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Pure Water.

To purify water add powdered
alum to the water in the proportion
of one teaspoonful to every four gal.
Ions. If you will stir this in briskly
you will find that all impurities will
be precipitated to the bottom, while
the rest Of the water will be left pure
and clear.
If you are sitting at a desk or sew.
ing steadily for hours at a time 1t is
we'll to rise occasionally. stand erect.
inhale a full breath and raising both
hands as high as possible, bring them
down on top Of the head and bend
backward. Repeat two or three times
and you can not imagine how much
it will rest you.
Better than a tray is the little drop
leg sewing table which is high
enough for the top to rest across the
bed while an invalid is eating. Turn
back the legs on one end of the table,
allowing the others to rest on the
floor, supporting some of the weight.
This gives ample room to spread out
the dishes and the table being rather
light the weight is not noticeable. 1t
can be propped at n end with a pill
low.-New Haven Register.
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How to Cook Rice.

Few housewives understand how to
cook rice so that it puffs into a snowy
mass, each kernel distinct. ] have
found a way. First wash 1T thor.
oughly through several cold waters,
rubbing the kernels between the
hands. This is to remove all the
loose -four on the outside Of the
grains. After the water runs clear,
turn the rice into a colander, and
drain; then put it into a stewpan, al.
lowing one quart Of boiling water to
a cup Of washed rice. Add a tea
spoonful of salt, and allow it to come
to a boil. Cook steadily for twenty
minutes, lifting the rice occasionally
with a fork to prevent it's sticking.
Shake the kettle also for the same
purpose, but never stir or mash with
a spoon. Take it from the fire, pour
off the water if any is left, and place
1t on the back of the stove, in the
oven, or even over a pot Of hot water
until it finishes swelling. Cooked in
this way you will find the rice plump.
light and white, each grain distinct
and separate.-M. N, in Harper's
Bazaar.
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Cranberry Pie.-Two cups cranber-
ries cut in halves and washed we'll to
take out the seeds. Put in stew pan
with one cup sugar. n heaping ta-
blespoon cornstarch, one-half cup wat
er, n tablespoonful butter, one tea
spoon vanilla; cook a few minutes,
then bake with two crusts.
Bacon and Apples.-Slice bacon
thin and fry it crisp. Transfer it to
a platter and keep it hot while you
fry thick slices of ~unpeeled sweet ap-
! pies in the bacon fat. When these
are tender, drain and put in the CEN
tire Of a hot platter. Lay the fried
bacon about the hot platter. Lay
/ the fried bacon about the edge Of the
dish, sprinkle sugar over the apples
and serve.
Orange Puffs.-Cream one-third
cup of butter, add n cup sugar,
then add two beaten eggs. Add alter
nately one-half cup milk and one and
three-quarters cups flour, three tea.
spoonfuls baking powder, a dash OF
salt. Beat thoroughly; turn into
buttered individual dishes, and bake
twenty minutes. Orange Sauce:
Beat the whites Of three eggs stiff.
add gradually one. cupful powdered
sugar. then add juice, grated rind Of
two oranges and one tablespoonful Of
lemon Juice.
Orange Pudding.-Rub the rind OF
a large orange upon some Jumps of
sugar until all the yellow part is
taken off. Make the sugar up to
four ounces, put it into bowl and
strain over it the juice of four or
anges. Pour half a pint of boiling
nlilk over three ounces of sponge
cake. which have been finely crum-
bled in another bowl. Add a pinch
Of salt and a quarter of a small nut
fheg grated. Mix thoroughly the
contents of the two bowls and stir in
three eggs, we'll beaten. Line the
edges Of a pie dish with good puff
paste, pour in the mixture and bake
in moderate oven for half an hour.
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Care Of the Lamp.

