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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-02

We desire to introduce our Furni.
ture business into every community
ip the Southern States, and In order
to do 30 in the quickest time have
concluded to make some very liberal
offers In bedroom suits to secure at
least one customer at every post Of
fee In the next sixty days. Please
read this advertisement carefully
and send at once for one Of our spe.
cial offers.
Our great offer No consists Of one
Solid Oak Bedroom Suit with large
dresser with 20x24 bevea mirror, one
large washstand with case one 6 tt.
6 bedstead full width This suit OF
furniture Is worth In any furniture
store not less than $500 Do not
think for once that tits little cheap
suit for we assure you It Is not, but .
large full size suit equal to anything
on the market. y
In order to start the. sale of these
suites and TO keep our men busy and
introduce our business In your neigh.
borhoOd, We agree 10 ship one suite
only TO each shipping point In the
south fel $I6.00 when the cash comes
with the order. This advertisement
will possibly appear twice In this pa
per, therefore II you are Interested
cut this out and send With Sl6. 90 and
the suite will be shipped 10 you. II
1t Is not just as represented you may
return the suite at our expense aud
your $1,000 will be refunded to you.
Our catalogue containing many illus
trarlons Of rare bargains and house
furnishing goods will be sent to you
upon application. y.
The suite above described Is . spe-
cial bargain and does not appear In
the catalogue, therefore It q useless
to write for illustrations Of this suite,
and while you are delaying writing
someone else Is getting the bargain.
We assure You that we. Uili not
thip but one suite In yOur ueighbQr-
hood at this price. After one suite
has been shipped In the Neighbour
hood the price will g. to ct least
5000.
4. r. PADGETT,
S48 BrOad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
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ARE YOU A SUFFERER FROM IN
FLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM?
AsHRv1LLE. N. c., Aug. IA, 1894.

AsHRv1LLE. N. c., Aug. IA. 1894.
Twelve years ago, I was sufferer from
Infammatory Rheumatism, and for fVe
years I was almost completely disabled, Of
ton being confined to my bed for months at
a time My whole system was permeaxd
with the disease, affecting different psrts
of my body. Medical treatment failed to
do me any good, and l tried different p O.
prietaty medicines without any benefit. l
was advised while in Dulham to try Mrs.
Joe Persons Remedy. got q dozen bot
ties, and when l was on the third Dottle
began to improve, and by the time l had
taken the six BOTTLES was entirely cured,
and have never had any return of the dis.
ease since. believe it to be sp cifc for
ipflammatory Rheumatism.
P o. Box 3S5 L. BROWN.
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BoBBIx OR PILLOW LACE.

An Industry Engag ging the Attention
of Women Everyw here.
Have you ever thought, said bright
lady not long ago, that a common article
OF one generation is often a 'curio' of the
neNt?" The object that called forth this
remark, was yellow piece OF hand made
lace, known as 'bobbin" or pillow lace"
The making OF bobbin lace has never been
popular in the United States, but in Eng
land and the Continent it has been an
industry that at times has been considered
OF national Importance.
There are two general classes Of hand
made lace, and with US, the higher class or
needle-point, has entirely taken the place
OF bobbin lace. Ladies fond OF decorative
needlework naturally take 10 the art OF
making point lace" not only on account
or its dainty and artistic character, but be-
cause it can he easily carried. For ''thlnlble
parties" and such functions, the dainty
stitches form and multiply while mllady,
plying her needle in and out, adds her bon
mot to the hum OF social converse that fills
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The Lects1ntor,s RahhIt Do.

Among the amusing discussions during
the legislative session at Tallahassee was
that on bill OF Sullivan's, of Escambia,
providing for the prompt slaughter Of rabid
dogs. The reading clerk had lust read
the title when an old gentleman, a repre-
sentative from one OF the interior counties,
arose and with great gravity and dignity
said:
Mr.. Speaker, I am opposed to that bill
I'm opposed to it because don't see why
rabbit dogs should be kiIled any quicker
than any other kind of dogs. I've got q
rabbit dog. He amt much on looks, but I
tell you. when that dog gets on a hot
trail in the bToOp-Sedge and little later
YOU hear his voice a-yelpin' in q higa key
and the yelps a gettin' fainter and fainter,
till by and by you just can hear EN- down
in the holler, and you go there and YOU
see the little bench-legged yaller rascal
barkin', his eyes bright and his forehead
wrinkled with excitement, under a Sartin
tree, ies' get you a long pole and meat is
yOurn for dinner"
There was bFeathleSs silence during this
eloquent appeal on behalf Of the rabbit
dog. When it had been concluded others
rose up and paid glowing tributes to the
qualities of rabbit dogs they owned until
one would have believed that a thing
necessary to a mans candidacy for the
legislature in the State of Florida is q
first-class rabbit dog
The bill, by the way, was killed by q
large majority.-Florida TimeS-Union.
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Old Clothes HlnlOSt
Parfak6 Of immortality
From One Owner to Another They Pass Always
Going Downward in the Social Scale.
Some Curious Incidents

