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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
An Uprising in His Midst.

speaking of Cuban uprisings and
instructions, said Wallace, "I shall
never forget one that occurred twenty
years ago."
"Were you PRESENT." asked Ferry.
every much so. I happened about
five minutes after I had lighted one of
my fathers big, black Havana cigars. "
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
The Sufferer.

"MayI ask what is going on in the
village?" inquired the obseryant
stranger.
"We're celebratin' the birthday Of
the oldest i~nhabitant, sir" repliedsthe
native. "She's a hundred an one to-
day, sir"
"And tell me, pray, who is that lit
tie man with the dreadfully sad coun-
tenance who walks by the old lady's
side?"
That's her son-in-law, sir. He's
been keepin' up her life insurance for
tn last thirty years. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUcHTER.PRoVoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Lacking-A Request-Possibly the Rea-
son-In Boston - Convincing - Then
Neither Made Up-The Horrid Brute
More Domestic Oppression, ETC., Etc.
I told her in passionate measure
That my love was her own completely;
She smiled with a sorrowful pleasure,
And said to me, slowly and sweetly:
"Your love is my own completely;
Alas! that so soon I must spurn it,"
She said to me, slowly and sweetly,
81 haven't the heart to return it,"
Percy l.. Shaw, in Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
A Request.

Mrs. My daughter is prom
Using musician"
MI. C.-'Well, get her to promise
that she won't sing any more. "-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Possibly the Reason,

"They say that Batch hasn't a dollar
TO his name"
"That must be the reason he has
never beer able to get any woman to
accept il. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Especial New York letter.

NSptCldl New 1OIh LtLteI.J
The fan is the sword of the woman.
While rummaging around a quaint
shop on lower Broadway last week, I
came across all oddly pretty one of the
Louis XIV. period. Fan collections
are great fads nowadays, and no soci-
ETY. woman who wishes to be strictly
Gin it" can afford not to be the owner
of at least a half dozen of these frail-
ties of caprice. The Duchess of
Marlborough has a beautiful collection,
and one of her recent gifts to her
friend, Miss Edith Morton, was a fan
supposed to have belonged to Marie
Antoinette.
"
Speaking of Miss Morton, what a
thoroughbred American girl she is!
Just before her departure for London,
where she is to be presented at the
Queens drawing room, I met her, ac-
companied by her two sisters, the
Misses Lena and Helen Morton. Miss
Edith looked exceedingly we'll groomed
in a tailor-made Elton costume of blue
and gray whipcord, with which a blue
silk blouse was worm. Her sisters
wore gowns with trim little Elton jack
cts as we'll; Miss Helen's sylph-like
figure was set off by linen crash suit
with which was worn an India silk
shirt waist finished with a soft crush
collar of the same. Her hobby sailor
hat was of white, with a black band.
Miss Lena, who is tall and radiant
ly Junoesque, looked like picture in
her costume of tan suiting. Her hat
of coarse straw was trimmed with a
profusion of pansies and mignonette,
which contrasted effectively with her
purple and green changeable silk
waist.
The newest designs in shirt waists
are in pique, lowered organdies and
sheer silk. The latter are worn over
corset covers of tafeta silk, and COL
ored mulls or ~percaline lace trimmed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
The Horrid Brute.

She-'I never expected to work like
this when I married you"
He-"I didn't suppose you cared.
You worked hard enough to get me,
didn't you?"-Indianapolis journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
More Domestic Oppression.

"What is leisure, Popper?"
Leisure? Well, it is any old idle
five minutes I get while your dear
mother is hunting up something else
for me to do."-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Convincing

"What makes youthink he is inlove
with you-the way he behaved?"
"No. The way he misbehaved."-
Indianapolis Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

much Of an accessory as the gown
itself. This is the season for the ar
tistically slender throat.
Gloves, like flowers, are in every
shade this spring and although there
are many women whose devotion to
the shrine Of fashion will cause them
to affect some of the more garish col
orings, the white, pearl gray, tan and
pale lemon shades are always in better
taste upon all occasions.
AT the new literary coterie known as
the Little Sisters Of the Quilt a few
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
Then Neither Made Up.

