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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
Rather Family in Rancher's Bed.

c:rayson H.ackley, of Piedmont.
found himself in a veritable hotbed
of rattlesnakes last Tuesday night,
when on returning to the Grayson
ranch after an eight weeks absence
he found his cot occupied by a huge
and belligerent RATHER with a thriv-
ing young family.
After an exciting ten minutes, dur
ing which a powderless battle was
fought, young FIinckley came off VIC
torious, although he preferred to
spend the remainder of the night in a
room at the far end of the building.
Hinckley, who is a grandson of Judge
Grayson and has been for some two
or three years manager OF the Gray
son ranch, says that it was one OF the
moot dangerous and exciting ten min
utes of his life and one he would not
care to repeat. And he has some
good snake skins and eleven rattles
to show in evidence San Francisco
Call.
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Dried Cherries.

An old-fashioned country house
wife who owns some fine cherry trees
gives the following recipe for drying
cherries to use in winter pies. They
taste more like the fresh fruit than
the cooked preserve, she says. Choose
the finest and largest Of red cherries,
stone them and spread them on large
pIatters in the sunshine. Let them
stand until they become dry, taking
them in only when the sun is down or
the day is damp or cloudy. When
nicely dried pack them into stone jars
after strewing them with the best
brown sugar.-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
BIsArE,5 FILLS.
CELEBRATED ENGLISH REMEDY for
GOVT AND RHEUMATISM. SAFE AMI
RELIABLE. AT Your DhUGGlSTo
Ancient Britons' Sweet Tooth.

Mention of the German custom OF
eating a compete of wild strawberria
with roast pork reminds US that ou
ancestors in England had a decidedly
sweeter tooth than we have. In To
dor times it was the general practif
to pour honey yer the meat, and i'm
deed honey or sugar was used in 81
many dishes Ito say nothing Of beinf
mingled with the wine) that it is Of
record that the teeth of post peopl
were black in consequence. Most On
our ancestors dishes would be- to&
rich for US to-day, for surely even ths
most accomplished diner-out would
shrink from oysters stewed in vine
pigeons stuffed with gooseberries,
grapes boiled in butter and mutton
stuffed with oysters.-LoDdon chroR,
icle.
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spasking plugs in or out for the nee

spasking plugs in or out for the nee
essary adjustment.
One difficulty of the rotating en-.
CINE is the fabrication, and until some
means of reducing the consumption
OF lubricating oil is devised the rotat-
ing cylinder motor must have at least
n compensating defect. On occa-
sions like the London to Manchester
flight the use Of large quantities OF
lubricating oil may not matter, but
in an everyday motor for the aero
plane in the hands of the chauffeur"
Dr. whatever his aerial equivalent may
be called, the fabrication must be re-
lied upon more than in the motor car,
for while failure in the one case means
only inconvenience, in the other it
may entail disaster.-London Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
Eccentricities Of Genius.

A patient searcher gives the results
of his labors in a Paris contemporary,
from which we learn that Haydn new
er composed unless he had on his
finger a ring given to him by Freder-
lex the Great. Malthurin, the novel
list, we are told, stuck a wafer on his
forehead to derive inspiration and to
prevent his thoughts being disturbed
by his servants. Paeslello only COM
posed when in bed and under the
clothes.
Mezeray in writing his history re-
CURED candles, even in broad day
light. Rousseau derived inspiration
walking among the plants in the sun.
Ampere did his work standing, and
made his notes in capital letters
London Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
Trade Schools For Austrian Women.
ter Mllblrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

