davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-03
Kclly's Contingent Foo.,ns :,

Aeiiy's reunited army, again llarmo
nous, marched fourteen miles toda,
70 Anita, a small station on the Roct
Island road. Only twenty farm wap.
on cns were forthcoming, 50 the army
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-03
dbr 1uka Reporter.
--rublishsd Every thursday ~
1UKA, MISS.

Members of the Austrian parliament
get "a per day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Scylla and Charybdis.

The whirlpools of Scylls and
Charybdis are situated in the Strait
of Messina, between Sicily and italian
Apulia, and although dangerous to the
mariner of the ancient world, are not
very formidable in the present day.
The whirlpool of Scylla lies at the
base of the cliffs on which stands the
village of Scylla. The circling waters
have worn the cliffs into caves, which
in heavy seas emit sounds like the
barking of dog. Charybdis is neal
the port of Messina, nine sea miles
from Scylla, and, according to Signo1
Spallanzani, is 500 feet deep. The
old danger in sailing between them
has recently been explained by NJ.
Keller, an engineer, who shows that
the currents in the strait depend both
IN tide and wind. The currents are
strong because the tide is low il the
[onian Sea when it is high in the
Tyrrhenian Sea, and. vice versa, and
whirlpools, more or less energetic, are
formed at various points of the strait.
When the wind is from the southeast
the waters pour from the Ionian Sea
into the strait, and form whiripools
north of the port of Messina, and also
near Faro, where ships at anchor are
sometimes carried out to sea and borne
by the current on the rocks OF
Calabria, toward the point of Pezzo,
little fartE2r off than Scylla. 1t is
probable, therefore, that the ancients
mean by Charybdis the casual whirl-
pools near the port of Messina, and b.
Scylla those at Point Pezzo. Between
these two points the currents are ex-
tremely rapid, strong and variable.
The danger is really serious for sailing
vessels, which were all the ancients
had, and an experienced pilot
might, in avoiding Charybdis, find
himself in Scylla. Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Seen in CeylOn.

The dress of the women is almost
identical with that of the men, though
sometimes varied by low white mus
lin bodice and q string of coral, re-
placed in the higher classes by spark
ling circlets of rubies or sapphires on
dusky necks and arms. Moormen,
descended from ancient Arab traders
who migrated hither from Red Sea
ports, and distinguishable by their
voluminous red or white robes and tall
hats glittering with tinsel, smoke their
narghilehs in dim arcades filled with
gorgeous silks and delicate embrod-
cries.
Malays with fiat Mongolian features
and dun-blue garb, drive brisk trade
in the artistically-woven cloth and
cotton of their native peninsula.
'Stolid Bombay merchants and keen:
faced Jews with long, black ringlets
preside over stores of shining gems; !;
for this favored island, together With
the pearl fisheries of the western
coast, possess the further treasure oi
inexhaustible sapphire mines and the
minor wealth of tourmalines, moon.
stones, and gsrnets.
The rubies and emeralds of Burmah
and Siam, which appear plentiful as
the native Jewels, are received in ex.
change for the splendid sapphires, and
the rare specimens of alexandria and
jacinth obtained from the quarries OF
Ratnapurs, famous for unique crystal
izstions which rank amid the phe.
nomena of nature. The most valuable
sapphires are of a deep velvety blue,
unchanged by artificial light, but thd
scale of color runs from palest azurt
to darkest indigo. Sapphires of faint
pink hue are highly priced, and the
green sapphire has obtained q we'll.
deserved popularity, but gems Of
white and yellow lustre are compare
lively worthless. The semi-transpa'
rent asterias, or star sapphire, of blue
gray tint, shows a fve-pointed star
radiating in fine white veins from the
centre of the stone. 49,.
The abundant tourmalines glow
with rich hues of straw color, amber.
and brown, varied occasionally by q
brilliant green; gems of this color be-
ing locally designated as ''green dia'
monds," but the rare alexandrite, pale
green by day and changing to lustroua
crimson under artificial light, is the
most exquisite Of Cingalese jewels.
Sparkling cinnamon stones, their rud'
dy brown shot with orange, are also
local epecialties, and the delicate
moonstone, 80 called from the azure
crescent which shimmers through the
opalescent pallor of every perfect spec
linen, is Indigenous to the island
The Cornhill Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Fertilizing With Electricity.

