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The Republican journal., 1909-09-23
A NARROW ESCAPE.
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.

G. H. Morse, ESQ.,, was in Belfast this
week on business.
George Allen Of Burnham was in town
today on business.
Walter White of Burnham visited
friends in town last week, going from here
to Milo.
W. M. Harrington and wife and 7. F.
Connor and wife were visitors in Thorn
dixie Sunday. -Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1909-09-23
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
s' ssass ses Of &NAzzzzx
SOME BELFAST HORSES.
Turf, Farm and Home ]

Mr.. M. B. Smith of Pearl Brook Farm,
Belfast, met with great success at the
great Connecticut State fair at Charter
Oak Park last week, where he showed
his young stallion Direct Braden, the
good son of Brown Braden, in the open
stallion class, where the entries included
stations from the leading horse show
farms Of the country. To win blue
ribbon in such hot company was a great
victory, indeed, and Mr.. Smith has been
receiving congratulations from far and
near over the ownership of such a great
young horse.
We looked over the summaries of the
races at Belfast and should say that this
meeting, or rather the showing of his
horses at this meeting, should greatly
Chenery of The Pastures. Mr.. Nevins
marked Anne Hesperus in 2.21 IA, won
with her. Won the 2.26 trot with Edge
and won named road race with one call
ed The Reckoning. This should be enough
to satisfy almost anyone. M. A. Nevins,
formerly of Boston, is doing the training
this year. "Nuff said. III. H. Lee.
Mr.. Horace Chenery, proprietor of
The Pastures, Belfast, who has 60 horses
and colts in his several Enclosures, had a
new experience at the Belfast fair last
week. He started four horses and got
two frsts and two thirds. Among the
number were three that he had bred him
self, this being the first season that he
has started anything of his own breed
ing, and he had the great pleasure of see
ing the good mare Edgemark Gift take a
record Of 224 IA. Now with his stable
so well filled with young stuff of his own
breeding, this will be an every day occur
renee. marking stuff that he has bred
himself since he went into the business.
Mr.. Chenery says that he cares nothing
about the racing game, but takes great
pleasure in breeding good stuff and de-
veloping the youngsters, and letting the
other fellows do the racing. He is GER
tainly meeting with great success along
the whole line, and surely has the goods.
A NARROW ESCAPE
Edgar N. Bayliss, merchant of Robinson
vile, Del, wrote: "About two years ago was
thin and sick, and coughed all the time and if ]
did not have consumption it was near to it.
commenced using Foeys Honey and Tar, and
it stopped my cough, and l am now entirely
well, and have gained twenty eight pounds, all
due to the good results from taking Foley's
Honey and Tar" For sale by all druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Danger in Eye Poultices.

Do not poultice an eye in any cir
cumstances whatever. Binding a wet
application over an eye for several
hours must damage that eye, the as
sertions of those processing to have
personal experience in this to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. The failure
to a~ggravate an existing trouble by
binding a moist application over an
infiamed eye, which application is
supposed to remain for an entire
night, can only be explained by the
supposition that a guardian angel
has watched over that misguided
last and has displaced the poultice
before it had got in its fine work.
All oculists condemn the poultice
absolutely, in every shape and in
every form. Tea leaves, bread and
milk, raw oysters, scraped beef.
scraped raw turnip or raw potato and
the medley of other similar remedies
peculiarly recommended are, one and
all, capable of producing irremediable
damage to the integrity of the tissues
of the visual organ.-Family Doctor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
KEPT BY FREEZING.
Method Of Bringing to the North
From Tropical Regions.


