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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
NINETY-SIX NEWS.
Rains, TarnIps and POtatOes-Hand.
some Women and Pretty Girls.

NINETY-SIx, S. c., October 11th, 1897.
most refreshing rain fell Sunday after.
noon. 1t did not come before IL was needed
as the roads were extremely dusty-making
travelling very disagreeable.
Turpips and potatoes have suffered from
the recent dry weather.
The past week was a hustler in our town.
Everyday the streets were thronged with
wIde-awake farmers, who were busily engaged
around the cotton market. large amount
OF cotton was hauled into town and both
ginners and buyers were rushed.
Mrs. Duckett of Green wood, spent the past
week with her brother, DR.. Calhoun, OF this
town. Mrs. Duckett was accompanied by her
sweet little daughter, Tommie.
Mrs. w. K. Blake and Mrs. James +. Davis
we're In town one day last week.
Miss Nellie Brooks, charming young lady
from Rosaland's, was shopping In the city last
Tuesday.
Mr. JEFF Powers, one OF Rosenberg's hustline
clerks, was on our streets last Monday. Mr.
Powers Is from this section and has many
friends who wish him success In his new
home.
Miss Alice Fouche was down from Coronac.
ca last week visiting her uncle, Mr.. William
Fouche.
Miss Jennie Chiles has returned after an
absence OF some months. Miss Chiles has
been In Greenville where she has host o
friends and admirers.
MIR. ]. b. Conner, of Greenwood, was in
town Tuesday ca ling on friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. johnson, are visiting the
mother OF Mr.. Johnson, at this place.
No preaching at the Presbyterian church
Mr.. T. NJ. McCasan attended services at the
Baptist church last Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Blake spent Sunday and Monday
with friends at Ninety-Six.
wood, which place will very soon be her
home.
soon. CAMBRIDGE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
The Cow and Wheelman.

Monroe county, N. Y, is enjoying novel
lawsuit that will have special interest fol
whcelmen. A young man was wheeling
along a country road when he met COW sc
suddenly that he landed on the cows back
and to even up matters the COW mounted the
wheel The COW was too much for the Wheel
and Il collapsed and while the young man
fell int the ditch the cow jumped the fence
and broke her neck. The owner of the COW
has brought suit against the young man Tor
damages to his COW.
The wheenan may set up the claim that
the COW was guilty OF contri butory negli-
by getting on his wheel when she
didn't know how to ride. and, second, by un-
necessarily jumping the Tense, but me farmer
may be able to prove by expert medical tes'i-
mony that the shock Of finding herself I'm.
paed on wheel rendered the cow insane, In
which frame OF mind she jumped the tense.
We believe the farmer should De nned ne
cause his COW didn't ring bell and that the
wheelman should be fined for not having q
COW catcher on his wheel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
SHOOK HANDS WITH A TIGER.
When the Animal Finished, the Man
Wore Only u Necktie and Shoes.

A young man whose desire 10 be sociable
exceeded his good judgment visited the WIN
ter quarters OF the Great Wallace Shows not
long ago. Ben, one of the big Bengal tigers Of
the menagerie, was taking his after-dlnner
nap. His paw was hanging carelessy out OF
the cage. The visitor, In spirit OF cordially,
grasped the proffered hand like a candidate
at an old settlers meeting. Bep, who is the
Beau Brommel of the menagerie. Is an exclu.
sive fellow, and he did not appreciate such
unseemly advances. Mr.. Man had not been
introduced and was regarded as decidedly
presumptuous individual.
Ben rebuked him by reaching out and gath
ering in his back hair; he swat him In the
back OF the neck and delineated thereon q
railroad map. He stabbed holes in him and
did various other pleasantries peculiar 10 a
tiger. When the man was rescued he remem-
bered that something had happened. He
found himself arrayed In a pair Of shoes, a
necktie and several streaks Of gore, but not
thing else. 1t took surgeon TO sew the rem.
nants together. The boys about the menage
rie kept the necktie as a souvenir and hung 1t
up on Ben's cage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Having Mt the Citadel.