Through a decree of the Minister
of Public Works opening the State
trade and technical schools to both
sexes alike Austrian women will en-
low a greatly enlarged choice of occu-
nations. Among the chief new trades
and industries which they can now
enter upon are artistic leather work
and bookbinding, photography, watch
making, engraving, ornamental wood
working, as we'll as some branches CT
the chemical and electrical trades.
Hitherto women have been rigidly
excluded from these trade schools,
and those who desired to obtain such
training were compelled either to go
abroad CT else attend expensive PIT
yate institutions at home.
But while the women are rejoicing
at the new opportunities of work al
forded them, their male relatives do
not share their enthusiasm, pointing
out that even under the old condi-
tons out of every 1000 wage earners
in Austria 430 were women.-Vienna
Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
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given me, and I am recommending IL
to all my riends. Mrs w. s. FORD,
2207 W.. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md:
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure Of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day is
more widely and successfullyuse 9 than
any other female remedy. It has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fbroid ,tumors, ir-
r~egularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearingdown feeling, fatulency,
indigestion, and nervous prostration.
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any Of these
ailments, don't give UP hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound q trial
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkhams Lynn
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
charge. "a
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Setting Hens.

Good matches cannot result II the
sltters are bothered by the other
hens, as they are sure to be when set
where outsiders a get to them.
Neither do they hatch quite so well
where they must be fastened up tight,
then given liberty at certain times.
Many hens of many minds, and sitters
are not inclined to get off their eggs
at the same time. lncubating time is
best to impress such truths, SO re-
member before another Matching sea-
son.-E. c., in the Indiana Farmer.
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Deaths on Railroads.

One reason why the railroad death
list is so much smaller in England
than in the United States is that the
tracks are treated as private prop
erty, and any n walking on them
is guilty of trespass. Hence. deaths
by running down track walkers,
which average one a day in this coun-
try, are unknown in England. And
this %solocitude for the protection Of
life co-exists in all the daily affairs,
vocations and pursuits of the Eng
lish and other European people
Vicksburg Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
A MuIti-Millionaire Flea Collector.

Charles Rotnschild has for years
been the worlds greatest flea coll
lector, a strange fad for a prince OF
wealth. Rothscaild wcs the first to
obtain and describe the Oriental rat
flea, which comes from the Nile. This
is the true carrier to man of the black
death, which has murdered millions.
untold millions, of people. The dis
ease occurs in rats, and on Oriental
flea a carry it from a rat 70 kill {
man.-Tip, N the New York Press.
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minimize the incline between the two
floors. There will be q six-inch in
cline from the ground to the brooder
door, and a six-inch incline from the
scratching floor to the hover floor.
Little chicks will easily learn to as
cend these short inclines, but when
made any longer much difficulty will
be experienced with the chicks the
first weeks and probably several will
die from exposure on account of not
being able to find their way back to
the warm hover. These inclines, it is
to be remembered, are made the
whole width of the brooder, so the
little chicks cannot back under it.
A window is placed on each side of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
Concrete Fence Posts,

The United States Department OF
Agriculture has issued an elaborate
bulletin on the subject of Concrete
Fence Posts" This bulletin goes into
details, gives full and minute instruc-
lions, enabling the farmers to build
their own fences with the farm labor.
BY applying to the Office Of Public
Roads, United States Department Of
Agriculture, Washington, Farmers
Bulletin No, 4O3 will be sent without
charge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
Death Rates Among Pensioners.

Records of the Pension Office ut
Washington show that about ninety
a day are being dropped from
the pension rolls. The average is
equivalent to about 200 deaths a
month. or about $4,000 annually.
among Federal survivors Of the Civil
War who are carried on the pension
lists.-Elmira Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

As the long arctic night approaches
the polar bear repairs to the foot o.
a cliff or some other similar place
and allows the snow to cover him.
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ties, terrible drag
sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when I began to-
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
new life had been
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

For Red, Itching EyeIids, Cysts, Styes.
Failing Eyelashes and All Eyes That Need
Care, Try Murine Eye Salve. Aseptic
Tubes, Trial Size, Csc: ASK, Your Druggist
or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

The import value of the foreign
cotton brought into the United
States in the last twenty years was
$156,252,855 r 90.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

A new electric desk lamp has the
flament stretched out in a long line
to distribute the light over a greater
area N.Y.-30
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

