The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 13, 1912, Image 5
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The Press and Banner.
Published every Wednesday at two dollars a
a year lp advance.
Wednesday, March 13, 1912
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A Supervising Architect, Washington,
D. C., March 8, 1912.?Sealed proposals will
be received in this office until 3 o'clock p.
m. on the 19th day of April, 1912, and then
opened, for the construction (including
plumbing, gas piping, heating apparatus,
electric conduits and wiring, aud interior
lighting fixtures) for the United States post
office at Abbeville, S. C., in accordance with
drawings and specifications, copies of
which may be obtained from the custodian
of site at Abbeville, S. C., or at this office,
at the discretion of the Supervising Archi
tect.
The building is two stories in height; of
approximately 3,850 square feet ground
area; bricked faced with stone trim; tin
roof, and non fire proof construction with
the exception of the first floor.
James Knox Taylor,
Supervising Architect.
Notice.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Peoples Savings 13ank will be held
in the office of the bank Tuesday, April
2nd, 12 o'clock. R. E. Cox, Cashier.
fc._ Off to California.
Mr. Herbert Bowen, youngest son of
Mr. T. J. Bowen, left last week for Bakers
field, California. He will make his home
with Mr. W. W. Frazier, who was formerly
a resident of this county. Mr. Frazier has
Erospered in his new home, and he is hold
ig out a helping hand to other Carolina
boys.
Mr. Herbert Bowen comos of a good
family. JJe is young, intelligent and act
ive, and will doubtless rise rupidly in the
land of the setting sun.
Fill the Holes.
While the weather has been such that
no regular work could be done on our
atfoBfc unofinl pffnrt should be made to
fill holes that have been cut in the road
here and there. Some of them have been
cut very deep. A little timely work would
save much more work later.
Civic Club Meeting.
Culture meeting of the Civic Club will be
held Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
in the Club rooms over Philson <fc Henry's
store. Mrs. F. J. Marshall will read a pa
per on "Old Days in Abbeville." A full
attendance is desired.
Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Pres.
Mrs. F. B. Gary, Sec.
For Sale.
Keenan staple cotton seed, best staple
cotton seed on the market. Produces as
much per acre as anv short cotton and
hHn<re 5 tn 7 cents ner bushel more. PriCe
$1.25 per bushel. Also Columbia and Rut
land staple cotton seed at $1.00 per bushel.
G. L. Connor, Cokesbury, S. C.
Mar. 6. tf ^
Save money by hav
ing your shoes repair
ed when they need it.
Brown & Percival.
The Moving Pictures Begin for ,
1912.
v The first film for this year was snown
Saturday night.
The next is "A victim of the Mormons." 1
It will be shown on Friday and Saturday
evenings.
This film is one that has created much !
interest, both on account of the subject
and on account of the excellence of the
picture.
The Mormons have always been an in
teresting people and anything that con
cerns tl eir religion and mode of life is
widely read.
The story to be shown Friday is in three
acts or three reels. It is the story of a
girl who falls into the clutches of the [
Mormons.
Death of Mr. Joe Sherard. ,
Mr. D. Joseph Sherard, of Iva, died last
week in his 77 year. He went with the t
first company to the war, fought in every I
battle fought in Virginia, belonged to Jen- <
kins Brigade and came here after the four
years without a scratch.
He is survived by four sons and two 1
daughters; Mr. Mack Sherard, superin- 1
tendeutof Pelzer Mill, Mr. Calvin Sherard,
of Augusta, Mr. Jesse Sherard, Mayor of
Anderson, and Mr. Joseph Sherard, far
mer. The daughters are Mrs. Lula Keid,
of Iva, and Mrs. Elia Wilson, wife of Dr.
J. D. Wilson, of Lowndsville.
Mr. Sherard was on? of Anderson's best
v citizens. He leaves to his children a price
less heritage in a life well spent. He ran
with patience the race that was set before
him, even looking to the Almighty as the
auiuvi uuu uiuonui 1119 luiui.
WELL PLEASED.
Prof. Huguelet and Greenville
Have Formed a Mutual Ad
miration Society.
We {hear thut the musical element of
Greenville are well pleased with the abili
ty and musical accomplishment of Pi of
Huguelet. And we also hear that Prof.
Huguelet is delighted with Greenville.
Abbeville kept the best member of his
family, who is now permanently identi
fied with the town. She is the pretty wile
of a mighty go<d man who holds the
throttle of a Seaboard engine.