Freezing flowers to keep them
fresh Is a modern idea. They are
picked in the bud and preserved by
refrigeration while being transported,
They ian travel safely in this way for
several weeks. When unpacked they
are found free of damage and when
placed in water and left alone they.
slowly awaken and come into full
bloom.
It appears that experiments are be-
ing made in South Africa with a view
to despatching them in this way in
bulk at the seasons when they are
scarce elsewhere. The flowers un-
dergo no deterioration from their
treatment either in the beauty of
their color or in their longevity after
immersion in water. Curiously
enough growth suspended by refrig-
Grafton appears to resume so slowly
that the blossoms thrive in a room
for a considerably longer period than
If placed there Immediately after be-
ing cut in the garden.
The process would also serve to in
troduce to our notice many beautiful
members of the horticultural family
with which at present we are unfa-
miliar, such plants as the gorgeous
iris, which grows wild in luxurious
profusion in South Africa, or those
which abound on the slopes of the
Andes in South America.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Feline Firebuo.

The origin Of a mysterious fire Is
explained thus:
An east side shop proprietor had
set a lamp on the edge of it's base,
tipped at an angie so that the, very
slightest pull would tip it over. The
touch of a feather almost would
have tipped the lamp from it's equi-
librium. Then he lighted the lamp
and suspended a piece of wire from
the top of the chimney. To the other
end he firmly affixed a piece of raw
meat. For two days he had kept a
large cat in the cellar. He had not
fed Tommy, and the cat had become
ravenously hungry by the time 1t was
ready to put the scheme Of arson into
play.
The trap all laid, the shop man
opened the cellar door and let up the
cat. He (the proprietary went out
Of the store the usual way. The cat,
hungry enough to eat q two-inch
plank, moused around that store and
smelled the meat. He sprang up to
the elevation where the lamp was
and grabbed the meat. '
The rest was easy. Over went the
lamp and there was the fire, and the
boss was a comfortable distance
away. Can you beat that for ingenu-
ity?-Manchester IN. H. Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Open Air Elementary School.

The Norwich Education Committee
yesterday approved the holding of an
open air school at Belle Vue, in the
Eaton suburb of the city, from the
middle of May to the middle of o.
tober, for 100 children, to be drawn
from the elementary schools on &C.
count of some physical weakness
This novel school will be open from
half past 8 in the morning till hall
past 6 or z at night. The children
will be conveyed to and from the
school on tramcars and will have
three meals a day there. The school
will be open for five days a week for
twenty weeks, and voluntary contrl'
buttons will be invited toward the
cost of the meals provided. The OBJ
ject is to improve the children physi-
cally and enable them the better to
receive their education. London
Standard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Cost of Oiling Roads.

A recently published report OF the
Boston Park Commission is interest
ing. In 1906 twelve miles Of road
we're treated with oil to keep down
the dust and the result was so salts
factory that in 1907 the whole extent
of more than forty miles was treated
in this way. Mr.. Putnam, the en-
gineer, has carefully computed the
cost, and he says that the annual
cost of sprinkling a thirty-foot road
way was $3.50 per mile, whereas the
cost of oiling the same roadway thirty
feet wide was s375. In addition to
laying the dust the asphaltum in the
oil had a binding effect on the surface
of the road and very materially
lessened the cost for repairs. The
oil is put on in an emulsion in which
fifteen pounds Of soap dissolved in
fifty gallons of water is mixed with
100 gallons Of crude oil, the whole
being agitated to the proper point of
emulsion and then $50 gallons Of this
is mixed with $50 gallons of water
and sprinkled on the roads.-Utica
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
New Street Pavement in Paris.

