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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
JAPANESE WOMEN.

The japanese woman wears none OF
the frills, ribbons, or fripperies known to
her western sister; all is simple, useful
and complete; neither knows she aught
of iewelry or ornament, except, may be,
such as she wears in her chignon, which,
by the way, is dressed with much and
elaborate care, and ever with due regard
to her married or single state. When
the weather is cold or inclement, every
body-msle and female-wears a warm
upper garment or paletot-like arrange
nent; but the garment which is most
distinctive of social status is the long,
sweeping robe, trailing often length OF
several feet. and whose length affords a
sure guide to the rank OF the wesrer, for
the hi gher the social caste OF these Ia
dies, the longer the tails OF their gowns.
Then the custom is for everybody to
shuttle along on helpless slippers, bound
to the foot by thong or half-circle Of
: leather, which passes between the toes.
Women of y!l classes GO about with
neither hat nor bonnet, although in the
winter, when snow fills the air, and the
cold is intense, they wesr the daintiest
headgear of white wadded silk, which
covers the front of the head, is cut up at
all sides, and fastens under the chin like
the ordinary European bonnet; but in
the summer and spring months, when
blossoms fill tee land and sunshine is to
be reckoned on as matter of course,
shining day after day throughout this
wild and picturesque country, the women
pass bareheaded up and down the clean
bright streets of the capital, made
bright with blossoning plum and almond
trees; with the colorless lanterns and pic
turesque devices of the shops and tea
houses. Then it is that they, with their
attendants, go shopping, visiting, or are
20 be met on festival occasions shaded
with great japanese umbrellas or sun
shades, their costume incomplete without
some gay and beautiful fan, always worn
to harmonize with the rest of the dress,
and just as indispensable q toilet adjunct
to the masculine as to the feminine crea-
t1re. Each also has his or her little re-
ouisite thrust into the folds of the wide
girdle-the handkerchief, writing mate
[rials and many other little tcifes besides.
In the good old times the ladies even
etwore short swords, analogous to the
larger ones worn by the gentlemen,
though as the centuries wore away and
peace brooded over the Empire, these
iwarlike tools came to beworn less as nec-
essary for personal defence than as a mark
of fashion and etiquette.
Although they haye the power of com.
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Bird Seed from Morocco.

Bird seed forms considerable item in
the export trade of some of the Moorish
ports. Tins seed is never sown apart by
tie Moorish farmers, nor is any special
attention paid to its cultivation. 1t is
sown with wheat, and when reaped and
thrashed it is separated by the country
women in sieves. The reason of this
practice is that there is general super
stiGio1 among the Moors that in very wet
seasons the wheat is in part converted
into bird seed, and hence they sow the
two together. OF course, if they were
sown separately the crops would be much
more abundant and the quality better,
the soil in many parts being especially
suitable for the bird seed'--L""a0"
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
A GOOD RECIPE FOR STARCH.

The following recipe makes excellent
starch for those things that require to be
really stiff, such as collars and cuffs, and
white shirt fronts. Where extra stiffness
is necessary, small piece of white wax
should be stirred lnto the boiling starch
until quite melted.
To every two tablcspoonfuls of starch,
allow one-quarter of pint of cold water
and one pint of boiling water. To mix
the starch, put it in a clean basin and
pour the quarter of pint of cold water
over it. Break up the Jumps, and, if
there are any specks of dirt in the starch
and the best IS not always quite free
from them-they may be taken out with
clean spoon. Then mix the starch
thoroughly, and pour upon it pint OF
boiling water. This last water should
be actually boiling while the starch is
being made. If it is at less degree
than boiling heat, the starch will not be
as thick as it might be, and it will need
boiling. Stir all the time the boiling
water is being poured on, and when the
starch is thoroughly and smoothly mixed,
put in about a quarter of an ounce OF
white wax. A white parafin candle will
do quite as we'll as wax. It is not a bad
plan to save the short bits of parafin OF
wax candles for this purpose; but care
must be taken whether wax or candle is
used to increase the stiffness and gloss o.
the starch, it shall be quite clean. The
least carelessness in this respect destroys
the appearance Of the article to be ironcd.
Cover the starch with cloth folded
seven or eight times double, and set it
aside to cool.
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Pretty Tall.

