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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
The Mystery Of Prayer.

1t is sometimes urged that prayer
Is mysterious. So is everything, II
we stop to think about it. Matter 10
a mystery. Nobody knows what mat
ter is. Force is a mystery. NOBODY
knows what force is. Gravitation 1s
a mystery. Nobody knows what
gravitation is.
Nobody knows what takes place
when we drop a lump of sugar into a
Gun of coffee. Whether the change ID
mechanical or chemical the very
wisest men are not able to say. We
know just one thing, that by drop
ping sugar into the coffee the co1ee
is sweetened. For most of us that Is
enough.
We know that by dropping a pray
er into a day we sweeten the day.
How this is brought about we do not
know. Who has sight Sc keen Inc
strong that it can follow the flight or
song or flight OF prayer? why
should We not be as reasonable and
practical in our religion as we are at
the dinner table?-Charles e. Jeffer-
son
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Charlntte'S Roast,

At Charlotte, N. c., the largest city
in the State, commercially as well as
numerically, there is an absolute
local prohibition law in effect, and it
is effective. The voters of the city
voted out the saloons two years ago,
in a local option election, and the
law is strictly enforced, because the
sentiment of the majority of the peo-
pie upholds the law and they have
municipal officers who approve it and
see that it is enforced. The only way
by which the drinking men of that
city can and do get their liquor is
by ordering it from an establishment
outside of this State and having it
shipped to them. by express or
freight, directly and without the in
tervention of a middleman or agent
of the liquor seller
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
TenIperance in Tennessee.

The temperance wave which has
been sweeping over the cities of Ten
nessee, has at last reached Nashville.
Encouraged by the signal victory of
the temperance interests in the cities
of GAINESVILLE, Bristol and Knoxville
members of the Anti-SalCon League
Alliance have called a meeting for
the purpose of considering the propo-
sition of uniting with the other tenn
perance advocates in taking some &C
ton looking to calling an election.
1t seems to be generally agreed that,
should the matter be tested there,
the Temperance people would carry
The day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Soldiers Exclude the Can.

The officers and soldiers at Fort
Mckinley, in the Philippine Islands,
have built a "canteen" Of their own
devising from which the can" is
barred. This camp contains 5000
soldiers, and the fort is situated in
the midst Of an 1S00-acre reservation
which is one of the garden spots OF
the islands. The conduct of the
recreation hall has been put in the
hands Of the Young Mems Christian
Association and $4,000 will be spent
upon the rooms and grounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Rose Growing in France.

The latest proposal for a solution
of the crisis in the South Of France
is to substitute rose growing for
vines. At present rose growing and
the manufacture Of altar of roses is
a monopoly of Bulgaria. AS altar
of roses is the base of nearly all the
high class scents, French perfume
manufacturers annually give millions
to Bulgaria. which money could be
kept in France il rc2e: replaced the
vines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Uncut Orchids.

Even when orchid flowers are fully
developed they may remain uncut up
on the plants for two or three weeks
without apparent deterioration. This
gives them a manifest advantage
owe most flowers that have to be cut
Immediately upon or even in advance
Of reaching full maturity-Country
Life in America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Peanut EcIipses the Steak,

Professor F. A. Jaffa, who has been
connected with the California State
University for thirty years, says, in
a bulletin just preparation the United
States Department of Agriculture,
that ten cents worth of peanuts con
tain six times the amount Of energy
in a porterhouse steak. These con-
illusions were arrived at after ex-
haustive studies, with students as
subjects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Drink Plenty OF Water.

Few people know that fluid in thu
way of water and other harmless bev
erages is of ever more Importance il
the preservation of health than the
food they eat; indeed, food would bt
of no use, nor would it nourish OF
maintain the tissues, if i were no:
for the assistance Of water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
First Peace Congress-.

An early American peacemaker wal
Elihu Burritt, the BLACKSMITH schol'
ar" Of Connecticut. 1t was mainly
to his efforts that the Paris peace
congress of 1S49 practically owed its
existence. Though now almost for
gotten, the same principles were dis
cussed and the same propositions
laid down as obtained at The Hague
in 1899.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Paws S75,UUU For 1himblc.

Among the great quantity Of jew.
elry purchased in Berlin by the Ki5g
of Siam is a gold thimble covered
with diamonds and other gems, which
is valued at $4,000. The Kings
store of jewels at Bankok is already
enormous. The walls Of his bed
chamber are covered with gems, and
the apartments of the first and Sec
ond Queens contain amazing collec-
lions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Study the Pages.

