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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
OUTSIDE JACNTING CAR


The street Scenes of Cork are like those of
no city in Europe. The vehicles arc all two
wheeled, from the jaunting car, which daShcs
along at four minute pace with its load of
pretty Irish girls or English tourists, to the
heavy cart, which drags on its two wheels
load of stone; from the mail wagon, with its
eaudy colored paint, to the little donkey
cart, whose animal is not half the size of its
driver and would not weigh much moro than
a Newfoundland dog
The jaunting car is the hackney cab OF Ire
land You find it everywhere and MI classes
use it. There are three kinds, outside, inside
md covered cars, and give You hero pict-
ures of each The most used, however, is the
open one, Or the outside jauntins car. The
seats Of this arc cushioned and the frame
work is painted in bright colors- The seats
nre fully five feet from the ground and
the passengers face the sidewalk as they
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03

There have already been several npplca'
tons from artists who want to paint the por-
trait of the presidents bride. 1t has been the
custom, TO adorn the walls Of the White House
with portraits of presidents and their wives,
and there arc n full set of the former, but tho
ladies' faces arc very few. Mrs Polk, Mrs.
Tyler, Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Washington, Mrs.
HAYES and Mrs Grant are the only ones that
arc represented, hut Mrs. Cleveland will not
leavc without having her beautiful face and.
figure left upon the walls.-WashinSton Let
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
INSIDE HAUNTING CAR.


ride. They look much as though they were
In pair Of paniers sitting back to back, Us
they 70 jolting along on the springs, and the
raw Irishman who sits just behind drives
like Jehu and generally has good horse-
In case he has a full car of four passengers
he sits IL tie center, but it only one or two lie
must take one of the side seats or the car
would be unbalanced and 60 over at the first
turn of n corner. One of the drivers in Cork
says: "Thc outside car is the best. It's mighty
convenient, for if We have lady wild ye she
is all to yourself to spaEe to and to fell in
love wid, and for that raiSon the ladies pre-
fer them"
These jauntinS car drivers arc good fellows,
rs rule, and the promise of fee of few
pence makes them very friendly aid loqua-
cious. One of them drove myself and another
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03

The chief priest at Panadine to Edwin
Arnold: Life will condcnse, hy means Of
death, into its essence Your wise men are
not wise to speak even here of five senses
There is Il sixth sellSc-thc chtta, tLo mini.
1t is that which truly secs, hears, smells,
tastes and touches; not the organs When
eve and ear and nostl'ils and tongue and limbs
arc laid aside, the master sense becomes all
the mora FREQ and opened. 1t is in this u
with the chemical clements. To-day they
seem to bc many making up the worll-hcre
trated into one which takes many FORMS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03

fill your eyes and tho fattest OF cattle and
sheep dot the landscape. The fields look like
those of n model farm. They are generally
rectangular in shape and arc, as rule, small.
seldom being over five or ten acres i'll extent
and often only ono or two. These fields are
separated by stone walls about two to four
feet wide ut the bottom and banked up with
earth, so that in many cases tho stones nro
not seen and the fields seem to be separated
by walls of green grass, which nrc often as
high as four feet. On many of tho walls
hedges are planted and in some of them small
trees grow. There ore no wooden fences on
the farms of southern Ireland, and the only
wire I have seen is here and there strand or
two on stakes about q foot high, running
along tho tops Of the walls which line the rail-
ways
These fences add greatly to the beauty OF
the landscape and make it look totally differ
ent from an American one. They take up,
however, great deal of valuable land, and
in most cases have as much space allotted to
them as the woven rail fences Often there
is deep ditch running around the fields ill.,
side tho walls, and in such cases the fence
and ditch wastes strip Of land from ten t.
fifteen feet wide oil around it. 1t is in this
waste of land In fences that somo people find
all the troubles of Ireland. 1t is certainly q
great waste, but I imagine Ireland's chief
troubles come from other causes.
Before I left America leading editor, who
makes it his rule to spend 100 days every
year abroad, asked me why wanted to 60 to
Ireland, as "therc were 10 antiquities there"
This is a mistake. Ireland is rich in ruins,
and you find old castles everywhere. 8lnrney
is only one of hundreds, and old m onasteries,
and there is greater number of ruined
abbeys here than III England
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
AN IRISH CABIN.


