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PROMINENT PEOPLE

MRS. NELLIE GRANT-SARToRIs viii socS.
come to this country to visit her mother. ~;
OSCAR WILDE is now so fat t.lat estheti-5
cism and he may be regarded as strangers. q
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE is q great walker,
and he sneers at the Washington street
cars.
COLONEL JOHN s. MosBY is to lecture on
fifty nights the coming winter, and is tpbe
paid $500 night.
THE three wives of John w. Young, the
son Of the late Mormon leader, accompany
him in his travels about the country. 5=sl.T
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND did not 20 to.
Buffalo to vota. Indications point to his hav-s
ing given up his residence in that city. ~
MISS CLEVELAND has severed her connec.
tion with the Chicago Literary Life, after
three months thorny editorial experience. z'5
JAY GOULD is said to have a superstition
In regard to elevators. He will never ride.
in one if he can help it, preferring to tramp,
up the stairs .r .' s,t;l,l
ANDREW CARNEGIEs new castle in the
Alleghenies, which Is to cost 81 ,000, 900, will
be built entirely Of undressed surface stone.
found on the place. z
THE Gar has large "play room" at his,
Winter Palace where he swings climbs
poles, pays ball and slides down hill, with
no jealous Nihilists around to interfere with;
his sport
BARTHoLDfs cup of greatness needed just
one more drop to be full It has come at last.
A post-oface in Dakota has been named in.
honor Of the great French sculptor Of
Liberty statue. %
JEFFERSON DAVIS is said to be in better;
health this fall than for number Of years.
His mind is clear, and he is becoming very
animated talker, and is beginning to interest
himself more in public affaira s,s
MRS CLEVELAND, besides being an e1-,
cellent whip is said to be q horsewoman'-of'
no small experience. It is reported that she
intends to become an active member Of the
Horsewomen's Club Of Washington.
IT is denied that Mrs. Grant, the wife Of
the late General, has been impaired in health
since his death. She is said to be contented
and cheerful, and takes an active interest In
everything that is going on about her.
COMMANDER B. F. CHANDLER, Of the.
Navy, who died recently at Onset, Mass. Of
apoplezy, leaves a widow and two sons. he
was seventy years old and for many years.
was connected with the navy yards at New:
London, Portsmouth snd Oharle3town.
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Washington.

A PARTY Of diplomats the other day wit
messed the successful use of the telephone be-
tween Washington and New York Conver-
sation was successfully carried on between
the two cities, distance Of about $50 miles.
CHEF GRAVES, Of the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing aud Printing, in his annual report states
that the one dollar silver certificates are now
being printed in great numbers, while the
plates for the two dollar and five dollar is
sues are nearly completed: A large saving
in salaries has been effected.
IT cost the government S63, 797, S3S to pay
the pensions Of 365, 1888 persons last year.
THE Washington Chief of Police is charged
with having Congressman watched in order
that he may become acquainted with their
habits, and so have them under his thumb
when matters effecting the District of Col
umbia come up in the House. The charge IS
denied.
ABULLETIN of the United States Fish
Commission says that the total distribution
of shad fry for the season Of 1856 aggregates
over 10, ,090,010
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Defective addresses and insufficient

Defective addresses and insufficient
postage are the main reasons why there
is a constant flow of postage matter into
the Dead Letter Office. After reaching
the Office every means is employed to as
certain the senders or owners of the let
ters and packages, and the articles Of
fered at the annual sales represent the
proportion of the entire matter for which
no owner could be found. The cata-
iogue this year contains some seven thou
sand articles, slight increase over the
number offered for sale last year, but
bearing about the same proportion to the
entire bulk of the matter passing through
the mails. All dead mail is retained in
the Dead Letter Office for two years, if
not claimed sooner, before being finally
disposed of.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

"The straightest and probably the
best built 400 miles of railroad in the
world" says Demas Barnes, just back to
New York from Russia, sis between St.
Petersburg md Moscow. The con-
tractors who completed this enterprise
were two Americans Winans,
of Baltimore, and Harrison, of Phila-
delphia. They are said to have pocketed
some s15,OOo,OO each as reward for
their enterprise. Trains upon the road
are numerous, cars good, freight bust
ness heavy, station houses fine and meals
first class"
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The "big trees" of California will soon
be extinct. Seventeen lumber COM
panies, owning from 5000 to $4,000
acres of redwood forest each, are waging
q war of determination with all the
weapons known to the modern logging
camp. The demand for the wood is un-
limited and all the mills are kept at
work to the limit of their capacity. The
forests are large, but the forces en-
ployed against them are swift and ire
sistible.
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"She can't control her tongue" or 'He
can't control his tongue" are frequently
heard in this world where people, being
unable to control the very tongues that
make use of the phrase, talk great deal
about their neighbors. But there is in
st. Louis man who literally cannot con-
troll his tongue, and the county medical
society is looking into his case. Bolts is
the mans name Muscular action being
involuntary, his tongue shoots in and out
of his mouth as does the tongue of
snake
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

