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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-19
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displaeements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Plnkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Late News
BY WI RI
WASHINGTON

Protesting against locating an army
barracks there, a delegation of North
Castle IN. FL citizens conferred
with the President.
4. MiyaoIla, counsellor Of the jap
anese Embassy ct Washington, has
been recalled to Toxic, and his sue
cessor will be X. Matsui, who has
held the same post at Paris.
Rear Admiral Converse, in a long
report made public at Washington,
answered the recently published crit
icisms of the American navy, his con-
clusion being that the ships are not
inferior to those in foreign service.
Secretary Taft says that cit is no
body's business where the battleships
are going, provided they keep to tho
ocean and do not invade anybody's
land"
On motion of Senator Cullom the
Senate appointed Charles F. Choate,
of Massachusetts,, a member Of the
Board of Regents Of the Smithsonian
Institution.
President Roosevelt asked the In
terstate Commerce Commission to in
vestigate railroad conditions to learn
whether roads would be justified in
reducing wages.
President Roosevelt accepted the
resignation of Frank H. Hitchcock,
First Assistant Postmaster General,
who is to assume management OF Sec
rotary Taft's campaign.
An arbitration treaty between the
United States and France was signed
by Secretary Root and Ambassador
Jusserand at the State Department.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
AL! Around the State.

Millionaire racing men domlEatsl
the hearing at Albany on the Anti
Raco-Trock Gambling bills. which
churchmen and :eformers favored.
Charles NJ. Turner, OF Binghamton'
founder Of the Security Mutual Lille
Insurance Company. resigned IT'S pres
idency on account Of i'll health.
Daniel Beach. of Watkins. was ra-
elected by hoih houses OF the Legls!a-
iurc. at Albany. as Regent ot the ual'
yersity of the State Of Ne" YORK lor
the full term Of eleven years.
Eight women school teachers OF
New York called n Governor Hughes
al. Albany and c~ndcavOred 10 demon
stale 80 him The mirritS CT the new
,:eural nay" bill which they have had
introduced.
Thc law OF 1905 creating the for
me-. State Commission Of Gas and
Electricity was declared unconstitu-
tiunal by The Court OF Appeals. be-
'raust it fails 20 provide for appeal.
The typhoid epidemic at PeeEskIlt
has killed eleven so far.
Governor Hughes warned senate
Republicans that failure to remove
KELSEY would be fatal 10 party inlet-
ests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
TILE OLD POLE STAR,

Before the clersydra had bound the days
Man tethercd Change to his fixed star, and
said: :,
Tho elder races. that long since are dead,
Marched by that light; It Swervcs not from
its base.
Though all the worlds about it wax aai
fade"
When Egypt saw it. fast in reelIng spheres,
Her pyramids shait-centrcd on It's ray
She reared and said: Long as this star
holds sway
In unrivalcd ether. shall The years
Revere my monuments and went heI
way.
The Pyramids abide; but through the shalt
That held the polar pivot. eye 10 eye
Look now-blank n~othingness, AS though
Change laughed :,
At mans presumption and his puny craft
The star has slipped its leash and roams
the sky.
Yet could the immemorial piles he swung
A skyey hairs breadth from their rooteu
base,
Rack to the central anchorage OF space.
All, then again, as when the race Wa
young, -,
Should they behold the beacon oil the race
OF old men said: The Truth is there VIC
rear
Our faith full-centred on it. H. was known
Thus of the elders who ~foreran us here
Mapped out it's circuit IN the shifting
sphere,
And found it, mid mutation, fixed alone.
Change laughs again, again the sky is cold
And down that fissurc now no star-Oeani
glides.
Yet they whose sweep Of vision grows not
old
Still at the central point OF space beholi
Another pole-star; for the Truth abldes.
Edith Wharton. in Scribner': Magazine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Nail Driver.