To prevent a lamp from smoking
soak a new lamp wick two or three
hours in vinegar. Dry we'll before
using.
Lamp wicks in lanterns or carriage
lamps that are not in daily use should
be treated in this way.
Oil in lamps should not be allowed
to get down to less than one-half the
depth Of the reservoir.
The wick should be soft and COM
pletely fill the space for it, but with
out crowding.
A lamp should be neither suddenly
cooled, mol exposed to draught. In
extinguishing the flame the wick
should be first turned down, and then
a sharp, quick puff blown across and
not straight down upon the flame
New York Press.
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EXPLOSION VICTIMS NUMBER 20.
Vain Efforts to Save Bodies From
Blazing Hanna Pit.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Practically every
family in the entire town OF Hanna Is
in mourning because of the mine dis
aster in which from sixty-ive to sew
enty men lost their lives. Fifty Of
the men who were killed composed a
body of volunteer rescuers who had
gone into the mine to recover the bod
les of. eighteen Of their comrades who
had been killed as the result Of an
explosion. For more than six hours
the rescuers had worked when there
was a second explosion, and it Is be-
lieved now that all Of them are dead.
The explosions occurred in mine
No. l of the Union Pacific Coal Com
pany In Hanna. Fire started in the
mine on last Sunday and since then
many attempts had been made to ex-
tinguish the blaze. 1t was regarded
as unsafe to send men in. but Super
intendent Briggs selected seventeen
of the most experienced in the camp
and entered the sline with them to
fight the flames. The fire gained
on them, and at 8 p. m. the flames
reached the gas. There was q ter
rife explosion and all of the men
were buried.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
RACE TRACK MEN DEFEATED
Test Vote Showed 26 Votes For
Anti-Bettng Bills.
Strong Fight by Grady and McCarreu
They Attack AgneW Measure
in AI-Day Debate.

Albany, N. Y.--The advocates Of
the a~nti-race track gambling bills,
scored = victory in the Senate when,
after a debate thai continued all day,
they succeeded in restoring to the
form in which it vas introduced Sem
ator Agnew's bill amending the Pc
nal Code making gambling on race
tracks a felony. The Senate Codes
Committee had amended this bill to
take effect September 1, instead Of
Immediately. BY a vote Of 26 to 23l
the bill was restored to its original
form.
The vote was taken to indicate
that unless something entirely I'M
foreseen happened between now and
the day when the bills came up on
the order Of final passage they would
be passed. The opposition to the
bills were still insisting at midnight
that something" would happen. and
that the twenty-six necessary votes;
could not be mustered to pass the.
bills.
The members Of the Senate Codes:
Committee reversed themselves In q
most signal fashion. Senator Wem-
pie was the only Republican member
Of the committee to vote to restore
the bill to its original form. Both
Penal Code amendment and the bill
repeating the Percy-Gray betting law
were advanced to a third reading.
Six Of the thirty-one Republicans
voted with seventeen of the nineteen
Democrats to retain the September 1
amendment. These were Senator'S
Burr, of Suffolk: Emerson. of War
rem; Gilchrist, of Kings; Grattan, Of
Albany; Knapp, Of Clinton, and
Wemple, of Schenectady. Senators
Fuller, of Kings, and Taylor, of Or
ange. were the two Democrats who
voted with twenty-four Republicans
to strike out the amendment.
! While the action Of the Senate Is
not final and decisive, it indicates the
passage not only Of the Agnew Code
bill, but the two other measures nee
essary for the accomplishment Of the
Governors recommendation relating
to rae tracks.
The opponents of the measures put
up a spirited and stubborn fight, the
brunt of the battle falling upon the
shoulders Of Senators McCarren and
Grady, both Democrats. The cause
Of the Governor was championed by
Senator's Agnew, O'Neil and Hinman.
While the debate was progressing
in the Senate the race track interests
were making every effort to secure
Two more Republican votes, and &C
cording to the gossip in the lobby
they offered a fortune to at least two
Senators to desert the reform III
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Stained Woodwork.

Many houses have highly vanished
yellow pine. If the woodwork is gone
over with ammonia and Immediately
covered with a stain, a beautiful dul
finished wood is the result IN any
color desired. Olive green, black,
brown or silver gray are all suitable.
For SO a large dining room can be
thus stained by q painter, including
the shutters, and the change is decid-
eddy worth the outlay. A blue and
green dining room is a delightful
combination. There are quite a num-
Der of most artistic English papers
with this combination Of colors, and
with green stained woodwork and
mahogany furniture, a delightful
room may be evolved.-Indianapolis
News.
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The Amoeba.

