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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31
TAKES FATAL PLUNGE.
Sheboygan (Wis) Woman Reaches for
Article On Shelf and Falls Down
Cellar Steps,

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Dec. 2S.-[Spe-
cial Mrs. Nicholas Molitor fell down
the cellar steps when she tried to reach
for some article on a shelf and struck
the stairs and floor, sustaining among
other injuries a fractured skull, from
which she died as she reached the hos
pital She fingered in Inconsistencies a
number of hours
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31
New Definition.

Scot-A Bohemian is chap who
borrows a dollar from you and then
invites you to lunch with him.
Mott-Wrong. A Bohemian is fell
low who invites himself to lunch with
YOU and borrows a dollar.-Boston
Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31
Well Defined.

dad. what sort of a bureau is a
matrimonial bureau?"
ooh, any bureau that has five draw
ers full of women's fxings and one
mans tie in it."-Houston Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31
Best Wen Get.

well, the proofs are out"
"Of the pole discovery"
mo; Of the book?-Kansas City
Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-31

A high British court has followed
the example of one in France in rul-
ing that bleaching Is not deleterious
to -four.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Why the Marquis Paid.

The famous surgeon Velpeau was
visited one day at his home during
the consultation hour by a marquis
renowned for his c%loseness. Velpeau
informed the marquis that an opera.
ton was urgent and that the fee
would amount to 1000 francs. At
this the marquis made a face and left.
A fortnight later DR.. Velpeau, while
making his rounds in the Hospital de
la Charlie, had his attention attract.
ed by a face that seemed familiar to
him. In aDswer to his inquiry it was
stated that the patient was a footman
of a nobleman in the Fambourg Saint
German. The surgeon found that his
case resembled in every particular the
somewhat unusual one for which the
marquis had consulted him a fort
night previously. He refrained, how
ever, from making any comments.
Three weeks after the operation,
when the patient was about to be dis
charged DR.. Velpeau called him aside
and exclaimed:
Monsieur, I am extremely flat
tered and pleased to have been able
to cure you. There is, however, a
small formality with which you will
have to comply before I can sign your
exeat; that is, you will have to sign
a check for 10000 francs in behalf
of the public charity bureau Of your
metropolitan district" The patients
| face became livid.
You can do what you like about
It," continued the doctor; "but If you
refuse all Paris will know tomorrow
that the Marquis de D adopted
the disguise Of a footman in order to
secure free treatment at this hospital
and to usurp the place which belongs
by right to- pauper." OF course the
marquis paid.-Cleveland Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
PITH AND POINT.

Chow was it he came to grief?"
"By being a JOY rider. baltimore
American.
Hoax-"Why do you refer to his
fortune as hush money!" Joax-"He
made it in soothing syrup. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
The foolkiller said, and his smile was grim,
He liked the diver who couldn't swim,
But of all the guys beneath the skies,
The rocker Of boats looked best to him.
Philadelphia Ledger.
He Cooking up from the paper)-
1T see they have the referendum in
Cleveland" She (alarmed) Dear
me! I hopeit isn't catehing!"-Bal-'
timore American.
Mrs. Hank-'If you wort do no
work. yer won't git no dinner, n
that's all there is to it." Tell you
what I am willing to do. I will give
you a lesson in correct English. Is It,
a go?"-Life.
Highbrow (boastfnlly) II get
twenty cents a word for my stuff. I'm
q WOrQ pdlIl6I. LOWUlOW \SSoto
fully)-"That's nothing. I get two
dollars a word for mine. I'm a sign
painter. Judge.
Out in the sun she romped and ran,
And then one day we missed her.
Poor girl, she thought that she would tan,
And found too late shed blister.
j. j. O'Connell. in New York Times.
Everybody says that Jones has
the finest mind, insight and sagacity
he ever ran across. How did Jones
get such a reputation?" Easy.
Whenever you make a statement, he
says, by Jove, that's so! Why didn't
I ever think of that before! '"-Cleve-
land Leader.
Oatcake-"What be yore SON Jake
a-goin' ter dew now that he hez left
college?" Heyrix - 81 dunno yit.
He 8 talkin' some of bein' a doctor,
but I've heern tell ez heow thar be a
heap NV mummy in bankruptcy. so
mebby he'll try that fer a SPELL
Chicago Daily News.
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GENTLE DOCTOR BROWN.

