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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
TRAINS GIRLS FOR WIVES
Cleveland Starts a New Depart.
ment in High Schools.
Scientific Cooking and the Care OF
Babies Taught-Instructors Will
Be Women Of Experience.

Cleveland, Olio. - Girl pupils ip
the Cleveland high schools are to b4
taught scientifically how to become
good wives. Superintendent Elsol
and his assistant, Hicks, outlined
their plans for technical branch OF
the high school which would be de-
voted exclusively to the teaching OF
girls in the arts of housewifery.
whether they intend to take up that
profession later in life. The instruc-
tors will be women who have sue.
ceeded as wives, and will be much
more practical than theoretical. The
girls will be taught to sweep, to sew,
how best 10 purchase household sup
plies and how to care for babies.
They will have real babies to dress
and care for under the watchful su-
pervision, of course, Of the teachers
who have gone through all these ex-
periences.
Superintendent Elson said:
This Is not a fad or an expert
ment. We are going at this earnestly
and scientifically. The average girl
who marries to-day is woefully ignor-
ant of the duties expected of her, and
therein lies a lot of domestic misery,
and to this fact can be traced the
wedge which has broken up many
homes which should have been per-
manent and, happy. We are going
to fit our girls to be wives, not serv-
ants. The first year they will take
up the arts-applied arts and ele-
mentary sewing. The second year
elementary chemistry in its relation
to household duties and a more ad-
vanced course in sewing and the arts
that ability to make home beauti-'
full and attractive.
"The third and fourth years will
be devoted to scientific cooking. With
good cooking our divorce courts
lose much business. We shall teach
the girls how to care for the invalid,
and especially how to care for babies;
how to deal with the butcher and gro
Ger and everything a wife should
know. Even il our girls marry rich
men and have servants to do their
work this training will put them IN
position to know whether their serv-
ants are doing the work properly.
One important feature of the training
will be the teaching of the girls to
make their own clothing and millin-
ery."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
A Public Bath in Stockholm.

The useful and the beautiful go
hand in hand in Sweden; everything
bears the stamp of the artistic. The
central public bath in Stockholm Is in
q park; the interior is decorated in
green, the right shade Of lavender
and white; the little dressings-rooms
are daintily furnished; the swimming
pools bordered with palms and grow
ing plants, with little island Of
them in the centre, and on top floor
are two, large halls for indoor tennis,
dances, or other public amusements.
Social Sweden" in the Craftsman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
BRYANS HOME COMING
HAILED WITH ENTHUSIASM
Nebraskans Take Him From the
Steamer at New York.
BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
Speech of Greeting Expresses Pleas
ure at Meeting ''Homc Folks"
and Intention to Assist in Their
Campaign.

New York City. William Jen-
nings Bryan, with Mrs. Bryan and
their daughter Grace, arrived on the
North German Lloy.l steamship Prin-
zess Irene. They had been abroad
eight months and had made the cir
cult of the earth.
The liner was met down the bay
by the $50 Nebraskans who have
come on to join in the reception, and
by party of Mr.. Bryan's friends
who we're on board Edward F. Col
tra's yacht Illini. Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan left the Princess Irene at
Quarantine, going first to the tug
boats which contained the Nebraska
delegation. There he was lassoed by
Mayor Jim Dahlman, of Omaha, and
greeted with other attentions intend
ed to let him know how glad the
Home Folks were to welcome him
back. From the Nebraska tugboats
Mr.. Bryan went on the Illini to Sta
pleton, Staten Island
He spent the evening at the home
Of Lewis Nixon, where he conferred
with number Of Democratic manag-
erS. Late in the evening he returned
To the Illini, where he passed the
oight.
The first speech welcoming Mr..
Bryan back to his native country was
made by Mayor Brown, of Lincoln,
who in a few words told how glad
every one was to have him back. Mr..
Bryan smiled and had a short chat
with the Mayor.
Mr.. Bryan was called on for a
speech. His words had the ring of
sincerity and pleasure and his Ne
braska hearers never will forget
hem.
"The United States is the best
country in the world" he began.
Nebraska is the best State in the
United States and Lincoln is the best
>ity in Nebraska. Fairview" (where
Bryan's farm is situated) "is even
better than Lincoln. I was coming
out to Lincoln to see you all, but you
have come to New York to see me
Ind give me the pleasure of greeting
you six days earlier than I expected.
1t was good Of you and 1 appreciated.
I am going to get out to Nebraska as
soon as I can, and I will stay there
as long as I can and do all 1 can to
help you Nebraska Democrats"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
SAW HIS SWEETHEART DIE.
Lovers Planned Double Suicide, But
Man Refused Fatal Drnught.

