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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
stiHE CID TRAMP-PRINTER."

HHere's a rhyme to the old tramp-printer,
who as long as he lives will roam. i,
Whose card is his principal treasure and
where night overtakes him home;
Whose shoes are run over and tWlsty,
whose garments are shiny and thin.
And who takes a bunk in the basement
when the pressman lets HIM IN.
at is true there are some of the trampers
that only the Angel of Death,
When he touches them with his sickle, can
cure of the 'spirituous breath;
That SOM by their fellow-trampers are
Stunned as unwholesome scamps,
And that some are just aimless, homeless,
restless Typographical tramps.
~But most of them surely are worthy Of
something akin to praise,
And have drifted down to the present out
of wholesome. happier days;
And when. though his looks be as seedy as
ever a mortal wore,
Will YOU find the old tramp minus his mar
yelous fund of lore?
GWhat paper hasn't he worked on? Whose
manuscript hasn't he set?
What story worthy of remembrance was he
ever known to forget;
What topics rise for discussion, IN science,
letters or art, ,
That the genuine old tramp-printer cannot
grapple and play his part:
at is true. YOU will sometimes see him
when the hue that adorns his nose;
Outrivals the crimson fushes which the
peony haunts at the rose;
It is true that much CRIME he gathers IN
the course of each trip he takes,
Inasmuch as he boards all freight trains be-
tween the gulf and the lakes.
@Yet his knowledge grows more abundant
than many much.tltled mems
Who travel as scholarly tourists and are
classed with the upper-tens;
And few are the contributions these schol-
arly ones have penned
That the seediest, shabblesf tramper
couldn't readily cut and mend.
ale has little in life to bind him to one
place more than the rest, -,
For his hopes in the past lie buried with
the ones that he loved the best;
He has little to hope from Fortune and has
little to fear from Fate.
And little his dreams are troubled over the
public's love or hate.
$50 a rhyme to the old tramp;;printer-to
the hopes he has cherished and wept.
To the loves and the old home voices that
still in his heart are kept;
a rhyme to the old tramp-prlnter, whose
garments are shiny and thin, j,
And who takes a bunk in the basement
when the pressman let's him IN
F. F. Murray, in Philadelphia Record
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

weight of the stones would tend to
force the lower ones out of position.
In many localities, willows are
planted thickly along the water-line
of banks. They grow rapidly and
their roots interlace and form a solid,
strong mass, capable Of holding the
stream in its place. A row OF such
trees would greatly improve the beau
ty of the road. Willows are used
quite extensively along the banks Of
the Mississippi, and are considered
the best means yet, used for keeping
that great stream In due bounds. 1t
is a general practice to sod the banks
above the water-line.-L. ]. Smith,
Agricultural College, Michigan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
Gold For Teeth.

"The use of gold for teeth filling Is
doomed" according to a salesman fol-
q large dental supply house. quoted
by the Philadelphia Record. Mos
of us car remember when nearly
every n carried about in his mouth
more or less precious metal" says
this authority. mo one was ashamed
of displaying cleaning yellow when
he smiled. We formerly sold thou
sands of dollars worth of specially
prepared gold to dentists. But thai
is all changed. The new porcelain
filings have been SO far perfected
that nearly all dentists use them, tc
the almost total exclusion Of gold"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
EORBDs HER TO SPEAK TO MAN.
Court Enjoins Young Woman Against
Charming an Old Farmer.

Winona, Mimi. - Court Commits
sioner Gibson, of Trempealeau, Wis,
has granted an injunction in behalf
Of relatives of Leroy Bell, an old
Galesyille farmer, restraining Miss
Grace Louden, a Winona woman,
from speaking to, having any com
nunication with, advising or infu-
encing Bell, and preventing her from
disposing of property decided to e
by him. Action vas begun by Bells
relatives to prevent the sale OF a deed
to $4,000 of property near Galesyllie,
which, it was said, was given to Miss
Louden by the old man. 1t was al
legged the defendant had inveigled the
farmer into giving her presents OF va
rious sorts and to deed to her his re-
naming possession, a $4,000 farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
JAILED BOODLER SHARES
IN P|TTsBURG GRAFT
Martin Gets Part of All the
Alleged Loot
THE PRICE OF HIS SILENCE
Former Law1naker Confers Outside
Penitentiary With President Of
Councils-Heney to Investigate
will Act by Presidents Wish.

