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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-21
Women Cyclists in Paris.

Among women cyclists in Paris there
are three distinct styles in dress-the
French, the English, and the Ameri-
can. The French women wear bloom
ers. Not light knickerbockers, but
boomers cut very full at the knee,
growing more scant toward the waist.
This gives them the look, when a girl
is standing or walking, almost of a
skirt. When these are perfectly
made, and worn by a petite little per-
son, they are very jaunty. But they
are too often Homemade" and all
the figures, even of French women,
are not perfect. The general average!
of bicycle suits worn by the chest
dressed women on earth" are what we
would call ''frights." A correspon-
dent tells of a young French girl, in
the Bots de Boulogne, who watched
the cyclists speeding by. She would
say: "Those are English; those 9th
ers are French; these two are Ameri-
cans" "But how ear you tell?" she
was asked. cit is easy enough" she
said; "watch, and you will see for
yourself. There come to long, flop
ping dresses. Look how red those
girls are in the face, how tired they
look. They are English. Look how
low they have their saddles, and how
far back from the pedals they sit.
English women all ride a bicycle as if
they were ashamed of it and had only
half got their own consent to do it.
They wear their long street-dresses
the regular width, and then they in
cumber their machines with guards
enough to sink a boat in order to keep
their dresses out of the wheels. If
they were not as strong as animals, it
would kill them, they make such hard
work of it. Here come two Ameri-
cans" she continued; "see how
straight they sit over the pedals and
how high their saddles and handle
bars are. They ride like the wind and
are so independent. Look at their
short, neat skirts and tailor jackets.
Look at their fresh shirt-waists and
bright ties. But look at the heavy
leather leggings they have IN. That
is the only silly thing the Americans
do, I think" Frenchwomen not only
do not wear leggings, but they very
commonly wear some kind of fancy
colored stockings with their low shoes.
A French woman can do this, however,
and not be as conspicuous as would
an American, for reasons anatomical.
The American woman buying her hose
in Paris learns to look out for elastic
ones, or else has the embarrassment
of calling for out-sizes.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
He that takes 10 holiday hastens
Ionr raat

He that takes no holiday hastens a
long rest.
No sin is so little that it may not be-
come the souls master.
Language fails to paint a woman as
the eyes of q lover sees her.
If you want to know the value Of
money go try to borrow some.
A sack of -four unceremoniously
dumped in the cheerless house Of a
Door and needy family, will carry more
solid comfort to a hungry stomach than
q lot of eloquent sermons.
No quality will ever get a man more
friends than q sincere admiration OF
the qualities of others. 1t indicates
generosity of nature, frankness, cor
aiality and cheerful recognition OF
merits.
J. cannot praise a fugitive and clois-
tered virtue, unexercised and I'M
breathed, that never sallies out and
sees her adversary, but sinks out OF
;he race. when that immortal garland
Is to be run for, not without dust and
heat.
Finish every day and be done with
it. You have done what you could.
Some plumbers and a%bsurdities, no
loubt, crept in; forget them as soon
Is you can. . Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it we'll and ~serenely, and with
zoo high q spirit to be numbered with
your old nonsense. This day is all
that is good and fair. It is too dear,
with it's hopes and invitations, to waste
= moment on the yesterdays.-The
Southwest.
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Chose Scotch Titles,

It is rather remarkable that Her
Majesty Queen Victoria chose Scottish
titles for two of her three younger
sons, the Dukes of Edinburgh and
a half Scottish title for her remaining
younger son, the Duke of Connaught
and Strathearn. She gave an English
title to none of her sons except, Of
course, the Prince of Wales.
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She Shot Ten Turks.

A little Greek peasant girl was
wounded at the battle of Carditza while
fighting side by side with her brother.
When her brother was called out to
the war, she, having nowhere to 60,
accompanied him. She thinks she
shot about ten Turks before being
wounded herself.
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About English Prisons.

