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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Trees Growing in Churches.

The parish church of Ross, Here
fordshire, possesses some singular &C.
c~lesiastical Ornaments" in two fine
elm trees flourishing one on each side
of the pew where once sat the famous
Man of Ross" John KyrIe. They
are tabled locally to have sprung up
as a token of divine wrath against
a profane rector of Ross who had
cut down some trees which Kyrle had
planted in the churchyard.
Trees in or on churches are not
uncommon. At Kempsey, in the adj
joining county of Worcester, a large
horse chestnut tree has grown in the
chancel from the tomb of Sir Ed
mund Wylde, who died about 1929.
On the tower of Fishtoft Church, near
Boston, grows a lusty beech, and a
similar tree may be seer on the tower
of Culmstock in Devonshire. Apart
from intrinsic beauty the parish
church of Crick, in Northampton
shire, is or was recently remarkable
for two trees growing out Of the
masonry about fifty feet from the
ground.-London Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
New Mucilage Bottle.

The problem of devising a muci-
lage bottle which would prove en-
tirely satisfactory for home use has
received the attention of inventors
for many years. Everybody IS fami-
liar with the nickel bottle OF muci-
lage purchased at the corner store.
The bottle is securely sealed by a
tight-ftting cork, and with each bot
tie a small brush for applying the
fluid is supplied gratuitously. After
using the mucilage the question
arises of what to do with the brush.
The cork must be replaced OF the
nucilage becomes hard. If the brush
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Her AntiuOtc.

A Washington doctor was recently
called to his telephone by a negro
oma formerly in the service Of his
wife. In great agitation the darby
advised the physician that her young
est child vas in a bad way.
"What seems to be the %trouble?'
asked the physician.
DOC, she done swallowed a whole
bottle of ink"
"I'll be over there in a short while
to see her." said the medico. "1n the
meantime. have you done anything
for herr"
81 done give her three pieces o
blottin' paper, Doc" said the negress.
doubtfully.-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
SIX DIE IN FIRE.
Bride-to-Be Among Victims Who Are
Smothered ut Gloversville, N. Y.

Gloversville, N. Y.-Half an hour
after a party of merrymakers had left
Solomon Franks house, where they
had celebrated the approaching nup.
tials Of the second daughter, Dora,
fire swept through the house and six
members of the family, including the
afianced bride, were killed. Only the
mother and two infant sons escaped.
The dead are: Solomon Frank,
aged forty years: his daughters,
Sarah, twenty-one years old; Dora.
nineteen; Rose, seventeen; Minnie.
twelve, and Mary, ten. All were SUI.
located by smoke.
Frank was g well-to-do glove cut.
ter. Soon after the girls had retired
Mrs. Frank discovered the flames.
which apparently originated from a
defective chimney. She gave the
alarm, but was able only to save her
two little boys and herself. The
father lost his life in attempting to
reach his daughters, the position OF
whose bodies when found indicated
that they had left their beds and
made futile efforts to escape through
the windows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
CLOTHING IN TROPICS.
Advice Based On the Experience Of
Dark-Skinned Races.

Americans contemplating a tour
in the Orient asked the United States
Consul General in Calcutta what they
should wear in summer. Here Is the
essence of his reply:
Summer clothing in India varies In
color and texture. but in the main 1t
is light Of color, light in weight and
generally white. This has been the
case for probably a thousand or more
years. Lately it has been suggested
that the outside should be white and
the inside brown. black, red or orange
color. The theory is that the white
man should endeavor to initiate ma
ture-that Is, the native, who has
a black or brown skin, covers him
self with white cloth. He is COM
Portable no matter how hot 1t gets.
even when exposed to the direct rays
Of the sun.
The native of a tropical climate
has a pigment in his skin that resists
the actinic or short rays Of the sun,
which are really dangerous to the
white man, who is not possessed of
the dark pigment. This color pro-
tects the colored man from the de-
structive rays of the sun. The white
nan should ear dark-colored silk
or Isle thread or some other dark
gauZe underwear. and over that light
white or light colored flannel or
white linen or cotton. This is the
best clothing for a Caucasian in the
tropics. If the rule is followed by a
white person in India during the hot
test weather, and a pith hat or
"tropic" is worn, there will be as
little discomfort as is possible from
tropical heat OF course there are
other considerations besides dress.
One should eat little meat, avoid alco-
holic drinks, sleep under an overhead
electric fan, if possible, and take a
short sleep in the afternoon If bust
ness permits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
TAILORS ROSE IN THEIR NIGHT.
Refused to Permit n Performance
That SatiriZed Their Craft.

