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Government Whitswash.

Government whitewash Is made by
Stacking half q. bushel Of lime In boil
ing water, keeping 1t covered during
the process; then strain and add a peck
Of salt dissolved in warm water, three
pounds Of ground rice put in boiling
water and boiled to thin paste, one
half pound Of Spanish whiting and
pound Of clear glue dissolved in warm
water. Mix these well together and
let the mixture stand for several days.
Keep the wash thus prepared in q ket-
tie or portable furnace and when using
have it as hot az possible. e.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
NAMES FOR WARSHIPS.
National PseuIiarities Displayed In
Choice of Vessels Titles.

National PscuIiarities Displayed In
Choice of Vessels' Titles.
One Of the ways nationalities have
Of displaying their peculiarities Is In
the naming of their battleships. The
United States, systematic and business
like, goes TO work and uses up all the
names Of its states to paint on the
sides Of its greyhounds Of the sea.
Great Britain, self appointed mistress
of the waves, does not propose to have
that majesty challenged. So she goes
ahead and defies the world with such
hair raising names as Revenge, 1ndom-
table, Infexible, Invincible, Implaca-
BILE, Indefatigable, Victorious, Glory,
Vengeance, Valiant Conqueror, Mon
arch, Thunderer, Colossus, Hercules.
Jupiter, Mars. Caesar, Hannibal. Lion.
Tiger, and so on.
Germany adheres to names Of places
places in the fatherland, of course
thus proclaiming the characteristic ma
tional love of the home country.
France, full Of love for freedom and
the things which make for human hap
piness, finds her most characteristic
warship names in words which trans.
lated would be Truth, Justice, Democ
racy, Republic.
Italy, adorer Of her great men In
craftsmanship, war, science and the
arts, names war boats after Columbus.
julius Caesar, Andrea Doria, Conte di
Cavour, Leonardo da Vinci and Dante
Alighieri.
To be convinced that these customs
Of christening are peculiarly national
one needs only to shuttle some Of these
names. Imagine US in America stand
ing for a battleship named Indefatiga.
BILE! Or imagine the name Of Sweet.
est Shakespeare" emblazoned on the
PROV of one of England's glowering
fortresses Of the sea!-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Eskimo Beliefs.

.Eskimos believe that earth and air
are filed with spirits. The one drags
men. into the earth by the feet, from
which they never emerge, the other
strikes men dead, leaving no mark.
They often stop and listen and. say
that Tuna of the wind is passing by.
imagining that the air Is full of voices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
His Great Scheme.

... II have solved the crowded car prob
lemw exclaimed the jubilant street
railway man.
"HowW
"We'll put phonograph in each car
and keep it playing The Star Spangled
Banner Then everybody'n' have to
stand up."-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Our Near Neighbors.

Mother-Don't you know, darling,
that we are commanded to love our
neighbors? Little One-Yes, an I
s'pose that's cause we can get along
with most everybody else.-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Hs Know the Symptoms.

"Steward. how long will it be before
We reach port?"
about two hours, ma'am."
: "Oh, dear, l shall die before thenT
every likely. ma'am. But you'll be
all right again when you've been
ashore q little while."-Boston Tran.
script.
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Too Big a pill.

whats that thing, doc?"
"That's the medicine ball I bought
you"
"Then I'm afraid there Is no hope
for me-"
"Why not?
II never can swallow that"-Youngs-
town Telegram.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Dome Of the Capitol.

The original dome Of the capitol In
Washington was made Of wood. COW
cred with copper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

Both man and woman kind belle
their nature when they are not kind
Bailey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

Commsn sense u In spite Of. not the
result Of education.-Victor Hugo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
Fireworks.

Fireworks are said to have been first
used in Europe In the city Of Florence
In 1890.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

More people succumb to worry than
to the things they worry about
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
CARE IN TABLE DECORATION
People as a Rule Don't Like to Play
Peek-a-Boo at Dinner, Says
Miss Holman.

