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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05
CID. CID STORY IN NEW FORM.

~~:rr hundred thousand league. | guess,
Gun weary earth has bowled through
SDaCC.
And fifty thousand miles. TO less.
The pallid moon has held her race.
The careful clock has licked away,
Full eighty thousand moments drcar;
So long has been the tagging day
Since last I saw you. Nora. dear.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

convenient object close to the owner.
In addition, being a private hook,
the owner is saved the nuisance of
having half a dozen other patrons Of
the establishment piling their hats
and coats on top Of h~is.-Washington
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

Electric haulage has supplaGted
animal power in the Comstock lode
and twelve of the mules which were
brought to the surface had not seen
daylight for twenty years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05
l. ife-Preserving Chair,

One of the principal causes of great
loss of life in accidents or disasters
occurring on the water by reason OF
The collisions Of vessels or from SINH
lar circumstances results from the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

Six months ago the Tendring
Guardians decided to keep pigs and
tc feed them on the waste FROM the
workhouse. At a meeting recently
It was announced that the profit from
the sale of the pigs amounted to s65.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05
CATHOLIC PRIESTS DROWNED.
Were Fleeing From the Mission at
ChippeWyan, Which Was Burning.

Winnipeg. Manito0a.-The Roman
Catholic mission at ChippeWyan.
Lake Athabasca, northwest of here.
was totally destroyed by fire, with all
the supplies and twenty dog teams.
While in flight from the burning
building two priests, Father Poitras.
in charge, and his assistant, were
drowned at Smiths Landing. on the
Athabasca River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

A Jade mine in Siskiyou County,
CAL, Is said to be the only one OF us
kind in this country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

Brazil is using an immense amount
of cement, but none Of it is from the
United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

is always at hand for use whenever
the emergency requires.-Washfng-
ton Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

Francis Bacon was plain in his hab-
its of eating. While providing elabo-
rate and splendid banquets for his
guests he himself ate only one or two
simple dishes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05
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votes, and the single ones but one.
Priests and some other privileged
persons have three.
Kingfield, Me, hasn't had a town
pauper in fifteen years.
Contrary to the prevailing opinion,
there are persons injured in
boarding the street cars in New York
CITY than in alighting from them. The
monthly average during the last year
has been about eighteen per cent.
more.
A potato grown near Santa Maria,
Cal.,. weighs twelve pounds.
The paddock has a superstition at
tached to it. On each side of the
shoulders, near the gills, 1t has a
dark spot, tabled to be the impression
made by the finger and thumb of st.
Peter when he took it up and found
the penny in its mouth to pay tribute
to Caesar with.
According to the Seattle Post-In-
telligencer, the Bellingham (Wash.)
mills have "cut lumber. enough to
make a ~twelve-inch boardwalk around
the world"
A railroad in Nigeria, Africa, will
be constructed by the British Colo
NAL Government to develop the re-
sources of the country, and in par
ticular to stimulate the cotton-grow-
In. industry. The road will be about
400 miles long. :.
Among flowers the chrysanthemum
Is said to live the longest after being
cut.
A pair of sandals for use in Ma
sonic ritualistic work, costing $4,000,
has been made at Lynn, Mass. The
sandals are made entirely of gold
leaf, and weighs less than three
ounces.
The Ohio yearly meeting is the
only organization Of Friends that
does not claim membership in the
Five Years Meeting, it not having
accepted the discipline adopted by
twelve yearly meetings.
New specimens of grass and white
orchids never before known to exist
in this country have been discovered
in Cape May County, N. j.
Mrs. U. S. KistIer, of Salina, Kan,
is a sort of syndicate woman. Over
100 pieces of flesh were grated on
her body when she was burned in an
explosion.
Francis Bacon was plain in his hab-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

Mrs. u. S. KistIer, of Salina, Kan,
is a sort of syndicate woman. Over
100 pieces of flesh were grated on
her body when she was burned in an
explosion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-08-05

New specimens of grass and white
orchids never before known to exist
in this country have been discovered
in Cape May County, N. j.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23
Winter Drainaqe Suggestion.

