The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 21, 1910, Image 2

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The Abbeville Press and Banner, PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. We are at the mercy of the aviators. As we remember it now, winter had some good points. To orphan banana republics the fa- ( tlierland refuses to be a mother. t Now here come the dentists -with that anti-kissing thing, too. Going swimming looks like the only rational employment in hot weather. The army may have to help devise means for a sane artillery drill. ! Are there any records that this ] year's weather has not broken? j ' t Europe might try exporting Its surplus rainwater to our middle west. As a diversion to swatting the fly, keep your stable clean, if you've got one. Chopping Americans Into little bits Is still a favorite pastime of the Moros. / " Speaking o! weights and measures prosecutions, how'd you like to he the Iceman? Swatting the common house fly is now one of our most popular indoor lady sports. Even though the water Is fine, if you can't swim, don't go in beyond your depth. For the sake of thirsty crops any good citizen should willingly sacrifice ' 1 His straw nat. t "What's the right word for an aero- c plane garage?" asks the Boston Globo. How's planebunk? f c What has become of the .Chicago 5 307 rider who killed a woman and * was afterward captured? h n Tho assistant chef of a lake boat d refused to cook fried potatoes and the t' chef at once mashed him. C t: The boat rocker and the fellow who t stands up in the boat are in evidence again, but have escaped so far. t! f: As If It wore not bad enough for fi the earth to fly up and hit aeroplanes, lightning has begun striking them. ii What bald-headed man had hoped b to live to see a flyless world? Yet r that i3 what the scientists are planning. Giddy New York regards the idea of closing its lobster palaces at 1 a. m. as very little better than a curfew law. We wonder how one small cone can hold so many kinds of chemicals,and bave room left for a nickel's worth of Ice cream. E E It costs $3,000,000 a day to run the c national government. What will the government cost when aeroplaning is ^ In fashion? A Chicago man paid $300 for "mere s bit of a meal." It probably was a s steak with one overlaying slice of t breakfast bacon. P The government is turning out 3.- ^ 000,000 postal cards a day, due to the v Bummer resort season being in full "blast, we presume. s h United States certificates of merit c to enlisted men are going largely to 1; the cooks and musicians. Has no one ^ a word for a soldier? j, c Rudyard Kipling urges that airmen wear pneumatic armor for protection ^ in case of accident. That is simpler c than covering the earth with feather t beds. a t Considering the sire of the heads of some of the hatpins that the girls are ? wearing, they certainly do not come under the law forbidding the carrying of concealed weapons. * The word-colner nas an easy tasK. All he needs to do in expressing his views on a public policy is to select the name of a man he dislikes and attach the syllable "ism." . London and New York may soon be 1 connected with telephone communica- J tlon. None of the fictious of fairy j tales can surpass this modern miracle \ of a chat over the ocean. c The Kaiser has been writing poetry { to a party of German maidens who ] called upon him and took him choco- t late. Incidentally, it is to be hoped ] the chocolate was better than the i poetry. ? One of the latest aeroplane accl- < fients shows that It is bad to be in a ( flying machine hit by lightning, in the ? oiv Rut whore is be-ine struck by j lightning either comfortable or salu- ] hrious? Some of New York's most wealthy , and fashionable women are importing French aeroplanes and preparing to learn to aviate. Philadelphia women have taken the lead at Newport, and there seems to be nothing for the New York ladles to do but fly high around fcome. The man who rescued his mother-inlaw from his burning home and left i his fishing tackle to the mercy of the I flames may have been absent minded, j Charitable benedicts will do well tc i give him the benefit of the doubt until i he is found guilty. ! A returned missionary from Han- ' how district says that the Chinese are manifesting less hostility to foreign- 1 en. Sure. They're a square business : race, but, missionary or not. you've 1 got to produce the check before you 4get the washing. S&3 ft Odd News Fr iiy^t Stories of Strange jpjrfj! Metropolil IT1 Lj L Sell Eggs by the P I NOT BEEN )Oyf^i iTE^\T YORK. ? Produce dealers ll throughout the country are watchng with interest the