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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
He Did His Best.

In an Aberdeen bookshop ON old lady
was inquiring for copy Of the Bible, and
the shopkeeper brought forward one at
half crown. But the old lady wanted
something cheaper. A copy at 1s pencs
was produced containing Illustrations
But the Illustrations, the old lady averred,
entailcd superfuous expenditure.
"Then, here" said the shopkeeper, "is
. copy for shilling which contains a.
that's necessary for salvation" He de-
scended from the ladder and laid it before
his customer.
"But hae ye no something a wee bit
oheaper?" asked the old lady.
"Wumman, wumman," said the shop
man, sea upon the ALMIGHTY to come
down and sell ye his ain publications, for
can dae nae mairl'-London Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
The Court House and City Hall.

The work on these two publio buildings pro-
crosses With the passing weeks and the walls
go higher every day. ~,
The work goes on almost like the building
OF Solomon's temple-without the sound OF
saw or hammer. The hewed stones In. Solo.
mons temple and the prepared timber were
shipped in from distance. In like manner
the stones for our new buildings were quar-
ried in distant states, the bricks came in from
the country, the irons are assembled from
distant boundaries, and the timbers have
been manipulated In other forests and IN
other shops. And 80 1t Is the temple which
King David was not allowed to build be-
cause OF the fact that he bad blood ON hts
hands, was built by bis son Solomon, who
brought sthe material from abroad. Our
court house and city. hall are built In like
manner. All the material Is sassembled from
other places. The town furnishes nothing
Even the skilled mechanics come from other
towns and other cities. And In the excel
lenoe Of their personal department they
equal the skill OF their >handiwork. A better
behaved set of men never gathered around
any building in the course or It's construction.
The order among the men has been 30 per-
feet that our people will be sorry to see Them
90 away when their work fs finished. Z: :,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
Showing Pictures.

The Atlanta Georgian publishes ALLEGED
pictures OF Mrs. Thaw. District ATTORNEY .Je
rome and the slayer OF White as lhese ner.
sons appear today. To make the groupe com
pete, why not publish the present appear
ance Of the dead man as he lies moulder,np
In his grave? II Mrs. Thaw and jerome
make good picture. and II Mrs. Thaw AND
her husband make an interesting scene, why
not reproduce likeness Of the dramatic q,
murderous act when White became a corpse
and when Thaw became the slayer? /,
might De we'll enough to give US the whole
scene a. one glance. The idea OF the unwrit.
len law oelng defense for the Staying of 9
man about trihing woman should no, he
entertained. Ifa wife is untrue to her bro.
band she is the proper one to suffer. Where
is the husband who would live with his wife
after he had slain man because of her inf
deity?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

And now the Confederate daughters are
bitterly spoken OF because otlheir erection ol
a monumentto Wlrz, who was executed be.
cause Of his alleged cruelty 10 Union. prison.
ers during the war. The surprise 10 this edit
or is. that the monument was ever proposed
In our opinion Wirz got what he deserved,
and he is the last. man on earth that we
would have expected to fave mon ment.
The conduct Of the Anderson Vile prison is
the only thing OF which we think the South
should ba ashamed. Better men or brave,
soldiers never wentto war than the Southern
soldiers. They were brave but they we're no,
cruel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

Henry Watterson says Bryan, ,ha, ia To
say, William Jennings Bryan. is sure to be
the Democratic nominee when the conyen.
tlon meets In July. He goes on further IN
say that Governor Hughes OF New York ,s
tho only man who could beat Bryan under
the wire. Democrats everyw here, who vii,
be glad to hear of his nom mination, will thank
the great editor for the Information. Bn,
what. will they think of his act In telling the
Republicans who they should nominate tn
defeat him?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
A Financial Shake.

