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Meals at a Cost of Fifteen Cents.

A satisfying meal can be had in this
city for probably less money than in
most cities in this or any other country.
There is plenty of variety in the daily
bill of fare presented by the cheap res
taurant. For breakfast or supper the
hungry guest may take his choice of beef
steak, with or without fried onions: NUT
ton or pork chops, ham and eggs, scrap
ple, sausages or fried liver With each
of these more or less nourishing dishes
are servcd-fried potatoes, two relishes,
bread or hot cakes and butter and large
cup of coffee or tea, and tie price of all
this-is but fifteen cents. All meals
are served at uniform charge, and surely
the dinner of roast meat, three vegetables,
pudding, coffee, bread and butter must
cut deep into the slender ma"gin of
profit realized on the morning and even
ing meals. But vast number of the
patrons of the cheap restaurants regard
fifteen cents as an cXtravagant outlay for
single meal, and they have to be
catered for accordingly. For five cents
a man can have large bowl of vegetable
or bean soup. an oyster or beef pie, a big
plate of beef stew, plate of s"rapple, pot
pie, pepper pot or his choice of several
other more or less appetizing and. nour-
ishlng dishes. The less said about the
serving and cooking of this cheap food
the better. Sticklers for show-white
clothes and highly polished knives,
forks and spoons-must look elsewhere
than to the cheap restaurants for these
deceptive adiurcts to an appetizing meal:
Vast quantities of food are consumed
daily in the popular cheap dining rooms.
The proprietor of one of these places
gave reporter the following list of the
average quantities of food used in the
preparation of a weeks meals: One thou
sand, four hundred pounds of bread, 1, 200
pounds beef, steaks, joints, stewing
meats, etc.; 300 pounds of sugar, 100
pounds of coffee, 20 pounds of tea, 400
pounds of mutton, joints and chops, $50
pounds of veal and 1875 quarts of milk
daily. About $500 bushels Of potatoes
are used annua ly, and proportionate
quantity of cabbage, parsnips, turnips,
bcets and other vegetables.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Senatorial Hardness.

In the last Congress. says the A'yonaut,
Senator Hoar offered resolution to re-
ouire the p: essence of quorum at the
prayer, but the second day afterhe him
self failed to appear in time. When the
prayer had been delivered, Mr.. Hoar en-
tered the chamber wearing somewhat OF
an air of embarrassment. His delinquency
was observed, and the resolution became
a dead letter. This ignoring of the
prayer has grown to be habit of the
Senate. When Judge Davis, of Illinois.
was president pro tempore, he entered
the chamber with the chaplain one day,
and The only Senator visible was MIR.
Butler, of South Carolina. Judge Davis
did not pause an instant, but with all
the solemnity and gravity usually OBJ
served by him ON such occasions, he gave
a stroke with his gavel and said: THE
Senator from South Carolina will come
to order" The summons was treated as
q Jest by the galleries and the pages on
the floor, but it was not so intended. The
presiding officer took that method of re-
buking the Senate, and of having his
rebuke 90 into the Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Where the Poor of Paris Are Fed.

The noblest and most benefcent OF
Partisan charities, the "Mouthful OF
Bread" has received a new extension. A
vast hall has been erected in the Mont
martre quarter, and there every poor
creature that makes application receives
large piece OF bread and bowl of hot
coffee. The applicants are asked no
questions and need present no tickets.
That they are hungy is suiii lent title
to relief.
After eating, each person is required
to wash out his or her bowl at sink
where water is kept perpetually running.
They are admitted by squads OF fifty at "a
time, which is as many as can be CONVEX
icntlv accommodated and served at
once. A register is kept where any one
may inscr;be his or her address, with an
account of whatever may be wanted in
the way of clothes. The managers of
the institution send to have these state
ments investigated, and if the applica-
ton is found wor by of recognition, they
generally find means to satisfy the want
from the stock of cast off clothing sent
them by the charitable.
Very pitcons sometimes are the cases
that come under their notice. The other
day a man, seemingly we'll dressed and
wearing foulard tied around his neck
over his closely buttoned coat. presented
himself for the ration OF bread and cof-
fee. One OF the directors took him aside.
"My frirnl.n lie said gently, you have
no, the airof Il person in need OF such re-
lef. Oar charity is Intended solely for
the starving For answer the man
threw back his coat. Under it there
was neither waistcoat nor flannel, Only a
thin calico shirt fastened with pin.
He was a teacher OF tie French language
out of work.
Sometimes people faint for want of
food before they can be served. For, as
a rule, the French poor are very proud,
and they will put of the ell day of ap-
plying for charity in any form as long as
they possibly can. Organized efforts are
now being made to obtain sufficient
funds for the opening of one of these
nobly beneficent establishments in each
of the Partisan ACCOMPLISHMENTS. s.-Phi'a-
d,lpkia Iele1reph.
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Highways.

