davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-23

The cheapest way TO get reputation
for Wit is to be elected to congress livery
thing goes there.--Buffalo Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Dress For a Little Girl.

Nothing suits extreme youth so well
as does simplicity, and the model
shown in the large illustration, accord
ing to May Manton, has the merit of
being absolutely simple while it is
stylish at the same time. The bodice
takes the popular blouse form, but is
made over q plain fitted lining which
ensures perfect neatness and the
necessary warmth. The lining shows
the usual number of pieces and seams,
closing at the centre-front, but the
blouse has shoulder and under-nrm
seams only and laps we'll over the left
side where it closes invisibly and is
finished by frill. The back is quite
plain, but the front shows gauged
shirrings that run from the shoulders
to a point at the front and form a SIM
ulated yoke. The sleeves are in Bis
hop shape and one-seamed, but mar
row. At the shoulders the fulness is
simply gathered, but the wrists show
gagged shirring, which like that at the
neck, shows narrow black velvet rib
bon over each stitching. With it is
worn q deep collar and cuffs of narrow
batiste which also makes the frill at
the left side of the blouse. The
material for the frock is mixed plaid
in gay coloring showing line of ecru
with which the soft tone of the batiste
harmonizes to perfection.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06

of the same shade. For early fall
wear it is sufficiently warm without in
terlining, but for genuine cold weather
q layer of wadding between the cloth
and the lining is essential. The short,
snug body is fitted by shoulder and
under-arm seams and opens at the
left side where the closing is effected
by handsome pearl buttons and but
ton-holes. The skirt, which includes
underlying plaits at the centre back,
is Joined to the body, the lining being
neatly hemmed over to conceal the
seam. The sleeves are in Bishop
style but narrow, having only one
seam. The fulness is gathered at the
shoulders and again at the wrist,
where they are finished with pointed
cuffs edged with a frill OF ribbon and
trimmed with a simple braid. The
deep circular cape that falls III ribbon
effect has seam at centre-back and
both it and the turnover collar are fin
ished with braid and ribbon frills as
are the cuffs. With the coat is worn a
cap of soft silk.
To make this coat for child of four
years will require two yards OF forty
four-inch material.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
This Country Has 40, ,eoo, ,a7e hogs.

There are 40,6OO,276 hogs in this
country, not counting the human vari-
ETY., and they are worth $1O6, ,275, T0,
an average Of 81. 10 per head. Iowa is
the banner hog State, with 2,737, $40
and an average value of $5.67. Mis-.
souri, is second, with 3,074, ,329, and
Texas is third, with 2,944,063.. The
State with the least number of hogs in
it is Nevada, with II, A6, an average
of one hog to every four persons In
the State. New York has 632, 524 hogs
of an average value of S6.61. The
highest priced hog is found in Con-
necticut, where his average value is>
1929, and the State carries in stock
So, 737 head of this elegant specimen.
Ohio is we'll to the front with 1884,
662 and Rhode Island bristles all over
with IA, 28C, of an average value Of 81.
Illinois, in which State Chicago is To-
Gated, las 2,249,401. The lowest
priced log is native of Florida, and
his average is but S2.02. He is the
famols razor back, and he can root up
the fifth row of corn through the
cracks in the fence-New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Hanged by His Friends.