Absolute uniformity touching diet,
discipline and clothes prevails in Eng
lish prisons. In the last twenty years
the British have cut down the number
of these restraining institutions from
113 to ffty-eight. This does not nec-
essarily denote, however, ahigher tone
of morality.
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HarYnrd,s ~EndOWments.

During the last twenty-eight years
Harvard University has received cash
gifts amounting to 81, S39, 7O3. 3S. Add,
ing to this the value of land gifts and
buildings, the whole foots up to 49,,
200, 7O3. 38, or an average of 1928, 91s
q cal. If the b%enefactions of Har.
ward continue in the same proportion
during the next twenty-five years, the
institution will hold property in excess
of $40, 600, 000.-Harvard Graduates
Magazine.
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The Pearls of an Empress.

An interesting story is told con-
corning some of the jewels belonging
to the Empress of Germany. She
owns o very fine necklace, made of
large pearls, we'll matched in size and
singularly pure in color. The neck
lace, however, had been laid aside for
some time from the light and air, and
as a natural result the color of the
pearls had suffered considerably. In
fact, when the Empress took out her
necklace it was 30 discolored that she
found she could not possibly wear it
in its then condition. The court
jeweler, when appealed to, gave it as
his opinion that nothing would restore
the pristine purity of the pearls except
a very long immersion in the sea. A
glass case was accordingly made, with
holes in it to admit the water, the
pearls were deposited in it, and it was
sunk 'full fathoms five" in the waters
of the North Sea. The spot chosen is
close to the shore, and it is said that
sentries are on duty night and day.
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A Queer Judgment.

An Atchison (Kan.) mother goes
once q month to court and takes out
judgments for $40 each against her
two sons, the money being due &C
cording to an agreement the consid'
Grafton named in which is that the
mother shall refrain from annoyingth
sons by her presence or talk. She says
that the sons have defeulted in pay
ments since last fall.
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Princess Of Monaco.


The tiniest dominion in Europe is
that of Monaco. The Princess of
Monaco, who was a beautiful New Or
leans girl, is said to be the kindest
sovereign on the continent. A pretty
and pathetic little tale is told of her
eldest daughter, the lovely young
Duchess of Richelieu. AS a child she
was extremely proud, and her mother,
wishing to soften her naughty DISPOSE
ton, used to send her every week,
while in the country, to learn sewing
and knitting in the village school with
the little peasant girls. This dis
pleased the small lady, who did not
refuse to go, though she hated it, but
would not open her mouth during the
whole afternoon, never deigning to
Join in the merry laughter of the chill
dren. At tea time her governess was
sent to bring her home, and the Prin-
cess, the Duchess of Richelieu, regu-
larly met her with the same question,
"What have you said to the little girls
to-day?" Nothing at ALL" was the
proud answer. II cannot find any
thing to say to those common things"
every well, neither can I find any
thing to say to you, mademoiselle,"
and, turning on her heel, the lady
would leave the child alone in the hall,
and refuse to see her for the rest of
the day. For a long time the little
Duchess would not yield, and at last
she was not allowed to come down
stairs to her mother. However, one
afternoon, unable to stand it anylong-
er, and as she was coming back from
the school with a swollen heart, she
fell into her mothers arms, and said,
with great sobbing, "I-I-I have
asked them if they liked knitting, and
if they prefer to knit with blue wool
or with gray?" The ice was broken,
and now the naughty little girl has be-
come an amiable young lady, as chart
table as her mother New York Com
merciaI Advertiser.
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MRS. KRINER'S LETTER
About Change Of Life

"I suffered for eight years and could
find no permanent relief until one year
ago. My trouble was Change of Life.
I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and relief came almost i'm.
mediately. Ihave taken two bottles Of
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F. A. Rood. Toledo, Ohio, says: Halls Ca
tsrrh Cure cured my wife Of catarrh titteen
years ago and she has had no return OF It. us
4 sure cure" Sold by Druggists, zoe.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
DR., r. II. KLINE, Ltd, G3l Arch ST., Phila.,Pa-
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am entirely cured Of hemorrhage Of lungs
nv Piso's Cure for Observation-Disclosures
LISpAMAN, Bethany, Mo-. January 8, 1884.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
lion. allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
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If afHictedwith sore eyesuse DR.. Isaac Thomp.
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell a 25c. per bottle.
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HAVE DONE WONDERS
Was Able to Do No work-Liver in
Bad Condition.