Miss Rosy-"My mind isn't made
up yet"
Miss Speyt-"It's more than you
can say for your face."-New York
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
In Boston

browning, dear?"
81 am listening, love-"
"Are my s~pectacles on straight?"-
Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

Fancy lingerie being accordion
plated! But this is only a straw,
wind blown from Paris, and q broken
one at that. The dainty underwear is
gathered and anticipated.
To be strictly a-la-mode the dress
ing of the neck with fluffy bows, or
very high stock collars is almost as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

The Bermudas export over 17,000,-
900 pounds Of onions annually.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

latdrdays past, my vis-a-vis was Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson. Her gown Of
violet gray had bodice of chiffon with
sleeves and corslet of violet velvet. A
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

The revival of the Marie Antoinette
fashions, brings back many of the ex-
auisite fancies Of the old regime.
Once again fair woman revels in flow
cred satins and silks, and it is whis-
pered that perhaps the end Of the cen
tury may see satin breeches worn by
the dandies of the period. The
pompadour too, so becoming to most
people, is sill correct.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

U~ns Worn by Fair Goth
Few Designs and Fabrics for
Ter Waists-The Latest Wrinkles
oLingerie-Cut Steel Again in Vogue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16

Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05
Total .....I29,e56 $I35,154.24

A writer in Mondays Oregonian
signing himself "T. w. D." sub
mits long, labored article, cover
ing over two columns, in defense
of H. B. Miller as president of the
Oregon Agricultural college. "T.
w. d." is undoubtedly T. w.
Davenport, of Silverton, the State
land agent, an Office created in
1895, and to which Mr.. Davenport
was appointed by Governor Lord.
This probably explains his interest
in the question. Without saying
anything against Mr.. Miller, this
much can be said, at least: He
secured his election by combina-
tion among certain portion of the
board of regents, and lost his re-
election in the same way.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05
STATE SCHOOL FUND APPORTION-
MENT.

The receipts from interest, on the
irreducible school fund in the hands
of the state school land board,
amounting to $I35,154.24, was on
Monday apportioned among the
various counties, at a session of the
board at the capitol, according to
the number of children enumerated
in the various counties and, in ac-
cordance with the apportionment,
State Treasurer Phil Metschan has
forwarded the various amounts to
the respective county treasurers.
Following is the apportionment,
showing the number of schildren in
each county, as per the last school
census, and the amount apportioned
to each county:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

The supreme court held a term
at Pendleton recently in which
thirty-eight decisions were handed
down. Of these thirty-eight de-
cisions nineteen, or just one-half of
them were affirmations of the de-
cisions Of the lower courts. The
other half consisted of fifteen rever-
sails and four notifications. This
is a severe commentary upon either
the lower courts from which the
appeals were taken, or upon the
supreme court. If the chances are
only equal as to the correctness of
the decisions Of the lower courts, it
would appear that these courts
stand in great need of research and
learning.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

County warrants out May l, 1897. :. 8 A,462 rs
State treasurer, due on state taxes. 3,588.17
Accrued interest May /, 1897. ......... $4,000
Due ]. H. Letter on redeemed property 1900
Due L. Waugh on redeemed property 3.7S
County, state, military and other tax 108, ,468.56
S13S,S5O.26
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

F~St~~-'~~
BY the figures it will be seen that
there was an apparent shortage in
the accounts of the clerk, sheriff
and treasurer, though the treasurer's
account shows but little shortage.
To arrive at the conclusions as
shown by these figures it was neces-
sary for the expert, or the court, or
whoever made the figures to con-
strue or create a salary law begin
ming on July I, 1894.
From cursory examination of
the report as filed, it would appear
that a large part Of the alleged
shortage in the accounts of these
officers is caused by a clever manip-
ulation of figures by the expert, and
a creation Of a law that does not
exist.
Both Sheriff Lands and Clerk
Jones declare that no shortage
exists in their Offices, but that the
county is owing both Of them. The
county court is still in session, and
what action they will take in the
matter, if any at this term, we do
not know.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05
HURCHES AND SOCIETIES.

fTH0DIsT EPISCOPAL CHURCH-service
~ Toledo on the first and second Sabbath
!Ach month, morning and evening; services
''letz on third and fourth Sabbath of each
1th. Rev. w. II. MYERS, Pastor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05
THE REPORT IS FILED.
The Report of Expert Mckenzie Is
Finally Made a Public Record.