A few flowers are in good taste and
add charm to the dining table but the
whole greenhouse or garden should
not be used. They shouldn't fairly
scream out for attention, asserts Miss
Araminta Holman, instructor in home
art.
Decorations should always add
beauty to the article which they deco
rate" says Miss Holman. 1.-THE fow-
ers that are dainty, delicate and SPAR
ingly used are attractive on the table
in the dining o A small fern is
appropriate. The flowers are of less
Importance than the food, the dishes
and the silver. One or two flowers are
usually enough, properly arranged.
''Their tops should not be higher
than the tallest dish on the table
Persons seated for the dinner should
not have to play peek-a-boo around q
tall vase of flowers"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
COMMITTEE REPORTS REsoLU.
TON PROVIDING DISCHARGE
OF eUARDsMEN HAVING DE-
PENDENT FAMILIES.
TO DEMAND DISAV0WAL
OF CARRlZAL ATTACK
President Expected to Order oeoupa.
tion of Most of Northern Mexico 10
Carranza Admits 6lame-Ameri-
cans Deliberately Led In
Trap Officials Believe.

Washington, June 26.-Stripped Of
its s. 1000, 900 relief provision for fam
lilies of militiamen, the senate military
committee has ordered favorably re-
ported the Hay resolution adopted by
the house to authorize drafting the ma
tional guard into the service of the
United States. A substitute for the
relief provisions directs that militia
men having dependent families should
be discharged at once.
An attempt Immediately to pay the
national guardsmen on the Mexican
frontier $50 a month failed after q Bit
ter debate in which 1t was charged the
proposal would make mercenaries Of
the militiamen.
Close to Breaking Point.
Washington, June 26.-Relations be-
tween the United States and the de
facto government of Mexico are close
to the breaking point as a result Of
the apparently we'll founded belief that
American c~avalrymen were massacred
at Carrizal by Carranza soldiers.
Secretaries Robert Lansing and
IN6MLOA ~ OuhCl WOIV OaILS at 6AO
White House comforting with Presi-
dent Wilson. They refused to talk
for publication after the conference.
Consider Retaliatory Measures.
1t is known that the possibility Of
drastic retaliatory action against the
Mexican forces in Chihuahua were CIV
en- grave consideration.
II the Carranza government accepts
responsibility for the attack at Carrizal
1t is considered virtually certain by
officials that occupation Of most Of
northern Mexico will be ordered by
President Wilson to take place as rap
idly as the necessary military forces
can be placed at the disposal Of Gen
eral Funston.
Action must await further reports
from General Pershing. Latest dis.
patches indicate the loss of life was
not as great as had been feared.
To Send uItimatum.
1t is believed the first act Of the
Washington government when fuller
information is at hand will be to de
mand reputation of the Carrizal at
tack by the Carranza government
Preliminary reports have convinced OF
fcials here that the American troops
were deliberately led into a trap. Thu
only question remaining to be settled
1t is indicated, is whether the Carran
"a government ordered the attack o
whether it was the work of a subordi
nate officer.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
TASTE OF "HoME COOKING"
Woman Who Lives In Apartment Car
Have II II She VIII Do a Lit
tie Planning.

Many a woman living in a two-room-
and-bath apartment and taking ner
meals in an adjoining public dining
room yearns at times for something
Homemade" and delicious; chocolate
layer cake, for instance; or scalloped
oysters, or old-fashioned molasses
cake, or soda biscuit, tender and pip
ing hot, and made rich with a little
shortening. One woman condemned
as she expresses ito live in a lux
urious hotel apartment most of the
year, satisfies her housewifely in
stincts by getting Sunday-night tea in
her own apartment by aid of a chatting
dish, a coffee pe%rcolator and a one
burner gas stove with a little oven
about as big as a baby's hatbox.
It is surprising how many d~electable
things can be baked in this absurd lit
tie oven. Out of it come small layer
cakes, pans of light biscuit, toothsome
little drop cakes, small pans of piping
hot Sally Lunn and rich gingerbread
for the Sunday night supper. The lit
tie oven bakes only a small quantity
OlOO6h VI hSaA PSASShot S"~
around, and layer cake which makes
six good-sized slices; but the Sunday
night opportunities to have a taste OF
real home cooking are much appreci-
ated by privileged guests who also
dwell in boarding places.
No woman with fastidious taste
and thought for her neighbors-would
venture to cook steak or fry potatoes
In an apartment house, where odors OF
cooking are not supposed to permeate;
but creamed entrees, salads, baking OF
the sort referred to and various appe-
tizing scalloped entrees may be pre-
pared by aid of chatting dish and G lit
tie oven of the sort. The small ovens
may be used on electric grills also
and rare is the woman who does not
enjoy an occasional cooking fest" to
keep her hand in at housekeeping
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
Furnishing Small Rooms.