When not giving mu&iu lessons Prof, i
Huguelet is kept busy drawing salaries. |
His son Arthur is on rising grounds, and!
he will be detained drawing salaries, i
That other, the best of sons, Eugene Hu- i
guelet has gone to Albany under the*
necessity of drawing increased salary. j
Mrs. Huguelet misses the help and com
panionship of our womanly daughter, who
is one of the noblest of her sex.
Mr. Huguetet has asked Mr. W. D. Wil
kinson to write full particulars of story of j
a $13,000 liddle, that was reported to be at
large. |
Dr. T. \V. Sloan has imposed additional
member, without any increase of salary. {
Real Trouble About Reform.
"I specks," said Uncle Eben," "dat
reform would be a heap easier If dar i
wasn't so many different people klckln'
'bout so many different things."
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Somewhat Mixed.
"Something wrong with this item." ,
"How now?" "Says the bridegroom
took his place beneath the floral bell
and 2,000 volts were immediately shot
through his quivering frame."?Wash
ington Herald.
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ILLNESS OF FRANCIS HENRY
Good Citizen and Gallant Sol
dier on Bed of Affliction.
Mr. Erancis Henry, one of Abbeville's
best and most respected citizens, has been
ill for sometime.
Mr. Henry was born in Abbeville county
in October, 1843. At the beginning of the
war he enlisted in Co. A, 2nd S. C. Regi
ment and was severely wounded in the
shoulder in a skirmish at Bottom's Bridge
near Petersburg, Va. The shell that struck
Mr. Henry, after tearing away part of liis
shoulder,, glanced and knocked down his
father, Peter Henry, who was standing
near.
Mr. Henry married Mrs. Sarah Calvert
in 1872. Their living children are:
Mrs. Annie Leslie, wifo of Mr. W. E. Les
lie;
Mrs. Florence NeuiTer, wife of Dr. G. A.
Neuffer;
Mr. David H. Henry, professor of chem
istry at Clemson College;
Mr. Albert Henry, merchant of tho Phil
son <fc Henry Company;
Mr. A. Mcllwain Henry, manager of the
Buckeye Oil Mill of Jackson, Miss.;
Mrs. Sara Hill, wife of Dr. James Hill, of
Abbeville, and Miss Lucy Henry, teacher
at "Winnsboro, S. C.
Besides these living Mr. and Mrs. Henry
have lost two children by death.
To his children Mr. Henry has given lib
oral educational advantages, and to him
they are a crown of priceless value. It
would be hard to find young men and
young women of more sterling worth or
of more pleasing attributes than are to be
found in this family.
Mr. Henry has been a farmer all of his
life;,at this vocation he succeeded. He
moved to Abbeville in 1883 from the coun
try, occupying the Martin place, one mile
from the square, to get the educational
advantages he wished for his children.
Personally he is a man, honest and up
right in all his dealings, especially in bus
iness matters. His word is his bond and
pcoplo know it. He is a type of citizen of
which wo have too few. A man of moral
strength and integrity, he has the respect
of every man of his acquaintance. Hum
ble withal.
All of his children who are away
have been home to see him. Miss Lucy
Henry, of Winnsboro, is here now, the
other children having returned to their
Several vocations.
EUREKA ITEMS.
Various Notes of the Best Hotel
on Earth.
Various of Mrs. W. T. McFall-s friend*
have been with her at the Eureka Hotel
among the number were:
Mr.'-ani Mrs. H. C. Huntley, of Roanoke,
Va. Mr. Huntley is at the head of a large
furniture business in Roanoke. Mrs.
Huntley was Miss Orene Hughes of this
city. Mrs. Huntley's face bears evidence
of happiness in enjoying the love and af
fection of one of the best of husbands.
Mrs. Joe Hughes, who was Miss Carrie
Huguelet, is as pretty a6 she was before
she became the wife of one of the best and
most worthy engineers on the Seaboard
road. Her accomplishments, her beauty,
and her lovable character will make her to
Mr. Hughes, a joy forever.
Mr. W. H. McFall has resumed charge
r?f the hotel, and is giving his entire time
to it.
Mr. H. A. Oden, of Greensboro, N. C.,
is now the polite and accommodating
clerk and bookkeeper.
The Eureka lias been worked on?reno
vated?and its increased accommodation
for guests is appreciated by customers at
this hotel.
