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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
No Detriment.

Ever been in jail?"
Countless times. But that's no
detriment to d man in my business
%And what is your business?"
"I'm a chauffeur. Houston
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Domestic Chat.

"I saw an old girl of yours to-day,
hubby, and she looked"
Like a trump, Is'pose. I saw an
old beau of yours, and he borrowed
SIS from me-"
Then the subjec was changed
Washington Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Signs of jealousy.
S7
The count must love me-"

1.-THE count must love me-"
"Why?11
He gets sulky whenever another
man wants to know how much papa
Is worth."-Houston Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
The Woman Question.

t"I was handed another installment
Of the eternal woman question this
morning" remarked the benedict.
whats the answer" queried the
young bachelor.
my wife asked me if her hat al
on straight" replied the freight-pay-
ing party of the matrimonial part
Boston Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Thoughtful Doc.

Voice at the Other End-"Docior,
I've tried everything, and I cannot
get to sleep. Can't you do something
for me?"
The Doctor-"Yes; hold the wire
and I'll sing you a lullaby ."-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
The Pop Mixture,

How to make a proposal
You can't learn from books;
1t is made up of stammers,
Signs, gurgles and looks.
Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

England reports that her potato
crop this year is the biggest on rec
ord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
None Exempt.

81 have my troubles"
"Why, you are rich, healthy, re-
spected."
Still, + have my troubles. I have
to listen to other people'sD-Wash.
tngton Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Thirty.two Years a Savage.

Nearly thirty-two years had rolled
away when Buckley learned that a
party of whites, who had landed on
the coast, was about to be attacked.
He made a two days journey to warn
them. When Governor Arthur soon
after granted him a free pardon. the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

John McCleishy, seventy years old,
left Mount Vernon, ILL.,, for Scotland
to wed his boyhood sweetheart. He
declares that he has never kissed a
woman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

The Jewish population Of the Uni
ted States in. 1913 was about 5000.
In 1908 it is estimated at I'VE l.
100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
The RECOLLECTIONS
....,.OF A dime
BY Mary McInnis.


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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

In the Philippines the Spanish pro-
nounce "pulajanes'' "pullaharnes."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

More diamonds are coming to New
York City each week now than dur
Ing any previous week in the last six
months. Dealers are looking for a
greatly increased trade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

Experiments with new machinery
on the Chilean nitrate fields are ex-
pected to cut the cost of production
in half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

The average cost for fuel for a rail
road train is ten cents a mile, and the
average fireman burns $4,000 worth
a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

A device which forces water down
to the roots Of plants is said to pro-
duce wonderful Improvement in
crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

Several of Mrs. Louise Kaup's eight
children made long journeys to Chic
ago to be with her on her ninetieth
birthday. ~Thirty-eight grandchildren
were present and forty great-grand.
children. "Oh," I am so happy to see
I'll my babies again." she said.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Maine and Missouri, in the order
named, are the greatest producers Of
lime.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13

Charles II. il said to have first en-
couraged the public appearance of
women on the stage in England in
1862.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
HELPED THE BOYS.
A Letter That Aroused King Christian
Of Denmark.

A Letter That Aroused King Christian
Of Denmark.
King Christian of Denmark once
found In his morning mail a letter
which moved him more than did most
matters Of state. The letter was in a
boyish scrawl and read as follows:
Dear King-We are four boys at Flax
kebjerb school, and the master whips us
daily with a piece of steel rope he found
In the harbor. If he doesn't stop there
will be fire.
The name of the teacher being given,
the king ordered him to report at once
to the minister Of justice, while he
took the next train for Flakkebjerb
and examined the class in the teachers
absence. The children, unawed by the
presence Of the cruel teacher, told their
grievance to the kindly old king, who
promised immediate relief, closed the
school for the day and ordered that the
boys be treated to chocolate and cakes
at his expense Ito remember him by"
But he did more than that. On re-
turning to Copenhagen he dismissed
the cruel teacher without pension, at
the same time giving general warn
Ing to all teachers to be chary Of cor
poral punishment. If boys cannot be
trained without cruel beatings," this
wise king said, then there must be
something the matter with those who
train them. The coming generation
must not be made ruf11ans by ruf1ianly
teachers"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
Standard OILS Business Machine.

