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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
HOW SHE KEPT
THERMOMETER COOL.
Woman Moved IL Outdoors
When Temperature Rose in
Rooms OF Her Dwelling.

A prominent physician Of Balti-
more tells an amusing experience OF
the early days of his practice when
he was residing In a small town
where by far the majority of the
workers were coal miners, says the
La Crosse Chronicle.
AZ was greatly distressed by the un-
sanitary conditions prevailing in
their cottages" says the doctor, land
among other things I tried to explain
to each household the Importance OF
maintaining a wholesome atmosphere
in the sleeping rooms. I laid In a
stock of thermometers, which were
distributed to the households where
they we're most needed. I took pains
to point out to each family in turn
just how the thermometer would in
dictate the proper degree Of temper
AZURE.
"As 1 was making the rounds one
day I inquired of the woman at the
head Of one establishment, wherein
I observed my thermometer proudly
displayed at the end Of a string,
whether she had followed my in.
s%tructions.
Ives, SIR answered she. I'm
very careful about the temperature.
I watch the thing all the time as 1t
hangs up there
What do you do when the tenn
perature rises above 68?
~ take it down, sir, an put it
outside till it cools off a Bit
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0GoodeTMnY
m|Dto Eat
@ssS:.sssaN ,.HND HoK 70
.WM PRERAW T2zEH.

BroiIed Cold Ham.-Slice cold nam
very thin. Boil a very few minutes.
Serve hot.
SylIabub.-Whip a small cupful OF
powdered sugar into a quart OIL rlch
cream, another cupful Of sugar into
the whites Of four eggs. Mix these
together and favor to TASTE
Baked Heart.-Wash carefully ana
stuff nicely, roast or bake, Inc serve
with gravy, thickened with some OF
the stufing. Very nice hashed with a
little lemon juice added.
Tea Cake.-One quart of flour, ona
cub of sour milk, one ~teaspoontul OF
! soda, one-half pound Of lard, one-Ealr
pound chopped raisins or currants.
Roll two inches thick, bake in 4 quick
; oven, split open. Butter ana eat
while hot.
Pond Lily Toast.-Eoil eggs fifteen
minutes, separate whites and yolks.
| Cut whites fine, warm with cream or
milk, butter, salt and pepper and
spread over toasted slices OF bread,
press yolks through = file strainer
over the top, an eGS 10 4 person ana
one over.
DeImonico Puddirg.--One pint Of
milk, put on to scald, three eggs, beat
yolks, dissolve three tablespoonfulS of
cornstarch and three tablespoonful
of sugar in a little milk. Stir all in
scalded milk. After it thickeDs pour
into dish, beat the whites, put on the
top and set in the ovcu 10 brown.
Use one t%easpoonful vanilla to favor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Marketing q New Product.

Mrs. Dexter, from somewhere down
State, was enjoying her first ride in a
crowded street car in Chicago. It
happened that a health officer, in the
performance of his regular duties,
was taking a sample of the air in the
cal. Mrs. Dexter saw his manipula-
lions, but could not understand them,
so she turned to a policeman who was
sitting next to her.
IT beg your pardon" she said, but
can you tell me what that man Is do
ing?"
Yes, ma'am," answered the officer.
"He's bottling tn atmosphere"
For mercy's sakes!" exclaimed
Mrs. Dexter. What won't they do
next! Do they can the air and sell
it nowadays?"-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Taken at His Word.