Houston, TeX.-W. S. Baxter,
prominent planter near Archer, and
his wife we're to leave with their
daughter Pearl, aged twenty. for st.
Louis on an extended Northern tour,
after which the girl was to be placed
in a seminary. This was in order to
break up her love affair, to which
her parents objected. Pearl pleaded
with her parents, saying she pre-
ferred death to separation from her
fiance, but at length she seemed to
give in and assisted in arrangements
for their departure.
She eluded the vigilance of the
family a few minutes, and met her
sweetheart in a cane patch near the
house. 1t was there arranged that
they should die together.
After the good-byes both raised
the bottles of carbolic acid to their
mouths, but he tarried and watched
her swallow the poison. The agonies
of death spreading over her face un-
nerved him, and throwing away his
bottle he hastily retreated. The
parents of Miss Baxter found their
daughter dead an hour later.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Minor Mention.

Navy chaplains want more pay.
One person in every 1900 is blind.
Spain is enjoying business boom.
Over $4,000 autos are registered
in New York.
Persia is to Nave a Constitution
and a Parliament.
Japan is determined to construct
large mercantile navy.
Decentralization Is spreading in the
Russian army and navy.
Owing to the failure of the Labra-
dor fishing season a fish famine is
likely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes 1t hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimu-
lants" under such circumstances Is
like setting the house on fire to see
If you can put it out.
The right kind of food promotes
refreshing sleep at night and wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way
Of eating to Grape-Nuts and says:
"For about three years I had bee"
a great sufferer from indigestio...
After trying several kinds Of medi-
cine the doctor would ask me to drop
of potatoes, then meat, and so on,
but in few days that craving, gnaw-
ing feeling would start up and 1
would vomit everything I ate and
drank.
when 1 started on Grape-Nuts,
vomiting stopped, and the bloating
feeling which was So distressing dis
appeared entirely.
WY mOluCl VIC NSkJ VIVA
cred with diarrhea before commenc-
ing the Grape-Nuts, because her
stomach was so weak she could not
digest her food. Since using Grape
Nuts she is we'll, and says she don't
think she could live without 1t.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for l can sleep as
sound and undistarbed after sup
per of Grape-Nuts as in the old days
when l could not realize what they,
meant by bad stomach" There
is no medicine so beneficial to nerves
and brain as a good nights sleep,
such as you can enjoy after eating
Grape-Nuts.
Name given by Postum Co., Rattle
Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Medical Secrecy.

The question of medical mans
obligation of secrecy has again arisen
in the striking case at the Gironde
Assizes. In 1868 two Jonzac doc
tors, who callod to attend a sick per-
son suspected it to be case Of GRIM
inal poisoning. They believed that
they knew the guilty person, but hes
itated to denounce him. They con-
suited their confreres, who said: GA
crime discovered by us in the exer-
else of our art becomes a professional
secret" This theory, however, is not
universally held.-Le Petit Parisien.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Labor World.

The elevator men in New York are
forming a union.
The strike in the Russian naphtha
industry is spreading.
San Francisco, CAL, is to have
building trades temple!
The cutlery forces Of Southbridge,
Mass, formed union recently.
Garment workers, the majority
Italians, are on strike at Utica, N. Y.
Employment In the British engi-
neering trades generally continues to
improve, and Is much better than a
year ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Sporting Brcvitics.