Standard Oil's Business Machine.
1t is we'll not to let our surprise and
Indignation over the Legitimate opera
lions Of Standard Oil blind our eyes to
the marvellous business methods of the
company. 1t has not only driven out
competition here, but has successfully
competed with the long established
and perfected systems of the old
world. Mere greed and bludgeoning
could not have given Standard Oil the
complete ascendency it enjoys today.
Mr.. Rockefeller's story of how the
legitimate advantages Of the company
were wrought out is a feature of the
history which many American bust
ness men may learn from. It is a rec
ord Of keen business intellect working
patiently and persistently. More ex-
pense and labor were put into legiti-
mate work than into Legitimate, and
competitors were outgeneraled rather
by doing better work than by trickery.
Stripped Of it's high finance superstruc-
ture, there remains a model business
machine in Standard Oil.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
QUEER DEFINITIONS.
An. EARLY Eighteenth Century Inter.
prefer Of Hard Words.

An EARLY Eighteenth Century Inter.
prefer Of Hard Words.
Bailey's Universal Psychological Die
tionary. with the subtitle, .Ac Inter-
prefer of Hard Words was first pub
lished In London in 1921. Most of it's
definitions are eccentric, and some Of
them incredibly 80. Here are speci-
mems plucked at random:
Mana creature endowed with rea-
son.
Thunder-A noise known by persons
not deaf.
Lightning-A meteor.
A Rainbow-A meteor of divers COL
Ors
Weapon Salve-A sort of ointment
which is said to cure wound by be-
ing applied to the sword or other weap-
on that made the wound.
Balloon-A football; also great ball
with which noblemen and princes use
to play.
Cow-A beast we'll known.
Milk-A food well known.
Peacock fine bird.
HAepuauC-1ne biggest, strongest and
most intelligent of all four footed
beasts.
Medlar.-A fruit which is grateful to
the stomach. but is not ripe till it, be
rotten.
Snow-A meteor well known in north
erly and southerly climates, especially
beyond the tropics.
Mouth-Part of the body of a living
creature.
Eye-An instrument of death
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
Isle Of WIGHT

The Isle of Wight inhabitants are
not alone in speaking of "going to
England when they leave their own
fragment Of the kingdom. A patriotic
CornishmaD also "goes to England''
when he crosses the lamar. Similar
~ Inhabitants Of the Balkan peninsula
talk Of "going to Europe" when they
leave their own corner of the CONT
nent-in curious contrast with the peo-
pie OF our own island. We regard our
selves as both of and in Europe" and
accordingly it is only 1.-The continent"
that we visit. The record in the
splendid isolation line is probably held
by that minister OF the Cumbraes, In
the Clyde. who prayed for blessing
upon "the inhabitants of Great and
Little Cumbrae and the adjacent is
lands Of Great Britain and Ireland.''-
London Graphic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

In saying that he hasn't written a
single name on the cabinet slate as vet
and that not enc of the cabinet posi-
lions has been offered to any one Mr..
Taft invites campaign of buttonhol-
Ing that must be far from agreeable to-
a president elect The assurance is
certain to redouble the activities of the
friends of candidates. He would better
let the guessers go ahead making
states, the more the merrier, and keep
the candidates busy also guessing ON
the real thing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

the Swedish people at close range.
During her winter sojourn in Stock.
holm Frau Heymann will write q
series Of articles for the ''Vossische
Szeitung," whose editorial stan she
joined last year.
Professor Gerhard de Geer has been
elected rector of the Stockholm High
school for the next two years. Nils
Sternberg and Professor Ivar Fred.
n t'ln have been reappointed as di.
cectors for the current year.
Emil Ossterman has been appointed
Sweden's commissioner at the tenth
International art exhibition in Munich.
en-, which will be held in that city dur.
ing the coming summer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
Tho Noise Anent the Tariff.

