davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-07-17
Ladies' Skirts.

White Linen finished Skirt, made
nice and flu | worth $1.O0. 79c
Ladies' black and Navy Panama
Skirts, elegantly made worth
$3.50 So SO
Ladies' Panama Skirts grey, blue
and black worth IS at. so SO
Cream Mohair Skirts real So value
Black Wolfe Skirts, elegantly
made, silk bands, ETC., worth
$50. Bargain sale price 5 Is
Ladies' Chiffon Panama, also
wolfe, we'll tailored worth $1,000
at. DO ID
Ladies' white waist, Licely made
with lace and embroidery worth
81 90 at.................7 9C
Ladies, $1.25 waist at ......9 $50
Ladies' bleached vest at. &c
Ladies' fine bleached vest at. Sc
Ladies' fine lace yoke vest worth
1910 Dress Bingham at.,... 1Oc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Slang.

In a paper contributed to Putnam's
Monthly recently Herbert Paul, an
Englishman, deplores the decadence
Of the English language. He thinks
be may be forgiven a passing qualm
when he finds such a phrase as
"queering the pitch" in the leading
columns of a great newspaper which
fused to be a fountain of classical
English" He is not so futile and
pedantic as to wage war against
slang. Bnt its proper place is surely
private conversation"
Is it? We ourselves are moved to
record a passing qualm. Only the
other day in a household where the
Lares and PenateS were shipped di.
rect from the Athens of America, we
overheard a conversation between a
nice old lady and the te~n-year-old
daughter Of a Radcliffe graduate. 1t
bore somewhat remotely upon the
virtues of thrift, and so we cannot
be quite sure whether the old lady's
manifest bewilderment arose from
the i%rrelevance or the phraseology ,t
the child's impulsive avowal, I'm
going to plant all my dough in a
bike Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Money in Frogs Legs.

Thanks to the perseverance Of a
number of prospecting youngsters,
residents of Haddington and Over
brook may now have daily suppers OF
choice frogs legs. A veritable mine
of frogs was discovered a week ago
by members of a juvenile baseball
team who were playing near Sixty
third and Market streets. A fly ball
was knocked into a ditch, and the
lelders who chased it found fully
two dozen frogs holding a convention
on the shore of the little stream. The
game was stopped and the boys got
busy in the ditch with their bats.
More than half a hundred frogs were
captured in the first raid. They
were made ready for the market by
the youngsters, who had little trouble
in selling them at fifty cents a dozen.
Since the discovery the boys have
been prospecting daily, and hundreds
of frogs have been gathered in dur
ing the last few days. Unfortunately
for the discoveries, the news has
spread, and now the frog fields have
been invaded by so many youngsters
that the price has been cut down.
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Man.
A mans life is full of crosses and

A mans life is full Of crosses and
temptations. ,
He comes into this world without
his consent, and goes out against his
will, and the trip between the two is
exceedingly rocky. The rule OF the
c~ontraries is one of the important
features Of the trip.
When he is little, the big girls
kiss him; but when he IS grown, the
little girls kiss him.
If he is poor, he is a bad manager;
if he is rich, he is dishonest.
If he needs credit, he can't get II;
if he's out of politics, you can't place
him, and he's no good for his coun-
try.
If he doesn't give TO charity, he is
a stingy cuss; if he does, it is for
show.
If he is actively religious, he IS a
hypocrite; if he takes no interest III
religion, he is a hardened sinner.
If he shows affection, he is a sott
specimen; if he seems to care 1or
no one, he is cold-blooded.
If he dies young, there was a great
future ahead of him; if he ives to
an old age, he has missed his calling.
The road is rocky, but NAL loves
to travel it.-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

here, the invention of a Rhode Island
man. It's usefulness will be apparent
at once. This dose-dispensing bottle
has an inner partition, which is made
integral with the bottle and extends
part way across the interior. In the
partition is a recess for holding an
ordinary dose of medicine. Natur-
ally, by inverting the bottle, the con-
tents will flow 10 the top through tho
opening between the partition and the
side of the bottle. When the bottle
is again righted to its proper position
the recessed partition will retain the
amount of the required dose. the bal
ance dropping to the bottom Of the
bottle. Upon removing the cork and
fitting the bottle only the liquid in
the partition will flow out.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

