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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
AIRSHIP T A ON
LONDON TOO EXPENSIVE.
cost of Destroying the City Would
Be Twenty Thousand Million DOL
lars, 1t is Estimated.

Arnold Lupton, the Member of
Parliament for Sleaford, and a we'll
known engineering and scientific au-
thority, has been making a series OF
calculations in regard to the POSSIBLE
tty of an aerial fleet destroying Lon
don, which should do a great deal to
allay the senseless panic which has
been so evident Of late.
ITO destroy London with explo-
sives carried in aeroplanes or air
ships" says MI. Lupton, would cost
the attacking nation $20,000,000,-
0OO."
This is how he works it out:
"An aeroplane as at present con-
~structed could not carry more than
200 pounds Of dynamite. 1t would
need 10000 pounds of the explosive
to destroy the Bank of England, and
therefore fifty aeroplanes would be
necessary for that exploit alone, as
Stunning that every charge of dynamite
dropped hit it's mark. ~
ITO lay waste the Royal Exchange
would require twenty-five more aero
planes, and another dozen for the
Mansion House.
eff we take the case Of airships,"
says Mr.. Lupton, "it would need six
Zeppelins to wreck the Bank Of Eng
land. To effect the destruction of
every square of London 10000
bombs of fifty pounds each would
have to be dropped, or for the whole
of London 100000 bombs. That is,
providing that every one hit it's mark,
which would be impossible to vessels
moving in midair. The number would
probably be nearer 100000.
"To carry these explosives a fleet of
zoe, 1000 Zeppelins would have to sail
unopposed over London. The idea is
unthinkable."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
The Modern Visiting Card.

While it would be difficult 10 say
lust when visiting cards were first
used, we are quite certain of the fact
that they are not of very ancient date.
Apparently they we're adopted in Eng
lish society before they were gener-
ally used on the Continent. 1t was
probably about 100 that they came
into fashion in Great Britain, and it
was as late as 1870 when they were
introduced in Paris. 1t appears that
the first visiting cards we're regular
playing cards, the backs CT which
we're used for the address.-Chicago
Examiner. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Memory in the
VEGETABLE World.

The savant Pieron devotes consid-
cradle space in the Revue Philoso-
phique to the part played by men,
DRY in biological rhythms" in the
vegetable and animal world.
Many plants open and close their
flowers at fixed, OF nearly fixed,
hours; other plants hold their leaves
in certain curious positions at given
hours daily. These moments are
called by botanists nyctitropic and
are attributed to the effects Of a
change, or changes, in the intensity
of light.
But there are other and very i'm
portant factors. For example, men,
DRY must be listed as one of the
causes of the change Of position in
the flowers as we'll as in the green
leaves of vegetable growth. The
bean is a notable illustration of this
established fact. I'm the bean," says
Pieron, there exists a very tenacious
tendency to rhythm, the rhythmic
periods being of twelve hour period.
lefty. If the bean plant is set in a
dark place eighteen hours and then
set in artificial light eighteen hours
the plant holds its leaves in a certain
position, demonstrating a foliage
rhythm of thirty-six hours.
AFTER subjecting the plant to al.
ternate light and darkness, if the
plant is left in the light the leaves
continue their rhythmic play during
thirty-six hours, but when thirty-six
hours have passed, instead of meas
uring it's leaf movements by periods
of thirty-six hours the plant stands
perfectly still for a time and then re-
turns to its original twelve hour
movements. Thus the bean shows
the phenomenon of persistence in the
old habit recalled by memory"
To quote the learned Pieron: 1.-THE
bean plant presents the phenomena
of persistence by individual acquisi-
ton"
Instances of the same kind Of in
dividual acquisition are noted in the
animal world. They lead to the in.
ference that 'in biological rhythm
the Intervention of hereditary per.
~sistence is far from being the rule;
it is, in the majority of cases, doubt
full. But the facts of individual &C.
QUESTION, actions incontestibly due to
memory, are frequent and extremely
clear, and they ere seen from the
highest to the lowest beings in the
scale of the creation"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
An Apartment House Appetizer.