"Good morning Mr.. Toney. On ths
ick list today"
"Yes, sir; got the ague."
"Do you ever shaker"
eyes"
"When do you shake againi"
Scan say when; shake every day Why
do you askf"
"Oh, nothing in particular, only ]
thought If you shook bad Id like to stand
by and SEQ If you couldn't shake the Is
shillings out of your pocket which you
have owed me so longr'-London Stand
Ard
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

Some one has said, "Go to
strangers for charity, friends for
advice, relatives for nothing and
you will always have a full sup
ply" We add, go to Rosenberg's
for your clothing, shoes, hats and
mems furnishings snl always ba
we'll dressed,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

-.
Senator Tilpsp fasors the REPEAL ot lien
law. He says "the repeal Of tho lien law will
injure no honest white:man, or no honest nc.
gro." Four thousand iiens' we believe, are re.
corded in Abbevisle' County. Whether these
four thousand people are honest OF dishonest
they should be allowed to make an honest
living. The law forblds them TO become
vagrants, and now II the law iotbids them
the necessary credit to enable. them 10 make
a living, must they. move of or climb tree?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

;sBrysn, that is to say, William jennings
Bryan, Ia NOT a volunteer candidats for Pres
ident. but II drafted he will con sent to make
the race. 1t is said that true Demo.
crats"; will procesd TO draft" him. Poor
man. to be thus placed upon the sacrifclal
altar. He will suit as we'll as anybody else.
and will probably give the Republicans as
little trouble as any one that the true Demo-
Gratis" could name. And so we ere content.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

The Spartanburg Herald publishes learn:
ed article on the "eftects OF food on our NOR.
ais" which Ia pleasant reading. The author
might -haye simp.fhed matters by stating
that the Individual carries in bis mouth testI-
mony as TO the proportion OF vegetables and
mea ts tia t,hssttyutrt gat7 -segtks steslh. -9-'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

The billi,o repeal tbe lien law passed the
House Of, Representatives last Friday by
almost a unanimous vote. 1t is presumed the
Senate Will also pass II. III SO. the Legislature
at the next session will re-sn aot. the lien law.
The effort to destroy the credit of the poor
man win react anl other Legislators will be
elected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
Simple Remedy for La Crime

La grippe coughs are dangerous as they fire
Honey and Tar not only stops the cough bu
heals and strengthens the lungs 80 that nc se
riops results need be feared. The genuin
Foley's Honey andTar contains no harmfu
drugs and Is In a.yellow package. Refus
substitutes. p. B. Speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

1en: tepherD u: Ese- has been visiting In
Columbia, spartanburg and elsewhere in the
State, and In al! places the only surviving
Lieut.. General has been received With dis
tinguished honor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

The Anderson Daily Mail comes tri-weekly
now. That is 10 say, 1t comes one day and
tries to come next day, but 1t falls 10 make
the daily bit, but next dsy We get copies for
two days. = : - '. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
Tortoise Sh ell.

What is called tortoise shell is not the
bony covering or shield Of the turtle, but
only the scales which cover 1t. These are
13 in number, Of them fiat and little
curved. A large turtle affords about eight
pounds Of them, the plates varying from
an inch to quarter of an inch In thick
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
Tho Fool and His Money.

"Optimism,;' said the sorry fool, III
seeing the green side of S6 BILL.
"And what is pessimism2" asked bis
friend.
"Seeing neither side Of IS bill New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

tfohioition Is working well in Atlanta.
Drlnks and fines have been gteatly reduced,
and the Recorder has little to do. This would
be a great. old world, If people would not
drink and men would stay sober.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

1T fills the arteries with rich, red
blood, makes new flesh, and healthy
men, women and children. Nothing
can take its place; no remedy has
done 80 much good az HolIistel g
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c, Tea ol
Tablets. e. A. Milford, =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

Ihe Augusta Herald says Arthur Glover
Will be hanged next Friday for murder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

For indigestion and constipation take n. r
tablets. For Hale,at Milfords drug sore,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29
To the White Teachers of Abbeville
d'nnnfv-

To the White Teachers of Abbeville
County.
You are called TO meet at Abbevflle Z. b.,
Saturday, Feb. lst, al | y. m. 10 organize
Teachers Association. Trustees and others
interested In education are Invited te be
pre- sent.
hope to have prominent educator to de-
liver an address. II B. Cheatham,
Supt. Education.
The best one and two horse
Middle Buster plows in the mar
ket at Rosenberg's
Grier's aimspscs al Speeds. Call and get
one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-29

Grler's aimanscs al Speeds. Call and get
one.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
WHILE THE GLOVE Is UP.
Then No Man Can Be Arrested IL
This English Town.