Pittsburg.-Those who are probing
the Council graft cases in Pittsburg
profess to have found evidence that
former Councilman William A. Mar
tin, who is serving three years in
Riverside Penitentiary for boodling,
is being taken car Of by the Doodle
Councilmen, that his share of any
large graft carefully has been set
aside for him. Councilman Martin
was caught trying to graft $4,000
in the Tube City Railroad business
and sent to prison for three years.
Martin recently had a long confer
ence outside the prison with Presi-
dent William Brand, of the Councils,
the only one of the v under ar
rest whose bail Is held at $4,000.
The convict was brought from the
~penitentiary ostensibly for the pur-
pose of having him as a witness in a
certain case, but he was not called.
Instead, he was made the hero of a re-
ception by his former colleagues, and
he and Brand talked together for
hours.
That led to a quiet but thorough
investigation of conditions by the
Voters League, and it is asserted
there is proof that Martin, the first of
the boodlers to be caught, agreed not
to tell on the whole gang only when
be was taken care of financially by
the rest of the boodlers.
There is a rumor that Francis J.
.Heney, who uncovered the Oregon
land frauds and was conspicuous in
the San Francisco graft prosecutions.
Is coming here soon at the request of
President Roosevelt to Investigate the
alleged bribery so far as it Is connect
ed with Federal institutions. Ac-
cording to Washington reports, Mr..
Heney was in conference with the
President on the, Pittsburg situation.
If he comes here it will be in the ca
pacity of a special examiner, 1t is said.
TO investigate the alleged use of
money by officers Of national banks to
cause their institutions to be made
repositories of the cfty's funds. A
statement was made at the prelimin-
AIRY hearings of the men u~ndersarrest
that S176,000 had beenthuse expended.
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rhe surface action. But this should
amount to very little if the surface
water of the surrounding country is
kept off the road. Water should not
be allowed to stand in bitches by the
side of the road, as it will finally seep
under the road and get to the river,
thus %softening the foundation and
causing washouts. Cast iron or con-
crete culverts should be used, Of SUI
fcient size to carry off the water
quickly.
The slope of the bank depends
upon the material. When heaped up,
the side of a pile Of earth forms a
natural slope called the angle of re-
pose" The approximate angle of re-
pose for different materials is given
below, the ratio Of slope being the
proportion of the horizontal to the
vertical:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
ONEONTA HOTEL BURNS.
Many Narrow Escapes in Fire Cars'
inp 500. 600 Damage.

Oneonta, N. y.-Fire which for 4
time threatened the destruction OF the
whole business section of Oneonta de-
stroyed the Arlington Hotel and seven
other buildings in the heart of the
city, causing a loss OF fully SlOo,oVo;
Many of the occupants OF the motel
and of the living apartments in the
other buildings had narrow escapes,
none of them being able to save any
of their effects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
BY CABLE.
Recall Of Ambassadors Francis.

