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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29

There were other considerations
that led to the preference for small
and crowded city houses to the light,
airy and roomy suburban homes.
There were questions Of artificial light
and heat, water supply and drainage,
schooling, police protection and every
thing that city residence stands for.
But these are problems that have
been met and conquered, and
no longer serve as detriments. What
wonder that those in moderate cir
cumstances now find on irresistible al
lurement in the city suburb, with its
almost metropolitan comforts, its
healthy air spaces, and its freedom
from restraint. Near any one of the
large cities can be found building lots
in attractive suburbs selling at reason
able prices. Costs in the building
trades are lower than usual at pres
ent, and more advantageous time for
for the erection of suburban home
could not be chosen. The design
which illustrates this article might
prove of value as o suggestion. Its
size, while. convenient, roomy and
comfortable, is still within q cost which
can be afforded by the average.
A brief description is as follows:
General dimensions: Width, in
cluding veranda, 80 feet 6 inches;
depth, including veranda, 40 feet 6
inches.
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gracefully brutal in all of its appoint
ments, and was the scene of constant
recriminations and quarrels between
the owners of captured pets and the
rufians who had captured them, or
the officials in charge.
From the wide open door of the Of
fee ct the entrance to the shelter
everything beams with humanity.
The big wagons that go out after
dogs and cats are no longer grewsome
deathtraps for snatching up and tor
turing unhappy ours, but cheerful
ambulances, painted in blue and gold,
often sent for to remove suffering ami
mails. The keeper, John Read, is a
humanitarian, and the assistants han
die the dogs and cats as If they loved
them. The shelter is divided into
three long runs on one side, and has
kennels for the more valuable OF the
dogs and cages for the cats on the
other side of the open space down the
middle, which enables visitors and
claimants to walk entirely through n it,
viewing everything. 1t wouldn't be
true to say there is no noise here.
There is lots of it. But the yelps and
means of pain and the long drawn out
howls of agony are not heard. In two
long pens are the dogs broughtin that
day and in q third those condemned
for the days killing. In the single
and double kennels are the more vslu-
able of the condemned creatures, which
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
How Mr.. Taux Paid His Bills.

Among the eccentricities OF the late
Richard Vaux was his strong aversion
for the use of bank books or checks.
The famous ex-Mayor had a bank ac-
count, of course. In fact, he had
several of them, but he never drew
upon them in the regular way, through
the medium of checks Whenever
anyone came to him with bill Mr..
Vaux would pay it in very unique
way. The back OF an old envelope or
a fragment of paper OF any kind or
size would serve for check, and upon
this he would scribble the amount of
the bill, the name of the creditor and
his own characteristic signature. He
very frequently used strip from the
margin OF newspaper. The tellers
Mt the banks all knew of Mr.. Vauxs
strange custom, and none OF Mr..
Vaux's homemade checks were ever
turned down. -Philadelphia Record
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Colors: All shingles on side walls
and gables to be left unfinished for
weather stain; all roof shingling
dipped and brush coated moss green
stain; trim, sashes and blinds, ivory
white; veranda floor and ceiling,
oiled.
The principal rooms, their sizes,
closets, etc., are shown by the floor
plans. Cellar under whole house with
inside and outside entrances; bath
room with full plumbing in second
story; open freplaces in parlor and
dining room; numerous and large
closets.
Cost, $25O0, not including mantels,
range and heater, the estimate being
based on New York prices for ma.
terials and labor, though in many Sec
tions of the country the cost should
be less. A laundry could be intro
duced in the cellar with set tubs at a
very small additional cost. Bathroom
may be omitted on the second floor
and the space thrown into the rear
bedroom.
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The sanitary arrangements of the
place are perfect. Floors, partitions,
doors and windows are disinfected
and scrubbed. As one enters fir ON
the Office the animals quarters of the
shelter, he sees the engines and the
big iron boilers Where the food for all
these four-footed guests is cooked.
The dogs set heart, liver and waste
from neighboring butcher shops three
times q day, with oatmeal, and now
and then dog biscuit to help out. The
cats get all the meat they can eat, and
every morning a ration of milk.
All is excitement as the arrival OF
downtown wagon or ambulance is an.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
TIE MoDISH COIFFURE.