Winter drainage is not the same as summer drainage, and it must be a. tended to very carefully at this clos ing up season. In summer we simply want capacious tiles running through the soil, capable of keeping it from being water-logged; and we want a sloping of drives so that swift showers shall be carried quickly by surface ditches. But in winter there is often a body of melting snow very suddenly let loose, that will wash the best soil off your land, tear gutters through your strawberry beds, and possibly even heave out your young trees. It is extremely important just as you wind up your work, to cut surface drains of temporary sort, where the slopes are likely to be washed, and so as to catch the flush of water before it accumulates, and throw < out of your garden and off your lawn. These superficial drains can be closed in the spring, or if left at all can be modified to very shallow and almost unnotice- able sluices.--From The Outing Mag azine for November
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23
His Lucky Deafness

Harold MacGrath says that he owes his start in romancing to physical de- feet He was a newspaper reporter and deaf, and he heard only half of what was said to him and had to make up the other half. The versatile theatrical press agent goes NIT. MacGrath one better; he makes it all up. Here's an example: A new play is in rehearsal by Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, author of The Circular Staircase and other mystery stories. The press agent was booming her all through the summer, which she spent at Bar Harbor. On her return to Pittsburg, she was amaZ- ed to find that while bathing at the Maine resort she had saved the life of a beautiful girl whom she had once in corporated in a story. The only points of fact in this lovely romance are that there is water at Bar Harbor and that, on occasion, Mrs. Rinehart can swim. The same press agent who wove the airy fabric of that pipe dream had. a minor part in the company and had had his nose broken playing football. These items of description may seem unrelated to you; not so to MT. Press Agent His fractured feature had a Semitic and downcast appearance. On Mrs. Rinehart's mentioning this with the candor of the theatrical business, he promptly went and had it repaired
 with paraffine. Then the country re-
 sounded with the story of the young and ambitious man, who at the request of the author of his play, had had his nose shaped to fit the part. The Bobbs- Merrill Company, october, 1908.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23
An Ode To Phoenix Visitors

O! ye who from the dismal East Come here in winter time, To rid you of your many ills,
 In our bright summer cline. We've heard the wonders of the East, So many seasons stated, And all the while we had to smile,
 While Phoenix was berated. Of buildings high, full sixty floors, Iris true we cannot boast. But take a tip from me, my friend It's sunshine you need most. In summer time you die of heat,
 In winter time of cold; Such things out here we never fear, And die but when we're old. You will not find Directoire Gowns, Nor view the dance "Salome," But what is that to you, old top Be glad you're not at home. You know the saying bout the
 bridge
 Praise it that takes you o'er,'' And humbly thank your lucky stars You've missed the other shore. To those who still each day persist, Their criticising way, Them I'd remind. in manner kind Three trains leave here each day.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23
PHoENIx. ARIZONA, NOV. 28, 1908.
THE REBATE CLAIM.

We think that Los Angeles lumber company will have to wait long time before the interstate commerce commission will order a railway com pany to violate a plain and rigid provision of the interstate commerce law in order to remove a disad- vantage of location under which the lumber company labors. If the com pany were doing business at San Pedro it would not have this disad- vantage to complain of. It is not the purpose of the interstate com merce law to to equalize natural or other advantages between competitors but to prevent railroads from giving to one an advantage which it with holds from another.
 The railroad company has nothing whatever to do with the unfortunate location of the complaining lumber company.
 An order allowing the rebate asked for would plainly be an order per mitting a discrimination on the part of the railroad company.
 Such an order would open the door to complaint by every shipper who might feel that providence had not dealt as kindly toward him as to his neighbor and the commission would soon have added to the diff cult task of fixing rates the still more difficult one of fixing rebates and prescribing the precise amount necessary to put all shippers on an exact level. That would be a func- tion of the commission which the law has not created.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

There seems to be an intimate re- lation between the price of land in this valley and the rising crest of the Roosevelt dam. As the latter gets higher day by day, the market value of land gets more altitudinous.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

This paper has now and then in dulged in warnings to the weather observer regarding the character of the weather during fair week. On the face of it, it might not appear that t.re observer could control the weather, but as a matter of fact and without joking. he felt a sense of responsibility. as well he might, for its good conduct that week. He had informed the commission that that was the safest week for the fair. His opinion was based on the record of thirteen years in which it was shown that on November 9, the day of the beginning of the fair, it had never rained. There were two days between November and November 14 on which it had rained twice in thirteen years. Altogether, according to the record, it has been the dryest week of the year since the keeping of the record began.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

