.-Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Women Are Illogical.

Professor Starr, the famous ethnol'
ogist, was in his humorous and whim'
sical way accusing woman of barbar-
ism, according to the Chicago Chron-
icle
and she is not only barbarous-
she is illogical and inconsistent" lie
exclaimed.
81 was walking in the country one
day with young woman. In grove
We came upon boy about to shin
I'D tree. There was nest in the
tree. and from certain angle it was
possible to see ir it three eggs.
You wicked little boy said my
companion, are .'ou going up there
to rob that nest?
"I am the boy replied coolly.
"'How can you? she exclaimed.
Think how the mother will grieve over
the loss of her eggs.
"'Oh, she won't care, said the boy.
She's up there in your lat"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
SCISSORS sHARPEAER.

1t is important in sharpening pair
of scissors that the angle at the cut
ting edge of the blade be uniform
throughout. This is easily accom-
plished by the scissors sharpener illus
trated below. patented by Pennsylva-
nian.
In this device the sharpener is drawn
back and forth along the blades of the
scissors, and the construction is such
that an excellent bearing of the shank
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Not All Houelces,

"When you know man is a deYotee
of golf" said the enthusiastic golfer,
you can be absolutely certain of his
mental calibre, and be assured"
"Oh, come, 1 wouldn't say that" re-
piled the plain man Il don't doubt
that some men play golf who are really
quite sensible. STRAY Stories.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Partitions Of Japanese Houses.

Most of the Japanese dwellings have
but one floor. Portable partitions di-
vide the floor into as many apartments
as are necessary. These partitions are
arranged in panels about three feet
square. The panels are so contrired as
to be closed with framed paper shut
ters, which slide in grooves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
FOREIGN.

Thousands of ZuluS are reported on
the way to join the forces of the repei,
lious chief, Bambaata. A eolonial
force is endeavoring to prevent tne
junction.
German troops are reported to have
pursued the rebel Marengo into British
territory, and the Cape government mas
entered q formal protest.
Professor Mouromtseff, president O
the Russian Parliament, was received
in audience by the Emperor.
A motion of the labor party IN ting
Russian Parliament to demand lmme1
diate amnesty from the Emperor was
with difficulty defeated.
Baron Iswolsky left Copenhagen to
become Russian Minister OF forelgn
Affairs.
Count Witte supported demand Tor
amnesty of political prisoners, whlen
was incorporated in the reply to the
Cars address.
The president of the British Cotton
Growers Association said that large
imports had been engaged IN Wese
Africa. which would soon, he believed,
supply all the cotton needed for the
Lancashire mills.
Although Count Boni de Castellane
was elected to the French Chamber OF
Deputies from the Department OF the
Lower Alps, his majority was SO smait
that the feeling against him runs hlgns
and many charges of fraud are belng
made.
After prolonged negotiations the
copyright convention with the Unltea
States was signed at Toxic, Japan.
In dispatch from Toxic to the LON
don Daily Telegraph it is asserted tnaI
China is about to bring on a coup
d'etat with regard to the organization
of all the railways in the empire.
Mr.. George w. Jimenez, in an inter-
view, says the Amadol government Id
Panama is determined to retain power
and a revolution is expected.
There vas an imposing demonstra-
tion by British troops at Alexandra,
Egypt, to allay unrest caused by the
Tabah incident.
First prize for the plan Of the Peace
Palace at The Hague has been award
ed to L. NJ. Cordonnier, of Lille, a ia
nous architect.
According to the Hawaii Shinpo, OF
Honolulu, prominent daily Japanese
papcr, only G0,540 Japanese are now
resident in Hawaii. Our census or
1900 put the figures at 10000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Household Matters.
. seasesesssseesseseseesses
How to Disinfect q Room.

Get large-size metal bath, and
partly fill with water. Partly fill a
pail with water, and stand in the bath.
On the pail place an old metal tray;
and see that it stands firmly. On the
tray put two or three pounds Of
powdered sulphur moistened with
methylated spirit. Have all apertures,
save your door of exit, closely shut,
and all their crevices stopped. Set
fire to the sulphur.
When you have quilted the room at.
tend to the door. Open twelve hours
later. Although this reads very SIM
ply, the matter is not so satisfactory
as might be supposed Wall papers,
and not seldom colored fabrics are
damaged by the fumes. The writer's
opinion is that fumigation for cloth
ing, ETC., is a mistake. Even dry air
fails because it does not penetrate
properly, says Home Notes. Boiling,
or treating by 'superheated steam will
always give good results.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
DOMESTIC.