years before TO the marriage OF a cabinet
officers daughter After a few days she
happened TO remember that each one OF
the forty or fifty buttons on the dress had
been made of solid gold in accordance
with conceit of the times, and they Were
worth $3.50 piece There could not be
found any clew TO the whereabouts or
this valuable article and it was never
known whether the old clothes gatherer
profited by bis bargain or remained igno-
rant of the worth of the buttons.
THEY ALL DO 1T.
Those who dispose OF their old clothing
are not confined to the middle and poorer
classes but even the richest and most aris
tOCratic Often patrouize the dealers on
the sly. lady not far from st Johns
Church after a long period or deliberation
sent for one OF these men, but with IN
Stmctious that lie call in the evening.
This he did aud after considerable dick
ering about s O'Clock emerged from the
gate ia the rear staggering under a huge
bundle OF clothing.
He proceeded for a short distance with
out molcstation, when, as he came out of
the alley. a Jealous, sharp-eyed guardian
/ of the peace caught sight of him. With an
exclamation OF surprise the bluecoat
pounced down upon him, and. deaf TO
I all explanations, carried him off 10 the sta
tion-house There the bundle was opened
and the rich haul of the suspected bur
glar placed piece by piece on The floor.
The inside OF the pockets and the coat
collar bore in indellible ink the name OF
"A man OF such wealth and prominence
that the very idea OF the fellow having
{ bought the clothes, as he claimed to
have done, seemed preposterous. The
news OF the alleged robbery spread and
a crowd gathered around the house. The
unfortunate old clothes man, with the
contents of his pack strewn all around
him, was placed in the patrol wagon.
With the gong ringing out the alarm and
a large crowd running alongside, the con-
yeyance Iattled noisily up the aristo-
cratic avenue and stopped in front of the
lady's residence.
The surprise and chagrin of the brave
capturer of the bold burglar may be i'm
agined when he had the door slammed in
his face and was told to mind his own
business, after having communicated the
startling intelligence that the house had
been robbed.
The public generally regard a second
hand clothes establishment with suspicion.
/ Those in the humber walks OF life know
better than this, however, for there they
may obtain a suit OF an overcoat OF as
! fine texture as the wcalthicst wear and
pay for il a sum seldom exceeding SO.
I These institutions are of great benefit to
/ the poor people and no one knows TINS
/ better than tue poor themselves.
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\ UNIQUE SPORTING CARNIVAL.
Phenomenal Prizes to Re Offered at
the French Exhibition.

the Erenc n exhibition.
The sporting community is to be catered
to on a lavish scale during the next French
exhibition The big event does not take
place until 1900, but the outlines are al
ready well defined and the committee on
sporting has drafted most attractive pro-
gramme. The following details appear
in the London Field of April6:
1--WE are still some way Off the great
French exhibition of 1900, but preparations
for il have already been commenced, and
among other projects which have been put
more or less into concrete form is one reIat
ing to the sporting department. A COM
mittee was appointed some time ago to
draw up scheme, and after deciding that
the sporting section should be located in
the large park to the east of Paris. known
as the Bois de Vincennes, this committee
has suggested that shooting prizes to the
value of about 80 600 pounds should be Of
rifle, revolver, and target shooting, 900
for pigeon shooting, 4 1000 for heavy ord
nance and 1000 for bow and darrowandcross
bow shooting. 1t has been suggested that
the pigeon shooting ground should be so ar
ranged that the competitions may take
place from different points according to
the direction of the wind. 1t has been de-
prizes will be offered, shall be held on the
River Marne, which is close to the Bois de
Vincennes, while bicycling, which is scarce
ly likely to have gone out OF fashion in the
five years time, is not forgotten in the
programme, the proposal being to set aside
a sum of at least 5000 pounds for a series
of twenty fixtures, most of which viii
take place on a Thursday always a half
holiday in France) and at which, in ad-
dition to regular races, there Will be or
ganiZed parades, notably of military cyclists
of all nationalities
There viii be no difficulty in arranging
for these bicycle competitions, as the mu-
nicipal council of Paris has already pro-
vided an excellent cemented track q quarter
of mile in circumference at q cost of
$500 pounds, and the committee suggests.
that this should be somewhat enlarged
and that stands accommodating 5000 spec
tators should be built. Nothing is said with
regard to horse-racing, doubtless because
the committee pTesumes that the Jockey
club, the Steeplechase society and all the
conductors of the other meetings near the
capital will act proprio motu, and there is
every reason for anticipating that such
will be the case, while the technical sec
ton of the sport-the display of sporting
apparatus of every kind-will be included,
of course, in the general plan of the exhibit
ton itself, and there will presumably be
international shows of live stock, as in
1873 and 1889 The various proposals
embodied in the committees report may
not all be adopted, but it is practically GER
tain that most of them Will be sanctioned
by the general commission and that sport
will be allotted place worthy of it in the
great exhibition which is TO mark the
passing away of one century and the COM
ing of another"
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a Pretty Pattern.