President Elect Taft urges the con-
sumers tosmake themselves heard on
tariff revision. Hosts Of them sup
posed that they were doing that by de-
livering their minds as to the Chicago
platform and candidate in November
They made less noise in that way than
they would be likely to should all get
together before the ways and means
committee. A member of the commit
tee has said that he expects some
body to make the fur fly" when the re-
vision fight is on. There are consum-
ers who would like to let fly chain
shot, solid shot, lyddite shells, or what
ever IS best at smashing armored
things, before the new schedule is fixed
up for good.
And there's the rub-agreeing upon a
tariff schedule that will drown the
several volumes of different kinds of
noise. General Hancock was laughed
at for saying in the campaign of 1880;
'"The tariff is local ISSUE" He had
been swinging around the circle as a
soldier candidate on a revision plat
form. Every fresh swing brought him
face to face with a new brand Of
noise, one community shouting to have
this on the free list and that taxed to
the limit, while neighboring section
shouted for exactly the reverse. If the
body of consumers today could drop
in at tariff committee hearing for
just one session they would feel like
asking Mr.. Taft to put the tariff up to
real experts, if he knows any then 90
Ing home to resume consuming.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
The Tower Of Famine.

The Tore della Fame, or Tower of
Famine. was noted for its grewsome
history. 1t once stood in Pisa. Italy.
but there are now no traces of it.
Count Ugolino della Gherardscha,
whom Dante iPmortalized, was the
head OF the Guelphs, and because of
his tyranny and accredited attempts
TO place his country in bondage he
was antagonized and finally conquered
by the chief of the Ghibellines. who
imprisoned him, with his two sons and
TWO grandsons. in this tower. the slow
method OF starvation being employed
as the manner of their death. The
door of the tower was locked and the
keys thrown into the Arno.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
DEN MARK.

The Danish government has drafted
a law proposition relative to the pro-
jected railway bridge between Mashed.
sund and Creved on the Gjedser-
Warnemunde route. The proposition
will in the near future be presented
to the rigsdag. The bridge, when
completed, will cose S,50o,OO crowns
and will be over half mi4e in length
Because of the marine trade between
Sjalland and Falster the middle part
of the bridge will be converted into
an automatic swinging bridge. The
bridge will, according to calculations,
be finished during the latter part of
the spring of 1912.
About $4,000 crowns have now been
subscribed for Mrs. Beck, the un-
fortunate widow of the landowner who
was murdered not long ago by the
Russian anarchist, Bulotti. She is still
in ill health and has received many
threatening letters from anarchists in
various sections of the country An.
archists, especially fugitives and stu
dents from Russia who have slipped
into the country are being closely
watched by the authorities.
According to newspaper reports
from Denmark, Prince Harold's and
Princess Helena's wedding will take
place about May 1. The wedding cere-
mony will be read in Fredensberg.
The royal young couple will take an
extensive honeymoon trip to East
Asia and will not return to Denmark
until the latter part of December next
p. A. Rosenberg has been appointed
censor for the Copenhagen theaters,
including all the variety shows and all
places of amusement and pleasure gar
dens.
MARION s. NORELIUS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
The Hoiv Civ

Medina. the holy city, triumphed long
ago over all the rivals in various parts
OF the world which bore the same
name, which means simply "city.''
Notable among them were the old can
1tal of Malta and Medina Sidonia in
Spain. The Arabian city was original
" known as Yathrib, but owes it's later
name. El-Medina 0he city, or Medinat
tasul Allah dhe city of the apostle of
Goa. to the Koran. To good Moham-
medan there is only one city with a
big c."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

