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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
CHAPTER ILL
A DAMsEL IN DISTRESS.

Il wish to see Mrs. H~argreave."
These words. spoken low and somewhat
.im1dIy,> were addressed to Buttons,
who, that same afternoon, was standing
gazing out at vacancy from the front door,
step.
There was nothing about the speaker
to attract attention. She was small and
slight and dressed very quietly in black.
I should probably have passed out with
out noticing her but for the boys reply.
Know no one of that name here" said
he; which perhaps was true. But he was
apt enough at figures.
There is q Mrs. Hargreave here. He1
.sitting-room is 49,"
The young lady turned to thank me fol-
my information. I was about to raise my
hat when-4Miss Lynton-Edna!" I e1.
claimed.
She blushed crimson as our eyes met
then, dropping hers, shyly, You are
mistaken, sir" she said, falteringly.
You take me for some one else"
rs it possible you have forgotten me?
I knew you instantly, although it is si1
years since
Excuse me. It is a mistake" Then
to the page, will you tell Mrs. HaE.
greave I have Gomez"
What name, Miss?"
Say the maid she engaged this morn.
ing to attend on Miss Hargreave; that is
enough"
She spoke proudly, almost ~defantly,
with q GOODNESS that amazed me.
Edna Lynton, my old tutors daughter
nv old sweetheart-reduced to this?
Six years since-thst is, one year before
NV father died, and the subsequent
breakup Of my home-Mr. and Miss
Lynton visited us at our place In Surrey,
and an ardent Irritation between Edna
and myself was the result, though it
came to an abrupt and unfortunate end
ing. Afterward the father and daughter
went to reside in Jersey, and some six
months ago 7 had seen MI. Lynton's
death recorded in the Times. Vaguely
wondering what had become OF Edna, ]
heard incidentally she had gone out as a
governess, and, If the truth must be told,
[ dismissed the matter from my thoughts
as entirely as I believed I had dismissed
her image from my heart.
That the girl I had just seen was Edna
LINTON I felt as certain Of as Of the fact
that she pretended not to know me. But
how can a gentleman insist on an &C
ouaintance which q lady virtually denies2
NV only course was to wait as patiently
as 7 could for the unraveline OF the mys.
terious circumstances in which l appeared
suddenly to have become involved.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
Yucatan's Deadly Spider.

A sailor on a coasting vessel which
plies between Galveston, Texas, and ports
on the Gulf has some very interesting
specimens which he secured while on the
coast of Yucatan. Among them is a
large jar filed with enormous spiders,
which he says are looked upon with
greatest fear by the Indians Of the central
portion of that country, and which are
undoubtedly the largest ever seen.
The body Of the spider is fully five
inches in diameter and the legs are short
and thick, being especially adapted to
running and climbing. They are about
two inches long and as big around as an
ordinary led pencil. The animal is of a
grayish brown color, but is most pecu-
liarly marked by deep red bands which
cross its body, extending clear around
diagonally from shoulder to hip, cross
ing each other al the middle of the back
and the centre of the belly.
The head Is so large that the details
can readily be seen, and even the dead
ones had such a ferocious aspect that
they caused a feeling of fear. The color
ing is peculiarly adapted to the country,
for the body is like the earth. while the
red bands are like many of the creeping
vines which abound among the rocks of
the interior.
The tiercencss of the insect and the
marking on the back have induced the
Indians to name it the Devils Soldier"
and they say that it is undoubtedly the
worst foe to man in that whole country,
making it almost impossible for any one
to 90 into the interior, for it abounds in
such numbers that 40 place is free from
it and its bite is certain death.
Only one instance is known to Indians
where a man Las been bitten and did not
die, and this man was wildly insane ever
afterward. The spider makes its home
among the rocks, and when anything
approaches it rushes boldly out and
makes an attack so fercely that it is al
most impossible to escape it.. 1t runs
with great rapidity and climbs sticks and
trees as easily as if it was on the ground.
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4 SECRET or THE TOILET.