Brother Paulin, one of the brothers
of the Christian School near La Puy,
France, has devised and experimental
with system which he terms "geo-
magnetics," which has yielded some
surprising results in agriculture.
What they call the "geomagnetifer"
is resinous pole from forty to sixty
feet high planted in the middle OF
field, supporting through insulators
galvanized iron rod with five terminal
branches of copper. This collector
of the electricity in the atmosphere
is connected with a system of under
ground wires, deep enough to be out
of the reach of ordinary cultivation
and placed six feet apart. This sys-
tenn, tried in q potato field under the
supervision of the Mon.brison Society
of Agriculture, resulted in the fol-
lowing facts, as set forth in their re-
port: "a geomagnetifer twenty-eight
feet in height made its influence felt
over si1ty-five feet radius. The stalks
we're measured and we're found (2Sd
of September) to reach height OF
five teet and diameter Of three
fourths inches. One hundred and
four square feet of the influenced por-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
THE "ouEEN's OWN" SINGER.

Nile. de Lussan appeared three times
before the Queen of Great Britain
within the last year. Two weeks after
she appeared before her Majesty in the
Daughter of the Regiment" she re-
ceived the command" to sing again
in Carmen" The company were too
far north to be transferred to Windsor
in time for the performance, and Nile.
de Lussan sang with other performers.
When she returned to her own com
pany they saluted her as ''The Queens
Own" and the soubriquet has clung
to her ever since, 80 - ..--.
While at Balmoral the Princess
Beatrice placed her own bedroom ut
her disposal as a dressing-room, for
the castle has not sufficient guest ac-
commodations for 30 large a company
as hers. Many rare and beautiful
gifts, including diamond bracelet,
the tributes of royal favor, adorn the
pretty boudoir of the singer, but O
writer in the Sketch, who recently
visited her, found her the same natural,
unaffected "Zelle" as when she sang
before her American audiences, loyal
to her country, like all true Americans,
and unspoiled by her success. There
are many old friends here who when
they hear of 'Little Zelle's" triumphs
in England feel thrill of pleasure
that she has fulfilled their hopes and
proved herself an honor to her people.
New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Gray Hair.

In one of the lectures before the
College of Surgeons, London, Profes-
sor Erasmus Wilson states that gray.
ness of the hair-canities or polio
thrix--depends, like badness, on de-
fective powers of the skin, and the
indications for treatment are entirely
the same, namely, to strengthen the
part and at the same time strengthen
the patient. As resort for temper.
arily staining the hair, Professor Viii.
son mentions q weak solution of per.
manganate OF potash, lotion holding
in suspension sulphur and acetate o!
lead, or the so-called "eau des fees,
consisting OF the hyposulphites o.
lead and soda. The hair, as is vel
known, contains sulphur, and solu
tion Of lead brought into contact with
sulphur produces q sulphide of lead
which is black in color; sulphur and
acetate of lead in suspension and 80.
luton in water supply both the ele-
ments necessary for the artificial col
.oration OF the hair.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition. '''' -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Gossip is the sugar OF old women's

Gossip is the sugar of old women's
tea.
The smaller the man the larger the
badge he wears.
Extending kindness and courtesy
belittles no man.
Contentment is more satisfying
than exhilaration.
Vice is a sponge that sucks in honor
and gives out tears.
A wise man is one who appreciates
the bright things you say.
Nothing shows the marks of time
more plainly than clock.
The man with bad record is fool
ish to provoke investigation.
The average broken heart is easier
mended than glass or china.
When man marries he halves his
rights and doubles his duties.
Honor and intelligence should be
considered the bulk of wealth.
He who is without enemies deserves
no friends, and rarely has any. ..
Many of our cares are but morbid
way of looking at our privileges.
Almost every woman looks better in
mourning than in anything else.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
one-third of the popnlation. &,