The quaint custom of "proclaiming
the fair" at Honiton has just been
observed. The town obtained the
grant of a fair from the lord of the
manor so long ago as 1857, and the
fair still retains some Of the pictur-
esque characteristics of bygone days
The town crier, dressed IN pietur-
esque uniform and carrying a pole
decorated with gay flowers and sur
mounted by a large gift model Of q
gloved hand, publicly announces the
opening OF the fair as follows:
"Oyez! Oyez! Oyer! The fairs begun,
the glove is up. No man can be ar
rested till the glove is taken down.
Hot coins are then thrown among the
children.
The pole and glove will remain dis
played until the end Of the fair.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
DOdging Death.

An inhabitant of the Indian city OF
Badaon lost two wives in quick sue
cession, and was about to contract q
third marriage when he received the
following mandate from the relations
of the bride:
I'VE are told that when a man has
already lost two wives, his third al
so dies very soon. In order to sat
isfy the angel of death you are re-
quested to marry a doll, and there
after come and marry our daughter,
who should be your fourth wife and
not your third"
The man did as he was told. He
married the doll, then gave out that
she was dead, buried her with great
pOmp, and proceeded to marry his
fourth wife.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
The Pygmx Cattle of Samoa.

The Samoan Islands are the natur
al habitat OF the most diminutiye
species OF the variety Of the genus
bOs now known to the naturalist.
The average weight Of the male of
these lilliputian cattle seldom ex-
ceeds 200 pounds, the average being
not greater than $50 pounds. The
females usually average about hun
cred pounds larger and are very
"stocky" built, seldom being taller
than a Mexican sheep. These dwarf
cattle are nearly all of the same col
or-reddish mouse color marked
with white. They have very large
heads as compared with their bodies,
and their horns are of exceptional
length.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
DEMAND SPICY READING.
English Holiday Trade Shows De-
cline in Literary Taste.

Inquiries made in the big midland
towns Of England respecting the
class of books bought for holiday
reading have pointed to the deduc-
tion that there is a marked decline in
literary taste and the appreciable in
crease in the demand for what is
termed spicy reading.
Apart from maps and guidebooks
the booksellers trade with one ex-
ception is practically dead at this sea-
son. This exception is the sale OF
books OF a more or less questionable
moral tone. The demand for works
OF this class has been very large and
the well-supplied market has been
kept very busy.
It is rather remarkable that this
season of the year, which from time
immemoriaI has been regarded as a
closed season in book publishing, is
being selected for the bringing out OF
a new work which deals with the
holy orders.
Another book to be launched on
the holiday season deals with the
lives of some half-dozen women
whose passions played a part in his
tory.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
The Sky and the Weather.

Weather clear OF cloudy, a rosy sun
set presages fine weather; a sickly
looking greenish hue. wind and rain
q dark, or Indian red, rain; a red
sky in the morning, bad weather or
much wind, perhaps rain; a gray sky
in the morning, 6ne weather; a high
dawn, wind; low dawn, fair wealth
er. Remarkable clearness OF atmos-
pher near the horizon, distant OBJ
tects, such as hills, unusually visible
or raised by refraction and what is
called a good hearing day" may be
mentioned among signs of wet, If
not wind.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Good Home Remedy.

After having done an unusually
hard days work or undergone some
Unaccustomed strain such as is likely
TO leave the muscles sore and stiff,
mix 8 drops of the tincture of ar
nicure thoroughly in one-half glass
OF water and take one teaspoonfuI Of
the mixture every hour until relieY-
ed. This Will give much quicker re-
lief than when applied externally. 1t
is also one OF the best remedies to
promote absorption, remove soreness
and prevent Inflammation in any
wound or bruise of the soft parts Of
the body.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Where Impoliteness ReigBs.

New York men have just earned
the reputation Of being less polite in
their treatment of women in public
convyances than are the men Of 9TH
er cities. Figures obtained from
other cities show an average Of thir-
teen per cent. of men seated while
women are standing, and New York
city shows about seventy per cent.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Poisoning Canaries.