In furnishing a small room two nee
essary points must be considered:
First, that space is gained by making
things as fiat as possible against the
wall; and, second, that stiffness is
prevented then by introducing a plant
or two, if the room is a living room
or a dining room, and breaking the
lines Of the furniture by pulling out
q table a little or turning a chair.
A low seat 16 inches in height, run
ming around a corner and along one
side of the room to some break of door
or window, saves space and furniture,
and adds a charming effect. 1t should
be upholstered, and have only an oc'
casional rather small and carefully
selected pillow. Low book shelves
too, built against the wall, furnish
without furniture, but ARE must be
taken that they are not extended In
too continuous a straight line. A car
pet or rug of a solid color also in
creases the effect Of space.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
Young Men Set Noble Example.

Young men among Declaration sign
srs were Thomas Lynch Of South Caro-
lima and Edward Rutledge of South
Carolina. They were both born in
1749, Lynch in August and Rutledge
in November. Each was but twenty
seven years old. Other young men
were Thomas Haywood of South Caro-
lima, born in 1746; Benjamin Rush,
born in 1745; Elbridge Gerry, born in
1744; Thomas Jefferson, born in 1743;
Arthur Middleton of South Carolina,
born in 1743; Samuel Chase of Mary.
land. born in 1741. and Benjamin Har-
rison Of Virginia, born in 1740. Each
member from South Carolina was a
young man-Lynch, Rutledge, Hey
wood and Middleton.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30

ator of the Declaration of Independ-
ence But for Richard Henry Lees
love for his wife, his would be the
time in place Of that of Thomas JEFF
ferson.
Lee was the man originally selected
by the delegates to introduce in con.
gress a resolution declaring the colo
MES free and independent. He did
this on June z, 1776. Congress, after
much elaboration, agreed to the ap-
pointment of a committee Of five to
draft a Declaration of Independence,
and Lee, victor in the fight that had
ragged against his resolution, was to
have been made chairman. AS such,
and qualified in every way, he would
have been the one selected to draft
the document. In fact, this arrange,
ment had been made and ~settled-and
then, on the night Of June 10, on the
eve of the triumph of his career, Lee
received word that his wife lay seri-
ously i'll at home and begged for him
to come to her side.
4 "a 70 OOCA q 1000 oOFotCo Auo
band, he might have wavered. On one
hand were the highest political hon.
ors, honors that he long had been
striving for; on the other, a loving
wife. Lee did not hesitate.
MANY other men may be able to
take my place in drafting my coun
try's Declaration of Independence" he
said, "but no one else in the world car
take my place at the side Of my sicl
wife,"
He mounted a horse at once, ant
turned his back on Philadelphia ant
one of the most significant crises IL
the worlds history. He went straigh'
to where his wife lay waiting for him
and back in Philadelphia Thomas JET
ferson was appointed chairman of tn
committee, and the rest is history.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
MEXICAN LEADER AGAIN
THREATENS AMERICANS
Seen Advancing-17 U. s. Troop
era In Mexican Prison.