Woodruff, N. VI was all run down
in health and hardly able to do any work,
except q few chores. My liver was in a bad
condition and my head ached constantly.
I have been taking Hoods sarsaparilla and
I am now entirely well. Ihave also taken
Hoods Pills with benefit. These medicines
have done wonders for me" Fl. J. MARLATT.
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Shake Into Your Shoes

4 Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet; 1t
stantlyy takes the sting out of corns and bur:
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Aliens Foot.Ease makes tight-ht-
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach-
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. By mail for 25c: In stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen ). olm-
sted, lie Roy, y. Y.
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Porcelain coins were for a long time
current in Siam.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
A RECORD WITHOUT A STAIN.

When ex-Police Captain John Short. at
the close of lifespan of 80 years, went TO
render his report to the great Ruler of the
universe he went with a record that had
no stain or shadow upon 1t.
Let it be said, to the honor of his mem
ory, that in his thirty years of service as
police officer and police captain in this
City no breath of scandal was ever asso-
ciated with his name. He enioyed the
confidence and esteem of all citizens who
knew him and who valued sturdy honesty
and strict adherence to duty. In the
rough classes of the slums. in the district
where he long exercised official authority.
he created wholesome respect fer the
law. He brought peace and order and
feeling OF security to a district wherein,
before the advent of Captain Short, it had
been unsafe for man to travel after
hightfall.
He enforced discipline to the letter, and
yet he won the love and admiration of the
officers under his command; and his
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
REPUBLICANISM AND IT'S FOES.


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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25

the boats, each built on the surface of the
land, 200 feet in length and equipped with an
improved special marine railway track.
Inc operation OF getting a torpedo-boat out
OF the water and housed is explained as fol-
lows:
Made to fl the drydock is an open-end pom
toon or floating cradle-doek $50 feet long, 80
feet wide and % feet in depth, built of steel
and having double bottom compartment IL
VIII weigh 13S tons and have lifting capa-
city OF 45O tons, exclusive of its own weight.
rms pontoon is placed in the drydOek and
It's between bottom compartments filed with
water, which sinks its base TO the docks floor
Ing. The caisson or gate of the drydock is
next opened and the dock is flooded to the
tides level. The torpedo-boat to be taken out
OF the water runs or is hauled into the dry
dock, resting between the sides and directly
over the base OF the sunken pontoon.
All Is now in readiness for the work of haul
ing out proper. The cham bers of the pontoons
are speedily pumped free OF its water load and
the pontoon rises TO the surface, the bottom
coming up directly under the keel of the boat
so that the latter will rest on a cradle with
which the pontoon is ftted, lifting IL high out
of the water.
The ponIoon. freed of water, though loaded
with 450 tons-more than twice the weight OF
any torpedo-boat yet built or devils ed-wiu
draw, that is, req uireS, less than three feet OF
water upon which 10 float.
As the basin leading from the rear of the
dock is covered at the same time with over
three and a half feet OF water, the loaded pom
toon is next 1oated upon this surface, and it is
turned so that the line of its cradle is on a
intended TO store the particular boat being
handled. Then the boat is run from the cradle
into the house, upon the rails with which the
latter is equipped.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
PERSONAL.