There arc Tany good stores in Cork, but
few like the American ones you would find III
q city of lO0,O ,O0a. Their storerooms are, as
rule, small, and their stock of goods Iaeager.
Tho smaller stores jumble their goods into the
windows, with no attempt at tasteful arrange
,nent, and the sign of small grocery store Is
q window filled with greasy hams and vcge-
tables. The meat markets, or butcher shops.
all have one wide window opening on to the
sidewalk. and the ledge of this window is tie
meat counter, on which the cuts are carved
md weighed. In the better class of butcher
sho,,s this counter is q marble slab; i'll the
poorer it is Of wood.
Saloons in Cork arc we'll patronizel, and
YOU will find both women and lnen drinking
at them They arc known here rs spirit and
wine stores" and have signs Of this kind
Another curious store hero is ~Thc Potato
Store" where potatoes alone are sold The
rosato is the staple food of the lower classes,
and you will sec these stores everywhere.
Potatoes arc worth now about the same as in
America. Those have eaton are very fine,
and from the general health Of the people
soc there can lie no better diet ii the world
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
Tint Ono Has Iseru Canonizctl.

OF ell tho men and women who havo
,nborcd for the Roman Catholic church in
Amcricw but one has been canonize'l, ST.
Rosc, Of Lima, South Anaerica.-hlies'
Ocean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
WILSON BARRETT.
tIS CHILDHOOD OF HARD WORK
>ANp YOUTHFUL STRUGGLES.

Ellis Six Weeks OF Schooling-His First
Drama, aiid the Way in Which 1t Was
Presented-Eafiy Premonition of Sue
cess-working UP from tho Foot.
Especial cozespcndence.l
NEW YORK, Sept 20-Mr. Wilson Barrett,
lessee and manager Of the Royal Princess
theatre, London, will soon arrive in America,
and will appear in his favorite roles in all o'ir
leading cities rs far west as Chicago. A
friend of the celebrated actor has furnished
ME many fresh details Of his early life
Which will be read with interest nt t!lis time,
when Mr.. Barrett is about to land OH our
shores.
Wilson Barrett was precocious boy. Be-
tween - and l3 he learned every word OF
Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice, while
hard ut work in the Office of wholesale corn
merchant who paid the lad six sbillings
week. Out of this sum his parents allowed
him two sllillings and sixpence, with which
he wos expected to clotho and feed himself.
He had only bed and supper at home. His
bours of labor were from in the MORN
ing until 10 or II nt night, with half
hours rest for breakfast and another half
hour for luncll-the larger portion Of which
timo lie employed i'll reading whatever he
could lay hands upon, especially anything
about plays or the stage. Every cent that he
could spare from his tiny weekly stipend or
could gain in any extra way he spent on
books. His duties at the corn merchants
were numerous and varied. Hc would carry
money to the hank on foot and convey grain
to q purchaser with horse and cart, and
more than once, when about II, he actually
luggcd sacks of corn or flour for certain dis
talices, the sacks often weighing two and
half hundred weight. About this time, when
he used to have to 60 to the wharves for flour.
the men, seeing him do mems work, put him
drances in his way, drove their teams into
him and jeered ut him. But he did not mind
them. He kept OH Mt bis toll In all weathcrs,
although sometimes so thinly clad that he
4 = L.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-03
NEW YORK NOTES.
Especial Corrcspondencc.I

Probability That Mrs. Potter VIII Adopt
the Theatrical Profession.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20

Samuel White Small was born July Sd,
1851, at Knoxville, Tenn, and received his
primary education in that city, but graduat-
ed from the High School, New Orleans, and
later from Emery and Henry College in Viz
ginia. Sans father was journalist and
was rich and influential He was Superir-
tendent of the Southern Express Company
and President of the Texas Express Com
pany. Sam was led into all kinds of excesses
and spent money faster than his father could
make il. He started out in life as a lawyer
and next became a journalist. Under the
Nom de plume of ''Old ST." he won repu-
tation among literary men and became an
acknowledged master of nero dialect hum
OF. He is Still writing for the Atlanta Con-
5titution. Physically he is nonentity, or
at least he seems to be, but it is said that he
frequently works all right and this with
out apparent injury to his delicate condition.
As an orator he has few equals and his
speech on the floor of the Chamber Of Com
nierce of Cincinnati is spoken OF as model.
He was converted under Sam Jones's min
istratiOn. He has a wife and four children.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
MEXICAN MIScREANTS
Sixty Bandits Ditch and Rob a
Freight Train and After Stripping
the rralnmen Naked Turn them
Loose.