They say that the dinners on Sunday arr
now, more than ever, a special attraction
We had not noticed this change. We have
thought for years that the dinners every
day in the week, and Sunday, too, were a*
srood and as bountiful as the markets and
human skill and the arts of the best cooks
:>n earth could make them.
Traveling salesmon say most pleasant
things of the Eureka. They spend Sun
lay at this hotel, and say most pleasant
things of the Eureka, which is one of the
best kept hotels to be found in this quar
ter of the globe. There never was a
better hotel than that which is
k??pt by Mrs. McFall. The meals look in
viting on the nicest dishes. The cook
room is screened off so that the flies are
kept completely out. If we ever hear of a
better hotel which is better kept than the
Eureka we will telegraph you at onr ex
I ten so. A better hotel does not exist.
POSTMASTER DEAD
Mr. Frederic Minshall Passes to
the Great Beyond.
Mr. Frederick Minshall, Postmaster at
Abbeville, died ut his home in this city on
last Thursday, March?, 11)12,and was bur
ied in Melrose cemetery the following
day. Ky birth he was a "West Virginian,
lie came to Abbeville to bid on the con
structions of the city waterworks and sew
erage system, in which undertaking he
was eminently successful and was after
wards installed the p ant.
He was a civil engineer who knew his
business. In addition to the sewerage
plant ho erected the Court House and the
City Hall, which will building will stand
as monument to his efficiency. He also
built the Abbeville Shops for the Seaboard
railway. This building is one solid block
of concrete. He built for himself the
splendid resideuce now occupied by Mr.
Mart Coleman, which is one of the pret
iest homes in town. \
He early won the heart of Miss Rachel
Hemphell, who with three children, sur
vive; him.
Physically, Mr. Minshall was a wreck
due to a stubborn attack of fever through
which he passed years ago, but mentally
b<> was fverv inch a man n mnr> nf otmmr
mind, quick of wit, keen of perception.
Last year he was appointed Postmaster
for Abbeville by President Taft, which of
fice he'filled acceptably until the day of
his death.
The sympathy of the community is very
much with the widow and children in their
bereavement.
Baltimore's Experience.
The more you hear about what them
boomers is goin' to do the more you
don't hear about what they have went
to work and did.?Baltimore Evening
Sun.
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The South Pole is Really There. |
Captain Raould Amundson, a hardy
llorweigian and interprid sailor has post
ed the flag of the country on it.
Many will ask ithe question, "What has
been pained by the discovery? What ad
vantage will accrue? From a financial and
and economical standpoint; one would
say nothing, from a standpointof knowl
edge and science much. There is now (
no ultima thule, nothing more to be
discovered on old mother earth. Further i
discoveries must be made either within
the earth or in the heavens. It looks as if
we were out to reach the nnd of things. ;
One strange and unaccountable find in 1
connection with South Pole discoveries
istho locating of coal beds near the Pole.
c/.ionr>o oo?rs that, in the formation of coal
a tropical climate is necessary, this
being the case the South Pole at one
time at least in the history of the
world was as hot as Brazil. If such were
the case and if the earth has always held
the same relation to the sun, at that
time how hot was Brazil?
A while ago glaciers a mile deep stretch
ed from Massachusetts to British Colum
bia. The .;glacial moraines '.may be seen
there today. Rock and stone scooped and
scoured from a former resting place have
been deposited hundred of miles from their
former home. Lakes were made by these
masses of 'ice ^scouring over the land, to
wit, New York state and the New England
states. These glaciers made in possible
for the rivers of Massachusetts and Con
necticut to turn so many wheels by scour
ing across the courses and forming many
waterfalls.
Under the very moraines of these gla
ciers of long ago men are today digging
coal. Thus the same spot has at one time,
at least, in tho past has been as hot as the
tropics and at another as cold as the South
Pole. Here is room for further discovery.
Ab IA> UU? biixo uauig auyuu vuviv mlv w
eral theories. One, an interesting onr
too, is that of "The Central Sun" the Spec
t roscope has shown us that in addition to
our movement around the sun we art
moving: with the entire solar system at a
terrific speed toward the Dog Star, a sun
thousands of times larger than ours. Af
it requires 365 days for the earth to re
volve around the sun, so it requires 175,
000 years for the solar system to make tlu
annual trip around the Central Sun. A>
we approach that sun old earth warms up
the ice at the pole melts, everything be
comes tropic, vegetation flourishes, coa!
measures.formed, and a summer time o)
thousands of years broods over the earth.