Zone Of those miserable rainy
nights last week." said the Harlemite,
when I entered the house I was
greeted with a strong odor of fried
onions, and being wet and hungry, ]
shifted with approval.
MY, but those onions smell good, "
I said to the animated piece of bronze
that runs our elevator.
"Yessir, they do; several people
have admired those onions tonight
already-even ben calm up on de
phone about 'em."-New York
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
HOW tn Wash Lace.

Except where The lace is mace up
with colored material and it becomes
advisable to try cleaning, washing is
more satisfactory, and many kinds Of
lace will emerge nearly as good as
new. To begin with, make necessary
repairs, else there is danger Of small
holes becoming large ones. For the
washing make a lathsr by %shreddine
plain, white soap intD boiling water,
and when this has somewhat cooled
dip the lace in, moving it up and
down and pressing AMI half squeezing
it until the dirt is cut. Avoid any
rubbing, for the delicate threads snap
easily. Rinse in several tepid waters.
For ironing use a soft blanket folded
several times and covered with a soft
white material, lay the lace on, this
right side down, and turn the white
covering up over it. Press lightly
with a moderately hot iron until fair
ly dry, then iron the wrong side OF
the lace itself, keeping the edges in
good shape, threads Straight, ETC., un-
til quite dry. Should the lace be in a
length, it may be wound around a
bottle or jar, the edges being pulled
out during the winding, and the ends
secured by small pins, then left to
dry. A collar should be spread out
on a towel, each point pinned down
in it's proper place; the towel may be
lung up by two corners and the collar
left to dry. Irish crochet and similar
laces which need no %stiffening should
always be treated by this method
Lucy Lee, in the Boston Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Balloonacy.

There's always room at the top
for a balloon.
The difference between a balloon
and an automobile is that a balloon
may pass over a million people at full
speed and not hurt one of them.
A chauffeur may be naughty, but a
balloon driver is aeronauty.
However n may be d%ispleased
with a balloon, he doesn't want to
take a fall out of it,"
One kind of airship is all Wright
". J. hampton, in Lippincott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
EBfgAHovsEHolpyM zN2
&ly9eRmt saD ue~
Whisk Broom in Sink.

A small whisk broom kept in the
kitchen sink is an invaluable ally in
saving the housekeeper's hands.
Wash all your pots and pans with
1t. It removes sticky substances
much more easily than a cloth and
makes it unnecessary to put your
hands in the water during the process.
When you have tried one you will
wonder how you ever got on with
out it.-Mrs. R. w. Mack, in Boston
Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20

Wow!
Pm only a cow,
But say, ~,
By hay!
I'm a power in the land
b. And I take my stand
With the Eagle Bird, and don't
BOOST high?
Why?
Listen: I'm beef; beef's meat, g,
And that's a real treat 90;
These days of lofty prices
When cost of Eving's such
1t hard-hits everybody
And puts them all in Dutch
And milk? ,
Amt that finer than silk?
And amt I
The source of supply?
And butter?
Well, that's too utterly utter
For any but the richest,
p. And don't they have to be
As humble az the ~humblest?
Or get nc goods from me?
Sure they do.
On your t~rolleyloo!
Oh, I'm the stuff,
And yet it is not enough. r..
Why?
Oh, me! Oh, my!
I mourn amidst my plenty,
Drape sackcloth on my legs,
And sigh and weep
p And lose my sleep
Because I don't lay eggs. -
Wow! B.
. Amt that tough on the gentle cow? y
j. hampton, inthe New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Radium and Cancer.

up to the present." said Sir Will
lam Ramsay in a recent lecture, lit
has been said radium cures cancer. ]
do not think it by any means certain;
l think it exceedingly doubtful, but
it has not been rightly tried, and all
we can say is that there have been
things done which are favorable to
that suggestion. Eut. although we
may postpone decision with regard
to cancer, there a be no postpone"
ment as to rodent ulcer. 1t is a Ger.
tain cure for that. There has not
been a single case of failure, except
when the disease had spread to an
awful extent before treatment was
hegun."-London Letter to the New
York Medical Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Ruling Spirit Strong.

Instances of the ruling passion
strong in death are very common. 1t
is said of DR.. Orne, the great English
composer, that he died in the middle
of a conversation on some musical
matter, trying with his last breath to
sing a passage the meaning of which
he was too exhausted to explain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Disadvantage.

