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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
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Good Roads il the South.

It Is a very exceptional ,neighbor-
hood in the South that does not need
better roads, and it is an equally x
ceptional community that cannot have
better roads. While many sections
cannot hope to have the best roads
macadam or gravel-for a long time
to come, there is no excuse for any
locality allowing its roads to remain
positively and permanently bad.
A good road is a ~ hard, (2)
smooth road, 60 free from heavy
grades. Any road which answers to
these requirements will insure easy
and quick travelling, and permit OF
the hauling of large loads-and that
is all that is required OF a road. OF
course, the best road Is the hardest
and smoothest one, the macadam road
being superior to the gravel road; but
remember that even the earth road
need not be bad. This is the thing we
wish this good roads special to say
to every man who reads 1t, There Is
q way for you to improve the road
owe which you travel, and 1t will pay
you to do it. II we can only get our
readers to realize this fact we be-
lieve that they will not be content to-
longer waste the strength of their
teams, their own time, and their
money by dragging, over rocks, pull.
ing through deep sand, jolting across
bitches, splashing about in mudholes,
and climbing steep hills. Every road
cannot be macadamized, or even grav-
eled; but many more could be than
are. Few bond issues for good roads
in our territory have been bad invest
ments, while the cases in which they
would be good investments could be
numberediby the hundreds. The tax
the ordinary farmer would have to
pay to build and maintain stone
roads, in any moderately settled COM
munity, is much smaller than the tax
he now pays to bad roads ID the In
creased cost Of his hauling. Over a
large section OF the south sand-clay
roads could be built at a very small
cost, indeed, compared to what they
would be worth to the communities
through which they run. Thousands
and thousands OF miles Of earth roads
could be redeemed from their chronic
state Of badness by the persistent use
Of the split-log road drag, and the
cost Of doing the work would be so
small that no one would feel II. And
everywhere that there is a bad road
it could be improved If the men who
work it would simply remember that
the surface of the road should always
be kept smooth and free from OBJ
structions, and that the ilsrt thing to
do with the water that falls on a road
is to get il, off and away.-Raleigh
IN. o. Progressive Farmer.
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Women Harvest Crops Wen.

Many hundreds. of women assisted
in gathering the harvest around
Beatrice, Neb. They were lured to
the fields by the offer of board and
SO a day. A farmer went into
Beatrice looking for farm hands.
Loungers in the town refused to
work, and the farmer had to face the
possibility of losing part of his crop.
He went into a restaurant, and when
waiting to be served was struck with
the idea of bidding for the mattresses
as ~harvesters. He offered them SO a
day, and every waitress threw aside
her apron and went to the farm:
They did such efficient work that
other farmers sought women, and
they drew school teachers, stenogra-
piers and college girls as well.-New
York Press.
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Canada and Her Unproductive Areas.

The annual report of the Canadian
Pacific Railway for the year ending
June 80, 1909, presented at the an
nual meeting On October 6, has IN in
.teresting statement in regard to their
tareatment and subsequent sale of
desert areas. The directors set apart
about 995, 900 acres, called the west
ern block" of which $4,000 are IT.
rigable and over which canals and
bitches have been dug. Of this land,
69,963 acres have been sold at an
average price of s24.71 an acre. The
remaining sales of land, amounting
for the year to about 100000 acres,
brought only an average Of S10.9G an
acre. The experiment has been SO
successful in opening up a very large
body of land which would otherwise
be unproductive of traffic that the
directors are considering the advisa-
bility of extending the irrigation sys-
TEN to another block of about 1,0OO,-
600 acres.-Daily Consular Reports.
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It is a common notion Thai the
he is always moving as the season
and the game may call MIN. There is
added to this reason for the belief,
the fact that in the Indian languages
no word is found by which to render
our word home" Mrs. Riggs writes
to the American Missionary Associa-
ton on this point:
1T seems to me that the Indians
do have some of the ideas of home.
To them as 4 nomadic people perhaps
no particular place was home, but the
whole country through which they
roamed was home.
Some years ago l was travelling
with an Indian woman. Her early
home had been in Minnesota, but she
had been among those who, after the
outbreak Of go, had gone to eastern
Dakota, and when | first went into
the mission work she had come West
to the Missouri River to help us in
our work there.
On this journey, as we Travelled
into Minnesota. n after another Of
the landmarks were recognized by
her, and her "reminiscences came
quick and vivid. Here was Sleepy
Eye, named by her grandfather,
where they forded the river; there
was where they hunted for game;
there where they gathered the wild
rice.
! "'Ah,' she said, Minnesota is a
beautiful country-so different from
Dakota!'
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For the Kitchen.