Lloyd T. Montgomery the veteran
insurance adjuster, says that if a
Gagged canary be left out of doors 9th
er birds will feed to it poisonous
seeds to kill Il. We import 100, 900
Canaries annually. Breeding them
would be a nice home industry for
reduced ladies who do not have the
spunk to go out into the cold world
and struggle for existence. They are
very prolific and bring high prices il
taught to be fine singers.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
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PIGNIY CLIFF JEWELLERS.
Tiny ROOmed Houses Found by Ex-
plOrer on Mexican Mountains.

ia
plorer on Mexican Mountains.
Henry o. Flipper. an American ar
chaeologist who has been searching
in the Sierra Madres in the western
part of the State of Chahuahua, Mex
ico, for homes of cliff dwellers, has
found a house on Carabato Greek. a
tributary of the Rio Chico, contain
ing eighty-twO rooms.
There are two or three houses on
the Rio Chico and two near Quay
nopa. Flipper says all are typical
cliff dwellings similar to those in the
United States. They are made OF
stone with mud cement and plaster
ing of mud The roof is the over
hanging cliff.
The houses are from one to three
stories in height, with walls about
five inches thick. Mr.. Flipper says
the most remarkable thing was the
tininess of the rooms, which were
about five by five feet, with doors
about 21 inches high by II inches
wide He believes that the cliff
dwellers were a very small people.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
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QUEER WEDDING EFFIGY.
Mock Attention Paid by Brides Par
ty TO Bridegroom Relatives.

Mock Attention Paid by Brides Par
ty 10 BridegrOom's Relatives.
There is curious custom still
prevalent in the Bellary district of
India in connection with the wedding
ceremonies among certain Brahmin
families.
Just prior to the close OF the feast
ing. hideous effigy of a male figure,
fantastically robed in rags, supposed
TO represent the bridegroom father,
is carried along the streets in pro-
cessiOn, under the shade of a sieve
adorned with tassels OF onions and
margOsa leaves.
Every few yards during the pro-
cession the feet of the effgy have to
be reverently washed and its fore
head decorated with a caste mark by
its living spouse, the bridegroom s
mother. The bridegroom other fe-
male relatives have several mock at
tentions paid to them by the women
Of the brides party
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Kansas Girls Advice.

A Lincoln county girl writes this
advice to the Kansas City Star: why
do young men do so much loafing 2
Go to work. Push ahead! l am but
a young girl, but I clothe myself and
have money In the bank. / lay up
more money every year than any
young man within three miles of my
home. When they get dollar
they go to a dance and go home q
dollar out. l advise all girls to cut
clear OF loafing boys. Stand by the
boy who works, and never put your
arm through the handle of a Jug"
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Hanging ScaROIds.

With the modern skyscraping Of
nee building has come a new kind Of
building scaffold. Instead Of con-
structing the scaffold from below,
which is impossible in the case of
buildings ranging from 10 to so
stories high, platforms are sus-
pended from the steel girders above.
On these swinging scaffolds the brick
layers work and the scaffo1d is raised
as the work progresses System.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Lisbon Earthquake.

The alarm caused by the falling
buildings at Lisbon ir~ pressed the
frightened crowd of people that the
beautiful marble quay on the river
side was the safest place, as it wa
well beyond the reach OF falline
ruins. Accordingly a great concourse
Of people assembled there, when SUD
denly the structure sank down bodily
with all on it and no vestige ever ap-
peared.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
AntiauitY of an Old Tune.

When Napoleon's army was in
Egypt In 1893 and the band struck
up the tune which in England is set
to the song, We Won't Go Home
TIL Morning" its effect on the Be
douins was electrical. They leaped
and shouted and embraced one an
other deliriously. They averred that
they were listening to the oldest and
most popular tune of their people. It
is thought that the tune was brought
to Europe from the dark continent in
the eleventh century by the Crusad-
ers.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Paris FOrtifcatiOns.