the rooms when friends in tasty gowns sit
in little groups with needlework that does
not detIact from the real object or the
party, namely, its social feature. With
bObbin lace, the size and weight or the
cushion or pillow, the possibility of disar-
ranging the work, the hanging bobbins, all
tend toward making this lace what it is,
mechanical labor, rather than paStiIne.
And we are not fond Of labor unless 1t is
disguised.
tits said that for centuries lace was sacred
to the service OF religion only, on account
OF the amount Of labor required in making
it; the church alone could afford il.
Although as a work or art bObbin lace
does not rank with needle-pOlnt, yet many
valued laces are ranked with this class or
work: Brussels, Mechlin and Valenciennes
all are cushion laces.
BObbin OF pillow lace is supposed to have
originated in Italy at the close of the fif-
teenth century, although it has been claimed
that it IS a German invention, but as the
history OF the art does not begin at Sr. An
naberg earlier than 1861, and lace was eX-
ported from Italy in 1886, the former coun-
try may claim its origin. Germany and
Switzerland, and other countries in Tune
specialized this work, and in the course OF
time characteristic laces were produced
that had local character, such as Brus-
sells, etc.
Lace makers form the fabric entirely
during the progress Of the work, and the
implements are wooden bObbins, a cushion,
! a pattern, and very fine thread.
The piece of lace referred to at the begin
ming of this article was described by its
owner as having been made in Europe, in
the "twenties" Of this century. 1t was
made on reps" cushion of green color.
This pillow was filled with bran or saw
dust until it was hard.
The bobbins Were small elongated Spindles
tapering and swelling at one end into
lule handles The finest of thread was
wound on some Of these bobbins, others had
a coarse flax thread on them, and these
bobbins inturn answered TO the warp thread
in weaving.
The lace was made according to pat
tern which was pricSed upon smooth parch-
ment showing where, in the pricked holes,
the pins Were stuck, for these pins that
went through the parchment into the stiff
cushion were the points d'aUet' for the
formation of the stitches that made the
pattern in the lace.
1t is said that the art of cushion or bob
bin lace is Teviying in England, but the
length of time required in making it, the
mechanical character OF the industry, and
the beautiful and cheap machine made lace,
often hard TO detect from the hand made,
all would tend toward its unpopularity as
an industry with US.
VIRGINIA BURTON.
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Memories Of
The Great Worth
HOW THE LATE G0STUMER
LIVED IN HIS HOME.
Experience of an American Girl
Who Visited the Great Dress
Artist in His Own Home.

