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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was "Coffee.'

Many pale, sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer 80,
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee is the main
cause Of the trouble.
II was always very fond of coffee
and drank 1t every day. l never had
much flesh and often wondered why
was always so pale, thin and weak
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and I was con-
fined to my bed. My stomach was In
such condition that ! could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sus-
tain life.
During this time | was drinking
coffee, didn't think ! could do with
out it.
After awhile | came to the con-
clusion that coffee was hurting me,
and decided to give it up and try
Postum. l didn't like the taste OF 1t
at first, but when It was made right
boiled until dark and rich-1 o
became very fond of it.
III JIG WEN 1 DSSoA " iSSi oSSsSA
I could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches we're less frequent,
and within five months l looked and
felt like a new being, headache spells
entirely gone.
MY health continued to improve.
and to-day 1 am we'll and strong,
weigh 14S lbs. l attribute my present
health to the life-giving qualities OF
Postum"
"There'S a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to times They
nre genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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PrimOGeniturc.

Primogeniture, it has been clearly
established, did not belong to the
customs of the barbarians when first
established in the Roman Empire,
but had it's origin in the benches, or
gifts, of the invading chieftains. 2he
benefce finally becoming hereditary,
1t was found that descent to the eld-
est son possessed advantages over all
other modes of succession. and prim-
ogeniture thus spread rapidly all over
Europe.-The American.
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New York City.-Mr. Walter Well
man writes as follows regarding the
achievement of Count Zeppelin in his
airship:
Count Zeppelin's record breaking
voyage with his great airship sur
prises no one familiar with the pres
ent state of the science of aerial navi'
cation. That a modern motor balloon
can be depended upon to make voy,,
ages Of from n to two thousand
miles, under fairly favorable condl-
tions, has long been known to men
who are familiar with aeronautics'
Count Zeppelin's success is epoch
making in that it convinces a scep-
tical world of the practicability OF air.
ships and of their utility as engines
of war and as instruments OF ex-
ploration of the upper air as we'll as
parts of the earth otherwise inacces-
sible, like the great unknown area
surrounding the North Pole.
His latest demonstration without
doubt will assure the rapid building
OF aerial navies by the chief military
Powers. In fact, Germany, France
Great Britain and the United States
are already moving in that direction
France has the Lebandy and La Re-
publiuue already in commission, and
Count Zeppelin's ship, it is under
stood, is to be taken owe for the
German army.
The modern airship or motor bal
loon will prove to be an effective en-
CINE of war. She can make recon-
n~oisances of an enemy's position, n.y.
ing at en altitude giving her i'm
munity from the enemy's guns. She
cannot only gain invaluable informa-
ton. but she can make attacks upon
strategic points, such as cities, bridges
and forts and the camps of hostile
armies by dropping explosives down
upon them.
Can Drop Explosives on Enemy.
This phase of the aerial warfare of
the future has been declared imprac-
ticable by some critics because the
dropping of a thousand pounds of ex-
plosive from a ship of the air would
Instantly cause her to shoot UP to a
great altitude. The critics who think
this is a fatal objection are not famil-
lar with the art of airship construc-
ton and operation. Dropping one
thousand pounds of ballast or weight
of any sort from a small balloon
dirigible like the one Captain Bald
win has built for the United States
Government would, Of course, be
either impracticable (because the ship
could not carry SO much) or danger
Gus if she could carry it. But that
weight suddenly released is a baga-
telle compared to the total lifting ca
pacity of such a ship as the Zeppelin
or my polar airship, the America.
The Zeppelin has a total lifting power
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Notes of the Diamond.

The Boston Club has recalled pitch.
er Elmer Steele from the Scranton
Club.
When the H~ighlanders do get into
the game they get into it good and
hard.
Paskert is playing a swift game in
Cincinnati's left field and also hitting
timely.
Pitcher Jesse Tannehill is scouting
for the Washington Club in the Texas
League.
Cincinnati critics say that Ewing
and Spade nowadays seldom use the
spit ball." going through the mo-
tions only to deceive batsmen.
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ECZEMA E M INcURABLE.'
Body was Raw-Discharged from
Hospitals as Hopeless-Cuticura
Remedies Cured Him.