Tulane university, at New Orleans, to
which New York woman has recently
given S1OO, 900, is to be the recipient OF
the valuable archives of the louisiana
Historical Society. Druing the civil wal
the building in which they were kept was
pillaged and the contents were carried
north. The secretary of the Wisconsin
Historical Society discovered them in
the possession of soldier in Iowa, pur-
chased and kindly returned them to their
original home.
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Fifteen years ago the buffalo ranges of
Kansas and Colorado were covered with
thousands of these animals. The other
day party went out from Denver, and
after weeks hunting managed to kill
three from a herd of twenty-nine that
they found in Lost PAX. 1t is said that
there are not more than 1900 buffaloes
now in existence. Systematic slaughter
has produced this shameful result.
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General Miles, of the regular army,
says the average Indian will make as
much success at farming as United
States Senator would at following a
deer's trail over the plains. He agrees
with oil the other Indian fighters that no
redskin will stay civilized. To expect
them to is to go against nature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

The recent volcanic eruptions at the
antipodes would appear to be, in some
senses, good for the agricultural interest.
The New Zealand Official analyst, Mr..
Pond, finds that the elected dust which
has covered so large an area of country
is equivalent to manure of high quality.
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The British Academy of Sciences. pro-
poses an international conference at Paris
next spring to make arrangements TO,
the making of Photographic map OF
the heavens simultaneously at twelve
stations in different quarters of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

RUSSIA is going to have railroad tunnel
three miles long, at cost OF s., 100000. She
has Is, 600 miles of railway, but her only tuu..
mel is ZOO yards long. More great works OF
this kind are contemplated, and as Russian
eucireers are ignorant of tunne.-Taking,
there is demand for foreis IN skill.
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German firm for the construction Of twelve
torpedo boats. They will cost 81 ,30n, ,0OO, and
are to be finished within sixteen months.
The Admiralty will also expend S7,50o, 600 on
m0n-of-war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

AN Arkansas girl who was bittsn on the
finger by a venomous snake Immediately
seized Oh AK and chopped the finger oif 1t is
beloved that she saved her life by this heroic
treatment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

AUSTRALIAN farmers are still troubled by
rabbits, which breed there at an enormous
rate. One farmer has just offered Si5,0OO
for rabbit-proof wire fence to extend 293
miles
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-24

The mule grows large in Missouri James
Lankford, of Centralia, hos mule colt SIX
months old that is fourteen hands and an
inch high, and weighs 5S31155 pounds
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-10

her copsummste hypocrisy, her COM
pIicity in them never having been sis-
peoted. Her entering my service was
not the result Of chance, but the conse-
ouence Of one Of the gang one day
hearing a remark that DR.. Lester, OF
Noting Hill. had some valuable plate.
AT first she and her confederates
thought Of carrying it off in q night at
tack. but the difficulties in the way,
thanks to Charles wise precautions,
caused them to change their plans, and
they concluded to try the stratagem ]
have recorded.
The four were tried and each SEN
fenced to long terms OF penal serVi-
tude. A few days after the trial was
concluded I was astonished to receive
a call from my old housemaid Jane,
who had been dismissed for dishonesty.
She told me that she had only just
heard of what had taken place, and
that had emboldened her to come aud
tell me that she was sure Eliza, know
ing her box would be searched, had
purposely placed articles belong
ing to me in it that very
morning to insure her dismissal. She
said that one or two things Eliza had
said to her indicated very little regard
for other peoples property but, lind"
ing that Jane was honest, Eliza pre-
tended to turn it all off as a joke. But
from that time forth she no doubt made
up her mind to get rid of Jane, as an
obstacle in the way Of her schemes. II
is needless to say that / at once took
Jane back into my service, and that she
is with me now.
We had had lesson. We sent all
our plate off to the bank the next morn
ing. People who come to dine with us
see good deal Of silver, as they
imagine, but it is chiefly electro-plate.
One attempted burglary is quite enough
in lifetime.
We renewed the acquaintance with
the real Mr.. Allardyce, so strangely be-
gun, and he is now one Of our most
valued friends. We often joke about
his "garden-party" which never came
off. But if our parlor-maid had sue
ceeded in her nefarious designs there
would really have been no joke in the
matter.
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few questions. Don't move" The
young fellow whipped out 4 pistol,
and Bills knees began to hump each
other. {" Now. just stand there. DIX
you ever see bigger liar than yoi
sre?"
mo, sir"
" No, Colonel"
mo, Colonel" Bill repeated.
3" Wouldn't you steal If you got
chancc?"
Yes, Colonel"
"That's what thought. Now, con-
found you, lead us TO preachers house
pretty deyilish quick. Come on, folks;
the fun amt over yet"
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4 NEW WORK.