one-third of the population, wear
white shells on their foreheaGs to
signify their independence. If the
Sakalavas were active and energetic
they might make it uncomfortable for
the "Little Queen" as she is affection.
ately called, but they know that the
first sign of internecine difficulty
would be the signal for French occu-
pancy and conquest.
The Qneen's name is Ranavaloman-
jaka, and she is always known as the
Queen of Madagascar, although her
sway over the island is not complete.
Her seat of government is Antanana-
rivo, the only city of Importance in
Madagascar. Ranavalomaniaka is
about thirty-fve years of age. One
queen preceded her, before which
there was q long line of kings of the
Radama dynasty. On the extinction
of that line the crown passed to the
female branch. The heir apparent to
the throne is also woman, the Prin.
cess Rainarasua, about thirteen years
old. The Queen looks like the rest OF
the Hovas, and has O very light COM
plexion.
She is dignifed in her manners,
prefers seclusion and never gives a
personal audience to any Caucasians,
except the official representatives of
foreign Governments. These audi
ences are held in the reception room
of the large palace, which was built
eight or nine years ago, but which has
as yet only one room furnished
audience chamber.
During an audience the Queen is
always attended by some Of her twen-
ty-fve ladies in waiting. Her tall,
slender figure is draped in imported
gowns which come ready made from
Paris. Her tastes are simple, and she
wears few jewels, although brilliant
diamonds, rubies and white sapphires
are found in the island. The Queen
has strong face, but is not good look
ing. She has beautiful and very sbun.
dant hair, which she wears in Euro
pean style. Her residence is little
house at the rear end of the palace,
where she receives white ladies infor:
mally, for she is very fond of Caucas-
ian women, of whom there are very
few on the island. The Queen has a
penchant for Americans, the American
Consul being the only one who
took out his exequatur through the
Queens Government, acknowledging
her as the ruler of the island.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24

Each wheel carries with it four or
more sections of track, which it lays
down in front of itself, and, having
passed over them, picks them up and
carries them forward continuously.
Each section consists of wide shoe
plate, having strong rib formed on
its top side. It is attached to the
wheels by means of links, which are
pivoted to pins on the wheel and jaws
on the shoe plates. The connection
thus made is very flexible and allows
the plates to adapt themselves to the
ground. The end of the plates are
beveled, 40 that the bearing of each
plate on the ground shall overlap that
of the plate immediately behind it.
The wheel is provided with deep
groove, which insures that the sections
shall follow each other in proper order
and provide suitable track to travel
upon,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
EUGENE IN OLD AGE.

The Empress Eugenie has settled
down into the solitude which best en-
ables her to endure her memorable and
cumulative sorrows. Her tall, sad
figure goes in and out among US with
only the recognition Of silent sym
pathy. The Empress likes to have
communication with as few people as
possible. For instance, when she
shops (she does her own shopplng) she
likes to be waited on by the same
salesman always. I was witness OF an
incident of this sort the other day.
The Empress walked into wel-known
West End shop and asked for MIR.
naming one of the head men. She
was told he was out, whereupon she
remarked that she would call again,
and went away. I was told that she
certainly would come again; that
Mr. always waited on her and that
she would not be served by any one
else.-Western Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
How to Run Long Distances Easily.