In the winter of this 175,000-year yeai
when the earth is farthest away from the
Central sun, the world is cold, so cold thai
the poles'reach down to Northern Ken
tucky. We are now in the spring of thai
great year. The winter is over.
Another theory is that the heat of tht
earth depends on the amount of carbon
dioxid in the air?that is gas given of)
from anything that burns or rots. Mon
coal is being burned now than ever before
in the world's history so far as we know
and some scientists say that if the con
sumption Keeps up at tn? inwcub muo
200 years the air will become so impreg
nated with this gas that the climate of th<
earth will be materially affected. Th<
earth will become blanketed, so to speak
and warmed to such an extent that th<
tropics will encroach on the temporal
zones and the temporate on the frigh
zones. And in the dim and distant futun
miners in overalls and shirt sleeves ma>
dig coal from its bedjunder the ice ol
the South Pole.
. WITH THE INTELLIGENCER.
/
Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr. W. H. Board, well known newspaper
man, hns aeceptcd the position as circula
tion manager of The Intelligencer. He is
a live wire and is cirtain to up much new
business for the paper.^The subscription
list of The Intelligencer has grown to such
proportions that the'.management has
found it necessary to put on a men to look
out for its interests, and in the selection of
Mr. Beard, feels that it has secured one or
the best men available.
Mr. is the gentleman who, through the
newspaper, challenged Tom Felder to ?
He is some scrapper and has tied him
self up with a'j newspaper where he will
probably get the chance of putting int?
ivfli.iitinn ciimo hift ififted talents witl
lire arms. Not only is Mr. Board gifte<
in the use of artillery, but he slings ink ii
i style all his own, and will all along con
tribute articles to the paper that will cauS'
the politicians of the state to sit up and
take notice.
Miss Britt has resigned the Fonvill<
school. Rumor says she is preparing to
teach one of her own.
Miss:Estello Mills Strickle will finish
out the un-expired terra.
Appreciative Tourist.
A lady distinguished as a society
leader in New York recently made an
extensive motor tour through France,
and on her return to America she was
asked how she enjoyed the trip. After
recounting other pleasures she said,
"But my most delightful experience
was hearing the French 'pheasants'
sing the 'Mayonnaise'!"
Blame Electric Lamp,
The Glasgow board of trade court is
investigating the loss of a local steam
ship which stranded in a mysterious
mOnriAw a Anltr V? /xntur aWawa/I r? n
ixiciuuci. i iic yjiiij mcui j uucicu iu a^
count for the mishap is that an electric
lamp in the pocket of the lookout man
deflected the compass. The man ad
mitted that he had been leaning
against the binnacle just before the
vessel stranded.
Plan Children's Saving Banks.
The Hampshire (England) county
education committee has under con
sideration a scheme for teaching
thrift among children by establishing
in the lower and infant schools a sav
ings bank on the lines of the post of
fice. All sums deposited will re
main untouched to the end of school
life, to be used for helping the chil
dren when starting work.
Unnecessary Repetition.
Little Jean Elizabeth was being bap
tized. When the minister put the war
ter on her forehead she said, loud
enough for all the congregation to
hear: "My muzzer washed my face."
?The Delineator.
Depths of Misery.
Downcast Alaskan Prospector?I
Just ain't got the heart to dig, 'cause
With every ounce o' gold I takes out o*
the earth, I decrease the purchasin*
power of the dollar!'?Puck.
\
77 ACRES?$1,000
Near Clinton, N. C.
Clinton shipped .5,000 bales cotton
last year, also tons of tobacco ; 3(J acres
of this farm ih cleared productive fields,
balance timber : to close immediately,
price only Sl.OiJO", part cash; for pic
ture of the seven room house and
details of other big bargains in good
farms in North Carolina and Viginia,
Bee page x20, "Strout's Big Farm
Catalogue No. 35"; copy fr?e. We
pay buyer's R. R. fares. E. A.. Strout
Farm Agency, Station 24, 517 Lithia
Btreet, (jreensbrro, N. C.
Was Too
Original
"Good evening," said the young
man in fervent tones, aa the young
woman on whom he was calling enter
ed the room. '1 just thought that
I'd drop in and ask you to marry
me." .
