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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-01
SOCIETY THIEVES.

It is not at all likely that the society
thieves exist in great numbers, says o
Boston correspondent of the Picoymne,
but that there is one or two in every circle
of 200 or 300 there is no doubt, they
give proofs of it all the time. But their
success and the impunity with which they
continue their depredations is owing to
the fear of a scandal, and the implied
stigma upon the character OF guests, Il
exposure were made. A curious circum'
stance occurred recently, however, which
shows that confidence must not be carried
too far. Among the most treasured pos
sessions of a lady in this city was small
ebony, silver mounted pistol. It wai
given to her by her husband in her early
married days, and he had taught her how
to use it. It had an almost indistinguish
able cypher cut in the under part of the
mounting and lay always upon the mantle
piece in her bedroom. On the occasion
of very large and brilliant reception il
disappeared, and the owner did not see
it again for two years. Not till the Other
day when she was invited into the private
room of an acquaintance, in order to set
tie some business in regard to charity,
in which both ladies were interested. AL
most on entering her fascinated eye:
sought the mantclpiece, in one corner OF
which lay the fac simi!e of her lost pistol
"1Fill you allow me to look at this?" sht
said, crossing resolutcly and taking uE
the bijou weapon. "Oh! you will see
how much it is like yours" remarked the
other, airily. 'I always admired yours
so much, and never rested till I found
one like it; it looked so original and 70
mantle to have pistol on ones mantel
piece, don't you think so2" The lady
looked at her. She had found the cypher
She carries the pistol over to the lounge
upon which the purloiner was seated
"A1adam," she said, her steady eye flxec
on the paling countenance before her
edo you see this cypher? 1t was cut by
my husband before he gave this pistol
to Inc twenty years ago. I shall not In
quirc how it came into your possession!
but shall take it away with me, anc
wish you good morning" The pistol ha'
returned to it's old place upon her mantel
piece, and she says she is not the least
afraid of its ever disappearing again
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Great Dock street. In passing Liberty
street the ship Hamilton made a signal
for pilot, and boat came off and put
one on board. On arriving before Con-
stables house Mrs. Edgar came to the
window and presented the ship with suit
of rich silk colors. The yards were in
stantly manned and the sailors gave three
hearty cheers. Amid walls of human
beings the splendid cortege passed
through Hanover square and Queen (now
PearD streetup to Chatham. In passing
Old Slip Spanish Government ship gave
the Hamilton a salute of thirteen guns,
which was returned with as much prompt
ness as though she had actually been a
ship of war upon the wide ocean.
Through Chatham street the procession
passed to Division and thence across
through Bullock street to the grounds
surrounding the country seat of Nicholas
Bayard, near the present junction of
Broadway and Grand street.
There q magnificent banquet was
spread for all beneath grand pavilion
temple covering a surface of 500 by 800
feet, with plates for 5000 people. This
noble pavilion was erected in four days,
and was due to the taste and enterprise
of Major L'Enfant, who had designed the
old Custom House in Wall street. The
two principal sides of the building con-
sisted of three large pavilions connected
by a colonnade of about $50 feet front
and forming two sides of an obtuse angle.
The middle pavilion rose majestically
above the whole, terminating with a
dome, on which was Fame and her
trumpet.
When the banquet was over the pro-
cession reformed, marched again into the
city, and was dismissed at the Bowling
Green, where the Federal ship fired a
closing salute.-New York Herald.
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CURIOUS FACTS.
An elephant lives 400 years.