Psychologists and lovers of athletics
may be interested. in recent expert
ments and researches of French ar
tillery captain, M. de Raoul, who,
some fifteen years ago, began to try
and find out the most economical and
least trying way of walking. There
are many manners If walking, some Of
which are much devoid of grace 1.-THE
average Englishwoman's is very
good example), but it may be sup
posed that as far as efficiency is con-
cerned one must be better than the
others. NJ. de Raoul has come to the
conclusion that, as far as fast walking
is concerned, the best method is that
which he calls marche enfexion. Fhe
principle is to run without leaping, to
raise the body above the ground as
little as possible, to keep the knees
bent, the upper part of the body in
clined forward, so that practically you
are always running after your centre
of gravity. The feet must be raised
only very slightly. NJ. de Raoul, who
has now some years of experience,
says that he can take any man between
twenty and sixty and teach him to run
as long as his legs can carry him with
out getting out of breath. Some men
can, on the very first trial Of the
method, run seven or eight miles with
out stopping, while, with the ordinary
tactics, they could not have run over
one mile. The first kilcmeter Ia kilo-
meter is five-eighths of mile) is
usually covered in seven minutes and
! quarter, the second in six minutes,
Ind the third in five minutes and forty
Eve seconds. An interesting feature
Of M. de Raoul's researches is that
even after long run, according to
his method, stiff walk is no trouble
at all; the muscles which work in both
cases do not belong to the same set,
and while one exercise is performed
the muscles which minister to the
other rest. Popular Science News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
COMPETITIVE BEAUTY.

Mr.. Grant Allen says that the last
twenty-five years have marked great
advance in the beauty of English
women. A quarter of century ago,
he says, he travelled both in England
and in France, and, as became a
naturalist, took particular note of the
appearance of the girls. Very lately
he has been over the same ground
again, and reports that the French
women are no prettier than they were,
but that among the damsels of the
middle class in England the improve
ment is unspeakable. He finds that
the young English girls are better
grown than formerly, and have better
figures, better features, and much
more intelligent faces than their
mothers Beauty lies SO largely in the
eye of the beholder that it is possible
that some of the improvement Mr..
Allen notes is due to change in him
self. 1t is conceivable that his heart
warns more readily than it did to
British beauty, or that twenty-five
years of ripening experience have
brought him keener appreciation of
the fresh and simple charms of youth.
Yet he is by profession an observer of
natural phenomena, and should know
whereof he speaks. It is probably true
that English girls have grown hand
somer, and the reason is not far to seek.
The development of athletics has
doubtless had something to do with it.,
but it is safe enough to attribute the
major part of the improvement to the
effect of competition. For the last
two decades the American girl has
notoriously set the pace for the
English maidens, who, it seems, have
made gallant and not altogether un-
succefsful effort to keep up with it,
while the French women, being COM
paratiyely free from American COM
petition, show no appreciable progress.
So far as the English girls are con-
cerned, what al excellent result this
is, and how creditable to the native
grit which prompted them to do their
best, instead of settling hopelessly
down under Encouragement! The
American girl, it appears, is good for
everybody, her rivals included. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Odd Way of Telling the Distance.

never have any one ask me how
far it is to such and such place with
out thinking Of little incident which
occurred while was down South in
the army under Fitzpatrick. We were
starting for Front Royal, when the
colonel sent me to ask man how for
it was to Front Royal. The old man
was leaning on fence when l ap-
preached him. When l asked him my
question he replied: 'Three runs, a
jam and a right smart distance, l
reckon" He said it in all seriousness.
Wejourneyed Oh to Front Royal, and |
found out the man had given us the
right distance, only we did not under
stand him. The three runs were three
streams, which We crossed; the jam
was fork in the roads, and the fright
smart distance, l reckon" WAS mat
ter Of some miles. Hartford Conn
Post. - ----->---.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Gem Magaates of Australia,

This queer country of ours, says
letter from Australia to the Pail Mall
Gazette, is prodigious lucky bag,
out of which we are always fishing up
some surprises. There is scarcely 8
nomadic who has not a hoard OF red
and blue and green stones which he
cannot make up his mind to sell for
the trife offered by the jewelers.. He
means to go home some day, and then
he will get price for them. Mean.
while. he carries them about in q little
gold.dust bag, sometimes getting
wheedled out of one OF two by a bar
maid or going "ona tangle"and losing
the lot.
Occasionally one sees in breast pin
or ring fine sapphire, youched for
as native; but the emeralds, rubies,
spinels and slmandines found are
mostly small size.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
LADIES AS PENwoMEN.