The amoeba Greek "changeD is
g naked mass Of living matter, or
protoplasm, flowing out in all direc-
tons in blunt processes" and the
cndlessly varying form has earned for
the simple animal the popular name
OF "amoeba,' proteus-animalculae.
They are all minute, but some are dis
tinctly visible to the unaided eve.
The jelly-like creature flows along
the surface OF stone or plant by the
slow protusion Of its ever-changing
processes, and in this way gets
around it's food. 1t is all stomach,
any part Of it taking hold and digest
ing the food that happens to come in
contact with it. On attaining it's
maximum size the amoeba draws it.
self out and breaks into two daughter
amoebas, each of which contains half
Of the mother nucleus. This simple
organism seems to exhibit in small
compass the usual animal fuI>otions.
It feeds, secretes, grows and repro
duces itself.-NeW York Americana
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Prominent People.

President Eliot, of Harvard, OBJ
served his seventy-fourth birthday at
Cambridge, Mass.
Reer-Admiral Evans, on his own
request, will be succeeded in COM
mand Of the battleship fleet by Rear
Admiral Thomas.
Secretary Taft, Ambassador Taxa
hira and Governor Fort spoke at the
annual dinner of the Trenton Cham
Der of Commerce.
Charles Stedman Hanks, who In
y~estigated the conduct Of the Ameri-
can railroads at the Presidents re-
quest. died at Boston.
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Notes of the Diamond.

Jimmy Sheckard is captaining the
worlds champions in the absence Oh
Chance.
Hobe Ferris seems to be adapting
himself to third base all right IN the
st. Louis Americans games IN the
South.
Collarless shirts and round caps
NAV be comfortable, but they are
slouchy and not as neal as collars anu
square caps.
Reports from Texas confirm the re-
cent rumors that the New YORK Ma,
tionals are about the beg basepail
proposition Of the season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
President Bars a Newspaper.

President Roosevelt has ordered
the Postof1ce Department at Wash
ington, D. c., to stop the distribution
of La QUESTION: Sociale, the inflam-
matory Paterson IN. j. newspaper.
He has asked the Department Of JUS
tice to show him O way to prosecute
the editors criminally and to advise
him how far he can go in q recon-
mendation to Congress toward the
suppression Of all such papers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
RICH LAWYER INDICTED.
Carl Fischer-H Hansen Held in $4,000
Bail on Charge Of Extortion.

New York City. - Carl Fischer
Hansen, son-in-law of Isaac v. Bro
kaw and a lawyer who has been act
I've in the criminal courts, was in
licted on the charge that he extorted
$4,000 from Joseph E. O'Brien, a
decorator, of Philadelphia. Back OF
The accusation against Hensen are
,candalous charges against O'Brien,
which Hansen Is said to have threat
sned to make public and use in GRIM
lnal prosecution If the money was not
paid.
Hansen, who was badly upset by
ais arrest, was arraigned before
Judge Foster, of General Sessions,
md held in SIS, 900 bail. 1t was fur
aished by his father-in-law, who was
lot pleased at the predicament Han
zen was in. Hansen insisted that
here was a plot to blackmail him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Demand For Rice

In view Of the small supply OF
medium grades Honduras rice, the
attention of the trade Is being turned
to Japan sorts. There Is an active
demand on the Atlantic Coast and
prices show an advance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
law Aimed at Anarchists.

Governor Fort, of New Jersey,
signed the bill Of Senator Avis max
ing it a high misdemeanor to publish
any article advocating the death or
injury of any person. The bill Is
aimed at anarchists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
LOCAL OPTION BILL KILLED.
Assembly Excise Committee Votes
Not to Report the Gray Measure.

IfUC 20 1tCPOfV t"o Of"J
Albany, N. Y.-The City Local OPP
ZION bill was practically killed for the
session by the Assembly Committee
IN Excise, which. by a vote OF SIX
Teas to seven nays, defeated a motion
% report the bill.
The bill, introduced by Assembly,
nan Gray, Of st. Lawrence, would
have extended to whole cities the
privilege, now enjoyed by country.
towns throughout the State, Of local
elections as to permitting traffic in
liquor.
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Shoots Her Traducer.
NEWS By CABLE
HOUSE OF COMMONS PASSES DAYLIGHT BILL.