There are two distinct styles of hair
dressing in vogue at the moment and
the modish woman must elect to one
or the other, as she cannot affect
both without an entirc change of &C.
cessories. With the little Dutch bon
nets worn far back on the head, tho
hair should be parted and drawn
plainly back, in what may be termed
o severe Colonial style. To the woman
which this style suits ut all, it is very
becoming, but there are other women
who cannot stand it, and the pity of
it is that such seem not to discover its
trying qualities.
Another, and tho French mode, is
the loose all-around pompadour. This
is and is not a Ia Marie Autoinette; !;
there is no pad used beneath the roll,
the euoiroliug puff being light and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
CURIOUS FACTS.
The latest health fad is paper pil

The latest health fad is paper pis
lows.
Carnations came from the Neither
lands.
The most valuable pearls are per-
fectly round. T..
Russian lovers send daily present
to their fancees
The weekly market day in Tennes-
see is known as horse-swapping day.
The Providence (R. II Zoo boasts
of the only baby hyena in the United
States.
The coins of Siam are made of por-
celain. Those of Japan are made
principally of iron.
The ancients knew how to cheat,
Loaded dice have been found in the
ruins of Herculaneum.
Nothing in restaurant pays like
tea. A pound at sixty-fve cents Will
bring clear profit of $3.50. .r
A Baltimore (Md.) man swallowed
his glass eye by drinking a gobletful
of water in which it had been placed.
The British Museum, London, has
no fewer than 700 theological books
written concerning the creation OF the
world.
1t costs the United States $4,000
every time one of Uncle Sans crpis-
ers is docked, cleaned, painted ant
dried.
The Yale sLiterary Magazine" ia
the oldest college periodical now be-
ing published. 1t began publication
in 1887. .....
A large number of counterfeit
bank notes were recently smuggled
from London to Russia inside OF lead
pencils. Z
A resident of Hebron, Conn.,, holds
lease to thirty acres Of land for
9999 years. This is the longest lease
on record.
The German house builders always,
contrive to leave small fiat place on
the roof of each house for birds to rest
and build on. .~ q.
Mrs. William Taylor, q museum
curio, died at Peru, Ind, the other
day. She was three feet tall aud
weighed 400 pounds.
The Canary Islands have Latin
name, CAMS, "a dog" They were so
named from the large and fierce mas
tiffs bred in the islands. +,
"Dan" Clark, of Pennington, Me-,
has dog which knows enough to rub
a frosty pane OF glass with his paw
when he wants to look out. 8
There is. monster tree growing
near Santa Maria de Tule, Mexico,
which is less than 100 feet in height,
but is more than fifty feet in diam,
eter. .'
Over 500 gold coins have been un7
earthed at Reut, Russian town near
the Danube. They were coined by
Philip of Macedon about $50 B. c.,
and are well preserved. (
Fifteen acres of land in Leprig-
namo, Italy, have become depressed
through some mysterious volcanic ac.
tion. A lake of sulphur water has
formed on what was farm land week
ago.
Years ago queer old fellow in Pow
derly, Texas, borrowed an iron kettle
of ueighbor. Soon after he died in
his house. There were many searches
for the kettle, which was at last
found, with $4,000 in it. -
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A small bonnet of chip is trimmed
with side.plaited crepe lisse, with
satin stripes running through the
edge. This lisse is made into loops,
rosettes and fluffy plaitings, and all
through it are sprays of delicate flow
ers, the forget-me-nots, heather,
small violets and spira being notice.
able for their beauty. There are
many pretty bonnets with jet edges,
also bonnets made entirely of jet with
trimming of ribbon-loops and jetted
aigrets. These bead bonnets are
heavy, which is the only objection to
them, as they are extremely stylish
and becoming to almost every one.
There are bonuets with large, puffy
crowns with the edges of chip, also a
great deal of open-work braid made
into plaitings, rosettes and coronets.
Some of the bonnets are almost
enough trimmed to wear as they are
if one pins on bit of flower and foli-
age.
Very few Neapolitans are seen this
year, although those that are in the
market are very choice and expensive.
Black Neapolitan will be worn, espe-
cially in rather wide brimmed hats,
with ostrich plume trimming and
plated lace ruchings and rosettes, or
a similar trimming made of gauze rib
bon.
A pretty fashion is wide br;mmed
Neapolitan, the brlm lined with
crimped gauze and caught up at the
back. The trimming is of the gauze,
with heavy ostrich plumes.
While there are very many black
hats in market, and black. is one of
the standard colors, hats of every
imaginable tint are much sought af-
ter. The dainty chip that has come
into fashion within the last couple of
years is dyed in every possible shade,
and can be selected to match almost
every cloth in the market.
For travelling wear the dress and
hat match, and trimmings to CORE
spond are selected. 1.-The travelling
suit of coffee-brown cloth is trlmmel
with seal-brown and gold color. The hat
is of cof'ee-brown, and the trimming
is of seal-brown tips, with O brown
and yellow double.facel satin ribbon
in loops and bows, and q roll across
the back.
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with this difference, that there is now
no charge for licensed dogs when
claimed by their owners, nor for cats
with collars on. All animals except
those consigned to the pound are kept
forty-eight hours, and are then placed
in vault, where they are quickly and
painlessly put out of the way by gas.
Aneatly painted long, low building,
bearing on its ridgepole the sign
"Shelter for Lost and Strayed Ami
mails" with a cool, refreshing back
ground of the waters of the East River,
is the picture that greets the anxious
owner of lost pet or the curious Wis
itor at East 102d street. The com.
parison of an Indian dugout to q
modern man-of-war illustrates no more
striking q difference than the one be-
tween the old dog-pound at the foot
of East Sixteenth street, and the
present shelter. The former New
York CITY dog pound was dirty, dis
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FEEDING APPARATUS AND ENGINE FOR WARMING FOOD

