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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
The Cats Intellect.

A Judge of the Oldham Count,
Court, in England, has giventa decision
on the subject of the cats intellect. It
will probably be disputed by many
friends OF that animal.
He has decided that a cat is "a
quasi.domestic animal" and that it's
owner is not responsible for its ac-
tions. A cooper who sued a signal:
man for damage Sustained by the de-
fendant's cat having killed and eaten
thirteen Of the plaintiffs chickens
therefore lost the case. The Judge
laid down the interesting proposition
that cats intellect is not so extern
sive as to render it able to distinguish
between chickens and small birds. -
New York Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

The Prince of Wales's special train, with
the royal visitors, was met by the Duke Of
Marlborough, who was waiting 1t at the sta
tion. A large crowd of people assembled
outside. The royal party were greeted with
cheers as they made their way to the car
riages in which they were driven to Blenheim
Palace. The carriages were escorted by the
Woodstock fire brigade acted as guard oi
honor, marching behind the carriages to the
gates OF Blenheim Park. The Prince and
Princess of Wales were enthusiastically
cheered by the people who lined the road:
way. Among the guests, other than those OF
the royal party, are Lady Randolph Church
Ill and Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Curzon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Hotter Embezzled S11u, 900.

John q. Hoffer, for twelve years cashier Of
the First National Bank Of Lebanon, Penn !,
is g. self-confessed embezzler. An e1aulina.
tion Of bis books shows defalcation amount
ing to nearly $4,000. He has confessed
Judgment to the bank for $50, 600. His bond
cannot be found. It Is not known what
amount 1t Is for nor who are the sureties.
The embezzlement began six years ago, and
the bank has been examined a dozen times
oiA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.
Interesting Facts From the Annual
Report OF Secretary Morton.
WE CAN SUPPLY THE WORLD.

q Very F1attering Picture of the Condition
OF Our Farming Affairs---A Prediction
That We Shall Soon Be In a Position
to Furnish the World With Products OF
tho Farm---Seed for congressman.
WASHINGTON, D. G. (speciaD.-In hi
burth annual report, Secretary Of Agricul-
eare J. Sterling Morton shows that with
e2S0, 900, which may be saved from the ap-
proprations for the current fiscal year, there
will have been covered back into the Treas
my since March 7, 1898, over $4,000, 900.
That this great economy was effected with
out any loss of efficiency he attributes in a
hrge degree to the improvement in the per-
sonnel Of the force under civil service rules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
BLENHBIM CASTLE FERES.
The MarIboroughs Entertain the
Prince and Princess Of Wales.
BRILLIANT PROGRAM ARRANGED.

Tho Yopng American Duchess Honored oy
tho British Royal Family---blenneim
and the Village OF Woodstock were
Beautifully Decorated to Grace inc
Princes vIsit---Other Titled Guests
B1ENHE1M, England. (By Cable).-The
Prince and Princess Of Wales and the dis
tlgnuished guests invited by the Duke and
Duchess Of Marlborough formerly Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt. of New York. to meet their
Royal Highnesses are now assembled at
Blenheim Palace. It Is twenty-one years
since the heir apparent to the British throne
has visited the historical palace OF the Mari
boruughs. At that time the head OF the
house was John Winstone Churchill, grand
father Of the present Duke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Mrs. Scott-SIddons Dead.

Mrs. Scott.Siddons, famous several years
ngo as dramatic reader, died few days
since in Paris, France, and her body has
been shipped to New York. She had lived
abroad In the latter years Of her life In broken
health. Mary Frances Scott-Slddons, one Of
the most beautiful women on thestage In hef
day, was lineal descendant Of the great
Sarah Siddons, her father. William Young
Slddons, being the son Of George, the eldest
son OF Mrs. Sddons. Mrs. Scott-Sddons
was born in 1874 In India, where her father
was captain In the British military service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Cycling Notes.