Don't You realize that you are
financially handicapped by bad
roads,"
"Of course we realize it, answered
Farmer C%orntossel. mo AUTOMOBILE
ist dares travel fast enough to give
us an excuse for collectin' a fne."-
Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Not Her.

The Doctor-"Mrs. Murphy, you
must be at your husbands side con-
stantly, as you will need to hand him
something every little while"
Mrs. Murphy "Niver, doctorH
Fur be it from me to hit a man whin
he's doWn!"-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Good Idea.

This young cub calls on my
daughter every evening of the week."
why don't o kick him into the
middle of next week."
Il guess that's the only way to
make him miss a few nights" -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20

ouGGCE oSOtSi3-I ~ 3AIo q u
pan one cup of brown sugar, a scant
half cup of water and a tablespoon
full of vinegar. Boil ten minutes and
add two ounces of butter and con
tinue boiling until e drop becomes
brittle in cold water. Pour in
creased tins and break irregular
pieces when cold.
Mock Cherry Pie-Cover the bot
tom of a pie plate with paste; reserve
enough for upper crust. For filing
use one cup of cranberries, cut in
halves, half cup ~raisins, seeded and
cut in pieces, three-quarter cup Of
sugar, one tablespoonful -four, lump
of butter size OF walnut; bake thirty
minutes in moderate oven.
Kentucky Beaten Biscuits-Take
one quart Of -four, one tablespoonful
OF lard, a pinch of salt, sufficient Wa
ter to make a stiff dough. Work and
beat (run through a meat grinder six
or seven times is better and easieT)
until it blisters and becomes soft.
Roll out half an inch thick, stick with
| a fork in the centre of each, and bake
in a quick oven.
. Cold Water Sponge Cake-Beat the
yolks of three eggs, and one and a
half cupfuls of sugar. one t~easpoonful
Of lemon extract or one tablespoonful
Of lemon juice, and half cupful OF
cold water. Sift two ~teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder with two cupfuls of
-four. Add to the mixture and fold
in the whites of three eggs beaten
stiff. Bake in a long, shallow pan or
in q round tubed tin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Plain as Day.

"And the chicken wire screen in
'front.' ventuTed the girl timidly,
what can that be for?'
ITO keep the fouls out" answered
the innocent wit, proving that a man
never knows when he may lose a
friend.-Kansas City Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
A Determined Suitor.

Nervous Suitor-"I-er-wish to
marry your daughter, sir"
Parent-"Well, my boy, hadn't Z
you better see her mother frst?"
Nervous Suitor-"I have, and-er
Ell still wish to marry your
daughter."-Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Historical Evidence.

Gibbs What makes you think
they had theatres in Pharaoh's timer"
Dibs - Didn't Joseph's brethren
remove him from the family circle
and put him in the pit?"-Tit-Bits
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
The Names Against Him.

= Mehoopany (Pa.) man went into
a cave and slew a bear single handed.
OF course, he's a hero all right, but
it is going to bother Fame a good
deal to remember that he halls from
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Plain Deal
mr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
The Rest Cure.

"Why do you make that patient
/ wait three hours every day in your
a~nteroom?"
He needs rest" explained the doc
tor, land that is the only way I can
compel him to take t."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Bargain MatineeS.

IT think a few bargain matinees
might go we'll" :
"At what prices?"
"Oh, forty-nine cents ought to
make an attractive Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Tied to the Track.

"Then you think that motorme1
are more cautious than chaufeurs?"
They have to be. They can't
swerve if the pedestrian loses his
charlottesville Courier-Journal. /
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
The Free List.

The President was making out in
vitations to the tariff dinner.
That's my personal free list" he
remarked, with a chuckle.-Phila-
deJphia Public Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Money.

How would you like to be AmeriI
cas- poet laureate?" T.
IT couldn't afford the honor. I am
already poet laureate of a prosperous
bean packery."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20
Dropping Bolts.

Dropping Bolts.
Every notable invention alters
our language"
That's right. Bolts from the blue
may get to be very common when air.
ships come n."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-04-20

Our coal shipments to Canada
Jumped one million dollars last year
oYer the preceding records.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
SCORES WAR FORCES.
Brigadier General Smith Says Army
and Navy Are insufficient.