nounced. 1t has been ont since early
morning, has had half dozen places
to call at by request for dogs or cats,
and may have picked up others on its
rounds. There may be something
valuable in the way of dogAesh. The
big front doors fly open the wagon
backs in, and they swing to again.
The wire gates at the back OF the
wagon open, and the dogs are lifted
gently out. All do not want to come.
Now and then savage cur shows his
teeth and places himself so we'll in a
corner that it is little difficult to
dislodge him. But the keeper doesn't
first bent him into insensibility with
long stick, and then kick his body
into the hands OF some brute waiting
to throw it into the big ruD, perhaps
incidentally breaking one or moro of
his legs. No; one of the assistants
gently lassoes him with bit of rope,
taking, perhaps, by way of precau-
tion, an extra deft twist about the IN.
imal's nose, which is like putting
muzzle on; then they drag him to the
door, take him by the back of the
neck and, removing the rope, place
him carefully in the run with the 9TH
ers. Each pussy isin wicker basket
perfectly safe from any possible en-
noyance on the part of the dogs, even
if their barking and swapping do mako
her eyes glow, her tail swell, and her
back grow into an arch.
1t is sight to see the placing of the
captured animals in their new
quarters. They take to their new sur
roundings and to their nev neighbors
much as human beings would do under
like circumstances. Some are sulky,
others combative and some-few-
make the best of circumstances and
get on amazingly we'll. There is one
cat, a white female, that has been
here almost year. She wa3 sent in
to be disposed of, but her one gray
eye and one blue eye, together with
habit she had of making friends with
everybody, won the hearts of the off,
GERS and assistants, and an exception
was made in her case.
In the same carriage room, into
which the wagon containing the cap
tives backs, is the death cell, in
which are placed the dogs and cats to
be made away with. 1t is positively
sad for any lover of animals to watch
the proceedings, and yet they are mer-
ciful and quickly over. This cell is
built of brick, with trap or lifting
door in the top. Every day when the
time comes to dispose of the condemned
animals, this reservoir is filled with
gas. The cats are put in first. Cats
are much more tenacious of life than
dogs. One or two at time the as
sistants place the animals in the cell.
One can look through the glass win
dows on the top and see them go to
sleep. 1t isn't more than minute or
two that an animal suffers, if it does
suffer at all. There is no disturbance
or noise in the death chamber; the
gas acts too promptly for that. The
carcasses are tuken to Barren Island.
In Paris there are economists who OBJ
tain, from Just what New-Yorkers
throw away, skins for fine gloves and
residues that are of great value in the
arts.
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Congressman Galusha A. Grow, who
was swept back into public life last
year by plurality of over 1SS, 900
votes, and whose vigorous old age is a
sublime example of what good con-
stitution and sobriety can do for a
man, has been in the city on a visit,
says the New York Press of recent date.
he began his wonderful political
career when only twenty-one and has
held nearly every Office of dignity that
o citizen of the United States could
aspire to. He refused to go to Russia
as Minister under the Hayes Admin
istration. and declined other Offices of
q public character. He is seventy-two
years old, and feels that he would be
willing to wind no his political Life as
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GALUsHA A. GROW PENNsYLVANIAs CONGRESS sMAN-ATLARGE