Even Canadian bicycles, it is said. are now
exported to Australia.
The worst thing about water cycles is the
liability to puncture. Ordinary repair kits
and chewing gum plugs won't do to repair
damages.
Europe is very profitable field for the
American manufacturer of bicycles. The
American wheel Is admired BY foreigners for
It's graceful lines. lightness, finish and great
strength.
The electric lamps, of which so much was
promised this season, were not success.
They were either too heavy or too easily put
out, and their brilliancy did not prove a
special merit. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Young Crisp Nominated.

The Democratic Congressional Convention
to nominate candidate to succeed to the
unexpired term OF the late Charles F.. Crisp
hsa ba sdss ~ rs r.
was nominated by q rising vote. Mr.. Crisp
will bo elected without opposition. He Is
only twenty-six years old, and will be one
OF the youngest members that ever occupied
seat In Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
There Are Others.

II you ever make little joke that's really
something worth, rs, 4 81 81
so that people when they hear It VIM ex-
plode In helpless mirth,
Don't you think that you're the only Wit
that ever walked the earth.
There are others!
Ityou ever make a fearful break that coy-s
ers you with shame
You really need not mind It, though your
cheeks begin to flame, ~ z
You're not the only idiot that ever did the
same. -. ~ - 81 Z
There are Others!
II she says she'll be sister, but she cannot
Don't get. 50 melancholy, with your spirits
She's not the only female in this weary
world Of woe.. We
There are others!
Are you cen compelled to listen TO singer
a.. who will roar ttsi ~
A. song OF moldy chestnuts and old Jokes Oft
heard before, -
TIL you hope each verse will be the last and
tondly eye the doo12 8,
4 youth with parted looks and lofty collar
you will find, e54
With coat that's tightly buttoned and
very vacant mind,
AlasI he's not the only silly creature OF the
~ kind.
There are others! :,
Now, II you do not like this song, and say
1t falls quite fat, f + y 4 y
And the moonstruck man who wrote It was
q maniac, and all that,
Why, you're not compelled to sing II, though
you're talking through your hat,
There are others!
-Philadelphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Highwaymen In a Chicago Street Car.

Five men boarded northbound State
street cable car at $50 o'clock n. m. at Peck
court, Chicago, In the heart OF the retail dry
goods part Of the city, and while one at
either end prevented escape from the
crowded car. the others seized L. G. Barber,
proprietor of Barber's Cafe, on Randolph
street, and another man, from whom they
secured watches and small amount Of
money. A cry Of "robbers" was raised, and
the conductor gave the sigma! for quick
stop. As the cars halted the thieves jumped
Off and escaped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Homeward Ho.

No blade nor flower nor leaf y
You carry or remember; t-l,s
Tho apple, nut, and sheaf Il iiSSe Y I
Are all your sign, November; ~
And homeward no! where autumns 30
Your barns and bins will sing
From Hallowmas till spring
Oh homeward, homeward no!
Where fires OF welcome burn,
Where Joy Is feast and love Ia priest, t.7
God speed the glad return! ~ ~
The frost-foot on the lea d.
Has stalled the stubble plowfn4;
The wind has chased the bee .
From of the clover rowen; 4,
And Nature, queen that ruled the green, &
Will house herself and spin, Z
And cali her children In.
Sing homeward, homeward ho!
Armed winter, with his chills, 3
Encamped since April morning,
Lies snoring In the hills L, \;
Till the next moontide's warning;
Well heed not yet his windy threat
While seven sunshines stay q 8
To laugh his flakes away. d 4 Il
30 homeward, homeward no! 4. w
For hut with thatch Of grass rs
And hall with roof Of cedar n
Hold high THANKSGIVING mass
And praise the Heavenly Feeder,
Where kindred binds at household shfines,
And the last days Of fall; u
Sum up the Joy OF all.
Then homeward, homeward no! w
Where fires Of welcome burn, i.l
Where joy'is feast and love Is priest,
God speed the glad return!
Thereon Brown, IN Harper's Bazaar
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

lis LOVE WILL NE'ER GROW GOLD.
81 am rich and you are poor" said
she. "Would You love me just the
same were it the other way?"
"Of courss I would, darling. 1t will
be the other way after we are mar.
ried. Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
South American Hornet Nests.