In 1859 Foote had produced a bur-
lesque, the author of which has W
been discovered, entitled THE
Tailors: a Tragedy For Warm
Weather" Dowton announced the re-
vival of this piece for his benefit. AS
the title implies, it was a satire upon
the sartorial craft, and upon the bills
being issued an indignation meeting
was convened by the knights of the
needle, who vowed to oppose the per-
Torrance by might and main.
Menacing letters were sent to Dow
ton, telling him that 1900 tailors
would attend to his piece, and one.
who signed himself Death" added
that 10000 men could be found if
necessary. These threats were
laughed at by the actors; but when
night came it was discovered that the
craft were in earnest, and that, with
few exceptions, they had contrived
to secure every seat in the house,
while a mob without still squeezed
for admission. The moment Dowton
appeared upon the stage there was a
hideous uproar, and some N threw
a pair Of shears at him.
Not a word would the rioters listen
to, nor would they accept any compro-
mise in the way of changing the piece.
Within howled and Kissed without in
Permission hundreds of exasperated
tailors; outside howled and beloved
thousands Of raging tailors, who at
tempted to storm the house. So for
midable did the riot wax that a mag.
istrate had to be sent for and special
constables called out. but these were
helpless against overwhelming odds,
so a troop of Life Guards was ulti-
mately summoned. who after making
sixteen prisoners put the rest to
light.-From the American Tailor
and Cutter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Terms of
From Leslie's Weekly.

1t is said that once when the late
DR.. Tanner, the Irish NJ. P, had
asked in the House of Commons
whether it were true that the Duke of
Cambridge had resigned his position
as Commandments, a Major
Jones Of Penzance vas SO outraged
that he challenged DR.. Tanner to a
duel, and the following t~elegraphlc
correspondence took place:
in reply to your despicable ques-
ton about the Duke of Cambridge !
designate YOU a coward. Delighted
to give you satisfaction across the
water. Pistols"
"Wire received. Will meet you TO-
morrow in Constantinople, under the
Tower of Galata, midnight. Being
challenged, prefer ~torpedoes. Bring
another ass."-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Newsy Paragraphs.

Germany has a treasury surplus.
Canada was still g seller Of Can
adam Pacific.
Kansas is now moving for a two
cent fare law.
The taste for bull fighting is grow
ing in France.
Polar explorers report that there
is no lard north of Alaska.
Greece, for the third time. will es-
tablish q legation in Washington.
American built automobiles are
successfully invading principal Euro!
pean centres,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
STEAMER FOUNDERS;
A SCORE DROWN
Ore Carrier Cyprus Sinks in Lake
Superior on Second Trip.
ONLY ONE MAN SURVIVES WRECK
Story Of Mate Pitt, Who Was Res.
cued-Neglect of Ordinary Pre-.
cautions Cause - Cargo Shifted
With Matches Open.