DR.. c. A. Rogers of Bakersfield is in the City.
I. J. Rowland of Bakersfield is here visiting
his parents.
D. E. Knight. merchant of Marysville, is at
the Lick House.
Robert Graham, fruit-grower Of Sacramento,
is at the Palace
F. E. Wadsworth, q banker of Yreks, is a
guest at the Grand.
c. V. Peck, lawyer of Carson, New, is
guest at the Baldwin.
w. n. Freeman of Teller, Colo, is q guest at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
George 7. Mills, mining man Of Carson, Is
a guest al the Dec .deltal.
J. y. Dolph of Portland Or, registered at
the Baldwin Hotel yesterday.
Ed B. Willis Of Bakersfield is among recent
arrivals at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Z. Z. Tnkhsm, q prominent lumber mer-
chant OF Chico, is at the Grand Hotel.
Frank J. Brandon, secretary of the Senate,
California Legislature is at the Grand.
d. Jelfs, prominent business man OF kri-
zona, is registered at the Cosmopolitan.
A. H. E. Mccartney, prominent fruit
grower OF Kenwood, is at the Occidental
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene s Ives of Phoenix,
Ariz., are guests at the California Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs Ponsonby ogle OF London
registered at the California Hotel yesterday.
F. I. Sutherland, mining man of Camp
Bonita, registered the Palace last evening.
e. W. hartman, well-known attorney OF
Tulare, came TO town yesterday and put up al
the Grand.
Reginald W. Truman of Keswick Is registered
at the Palace. Mr.. Truman is largely inter
es ted in mines.
W. H. Perry, a lumber-dealer of Los Angeles,
arrival in baC a
the Lick House.
Lieutenant Delamere skerre;t, u S. A., ar.
rived from the East last night and registered
at the Occidental.
Governor Budd arrived In the City yes
terday. He enjoyed vacation of three weeks
in the Yosemite Valley.
W J. Shotwell, general agent Of the Denver
and Rio Grsnde Railway, returned from the
north last evening.
j. Woolt, well-known merchant Of Salt
Lake. arrived in the City yesterday He is
stopping at the Baldwin Hotel.
Horace Lowry, a street-railroad magnate of
Minneapolis and E. w. Alger, from the same
city, rgistered a the Palace last evening.
Colonel Theodore Bauer and ]. Marion
Brooks OF Los Angeles are guests at the Grand
Hotel. They arrived in the City yesterday
morning.
The announcement in last Sundays issue of
this paper Of the dangerous illness of Mrs C.
r hanIon was mistake, she was then and
still is enjoying the best OF health.
Hon. Michael Meagher, formerly representa-
tive OF Mono, Inyo and Tuolumne in the
Legislature and later Democratic nominee for
State Con troller, is sojourning for the season
at Adams Springs, Lake County.
Major Frank Mclaughlin arrived In the City
yesterday and Is occupying quarters at the
Palace Hotel He cannot imagine how the
report started that he was poisoned, for he is
sure that no poison has been taken by him in
solid or liquid refreshment and is also certain
that none has been admitted to his mind
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25

day, compared such American heiresses to
'heifers fattened for the foreign mark ct
that is to say, fattened with their fathers
millions, which makes them attractive IN the
eyes OF their aristocratic lords. So prevalent
has become the fashion of rich American
women marrying foreigners that the last New
YORK Legislature felt constrained TO pass law
10 protect such women and their heirs from
the disposition OF their husbands to grao
everything they possess.
Ihls law provides that any woman born
ciuzen OF the United States, who shall have
married or shall marry an alien, and the for
eign-born children and descendants of any
SUCH woman shall, Notwithstanding her or
their residence or birth in foreign country,
be entitled to take, hold, convey and devise
real property situated within the State o. New
York. Under this law, IL New York heiresses
will have the bulk OF their property at home
when they marry abroad, they will be able to
control it, and viii thus be able to command
good treatment from their respective spouses.
When a foreign fortune hun ter gets the woman
and her property int his own control the re-
suit is usually much misery for the American
woman, as the numerous separations and law
suits growing out of international marriages
testify.
1t would be better if the American helresses
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
HAWAIIAN JURISDICTION.