Ray Ewry, of the New York A. c.,
made a new worlds record at the
standing broad jump.
Sweet Marie won the 'or-all
race at Poughkeepsie, tro'>ing in
2:04k, the fastest time made this
year.
Jimmy Britt has refused the offer
of the Everett A. C. of Washington
for $4,000 to meet Louie Long In a
twenty-round bout.
Ecstatic, owned by F. T. Holder,
of Yonkers, paced a mile in 2.O4 a
in winning a race at the Buffalo
Grand Circuit meeting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
And They Wondered.

At a banquet held in q room, the
walls of which were adorned with
many beautiful paintings, we'll
known college president was called
upon to respond to a toast. In the
course OF his remarks, wishing to pay
a compliment to the ladies present
and designating the paintings with
one of his characteristic gestures, ne
said: What need Is there OF these
painted beautie7 when we have 80
many with us at this table?"-La-
dies Home Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
| CUBAN REBELS AGREE
TO D|SbAND FORCES
Report That Guerra Resists Pal
mas Offer of Amnesty.
REBELS KILLED IN A FIGHT, II
Gen. Guzman's Band is Defeated
Near Cienfugos-A Long Night
Fight Near Havana.--Rebels
Lack Money.

Havana, Cuba.-Senator Dolz, a
leader of the Moderate Party, at the
conclusion of conference with Pres
ident Palma. stated that practically
all the insurgent leaders Of conse-
quence, except Pine Guerra, had sig
nifed their willingness to disband
their men if all were positively guar
anteed immunity for their insurrec-
tionary acts.
On account of information of the
insurgents willingness to quit the
field, there will be no further enlist
ments.
When the Government was issuing
a proclamation offering pardon to
rebels who would lay down their
arms, it's forces were dealing blow
against insurgents in the field.
Gen. Guzman's forces of insur-
gents, which was variously estimated
at from 200 upward, threatened an
attack on Cienfugos. Col. Vale, with
a detachment of Rural Guards and
volunteers, was dispatched to Cien-
fuegos for the. purpose Of engaging
Guzman and breaking up the band.
In an encounter the insurgents lost
seventeen men killed and many
wounded, while the loss to the Gov
ernment force was one man killed.
The Government is without further
particulars of the fight.
A party of insurgents commanded
by Col. Sanchez entered the town of
Bejucal, Province of Havana, forti-
fed themselves, and fought all night
against an attacking force of Govern
ment recruits and Rural Guards
without any other result than that
three of the defenders Of the place
and one Rural Guard were killed.
Bejucal is fifteen miles by rail south
of Havana. It's population is about
5000.
-. Guerra, in a signed statement tele-
graphed, declares that he is as deter
mined as ever that the last Presiden-
tial election shall be annulled before
there can be peace in Cuba. That
Guerra's force of 1000 men is we'll
armed and supplied with ammuni-
ton and food is amply verified.
Their greatest drawback now is the
lack of money, but the people of the
western part Of Pinar del Rio are
furnishing them with all the supplies
needed, taking in return therefor
orders on Cuban Government" and
in many cases refusing to accept any
consideration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
CRAZY OVER BANK FAILURE.
Man Grows .iolent Brooding Over
Loss of $50.

Chicago.-Johann Kinder, eigh-
teen years old, became violent and
alarmed passengers in an Ashland,
avenue car while brooding over the'
loss of $50, which he had deposited
in the failed Milwaukee Avenue State
Bank. Kinder is held pending an in
vestiSation OF his sanity. He is the
second person to become mentally de-
ranged as a result of the failure. In
addition, three persons, including .
teller of the defunct bank have COM
mitted suicide, and one man fell dead
following the flight Of President Paul
Stensland and the closing of the bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
HORSES RUN WITH HARVESTER.
Dozen Killed, Nine Crippled and the
Giant Machine Demolished.