For some time past the attention
Sof Partisan engineers has been
drawn to reinforced asphalt, a new
paving process designed by M. Ar
thur Metz. This consists in %incorpor-
Eating an aggregate of crushed gran
lite IN the asphalt matriX. The ma
: terial thus secured shows a durability
comparable to that of the hardest
rocks. In laying this pavement a
concrete foundation is first prepared
4 and the granite asphalt is poured
over this upon a bed formed of little
/ granite pyramids which are set by
hand in an elastic bituminous coat
adhering to the concrete foundation
and forming a solid mass with it. 1t
Is actually a granite reinforcement
which gives to the completed struc-
ture the name reinforced asphalt.
Pavements laid under this system
(among other, on the Quai aux Fleurs
and in several Paris streets) gave eX-
cellent results. The thickness OF the
asphalt layer is from five to seven
centimeters for roadways and only
twenty millimeters for footways. The
wear of the granite asphalt appears
to be slow and uniform, thus per-
hitting it's use under dense traffic.
Furthermore, it does not soften under
solar heat, and the surface gives such
good adhesion that it Is used with adj
vantage and economy on a steep
grade (three per cent? in the neigh
borhood of the freight station of the
Observation-Disclosures Railway,
where very heavy vehicles are con-
stantly passing. The maintenance
and repair of reinforced asphalt are
most simple, for instead of tearing up
the whole surface for renewal 1t suf-
fees to spread a new layer Of proper
thickness, as this unites perfectly
with the old surface. The cost OF lay
ing this pavement, for which a most
promising future appears to be as
,sured, is but fourteen francs a square
meter for roadways and five francs
for sidewalks (about $2.20 and eighty
cents respectively per square ya:d).
Engineering Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
And where's your job?'
IT haven't got one vet
Advantage in Employing Sisters.

A Cleveland merchant had two sis
tiers employed in his Office.
IF you need two girls in your Of
fee it's the only way" he explains.
II advertised for two sisters who
could stenog. 1t took mt a long
while to get what I wanted because
it isn't every day that you find two
sisters who are competent stenog-
raphers and both open for a position.
But I got them at last, and I'm glad
1 waited until I got what I wanted.
They do twice as much work as any
two girls not sisters would. You see
when they've been to a dance or a
show the night before they do all
their talking about it at home. By
the time they've finished their break,
fast they've used up all the small talk
in their systems and cal work right
through the day without saying a
word to each other" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Bold Chinese Brigands..

Whole districts in the province OF
Kiangsu, China, TT reported to- be
terrorized by brigands. East OF Yao-
wan, on the Grand canal, close on 100
cases of kidnapping have occurred dur
ing the last winter. Scholars on the
road to school, rich men and even
men worth only $50 or 500 have
been caught and held for ransom.
The prices paid have ranged from $40
to $1,000. Schools are being closed
and men are afraid to 60 from home.
In Pichow the conditions are said to
be worse. Recently a man who was
acting as a spy on the robbers was
found by the roadside with his heart
cut out. The brigands have estab.
lished a regular tariff Of blackmail.
While the supineness Of the authori-
ties. Is largely responsible, their diff
culties are increased by the fact that
the people compound with the robbers
and agree not to report and prose.
cute on the promise of immunity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Endless Telephone Chain.

Gently patented by a Missouri man.
1t Is called an ice card. It's purpose
is to designate to the iceman the
quantity of ice required that day, do
ing away with the custom of having
the driver shout his Interrogation
over the back fence. 1t is very sim
pie in form, comprising a pivoted
card which moves in front of an in
dicator. Printed on the card are the
figures 10, Is, ETC., designating the
different quantities up to 100 pounds.
The householder merely sets the in
dicator by moving the caro- around
until the pointer registers with the
quantity she desires. Besides doing
away with the necessity of the house
holder being on the lookout for the
iceman the latter also saves consid-
cradle time, as he does not have to
wait for al answer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
OF 1908.
Few Actual Novelties, But Some New
Developments.


The actual novelties in locomotive
design in the last year are compare.
lively few, though the number of in
teresting designs IS considerable, but,
according to Casters Magazine, the
main features Of the worlds locomo-
tive practice in 1908 may be briefly
reviewed as follows:
/. The extensive introduction Of
pacific" locomotives in France and
the initial Introduction thereof in
England and Germany, both of the
latter, however, being really toward
the close of 1907, though usually as
ISOLATED with 1908.
2. The extensive Introduction and
development of articulated Iocomo-
tives in the United States and the
construction Of such locomotives by
British and American firms for use
in other countries.
8. The somewhat extensive build
ing of locomotives of moderate d.
mansions for use on railways already
using larger engines, these smaller
engines in some cases nearly or ex-
actly corresponding in design with
engines built some years ago or being
developments of such designs. This
has occurred particularly in Great
Britain, but is also characteristic to
some extent of Continental railways.
4. The extension Of the s Of
experimenting apparatus. ,
S. The Introduction of several
new wheel arrangements and Of at
least one engine which Is a very radi-
cal departure from usual methods Of
design.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Public BENEFIT.