While holding a term of court at
Augusta once Judge Walton sen.
fenced a man to seven years In prison
for a grave crime. The respondents
counsel asked for a mitigation of the
sentence on the ground that the pris-
onel's health was very poor.
Your Honor" said he, Il am sat
isfed that my client cannot live out
half that term. and I beg Of you to
change the sentence
We'll, under those circumstances
said the Judge, Il will change the
sentence. I will make it for life in
stead Of I'VE years.
1t is almost needless to add that
the respondent chose to abide. by the
original sentence, which the Judge
permitted him to elect.
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MabeI-"Of course you speak to
Lena when you pass her?", Helen
Indeed, + do not. Why, don't even
notice what she has on!"-Puck.
"It is hard to- teach an old dog
new tricks" quoted the Wise Guy.
eyes, it's hard to find the new tricks"
added the Simple Mug:-Philadelph1a
Record.
Gertie-"Do all fairy tales begin
with once upon: a time'?"- Berthe
"No, most of them begin with I waa
detained at the Office, dear:'"-Seat'
tie Post-Intelligencer..
The editors note, Enclosed find check"
Can never bring by way of bliss
Such JOY as the maiden gives when she
Returns with thanks her lovers kiss.
The Bohemian.
"Say, Daisy. did yer see when ]
took hold of yer hand the funny looa
yer ma gave me?" 60 on. Tim,
ma didn't give it to: yer; you've al.
ways had it."-Life.
"Did your father die seized, Of MUCK
property" asked the lawyer. NO.
replied the disconsolate heir. b
died seized of the sheriff."-Philai
delphia Public Ledger.
Professor-"Who was responsible
for the superiority Of Rhodes in the
third century," Bright Student
(awakening)-"The street depart
ment, I imagine.'-Harvard Lam
poon.
EYES," said Mrs: Eapsling; John
ny's all right now. When he Was
bitten by that strange dog T tool
him to a doctors and had the wound
ostracized right away."-Chicago TIL
bune.- ..
There IS n loss that a man
never advertises," says the Philoso'
pher of Folly, that of his reputation
But he can always be sure that kind
friends will attend to- that for him
Cleveland Leader.
. The stanmering statesman z
stood up
And to offer q toast raised -
But although President"
z Wa the word that he meant,
He could only say aPup-pup
y; Puck.
: Countryman Ito doctor)-"Thina
r bain't we'll, doctor. The more J
eats the less 1 wants loike." Doctor
itmnressiyely)-"Ah,. yes, Of course
You see, everything you eat flies tc
your stomach1"-Purch: " ,~
1--WE will teach those Trusts a thing
or two" said the statesman. Don't
do it." answered Senator Sorghum;
my observation is that the Trusts
neve learn anything new without
making it a source Of further proht-
Washington Star: T.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Needed For Eaby.

In years gone by all little tots we're
made comfortable and grew up into
sturdy men and women, but never
were there so many pretty things for
the baby as now; what was once con-
sidered a luxury is now a necessity.
It is an unfortunate baby indeed
who is not presented with 4 lingerie
basket at birth.
All around the inside are separate
baskets attached to the sides, and in
each one Is kept some necessary arti-
Gle. The top basket has a lid, and the
lower baskets are wadded and lined
in blue or pink silk.
There Is also an enameled wash7
stand.-New Haven Register
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
A Long FareW ell.

She (effusively)-"How nice 1t IS
TO have met you again after all these
years, my dear Capt. Burlington.
Ee-"Maior now! That was ten
years ago. you know
She tstill more effdsivel9) How
time iies. Well, congratulations ana
good-by. l hope you'll be a general
when next we meet,"-Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Convenient For Rural Postman.

A man in Alabama has earned the
gratitude of the postmen of the rural
free delivery system by inventing a
letter-box support which obviates the
necessity Of their leaving their
wagons at every house. This not
only saves the postman an hour OF
two a day and a great deal of trouble.
but enables him to a larger ter
ritory. The contrivance is simply a
letter-box mounted on a pair of lazy
tong levers, the other end of which
is to be fastened to a post along the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

Last year the British Admiralty
abolished the use of carrier pigeons,
rs the result of the demonstrated sue
cess Of wireless telegraphy. The
French Admiralty is about to adopt
the same course.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

Lieutenant-General Baden Powell
has two favorite notices. One is,
Don't furry; patience wins the
day." and the other, "A smile and q
stick will carry a nan through almost
any difficulty"
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Automatic Fire Kinder.

Who shall be first out Of bed in the
morning to shut up the kitchen fire?
This knotty problem has caused in
Vulnerable family squabbies between
wife and husband. Each insists that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
New Massage Tool.

