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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Lightning Flashes.

Accommodating evidence shows that
lightning flashes may have a much
more varied structure than was for
merly supposed. Photographs of A
Larsen, a Danish photographer, indi
safe that flashes may be made up o.
small electric discharges, Or rushea
of which forty may follow alon1
nearly the same path in half a min
ute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Spartan.

"Sir, your SON has Joined a college
fraternity"
eIs this a scheme to break some
bad news gently? If so, your trou.
BILE Is lost. Tell me Immediately
what has happened and what hospital
he is at."-Louisville Courler-Jour-
nal,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14

TIE Mexican Government pas COM
pleted arrangements with the krupis
to establish q plant for the mdEufac.
ture Of Mauser bullets. snlckalas.
powder and gun cotton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Cleaning Up the Record.

"How is that" the stalwart young
fellow asked, as he finished wiping up
the floor with his hated rival. >
Dear" she answered with shin
ing eyes, at was a sweeping victory"
Baltimore American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
In Doubt.

Judge-"Do you plead guilty &C
running your auto at Law breaking
speed?"
Speeder-"Well, I dunno, Judge.
You see, my speedometer showed
thirty an hour, but my lawyer has
convinced me that I wasn't going
over eight."-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
He Does.

Vacations are good Thugs"
Eyes; a man certainly needs a rest
after planning and packing for one"
louisville Courier-Journal. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
BaIky Women.

. She with a pout)-"A man always
treats his second wife better"
He (blandly)-"After' a man has
been once stung with a balky horse
he uses more intelligence in picking
out another. Judge. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Thinking Ones Self Old.

If at thirty you expect to be an old
man or woman at ffty-fve you will
be one, because the mind makes the
material correspondence of whatever
it sels :tcolf permanently upon
tIealth Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
That's the One.

whats that old ~proverb?"
what old proverb?"
1.-THE one illustrating lack of fore1
sight" =
You mean about locking up the
garage after the auto has been taken
out for q Joy rfde?" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Booming.
going

Friend-"How's business going
these days?" :
Promoter-"Flourfshing. We've
Just added two more stories to the
rubber stamp of r thirty-eight-
story building PUCK
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
The Easy Way.

Knicker-"Did he give his son a
college education?"
Bocker-"Yes, he bought him a
monograph with a yell in it.'-New
York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Business

IT must say he was very business
like with his proposal"
"As to how, my dear?"
told me to consider myself. en-
gaged."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Mrs. A1lgall.

Who's the woman who calls every
day to use our telephone?"
"The one who complained because
our children take a short cut through
her yard on their way to school,
Cleveland Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Modern Sapphira,

Chief Clerk-"Here. comes the lady
who wrote those articles on How I
Live Regally on Six Dollars a Week.
Satan-"Put her over there with
the other liars."-Lippincott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
OF Course They Are.

"Shad is a fine thing" -.
$50 Is marriage. Sometimes I WON
der if either is worth the trouble
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14

Three thousand persons are en-
gagged in the she'll and pearl indus-
try of the Western United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Cooking Up q Reason.

Nau-"I like a play with q stirring
plot"
Fan-"That's the kind that thick
ems, isn't tt?"-Chfcago Tribune 9
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14

