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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
BURMESE WOMEN.

The Burmese woman has few of the
troubles and pleasures of New England
housewife, writes Frank G. Carpenter.
All of her cooking is done out of doors
at this time of the year, and her range
never gets out of order. She builds her
fire on the ground, and her cooking
utensils consist of two or three earthen
pots. These and q jar of water, with q
cocoanut ladle, make up the kitchen fur
niture, and our Burmese wife is not
troubled with table spreading or dish
washing. She is never worried about her
flour nor her baking powder. The Bur-
mese use neither knives nor forks. Their
staple food is rice, and huge platter OF
this is cooked for the family and placed
upon the floor. In addition there is q
bowl of curry, kind of soup, gravy
like mixture, which is seasoned with
fish and pepper, and which is very hot.
The family squat around the rice dish,
and each has his own little bowl for
curry, and larger one for rice. Every
one helps himself, putting his fingers
into the rice platter and taking as much
as he can squeeze up in his hands. The
food is conveyed from the bowl to the
mouth with the hand, and at the close of
the meal everyone is expected to wash
his own dishes. No drinking is done
during the meal, and at the end each
goes to the water jar and rinses out his
mouth. I have seen many families at
meals, and in no case have I seen chop
sticks for knives and forks. The Bur-
mese dinner is thus perpetual picnic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
Cellular Cloth,

The new cellular clothing now coming
into use in England is said to be a sue
cess. 1t is woven out of the same material
as the common weaves of cloth, being
simply, as its name indicates, closely
woven into cells, the network of which is
covered over with q thin fluff. Its porous
quality allows the slow passing of the in
side and outside air, giving time for the
outside air to become of the same tenn
perature as the body, obviating all danger
of catching colds and allowing vapors
constantly exhaled by the body to pass off,
thus contributing to health and cleanli-
ness. The common objection, to cotton
clothing, that it is productive of chllls and
colds, is removed if woven in this manner,
and the invention can certainly be said to
be strictly in accordance with hygienic
and scientific principles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
Thrilling Adventures of q Skipper.

"Any man of this crew who attempts
to desert this vessel leaves his dead body
on the deck" was the determined warn
ing shouted above the noise of the break
ing sea by Captain Charles Hale on the
dismasted schooner City of Philadelphia
as his crew rushed toward the stern to es-
cape on passing vessel.
The schooner had sailed from Cardenas
for Philadelphia laden with a large cargo
of sugar, and is one of the mang vessels
owned by Philip Fitzpatrick. She is
usually commanded by Captain Burton,
but he was detained at home the last
voyage by sickness in his family, and the
vessel was placed in command of First
Mate Hale, who acquitted himself. with
distinction in saving the vessel and crew
during violent gale and bringing them
into port afterward when many masters
would have deserted the valuable craft.
Before the schooner had lost sight of
land sails were furled and. preparation
made for heavy weather. Within few
hours the vessel began to roll deep into
the sea, besides straining heavily. This
continued until the Cape Florida light
bore ten miles distant, and the weather
began to moderate. Again heavy weather
was experienced in the shape of sudden
and violent squalls, blowing with the
force of hurricane. During one of the
heaviest bursts of wind a terrible sea
swept the decks, carrying overheard
William Cosgrove, sailor, of Bath, Me-,
taking away the mainmast and foremast
and breaking the mizzenmast fifteen feet
above the deck, and leaving the vessel
completely at the mercy of the sea. The
cabin was filled with water, and the sea
made clean breach of the deck. This
continued the next day, knocking the
matches off and letting the water into the
cargo and crippling the entire crew.
Temporary masts made from booms and
spars were rugged, and the schooner kept
on her course. One morning the bark
Kelvin, of St. John, appeared in sight,
and the entire crew rushed to loose the
davits and lower the boats. The ring
leader was met at the cabin door by Cap
tain Hale, who aimed six-shooter at his
head. Seeing the determination of Cap
tain Hale the men at once crept into the
forecastle, and, after a consultation,
agreed not to attempt to desert the
schooner. When the Kelvin hove to
call was made by permission of her master
for volunteers to go aboard the Philadel-
phia, but the only response was from
young Irishman named Patrick Higgins
who came on board and worked until the
Philadelphia was docked at B. Hillman
s. Co.'S shipyard.
During the time that the vessel was dis
masted, and up to her arrival at Hampton
Roads, she was spoken ten times and
boarded by captains from many tugs, one
of the latter offering Captain Hale $500
cash for the privilege of charging the
owners $1,000 for towing him into a port
of safety Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
Production Of Salt.