Swiss Eggs.-Four eggs well beat
en-, one-half cup cheese, one pint
milk, salt and pepper. Bake until
set and well Drowned.
Cress and Cucumber Salad.-Wash
and chill watercress and add one Gu
cumber pared, chilled and cut In
dice; serve with French dressing.
Sweet Apple Custard Pie.-Two
we'll beaten eggs, one cup grated
sweet apple, n pint sweet milk, two
large spoonfuls of sugar, a little salt
and flavor.
Oyster Toast.-Chop a. dozen fat
oysters, season with pepper and salt,
add a trace of nutmeg, melt a lump
of butter in the chatting dish, add the
oyster meat. Beat up the yolks Of
two egg with a gill of sweet cream,
stir it in the dish until the egg is firm
and serve on buttered toast.
Cheap Fruit Cake.-Two eggs.
th%ree-fourths cup of sugar, one-halt
cup of butter, one-half cup of mo-
lasses mixed with a good one-halt
teaspoonful of soda, two cups flour,
one cup Of chopped ~raisins. a little
Glove and cinnamon. Will keep a
long time and improves with age.
Egg Coollics.-One cup Of sugar,
two eggs, one-half cup OF butter, one
half cup or sour cream (scur milk
can be used) with half a teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in it; stir these to.
gether, not beating the eggs. Add
enough -four to roll out as soft as
they can be cut. Half a cup Of CO.
coanut can be added with the -four il
desired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Luncheon Lore.

Women have still a great deal to
Iearn in the matter Of economy In
food. They crowd the tearooms and
"quick lunch" restaurants, and spend
In the aggregate an enormous amount
of money, in the majorit-' Of cases
for food that neither nourishes nor
satisfies them.
Business women in particular and
brain workers especially among them
ought to know food values and plan
their meals accordingly. They have
not yet discovered that lettuce is
twice as cooling as ice cream, and
that mince-pie is not a dish for early
summer. *
1t is not necessary to emulate the
steak, fried potatoes and coffee of
the average man. In fact, such a
diet would disagree with most per-
sons if partaken Of to any great ex-
tent.
A thin soup is usually twice as pal
atable as a thick one, and is nearly
in some cases quite as nourishingt
This, with a sandwich of some cold
meat, lettuce or water cress, and,
perhaps, a simple sweet-not pas
try-makes a satisfactory midday
meal.
Where this is the principal meal of
the day, more may be partaken of,
but, especially in summer, all rich
and heavy made dishes" should be
avoided, and plenty Of fresh vege-
tables should be eaten.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Attachment For BrOoms.

In the illustration below is shown
a dustpan attachment for brooms,
such as is used in sweeping the floors
Of dwellings, the invention of a Cali
fornia man. 1t can readily be ap-
piled to any ordinary broom and op-
Grated to enable the dirt to be swept
into the pan conveniently and with
out necessitating the sweeper to
stoop closely over the dustpan dur
ing the operation.
The attachment connecting the
dustpan with the broom is made Of
wire bent to form a clasp to the
broom handle. Between this clasp
and the dustpan are two wire rods,
the dustpan being pivoted on the ends
of the rods. The dustpan is made of
sheet metal in the form of a box, hav-
ing an opening at n side, and the
bottom constructed with a projecting
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
No Fake, This.

Mr.. Cocklin. walking in thick
grass near the Marico River, Bechu-
analand, was thrown to the ground
by a fourteen-foot python, which
coiled around his legs and then tried
to drag him to a tree near by, so
that, by coiling its tail around the
trunk it might proceed to crush him
to death. When within two yards OF
the tree Mr.. Cocklin got a hand free
and shot the snake. which was so
heavy it needed three men to lift it.
East London Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Washing Soda.