The northeast wing of the Chicago
City Hall has been ordered abandoned
as unsafe.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South is considering new statement
of doctrinal faith. j. E
Josephine Terranova, the seventeen
year-old bride who stabbed to deatn
her uncle and aunt that ruined her,
was put on trial in New York City ZOE
the murder Of the aunt.
Miss Clara Rockers, twenty years
old, died at Richmond, Ind, OF poison
ing, as q result of eating spinach and
strawberry shortcake and cream.
D. M. Parry, retiring president OF
the National Association of Manufac-
turers, defended the United States Sen
ate and the Federal courts virtually
against the President. ~
Kansas Socialists have nominated d
full State ticket headed by Harry Gil
man, of Oswego, for Governor.
The South Carolina Bankers Asso-
citation favors law for an auditing
commission to examine the accounts
and transactions of all corporations IN
the State. !
Efforts will be made to continue the
Traders Fire Insurance Company, OF
Chicago, which lost heavily IN the San
Francisco calamity, by assessing the
stockholders.
All liquor licenses in San Francisco
have been revoked. ~
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans. IN q
report to the Navy Department, raw
ored Sunday baseball for his sailors.
A committee of the New York Bar
Association took testimony as to David
B, Hills connection with the Equitable
life as its counsel under a retainer OF
$4,000 a year. He said his relatlonS
with the society were purely legal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13

Oscar II, King of Sweden, was born
January q, 1929. The royal family
comes from Napoleon's Marshal Berna-
dotte. a Frenchman, who was elected
heir apparent to the crown of Sweden
in 1910, and became King in 1918.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13

The United States pharmacopoeia is
being translat ted into Spanish by the
Society of Pharmacists in Cuba.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Kitchen HELPS.

A kitchen convenience which is not
present in every household is pair
Of sharp scissors. Scissors are used
to trim lamp wicks-which is wrong
and cut papers and string; but seldom
for trimming bacon and ham rinds,
skinning and trimming salads. These
are proper uses for the scissors, and
the use of them saves much labor.
Every housewife should cultivate
the habit of five-minute naps., After
working hard a few hours "A woman
is apt to feel sleepy or dragged out"
and imagines that it is only that or
dinary sin of the fesh-laZiness. But
If she gives in to the feeling and rests
for SHORT time on comfortable
lounge she will feel wonderfully fresh
ened and will do better and quicker
work than if she had foregQne her
catnap.
Green food is almost indispensable
to canary birds, but if lettuce is scarce
a good substitute may be had by
planting little of their favorite seed
in small flower pots and allowing it
to grow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
Is L..

weight of the bell will cause the bell
to swing as far as it can go i'll that
direction, the head Of the clamp form
ing q pivot. The turning of the door
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-13
BUBBLES BLOWN BY MACHINE

Among recent inventions is a toy
which makes soap bubbles in a very
simple and novel manner. the cup and
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
February Weather In Fiasst1f

The following data have been compiled for the m onth O February from the Weather Bureau records at Flagstaff, Arizona, and cover the period from 1899 70 1925 inclusive. They are issued to sh )w the Condi- tions that have prevailed during the month in question for the above period of years, but must not be con ,trued as a fotclst of tie weather conditions for the coming month.
 The mean or normal tempera- ture of February is 3I degrees. The warmest February was that of Ieo4, with an average of 3S de- grees, and the coldest, that of 1905, with an average Of 22 de- grees. The highest temperature was 66 degrees, on the 24th, 1904, and the lowest, 2I degrees below zero, on the 9th, I8oo.
 The average precipitation for February-rain and melted snow is 3.28 inches, and the average number of days with .or of an inch or more, is 8. The greatest Februarp precipitation was 8.36 inches in 1901, and the least was .28 inch in 1900. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any "A consecutive hours, was 2.4o inches, on the Tad, 1901 The greatest 24-hour snowfall also occurred on the same dates-24. e inches. The average snowfall for the month is 25.o inches.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
A Modern Miracle.

Truly miraculous seemed the recovery of Mrs. Mollie Holt, of this place." writes J. O. R. Hoo per, Woodford, Tenn, she was so wasted by coughing up puss from her lungs. Doctors declared her end so near that her family had watched by her bedside forty eigh' hours; when, at my urgent request Dr. Kings New Discov- cry was given her, with the aston ishing result that improvement be- gan, and continued until she finally recovered, and is healthy woman today" Guaranteed cure for coughs and colds. SOC and SI.oo at all Druggists. Trial bottle free.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
Endurance.

Are you capable of enduring toll, self-sacrihce a n d personal discomfort in your determination to accomplish something you have set out to dop inquired the man who gives advice.
 Yes, answered the youth, can conscientiously say I am. l once colored merschaum pipe.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
ChAnberlair's Cough Remedy the
 Best Made.