This worlds most powerful search
light is now part of the equipment
: of the Connecticut of the United
States Navy. The great mirror Is
five feet in diameter and was made
For the Government in Germany. The
s%earchlight will throw such a power
full beam of light that it will be able
to detect a submarine or torpedo boat
at a distance Of ten miles.
From extended experiments that
have recently been made at Macon,
Ca, it has been found that a fine
grade of paper can be made from
pulp prepared from the okra stem,
and a plant for making paper from
this source is likely to be erected in
that city at an early date. Okra Is
easily grown in the Southern States,
and could be produced in large guam
, titles as a paper making plant. The
plant in an herb belonging to the
mallow family, genus hibiscus. Its
botanical name is hibiscus esculen-
tus.
An interesting development of the
use of flowers for food Is recorded
in the daily papers, says the London
Globe. The use Of the candied petals
of the violet as a sweetmeat has long
been known, but the practice IS now
arising Of preserving flowers whole.
You may now buy a bunch, say of
v~iolets, for your buttonhole, and af-
terward eat them. AS a matter of
fact, a number of flowers are habit
ually eaten. Cloves, capers, cauli-
flowers and artichokes are all flowers,
of parts Of flowers, before the bios
SONS have expanded.
As an evidence OF the thorough
ness which marks the practice Of the
United Steel Corporation, says the
Scientific American, 1t may be men
toned that they are about to insti-
tute a new departure In steel works
practice by establishing near Du-
quesne, Pa, a special bureau for SCI
entific research. Systematic expert
mental work will be carried on in the
laboratory, which is to be built, with
a view of improving the processes of
steel manufacture as practiced by the
many constituent companies Of the
corporation. :
A new method Of cooling water to
be used in mineral water production
Is described in the Zeitschrift for Els
and Katie Industrie. It is by means
of a direct expansion surface con-
denser, invented by Messrs. Schlut-
ter and Gsell, consisting of timed
copper coils Joined into an unbroken
corrugated surface by means Of SOL
dering and copper bands, 80 that the
water, to be cooled runs down over
the cooling surface In an unbroken
sheet. The water is equally distrib-
uted above by a special apparatus to
run over both the inner and outer
surfaces Of the condenser, so that
the whole of the cooling surface Is
taken advantage Of. The cooler Is
inclosed In an alright isolat-
ing it from the air and the bacteria
1t may contain. A glass window Is
provided in the Enclosure to inspect
the movement, and to read thermom-
eters, etc. To cool the water, COM
pressed and evaporated gas Is en-
ployed as usual to course through
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
It's a ToSS.Up.

Hicks-"My wife v says I told
you So when my plans go wrong" i
Wicks-"By Jove! she's a treasure!
I wish"
Hicks - "She merely remarks,
Didn't I say o?'"-Boston Tran
script.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
A Sure Way.

"Since I've come back 7 find I'm
forgotten by all my friends"
why didn't you borrow money OF
them before you went away?"-
Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
He Wonders:

"some poets claim ODE inspired"
"Well?"
IT wonder If that includes any Of
those who write dialect verse?"-
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
MOST MARVELLOUS TRICK HORSE in The
ANNALS OF The Saw DUST ARENA

Pedigree and Accomplishments of Excelsior, J, the Bright, Partc-
uIar Star of Old Dan Rces 0ne-Horse Show--The Famous
Clown Called His Blind, Milk White Wonder THE Very Quintes-
sence of %0uadruped Grandeur, Without a Rival in the Equine
Circles of the Circus World"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Odd.

"She's very homely, but doesn't
seem to realize it." :
Hasn't she any women friends?"
Puck. m. 49,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14

A cubic foot of gold weighs 1910
rouuds, silver, 655 pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
Ice Card Holder.

The old familiar cry of the iceman:
lice? Mo- Git up" will eventually
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-14
WITH the Funny,
At the Opera.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
OF course I know Just who you are.
I saw you with a burlesque show
Twas more than fifty. years ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
PAINT DURABILITY.

