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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
DEATH OF EUGENE TAGGART
An Abbeville Man il Crushed in u
Railroad Wreck Near San An.

News was received here last Saturday that
Mr.. Eugene Tasgart. conductor on Il ra ilroad
train near San Antonio, Texas, had been
killed in u wreck.
He was a native of this county. and has
many relatives and friends who will be sorry
TO hear OF his death. He had been in the
railroad service for several years, where be-
cause of his efficiency he had been promot-
ed to the position OF conductor. He was
about thirty-five years of age, and unmar-
ried. He was the oldest son VIM. Fl. Taggart,
deceased. His remains were expected al
Troy yesterday morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
A Good Mans VI iSfOrtHnc.

Prof. Lowry, OF Due West, had a serious at
tack OF paralysis last Sunday. He fell while
crossing the street about noun, and was Tor q
time unconscious. Kind friends soon came
TO his help, and he was carried home, where
he was at last account, still very sick. Mr..
Lowry has been quite feeble for Il long time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
Back 10 His Old Home.

Mr.. A. T. Carter, who LETT here some four
years ago, as a lad Is now Il fine looking young
man, whose general appearance is progresses
ing. He has been telegraph operator at Bel
ton for several years. and Is now visiting his
grandmother at Warrenton. The Press and
Banner Is always glad to notice the evident
prosperity OF any Abberille boy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
How Fire.

Provision against loss by fire of our ginner-
les would be well. More ginnery outfits have
been burned this ear, than during any season
for many q day, and there Is no teIIing how
soon a fire may break ont in one of ours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Cook S Sarriage Company, Bldunt& Bell and
Unltad States Carriage Co. against Seal Il
McIlwAlne.-Executlon.
DY V~IRfUEOF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS
D to me directed, in the ABOVE stated cases,
l will sell to \he highest bidder, at Public
Auction wlthA the legal Hours of sale, at
Abbeville Courthouse. on Monday the 7th
day of December,\A. D., Is9l, the following
described property to wit: Two Elliptic
Spring Buggles. one Dexter Queen Buggy
Seven Sets of wheelA with Tire for same
Ten Sets OF AXles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

10000 No. ! shingles just arrived at So per
thousand. Is. X. Beacham, agent.
For the next ten days l will sell No. 2 shin
giles at 81 So per thousand. B. K. Beacham,
agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18
BRSKINE'S BOYS.
Her FULL CLASS ROOMS.
The Names of a Great Number Of
Students on Her Rolls.
Complete List Of the Young Men
Who Have NatricuIated During
the College Year.

This IS the beginning Of the second month
of the College session. Erskine College open
Ell with more students this session than usual,
and the outlook is bright. Below we give the
full roll of the College as 1t now stands
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

Rubber boots to be had at c. P. Hammond
& Co., for So per pair. Hunting boots also.
Don't forget c. p. Hammond & Co., when
you need shoes.
Prince Albert suits are very stylish for
dress, Examine our line of them. You will
be we'll pleased. P. Rosenberg & Co.
We have an elegant line of Prince Albert
suits. Among them some very fine goods.
p. Rosenberg & Co.
]. r. Mlnter, Jr. has just received a beauti-
full line OF chromos, oil paintings and uleo.
graphs. Call and see them.
Don't fall to examine Minters fine parlOr
and chamber suits. They are coming In now.
A large lot of bedsteads at Minter's Re-
duced to 81 .65.
Get one OF Winters champion $3.50 rockers.
It beats them all.
Boys can he suited in clothing, hats and
shoes by +. Rosenberg Il Co. If
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

Choice maple syrup at Smiths, and all II
costs is u "hulf dollar q bottle"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

Have you tried those imported French peas
at Smith & Sons. They ar delicious and only
ID cents per can. 81
Smith & Sons have received their fall stock
of raisinS, nuts, currantS, candies, etc. Call
on them If you need something nice and
fresh. <7f
Now Is the time to build fruit cakes, and
Smith & Sons is the place to get The good
things to make them OF.
Two or three broken lines of dress goods
have been marked down to close the lots. II
you are in search OF bargains In dress goods
call at Haddon's. "
Please allow us to show you our splendid
stock OF suits and overcoats. They are sure
to please you in price and quality. P. Rosen.
berg & Co. 80
Go to w. Joel Smith Il Sons for q good a
on. Milburns are the best on the road. and
that is the only place to get them. st,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

