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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Roxy's stories had crucial moments.
Yes, on the flats O. their poor lit.
tie backs with the scarlet fever.
They'd caught it playing with some O.
those little f~urriners."
The dramatic pause that followed
/ proved Aunt Roxy a true story teller.
Rosemary waited with kindly solicit
tude to hear the fate of the little
Trips.
NO." Aunt Roxy said, as if an
swering her thought, "they didn't
nary one of 'em die. I nussed 'em
ALL" with unconscious egotism, IAN
they all come out of it without being
def or blind or anyways afflicted.
But they set the fever agoing all over
the Bridge, that's what they did. We
up an had a regular epidemic O. scar
let fever. Only the Lords mercy
KEEP a lot of us from dying"
And your nursing, Aunt Roxy"
cried Rosemary, lovingly. Didn't
that make Mrs. Trip feel ashamed
of herself, 'perilling the lives of in
nocent neighbors?'"
"Dorcas feel ashamed? Well, she
was Almost too scairt for that. She
didn't have a chance to feel anything
but scairt for one spell. But I was
over there last night, an I must say
there was something sort of chast-
ened about Dorcas-sort of chast-
ened. No, my dear-no, no-I don't
never take more'n two cups at a
time."-The Country Gentleman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
DON'T WEAR YOUR RUFFLES
ALL THE TIME.

Oh! fussy folks who fret and fume
And carp and sneer and crltlclse,
Whose presence puts an end to peace,
From whom all pleasure quickly flies;
WHO never yet have found a place,
4 person, function, thing, or cline
Flo suit your aggrayatlng souls,
Don't wear your rutties all the time.
You make your troubles for yourself,
And rutle others as you go;
You want December when It's May,
And sigh for roses in the snow;
You hate to hear the children laugh,
You think a frolic is a crime;
For other peoples sakes, l pray.
Don't wear your ruiles all the time.
You tire of single life, perhaps,
No boarding round" you say, for me;
I mean to wed and settle down
And take some comfort, yes, Stree!
But you're at odds with Hymen ere
The marriage bells have ceased to chime
3Just take a bit of good ADVICE.
Don't wear your ruttes all the time.
Your train is never fast enough,
Your paper is not fit to read,
Your tailor cuts your garments wrong,
The drama, too, has gone to seed;
fThe waiter does not know his place,
The dinner is not worth a dime
IT'S thus you're always finding fault.
Don't wear your rutaes all the time.
For when you climb the starry stairs
That lead above this earthly sphere,
IAN angel at the door will say,
"You cannot wear your rufles here
$50 if you ever wish to see
The mansions of the blest sublime,
And mingle with the seraphs there,
Don't wear your rufles all the time.
-Minna Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
To Encourage Thrift.

A New York ! has just patented
a device for the encouragement of
thrift. 1t consists of a toy savings
bank with a clock attachment. The
clock is set in the face of the bank
and cannot be wound unless a dime
is dropped in the slot. AS winding
causes the dime to fall into the vault
and the clock will run but twenty
four hours without rewinding the
contrivance assures an accumulation
of seventy cents q week. The theory
is that the necessity of depositjng a
dime every day will lead to slipping
in other coins at odd moments and!
thus establish q habit of saving
New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Fruits of Reclamation Service.

Figures are now available cover
ing the work of reclamation carried
on from the organization of that ser
vice pursuant to the act of Congress
in 1902 to the first of this year. AS
a result of the operations, which are
conducted under authority Of the
Geological Survey, eight new towns
have been established, 100 miles of
branch railroads have been con-
structed and 10000 people have TAX
en- up their residence in the DESERT
To pave the way for these homeseek-
ers the Government has dug 1867
miles of canals-nearly the distance
from Washington. to Omaha. Some
of these canals carry whole rivers,
like the Truckee River in Nevada
and the North Platte River in Wy
oming. Forty-seven tunnels with
an aggregate length of nine and one
| half miles have been excayated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Take, for instance, a telephone ex.
change, where each operator Is sup
piled with a couple of freshly sharp
ened pencils about five or six times a
day in exchange for her old ones. A
hundred operators keep one boy busy
putting points on pencils. Some of
the pencil sharpeners now in use will
slice off the wood, but the lead must
be sharpened by hand. The pencil
sharpener shown here will trim off
both the wood and the lead at the
same time. The illustration shows
clearly the method of operation. The
end of the pencil to be sharpened is
forced by a guide against the emery
wheel. The latter is operated by cog
wheels and a handle. A few quick
turns of the latter will put a fine
point on the pencil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