About the beginning of the eight
senth century ladies wrote q large,
round, open hand, not much unlike
the Italian. As the century grew
older, the light, angular. style of our
grandmothers and great-grandmothers
came into vogue. Feminine hand
writing was then painfully uniform !;
individuality was almost unknown.
Latterly, however, our girls have as
serted their independence in this di-
rection, as in 30 many others, and the
civil service style is now much affected.
Among ladies distinguished for the
beauty of their penmanship-was
Charlotte Bronte, who wrote a very
small, very delicate, and carefully
finished hand. Mrs. Hemans wrote in
a free, flowing style. Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning's manuscript was very
neat, and carefully punctuated, the
writing being distinct and legible,
though the letters were notweu Joined.
Chambers Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
To Ely Like a Bee.

At meeting of the Association OF
Austrian Engineers and Architects, in
Vienna, the other day, George Well.
ner, Professor in the Brunn I technical
Academy, exhibited an invention in
the line of aerial navigation, which Is
said to be on an entirely new principle.
The machine is to be propelled by
sails, worked by steam motor, and
is intended to fly in the same manner
as bee does. The association thought
so we'll of the invention that it
promptly voted an appropriation OF
5000 horius for the construction Of an
experimental machine capable OF
carrying two persons.-New Orleans
Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deatnes IS is caused by au in
famed condition OF tue mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In
famed you have q rumSling sound or irnper,
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, FREQ.
eF-Sold hv DRUGGISTS. 76c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
FASHION NOTES.

Fine cats eyes are still in vogue, as
are moonstones.
Spoons have shell edges, and silver
gilt seems to be especially prominent.
Fancy handles of fans are exten.
sively adorned with gold feur-de-is.
Betterave, or beetroot, is the most
fashionable of the many popular shades
in red.
Buttons made of silver quarters,
oxydized, form the decorations on q
curio fancier's coat.
Green may be designated as the
dominant color of the season, dark
myrtle Russian pine leading.
Small ostrich tips, about finger
long, backed by feather aigrettes
mounted upon gold hairpins, will be
worn this winter with full dress.
Both the umbrella-skirted coats and
the princesse models in less expensive
shapes extend down to about the
middle of the length of the dress-skirt
of the wearer.
Satins are exceedingly fashionable
and are just the thing for dressy Co.'S
tunes made up in the quaint styles OF
the Louis Philippe era. Black is by
far the most used. -,
One the prettiest enamels is a tiny
globe shaped lamp hung from an ex-
quisite little standard ofwrought iron.
The enamel is transparent, and the
lamp glows like jewel.
Latest thing in silver-salad tongs.
A handle ending on one side in large
spoon, on the other in fork with
curved prongs. Useful. but clumsy,
and requiring practice to manage
gracefully.
The most distinctive thing about
the new gowns is that the bodice is
usually made of something entirely
different from the skirt of the gown,
or if the bodice is the same, the sleeves
are of different material.
Embossed and carved leather cush.
ions decorated in colors are laced to-
gether with narrow thongs of leather
without stitch being taken in them;
these are liked for hall seats, for IL
braries, and for mems rooms.
A magnificent portiere is Of pink
brocade in dull tone and of great
weight and thickness. The slight EN-.
broidery is done in silver threads
The bottom is edged with broad
band of velvet in rather darker shade.
Very pretty napery is sold which
has fringe for finish. However
much this commends itself to the
young housewife, she is recommended
by older heads not to be deluded into
purchasing it. A plain hem is prefer.
able, for the reason that no fringe
ever stands constant washing and iron.
ing, and ragged, tangled edge to
table linen is far from desirable.
A beautiful lamp shade is made OF
crocheted medallions of pink knitting
silk, with button-holed rings sewed to
the top and bottom of each one. In
the lower ends a silk fringe may be
be tied. The medallions must be
sewed together and, by the rings at
the top, to circle of twenty button.
holed rings through which narrow
pink ribbon is drawn and tied. All
must then be put over deep hounced
Oriental lace.