At Ballarat, Australia, ruined gold
miner once committed suicide in q
dramatic manner. During the time
of the gold rush q certain deserted
claim was for years held sacred, and
the tools strewn about the windlass
were left to rust away untouched. A
party of varsity men, old school fell
lows and of gentle birth, had sunk
their shaft there and worked without
success until their money was spent.
One evening one of them at work at
the bottom of the shaft shouted,
Haul up, boys, the time is come at
last" They hauled up, and when 1t
came to the top they found their COM
rade's ifeless body hanging from the
chain. He had detached the bucket,
tied moose about his neck, fastened
the moose to the chain, and was hanged
by his dearest friends. The party
had been much liked and respected
by the other miners, who would read
lily have subscribed 1000 ounces OF
gold dust to give them fresh start,
but ere the dawn of the next day the
whole party had disappeared, leaving
their claim in the same state as it lay
at the time Of the tragedy.-London
Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The colors of the different races de-
pend upon the pigment in the epider-
mis-, especially in its deeper strata.
Lima, Peru, is to have supply Of
electricity for lighting and other pur-
pose from power plant on stream
several miles away.
A 10 horsepower dynamo and sev
eral motors to use the power it gen.
crates have been ordered from an
American manufacture for some car
shops in Nagoya, Japan. This is seid
to bethe first plant of its kind in Asia.
|. D. Macfarlane Moore, of Newark,
who has given several public and pri.
vate exhibitions of his vacuum tube
light, is now talking of trying to illum-
mate a street by stringing a chain of
these tubes from pole to pole like an
overhead trolley wire.
DR.. Keller opened the intestines of a
large number of spiders and found
that they are voracious enemies of the
most noxious insects. According to
his idea spiders are more beneficial to
the maintenance of forests than all the
insect-eating birds put together.
So distinguished an electrician as
Silvanus P. Thompson, of London, au-
thor of a standard textbook which has
been in use many years, expresses a
hope that Msrcomi's system of tele-
graphing without wires may prove
available for communication across the
Atlantic.
About two hundred electric brakes
are in service on street cars in Dres-
den. Some of them are on "trailers"
and some on the motor cars. They are
equally adapted to both. In Berlin
the motors themselves are made to act
as brakes by the use of switches which
"short-circuit" the motors. Both sys-
TENS are said to be very eficacious and
much superior to the ordinary hand
brake.
The Union Elevated Railway loop
in Chicago for the exchange of passen-
gers by four different lines has now
been completed, and is likely to go in
to service Immediately. Three COM
panies had, at last accounts, signed the
rental contract, but the South Side or
Galley" company still holds off. It
will be several months before its roll
ing stock is equipped with electric mo-
tive apparatus. The other lines have
been using electricity for years. s.
The conjunction OF Jupiter and Sat-
turn to take place November %, 1901,
will be the closest any person now
living will see. A British astronomer
states that these planets will approach
within about 26 minutes of arc, re-
naming within 80 minntes for six
days. They will be evening stars, and
38 degrees from the sun. The only
closer conjunction since the invention
of the telescope was II minutee in 1888,
and no other as close will occur until
POOP.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
CHAPTER K.
HORSE-THIEvES.

Dick was plowing in the field by the
road on Thursday, when he heard the
thud of q horses feet in the highway.
Looking that way, he saw man riding
up the hill. The horseman saw Dick,
and rode up to the fence, beckoning
him to come that way.
Dick wound the reins around the
handle of the plow and walked across
the field to the fence where the man
was awaiting him.
ct say, stranger, he called out be-
fore Dick had reached the fence, "hev
ye seen anything of any strange hosses
round these diggin's to-day?"
"No; haven't" answered Dick.
eyer sure, air ye?" questioned the
horseman. 'I didn't know but ye
mought "a seen 'em an kinder forgot
about it. One was sorrel an luther
was bay"
eyes, I'm quite sure" answered
Dick. "Horses aren't so plenty here.
abouts that I wouldn't have remem-
bered if I had seen any strange ones.
Have you lost some?"
''No, I hahn t, but a neighbor OF
mine has," was the reply.
ITO be continued.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
The Sparrow Came Out Alive.

A sparrow fled into the Dickson
shops in Scranton, Penn, the other
day, and getting near one of the
wheels, was sucked in. A workman
saw it, and supposed that it was
instantly killed, as the wheel was re-
7olving at the rate of 130 revolutions
q minute. When the machinery was
shut down at noon, a gentle chirp was
heard from the wheel, aud when one
of the workmen looked the sparrow
was there alive.
1t had clung to the strengthening
rod inside the wheel, ard was so dazed
it could not fly. 1t was picked up and
placed on a table, where it recovered
in a short time and few away. The
wheel made $1,000 revolutions while
the bird was clinging to it, and the
sparrow had travelled a little more
than seventy-three miles.-New York
Press 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
WAITlNc

serene fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea-.
rave no more 'gainst time or fate, 8sa
For, 10! my own shall come to me.
+ stay my haste, make delays,
For what avails this eager pace;
stand amid the eternal ways,
And what Is mine shall know my face. !.
Asleep, awake, by night or day
The friends seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray, @
Nor change the tide Of destiny.
What matter II stand alone2 g5 i
wait with Joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where 1t has sown. z
And garner up its fruit Of tears.
The waters know their own, and draw
The, brook that springs in yondef
heights; z5
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the sour Of pure delights.
The stars come nightly to the sky,
The tidal wave unto the g. a;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Lead Bullets Made as Hard as Steel.