A national physical laboratory in
England uses a whirling table with a
sixty-foot arm to test the thrust of
airship p%ropellers.
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A 1000, OOo-ton hill in Cincinnati is be-
ing moved three miles to make a rail-
road fill. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17
In q Pinch. Use Aliens Foot.Ease,

In q PKnch, Use HIIens FOUt-Ease'
The Antiseptic Powder, to shake into your
shoes. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy.
Always use it to break in new shoes. Sam
Die FREE. A. s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Camden, N. j., says:
Kidney trouble
bothered me for
fifteen years. If
! stopped, sharp
twinges shot through
my back and it was
hard for me to arise.
! was treated by sew
eral doctors, one a
specialist, but did
not receive relief.
Finally l began u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney
Pills and soon no
ticed an improve
ment. / continued
until the trouble dis
appeared"
Rem e the
name-DCan's. For
sale by all dealers.
so cents a box. Fos-
Buffalo. N. Y.
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A level-headed man avoids many ups
and downs in life.
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AFTER
n ~ "
III .ns
OF MISERY
Cured byLydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md.'-"For four years
my life was a misery to me suffered
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. PoLICEMAN'S EXPERIENCE.
Suffered For Years From Chronic
Kidney Trouble.

Walter j.. Stanton, 1889 Pear ST.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-17

A FLAVOR that is used the same as lernou !
or vanilla. BY dissolying graduated sug@in
water and adding Mapieine, adeHcious syrnpfs
made and q syrup better than maple Mapleirs
he sold By grocers. Send % stamI Ton sample
! and recipe BOOK Crescent Mig. Co.. Seattle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
GOES TO NEW YORK
TO STUDY MUSIC
Mrs. j. w. Bence, One Of the Leading
Musicians of This Section Passed
Through keokuk Today

Nlr. and Mrs. j. w. Bence OF Mem
phis. Mo-, and Miss Edith Petit OF
Knox City, Mo-, passed through keo-
kirk this afternoon enroute to New
York City.
Mrs. Bence goes east to continue her
musical education and will remain III
the east for several weeks. She is
we'll known to Keokuk music-lovers
and throughout this section as one OF
tho leading yocalists and intends to
secure more training in New YORK,
adding to her present accomplishments
Miss Petit is one OF Mrs. Bences
most promising piano students ano
also goes east TO improve her oppor
tunities. MI. Bence expects to Sc
o,re nosition on one of the New
| York newspapers He formerly pup
lished a newspaper in Memphis ane
is we'll qualified.
Keokuk friends of Mrs. Bence ane
admirers of her splendid voice, wlsf
her success. For some Tune she wa
the soloist at ST. Johns church mere
and also conducted music classes.
The members of Company l. vii
drill on Main street this evening be
tween $50 and $50. The place o.
march will be from Third to Sixth
street Sergeant Wiscombe leaves the
first of the year and this evenlne
will be his last with the local mili
tary company, which has made raplt
strides in the past few weeks in drill
accomplishments.
A special meeting of the Elk
will be held this evening. Initiation Il
announced
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
CONFLICT IN
ASSESSORSHIP
Both S. II. Johnston and John r. Di-
mond Were in Fort Madison to
Receive Same Books.

The election Of John r. Dimond as
township assessor was not confirmed
by the county auditor in Fort Madison
this morning and the books pertaining
to the office will be turned over 10
S. III. Johnston, who was appointed
city assessor and upon whom the work
of assessing for township purposes
falls.
The state law provides that when
civil township falls within the
corporate limits of a city the city
assessor shall perform the duties OF
township assessor. However, 1t was
previously held that the law did not
apply to Keol1uk while this city was
governed under special charter. Inc
result was that there were two as
SCISSORS, one assessing for city purpos
es and the other for township purpos
cs.
The commissioners, some time be
fore the last election, appointed 5
II. Johnston 20 assess for both CITY
and township purposes. However
John r. Dimond was elected and re
ceived his certificate of election witt
the other victorious candidates, Ihe
assessors met in Fort Madison this
morning to receive their books. Mr.
Dimond has not made any contest ant
the matter was simply left to thu
auditor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
origin Of Firew.tsr.