enforcement of he ordinance recently passed in Now fork requiring dealers to sell eggs by lie pound. H'UBU t'ggfc <"C sum UJ )Ound the buyer is more likely to get. ill that is coming to him. It is con:eded that a fresh egg of average size veighs more than one that is stale, here being always more or less, evaporation when an egg ccme3 out of storige. The difference is about an egg o the pound, eight fresh eggs being !Qual to nine out of storage. It Is only the idealist or the optimist vho believes that eggs are either good >r bad, with no half-way about the natter. Really this is a fond delusion, "here are as many grades of eggs as here are ways of making an omelet, ""he range is all the way from that are article, the honestly labeled strictly fresh" egg down to the "cull." fhe cull is a doubtful egg from the tart, but sometimes deposits, and merges months later. Even then it s not as low as an egg can sink, for here is the desiccated egg, which was aid in China, and has been a world raveler before getting to the ultimate onsumer here. These desiccated eggs are removed rom their shells in China, put into ans with preservatives, and then hipped across the Pacific and the coninent to this city, where they are sold u bulk for use in bread and pastry IflVIno In tho r?V> on nor hnborioc Qnmo oubt has been raised as to the nutriIve value and legality of those fresh Jhina eggs as a food product. But hey have one great advantage, from he consumer's point of view?no way as been discovered yet of putting hem into shells and selling them as resh laid eggs from a Long Island arm. New Yorkers are not apt to get anyhing more foreign in the way of eggs a their shells than the product of the cnneries of Germany and Austria. Phis Woman a Moc LEVEL A. ND.?White as a sheet ^ and shaking like a leaf, Mrs. H. G. 1 Slandford, Shady Cove, Lakewood, I toori fnr three In a-reat RTivletv n the lake front in the rear of her ome the other morning watching Big* ,als of distress from six men in a wamped power boat three miles from hore in a choppy sea. This was after she had done everyhing in her power to save the imeriled men. Mrs. Blandford was aoking out on the lake when her atention was attracted by something rhite waving of! shore. Immediately thought struck her it was a dangsr ignal. She rushed into the house for er field glasses, and through them ould plainly distinguish six men in a nunch bailing water with all their light. One of the men was franticaly waving a white clcth fastened to a ane. She hurried to the telephone in her iome and called up the life-saving rew. Then, you should have seen hat woman, standing full of anguish ,nd anxiety watching the men in disress. She waved hc-r handkerchief Waging Wat on t! 5ALTIM0RE.?The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals s waging a war of extermination on vorthless and ownerless curs. In one lay 109 such dogs inhaled carbonic icid gas, administered by the agents >f the society, and out went their ives. Their bark ceased forever and heir bito Is a danger of the past, hundreds of degs have been caught jy tho society's agents during the summer months and destroyed. "Where do all these worthless dogs :ome from?" This question was asked ?eorge M. Diedeman, secretary to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to \nlmals. "The city has its own sup-<lv." Raid Mr. Diedeman. "This 6unDly Nerve-Racking N' ST. LOUIS.?That the majority of people would live to be more than i hundred years old in these days of scientific comforts if nerve-racking and unnecessary noises were eliminated is the belief of Dr. Charles H. Hrghes, one of the city's nationally known neurologists. The noises of civilization are more liian a nuisance, says the doctor. They are a peril to the public health, because they rob people of restful sleep, i No one in the crowded section of cities, these days, gets as much sleep \ <&?J om Big Cities jfj ^-j?r^-..?uj. ?l ...- -xrLM ijhff Happenings in the i jUl^ tan Towns !jj^ ound in New York Within a week, SO,000 dozen of eggs from those countries have been received in New York City by way of Hull, England, and are now in the local marwet. As many more are on the way, and they sell for a few cents less than the American egg. Covered with a paraffin preparation which excludes the air, they remain in the "fresh" class for a long time. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the vgoernment food expert, told congress, through a committee, that there is only one sure way to get a fresh egg? that is to watch the hen, seize her egg the instant she lays it, boil It or fry it on the spot and eat immediately before a commission merchant or a cold_i?r^nr> cods unn That Is not b IU LiZfcXs uiaii oww ^ VWI always practicable. Another test Is to drop the egg In a bowl of water containing a 10 per cent solution of common salt. If the egg sinks it is fresh; If it floats it is only fresh in a trade sense, which Is an entirely different matter. Just what a poor showing the egg, consumed In this city every day would make under such a test is shown by a simple sum in arithmetic. Assuming that the population of New York City is 4,000,000, there are enough eggs sold for every man, woman and child in the town to have one a day. Putting it in the figures of the trade, there are 72,000 cases of eggs used by the New York people every week. Each case contains thir:y dozen, so the total for every seven-day period is 2.1G0.000 dozen, or approximately 28,000,000 eggs. That Is what the town eats. But the receipts of 1 ^rroro crslrl thorp "WIT Yl 1116 genuine ncsu c&sj dv?u - In a week after tlielr production on near-by farms do not exceed 5,400,000 eggs, as against that total of 28,000,000. So the 22,000,000 and odd eggs must come out of the cold storage and from the foreign supply and the shipments from remote sections of this country. It Is possible that If the New York idea of selling eggs by the pound proves practical and satisfactory other cities may follow sv.lt. If they do the wholesaler declares the retailer must rearrange his prices to suit. So far as the former is concerned the rates are not affected. The average weight of a case of eggs is from 43 to 53 pounds, dependable upon freshness and size. iern Grace Darling and screamed frantically to them. Finally, she ran into the house, unfastened the horn from the phonograph and used it as a megaphone. The wind was so strong, however, that her voice failed to reach the men. It was sometime before the lifesaving boat hove into sight. When the crew did come, they could not make directly for the distressed boat, but were forced to describe a circular path of several miles before they could reach them. The six men aboard the launch were members of a vacation party. They left early in the morning in a rough sea, and vaen about three miles off Highland avenue the waves became so high as to reach over into the boat. The water crippled the engine, and the men were at the mercy of the sea. About all they could do was to cast anchor and bail the water out as It was rusting in, and try to signal some one on shore. Captain Hansen and his crew of life-savers finally reached the boat and rescued the imperilled men. Ordinarily the life-saving crew is first to espy any boating accident, but on this particular occasion the crew we.s out on another call and had it not been for the efforts of Mrs. Blandford before the attention of the crew the men would likely have perished cculd have been attracted. be Worthless Curs is largely augmented by daily arrivals from the country round about. They wander into the city from the suburbs. lose their way and become marauders until they fall into the hands of our agents. That Is the last heard of them." "How about the supply of worthless meowing cats that live in garbage boxes and make sleep impossible at night?" "There is no diminution in their supply. The cats, like the dogs, are ever with us. The cat is a more elunnimol fV?or? fViA A r\cr Tf nor* olrin over the backyard fences and hide in inaccessible places. The dog can't climb. The cat is harder, therefore, to capture. We hesitate to deal with cats in many cases because warring neighbors often grab each other's pet cats and send them to us for final treatment. We are thus made innocent parties to family quarrels. We are doing all we can, however, to ex- ; terminate cats." oises of the City as he ought to have. The people who are renovating the slums, seeking to give the residents of tenement districts fresh and pure air, are doing good work, hut they would do a greater work if they would give the people more rest Restful sleep is quite as essential as go6d food. Every adult should have at least seven or eight hours of perfect, dreamless, rebuilding sleep; but with all tho noises; of the city this seems almost impossible. I To rob a person of sleep is as much thievery as to put your hand into his pocket and take his money, for adequate sleep means money, health and llfo to the man who must labor in order to live. The coming generations will pay as much attention to promoting rest to the citizens of the commonwealth as to guarding them agapnst poisonous mlcrobic influences. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he la, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address Ell inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 154 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp. for reply. The subject of cement construction for homes has attracted much attentioi^among architects in the last few years, and on account of the popular demand for such houses Is bound to remain In the front. There is no ques tion that the well-built oement house Is 30th economical and sanitary. It Is warm In winter and cool in summer. Now, lest there be some prejudice in the mind of any reader, it may Tint h*? n?t nf nlaca to make a little refore*ce to one of the aspects of the cenient construction field that may remove that prejudice, or help to, at least It Is a fact that some poor work has been done, especially with concrete blocks. A campaign was made over the country a few years ago by the machinery men who had concrete block machinery to sell urging every man to buy a machine and go Into the business of making blocks. Alluring inducements even were offered, and thousands of men bought machines who were no more fitted to make concrete blocks as they should be made, than they were to crochet fancy work. The making of good concrete, whether in the form of blocks or in walls, is no boy's job. 1^ requires Intelligence, just as any coc* structlon work does. Now, the concrete block should net be condemned for what the offenders against it have done. It is human nature to judge * " ?- * * A - A M J tilings 07 ineir worst auu the men who made blocks that absorb water or crumble have done a great mischief to the block. There are throughout the country thousands of well built concrete block houses that will stand forever and are moisture proof. But one poor house will create tn adverse Impression that a dozen good houses cannot overcome. The writer knows of many fine cement houses that attest the value of cement In homo construction. Cement Is pliable and capable of being adapted to nearly any design the architect may select Cement houses require no repairs whatever, and the older they get the more nearly like stone they become. Cement work placed In the Coliseum of Rome Is as strong today as it was yrsnzgWcy:: flJ) """j laundry v ^ i I -)[a] |itMMUMjxaxcBitjS KrTCHEA] f<5| M J\ io^o-Kia'cr p^ns rUSMACEjfeODM. jj J 'jj ' CQAL^M^ bit?? mjdmaa?i?? it!? = First Floor Plan 2,000 years ago when It was put there. So in selecting the materials for the construction of a homo or even of any other structure that It Is desired should be lasting no better material than cement can be selected. Ndw, for cement construction the design of the home shown here la perfectly adapted. This house may be built of eight-Inch concrete blocks for tho walls and for the porch, and the round porch columns may be of moldod cement The design calls for an elaborate basement Here the furnace room will be located and also the kitchen, toilet, a laundry and coal bin. On the main floor there Is a good sized living room, a dining room and , two bedrooms. The size of the house IS 23 feet 6 Inches wide and 87 feet long. If It Is possible a site should be selected for the house where gravel will be available on the ground for the making of the blocks. This can be taken from the excavation for the basement If that is done It Tvin greatly reduce the cost. Tho blocks 6hould all be made In ad ranee and allowed plenty 01 ome 10 cur a. The secret of making a concrete block that will be Impervious to water 1b to use a well graded frravel, that is. a gravel In which the stones rary in sixe from sand to stores a half Inch in diameter. Tho cement bould be sound and plenty of it I I should be used, with a waterproofing of hydrated lime In the (ace. The mli| Ing should be thorough and plenty of water should be used. If these direci tions are followed a block will result J that will bo waterproof. While the blocks are curing they should be sprinkled three tlnles a day for a -week or ten days without fall. The design also Is adapted for con* structlon of frame either with the ?