The hitherto customary method OF
driving in nails frequently leads to ini
juries of the fingers by improver
blows of the hammer. To obviate
this drawback implements in the
shape of tongs or pliers have become
known. The device shown in the IL!
l~ustration below relates to improve
ments in such implements and spe1
cially aims at protecting the head OF
the nail against reformation through
hammer blows. The implement Is
formed of two pivoted shanks, having
at each end a section for a nail hold
err. The upper section of the holder
contains a groove for supporting the
nail, the lower section when swung
into position preventing the nail from
falling out. After placing the point
of the nail at the required place the
implement is held in one hand and
struck in the usual manner with a
hammer. The nail being securely
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Lighting Merger Approved.

The Public Service Commission in
the Second District formally approved
the action of the former State Com
mission of Gas and Electricity on
June rs last in approving the merger
by the Utica Gas and Electric Com
pany of the Herkimer County Light
and Power Company, Glens Falls Gas
and Electric Company. Consolidated
Light and Power Company of White
hall and fifty-one per cent. Of the
United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel
Company of Sandy Hill and. Fort Ed
ward. Under the original order a
bond issue of 100000 was ar
ranged, to be dated July /. The Or
der of the Public Service Commission
was made necessary by request OF
bend purchasers, who questioned the
validity of the issue because the mort
gage was not recorded until July l.,
the day when the State Commission
of Gas and Electricity went out OF
Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
State Hard I'D For Cash.

1t developed in the Finance Com
mittee, Albany, that the State is con-
fronted with a serious financial prob
lem. Senator White told the COM
mittee the State fair was being ham,
pered by the policy of withholding
necessary appropriations. Senator
Armstrong retorted that unless the
greatest economy was practiced. the
State would find it necessary to i'm
pose a direct tax, which might be
prejudicial to the Republican party.
Country legislators are particularly
perturbed and are inclined to place
the responsibility upon the Public
Service Commission. which will re-
quire nearly 100000 this year.
1t is estimated the State will run be-
hind about s2,5OO,O00. necessitating
a levy upon the surplus, which is
about $13, 900, 900. Il am examining
the figures carefully" said Governor
Hughes. Il do not wish to deprive
the people of any needed improve
ment. 1 think WI can run the gov
eminent economically and still not be
niggardly."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Havana newspapers would like to
see the Cuban Republic established
under solid guarantees, and expect
the attention of the authorities at
Washington will be called to the mat
ter.
In order to return to the United
States, Major General Wood will turn
the army in the Philippines over to
Major General John F. Weston.
An indirect recognition of Porto
Rico as a Territory Of the United
States was determined upon by the
House Committee on Insular Affalrs,
Washington, by an amendment to q
favorable report of the Cooper bill. .
The complete exposure of the dis
graceful conditions long prevailing IN
the Manila Custom House Is assured
by the Court ordering the prosecu-
ton of Colonel Mccoy, Deputy Col
lector, on the charge of falsltcatlon
of a public document.
The Diario Espanol, of Havana, re-
wives the charge that the Maine was
blown up by order of the American
War Department to justify interVen-
ton in Cuba.
Frank W~esterberg. a seaman, was
drowned at San Juan. Porto Rico. he
was a native of New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
NEW YORK STATE NEWS
Consumption Costs S7O.O0O,O 900.


According to the annual report OF
State Health Commissioners Eugene
H. Porter, the cities Of the State
showed an increase Of births over
deaths last year and the rural conf
munities a decrease. The average
city birth rate per 1000 population
was 1873 as against 1873 for the rural
regions. The latter's average death
rate was 1873. During the year there
were 195.735 births, 147,442 deaths
and 94,456 marriages in the entire
State. The birth rate per 1000 pop
ulation was 1913, while that for 1906
was 22.2. DunKirk again has the
highest birth rate-34.2. Greater
New York has a birth rate of 28.4,
and Schenectady 2S.3, these being
the highest of the State. During the
year deaths from cancer showed a
large increase, and deaths from pneu-
monia dropped several thousand.
Deaths from violence were 1925, as
against 1914 last year. This includes
1907 suicides. There are probably
not less than $4,000 cases of tubercu-
losis in the State, with nearly $4,000
deaths annually. tuberculosis costs
the State of New York $70.000.000
annually. The chief cause Of its
spread is undoubtedly promiscuous
splitting. Education is the watchword
Of the campaign against it. Concern
ing the pollution of streams, which
the report says is annually resulting
In 10000 cases Of typhoid fever and a
pecuniary loss to the State of $1,000
900, the department expresses its be-
lief that with a continuation of its
present policy this pollution will be
entirely stopped in a comparatively
short time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
UEARST'S PARTY ACTIVE.
Declaration of Principles Set Forth
at Chicago Meeting.