It was a gentle sawbones and his name
was Doctor Brown.
His auto was the terror o a small subur.
ban town.
His practice-quite amazing for SO trivial q
place
Consisted of the victims of hn homicidal
pace.
So constant was his practice and so high
his motors gear
That at knocking down pedestrians he
never had a peer;
But It must, in simple justice, be as truly
written down
That no man could be more thoughtful
than gentle Doctor Brown.
Whatever was the errand on which Doctor
Brown was bent
He'd stop to patch a victim up and never
charged a cent!
He'd always pause, whoever twas he hap
pened to run down:
A humane and a thoughtful man was gen.
tie Doctor Brown.
"How fortunate, " he would observe; chow
fortunate twas I
That knocked you ~galley-west and heard
your wild and waillng cry.
There are some heartless wretches who
would leave you here alone,
WlCQOuI d yulpdIuSIlC cdI W CdtCu Souk
dying moan.
"Such callousness," said Doctor Brown, 81
cannot comprehend;
To fathom such indifference I simply don't
pretend.
One ought to do his duty, and I never am
remiss.
A simple word Of thanks is all I ask. Here,
swallow this" :
Then, reaching in the .tonneau, he'd IN
pack his little kit,
And perform an operation that was work
manlike and fit.
"You may survive" said Doctor Brown;
"it's happened once or twice.
If not. you've had the benefit of competent
advice"
Oh, if all our motormaniacs were equally
humane, .r,.y ,
How little bitterness, there'd be, or reason
to complain!
How different our point of view if we were
ridden down .
BY l~unatics as thoughtful as gentle Doctor
Brown!
Bert Lesion Taylor, in Puck.
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"Working" The Press.

Everybody is trying 20 get some
thing for nothing out of the neWspa-
per publishers. The country editors
mail is loaded down with offers OF
merchandise in exchange for adver-
Using space. The authors OF these
propositions are in many cases rep
utable advertising agents. Others are
we'll established firms that seek by
promises of future business on a
cash basis to secure publicity at alb
solutely no cost to themselves. Still
others are the founders of new con-
Germs who desire to build up a sue
cessful trade on the generosity or.
%gullibility of the newspaper publish
ers.
The proper way to treat all these
trade, or part trade and part cash
propositions, says Fourth Estate, Is
to decline them in a polite but posi-
tive letter. The men who send them
out are, to use a familiar expression,
Fishing for suckers" If you nibble
at the bait you are certain to get
hooked. Every line of advertising
matter should be paid for at regular
rates. This, of course, does not ap-
ply to the complimentary notices of
regular patrons which are inserted
once or twice a year. The newspaper
publisher is not in business for his
health. If publicity Is worth any
thing to the man who seeks it, it is
worth paying for, and the editor who
fails to collect what is due him will
never get on in the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
THEY NEEDED THE MOON.
Custom of Old Time Doctors in New
England Town Explained.


England Town Explained.
Up in a New England town there
is a medical society which is Of sixty
years standing and has the custom OF
meeting on the Thursday before the
full of the moon. Recently some OF
the younger members tried to change
the time of meeting to the third
Wednesday of every month.
Three of the oldest members rose
up and protested. They gave the
reason for the peculiar arrangement.
When this association was
formed" said one of them. There
we're not electric lights and good
roads the way there are nov The
society took in the whole county and
it was often a difficult matter for the
doctors who lived in the country to
drive home after nightfall.
so we called the moon to our aid
and set the date for the Thursday be-
fore the full of the moon. 1t is
bright moonlight at a seasonable
hour then and the doctors could see
their way home.
Il know there is no necessity for
such an arrangement now, but this
will e like a e society. if we
do not meet the Thursday before the
full of the moon."-New York Sun.
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Sleepy Grass of New Mexico.