out of a 800 bill after we had had
dinner. But we didn't care nor even
think about it. It's easy to be prodi-
gal when you have $4,000 in a box
waiting to be spent and more coming
in every day. e
But it wasn't long before the tide
turned. In the first place we struck
a losing streak with our tips and the
5000 a day dropped OF until we
scarcely paid Office rent. Meanwhile
1 was dropping big wads Of coin at
the track. I couldn't seem to pick
them right. One day I lost $4,000.
On another $500. My roll couldn't
stand that long, and or New Years
Day I took u last thousand over
to the track. I intended to bet on
two horses-Ftrestone, which ! knew
was likely to prove the best two-year-
old on the Coast, and Proper, in the
New Years Handicap. A horseman
persuaded me to stay off Firestone,
which he said was not ready to race,
and at the last moment I switched
from Proper to Logistilla. The lat
ter was left at the post and Proper
won. ..
On the way back that night I felt
natural. I was broke. I've been
broke v e since, and the way things
look now I am likely to stay that way,
for the easy marks r staying out Of
my path, If there are any in town.
Now, I am an old hand at all kinds
of gambling. I make my living by
knowing more about that sort Of
thing than the man whose money I
want, and yet I squander all I make
in going against games in which my
money isn't worth ten cents on the
dollar the moment I sit in.
Years ago I was talking with John
Condor, the blind racetrack magnate
of Chicago. We were discussing
gambling and the chances a man has
to win. g
WELL" said Condor, there's only
one way to beat a gambling game.
Make the other fellow go against
your game. With me: any time a
man didn't want to go against my
game there was no play"
Shrewd old John Condor hit the
nail on the head. AS long as the
suckers" play my game I get the
money. The moment I begin to
gamble in any other game where In
other man has the percentage I lose
my money the same as any other
sucker" I know this and yeti go
right on losing my money. Why?.
There's a conundrum. II I had $10,-
900 I'd give it all to know the an
swer.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Country Doctors Dying Out.

The country doctor is rapidly be-
coming extinct as a species. The men
one meets at their societies look,
dress, talk and act as the men do at
any meeting of city physicians. The
papers presented are quite up to the
city standard, the discussions mark
eddy above those of the city men. The
surgical experiences related would
astonish some me1 who think the
city clinics and clinicians do all of
this work, or at least all that is well
done.-Kansas City Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
MAP OF THE IsTHMUS.

of the road. The engineers found, in
fact, that the tropical vegetation
grew faster than the force Of men at
their disposal could cut it down. At
ter a number of experiments it was
found that boiling water was most
effective in eradicating this too-will-
Ing vegetation, and now, just as the
roadbeds of northern roads are
sprinkled with oil to lay the dust, the
line of the Tehuantepec road is lib
orally scalded at frequent intervals
to keep cocoanut. groves and sugar
plantations from springing up over
night between the ties and blockad-
Ing the road.
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route between the chief commercial
ports Of the world.
The isthmus of Tehuantepec is sit
uated in the southern portion Of
Mexico, in the States Of Oaxaca and
Vera Cruz. From ocean to ocean the
distance is 1875 miles. Considering
the fact that the Sierra Madre Noun
tain range crosses the isthmus, the
territory is comparatively level.
From the Atlantic, or Gulf of Mexico
side, the rise is gradual, eliminating
in Chivela Pass at a height of only
100 feet. From that point to the Pa
cifc or to the Gulf of T~ehuantepec,
the descent Is abrupt.
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to any great extent at the present
time. The ordinary table usually
serves the purpose, paper and pencils
being placed in a nearby drawer.
How much more useful the table
shown here would be. This table has
an open top, fitting into which is the
triangular drawer. The latter Is d.
vided into small compartments for
holding pens, pencils, paper and
other writing accessories. When not
used as a writing desk, the drawer Is
lowered and the top of the table
pushed back in guide ways, COM
pletely hiding the drawer from view.
The table can then be used as the
ordinary small table for reading, etc.
philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
UNUNIFORM MEDICINES.
Wide Geographical Distribution and
Age Make Drugs Unreliable.