E0R SALE, BY THE PUBLISHES
Il WHIrTET & SHEPPERSO.> b
mond, Virginia. THE LETTERS ~
TINES of THE TYLERS." b
Gardiner lyle. In two volumes. tf't'
per volume.
This work comprises history
Union, from the Virginia standpoint,
the Revolution To the war between
States. IL comprises many letters ot i
Tyler, Sr John Tyler. Abel L. UpsbuT. II
~ A. Wise, Thomas w. Glliner. Jai
buchanan, William 4. Preston. aud OH
statesmen. Highly eomplimented by G..
Reviews.
MIR. Tyler's recital OF the Texan annex
ton, and the rise. troubles, and decaieut
OF the United States Bank. and It's efie'
upon parties, is moet entertaining. whi.'
the various Letters collected and publishet
for the first time shed a light upon that IN
ieresting period OF which he writes that hsl
never hitherto been enjoyed. - Bashiagio,
National Republican.
THE work possesses great and slmos
unique interest. The Nation.
de Sl-ThSSu2m
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CHAPTER III.

ELIAS communication was not very
important one, merely referring to q
small domestic matter which might
have waited little longer. But that
was Just like Eliza; she was SO con-
scientious that she could not bear to
run the slightest risk of failure in her
duty. And when the slight domestic
affair was disposed Of she still seemed
inclined TO keep me talking.
"Don't you like Mr.. Allardyce,
ma'sm?"
II do, indeed" said. "Dr. Les
ter is charmed with him."
81 knew you would like him, ma am.
I'm so glad he called to-day. He was
SO kind and good to me, and you've
been so kind and good to me, that I've
often wished you knew each other.
And Mrs. Allsrdyee IL 9 very nice lady,
too, ma'am; I'm sure you would like
her il you knew her. Oh, just one
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-10
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"Isn't that Mrs. Holmes thought ils
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ton at South kenSlngt0n. 1 wrote tC
her mistress, who gave her an excellent
character, and in . few days she was
installed in our house. She was not
quite so prepossessing in appearance as
Eliza, as she had rather q cast in her
eyes but she proved an excellent ser.
want, and now that Jane had gone, !
was not annoyed by petty pilferings.
1t is not often that my good husband
finds fault with anything in the house ;
but enc evening, as we were sitting at
dinner, be did take exception to the tar
nished condition Of our plate generally,
and especially Of one piece on the side
board--a large silver salvsr, WHICH we
used for tea-tray on state occasions ;
two very massive cups, and fine tank
ard, quite eighteen inches high, which
had belonged to his grandfather. "Yes,
know it wants cleaning badly" l
said. 81 intend to have it all done one
Of these days. The London atmosphere
soon furnishes IT,"
We bad q great deal Of plate-most
Of it very old, and which had been in
my husbands family for generations.
As he was an only child he had in
herited il all. l had also ! good many
handsome silver articles among my
wedding presents. I hope shall not be
accused Of bosstful arrogance when
I say that, between US, we had
almost moro than We knew what
To- do with. II was . nui.
ssuce 10 keep clean. and q constan,
worry 70 me. We kept il al in the
house. We had tried leaving it 1t our
bank, but that method was very incon-
ysnient when We we're giving dinaer.
party and needed . number of extra
articles. Also, my husband liked to
have il to lock q, 4 also to show occa-
sionsIly some psrtieulsrly old ssd valua-
bic piecs ~ aoRe eopnpisseHr friend. So.
though We had otisn been thrsa'eoed Nv
our frisnds With burglars, and warned
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-10