While making a trip through the
southwestern part of New Mexico
Herbert w. Wolcott, of Alamogordo,
y. NJ, found a grass from which he
believes a narcotic may be extracted
which will take the place of those
now known to medicine.
The grass is known as Sleepy
grass to the natives of New Mexico
near the Apache reservation" said
Mr.. Wolcott. Cattle and horses will
eat it the first time they see it. 1t
makes them fall to the ground in
their tracks and lie in a state of coma
for two days. When they wake up
they have no i'll effects from. the OPT
ate. But they will never eat it
again; i'm fact. they will run away if
it is offered to them.
This sleepy grass is not to he
confused with the loco weed. The
grass is a real grass, not unlike the
Kentucky blue grass in appearance.
The loco weed is a plant and bears a
flower. Horses and cattle become
loco fiends and are worthless after
tasting the deadly stuff."-Kansas
City Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
BAGGING AT THE KNEE.
Mems Trousers Not the Only Gar
ments Thus to Get Out of Shape.

."It may have been often printed in
the fashion news. but that I never
see, and So" said clipper brother
Claude, this is spang fresh news to
me. that the skirt of sisters new suit
is 0agging at the knee.
That mems trousers bag in that
way is notorious, in fact baggy trou-
sers have long been a subject for the
GOLDSMITH to exercise his wits upon,
as they have long been to their wear
ers a source Of grief. No man likes
to have his trousers bag at the knee,
and there have been told stories OF
men particular about their apparel
who when in their finest attire de-
clined to sit down for fear they'd get
their trousers out of snaps there, and
it certainly is a common thing to see
men, on sitting. hitch their trouser
legs up a little, to take the bagging
strain off the part that commonly
comes over the knee and to lessen the
bagging.
so men have always had trouble
with their trousers in this way, but
that women could have trouble of
such sort with their skirts I had nev-
er dreamed, for were not skirts 81
voluminous that their folds could be
shifted and arranged at will. to pre-
vent their getting out of shape: Well.
it seems that the close fitting skirt Of
- 100000 l~,, - -~ - - kl,>k - 14~
not be thus loosely disposed o" shift
ed about, one must sit in it as it is,
and thus woman comes to have a
new experience and to get some faint
glimmer of one of the most trying
troubles of men.
1T makes me smile to hear sister
say to mother that the skirt of her
new spring suit has already begun to
bag at the knee. New York Sun.
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One Road to Fame.

State Senator Ernest R. Alderman.
of New Jersey. who is now enjoying
his annual trip abroad, is n of the
best known and most enthusiastic col
lectors of postage stamps in this Jul
try. So large is his collection that he
has apart one room in his home in
Plainfeld as a stamp room, so dear to
the heart Of the philatelist.-New
York Tribune.
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most interesting. With it a hedge
that formerly required five hours to
trim can be clipped in n hour, or
one man can do the work of five. This
apparatus consists of a long rod with
a shoulder piece at one end and a
pair Of shears at the other. Along
this rod is a drivewheel connecting
with a rotary pinion, which operates
the crank controlling the shears. The
device is held against the shoulder
by means of a handle in the middle.
Then the drivewheel is turned, and
by means Of the multiple gearing 1t
opens and closes the shears five times
with each revolution, thus making
the apparatus a saver Of eighty per
cent. in either time or labor. All the
operator has to do is to keep turning
the wheel and moving the shears
along the hedgerow where it needs
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Mission of O Hymn.