Gods providence is a lesson book;
the best way to understand fully the
next page is to diligently study and
improve the one before us.-Scottish
RefOrmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

The German Army CONSUMPTION not
only builds up the youth of the Fa-
therland, but aids in stamping out
disease. All youths found unfit for
CONSUMPTION are specially treated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

A recent report of the United States
Geological Survey states that this
country has coal enough to last at
least 200 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
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Prof. Spencer calculates that Nj
agara has cut back its rocky precipice
for $4,000 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

An inspection of the announcements
for 1908 of some of the leading
American automobile manufacturers
shows that pressed steel will be used
in many cases in place of armored
wood for body building. 1t is under
stood to be lighter, stronger, and in
every way an improvement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Europe's beet sugar crop for 1905
7 Is estimated at 6.473,QQ0 metric
tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Reforms in Chinese Currency.
The Chinese Minister Of Finance is
planning reforms in the silver Il
copper currency of the empire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Guard For Self.

Give me to guard myself; but,
Lord, guard my guarding OF myself.
Thomas Fuller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

therland, but aids in stamping out
disease. All youths found unfit for
CONSUMPTION are specially treated.
An inspection of the announcements
for 1908 of some of the leading
American automobile manufacturers
shows that pressed steel will be used
in many cases in place of armored
wood for body building. 1t is under
stood to be lighter, stronger, and in
every way an improvement.
c. W. Whymper has just brought
to notice a curious point with regard
to the position of the ear in the wood
cock. The snipe, it may be remem-
bered, are remarkable for the fact
that the external ear is placed IN
der, instead of behind, the eye, as
in other birds; but in the woodcock
it is placed in front of the eye, and
more so on one side of the head than
on the other. This asymmetry, fur
thermore, extends to the shape of the
aperture, which is slightly different
on the two sides of the head.-Scien-
tifc American.
The growing importance of the
metal tantalum, owing to its employ
ment in the preparation of ilaments
for incandescent lamps, gives interest
to the recent discoveries of minerals
containing tantalum in Western Aus
tralia. AS long ago as 1894 tantalum
was found at Bimberg, combined with
niobium and anthony. Later it was
discovered near the same place in
combination with iron. Quite recent.
ly a combination Of seventy per cent.
tantalum and thirty per cent. man.
ganese has been found at Wodgina.
1t occurs in blocks weighing as much
as thirty pounds.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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Some years ago remains of an ape
like creature possessing unusual HUI
man resen blances were discovered in
Java, and the animal was named
pithecanthropus. Professor Haeckel
and some others accepted this as rep
resenting an ancestral human form
closely allied to the apes. Now a
special expedition, under the COM
bined auspices of the Academy OF
Sciences of Berlin and the Dutch East
Indian Government, is being organ
lied to make o thorough exploration
of Java in search of additional speci.
mems of pithecanthropus. The geo.
logical formation in which the orig
inal discovery was made is widely ex-
tended among the mountains Of that
island.
Professor E. L. Trouessart, of the
Paris Museum of Natural History, IN
a recent lecture on animal heat, re.
marked that the dog, whose respira'
tons in repose number only twenty
FIVE or thirty per minute, may in run
ming acquire a rate Of respiration as
high as $50 per minute. The effect
of this acceleration fayors the dissi-
patton of animal neat by evaporation
from the pulmonary vesicles. The
dog perspires very little, or not at all,
by the skin, pulmonary taking the
place of cutaneous Transportation. II
is this fact which enables the dog tc
pursue its game so long and persist
emily. Animals of the cat family, on
the other hand, do not possess this
popularity, and for that reason IT,
gers, panthers and lions lie in wait
for their prey, but do not pursue it
over long distances. The bird pos
sesses pulmonary Transportation in a
very high degree.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Courage is righteousness.
Christian courage is righteousness
"in hard lines
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Centre For Dolls Dresses.
Paris derives a huge revenue from
the sale of dolls dresses. ":Cs ]
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
MAN BURIED
At SHINNST0N
Though Once Mason, Not When
He Dies. and Wife's Di-
rections Observed.