An elephant lives 400 years. -
A sapphire is worth 800 to $3.50 per
carat.
A diamond is worth $50 to $3.50 per
carat.
France is the greatest snuf-consuming
country in the world.
1t costs s25 fine or thirty days in jail
to sell boys cigarettes in Ohio.
Nearly all the idols now worshipped in
India are of English manufacture.
Not poisonous reptile, insect or plant
is found in the Puget Sound region. -
The theory of ecEpses is said to hay.
been known to the Chinese before 12e
B. G.
Marseilles was founded by the Phoe
anans 600 B. c., by whom it was called
Massilsa.
The Emperor of China has ten men whe !
have nothing else to do but to carry his
umbrella.
Nineveh, the capital of the Assyriar
Empire, was founded by Ashur about
2245 B. G.
A St. Louis man has died of erysipelas
contracted from verdigris brass collar.
button eating into his neck. ~
Lotteries are said to have originated In
Florence about 1880, and to have beer
legalized in France in 1889. .rE
A dog died in Illinois the other day
from drinking the water in which q
flannel shirt had been rinsed.
1t is said that this past winter is the
first for thirty years that teams have not
crossed Sunapee Lake, N. H., on the
ice.
In 100, Earl Godwin's lands, exceed
ing 1000 acres, were overhowed by the
sea, and an immense sand-bank, now,
known as Goodwin Sands, was formed. z
The "Messalians" were q sect profess
ing to adhere to the letter of the gospel, )
about 80, who refused to work, quoting
this passage: "Labor not for the food
that perisheth. :
They do say that an ingenious Boston
man has captured 100 crows, and pro-.
poses to hatch with an incubator crow
chicks for the Maine market, where their
heads are worth ten cents apiece.
A woman who became insane from re-
ligious excitement, and was admitted to
the asylum at Staunton, Va, in 1928, has
just died, having been an inmate of the
institution for sixty years. She was
ninety-two years old.
Whe aTurk dies, the legs are tied to-
gether, and the arms stretched by the
sides. The burial takes place as soon as
possible after the death. The corpse is
handled very tenderly, as the Turks be-
lieve any lack of tenderness would bring. !.
the curse of the dead mans soul upon
them.
Mrs. L. G. Abraham, of Cleveland,
Ohio, lost, year ago, gold ball in
which was inclosed by a spring a diamond
worth $500. It was one of pair OF
unique earrings. The ball was found by
chance the other day with q child's
. marbles in workingman's cottage, and.
the story of its wanderings since it.
dropped from its fair owners ear would
ill story book. =,
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Mysterious Deaths at Sea.

"a great deal has been done," said an
old sailor the other day, "to improve the
lot of the men before the mast since first
went to sea as a cabin boy, end when
ever a complaint is properly lodged
against cruel officer I must say it is
fairly investigated. Yet, for all that,
there are plenty of murders committed.
to-day on the high seas that have never
been investigated, because no complaint
is made. Every day one or two vessels
come into this port with shorter crew
than they started out with, and their
Captains reports of seaman fell over
board and was lost or cabin boy killed
by falling SPAR or 'coal-passer died from
heart trouble and was buried at sea- are
accepted as perfectly satisfactory. No
investigation is made into the death, un-
less some one lodges a formal complaint.
It's an easy matter for one man who has|
grudge against his mate to shove thel
other overheard if they are both up in1
the rigging in dark and stormy night.
The unseen cutting of rope Is often
enough to do it. 1t is easy to drop al
block or marline-spike on the head OF al
man below that will knock him dazed|
into the water to drown, or down to the
deck to smash his skull. Heart troubled
covers great deal of insufficient nourish-|
ment, lack of medicine and overwork.
This is not the way things are done on
land. You have your Coroners here toI
investigate sudden deaths, why should
they not look into deaths at seaF NJ
DOOR towards would tell the truth again.
their officers, if they were thus forced !
to do so, who would not dare to come
forward and lodge complaint they might
be unable fully to prove"
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thirty-fve daily and doing her house
work at the same time. She often had to
climb the fence to save herself from the
horns of some wild COW, but she always
managed finally to get her rope upon the
animal and bring her to terms. Buck
Taylor, King OF the Cowboys, has nothing
to boast of above his sister as an expert
with the rope. She never ropes on
horseback, although she is fine rider.
She is the eldest of the three Taylor chill
dren, is thirty-fve years old and scarcely
looks thirty, although the mother of nine
children. If the horses are out of the
way she thinks nothing of walking five
miles to Willow City for any supplies she
may need. She can throw the tie mark
and brand a yearling without help, and
keeps an eye on the stock, which leaves
time to her husband to look after the
farm. The Evans ranch and farm is
about five miles from Willow City, and
a hearty welcome always awaits stranger
there.-NeU York Sun.
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A SMART "COW-WOMAN." "