From the age of three months until
fifteen years old, my son Owens life was
made intolerable by eczema in its worst
form. In spite of treatments the disease
gradually spread until nearly every part Of
his body was quite raw. He used to tear
himself dreadfully in his sleep and the
agony he vent through is quite beyond
words. The regimental doctor pronounced
the case hopeless. We had him in hos.
pitfalls four times and he was pronounced
one of the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as incurable.
We kept trying remedy after remedy, but
had gotten almost past hoping for a cure.
Six months ago we purchased a set OF
Cuticura Remedies. The result was truly
marvellous and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green, Eng
land, Jan. IL, 1907"
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midas Coal Output.

One of the great industries of India
Is coal mining. At the end of 1885
the average annual output for the
previous decade was only 1,227,0O0
tons; in the next decade the average
had risen to 2,75S,000 tons, and in
that ending with 1905 it was 1885,
600 tons. The production of 1906
was 9,7S4,O00 tons.-Evening Post.
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STRIKE ON CANADIAN PACIFIC
$4,000 Union Shop Men Quit v rk-
Weekly Pay $25O,OOO.

Winnipeg, Manifestation shop.
men employed by the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway struck in all shops on
the system from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and all shops are idle. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 men went out,
the largest number being $500 In
Montreal. Fifteen hundred quit at
Winnipeg. Two thousand men left
work between Fort William anc l.
couver, all at the dictates of the Elk.
ecutive Committees of the various
unions affected. Even old workmen
in line for pensions went home, and
it seems to be the most extensive
strike in the history Cf railway shops
in Canada.
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NeWsy GleaninSS.

The Sultan Of Turkey granted a
constitution and will call a Parlia-
ment.
The first steps toward the organiza-
lion of a national aerial society were
taken in Washington, D. c.
Governor Hughes announced he
would accept a denomination If it
we're the freely expressed wish of the
party.
A bill has been introduced in the
Portuguese Chamber Of Deputies to
cxpel the religious orders from the
kingdom.
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Lost the Pill.

The little daughter of a homoeo-
pathic physician received a ring with
a pearl in it on the Christmas-tree.
Two days later she poked her head
tearfully in at the door of her fathers.
Office.
Papa" she sobbed, papa, I've
lost the little pill out Of my ring!"-
Christian Register.
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WORLDS 1OO-YARD RECORD.
Walker, South African Athlete, Makes
New Time of 600 90.

Abergavenny, England. r. E.
Walker, the South African Splinter,
who won the final of the 100 meters
dash at the recent Olympic games,
at the games here broke the worlds
record for 100 yards, his time being
9 2-5 seconds, one-fifth of a second
less than the record made by Dan J..
Kelly at Spokane, Washington, June
20, 1906.
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my limbs bloated to twice their nor
NAL size. Doctors did not help and
l was fast drifting into the hopeless
stages. | used Doan's Kidney Pills
at the critical moment and they really
saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. 50cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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China. Bars Morphine,
Asks Japan's Aid.

Pekin.--China has asked Japan tc
consent to the restriction OF the I'M
portation into China Of morphine, as
veil as the instruments used for the
injection Of the drug. All the other
Powers long since agreed to this re-
stricticn.
Ii is highly desirable that Japan
consent to this proposal, particularly
in view Of the opium congress to be
held in Shanghai in January, when
measures for the control of the opium
traffic are to be devised.
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London Grass,

