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Dol RIOS graveled streets begin to
look quite attractive.
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O.. To cleanse the stomach, liver and system
generally, use DIR. Picree's Pellets Price
20 cents.
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Cnero city water works bonds
1923, 1000, are registered at Austin.
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The Karnes County News man las
taken unto himself "A wife.
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DR.. T. Stanley, an aged Episcopal
minister at San Angelo, has died.
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The Del Rio Paint company has
shipped two car loads of paint to
Now York.
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Jones county has offered to grade
any railway from Abilene to Arson,
that will run through that county.
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Ex-confederate reunion will be
held at Floresville Wednesday.
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The Terrell creamery has suspend
ed operations for lack Of milk.
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The Poorer Glasses in Persia.

Touching the houses of the people Of
Persia and their household properties,
once spent night in the house OF q
trooper of the Shah. His pay was $50 a
year, with rations when On duty. He
gave me an excellent dinner in an upper
chamber, which was carpeted, and in the
inches of the false windows of which rose.
leaves were piled up for fragrance. ]
do not mean that the carpet was other
than the cheapest, or that the atmos'
phere was all of rosc-leayes, but an Eng.
iish groom gets $50 year, more or less,
and I doubt if he indulgcs in carpets and
flowers. A few cooking utensils, bras;
tray or two, skins in which curds are
made and kept, loom, a sheet Of leath'
er which serves for the floor (table) cloth
these are the articles that furnish the
ordinary dwelling. If the. householder
be very poor man, he will eat his meal
off big flaps of unleavened bread, and
will eat, too, that which serves him for
table-cloth and is also the bread which
we find on our table cloths. You break
off bit of bread and dip your hand in
the dish wherein are curds at any rate,
and possibly on feast days kid or fowl
Nineteenth Centu7V.
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all being conveyed to market. Here
comes another donkey with eight live
kids suspended by the hind legs across
bis back. How the poor things cry, with
o plaintive, almost human wall, as they
try to curl up to relieve themselves from
the cruel agony they are suffering. Their
CRIES nave not the sngnresE eHecr, now
ever, upon the cruel man who is taking
them to the butchers. Such cruelty
makes our blood boil, and makes us feel
like hanging him up by the heels short
time, just to let him feel what he is in
fiicting upon the poor dumb animals.
Before we leave here we must have
ssburro ride" It will be rare expert
ence for us, especially if we can persuade
our donkeys to climb one of those mount
aims. We are afraid, however, before
we get to the top we shall find there IS
vast amount of dogmatic perversity hid
under those big ears. They look honest
and docile enough, and some of them
doubtless are, but we must not trust them
too far. Should we do so, we are liable
at any time to experience the fate which
befel an over-confding lady missionary
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
,lErHops on cHuRcH WORE.

A large amount of energy Is spent in hur-
rying from place to place, and taking part IN
all kinds Of gatherings 7itn more or less
releious character. Properly speaking, this
can hardly be called work, though 1T passes
current as such with large numbers Of Chris
tian people. in many cases it is neither more
nor less than self-indulgent dissipation, and
it operates as mischievously as dissipation al
ways does. It breeds often an habitual fe-
yerishness Of spirir, quite Incompatible With.
that restfulness Of spirit without which
there can be no healthy growth Of Christian
character. It results not seldom In the de-
yelopment Of supsrf cialty and smallness
of spiritual understan ding that are none the
more beautiful that they are linked with q
calm self confidence and self importance that
irritate and repel. 1t disinclines to the
cultivation Of those holy graces that
flourish best in theatmosphere Of steady 10y
atty to nearest duty. Evidence Of this ten
dency surrounds us everywhere and, in
presence Of it, it is not unnecessary to insist
that our methods should never be such as
to lower the tone Of Christian character
among our church members. They should do
nothing to foster that craving for publicity
and excitement that units for the quiet work
Of self culture, which is Of such vast impor-
tance cannot stay to apply this principle
to such matters as the 'irrepressible bazaar.
and interminable soiree. / will only say
that my firm conviction is, that neither IN
the one case nor the other is the game worth
the candle; and that, further, I can cin-
ceive, without any stretch Of imagination,
what saving and a profit it would be- both
to pastr and peot lie, were 1t laid down as q
law that no member shall be expected to at
tend all night long at tea-mseting where
sermons are resented and speeches laughed at
and sacred songs are hailed with rounds Of
indecent applause Joseph CoTbett D. d., IN
the Canada Presbyterian. az q.
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sINNyuLE COMBS.