The two or three eligibles left in the
whole country who are not mentioned
as possibilities for Taft's cabinet may
be boys he tried to lick at school and
couldn't.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Tom johnson says he still has a
thousand fights in him. If he makes
that prophecy good now that he is
poor, he will doubtless enjoy the battle
fall back upon. It is almost truism
In this country that ''you can do any
thing with money" But it takes sand
to "do anything without money.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

There is time even in a short session,
OF congress to pass a law prohibiting
the announcement of an international
marriage unless the whole crowd
makes affidavit that it's 60.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Some Interesting Data Relative to the
Heroic Fight Sweden Is Making
Against Consumption - How Ex.
penses to Garry on the Work Are
Met-Lectures Are Held in Differ
ent Parts of the Country and a Pub
Iication Containing All Sorts Of In
formation Is Issued.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

The "best seller in fiction is beaten
to fragile and likewise to a pulp as;
money maker by the white paper.
industry, according to the revelations
OF paper trust profits brought out att
the tariff hearing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Some folks think Roosevelt could
have had a lot of fun breaking the
"solid south" But the south has not
been heard from in that connection
since along about 1865.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Some one should remind Admiral
evans that it is bit reactionary Just
at this time for an old sea dog to
abandon waterways for railroadine
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
inside and out.;d.

The following report was sent by a
subordinate inspector to his chief in
the telephone service. It concerned a
faulty house connections:
Found wire with no outside outside.
Put inside wire outside and outside in.
side. Need more outside for inside"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Army officers are wondering if Pres
1oent Taft is going to walk off a
chunk of his 300 pounds and ring them
In as PAGERS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
learnina.

Wear your learning like watch. in
a private pocket. and do not pull it out
and display it merely to show that Won
nave one. II you are asked what
o'clock 1t is. tell it. but do not proclaim
1t hourly or unasked. like the watch.
man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

A prominent Georgian asks that the
letter and spirit Of the constitution be-
applied to the electoral college ALSO
Next!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Ihat twenty-six pound turkey was a
good MT at the White House Thanks
giving for a "corking good time.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Iar1n revision must come, but as III
IS sort OF tit for tat process people,
should expect to give as well as take
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

The wrongdoer is never without 4
pretext.-Italian Proyerb.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21

Most OF us never know when we are
well OF until It is all over.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
RENT IN GAS BAG
FATAL TO TWO MEN
Bodies of Aviators Found With
Balloon 500 Miles From
Starting Place

BERLIN, Nov 26.-Doctor Brenck-
mann and Hugo Francke, the two most
daring members of the Aero Club of
Berlin, have been killed through the
collapse OF their balloon holman.
Their bodies were found today near
Fiume. Austria Hungary. Near by was
their balloon. a huge rent in the en-
velope telling the story of their death
Brenckmann had been the third per-
son TO insure his life with the newly
formed company which takes air navi-
cation risks. He was connected with
the charity hospital of Berlin, and
Francke was an architect. Their aerial
exploits had attracted much attention
and no little alarm among their friends.
They ascended from Schmargendorff.
q suburb of Berlin, Monday. The point
at which the bodies were found is on
the northern edge of the gulf of Quar-
nero, at the northeast extremity of the
Adriatic sea, and, in an almost direct
line south, SEQ miles from Berlin.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
SENATOR PERKINS
SUED BY N[IGHBOR
Isaack KOhn Demands That the
Cornice of Office Building
Be Removed

If Lsaack Kohn wins suit instituted
by him yesterday United States Senator
George c. Perkins will be compelled to
remove from his office building at the
corner of Kearny and Bush streets a
cornice which Kohn claims projects four
feet over the plaintiffs adjacent prop
erty in Kearny street. Notwithstand-
ing that Perkins admits the cornice
overlaps his neighbor's property, it is
stated he has repeatedly. refused to
remove it.
Kohn, who is a wealthy property
owner living at San AnselmO. owns the
lot between Perkins eight story build
ing and the Stanford hotel. A four
story building stands on Kohn's lot,
but he plans to run it up to a height
greater than that of Senator Perkins
building. The only obstacle In the
way of the contemplated improvement
is the overlapping cornice.
In praying for an order compelling
Perkins to remove the cornice Kohn
states that he does not ask for pecu-
MARY damages because such compensa-
tion would not afford him adequate re-
lief.
The building of Senator Perkins was
erected more than two years ago. If
he were permitted unidsturbed to use
1T for five years his right to the main
tenance Of the cornice could not be
challenged
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
GREAT WESTERN
MARKET
I333-1325 FILLMORE STREET
Between Eddy and Ellis
BEST MEATS IOyVE,ST PRICES

