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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-22
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The morning call., 1893-04-17

eater. bis appetite was Gargantuau. Men
who dlned with him looked on in amaze
ment. Nor was there any reasonable limit
to his drinking capacity. Mr.. Staples, pro-
prietor of the old Willard's Hotel in Wash
ington, knew and admired Brignoli, and
always regarded him as his guest when in
the national capital. The tenor always
found the finest set of rooms ready for him,
and an excellent snpper waiting after the
evenings work was done. A friend took
supper with him one night there after the
performance at the National Theater, where
Brignoli sang with AlbanI, and his testi-
mony is as follows:
"BrignOli began by eating large porter
house steak. Then he ate a Spanish
omelet, in which there must have been at
least half dozen eggs. This he followed
Qt really seems incredible, and l am almost
afraid to tell i) by two dozen good-szed
mutton chopsl In the meantime he drank
two Quarts of wine. l became alarmed, and
said: Brig. have you any idea how much
you have eatenP And he replied oh. very
little, very little. a small piece of steak. a
very little omelet, and few little chops
showed him that he had eaten twenty-iour
chops, and good big ones, too. An! he
cried, but see! | have left the bones p "
The morning call., 1893-04-17
FEW SWEATERS HERE.
The Result of an Investigation by the
Labor Commissioner.


AT the last session of Congress a special
committee was appointed to ascertain what
effect the operation of tho Mckinley act
has had upon workingmen's wages through
out the country and to what extent the
sweating" system prevails in the great
cities.
Labor Commissioner Waits has been asked
to answer both questions. His reply
to the first is that while the
Mckinley act has stimulated many
industries in this State, notably in the
production and manufacture Of beet sugar
1t has had no effect upon wages.
The Commissioner is now investigating
the sweating system In the cities of the
East manufacturers employ contractors,
who give the work of the shop to the
cheapest labor that can be obtained.
These contractors are called sweaters
They employ men and women to do the
work of the factories at their homes, and.
taking advantage of the poverty of their
hands, pay them starvation wages
Commissioner Waits finds that on account
OF the great number of Chinese ana Jana
nese who work for wages that would not
support white men and women there are
very few sweaters in the city
The morning call., 1893-04-17
VENUS DE MEDICIs.
Critics Say She Is in No Way the
Perfect Type.

II anything is safe in this iconoclastic age
it might be supposed to be the reputation for
beauty and grace of the Venus de Medicis,
More than two centuries have elapsed since
this famous piece Of sculpture was un-
earthed on the site Of Hadrian's villa at
Tiyoli. and since then eonnoisseurs of all
nations have joined in doing homage 20 the
ancient scnlptOr's skill Bow many visitors
to the Uffizi gallery in Florence have stood,
Murray or Appleton in hand, gazing at the
undraped figure without thought of oues-
tlonlng these learned personsi But of late
years there have been skeptics daring enough
to class this with the Apollo Belvedere as a
sample OF ancient art that has been mon
strousiY Oyerrated," and now comes no less
an authority than Holman Hunt to assure
US that the Venus de Medicis, to use pop
ular phrase. won't do" There is a little
anecdote attaching 10 this expression of
opinion.
Some years ago, at the house Of Sir Rich
ard Owen, the great naturalist Mr.. Hunt
met that professor of sanitary science, the
late Sir Edwin Chadwick. who began con-
versation thus: "As a commissioner of
health, must profess myself altogether op-
posed to the artistic theory of beauty
mere Is the Venus de Medcis, which you
artists regard as giving the perfect type of
female form. L should require that typi-
cal statue with such pTetensions should
bear evidence OF perfect power OF life, with
SUeady prospect oil health and signs oil mem
tai yigOr, but she has neither Her chest is
narrow, Indicating unrobust lungs; her
limbs are without evidence of due training
OF muscles, her shoulders arc not we'll
braeed un. and her Uranium, and her face
toe, are deficient in all traits of intellect
She would be miserable mistress of a
house and contemplate mother" But the
listener assured a sage critic that he had
made most artistic criticism of the statue.
and that his auditor would Join in every
word as TO his standard of requirements.
Mr.. Hunt was aware, he said, that he was
talking heresy to the mass of persons who
accepted the traditional jaTgon OF the cog
noscenti ON trust, but in his opinion "the
work belongs TO the decadence Of Roman
virtue and vitality, and its merit lies alone
in the rendering of a yoluptuous being with
out mind or soul" II no authorities of
equal weight will stand forth in defense of
this marble lady, il is to be feared that the
famous Venus de Medicis will soon be
ranked among impostOrs. The strange Part
of the matter is that it has taken 213 years
to find her out.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
DELIGHTFUL CEYLON.
The Curious Damp Heat That Make:
the CocOanut Grow.