At one time nearly the whole OF tne
salt used as food and for industrial pur'
poses was obtained from the sea, and In
many countries where the climate is dry
and warm, and which have convenient
seaboard, great quantity of salt is still
so obtained; $780, tons are produced
yearly in Portugal, and an approximate
quantity on the Atlantic and Meditera1
mean coasts of France. Spain turns out
from the Balearic Islands, the Bay Of
Cadiz and elsewhere 100000 tons ani
nually, and even the small seaboard Of
Austria produces 10000 to 100, 900 tons1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BUsTLE.

"What makes women look so odd
nowadays?" said the Man About Town to
an observing woman recently.
cit is the absence of bustle," she re-
piled. "We have our choice of small
hustle and one reed, or two reeds and no
hustle. When ones dressmaker does
not take in her customers points, she
fails to puff it is two reeds-the first
one near enough to the belt to avoid
awkwardness. Hence the falling back
appearance you mention. It is very un-
GRACEFUL" she continued, "but it will
soon be overcome. Trust woman to
conquer obstacles, no matter where they
lie or what causes them. 1t is one of her
missions, you know" ."-New York Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE F'OR
FEMININE READERS.
A SIGN OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN.

"see that lady putting on her gloves, "
said a Frenchman as he stood in front OF
the Lafayette Hotel. "Do you know
that's the first means of recognizing an
American lady on the streets of Paris.
We would as soon think of buttoning up
our vests, or putting on our ties after
leaving the door for walk in Paris.
Many and many time we have picked
out Americans in Paris by that sign. I
rather like the American girl forit, though.
She looks as if she didn't care cent
whom it pleased or displeased. "-PasI0-
delphia Inquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
Black and yellow is a favorite millinery

BLACK ana yellow Is lafof1te niAitneAy
combination.
Plaid mohair is the newest fabric for
little girls wear.
Cases of spot silk accompany most of
the new parasols.
Spanish founces are to be seen on sum-
mer wash dresses.
japanese designs are feature of some
of the new brocades.
For afternoon receptions bengaline
dresses stand high in favor.
Quaint hairpins of transparent amber
are in the form of muskets.
Drawn hats and bonnets of black null
will be popular for country wear.
With gosamer gowns silk or satin petit
coats will be de rigueur this year.
Some expensive parasols have balls OF
gold or iron on the points of the ribs.
Pale gray and yellow is just now a
favorite color combination with blondes.
Black gloves and ribbons are worn
with gowns of pale green crepe de chine.
Cotton bunting in dark shades will be
utilized for summer gowns for country
wear.
Stylish parasols handles are of silver
and stained ivory, intermingled in spiral
pattern.
Mignonette green, violet and deep
orange were combined in costly Partisan
teagown.
The russet-red shades promise to be
popular at the seaside and in the country
this summer.
Printed India silks are made up into
parasols to match the gowns with which
they are worn.
The prominent feature of the ribbon
trade is the great number of fancy styles
that are shown.
The newest blue is Pompeiian, a brill
liant shade, particularly effective in vel
vets and plushes.
Genuine metallic ribbons, gold or sill
yer, are used to trim summer toilets OF
black or white net.
Velontine, the new gown stuff, has
silk back and stripes of short pile velvet
over the right side.
Natural colored pongees will be styl-
ishly trimmed with white lace or en-
broidery laid on fiat.
New checked and plaid silks, now
shown in Paris, have considerable black
in their composition.
English milliners introduce gold in
some form into almost all of the hats and
bonnets furnished by them.
Strawberry and old rose shades are
we'll established in popular favor, but are
more delicate than heretofore.
The newest form of tea gown is the
medieval, which has cuirass corsage,
full skirt and antique sleeves.
Strings are generally dispensed with
upon the newest Paris bonnets, but when
worn they are oftenest of ribbon velvet.
Ribbons of all widths and all materials
are used upon all styles of dress, from the
sheerest muslin to the richest brocades.
Black is leading color for dresses,
bonnets, wraps and hats. It cannot COM
pete with the popular greens, however.
Bonnet strings are tiny .pipings like
milliner's folds. They pass under the
chin and end in a rosette just below the
ear.
The hustle is a rcminiscence. The
substitute for it is steel twelve inches
long and placed in the back of the dress
twelve inches below the waist line.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
Valuable Japanese Fountains.