An unrighteous judgment in the district court at Globe denies a woman's claim of s12,OOO against the city for injuries she sustained in a series of Fourth of July episodes. An explosion of fireworks which the city might have prevented excited a municipal team attached to a mu- nicipal garbage wagon. There was a runaway in which the plaintiff was run down. Here was a plain case between the lady and the munich pality. There were no complicating outsiders in 1t upon whom responsi- bility might be shifted. Are cities to be permitted to slaughter their citi- zens through the agency of fireworks and garbage wagons? If so, the constitution of the United States ought to be changed
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23
SALE.

It Is CrystalIized Cactus Candy, That makes the world seem bright. Then keep box handy Of CrystaIlized Canoy To keep you feeling right. And if there is girl expecting That you will call tonight, If you want a kiss that
 ls brim full of bliss, get A package of Capitalized Candy
 At Donofric.'
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

The Tucson Citizen. at the request of gentlemen of that place who took part in the Tucson Phoenix auto run, takes to task certain other members of that party (two of them it is stated), who procured the publica- tion of an article reflecting upon the hospitality of,their Phoenix hosts. The original charge was not very specific, but it seemed to complain that the Tucson autoists were given a back seat at the banquet. We do not see how that can be, he way the tables were arranged. We do not think that it was with studied neg feet that they were not put at the head of the table. What difference did it make to the complainants, any way, for Wherever the MacGregor sits, there is the head of the table" There is, so far as we know, no complaint that any of the guests had not enough to eat and drink, and that is the chief joy of the banquet.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

It doesn't seem right for the min isters of the zinc regions of Kansas and Missouri to drag the Lord into this controversy between the stand patters and the reactionists. Neither would it be fair to do so. Some things are proper subjects for prayer, but many are not.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-23

Some of these days the dam, which is now eighty-six feet high, will be over 200. What then will be asked for Salt River Valley acres? This is a subject for thought by home seekers as well as spectators.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
TWICE A WEEK. ST. 80 A YEAR
THE ADVENTUROUS ENGINEER
The Third Man in the Great Army OF
World Conquerors.

In the order of conquest the con-
tracing engineer is but the third man
on tho spot-first the missionary:
then the soldier; then the contracting
engineer. After that come the ordi-
nary mortalS known IA population.
And only by the previous efforts Of
these three and over their white bones
can the worlds population and COM
merce proceed.
Tie learns to take 30 miles a day on
root us mere constitutional, to slecp
on the ground, to steer by the sun. to
guess his altitude by the trees, TO
sense the characteristics of tbc c,,,,-
try he journeys in as a sportsman
Judges Il horse. He must ride and
SWIM TN water or quicksand. as ths
ease may bel, and not be afraid Of
high places or deep tunnels. lie mus,
explore trcarhcrouS rivers in an crp-
shell OF boat and not miss i sim
gle feature which he passes nor turn
up missing himself. He is supposcd
I" be able I" get ashore somehow in
safety when rolled out of a boat IN
the heavy breakers of an unln,wu
coast
have met more than one Of hin,
wh" had fought cannibalS: 50 th,,
Sh""'l, II" doubt, be pu, down as ON.
"i his accomplishments COO. And
I'm 1,,,,.
br"krn leg or Il fever with uob,dv
nut superSti'inus Cholo woman for
n'"S" and fragrant mud hut for
hospital and goodness knows who for
Il DOCTOR
All the while he is roaming over
ana learning the planet in its natural
magn'ficcncc. he is STUDYING b,w I,
make IT. possibly not so magnificent
but vastly more convenient to 1.-Two ~
'rr" Nnu sweep gracefully rouuI
the rurN" on the cliff and hanw for
il moment in the mid-air ON the great
S''cl rantIl"rrr and catch Il rlashinr
look at what the guide book calls il,
scientific marvel. vuu will he m,l;nu
lar better time than ihc rnllow w,,,,
"'"S''" "''i III" curve and climbed bv
'hr'I'S h"wn one side of fine noro.
an" up the other leaving" II slriny ,r
sion" piers behind him: and rn~ r,,.-
Tort and cnnvrncnrr won will j., ,.,
''','"""S'F NOR" Fortunate. but YOU
WIFI never see the region as he s,w
H. when no was hrwiny his way and
your way through il. nor ever knew
II as II" did when he lived in 4 lt,l,
nut on the Lodges and watched his
army working and heard the roint
h"'S' OF his machinery drifting down
lhc w''rd, lonesome valley. with the
"'in smoke Of his donkey boilers
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
THE PESTIFEROUS RAT.
Man at Last Begins to Recognize
Most Dangerous Enemy.