Georgia last winter removed a
standing reproach from her penal pol
icy by bringing to an end the leasing
system for her convicts, and to give
them labor that shall benefit the
State they are to be farmed out to
the counties to work upon the public
roads. OF the las counties in the
State over a hundred have voted to
take the number Of convicts allotted
to them on a population basis and
put them at work on the highways.
The State will thus dispose OF
about two thousand men. OF local
misdemeanants there will be as many
more. so a new army Of four thou
sand men will "go marching through
Georgia." not to devastate bnt to up
build. The new arrangement went
into force the first Of the present
month. 1t is a benefit to those who
have been released from the tyranny
and cruelty of the private lease sys-
tenn and a greater benefit to the pub
lie interests. "It is confidently ex-
pected," says a report from that
State. that a few years will see a
network Of well paved roads extend
ing north and south and east and
west across the State" The countie.
that have taken advantage of this
new opportunity and those that will
do so will provide the conditions for
continuous lines of improved high
way. This will be not only a gain
to her public utilities, but a gain to
her civilization as we'll. - Boston
Transcript. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Look After Your Property.

It is a safe rule in this world to
look carefully after the details OF
your own property. Be sure your
title deeds are recorded, that your
insurance is kept up, that you alone
have the key to your strong box in
the safety vault. Do not leave your
securities with your broker II he Is
doing a conservative business he has
no need of them. If he isn't you
don't want him to handle your prop
erty. The wonder Is that with all the
confidence reposed in financial mat
tiers there are so few d~efalcations.
There is no use in making it easy for
some one to get your property. In
this world it is hard for most persons
to acquire anything, and they should
be careful to the last degree in see.
ing that they are fully protected in
it.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
PATH TO OLD AGE
PAVED WITH PIE.
Smith Ely, Formerly Mayor OF
New York, at Age of 95, Reveals
Secret of His Longevity.

Everybody with a taste for pastry
or a weakness for sweets will hail
with JOY the explanation of Smith
| Ely, Mayor of New York City In 1877
rs and now eighty-fve years old, as
to his prolonged life.
Sweets did it," says Mr.. Ely in
an article contributed to the Medico-
Legal Journal. II don't know that
this diet of sweets has benefited my
disposition, but it has given me
strength to undergo the nervous
strain and excitement Of a political
career in Albany, Washington and
New York that would have shortened
the existence of a beef eater.
my parents, like many Others
says Mr.. Ely, thought that sweets
of any sort were unwholesome for
children, and I enjoyed only such
things in my childhood within strict
limitations. Consequently, when I
attained the age of sixteen and found
employment down town, with permis-
sion to dine as I pleased, I made up
for lost time. My regular meal for
many months consisted of three or
four pieces of bakers pie. At all
periods of ny life the dessert has
almost always been the better part
of the meal.
II resided for more than twenty
years in the neighborhood of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and during all
that period it was my regular habit,
on my way home from clubs and n
tertainments, to stop at Maillard's
and have a meringue glace, followed
by a cup of hot chocolate with
whipped cream.
at has been, and still is, my habit
to place a lump of confectionery of
some sort in my mouth upon retiring
TOR the night"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Bonny Cabber For Health.

Bonny clabber is better than but
termilk. 1t is made by letting the
whole milk and "a set and sour
for several days outside of the re-
f%rigerator. Shake up the creamy top
and bottom whey and curds to the
consistency of buttermilk. Some far
mers keep clabber until it so sour it
will make a pig squeal, and the sourer
the better. Bonny clabber is much
the same as Metchnikoff's preserva'
tive against old age. 1t IS fine for
the health and complexion, rs the
west coast of Ireland people show,
who almost live upon this and pota-
toes.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Doctrine of Rest.