The long delayed, much talked
of report of the county expert Nc
Kenzie has at last been filed and the
contents thereof has become acces-
sible to the public. The report, or
what might more properly be termed
a summary thereof, was filed in the
clerks Office Yesterday about 2
O'Clock in the afternoon by Com
missioner G. H. Williams. Before
the filing of the documents Mr..
Williams asked both the sheriff and
clerk if they desired to look at the
footings of the report, and both
of these officials informed Mr.. Will
liams that they had, as yet, no
official knowledge that a report
from an expert was in existence,
and that when it became public
and an official document they would
examine it. Mr.. Williams then at
once filed two exhibits in the clerk S
office, one marked Journal" and
the other marked "ledger." The
exhibits are quite lengthy and ii
would be impossible to publish them
in an entirety with taking up a
great amount of space, and a large
amount of typographical work
The summary ofthe clerks, sheriff
and treasurer's account is as fol
lows:
| Summary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

h,r5 h,r5D u ARTIsANs-RlvER DELL ASSEM-
tth w; W. y, United Artisans, meets on 2nd
Psi, Pal nmednesday nights Of each month in
In snS nail, Elk City. Oregon. Visiting
Anu brothers are always welcome.
u DALABA, Secretary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

EE:C.-ABE LINCOLN woMAN's RELIEF
d Svfps, ou No; 40, auxiliary to the G. A. R.
NJ Vn u me md and 4th Thursdays in each
~ al 'ne l.. Q. o. F. hall, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
.C.ep, MRS. ELIZA EWING, President.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

Edu"ate your IioweIs with Cascarets.
Candy rnihnrii". cure constipation forever.
i0c. 25g. ~ c. @. fail, drugglsts refund money
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

k;-Abe Lincoln Post No. 6S, meets in
'ne So9d Go9d Templars Hall on the first and
Saturdays of each month.
r. FISH, Adjutant.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

Educate Your Boweis with Csscarets.
Candy Cnthnritc. cure constipation forever.
iOc. pc. II G. c. c. fail, druggists r. fund money.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

1o0D LODGE No. 20, Rebekah Degree,
~, ~. U. r, meets in the Odd Fellows hall in
'i'! on Tuesday evening of each week.
,vrryrp ALICE WAUGH, N. G.
'NETTE KR0GSTAD, Secretary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

luna Bay Council No. 745 National Union,
paeeS on second and fourth Friday nights OF
',vl5n' mn Travelling friends are welcome.
L. rLAiRS, Sec. B. Il. JONES, Pres.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

pcoDMEN OF THE woRLD.-pocahontus
s,s, lamp No; 299, Toledo, Oregon, meets on
hSs, hSS and and third Thursdays In each month in
Sys Su ra,nows Fellows hall. Visiting neighbors are
A. ARNOLD, GEO RErHERs
Consul. Clerk.
dasa IA sy Ssroye, Woodmen circle, meets on the
-,cii anu ~ 4th Thursdays of each month at
ICE AKIN, Clerk.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

A. a.-Newport Lodge No. IS, regular
pnSoeauon on Saturday on or before each
aoo,i. Visiting brothers are cordially
,IPIlepi nv 1i,oy, A. II. HAMPTON, NJ. W.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-08-05