With HatcheS open.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.-The steel
steamer Cyprus, owned by the Lacka.
wanna Transportation Company, and
on her second trip down the lakes
with a cargo of ore, f%oundered at
7.45 p. n. in Lake Superior, eighteen
miles north Of Deer Park, which is
about thirty miles from Grand Ma.
rails, and all of the crew Of twenty.
two excepting Second Mate Pitt, were
lost.
He was washed ashore near Deer
Park dashed to a life raft, and barely
alive. Recovering consciousness al
ter hours Of constant nursing he de,
scribed the last moments Of the crew
on board the Inflated vessel. Or.
The Cyprus was making fairly good
weather in the storm, when suddenly
the cargo Of ore shifted, giving the
craft a heavy list. This was about 7
D. m, when the vessel was off Deer
Park in the regular course of vessels
bound up and down. Water began
pouring in through the matches,
throwing the crew into a panic, many
of them putting on life preservers.
Captain Huyck felt confident that
he could reach shelter behind White
Fish Point, and the boats were not
lowered. Both engine and pumps
were working, and it was believed
that the vessel would not sink with
out warning. -.
But suddenly the big freighter
rolled over on her side and almost In
stantly plunged to the bottom. When
she rolled over the first and second
mates, q Waterman and the wheels
man were close to a life raft, which
they cut loose and cast OF just IN
time to escape the whirlpool caused
by the vessel as she plunged beneath
the surface of the water.
Until 2 o'clock a. N. the four men
chung to their frail support, while the
waves drove them toward shore.
Five times in the angry surf Of the
rocky shore the raft was upset, the
men each time having to fight a heavy
undertow for their lives. Each fight
weakened the benumbed and dis
heartened sailors, and after the fifth
battle with the surf only Pitt re-
NAMED upon the raft. The next time
the raft was caught up on the surf II
was thrown upon the beach.
Pitt had just strength enough left
to crawl out of reach Of the waves
before he fell exhaustedS where he
later was found by the patrol of the
~llfe-saving station. The vessel lies In
nineteen fathoms Of water. Nine OF
the bodies have been recovered, but
the remainder of the twenty-five will
probably never come to the surface.
The last payroll Of the steamer
Cyprus was aboard the boat and was
probably lost. This alone a give
the names Of the members of the
crew. The list available is as fol-
lows:
Captain, F. 3. Huyck, Of Sheridan,
N. Y.
First mate, John Smith, Cleveland
Second mate, J. G. PITT.
Engineer, j. j. Norcross, OF Cow
anda, N. Y.
Cooks w. NJ. Dundon and wife.
These are the names of all who are
known to have been aboard the boat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
MARINE OFFICER A SUICIDE.
Lieut.. James n. Sutton Shoots Him.
self After an Annapolis Hop.

Annapolis, Md.-Second Lieut.. Jas.
N. Sutton, of the United States Ma
rine Corps, committed suicide with a
revolver as he was returning from a
hop at the Naval Academy. 1t is sup
posed that he was deranged. Sutton
was from Portland, Ore.
Lieuts. r. e. Adams, of Harris
burg, Pa. and E. P. Rolker, son OF
Chief Engineer Rolker, of the navy.
we're slightly injured while attempt
ing to disarm Sutton. One pistol was
taken from him, but Sutton immedi-
ately drew another and shot himself
In the head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
FOREIGN.

The National Assembl, adopted
and the Shah sanctioned the revised
constitution for Persia.
The Greek Consul-General at Sa-
loniki, Turkey, M. Coromilas. has
been appointed Minister of his Gov
eminent to the United States.
Viscount Hayashi has been pro-
NOTED to the rank OF Count and DR..
Motono and M. Kurino have been
made barons for their work in con-
Guiding recent japanese treaties.
Minister of Education BRAND, Of
France, has signed dscrees prorid-
ing for the dissolution of three Cath
Ollie communities. including the Sis
tiers of Marie-Joseph, for violation of
the law governing religious congrega-
lions.
The German Government is consid-
ering the ~advisability Of building
enormous balloon sheds. Orders
have already been given for sheds at
Strasburg, lear the French frontier,
and at Kiel.
Canadian manufacturers p~etitioned
Sir Wilfrid Laurier that the eXporta-
ton of wood pulp for paper making
be prohibited.
w. T. Stead. now at The Hague. is
organizing a peace pilgrimage
through Latin-America. Starting
from England next March, the pill
grims will 90 first to New York,
thence by train TO Mexico.
A dispatch from Seoul says that
another plot laid by the former En-
pcror to Illustrate Japan's plans in
Korea has been discovered.
The growth Of cholera epidemic in.
Toxic has aroused grave a%pprehen-
sion among Japanese authorities.
The German Foreign Office denied
TIE rumors that a German feet would
visit American Atlantic ports after
the battleships had gone TO the Pa
ciflc, and that an understanding in
the nature of an alliance existed be-
tween the two nations.
The Japanese Government has
opened q million acres Of Korean
land to settlement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