at Chicago Meeting.
Chicago, Iil.-Steps for the forma-
lion of a new National political party
were taken at a conference Of the In
~pendence League here. The action
followed a short speech by William
Randolph Hearst enunciating the
principles OF the league, some OF
which are:
Direct nominations by the people
of Ill candidates for Office.
An income tax and the referendum.
The right Of the people to recall
public officials from public service.
The immediate Government n
shin of railroad and telegraph lines.
An eight-hour day for w~orkingmen.
A law making blacklisting illegal.
An interstate commerce court to
enforce the rulings OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A ship subsidy for the development
of commerce.
National postal savings banks.
The platform also declares that
trusts are beneficial whenever the
people participate in their adYan-
tages. Otherwise the trusts should
be crushed as %monopolies restraining
trade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

great care for fear that hand or arm
or those. Of his companions should
not come in contact with its sharp
edge. The device is of such proper
tions that when not in use it can be
readily carried in the pocket. 1t con-
sists of two fiat pocket-like sections
or clips, having open tops Sc that
they are adapted to fit over the edge
Of the axe blade with a spring con-
Meeting the sections and causing
them to automatically engage with
the blade.
This device will be equally appre-
ciated bythe lumbermen Of the North
west camps, whose constant compan-
ion is the axe with which the mon
archs of the forest are felled. The
tool made use Of by these men have
razor edge at all times. and men are
often seriously cut by accidentally
coming in contact with the keen edge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
False.

The story is told OF an actor, pop
ular with the matinee girls, who is
besat by the fear Of being thought
older than he is.
The last time this player was inter.
viewed it was by a young lady report
CT for one of the dailies. She wished
10 get his views touching the condi-
ton of the drama. a subject the actor
was not particularly DESTROYS of dis.
cussing.
I'm not sure" said the young
woman. laughingly, whether I'm
really finding out what YOU think.
You ought to be frank, for your eyes
arc gray and"
'Prcmaturely so. | assure you, my
dca: young lady" the player hast.
cncd 10 ;nlcri@ct.-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
FOREIGN.

The gunners OF n; crLia2r Mary.
land established a new worlds record
at battery fire at Magdalena Bay.
Lower California.
Arthur Hyne, alias George H. WITT
hoFf. ETC., was convicted of bigamy
and fraud in England and sentenced
TO prison for seven years.
Nicholas Gerhard, Covernor-Gen.
eral of Finland, was removed an1
General Won Boeckman appointed u
the post.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg
said that preliminary orders had been
issued for the expedition OF $1,000
troops to the Persian frontier.
The Japanese Government has sent
to Ambassador O'Grien its reply to
America on the question OF emigra-
ton; further restrictions are con-
coded.
The Finnish Diet met at Ilelsing-
fors: the president, replying to the
Emperor's address. denounced the Ell
forts OF Russian re~acsioniSts to in.
lure the social and political progress
Of The grand duchy.
A wireless message from Admiral
Evans, thanking the Peruvian govern
ment for its courtesy, was received
at Lima.
There will be no public c. nation
in Portugal for some months. IL ever.
NJ. Edmond Blanc has obtained a
ten-,year concession for the Blankan'
Eergne Casino. in Belgium. paying
IL .O00f. yearly therefor.
the fourth centennial of The birth
Of John Calvin will be observed at
Geneva in 1909.
Further financial! trouble iii en-
mark has been ayerted By the gov
ernmens and leading banks Ct Copen-
hagen uniting 10 guarantee oDilsa-
lions.
The international Cotton Fedora
ton has decided to hold its next con-
eress at Paris. beginning June |.
The British shipbuilding syndicate
of Sir James Laing & Sons, employ
ing 5000 men. has suspended.
Ignaz Elder O Plener. the Aus.
trian statesman. died in Vienna; he
was niuety-eight years Old
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
One of the Greatest Dirigible Flying Machines in Existence.
A Nature-StUdy.