The nests of South American hornets
are used by the natives as baskets,
being light, strong and so tight as to
be waterproof. They are cleared Of
the partitions and cells in the interior,
and with handles affixed, make useful
domestic utensils.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
A SUCCESS.

. Man of. Family-"Thst burglar
alarm is a grand success; wouldn't
part with it for mint Of money. It
went off at o'clock this morning."
Dealer-'tEh? Did you catch bur.
glar trying to get in"
"No; but I caught my daughters
young man trying to get out. New
York Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
WEYlER BACK IN HAVANA.

He Returns Very Suddenly From Pinar
Del Rio.
Captain. General Weyler, Of Cuba, arrived
at Havana, from the Province Of Plnar del
Rio. His return has caused much comment,
but rs yet it is impossible to learn the true
reason for his leaving his command and re-
turning to the capital. The military authori-
ties viii vouchsafe no information on the
subject.
The official reports concerning the move
ments Of .he troops In the field give only
accounts of skirmishes, with trifing losses
on either side. No news Of any moment has
been received from Plnar del Rio.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
The Young and the Old.

The young year wove her orocus silk:
And trimmed her daisy frills,
And fashioned with fairy hand
The cups Of her daffodils;
She curtalned chambers for the birds,
And sang as young things may
Youth and gladness rule the world
And summer will last alway. &
The old year sits in the whispering wood
And dyes her faded gown,
And dreams OF days In the fragrant feldsf
When she wove loves red-rose crown; sl
The asters shake In her chilly breath ;f
As she croons an old-folks rhyme
Since summeris DER wemust make the best 4
OF the snow-cold winter time.
Mary E. Butts, in Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
WHERE MOST ARE FOUND.

"Paw," asked the little boy, "what
is an optimist?"
can optimist, my son, is man who
believes everything Is for the best"
ga man must have lots of money to
be optimist, mustn't he, paw?-In.
disnapolis Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
SAVAGE MURDER BY HUNS.
Husband and Wife Cut Down in Their
Home.

Husband and Wife Cut Down in Their
Home.
The mining village OF Nesquenoning, in
Carbon County, Penn, was intensely excit-
ed when 1t became known that Casper Laboy
and his wafe had been killed by Hungarians.
The Laboys In the last ten years had &C.
cumulated considerable money. To
secure this the murderers en-
tered the house early In the morning.
Laboy jumped from his bed and scuf1e en-
sued. The three men overcame him. Mrs.
Laboy started for the street to give the
alarm, but before she had reached the foot
of the stairs she was overtaken by one Of
the Hungarians. who buried the blade Of a
stiletto in her breast, causing almost instant
death. The men then became alarmed, but
before escaping from the residence they
slashed Laboy with a knife, leaving, him
dead on the floor. The murderers were
caught
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
AT THE VERY TOP.

eyes, sir. Twenty years ago Til.
linghast began train boy, selling
newspapers and candy, but he gradu-
ally worked up until now he is at the
top of the railroad ladder" r.
'tWhat railway is he receiver OFF"
Life. @.ar
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Victorious Democrats in 9 Kansas Town
ship Entliuse Over q Victory.

The only precinct or township In Kansas
carried by Palmer and BuckEer is Dudley
Township, In Haskell County, In the short
grass country.
In that township five Democrats voted the
indianapolis ticket and carried it by one
plurality. Against this Mckinley and Ho-
votes, and Bryan and Watson one vote.
over their victory that they mounted bron-
chos and led the Mckinley and Hobart and
Bryan and Watson voters In chains around
the township. The two Bryan and Sewall
man al on.i aioof from the festivities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
WOULD TRY AGAIN.

Hatter-'I have tried the largest
sized hat in the store on you, and it is
too small. I can order one for you
and have it here in about four days. I"
Cumso (who had been out with the
boys the night before)-''NeVer mind
going to that trouble. I'll call in to-.
morrow and try this one on again. -
NorristoHn Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

"That Mrs. Thurston ought to be
the logical candidate for the Presl.
dency if the women ever put a mem.
ber CT their own sex in the field"
"Why"
II saw her get off q car yesterday
without going off backward. "-Cleve.
land Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Selling Pacific Islam ders.