the boy picked up stove-lid and mashed
her skull with it. He then threw the
body in the fireplace, intending to burn
it. This process of cremation was too
slow and he pulled it out and carried it
to small stream near the house, throw
ing it in. When the little ones body
was found Sinnville admitted killing her.
He was arrested and tried. On the
stand, when asked why he had committed
the crime, he stated that his stepfather
ha6 told him to do it and had promised
him new pair of boots. There was no
other evidence against the stepfather,
an6 as the boy was confessed murderer
his testimony could not have weight.
Many efforts have been made to have the
Governor pardon him, but thus far he
has failed to act. When first sent up
young Combs had never heard Of God,
knew nothing of heaven or hell and had
never seen q school house. He can now
read and write and talks like very
bright, intelligent boy. He does not
seem to care for his imprisonment,.-
Chicago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
SANTA FE.
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND ODD,
EST OF AMERICAN CITIES.
A Sketch Of Its History-The PuebIos'
Oldest House in the United
States-The Primitive
Mexicans.

Santa Fe has history worth noting:
No one knows how old it is. When the.
spaniards captured it in 1542, it was sn
Indian village or "Pueblo, built and in
habited by the Pueblo OF Village Indians,
a half-ciyilized tribe who build and live
in houses and cultivate the soil. These.
Indians live in communities, each com
munity cultivating the lands adjoining
it. ie common, sharing the products on
the most approved cooperative plan.
In 1880 the town was recaptured and
burned by the Indians. The Spaniards
again took it in 1892. In a park called
the "Plaza," in the center of the town,
forty Indians were hung at that time as q
lesson OF warning to the warlike tribe.
In 1887 the Indians again attacked the
town, but were defeated by the Spanish
General Armjo. The town was not yet
through with war, however. In 1862
the Confederate General Sibley made a
raid through that section and captured
the place, as part of well-laid scheme
to get possession of the great West, with
its untold mineral wealth, for the Con-
tederacy. He was defeated, however, by
the prompt action of General Slough and
the Colorado Volunteers, and the town
retaken for the Union. %
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MRS. CALLIE L. FRENCH. slender nSure,
and was born in Jackson County, Ohio.
Her husband being river man, intro
duced her to the mysteries of the river,
and she proved an apt pupil.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Mary
Miller some years ago applied for cap.
tain's license, and the question was raised
as to whether it was competent for q
lady to have license, but the authorities
at Washington decided that if she was
competent and had a good moral char
acter there was no reason why she could
not act in any capacity she was competent
to fill.
Mr.. and Mrs. French reside. in the
East End of the city, though she is now
handling the wheel on top of one OF the
largest steamboats, plying between Vicks-
burg and New Orleans.-Cine'n''ats En-
oui1er.
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OLDEST HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Mexicans, evidently learned the art from
the Pueblo Indians. The roof is made by
stretching poles across on which the same
kind of bricks are laid, cemented to-
gether and covered with earth. It does
not rain much in this country, otherwise
such homes would soon become unin-
habitable.
Right across the "Burro Alley" from
this old home is the San Maguil Church:
said to be the oldest church in the United
States. It is also built of adobe. If We
will drop dime into the box for the
good of the church we can 60 in and see
the curious old carved beams and ancient
works of art.
These curious mounds which we see
here and there among the adobe houses,
which look like muskrat nests with holes
in them, are Mexican family bake ovens.
It is q very curious contrivance, and we
confess we have not yet learned how the
thing is worked. AS we said before, the
Mexicans are a very queer people. They
are about 1000 years behind the times.
We suppose they don't even know there
has been such a thing as cook stove or
range invented yet. These primitive
methods are not alone seen in building
and cooking, but are particularly notice
able in their ways of tilling the soil.
Il is incredible that people living in
the United States, under the folds OF our
glorious Star Spangled Banner, should
be found plowing, or we should say,
scratching the soil with US primitive i'm
plements as were in use among the an
cient Egyptians or the subjects of King,
Solomon. Also harvesting and threshing
in the same old way. Not indeed using
token to tread out the corn," but goats.
It is hard to believe, yet here
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@Mr. wynne, r am pleased TO meet
you again." she said, sweetly, extend.
ing her hand. Then, with easy grace,
she added softly:
"My daughter, Miss Adele Law
renee"
He bowed coldly. He could never
look upon these women With tolerance.
He explained his business there in few
cold words, and was permitted to go
upstairs to the little locked room. AS
the door closed behind him he could
not hear the angry words which fell
from Adele's red lips:
"He is as cold as ice and hard as
steel! Mamma, you have ruined my
hopes by your denunciation of Ru6y
Lawrence! He shall love me-" she
painted. "The day will come when he
j will kneel at my feet and sue for my
love!"
Alas, was there ring OF prophecy IN
| her mad words?
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RELIGIOUS READING.
so,,rrr1,rE-somzwHERs.

