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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
his WINNING TIkcK

He couldn't talk a little BIT on music Or
on art,
When men preached high blowsd topics
you could see the. sweat beads start,
But before they had him silenced and IN
storage for the night,
He would flash a roll Of money-and OF
course that put him right.
He was crude and most unlettered, and his
grammar was a sin,
But he knew the little secret of successful
%butting-in;
He could change a cold demernor and
could break down stares of pride
When he flashed his roll of money with a.
yellowback outside. Z
Twas his one trick, and it served. him
where all other tricks might faI,
It carried him through breakers and
through many an icy gale;
1t won for him position that could meyer
be denied,
His magic roll Of money with the yellow
back outside.
Arthur Chapman, in the Denver Re
publican. ,.,..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Cream Jolly Cake.

Two cups sugar, one cup butter,
three cups -four, one-half cup milk.
four eggs, one and a half teaspoonfuls
baking powder or one t~easpoonful
cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful
soda.
Cream butter and sugar together,
sift cream of tartar with soda into
flour, add one-half the -four, one-half
the milk and two of the u%nbeaten
eggs to sugar and butter and beat
we'll together; then add rest OF flour,
milk with the other two unbeaten
eggs, and stir thoroughly together;
bake in three tins to- make three
layers. Lemon jelly for filling is
made as follows: Crate rind of two
lemons, add it with the juice to one
cup sugar, one cup butter, yolk OF
three eggs, place in double boiler.
stir quickly until it jells, when cold
spread between layers of cake. Frost
ossuit 'fancy.-Boston Post.
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cooking operation. To accomplish
the purpose fully. the strata of food
Immediately at the bottom must be
completely moved, and this cannot
always be satisfactorily done with a
spoon.
A special kitchen implement with
which to do this has been recently
made. 1t consists of a perforated
disk secured on the end of a rod of
suitable length. These two parts
are secured by what is known as a
ball joint" When this is thrust in
to the bottom of a kettle of cooking
cereal and stirred a few times, it
makes a movement of the contents
in a very complete manne because
the disk accommodates itself to the
surface of the utensil and does the
work very effectually.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Herbert Spencer's Deity.

This passage is from Mr.. Spencer's
+tFirst Principles" The conscious
ness of an Inscrutable Power, mani
tested to us through all phenomena,
has been growing ever clearer, and
must ultimately be freed from its
imperfections. The certainty that on
the one hand such a power exists,
while OF the other hand it's nature
'transcends intuition and is beyond
imagination, is the certainty toward
which intelligence has from the first
been progressing. To this conclusion
science inevitably arrives as it reaches
religion is irresistibly driven by criti-
cism."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Dropped Cookies.

One egg, n cup sugar, one-half
cup shortening, one cup milk (if soul
use one teaspoon soda; if sweet is
used, use two tablespoons baking
powder) and -four to mix stiff, but
not as stiff as for doughnuts; one
half cup raisins, one-half cup cur
rants, one-half cup nut meats, one
half cup chopped citron; drop by the
tablespoon, not too near together,
into a well buttered dripping pan and
bake. a tender brown-use half the
mixture this way, then to the remain
der add n teaspoon cinnamon and
one teaspoon of nutmeg and one-half
teaspoon cloves. Saves lots OF work
by not rolling out and looks so nice.
If they run together cut into squares
before taking from pan.-Frances
Jelinah, in the Boston Post.
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An Extenuating Condition.

When John Corbett, the Chicago
contractor and well known Demo-.
cratic politician, was associated with
George w. Jackson in the construc-
ton of the various Chicago tunnels,
he took a personal interest in his en-
ployes, particularly where the char
acter of the work was dangerous.
During the construction of the sub
way Mr.. Corbett noticed two of his
men-Jim Clancy and Mike Casey
carelessly shifting a couple of CANS
of dynamite to another section OF the
tunnel. =
Here, boys. LOOK here warned
Mr.. Corbett, you've got to be more
careful with that dynamite. You're
handling it like a bucket Of mortar.
Why, don't you know the last time
there was a dynamite explosion here
ten men were killed."
"Shure, Mister Corbett." whispered,
Clancy. "'Twon't be so bad this
time. There's only two av u.s.
Mack's National Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Two Desserts From Apple Jelly.