the COcOanut Grow.
should like to be able to describe to you
the curious damp, tropical heat of Colombo
as | felt it that first evening, writes Mr.
Clement Scott from India. You can ex-
perienee il yourself if you take the trouble
to 90 TO the dollhouse in the Botanical
Gardens or to the palmhouse at Kew. 1t is
moist, dewY, dripping, eXhausting heat
that half STILES and does not wholly de-
press.
This is the heat that makes the coeoanut
flourish and the banana bloom; this is the
heat that makes the forest of all the grass
land, and give jungle for the rogue ele-
phant and the cat-like leopard. This is the
heat that makes the tea bush 'flush" and
the coffee plant burst into berry. This is
the heat that is only assuaged by daily
downpour of tropical rain that turns the
courses into cataraets; moisture as per-
sistent and sun as powerful as this make
the whole of CeyloB from north to south
bud and bloom and blossom and thrOb with
vegetation and animal life.
1t suits the flowers, which are far I0Velier
here than elsewhere III the world, since Cey-
lon is hothouse without glass roof; it
suits the birds of gorgeous plumage and
sublime confidence. who fly in at my bed
room window every morning and share my
modest repast; it suits tn g sportsmen no
destroy, be it the 'tuskless elephant" in
the dangerous Jungle, The stag and antelope
on the mountain ridge, or the jacksnipe in
the l0w-lying irrigated paddy fields. 1t suits
the JoYial, good-natured planter, who has
taken heart OF grace after the failure of
the coffee crop, and is making a little for
tune out of his Cpylon tea, backed up
with sugar and spice and all that's nice
for the storehouse cupboard; and, on the
whole, il suits admirably well the poor pas
senger who comes out to CeylOn in scare h
Of health and general Information. For
You must remember that Colombo is not all
Ceylon. II is very hOspitable and pleasant,
but YOU must halt there for a while, and
not remain fixture in this hothOuse. You
must come up the wonderful mountain rail-
way into the pure fresh air away past
Handy, with its sacred Buddhist relies; away
To the hly-Garden of -Eliya. where
the scenery is As beautiful as at the Enga-
dine. where the air Is as pure at st. MoritZ,
and the hO tel as coZy as any ct POntreSina.
The morning call., 1893-04-17

exception, we shall perhaps come nearest to
nndlng one In quarter where it would not
at first be expected. | know not whether
there Is any one among the many species of
human alteration, that renders man so
entirely callous as the lust of gain in its ex-
IRENE degrees. That passion, where it has
full dominion. excludes every other it shuts
out even what might be called redeeming in
hrmities; it blinds men to the sense of
beauty, as much as to the perception Of JUS
tice and right; cases might perhaps be
named of countries where greediness for
money holds the widest sway, and where
unmitigated uglness is the principal char
acteristic of Industrial products.
On the other hand do Tot believe that it
Is eXtravagant to say that the pursuit of the
element of beauty in the business of pro-
duction will be found to act with a genial,
chastening and refining influence on the
commercial spirit; that, up to a certain
point, 1t is In the nature of a preservative
against some of the moral dangers that be-
set trading and manufacturing enterprise;
and that we are justified in regarding it NOT
merely as an economical benefit; n OF merely
as that which contributes to our works an
element of value; not merely as that which
supplies particular faculty of human
nature with its proper food; but as a liber-
ailZtng and civilizing power and an instru-
ment, in It's own sphere. of moral and social
Improvement. Indeed it would be strange
be the law OF nature, in its outward sphere,
were the road to a close conformity with
its innermost and highest laws.
But now let US not conceive that because
the love of beauty finds for itself place in
the general heart of mankind therefore we
need never make it the object OF a special
attention, or put in action special means to
promote and to uphold it. For after all, our
attachment 10 it is matter of degree and
of different places and at different times
indefinitely variable. We may not be able
10 reproduce the age OF Pericles, or even
that which Is known as the CiDque- cento {;
but yet it depends upon our own choice
whether we shall or shall not have a title to
TO claim kindred, however remotely, with
either age with both of those brilliant
periods. What we are bound to do is this /:
To take care that everything we produce
shall, i'll its kind and class be as good as we
can make 1t. When DR.. johnson was asked
by Mr.. Boswell how he had attained to his
extraordinary excellence in conversation
be replied he had no other rule OF system
than this, that whenever he had anything
to say ne tried to say it in the best manner
he was able. It is this perpetual striving
after excellence on the one hand or The
want of such effort on the other which more
than the original difference of gifts con-
tributes to bring about the differences we
observe in the works and characters OF
men.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
THE RANGERS WIN.
A Very One-Sided Game
at Central Park
The Wanderers and ThistIeS in Train
ing for Next Sundays Game
at San Jose.