When the Hudson's Bay Trading
company began its trading among the
Indians 1t was found that by selling
the Indians liquor they could more
easily be induced to trade their pelt-
riea
The first whisky or intoxicant of in
terior quality was distilled in England
and brought to America in large bar
rels. but in Transporting It overland it
was found more convenient to divide
it into small kegs. The traders soon
became aware Of the fact that by
diluting the whisky with water more
furs could be obtained. This was prac-
tised for some time. but the Indians
learned that good whisky poured on
FIRE would cause 1t to fame up, where
Is had the whisky been diluted the
IRE would be quenched. 1t was by
this simple experiment that the tern
"nrewater" became common wore
among Indians.
A chief who had experienced the
bad effects OF whisky among his PEG
pie said 1t was most certainly distilled
from the hearts Of wildcats and tn,
tongues OF women from the effects l
produced.-Red Man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
Warming the Devil.

An almost incredible case Of super
stition is reported from Rihal, near
Grosswordein, Hungary. The place has
never before experienced an earth
quake, but recently series OF yio-
lent shocks shook the neighborhood,
some being so violent that the church
bells rang. The villagers were great.
ly alarmed and consulted an Old WON
an quack OF the place. who declared
that the shocks were the groans OF
the devil, who suffered cold and hung
or. Thereupon the peasants threw 8
number Of calves and goats into q
chasm outside the village to appease
the DEVILS hunger and set ,re to the
bishops forest in the neighborhood te
provide him with warmth. The quaci
and several peasants have been ar
rested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
PERSON AIS.

William Lester of Chicago is visit
ing in the city with his parents.
Paschal Bozeman, operator for the
Postal Telegraph Company at Daven-
port, is spending the holidays in the
city with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Wilson OF st.
Joseph, Mo-, have returned home al
ter spending Christmas with Mrs. s.
S. Wilson of Keokuk and Miss Emma
West of Hamilton
]. l.. Root of Minneapolis, Mimi. one
of the former we'll known citizens OF
Keokuk, is visiting friends and tran
sacting business.
f. d. Harsh, of Des Moines, repre-
senting the Iowa State Travelling
Mems Association, was in the city to
day in the interest of his company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Buren, of Chica
60 are spending the holidays witt
Mrs. l.. ]. Allen and friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
Terrible Train of Troubles.

Lake Charles, La.-Mrs. 3. fourll-
Ter. SIG Kirby street, says: ane
month before took Cardui, ! could
hardly walk. / had backache, head
ache, pain in my legs, chills. fainting
spells, sick stomach, dragging feel
ings, and no patience or courage.
Since taking Cardui, have no more
pains, can walk as far as want to,
and feel good all the time. rake
Cardui and be benefited by the pecu-
liar herb ingredients which have been
found SO effective for womanly Ills.
Cardui will relieve that backache,
headache, and all the misery from
which you suffer, just as It has done
for others. Try Cardui.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
CITY NEWS.

Funeral services for the late John
A. Hall were held this afternoon at
halt past two from the family resi-
dence, 1929 Carroll street.
This afternoon at $3.50, funeral
services for the late Miss Birdie Alton
were held at the residence of her sis
ter, Mrs. w. A. Parish, 1417 Des
Moines street.
IS. G. Younkin and Lucretia Youn-
kin have conveyed to Cora B. Fisher
seventeenth acres lying south of and
adjoining the town Of Montrose
In consideration of $4,000 David
J. Aston has conveyed to Apallos w
O'Harra of Carthage, lot 5, block Il,
Leighton's addition. The property is
on Thirteenth, between Seymour and
Stripe streets.
Miss Marie Moseley entertained a
number Of her boy and girl friends at
her residence, liz Blondeau street
last evening.
Old Sol peeped out this afternoon
at 2::52 for the first time in two or
three days. His face looked good and
the warmth felt better
The fire department answered 8
still alarm from the Mrs. O'Brier
home this morning at 1880. A burn
| ing fiue called out the apparatus bu
no damage resulted.
in st. Mary's bowling league las
night the Red Tiger team defeated
the Angels by the totals of 1910 tc
1880 pins. The best average OF thu
evening was that of Belts of the Ret
Tigers, who averaged 165 2-3 pins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
PRINTERS UNION
ELECT OFFICERS
Annual Melting Of Typographical Union
No. 60, Was Held Last
Evening.