Unless an international Pied Piper
of Hamlin can be found to lead all
the rats into the sea, the entire hui
man race may become their victim,
The high authority of noted
French scientist, DR.. r. Calmette of
Paris, backs this assertion.
The increasing number Of rats, the
marvellous hardihood with which
they survive long journeys, their
pernicious and perilous tendency to
carry disease are all given as reasons
for the universal warfare now plan
ned on rodents.
1t will not be with the dulcet
strains Of a piper that the rodents
will be lured to their doom as on an
other occasion noted in history.
Science is practical, and believes that
poison properly administered is a
good deal more eflicacious than music
to piper ont pest.
The Offering of bounties on rat
tails, the adoption of methods to
keep them from travelling from point
to point on ships and railroad ears.
and the employment Of professional
rat killers all over the world, are
some of the methods by which the
pests will be wiped out
1t is now becoming nothing I'M
common for cities TO inaugurate rat
killing campaigns as means of put
ting an end to plaques.
The case of Port of Spain is an ex-
cellent instance. Plague broke out
and extended in spite Of efforts to
check it. Then experts fell on the
idea that rats were carrying the in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
Deceivers,

There is an old fellow who lives in
"dry" New England town who has
a very poor opinion of New York, to
which metropolis he recently made n
visit. 1t may be remarked in passing
that the old gentleman is one Of the
pillars Of the church in his native viii
lage. Upon his return home he sat
for some time upon a sugar barrel at
the grocery and then suddenly burst
out:
"Thcm fcllers down to New York
is as bad as thieves! Cheat your eye
teeth out fore You know it!'
"Gosh, Hiram You don't mean to
say You got buncoed at your age -
the storckceper demanded, dropping
the nail tongs.
"Yes, | do, too!' was the angry
reply. 60 went to sody water foun-
tain an asked the teller for his bcs,
sarsyaprilla an give him the regular
wink.'
"Wenq"
"Well, by heck, 7 got it!' was the
disgusted reply.
Reinforced concrete has been found
successful as facing for wood levee
banks on the lower Mississippi.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
Senator Johnstone Amused.

Mr.. Alan Johnstonc, nominee to
the Statc-senate from Newberry coun-
ty, was in the city yesterday for a
few hours on business and received
the congratulations Of his many
friends on his recent victory. Mr..
Jcdrnstone related with much amuse-
ment the combination on scnatorship
and governor which several endcavor-
cd to work against him.
Editorials from the State on the
situation we're copied and every effort
was made to arouse prejudice against
him. 1t failed, however. and Mr..
Johnstone believes that but for the
mllns which prevented full vote
from being turned out Ansel would
have carried the county casily.-The
Columbia State.
We had hoped that since the elec-
tion is over and the result declared
and no one protesting that the mat
ter would end. There is no doubt that
1t was great victory which Mr. John
stone achieved and he has il right TO
De proud of il but he ought to state
the facts when he talks about il. No
editorials from the Columbia State
were ever copied unless Mr.. john
stone copied them on the typewriter.
And but for the effort Of Mr.. John
stone and his friends to make il ap-
pear that there was combination in
the governor and senate races rs
against him the result would very
probably have been different. There
was no combination. All that Mr.
A"ll had to say was said on the
stump IN Mr.. Johnstone's presence.
AIR. Aull has not complained, and is
not complaining, but after the cleo
ton is over he does not like to see a
mlsstatement of the facts.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in thc postollicc
at Newbcrry, S. G., for week cnd;na
Sept. 5, 1908.
Mr.. w. A. Andrews.
Miss Alice Bishop, II, S. Brown -,
>. Lawson Bowers, Miss Maggie But
Ter, Mrs. Mary Liza Butler, Mr. J
Nat Blum.
Mr.. II. G. Caldwell, Mr.. Washie
Cosolic, Miss Ethel Counts, Mr.. w,
Il. Colman, Mr.. j. w. Cromer Mr.
Mary a. Council.
Miss Monde Davis, Ida l.. G. Dem
mis-.
Miss Ollie Mae Fallow, Furniture
Mfg. Co.
MIR. Henry Gallman, Maggie X.
Glenn. Mr.. H. G. Gordon, Miss Lula
Glymp.
Mr.. Lawson Hair, Mr.. NJ. G.
Heath.
Rev. J. {. Jackson, Mr.. Daniel
Jackson
Mr.. Levi Kiblcr.
Mr.. ". p. Lcaphardi, Mr.. Farricc
Long, Mr.. A. NJ. Long.
Mr.. w. \. Miller. Mrs. Ella Means.
Antoine Rcghcnl, |. Kicker, w. NJ.
k1cc, Mrs. Lucy RodgcrS, Mrs.
Amanda Rodgers.
Mr.. Jninn S"as". Mr.. G. +. Smith,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15