New York, June 29.-Brigadier Cen
eral Joseph H. Smith, retired, who re-
Gently returned froulss a tour of the
world, sprung an unpleasant surprise
on his old associates in the army and
navy today in q long interview in
which he declared that the United
States is wholly unprepared for war.
He was discussing the possibility of
war with Japan and the probable out
come of such war.
81 think there is little probability Of
trouble he said, "but if it comes, our
army wholly is unprepared and our
Eavy is by no means ready. 1 nope to
heaven such war never comes. 1 am
one of those soldiers who don't wan-
war.
Nevertheless, I believe the best way
to prevent war is to be prepared. Now,
how about our army? The people won t
let US have enough soldiers to be of
any use. If war comes with Japan,
the Japanese would grab the Philippines
and Sandwich islands before we could
army to hold 1hese islands and we have
tC send our troops $4,000 miles to get
them there. Once we lost our Pacific
islands, we never could get them back.
LAS for the navy, our ships are all
right. but our idea of battle is differ
ent from the japanese idea. They are
as fanatical as Moslems and believe
that every soldier killed in battle goes
straight to heaven. They think moth
ing of sinking a ship. The men would
go to the bottom singing Hosana. Why,
If an American general sacrificed his
men the japanese commanders
slaughtered theirs at Port Arthur,
there would not be a general Is min
utes.
."Thaak heaven there is little proba-
bflity of war. To be sure the people
Of the west coast are bitter toward
Japan, but Japan has her hands full
with Korea just now and is in no fin
ancial condition to understand another
war. Then, too, the statesmen of the
two governments are getting to under
stand each other quite we'll and any
trouble that comes up is likely to be
settled by diplomacy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
THEIR BODIES FOUND.
Two Midshipmen and Woman Are
Drowned at Annapolis.

Annapolis, Nd, June 29.-Standing
erect in the waters of the Severn river,
the body of Mrs. Marie Rowyer, daugh-
ter-in-law of superintendent Bowyer of
morning some hours after the resump-
ton of a search which cor ntinued long
after dark last night.
Stretched at her feet upon the river
bottom were the bodies of Midshipmen
Grisbie Thomas of Union Point. Ca,
and Sherman M. Mason of Newport,
R. 1.
Less than "a hours before the find
ing of their bodies. the three had set
sail from the naval academy in half
across the river. There thev had
donned bathing suits. to which Mrs.
Bowyer added a long cloak, which still
covered her when her body was
brought to the surface. Entering the
saiiboat they went toward the mouth
of tho river to another beach.
Though this is within sight of the
naval academy. no one knows just
what happened there. The trio not
returning to lunch. search was insti-
tuted yesterday afternoon. and the sail
boat, empty save for some pieces of
200 yards from shore and about half
that distance from the spot where the
bodies were found. 5s....-------
Small boats from the naval academy
searched the waters and a company of
marines patrolled adjacent shores un-
| til long after dark last night The
search to locate the bodies was re
sumed at O'Clock this morning. Hosts
of fishermen had Joined the academy
| torpedo boats and launches in the
search and it was one of those. Will
lam Branzel, whose graphing hook
found the bodies in about six feet OF
water. The bodies were brought al
once to the academy dock
Superintendent Bowyer appointed a
ravaI board of inquiry. Coroner J. N.
Davis of Annapolis, after viewing the
bodies, declared it to be clearly case
of accidental drowning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
PARKER ALMOST HIT.
Bullet Whizzes Close to For.
mer Presidential Candidate.

New York, June 29.-Judge Alton B.
Parker's friends have learned of his
narrow escape from the bullet of an
infur1ated negro, who was battling
with a mob on Madison avenue. Judge
Parker had been a passenger on a car
following behind the one on which the
negro had ouarreled with the conduc-
tor and started a small riot. The for
mer presidential candidate had stepped
off his car and was watching the ex-
element when there was a pistol shot
and bullet whizzed by
Plato ]. Jerrey, a hotel proprietor
at beach resort. is the negro whom
the police charge fired the shot. He
was aiming, they say, at the crowd of
men and boys who pursued him for
his assault on the conductor. Thescon-
ductor had declined to accept the
transfer offered by Jerrey on the
ground that it was old, whereupon the
negro started to argue and a fight en-
sued. Only one shot was fired, as
Jerrey was quickly overpowered.
Judge Parker would not enter a
complaint against Jerrey, saying he
had not been hit and did not see the
man fire the shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
| WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
An Organization Has Been Formed
Designed to Find Out.