."I will not!" declared the young
woman after she v had caught her
breath. "Why, Arthur Lewis! The
idea! What do you mean by?"
"I thought so/'' said the young man,
resignedly, sitting down and staring at
the polish on his shoes. "There isn't
a girl on earth who is mentally ad
vanced enough to appreciate,, common
sense or admire novelty.; They all
wont tho camo th^'MITlfl WaT.
at the same time! I suppose.if I led
you into a dim corner and held your
hand and gazed into your eyes with
an expression of deep emotion and
adoring worship, and had said, 'Made
line, my heart's darling! Listen!
I 1-lov-ov-e you!' you would have fall
en on my neck?"
"I don't understand you!" interrupt
ed the young woman, breathing rap
idly. "I don't understand you at all!
I don't see why you should assume
that I'm In the least anxious to marry
you."
"I don't," explained the young man:
"I wouldn't be so rude and conceited.
I merely assumed that you would
marry me if I asked you?and I've ask
e'd you, and you say you won't
"I must admit," went oif the young
man, "that I am both surprlaed and
pained. I feel that you have been
leading me on all this time Just to
amuse yourself, and I must say that
I didn't think you were that kind.
I?M'
"I don't think you are very nice,*
declared tye young woman, "to4 come
here and call me names and act u
tnougn I were to Diame aoouc some
thing I I'm not In the habit of be
lieving that every man who calls on
me wants to marry me, and?"
"Now, Madeline!" interrupted the
young man decisively, "that sounds
very pretty and ladylike and no doubt
you think it Is so, but It isn't In the
bottom of your heart yoti know that
when a man calls three times on a
girl she begins sizing him up as a
possioie nusoana, ana u sue iuiujlb ug
won't do, she gets rid of him. She
has a headache when he calls, or she
has another engagement when he. asks
her out, or she forgets appointments
with him. You've not done a solitary
one of these tricks! Tou've let me
come and acted glad tc see me?and
you've ducked engagements with oth
ers to go places with me, and you've
cooked indigestible things in the
chafing dish at weird hours and urged
them upon me, and otherwise given
me to understand that you didn't ex
actly hate me. Naturally, from all thia
I deducted?"
"I don't understand you at all!"
flared the young woman. "I think you
are acting perfectly horrid, and you
ought to apologize!"
"Oh, of course," said the young
man. "I know if I had wanted to be
dishonest with myself and you I could
have wrung tears out of my eyes and
murmured things about not being
worthy and not daring to reach so
far above me and called you an angel
?but really, you know, it's six ol
one and half a dozen of the other, and
we'd make a good married couple
However, you must admit, Madeline,
that you get an edge on your tempei
occasionally?Just as you have now,
for instance. Still, I can handle that
You could do far worse than marrj
me. Do you love any one else?"
"No!" said the young woman. "Bui
that doesn't mean that I care twc
straws about such a conceited Individ
ual as yourself 1"
"You should," he persisted. "Yoi
can't deny that you've been fond of m?
up to this moment. What's wrong all
of a sudden?"
"You are!" she told him. "Totally!"
"Strange," murmured the young
man. "Say, I bet what you're mad
about is the way I did It?isn't it?"
"I never heard of such a proposal,"
she informed him. "You might have
been offering to sell me a book or ask
ing for a contribution to something!
Any girl would say no!"
"Well," said the young man with a
sigh, getting up, "it's too bad, and
I'm awfully disappointed. I won t both
er you any longer?"
"There's no need to hurry," Bald
the young woman.
"What's the use of staying?" he ast
ed, bitterly. "I've got a broken heart
and you don't love me, and?"
"I?I never said that," murmured
the young -woman. She looked away.
"It's Just as I said," the young mar
told her two hours later when affairs
were permanently settled. "Girls in
slst on all the artistic finish on these
little affairs. I was too abrupt!"
Many Uses for New Invention.
The microphone, in a modified form
Is being used successfully by a French
Inventor to find springs of water, and
they have been located as far as fifty
feet underground. It Is expected thai
the instrument will be of much value
to miners, prospectors and others in
similar occupations, as well as In lo
cating victims of mine accidents. A
tube is thrust into the ground a few
feet and the improved microphone at
tached to the upper end, when noise
made by flowing or falling water ie
plainly heard.
Now that its spring, brighten
up in the kitchen. We have
everything in Enamehvare and
the kind that will last. Prices
very moderate, too. * 1
THE
MR
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8he Couldn't 8ay.