There were to have been two games of
association football at Central Park yester-
day afternoon, but during the past week
five OF the Granite players have been called
out of the city and that team has disbanded.
The game was forfeited 10 the Thistles.
The second scheduled game. between the
Rangers and the Royers. proved to be very
one-sided affair, and the Rangers played all
around their opponents.
The toss was won by the RoveFs, who
kicked off. The strong wind was In favor
of the Rangers and gave them slight ad-
vantage over their whte-shirted foes.
Early in the half Poole. one of the
Rangers forwards, made a fine shoot for
goal, that had 1t been two inches lower
would have sailed between the bars. but in
stead oil this it just touched the cross bar on
the top and gave the Royers a goal kick.
After twenty minutes sharp play Clegg
of the Rovers made throw in to Shrank,
who proceeded 10 sit down on the ball
After short struggle for supremacy Waters
gained possession of the sphere and rushed
II down the field and past gOaI-keeper
Sloman, scoring the first point for the
Rangers.
Soon after this, on long kick By Waters,
SOmon got the ball into his hands. but
fum5led 1t. One of the Rangers took advan-
tage Of this and ran into SlomaD, who
dropped the ball aud it rolled through the
goal, giving the Rangers a . to 0 advantage.
The ROyers by this time were becoming
demoraliZed and could do nothing. All the
fight was at their goal, but they had their
hands full trying to keep the Rangers from
scoring. But Waters, who had been the
main cause Of the other two goals, again
saw q chance and kicked and swift grounder
past Sloman. Score, 3 to 0. Time was
called before any more points were scored.
In the second half the Rovers were more
confident, as they had the wind in their
favor But they could nothing against the
superior play OF their adversaries except
on one ground ball by Scott, on which they
did manage 10 scratch a goal.
The Rangers made two mora goals before
time was called, both on long kicks by
Hawkins. The score at the finish was 5 10
l in the Rangers favor.
The positions OF the players were as fol-
The morning call., 1893-04-17
THE BOHEMIAN.
What He Is, What He Does and Why
He Should Live.