30, the hQOWu OCeau pains orc Iho
highways which the ships of the world
have the right to pass and repass without
tolls. Such ocean paths, like highways
over the land, have always been regarded
as inherently incapable of private owner
ship, and from this cause water freights
have universally been maintained at the
minimum.
Highways are of great antiquity. They
must have existed in ancient Egypt in q
high degree of perfection, for the Egyp-
tians had hard, paved roads over which
they carried immense blocks of stone for
the pyramids. Highways also existed
among the ancient Hebrews, for in
Judges v, 6, Deborah sings Of aban-
doned highways: 'In the days of Shan
gar the SON of Anath, in the day of Jael,
the highways were unoccupied, and the
travellers walked through the by-ways."
In ancient Greece and Rome road build
ing was great science, but the Cartha-
ginians seem to have excelled all others
as builders of great roads. The general
reader will recall the Roman Via Appia,
Via Aurelia, Tyrrhean coast roads, and
the famous Flamminian way. Roman
military roads were very numerous.
Humboldt says that the ancient Incas
built wonderful roads, and he refers to
their mountain roads over the Andes.
The evolution of the road and the evo-
luton of road vehicles have necessarily
been simultaneous, the growth OF the
vehicle demanding such modification
of the road as to render it useful and
safe. Chariots are the most ancient road
vehicles of which history speaks: The
first chariot was made by Erichthonius,
of Athens, 14S6 B. G., and the earliest
purposes to which transportation was
applied were war and agriculture, war
first, and most universally. In England
the earliest vehicle was the 'carretta," I"
in the Thirteenth century, used chiefly
for women. Next came the two-horse
litter of the Fourteenth century. High
ways themselves are, in England, said to
be 'of immemorial antiquity, or else
created by act of Parliament.
Horses and camels are found in abund-
ance in the regions first peopled by man,
and riding on the backs of animals
doubtless preceded the custom of driving
domestic animals harnessed to vehicles.
The various methods of transportation
have necessarily been determined by the
climatic conditions of the countries
where travellers have journeyed. The
known methods of transportation may be
briefly summarized as follows: Riding or
driving horses, mules, asses, oxen,
.camels, elephants, dromedaries, reindeer,
dogs, sometimes ostrich riding among
Africans of the interior; snow skates, in
Lapland; skating on frozen canals in
Holland, with bundles on the head, and,
lastly, oriental palanquins. These
methods have often involved the use OF
peculiar vehicles. such as the Syrian OK
cart, the two wheeled French brouette,
the Italian coach of the Sixteenth CEN
turv, the Maltese "calesse," the Russian
telega, which is rapid cart, or the many
notifications of vehicles seen in all ages.
-Chicogo Current.
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In the Family Circle.

Mr.. Oldsportte (fac etiously)-'My
dear, you complain that I do not read
aloud, as I once did. Now, here's a
choice item for your edifcation: when
foul flies are squarely mufTed, the fielder
muAi1 g the same shall be charged with
an error There, can your feminine
mind grasp that"
Mrs. O.-"Certainly, my love. Now
let me read you sweet thing from my
paper: 1st row-Slip the first, then by
turns purl 2 stitches and knit 2. I'd
low-Slip the first, then knit 2, put the
wool over, slip l; repeat from =: finish
by knitting /. Sd row-Slip the first,
then by turns purl two stitches, and
knit gether the next put over and the
slipped stitch that follows it, There,
can your mighty masculine mind en-
compass thnt2"-East End (Ca'.) BHl-
letiR.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Wanted A Thumper.

A farmer about fifty years old stopped
number of people on Monroe avenue to
inquire his way to gymnasium, and he
was finally asked if he was going to take
lessons in boxing.
"No, not exa tly," he replied, "but l
want to see thumper."
He was directed to the right place,
and after looking the establishment over
he said to the proprietor:
81 live out here about fourteen miles.
I've got hired man who has got so sassy
that I can hardly live with him. He's
got too big to lick with CAD, and I've
got to cuff him up to a peak. want to
take lesson with the gloves, and when
I go home I'll astonish John Henry with
bit of science"
One of the boxers about the place said
he'd give q lesson for a dollar, and the
old man peeled down to his undershirt
and put on the gloves. he was shown
how to pose and how to hold his guard,
and then warned to look out for himself.
"You play you are John Henry, the
hired man." he said.
"All right"
you've been fooling your time away,
and I've called you lazy coyote"
Exactly"
"You have sassed me back, and I 60
for you like this-and this!"
And the old man struck right and left
and followed the boxer around the ring.
He was doing noble work when some
thing shot over his guard and hit his
chin, and he went over like log and
laid there until they threw water on him.
Then he sat up, looked about in dazed
way, and feebly inquired:
"What was it2"
John Henry hit you"
"He did, eh2 Then that settles it!
Here's your dollar, young man, and
here's the gloves. If I'm liable to get
such lick as that Pm going home to
tell the hired man he can boss the whole
ranch and be hanged to him" "-Fee
Prs5
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Juniper vs.. Tlllywag.