The highest structure of masonry IN
the world is said to be the National Mu-
scum recently completed at Turin, in
Italy. 1t was originally designed for q
synagogue, but it proved i'll adapted to
that purpose, and was sold to the city.
1t was then converted into museum as
a monument to the memory of Victor
Emanuel. On top of the iome rises q
spire nearly as high as the whole OF the
rest of the building. The gilt statue on
the top of this spire stands 53s feet from
the ground.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Does everybody know that the best
covering for poultice or mustard paste
is tissue paper.
Clothes that have been sprinkled will
not mildew for days, even in summer, il
kept away from the fire.
Use silver spoon when cooking mush-
rooms. The silver will be blackened il
any injurious quality is present.
Be ashamed to iron limp shirt bosom.
Men do not so much care for polished
shirt front as they do for stiff one.
Air the house thoroughly every day,
even ''though the rain comes down in
torrents or the snow beats in in drifts. "
That hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use of warm
water. Wash them with cold water and
soap.
Do not be deceived by agents who
have 'ssuperior furniture" polish fol-
sale. Use linseed oil, there is nothing
better.
That the best and most convenient
cover for jelly tumbler is thin paper
fastened over the top Of the glass by a
rubber band.
1t is good idea for tall woman to
have her kitchen table and ironing-board
a little higher than ordinary. 1t will
save many u backache.
Use great care in serving food for the
table, as the smallest spatter of grease or
gravy changes the appearance and spoils
an otherwise pretty dish.
That the best way to clear out and
strsighten the fringe of towels, doilies,
etc., before ironing, is to comb it while
damp, with an inch length of coarsest
toilet comb.
Glasses and dishes wipe to perfection
when washed in very hot water. Use a
dish mop, soap shaker and an iron-dish
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water can be used.
A few years ago a fashionable table
was so piled with high dishes that it was
impossible to see ones vis-a-vis without
peeping under the heavily laden silver
and glassware. Now table is consid-
cred vulgar when not laid in low, SIM
pie manner.
That essence of peppermint, applied
with the finger tips over the seat of pain,
gives relief in headache, toothache OF
neuralgia pain in any part OF the body.
(Care must be taken not to put it directly
under the eye, on account OF the smarting
it would cause).
That pleasant rainy day work for the
older children is to he found in the
making of scrap book of the portraits
of noted men and women; the portraits
to be obtained from publishers cata-
logues, magazines, newspapers, and other
available sources.
When dccanters and carafes become so
discolored inside that shot or fine Goals
will not cleanse them, fill the bottle with
finely chopped potato skins, cork tightly
and let the bottle stand for three days,
when the skins will ferment. Turn out
and rinse. The bottle will be as bright
and clean as when new.
In canning tomatoes peel whole toma-
toes and crowd them into cans, pressing
them down slowly. Put a board into the
bottom of boiler and set the cans on
the board. Fill the boiler with cold
water to half the height of the cans, lay
ing the tops of the cans on loosely, let
ting them remain until the water has
boiled twenty minutes. Then remove
the cans, and if they are not full fill with
hot water and seal at once.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
A ouEEy's RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.

! When Queen Victoria dies the numer-
Gus suits of rooms now closed in the royal
palaces will probably be re-opened for
occupancy. The Queen has a strong
penchant for closing rooms once used
by her friends. The apartments at
Claremont in which the Princess Char
lotte died more than seventy years ago
are vigorously closed. Prince Albert's
apartments at Windsor, Osborne and
Balmoral are all kept precisely as they
were when he was alive. The Duchess
of Kent's rooms at Fragmore are also
shut up, which renders that abode abso-
lutely useless, as they are the best In the
house. The Queen has also kept John
Browns rooms at Windsor entirely closed
since the death of that domestic.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PHEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
PATRIOTIC DANISH WOMAN.

NThe women in Denmark are showing
their patriotism IN most practical man
ner by voluntary contributions to fund
for the defence of their country by means
st Notifications, for which the Danish
Parliament will not vote the necessary
grants. The Danish women have already
colleSted sufficient money to purchase
eight &rupp guns, which have been pre-
sented 10 the King of Denmark. Con
tributioE,; continue to be forthcoming,
and movement has now been started in
Norway to follow the example given by
the patriotic Danish women.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

The large advertisement OF TIE YoUTu's CON-
PANIoN which we published last week? This
remarkable paper has tho phenomenal circu-
journal is more welcomed by old and young
in the families throughout the land. The pub
fishers make a special nfsr once year. and to
all who subscribe now will send the paper free
10 JANUARY |, 1897 and for fuH Bcar from that
date. The subscription price is Sl.7j. Ad-
dress.
The YoUTH's COMPANION Boston, Mass
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HaN.,s TIIisi
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarr;t that cannot be cure by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY q Co. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known L. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan G. Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gsts, Toledo, Ohio.
Z. II. Van Hossen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Many initiate none equal, "Tansill's Punch"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
rord of Thonka.

If the proprietor Of Kemp's Balsam should
publish card of thanks, containing express
sions of gratitude which come to, him daily,
from those who have been cured OF severe
Balsam, it would fill fair-siZed book. How
much better to invite all to call on any drug
gist and get free sample bottle that you may
test for yourself its power. Large tiles 5Oc.
and 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

THERE may net be any such thlng as
the elixir Of life, but the youth thinks
he has found something very near 1t
when he kisses the girl he loves for the
6rot TINA
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Li.ten-a song of rejoicing.