We English people are so prone to
run down our own belongings that
foreigners are astonished sometimes
to find how much pleasanter a spot to
live in is London than our accounts
of it had led them to expect. There
Is much grass in the place" is a de-
scription that would be quite beside
the mark when speaking Of Paris or
Berlin, but would not ill suit our
own metropolis. - London Ladies'
Field. r
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New Orleans.-The census of the
bird islands on the Louisiana coast
has been completed and shows q con-
siderable increase in the number OF
the birds in spite Of heavy losses
through recent storms.
The islands are nineteen in number
and we're given by the Federal and
State governments to the Audubon
Society as a bird reservation. At the
time of the gift the sea birds on the
Gulf coast were nearly extinct.
The census shows that $4,000 more
birds have been added to the popula-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
German Machine Guns First Vol
ley Brought Down Balloon,

Be1lin.-During q session of night
practice by a machine gun corps OF
the army near Augsburg the gunners
were ordered to train on a target bal
loon which had been sent up during
the day and was floating far above
and to the le:. of their point OF en-
campment.
The balloon was brought down at
the first volley.
The test was made Cor The purpose
Of e~sccrtaining what chance an army
would have OF opposing a hostile BAL
loon corps.
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C FOR SICK NJ
A Spendthrift.

Publican-"And how do you Ike
being married, John?"
John-"Don't like it at ALL"
why, what's the matter WI she,
john"
well, first thing In the morning
it's money; when 1 goes 'ome to my
dinner it's money again, and at sup
per it's the same. Nothing but
money, money, money!" y
well, I never! What do she do
wi all that money!" :,
81 dunno. I amt given her any
yet."-Literary Digest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
Horse Market Active.

The general Improvement reported
from all quarters in the business
world was strikingly reflected in the
horse market of New York City when
the big express companies and de.
partment stores began buying ag-
gressively for the first time since the
October panic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
BIRDS SLOWLY INCREASING.
Audubon Soeiety's Efforts Saving Many Species Now Nearly e

ton of the islands this summer. They
are mainly laughing gulls. Next IN
number are the Louisiana herons, the
royal cabots and Forster's terms n
black swimmers. Some of the varie-
ties are nearly extinct. There are
only twenty-five snowy herons left,
twenty-five black crowned night
herons and t%hirty-ive Caspian terms,
all once abundant on the Gulf coast,
but killed off for their plumage. A
number Of eggs have been destroyed
and young birds killed by recent
storms.
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disease started with
slight ~irregularity
and weakness and
developed into dan
gerous dropsy. |
became weak and
languid and could
do no homework.
My back b ter
ribly. | had bear
ing down pains and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
France to Use Posters
to Gain Recruits.

Paris.-The vote on two years Of
military service releases a lumber OF
men in the French regiments. There
is also a scarcity Of establishments.
The Colonel Of the Twelfth ORA
goons, station at Point a Mo.usson, has
decided to adopt the American sys-
tenn of recruiting through brilliant
and artistic posters depicting the adj
vantages Of service, including fancy
cloth uniforms. the regular life in the
service anS at 10 p. m. bed for the
petty officers.
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Paris.-While awaiting the discov-
cry Of some means to cure tubercu-
los;s scientists are searching for some
means of early diagnosis, which hith-
crto has been most difficult. DR..
Boureille now describes a series OF
experiments whereby an easy method
can be established.
He examined every year 1900
women and girls. He measured the
thorax at the moments of extreme
inspiration and expiration and noted
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-02
YOUNG COUPLE DROWNED.
Southern Man and Girl Companion
Lose Lives in Chautauqua Lake.