S"i anu orange plantntlOnS are tall
ing a victim to the rapacity of the
rat
One island is instanced that was
once completely covered with rich
grass, which kept in good condition
all the year around three thousand
cattle. Although the island is half a
mile from the mainland the day came
when the rats picked it out us a
suitable place for pitching their tents.
BY swimming they reached the is
land and took possession. That was
fifteen years ago. Today there is
not blade of grass left on the is.
land. a pair Of rabbits could not
find nourishmcnt on what was once
an ideal stretch of grazing land.
The whole island has been so abso
lutcly honcycombed by the rats that
today it cannot be reclaimed by cul-
tivation. There it lays in the ocean,
useless. an cyesore, Il sample of what
mans foe. the rat, can achieve in
the way of destruction.
The rat will cat anything. On one
OF the Channel islands il was known
that an army Of rats had their
home. Curiosity was aroused as to
what they lived on. for the island
had been stripped clear cf even a
blade of grass.
a scientist made an examination
and dug out the holes Of number
OF rats. re his amazcmem he found
III them crabs-livc crabs. Thcv
had not come Of their own will, for
each erustacean had legs cut off,
Investigation showed that the wilv
rats were in the habit of doing their
grabbing mt low tide. To make sure
that the crab would do no harm, he
was swiftly deprived Of his claws.
Then dragged TO the hole of the rat,
the crab was food supply to be
drawn on whenever needed.
The damage that rats do to the
cargocs of ships and in warehouses
has been estimated at tens Of millions
OF dollars. Rat insurance has become
necessity Of business since that
rodent got Il hold in this country.
Rais scratching matches and
starting them into flame, rats NOV
ln@ around greasy waste rags and
causing spontaneous combustion is
the explanation of many mvstcr
ious fire.
There is hardly anything that
rat will not eat from meat and poul-
try to bark Of Young trees.
Ducks. chickens and other small
1owl fall victim to the rat, being
Killed by grip on the throat by the
sharp teeth of the ugly rodent. At
tacks on children and old persons
arc often reported. the rat seeming
to know by instinct where it can
most safely make an attack.
Cities all over the world have
learned the terrible lesson of how
rats can carry plaques, and when it
Is considered that within two years
a single ordinary pair of rats will
multiply to 1886 rats, it will be seen
how many Of these disease carriers
are constantly being loosed on the
world.
The situation has indeed resolved
itself into matter of destroying the
rat or being destroyed by him.
Rochester Democrat.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15

France produces the most wine in
the world, l71090O,OO0 gallons a
year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-15

ment, two boxes Kola Pepsin gum,
10 pounds crackers, shipment fancy
crackers, 16 sack Pinnacle flour,
10000 bazaar bags, two rolls IL inch
paper, case Heinz assorted condiments,
10 l-pound cans Morara coffee, two
4-pound cans Morara coffee, SO
l-pound cans Duchess coffee, one doz-
Ell handy enamel brooms.
Il. D.. Smith--Three eases Glenn
Springs water, one ease coffees and
teas.