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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
SHORT.NOSED PEOPLE.
Something That May Be Said in Their
Favor.

"Physiognomists tell us that the
big-nosed people do the worlds
work" said a short-nosed man the
other day, "and they generally add a
lot of rubbish about Napoleon's big
nose and how he always selected
big-nosed men to carry out daring
undertakings.
THAT Napoleon story was invented
My someone with a nose like Cyrano
~ Bergerac's, who wanted an excuse
- his proboscis, and therefore, pre-
tended that his nose was but the
introduction to a massive, imposing
character. 1t is true that a big nose
is sometimes indicative Of frmness
and determination, but only when it
is associated with strong jaw and
long chin. A big nose with a retiring
chin is almost idiotic in the express
sion it gives to the countenance.
Every cartoonist knows this. When
ever you see cartoon of a society
dude it shows long nose and small
chin.
But there is something to be said
in favor Of the short noses. The short
nose shows wit, imagination, tact,
Judgment, discretion. Socrates had
a snub nose, and of the lively imag-
NATIVE writer's in almost any Ian
guage a considerable proportion are
short-nosed people. Long-nosed men
may do their share of the worlds
work, but the shorn noses write the
clever books and the entertaining
plays. If Shakespeare had had a
nose like the Duke of Wellington dc
you suppose that he would ever have
written the Merry Wives CT Wind
sor?' He might have been a success
full theatre manager, but would never
have become a literary artist. st
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Japanese Military Trick.

An Austrian military organ draws
attention to one of the minor details
of Japanese musketry practice dur
ing the late war, which seems to have
escaped hitherto in Europe. In Euro
pean armies the question of a rifle rest
for long range firing has led to many
ingenious contrivances for devising
tripod arrangements. The japanese
War Department solved the difficulty
in a much simpler and effective way.
They just provided the soldier with a
bag of stout cotton eight inches wide
and twenty inches long, which he
could carry in his cartridge case on
the march, and on reaching the fight
ing line could in minute stuff with
earth or stones. The device gave
amazing assistance in accuracy OF
rifle fre.-Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
FOREIGN.

Rear-Admiral Siegel, the German
naval attache at Paris. has been re-
called.
United States Ambassador White
left Paris for England on three
weeks shooting trip.
Prince Francis Joseph Arnolpke,
fourth son of Leopold. Prince Regent
of Bavaria, died at Venice.
John William Reid. of st. Louis,
was arrested in Paris on the charge
OF swindling in London.
Oxford conferred the degree OF
Doctor Of Laws on Emperor William.
It was presented by Lord Curzon.
The shortage of coal at Cape Bre-
ton is so acute that $4,000 tons have
been engaged for import from Amer
lea.
At a meeting in London of the gov
ernors of the Peabody fund, at which
Ambassador Reid presided, contracts
were awarded for sixty-four cottages
on the Herne Hill estate.
SPANS navy reform commission
recommended the expenditure Of al
most S40,00Q,Q00 for additions to
the navy.
Russian officials report Japanese
raid on the seal rookeries on Copper
Island, the invaders using three-inch
guns, driving off the guards and TAX
ing away several thousand skins.
The Kaiser's visit to England is an
indication of his desire for peace.
David Jayne Hill as the American
Ambassador to Germany, to succeed
Charlemagne Tower, was indorsed by
the Kaiser.
An attempt was made to stop the
train which was carrying the Russian
Emperor from Peterhof to Tsarskoe-
Selo; railway guards exchanged shots
with the outlaws.
The city authorities in St. Peters
burg decided to deduct fines aggre-
eating $425,000 for the non-comple-
tiop of the electric street railroads.
An unusual friendly demonstration
was made in London when Emperor
:. William passed through the streets
70 his way to the Guildhall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Cubans approve the Governments
plan to lend $5,000,OUO to the banks;
a misunderstanding. regarding inter-
est charges having been removed.
Objection may be- offered in the
Senate of the United States to the
confirmation of the appointment OF
Governor Post to Porto Rico.
The Hawaiian Realty Maturity
Company, an alleged "get-rich-quick"
concern, has been declared fnsolvent.
The liabilities are placed at 100000.
Arrangements are said to have
been made for getting brief weather
reports from Hawaii and Guam BY
cable at San Francisco.
At Manila Secretary Taft's carriage
was dragged through the streets by
enthusiastic crowds of students.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
DOMESTIC.