So, because any man, however ig-
norant, with any motive, however ig-
noble, may manufacture and sell any
of the $4,000 compounds known to
organic chemistry and may allege for
them what curative powers he will;
and because, too, of this unlimited
opportunity for fraud among the old
er drugs, it becomes a matter Of no
surprise to learn that at the present
time among the great number OF
firms manufacturing remedial agen-
cies there is the greatest conceivable
diversity of science, sincerity and
wisdom.
These drugs come from the utter
most parts of the earth-from the
dank forests of Brazil, from the fro
zen Siberian steppes, from the banks
of the gray green, greasy Limpopo
River, all set about with fever trees"
or from "silken Samarkand," but al
most everywhere they are gathered
by barbarous peoples, the lowest of
earth's denizens. It is small wonder,
then, that with any one plant there
should be a variation among its indi-
vidual specimens in the proportion
of the active medicinal agent it con-
tains.
But when we add to this the fact
that, in general terms, the per cent.
of the active ingredient depends on
the amount of sunshine it enjoys, on
the time of the year it is gathered,
even on the time of the day, on the
amount of moisture, the elevation,
the character of the soil and a dozen
other factors, it becomes almost a
necessity of thought that the amount
of medicine" in that plant must
vary from a maximum to nothing at
all.
A mans wife goes bravely down
to the gates of death to pass through.
or, if it may hap, to come slowly
back, bearing radiantly with her the
flaming torch of another life. Ergot
is required. Now, ergot is a fungus
growing upon rye, where it destroys
and d~isplaces the ovary Of the plant.
1t comes from Russia, Austria, Spain,
Sweden, and where not; its chemical
analysis does not seem to yield reh-
able information, for it's active con-
stituents are not definitely under
stood. Finally, the physiological &C.
tivity of the drug may be good, or
little, or zero, just as it may chance,
while after the lapse Of a year it be-
comes unfit for use. Yet it is to this
substance, so utterly variable, that
the physician must trust the life Of
the woman and the child.-Harper's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Evolution of the Apple.

From Professor l.. H. Bailey's val
liable book on PLANT Breeding" we
take the following extract from the
chapter on the Evolution Of the
Apple"
The original apple is not definitely
small and inferior, grabbed fruit,
borne mostly in clusters. When we
first find it described by historians
it was still of small value. Pliny said
that some kinds were so sour as to
take the edge off a knife. But better
and better seedlings continued to
come up about habitations, until,
when printed descriptions of fruits
began to be made, three or four hun
dreds years ago. there were many
named kinds in existence. The size
had vastly improved, and with this
increase came the reduction of the
number Of fruits in the cluster, so
that, at the present time apple flow
ers are borne in clusters, the fruits
are generally borne singly. That is,
most of the flowers fail to set fruit,
and they complete their mission when
they have shed their pollen for the
benefit of the n which persists.
The American colonists brought
with them the staple varieties Of the
mother countries. But the needs of
the new country are unlike those of
the old, and the tastes and fashions
of the people were changing. So, as
seedlings came up about the build
ings and along the fences, where the
seeds had been scattered, the ones
which promised to satisfy the new
needs best were saved, and many of
the old varieties were allowed to pass
away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

On the isthmus Of Tehuantepec, in
the country through which runs the
new railroad from Salina Cruz on the
Pacific to Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf
Of Mexico, the rapid growth of vege-
tation Is said to be n of the most
serious problems in the maintenance
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Automobiles and Coaching.

James Martin, at whose North
Side stables the Blue Dog" coach
which was used to make trips to-
Highland Park was kept, says that
the arrival of the automobile has
practically killed the sport Of coach
ing in Chicago. There is now no de-.
mand for drags and brakes, al
though they used to be most popu-
lar.-Chicago Evening POST
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
ANOTHER RAILROAD FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Only About One Hundred and Twenty five Miles Long, But 1t Crosses
the Bthmus of Tehuantepec-H arbors at Each End
For Big Steamships.