Charles w. Bales, chemist, and
Edward Jerry, q surveyor of this city,
have discovered q secret solution by
which they coat leaden bullets, rem
dering them superior to steel-cased
bullets. The ordinary leaden bullets,
when used in the Krag-Jorgensen rifle,
have been found to be too soft, and
the lead hos clung to the barrel of the
rifle until the barrel was finally clogged,
and the steel cartridges which have
succeeded the lead ones have eventu.
ally torn the barrel. These cartridges
do neither.
Messrs. Bates and Jerry succeeded
in procuring some of the smokeless
powder used by the Government in the
Krag-Jorgensen rifles and have made
numerous experiments with their cart
ridges. At distance of thirty yards
they bored hole through an axe blade
and also through a fatiron. In the
latter case the bullet lodged in tree,
entering a distance of six inches. They
will now offer to sell the Government
the bullets coated with the secret pre-
paration. Francisco Chronicle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
The Age Of Deer.

Romance has played a prominent
part with regard to the longevity Of
deer, says a writer in Chambers's
Journal. What says the Highland
adage?
Thrice the age of dog is that of a
horse,
Thrice the age of horse is that of a
man,
Thrice the age of man is that of a
deer,
Thrice the age of deer is that of an
eagle,
Thrice the age of an eagle is that of an
oak tree.
This is to assign the deer period
or more than, 200 years; and the esti-
mate is supported by many highly cir.
cumstantial stories. Thus, Captain
Macdonald, Of Tulloch, who died in
1776, aged eighty-six years, is said to
have known the white hind Of Loch
Treig for fifty years; his father for a
like period before him, and his grand
father for sixty years before him. So,
in 1926 Macdonald, of Glengarry, is
reported to have killed stag which
bore a mark on the left ear identical
with that made on all the calves he
could catch by Ewee-MacIan-Og, who
had beenHead $50 years. Analogous
stories, it may be noted, are told in
countries on the Continent Of Europe,
where deer are to be found in any
number. But, alas! the general opin-
ion among experts would seem to be
that thirty years or thereabout is the
limit of O deer's life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
PITH AND POINT.

He-"I. was brought up on infant
food" She-''Terrible! You don't
look like q eannik al. adams Free
man.
"There's man who never sleeps. =;
"Ah! A famous detective?" tNo;
father of triplets. "-Philadelphia
North American.
''Have you ever been at Cork, =
asked gentleman of Foote. emo, :"
said Foote' "but I've seen many draw
ings of it. "-Argonaut.
Papa-'Tautology? That means
when you needlessly repeat something
you've said before" Frank-HOhl
Like mamma. Puck. M
MY dear, why are you saving those
old fy-papers?'' "Why-you said
you always have to buy flies when YOU
go fshing."- Free Press.
She-"Oh! Is THAT Miss Gotroxp
I understand she's as rich as Klon-
dixie" He-"Yes; and they say for
tune hunters find her iust,as cold. -
Puck. X.
MI. De Bar-sYou ought to see me
make one of my century runs" Miss
Spray-"Oh, do try it now; I should
so like to see you!"-Detroit Free
Press.
Little Miss Avenue seWhat 8 is
mammas for?" Little Miss De FASH
ion-"Why. they is to scold the
nurses when we make a noise. New
York Weekly. sss
'The doctor put my husband on his
feet in week." she exclaimed. 1T
was no trouble at ALL The bill he
presented fairly lifted him out of bed. =
Chicago Record. q
Miss Charmynge-'Dont you think
I was meant for a business woman?~
Jack Hustler -''No, I don't. I think
you were meant for business man"
Brooklyn Life. ss; s
Waiter Ito diner, who is absorbed in I
the menu)-''What do you wish to eat,
sr?" Absent Minded Professor-ssI
haven't time to talk now. Ask. me
after dinner Tit Bits.
After a girl has taken as many as
three lessons on violin she is prof-
cient enough in the art of violin play
ing to have her picture taken with it
in her arms. .-Atchison Globe.
"Iwant to go abroad the worst wayl''S,
exclaimed the young thing. 'TheR(
you should marry. know Of no worsev
way" Saying which the older thing
smiled harshly.-Chicago Tribune.
The Referee-'But, my dear sir, I
trust you do not intend to proceed to
extremities. The Irate Husband
''That's just what I do intend; I'm
charging her with cold feet. ."-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer. 81
Miss Singleton-'They tell me that
happy marriages are rare. Tell me,
did you ever have any trouble with
your husband?" Mrs. May Tedd-
''No trouble that I recollect, exceptin
getting him." Boston Transcript.
"Don't you envy those fellows in
that boat?" "Not bit of it. There's
as much breeze and more shade here.
"But think of the exhilaration of tack
ing to and fro over the water" ''Non-
sense. can tack as much as I please
on shore here, trying to avoid people
don't like. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
A Corner on Rewards.