scissors for cutting the thread. 1t
comprises a pair of pivoted blades,
the handles of which are set at an
angle. At the end Of one handle is a
slot and in the other a lug, to limit
the movement of the blades. In use
the thread cutter is placed in the
palm of the hand, being held in posi-
ton by a loop which slips over the
little finger. 1t is claimed that Ii
can be kept in the palm Of the hand
without interfering with the opera
ton while sewing, there being per-
feet freedom of the fingers at all
times. A slight twist of the fingers
is all that is required to operate the
cutter to break the thread
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Encouragement.

I'm afraid" said the soubrettt
"that I'll not be able to appear to-
night. I have a sort throat"
Don't let that worry you, dear"
replied the prima donna. Nothing
could happen to your throat that
wouldn't help your singing."-Chic.
ago Record-Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Thread Cutter.

A recently patented device OF in
terest to dressmakers and tailors Is
the thread cutter shown in illustra-
ton below. Persons employed In
these vocations have found that a
great deal of time is consumed in
picking up a pair of scissors each
time it is necessary to cut the sewing
thread. This continuance was de-
signed especially to do away with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Tho Pessimistic Poet.

The rose that smells the sweetest
is the first to fade. The boy who runs
the fastest is the n to soonest jade.
The brightest Of the evenings has
the gloomiest of dawns. The man
with the biggest yard must sut the
biggest lawus.-Albany Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Cuban labor organizations
adopted a resolution to order a gen.
eral strike If the railways employed
str~ikebreakers; a dispatch from Sam
uel Gompers offered the aid of Amer
lean labor bodies.
The United States will at once for
tify Subig Bay, in the Philippines,
which Admiral Dewey Is said to re-
gard as more important stragetically.
than Manila Bay. ... .
The cable ship Silvertown laid the
shore end of the HaVana-New York
cable at Havana and sailed for New
York.
In the sugar sections of Cuba gen.
orally the supply Of labor is reported
as quite short, but other than that
the conditions are good and the har-
vesting of the sugar crop is progress
Ing rapidly.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company
has contracted for $1,500,000 worth
Of Ohio wood railroad ties to be de-
livered from Hawaii during the next
five years.
Governor Magoon directed the ex.
penditure Of nearly a million dollars
from the surplus revenues Of Cuba
on internal improvements during the
month of August.
Gold to the amount of $50 ounces
has been mined by Igorrotes at Ba-
guio, Philippine Islands. 1t is said
that in Benguet Province more than
00O native miners are engaged In
delving for the precious mineral.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

Eather-"Willic, your conduct OF
late has been most reprehensible. |
cannot imagine where you learn such
behavior"
Willie-"Am | to understand, sir,
that Won entirely discredit the theory
of heredity ?"-Woman's Home Com
rapinu.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
RAILROAD HAS TO QUIT.
Virginia and Southwestern, of the
Southern System, Suspends.

Asheville, N. C.-The Virginia and
Southwestern Railway, which was
sold last June to the Southern Rail-
way for S10,O00,000, has suspended
operations on account of the new rate
law.
1t is stated that the abandonment
of this road was made necessary by
the failure of the Southern to provide
sufficient improvement funds with
which TO carry it on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
DOMESTIC.