The time to do a good thing is
when you can. Unimproved oppor-
tunities never return. If you find
it in your power to-day and here to
help u struggling soul, you are guilty
before Gndif you fail to stretch out
your hand. Tomorrow will be too
late.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

The oil mill ginnery at Marion was burnt
last week. The engine was enclosed, or cut
of. by q brick wall, and was not injured. The
balance of the machinery was destroyed. No
insurance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-18

WE OFFER FOR SALE AT PUBLIC
wv auction, Mt Abbeville Court House, on
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
HUNTING THE COON.
How the Men Secure the Fat and Juicy
Animal Aner q Deal Of work.

Gov the Men Secure the Fat and juicy
Animal Aner a Deal Of Work.
On leaving the highway that leads
nearest to the hunting ground the way
Of the coon hunters takes them, in
darkness or feeble lantern light, over
rough and uncertain footing, till the
eornfeld's edge is reached and the dog
cast of. Away go the hounds, their
course only indicated by the rustling
of the corn leaves as they range through
the field. until one old truth teller gives
tongue on the trail of Br'er Coon, who
perhaps has brought his whole family
out on a nocturnal picnic. The hounds
sweep straight away, in full cry, on the
hot scent to hill or swamp, where their
steadfast baying prOclaims that the
game is freed.
Then follows a pell nell scramble
toward the musical uproar. Stones,
cradle knobs, logs, stumps, mud holes,
brambles and all the inanimate enc
mics that lie in wait for man when he
hastens in the dark combine to trap,
bump, bruise, sprain, scratch and be
mine the hunying hunters.
Then when all have gathered at the
center Of attraction, where the excited
hounds are raving ABOUT the boy Pf
some great tree, the best and boldest
climber volunteers TO go alOft into the
upper darkness and shake the quarry
down or shoot him If may be. If ne
succeeds in accomplishing the difficult
task what a melee ensues when the
coon crashes through the branches to
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
The J.nane.s WAY Of Doing Things.

In Japan babies are carried not in
the arms, but upon the back. Etiquette
colnpels the removal of the shoes rather
than the dofing of the hat. Boats are
stranded with their sterns, instead Of
their prows, on the shores. Instead Of
saying northeast or southeast, the Jap
anese say eastnorth or westsouth. Wine
is always drunk before, not after din
ner, and sweets are served before the
substantial viands of a meal In all
books the footnotes occur at the top Of
the page; keys turn 20 the left, carpen-
tiers plane toward he body instead Of
outward. and in cash accounts the fig
ures are written first and the correspond
Ing item next.
The Japanese mount the horse from
the right side. the harness = fastened
In all parts on that side, and the name
Is brushed and made TO grow cha' way.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
MASSIVE SHIPS OF FRANCE
q Ieture Of tbs French and Americas
sQusdrOns of Evolution.

q ! Ieture Of the French and Americas
s~qasdrOns of Evolution.
The French men-of-war in the harboy
form the first division of the Medite-ra-
mean squadron Of evolution, the other
divisions of which we met on our run
along the coast, and we have as our
neighbo- again the Amiral DuPerre,
the giant battle ship encountered on
our arrival al Toulon, which, with the
other ships of this division, has re-
NAMED in port to receive our fleet.
Something like a squadron Of evolr.
don" this magnificent feet of French
men-of-var-nine great battle ships,
two powerful cruisers, two dispatch
vessels carrying torpedOes, one torpedo
cruiser and three regular torpedo boats.
The battle ships are the Amir1
Baudin, Formidable, Amiral Duperre,
Courbet, Trident, R~edoutable Van
ban, Bayard and the Duguesclin-th6
last three named being so called cui
raises de croisiere OF iron clad cruisers,
and are Of the same class of ships as
the Triomphante, whose departure for
Asiatic waters we witnessed. The three
hrst named are among the largest and
most powerful ships of the French navy.
The total number Of guns carried in
Doth principal and secondary batteries
on the vessels composing this squad
ron reaches 3Of pieces of artillery, from
the enormous 81 TIN. rifles of the Bau-
din and Formidable to the various
rapid fire and revolving cannon with
which the ships are armed. Besides
this sixty torpedo tubes are distributed
throughout the feet.
The speed attained by individual YES
sells runs from fourteen knots by the
Bayard to twenty knots by the Agile,
n of the torpedo boats, and the crews
10 man them all make up a force of
$3.50 men. Note the Amiral Duperre,
the Courbet. the great Formidable
well named indeed-lying near where
the Chicago is moored, graceful, white
and almost fragile in comparison with
the black monster her neighbOr; see
the gray, lni :, narrow Milan, the only
ship in port that any OF our squadron,
would stand much chance in fighting
With-R F. Zog5aum in Scribner's.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19