Soak one envelope gelatine in n
cupful cold water two minutes. Pare,
core, cut into small. pieces. twelve ap-
pies, and cook them in three cupfuls
water until soft; then turn into a col
ander over dish and let stand till you
have three cupfuls of apple juice.
Pour this onto gelatine together with
juice Of two lemons and about one
cupful of sugar. Stir we'll. and place
in mould. This makes one dessert
with whipped cream or a custard.
For the Second Dessert-Rub the
apples remaining in the colander
through; add one-half cupful sugar.
cinnamon, two drops lemon juice and
one egg we'll beaten. Place in a but
tered pudding dish and bake twenty
minutes. Serve warm with milk or
cream; and the jelly will keep till
next day.-Mrs. e. H. Fish, in the
Boston Post.
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Cocoa Biscuits.

Two cups or one pint of sifted -four,
three level teaspoonfuls baking pow
der, one-half teaspoonful salt, two
level tablespoonful sugar, four level
tablespoons cocoa, two level table
spoonfuls butter or lard, two-thirds
cup milk or enough to make a firm
but not stiff dough. Sift all the dry
ingredients together, rub in the but
ter with the tips Of the fingers, stir in
the required amount of milk, turn
out on slightly Toured board, roll or
pat out the desired thickness, place
close together in pan and bake in
very hot oven ten or fifteen minutes.
Boston Post.
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The Japan Magazine.

The initial number Of the Japan
published at Toxic with
English text, for the purpose of re-
flecting the life, art and literature OF
Japan, not as a fantastic comic opera
land, but as a real country and peo-
pie, contains much of interest to the
American reader, compares favorably
with u own magazines, and the
daintiness of the numerous illustra-
lions by native artists is in itself a
revelation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
A q t For Beds.

No cribs are required in households
which are equipped with M of the
delegates recently invented by two
Connecticut men. Nor need adults
worry about tumbling out on the floor
during nightmares. The gate is of
metal and is composed of crossbars
pivoted at their points of intersection
so that the whole can be stretched out
to the length Of a bed or folded up
in a small compass at the head or
foot. In the centre is a vertical bar
to hold the gate against outward
movement. Parents who have small
children sleeping with them will find
the contrivance a great convenience.
This device means a considerable say
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Obeyine Orders.

A woman coming down the garden
walk was Mortified at seeing her son
standing on his head against the gar
den wall.
Johnnie, you wretch" she cried,
what are you doing noW?'
Standing on my napper,' replied
Johnnie. Didn't yer tell me to play
at summat that wouldn't wear my
boots out?"-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
0Q E&KEHEzlz8

Mans inhumanity to man makes
countless thousands do likewise
Life.
"Well, I mortgaged my home yes
terday." What make auto are you
going to get?"-Houston Post.
Miss AMEN always guess me to
be younger than I am" Miss b
That's after they've heard you talk.
Cleveland Leader.
~, Resistance my religion is.
.,'r Repression is my creed;
NY real life is that which I
Have never dared to lead.
Harold Susman, in Smart Set.
'Have the Comeups' family clean
record?" "They ought to have The
old man was street cleaner and his
wife Wasra washerwoman. "-Raltt-
more American. r. i sr
George, papa has made his vii,
"Well do we lose by it or win?
think we win. He's cut us of. but
he's left all his money to an IDIOT
asylum."-Cleveland Leader.
Upson-"Anyway. young ArdupR
is entitled to great credit for his eff
forts" Downing-"Yes, and he gets
it, too, He is the most successful
borrower I know.-Ghicago Daily
News.
did you tell the exact truth when
the census-taker askei your age
asked Maude. I did. answered
Mayme. IT told him he was Wasting
his time asking foolish qnestions-S
Washington Star.
otis a curious fact said . government
shark,
As he read about commons and peers
THAT an EnglishnaAn votes, with his syes4
and his noes, ~, ~
And expresses applause With hA ear.
Harvard LAmpoon9
"I love you, dear. butt am green
and ratified, and + don't know how To-
propose" That's all right, honey-S;
you're through with me. All you've
got to do now is to ask papa.
Cleveland Leader:
Even if you cant enjoy best sel1E
lers," said the meditative person.
there are books I'M the running
brooks. you know, Eyes" replied
Miss Cayenne; ""but even the brooks
are getting dryer every gear
Washington Star.
"Can you support my. child?9 asked
the old man, sternly. Support her
r ,o,1d orDnorf ynur whoJc forof1vpS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
RAISED ABOVE SUSPICION:

Sir Hesketh Bell, the Governor of Uganda, recently wrote a n interest
ing report of his tour through the eastern districts of that part of Africa.
He gave an amusing account of the careful precautions taken by the elders
Of the Bakedi in dealing with the youths and bachelors of the tribe: A
though the majority OF the Bakedi so about in a state of absolute nudity, a
desire for clothing is steadily growing among them" he says. "Unfor-
tunateiy. clothes lea less morals The Baganda, who ave always
been greatly addicted to wearing apparel, are of notorlously lax habits while
among the Kavirondo, the Bakedi and all the unchthed Nhotc triDes 3
aotable degree of morality is found to exist. A sharp eye is Kept OF To-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
TITLE ~ ~
lEPICURE'S
CORNER ~
Finnish Eggs.

For Finnish eggs, cream together
a tablespoonful Of butter and a table
spoonful of flour and stir into a cup
full Of canned tomatoes and add a
tablespoonful Of minced green pepper.
Cook the mixture over hot water for
a quarter of an hour. Meanwhile
poach three eggs and toast three
slices of bread. Put an egg on each
slice and turn the sauce over them.
Sprinkle with a tablespoon Of minced
chives and serve very hot.-New York
Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Andy's Punishment.

If the American people ever start in
to square accounts with the big men
who have been having fun with the
public the way with Andy Carnegie
will be easy-give him back all his
libraries. - Tip. in the New, York
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

ing in money to families who do not
have enough little members to make
a crib a paying and more or less per-
manent investment. A crib is of no
use after a child is old enough to
sleep without accident, and the gate
here described solves the problem
of how to get along without them
without cribs, that Standardization"
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
BaII-Joint Pudding Stirrer.

Puddings, cereals, mush n such
foods require constant and thorough
stirring to prevent burning. The
contents of a boiler or other utensil
must be thoroughly turned during the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
AII-Metal dashboard.

An all-metal washboard of an m
proved design has recently been in
vented by a New York man. The
two primary advantages of the board
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20
Our Main Need,

what do you think of this en-
dowed theatre?"
II don't know anything about it.
What we want is an endowed slaugh-
ter-house. louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

.Gs%
POPULAR POPULAR W

For mixing concrete a spade has
been invented with long, oval holes
in the blade, the perforations allow
ing the finer cement to flow through
and give the face a finer finish.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

bachelors. The Northern Bakedi take amusing precautions with regard to
the latter. All the young unmarried men are made to sRep in specially
constructed hts raised high up on posts: The doors of these hus arr SO
small that the occupants have to wriggle in o n their stomachs Access IS
gained only by a ladder, which is carefully removed al SOC as thu young
men have been safely disposed of for the night. Twas told that among some
oft the tribes fine ashes ar strewn under these human pigeon cotes sc that
teu-tale footprints would indicate any attempt at a nocturnal excursion
If will be noted in or drawing that one of the Bakedi elders is engaged In
strewing the ashes underneath the hut-The Illustrated London News
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