Governor James H. Higgins was
renominated by the Democrats OF
Rhode Island, who pledged their sup
port to Colonel r. H. /. Goddard for
United States Senator.
At the meeting Of the Interstate
Cotton Steel Crushers' Association, it
was declared that careless handling
Of cargoes and unfavorable tariff
cause an annual loss of about 3d.
100000.
August Hartje. in seeking to re-
open his divorce case, filed sensa-
tional letters rejecting on the good
name of his wife. They were written
by the wife's sister to her former
6ance, who sold them to Hartje.
At the Salt Lake City meeting the
Union Pacific management was In
iorsed without opposition.
Seeking shelter under a bridge
from the rain, the three little daugh.
ters of Samuel Cook, Of Durango,
CAL, were caught by a sudden cloud
burst and swept into the stream to
their death.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina.
is deeply gratifed by a telegram from
J. H. Tucker, of Asheville, telling him
the Prohibitionists had defeated the
saloons and made the city dry" by
200 majority.
Judge Lacombe made permanent
the ~receivership of the New York
City Railway Companyand the Metro
politan Street Railway Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

In Rhodesia, Africa, at Broken
Hill, nearly 100000 tons of lead
and zinc are in sight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

Comparative tests of electricity and
pneumatic drills have resulted over
whelmingly in favor of the latter.
This is a very severe service and the
electric drill does not seem to stand
I'D under it, and time is constantly
lost in making repairs to the machin-
cry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

The record power transmission is
that of the Kern River plant in south
ern California, where $4,000 horse
power is sent III miles at a pressure
of $4,000 volts. Extensions Of this
plant are contemplated which will in
crease the horsepower to $4,000.
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is allowed to dry it becomes hard.
A neat method Of solving the difficult
ty is shown in the illustration. On
The inner side of the neck Of the bot
tie is a band of spring wire, the outer
side being open. The brush fits in
to this ring, an opening also being
made in the cork. To release the
brush the handle is withdrawn
through the side opening of the ring.
A Wyoming man has had the idea
patented. This Improvement could
readily be added with slight addi-
tionai cost to the manufacturers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

|AscTEMg6E

The Opaque centre Of a cake of ar
tifcial ice. which a French physician
has pointed out, is due to freezing
from the outside the impurities, in
Guiding bacteria, being crowded ir1o
the last portion Of solidity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

. A German botanist, o. Kuntze, has
pointed out that a certain specimen
of taxodium at Oaxada, Mexico, which
heretofore has been regarded as the
biggest tree in the world, having a
diameter Of ten metres. consists in
reality of three trees which grew into
one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

Copper is stated to be so hardened
as to take a cutting edge by adding to
it, while in a molten state, about two
per cent. of potassium ferrocyanide.
The color is not affected. The reason
for the change is not tlear, but it Is
supposed to result from the introduce
ton of iron and possibly carbon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

Two English scientists discovered,
about ten years ago, that fused silica
might be treated in the same way
as glass, but it was left for Germany
to develop it's commercial possibili-
ties. An English firm has now taken
up the original process and is enabled
to place this material on the market
at reasonable rates. To chemists the
discovery is of great service, for the
vessels made Of fused silica will not
crack even when heated white hot
and plunged into water. They are
also impregnable to, acids. and it is
even possible to use them for melting
platinum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

An experimental railroad for test
ing signaling devices, materials used
in track construction and different
types of motor cars for railroad use,
has been built by the Railway Depart
ment of the German Government.
The road is double tracked and is
oval-shaped, having a length Of $3.50
feet. The straight track is about 500
feet long.-Engineering Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-27
RUMORED CHANGES
IN TRACTION HEAD

Every once in while current rumor
connects the name OF some prominent
citizens with the office Of president of
the washington Railway and Electric
Company at the dissolution Of tie vot-
ing trust next June. when IL Is believed
thai a new set OF people may be found
In control. AS IL is thought they may
be largely composed Of Washington
capitalists il is taken for granted they
may prefer a local man AT the head OF
the organization.
Charles c. Glover. president Of the
Riggs Bank. has several times been Of
fered the position by these same wise
acres and on surrendering his connection
vice president OF the Capital Trac-
ton road il was at once taken as proof
positive that he was preparing himself
Tor the position.
Frederick c. Stevens. president Of the
Commercial Bank. and at one time pres
ident Of the road. was believed 10 be
willing TO assume the management. and
his friends were enthusiastically de-
lighted al the prospect.