Washington, June 29.-The Demo-
cratic Federation of the United States
of America has been launched, the
central idea of which accordin~ to the
official pronunciamento is a federation
of organizations throughout the coun-
try, composed of Democrats, that shall
stand for the needed Improvement in
the system of party government and
other progressive issues. One of its
purposes will be to select in each state
and in the nation by postal vote "only
those issues upon which public senti-
ment is agreed or can readily be
brought to an agreement" Candidates
in the respective states and in the ma
ton are then to be Systematically
questioned on these issues and their
replies published to the members of
the party.
Among the Democrats who have
originated this movement are United
States Senators Owen of Oklahoma,
Newlands of Nevada, and Chamberlain
of Oregon: former Vice President
Stevenson of Illinois, twenty members
of congress from various states.
Democrot editors and others promi-
nent in the party.
George H. Shibley of the District of
Columbia is the secretary of the feder-
alton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
GLIDDENITE AN HEIR.
Driver to Get Fortune of
$1,5OO,OOO.

Des Moines, Ia. June 29.-Word has
been received here from Chicago that
Rudolph J. Faas, driving a car in the
Glidden tour, has fallen heir to a for
tune of $1,5O0,O00 through the death
of his grandfather, Rudolph A. Faas
of wortemburg, Germany. The news
found no more surprised man than
Faas himself.
SCI certainly have a grandfather in
Germany" he said, "and I also expect
ed to get little something from him,
but I never dreamed of anything like
this My grandfather and my father
were not always the best of friends, and
1 long have been in line for some of
his estate. My father is his only liv-
ing child.
"I received a letter from my grand
father about two months ago and he
told me he was sick, but I had no idea
that he was near death. There is
something ironical about this piece of
good luck. Right now I have just $40
in my pocket. Isn't it joke to be worth
a million and a half and have only
s20?"
Faas' grandfather formerly was
chief forester to Emperor William and
through his royal patron made his for
tune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
MAKES 1T BETTER.
The Testimony Regarding Bleached
Flour Grows Stronger.

Kansas City. Mo-. June 29.-Support-
ing the contention of the miIlers that
bleaching flour does not injure the di-
gestibility or bread making qualities of
the product, several witnesses testified
at the bleached flour trial in the fed
eral court here today.
Robert R. Clark, miller of St.
Joseph, testified that bleaching i'm
proved the color and food value of
flour.
Pierce Butler, of st. Paul, for the
government, asked the witness why he
did not stop selling unb1eached -four if
bleaching increased its food value. The
witness said some customers demanded
unbleached -four.
DR.. F. w. Away of the University
of Nebraska. and Prof. J. T. Willard
of the State Agricultural college Of
Kansas, testified regarding experiments
they had made tending to show that
the bleaching process does not injure
flour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
AIRSHIP A WRECK
Count Zeppelin's Craft Lands in
Tree Tops.
Caught in a Storm on It's Third
Voyage.
NOBODY WAS INJURED.
One Motor Stopped and the Ben
zine Gave Out.
Carried 33 Passengers When
Accident Occurred.
NOBODY WAS INJURED

Dusseldorf, Germany, June 29.-Count
Zeppelin's passenger airship Deutsch
land, the highest developed of all the
famous aeronauts' models, lies on top
OF the Teutonborgian forest, pierced
with pine tree stems, mass of def1a-
ted silk and twisted aluminium. Thirty
three passengers aboard the airship
when 1t rested on the pines after a wild
contest with a storm, escaped uninjur-
ed. climbing down from the wreck on
a rope ladder to the tree tops.
Herr Colesmapn, general manager of
the new airship company, Chief Engi-
reer Duers of the Zeppelin company.
and Captain Wanneberg, who person
ally had charge of the crew of 10 and