There is On old book, entitled "The
Toilet of Flora" which was much in
vogue with the ladies of the last century.
In the preface the author informs the
public that
"The chief Intention Of this Perform
ance is to point out to the Fair Sex the
Methods by which they can preserve and
add to their Charms"
There are many curious hints in it,
and some queer prescriptions" Here
is what the author calls a "a Mystical
Prescription" of in%calculable value, in
asmuch as it contains "a Secret to Take
Away Wrinkles"
stHeat an iron shovel red hot. Throw
thereon some Powder of MYrrh, receive
the Smoak on your face, covering your
head with a Napkin to collect the
Smoak. Do this three times. Then
heat the Shovel again, and when Fiery
Hot, spit on it a Mouthful of White
Wine. Receive this Vapour also in your
face three times. Continue this proceed
ing every Night and Morning as long
as you find OCCASION"
For how long a time the wrinkled
ladies of the last century ''found occa.
sion" to "continue this proceeding
every night and morning" there is no
means of knowing; but it IS to be hoped
that their efforts resulted-to borrow an
idea from "Richard III."-in ''smooth-
inc their wrinkled fronts. "-TM Ledger.
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A FATHERS SOUND SENSE.

A celebrated banker in New York has
four beautiful daughters. Two are
trained school teachers, one is an artist,
the other a pianist. He obliges them TO
work at their trades and become not
only theoretically successful, but prac-
tically successful. Upon being asked the
reason of this rather unnecessary treat.
ment when he possessed such immense
wealth he replied: .'Money is feeting in
my business and I am determined that
all my family shall know how to earn
money if anything happens to me. There
are hundreds of gentle women coming
into my Office every day whining from
poverty and lack of industry. They
don't know how to work, and that is
why they are so backward in getting q
living. It is a sad sight, and I am de-
termined my family shall be above it.,
and after all labor is above Wealth.
Chicago Post.
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4 YEAR OF MOURNING m POLAND.

The year 1892 will be kept as q year
of the deepest mourning throughout
Poland, in memory of the loss of her in
dependence. July II, 1892, will be the
hundredth anniversary Of the splendid
fight of Kosciusko at Dutierka, which
was the one great and noble event of a
gear OF wavering, weakness, treachery
and utter submission, and the last year
that held any real hope for the Poles.
The disasters of 1892 were never re-.
dressed. ths wild dash of despair two
years later only making the humiliation
and division Of the nation more rapid
and complete. All the women of Pc.
land, from duchess to peasant, will wear
nothing but black all the year, and the
large firms who deal in gown and dress
materials, millinery and jewelry, are or
dering everything black IN preparation
for this universal demand.-Nev York
Mail and Express.
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there was the triple hue, too, connected
with those ovens, for the smoke and
gases, which modern stove manufacture
ers advertise.
In the private kitchen was an ample
assortment of culinary wares. These
were polished metal instruments of every
description and purpose. Little char
coal stoves were in use there as we'll as
in some portions of Europe now, and in
addition to heaters there were a variety
of urns more complicated than those of
the present time and serving the pur-
poses of the boiler and warm-oven at
tachments of to-day
The Pompeiian stove was an evolution
of itself. 1t was the outcome of a high
state of Roman civilization. 1t preceded
the modern stove, coming from the same
common fre-box. "a Z
For cooking purposes sll$ the Chiri.
+cahua wants is a little bundle Of twigs, the
smaller the better, as there is little smoke
70 discover him to an enemy, and the
few,charreH remnants are passed un-
noticed by a pursuing force. The Jap
anese has his fre-box. There isn't
much heat in it, but the whole family
gather about it, and by combining what
little heat there is within narrow space
g, slight degree Of warmth is obtained.
In Colonial days our ancestors cooked
in fireplaces, and kept themselves warm
by piling on huge logs in the open CRATE,
but seventy-fve per cent. of the heat
went up the Aue, and the room was eve
warmed except in a small segement of a
circle Immediately about the fireplace.
The old fashioned crane sounds very
poetical, but it had a " az of making =
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THE. STOVE.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE
WAY OF ITS EVOLUTION.
Ancient and Modern Ones-Heat
Made Servant to the Housewife
From Rude Decorations
to Artistic Excellence.