sHINNSToN. Oct. 1s-The body
of A. w. Wheeler. whose death was
reported in Wednesdays paper, was
inferred in the /. o. o. F. cemetery
yesterday evening at o'clock.
Through the finding of Masonic
pastmaster's badge among his effects
it was supposed he was a membe"
of that order, and belonged to
lodge IN northern Pennsylvania. but
upon telephoning the lodge that had
presented the badge it was learned
that he wwas suspended from mem
bership several years ago, but had a
wife living at Johnsonsburg, Pa,
from whom he had been separated
for some time. She was commune
Gated with and at her request the
body was inferred as above.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. C. ogden, of near Gypsy, was
buried at the I. o. o. F. cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
T. w. Carder and Hugh Martin
were at Clarksburg Wednesday.
Mrs. Rose Higinbotham was az
Fairmont "Wednesday, being called
there by the serious illness of her
sisterin-law, Mrs. Joseph Higiu-
botham, upon whom very serious
operation was performed at II
O'Clock that day. A report late last
night was to the effect that she was
resting very well. though there is
but slight hope for her recovery.
Miss Nellie Powell was at Fair
mont yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs; Charles L. Watkins
and son. Edwin, We're Clarksburg
i visitors Wednesday.
Guy Hardesty was at Morgantown
i Wednesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

opening, and now it Is announced
that the Grand Lodge Of odd Fell
lows VIII use it in connection with
its meetings. and the lodge may feel
assured 1t will find the hall COM
modious. pleasing and spacious. In
addition on the schedule Of the halls
future the next few months is the
poultry show. It is needless to say
that Hoffman hall on account Of
central location, splendid arrange
ment and every thing for comfort
and pleasure will enjoy a large popu-
larity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
UP-To-DATE ARTISTS
And Excellent Advertisers Are the
Members of Empire Sign Co.

The Empire Sign Company, whose
proprietors are Messrs, Buffers &
johnson, believes in boosting bust
mes. as every one knows, who has
taken. notice OF the firms own signs.
They do not believe in mere busi-
ness sign and what one might call
in the newspaper business stand
ing advertisement. So, they change
theirs every once in while and the
labor, genius and knowledge pays.
Also it always pays to have such
artists do your work in their line.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Papers which are now making ex-
tensive mention of Senator N. b.
Scott for vice-president might as
well quit wasting their space. Some
time ago, when there was such an
agitation he put quietus on it by
saying he wanted to go back to the
United States senate. So let us
turn our attention to some other
man for vice-president.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Now. is 1T not silly for man to be
running over the State saying that
he expects to get the nomination for
governor and If he does not scherr
viii? The logic of such statement
is not disclosed, and, surely, the ex-
preston is empty, as there ought to
be no ifs nor ands about it, If his
expectations count?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
YOUNG WOMAN
Taken to Asylum Though She Does
Not Seem To BE Lunatic.

Miss Mary Downs, young woman
and apparently well educated and
quite refined. was brought here last
night from Fairmont and
lodged in the county jail.
This morning she was taken to the
Weston asylum to be treated for
lunacy, although she seems to be
perfectly rational The case will
doubtless be investigated as there
are some who do not believe her
crazy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
DEEDS REcoRDEn.

James ]. Duncan to Pitcairn Coal
Co., 1 lot, West Fork river.
Pitcairn Coal Co. to James ]. and
Maud Duncan, lot, West Fork
river,
Girard Development Co. to Leora
Swiger, 3 lots. Dola.
Charles G. Coftman. trustee for
Frank S. White. to Curtis E. Prunty.
. lots. Clark district.
Fair Grounds Improvement Co. ID
Curtis L. Prunty, 1 lot, Clark dis
trict.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS.

Charles Bingham was the only
prisoner in police court at the regu-
lar. session this morning which was
presided over by Mayor Grille. He
was arrested by policemen last night
for being drunk in the street. The
mayor fined him SO and costs and
on payment he was released from,
custody.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

At the Methodist Episcopal gen
eral conference next year in Balti-
more the Rev S. K. Arbuthnot will
have the distinction of representing
two places-Clarksburg and the
Wheeling district. He was selected
from this place and will attend from
the other.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Byrne tried to commit the State
Board OF Trade to the railroads, but
it failed to work, and yet some of
the Democratic papers presume to
say that the Republicans attempted
to work politics in the meeting. At
any rate the resolution started it
and it was Democratic politician
who introduced the resolution.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
McCIoUD RECoVERs.

Alonzo McCloud. of the city po-
lice force. who suffered stroke of
paralysis a week or so ago while Ilt-
ting in chair at police headquarters
is able to be out again. He is feel
ing little weak but expects to be
in his normal health in few days.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

A man named Garviu, secretary
and treasurer of the State Board of
Agriculture. recommends apples as a
cure for the whiskey habit. Pos
sibly, he makes distinction between
apple-jack and bourbon. but both
have about the same effect. we are
told.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Hearne is a very generous fellow.
When he is not talking for himself,
he is boosting scherr's game. He
has it figured out that If he does not
get the nomination. Scherr will, but
maybe after the convention the
swisher fellows will not have
"hearne" of either.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

The announcement of Stuart F.
Reed for secretary of state is being
favorably commented on all over the
State. and there seems to be no
doubt that he will be nominated.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
HOW RHEUMATISM IS CURED
Simplicity and Science Combine TO
Conquer Winters Plague.