Jamestown, N. Y.-Miss Elsie
Green, nineteen years old, of Savan.
nah, Ga, and Porter Parish, twenty
one years old, of Memphis, Tenn.
were drowned in C%hautauqua Lake.
The young people we're visitors
with a party of friends at the Chau-
tauqua Assembly, and were rowing
on the lake. Their boat was struck
by the steamer Chadakoin OF the
Chautaulua Steamboat Company.
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If He's a Prudent Bachelor.
A woman's pocketbook always has
a piece of poetry in it, and somewhere
in a bachelors pockets you will find
a safety pin.-Somerville Journal.
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the difference. For normal females
he found that the difference always
exceeded two and one-third inches,
while for t%uberculous women it never
reached one and one-siXth.
He then measured a thousand SOL
diers and found a difference of fYm
three and one-half to foul and one
half inches. The tests on tuberculosis
patients show that in ninety-eight per
cent. of the cases the difference never
exceeded one and one-siXth.
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Loss May Be 100000

Spokane, Wash. - Reports from
British Columbia say that the loss in
he Kootenay Valley fire will run over
s10,000,000.
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Texas Quarantine Against Mexico.
The State of Texas has established
a rigid yellow fever quarantine
against Mexico, an outcome Of a tour
Of the republic by DR.. J. F. Eaves, OF
the State Health Department of Aus.
tin.
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Leander Crew Beats Belgians.

Henley, England. - The interna.
tional Olympic regatta came to an
end with a sweeping victory for the
United Kingdom oarsmen, who have
defeated all the Continental rowers
who participated in the races. Lean
der beat the Belgians.
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500 Men Thrown Out of Work.

Glens Falls, n. Y.-Employes at
the Fort Edward and Glens Falls
mills of the International Paper Com
pany were informed that the two
mills would shut down for an indef-
mite period. About 500 men will be
thrown out of work.
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FELL INTO HIS BALLOON.
Captain Lovelace, Of America, Nearly
Suffocated by Singular Accident.

London Captain L%ovelace, the
American %balloonist, had a narrow
escape at the Franco-British Exhibi-
ton.
While he was climbing over the
gas bag of a balloon the cover gave
way and he fell into the balloon.
BY the time an assistant was able
to rescue him he was nearly suffo-
Gated.
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Philadelphia.-Pier No. 46 of the
International Mercantile Marine Com
pany, in S. Delaware avenue, was de-
stroyed by a spectacular fire, entail
ing a loss estimated at 100000. The
fire is supposed to have been started
BY crossed electric wires.
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
northwestern Orders 1000 Cars.

Chicago.-The Chicago and North
western Railroad Company recently
placed an order for 1000 new freight
cars. The order was distributed
among three companies, to insure
early delivery.
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BY CABLE.
Aged Sister Beaten to Death.

Aged Sister Beaten to Death.
Paris.-The suburb Of Antony a
been aroused by a crime committed
in a girls boarding school. The aged
directress of the institution, Jeanne
Larrieu, a member of the Order OF
the Sisters of st. Andre, was beaten
to death by two masked men with
hammers.
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Silk Crop Halved by Typhoon.

Hong Kong.-Seventy per cent. of
the mulberry trees in the silk grow
ing districts were destroyed in the
typhoon, decreasing the silk prospects
by half. The price of leaves has
doubled.
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SAVED AT THE CRISIS.
Delay Meant Death From Kidney
Troubles.

Mrs. Herman Smith, 901 Broad
Street, Athens. Ca, says: kidney
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$500, 900 Fire in Philadelphia.