Recall Of Ambassador Francis.
Vienna, Austria. The Zeit says
that Charles 8. Francis, the American
Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Will
be recalled in February. The Zeiti Is
the Vienna newspaper that has per-
~sistently attacked Mr.. Francis, accus-
ing the American Ambassador or a Y
ing offended the society OF the Aus
trian capital.
Portugal Has New Cabinet.
Lisbon, Portugal.-A new Cabinet
has been formed by DR.. w. de s. Pc
reira de Lima, former Minister OF
Foreign Affairs. The previous Cab
met resigned because Of the declara-
ton of the Regeneration party that II
would no longer support the Govern
ment.
Goes Shooting With King.
Rome, Italy.-Ambassador Griscom
spent the day in shooting with King
Victor Emmanuel at the hunting
lodge at Castel P%orziano. The King
was interested in the formation Of the
new Cabinet in the United States.
Order to Seize Castro.
Willemstad, Curacao. - President
Castro. of Venezuela, will not be per-
mitted to return to that country. The
fact became known here when omceIe
of the Dutch battleship Jacob Heems-
kerk made the statement that the
warships had received orders not to
permit Castro to land in Venezuela,
and that If he attempts to re-enter
Venezuela he will be captured.
French Rights in the Congo.
Paris, France.-M. Pichon, the For
eign Minister, and M. Leghait, the
Belgian Minister to France, have
signed an agreement Z regulating
Frances right to preference on terri
tories in the Belgian Congo.
Russia's Note to Powers.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-The Rus
sian circular note to the Powers on
the proposed conference to settle the
situation in the Balkans has been is
sued. 1t contains the new suggestion
that the Powers discuss the form of
government the annexed provinces
are to recsiye.
Courtesy to Americans.
Valparaiso, Chile.-Tke American
delegates to the Pan-American Scien-
tiic Congress in this city are the re-
cipients of many attentions. The To-
cal newspapers call attention to the
fact that America was the first Power
to recognize Chilean independence.
Professor Lanman Honored.
Paris, France.-Charles Rockwell
Lanman, professor of Sanskrit at Har-
ward University, has been elected cor
responding member # the Academy
of inscriptions and Bellies Lettres.
Taft's Message to Women.
Belgrade, Servia. - The Servian
Woman's League has received the toll
lowing reply to a message sent to
William H. Taft as follows, "Mr:
Taft and his wife feel the deepest
sympathy and interest in this Justih-
able movement of the women OF Ser
via to support the national ideals!
The love and sympathy Of all Ameri'
can women are on your size.
Dutch Cease Action.
Willemstad.-The Governor OF c.
racao announced that all act@l
against Venezuela had been suspand-'
ed by Holland.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
EXPANDING CONSERVATION.
Canada and Mexico Invited to a
- Conference. .

Washington, D. C.-By inspiration
Of President Roosevelt the movement
for conserving the natural resources
is to be expanded from a national to
a continental undertaking. This Is
shown by an announcement from the
White House that a conference hav-
Ing for its object "the conservation
Of the natural resources of North
America" is to be held at the White
House on February IS. The Presi-
lent has sent Clifford Pinchot, chief
forester, as his personal envoy to de-
liver invitations to the Governor
General and the Premier Of Canada
and to President Diaz of.Mexico. Mr..
Pinchot, after performing his mission
in Canada, will go direct to Mexico
to call on President Diaz.. As the
result Of the invitations 1t is ex-
pected that the Canadian Govern
ment and President Diaz will send
representatives to the conference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
Printing Plant Burned.

The newspaper and job printing
plant of the st. Adams (Vt.) Messen-
ger was burned, causing a loss OF
$4,000. Four linotypes macnlnes
were destroyed. The press was saved,
as were the files Of the paper, which
were in a vault.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
LATEST NEWS.
BY WIRE.
FINDS $4,000 in Tomato Can.

Finds $4,000 in Tomato Can.
East st. Louis. Fitzpatrick Sullt-
van, an ice was IN driver, found q
which he picked up in an alley. Con-
rad Beebe, cashier of the Southern
Illinois National Bank, examined b
bill through a microscope and said
that it seemed to be genuine.
Life For Boy Matricide.
Toledo, Ohio.-After celebrating
twelve hours, the jury in the. case OF
Harvey Hazel, the seVenteen-year-old
boy charged with murder in the first
degree for the killing Of his mother,
returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree.
Alderman CoughIin ''Not Guilty"
Chicago, Ill.-Alderman Bath
house" Coughlin, accused Of assault
ing newspaper photographer on the
night of the First Ward Democratic
ball, was found not guilty.
Will Retain Bonds.
Boston, Mass.-Mrs. William War
rem, of London and Boston, will re-
tain the $250,000 Of bonds given her
by the late George s. Wellman while
she was acting as his housekeeper,
the suit by the administrator to re-
cover having been dismissed.
Banker Commits Suicide.
Worcester, Mass.-Frank w. CUT
ting, for forty years with the Worces-
ter Mechanics Savings Bank. and for
seven years its treasurer, committed
suicide.
Plan Balloon Trip Across Atlantic.
Indianapolis, Ind.-Carl G. Fisher
and George L. Bumbaugh plan q
| fight across the Atlantic Ocean In
gigantic balloon, attached to which
will be twenty smaller supply bags,
the gas from which may be fed into
the large balloon. A boat will take
the place of a basket. aF-
Price of Turkeys Goes Up.
Chicago, Ill.-Quotations. on tur-
keys have jumped to a jobbing price
Of twenty-one cents a pound, and ills
estimated the cost to the consumer
will be more than twenty-five cents.
| This Is higher by nearly ten cents
than the price here q year ago.
Slight San Francisco Earthquakes.
San Francisco, Cal.-Two slight
earthquakes lasting less than three
seconds were felt here and in the
cities about the bay.
Gloom in Chicago City Hall.
Chicago, Il.-There is a goodsd deal
of repining in the City Hall oyer
Mayor Buses attempt TO secure 9
short lunch hour. One effect OF his
message was q tendency on the part
of city employees to stay out even
longer than usual. The Mayor STAYED
out thirty-fve minutes.
| New Fashion in Robbery
Chicago, nl.-Three men set fire to
a fence about the yard Of Mrs. Marie
Nelson and ran to the front door to
tell her of the blaze. When she hur-
ried out to fight the IRE the men
entered the house and stole 9 $50 fur
muf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
,W0PSUEKAkN