Macbeth's "pearl top" and
"pearl glass lamp-chimneys
are made of tough glass that
costs four times as much as
common glass; and the work
on them costs a good deal
more than the work on COM
mon chimneys, just as the
work on a dress is proper
toned to cost of stuff.
The dealer is right in saying
he can't afford to sell them at
the prices of common glass
chimneW.
And what will become of
his chimney trade if his Chin
neys never break? He is apt
to. be wrong there. He can
afford to charge a fair price
and give new chimneys for all
that break in use.
Have a talk with him.
Piasburg. A N.cBErH a %.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19

the ground and becomes the cratic
center Of the wild huddle of dogs and
lien.
Fewer voices never broke the still
ness of night with sounds I'm
earthly than the medley of raging,
yelping and growing, cheering and vo-
ciferous orders given forth by dogs,
coon and hunters, while hillside and
woodland toss TO and fro a more dis
cordant badinage Of echo.
The coon is not a great beast, but a
tough and sharp toothed one, who a r
ries beneath his gray coat and fat ribs
a stout heart and wonderful vitality,
and a tussle with a veteran of the tribe Of
cornfield robbers tests the pluck of dogs
end the GOODNESS of men.
II the coon takes refuge in a tree toe
tall and lim6iess for his pursuers to
climb there is nothing for them but TO
keep " itch and ward till daylight dis
overs him crouched in his lofty perch.
A huge fire enlivens the long hours
of guard keeping. A foraging party
repairs TO the nearest corntield for
roasting ears. and the hunters shorten
the slow night tide with munchine
scorched corn, sauced by jokes and
song and tales of the coon hunts of by.
gone years.
The waning moon throbs into view
above a serrated hill crest, then climbs
the sky while the shadows draw east
ward, then pales in the dawn, anc
when il is a blotch of white cloud il
the zenith a sunrise gun welcomes da!
and brings the coon tumbling to earth
or perhaps not a coon, but some va
grant house cat, is~he poor reward o
the long watch. Then the weary hunt
en- plod honeward to breakfast an
the mailing of their trophies to the bar
door.
When the sweet acorns dropping II
the frosty night tempt the coon TO
later feast there is as good sport an
primer peltry. In any Of the night
wherein this sport may be pursued IN
man Of lazy mold and contemplativ
mind lows best the hunt deemed IN
successful by the mon ardent hunter
when the hounds strike the trail q
wandering fox and carry a tide Of INT
sic flooding and ebbing over vale
and hilltop, while the indolent hunte
reclines at ease, smoking his pipe an
listening, content TO let ambition
hunters stumble over lodges and wa
low through swamps in pursuit of ii
elusive coo Forest and Stream
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
auEeA KINDS OF COINS.
Interesting by Reason Of Their Age and
for Various Other Causes