John Beden in Donahoe's Magazine.
The Philistine world considers the Bohe-
mian an eccentric, indolent man, with no
thought for the morrow. no notion of econ
omy, no home save the place which affords
him temporary shelter. II never stops 10
think that the Bohemians are the men who
make our songs, paint ouI pictures. chisel
marvellous creations out of wood and stone,
compose Our sweet poems, and write our
newspapers. 1t is a grievOus mistake to
assume that Bohemians are merely lot Of
idle, luckless fellows.
They are men with brains of good quality
and hearts in the right place. All classes
and trades of men have burdened the world
with their wants and their woes. Not so
tie Bohemian. He. toe, has his heartaches
and bitter isappointments. hut who ever
hears Of them? The humorous tale over
which you laugh so heartily. recounting the
adventures OF poet in search OF a pur-
chaser, had tile authors personal expert
cnee for a basis. He could not sell his
Poem, but must have bread, and so out of
hs mISfortunes he made good cheer The
ordinary man, rebuffed by fortune, would
SIT down and mourn himself into an Illness.
The Bohemian utiliZes these very reverses,
and both lie and the world are the merrier
eventually for them.
In numberless Instances Bohemians were
the bright boys Of the family. They grew
tired OF their native villages and fiocked to
larger cities, to New York, where common
aims made them friendly. They met in
Newspaper Row, in art galleries, in queer,
Interesting, quiet quarters that scholars
seek. in quaint old restaurants where food
as good as well as cheap, and character
aboInded. This was Bohemia. Since those
days it has branched out, and now its de-
voices meet in the Press Club, the Lotus
Club, the Tenderloin Club. But these do
not contain the essence of the charm of the
Bohemian's life. After paying a passing
tribute to fashion in these clubs he returns
TO his den" which is his workshop, his
temple, his parlor, his playhouse and his
dOrmitory.
The Bohemian lives in world distinct
from that Of common men. Talent, love of
comradeship, sunny sposition-these are
tue magnets which will draw one toward
T. IT has its obligations, its trials, its code
OF honor, rigid as the most unbending
MN tarism, but there is a charm of com
panlonshIp and an absence Of iealousies
ana pettness within il that makes Won
poWer!ess 10 rid yourself of its en-
chantment The Bohemian's is a life
apart from yours, but why chide him for it ?
ne builds on the ruins Of no other mans
life; ne feeds on no scandals; he exults in
no misfortunes. but goes on his wav. i'm
bibing the sweetness of life from eyery
flower, and, in his own way scattering the
perfume broadcast He does half our
thinking and originates two-thirds of ali
improvements
The morning call., 1893-04-17
An Impressionist Sketch.
Boston journal.

One Of the good deacons in a certain
church Is also the superintendent of the
Sunday school, and. although he is not an
artist, he frequently illustrates points IN
the lesson by the use of the blackboard
These exercises are for the special benefit
OF the younger portion OF the school, and
the Superintendent has a habit of arOusing
the children's interest by asking questions
about what he has drawn
Having drawn the representation of n
crown, one Sunday, much after the stereo-
typed style Of all such royal appendages.
he said: Now. what one of the little folks
can tell me what this ?"
several raised their hands, but the
snperintendenrs eye was caught by a little
fellow on the front seat.
well, Johnnie, Won may tell"
Proud Of his distinction above his fellows
cushionp 70 pm
The morning call., 1893-04-17
A Bright Boy.

One of the professors in Cambridge has a
little boy named Christopher. The sayings
and doings Of the son have passed into col
lege history. 1t seems that one day the pro-
fessor was lying on his sofa after a hard
days work in philosophy, and while in a
state of unconscious cerebrati0n, suddenly
caught sight of Christopher on the floor
The professor gazed at the boy in deep
silence. Then he said: "What would you
do, Christopher, in case your father should
die?"
Christopher thought for moment. Then
he lifted his eyes. "Oh. don't worry father
there's time enough to think about that
whel you're dead."-BostOu Budget.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
A FeatIiered Room.
81. Louis Post.Disnatch.

Castle Moritzburg, on the Dresden Heath.
has OF late become prominent as the tryst-
ing place of two sOvereigns, Emperor vii
liam and King Albert of Saxony. The
OLD time-worn mansion. surrounded by
lakes well stocked with fish. plavpd
an important part In the history of
tho Saxon dynasty. when August
the Strong gave his sumptuous enter
tainments within its walls and grounds.
which riyaled those of the Trianon epoch in
france. Ihe greatest curiosity of the pretty
hunting chalet, which contains over 200
rooms profusely decorated with magn ificent
antlers and hunting trophies. is the "Feath-
cred Room" space in which the tapes
tries. rugs, bedspTead and tester curtain are
made OF the plumes of innumerable exotic
birds. Everything in tile room is Mexican
hsndiwork and was the gift Of the King of
Spain 10 August the Strong.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
An Irish-American Paner

The Irish-American societies who cele-
brated ST. Patrlck's day at Woodward's
Gardens will use the funds thus obtained in
establishing weekly paper devoted to the
national cause.
The local branches of the Ancient Order
OF HibeTnians have contributed S25OO to the
fund and the new journal will make its ap-
pearance in n few weeks
The morning call., 1893-04-17
The positions OF the players were as fol-
Referee. P. ken

A large crowd IS expected at San Jose
next Sunday TO see the game between the
Thistles and Wanderers. Both teams are
IN hard training, and as they are tied for
the Hilbert trophy, the game will be an ex-
citing one. The Junior Thistles and Junior
CALIFORNIA; will play a match game for a
purse and football the same day before
the big" game.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
Not Till Now.