Clara Barrow, an eighteen-year-old
negress, was arrested on the charge
Of having murdered Mrs. Bessie Car
ter in New Orleans. !
Blowing open the safe In the post
Office at Seneca, 8. c., robbers secured
$500 in stamps and $500 in currency.
William Jennings Bryan said he
would accept the Democratic. Presl-
Dental nomination next year, but not
seek for or ask 1t.
Henry Watterson said he had tHed
to persuade w. J. Bryan not to be
candidate, but that If Roosevelt were
renominated Bryan could carry New
England on the third-term issue.
The Louisville street car strike has
SUSPENDED suburban service.
Governor Hughes at Albany ap-
pointed November 2S as day OF gen.
eral thanksgiving.
It was announced at Boston that
at the next meeting Of the trustees or
the Peabody fund grant OF $1,000
600 would be made for the establish.
ment of a teachers college at Nash.
Vile.
Booker T. Washington, Jr.,. son OF
Booker T. Washington, Is now Stu'
dent Of Fisk University, Nashville.
Henry C.. Wilder, aged ninety-fve
years, and Esther Crawford, ninety
years old, were married at EoWellt
Mass. They had known each other
only two weeks
Ex-senator Spooner argued E. Fl.
Harrimans case in his fight against
the Governments suit to compel him
to answer certai' questions in the
Interstate Commerce Commissions
investigation.
Thomas Ford, the last full-hlo oded
Mohican Indian, has become an In.
mate of the Plannville town farm
near Waterbury, Conn.
Mrs. Caroline A. Phillips, of Cleve'
land, accused of killing her husband
was discharged.
Former Justice Morgan j.: O'Brien
thinks there are enough conservative
voters to elect President a man OF the
Cleveland type by beating both Bryan
and Roosevelt.
The Tax Association Of North
America adjourned at Columbus
Ohio, after electing Allen R. Ripley
president.
Stuyvesant Fish referred to E. H
Hartman and his faction in the IL
linois Central as "the looters OF the
Chicago and Alton.
Leo Stevens, in balloon, took
moving pictures in flight OF l7o
miles over mountains in Vermont and
New Hampshire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
PAYS OUT 100000 NICKELs.
Omaha Street Railway Co. Distributes
$4,000 Among Employees.

Omaha, Neb.-The Omaha Street
Railroad Company fairly flooded
Omaha with nickels by meeting it,
monthly payroll with 100000 FIVE
eent pieces, 100000 in all. Ever
since the money stringency the Street
Railway has promised its employees
actual cash on pay day, and to This
end has been holding the daily re.
ceipts of nickels.
When the men lined up for theif
pay, it was handed to them in neat
little packages of twenty nickels each,
BY paying out the nickels the street
car company has made change plenti'
full around town. Most Of the nickels
went right back into circulation
through the shops during the after
noon and evening.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
,arnet is grasped, and at the opposite

carpet is grasped, and at the opposite
end a knee cushion. Beneath the
knee cushion is a metal plate to pre-
vent friction. In using the device
the teeth are set in the carpet at a
requisite distance from its edge, the
operator then forcing the device for
ward. One Of the important advan-
tages CT this stretcher is the ability
10 hold it with the knee, permitting
the operator to use both hands to
..rire the tacks. There is but little
likelihood of the carpet slipping back
from the edge Of the room.-Wash-
ingtol Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Home-Madc Marcel.

For a long time the professional
hairdresser had a monopoly of the
marcel wave business. The fashion
able coiffure required a professional
touch, which, it seems, could not be
secured at the hands of the amateur.
Many a girl in the privacy of her
bedroom has wasted hour after hour
In the endeavor to marcel" her own
hair, only to succeed in making a
mass of burned or tangled tresses
not to be likened, for a moment, to
the beautiful undulation of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
WIFE BURNED HIS MONEY.
Husband, Distrusting Banks, Had
Hid Savings in Shoes.