A little boy out In Stockton, accord
ing to the Rooks County Record, said
to his mother the other day: ."Ma, am
T - J "I
i tfc uosucuuaui, uum a uiuuav/ ? *
don't know," replied the mother. "I
never knew any of your -father's
folks." The father, who was listening,
went out In the coal shed and kicked
the cat through the roof.?Kansas CJty
Star. i .
Peculiarities df Taste. ; *
The South Sea Islanders ga$ee with
disgust upon an American eating rare
roast beef, but he will eat a fish raw,
especially If he is an Hawaiian, with
great relish. He also finds a dozen or
more relatives of the oyster on, the
reef at low tlde and thinks them highly
appetizing. There Is the devil fish, for
Instance. The squid Iff regarded as
being a delicacy. - *
School of Love In Germany.
In order to counteract the falling off
of marriage rate a "school of love" has
been started at Strasburg, Germany.
The school will also give advice on ob
scure questions, such as how to en
courage budding attentions, how to dis
courage them, how to converse with
serious men Without any serious knowl
edge, and how to be gay an<} frlvplqus
while suffering from headache, bank
ruptcy, and other Ills.
Giving Him the Limit. .
The reply of Henry Clay Dean, the
famous Missouri lawyer of the early
days, to a man accused of 'tihapta&abde
crime, is historic. The- '-man! asked
the lawyer to defend him and admitted
to him his guilt. "No," said Deatf, '1
will not defend you. You ought to be
shot out of a redhot cannon, through
a barbed wire fence into hefll.". 4
What to Do With Batfes.
XI me custom or cnecKing DaDies at
the department stores and leaving
them there continues to grow, it may
be necessary for those establishments
to hold auction sales of unclaimed ba
bies, as the express companies do ot,
parcels left on their bands.?New York i
Tribune.
India Not a Nation.
There is no Indian nation, and the.
nations of India differ, not only in in
terests, history and tradition, but they
differ in regard to race feeMng, and
there is strong hatred and jealousy be
tween parts of India stfll. There is
nothing that keep3 the peace in India
but British rule.
Painter Had No Choice.
"May I ask," inquires the interview
er, "why you paint non#a but nudeer?"
"Certainly," replies the painter. "The
styles change so rapidly in clothing
that a picture would be out of date
almost before the paint is dry."?Chi
cago Post.
Always.
Also In the matter of a* kiaa, two
heads are better than one*?8mut)Set
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"KEEN KUTTER"
TOOLS
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' Are dependable Tools.,
See the "Keen Kutter"
f ad in the Saturday Even
incr Post, the 16th. arid
. -T\ . - . * f
thea come to. us for the v
best Tools made.*, " .
/" ' Paiiitv paljnt, Paint ,
With our large stock of Paint, to 1
dra\v from, you can brighten up 1
_ .. . ? . ?,*
for a very moderate sum. jl
Ladies^" wherr1 you sew you ?neec
>d Scissors. If you ' buy here yoi
1 find the. best > makes?"Clans'
i ? ,Ke'eiu*:Ktitter.
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Absorb 'Water Throuflfh the' 8kln.
Experiments haVe been made with
frogs which tend' *to: ehx>W that those
unim uln taoldly 'absorb water through
the pores of the skin. Emphasis ta
laid'-by certain authorities ufeon the
I fact that frogs .never take -water by*
( the month. / On being exposed for sev
j eral hours, to ,<U*>.ahr some frogs ex
I perimente^- .with lost 14 per oent^ of
[ their weight, :bpt. this was nearly .all
: regained withies 24 hours wben they
| were placedyin ft dish containing wft
I ter only one centimeter in depth.
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i. filgna That FofetetT Weather. f
I The' oouhtry' (filler has a'thouBand
weather signs that the city man never
; knows* A red Buhset'meanft very little
, to the man in^hb^Sfrejei Sut.to -the
;man ameng tho lane^it 'lildicites rain
and bad' wettther:.'5;*^Sniolfe Hsefr*
straight ihthd ^ir iff 'another of ttod
! signs that k faiffia'^r hbtlcer and 'fore5
j tells'bad '^eath'6r. Circles about' th&'j
j moon 'and Sun,1"; streaks of greasy I
clouds and tne peculiar actions th.
birds and domestic "animals arealMn-'
;dications of Some' 'chatfgei' ln ' the
weather tb the man whose'-eye has
bfcen trained to recoghffce the signs
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. N Appeal .of jhft, Affflqte^ ^
, It was W^lfer's.first visit to churqh?.
and he tried hard to remember all the
Varied Instructions he had received,
such as not; whispering, keeping his! i
head bowed ; during the prayer, etc.