Some years ago when I was a young
girl and in charge of a chaperon who was
given to the yanities of dress, had while
in 2 aris, various opportunities Of seeing N.
Worth, the famous mantua maker, under
other than commonplace everyday ctrcum-
stances. One of these was when we We're
invited to visit his villa in the suburbs,
where he lived the yearrOund.
Dimanche was the day named for our
visit-the only day when he was to be found
at homeland so on bright Sunday after
noon we made by rail the little journey of
six miles, and had no difficulty in finding
the house.
We entered through a porte cochier en-
tirely enclosed in glass, and were soon well
coined by our host himself, who appeared
in a flowing silken gown OF gray lined with
gorgeous yellow satin aud wearing fez on
his head from which streamed u yellow
tassel. He apologized for his working
dress''-which, however, became him Won
derfully-by explaining that he was super
intending some decorations in a room, and
would we not give him the benefit of our
opinions thereon.
WORTH'S TASTE AS A DECORATOR.
The apartment had the appearance of
rather spacious hall, with square pillars at
intervals; the floor was being laid in white
tile, O space about q yard in width having
the design of q fish in brilliant col0rs in the
center of each tile, the next space that Of
an eye, the next of butterfly, etc. Nothing
could have been more odd-even bizarre.
NJ. Worth was hesitating between cover
ing the pillars with similar tiles OF hanging
them with plates of Dutch blue.
The entrance to the main floor of the
house presented a charming vista-the sue
cession of rooms opening into each other
revealing at the extreme end a COnserva-
tory of thrifty palms among which a fouD-
tain was playing.
The walls of one room were covered with
plates of exquisite Sevres china, held in
place with Sllvered clasps. anOtherrOOm
was furniture that had once belonged to
Marie Antoinette, that poor queen whose
belongings must have been endless. and in
this salon were curtains bordered with
medallions in which were wrought copies
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
eXquisitely embroidered b. the Worth work
women in the Northeastern
SUGGESTIVE OF HIS TRADE.
The amount of embroidery everywhere
gave millinersh effect to the rooms, and
when Madame Worth appeared and wewere
refreshed with wine and cake it was at q
table with anelaborately embellished' drawn
work cover with serviettes to match.
The kitchen of this richly appointed house
was on the top floor, reached by a spiral
staircase Mr. Worth declared that the
only suitable place for cuisine was in the
top of the house, so that no odors could bede-
tected below
| Madame Worth was a saleswoman in the
cloaking house in which Worth was en-
The morning times., 1895-07-07

plOyed when be first came to Paris from
England, and from which he emerged to
set up business for himself She was a
pleasant, domestic looking person, and the
mother Of two sons, one OF whom, still IN
his teens, was detailed to show US about
the SroundS-M. CASTOR, Think Ith0ugh5
him one of the incest OF lads. Manly
frank, unaffected and taking a healthy and
natural interest in his outdoor pets, as
we'll as in the trees and garden.
Worth's taste aud Judgment were far
from uaerrIus, his costumes were some
times even ugly, but they rareiy failed to
have at least a note of distinction. they
We're not commonplace. I remember one
evening when we dropped IN AZ his estab-
ilShmeut by invitation, 10 see some evening
gowns that We're TO 90 to some IadieS Of
rank ana fashion. We haJF the privilege
or seeing the great man." with his own
fingers reaTrauge the draperieS OF his work
womeu aud with pin or two produce an
entirely different effect giyin. 90 them the
final touch they Iacked-thdJ Of style
WORTH'S IDEA OF PERFECT DRESS.
I once asked him If he dressed women
according to his own ideas Of how they
should be dressed.
Bless your heart, no." he laughed Il
dress them as they wish to be dressed. Nv
ideal Of dress for women is nearest realized
in the Turkish costume. 1t is capable OF
beautiful decoration, it is heathfuI. COM
Portable, graceful, beautiful But you
women viii have none OF it. you want al
ways something new, different, striking
exaggerated, and I, of course 1t is my bust
ness 10 please You, VOLTA tout" ending with
about the OuIy French thing about him-a
shFUg
Worth was of medium height aud build,
had the dominant and brJISQUe manner OF
the English, but with his dark complexion,
HAIR muStache, and eyes, looked more Ike
Turk or Russian He betrayed little OF
vivaCity or suavity of the French, but
assumed rather the manner of an autCcrat,
whose opinion and decision were not to
be questioned. MARY WAGER FISHER.
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attemptto paint her mistress portrait, and
to let the dinner burn while she embroiders
sofa cushion for the parlor.
For in Mrs. Scott's education, as some
times happened twenty years ago, the ac-
complishments were not as much neglected
as were some other things, and her returnto
responsibility and opportunity has revived
the desire not to get rusty.
'Did you really enjoy that wild life?"
the mistress of a household in which she
worked asked her one day.
Yes, did," she replied with some hesi-
tation. ''That is, did, after the very first
of it, At first / felt queer in mems
| clothes and it seemed as if everybody who
saw me must know at once that 1 was
woman, and 1 was so afraid of exciting
| suspicion and getting the boys into trouble.
But l began to like it, 1t was so free,
| and there was always enoqghsexcitement
and risk to keep your wits alive and your
nerves on edge. OF course, it is wrong,
theoretically, to steal horses l knew
that, as well as any one; but we only took
| from those who didn't need them as badly as
we did and mostly from those who, we
knew, had been dishonest to somebody else,
| and l didn't consider it nearly so bad as
hundreds of things that lawyers and
| business men do right straight along and
| nobody ever says word about Besides,
could make more money for my children
than could in any other way tnaG hau
ever tried, and had become so discouraged
| with the other ways that when l found one
by which I could make comfortable living
for them I was so relieved that l really
didn't care whether it was right or not.
Il liked the boys too They were good
fellows, every one of them, and as brave
as they could be, and it is an outrage that
they have been put in the penitentiary.
They are better men to-day than half the
other the Territory. Theytook
| my advice about everything we did, and
they all thought had good judgment about
things, and we all liked one another and
got on SO well together. Yes, must say
that really enjoyed the life very much.
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woman obeyed He did not get off as
easily as she did, for the jury found him
guilty. But while he was waiting to be
taken to the penitentiary he escaped from
the county jail, as everyone believed, by
her contrivance and help, and was found
concealed in her room. He was re-
taken, and is now serving his time in the
Territorial penltentiary. Her evident
connection with his escape was winked
at, because of the favorable impression
she had made, and the general belief
that she had given up horses tealing
The morning times., 1895-07-07