The most valuable of collection OF
articles shipped from Japan for the
French Exhibition is cabinet from tho
industrial bureau valued at $2500, and q
pair of bronze fountains, valued at $4,000.
The fountains, which stand twenty feet
high, are of the form Of two storks With
wings expanded. They are to be fixed IN
front Of the exhibition,--Lan29n FsaaroS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
OUR FLAG.

: At the recent sinking Of the war ships at
Apia the Captain Of one of them ordered the
fag unfurled. The men on board another OF
the doomed vessels greeted 1t with cheer,
which was responded to with their last breath
by the loyal Captain and his men.
Across the pesch-blow sky of spring
The storm-dark clouds arelooming;
With sullen voice the breakers ring,
The thunder loudly booming.
The huddled war ships ride apace,
Each at her anchor strainfng;
Black, black, is all Of heavens face;
It lightens 'twi1t the raining.
Like crumpled rose leaves the mist edge
The hidden reef enwreathing,
But cruel as hell the jagged ledge
Beneath those waters seething.
On, on they come, the poor dumb things
The storm winds fiercely driving;
At her dread work each breaker sings
For conquest madly striving.
s'If we must die"-the leaders voice
Outswelled the roar of thunder
ssIt is our own and solemn choice
To die our dear flag under.
''For us to-day the battle field
Is where the seas are lying.
We claim right We cannot yield,
To glory in our dying"
He ceased; upon the topmost mast
The Stars and Stripes were floating.
The sight is like trumpet blast,
And other ships quick noting.
Up to the sky there sounds cheer
That starts the echoes flying.
Back comes the answer, loud and clear,
From gallant hearts, though dying.
A moment'sspace, the waves in brine
Baptize the flag low lying,
And from the breakers comes no sign
Of living or of dying.
o flag, dear flag, once more thy name,
As always in thy story,
Has set thousand hearts afame
For thee and for thy glory.
Annie B. King, in HarpeTs Bazar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
MAsoUERADED AS HER cH1ID's NURSE.

Here is pretty story from the Detroit
Mews: "What a p retty child; whose is
it9" said one lady to another, as they
crossed Madison square. ~ noticed you
nodded to the nurse"
"Thereby hangs a tale," responded her
companion. "The nurse used to be in
my employ and left it to become the wife
of a coachman. They live over the stable
not far away, and the child is theirs. She
dresses it like millionaire's baby, in the
finest and most dainty of clothes, which
she faithfully copies from Fifth avenue
children. She cannot dress herself to
correspond, so she wears the nurses iv-
ery for her own child, and is proud to
have passers-by stop and admire him as
some favored darling of wealthy home.
Curious fancy for one of her sort, isn't
it, who, as a rule, are so eager to drop
the rcgalia of service2"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12
FASHION NOTES.

The newest toques are more pointed in
front.
Raw veal is the name of new shade
of pink.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-12

The latest atrocityis pocket edition of
the pigs in clover puzzle, bound in brass
and about the size Of an ordinary watch.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23
The Florence Canal.