"NIaw." shouted St. Louis wharf-rat
of nine summers, bounding eagerly into
his mothers presence. 'Say, nav, Mis-
Juniper is scrubbed her floor, an is called
all her young uns in an is washin' all
their hams an their faces"
"She is, hcy?' said Mrs. Tillywag.
"Well, you go an tell yer brothers an
sisters to come right in here, while get
q rag an 4 pan of water. I'll let Ms
Juniper know kin put "n style we'll as
she kin. I'll let 'er know who's had
raisin an who amt. I'll not only wash
m: young uns' faces, but I'll comb their
heads, too; an then I'll wash my win
dows Oh, there's snow in the cellar
when Juniper gifts ahead of Tillywag
on style an manners. ."-IidBit3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
She Bought the Forest.

Miss Bertha Won Hillern, famous years
ago as a lady pedestrian, and better
known in recent years as painter, once
spent great deal of time in Virginia,
and while there she became particularly
attracted by the picturesque qualities of
a large section of forest. One day she
was thrown into artistic grief by the
knowledge that this forest had been
bought by a lumber merchant, and was
speedily to be cut down and made up
into planks. Such a calamity could
never be permitted, and after consulting
her bank account, Miss Won Hilern went
to the purchaser of the forest and bought
it of him at reasonable advance on his
investment, and thus saved it for artistic
purposes. 1t is still in her possession,
and remains untouched by the axe. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
A SONG-DREAM.

Long time she sat yet never touched string,
Her thoughts were all of one far, far away,
One dearly loved, whose face to her could
bring
Desire to play.
The tune-ah, we'll she knew it-and the
words
So full of tenderness, unsung so long,
Hung on her parted lips flock of birds
Without song.
For there was none to hear il: none save her
Unto whose ears too solemn now it seemed
Yet in her heart she sang the words which
OF him she dreamed.
And soon the music to her inger-tips
In swift pulsations from her glad heart
went,
Then quavered to the song upon her lips
The instrument.
How tenderly she touched it! twas as though
1t were sleeping child she feared to wake.
OF JOY or sorrow, which, she did not know,
She should partake.
Then suddenly across the strings she swept
Her slender hand, and 10, there came at
last
The melody which had in silence slept
The whole year past.
Family at first, with every touch it grew
More sweet, and filled the charmed air
around,
And sang within her ears until she knew
Twas joy she found.
And there, alone, she held the graceful form
And sang to it as 'twere babe at rest,
Singing itself to sleep and growing warm
Against her breast.
So, happy in the melody she wrought
Upon the old guitar in her embrace,
Her eyes grew heavy, closed, and slumber
brought
Dreams of his face.
Frank Sherman, in Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
A Wonderful Iron Tower.

Notwithstanding some reports to the
contrary, work is progressing rapidly
upon NJ. Eiffel's wonderful iron tower,
or observatory, which is to dominate the
Exposition grounds and all Paris next
year. According to the plans, it is to
reach height of 300 meters, equal 10
about 1000 feet. The four mighty
arched pillars of the base, rising over
the Champ de Mars like the skeleton OF
some extinct monster, have already
nearly reached the height of the towers
of Notre Dame. -FTunN LsI;e's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
A Hint to Inventors.

First Yankee-"What puts you in
such a good bumor this morning."
Second Yankee-'l've just got my
patent for my new ink eraser. Wouldn't
take $50, 900 for it."
"Did you get patent last year for in
venting an indellible ink:'
II did, and I sold it for $50, 900, and
now Fve invented an eraser that will
even remove writing done with my own
indel;ible ink
"What are you going at next"
"Im going to invent another indelli-
BILE ink that can't be erased with my new
eraser. I tell you, there is money in
this patent business if you go at it right. I"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Holding Something in Reserve. :.