Springfield, Ohio.-John Riggs, L
brick mason, being afraid that some
thing might happen to one of the
local banks, drew out his savings,
amounting to $3.50. When he wer /.
home he decided to hide the money IN
one Of his children's shoes in an Old
closet.
Mr.. Riggs said nothing to his wife
about hiding the savings. Next day
she cleaned out the closet and put the
shoes with some other things in the
stove and burned them. When Riggs
came home and was told by his wife
that she had been cleaning house and
had burned the stuff in the closet he
almost tainted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
HUNTING PRESERVE TRAGEDY.

James D. Carrier, of hsheviIle, Killed
On Grounds of Catawba Uluh.
Asnevi!le, n. C.--James d. Carrier.
a we'll known sportsman and CLUB
member of Asheville, was accidentally
killed while hunting at Newton, ~
c., on the big private preserves OF the
Catawba Club, owned by New York
Philadelphia and Ashevil!e sports
men.
Mr.. Carrier was missed from the
clubhouse and when at late hour
he did not return search was in
stituted for him. His body was not
found until next day. He had been
shot through the head. He had been
hunting alone. The Coroner's Ver-
dict was that Mr.. Carriers death re-
suited from accidental shooting"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
The Two Handles.

Everything has two handles; one
by which it may be borne, another by
which 1t can not. If your brother
acts unjustly, do not lay hold on the
affair by the handle of his injustice,
for by that it can not be borne; but
rather by the opposite. that he Is
your brother, that he was brought
up with you, and thus you will lay
hold on it as it is to be borne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
81 KILLED THE WRONG MAN"
Lacey, at Webb City, Mo-, Says Hc
Intended to Shoot Another Man.

Webb City, MOI killed the
wrong man." Henry Lacey, foreman
of the American Beauty Mine, told
the Coroner's jury which held him
for the murder Of w. w. Parker, a
young miner, who boarded with Ms.
Lacey. 81 thought that I was shoot
ing at another man, and I Intended
to kill both him and my wife"
Parker was killed at Lacey's homo
the night before. After dusk Lacey,
who Is suffering from tuberculosis,
passed a miner smoking at his gate.
"Im going into the house and raise
a little smoke" he said. Then he
opened the front door and fired, and
Parker fell dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
An Appreciatcd Attention.

Limmer's famous restaurant used
20 have the character of being rem
devious of vivcurs; in fact, it was
averrcd that so many Of its habitues
suffered from delirium tremens that
when some one, who was not of that
persuasion, was dining there and a
mouse came on the table and began
to nibble a piece Of bread a sympa-
thetic waiter observed to him:
Don't be afraid, sir. it's a real
mouse" e."-Graphic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Pittsburp Enthusiastic.

Pittsburg.-The action Of the Uni.
ted States Supreme Court in declar-
ing the greater Pittsburg bill consti'
titional was received with enthu'
siasm here. The consolidation gives
the city an area of thirty-eight square
miles, and an estimated population
of $4,000. 1t will outrank CleVe'
land and Baltimore, giving Boston a
close race for fifth place in size, and
will have the largest tonnage of any
city in the world. The officials oi
Allegheny will at once become depu'
ties of those in Pittsburg until the
next general election, which will ba
held in 1909.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
WON'T PAY MRS. GoULD'S ELLIS.
Howard Gould Publishes an Adver'
tisement to That Effect.

New York City.-HOward Gould.
whose wife, Katherine Clemmons
Gould, is suing him for a separation
alleging cruelty and inhumaA treat
ment, has served notice through the
newspapers that he will not be re-
sponsible for Mrs. Gould's debts. His
advertisement reads:
AL persons are hereby notified
that Mrs. Gould and myself are llYlnS
separate and apart; that Mrs. Could
is furnished by me with funds suA'
ficient for necessary and reasonable
requirements, and that l will nc1 Ge
responsible for any purchases made
or debts contracted by Mrs. Howard
Gould or any person acting for her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
PRINCE DE BOURBON DEAD.
He Was Father Of Fl Children and
Possessor of S40,OO0,0Go.