II I'asey Tex, special.-A freight train on
the Mexican Central railroad. i'm charge of
Conductor Mari, north-bound, was ditched
and robbed at Kilometre, nprth of San Fran
aseo station, by a band of sixty Mexican
outlaws. The train consisted of seven cars
which were all ditched. The outlaws first
nooed and then stripped completely NAKED
Mof thetnin hands, then tied their hands
shind their backs, in which condition they
he'd 70 walk into San Francisco station. No
~d5, however, was hurt. Cars were broken
spen and large amount of freight was
hken. Troops are securing the country in
errfcf the band vt outlaws.
from the similarity Of Of operations, it is
IMPOSED that the outrage was committed
ne same band which some time ago
,eooel the stage in the state of Zacaiecas.
me stage contained besides the Grivef.
MIre men and one young lady, all belong
mgiotesbsst families of chihuahua. The
muaws robbed them of their valuables and
nsIy ay paruele of clothing and in that con-
s.s'en allowed them to proceed in the stage.
sass oeiore ie3ying their victims, the rob
- OUT or consideration for the young
sa.e the people in the stage shee..
,s5 arh tney used IN common as a lap-rObe,
~ 81 'n9s made their way 10 the nearest sta
~. Yesterdays outrage occurred in tlIp
s..i ~. " Jaiisco, often called the "RobbsE
4'e. from the frequency with which law.
"SeSpielts occur there.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The Missouri Pacific Hit Hard by this
knights Of Labor-Strikes all Over
the Land.

st. Louis special March, S:-The strike OF
a part of the Knights of Labor on the Gould
Southwestern system of railways Saturday
was followed yesterday at various points
along the lines by general suspension Of
work of all the Knights employed in any po-
sition by the railroads, until the number
reached between 5000 and 10000, and in
cluded shopmen, switchmen, trainmen,
brakemen and firemen. The engineers,
none of whom have Joined the strike formal
Is. are prevented from working by lack of
strikers assistance upon their engines and
are counted in among themselves by the
Knights so far as their value to the roads is
concerned. Another general order is ex-
pected from the executive board in Marshall,
Tex, to-day, which will call from their
work all the Knights left at work on the
roads, and will still further cripple them.
In st. Louis all the Missouri Pacific en-
plOyes who are Knights of Labor have struck
and a number of them who were not knights
have Joined the order and left their work.
No freight trains or passenger trains went
out of St Louis on the Missouri Pacific yes
terday, and Its business in every department
is at complete standstill. The Knights
have been holding quiet and orderly meet
ings in their hall. while their executive COM
mittee is In session and is waiting to hear
from the railroad authorities, to whom they
are looking for proposition for confer
ence at which their differences can be ar
ranged. II il probable that unless some
Proposition of this kind is made to-day the
Strike will assume greater proportions and
will iuiure the roads more than 1t has al
ready.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
Whisky. a Corset and a LoveI.