A tiny box cabinet, supported
against the wall by brackets, as
shown. 49,.
There are three drawers. The
largest one is for the housewives
tools-hammer, screw driver, small
saw and tack puller, and numerous
other small tools, which a housewife
may require, also an assortment OF
nails, screws, tacks, etc. One small
drawer is for Irvine, thread and rolls
of linen and other emergency sup
plies. f..
The third drawer I use for grocery
bills, also for small change, which !
need when small articles are brought
TO the door for which I must pay cash.
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Thorough Road Construction.

The railroad companies have
learned that there is economy in
heavy steel rails, in strong bridges
and in large freight cars, and IN like
manner the farmers will learn that
good roads reduce the cost OF trans
%portation by wagon. As a chain Is no
stronger than it's weakest link, SO the
availability of a wagon road Is de-
termined by it's steepest hill or Its
toughest place. A natural road, good
in some places, may nevertheless
make economic hauling impractfcable
because of difficult distractions at one
or two points. Hence arises the need
of thorough road construction and
maintenance.-Denver Republican.
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Joke ON ApDleton.

. They are telling a great joke on
Lysander John Appleton. Mr.. Apple
ton writes a very poor hand, and re-
Gently wrote an angry letter to his
wife's brother, asking him to pay
what he owed him or be sued. The
brother called in all the handwriting
experts in his neighborhood, and they
deciphered the letter to be an invita-.
ton to the brother and family tc
come for an extended visit, and five
of them arrived to-iay.-AtchisoD
Globe.
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What's the Use?

81 hate to be contradicted," she
said!
"Then I won't contradict you," he
returned.
"You don't love me-" she asserted.
IT DON'T" he admitted.
You're a hateful thing" she cried.
81 am" he replied.
II believe you are trying to tease
me-" she said. J
II am he conceded.
"And that you do love me-"
"I do"
For a moment she was silent.
WELL" she said at last, II do
hate a man who's weak enough to be
led by a woman. He ought to have
a mind Of his own-and strength"
He sighed. What else could he
do?-New York Times.
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An Odd Little BypoduCt.

It was believed that every conceiv.
able saving had been effected in the
disposition of byproducts of the pack
ing house industry, but not long ago
it was found that the hair in the ears
of steer is Of a quality that permits
it to be used in the manufacture OF
"camel's hair" brushes. So now hair
is removed from the ears Of steers,
to the end that art may flourish as
we'll as the packing house industry.
New York Tribune.
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USES OF THE EUCALYPTUS.
They Range From Timber to Cough
Drops-OnIy the Bark Wasted Now.