The road from Mrs. Blanks MINER
cottage ION Cape Cody to the nearest
station lay over n succession of sandy
hills and yet more sandy hollows, and as
the horse with which journeys to and
fro were made was native of the Cape,
and prenatally disposed to slotin, there
was often much uncertainty about the
length of time required for the journey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Generosity.

Generosity of q man who was ap-
preached and asked to subscribe to a
charitable oh. ect:
"What do you want9" he inquired of
the man who held the subscription
book.
"One dollar
"And what fora"
"To bury policeman.
The man tished out fve-dollar bill
and handed it to the man.
"Bury five, "he said.- Chicago Tribune.
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A World Of Misery.

Tramp Ito fussy old gentleman -
"Will you please give me ten cents, sir;
I'm starving?"
Fussy Old Gentleman (producing o
bilD-"Dear me, starving! Can you
change dollar3"
Tramp-"Yes, SIR"
Fussy Old Gentleman (pocketing the
change) -''Dear, dear, starving! Bless
me, but this world is full of misery!-
Epoch.
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He Got Left.

"Coal for SAIL" read the sign over a
door on the wharf.
"You spelled that wrong, old man" :"
said passer-by to the proprietor. 1T
should be 's-a-l-e, instead of Sail. :"
"That's where you got left, my friend.
MY customers are all shipowners, and
they buy coal to use on shipboard, so of
course it's for sail, amt it, I'd have
made it for sailing vessels but the
board wasn't long enough. ."-DansoiHs
Breeze.
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Roth Active and Passive.

Pretty School Teacher-"James, is TO
kiss an active or passive verb2"
James oldest boy in the class -
"Both."
Pretty School Teacher-"How is that,
James2"
James-"Active on the part of the
feller and passive on the part of the girl. "
Pretty school teacher bushes and
marks James "perfect' in grammar
Washington Critic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
At the Party.

Admiring Mamma (pointing to her
daughter) )-"Don't you think that Nan
ME looks go much better in that dress,
Mrs. Greene, than IN any she has ever
hadp
Mrs. Greene with emphasis s)-'Why,
my dear Mrs. Scott, don't think any
thing could improve Nannie's appear
ance."
1t was meant as compliment, but the
fond mamma took it otherwise, and now
they don't speak. .'-Harper's Bazar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
The Reason.

"Get married. say my friends, aid I,
Who've just turned thirtyfour,
Join their lament and, sigh for sigh,
My loneliness deplore.
1t is not that fear to speak,
By bashfulness distressed
In fact, I'm noted for my cheek,
And know the bold are blest.
NV reason then, If I must give,
Is simple, short and clear
know that can't wed and live
On half f-enough a year.
Wood B. Benedict. in the Century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
The I,onoed-For Let er.

As the last note of that touching little
ballad, "The letter that he longed for
never CAME" vibrated on the evening
ar, she turned to find a tear trickling
down his cheek.
"Ah, Mr.. Sampson" she said, sympa-
thetically, "you, too, have longed ,"
eyes," he replied, huskily, "two
years ago very dear friend of mine went
West on twenty-five dollars which I
loaned him, and for aught know he may
be dead .-Epoch.
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Jones is Married.

"Jones is very brave man." remarked
one travelling man to another. "He dis
tinguished himself in tie war;"
eyes. know of only one thing that
he is afraid to do"
.'What is thatl"
"Rlng his own door bell at three
o'clock in the morning. ."-Msrehant
Traveller.
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Jow sweet IL is in FOREIGN lands

How sweet it is in foreign lands
To meet friend who knows you,
Who rushes up with outstretched hands,
And almost overthrows you.
But oh, how sad, when that same friend,
Whose joyous greetings thrill you,
ExclaimS, as you both hands extend,
LEND me ten dollars, will you!"
Journal of Education.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Pleasures Of Travel-A World Of
Misery-Jones is Married.
At the Party-Active and
Passive, ETC.. Etc.
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second story by ladder If the person
was Kelly or any other sharp fellow, the
ladder would be drawn up, or any one
showing his head above the scuttle would
receive rap. If l got squad of men
and surrounded the house the occupant
might get off by some unknown way, or
find hiding place unknown to us. If
we failed 10 find any one the whole city
would hold US up to ridicule.
There wac no window in the garret at
the back end of the house. 1t was hardly
daylight before l approached It from
that direction, entered the place with
great caution, and hid myself away be-
hind he kitchen stairs. I expected the
occupant of the gnrret would come down
before noon, but he did not show up. 1t
was DARK and gloomy day in the fall,
with frequent rain squalls. and about two
o'clock in the afternoon l crcpt up stairs
in my sto> king feet, entered room near
where the garret scuttle was located, and
began playing the ghost for some one
elsc's benefit. l had brought along
mouth organ, and I sounded and hung
on 10 a few lonesome notes several times
over. Pretty soon heard slight move
ment overhead. Then I took a fiddle
string. made one end fast to nail, and
when had hauled taut I picked the
string with my thumb nail. I sent forth
complaining sounds, and added few
sighs and groans The sounds above me
became palmer, and I knew that some
one was listening at the scuttle.
gave him few more notes scratched
on the wall and floor and in few
moments ladder was thrust down from
the scutt!e. A few deep-drawn groans
on my part bronght man down the
adder. and as he reached the foot of it !
Decorah-posten., 1888-08-08
Storartct 2mitipcilin9.