Interesting by Reason Of Their Age and
for Various Other Causes.
''Here is the oldest coin v e made
N the world" said a collector. 1T was
made about the year 700 b. G. in
RginA and you will observe that the
design in high relief represents a tor
kUise crawling across the tace Of the
piece. You vii not find any date upon
It, because no coin was dated prior 10
400 years ago. The most beautiful coin
ever made, in my opinion, is this silver
piece of Macedonia, which was current
In Macedon, now Constantinople, 500
years before Christ, or 200 years earlier
than the time Of Alexander the Great.
Though its face value is only fifty-three
cents the coin is worth a price today
that would astonish You.
Here is a specimen of the coin OF
the smallest value ever issued. 1t is the
mite. 50 called, such as the widow Of
the Bible story dropped into the slot
for the poor. though it was her last
one. One-fftieth Of a cent it was
worth, and you observe. that its
shape is hexagonaL Close by you will
notice a piece of money worth S220. 1t
IL simply a rectangI var piece of gold.
stamped with the cS=lacters of China,
from which countryn m Jumps
of gold are used IL China for currency
of large denominations.
This coin with the head Of the beauti
ful woman upon il, 50 exquisitely de-
signed, was minted in Egypt during the
reign of PtoleIny Philadelphus, 2,2i9
years before Christ. The lovely head is
a likeness of Ptolemy's wife and queen,
Arsonoe. who was grandmother by six
remove 10 the famous Cleopatra. /
put it that way because there were in
reality several Cleopatras, though most
people imagine that there was but n
Here is a gold piece that was issued
by Darius tine Great before the children
of Israel returned from the captivity
This is something comparatively mod
ern-the marriage piece Of Ferdinand
and Isabella, issued to celebrate their
union some time before Columbus dis
covered America. Here is the smallest
coin ever issued-thc thirty-second Of a
ducat, minted in the year A. ID. 1860,
in the free city of Nuremberg IL was
worth seven and a quarter cents. BY
the way, the Swiss it was who first put
dates on their coins.
perhaps the funniest coins in the
world are those roundish, irregul2
Jumps Of silver from Siam, running
down rOm the bigness Of a walnut to
the size Of a buckshOt, according to
value represented. Yon viii notice
from the display of United States coins
In this other case that during the first
year when Se coined money in this
country. ia 1872, we had nothing hut
copper. In 1874 we obtained some sl
yer from Mexico, and two kinds Of sl
yer coins appeared Not till lbs 3ie
we have gold coins. consequent upon
the discovery Of the precious apetal "a
different parts of the United States"-
Washington Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
superior to the English Article.

"Ah, my boy, what kind of backing
80 you user asked a young English
mar of the Duquesne boOtblack yes
terday. You can get a good polish
everywhere in America, you know, but
/ can't get il in England. My boy at
home can't make my boots shine as
you do"
mo" answered the boy, England
Is not in it-when it comes TO backing
boots. We are at the top of the heap"
"Ah, and what do you mean by top
Of the heap'-American slang, | sup
poser"
Right you are. Better take me
with you when you go back, give me
a good salary and / will see that your
shoes always shine like that" rs he
gave them the finishing touches and
yelled for the next gent"
even the bootblacks have the
money fever here" sighed%the Lon
doner as he sauntered away. Great
country thisl In it-top Of the heap
well, l like that. Something neA,
you know. "-Pittsburg Dispatch
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19
TROPICAL PRODUCTIONS ASSURED
The Remarkable Future of Fruit Culture
in Southern California

The Remarkable Future of Frnit Cultnre
in Southern California
The time is rot distant Then this
corner of the United States will pro
duce in abundance, and year after year
without failure, all the fruits and nuts
which for a Thousand years the civil
lied world If Europe has looked to the
Mediterranean 10 supply. We shall not
need any more to send over the Allan
tic for r~aisins, English walnuts, al
monds, figs, olives, prunes, oranges,
lemons, lines and a variety of other
things which we know commercially as
Mediterranean products.
We have all this luxury and wealth
at our doors. within our limits. The
orange and the lemon we shall still
bring from many places; the date, and
the pineapple, and the banana viii
never grow here except as illustrations
Of the climate. but II is difficult TO
name n fruit of the temperate and
semi-tropic zones that southern Cali
fornia cannot be relic on to produce,
from the guava to tn peach.
III Will neel luTt ltT experiment "
determine what are ne more profitable
products of this oil, and it will take
longer experience TO cultivate them
and send them to market in perfection.
The pomegranate and the apple thrive
side by side, but the apple is not good
here unless it is -rown at an elevation
where frost is certain and occasional
snow may be expected.
There is no longer any doubt about
the peach, the nectarine, the pear. the
grape, the orange, the lemon, the april
cot, and so on; but l believe that the
greatest profit will be in the products
that cannot be grown elsewhere in the
United States-the products to which
we have long given the name of Medi.
terrain, an-the olive, the fig, the raisin,
the hard and soft shell almond and the
walnut. The orange will of course be
a staple, and constantly improve its
reputation cs better varieties are raised
and the right amoun Of irrigation to
produce the finest and the sweetest ID
a~scertained. Charles Dudley Warner
10 Harper's
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-19

Printing of all kinds done promptly, neatly
and Oh
Samoles of stock and estimates on all kinds of
work cheerfully given. r
None but the best obtainaole workmen EN-
ployed in each department.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-12
CHARLES A. LANGLEY,
Carpenter and Builder,
$40 18th street N. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Jobbing and Repairing Solicited and
Promptly Attended to. Work on Per-
eentage Speciality.