"The stove comes through evolution.
It was a late development, but its pro-
gress and transformations have been
rapid enough since the first real stove
emerged from the chrysalis fire box.
"a modern stove nc more resembles
those which our grandmothers used, if
they were so fortunate as to possess what
was then very rare, than n grand piano
does a h~arpsichord or spinet.
"American ingenuity has done more
to develop the civilization of comfort
than the combined mechanical talent of
the rest of the world. 1t has not stopped
with stoves. 1t has taken the clumsy
German iron box, always rudely
mented with the Hanoverian horse, the
charcoal burner of the French, and the
old stove common to England and this
country, which persisted in. smoking
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A LADY

In the present day, when so much is
said about women's rights, it will inter-
est the fair EEK to know that, although
the judicia. bench is now monopolized
by an unmannerly man, at least once in
the history of England a woman has
acted as judge. This was in the reign
of Henry VIII, and the woman to whom
the unique honor fell was Lady Anne
Berkeley of Yale, in Worcestershire.
She had appealed to the King to punish
a party of rioters who had broken into
her park, killed the deer and fired the
hayricks; and his Majesty granted to her,
and others a special commission to try
the offenders, armed with which she
opened commission, ~empanelled the jury,
heard the charge, and, on a verdict of
guilty being returned, pronounced sem
tence.-&. Louis Republic.
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There were some curious things about
those old Pompeiian stoves. At the
bakers there was an oven, or range, in
which one.pound ~loaves, stamped with
the kind of -four used, were baked by the
dozen. They went in dough on one side
and came out neatly polished loaves on
the other. There was an arrangement
by which a liquid was automatically
dropped upon the surface of the loaf
while baking to give the crust the much
priced glossy, shining surface. Then
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE LOR
FEMININE READERS.
BUSY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

"The best ale too busy-to be known. "
This remark was made by q correspond
ent, writing from Plymouth, Mass,
who found a New England school mis-
tress on Clark's Island, in the bay, keep
ing house, taking care of an aged
mother, %cultivating a garden beside q
corn and potato field, getting her sup
plies-groceries, etc.-from the main
land in a rowboat or sailboat, teaching
school daytimes in winter and spring,
and a navigation class IN the evenings
(of big boys, doing her own sewing and
washing, and taking boarders in the
summer!-Mew York Press.
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THERE Is renewed agitation In
Springfield, Mass, of the dress ques-
ton, the point Of attack being the
long dresses which sweep the streets
and carry into the houses not unly
dirt but the germs Of disease. 1t
will be necessary, however, to bring
some stronger argument against the
long skirt before woman will consent
to abandon it, What is mere health
compared with Hshion?
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INDEXES OF FASHIONS.

Women have always followed fashion
and doubtless always will. Some dress
making houses in Paris will set to work
in each spring designing the mode for
the following winter; fashion plates are
struck off after this design in the sum-
mer; in the autumn they are dissemin-
ated toward the four points of the COM
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

Two REPUTABLE citizens Of Michi-
gan recently discovered q hairy wild
man seven feet tall, who leaped
t%wenty-three feet at a bound. These
gentlemen should by all means take tho
course in mythology at the Kelley In
etituta,
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vast amount of work for the busy house.
wife, and the pots and kettles would
still persist in being black despite the
frequent and persistent scourings to
which they were subjected.
The stove came as the great remedy
for these domestic ills. 1t came to stay
and to be improved upon.-lnter- OCEAN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

MRS. kendall says the critics Of
the American press are i~rreproacha-
bic. As the compliment must be re.
turned some way the same may be
said Of the fit of MIR. Kendal's trous.
era
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