for good, and intended TO earn an honest
living Her eldest children We're adopted
into good families, and the other two
We're placed in an orphan asylum. A
small sum of money was collected TO tide
her over immediate difficulties, and Il
chance was given her TO try her hand ar
housework. She has done so in good
many households of that region, and there
is concensus of opinion among those
households that Mrs ScOtt's talents do
not lie in the domain of cooking and house
cleaning. She is too likely to forget
the weekly washing while absorbed in the
The morning times., 1895-07-07

Gus laurels in their chosen field as Go those
Others who have preferred to study law, take
postgraduate courses, or bike in boomers.
1t may be true, as that very learned man,
Herr Strindberg, asserts, that a woman
cannot, by reason OF mental inferiority,
make as good cup of coffee as man can,
but when it GENES to stealing horses she
has proved that her mental qualities are
quite the equal OF his.
But no matter how much daring and
success the woman horse thief may pursue
her vocation, the eternal feminine" viii
sometimes assertitself, as it did in the case OF
that curly-haired one in Montana, whose
curling iron, carried in her hip pocket, led
to her detection and arrest. But sometimes
she drops the eternal feminine" with her
skirts, and, as long as She wears trousers,
The morning times., 1895-07-07
They Often Make Mista kes,

Mrs Brownstone-I should think you
would feel afraid, living way off here in
the country, with SO many tramps about.
Mrs. Meadow-Well, I am, sometimes.
s'pose you don't have tramps in the city.
Mrs. Brownstone-No, indeed We have
nothing to fear but the police.-New York
Weekly.
The morning times., 1895-07-07

1t was the happiest four years that ever
spent"
From which confession it will appear
that Mrs. Helen Scott is as hopeless a COM
phcation of age end degeneracy, new
wOmanhood, female Criminality and the
eternal feminine as even Dr. Max Nordau
or Prof Lombroso himself need wish to
investigate.
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Her symphony.

Her gowns q dream of ecstacy,
Her feathered hat q symphony,
And she is just III clover.
Alack. the hat she wears to-day
For some poor man Will spoil the play
Before the week is over.
Boston Courier
The morning times., 1895-07-07
The Lady and the Tramp.

"Ah,' said the lady to the tramp,
You've eaten of my food,
And all / ask is that you may
Be full of gratitude.
His voice showed deep e.1aotion as
He answered with a sigh:
al can't be fun OF gratitude,
Because I'm full of pie"
Detroit Free Press
The morning times., 1895-07-07
Discriminating.

''This almost ferocious diversion is how
a Spanish paper alludes to the game Of
footban-EXchange
The morning times., 1895-07-07

S a means of max
ing her way in the
world horse steal
ing appears to be
growing in favor
with the new wo-
man and those of
her sex who are
merely wicked.
Those of her who
have tried this
form of mental
and physical ef-
fort seem to have
won as pOnSniCu-