The first thought in painting should
of course, be durability-and dura.
bility means simply pure paint prop
erly applied. Pure paint is pure
white lead and linseed oil with or
without tinting materially.
Some years ago the paint-buyer was
likely to get adulterated or counter
felt white lead if he was not familiar
with brands. To-day he may buy
with perfect safety if he only makes
sure that the Dutch Boy Painter
trademark is on the packages of
white lead that he buys. This trade
mark was adopted by National Lead
Company to distinguish the pure
white lead made by them from the
worthless adulterated and fake goods.
1t is a guarantee as valuable to the
HORSEPOWER as the education of q
paint expert could be.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
WHERE women RULE
Fine Sight for Suffragists at
CancaIe in France.
Feminine Police Keep Order and Fem
mime Labor Carries on the Oyster
Industry That Makes the
Place Famous

Cancale, France.-In these days OF
discussions OF suffragist movements,
Women's rights and feminine business
acumen, anyone in search of an exam
pie of an unusual sort might drop in
upon this French channel port OF
some IL, 900 souls when they are all
at home and see a truly woman run
town.
There is no woman mayor, no WON
an in the town council. The offices
are left as a mere matter of form to
the men, who are seldom there to fill
them, but the women are law unto
themselves; they make up the whole
town, transact all the business, police
the place, maintain order and strict
sanitary conditions, manage the
schools, and at the same time carry
Oh the most famous oyster industry of
France, doing the entire cultivating
and selling and transporting the prod
uct of the ocean beds, even loading
and unloading the seagoing ships that
come and go at the port
And what is still more interesting
to their sisters in other parts of the
world, the girls of Cancale are the
first to be married of all the girls of
north and central France. Ask a
French sailor where of all ports-ex-
-cepting of course out of chivalry his
own native town-the most beautiful
of French fisher girls are to be found
and he will tell you at Cancale. You
will believe him, too, when you walk
along the quays and the narrow
streets and see the pretty faces and
neat trim figures set off to the best ad-
vantage in the Breton dress and clean
white caps, or watch the little groups
in the shade of the street in the after
noon or within the deep set stone
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Latest Kansas Events.

ArmadiIlo Found Near Council Grove.
Babe Alexander, son of Geo. Alex
ander. found an armadi1lo, or Chinese
grave robber, on his fathers farm
north of town, in an old rock fence.
The animal escaped from a show here
at the City park, during the race meet,
in July. The show offered a reward
for its discovery, but no one could
locate the strange little fellow until
Thursday. 1t had been bitten by a
dog, or some insect, and was easily
captured by the boy. 1t was wounded
on the right fore-foot. The armadillo
was brought to town, and taken -
Kendwelfs drug store, but it died,
Drs- Kendall and Fredenbeurg dis
sected the body and will have it
mounted. The armadillo is peculiar 20
America, and seldom found any
farther north than Texas. 1t is so
named, from its appearance, and be-
cause it carries a bony shell on is
head and it's body being incased in
an armor of sharp bony plates. The
armadillo lives in the ground, and
seldom ever goes out, except at night.
When attacked it rolls up III a ball.
presenting armor on all its sides It
is a harmless creature, and It is said
the flesh is good to eat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Desert plants Store Water.

The problem of storing a supply of
water for their own use and of pre-
venting it evaporating has been solved
by the desert plants in many most in
genious ways Perhaps the most note
worthy example is the so-called wa
ter barrel which, of about the size
and shape of an ordinary beer keg. is.
in fact, nothing more nor less than a
living water tank Its whole interior
is composed of storage cells SO adj
mirabIy arranged that the pulp which
they form contains something like sc
per cent of pure water.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Oyster Girls of CancaIe.