The kitchen should never be with.
out concentrated I've and washing
soda. The I've ought to be used once
a week to. clear away the grease col,
lected on the inside of the waste pipe
Of the sink. Dissolve the I've in boil.
ing water and pour down the pipe
while it is very hot. Washing soda
may also be used for the same pur.
pose, as well as for cleaning pots and
kettles. Fill your utensils with hot
water, and set over the fire, with a
tablespoonful Of soda. 1t is we'll to
boil out the coffee pot occasionally
with this same solution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

lid to catch the dust. In sweeping
the attachment is securely held
against the broom, the bottom Of the
dustpan being held against the side
of the broom and the broom used in
the ordinary manner. When the dirt
being swept up is collected at some
point the broom is turned around, SO
as to enable the dustpan to descend
to the floor in such a way as shown in
the illustration. The mouth Of the
dustpan is then disposed toward the
broom and on the opposite side of
the dirt, ~':ch is then swept into the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Impediment in His Hearing.

A small boy who lives near Bean
Lake was fishing, and his mother
had to call him five times to make
him hear. Finally she landed on
him, and, shaking him in a terrible
manner, wanted to know why he did
not answer This vas his reply: Il
didn't hear you the first three times,
and the last time l had a bite."-Ar-
gonaut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
To Shrink Wash Goods.

All washable fabrics should always
undergo a thorough shrinking before
they are cut. This is abb .tely nee
essary, as a first laundering would be-
likely to reduce the dress of which
the material was not shrunk before.
hand to such dimensions that it
would be unfit for further use. To
shrink wash fabrics they should be
immersed in hot water and hung up
to dry without wringing them.
When the materials are partly dry,
they are carefully pressed under a
cloth to prevent their becoming
glossy on one side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
THE RETURN.

&c sought the old scenes with eager feet
The scenes he had known as a boy;
+Oh, for a draught of those fountains
sweet,
And a taste Of that vanished joy"
He roamed the fields, he unused b. the
streams,
He threaded the paths and lanes.
On the hills he sought his youthful dreams,
In the woods to forget his pains.
oh, sad, sad hills; oh, cold, cold hearth!
In sorrow he learned thy truth
One may go back to the place of his birth
He can not 60 back to his youth.
John Burroughs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
A Missionary to the Kurds,

DR.. Jesse Malik Yonan, of Urmia,
Persia, who is now on a visit to the
United States. is the only Christian
physician among the fanatical Kurds
of Northwestern Persia, where he is
doing medical mission work at his
own charges.-Christian Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Two Necessities In One.

A New Jersey man has conceived
the excellent idea Of combining a
shoe horn and a shoe buttoner. In
stead of having two separate nipple
ments-a shoe horn and a shoe but
toner-these two indispensable ne.
cessities are combined in one. As
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

The average American church
member gives tifty-four cents to for
eign missions. The record is held by
the United Presbyterians, who give
SLIT a merHh
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Old Skirts Renewed.

If you have an old last seasons
skirt which has lost its freshness buy
some contrasting material and put
two bias folds on the skirt. Make
a jumper waist and belt Of the same
goods as folds and you will have a
pretty suit to wear with white waists
on cool days. When. req. warm leave
off jumper and wear skirt and belt
with q white waist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Shirt Waist Holder.

Fasten two tapes On the corset at
the waist line, one on each side.
Have a good sized eyelet made on the
shirt waist at the waist line in the
middle Of the back. After the waist
is on pull the tape through the eyelet,
separate, and. tie. around the waist
Under the large hook ON the corset
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
Newspapers as Fuel.

In the spring and fall when you
want just a little heat, or in an
emergency when you must make a
cup of coffee and cook an egg-get
your newspapers together, and make
"knots" by folding them lengthwise,
and twisting them and tying them.
You will be surprised at the amount
of heat generated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
NB6IA1'~ '1sEHorDOSN
SBK}E slHTTERS TNR!
~s<ss aH sn~3
Steel Knives. Cleaned.