1 observed that the mother of
pearl was acting differently, some
how. She seemed to me enormous
ly busy. There remained little or
nothing of the placid quiet which /
was used to consider her character.
A very civil mollusk, hard by, re-
marking my perplexity, laughed sar
donically.
Pardon me-" quoth I, taking the
hint, but will you c~ourteoissly in
form me what the mother of pearl is
about?"
why, she imagines she is created
for something better than a mere
mothers end, and she's going in far
a career" he made answer.
Now, if he was to be believed, and
truly I had no right to doubt him,
here was a striking exhibition of hui
man intelligence on the part of an
animal of the lower order, so-called.
Need | add that | mean no dlsre-
spect? | record only what falls in
NV way.-Ramsey Benson, in Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
DOMESTIC.

Following the recent semi-annual
examinations at the Naval ACADEMY
Annapolis, Md, tWenty-slx mldshlp-
men, it is understood, will be given
the alternative of resigning or Delns
dropped from the rolls, II Will be
placed in a lower class and slxty-1ou1
will be warned of Deficiencies IN one
or more studies.
Charged wit. falsely reporting n
with %misapplying bank funds Cnarles
N Schmick and his son, Harry. were
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury
at L~eetonia, Ohio. .
Mayor Hubbard. Of Boston, an,
nounced that city employees must
work the hours for which they are
The bloody raids conducted by
gangs Of might riders brought the
tobaccor war in Kentucky to an acute
stage.
At Phoenix, Ariz., the worlds rec
ord for shearing sheep by machinery
was broken by a man named +. Him,
who sheared 325 sheep in nine hours.
The shearing plant employs thirty
SnedtSIS, duu dlSO lpo q
ord by shearing 6575 sheep IN nine
hours.
Judge Lindsey, Of the Juvenile
Court, of Denver, in an address be-
fore the Free Synagogue, New YofX
City, made a plea for more fair play
in dealing with hayward boys.
At Dallas, Texas, diamonds and
other jewelry worth $4,000 were
stolen from the home of ]. S. Arm
strong, banker and meat packer. NC
clue has been obtained by detectives
The burglars left no trace OF no"
they entered the house,
CONGRESSMAN Theodore E. Burton
was renominated in Cleveland.
The bank at West Poir:, io1:' ha:
loSed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Stub Ends Of News.

Japan will have an Oriental Expo
sition in 1912.
Natural children of Spanish royalty
demand pensions.
Eighty four Illinois counties will
hold local option elections in the
spring.
Stuyyesant Fish blamed f. II. Her.
riman for any harm done to the hit
nois Central's credit.
Signor Luzzatti, former Italian
Minister of Finance, urged the eStab-
lishment of an American national
bank, which. he believed, would re-
move the evils of the present SYSTEM.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
William T. Lamont Dead.

William r. Lamont, former Assem-
blyman from Schoharie County, died
suddenly at his home, at Richmond
Vile, in his seventy-eighth year. He
was for many years in the mercantile
business and filled many Offices of
public trust. Mr.. Lamont leaves two
ons Dr.. Wilbur +. Lamont. Of Cats
kill, and Professor Stanley Lamont,
of the Boys Academy, Newark. N. J.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Shield On the AXe-Edge.

After his gun, the thing which the
hunter in the woods has the most
use for is an axe. 1t is the meal of
cutting his way where he could not
otherwise pass; it is the means of
providing him with his fire and often
in a close conflict is the weapon by
which his life is saved.
For the hunters use a SPECIAL axe
is made, which hangs to his belt, but
in this position he has to exercise
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Train Fell From 4 Trestlc.