Reference by permission to the following
ladies and gentlemen
Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, s12 Seventeenth
street, Lieut.. T. B. NJ. Mason, 1905 Twentieth
street; Mrs. Julian James, 1902 Twentieth
street; Mrs. Katharine w. Smith, 1907 Massa-
chusetts avenue; H. L. Page, Architect, 1915
H street; Mrs. Jane G. Cunningham, 1928 K
street; NJ. w. Beveridge, 1913 II street; B. FL.
Warner, 916 F street; A. III. Bugher, 1724
street; DR.. F. B. Loring, 1920 X street; j. G..
Hill, Architect, Room As, Corcoran Building;
Mrs. 8. 3. Cox, 140S New Hampshire avenue;
William NJ Poindexter, Architect, 1905 Penn
sylvania avenue.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-06-12

The political cauldron is getting
pretty hot in Tennessee. The fight
between Democracy and the sub
treasury champions is on. This is
the struggle between that paternal-
ism from which this visionary
scheme has grown and the rights
and liberties Of a free people. 1t
must be met. On which side are
you?- Dyersburgh Times
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-06-12
THE
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Postage stamps are not desirable, but when it is
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We shall spare no endeav0r to furnish valuable
reading matter to our patrons; and hope to Sc
cure correspondent ut every post-0iiice in Ben
ton County 20 furnish us with county news.
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The suR.TREAsuRY SCHEME.


CONTINUES FROM FIRST PAGEl
who would be forced to- buy them
to supply their necessities.
'19) The measure is not in the
interest of the small farmer 1T is
a scheme for the benefit of those
who are cultivating our western
prairies on an extensive scale.
These men, often organized into
syndicates, have much trouble with
the lines of transportation. They
complain of exorbitant freight
rates, and are often placed at great
Inconvenience for the want of
transportation. They have little
timber, and the storage of their
enormous crops of wheat is a Sc
rious problem. Ifthey can get the
Government, i'll a treeless country,
to build warehouses for them, pay
agents to look after and care for
their grain and loan them at | per
cent interest so per cent. of its
value, they would, indeed, be fort
innate. Not SO the farmers Of Ten
nessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
y "(9) Lastly tits not a Democrat
ic measure, and never could have
emanated from the brain Of a Dem
ocrat, General Chalmers right
when he said few days ago that
it was Republican and not a Dem
Ocratic measure. For thirty years
under the rule Of the Republican
party, the country has been robbed
and pillaged by the favored and
protected classes. Now, by the
sub reasury scheme an attempt is
made to allure the farmers away
from the beaten paths of Democ-
racy in vain attempt to secure
class legislation for themselves. 1t
is better for a victim in chains to
continue his efforts to break his
bonds than to take an opiate in or
der that his letters may be endured.
No man realizes more than I do
the injustice done the farmers by
class legislation. No man appre-
ciates more than | do the patience
with which he has borne for years
the most oppressive and exasperat-
ing system of taxation that was
ever fastened on a free people.
Year after year, for a quarter of q
century, he has hoped for relief.
During all that period there has
never been an hour when the Dem
ocratic party had control of the
three coordinate branches Of the
Government. During Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration it had the
executive and lower house Of Con
gress, but the Senate remained Re.
publican. Would it not be wise
Ill view of the recent elections, fol
the farmers to further trust to the
Democracy? Would it not be wis.
er for them to place.the Democracy
in power and give itan opportunity
to restore to the farmers theil
rights, than to abandon the party
Of equal rights for this measure
fraught with SO much evil and 81
many uncertainties? Are the farm
ers to remain freemen, retaining
their capacity to take care Of them
selves, or are they prepared to sur
render all and throw themselve
helpless into the arms Of a pater
nal governmental take care of then
and provide for their wants? Wha
is the sub-treasury scheme but
prayer to the Government to tax
care Of the farmers? You have pro
tected the manufacturer; youhav
taken care of the rich by relieving
the increase of wealth from taxa
ton; you have provided for tn
pensioner; youhave distributed til
public lands among pampered COZ
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-06-12

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4 be ven
s 600 presents Ile enye % containing bear pomark later than Jnne
relative