There is no more popular hymn in
the English language than Cardinal
Newman's Lead, Kindly Light" 1t
has soothed thousands of hearts be-
clouded by sorrow, and inspired hope
when faith had vanished. A few days
ago it once more performed its beau
tiful task of lifting despair.
A disastrous explosion occurred in
a mine lear Durham, England, i'm
prisoning $50 miners. One of the
thirty-two men recovered from the
living tomb was asked how he passed
the sixteen hours he was buried in its
darkness. He replied that he and
his companions sang a great deal.
Further questioned as to the songs
he answered: Five or six hymns.
I don't remember them all. There
was Lead, Kindly Light We sang
that a good many times. 1t helped to
keep our spirits up."-Catholic Tele-
graph.
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Both Sing and Talk.

In view Of the success which is OBJ
tanned by the moving picture appara-
tus, the idea naturally occurred TO
use the phonograph in connection
with it, so rs to hear the voice at the
same time that we see the picture.
Among such devices is a combined
talking and picture-exhibiting ma
chine recently devised and patented
by a New York man. At the top Is
an opening for viewing the pictures,
and adjacent thereto, where they will
come in contact with the ears of the
user, are sound tubes. The latter are
adjustable to accommodate the many
sizes of heads naturally encountered.
In making the pictures for these NOV
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15

ing pictures that sing and. talk the
actor takes his position before the
camera and his movements are photo
graphed.. Coupled with the moving
picture machine Is a photograph.
While the latter Is repeating the &C
tors words he goes through the NEG
essary motions to accompany the
words. The moving picture machine
thus secures the Photographic record
Of the series of gestures during the
whole time that the phonograph Is
working. Duplicates Of the pictures
are then made from the original for
use in the penny-in-the-slot machine,
the mechanism operating the phono-
graph in conjunction with the moving
Of the Observation-Disclosures Star.
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State to Print q Paper.

The State of Iowa is going into the
newspaper business. j. c. Simpson.
secretary State agricultural depart
ment. will establish a semi-monthly
newspaper to exploit the wealth and
Of Iowa, and the chances
for money making in the State. The
paper is to be known as The Greater
Iowa.
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Plenty COMING

The fond husband was seeing his
wife off with the children for their va
cation to the country. AS she got
!1to the train he said. But, my dear,
won't you take some fiction to read"
"Oh. no. she responded sweetly.
"I shall depend upon your letters
from home. LONDON Taller.
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Flowers.

Flowers have an expression or
.o~untenance as much as men or ami
mails: some seem to smile; some have
, sad expression; some are pensive
md difident; others, again, are plain.
honest and upright like the broad
laced suniower and the soldier like
supil,-Henry Ward Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Whalebone Becomes Scarcer.

W~halebone cost only thirty-1ve
cents a pound half a century ago.
To-day it costs about five dollars a
pound. The total product landed
from the American fisheries during
the nineteenth century exceeded co.
000,0 pounds. A single whale may
yield up 5000 pounds.
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resenting a villa. is shown in the
picture. Other hives are in the form
of a castle, a sentry, an inn, a wind
mill, a lion, a bear and an elephant.
The villa, in particular, which the
owner calls Honey Villa" is. built
with the greatest care, and can boast
such signs of human habitation as
window curtains. Two and sometimes
three swarms of bees live in 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
tX1I@@IEE
NAT uRgE NC