Spokane, Wash. - . Thirty-two
horses in one runaway constituted a
sight that was witnessed On the Dor
man ranch, nine miles from Ritzville.
The animals were attached to one Of
the huge combined harvesters and
threshers.
The leaders took fright and pres
emily the entire thirty-two were rum
ming at top speed, dragging the pom
derous machinery. Twelve horses
were killed outright, nine were Grip
pied and the harvester was demol-
ished, entailing a total loss of $5,-
900.
So far as known, the runaway has
40 parallel in history.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
TRAGEDY OF THE PLAINS.
Dead Mules Hitched to Wagon Con-
tanning Two Dead Men.

Roswell, N. MI. S. Mercham, Of
oortales, while driving across the des-
,rt near Kenna, found covered
wagon, with two dead men on the
seat, and four mules dead in their
harness. Mercham made no investi-
cation, but hurried to the nearest
telegraph Office and sent to the SheSif
aere the facts of his discovery.
Officers started at once for the
scene, carrying medicines and small
supply of nourishing food, fearing
hat inside the wagon there might be
women and children who are sick or
starving.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Estimates of Canada's Crop.

The first estimate of the wheat
crop yield issued by the Northwest,
Grain Dealers Association is far
short of that of the sanguine crop
experts, who figure on one hundred
or 125,000,00G bushels. In their
circular the grain men placed the
average yield at 1914 bushels per
acre, or an aggregate crop of IT,
100000 bushels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
TROOPS PURSUE PULAJANES.
General Movement Against Fanatical
Philippine islanders Planned.

Manila, p, Lit Is officially re-
ported that the main band Of Pula-
lanes has broken into smaller bodies.
A general movement of 1000
troops and 800 constabulary through
all parts of the disaffected region Is
planned. A part of the province OF
Leyte, south of Buyog Bay, has been
cleared Of Pulajanes.
There is no disaffection on the
west coast except few bands which
have escaped the soldiers. On the
cast coast native volunteers are
bringing in prisoners. Governor
Veyra reports that hundreds OF ma
tives have volunteered to help the
troops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Prominent People.

Thomas Bent, the Premier of Vic
toria, introduces songs IN his
speeches.
Senator Foraker explained MS
opposition to the Presidents policy
on the rate bill.
Commander John Cawley, ninety
seven years old, is the Oldest officer
holding commissioned rank in the
British navy.
The Rev. George Grenfell, a mis-
sionary explorer, died at Basoko'
Congo Independent State. He was
born in 1849 near Penzance, Corn
wall. ENGLAND.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
THREE DEWEY PRIZES FOR sos.
inglorious End of Spanish Ships Cap
tured at Manila.

Washington, D. C.-Three Spanish
ships captured by Admiral Dewey in
Manila Bay on May /, 1898, were
;old by the Navy Department for
s103. These ships were advertised
It several Asiatic ports, the total cost
If advertising being $28, and the
Navy Department is quite well satis-
led that the bids were sufficient to
cover the expense of advertising.
The three ships are the Albay, Ma
aileno and Mindanao. They have
been stripped of everything movable,
and are simply old hulks practically
useless for my purpose Of the navy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
How to Write q Book.

= To me an important thing in the
writing of book has always seemed
to present in as few words as possible
an exact picture of whatever sphere
or creature you are describing, so
that those who read may feel the
counterfeit presentment Is correct,
although they personally may not
know that life themselves. 1t is SO
tir&ome to have to inscribe This is
a Sheep" or THAT is Cow" under
ones drawings before their meaning
can be recognized!-From NJ. A. P.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
BAD FOOD DESTROYED.
Chicago Inspectors Get Busy and
Make Numerous Arrests.

NlakC NUuCTOuS ELICoto'
Chicago, Ill.-Three hundred and
fifty thousand pounds of food stuffs
were destroyed, according to the last
issue of the Bulletin Of the Health
Department, because the foods were
impure. The bulletin says that the
food inspectors in. the downtown dis
tricts alone condemned and de-
stroyed 5O,719 pounds. This in
cludes 10000 pounds Of canned
goods and 1880 pounds Of fruit and
vegetables.
The bulletin says the inspectors
took samples from five candy factor
les, three evaporated egg concerns,
three baking powder factories, ten
Ice cream factories, thirty bakeries,
and seventy-fve fruit stands.
Fifteen Greek peddlers, two fish
dealers, three bakers, and three ice
cream dealers we're arrested on the
charge Of attempting to dispose Of
food stuffs that were unfit for con-
sumption. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Filipino Boys Inferior,

The Filipino boy Is inferior physi-
cally to the American boy, but the
girl of the islands, though of small
physique in early years, exceeds at
the age of sixteen the stature OF the
American girl, and is incomparably
superior to her native brothers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Deer Struck by Trains.