...--. ~ SOMETIME-SOmEWHER 49,.
Unanswered yeti the prayers your lips havs
In agony Of heart-these many yearst
Does faith besrin to fails ls hope departingf
And think you all in vain, those falling
Say not, the Father hath not heard your
You Shall have your desire -sometime--
somewhere.
Unanswered yet! though when You first pre-
This one petition at the Fathers throne Z.
It seemed you could not wait the time OF
asking, >,
So urgent was ycur heart to make it
known: sfr ~ it; q
Though years have passed since then-do
not despair.
The Lord will answer you-sometime me-some-
where.
Unanswered yeti Nay do not say un- M
Perhaps your work is not yet wholly l,,..
The worK began when your first prayer was
And God win fini.h what he has begun,
If YOU win keep the incense burning there, q
his glory you shall see-sometlme--some-
where. J
Unanswered yeti Faith cannot be un-i
answered; X ~. ~
He feet are firmly planted on the rock.
Amid the widest storms she stands un-9
daunted, & 81 Z. -
Nor quails before the loudest thunder.
shock. -tsf i. sste.t 3, y
She knows Omnipotence has heard the
prayer, ..ss.
And cries-sit shall be done''-somstime--
somewhere j@. H. ~. ~ 53si
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SANTA FE WOOD ChhnL6hos
The city now contains about 5000 in
habitants, seven-eighths of which are
Mexicans and Indians and the balance
Americans. It's altitude is little over
1000 feet above the sea level. We can
almost imagine ourselves in Jeru-
salem in the days of Christ. 1t is
almost surrounded by mountains, re-
minding us of the "mountains around
about Jerusalem" We find there also
the same fat-roofed, one-story houses,
undoubtedly built on similar plan to
those found in Palestine. The same mar
row alleys for streets made for donkey
travel, but not designed for modern car
riages and wagons. :.
Here also are the useful, long cared,
innocent looking donkeys, "Burros, "
the Mexicans call them, winding their
way to and from town, with their loads
of wood, produce, or riders on their
backs. These are just like the asses OF
Scripture, and are doing the same thing
as in the days of Scripture history.
"The Palace" at Santa Fe is the Oldest
house in the United States. This build
ing is said to be over three hundred years
old. Isn't it queer looking AFFAIR." A
great curiosity indeed. It is made of what
the Mexicans call "adobe," that is,
large bricks made of mud mixed with
straw and dried in the sun. These are
cemented in the wall by mud of the same
material, which is the ordinary soil.
Nearly all of the Mexican homes, also the
Indian Pueblos, are built of this material.
The Spaniards and their descendants, the
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PUEBLO WOMEN GRINDING CORN.

PUEBLO WOhES SftlNDlN6 SohN.
friend of ours. Some of them have
learned q trick from their, country
cousins, the bronchos, which Palestine
donkey never knew. When quietly
walking along, apparently half asleep,
gently wobbling his great ears, one of
them has been known to suddenly drop
his head and hump up his back like o
catapult. In such a case, unless we have
firm grip on the saddle, we shall find
ourselves sprawling on the ground, with
the donkey gazing at us with surprised
look of injured innocence in his big hon
est eyes. There is one advantage, should
such a catastrophe overtake us. We
don't have far to fall.-Farm, Field and
CtocE1o1n .r.- ..... :.
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America. one Is
regularly licensed
as a pilot from
Vicksburg to
New Orleans and
the Atchafalaya
River and its
tributaries, being
registered at New
Orleans. Mrs.
French is a lady
about 26 years OF
age, and has had
an experience on
the Mississippi of
twelve years. She
is an expert
swimmer, and is
o brunette Of
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a(EXICAN BAKE OVEN.

are the evidences right before ouI
ewes. and this, too, in what VIC supposed
was the live, bustling West. You see
they do not even use wagons on which to
haul wood to town, but use the poor
donkeys' backs for this purpose. There
is group of them now waiting patiently
for some one to buy theid loads. How
typical they are of their sleepy masters.
Here comes one with a curious load on
his back. Let us investigate. On each
side of the donkey is strapped box,
and what do you suppose those boxes
contain2 You can't guess Two little
pigs each, looking quite contented and
happy. But ths is not all the load; on
top of the d. ey is strapped a chicken
COOP contai several live chickens.
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The Empress of Germany is to have
special body guard, composed of twenty
four Of the largest men in the Prussian
army, and commanded by an officer and
two sergeants. They are to wear the
uniform of Frederick the Greats body
guard, which has been specially chosen
by the Emperor himself.
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The stealing of an umbrella on clear
day is held to be theft by On Omaha
Judge; but the stealing of the same arti-
Gle on rainy day is held to be justifable
on the ground of self-defense. We pre-
sume this decision was rendered in order
to protect the court.-Bufab Ezpress.
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MARX TWAIN is against interviewing
because an interview only reports bald
talk unembellished. Mark herein does
injustice to the really artistic inter-
viewer. He il fully capable OF sup
plying all necessary accessories. But
it is important not to overdo in this
respect. An exuberant Imagination
NAV work immeasurable harm in this
way,
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Youngest Convict On Keeord.