When DR.. Flood, the great Kid
ney, Bladder and Rheumatism spec
ialist. vote the now famous pre-
scription for these diseases given be-
low. he condensed great medical
learning and skill into remedy and
method of treatment so simple, in
expensive and easily obtained that
anyone can benefit by it.
The receipt in full as he wrote it.
with his simple directions complete
is as follows:
Fluid Extract Cascara
Aromatic ..........1 u ounce
Concentrated Barkola Com
pound .............. ounce
Aromatic Elixir ........ A ounces
Mix these ingredients at home and
take one teaspoonful after each
meal and one at bedtime.
The object of this prescription is
to soothe and heal the Kidneys and
Bladder. reduce all inflammations
and stop the pain, but the doctors
instructions are that it must be per-
severed with for at least week af-
ter the patent has been completely
restored to health, in ordr to make
certain that everey quick recovery
may be also a lasting one.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Hoffman hall on Court street, but
recently thrown open. has already
sprung into great popularity. Sew.
eral functions have followed its
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

The high-handed manipulation of
copper stocks and the outrageous
prices they formerly sold at as the
results of the plots of few Wall
street gamblers and high finance
dealers cause the Street to record
some failures of considerable magni-
tude, and then follows a tumble in
prices and some excitement. And
the next thing one hears is that
Roosevelt did it. But. there is the
great mistake. The President was
not elected to protect Wall Street,
nor is he the president of the stock
exchange, and what boots it to the
common people, numbering millions,
that a few money gamblers and
changers do lose their all? Doubt
less. this country would get along
good deal better. If Wall Street ceas-
ed 10 exist. and especially SO. when
a few members set out to corner
things.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Once the Democratic party in this
state did awaken to a slight extent
to the plain and just fact that rail-
roads and other corporations ought
to pay some taxes. That was when
a man named jackson was governor.
He made the railroads dig up some
money to help run the State govern
ment. He was satisfied and wanted
to retire from public life without a
struggle, but he saw the attitude of
his party was to destroy what work
he did along the tax line, and thus
became aroused to the extent that
he and his following defeated a man.
who stood for the corporations. This
indicated that at that time the
majority of the Democrats wanted
the railroads and corporations to
pay taxes. And, now the very man
they defeated then for the nomina-
ton for governor because he was
forninst the railroads paying taxes
renders court decision sustaining
the principle that railroads should
pay their share. He has changed.
SO have those who defeated him. He
has gone forward and they back
ward, and thus does this little bit OF
Democratic history prove that the
Democratic party in West Virginia
has thrown of what freedom it may
have once had apd become servile
to the corporate interest
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Hearne looks good on paper, but
the price may be sufficient to justify
the space taken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18

Sam Montgomery says he is for
Scherr. Now. the question is. what
effect will that have on scherr's
chances?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-10-18
An Evening Echo.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1907.
Ways are seldom rich.-H Mac
kenzie.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-23
Attractive
Parks

Best car service in city; only
fifteen minutes from your
business; three lines within
half a block, viz: South Tenn
pie, East First South and
First avenue lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
Famous Mrs. Tom Thumb.

From the Shreveport Times.
 Like wispy little breeze out of the past, came Mrs Tom Thumb, Countess Magri through Shreveport from Kansas City yesterday, on her way to San An tonic, Tex, to join the Gentry Brothers show. Accompanying the wee lady, was her husband, Count Gagri, and Baron Magrf her brother-in-law.
 Sixty-five years ago this little woman, who has been one of the worlds human wonders, was born. Reaching the age when girls fall in love, the heart in her, which was as big as any other big girls heart went out to Charles s. Stratton, generally known to the world as Gen. Tom Thumb, and they were married.
 In story book and newspaper, the tiny couple filled many pages and when Gen Tom Thumb died much sympathy was ex- tended his little wife by crowned heads. rulers, and mere folks. But twenty-two years ago the widow consiled herself by taking another husband, Count Magri.
 It is years and years since Gen. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, and sweet Minnie Far ren, now dead, and the walnut shaped coach. drawn by his four midget ponies. delighted the children and grown-ups of the land as they drove through the streets or presented the story of Cinderella in packed theatres.