At least until the Panama Canal Is
completed, many expect that the
greater burden of traffic between the
Atlantic and the Pacific will be
handled by the Tehuantepec Nation
al, ON account of geographical ad-
vantages, as it affords the shorter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

A professor in Copenhagen Univer-
sity is said to chloroform plants.
After several days they bud in great
%profusion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

French shipping bounties have in
creased the number of vessels re-
gardlass Of demand for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Writing Table.

A Chicago man has devised and
patented an exceedingly useful COM
bination writing@iesk and table, an
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
~"SiHZNrGD
RTH KNoWINGa

Although South America has about
twice the area Of the United States,
it has only half the population.
Life insurance companies in Japan
are paying sixteen per cent. divi-
dends. In one of them the directors
got only $1,000 fees for their years
work. ' :
Lancaster County, Pa, has twenty
one Presbyterian churches, and at
least three of the congregations are
almost 200 years old.
Wounded Elk, q full-blooded Sioux
missionary, is organizing a revival
movement in New York City. He has
"a wonderful flow of simple oratory,
besides a majestic presence.
The consensus Of opinion among
historians is to the effect that the
most ancient city is Damascus. There
Is no doubt about the fact that
Damascus has the longest continuous
history of any city in the world.
Lord Breadalbane has more deer
on his estates than any landowner in
the United Kingdom, and yet, when
he was Lord Steward, among his per-
quisites was a present of six bucks
and six does every year from the
royal herd.
The Tower Of Babel, at Babylon,
was composed of eight square tow
ers, one upon the other, the pile be-
ing $50 feet high. Babylon was q
square, fifteen miles on each side, the
walls being eighty-seven feet thick
and $40 feet high.
The English occupation of India
began with the administration Of
Give, in 1853. The present popula-
ton of India is 240, 100000. The
English residents in India, civil and
military, number less than 100000.
Person was a great talker and a
man of immense learning, and Car
lyle was not far behind him, but both
were handicapped by temperamental
difficulties. Perhaps the greatest and
most admirable all-round conversa-
tionalist was Lord Macaulay, with
Oliver Wendell Holmes as a close Sec
ond.
Horseshoeing Is very ancient. 1t.
is represented on a coin of Tarentum,
South Italy, about 800 B. c. Iron
and bronze horseshoes have been
found in tumuli in France, Germany,
Belgium and England. 1t is, Of
course, impossible to designate the
first instance in which a bronze or
iron horseshoe was used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19
Pencil ~Sharpener.

Every large manufacturing plant
long since recognized the value of a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Wounded Elk, q full-blooded Sioux
missionary, is organizing a revival
movement in New York City He has
a wonderful flow of simple oratory,
besides a majestic presence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

The consensus of opinion among
historians is to the effect that the
most ancient city is Damascus. There
Is no doubt about the fact that
Damascus has the longest continuous
history of any city in the world. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Lord B~readalbane has more deer
on his estates than any landowner in
the United Kingdom, and yet, when
he was Lord Steward, among his per-
quisites was a present Of six bucks
and six does every year from the
royal herd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

The Tower Of Babel, at Babylon,
was composed of eight square tow
ers, one upon the other, the pile be-
ing $50 feet high. Babylon was q
square, fifteen miles on each side, the
walls being eighty-seven feet thick
and $40 feet high.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

The English occupation of India
began with the administration Of
Give, in 1853. The present popula-
ton of India is 240,000,00o The
English residents in India, civil and
military, number less than 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Lancaster County, Pa, has twenty
one Presbyterian churches, and at
least three of the congregations are
almost 200 years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Although South America has about
twice the area Of the United States,
it has only half the population.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-19

Life insurance companies in: Japan
are paying sixteen per cent. diyi-
dends. In one of them the directors
got only $500 fees for their years
work. :
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-17
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Social Personal
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