So much has been written recently
about the exploits of Belle Starr and
other daring women on the Western
ranches that it is only fair to say word
about the most famous "cow-woman' OF
Texas. She is Mrs. Mary G. Evans, the
sister of Buck Taylor, known through
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show as the
"King of the Cowboys" She made her
appearance at Willow City, Texas, twenty
four years ago, when that place was a
frontier town. At that time the Indians
were making raids every month, killing
and scalping the early settlers and driving
off their stock. The Taylor children,
Mary, Bax and Buck, lost their parents at
an early age, and Mary was raised by her
aunt, Mrs. Ives. Injured to the hardships
of frontier life she soon learned to take
care of herself, and at the age of fifteen
was able to ride the worst bronco, or
rope the most refractory old COW in the
county.
At the age Of sixteen Miss Mary married
T. A. Evans, and moved on to the ranch
of William Shelton, on Crab Apple Creek.
She took charge Of eighty COWS, milking
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4 Farmer Crushes o FOp.

A fashionably attired young gentlemen
dropped into a London restaurant one
afternoon, and, after calling for refresh
ments, turned. to the company, and
offered to bet on o variety of different
subjects, but found no takers. Glancing
round contemptuously, he remarked:
"You don't seem to have much sport,
gentlemen; but I am bound to make bet
on something. I don't care what it is, or
how much it is. Anything you like, from
a shilling's worth of cigars to hundred
pounds. Who's on"
In one corner of the room sat plain
old gentleman, who looked as though he
might be farmer. He said:
"Well, sir, I am not in the habit OF
making bets, but as you so particularly
wish it I don't mind having little one
with you. I'll bet you half-a-crown's
worth of cigars that can pour quart
of treacle into your hat and turn it out a
solid lump of candy in two minutes"
"Done!" said the masher, taking of
his hat and handing it to the farmer.
1t was a splendid article, that might
have been new the day before. The old
gentlemen took the hat, and requested
the attendant to send for quart Of
treaclc-'none of your golden syrup, but
the cheap sort; that's the stuff for this
experiment." said he, handing over six
pence to the waiter.
The treacle was brought, and the old
gentleman, with a grave and mysterious
countenance, poured it into the dandy's
hat, while the owner took out his watch
to note the time. Giving the hat two or
three shakes with Bertram-like adroit-
ness, the experimenter placed it on the
table and stared into it as if watching
the process of solidifcation.
"Time's up" cried the dandy.
The old gentleman moved the hat.
"Well, it don't seem to be hard yet, "
said he in a disappointed tone. give
missed it, somehow or other, this time,
so suppose I've lost the bet. Waiter,
let the gentleman have the cigars-half-a "a
crowns worth, and here's your money"
"Deuce take your cigars" roared the
mashcr, "you'vc spoiled my new hat, and
you must pay for it."
"That wasn't in the bargain" drylg
answered the old gentleman, "but I'll
tell you what I'll do, ''I'll let you keep
the treacle."- Ne Up.
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FASHION NOTES.


continues.
Spray brooches and floral brooches are
as fashionable as ever.
In silverware for the table forms re-
main for the most part low and tiaring.
A popular style in silver tableware is S
combination of the bright finish witt
chased work.
Plush is shown in all the new shades tc
make up in association with new spring
dress fabrics.
Embroiderics as we'll as other orna'
ments are much mingled with gold and
other metals.
From four to six inches is a suitable
width for skirt hens that have insertions
or tucks above them.
The fcrrule at the top of the new para.
soils is very long and pointed in parasols
thai have cane handles.
The close Princesse dress will contest
favor with the Dircctoire redingote fol-
street wear this season.
Parasols of faille, in green or gray
shades, are made to match many of the
new spring dress fabrics.
The colors in gloves for the street in.
cludc four or five shades of gray and ten
or twelve shades of tan.
A great deal of yellow, either in metal,
with golden effect, or in silk, appears IN
all the newest embroideries.
Brocaded, striped and plain faille sash
ribbons, and soft silks with fringed ends,
are chosen for the Empire sashes.
To be fashionable striped parasols
should be striped around instead of down
the breadths, wide stripes being pre-
ferred.
Printed pongecs promise to be fashion
able summer fabrics. These come in
polka dots, gcometrical figures and floral
patterns.
New brocaded ribbons are shown in q
variety of patterns. One design has a
row of green laurel leaves along one side
of very rich old rose ribbon.
The newest black veil is of plain net,
hemmed at the bottom, with faint pat
tern of gold thread wrought on the hem
and other lines Of gilt above it.
With Empire gowns the length of the
sleeve puff depends on the height of the
sash, rs it is desirable that the puff should
end just at the top of the girdle.
Among the new hats is the "Romeo,"
with low, broad crown, brim turned down
all around, and trimmed with long ostrich
feathers, arranged to droop low on the
neck.
Violcts arc worn and carried on oil oc-
casions. the artificial as we'll as the natural.
The former are perfect limitations, and
are often pcrfumed to make the illusion
complete.
The new princcssc polonaises Of black
Chantilly lace, with angel sleeves and
passemcnterie belt, cuffs and collar, are
likely to rank high in popular favor the
coming summer.
Collars and cuffs Of embroidery, when
used to trim gingham or lawn dresses,
should be mounted separately, as they Of
ten require washing before such dresses
become soilcd.
Wooden stuffs for gowns are in plain
colors, black, checks and stripes. To-
bacco-brown and tan -colored woolens are
frightened by Scotch plaid sashcs of silk
surah with fringe raveled out. ::
Black open work gimp is stylish gar
niture used on bengaline armure silk
gowns. 1t appears as girdle and plas-
tron or vest on the corsage and as a collar
and Wristbands with broad border trim
ming the foot of the skirt.
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LACE WASHING.