Congressman .at-large. Fatherless at
the age of three. and with q mother
and five sisters and brothers to help
take care of, his early days were not
bed of roses. He worked in summer
on the farm and in winter went to
school. How many men now in the
front rank of public life did the same?
There is very little of it going on now.
Mr.. Grow would not sell his early rem
iniscences for the Presidency of the
United States. He loves to dwell
among the old familiar scenes of his
youth. And who does not /? His
life is almost a memory now, and yet
he is still in the ring, as earnest and
active as when he trudged merrily to
school with his dinner pail on his arm.
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A SUBURBAN HOME.
Design for a Roomy and Comfortable
Country Residence.


Country Residence.
Copyright 1857
The most significant feature OF the
shifting of population is found IN
suburban development. The suburbs
draw their population not from the
country but from the heart of the
cities. Almost every city in the land
has shown astonishing growth during
the past decade, but in large part this
has been in the suburbs, while the
slums have been stationary in point of
population or have actually shown q
decrease.
Suburban growth is noted not alone
in the great cities and in the manu-
featuring centers, but in the smaller
cities as we'll. Before the perfection
of the numerous methods of rapid
transit suburban life was attended by
90 many disadvantages that it could
not attract those who were accus-
toned to the comforts and convent
ences of the city. The wage Garner
had to be near to the place of employ
ment, and even if he could make rail-
road connections from the suburbs he
found transportation inadequate and
the rates prohibitory.
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fluffy. In the last London success,
1.-THE Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith," now
playing at the Garrick in the English
city, this soft pompadour is worn by

all the leading women characters. The
accompanying picture shows the vari-.
GUS effects without bonnet, with the
little butterfly affair, and also with
the large picture hat.
French women are wearing this
coilfure to the increasing suppression
of all others. In Paris the parted
hair is just going out altogether.
When the puff pompadour is used the
hair is drawn up and arranged quite
fat on the head. This makes it,a diff.
fcult style for the woman who owns
a head of fine long heavy hair; such
will not we'll take the roll back from
the face, dropping apart unbecoming.
ly from its own weight, and it is also
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29

dE headgear OF tne 1asnlon-
!, able fair, says the Ledger, is
just at the present moment
G occupying more attention
than almost any department of dress.
While few of the conservative styles
have been retained with notifications.
there is almost revolution in general
models.
The bonnet has been shrinking un-
til there is little of it left. Some of
the new chip bonnets are scarcely
larger than ones hand. These are
narrow from front to back, and long
from side to side, some of them being
pointed and extending almost to the
ears. They are set well back on the
head, and are covered with masses of
flowers, foliage, crimped lisse, lace
trimmings of various sorts, ribbon
bows, aigrets or ostrich-plumes.
Bonnets with projecting sections at
the sides have a thick band of leaves
over the front and back, and at the
sides, and supported by the chip ex-
tensions are very full bows that
stand out about three inches from the
sides of the head.
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MRS. M'LAUGHLIN.

vady, the home of Thackeray's famous
"Peg." Mrs. Mclaughlin is tall five
feet nine inches in height, we'll set
up and dignifed looking. She is. able
to see and hear we'll, and her mind ie
quite clear. She has had eighteen
children, fifteen of whom had died.
The Gentlewumar.
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Bear Chases a Newsboy.