Genuine ruby glass owes its color
to the presence of particles OF gold
too small to be seen without the aid
of the strongest microscope.
Following a practical demonstra-
ton of it's value in that field. the
Government will use concrete build
ings in which to store explosives in
the Canal Zone.
Scientific men throughout the world
are interested in the expedition of
DR.. Waldemar Jocelson, noted arch
eologist and ethnologist, to KAN
schatka and the Aleutian Islands.
Early difficulties having been over
come, aluminium is now rolled even
thinner than tinfoil. AS tin is eight
times as heavy and now costs twice
as much per pound, aluminium foil
is likely to replace tin foil for wrap
ping food and other uses, while al
minimum in other forms is taking the
place of copper.
In a singular experience reported
to a Paris medical society by Drs.
Chauffard and Vidal, a man and his
wife were taken with pneumonia
within a few hours of each other,
and the disease ran an almost identt-
cal course in each case. Their illness
began on a day in June following
one on which they drank much cold
water from a we'll. One could not
have taken the disease from the 9TH
er, as is usual in family epidemics,
and common unfavorable surround
ings could hardly had a simultaneous
effect. That pneumonia germs from
the we'll water inoculated the patients
seemed to be the only conclusion pos
sible.
In the sterilization process OF Bar
on A. T. Pfeiff, of Stockholm, milk
is heated to 200 degrees F., and this
is claimed to be more effective than
ordinary Pasteurization at a consid-
erably lower temperature, while the
peculiar flavor impaired by boiling Is
almost-if not completely-avoided.
A careful microscopic test Of differ.
ent samples Of five drops each was
made at Stockholm. The sample OF
raw milk showed 100000 bacteria,
the sample of the same milk which
had been Pasteurized at 1873 degrees
still contained 1900 bacteria, but no
organism at all could be discovered
in the milk treated by the Pfeiff
process. The Tactic acid bacilli being
totally destroyed, the milk remains
sweet and fresh much longer than
untreated milk. In a demonstration
plant now being tried in England the
apparatus includes a filter for remov-
ing dirt, a heater in which the milk
is circulated in concentric passages
with steam between them, a slightly
rounded surface over which the milk
flows in open air to aerate it, and a
cold water cooler for reducing the
temperature to ffty-eight degrees.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
Patent Attorney Convicted.

John A. Heany, an inventor, or
York, Pa, was acquitted at Washing
ton, D. c., and Henry E. Everdlng, an
attorney, of Philadelphia, was con-
victed of conspiracy in patent office
irrsgularitieS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
Brevity.