Chihuahua City, Mex, June 90
American columns have been seen ad-
vancing from the American field base
In the direction Of San Antonio and
Ojo Caliente and General Jacinto Ire
vino has issued orders to attack them
II they do not Immediately retreat.
General Trevino said the Americans
would get the same treatment that
they received at CarriEal, as he is do
termined to carry out his orders to the
letter.
The Mexican commander said that
It seemed probable, inasmuch as Gen
eral Pershing seemed ignorant of the
fate Of the Boyd column, that outside
Of five additional prisoners now be
ing brought here, the Americans were
annihilated, although it was possible
more had escaped.
The II Americans negroes captured
in the Carrizal battle have been PLACED
in the penitentiary here. There hav,
been no arrangements made for re
moving them to Juarez to be surren
dered to the American officers.
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d

Why does this country tend always
to helittle it's wealth. it's works, its
men and it's power to meet calamity?
1t does, and yet we are thought to be
a people unembarrassed by modesty.
Yankee boastfulness is a proverb in
the world, but no Yankee ever old
quite all the truth. He never dared,
and, besides, he could not make him
self believe the whole length and depth
and breadth Of 1t. Distrusting their
own Judgment, the American people
lack confidence In their great estate.
Their temperament is rich In daring.
faith and optimism, but poor in conf
dence, which is a quality that comes
with time. A young people perhaps
should not have 1t. 1t is not good to
have everything.-New York Times.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
Lemon Custard.

Beat four eggs until light and then
add the juice and grated rind of a
lemon, two cupfuls of milk. half a cup
full Of granulated sugar and a table
spoonful Of flour, rubbed smooth with
a little Of the milk. Put in a buttered
baking dish and bake until solid in a
pan of water. Have ready a meringue
made Of the whites of the eggs, beaten
stiff, sweetened with sugar. Pile this
in a heap on a board and brown In q
slow oven Then slide it gently on
the custard. Chill and serve cold.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
Carranza Asked to
Declare His Stand

Washington, June 27.-The text of
the note to the Mexican de facto gov
eminent transmitted to James Linn
Rodgers, special representative of the
American government in Mexico City.
says:
Mr.. Arredondo yesterday delivered
to this government the following COM
~munication:
II am directed by my government
to inform Your E~xcellency, with refer
ence to the Carrizal incident, that the
chief executive, through the Mexican
wal department, gave orders to Gen.
Jacinto b. Trevino not to permit Amer.
lean forces from General P~ershing's
column to advance further south, nor
to move either east or west from the
point where they are located, and to
oppose new incursions of American
soldiers into Mexican territory.
Pershing Given Warning.
These orders were brought by
Genera Trevino to the attention of
Genera Pershing, who Acknowledged
the receipt of the communication rel
alive thereto. On the 22nd instant, as
Your Excellency knows, an American
force moved eastward quite far from
its base, not withstanding the above
orders, and was engaged by Mexican
troops at Carrizal, State of Chihuahua.
AS a result of the encounter several
men on both sides were killed and
wounded and seventeen American sol.
diers were made prisoners
You are hereby instructed to hand
to the minister of foreign relations of
the de facto government the follow.
ing:
Avowal of Hostile Act.
The government of the United
states a put no other construction
upon the communication handed to
the Secretary of State Of the United
States on June "a by Mr.. Arredondo
under instruction of your government
than that 1t is intended as a formaI
avowal of deliberately hostile action
against the forces of the United States
now in Mexico, and of the purpose te
attack them without provocation when
ever they move from their present DO
sltion in pursuance Of the objects fol
which they were sent there, notwith
standing the fact that those objects
not only involve no u%nfriendly inten
ton towards the government and PEG
pie of Mexico, but are, on the contra
ry, intended only to assist that gov
eminent In protecting itself and tn,
territory and people of the Unitet
States against irresponsible and insuI
gent bands of rebel m~arauders.
Demands Release of Americans,
Il am instructed, therefore, by m,
government to demand the immediat
, release OF the prisoners taken in tn
, encounter at Carrizal, together wit,
any property of the United States tai
en- with them and to inform you tha
the government of the United State
| expects an early statement from you
government as to the course of actio
1t wishes the government of the Unite
States to understand it has determine
, upon, and it also expects that thi
statement be made through the usua
i, diplomatic channels and not throug
subordinate military commanders"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
IN AMERICAN TRAP
Clever Scheme Which Enabled
Patriot Soldiers to Defeat
the British General.