sued. The egg was somewhat above
the average size, but no other abnor-
NAL feature was noticed.
One of the longest. wharves in the
world, almost a mile in length, or to
be exact, 400 feet, is at Port Los
Angeles, Cal. It extends into the Pa
ciic in a long serpentine curve. The;
reason for this construction, says the
Scientific American, is that it offers
better resistance to the strong cur
rents and the buffetings of the waves
than if it were perfectly straight.
Until the nearby harbor Of San Pc
dro was developed by the Federal
Government the big wharf at Port
Los Angeles was a very busy place,
but of late it is comparatively seldom
used except by the Japanese fisher
men, who have formed a colony along
the adjacent beach.
It is computed that the tempera-
ture of the sun would be expressed
by $4,000 degrees Of F~ahrenheit's
thermometer or about ninety times
the temperature Of boiling water
This is about five times the tempera-
ture that man is able to produce by
artificial means. The light given off
from the surface of the sun is reck-
oned as being $500 times more in
tense than that of the molten metal in
a, Bessemer converter, though that
Is of an almost binding brilliancy.
Or, if we compare it with the oxy-
hydrogen fame. the sun sheds a light
equal in brilliance to a light Jas
times the intensity of the limelight.
New York American.
In connection with a recent demand
Of German nurserymen for seeds OF
the Montana larch, to be planted in
Germany, the curious fact Is brought
out that white-pine seedlings are to
be imported from Germany to be
planted in the province of Ontario,
Canada. Now the white pine is. in
digenous to America, and was trans
planted to Europe many years ago,
to reinforce the forests there. 1t has
flourished so we'll in the Old World
that it now appears that the German
nurserymen are able to deliver white
pine seedlings on this side of the
ocean more cheaply than American
nurserymen will furnish them. The
interchange Of trees among the vari-
Gus continents is a most interesting
development Of modern civilization.
Besides the white pine, Europe has
taken from us the Douglas fir and the
black walnut, and we have taken the
eucalyptus from Australia and the
Norway spruce and Scotch and Aus
trian pine from Europe.
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Eggs with two yolks occur not I'M
commonly, but eggs with three yolks
are exceptionally rare. Such an egg
was recently laid by a barred Ply
mouth Rock pullet at the Maine Ex-
pertinent Station, and is described in
some detail in a bulletin recently is
sued. The egg was somewhat above
the average size, but no other abnor-
NAL feature was noticed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

: Englishmen eat, on an averages
ninety-fve eggs a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

covered that he wrote the Conquered
Banner" there-the old lady in whose
home he resided at the time still
lives-and a small club Is honorins
itself and the city by erecting a
bronze tablet proclaiming this fact to
the world.
Margaret Preston, of Lexington,
KY, was undoubtedly the best woman
poet Of America. Lexington evidently
is not aware Of this. John Reuben
Thompson, born at Richmond and
|. educated at the University of Vir-
GINA, the author of our most famous
brief verse narrative of war. Music
in Camp" is just as much neglected.
Mississippi's poet, Irwin Russell, in his
christmas Night in the Quarters"
as truly wrote the epic of Southern
life as Whittier, in his "Snow-Bound,"
wrote the epic Of New England life.
Both poems grow more famous as
the years pass; but what a difference
in the honors to their authors! Port
Gibson was Russell's birthplace and
the hut of a poor Irish washwoman in
New Orleans his deathplace; the
stone marking either is not yet
carved.
An old Scotch was led up
to see q great shaft to Burns mem
DRY. Long she looked at it and then
exclaimed: Aye aye, he asked we
for bread and we gave him a stone!"
Scant was the bread W. gave these
workers while living; al we not
afford them a. stone in death?-Uncle
Remus's Home Magazine.
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LEST WI
Author OF "A History of Southern Literature"
Picker and Other PoenS, Etc.
try CARL HOLIDAY, Nj. A.,

~Confederacy remains to this day un-
marked.
The most famous graduate of Mer-
Ger University and the mos amou
professor in the University Of Georgia
was undoubtedly Richard Malcolm
Johnston. He was born near Powell
ton, Ca, and the Dukesborough of
his famous stories is Powelton; but
you will look in vain at Mercer, Ath-
ems or Powelton for recognition of,
these facts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-07-20