COLD WEATHER FOODS--An ounce Of pre-
venti0n is worth pound Of cure Keep healthy
and strong during the winter months BY eating
plenty OF good nourishing. blood making foods
FLOUR--Fine white, roller process family, makes
rlcn- creamy bread, 80 10. sacks. extra special
Sl.4o. EggS-Best California storage. 4Oc doz :.
sugar, pure cane granulated- Is lbs. 81; Pink
cream rolled Oats, ) lbs. 25c; Alpine Milk. reg
lUc can, : for 2Jc: SOuDs-Campbells asst. aud
Clam Chowder. reg. Zoe can. for 15c; Aspara-
gus soup Tips. reg. 15c can. Zoe; finest Split
Rice. reg Zoe h., for 15c: Maearoni. Spaghetti.
NermicelH (buy il in bulk and get full weight.
reg. lOe h., lbs. 15c; Pancake Flour-On
cold morning hot cakes touch the spot-All f5c
cans sos TEAS and COFFEES bought from rs
are always uniform in quality Salvador Coffee.
me breakfast quality. zoe H.. for SOC. Peer
less blend. rich I'm aroma mild favored. 20c III,
lbs 4Jc; Imperial blend. clear amber eOloresi--
reg aoc value. SOc: Mocha and lava Coffee. 3os
tthe best on the msrket. extra fancy Thistle
blend Mocha and lava and Guatemala. 4Oc lb;
good quality CeylOu, Uncolored Japan, T. b or
10; Nenard's Chocolate. 35c ID. can. reg 3Ocs
Van Houten's, Bensdorp's. Bakers GhrardelH'S =.
Huyler's. Phillips Digestible and Imperial Co
Goa. the finest grades the market affords. all at
reasonable prices; FRUITS-We have just
ceived large consignment OF the finest fancy
Spitzbergen Apples. reg $3.50 a box. get
for the holiday season. every apple guaranteed
sound. $1.6J box; Guinness Porter reg. zoe ?
SOC bottle Port Sherry Wine. Soc bottle. zoe;
bottles of Port Sherry. Angelica Claret. 25c,
Old Govt Whisky, T5c bottle. reg 81 value.
fancy Santa Clara Prunes. reg lbs. for 25c
lbs. 25c: Moorpark Apricots. reg. 15c h.. for
25c. JOHN W KING CO.. Modern GrOcerS.
Pure Food Distributors. 1lO1 Valencia ST. corner
22d- Phone Mission 15S.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27
r0nrI0l AviafOrs Are Killed by Collapse of Balloon
fflRFI1-M French Premier Makes Attack O. Bishops
UuLIuIv German Court UphOlds Rights of Americans
DfPLORFS
WAR ON SCHOOLS
French Premier Replies to Able
Who Defends the Action of
Bishops Before Deputies

PARIS, Nov. 26-Premier BRAND in
the chamber of deputies today replied
to a speech of Able Gayraud, member
for Finisterre. who had defended the
action of the bishops cohcerning the
public school question and had voiced
the sympathy Of Catholics for the pope.
You are being forced into an atti-
tude that has become so harmful TO TINS
country at home and abroad that your
consciences as Frenchmen should speak
louder than your consciences as Catho-
lies" the premier declared.
Warfare seems to be essential with
some people. It is now war on the
schools You speak of the possibility
of arriving at a peaceful compromise
but do you think the present ATTITUDE
of Catholic leaders is conducive to this
end?"