MT. w. E. Guild, of Florence, came In last night on a flying visit. He re ports all the various Interests in Plnal moving with rapid strides fo7 it's future. prosperity The Florence Csnal Cona- pany are making rapid prog iass in tue work of completing their Enterprise. The contractors are now at work on the last three mile section that com pletes the canal to the railroad south of Casa Grande. The railroad com pany has force of men at work put ting in culvert through which the water may pass. There is plenty of water in the canal now running to within tkrse miles of the railroad. A large hiimber of horses, wagons, ehrt-scrapers have already arrived to begin work on the reservoir that will be built about midway of the entire length of the canal. y This will be the largest reservoir in the west, and water will be stored in it during the time when there is an abundance of unused Matet trimming in the Gita. When the | the reservoir is once filled, it will bt then used at such times as the water in tho river Is scarce, for supplying the canal. A large number of landowner who have secured water-rights are now at work making preparations for ge. ting in crops this coming season. | Citizen
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23
A Novel Railroad.

"You talk about railroads" said s. c. Comstoek, the venerable sport, to the Herald man the other. day. sWhy, young fellow you don't know anything about extreme economy in the matter Of railroading" Then. lighting brown paper cigarette he had just finished he continued "Now down in Mexico they know how to overcome difficulties in the matter of railroad management, Take that little Cula- can road, for instance. It is fifty or sixty miles long and it is paying big now. It is Mexican enterprise They had one wheezy old engine, but one day the little jacal used as round house caught fire. and ttEhe tEhe engine was burnt up, Mexican genius, ever ready to grasp at brilliant ideas, got hold and tine train went out next day on time. It consisted of coach Ga flat car with a canopy over it) and flat oar with no cover. A man rode up on a mule and hitched the mule to the train; then mounted and lit out like the devil tor newspaper man, which amounts to about the same thing) was after him. Whenever he came in sight of bridge or a culvert he would put spurs and take the cars whizzing along until he got near the bridge and then he would loosen the rope from the horn of the saddle. drop it, ride around the bridge, come up on the other side, catch the rope again and go ahead like. blazesl Of course he would change mules occasionally, but he didn't have to stop for wood and water and to oil around. Why, that road just suits those people. ."-Nogales Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23

mud and dirt, of which the roof prop CT consists. The mass of the Cereus, as of all other cacti, is whitish pulp, which has not, to my knowledge, been put to any use as yet, but I have every reason to believe that ere long the pulp of all the bulky cacti will find its utility in the manufacture of pa CT, while the flores of some will be ex- tensively employed in therindustries. The flower of the cereus which gen erally stands in a ring around the top or near the tops of the mother trunk or branches, is of creamy color and very beautiful, though odorless. The fruit which is nearly egg shaped con tains very palatable pulp of, when ripe, a dark purple and in it are en- bedded thousands of tiny black seeds highly prized by all the feathered tribes. The Indians cook this pulp into preserves which they keep and peddle about in earthen jars of their own manufacture.
 The mammelaria (barrel cactus) grows almost everywhere and is es- pecially remarkable on account of its thorns which frequently are found of delicate roseate hue. From the cen tre of each group of thorns, which are placed symmetrically along the ridges, protrudes a tough, sharp, well formed hook, which the writer, in default of manufactured fishing hooks, has ire quently used successfully for angling purposes. The pulp of this cactus is extensively used by Mexican candy makers in the manufacture of the highly prized sweetmeat, called cubierto, and the plant itself has ire quently been the means of saving peo- ple's lives when they were wandering lost in the desert. from the fact that it contains in the centre a hollow place which. when the plant is surrounded by a fire for q short time, becomes a receptacle of the juice ol the plant and offers to the thirsty traveller from to ] gallons ofalmost tasteless water
 The dwarf cactus, called by Linnee
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23

6 varieties of the graceful campanula,a a number of rhododendrons and often quite often in early April the sweet red checked strawberry of the wild woods, and amongst luxurious grasses the blackberry. Last spring in can yon of about 5000 feet elevation above the sea level I car~te@ no less than 20 ditfirent varieties of blooming plants within circle of less than 10 yards diameter forming with the ferns and grasses a carpet unsurpassed in floral loveliness, while all the surrounding trees were gaily bedecked with the evergreen ivy. As space to-day will not permit me to enlarge upon the details of these smaller species of our floral world, I shall close this by only mentioning one tiny little grass whose round leaves are adorned along the borders with so exquisite tracery as to suggest the work of fairy fingers.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23
ARIZONA FLORA.
THE BEAUTIES NATURE HAS GROWN
 ED WITH THORNS.
The Ornamental and Useful Plants Indi-
 genOus to our Territory.