a tall, shapely young woman was before
Justice Smith at the Tombs on Saturday on
a charge of intoxicatiOn.
II wish you wouldn't lock me up, sir"
she pleaded, I'm not to blame. It's all
Emma's fault. She's my cousin, and ii she
hadn't worn fifteen-inch corset week
ago wouldn't have been here to-day. am
engaged TO young railroad conductor"
she continued, land Emma, who is in love
with him, has been trying her best to steal
him from me. Il would surely kill me II
she did, and am a little afraid of her. She
IS an ugly little thing, but when she paints
and powders she makes herself look very
pretty. Twas really alarmed about my lover
the other night at ball. He danced four
times with her and only twice with me.
When | sc0ided him abOu' it he said: oh,
her waist is simmer than ours, and like
slim waists The following day accostei
Emma Oh the street and spoke nicely 10 her,
saving: why do you wear fifteen-inch
corset when you really ought to have one
five inches larger? You'll regret it when
YOU re older, Emma. You care great deal
she tauntingly replied. You're only afraid
of yOur lover He's in love on my shape.
anu he'll he mine inside of week l I'M
mediately purchased tifteen-incb corset
myself. when in reality needed an eight
een-nch. but began 70 feel so wretched
that believed "A little whisky would relieve
me. | took some and became very sick"
Il will discharge you on one condition"
said the Justice, "and that is that you get
larger sized corset.
"But my lover" she exclaimed. He
might leave me for Emma"
''If he is that kind Of man you are well
rid of him. A sensible man doesn't look II
the woman he marries has slim OF stout
waist. What he wants is sensible young
woman who knows how TO take care OF his
home"
well. 1 promise TO have the corset
changed, (, finally said the young woman.
But have got good case for breach OF
promise if he leaves me for Cousin Emma?
Yes, you may get a siX-cent verdict" I"
N Y World.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
A VERY STALE CHESTNUT
A Fresh Attempt to Work an Old
Swindling Game In Minnesota.

A special from Winona, Mimi, says let
tiers, marked confidential, have been received
by citizens of WinOna, offering to dispose
of paper articles-sL ~. 50, 10 and $50.
The letter explains that by the convenience
of federal officials, plates were stolen from
the engraving department of the United
States treasury, and spurious issue of 81
10000 in greenbacks printed. The writer
claims to hold $500 600 of these notes, which
he offers to dispose of cheap. A slip was
inclosed from st. Louis paper. which is
undoubtedly spurious. 1t is probable that
such letters have been sent to many other
persons throughout the state. The letters
received here we're signed Martha Denton,
box "a. .301 East Fourteenth street, New
York At the Number given on Four
teenth street no one by the name of Denton
was known when reporter made inquiries
last night. Letter boxes are for rent in a
cigar store under the building, but the high
est number was said to be 2S and no letters
TO the address given had ever been received
there.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
AFALSE ECONOMY.
Baldwin Pays More for Kissing
Than for Advertising.

Miss Perkins, in her breach of promise
case with Lucky Baldwin, testified that he
paid her SO for a single kiss.
This recalls circumstance i'll Mr.. Bald
wins career that shows how false economy
brought SO much trouble on his inexpe-
rienced head.
About the time Baldwin got into his Per-
kins trouble the advertising agent OF the
Appeal called upon him at the Tallac house,
Lake Tahoe, and solicited the advertising
of the summer resort. Mr.. Baldwin was
anxious to insert the advertisement. for
which the agent asked so. Mr. Baldwin
refused to give more than IS, and thus ne
gOtiations were discontinued and the adver-
tisement not accepted.
In few days the old fellow went down to
Los Angeles and offered this woman $40
for kiss. Meanwhile. his business was
neglected at the hotel, and il was not known
by reason of an insufficlency of advertising,
and sick of the business, he leased il TO
another party.
There is no doubt that Mr. Baldwin has
paid out great many Sos for kisses. and
had he spent the same amount in adver-
Using the merits of his business and hedged
have been a household word wherever the
the English language is spoken.
We do not claim that man must eschew
the fair sex entirely and stop kissing pretty
girls. Far from it; but if Baldwin had di.
vided the thing up and paid Ss for the kiss.
es and S15 for the advertising he would
doubtless have secured about as much kis
sing and and also laid up vast amount OF
advertising for rainy day.
A man who 10 well advertised does moi
nave to pay out much money for kisses. fol
everybody knows that women flock about a
well-knOwn man like flies around mo-
lasses barrel, while an obscure individual
is compelled to almost break himself to gel
any recognition.
We hate to see a man practicing thi:
ridiculous false economy with women anC
newspapers. II Baldwin had spent more
on the press and less on that Perkins WON
an she would not have the money to attack
him in the courts. and the press would have
been defending his character from calumny
Ii is indeed a sad. sad world when man
| gets TO be as old as Lucky BaldN n ami pay:
out money TO designing wOmeH that Ough
| TO 20 into the channels OF new, PAPER enter
prise. and assist in building up the growing
and mighty west. Carson Appeal.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20
usAIH OF A True WON AN
'"s whe OF Senator Hawley Dies
~ashington-Sketch of a Life
u'' Of Devotion to the Interests,
"s"ars and Happiness of Others,