The Municipal Council has not ar
rived at any agreement with the
State on the question of fCrtifica-
tions. 1t is very possible that this
opportunity may be lost If the State.
weary of not being able to come to
an agreement, should sell to private
individuals for the building of facto-
ries the lands which the city canno.
bring Itself to acquire to turn into
gardens. This the Partisan electoI
ought to forbid and prevent at all
costs
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
School of Walters,

1t is often matter of wonder why
foreign walters are preferred to Eng
lish ones, even in English hotels The
foreigner is a far better waiter. His
aim is not always to remain a waiter,
but to rise in the hotel business to 4
higher position. In Lausanne there
is a school for walters. They are
taught there foreign languages, and
moi only to wait we'll, but everything
else connected with the working Of
a hotel.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
As TO Potatoes.

Our pomme is about as worthless
as our pomme de terre. Match the
American apple against the Ameri-
can potato and you will have a
stand-off. Germany is the largest
producer Of potatoes in the world,
II anybody should ask you. She has
grown as many as 48,00O,000 tons in
a year, and some them were act
ually at to eat. When will America
learn to grow potatoes and to pre-
serve them? Our breed has as many
diseases as NANCY dog. Too many
family marriages; too much welded
bliss among cousins.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
PetrarCh.

Petrarch lived seventy years. The
famous sonnets TO Laura, the only
productions by which the poet is now
remembered, were all written within
a period Of twenty years, during
which time the intimacy continued.
Petrarch had been writing sonnets to
Laura for about sixteen years when
the lady fancied she discovered symp-
toms Of a not unnatural weariness
and plaintively asked, "are you tired
so soon?"
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Rats Grind OF Their Teeth.

A curiously marked stone has been
found at Colebrooke, Devonshire
England, In the middle of q wheat
rick, and geologists who have seen
il express the opinion that the mark
ings on the stone were caused by
rats using 1t to grind their teeth,
which otherwise grew to an inordi-
nate length. Some rats have been
known to starve owing to their teeth
getting too long.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
The Largest Submarine.

According to a report from Paris.
the largest submarine yet built will
shortly be launched at Cherbourg.
The vessel will be 200 feet long, with
625 tons displacement, and she will
Develop a mean speed of fifteen
knots. She will probably, adds the
report. have a crew equal in strength
to that of a destroyer.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
King Cotton.

According to the common under
standing, the expression King Cot
ton" or Cotton is King" was first
used by the Hon. James H. Ham
mond in the year 1858. Hammond
was from the State Of South Caro-
lima, the chief product Of which Com
monwealth was cotton. Mr.. Ham
mond's idea was that cotton being
the great commercial export of this
country and the chief article of man
ufacture in Great Britain, was
king" and that no politics were
allowable that crossed the grain of
the Kings" interest.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Enneralds.

At the present day, most OF the
emeralds that come into the market
are obtained from the famous mines
of Muzo, in the Columbian province
of Bayaca. These workings are sit
Andes, about seventy miles to the
north-northwest of the town of Santa
Fe de Bogota. There is another
mine, called Lasquez, two days jour
ney by muleback from Muzo.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
HarYeY's Discovery.

Harvey's book on the circulation
Of the blood was published at Frank
fort in 1928, but he had lectured on
the subject twelve years before. For
all those years he cOnscientiously
withheld the publication Of his book
while he waited for the facts which
should completely prove its truth
fulness.
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Mary and the Kitten.

Little Mary was playing with heI
pet kitten. The kitten scratched heI
and she exclaimed: You is darned
old kitty"
Her mother told her she must nev-
eT utter such a naughty word again;
and to be sure to impress it on her
mind, washed her mouth out with
soap and water.
The next day Mary was again play
ing with the kitten and again trou-
BILE arose, when she was heard to re-
mark:
You is just the same kind of a
kitten you was yesterday"
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
What He Could Have Done

Remember, Witness" sharply ex-
claimed the attorney for the defense,
you are on OATH"
There amt no danger of my for
gettin' 1t" replied the witness sui
lenly. I'm tellin' the truth for moth
in, when l could have made FIVE dol
lars for lyin' for your side of the
case, an you know it,"
Please, Ma'am," replied Tommy,
they tumbled to the racket"
The Washington bee., 1908-09-26
Live Long in Africa.

In the course of a report to the
British colonial once a resident Of
Borgu province, Nigeria, mentions
that the chief, Kokafu, is said to
have reached the age of 205. while
his son did not die until he was 157.
rhe latter visited Sokoto not many
years ago.