lICy ltaISC Iiol1 Lila w -
Drops-OnIy the Bark Wasted Now.
Since the introduction Of the euca-
lyptus into California from Australia
it's friends have been trying to push
it's cultivation by making known the
many uses to which it may be put.
1t is declared that eucalyptus wood is
suited to all purposes for which hard
woods are used.
Barring the countless other uses
to which it Is adapted, as a means to
reimburse the forest supply alone
eucalyptus is invaluable to the coun-
try, it is asserted. Then the euca-
lyptus Is valuable in windbreaks for
orchards and dwellings. for land re-
clamation, for conservation of water,
improvement Of climate and as nat
ural antitoxins to malarial germs.
The beauty Of the grain, the color
and the texture Of eucalyptus, rival
ling many species of oak, has led to
its popularity as a furniture product.
Offices and residences have been
finished with the wood, and cabinet
makers and wood workers throughout
the country have been led to make a
practical study Of the eucalyptus wood
as a finishing product.
Much of the fuel consumed in Cali
fornia is eucalyptus wood, which re-
tails at from $40 to S14 a California
cord. For fuel the fastest growing
varieties are planted. OF the kinds
planted for other purposes the weak
ling trees, limbs and waste r util-
lied as irewood.
In house construction, mining tim
Der, flooring and street paving .euca-
lyptus has assumed Importance, and
for miscellaneous uses, for posts, tele-
graph poles, railroad ties, piles
bridge timber, wagon tongues, spokes.
handles for implements and tools,
logs for corduroy roads and insulatol
pins the popularity of eucalyptus is
growing. "
Eucalyptus blossoms yield profit to
the ~beekeepers. An oil is distilled
from the leaves and is used as a COM
pound for many medicines. An ex-
tract from the leaves forms the
foundation FOR cough syrups. The
buds are used in making portieres and
souvenirs.
Efforts are being made to find a
use for every portion Of the euca-
lyptus tree-even for the bark, which
so far is waste.-New York Sun.
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every year.. These events attract
great attention, and the entrants are
not children, but men and women who
have given the sport a great deal OF
attention, practicing and training fol-
weeks in advance. This has given
an impetus to the sled business, and
several new forms have been recently
introduced. One Of the novelties Is
a folding sled, which can be readily
carried under the arm when it is de.
sired to take it from me point tc
another. The method Of construction
is clearly shown in the cut, which pre-
sents q bottom view of the sled, witt
the runners folded back on the under
side of the seat board. The runners
are made of steel rods, which are
clamped to the wooden top in a man
ner that permits them to be easily
folded. When in upright position
the legs are held by adjustable braces
A notable feature of the design used
in this construction is the clear open.
ing between the runners, which offers
no obstruction to the snow.
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Credentials of q Cannibaf.

A real Fiji mar came into Wash
ington to attend the international
convention of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, according to the Philadel-
mia Record. He was armed with a
club with which his former chlet
in the South Sea Islands used to beat
the life out of American Missionaries
and also with a big dish upon which
the chief used to serve up meat from
these missionaries bones. Club n
dish were brought along as mute eVl.
dences of the conversion of the Fill
chief. who now heads the Seventh
Day Adventists' Society in the South
Sea Isles.
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ment. However that may be, she and
her co-inventor have devised an ap-
paratus which is very simple, and
equally effective. This consists of a
drum, which resembles a huge spool,
and which Is suspended from the win
dow ledge, having a long straight
edge for engagement with the wall.
Around this drum one whole turn OF
a cable is taken, one end of the cable
the end near the window-having
4 seat attached. When the fire breaks
out,the person in the room climbs out
ove the, window ledge, thrusts one
leg over the seat, and, grasping the
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other end Of the cable, lowers him.
self or herself gently to the ground.
The turn Of the cable over the drum
prevents the rope from slipping and
letting the seat down except as the
slack is paid out.-Washingtcn Star.
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Var,Ie Associations.

Said a teacher on the East
"Who was Robinson Crusoe?"
Il know" said a little girl IN tne
front row. HE was a great singer.
Next"
ooh, 1 know" chirped a little girl
before Next" had time to reply. he
was a monkey."-New York Times.
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There has just been unearthed
from the River AMMAN, near Lock-
erbie, a relic of early Britain in the
shape a canoe in a wonderfully good
state OF preservation. 1t is Of a type
known as dugouts, the material be-
ing the trunk of a black oak tree,
about twelve feet long, rudely shaped
and followed out.-London Stand
ard.
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Governor Guild, Of Massachusetts,,
has appointed Professor Emily
Greene Blach a member of the State
Industrial Commission. Miss Blach
is professor of economics at Wellesley
College and president Of the Womens
rad, League Union of hassacnu-
-attS
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Lesson il Patience.