doorways mending nets and gossip
ping as fast as their French tongues
can wag
The conditions that make this a
woman run town come about in the
most natural way in the world. All
the men are fishers and they spend
the greater part of the year at sea-
They are good sailors and they man
the craft that venture across the At
lantic to the French fishing grounds
along the Newfoundland coast. 1t was
their rights that used to come up fire.
quently for adjustment by fishery
commissions, and it is the loss of their
vessels that almost every year brings
sorrow to Cancale and the neighbor-
ing coast.
When the men do return they find
that the town has been managed so
we'll in their absence and the thrift of
the women has been so well exercised
that they are content not to NEEDLE
and to let things go on as they have
been going. There are proportionate-
ly more widows. and young widows,
too, in Cancale than in any other town
of France. A fishermans bride waits
for four years after she has heard
that the boat her husband sailed away
upon has not been reported and then
she puts on her mourning. 1t is this
uncertainty as to the fate of the men,
thrown helpless and homeless upon
the fear that at any time they may be
their own resources, that makes the
women of Cancale self-reliant and
that leads them early to seek some
means of their own for an honest live
lihood.
For the men that remain in the
town the women do not seem to en-
terrain the greatest respect. Most of
them have become inca pacitated for
work or are shiftless and idle. So the
women run matters themselves.
The thrift that the conditions men
toned inspire is something of a pas
sion among the women 1t seems that
there is a constant struggle with each
one of them to make more money
than the man who goes to sea They
frequently accomplish this, too, for
the returning fisherman finds fire.
quently that his yearly gain of $50 or
5000 got after hard battle from the
sea is more than equalled by the pa
tient and careful housewife that he
left at home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Bio praInaoe District Started.

Professor W. c. Hoad of the UNI
versity of Kansas, has been engaged
by the farmers along the Delaware
river in Jefferson county to make
survey of one of the largest drainage
districts yet organized in Kansas.
The district which it is proposed to
drain is 25 miles long and stretches
from Valley Falls to Perry 1t is said
when the work, which is contemplated,
is completed, several thousand acres
of the most valuable agricultural land
in the state will be reclaimed from
annual flood which for many years
have destroyed the crops along the val
ley of the Delaware river. The farm
ers of the valley estimate that the loss
to crops in the last three years has
been 100000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
crippled Bow Sues Railroad

Damages of $4,000 are asked of the
Union Pacific Railway company for
injuries received by Ray Powell, a
10-year-old boy of Abilene who fell
beneath a freight train last spring and
was severely hurt. A brakeman saved
him from death, but he has suffered
since. Skin grating has been tried
with little effect and he may always
be a cripple.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Farmer Sells Blue Grass Seed.

Recently an Atchison firm paid D.
r Luellen $1,S63 for the blue grass
crop from 40 acres of land. Besides
the $50 bushels sold Mr.. Luellen has
IL bushels reserved for seed. His en-
tire crop of 592 bushels will net him
$3.50 per acre after the seed is
cleaned. 1t tested per cent, which
is considered a very good test this
year. The blue grass was raised on
the E. Woliey farm, east of Wells
vile. In 1901, Mr.. Wolfley received
s51 an acre from seed sold from the
same farm.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
The EIks File Suit.

The Ell1s Charity and Trust Asso-
citation is plaintiff in an important suit
fled at Atchison. 1t is against the
county clerk, treasurer and sheriff
and asks that they be enjoined from
selling the Elks' property for taxes on
the ground that it is a charitable
organization. The property is valued
at $4,000 and the taxes against It
amount to 1912. The property is ad-
vertised to be sold at sheriff's sale,
September z. The case will be heard
by Judge Jackson, August IS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Counties Lose in Bond Deal.

Some of the cities and counties in
Southern Kansas which recently sold
stock in various subsidiary railroad
companies to the Missouri Pacific may
sue in the Supreme court to compel
the company to pay more for the stock
than was paid. A Topeka law firm is
interviewing officials of cities and
counties which sold their stock and is
getting contracts for a percentage
division of the money that may be
recovered
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Council Groves Big Elm Tree.

There is a large elm tree situated at
Council Grove that is as large as any
in the state. 1t measures II feet 2
inches around the trunk, is 20 feet
high and its branches cover and
spread for So feet. The tree shades
$500 square feet of ground at the
same time. The tree IS feet inches
in diameter. Charles Young and J.
r. King measured the tree Sunday
and think it the largest in this part
of the country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
An Atchison. Pioneer Dies.