The washers of nice lace form o class
of expert labor quite by themselves, and
few people have any idea of the amount
of labor involved in the cleansing opera
ton, and of the skill and knowledge re-
quircd. This labor, of course, comes in
chiefly in the drying, for the washing is
but simple thing in comparison: A
table: is cushioned and covered closely
with spotless cloth, and on this the lace
is stretched with an intricate care that is
amazing; through every mesh a pin is
placed to hold it in place, and the whole
tracery of the pattern is thus pricked out
till every leaf and spray and sprig is firmly
fastened so that it cannot shrivel or con-
tract, whole day being sometimes used
up in preparing single yard of the lace,
so that when dry it is lifted off soft and
perfect and unimpaired in the Design
Harper's Basar. ..'.. - -, .-.. f..
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
DAINTY CUPS AND sAUCERs.

A Boston girl has received ffty-two
cups and saucers, sent by friends with con:
gratulations on her engagement, accord
ing to the most recent ''wrinkle" in So
ciety. No two are alike. One of these
cups is the delicate, rose-tinted, Irish
Belleck ware, frail enough to crush in a
lady's hand, and whose creamy lining
looks as filmy as natures lining of an
egg shell, while the varying thickness of
the lines gives it beautiful translucent
effect. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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THE FRIENDS WHO WE'VE AND
THE FRIENDS WHO ARE.

My world is peopled not alone
By those its daily life who share;
The loved whom other years have known
Descend from their diviner air,
As one might come from over sea,
Or down the street to sit with me
And make the fairest morn more fair;
And mine are earth and sun and star.
With friends who were and friends who are.
They are the same as when they went
Tender and true and still my own;
But rarer beauty heaven has lent,
As if some wind of God had blown
All trace of doubt and care and dole
From each serene enfranchised soul,
And they could never more make moan!
Yet my unlkeness cannot bar
From friends who were and friends who are.
o, pure and blessed Presences
That enter noiseless as the light
From your celestial pleasanccS,
What welcome waits you, dawn or night!
And in the sweetness the repose,
Nv common room q temple grows,
All rosy bloom and stainless white,
Where commune, no fear to mar,
With friends who were and friends who are.
Yet not to outward sight they come;
A finer sense their presence tells:
As when, from winter cold and dumb,
Unseen the south wind wakes the dels-
The south wind and the silent sun,
While robins sing and brooklets run
And every bud with rapture swells!
Such soul of spring, such Avatar,
Come friends who were and friends who are.
Dear the delights of bounteous earth
Her purple seas, her hills of snow;
The cloisters lore, the children,s mirth,
Cathedral gloom and fireSide glow;
Nsy, dear the finest bird that flies,
The faintest cloud that f1ecks the skies,
The leaves the woodland ways that strow;
Yet, Lord, what bliss to steal afar,
With friends who were and friends who are!
Edna d. Proctor, in Youths Companion.
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PRESENCE OF MIND SAVED HER PRIDE.
While Hamilton Fish was Secretary Of
State Mrs. Fish made it her invariable
practice to return all calls made upon her.
Of course many in the throng were un-
fashionable, but that made no difference.
One day this lady of East Washington
thought she would sec what an official
reception was like, and so she followed
the crowd through Mrs. Fish's parlors
and dropped her card at the door.
In due time Mrs: Fish's carriage
stopped before a small frame house in
East Washington, and the lady at the
moment was engaged in the honest, but
not aristocratic, occupation of scrubbing
the front steps. ..
Mrs. Fish stepped out of her carriage
and presenting her card asked to see the
lady of the house.
"She is not in" said the lady calmly,
and resumed her scrubbing while Mrs.
Fish returned to her carriage. York
Sun.
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A GIRLS EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRICITY.