A newspaper man was thunder.
struck on reading a telegram which
ran:
Twins this morning-more later.
Sadie Inland Printer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

A French engineer has invented
rotary rudder by which he says a yes
sci of any size may be turned in it,
own length.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

archaeological mission. It is on a
sarcophagus, and is supposed to have
been made $500 B. c..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

What is believed to be the oldest
European painting in existence has
been found in Crete By the Indian
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20
New Fashion in Robbery

New Fashion In Robbery
Chicago, nl.--Three men set fire to
a fence about the yard Of Mrs. Marie
Nelson and ran to the front door to
tell her Of the blaze. When she 5hur-
ried out to fight the ire the men
entered the house and stole 9 $50 fur
muff. *
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

Scientific men throughout the world
are interested in the expedition of
DR.. Waldemar Jocelson, noted arch
eologist and ethnologist, to Kam-
schatka and the Aleutian Islands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-20

Following a practical demonstra-
ton of it's value in that field, the
Government will use concrete build
ings in which to store explosives in
the Canal Zone.
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Genuine ruby glass owes its color
to the presence of particles of gold
too small to be seen without the aid
of the strongest microscope.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-15
SAN BERNARDINO
Office sos Third Street.
Phones: Home S75. Sunset Main I63.
POLICE SEARCH FOR
GANG OF BURGLARS
Jobs Are Planned by Girls, and Their
Supposed Mother Is Said to
Fence Articles in Los
Angeles

SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 14.-The
police authorities for two days have
been running down a gang of suspected
burglars, which is believed to have been
operating in this and surrounding cities.
Two young women and third one who
worked alone have been peddling lace
from house to house, and they are
said to have worked every possible
scheme to gain access to a house if at
first refused at the door. They claimed
TO make the lace, but this has been
proved untrue.
The officers have been working on
the thory the girls would locate a suit
able place for turning a burglary job
and that accomplices, who are believed
to be two young men, who the girls
claim are their brothers, would then do
the job.
The persons under suspicion have
been occupying house in the outskirts
Of the town, and a woman, who is sup
posed to be the mother of the girls,
has made frequent trips to Los Angeles,
and the police say they believe she has
disposed of stolen plunder through a
fence in that city.
The gang has been operating, it is al
legged, not only in this city but River
side and Redlands, where several mys-
terious robberies have occurred.
One of the young women has been de-
tanned by the police for the last twenty
four hours, and she has told various
stories which conflict. When attempts
were made to locate the other two girls
today it was found they had gone from
the city, and the one arrested was then
released.
While the belief is we'll founded the
police as yet have been unable to verify
their suspicious.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-15
MINSTREL SHOW TO
BE GIVEN BY ELKS
LONG BEACH CITIZENS TO BE
ENTERTAINED
Make Skits for Pleasure of
Friends and Members
of Order
No. 4 Pine Street.
Phone Home ESQ
Especial to The Herald ]

LONG BEACH, Feb. 14.-Tonight and
tomorrow night the Bentley Grand
theater will be the most popular place
in town, for one Of the most enjoyable
events Of the year is to take place, the
minstrel show by the local lodge of
Elks, fifty people, count 'em; fifty
whom you all know"
S. L. Lent, former city trustee, will
be interlOcutor. Dr. w. Hartman
Jones is manager and stage manager
and Fred P. Baldwin is musical direc-
tor. The bones will be H. E. Russ,
Bert Paul and T. B. Kutz, while the
tambos are Arthur Helps, Sam Hub
bell, L. D. B. Davidson.
The following other we'll known local
men will take part: Lynn Parmley, F.
A. knight, F. H. Downs, c. H. Cleve-
land, Fred McCullah, J. E. Ward, w
r. Miller, j. r. Williams, Will RAM
saur, Percy Hight, H. L. Klaproth,
Dane Lambert, Ralph Chandler, Pal
mer Campen, E. E. Hillegas, William
Evans, w. L. Lambert, w. M. McDon-
aid, II. r. Hoisington, DR.. Ross e
Neel, DR.. A. H. Speer, Ed Steinke, C. B.
Murphy, B. y. Glenn, c. G. Lord, Dale
Cooper, G. j. Carlson, George H. Tyler
Messrs. Stone, Cummings, Shrode, Pet
erson, Trussell.
There are a number of real artists in
this lot and there will be all kinds of
fun as well as some very fine singing
The after-piece, "Cloey's Birthday
Party" was written for the occasion by
B. P. Glenn, agent here for the Salt
Lake railway. F. B. Kutz, police SER
geant, has the part of the "leadins
lady" One feature of this part of the
program will be the appearance of Sam
Hubbell as 1.-The dago coon" and Ralph
Chandler as 1.-The cinnamon bear