y, U. W.-Western Star Lodge No. 70,
.eeIs In the Odd Fellows hall, Yaquina,
I'M ann W Third Saturday evenings in each
n' visiting brothers are always welcome.
. L Tp,,,, H. X. LUGGER, NJ. W.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04
GRAVE AND GAY EVENTS WHICH
ARE TO TAKE PLACE AT
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.
SIMPLE CEREMONY, GRAND PAGEANT
The Transition From Private Life to Of
fetal Dignity and Vice Versa -Cleve-
lands Last Official Act-Plans for
the Inaugural Ball.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Shortly after 12
o'clock, March next, one man will have
reached the summit of his ambition and
another will step from the highest office
in the gift of the American people to the
surging oblivion of private life. The first
of these is William Mckinley. The sec
ond is Grover Cleveland.
Once in every four years the pomp of
power finds stupendous illustration in
Washington. To the mind the transition
which takes place on that day is marvel
Gus in its Importance. Yet it is accom-.
plished in a manner which is simple
enough and when one comes to see it all,
there is nothing that shakes the nerves
unless it be the blare of the trumnets in
the inaugural procession or the gaudy
finery of the bedizened participants there
in. Inauguration day is Il curious mix
ture of the programs of all the notable
holidays which the greatest republic in
the world observes Annually. 1t is a
hodgepodge out of which every one can
extract one thing that is familiar.
This is the day when the statesman and
the drayman stand on level, just as
much as on election day, fer both of them
can, if they will. see a man resign the
presidency and become a citizen: ordinar-
lily, in the patriotic sense of the word,
They can see another man step from the
orchestra circle of the amphitheatre of
the republic upon he stage of state and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04

Twenty second regiment band and Choir
us of 500 voices. Admission to each
concert will be 80 cents.
The proba bilities are that the parade
will be large. Gen. Horace Porter of
New York, will act as grand marshal,
and will have as his chief of staff A. Noel
Brakeman of New York City; Col. HI. @.
Corbin Of the United States army, as ad-
jutant general, and Capt. John A. John
ston of the United States army, as chief
of aides, with Capt. William Edward
Horton of the ID. G. N. G., as special aide
and military secretary.
The parade will be organized in two
grand divisions. one civic'and the other
military. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge will
be chief marshal Of the first grand diyis-
ion, to be composed of military organiza-
tions. He will have as his chief of staff
Gen. Huidekoper of New York, and Col.
Joseph p. Sanger, of the United States
army, adjutant general. gAr
The civic grand division will be COM
manded by b. H. Warner of Washing
ton, as chief marshal, and will be made
up of civic clubs of all descriptions. The
parade will start from the east front of
the capitol and will march west along
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, past the presidents
reviewing stand in front of the White
House, to Washington Circle, returning
on X street to Mount Vernon square.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04
LIVE WIRE-DEAD MAN.
Paul Lefevre Killed at Galveston-His
Father Badly Burned.

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 27.-(Special)-
Eugene Lefevre and son, Paul Lefevre,
have a contract to move a small house
off the wharf company's property. The
house was moved up to the corner of
Strand and Twenty-first street. where
two large electric wires were encounter
ed which had to be cut or raised. This
morning Eugene Lefevre, not knowing
the wires were alive, attempted to lift
one of them over the top of the house.
From parts of Eugene Lefevre's body
flew blue sparks of fire. His hands were
smoking and the smell of burning flesh
made the lookers-on turn sick.
Paul Iefevre, the son, pulled his father
off the wire, but fell on the wire him
self. His compa mons dragged him off the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04