TIME Ferris property covered vast
tracts of land in Westchester
county, New York. The grand
father of the first James Ferris
was one of the ten promoters Of
Throgs Neck. He was descended from
the house of Feriers, whose first mem
Der in England obtained large grants
of English land from the ConQueror.
Many branches of the family spread
through the Westchester region, and
another old house once belonging to
them a. be seen today.
Upon leaving the house nee occu-
pied by Lord Howe, go out through
the main entrance Of the Country club
grounds, leading into Country Club
avenue. This route will take you
through some of the loveliest land
anywhere to be found. Delightful
homes are scattered over the fiawless-
ly groomed land. Nature here is
dressed in her best Sunday-go-to-
meeting garb the whole week through.
You arrive at Middletown road.
Follow this toward the village, and
close to it, on Mayflower avenue, you
will find the other Ferris house with
large pillars. 1t is ~unoccupied and
used only by a moving picture firm
a fine background for old-time ro-
mances.
And now to the village center and
the causeway. Toward it marched
Lord Howe. while the picked Ameri
cans awaited him-and another group
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30

too, at the head Of the creek. At a
given signal the planks of the bridge
were taken up, and Howe arrived to
find himself upon an island.
He ragged furiously and moved
toward the head of the creek, there to
be abruptly checked again. The Amer.
leans opened fire upon his troops at
the causeway. They were sheltered
by the tidemill, and from this point
they poured forth their heavy rifle
fire upon the British. Nowhere could
the enemy force a way past the de
termined patriots.
Howe retreated and the day was
won. So enraged was the British gen
eral that he summoned his guides be
fore a board of officers and charged
them with having deceived him, To-
he believed that they had landed hin
upon an island. How dared they? h
demanded, striking the table a re
sounding blow with his sword. Al
though the situation was explained t
him, he still ragged, and he vowed h
would hang every man of them unles
they conducted him safely from tn
trap he was in. At last the BIRTHS
retreat carried the forces on to Pell'
Point.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
LET fame PAsSBY
How 1t Was Richard Henry Lee
Did Not Write Declaration
of independence.

Wherever and whenever
man performs a great,
noteworthy action the
eternal feminine seems sure to have
a hand. Even the Declaration of In.
dependence would not have been writ.
ten as it is or by the hand that penned
it but for a woman.
Thomas Jefferson would not have
won eternal fame by writing the ia
nous document whereby the colonies
declared themselves free and indie
pendent of England If there had not
been a woman in it." But for a
woman, a mans love, the devotion of
two tender hearts, another man would
be credited with the Declaration of
independence, and Thomas Jefferson
in all probability would be known to
posterity only as n of the signers.
There was a woman in the case-but
not one connected in any romantic
way with Jefferson.
Mrs. Richard Henry Lee, wife of a
delegate to the Continental congress
from Virginia, was the woman. She
was no female political intriguer, such
as at different times have helped to
sway the destiny of nations. She ex'
erted no influence over Jefferson, or
over the first congress. She merely
became seriously ill in her Virginia
home on June 10, 1776, necessitating
the presence of her husband at hel
bedside, and thus clearing the way fol
Jefferson to become famous as the ere
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. I
said Il know nothing will help me but I
will try this I found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time I was able to sit down and
eat q hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
I am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. ~ Mrs.
JOHN A. KoENIG, 602 Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not. Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or if performed, did no good,
but Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
poundwas used and good health followed
IL you want advice write to
Lydia II. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential)s Lynn, Mass.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-06-30
InsuIted Guardsmen; Loses Life.

Duluth, June 27.-John Bryan, 35
years of age, is dead and Leonard
Humphreys, SO, is held for investiga-
tion i'm connection with his death, fol-
lowing Bryan's agitation against the
state militia here. Humphreys said
that while the Eveleth, Mimi, Ma
tional guard was changing cars here
for the st. Paul mobilization camp.
Bryan pushed among them and insult
ed them. Humphreys claims to have
only pushed Bryan, when he fell, but
the man died while he al en- routs
to the hospital