John P. Brown, pioneer railroad
builder, a wealthy reident Of Atchison,
died there recently. He was so years
old. In 1858 Mr.. Brown came to
Atchison and helped build the Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacific RI IL
road between Atchison and Leaven-
worth. He was one of the largest
stockholders in the Atchison Railway,
Light and power Company and was an
extensive land owner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Didn't Know 1t Was Loaded.

Rex Bunnel1, of Canton was acct
dentally shot through the calf of the
leg, with a revolver while visiting at
tn home of a friend, Eli Lagree, in
Moundridge. 1t was another case of
didn't know it was loaded Mr. La
gree was showing him young arsenal
which he had purchased to be used on
a Canadian hunt, when the accident
happened Rex is getting all right,
and will soon recover
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
A. X. U. steudent Drowned.

William Jenney of Salina. third
year medical student in the University
of Kanas, was drowned in the Kaw
River near Lawrence. With Charles
Nader, a freshman in the university
he was canoeing in the river. Tie
canoe capsized. Jenney vent to the
bottom in seven feet of water. In
an effort to save his companion Nader
almost lost his life. The place where
Jenney was drowned was only twenty
feet from the bank.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Kansas Scientists to vermant.

Prof. Harry L. Kent OF the depart
ment Of natural sciences of the West
ern State Normal has been offered the
department of agriculture and nature
study in The State Normal school at
Keene, n. H. He has been released
here and will go at once to his new
work He is a. graduate of the EN-
poria State Normal School
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
DIR. c. w. CARSON,

Temple of Health, 18th & Washington
Sts., Kansas City, Mo-. cures appen-
dicitis and other diseases without
drugs or surgical operation Send for
Home treatment, one month, $500
Illustrated magazine sent free.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
specia. Dates for Cream Tests.

Prof ]. c. Kendall, head of the dairy
department of the Kansas Agricultural
college, has received so many requests
for instructions in cream testing at
the college that he has offered a series
of courses in this subject on alternate
weeks, beginning September z, 1909
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
A Surprise.

Observation-Disclosures the chauffeur?
Arrest himi
Hold on, gentlemen, I'll tell you
how it was. l was trying to cross the
street and chauffeur stopped his ma
chine and motioned me to go blythe
-shock-was too much-"-Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
A Chicken Rrouqht his Death.

While Mrs. Edward Nolan of hide
pendence was picking a chicken she
had just scalded her four-year-old son
fell into the kettle of boiling water
nearby and was SO badly scalded that
he died. The chicken was being pre-
pared because of the little fellows ex-
pressed wish for one. The boys faith
er Is an oil field worker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Haul Their Pigs in Autos.

The farmers of Doniphan county are
now hauling their hogs to market in
motor cars 1t is not an uncommon
sight to see motor cars laden with
squealing cargoes driven along the
county roads
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
A Walters Unexpected Luck.

Charles Eagen, a waiter in restaur-
ant at Hutchinson awoke recently to
find that the quarter section of land
he filed on in Oklahoma is worth $35
an acre. Eagen had almost forgotten
that he held a deed to the land as he
considered it worthless He left for
Guymon, Ok, to sign final papers in
a sale.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Relmont,s Disastrous Sire.

The business section Of Belmont, In
Kingman county. including a drug
store, bank, implement house, groc-
cry and dry goods store, billiard hall
and meat market, were destroyed by
fire. The total loss is estimated to be
more than $4,000
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
New Park For Lawrence

w. R. Sullivan of the Lawrence
street car company, announced that
the company would build a park in
Lawrence near Oak Hill cemetery in
the south part of the city. An option
has been taken on 80 acres of land
which is one of the most beautiful
sites around Lawrence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-11
Lawrence to Have street Cars Soon.

The street car company, which is
now building a line in Lawrence, an
nounces that the first cars will
be run in Lawrence, September FL.
On that day, which is the opening of
the Douglas county fair, a big ce1e-
bration will be held in Lawrence, par
ticipated in by the street railway COM
pany, to celebrate the opening of the
line for traffic.