A CHICAGO lake captain proposes
to dam Niagara. Falls in order to Sc
cure deeper water in the lakes. Such
q thing would be certain to meet
with a strenuous opposition on the
part of New York and Canada, but
no one would object were he to damn
the malodorous Chicago River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30
. PERSON in a Wilmington theater

"A PERSON in a Wilmington theater
the other night arose in his seat and
demanded that the performance
cease unless it could be conducted
according to,his own ideas. The re-
mainder Of the audience were in
some doubt as to whether he was a
dramatic critic or a popular clergy
man, but he proved to be an ordinary
crank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

A good formula for layer cake is as
follows: One cupful of sugar, one-half
cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sweet
milk, the beaten whites of four eggs,
two cupfuls of flour and a heaping tea
spoonful of baking powder.
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old woman in the poor-house al

AN old woman in the poor-house at
Butte, Mont, has ~areceived notice
that she is heir to an immense estate
in England. As is usual in such cases,
a horde of relatives springs up, anx-
ious to take charge Of the dear old
lady for the rest of her life. People
never have so many devoted friends
as when they inherit vast fortunes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

John McCullun, of Pittsburgh, Penn,
has recently returned from his eighth
rowing trip in a skiff down the Ohio and
Mississippi to New Orleans.
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CHAPTER u

YOU SHOULD MARRYAN HEREss.-ss$sfss
It was later than usual when2I syExe,
next morning; too late to join the public
breakfast table; q1ite too late, alas, to
catch my train. gEdering, therefore. a
cup of tea to my room, 7 dressed DELHI.
erately; the weathsrhad undergone u
complete change, the sun .shone bril-
l~iantly. the wind had iufled.
Dr. Gascoigne was always in his con-
sulting-room between 1Qbn IL o'clock,
and, when not engaged With patients, it
was his custom to admit me. I sought
and found him on this occasion, as I had
hoped, alone.
Good morning!" said he cheerfully,
motioning me to q chair and laying down
the book he was reading. Il am glad the
sunshine induced you to remain
THE weather has had little enough to
do with it," I answered. In the first
place. I oversight myself: but. even IT l
bad not, I believe I should still nave
stayed"
Saturday is only a halliday at the
bank. I remembered that, if you did
mot"
You'll laugh whom I tell you what de-
scided mt to remain"
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The product of tobacco in Europe il
nearly equal in quantity to the Averages
production of the United States.
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A DARK SECRET.
The Story Of a Tragic
Life Drama.
BY E. NJ. DAvY.
CHAPTER I.
O GYPSY EYES.

!, WAS twenty-eight years OF
age when the drama Of my
~ life began.
. One evening in October,
1880, I was standing beneath
AM the portico of a building
ANI with which one is not usually
AEI inclined to associate romance.
W-namely, q hydropathic es-
N Enlistment.
3A The wind howled dismally
through the trees Of the ave-
nue., carrying away in swirls
D the last remaining leaves OF
~ autumn. The view, ranging
Dover a wide extent Of hill and
ALL Urn h1urro6 an5 al.
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FeSSA oN
IDENTIFY striving to regain her composure.
This, however, appeared impossible. Her
will was powerless to curb her excited pas
sion.
Il cannot help it! I am driven to it
whatever you may think Of mel" she
went on, recklessly. Il must place conf
dence in some one. But, first, who are
you? Do you belong tothis placer"
My name is Dudley 9 :; visitor
like yourself" said spss my reply
is this" - and she bent Eagerly for.
ward and whispered, with s wIid,, scared.
Elook in her magnificent sses3a.is this, q.
4: NO; nothing of the Kind. 1t isEthe
Glendale Hydropathic Establishment IN
Northshire." e =,
"A kind q hotel, thenG".
DO they lock people up here as a rule,
why, answeredt smiling; who
My mother. Possibly she tempered
with thsb6lIs also, 3 she added quickly,
with a little mock faugh.
@Isuppose a. .mother considers she has
o right to lock up q child il so disposed
Would not:any man, placed in like
circumstances have talked nonsense to
prolong the interview? 49,,
RShe is only my stepmother;; and I am
no child. I am of age" brokaEin Miss
Hargreave, drawing herself u~SSSproudly,
and as she did so-she was Above the
ordinary height Of woman-shs& looked
superb. ~ ="
Suddenly q distrustful, suspicious ex-
preston came into her eyes. you are
not-a doctor2" she inquired, quickly.
mo, indeed"
Her face cleared instantly.
Then you shall help me, since fate
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10
C0mStock ToucilS.