Steel bladed knives, rubbed with
mutton suet before laying them away
will not rust. Mutton suet hardens,
but beef does not, So be. careful about
this.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

Both in the United Kingdom and in
the United States alcoholic bever-
& e contribute more than a fourth
If the total receipts to the Treasury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07

shown in the illustration. one-half
comprises the shoe horn and the 9TH
er half the shoe buttoner-one part
not interfering with the use of the
other.-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-07
SeIf-NIeasuring Bottle.

A novelty, which at first glance APP
a freakish, but which neverthe-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
What Mr.. Roosevelt Said.

am deeply sensible of the honor
done me by the American people in
thus expressing their confidence in
what ] have done and have tried TO
do. | appreciate to the full the SOL
emn responsibility this confidence
imposes upon me, and ! shall do all
that in my power lies not to forfeit
it. On the 4th of March next | shall
have served three and a half years,
and this three and half years consti-
tutes my first term. The wise Gus
tom which limits the President to
two terms regards the substance and
not the form, and under no circum-
stances will | be a candidate for or
accept another nomination-[Sta State
ment by President Roosevelt Nov. 8,
1904.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13

the silence, the apathy, of Democrats.
and the voice of Republican machine
politicians, heading their obedient fol-
lowers and carrying as the winning
prize of absolute ownership the SOL
i'd negro suffrage. The white voters
of Kentucky didn't do it, If it were
left entirely to the white race, 1t
would not be so.
These are facts indisputable-incon-
trovertable by the simple logic of
mathematics. Credit to whom credit
is due. OF course Democrats can
blame only themselves for the fail
ure of their ticket to win, but the
Republicans, in enthusing over the
result, should color their remarks
with the necessary ingredients and
show to the public just what they
did it with.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
Caleb Powers Case Called.

Georgetown. KY, Nov. 11.-There
was a considerable crowd attracted
to Georgetown to-day by the fourth
trial of Caleb Powers for conspiracy
in the assassination of Senator Will
liam Goebel.
The special judge appointed by Gov
ernor Beckham TO try the case, the
Hon. j. S. Morris, OF Lagrange, OPP
ened court promptly and the case
was called at once.
The Commonwealth was represented
by Commemorative Attorney Robert
Franklin, Ben S. Williams and Vic
tor S. Bradley.
The attorneys for Mr.. Powers were
the Hon. w. G. Owens, of Louisville;
Judge j. C. Sims, of Bowling Green;
Samuel L. Wilson, of Lexington, and
W. NJ Smith, OF Louisville
After call Of the Commonwealth
witnesses, Attorney Franklin asked
for recess till tomorrow morning,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
WHAT AND WHO DID IT.

There is one fact which should not
escape the intelligent Kentucky voter
a fact which stands out the more bold
ly as its ominous aspects present
themselves-and that is, if the negro
vote were eliminated, Kentucky would
be Democratic yet by many thous-
ands majority. The negro vote con-
trolls the situation in Kentucky to-
day. 1t also controls it in a great
measure in the nation. Without it,
the Republicans could not hope to
elect anybody to anything. The Re-
publican victory in Kentucky is not
the voice of the white people speaking
for their sovereign rights. 1t is more
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
THE STAY-AT-HoME VOTE.

When one comes to look for and
sum up all the causes which con-
tributed to Democratic defeat and Re-
publican success in Kentucky, he is
amidst a mass of suggestive POSSIBLE
tiles. Some say it was one thing;
some another Few theories agree
altogether. The result might have
been one of a dozen causes. 1t is
hardly probable that any great num-
Der of Democrats voted the Repub-
lican ticket. Perhaps the most plausi-
BILE and satisfactory reason for the
result was that too many Democrats
failed to vote. Comparison of the
vote in many counties and precincts
of the State with that of former years,
amply justifies this conclusion. The
Republicans, as usual, voted their
full strength, which included the enor-
nous negro vote. The Democrats
must have known that they would
have to, as usual, come out in suffi-
cient numbers to overtop the colored
suffrage in order to win. This they
did not do. This constitutes the fair
es explanation.
The Republicans won a notable VIC
tory, the more notable because it was
unexpected in its magnitude even by
themselves. They deserve all the credit
Which the circumstances justify, but
when they assume that the Democrats
aiCed them in any large numbers,
only in the matter of staying away
from the polls, we believe they are
distorting the facts.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
FEAR OF THE FOREST.
The Feeling That Comes When One
Finds Himself Lost.