DR.. Hutchinson breaches the doc
trine of rest and believes that pleas
ure is natures stamp of approval"
If one feels like running, jumping,
shouting or otherwise exercising, that
is the thing to do; but if there is no
spirit in one, the thing to do is to sit
down in the fresh air and rest until
the tired muscles have recovered
themselves. Learn to be idle when
the body is tired, and while you think
you are doing nothing thousands OF
cells are busily at work repairing the
wastes of Office OF shop. Sit still and
Invite your soul" and you will be
the better for it, rather than forcing
yourself to exercise that you do not
need.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Children Need Acting.

The Rev. Perry Grant, OF New
York. thinks that acting is a psyche
logical need, and is looking for the
rich man who will build a theatre for
children. The purpose of such a the
atre, he says, is educational and is IN
keeping with the discoveries of Froe-
bel, who knew that play is an instinct
implanted by nature for educational
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Harry LADDERS Stories.

Harry Lauder, before he departed
after his third American tour, was
asked at a dinner given him what he
regarded as his funniest stories.
"They are not what you might call
the funniest" he answered, readily,
but I'll tell them to you with pleas
ure. The humor in a story is In the
point of view of the hero or heroine
of it, I say. For instance, there's the
canny Scot whose neighbor met him
fitting. The Scot had wife and chill
dren and household furniture piled
atop a wagon, and he was solemnly
driving his one horse along the street.
$50 ye're fttin',' says the neigh
Dor.
"T am. I want to be near me
work
".And where's your job?'
"T haven't got one yet
"And the woman who paid a visit
of coincidence to her widowed neigh
Dor. She carried a parcel of %consola-
ton, and when she opened 1t up this
was what was in it: You belong to a
benefit and they paid up, didn't they?
Well, then, you have a dead man and
500. What more dye want?''"-
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Plausible Reason.

Scientific Parent Con a stroll)-
"You see out there in the street, my
on, a simple illustration of a princi-
pie in mechanics. The mai with that
cart pushes it in front of him. Can
you guess the reason why? Probably
not. I will ask him. Note his an
swer, my SON."
To the Coster-"My good man,
why do you push that cart instead of
pulling it?'
Coster-" Cause / amt a boss, yer
old thickhead "-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Defective Memory.

"Rastus," said the solicitous EN-.
ployer, didn't I warn you against
the dangers of intemperalce?"
"Yessir."
Didn't I tell you not to drink any
Ming stronger than ginger ale?"
'Da de word dat done bother me
/ jes' couldn't remember dat ger-ale
part. I done my bes', but all / could
recoleck were de first syllable
Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Fashion in Names.

There is a fashion in Christian
names as in most other things. In q
whole school full of children nova
DAYS it would be rare to find a Fanny.
a Rosa, or an Eliza. Yet all these
names were in the first rank of fash.
ion a few decades ago, as the sigma
lures OF many elderly women attest.
San Francisco Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Burst Of Confidence.

AZ elderly farmer up in Maine lost
Ills wife and his nephew was taking
the old man back to his empty farm.
house.
Well" said the old man, after 9
long silence, "forty-six years. sup
pose she was a good wife to me. She
was a good cook and a good house,
keeper and she kept me well redd
up, but, do you know" he added, i
never liked her.'-Success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
California Joins.

California is joining the good
roads procession, and for the same
reason that has actuated other com
munities. California finds that poor
roads are serious drawbacks to the
development of the State and that
good roads are an economic adran-
tage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Human.

The young man, leading a dog by a
string, lounged up to the ticket office
of a railway station and inquired:
Mus I-aw-take a ticket for a
puppy" mo; you can travel as an
ordinary passenger" was the reply.
-Universalist Leader.
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Cathedrals of Uganda.

There are three cathedrals at Men
go, Uganda, all or neighboring hills
The Mengo cathedral Of St. Paul
Church of England, has a congrega-
ton of 5000. The other ~cathedrals
are Roman Catholic, n English, the
other German, both large buildings.