Masseurs of modest mea need no
longer vince at the cost Of expensive
electric machines, for a man in Ohio
has devised a vibrator that answers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

The Dutch will celebrate the cen
tenary of the establishment Of ma
tional independence by a worlds fair
at The Hague in 1918.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

lever is released the matches are
caused to ignite, the flame reaching
the paper in position in the range.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

roadside. When the farmer gets his
mail he extends the tongs to their full
length so that the box is within reach
of the postman's wagon. The latter
drops the mail into 1t, and gives it a
push which sends it back to the post
again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
CITY W0RKINGMEN'S
COST OF LIVING

Their Repurts TO Russell Sage
Foundation Enable Conclusions
to Be Drawn-.At Least 22 Cents
a Day For Food is a Necessity
Wives Are the Mainstayin Making
Incomes Go as Far as Possible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02

The average expenditure for health
ranges from s13.7S for the families
with incomes between $500 and
$500 to $3.50 for families with in
comes between 5000 and SI100. The
lower incomes do not allow for
emergencies, and when sickness
comes to a family they either have to
curtail other necessary expenditures,
run into debt, or seek free medical or
nursing aid. The average work
man" cannot afford the luxury of
being sick.
A surprising number Of families
keep up insurance policies, often each
member of the family, from the child
a few months old to the wage-earner,
are insured for enough to ove fun
eral expenses. These amounts paid
out for premiums, while only ten or
fifteen cents a week, e quite a
sacrifice to the family.
Recreation has no place in the fam
fly budgets of families in the lower
groups of incomes. Most OF the rec
reation is obtained by sitting in front
Of their houses and chatting with the
neighbors, or at rare intervals a car
ride to a free park. The tobacco bill
of the father of the family. amount
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Street Car Strike
in Philadelphia
Order Went Into Effect at Four This
Morning and Service is Main
tanned with Difficulty.

PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-Greatly to
the surprise Of the local public Philadelphia
is today In the tangle OF a street car strike.
The order of the executive committee Of
the carmens union to strike was issued at
an early hour this morning and went into
effect at a. m, when the day service be-
gan. At a. m. cars were running on all
but two OF the lines, but II was apparent
the company was having difficulty in main
tanning the regularity OF the service.
While there has been agitation among the
men for higher wages and better conditions
it was not generally believed radical ac-
ton would be taken so soon, IL at all, as
the union organization was not believed to
be strong enough.
Paradoxical as II may seem the strike
was hastened through the action OF the
company in raising the wages of the men
1 cent an hour from 21 to p cents. This
was done about two weeks ago and the
increase is to go into effect July l. Prior
to the announcement of the increase in
wages the Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany became the storm center OF general
protest by abolishing six-for-a-quarter tick
cts and adopting a straight scent fare rate
This matter is now before the state Rail-
road commission at Harrisburg.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Lewellyn, Neb.,
Bridegroom
Lost His Roll
Jacob ]. Hannagher Experiences Dire
Misfortune in Denver, Post
poning Wedding.

DENVER, May 29.-(Special Teiegram.)
Wedding bells did not ring today for Jacob
J. Hannagher. a prosperous young farmer
of Lewellyn, Neb.. and Miss Annie Miller
of Denver They were to be married here
this morning. but the wedding was post
poned indefinitely because the prospective
bridegroom had the misfortune TO be
robbed of the money he had brought along
to defray the expenses of the wedding.
Hannagher, with the aid Of the police,
recovered his money, but the postponement
OF the marriage had then been decided
upon and Hannagher was unable to induce
his bride-to-be to make another change.
William Rusch, recently discharged from
the army, is In jail charged with robbing
Hannagher. Thinking that by returning
the money he might secure Hannagher's s
forgiveness and induce the young man not
TO prosecute him, Rusch. made a complete
confession and revealed the hiding place of
the stolen money, but his action did not
have the desired effect Angry because he
had been forced to postpone his marriage
Hannagher announced that he would
prosecute Rusch to the limit and would
not marry until the thief had been tried
and convicted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Story of How Janitor Vavra
Found Missing Mail Sacks

the partition connecting with the gable of
the l.. He struck a match and peered In
and was astonished at the sight of the
missing mail sacks lying cut open before
him.
From the tale told by Vavra It is very
evident that the men had carefully planned
their retreat after the commission OF the
crime. They had left nothing TO chance
that could be provided against except they
did not burn the mail sacks An unusual
and unvisited attic in the Brown Park
school wherein to hide the mail sacks and
examine the contents at their leisure indi-
Gates experience in crime. The selection
of a lonely. unattractive gully for hiding
their guns and other accoutrements was
right in the same line OF criminal general
ship; but with everything planted in the
school attic they would very likely have
gotten clean away. Vavra's suspicious
were not made strong enough to bring
about investigation OF the recesses OF the
attic until after the whole nelghborhood
Of the school had become intensely inter
ested and excited.
What the bandits had overlooked entirely
and what led directly to their capture
was a bunch Of rougn and tumble school
boys in the habit OF rolling down hill a.
a short cut hofp-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Posse in Pursuit
Of Would
Be Murderer
W. A. Taylor, Thester Owner, Badly
Stabbed by P. H. Merchant
of Hot Springs.