Patience will accomplish any
thing. You can even carry water in
a sieve, if you wait long enough"
rs that so? Say, how long would
1 have to wait to do that?"
Till it gets cold enough for the
water to freeze. "-Cleveland Leader.
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A Russian correspondent writes: the recen attack D. DHsdnus on
the Monastery of Luganski, in the Ekaterinoslav district, as an exciting
affair, though the Russian press gave few details beyond stating, without a
word of comment, that among the dead bandits were a rural policeman
a Cossack in uniform! Attracted by the great treasure and valuable lkons
possessed by the monks. the brigands in the dead o night made al organ
lied attack 0 the monastery, whichh AS a very solitary position me ageo
monks, who have a plentiful supply OF arms, made a stout resistance, oolaly
salying out and engaging the enemy at close quarters. A vertable battle,
lasting a good hour, took place, and finally the Church triumphed. The
Graphic.
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Above the cabinet hangs pad and pen
Gil for memoranda, and a pair OF
shears for clipping strings of parcels.
Any housekeeper can realize the con.
venience of an article Of this sort
Miss L. E. Hennessey, in Epitomtst.
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In order to construct the Manches.
ter ship canal over 100000 cubic
yards had to be excavated.
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Great Britain mas loUV hlnuS VI
apples.
1t is said that sunlight is a cure for
influenza epidemics.
At last reports there were 61,15S
| postoffices in this country.
The Turkish turban contains about
twenty yards of material.
Fast freight line service of this
country uses $4,000 cars.
One town in Spain has one hunch-
back to every thirteen inhabitants.
The annual supply of water to
London, England, is S2,125, 100000
gallons.
The flour mills of Minneapolis
grind 100, 900, 900 bushels Of wheat
every year. .
The Government Printing Oflce, IN
Washington, D. c., employs over
1000 persons.
Each of the British Dreadnoughts
has a hospital with a capacity for
sixty patients.
In the course of his a~eronautical
experiments NJ. Bleriot has met with
fifty accidents.
Of the Philippine Islands the one
which probably has the most produc-
tive soil is Mindanao.
The act approving the admission of
the State of West Virginia al the
thirty-ffth State, to the Union,
passed Congress December 81, 1861.
to take effect June 80, 1868.
Glass water pipes covered with
asphalt have been in use for a. long
time in some parts of Germany with
success. They give thorough protec-
ton against the entrance Of gases and
acids.
Los Angeles has a school in which
meals are served for one cent; that is,
to the pupils, and they get a big.
trimming bowl of a thick, delicious
soup, with two cold buns, all for their
penny. The idea has also been used
in one of the schools at Ann Arbor;
Mich, with great success
The new tariff bill introduced to
most people the word quebracho, the
extract used in tanning hides, II
Paraguay and Argentina this Is a
large industry, there being thousands
Of square miles of the quebrachc
tree. Such land is valued at from
$4,000 a square league upward. Que
bracho logs are also used for railway
ties.
There has just been unearthed
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Hindoos arc displacing the Jap.
anese in some California orchards.
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The old Manor Hall is the pride of the city of Yonkers. The front part
was built in 1882 by Frederick PhiHpse, the first Lord of the Manor OF
Phiipsburg. It was completed by the addition Of TIT Lei part IN LAO.
The building remained in the possession OF the Ph1npse family unul 10,
ben because of the toryism Of the Frederick Phinpse Of that day-the
third Lord of the ManorLit was confscated by a n act Of the Legislature OF
New York. 1t was used by private families until 1868. Since 1877 1t la
been the CITY Hall of Yonkers. The old structure has had the best OF care
and is a perfect specimen of Colonial architecture.
The state herald., 1909-11-26
Twenty Miners Found Alive.

Cherry. Ill.-The gamut from deep.
est despair to an hysteria OF hope
was run here Saturday when twenty
miners. entombed In the st. Paul
mine for week. almost to the hour.
were brought to the surface alive.
But later gloom again succeeded
hope. Twenty saved. ninety two
known dead and l9s missing was the
record at the st. Paul mine Sunday
night.
Ten dead were brought to the sur.
face Sunday and thirty.scven more
dead were located In the second level
but were not brought up on account
OF black damp. What had promised
to be cherry's real day OF thanksgiv.
Ing ended In u night OF hope deferred.
or despair
At the end OF the day no living man
oe boy had been added TO the list OF
the twenty rescued Saturday.
The state herald., 1909-11-26
GENERAL NEWS.