Als' Hawley, wife of Senator Joseph r.
Ales, or Connecticut, died in Washington
y pneumonia after an illness OF little more
sweek's duration.
IL nawley was born in Guilford Conn
% ana was niece of Henry Ward
is hsr maiden name being Harriette
~ focte. She was married in 1ss5 70
- naWiey. She never had any children
~ year ago she adopted the orphan child
-. esased sister, . years old. who was a
~ on both the Senator and Mrs. Baw-
"nile Gen. Hawley was in the army
w. was . nurse in the hospitals of
,a, md sketch of her life apnears in
49,. L Acorr's "women of the War. She
n,,,. ca ner husbands private secretary and
~.ss seaa adviser throughout the entire
~ -, s attending to all of his Correspondence
h,sis'ng him in many other ways. civ.
= het time to these duties instead NJ !, 70 eo so-
~. which she was quite a stranger
u - .eMleys name never appeared in the
u M uvse ~ VINO attended fashionahle mar.
ufher;rsh que was invariably present az all
- - LOT charitable and literary mr..
ibl,ifv ~ ~, was an authoress OF no small
AVE. s.sneagh most of her puhlicafions
Generss ~ enenymous. Her last WORDS ~
aade to him s were an expression of grat.
Ind. 'n ana for his devotion as a hus.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-20

represent Judge Black as he poured out his
vials of wrath upon the commission and
then instruct the library committee to have
it hung in the supreme courtroom so that
Joe Bradley might see it daily
The select committee of the House ap-
pointed to make the Pan-Electric telephone
investigation will hold their first meeting
in the speakers room. II was intended to
have a meeting, but they were unable TO get
the use Of committee room. 1t is stated
that Senator Vest has asked TO be given an
opportunity To make a sworn statement in
regard to his holding of stock before he
leaves for the South, and there Is no doubt
he will be gwen the opportunity, although
nobody sees anything in his connection with
the Pan Electric company requiring any eX-
planatiOn. The Senator is still improving,
and it is thought will be strong enough for
his trip before the end of this week.
As the House naval committee was tie
at its last meeting on so much of the bill ap-
propriating money for the reconstruction of
the navy as sappropriates 500, 900 for three
dry docks, Chairman Herbert states the bill
will not be reported until the absent men,
Der, Buck OF Connecticut, returns and casts
his vote. Naval officers say the passage of
this bill would put our navy in very fair
shape. 1t cOntemplateS a total ultimate eX-
penditure of s14,675, 900 for ships, guns, tor
pedoes and navy yards of which 80, 425, 900
is to be Immediately available. Naval Off
GERS insist the whole amount should be
granted. but admit the appropriation ulti-
mate and immediate could be reduced nearly
One-half and yet give margin enough for a
great deal of good work. The expenditure
of S1,SO0,O00 for dry docks at Norfolk,
Brooklyn and League island is not urgently
necessary. The bill also allows 1000. 900
for four unarmOred cruisers and it might
be wise to wait until there has been some
experience with the four built by Roach and
the Others for which the navy department is
now perfecting plans, under the authority
of the appropriation made by the last Con-
gress. Two millions is allowed for the
completion for half done monitors, COM
monty known as fraud clads:" this might
be omitted. The important provisions Of
the bill authorize two new irOn-clads of 5000
tons displacement and engine-pOwer calcu-
lated to give sixteen knots speed; a torpedo
cruiser to have twenty-five knots speed, and
four torpedo boats. The torpedo crafts are
the most important, but the iron clads would
be great acquisitions, as it is believed such
vessels with the speed stipulated would be
of more general service than the monster
12,OOO ton iron-clads of the English, French
anu Italian navies.