HOT SPRINGS, S. D.. May 29,-(Special
Telegram AS the result of long cherished
enmity existing between w. A. Taylor, who
conducts a chain Of moving picture thea
ters in the Black Hills and p. II. Mer-
chant, a local resident here, Taylor is lying
in a precarious condition at the Minnekahta
hotel victim of eight knife wounds, while
Merchant, the wielder of what Taylor de-
scribes as a dirk or stilleto, is still at large.
Sheriff Jensen and a good-sized posse are
In strenuous pursuit of the would-be muir
derer, and It is believed his apprehension
is a question OF a few hours only.
Taylor said this morning that there Is
a woman in the case For several years
myself and wife we're close friendly neigh
bors OF the Merchants In keystone, S. D.,
and my affiliations and frequent interviews
with Mrs Merchant were always OF cordial
and purely platonic nature. Pete Merchant
became insanely Jealous. however, and
on several occasions promised TO put
me out OF existence. l paid nc
attention 10 these threats. Last night
arrived from Rapid City TO visit my wife
a patient in a sisters memorial hospital
Through some unknown source Merchant
learned of my presence in the city
greeted me affably and requested me tC
take a stroll, when in a shadow darkened
thoroughfare he pounced upon me like an
infuriated maniac, plunging a knife into me
several times"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30

The way in which John Vavra. Janitor
of Brown Park school, discovered the mail
sacks OF the Overland Limited in the attic
is in itself as interesting as the proverbiai
romances afford The school is built In
the form of an l., so that up in the gable
of the main compartment is an attic space
and in the is one also separated from
the first by a very small hole. The COM
partment in the l. is dark as pitch, but
there is more light in the main compaTt-
ment In this old lumber is stored and II
is reached through a trapdoor from be-
low. A ladder is hung on a rope and pulley
attached to a rafter and is let down from
the trapdoor to the floor below the ceiling.
Vavra noticed that the rope had been
swung out of the pulley so that 1t would
not work easily and the fact led him TO
believe the boys had been tampering with
II. This was before the holdup. He gave
the matter little thought. Monday morn
ing he again noticed the rope was out OF
the pulley. The same was also found TO
be the case Friday morning. From this he
grew suspicious. after so many other facts
had been discovered. He climbed up into
the larger compartments and found some
Of the boards disturbed and a distinct trail
in the dust leading TO the small hole in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
twenty-five Years
for "Adam God"
Jury at Kansas City Finds Religious
Fanatic Guilty of Muder in
Second Degree.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. May 2s-The jury
in the case OF James Sharp. or Adam
God, charged with the murder OF Police
man Michael Mullane in a religious riot
here December last this morning re-
turned a verdict OF guilty OF murder in the
second degree. and sharp was sentenced
TO twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
When the verdict was read sharp showed
no sign OF emotion. That's all right"
said he. ITS the will of God"
Shsrps wife. Melissa, who is yet TO be
tried for murder, was not Ia the court
room. When news OF the verdict was told
the woman In her cell she gave way TO a
flood Of tears. but soon regained her com
posture. Her case viii come up within a
week or ten days.
The case was given 10 the jury late yes
terday. Nine OF the jurors on the first bal
lot stood for hanging and three for acquit-
tai. The three declined TO give in to over
lures of the nine when the majority Of
fered 10 compromise on a life sentence
and then upon fifty years imprisonment
Finally. after night Of balloting. the yer.
dict as rendered was agreed upon Just be-
fore court opened this morning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
MAN TO WHOM FRANK JAMES
SURRENDERED GUN Is DEAD
Ex-Governor T, r. Crittenden of Mis-
souri, succumbs 10 stroke of
ApOplexy.