London-The House of Commons has passed on its se S,t
readine the Pearce Daylight Saving bill. which provides neW STU
ish time for the summer months. 1t provides that in the summer
all clocks shall be advanced eighty minutes. Thus a man gettlns
IN A. annarently 9 o'clock in the morning would be really doing Sc
at 7 40 thus gaining an hour and twenty minutes OF daylight IL
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SENATOR DAVIS FINED.

He Pays S25 For Threatening IN Of-
fetal at Little Rock, Ark.
Little Rock, Ark. - United States
Senator Jefferson Davis was fined SIS
In police court for disturbing the
peace. The fine was imposed because
Of the Senator's action IN getting a
pistol and appearing on the street az
Ter he had been attacked and beaten
by Thomas Helm, Deputy Prosecut-
Ing Attorney. The Senator is said to
have threatened to shoot him.
Helm was fined $40 for assault.
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Dickson Acquitted Of Murder.

A Porto Rican jury acquitted
Alexander Dickson, a carpenter on
the United States collier Abarenda,
for the killing Of the chief officer on
the ground Of self-defense.
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Railway Prospects Bright.

Railway statistics were quoted by
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lane, showing railroads have not
been hard hit and their outlook Is
bright.
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Student Held For Trial.

SCuQenG Heiu FoF Ifldi'
Ann ArS9r, Mich.-C. Roy Rock,
Of Rowen, ILL.,. one Of the fifteen STU
dents arrested during the outbreak
at the Star Theatre recently, was
bound over to the Circuit Court for
trial on the charge Of rioting. Bail
was fixed at $1,000, with two suretIes.
w. T.. Wilson's Shortage.
Port Huron, Mich.-W. L. Wilson,
secretary Of the United Home Protec-
tors Fraternity, IA arraisned on
the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. The
bank examiners. reported that the Sec
rotary embezzied a total Of $4,000.
For Monument to Lee.
WASHINGTON, D. CA resolution
appropriating 900 for the erec-
tion in this city Of a monument to the
memory Of General Robert E. Lee,
Commander-in-Chfef Of the Confeder-
ate Army of the United States. was
introduced by Representative Ferris,
Of Oklahoma.
Judge Ousted From Office.
Richmond, Va.-The General AS
sembly removed Judge ]. W. G.
Blackstone, Of the Eleventh Circuit,
from office. The grounds upon which
this action was based are immortality
and gross neglect Of official duty.
There was but n dissenting vote in
each branch.
D,,l, Droc;dopf Robbed
Lincoln, Il.-Frank Frorer, presi-
dent Of a Lincoln (Ill.) bank and OF
the Lincoln Mining Company, was
held up by three highwaymen and
robbed Of the $4,000 monthly payroll
of the mining company. Two OF the
robbers were caught, but the third
escaped with the money.
Find Box Of Coins.
Rising Sun, Md.-While removing
an old cedar roof that had been on
the dwelling of Mrs. James Watson.
of Fallstown, Hartford County, since
| its erection in 1874, the contractors,
Kerr & Colder, found between the
roofing and plaster a tin box Of cop
Der and silver coins valued at several
hundred dollars.
Hall Milton Appointed Senator.
Tallahassee. Fla.-Governor Brow
ard, Of Florida, appointed Hall MIL
ton, of Mariana, to succeed the late
w. j. Bryan in the United States
Senate.
George Foulkes Acquitted.
Winnipeg, Can.-George Foulkes,
American customs officer, was &C.
quilted by a jury Of the charge OF
kidnapping two Canadian farmers near
Emerson, on the Canadian border
line.
Oklahoma Cuts Express Rates.
Guthrie, Okla.-The State Corpor-
alton Commission ordered a forty per
-..;o, 4. oil avnrnco rafoc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Nav Re Haiti's Emperor.

President Alexis of Haiti Is sus.
pected Of an ambition to proclaim
himself Emperor Of Haiti.
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Quit Haiti.

Port-au-Prince.-The seventy-hVe
refugees in the various legations in
Port-au-Prince left here for Kingston
On board the German cruiser Bremen.
They refused the Governments guar
antee Of safety if they would elect to
return to their homes.
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Died From Fear of Rabies.