George Beerley, while serving
route of newspapers early in the morn
ing, was pursued by @ bear in the
streets of Duluth, MINI. The lad ran
for mile, and then attacked the bear
with his penknife. 4 man driving q
team came to the boys rescue and the
bear soampered away.-New York
Journal
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FASHIONS FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

The little ones have fashions all
their own, and they are dainty and
captivating enough to convert the
most ordinary little maid into q quaint
and fascinating mortal. The charm
of the styles is their freedom from
conventionality and childlike look and
the sheer lawns and nainsooks, organ
dies and exquisite dotted dimities are
made up with full skirts and blouses
or guimpes, the sleeves rivaling those
of their elders in quantity of mater
ial, but allowed to fall in puffs to ell
bow or wrist in graceful folds. For
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
Many Kinds OF Bats.

The kinds of bats known to natural
lists are very numerous, for not less
than four hundred have been described
from oil parts Of the globe. They have
their main distribution in the warmer
parts of the world. but many are found
IN cool and even cold climates. About
thirty different kinds are known in
North America, and six or seven kinds
are found in the District of Columbia.
Star.
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SUMMER DRESS AND HAT.

hard to coil the leftover thickness to
the requisite degree of hatness. Such
women must resort to tongs and curl
papers to produce the holding fluff.
ness, and must mat the hair very close
at the back.
Unquestionably that woman whose
hair is short and thick has the best
possibilities for varying coifure,
and if nature has kindly endowed her
with curly locks she has achieved a
blissful condition of independence in
regard to "doing her hair"
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How to Sign q Letter.

To an acquaintance, Yours truly.
To one to whom you wish to show
Difference, Yours respectfully.
To one whom you would gladly
serve, Yours faithfully.
To a friend, Yours lovingly
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Queen Yictoria's Oldest Subject.

"The oldest living subject of the
Queen" is the title which may be fair
ly claimed by Mrs. Mclaughlin,
who is now in her 111th year. All
her long life has been spent at Lima.
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During the senson which is closing
South Australia had exported about
six hundred tons of butter, worth
about S250.000.
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shingles; roof over staircase bay, tin.
Interior finish: Two coat plaster,
hard white finish; soft wood flooring
and trim main stairs, ash; bathroom
and kitchen, wainscotted; all interior
woodwork finished with hard oil.
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very drcssy occasions soft silks in
deliccte shades are used, and for o.
tlinary wear zephyrs will hold their
own
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HATS AND HAIR.
ALMOST A REVOLUTION IN
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY.
Bonnets Have Shrunk to Nearly
Nothing-Black Hats in Style
Four Distinct Styles in
Hairdressing.

THE headgear of the fashion
able fair, says the Ledger, is
just at the present moment
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-25

large crowd went out to spend a7pleas-
ant day. The Lakeview grounds were
turned over to the merry picnickers, who
came for fun and recreation. They be-
gan going out before noon and large
numbers went and came on every dunn
my until late at night.
Those in attendance not only enjoyed
the day, but the aid society netted a neat
sum of money off the sale of cream, cake,
etc.
In the afternoon the athletic contests
Were pulled off as follows:
Foot race 100 yards, wine set won
by H. Hayes.
Foot race 125 yards, box of cigars
won by C. Comstock.
Girls foot race. 100 yards, gold badge;
won by Miss Ella Carr.
Boys foot race, 100 yards, three silk
neckties: won by r. Darby.
Prettiest baby, picked by Father CAT
ferty; won by Baby Light
There were other contests and prizes
awarded during the evening.
Dancing figured prominently among
the evenings entertainment and was
participated in by a great many. Chace's
orchestra furnished the music