Advices from the New Hebrides in the
Pacific Ocean, show that natives Of the ISL
ands are being sold to the masters OF trading
vessels at from $50 to $50 apiece. Some Of
the natives 80 sold are subjected to great
crueltIes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
DELINQUENT.

DELINQUENT. r.
"Does Dodsy put up with you when
he is here?" asked the travelling man
OF the hotel clerk. ,
"No. He used to stop with us, but
he rever put up nt."-Detroit
Free Press. .,...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
NOT WHAT HE WANTED.

"Well," remarked the wife Of the
man who had changed his mind about
coming tc Congress, ''you have clear
conscience anyhow"
81 know that" was the comfortless
reply; shut q clear conscience isn't
what was running for. ."-Washington
Star. -, ...... s,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
DESPERATE WAGER.

"If you haven't been takin' bath,
I'll eat my hat" declared MIR. Weary
Watkins.
"Guess I'll have to own up, assent.
ed MIR. Dismal Dawson.
"What dye mean by it?"
ELECTION bet, that's all. "-1ndian.
apolis Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

Pettus Elected Senator In Alabama.
The Alabama Legislative vote at Mont
gomery on United States Senator resulted:
Pettus, Dpm., 80; Longshore. Pop, "a; Wick
ersham. Rep. ;, 6. Pettus was declared elect
ed Senator to succeed Puyh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Paper Workers. Big FAMILY.

Their sixteenth child, q daughter, has just
been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moore. Of
Monroe Falls, Ohio. They have been married
twenty years. OF the children, all OF whom
girls. Fourteen OF them arc now living.
Moore works in paper mill for $1.25 per
f1ay
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Work OF the Weather Bureau.

Professor Willis L. Moore, Chief CT the
Weather Bureau, has submitted report of
The operations OF the bureau during the .6s-
cal year OF his administration. The average
percentage OF verIfcation OF the bureaus
forecasts, he says. during the year was 82.4
percent, IN improvement OF "a per cent.
pIer that Of Inst wear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
NO ESCAPE.

NO ESCAPE.
Isabel-'They say it is dreadful the
way Clsra runs after Willoughby
Richie"
Dorothy-"I guess she will catch
him. Poor fellow has only one leg
Philadelphia Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
THE RUsE THAT FAILED.

II was hard up for money last week,
30 wrote and told my father that I
owed tailor's bill of fifty dollars"
''Well, didn't it vork?"
s'No; he sent the tailor check for
the amount. yale Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Riot in Cleveland.

A riot occurred at Cleveland, Ohio, be-
lxeen score OF Hungarians. anil as many
Iishmen. Knives, dirks and clubs were
lreely used. Two men were killed. two
probably fatally injured, and more than u
dozen cut and I'M jured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Gold Standard for Russia.

M. de witte, Russia's Minister Of Finance,
has secured the assent OF. his colleagues, fol
the introduct !onof the gold standard. The
Imperial Council Is discussing the project
ami probably: will adopt 1t. although the
sgrarian members warmly oppose It.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
New Chinese Minister at Washing