panlon was evidently gentleman, and
we could not think Of doubling his as
sertion. On the other hand, who was
the other charming Mr.. Allardyce:
Have you son or any other rela'
tive of the same name?" asked Charlie
A young man with dark hair and par.
ticularly agreeable manners?"
~ have no children. My wife ha:
been dead for years. My only nephew
John Allardyce, is in Canada with
his regiment"
"Well, really, this is most incom
prehensible," said Charlie. astounded.
Our parlor. maid, Eliza Willis, whom
you recommended to us"
My dear sir" said the clergyman
looking at him as if be was an escaped
lunatic, 81 never had servant called
Eliza Willis in my life; and | certainly
never recommended her to you or any
one else"
II am DR.. Lester, of Noting HILL
said Charlie, producing his card
Really, this is most extraordinary
thing. We engaged parlor-maid abou
three months ago, who said she hat
been living at lakewood yicarage viii
Mr.. Allardyce. She said he was ther
at Folkestone so we wrote there, ant
received an excellent character ~
Excuse my intcrrupting you. but
never was Folkestone in my life"
"And few days ago a'Mr. Altar
dyce called to see her as he was pass
ing through London. He spent the eve
ming with us and we were both delighted
with him. To-day we are going, at hi
invitation, to a gardsn-party at Oak
wood vicarage."
"Then, my good sir, fear you hav'
been imposed upon, - answered the cler
eyman. "Some unprincipled persol
must have made use Of my name.
have been abroad for three months ant
pm just returning to lakewood. | a.
sure yon I have not the slightest intsn
ton Of giving . gardcn-party my baeha
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-10
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t3t llh9 AAu uiSePPSs's
Iconld hesitate no longer. My hus'
band vas away, and l had none but
my own counsel to rely upon, and as il
was almost certain that the thief mus,
be one Of the servants, decided to
call them separately into my bedroom
and interrcgate them, and il they per-
sisted IN denying all knowledge Of the
rig I should then make them turn out
their boxes before me. l first sum.
moned the cook, whom I knew
to be honest and cid not for
one moment suspect. was not
surprised to hear her emphatically
deny that she had ever touched my
things. ! went up stairs with her and
stood by while she turned out her
trunk, rs Q matter OF form, and when
nothing was discovered ! dismissed her
and told her TO send Jane, the house.
maid, to me. She was = stout, hearty
{ coustry girl, Who had come to me with
IN excellent character about six months
before. She was quick-tempered, and
~ once fred up whom asked her
whether, en her honor. she had any
lncwiedge Of The matter.
/" Ma'am. ] nsysr took : pin Of yours
or anybody slse's IN my lifs,s said
dane, with IN emphasis whick seemed
most sincere. And e - your ring,
ms'sm, I'D give months wages 10 end
H. for can't hear IA think fhsk thar>
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rliONVGRAPuY.

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With perfect phonetic characters. &C
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y few weeks-Chanabers's Encyclopedia.
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-08
CORRUPTiNG THE BOYS.

The Temptations Placed Before school
Children by Petty ShOp-Keepers-Ons
Wicked Brute Arrested.
A case which Is before United States
Commissioner Hoyne, Chicago. for
second investigation, demonstrates in
a forcible manner the temptations
which are placed before the children of
the public schools by many of the petty
st,re-keepers whose places are to be
found with II a stones throw of the
schools in almost every ward.
For some time past it has been noticed
Il a. many of the children attending
the Haven school, and whose ages
range from twelve to sixteen, have been
frequently under the influence of lipuor
to greater or lesser degree. When
questioned, however, the children de-
MED the f'ct. and although one or two
were tinally forced to admit that Il ey
drank beer nearly every dry, they OBJ
stinately refused TO st'te whore the
liquor was procured. Detectives were
accordingly employed, and ID ir in.
. ~ w tuS AZ cSl VI Olt
Do!gt, VIII keeps SIN stationery
store near the school.
After the ar st had been affected fiji.
teen of the boys were ready 10 fun n.
fo,m rs, and their statements Il veloped
tn fact tia Dodge had made Il reg
ular practice OF selling them bottled
beer as often as called for store room
i'll the + or vt his shop being substi.
tute TO- u ar. Dodge claimed that he
merely keep small supply of b ,er fl r
the use of his wife. but when hi, books
were examined the "sma'l supply" be.
came m 'gnitied into several cases a
week. He is already under bonds to
answer the charge OF selling liquor ia
minors, and Commissioners Hoyne will
commit him to the United States Court
on the same charge. b...y