>ed ecdm p jj 1-Js-XiOA* p ;i ^ DinimgRm .lo-axu-o' oath bEM EjedEodm I t-oxii-o- I livimgEM ;! i i io-<i'xis*o' ;) CuOi jE.KfTRY / -JL:{jLmm Porch mil lo-OMt-ar . i s_ -8^8@ Second Floor Plan usual siding on the outside or with a cement 6tucco finisn. n cemeni biuoco Is used either wooden lath can b3 placcd over furring strips with tar paper underneath or metal lath can be used. "Dental Divination." In Paris the theory that man's soul and also woman's, is revealed by the length, shape, Inclination and spacing of the teeth has been put forward by certain dentlat-physlclans, and society is greedily grasping at the novelty. The new method of "dental divination" Is declared to be much more certain than palmistry, mind reading, phrenology, or such old-fashioned diversions as fortune telling by cards and teacups. One newspaper announces that invitations aro already out for a "dentomacy seance." Here ere some of the "secrets" which the new "science" professes to lay bare: Long, narrow teeth indicate vanity; teeth small, separated and very white are a certain sign of Inconstancy and fickle character; long, irregular teeth, projecting forward, are an index of avarice and egoism; small, uneven teeth indicate an uncertain disposition, with a tendency to nervousness; untruthfulness Ib shown by tepth which crowd and overlap. Walklna Is Fashionable. Carriages and motor cars fo? shop ping and short-distance vlBlts axe for tho moment In disfavor In London and the latest fad among women Is to walk. One of the reasons for this Is that owing to the large number of canceled social engagements as a result of the national mourning women have time to shop with leisure and comfort. Instead of rushing from concert to reception, etc., every afternoon, they make informal calls on old friends. Usually in tho season the London society woman rarely walks a step. She has neither time nor inclination. PhysicIafcB are encouraging the fad and are doing their best to make delicate patients try it. They are recommending it as a cure for jaded nurves. Slowly, but surely walking is becoming the most fashionable pursuit of this dull season. Women will make time to walk. It Is predicted, and England will once more be able to boast of her feminine pej?A* Vial* miloa A UUKUiaUD wuu uu utvu ..M.v, ? day easily, as they used to do 20 years ago.?New York Sun. Mr. Carnogle'i Coat of Arms. A finely finished drawing, representative of both the weaver's and the shoemaker's craft. In which Is introduced the shuttle and the knife, the Scotch thistle and the boar's head? - i- UAA 4..?+ til? weaver a cumi 01 urujo?uon j?b?. been placed in a position of honor in Sid bo castle. On the occasion of the drive last summer, which is annually provided by Mr. Carnegie to the old folks of his native town, who have been connected with hand loom weaving, the Laird of Bklbo wrote recalling the fact that his ancestors on his father's side were weavers, and on his mother^ side shoemakers, and that his emblems of nobility would naturally be a weaver's shuttle crossed by a shoemaker's knife. "Some of the old weaverB," Mr. Carnegie added, "may think over a proper motto."? Westminster Oazetta. , * 3S '/ HOW HE WON OUT. "Oh, George," she cried, In perplexed tones, "I'm afraid we must part" "Part? Why must we part, dear?" he echoed. "On account of father," she replied; "he fears we would be mismated. We are so very different, he says." "In what way are we so different?" he asked, with a show of dignity. "Well, father says I am of such a ready and willing disposition, while you seem so?so backward, so re mciani, ana nesuaung; bu?so iua iu to come to the?the point, don't you know." "He does, does he?" blustered George, bracing up, and the very next afternoon she was showing her girl friends how stunning it looked on the linger of her left hand. Wise Johnnie. . "Johnnie!" "Yes'm?" "Why are you sitting on that boy's race?" "Why, I?" "Did I not tell you to always count a hundred before you gave way to 1 passion and struck another boy?" 1 "Yes'm, and I'm doin' it; I'm just settin' on his face so he'll be here when I'm done countin' the hundred." Raff!/*c? RInnHnr Raffles, Jr., had teen caught with the plunder In his rooms. "What a chump I was," he sighed bitterly, "not to have told the officers I had made a pleasure tour of the country and had collected these articles from the different summer hotels as souvenirs." And Just then Sherlock Kolmes loomed up In the distance. Discouraged. "Parker has given up all hope of getting a divorce from his wife." "Why so?" "He tried the old device of opening ( the Bible to see what text he would hit and his eye met: 'In their death they were not divided.' "?The Widow. Not a Fraction. Bleeker?How's your better half this morning, oia man; Meeker?Better half! What do you < mean by that? Bleeker?Why, your wife, of course. Meeker?Huh! She's not my better t half?she's the whole thing. t GENTLEMANLY QUALIFICATIONS. 1 hHrkkm "*** CcCo re (,pi ?AKC-O. 1 First Twentieth Century Girl?I * never had any opinion of Adam. A ^ man who could excuse himself by saying "the woman tempted me" had ^ none of the Instincts of a gentleman. 