Sra Changer itriues til "g. g.:
Den lobe Su1i alotten 95 Win. 5ors
mibbas ~iasttOses Der paa 8iSnnes /
Changer en- iturartet 2uftipeilins. 2ise
i vi iaaes en- flor Sp belissenbe peo
5pben ai ct 8iers; 8ierset, Der babe
libt Selb mob @eIt, bar beooret meb
oeilis 5uru. os @ranifOu. 8pens Suie
laa / 8oartaler, enoel / git os Geit,
enbel / Norb Os Spo; %iaauiot Der funbe
~iusttases bar 6uiene taffeoe meo Sfif.
ieriten. s 8pens Saun laa pmtrins
20 itsrre os minbre 5artsier, enbel al
oisie tsrrebe fine Seil. Taffelasen paa
Sfibene funoe sobt ices, berimoo intei
Raun, ba insen &itfert bar uep Saans
ben. Oct bele iasttoses / 10 Minuter,
buoreiter en- Sfp borttos bet paientlisie
at 8pen os !Sapnen, berimoo faces
Bjerset os SfOuen uforanoret en- 1io,
Bet ftulbe interesiere at bDre. ON noser
norif 8p bar iuabun Sfittelie os 8elis.
senbeo iom ben | ooenneunte 2uft,
ipeilina.
Decorah-posten., 1888-08-08
Si9e tot Si9e.

Den ameritanlf lie General See plsieSe
ofte at ipsse meb fine Omsiuelier, men
foritob lite altib at sjDre bet ueen at
iaare. Gn Dag iab ban cs brat iann.
men meb en- sammel ifotif Wujor. "a
ban oar bleuen liot slac iasbe ban,
at ban bapbe en- sammef Yane, Tom han
paa 5orbaaub MATTE bebe ON llnoitplos
ming for. San pleiebe %beitanbis, nanr
ban bapoe bruffet noset, at 9jsre Scar
af SfOtterne.
"9erimob bar jes intet at inouenbe",
iparebe Majoren, "iier ba osiaa jes
bar en- 8aue, iom mo lite altio oil til
siue mig"
"0et er lille mere eno ret Os bilist",
iasbe Generator, "at man faar betalt
meb famine Mpnt. Men 6uori beltaar
9eres Yane?"
49,, iuarebe Waioren alporl's,
"iaainart jes bsrer noset Mennelte tlse
ct onbt Orb ON min Nation, tar leS
min SpanitrerfOf % anbrinser ben paa
ben ublibsIte Maaoe pda peofommenoes
&ps. 9ermeb fortietter jes, iaalanSs
mine 8raiter itreffer TIL"
Generalen iasoe bele Iitenen lite ct
onot Orb ON Stotterne.
Decorah-posten., 1888-08-08
&aptcin Sobn Gricsiom,

ben oerbensberpmte giosnHabsmanc,
Spfinoer al ben irpstetioe Monitor, Der
for ct 5ierbebels Garbunbreoe iioen
sjcrbe en- for Oprcrsitatsrns iaa ubeba
selis 5~oritprrslie blanot beres arisss
ifibe, fsireoe ben lite Gusuit fin S5be
5soielsbas. Den aloeritesne Seoerss
mano Dor ieembeles / fit sammslbasie
GUS / go. SO Bea9 Street, 9tem g,rf.
Trobs fin baie Gloer bar ban eaonu
sobe uoiister til at lasse nse 9aurbars
franoie til i'm 8ersmmslie, isreno ban
bsr. San mobtaser insen Bsisssnoe
unbtaseu ~psrionlise 8enner; men ban
arbeioer tent os tiblis paa en- MP 8riss.
maitiue, Tom uil bliue al ubpre ppetas'
senbe 8~irfiombeo. Os Tom ben saml'
Opinber ipnes at pmiatte meb inoerlis
&jerlisbsb. Den pil bliue tOnitruere
2isbeo meb Taarnet paa en- Nonito,