One must be independent to enjoy
the vast freedom of the woods. mighty
and protecting. yet interfering. gath
ering myriads Of living things in safe
ty within their shelter. 1t is n wonder
full experience-and familiarity cannot
lessen the wonder of ito choose
some unfrequented, trail that the forest
has half reclaimed and follow 1t for a
time. then suddenly to stop and listen.
The underbrush. the trees. the broken
thread Of path. which had seemed only
10 echo our footsteps and frame hu-
man form. now in our silence give
forth all the voices Of the woods. elu-
sive, intermittent. but alive-life every
where. whispering warning Of an inter
loper who may have come for evil or
for good, and one feels without seeing
myriad eyes upon him.
Have you ever been afraid in the
woods? Not that mysterious awe of
the first twilights that all know who
have camped. when the silence is alb
solute, when shadows have swallowed
up luc ulSlduCe anu lut ISul uuS III
most faded from the sky, when one
feels dimly the vast. latent power of
nature around him with which some
time or other he must struggle and
conquer or be crushed. This fear of
the forest was different. was alone
and lost. had taken false trail at
some unblazed turn and of a sudden
realized the truth. For II long moment
| could think of nothing. see nothing,
hear nothing. only be conscious Of the
fact Of my utter helplcSsness- / felt
the heart deadening panic of the trap
ped animal, wanting to run against my
barriers on every side. Only mo-
ment, | say. and then my reason was
alert to solve the problem of return.
But the mental experience left vivid
impression. and can understand the
despair of the really lost, wandering
endlessly in aimless circles. - Outing
Magazine.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13
HERBERT.

Nov. g.-Mr. J. B. Chambers and
family went TO Owensboro yesterday
Mr.Virgil Miller returned from Hart
fore yesterday.
Miss Hattie Stewart, of Blackford
who has been visiting here for the
past week, went to Whitesville to-
day to visit her sister Mrs. b. W.
Lyons, a few days.
A crowd from this place went on
a hayride to a debate last night. Those
who composed the band were the fol-
lowing: Misses Dora Helm, Baxter
Miller, Matte Barnett, Sallie Ford
Myrtle Burdette, Mary Chambers, Les
lie Helm, Arthur Burdette, Herbert
Haynes and Wilbur Reardon.
Little Miller Haynes Taylor fell
against stove and very painfully
burned his hands this week.
Meeting closed at this place Tues
day night. Some very fine sermons
were heard, but there were no new
additions to the church.
Mrs. Elias Lyons, Whitesville,spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Oscar Rice, at
this place.
Mr.. ]. B. Bruner went to greensboro
to-day to attend an Equity meeting
there.
Messrs. Christopher Stewart and
Herbert Haynes went TO Owensboro
to-day.
Mr.. r. NJ. Miller went to Whitesville
this morning.
Mrs. Homer Milligan and daugh-
tiers, Josephine and Lucille, who have
been visiting here for the past few
days, returned TO their home at Knots
vile yesterday.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incura-
BILE. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for cir
cular and testimonials.
Address, f. J. Cheney & Co., Tole-
do, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Fake Halls Family Pills for constI-
patton. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-11-13

There can be little doubt in the
minds OF even the most casual OBJ
server that this country is right
upon the verge of serious financial
panic. Business affairs, the vica-
rious attitude of moneyed interests
and the suspicious trend of financial
Investment portend it. Although the
country is rich in assets and liabili-
ties, money is scarce and hard to get.
No matter what we may have as col
lateral, the great business affairs
of the country cannot be moved with
out money-cash. The threatened pan
ic is almost as certain as the moons.