Rome, Italy. - Prince Robert
Charles Louis Marie de Bourbon, In
FAINT of Spain and Duke of Parma.
died from heart failure near Reggie,
He was born in 1S4S. He was de-
prived of his succession to the throne
of the Duchy Of Parma in 1860, al
the age of twelve years, when the
duchy was incorporated with the
kingdom OF Italy.
The Prince twice married, first
Maria Pia, Princess of Bourbon-Sici'
ly, and second Maria Antonia, 1nfan.
ia of Portugal. He was the father OF
twenty-one children and leaves a for
tune estimated at $40,000,OG0. The
last child, son, was born June IL
1905.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
HE MADE THEM SIT DOWN.
Governor-General Quieted Earth
quake Panic in Manila Theatre.

Manila.-Four sharp earthquake
shocks were felt in Manila and sur
rounding provinces on the night OF
November 16 and the morning of No
vember IT. There was no damage.
The first shock was felt at 11.25 in
the evening, while Governor-General
Smith and party were attending a per-
formsGce of the "Mikado." A panic
in the theatre was averted by the
presence of mind of the Governor
General, who rose in his box and COM
manded the people, who had already
arisen, to sit down. The orchestra
stopped playing, but the actors con-
tinued, being undisturbed, and the
audience quickly calmed down.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
6s JAPANESE MURDERED.
Victims of Chinese Troops i'll For
mosa, Who RevoItcd.

London.-In dispatch from Toxic
the correspondent Of the Times says
that the revolt Of 4 company OF Chi
nese troops in Formosa -ulted N
the murder OF sixty-three Japanese
policemen and civilians.
The incident has caused uleasines5
In Toxic, the correspondent: declares,
as the loyalty of the Chinese meTcel-
aries had hitherto been unquescioned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
SHtingo.
Japan now has a sugar trast.

Japan now has sugar trast.
Nelson Morris left 100000.
Hall Caine is a, successful farmer.
A physical director in Cleveland
says cigarettes are harmless.
Sugar lands are a drug in the Phil
ippines owing to the United States
tariff.
The Nashville (Tenn.) City Coun-
ell, by a vote OF 23 to 0, passed an Or
dinance over the veto Of Mayor Nor
ris increasing the pay of the city Ia
borers from SITS to 81 a day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
To Curb Stock Speculation.

Congressman Hepburn, chairman
of the House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, in an inter-
"iew at Clarinda, Iowa, predicted that
action looking to the curbing of stock
speculation would be taken at ta1
coming session.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
COALING STATION IN MEXICO.
Concession For Three Years at Mag
dalena Bay is Granted.

Mexico City.-Mexico will permit
the United States Navy to use Ms.gda-
lena Bay, Lower California. for a
coaling station for three years. This
Is thought to be the first fruit of the
recent visit of Secretary Root 10 Mex
leo. The United States will be per
mitted to maintain two coaling @Eips
in the bay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

The origin of the Great Banks OF
Newfoundland is said to have been in
the boulders carried down by Ice
bergs. The bank is 600 miles lops
and 12O broad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

The adjutant, or marabout, tall
bird of India, Of the stork species,
will swallow hare or cat whole.
It stands five feet high and the ex-
panse of wings is nearly fifteen feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Estimates For Fort;fication

General Alexander Mackenzie, chief
of engineers Of the army, gave out at
Washington, D. c., estimates of ap-
preparations aggregating S23,461, ~
oil for fortification work during the
fiscal wear 1a09
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Riches Cause Trouble.

Great riches are ever accompanied
by great anxieties, and an increase
Of our possessions is but an inlet to
new disuuietudes.-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

-; The Elephant beetle" of Venezuela
Is the largest insect in the world. A
full grown one weighs about half
pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
CARPET Strctcher.