-A-'-S)c<-Sy S-<SSESc2Q
Misses Alma Smith. Katie Gray and
Louise Clark entertained ut the home
of Miss Louise Clark Friday evening.
The hall. parlo.3 and tables were
iastefnlly decorated with chryaanthe-
NUNS. rod, white and blue crepe pa
pes and American flags The evening
was spent in playing games. after
which refreshments were served
Each guest was presented with an ar.
tistic souvenir, Among those prescnt
were; Misses Alberta Richa,rlsoh,
Fannie Richardson. Marguerite VII.
son. Katie Gray, Ada Smith. Gladys
Hanger and Mossrs. Ernest Farthing.
Alphonsc Killan. Eddie lSllby. Lin.
wood Virgins, Harold Richardson.
Eirctt bradnor Willie Ekens. V.
Powell, William Clements, Stewart
Andrews, William McCulmm Paul
Wilson, Harry Shcman. Harry Smith.
Carroll Smith. Horbe.t Smith, Ned
Clark. Willard Smith and benjamin
Walden. The out.of. town guests were
Miss Pauline and Mr.. Early Barclay.
of Portsmouth, and Misses Elizabeth,
Ida and Diana Smith, of TnLb, Va
Mrs. Mary Il. Bradshaw and sister,
Mrs. Annie NJ. Vaughan. OF Windsor.
are the guests OF Mrs. Dradshaw's
son, Mr.. S. ]. Bradshaw. 1921 Hnmp.
ton avenue.
NJ. Il. +, Black. formerly OF this
city. hut now of Memphis. Tenn. liz
visiting Mr., and Mrs w. II. Rohrbach.
3lG Forty-nlnth strnet
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-17
STARTS ON FIRST TRIP
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
/. Seven Masted Schooner Thomas w.
Lawson Sails for London With
$4,000 Worth Of Oil.

Shipping men Mt this port are inter
ested In the voyage of the big seven
mastcd schooner Thomas w. Lawson,
which sailed yesterday from Philaael-
nhia for London with cargo of 3
100000 gallons of oil. valued ut $40.
600. She will be the first sailing YES
sci 10 carry oil across the Atlantic
and the undertaking is no SNAIL one.
For several years after she was
completed the Lawson was engaged
In the coastwise coal trade between
this port and Boston. More than n
year ago. however. she was chartered
for tho oil trade between Sabine Pass
and Philadelphia. After being equin.
ped with tanks at the local shipyard,
tho vessel entered the trade. being
towed up and down the coast by the
tug Paul Jones.
The experiment was failure. now
ever. and the vessel was laid up at
New York. She was recently charter
cd by the Standard oil Company from
the Coastwise Transportation Com.
pany to engage in the transAtlant'c
oil trade.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-17
Louis S. Jones, Of Morrison Ar.
fsslPd and IocAet.up h Police
Station Here.
BANKER aAOE The COMPLAINT
When Nose which Had Been Dis
counted by sehmeIz Brothers Fell
Due, Notice Was Sent Mrs. Jones,
and Her Reply Sen, Cashier to po-
lice headquarters.

Cha, gcd with forging the name OF
his mother. Mrs. Mary p Jones' to !.
note for s25 which he had discounted
at Schinelz Btothers' bank several
months ago, Louis s. Jones, young
man vino lives at Morrison. was ar
rcnted at that place yesterday even
Ing by Detective Pearson. The prlS-
oncr was brought to this city and
locked up at the station house TO
await preliminary hearing before
Justice Brown in the police court TO
morrow morning
The arrest WAS made on warrant
sworn out by CHIEF of Police Reynolds
on the complaint of Mr.. +. s. Blanton.
cashier of Schmelz Brothers bank.
Jones note became due last wcek and
when he failed TO pay it. Mr.. Blanton,
1t Is said wrote Mrs. Jones, who lives
ut Morrison. informing her that her
sons note on which her name appear
cd as the endorser. had not been paid.
Mrs. Jones, II is alleged. wrote In re-
ply that she knew nothing OF the note
and that her signature was n forgery.
After receiving the letter Mr.. Blan-
ton reported the affair TO Chief Rcy-
nolds and the warrant for Jones' ar
rest was secured and turned over TO
Detective Pearson. Tho detective
drove to Morrison in n buggy and ap.
pretended Jones on tho country road
as he was returning home from North
Newport News.
The prisoner said last night that his
mother endorsed the note and that
ho could easily establish his innocence
Of the charge against him. Jones
Is the son OF the late aIr. Rock Jones
ct Morrison. and Ia well known In
/ warwick county and in this city