He gazing at her jewelless ears during
temporary lnll in the conversation)-Whyl
did you never have your ears bored?
She-Neyer, up 10 the present time.-Ros-
ton Transcript
The morning call., 1893-04-17
A GREAT SINGER.
Two Anecdotes of the Famous
BrignoIi.
New York Tribune.

P1sise went lopg way with BrIrnoli
One evening at rehearsal the orchestra laid
down their instruments as one man and ap-
plauded his singing of a favorite song long
and vigorously. He was much pleased. and,
advancing TO the fOotlights with many a
bow and smile of satisfaction, said:
Gentlemen, Immediately after rehearsal
there viii be a champagne supper at the
Everett House. l hope / may have the
honor to meet you all there"
1t is needless to remark that they were
there. every man of them. The supper cost
Bngnoll $500.
After performance he was tremendous
The morning call., 1893-04-17

No ONE should return from New York until the
have inspected the important iewes and silverware
Of Howard Co., 2e4 Fifth Avenue Tie best as.
sortmont In America
The morning call., 1893-04-17
WORTHY OF commlserntion-

The man who cannot find relief for dys.
pepsia Is worthy Of comm miseration. In such
cases DR.. Henley's X l. Bitters is the only
means OF permanent health.
The morning call., 1893-04-17
BEAUTY IN THE ARTS.
The Effect of Unhampered Greed Is to
Produce UgIiness.

1t is difficult for human beings to harden
themselves at all points against the impress
sions and the charms OF beauty. Every
form Of life, that can be called in any sense
natural, Will admit them. II we look Sbr an
The morning call., 1893-04-17
DRY GOODS.

We are now exhibiting an unusually large
and complete assortment of the latest Now
elites in French, Swiss and English Laces
and Veilings.
The morning call., 1893-04-17

CHOICE EFFECTS IN
EMBROIDERED CHIFFON VEILINGS.
The morning call., 1893-04-17

MOORISH LACES
JUST RECEIVED.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-13
STRONG EVIDENCE
Said to Have Been Obtained Against Certain
Members Of the Toos Family.

BosToN, NV. la-Up to the present,
the case of The police concerning the
Toole poisoning shapes up rs follows: In
he first place they will claim that
NJ Mchael Tool purchased a certain guam
tity Of cyanide of pOtassl um At his former
pla of employment, Carter, Carter 81
Kilham's, W THU "A week OF the tragedy,
and signed Tor the same on the poison
book.
The police will show the fact that some
days ago Mrs Toole had drawn $1,000 from
the bank and placed it in trunk In
whicn was also rackage of the poison
whicn Mlchael had bought, and which she
placed there for safety. When the trunk
was opened at the station no powder was
found, although Mary had plai My stated
to Captain Wyman the fact OF It's having
been placed tuere.
Next aud lastly, most important of all,
the police will claim that when they ar
rived AT the house. an went into the room
in which the vict inns lay upon tne floor,
no traces OF "A cork, corkscrew, tinfol or
broken wire could be found, nor could
later or more exhaustive search produce
them. Toe INF renee must be that the bot
tie was not opened IN that room, nor by
Margaret or her mother, but by someone
else In some other room.
TINS 10 about the groundwork Of the
evidence which the police will present be-
fore Jude Fallon next Friday, and ask
that the prisoners may be held for the
grand jury.
The defence will take numerous excep
lions to these statements. and they, too,
possess . strong case.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-13
A Eeneroua Gift.

This morning Alvin +. Jenks went dow n
to the police station and gave Chief Perry
f25 TO be added to the relief fund of the
Police Association. Mr.. Jenks' house was
broken into lew days ago and he said at
the time that he would give s25 TO know
WHO did the joD. FMS morning he want ed
to give the money to the Chief, but he
told Mr.. jerks tnst he could not receive
any reward, remarking that the police
We're Just AS anxious to capture the bur.
glars rs Mr.. jerks was. Later the benevo-
lent gentleman returned and asked IL the
police did not have q relief fund and on
being told they had he contributed t25 as
stated ABOVE. The relief fund now
amounts to nearly $500 snc as soon as the
officers add little more to 1t sonnet hing
will be done toward securing some bene-
dts for the men. The sum Is now too
small to pay out anything.