Sinnville Combs, probably the young
sst convict in any prison in the United
States, has served the first year OF life
sentence. When sent up from Breathltt
County, KY, last July he was eleven
years old, and small for the age. Prison
life has toughened him, both morally and
physically. He killed his two-year-old
sister in brutal manner. The two were
in the house together alone. When the
little tot started to crawl across the floor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
CHAPTER XI.

THE NEW MISTRESS OF LAWRENCE PARK.
It was ell over. The funeral of Gil
bert Lawrence had taken place; q
grand show Of carriages and Grape, and
followed by an immense concourse Of
paople.
Just as the funeral procession entered
the gates of the fashionable cemetery
where the tomb of the Lawrences was
was situated, another procession slowly
drew near.
A white hearse, drawn by white
horses, and long line of carriages in
the rear, eclipsing in number and mag
nificence those of the millionaire him
self.
True, none of the sorrowing friends
ventured to alight from their carriages
beside that open grave; for a vague ter
ror of the contagious disease hung over
them, and they looked upon discretion
as the better part of valor.
And so La Belle, the famous dan
seuse, was buried out of sight, and the
little grave, heaped high with floral
tributes, lay alone in the wintry sun.
light.
And no one who observed that funera
procession, and CHANGED to glance
toward the sole mourner-an aged,
bent old woman, with snow-white hair
and wrinkled face, and eyes hidden by
ugly glasses-ever dreamed of con-
Meeting her with the beautiful Gabriel
st. Cyr.
She sat with her head bowed, and the
thick folds of her Grape veil shrouding
her face from view.
So she sat while the body was low
cred into the grave and the earth
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Both the Russians and the British, as
they push farther and farther into Asia,
pay great attention to arboriculture,
planting trees, shrubs and flowers where
ever they form settlement. The result
is that Central Asia is being reforested.
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TIE flag used to drape the casket OF
President Lincoln is incased and hangs
in the private Office of the Secretary OF
War, General Drum took care of the
flag after the rites had been conducted
and took it to Washington.
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STATISTICAL returns in England show
that there are about 100000 more
women than men in the country, and
snat these are nearly all widows.
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The Only Female Steamboat Pilot.

Mrs. Callie L. French, Cincinnati
lady, and wife of Captain A. B. French,
is the only female steamboat pilot IN
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A SUMMERvILLE, Fla, paper says:
"We have man in our county who is
about thirty-fve years old who was
never more than forty miles away from
home, never rode on train or steam
boat, never wrote or received letter,
never subscribed for newspaper, and
never voted the Democratic ticket"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

CoNINGHAM GRAHAM, the leader of.
the new labor movement in Great Brit
ain, is wealthy Scotchman's son, and
has a slender income and an ancient
lineage. He has been in America, and
led the life on the Texan plains for a
time. He says that one of his ance y
tors married an Arab, and he himself
looks not unlike an Arab chief. He
often rides in the row in London with
Parnell, and astonishes that somewhat
sedate gentleman by appearing on an
odd little mustang fiery as pepper.
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There was little. difficulty in taking
possession of Lawrence Park, for she
had her marriage certificate and other
papers to prove the validity of her
claim.
The law could not turn the widow
out Of her husbands home, for her
child had firm claim to her fathers
estate. Possession is nine-tenths of
the law!" Gabrielle muttered defantly,
land I defy them to eject me! I defy
the whole world, and the powers of
darkness, too."
They had been installed at Lawrence
Park o week when Arthur Wynne
called. Ruby's room had not been
turned over to the new mistress; its
door was locked and the key in Arthur's
hands; and so it would remain for the
present, with wild hope of clearing mp
the mystery.
Arthur was admitted to the house.
and entered the drawing-room full OF
;epugnance that ne nad oeen iorced In
to ths presence OF these people. But
as he entered the drawing-room lie
stared IN surprise at the sight that met
his gaze.
Adele lay upon satin couch fast
asleep. She had been reading, and the
book had fallen to the floor. The beau.
tiful face was fawless and ivory-like;
the long black lashes swept the pearly
cheeks; the rosy lips were half parted
with a slight smile; one tiny white hand,
like sculptured marble, rested against
the crimson cushions of the couch; she
looked like dream of marble.
His footsteps aroused her; she start
ed up, overcome with confusion, just
as Gabrielle, pale and stately in her
elegant mourning robe, entered the
room.