A freight train on the Crawford
branch OF the Erie Railroad at Pine
Bush dropped from a trestle and
plunged through the side of John
Decker's coal and feed store. The
tender Of the locomotive dropped
twenty feet to the ground. The en-
CINE was tipped up on end with its
pilot in the air on the edge of the
trestle. Fireman Abram Scott jumped
from the engine into a pond. Engl-
neer Duffy remained on the engine
and escaped injury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Wires Kill Two Boys.

Two boys have been killed in the
same block and within a month by
electric light wires owned by the
Rochester Railway and Light Com
pany. at Rochester. Charles Gaudlso
stumbled into a live wire. and Charles
Trotta tried to crawl over the limb
of a tree in the street when his hand
touched a live wire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Rank Suucrintcndcnt Picks Aids.

Superintendent Clark Williams, OF
the State Banking Department., APP
pointed George Fl. Martin. OF Brook
Ign; William A. MacCallum. of Rocn-
ester. and Charles f. Johnson. OF
Kingston. additional bank examiners.
The salaries are SIS = day aud cE.
nenSeS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Tasting Dinners.

An out-of-the-way profession for a
woman is that of dinner faster. She
is a product of Partisan refinement,
and spends a portion of each day
visiting houses and tasting dishes in
tended for dinner. She suggests i'm
provements, and shows the cook new
ways of preparing roods.-Reader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
The Power of The Pen.

4 physician out West was sent for
10 attend 4 small boy who was i'll
lie left 4 prescription and went away.
Returning 4 few days later. n
found the boy better.
Yes. DOCTOR" said the boys
mother, the prescription did him a
world of good. l left it beside him,
where he could hold it. in his hand
most OF the time. and he can almost
read it now. You didn't mean for
him to swallow the paper. did you,
Weekl".
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Killed by His Horse.

Henry Boyee. Of G%roveland, was
found dead in the stall! OF his fayorite
horse with his head mansled. He
had been kicked to death by the ami
NAL, which stood quietly over him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Famous German Artist Dead.

Peter Jansen, director of the Dues
seldorf Academy of Art and the dis
tinguished German painter OF The
picture, They All Follow the Sia.,'
died in Berlin, aged sixiy-thr'c. u
acute influenza.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Chinese Dinner Gong.

The Chinese dinner gongs are very
unique and bid to be popular. The
pipes are three clear tones and sound
agreeably when struck with the ham,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Sailors MAY BE barred.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court
decided that dancing payi!ions could
refuse admission to sailors i'll the
United States Navy wearing uniforms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
ChccI, For Tuberculosis.

A campaign to check tuberculosis
among The colored people of Chicago
has been inaugurated by the City
Health Commissioner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
In the Line Of Progress.

New York now requires a license
to commit matrimony.-Atlanta
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18
Row. ScJIdrd. Hangs Himself.

At Tamaqua, Pa, Charles Riegel.
aged seventeen, hanged himself be-
cause he had been reprimanded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

held in the groove is prevented from
bending, while the head is protected,
which is of great advantage with nails
having fancy or decorative heads.
The wall or like surface into which
the nail is driven is also protected
against injuries by improper blows.
Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

mer. This gong can either be bracket
in hall or dining room. fitting snugly
to The wall. A little holder to the
front makes a place for a bay berry
candle. now so popular
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

There are no newsboys in Spain;
sell newspapers in the streets,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-18

A new invention provides for the
delivery Of milk through a hole ia the
door.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28

Races! Races! Races!
Apple and running race at Main
Street Skating Rink Wednesday
might. III
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-28
Dictionary Users Modest.

Men are never so modest as when
they go to use a dictionary" remarked
an attendant at the public library.
las a rule, when you see Il man go to
a public dictionary or one in any place
where other people are around you'll
see him look about furtively as If in
fear somebody might see him. Men
who make no pretensions at having
any great amount of knowledge never
theess seem to be embarrassed to
have any one think that they do not
know the pronunciation or meaning of
some English word. The next time
you see a man looking up word In
the dictionary just ask him what it is
he Is looking up and see If he Will tell
you. You'll find in at least nine cases
out of ten that he won't tell you. Hes
afraid you'll know ii and have the fun
of enlightening him. Cleveland Plain
Dealer