Rochester, N. Y.-William ]. Zoll-
a Of P~ittsford, recently a patient
at the New York Pasteur Institute,
died from fear Of rabies, though the
disease did not develop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Dog Catcher Gets Sternburg Pet.

Washington, D. C. - Baron Won
sternburg's pet dog escaped from the
German Embassy. Because he wasn't
wearing a license tag he proved per-
soma non grata to the dog catcher,
and it cost the Ambassador 81 to get
his dog out of the pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
SOOTHING SYRUP KILLS TWINS.

Parents Gave Only Five Drops to
Their Babies at ST. Paul, Mimi.
ST.. Paul, Minn.-Twin babies, a
boy and a girl, children of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. A~ckerknecht, OF AL West
Central avenue, died as victims OF
soothing syrup poisoning.
The parents told a physician VINO
was called in that they had given n
babies only five drops of the medicine
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Robbers Head Blown OF.

Gentry, Ark.-In 4 futile attempt
to blow open the safe Of the Farmers
Bank at Springtown. near here, the
head Of one Of the robbers was blown
from his shoulders by a premature
explosion Of dynamite.
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NEWS By WIRE


MISS KELLER, SWISS DIPLOMAT DIES.
Washington. D. C-John Hitz, associated with Alexanaer
Graham Bell as superintendent of the Volta Bureau for ssen1n
ing knowledge to the Blind, died OF heart failure in the rotunda o
the Union Station while awaiting Miss Helen Keller. The two had
been friends. MI. HHz was seventysix years old and a native or
Switzerland. For seventeen years he was Swiss Consul at Wash
fngton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
ian Laborers For Brazil.

Rio Janeiro.-The Japanese steam
or Kasado Maru is due to leave Kobe
April IL to bring to Brazil l0oo
Japanese agricultural laborers 10
work in the State Of Sac Paulo.
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Plans of Welcome In Australia.

Melbourne.-The Minister Of De-
Tense, Thomas Ewing, has invited the
commanding officers Of the various
branches of the forces to submit rec
concentrations in connection with the
reception of the American battleship
feet in Australian waters.
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Eet Afre by Rebels.

Get Af1re Dy hcDeIS'
Pekin.-There were three destruc-
tive fires in Pekin at widely separated
points which are attributed to reVo-
lutionaries and are regarded as a pro-
test against active pursuit Of them.
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Fear Trouble in Bahia.

kSul ~
Rio Neutrality-suspicious. trouble IS
feared in Bahia because OF the Oppo-
sition in the Legislature to the o
ernor just elected. The agitation a
been increased by the congratulations
sent to the Governor by President
Penna, as the Opposition IN the Legls-
lature says these congratulations
amount to meddling in the Internal
affairs of the State.
BAIL Raises Sugar Duties.
Rio de Janeiro.-President Penna
signed a decree raising from 2OO to
400 reis the customs duty on sugars.
This action indicates that Brazil will
not adhere to the Brussels sugar con-
yention. Senators and Deputies from
Bahia, in the belief that pressure
was being used by the local govern
ment to prevent them from carrying
on their official duties, have request
ed the Supreme Court to intervene.
The court granted the plea.
Mid-Lent Carnival in Paris.
Paris.-Favored by fine spring
weather, the traditional Mi-Careme
Carnival with it attending parades,
passed off with great success. Merry
makers thronged the b~ouleVards.
Rochelle Charge in Chamber.
Paris.-The Minister Of Justice re-
fused to discuss the case Of M. Henri
Rochelle, the French company pro-
moter, arrested on charges of sWlnd-
ling the public, when M. Ceccaldi pre-
sented his Interpolation on the SUBJ
ject in the Chamber Of Deputies.
Against Election Change.
Berlin.-Speaking in the Reichstag,
Chancellor Won Bulow gave a mega
tive reply to the proposal for the In
PRODUCTION of universal suffrage for
the election Of members to the Diets.
This, he declared, would mean that
one of the States would obtain an
overwhelming influence in the decis-
ions Of the Federal Council.
Morgan Entertained in Rome.
ROME. Pierpont Morgan, who
Is at present in Rome, was enter
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