Iisten-a song of rejoicing.
Hearts that were heavy are glad.
Women, look up and be hopeful,
There's help and there's health to be had.
Take courage, weak ones despondent,
And drive back the foe that you fear
With the weapon that never will fail you.
o, be of good cheer,
nesses irregularities" and functional de-
rangements," peculiar to your sex, by the use
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription you can
rout. It is the only medicine for women, sold
by druggists, under a positive guarantee Of
satisfaction in every case, or money refunded.
See bottle wrapper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

Why rub, and toll, and ,rear out yourself and
your clothes on wash-day, when, ever since
1864 Dobb;ns's Electric Soup has been offered
on purpose to lightel your labor, and save
your clothes. Eot0 try it. Your grocer has 1t.
SpIpnows ore NOW heinz utilized for trap-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
100 Doses One Dollar
What SCOTS Emulsion HaS Done!
Over 25Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks
Experience of a Prominent Citizen
THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR THE)
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
CAV FRINcIscO. Jrly 18th, 1886.

SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
sAN FRANCISCO. July 7th, 1861
took a severe cold upon
NV chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention !;
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall Of the same
year I was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or
dered me to q more congen1'
al climate, and l came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival I commenced taking
Scott's Emulsion Of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphttes reg.
ularly three times q day. In
ten weeks my avoirdupo1s
went from 155 to 18O pounds
and over; the cough mean.
time ceased. CIR. BENNETT.
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Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, eQuable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit grain, grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Full Information free; Ad-
dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board. Portland, Ore.
II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
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For oil arrangements of the liver, stomach
and bowels take DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Onea
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ONE man in Western Australia owns and
controls nearly 100000 acres of land.
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Oregon, the Pnrad

ABuR1ED city, conta' ming relics in profusion
has been unearthed in Honduras.
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Many initiate, none equal, "Tansill's Punch"
Americas finest Be-. Cinar-',
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16
A Good Word for the Farmer.

It is a great mistake to attribute
want of mental culture to the Ameri-
can farmer. He must know more or
less of most Of the practical sciences
in order to take care of his animals,
his crops. his machines, to forecast the
weather for his seeding and his har-
vesting and the prospect of demand for
his marketing. He not only reads
the papers, but he has undisturbed
time to ponder on what seems import
ant, to digest it, and form well consid-
cred conclusions. Only his tongue is
not so fluent or fippant, his thoughts
not so nimble, his principles not SO
adaptable, his hands and dress not so
free from dust and rents, and his en-
during fiber not SO supple as among
the sedentary, room imprisoned, over
sheltered denizens of the town.-W.
g. w. in Rural New Yorker.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16
An Indian Burial Place.

About ten days ago again visited
the Indian graves near Romney, w.
Va. 1t seems that ashes played an inn
portant part in the burial ceremony,
as found from half peck to five
bushels of ashes in each grave. The
method of burial, SO far as / can judge
from careful examination, was as fol-
lows: They dug or scooped out hole
from to s feet deep by feet wide and
Sfeet long in the hard, stiff clay, which
underlies a covering of Q feet of soft
sandy loan. These holes were filed
with ashes and cinders, among
which were parts of the skulls and
horns of deer and bones of other ami
mails, though they showed no signs of
being burned or charred. On top of
these ashes the body was placed and
then covered with the sandy loan.
At the bottom of one of these
graves we found a pot made of clay,
about % inches in diameter by 10
inches deep, the sides of which were
Of elaborate ornamentation, the prin-
cipal being a carved face about every
six inches around the top. In the pot
was the upper shell of turtle. the
jaw bone of squirrel, and several
clam shells-evidences of food placed
in the grave for use in the journey to
1.-The happy hunting grounds.
The pottery consisted of three kinds
yellow, brown and black. The first
had but little ornamentation; the Sec
ond was ornamented to some extent,
but the last was the Royal Worcester
of Indian art production, and was,
without doubt. placed in the graves
of those only who were greatly dis
tinguished.
Among the articles found was a
knife made of copper roughly beaten
out. The blade was inches long by
It inches broad, and it's dull, sandstone
sharpened edge must have required
strong muscular exertion on the part
of the operator to remove the scalp of
his dead enemy.
| The graves are scattered over a
space of about ten acres, and are on
what is called the Island Farm, whic b
consists of about ninety acres. The
owner thinks the entire island was a
burying ground. Washington Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16
Educated Terrapins.