Five deer have been struck by
different trains on the Naugatuck
and Shehang divisions Of the New
Haven road and the company has
joined the Connecticut farmers In
demanding a modification Of the law
which protects deer until 1920.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17

Petition the Gar For Dictatorship.
The Monarchical party at Moscow,
Russia, in an address to the Emperor,
openly appeals for a dictatorship,
which will put an end to the demor-
alization in the army" 1t also urges
the complete suppression of Parlia-
ment and the restoration Of the un-
limited autocracy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Courtcsics to Bryan.

President Roosevelt instructed the
Collector and Surveyor Of the port OF
New York City to extend the cour-
tesy Of the port to all Of Mr.. Bryan's
friends who accompany him home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Imports of Diamonds.

Thirty-fve million dollars worth OF
diamonds were imported into the
United States in the fiscal year 1906,
against twenty-seven millions in
1905, nineteen millions in 1904, and
twenty-six millions in 1908.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Undertakes Embalms Himself.

Adam IIantz, fifty-nve years old,
an undertaken at Knox, Clarion
County, Pa, drank q quantity of en-
balming fluid by mistake and died in
horrible agony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
First Letter to Taft.

The use of the simplified spelling
was begun at Oyster Bay, the first
letter in which the new forms were
used being sent to Secretary Taft.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17

Russian Princess Burned to Death.
At Tiflis, Transcaucasia, the coun-
try mansion of Prince Palavandof
was set on fire by peasants. The
Princess was unable to escape and
was burned to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Great Trade Promised.

All signs point to volume of fall
and winter trade in excess of a year
ago and of a calendar year surpass-
ing all previous records.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
No Labor Supply.

No relief appears as to the supply
of labor, production being reduced In
some cases where consumers are most
urgent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Strike at BilbOa.

A general strike has been de-
clared at Bilboa, Spain. Many per-
sons were wounded in fight with
troops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Bonds Not to Be Retired.

Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary OF the
Treasury, denies that he intends to
retire any portion Of the Govern
ment four per cent. bonds of 1907.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Glow Of Crop Money

Crop moving demands are causing
an increased flow of money to the
country, and the outlook faYors
continued stiff market.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Chilean Towns Rebuilding.

President Riesco said that all Chill
can towns damaged by the earth
quake would be rebuilt. The work
of repairing goes on actively at Val
DaraiSO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Jonan,s Choap Railroad Ties.

Railroad ties from Japan are de-
livered in Mexico for use on new
railroad in the States Of Sonora and
Sinaloa at a cost Of f1fty-six cents.
aniece
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17

The first typewriter ever made ap-
peared in 1714, the work of Henry
Mills. N. Y.-35
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Russian Press Applauds.

The Russian press applauds the
ukase of the Car conveying crown
lands to the peasants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Watcrmclons n Cent Apiece.

Choice watermelons sold recently
at Laurel, Del, for 81 a hundred, the
lowest price ever known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
Santo Domingo Debt Plan.

Refunding the debt Of Santo Do
mingo through new bond issue is
the latest plan Of the Administration
to solve the Dominican financial prob
lem.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17

Thaws to Leave PiStsburg.
Mrs. Mary Thaw has decided to sell
the Thaw family home in Pittsburg
and live in, New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17

Nebraskans Call on Hearst.
The Nebraskan delegation OF
Bryan men called upon William R.
..Iearst at the headquarters Of the
Independence League in New York
City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-17
New Smelling Nav Fail.

Goldwin Smith said that he thought
President Roosevelt's effort to bring
about a change in spelling would
come to nought.