A lot of Comstock toughs were
in tie city on Sunday night, max.
ing a great deal of noise and con-
Quoting themselves in an upseemly
manner. The Sheriff notified them
that in future he would Jail all
such people and they subsidized.
Virginia people seem to have an
idea that Carson is a sort OF COW
corall where they can do about as
they please, and come down here
to make night hideous with riba!d
songs and hoodlum noises. These
people will come up with round
turn some day.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10
A Irnekae Iramat.r.

LAST Saturday evening James
Reed shot and killed James Teet.
OF" in Hurd's saloon.
Reed was coming out OF the din.
ing room when Teeter advanced
and shot at him twice.
Reed then shot four times. One
OF the shots took effect in the
navel passing through the right
lung. Another shot inflicted ..
scalp wound and anothe- pierce,
the wrist. Teeter was intoxicated
and had previously picked a row
with Reed. While this first ~.
was in progress Teeter drew his
pistol, which Reed took away from
him. The people Of Truckee justi-
fy Reed. Teeter was a man OF
family. He had been a constable
for Truckee for many years and
was known as the "Deaf Adder"
an appellation which explains it.
self.
Reed is an ex-Constable for
TIuckee and also man of family |
He was defeated for reelection |
last Fall by Teeter.
Teeter had the reputation OF
being brave officer. His action
Ia attemptin to murder is inexpH.
cable save on the grouncs of in
toxication.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10
THE MODUS OPERANDI.

Several of our exchanges are
calling attention to the independ
ence of the APPEAL on politica
matters.
II all the papers in the State
would come to the front and place
the interests Of the State ahead Of
party subservience it would be
better for Nevada.
They must all have seen long
before this that party work is at a
discount IN this State. 1t isn't the
man who works like @ quarter
horse through successive cam
pa'gns who gets the political
pIums.
1t IS some wretch who inveigIes
party boss to indulge in intimacy
with his wife, who gets advanced
along the line OF political quality.
The men who have hlackmailed
prominent and wealthy people into
political support by threatening to
expose some dark spots In their
career are the miserable teaches
who have wormed themselves son
the inside" TO the exclusion of
honest party workers.
IL the press of the State will |
unite to show up these rascally |
pulls" and open out on the seal
lawags who trade upon this basis. |
it will soon clear the political at
Of Nevada and also rid !
Tie State Of q number Of social
.oughs who pose as partg leaders.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10

Prompt delivery to all parts OF the
city. altf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10

Reno promises to boom in the
spring. VIM. Thompson has a
800, 900 hotel in contemplation
and that in connection with the
new road to Lake Tahoe will
bring all the travel to the lake this
way, which is sure to bring in
some outside money. The Re.
duction Works will be completed
and running aid good times are
sure to come. -Gazette.
Everybody in Nevada should
boar in mind that a boom In Reno
means good times all over the
State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10

The Governor OF Sinburski.
Russia, is suppressing the presen.
rioters with u heavy hand. The
rioters have been sentenced to
receive 500 lashes. 1t is reported
that three offenders have died
while tho punishment was being
cted.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-11-10

4. Livingston now practically
controls the wholesale liquor
trade Of the city. He is contin-
aally adding to his stock and sells
only standard brands. He is also
introducing some excellent Cali
fornia wines to the people of Car
son, as well as foreign and domss-
tic cigars of the finest quality.
Drop in and inspect his stock.
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