French army pensioners living in the
Hotel des Invalides, Paris, who have
all received medals for bravery on the
field, occasionally drink more than is
good for them. TO prevent such vete-
rams making exhibitions of themselves
in public reward of fifteen cents IS
paid any one who returns an inebriat-
ed invalid to the barracks. Recently,
intoxication among the pensioners hav-
ing increased greatly, it was discov-
cred that q trade in rescuing had
arisen, q Knockout drink costing five
cents, and warranted to act Mt once,
having been devised, which left O
clean profit of ten cents per drunk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Long Plumes Here.

Yesterday I went to fall millinery
opening. A number OF things i'm
pressed me. Perhaps I first noticed
long plumes-extremely long ones,
such as have not been seen for years,
except on the stage. Regular Gis-
monda feathers. And many of the
hats turn away from the face in Gis-
monda fashion. These plumes are
put on around the crown, as ruches
of silk or lace have been worn. Or
they are arranged to sweep at the left
along the back hair. Dove gray, black
and white are the most fashionable
colorings in these long ostrich plumes.
With them one must have, as well,
shorter feathers. Usually they cor
respond with the hue of the great
feather. Winter millinery thus is
likely to be highly expensive. Nothing
in hat decoration costs so much as
fine ostrich tips. And nothing is
more ugly than cheap mutations
New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
A Curious Epitaph.

The following curious epitaph is in
the graveyard of Lydford Church,
Dartmoor, England:
Here lies in horizontal position
the outside Case Of
George Routleigh, Matchmaker,
Whose abilities in that line were an honor
to his profession.
Integrity was the handspring and pru-
dence the Regulator
of all the actions Of his life.
Humane, generous and liberal,
his Hand never stopped
till he had relieved distress.
So nicely regulated we're all his motions
that he never went wrong
except when set a-going
by people
who did not know his Key.
Even then he was easily
set right again.
He had the art of disposing his time 80
well that his hours glided away
in one continual round
of pleasure and delight,
till IN unlucky minute put a period to
his existence.
He departed this life
Nov. II 1902,
aged 81;
wound up
in the hopes of being taken in hanS
by his Maker,
and Of being thoroughly cleaned, repaired
and set a-going
in the world to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06

hemmed and laid in plaits. The blouse
is simply adjusted by shoulder and
under.arm seams. A casing is sewed
at the waist line through which an elias
tic or tape is inserted to arrange the
fulness which droops in the regulation
blouse fashion. To the edge OF the
left-front q wide box-plait is applied
through which button-holes are worked
to effect closing, buttons being sewed
to the edge of the left-front. The
neck is completed by wide sailor col.
lar the lower edge of which is shaped
in rounded outline.
The sleeves are one-seamed and are
gathered at the top and at the bottom
where they are laid in plalts that are
stitched to position. Flannel, serge,
and all manner of lightweight cloths
are commendable for making, while
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
CHAPTER TX.
THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