New Chinese Minister at Washington.
Lo sengle, WI Ting Fang and Hwang
Tsum Hsien nave been appointed Ministers
to London. Washington and Berlin respec-
lively. Yang Yu, the present Chinese Min
lister Mt Washington, has been transferred to
st. Petersburg. The new Chinese Minister
to the United States was educated In this
country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
BIER REASON.

~~~~~~-''
Papa Blunt-"I like to argue with
that young Tomlins.
Sweetest Sussn-'I hope you find
him logical, papa"
= "Why, my child?"
"Because I think he's the logical
candidate for your son.in.law, papa"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Toms Sad Fate-No Escape-Put.
ting It acknowledgements
Flattery That Won,
ETC., Etc.

Tom, Tom, the plpsr's son. "
Stole bike and away he spun.
The wheel broke down, Tom cracked his
crown, ... -r'N
And now he's hobblipg round the town.
Truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
A DoUBTRR.

DoUBTRR.
SECT any ducks?''
"Well, I should say so. "Here'sa
photograph we had taken at the club
house with all that we"
But the questioner turned away. He
was q sportsman and knew all about
that kind of game.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
FLATTERY THAT WON.

II want to get q hat for my boy
eyes. sir. You needn't tell me you
are this young mans father, though.
You're his brother.
lSells him $65 worth of clothing for
the boy. ]-Dstroit News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
School OF Carpentry.

A school Of carpentry for boys and girls
is to be established at Highland Falls. N. Y.
The entire expense will be borne by Mrs. ].
Pierpont Morgan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
PUTTING IT KINDLY.

PUTTING IT KINDLY. -
"Do you think he really wants to
marry me for my money!"
II don't suppose he really wants TO-.
Rather say, he thinks in order to get
the money he'll have to, Indian.
apolis Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
The Labor World

Japan reports several strikes.
The South has 500 cotton mills.
Clgarmakers' Union has 100000.
Aboycott ruined a San Francisco firm.
Utah gives employment to 6OOO miners.
The Socialist Labor party of Buffalo has
voman's auxiliary.
New York walters object to eigarmakers
working as walters.
An Ohio oil company cut wages Of pump
ers from $50 to $50.
Ten unions compose the new Fall River
(Mass.) Central Union.
Custom tailors have gained thirty-two
unions since january.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
WHY he OBJECTED.

Thirsty Thingumbob--T never han.
dies hoe, boss. It puts busters on
me hands,"
'That won't hurt you"
Thirsty Thingumbob-"Yes, but
dey's got water in 'em." "-Rhiladel-
phia Record. .,--..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
F{{6etijgeg
MUSE M
Sleep and Grief.

Ah. II oblivion of sleep would last FL
Through one short hour Of wakefulness.
that so q. 3 - ~
The heart might rest little while and
know "a ssS
That It was resting! But however fast
We may awaken, pain has still the star,
And sits beside the bed, and overhangs
The opening eyes, ,nat Il may sink ib
fangs Y. Z. s.
In the first stirring Of the tortured heart!
Charles Buxton Going, In Century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Patriotic Spanish Women.

FatrIoCC SpHnIBu
Spanish ladies are selling their iewelry in
arder to raise money to help their cause in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-23
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest From all Parts of This
Great State.

Items of interest From all Parts of This
Great State.
Joseph Herkmans had his hand
crushed in binder near Green Bay.
Sheriff Gunderson was kicked by a
horse at Lacrosse and badly injured.
The school census at Ashland shows
a total of 34449, small increase over
last year.
A horse belonging to Louis Kalb of
Green Bay backed off the dock into the
river and drowned.
George Stone, who shot George AL
lendorf at Lacrosse, will set up the plea
of temporary insanity.
Mrs. John Summerfeldo of Wheatland,
Kenosha county, was seriously hurt in
a runaway accident.
The Fox River Electric Railway com
pany carried 7,00Gepersons from Green
Bay to Depere last Sunday.
The Weber boy who was lost in the
woods at Marshfeld has been found.
He was nearly dead from hunger and
exposure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-23
Mrs. Grundy Says

That no modest bather at the sea-
side makes beach exhibition.
That many alleged economies OF
suburban life are imaginary.
That there is no doubt about su-
perhuity of cheap magazines.
That modern society men are lack
ing difference to women.
That snobbishness seems to be just
as hereditary as insanity.
That some society women arc at their
worst when on ocean steamers.
That the usual number OF resorts de-
clare the extinction OF the mosquito.
That horse boats greatly contribute
to the delights of summer vacation.
That undressing clergymen should
be made to read others sermons.
That those enjoy vacation best who
have contributed to the fresh air funds.
That another winter will see the price
Of admission in theatres reduced.
That summer hotel men often dread
most the two weeks vacation people