1 Second Girl?What could you expect of the first man? You know it takes A1 ? + f/N mol-n ft con Ma. lUlt'e gcuciauuja iu muuu u nan. Looking Forward. In the great future there will come a day When wo a path of confidence may tread And learn exactly what our great men Bay, Instead of what somebody says they said. Opinions Aired. "Were the commencement exercises Interesting?" "Very. The time was divided between advice from public men on the selection of a career and suggestions from graduates on how to run the government" * t In the Front Row. 1 A Denver society girl was out oa a ranch recently. Upon her return to t ber home her mother asked her If she 1 had seen any little chickens out there. * "No," replied the girl, "the woman told me none had been hatched yet, out that she had four hens seated." 1 ^ A Reasonable Fellow. "What sort of a clerk does he mske?" "He's open to argument And when I can convince him that a piece of work comes within his province and that he was hired to do It, he is effi dent. i i Perhaps Both. "Russia has ordered Oscar Hammer stein not to come there." "Is that because she has it in for Hammersteln or for tho United States?" 1 ? c Neck and Neck. "The price of cigarettes has gone jp." "Gee! Tho cost of dying is trying t to keep up with/the cost of living!" More Natural Facilities. "So you like the seashore better than the mountains?! e "No, indeed; I plpfer the moun- c tains." I 1: "Then why are yotijoln to the aea- ^ shore?" I "Because It Is eastern there to get in- r 'o the swim." I p High Finance. "Look here, you've owed me $5 for Ive years." a "What are ytm complaining about? ti rotfVe Only t>??n out a dollar a year." : * vj RAIN AND ROSES. Life ain't all sua an' roses. As people ought to know; If wasn't any showers The roses wouldn't grow. ' Life ain't toil easy eallln*, t ^. They's brakera more or less; " f If waan't any failures " We wouldn't know success. The roses need the sunshine. Also a little rain; Life needs a lot o' pleasure. Also a little pain. Too much of one or t'other Is harmful, goodness knows; Then let us keep on hopln* To bk>ssom like the roset In the Old Farmhouse. "Well, I'll declare!" exclaimed the :ity boarder who reads every item In :he papers before breakfast. "If here sn't an account of a sacred cow dls:overed In Egypt and said to be 4,000 rears old." "That accounts for It," chuckled the ex-clown boarder as he stirred hit jatmeal. "Accounts for what?" "Why, I bet this butter was made !rom the cream that cow gave at her ast milking." HIS FIRST TIME ON A TRAIN. Conductor?Got a ticket? Countryman?You kin bet your crop >f oats I hev. Conductor?Let's see IL Countryman?Young fellow, yon lon't seem ter put much confidence in .her passengers on this herq road. An Egotist. There was a man In our town Who was so vain and proud That 't va<5 simply impossible To lose him In a crowd. His Point of View. "John, dear," queried the young rife, glancing up from the physical :ulture magazine she was perusing, 'what is your idea of a perfect figire?" OTTT.11 ? ll-J I V...V.LJ wen, reyneu uvr uu&uauu, jiwr '00 may not be perfection, but it's * tear enough to satisfy a man of my imple tastes." Explained. "Yep, our new town is growing renarkably fast We're mighty jroud if It." "How many churches have yon rot?" ^ "There ain't any. churches yet, bnt ve've got 97 automobiles!" Her Observation. "Did you know," said the scientific >oarder, "that a clock ticks faster in /inter than in summer?" "No, I wasn't aware that a clock [id," answered the landlady, "but I mow a gas meter does." , A SOCIETY NUN. ~l?f w~ Mrs. Parvenue (engaging cook)? Ay husband Is very particular and enertains a great deal. He's a promilent society man, and? Bridget Malone?Sure, thlu, he ought o know my cousin, Dan Malone. He jelongs to most Ivery society 01 lver leard of. v i Sociability Threatened. ' f the reformers great could flx All troubles for tho nation .Vhat would wo do for politic! To help out ^nversatlon? Citing Him to Proof. < "Do you believe that love is blind?" "Sure." "Well, I don't" "I don't see how you can doubt It s-hen you look at the man your wife narried." Short Stay. "Did you hear about Twiller?" "No; what about Twiller?" "He dropped in to see a friend, sat n a window to cool off and dropped tut" J? Even His Creditors. E Sanderson?Does your new automo ille go by electricity? H Swilt?It goes by everything. He Had More. H The Old Genilaman?For heaven's ake, young man, '? nt that gun tho ? ither way and be careful how you B landle It First thing you know it All go off. to Tho Young Hunter?Aw, dat's all, H ight. I don't care ef It does; I got' H ilenty more cartridges. A Wise Wife. H "I'm so eorry to be so late, my dear; Si L friend asked me to stop by a&d' I ike pot-luck with him." 9 "Well, did you win the pot?" ffi