LyTlC OIL ACClOQ was WRITTEN, the
house which almost daily received
letters from Longfeuow, Bayard Tay-
lor, Tennyson and Swinburne, the
house that should have become a lit
erary shrine of the South, has be-
come, instead, the habitation Of a
motley collection of blacks! If
"Copse Hill" had been near Boston
but comparisons are odious.
Author Of Battle-Song Uniionored.
There lived and died neal Column
bus, Ga, a quiet country physician
named Francis Ticknor, the author
of a ballad the equal Of any in the
English language:
"Out Of the focal and foremost fire
Out Of the hospitals walls as dire
Smitten of grape.shot and gangrene-
Eighteenth battle and he sixteen,
Little Gifen of Tennessee"
Poe. it is said. wronged him by
using his poetic ideay and actual
words without giving credit; but has
not Columbus wronged him far more
by its utter neglect? And why is Au-
gusta, Ga, so slow in its support of
a movement to honor the author of
the greatest battle-song of the South
maryland. My Maryland?" If a
New Englander had written as stir
ring a lyric as that. a pillar to his
memory ere this would have touched
the clouds! Randall pointed out in
the ruins of Poydras College, Pointe
Coupee, La. the very spot where on
that stormy night he wrote that cry
to arms; the spot awaits in vain a
fitting memorial. The room in Balti-
more where two young women put
that lyric to music and gave it to the
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-08
hilISbOrO Every Dirty"

Insurance men have said that Hills
boro is described as every dirty" in
the rate book Of the Inspection Bureau
and that this is the cause of the high
rate for fire insurance here.
An inspection of Hillsboro will be
made next spring.
Even If the people of Hillsboro do
not care enough about having having
their insurance rates lowered, civic
pride should cause them to clean up
so that the town will not again be
advertised as being Every dirty" 1t
is disgrace to the town to have it so
described.
A dirty man is never very progress
sive and dirty town will not make
any very rapid strides That Hillsboro
is described as Every dirty" is due to
the carelessness and negligence of a
few of our citizens and it is not right
that the balance Of the people should
be compelled to suffer in a financial
way on their account and also bear
the disgrace of being called "very
dirty"
The move on the part Of The Busi-
ness Mems Association to have Hills
boro made spotless town should re
cieVe earnest support Of every good
citizen and If there are any citizens Of
the town who are too lazy or just
naturally dirty some way should be
found to make them clean up.
There is no reason why Hillsboro
should not be described after the next
inspection in the rate book as Every
clean" instead of 'very dirty" and
this should be the aim of every good
citizen.
People generally despise dirty per-
son and a town that is very dirty must
have a lot Of dirty people living In it.
Cleanliness is as necessary for town
as 1t is for person. We must "clean
up"
We were ashamed to state these
facts about Hillsboro. But 1t takes a
lot of soap to clean very dirty person
and we believe that the same is true
Of dirty town and we believe that
publicity is the best brand of soap TO
use on dirty town.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-08
Let the Children Coast.

When we were boys, we thought the
meanest man that lived was the one
who threw ashes on his pavement
when the coasting was good or would
not let us coast on his pavement and
we have never changed our opinion.
There is no more charming sight
than crowd Of carefree, happy child
rem coasting. The music Of their
shouts and laughter is the sweetest
ever made. Joy seems to just bubble
forth from their souls.
And then for some man to come out
and throw ashes on the coasting place
or order them away. See the sadness
take the place of mirth, the disap-
pointment written on each face and
the hatred and bitterness that enters
each little heart. Surely there Is
something wrong with such man.
Can he have forgotten the pleasure it
gave him to coast "bellybuster" when
he was boy or is he one of those
abnormal creatures who never really
was boy or is his soul so small and
has it become so warped by seltishness
that the noise and laughter annoys
him? or course where the coasting is
best there it is sllckest and there Is
danger OF one getting fall but it is
very little trouble to walk around
these places and if one does get fall
unless he is old and infirm, what
matters it?
There is, of course, some danger of
the children getting hurt but that is
true of every sport Of young people.
Sprained limbs, broken bones, bruised
bodies and sore shins are part of the
childhood of every healthy normal
American youth and as few accidents
happen TO children coasting as any
other way.
If the children want TO coast on
your pavement don't scrape the snow
OIL or throw ashes on 1t. Walk around
the slippery places and let some of the
music and mirth of the children drive
away some of the cares Of your life.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-08
Can you believe your senses /?

Can you believe your senses :?
When two OF them, taste and smell,
having been impaired, If not utterly
destroyed by Nasal Catarrh, are fully
restored by Ely's Cream Balm, can
you doubt that this remedy deserves
all that has been said of it by the
thousands who have used ii? 1t is
applied directly to the affected air
passages and begins its healing work
at once. Why not get 1t today All
druggists or mailed by Ely Bros, 81
Warren Street, New York, on receipt
Of so cents.