A GIRL EXPERIENCE WITH ELECikltIii l.
The Hairdresser prints the following:
II read," said a bright young married
woman, s'that there is now way of re-
moving hairs from woman's lip by the
use of electricity. That is not new, and
want to sound a note of warning to any
woman who may be tempted to use it. l
have a very dear friend, who was class
mate of mine in college. She was a real
pretty girl, but she was greatly annoyed
at the fact that few hairs were growing
on her chin and upper lip. They really
did not look bad, more like the down on
a beautiful peach than anything else, but
they were eyesores to her. She tried
every thing to get rid of them, and finally
was persuaded to try electricity. An ex-
pericnced physician performed the opera
ton, and left her face as smooth as a
billiard-ball. Six weeks later the hairs
returned, greatly increased in size and
several shade darker. This time they
really did look bad, and the poor girl
was almost wild. She has never been
able to do any thing with them since,
and unless she clips them every day-a
very tircsome operation-her face looks
as though she were really growing a beard.
The best way for a woman is to leave her
face alone. She only spoils it by tamper-
ing"
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lCStOOuS duu lllusSSo eaNA Soe' 49, =.
sun as with ''barbaric pomp and gold. "
It was in the height of Oriental splendor
and magnifccnce and fit for Persian
Emperor.
Twelve subdivisions OF various trades
succeeded, after which came the most
imposing part of the pageant. 1t was
the Federal ship Hamilton, a perfectly
constructed frigate of thirty-two guns,
twenty-sevcn feet keel, ten feet beam,
with galleries and everything complete
and in proportion, with hull and rigging.
She was manned by thirty seamen and
marines, with officers, all in uniform, and
commanded by the distinguished revolu-
tionary veteran Commodore Nicholson;
The ship was drawn by ten horses, and
in the progress of the procession went
through every nautical preparation and
movement for storms, calms and squalls,
and for the sudden shifting of winds.
The Marine Society and the pilots fol-
lowed the ship and after them came the
kindred trades of printers, bookbinders
and stationcrs. The printers had 4 car
on which was mounted 4 press that
struck off impressions Of q patriotic ode
and distributed the sheets along the
route. Their banners were among the
finest in the procession. Then came
twenty-ore subdivisions of as many differ
cnt trades, followed by the learned pro-
fessions and the literary societies.
Nearly five thousand people were in
this procession, and it was one of the
finest pageants ever witnessed on the
continent of America. Then it was
thought that such sight could never be
surpassed in America.
To the sound of martial music the
procession moved down Broadway to
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-31
THE p. & o. PROGRAMME.
The China Steamers Fixed to Run
to San Diego HarbOr.

SAN Francisco, May 30.-The Chro-
nicle will tomorrow print the following
Letters were received in this city by the
last China mail to the effect that, during
the present tea season, the steamers OF
the Peninsula and Oriental Company
will run from Hongkong, Shanghai and
Yokohama to San Diego. This informa-
ton is further authenticated by several
gentlemen engaged in mercantile pur-
suits in the far East who came on the
Peking. One of the party said that
it was no secret in Hopgkong
that the Peninsula and Oriental
Steamship Company not only intended
to run to San Diego, but that the corpor-
alton had made bids to the Canadian
Government to run fleet from England
to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and from Van
couver to China. The steamers on the
Pacific route to San Diego are to be three
of the latest additions to the company's
feet. Probably these vessels are the
Victoria, Britannia and Oceania of 5000
tons burden and of high speed. The
Peninsula and Oriental Company owns
ffty-eight steamers, the majority Of
which are ever 1000 tons each, and
equipped in the best possible manner.