thrown out of work.
$4,000 Fire in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.-Pier No. 46 of the
International Mercantile Marine Com
pany, in S.. Delaware avenue, was de-
stroyed by a spectacular fire, entail
ing a loss estimated at 100000. The
fire is supposed to have been started
by crossed electric wires.
armed Maniac Captured.
Lexington, Ky.-Henry Thrap, the
Breathitt County feudist, who created
a reign of terror there by arming him
self and defying arrest when declared
insane, was captured and placed in
an asylum.
Lloyd Osbourne Sued by Wife.
San Francisco, Cal.-Mrs. Lloyd
Osbourne, wife of the novelist, Lloyd
Osbourne, has filed suit for separate
maintenance.
Pin Point Kills Little Girl.
Warsaw, Ind. - Violetta Marie
Bowen, the sixteen-year-old daughter
of joseph l.. Bowen, Gerlaw, ILL.,, died
following an illness Of only i've min
utes. A post-mortem developed that
the heart had been pierced by a
minute sharp instrument, which ply
sicians believe followed the course OF
the arteries.
To Build Expensive Furnaces.
Cleveland, Ohio. - Announcement
was made that Corrigan, Mckinney d
Co. will build two iron furnaces and
extensive ore docks along the upper
river that will cost about $2,5OO,OOO.
She Was Kissed by Lafayette.
Pittsheld, Mass.-Mrs. Caroline
Campbell Kellogg, who died here In
her ninety-fourth year, was kissed by
Lafayette in his triumphal tour In
1925. She was a flower girl at the
Pittsfeld reception to the famous
friend of America.
Congressman Buried.
. Pittsfeld, Me.-The funeral SER
vices for Congressman Llewellyn
Powers were held in the First Univer-
salist Church here. Governor Will
lam T. Cobb, former Governor John
F. Hill and a Congressional delega-
ton we're among those present.
Glass Blowers Lose Half-Hoiday.
Atlantic City, N. AT the conven-
ton of glass blowers and manufac-
turers here the union blowers failed
to win their point for a Saturday half
holiday with full pay. :.
Killed Over Cent.
Wharton, Texas.-R. B. Pointer
shot and killed G.. w. Jackson at
Pierce, Texas, in a quarrel over a one
cent postage stamp. Jackson mad
mailed a letter with only a one-cent
stamp on and Pointer, who had
charge of the p%ostofice, called his at
tention to the matter.
Biggest Elephant Dead.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., biggest of
elephants, died in his prison house at
the Philadelphia Geological Gardens.
The monster weighed six tons. Fol-
twent years the big fellow had been
conf within a small enclosure at
the Zoo because he was not safe.
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This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia E.
Finkham'sV Vegetable Compound.
LenaV. Henry, Of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
CT suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance I had, and l
dreaded 1t almost 8 much as death.
Zone day I read how other women
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and I decided to
try it. Before I had taken the first
bottle I was better, and now I am en-
tirely cured.
every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
FACTS FOR SICK NJ
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ILL.,,
andhas positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, .llcera-
ton, f5roid tamors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, That bear
ing-downf feeling, hatuleDey, indiges:
ton, dizziness o. nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it r
Mrs. Pinkham invites ali sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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CONSUMPTIVES' LUNG CAPACITY.

French Doctor Finds In Chest Measurements h source
of Diagnosis.
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Eight Cents Apiece For Rats.

Kingston. Jamaica.-The Govern.
ment of Trinidad is paying eight cents
q head for live rats. The rats are in
oculated with q virus and then given
to citizens to turn loose in their
houses in an endeavor to kill off other
rats, to which disease is communi-
Gated by the inoculated animals.
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Armed Maniac Captured.

Lexington, Ky.-Henry Thrap, the
Breathitt County feudist, who created
a reign Of terror there by arming him
self and defying arrest when declared
insane, was captured and placed in
an asylum.
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American Packing House in France.
Hayes a Hero in Ireland.

Dublin, Ireland.-John J. Hayes,
The New Yorker, who won the Mara
thon race at the Olympic games, re-
.eived a popular welcome when he
arrived at Nenagh, Tipperary, the
home of his grandfather.
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1880 For DorandO.

London. - Dorando, the Italian
runner who was defeated by Hayes
In the Marathon race, at a meeting OF
his admirers received a check for
$500, enclosed in a gold cigarette
case. The money was obtained By
subscription.
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Scores Dead in Storms.

Scores Dead in Storms.
Vienna, Australia series OF ter
rife thunder and rain storms have
caused destruction and heavy loss OF
life in the Austrian Tyrol. The Bu-
kowina district and the Ziller Valley
suffered especially.
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Castro Demands Apology.

Caracas, Venezuela. - President
Castro has. withdrawn the eXequaturs
of the Netherlands Consuls and Vice
Consuls in Venezuela.