Pierce Middlebrooks is responsible
for the following: In 1886, IN la
coon between his house and ehe two
mile branch, dwelt four sarightly
young terrapins. They had psrtioned
off the lagoon among themselves, and
each one had its appointed place at
which to come up from the depths,
poke its head out.and commune with
nature.
Pierce became fond of them, gave
them names, and spent portion of
each week conversing with them. A
few weeks ago he concluded to go
down to the lagoon and interview
them. Unfortunately, heasad for
gotten the names of all of them but
the one answering to the poetic appel
lation, SAM" But he remembered
that, and so he cried out with loud
and yet affectionate voice, Sam, come
FORTH" And Sam" came up out of
the depths, and his moist red eyes rest
ed upon Pierce in evident Affection
Sparta, Ga, Ishmaelite.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16

THE BUILDER, AS CON
all of
ualed
all kinds
enabled
worth WE'LL
Thanking the public for avor,
remain respectfully yours,
GEO. w. LINCOLN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-16
ENocH, CYRUS, JERRY AND BEN.

Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
We're babies together. four fat little men,
Four bald headed babies. who bumped themselves
blue
And sprawled grabbed and sun,hies, as all babies
do;
full of laughter and tears full Of sorrow and glee,
Ind big bouncing bunglers, as all babies be-
All In the same valley lived these little men,
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
We're fast little chums-till they grew to be men.
Eight bare little feet on the same errands flew
Through meadows besprinkled with daisies ana
dew;
They were aimless as butterflies, thoughtless and
free
As the summer mad bobolink, drunken with glee.
wonderful time were those careless days then
For Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
arew from babies to boys, and from boys INTO
men
Too restless to stay In the circumscribed bound
Of the green hills that circled their valley around.
To the north and the south and the east and the
west
Each departed alone on a separate quest;
Ahi they'll ne'er be the same to each other again,
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben,
Though companions in youth, were strangers as
men;
Enoch grew rich and naughty and proud,
While Cyrus worked on with the toll driven
crowd;
In the councils Of state Jerry held proud place.
But poor Ben, he sounded the depths Of disgrace.
Ali diverse were the lives Of these boys from the
glen,
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
Enoch and Cyrus and Jerry and Ben
| Who can read the strong fates that encompassed
these menf
| The fate that raised one to the summit of fame
| The fate that dragged one to the darkness OF
shamei
Ahi silence is best; neither glory nor blame
| Will grant to the honored or dishonored name.
| We are all like these boys who grew to be men.
Like Enoch. or Cyrus. or Jerry, or Ben
| s. W. FosS
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Eels that Scale Precipices.

One of the most novel sights in the
spring of the year, at the rocks Of the
Willamette Falls, is the swarms of gyrat.
ing eels. They are friskiness itself. and
show low order of intelligence. II
you put your hand in the water o:er the
eels, or spit on it, instantly they are
gone. But poke stick down among
the snaky things and they do not notice
it. The sense of smell seems to be their
main guard against danger. Like sal
mon, they do their level best to dart up
the rocks in order to ascend the river,
and with good success. Says fisher
man:
81 have seen as many as hundred
bushels of eels hanging on the rocks at
one time by the suckers of their mouths.
They would wiggle and hutter their
tails, and by the momentum thus OBJ
tanned, letting 60 with their suckers,
jump up about six inches higher. I
caught about forty barrels last season
that sated and sold to the Columbia
fishermen for bait. I picked them Of
the rocks with fish hook tied to pole.
1 started at the bottom row of hanging
eels, and would silently pick off barrel
after barrel. The upper rows hadn't
sense enough to perceive the enemy. !
have caught eels in the headwaters OF
the Santiam, in the Cascade Mountains.
Suppose they had swum up from the
Willamette. ."-Oreg0n City Courier.
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Make Your Own Dyes.

A variety of very useful colors and
dyes may be obtained from very common
plants, growing in abundance almost
everywhere. The well-known huckle-
berry or blueberry, when boiled down
with an ad lition of little alum and a
solution of copperas, will develop an
excellent blue color; treated in the same
manner, with solution Of nut-galls,
they produce a clear dark-brown tint,
while with alum, verdigris and sal am.
moniac various shades of purple and red
can be obtained. The fruit of the elder,
so frequently used for coloring spirits,
will also produce blue color when
treated with alum. The privet, boiled
in solution of salt, furnishes SER
viceable color, and the over.ripe berries
Weld a serviccable red. The seeds of
the common burning bush, ''euonemus, "
when treated with sal ammoniac, pro
duce beautiful purple red. The bark
of the currant bush, treated with solu-
ton of alum, produces brown. Yellow
is obtained from the bark of the apple
tree, the box, the ash, the buckthorn,
poplar, elm, etc., when boiled in water
and treated with alum. A Lively green
is furnished by the broom corn.-Ptca-
yatae.