Britain is at last awakening to the
absolute necessity Of progress and
the highest kind Of knowledge. Brit
ish universities are opening technical
colleges rivaling the great German
polytechnics.
An electric glue heater has been
put upon the market which is claimed
to melt glue in thirty minutes, and to
keep it at a temperature of $50 de-
gees for several hours after the cur
rent has been switched off.
An electric heater for thawing ex-
Dlosiyes is used at the Roosevelt
drainage tunnel in Cripple Creek,
Col. 1t is in successful operation. The
cost of this method of heating is
about ten cents for twenty-four hours.
and is said to be far more economical
than coal.
A hydro-eIectric power station is
projected near Wadesboro, N. c., on
the Rocky River, capable of produc-
ing, with the initial installation
planned. 5000 to 1000 horse power.
The site is within a mile of the new
Southbound Railway, and a new town
is expected to be developed by the in
dustrial facilities.
lone of the simplest things to rep
resent on the stage, one would think.
is daylight" says an Italian named
Fortuny in the Theatre Zeitung, land
still its accomplishment has always
baf1ed stage managers. Our daylight
does not come from n point, but
from all directions, and this light, as
from the sky, is what has not yet
been produced. The difficulties, how
ever, have been overcome. and on the
| stage of the new Royal Opera House
at Berlin the stage daylight of my in
vention will be seen when that house
is completed. The effect is produced
by electric light, mirrors, prisms and
silk cloths Of various colors, through
"ulCu INC Light 10 11duC W SIlCdul.
There could hardly be a better ex-
ample of the scientific spirit than the
recent application of the methods Of
biometry to those excessive minute
animals, the bacteria. c. E. A. Wins
low and Anne Rogers Winslow have,
according to Professor F. P. Gorham,
marked the beginning of a new era in
archaeological classification and no
menclature by their studies in this
direction. They have applied the
methods used by authropologists and
students Of variation and heredity to
The definition of the species of bac-
leria. The results are, of course,
technical III their nature, and in them
selves only interesting to students of
the subject, but they have. a broad
general interest because they serve
to assure the public that advance on
strictly scientific lines is being made
in the study of those almost infnites-
imal creatures that play so important
a part in human life and everything
that human life depends upon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Of the
British Army, celebrated his golden
wedding anniversary last month. So
popul2. is "Bobs" that the event as
sumed something Of the character Of
an imperial festival.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Has q Right to That.

MAN wants but little here below
quotes the philosopher Of folly, but
he wants to be allowed to pick that
little out for himself"
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A House BuiIt For Bees.

In the garden of a schoolmaster
who lives in a little German town
stand the most remarkable beehives
in the world. One Of these, that rep
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Rapid Hedge-Trinumer.

Among the nero time and la
,or saving devices for gardeners use
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A New Exploration of the World.

By DAVID FAlRCHILD, Agricultural Explorer in Charge
of Seed and Plant Introduction. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. :: :: :: :: :
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Britain is at last awakening to the
absolute necessity Of progress and
the highest kind of knowledge. Brit
ish universities are opening technical
colleges rivaling the great German
polytechnicS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15

An electric glue heater has been
put upon the market which is claimed
to melt glue in thirty minutes, and to
keep it at a temperature of $50 de-
gees for several hours after the cur
Tent has been switched off.
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JuSS bSAShS VI JuoI LIZ lAC SCCOluS
time, what is to be done?
In some cases it is necessary for
the explorer to retrace his steps; in
others a knowledge of how to propa-
gate plants solves the problem. A
slip, a slender branch, a root, an un-
derground stem, perhaps. will often
do quite as well as a seed. 1t can be
taken at any time, and if properly
packed in damp moss or wrapped in
good tough wrapping-paper will reach
home safely.
But above some of these necessary
things even, the explorer must know
how to use a camera, for the explorer
has not only to get the plants. import
them. grow them and distribute them
to the public, but he must also con-
vince the public that they are worth
growing. or all his work goes for
naught. The way to the mind is
through the eye and the ear, and as
the explorer can talk of his discov-
cries to but few men. he must appeal
to q wide range of those interested
through the press.
1t is about as difficult to describe a
new fruit or vegetable as it is to give
a description of a new sound, and
the best way to give the fruit-grower
a clear idea of a new fruit is to show
him a picture of it. To explore for
plant introduction purposes without
a camera is a little like hunting for
rabbits without a gun. And what Of
the results of this search in the cor
ners of the world? And is the gov
.rnment warranted in going on with