KANSAS CITY. May Sex Governor
T. T. Crittenden, a noted Missourian. died
at his home here this morning, He suf-
fered a stroke OF apoplexy Thursday after
noon and remained unconscious till he
died.
Mr.. crittenden was n years OF age. He
was born in Selby county, Kentucky, and
received his education at Center college,
Danytlie. Ky. Among his classmates were
w. c. p. Breckinridge and John Young
Brown. He came 20 Missouri before the
civil war and later formed a law partner
ship with Francis NJ Cockrell afterwsrd
United States senator. In 1878 Mr.. Critten-
den became governor Of Missouri and II
was 20 Governor Crittenden that Frank
James. the noted outlaw, laid down his
arms. He was consul general to Mexico
under President Cleveland. T. T. crltten-
den. jr.. u mayor Of Kansas City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Number of Communicates Instead Of
Ministers to Be Standard.
TENNIS PLAYING NOT A BAR
Missionaries Dismissed Who Object to
Brothers Pastime.
NEXT SESSION AT ATLANTIC CIT,
Invitation of Eastern Resort is IMAM
imously Accepted md Building
on steel Pier Will BE
Used.

DENVER, May 29-The 121st general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church closed
today after a quiet session in which
routine matters were disposed of and a
vote OF thanks extended to Moderator
Barkley and the officials of the body. The
minority report OF the committee on polity
recommending the resolutions introduced
by DR.. Joseph A. Vance of Chicago that
the reduction of representation in the as
sembly be made on a basis OF church
membership instead of the number OF min
listers, was adopted. The proposition will
be sent back TO the Presbyterian for action.
Should 1t be accepted, the Presbyteries
will be further asked to ratify the prop
osition that 5000 communicates be the basis
Of such computation.
Atlantic City was selected as the place of
the next meeting.
An interesting feature Of the days pro-
ceedings are when the COMMITTEES on polity
practically dismissed James and Alexander
Waite, missionaries In China, because they
had criticised the worldliness of other mis-
sionaries, who It seems did nothing moro
than play tennis. The Waite brothers ad-
vised in the report which was adopted by
the assembly to seek other fields of
service.
The assembly today practically dismissed
from the service Alexander and James
Waite, both missionaries in Presbytery In
northern China. because they complained
when their brother missionaries played ten
mis- and INDUCED in worldly athletic pas
times with their charges. The Waite broth
ers were OF the opinion, as outlined in their
charges to the assembly, that their assist
ants in China could not apply themselves
to the business OF saving the heather and
play tennis at the same time. They there
fore asked the assembly to censure the
tennis playing brethren. Their request was
boomerang, however. for the committee
on church polity in report received today
by Or. Gray Bolton of Philadelphia, com
mends the religious real of the Waite
brothers, but suggested they might do bet
ter in another field of endeavor and rec
commended their change Of residence. The
report was adopted.
The assembly unanimously voted to ac-
cept the invitation OF Atlantic City, N. j.,
to convene there next year. The music hall
on the steel pier will be turned over to the
| sessions of the assembly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Lincoln Man is
Held as Leader Of
Smuggler Gang
Railroad Brakeman Under Arrest in
Chicago in Connection with
Chinese Case.

CHICAGO. Ill, May 2a.-(Specal Tele-
giam)-W II. Clark, aged 90. railroad
brakeman residing at Lincoln. Neb.. Is un-
der arrest here as one OF the alleged lead
ers in a band OF smugglers who have been
bringing Chinese surreptitously into the
United States from Mexico. Seven OF the
alleged gang are held here and an eighth
is under arrest and enroute here. Clark is
alleged to have been one of the leaders In
the handling of smuggling operations al
El Paso.
Tho others arrested include two other
railroad men, three Cinnamon and two
Mexicans. The trial is TO begin June 8
Clark will put up a. hard fight, all of those
under arrest denying completely.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-30
Mrs. May Ion
Was Arrested
Family Mxup of Silver Creek Couple
is Strengthened Out by the
Denver Police.

DENVER, Colo. May 2s.-(Special Tel
egram. )-Mrs. May Ion OF Silver Creek,
Neb., was arrested by federal officer to-
day on the charge of using the malls 10
defraud. Her husband came here yester-
day from Silver Creek. Neb.. and said she
had written him falsehoods to get money
from him.
She said they had quarreled over an
other woman and she had left him. The
inspector released her with a warning
about misusing the mails. The police now
believe Ion wrote the decoy letters and
are sorry they cannEt hold the couple on
some charge, as Chief Armstrong says they
are bad actors"