The illustration below shows a de-
parture in the form of carpet stretch
ers, the invention Of a California
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11
Aa2a2ss55;Assss7e=s=s - - e. sA
q Ns~S @ARg,j jIS
HT1pe6p1MIAR pep1IAR TJ
ESS * SCIENCE ( y -

An armor-clad diver has succeeded
in reaching the sea bottom at depth
of 230 feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

The negro republic of Liberia has
twenty-five species Of rubber trees.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

! There are a thousand acres of
submarine coal mines being worked
karound Cape Breton. The character
pf the soil overlaying these diggings
enables them to be worked without
Interference from the water from
above.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

submarine coal mines being worked
around Cape Breton. The character
= pf the soil OVERLAPPING these diggings
enables them to be worked without
Interference from the water from
= above.
Tantalum, the new metal which is
being extensively made use Of at the
present time, was discovered about
two years ago by Swedish chemist,
and was so named because of the tan
talizing difficulties he experienced in
its development.
~ The Assouan Dam cost s12, ,000,-
900. 1t took 1900 men four years
: to build it. The dam contains mil
lion tons of granite and more than
5000 tons of steel. The reservoir
formed by it, when full, holds 215,-
00,00O,000 of gallons, 1t has added
100000 acres Of tillable land, and
has increased the crop value more
than s13,0O0,0O0, thus paying for it.
self every year.
The idea of evolution-that is to
say, of the origin Of existing species
from pre-existing ones as against the
doctrine of the special creation of
p each species-is as old as the fourth
century B. c., when it was advanced
by the Greeks. But it was reserved
for Darwin and Wallace to marshal
so large an amount Of evidence with
such irresistible force that the fact of
evolution is no longer seriously ques-
toned by competent authorities.
A newspaper states that Prof. Jolly
has completed a geological examina-
ton Of specimens of the strata col
lected from the borings for the Sim
plon tunnel. He found rich traces
of radium. indicating larger deposits
than any hitherto discovered in
Europe. He believes that the pres
ence of these deposits caused the abb
normal heat experienced in building
the tunnel. He predicts that con-
tinued research will prove the worlds
supply of radium is greater than was
supposed.
One can hardly look out of WIN
dow in contemplation of the roofs
without seeing number of metal
hooded ventilators, which have come
into general use for the purpose Of
creating an air current in lofts or
air chambers. The only disadvan-
tage connected with their use is that
in case of fire they act as a chimney
and aid materially in the spread of
the flames. In recent improvement
made in these ventilators, the hood
is held in an open position by lever
movement controlled by fusible
link. In case of fire this link is melt!
ed, and the hood is allowed to fall
of it's own weight, and in doing so it
closes the air passage and cuts off the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-11

Tantalum, the new metal which is
being extensively made use Of at the
present time, was discovered about
two years ago by a Swedish chemist,
and was so named because of the tan
talizing difficulties he experienced in
its development.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-11
HAIL STORM IN MARTIN.
Crops Destroyed in Some Instances and
Badly Damaged in others.

Williamson NC, June s.-There
was quite a severe hail storm near
spring Green. about six miles from
here. The storm did d great deal Of
damage TO the crops as well as to the
farm lands.
Mr.. j. ". TAYLOR was in town buying
tobacco flueS and stated that his crop
was damaged considerable, and that
his lane was damaged at least SO.
There was another hail storm in this
county. seemingly starting about the
farm of Mr.. Ell TAYLOR. passing over
the Leggett farm and also the farm
of S. y. Yarrell, going in the direction
of GAINESVILLE. While there was a
large quantity of hail, there was no
serious damage.
Reports from the rural carrier on
Number Four Route n several other
gentlemen late yesterday afternoon,
information was gained Of the destruC-
~tiveness Of this storm as il neared
GAINESVILLE. In Gardeners Creek sec
ton A great deal Of damage was done
to CROPS of all kinds, n at GAINESVILLE
trees we're dismembered and debris
piled M in the street. Below James
Vile end in Lilley's School House sec
ton. crops were destroyed. One field
of tobacco and the plants were about
knee high, was cut down as clean as il
it had been done by d moving ma
chine. Cotton was destroyed. and the
farmers were out hunting for cotton
seed. This latter section was nearly
cleaned of all growing crops.