'A>~'~~~N~
Dick had made his discovery on
Monday. Wednesday evening he went
to singing school.
The mark on Wayne's face had
turned from purple to dark green, and
was the subject of much merriment
among the irreverent youngsters who
attended singing-school. Wayne heard
them, and knew what they were
laughing about, but he pretended not
to notice it.
Dick had ceased to take an active
part in the singing school. He did
not feel like receiving instructions
from q man he disliked as much as he
did Wayne. But he would not stay
away from it. If he were to do that
he knew that it would be said he
stayed sway on account Of, the trouble
between him and Mamie and the sing
ing-master. So, to show them that he
wasn't inclined to withdraw from So
ciety on their account, he came quite
often, and was to all appearances the
same jolly Dick Brayton that he had
always been. But if I tell the truth I
have to record that large share of his
good spirits was assumed. Often
when he looked at Mamie, and made
some laughing remark to whoever sat
next to him, he didn't feel the least
like laughing. Try as he might, he
could not get over his fondness for the
girl who had Tilted him. He knew
that she had done wrong, and felt
that she was not the girl he had
thought her to be; but, in spite of all
that, she was still Mamie Boone, and
Mamie Boone had been more to him
than any other girl could ever be, he
had to acknowledge to himself, much
as he disliked to do so. There was a
very sore spot in his heart, and it did
not heal readily. Perhaps it would in
time. He hoped so.
II am a fool to take it to heart so,
I suppose" he said to himself, more
than once. ''But-I can't help itr' ,
"When singing-school was over,
and Mamie walked off home with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
A Growing Town.

On August 8 the village of Bufat
Center, Mimi, celebrated its third IN
niversary, and thought that it had
right to celebrate in view of the fact
that within three years of the time
field of grain occupied the site of the
village the people had put up s12, 900
hotel and S15. 900 school house, and
the population numbered 1000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Bows Russian Blouse Costume.

This stylish little suit is designed
for small boys from two to four years.
As represented it is made of serge in q
deep shade of cardinal with white
serge for the collar and cuffs. Narrow
braid enters into the decoration, and a
iaunty little Tam o'Shanter cap ac-
companies the costume. A high
necked and sleeveless under-waist that
is shaped with shoulder and under-arm
seams and closing in the back, sup
ports the kilt skirt that is deeply
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
Copyright by Robert Bonner's Sons.
CHAPTER VII.
CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
It was two o'clock before Wayne re-
turned from his midnight tramp. He
climbed up to the roof of the kitchen,
and in through the window of his
room, and Dick saw no more of him
that night.
"I'd like to know what he's up to, u
said Dick, more than once, before he
went to sleep. "Perhaps his bruised
eyes panied him so he couldn't rest,
and he thought he'd see if a walk in
the night air wouldn't afford relief"
And then Dick laughed softly to
himself at the thought of the mark he
had left on the face of his rival.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
WORN BY LITTLE ONES.
SEASONABLE AND STYLISH GAR.
MENTS FOR CHILDREN.

Coat Made Of Heavyweight Material
For Fall and Winter Wear-A Suit For
Little Girl That is Simple and Yet
Stylish.-Boy's Russian Blouse Costume
In spite of the fact that much bright
color has been and continues to be
worn, writes May Manton, white is al
ways given first choice for our tots
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06

The skirt is perfectly straight, the
fulness being arranged in tuck shir-
rings, which, like those of the bodice,
show black velvet ribbon over each
stitching.
To make this frock for girl of eight
years will require three and three
fourths yards of forty-four-inch ma.
terial,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06

braid or machine stitching is the ac-
cepted finish.
To make this suit for boy of four
years will require two yards of fifty
four-inch material, or two and one
half yards of forty-inch goods with
three and one-eighth yards of the
same width material for collar and
cuffs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06

wear. The charming little coat shown
in the illustration is made of heavy
weight drap-d'ete in softy, creamy
tone and is lined throughout with silk
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-06
39S7s7S 39SSzHSsE7S

W8NA9EAA8388sN82888 R3a8AEaKAAEE>3RE>'K<3#$A<
X a7ESgkN*77ES0F X