A report on suicide figures for 1908
has Just been issued, showing a ratio
OF 2i.s per 100000 OF population. sur.
passing tho previous high record OF
2o.7 in 1904.
state Comptroller Williams OF New
York recently received $4,000 from
the estate OF the late II. II. Rogers In
part payment OF the collateral inner.
ltance tax against the estate.
More than siO.Ooo.OOo additional
taxation II carried In the pending
French budget. tho new taxes being
principally levied on automobiles. to.
baeco. wines and inhcritanccs. In In.
hcrl,anco taxes there IL nm increase OF
si6.0O0.OO0 over last year.
c. ]. Tcyin and J. Campbell Corey
OF Cincinnati and George Howard. u
professional bnlioonis,. landed Mt Der.
by. ten miles west OF Buffalo. after u
thrilling trip OF 500 miles. which car.
ricd them back across Lake Erie.
Mother Earth may have the expert.
oncc next May. OF passing through the
gaacoua tail OF comet. according to
an Interview by Assistant Prof. Henry
N. Russell, Ph. d.. OF the astronomical
department OF Princeton university.
lie FASTENED TO explain. however. that
no bad physical effects were to DO mn.
ucipated.
The state herald., 1909-11-26
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The coroncr's Jury eSonerated play.
ers OF both teams OF responsibility for
the death OF young Arthur Christian.
who succumbcd 10 injuries received In
the football match between the Uni
ycrsity OF Virginia and Georgetown
university at Washington.
To protect power sites. Secretary
Ballipger has withdrawn from entry
1884 acres OF land lying along tho
Gunnison river In Colorado and New
MoSico. and 7i2 acres ON Green river
and It, tributaries In Wyoming. This
land nov being In the public domain.
viii probably be affected by lcgisla
ton TO be enacted during the mex,
Congress.
The faculty OF Georgetown uniyer.
slty Mt Washington has unanimously
decided to suspend all football games
at that institution until the National
football rules committee gives assur.
ancc that the game has been shorn
OF Its dangerous features.
Lieut. Col William Il. wilder, In.
apector general. will no to Denver for
duty mn inspector general, Department
OF the Colorado, relieving Mai. Charles
q. Morton. who will remove to wash
ins,on for duty In the office OF the In
ppector general OF the army.
The state herald., 1909-11-26
THE FLIGHT TO CANADA.

Last year 10000 persons possessed
of 60,O00,000 American coined dollars
or the equivalent crossed over to the
new land of plenty, and this year the
official figure will show that 10000
persons and $7O,O0O,O0O have followed.
Ten years ago the numbers were too
slight to excite comment Ten years
hence the loss of desirable Americans
doubtless will outnumber the gain of
foreigners, with corresponding loss
of dollars in proportion to which the
gain through immigration will be beg
carly. While 1t is not likely that the
exodus of farmers will continue to In
crease at its present ratio that there
VIII be steady stream pouring over
the line for many years is the belief
of those qualified to speak. Canadian
statisticians figure that by the end of
the century the population will have
increased to 50OO0.OO0, with ample
room for as many more. That the full
significance of the movement has not
dawned on the people of this country
is evident from the fact that press
and public are still bidding god.speed
to the departing thousands of good cit
liens, and without giving a thought as
to the disappearing millions of good
money When they come to see things
In another light there is apt to be
great agitation Of mind. says Wash
1ngton Post. But what can we do
about 1t? Against the thrush of impe-
cunious foreigners 1t is possible to
erect barriers. but against the outrush
of well.to-do farmers what obstacle
can be interposed? What alternative
can be urged?
The state herald., 1909-11-26

The announcement that the Rus.
sian government is arranging for a
loan OF sl25.00O.O 900 from British cap.
litalists is significant of changed con-
'ditions in European politics. The al.
liance between France and Russia long
gave preference to French money
lenders whenever the st. Petersburg
government required funds. The bulk
OF the money needed for the war with
Japan was raised in Paris. and the re-
'luctance OF the French financiers to
continue their loans. in view of the
Russian disasters on sea and land.
was a very powerful factor in NOV
ing Russia TO accept the proffered
mediation of this country. But the
dual alliance is no longer supremely
important factor in Russian politics
or In Russian finance. An under
standing has been reached with Eng
land which. while not constituting an
offensive and defensive alliance. has
done much TO allay suspicion and to
promote good will.