or else they shunt it to one side just as
IF it were a disabled car which nobody
thought was any account. Old timers
here, however, are looking forward to
the burning days of August, when the
galaxy of wOuld-be officials will realize
vividly but sadly that many are called,
but few are chosen.
The decorations this year promise about
the same general ensemble as in the inau-
guratien days of the past. The people
of Washington believe in an individual
taste when 1t comes to matters of decora-
ton. There is no general idea of har-
mOny maintained. Effect is entirely lost
sight of. In fact, Pennsylvania avenue,
with its tremendous area lined with build
ings so low that there IL practically no
sky line, presents the appearance of the
Star Spangled Banner, with bunting
recklessly distributed and in the most in
nothing so much as house which any
number of persons painted each q square
to suit their individual tastes. Some day
Washington may learn the wisdom of the
fact that in union there is artistic effect
as well as strength. er s5
There is one matter which overshadows
all else in the least local 1.-The weather
Will it be like Gen. Grants second inau-
guration, when the coffee frOze in the
cups, VI uIc we W CHtNtluuu Wtdtu-
err" The weather is dn unfailing topic
of conversation always, and generally of
the lightest sort. In this instance, it is
of most serious import. Freezing wealth
er, mud or slush, rain or snOw-any but
the first means that the Inauguration day
parade will resemble the bedraggled ap-
pearance of the peacock after an encoun-
ter with the farmers dog. The sO0th-
sayers, though, have it that Major Nc
Kinley has never been e harbinger of
stormy weather, and that consequently
we may expect smiling sky and genial
warmth on the day when he takes the
Office to which SO many aspire and so few
attain.
The ball will be held Thursday night.
and five inaugural grand concerts will be
given i'm the ballroom on the following
Friday. The first concert will be given
at 1870 a. M, in honor of the United
States army. represented by Gen. Miles
and staff. The Republican Glee club of
Columbus, o.. will sing number of patri-
Otic airs. At p. IN. a concert will be
given in honor of the navy, represented
by Rear Admrals Walker and Ramsey,
and at night the concert will be given in
honor of the States of the Union, repre-
sented by the governors, Of the States and
their staffs.
The concert Saturday afternoon will be
in honor of congress, represented by the
president of the senate and the speaker of
the house. The last concert, Saturday
night. will be in honor of the United
States, and will consist of music by the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04

both may hear him speak and gaze their
fill upon him in the full glare of the foot
lights-while the limelight of public opin-
ion is turned full upon him.
1t is sometimes the case that the out
going occupant of the White House con-
ceals the gnawing disappointment of bit
ter defeat, and Spartan like, welcomes
the successor whom he has striven to cover
with the Odium of lost election. That
is time which at least tries one mans
soul, If it happens to be such a situation
as indicated. In the year 1897, however,
there will be no reason for bitterness, ex-
cept that which one man of one party
might feel when yielding to the represen-
tative of, the opposition. 1t is whispered
after the fashion of the stage-that the
present occupants of the White House,
will, taking all things into consideration,
feel none of the regret that the represen-
tative of his party might legitimately con-
fess to. So it will E,obably be that the
meeting of Mr.. Mckinley and President
Cleveland, for that will be their relation
when they first come together March 4
will be that of two men who have no Bit
terness to conceal, who cherish none but
the kndest feelings toward one another.
All these things the people of Washing
ton are talking about just now. They
are, as well, the topics of conversation of
thousands of strangers who are within our
gates. Washington Is no longer anything
but cOsmOpOltan-for a limited period.
The streets, the private houses the hotels,
all places are thronged with the represen-
tatives of all sections. Once in four years
the city makes of itself vast boarding
house. 1t is not hospitality altogether.
1t is merely the harvest time. for the seed
time came November 4. 1896. This is
essentially money making place so far Ds
the caterers to the public appetite are con-
cerned. Thereforelwhen the time comes
when every. attic is at premium, for the
air is not balmy, the purveyOr of rooms
and of eatables doubles and sometimes
trebles his scale of prices and seeks to
procure the wherewithal for a bank ac-
count that will tide him over the rough
places in the highway of experience dur
ing the four years which must elapse be-
fore another Inauguration day comes
around.
Adding to the throng of those who have
arrived simply to see the sights of the city
and the pageant of the day of days. is
thrOng, horde, mob of individuals.
male and female. who, like pack Of
beagles. are in full cry for the official fox
that is. the dispenser of public patron
age. Every office has an applicant
There are hundreds here hoping, praying,
and ready to beg for the shoes in which
the office holders Of the Cleveland adj
are already shaking. There
are few indeed who do not believe that
success will ultimately be theirs. The
fact of civil service escapes their minds,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-04
AN HONORABLE RELEASE.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-GeOrge Schneider
the former president of the national bank
of Illinois, effected n settlement. Every
thing as to him is closed up, including
his indebtedness and his release has been
as honorable and creditable.