In my opinion Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best made for colds," says Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville, California. There is no doubt about its being the best. No other will cure cold so quickly. No other is so sure preventive of pneumonia. No other is so pleasant and safe to take. These are good reasons why it should be preferred to any other. The fact is that few people are satisfied with any other after having once used this remedy. For sale by all dealers.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
Weather tor the Week

The following data for the week ending at 9 a. m. today, January 27lh, are furnished by Observer A. E. Racket, in charge of the local office of the U. 5. Weather Bureau:
 The mean temperature of the week was Ie.4 degrees, 7.5 degrees below the normal and I2.o degrees lower than the mean for the cor responding period last year. The highest temperature during the week was AZ degrees, on the 26th, and the lowest, 8 degrees below zero, on the 2Ist. The highest temperature recorded for the same period during the past 8 years, was 58 degrees, on the 24th, 1900, and the lowest, I2 degrees below zero, on the 26th, 1902.
 No precipitation occurred dur ing the week. The prevailing winds have been from the east, the average cloudiness was 10 pel cent, and the mean relative hu, midity, 68 per cent.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
for saIe. Rent or fxchsnse.

Store formerly occupied by Pioneer drug store. Address N. J. Hudson, Gallup, N. M., or see c. w. Buck at c. A. Cover drug store, Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27

The average number of clear days is 10; partly cloudy days, s, and cloudy days, 10. The prevail ing winds have been from the west.
 A. F. HACKETT, Official in Charge of Local Office.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
With Ills Own Petard.
Good joke on lester.

Good joke on lester.
 What IS it?
 He had an insurance policy on the contents of his cellar, and he thought it would be funny to put in a claim when he had burned all the coal.
 What did the company say to that?
 Had him punished for arson.
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
Changed.

Whortle-Your wife used to be rather pensive before your mar riage. Is she still SOP
 Perry-Oh, no-now she's ex- pensive. N:,4 a
The Coconino sun., 1906-01-27
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism.


 My mother has been a sufferer for many years from rheumatism" 1" says w. H. Howard of Husband, Pennsylvania. At times she was unable to move at all, while at all times wulking was painful. lpre- sented her with bottle of Cham berlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided it was the most wonderful pain re- liever she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without 1t now and is at all times able to walk. An oc- casional application of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16
Estrayed.

To whom it may concern: I have taken up and now hold at my place in Signal the following described animals, the owners of which can have said animals by proving property and pay ing expenses:
 l iron grey mare mule, seventeen hands high, weight 1900 pounds, mule shoe on left hip, triangle on neck. 1 white mare. branded ? on left shoulder. Will weigh about 11O0lbs. Address JOHN ESHOM,
 Signal, Arizona.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

George Aitken came over from Chloride Thursday last and departed the following day to Blackberry, where he will go to Music mountain to take charge of the new company soon to operate the Clay Springs and other groups of mines. It is understood that a shaft will be sunk to a depth of sev- eral hundred feet on the Ellen Jane mine and large holster is to be put in at once. MT. Aitken is thoroughly familiar with the mines of that section and the company is to be congratu- lated on securing his services.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

P. McCardell, the mining engineer and surveyor, returned Wednesday last from the Mocking Bird mines, where he has been at work the past ten days surveying lines for a water system for the new mill soon to be installed at the Mocking Bird. The water will be taken from the Great West section and it is expected that a sufficient sup ply will be obtained. The Mocking Bird is showing up big bodies of high grade ore wherever the vein has been tapped.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

Will Carleton and Judge M. Red man came up from Buck mountains a few days ago. They report the locat- ing of many lodges by prospectors in that section and believe that when cooler weather comes on great min ing field will be opened up. At pres ent not enough work has been done on which to base judgment on the mines showing rich surface ores, but believes they will prove up well. He also says that that region is swarm ing with honey bees of the Italian variety and that the miners can get a supply at any time from the numerous hives in the rocks.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

Late reports from the oil shelter at Chloride are to the effect that many changes will have to be made before a successful run can be expected. The company is now considering the install lation of a standard stack, believing that it has plenty of ore of the re- quisite grade to make it a success. The mine is opening up wonderfully well and there is reason to believe that it will be able to ship its output at big profit, even if shipment has to be made to Needles or Humboldt.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16
Cures Old Sores.

Westmoreland, Kas., May ,, 1902. Ballard Snow Liniment Co.,: Your Snow Eminent cured an old sore on the side of my chin that was supposed to be a cancer. The sore was stub born and would not yield to treatment, until I tried Snow Eminent, which did the work in short order. My sis ter, Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Allenville, Mifin Co.,, Pa, has a sore and mis- trusts it is cancer. Please send her a soc bottle. Watkins Drug Store.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

w. O. Ruggles came in from the Pyramid mill last evening and Will continue on his way to Los Angeles for a few months recreation. He re- ports the mill doing good work on Boulevard ore.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

The Gold Road mining company has received four or five carloads Of lum- her at this station and the work of hauling it to Goldroad is in progress. The company is now using large amount of lumber and timber.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-16

Henry Bell passed through here Tuesday evening on his way to Los Angeles, where he will look after bus mess matters. He reported that the big skip had been installed at the Tennessee mine and the work of un- watering that property well under way. Sam Rhea has charge of the work. As soon as the water has been reduced work will be commenced on the 9th level.