The Supreme Court Dissolved a supe-
riOr Court Iojunction Yesterday.
The Supreme Court has reversed the
order of the lower court in the case of
Claus Spreckels against the Hawaiian
Commercial and Sugar Company. Ac-
cording to the records Mr.. Spreckels and
several other gentlemen formed the CON-
pany to operate sugar plantation in the
Hawaiian Islands and this involved the
acquiring of water rights, lands, etc.
Some time ago a number of the directors
began an action in the Hawaiian courts to
compel Mr.. Spreckels TO turn over tract
of 5000 acres OF land, to which they laid
claim as part of the property that he
was to turn into the corporation. Mr..
Spreckels claims this property as his indi-
vlduaI possessions, ana some time ago he
brought an injunction action in the Supe-
rIor Court OF this City to restrain the
other members of the company from
bringing suit in the Hawaiian court
agaInst him in this matter and TEN.
porary injunction was granted.
From this an appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court. This tribunal yesterday
decided that the Hawaiian court has en-
tire jurisdiction of such cases as involve
property within its territory and the tenn
porary injunction was dissolved.
If the decision stands the case will be
tried on its merits in the Hawaiian courts.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
THE COST OF DELAY.

Even if the amended Dingley bill be-
comes law early in July, its good effects
cannot be adequately experie need by the
American wool-growers for another
twelvemonth. The delay of its passage
has permitted importers to bring in enor-
nous supplies OF foreign wool while yet
the free-wool clause Of the Wilson bill is
in force and effect.
The Textile World of Boston has secured
the official statistics of these imports for
May in advance of publication. Adding
these imports TO those of January, Febru-
airy, March and April, it is found that the
total of foreign woods brought into this
country since the new year reaches the
immense aggregate of 246. 4s4, sol pounds,
of which 1874 660. 346 pounds were of class
(merino wooI Is. $40, $40 pounds of class
and 81, ,244, 615 pounds of class 8 or carpet
woods. I'VE have in these imports"
says the TeztiLe World, "a years supply of
foreign wools."
The imports for the past FIVE months far
exceed those of the full twelve months of
1885, which gave a total of 159, 776, OILS
pounds. The stock of foreign woods on
hand IS now so vast that year must
elapse before normal importations are re-
sumed. Supplies of other foreign articles
have been brought into the country at the
same time far beyond the legitimate de-
mand, 50 that in many respects the full
benefits of the Dingley bill will not be
Immediately felt. The Importers are
making the most of their opportunities TO
stock up ahead under ''free trade" and
delay in the passage of the protective
measure in question Is depriving the Gov
ernment of much-needed revenue, and
compelling industries to wait so much
longer for the promised blessings. Had
the Senate taken example from the House
in the matter of expedition in this urgent
case, We should have been sailing nnder
the flag OF ample protection several weeks
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-25
DEPOT FOR ToRPEpo-BoATs.

p One of the proposed Improvements in the
Charlestown Navy-ysrd at Boston is the tor
pedo-b boat depot, the cost of which will be
100000. 1t is argued that the number of
torpedo-boats in the navy is constantly In
eressing and at the present there is no means
of caring for these craft. When not in use
such boats should be kept out of the water,
and the plan under consideration contem-
plates storing each boat Ill separate house
where it can be launched instantly If occasion
requires it.
The total area occupied by the completed
scheme will be circular plat of about 600
feet in diameter. says the Boston Globe. From
the river front first comes a small timber Dry
dock, 200 feet in length and some 25 or 26
feet in depth. The rear end of this leads to a
circular turntable, twenty-odd feet above the
level of the docks bottom and yet some
feet below the level of the surrounding earth's
surface, permitting it to be flooded by the
food tide when the docks caisson is open TO
a depth of about three and half feet.
RadiAting from this circular table, or wet
basin, are the snip houses for the storage of