BY JOHN A. SPRING.
 Some twenty years ago the foot-sore traveller who wended his weary way along the now sandy, now dusty, road upon the old overland stage route, failed to perceive the innumerable beauties of our vegetable creation Way stations were few and far between and consequently water was exceeding ly scarce, especially during the dry season. Hungry and thirsty the tired traveller who could not afford the cx- pensive stage fare and walked beside an equally tired team hitched to a freight or emigrant wagon, looked neith- CT with wonder nor interest upon the tall, majestic futed columns of the Giant Cactus, nor did he observe the various beautiful tints of all the differ ent Cacti blossoms. When he saw now and then the skeleton of a horse, mule or OK that exhausted had fallen by the wayside,t to become prey to the ever-hungry roamer of the then desert plains, the bowling coyote; when the stiffness of the night through the com bined dismal voices of some hundreds of these rovers was made hideous; and when, while in the dusky evening searching the brush for wood to re- plenish the meagre camp fire, he hap penea to tread upon the fallen of thorny punches of the"silvery cholla"- then indeed was his cup of misery full to overfowing What wonder if he called this "the land of thorns, and sand and rocksp
 What change since then Scores of villages and towns have been estab- lished farms and ranches have sprung up as if by magic; the lowing kine and bleating sheep now roam upon
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23
Walnut Grove Service Dam.

Robert Brow, who is up from the lower dam, now under construction
 by the Walnut Grove Water Storage
 Company, reports that work is pro-
 gressing finely on the structure, and Lieut.. A. o. Brodie, who is in charge of the construction, expects to com plete it this month. The dam will be
 used as a service dam for using water from the con1panys big reservoir, or fake, at Walnut Grove. It is situated on the Hassayampa, about fifteen or eighteen miles below their storage dam. The dam when completed will be 57 feet high. about 200 feet long on top, 60 feet wide at the base, and 10 feet wide at the top. It is being built of rock, with good, substantial skin of lumber on it's upper face, which is caulked perfectly water tight. To provide for its safety in case of an overflow, skin has also been placed on the back or lower side of the dam
 connecting with an apron at the base, to carry the water of, and thus pre- vent it from undermining the struc- ture. AS an additional precaution oi safety, a wasteway 60 feet in width has also been excavated around the dam
 near the top. The Hume to carry the water to the company's gold bearing gravel beds will be 244 by A feet ir dimension. About three iodftl 0i { mile of it has already been so6na Ieted
 and it is expected that within szxts days the entire work will be cQnlple letae ready for hydraulic minine Aboul 100 men are employed at ilfall< E. lliy head of the Hume at tlsellz 5l lzz ! 2 !5 :: about forty-fiye feet abovazbl s<do2, < Prescott Journal Miner. ezfS fss IL
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-23
10 CattIen4en.

The Mexicam authorities take estFay stock, advertise the same and sell at public auction at the end of one month. Public notices of strays taken up have been posted in Nogales, Sonora, and the sale is to take place the last of this month. No expense is exacted from owners claimingiand takingaway any'gf tAe atetk before the day of sale The f5ll6@jngis g copy 9f the notice:
 H0ne yellow cow and calf, branded H or I'll joined tagetheF; ane red COW branded Ts; one dun COW, JC; one limeback COW and calf, BA; one sorreI bull between two and three years old one speckled bull, polla y horqueti one white steer, two years old, 31 or 37 one heifer, brand, two hooks; one calf figure 2; one spotted calf, no brand one red bull, between one and twt lars old, half circle R-Noeal~