Typographical union No. 6S. the To-
cal union Of printers of the city, held
the regular annual meeting last eve
ming and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
A. K. Stewart, president.
F. f. Moore, vice president.
Alfred Windler, recording secretary
Albert Hemingway, financial secre
tary.
Curtis c. Koepf, treasurer
William King, sergeant-at-arms.
C. C. Koepf, VIM. King and D. n
stepler, delegatest Keokuk Trades
and Labor Assembly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29
Electric Light Lowered Into the Icy
Water Where Miss Stout Lost
Her Life Last
Week.
LAUNDRY IS IDLE
Ensign Stevens Of the Flagship Cali.
fornia is Back in Warsaw
For a Visit at
Home.


'Matless of Keokuk has succeeded his
nephew, Mr.. ALT Matless, Jr., in the
management of the Huiskamp shoe
factory here. Mr.. ALI Matless has &C.
copied the management of large
factory in Massachusetts.
A party of hunters went to Lima
Lake yesterday in search of game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Crane of Hill
bert, Wisconsin, who have been visit
ing Mr.. Cranes parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Crane, left this afternoon
for st. Paul. where they will stop
awhile on their way home.
Messrs. Murdoch and Miller of
Brashear, Mo-, owners of the Adams
House, contemplate some up to date
improvements before turning it over
to new landlord.
No tiding of the body of Miss
Rose Stout. Last night an electric
light was lowered into the river at the
edge Of the opening in the ice-the
wire being led from shore-but it re-
vealed nothing. No expense is being
spared in the efforts to find the body
Of this popular young woman.
Mr.. w. F. Stevens, who has been
i'll for some weeks, is reported rs i'm
proving.
The river is reported as rising at
this point. Mails are being hauled
over by sled and sometimes transfer
red to Skiff when an opening is reach
ed.
Warsaw has completely equipped
and up to date laundry, lying idle fol
want of an experienced man to oper
ate, while there are four laundr,
agencies here.
Warsaw has recently received man,
4 compliments on her beautiful "whitt
way system of lighting Main stree
from the river to 9th street. Nothing
!. helps advertise the city as does this
! all strangers are quick to notice i
and comment favorably on it.
A few Of our young men gave
dance at Odd Fellows Wednesda.
night, in honor of the Homecoming
crowd of Warsaw young people her
for the holidays.
Ensign Lemuel Stevens of the flag
ship California of the Pacific fee
arrived home this morning, but wi
remain only for a couple of days
when he will go east, returning i
about two weeks for short visit. HI
is the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. "
f. Stevens of this city. He is a graz
uate of Warsaw high school, and Ell
tered the naval academy at Annapoli
in 1903, has been in active service fe
the past three and half years, NAL
ing a famous round-the-world tril
, with the big fleet, and serving wit
!. marked distinction and honor, bein
on several occasions entrusted wit
important missions. He will receiy
a right hearty welcome from h
: many friends here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29

highest bidder, at the front door OF
the court house at keokuk, Lee
County. Iowa on the 9Th day OF Febru-
AIRY. A. D., 1911 between the hours OF
a. m. and 4 p. m. commencing at
D. M. of said day the following de-
scribed real estate to-wit
The south east quarter (i4) OF the
southwest quarter fA) of section
twenty-three (23), township sixty-siN
(66) range FIVE (5) west, except
strip off the west side thereof six
teen and one-half d61a) feet wide,
all said property being in Lee Coun-
", Iowa. !.
THAT said sale will be continued
from time to time, if no sufficient bid
lis received.
December 18th, 1910.
H. r. COLLINS.
Sole Referee