But , during the-main petition of the
service. ,nature ^on a complete battle
over memory and decorum. "Mother,"
shrilled tfye .^-eary , youngster, "when i
ylll it be time for pie to str^ghten ;
my neck? It's like to break if I don't :
<io it soont" \ * /~"4 ' \ t
*'" Asbestos1 Shln'glis.
Asbe'stb'a 'shingles, aVe' now' being
manufactured in tfilB'cotiniry with suc
cess, ai^d the, trad# has grown enorm
ously. -The new-products.-are of the
lightest weight and; flreflnJeJ 'up to'a
temperature of two"' "'thbusgftid' and
more degrees..- They, pje prao{.;against
acjds'and weather and are said r.to. last
as long as a concrete; buildingr-wUh - ]
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!? At Last.
The- London Gazette, after an ex
istence of nearly two and a half cen
turies, has adopted the plan of print
ing a table of contents. This should A
dispose of the libel that we Britishers '
are slow to adopt new ideas.?London '
Punch. |
O Joy! i
Mose Persimmons?Wal, I Jest bor- ,
rled money enough to git de marriage ,
license! Now I hain't got nuffln' to
worry about till my dog license comes ,
due!?Puck.
Try Scissors Next Time.
"She meant to chop off the chick
en's head with a hatchet," says a Mis- ?
Bourl editor, "but only succeeded In
cutting pff her forefinger. The next 8
time she has designs against the life ^
of a chicken we recommend the use
of a pair of cis sorg.M?Atlanta Con*
ftttvtiog. , ' ^
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leed. We have
Fence. Come in
COMPANY
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Tramp Not Wholly Lost
A tramp stealing a ride on a trail!
Jumped off as It passed a burning ho
tel, aroused the sleeping lodgers and,
his rescue work done, regained his
place on the bumpers before the train
left the yards, a pretty fnfl volume
of comment on American human na
ture Is contained In the brief report of
the incident
Why the Passengers Kicked. . V '
A motor-bus while traveling in Bow . ^
road recently was struck in the rear
by a tram car, and the impact forced '
It on to another bua, which was st&* ' ?
ttonaryt ?_ ..The latter mounted this
pavement and smashed Borne rail
lngs. Passengers in each bus com
plainest 'of. cuts, from broken glass.? '
London Dally News..
Redeeming Feature.
,Wlfler7".Do you like those beautiful
suspenders I embroidered for yo?u
dear?^,; ^bby-^-'-Yes, darting. They ,
don't show when I am dressed.?Mil
waukee News. .
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Banana a Curiosity.
A peculiar fact about the banana is
that no Insect will attack it, and an
other is that it is absolutely immune
frbm the diseases that fruits are sub
ject to. It is one of the curiosities of
the vegetable kingdom. '
Smart Set In Danger.
From one of the fashion journal!
tve learn that "stripes will be worn by.
be smart set next spring." Has the
-man oeen com Dining in restraint or
xade? ' ' ,v?
, .. Downfall of Venice.
It was December 28, 1805, that Via
ice, the "Queen of the Adriatic," was
robbed of the crown that she bad
proudly worn for more than 1,100
years. By tbe terms of the treaty of
Presburg, as dictated by that creator
and -destroyer of kings and kingdoms,
Napoleon the Great, the ancient re
public was annexed to Italy, and th9
glory of the city of the Doges was
ao more.
Fo-te.
It was thy tuost exciting moment of
3De of those midnight rehearsals. Try
as he would, Donald Brian, the actor,
:ould not Induce the orchestra to play
lmirt fnr a nmnshlne flrtnlA
Finally In desperation he called oat
to the orchestra conductor: "Swell 1
Vicars, Swell!" Whereat the phleg
matic, unruffled English conductor
stopped the band, turned smilingly to
Mr. Brian and said: "Thank you,
sir."
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An Inference.
There died in Chicago the other d&X
l man of whom it is said that he knev
he intimate history of every Import*
int family in the city. Some members
if some of the Important families must
)e mighty glad that he died.?Saraa
lah News. .. ; _
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