The cadets In the citadel have been hazing
some of their fellow cadets and have USED
two of them so roughly that they have gone
home.
Let It be remembered that these cadets are
the beneficlaries ofthe States bounty.
Their conduct is not only outrag eous When
their fellow cadet is considered, but their act
Is a disgrace TO the management OF the lnsti-
tuition. Here is the way his treatment Is des-
crlbed:
But after entering the doors ofthe Academy
his troubles just began. Having been raised
In the country, he was not accustomed TO city
ways and was naturally timid. Some OF tne
cadets, when they found this out, imm ediately
set about TO tease and worry the young man.
But this was not ALI Had IT stopped here,
young Way would be at the Academy now.
A few nights ago he was set upon by party
OF students, and not being satisfied with cCf'
fng him about for while, they finally got
chain, tied 1t around the boys neck and
hoisted him up, until bis feet barely touched
the floor.
Charleston, as everybody knows. is a toney
place, but as the State supports the institu-
tion, the country boys should be protected
within Its walls, or else the Institution should
be closed,
The State need not support an institution
W Wulcn CouutIy ooJs arc eASiuuou' Vi 'o'"
which 1t allows the smart Alecks to run them
Off.
II the hazlng of country boys cannot be
stopped, the legislature should withhold its
support. There ID no use for the institution
anyway.
If the beneficiarles of the State are TO take
charge ofthe institution and run of boys from
the country, the people and the legislature
should resent the insult and show It's appre-
ciatlon OF the ingratitude of its pets or bene-
flciaries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
THE BIG SHOW;
The Great Wallace Shows to Exhibit
in AbbevilIe, Tuesday, November
end 1897.

To see the performance offered by the Great
Wallace Shows is to see the best artists In the
circus profession that money can secure or
long years Of experience suggest. Ia the uni.
versal verdict Of those who have been enabled
to visit this popular place Of amusement dur.
ing the past dozen years. And this year, the
fourteenth successful season, the claim Is set
up that all previous records are overshadowed
and program of high-class novelties Is Of
fered that outclasses all competitors. Better
yet, this fact seems 10 be founded on a6solute
facts, as the press notices In every city In
cluded in this years tour thus far have been
lavish In their praises. Indeed the universal
verdict has been 1.-THE best circus yet seen
here" and when the tremendous strides In
this branch Of the amusement business dur
ing recent years Is considered. this Is excep-
tionaIly strong language. "The proof Of the
pudding is In the eating thereof" is trite
saying. and the people OF this city and vicin-
ity will have an opportunity to test the worth
OF the Wallace Shows In the near future. The
date for exhibition In Abbeville, Is Tuesday,
November End, and the customary glittering
street parade will be given at 1880 In the fore
noon Of that day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
WOMEN THE BETTER EoUILIBR1sTs.
Men Cannot Suppress Strength With
Grace in Their Feats IN the Circus.

The circus gymnast eXcltes admiration by
the marvellous development OF his muscles.
The eeuilbrst does not require the same ef-
fort in his work. The beauty of the perform
ance lies In the del!cacy, variety, facility and
grace of the artists movements, and on this
account women excel as equilbrists, for men
cannot reconcile themselves to the suppress
ion of their strength in the feats they ach ieve
aud therefore take q second rank In equili-
brium. Special adaptability to the nearest
possible perfection is point never overlooked
In engaging pei formers for the Great Wallace
Shows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20

Mrs. Mary Taggart will have all Of her pat
tern hats on exhibition Thursday Friday and
Saturday, The public are cordially invited TO
come and Inspect her goods.
Don't fail to see Speeds lot OF tooth brushes
before buying.
For extracts. mirrors, dressing cases, tooth
brushes and fine toilet soaps, 90 to Speeds
Stationary, world without end at Speeds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Good Advice.

A citizen of Abbeville recently gave
his son some very good advice. He said !:
"For 20 years I have been buying the
clothing for you, your brothers and my
self from P ROSENBERG & co. On
every suit saved little. Now you
should begin to save money, and one of
the sure ways to do it is to keep on buy.
ing your clothes from P. ROSENBERG
& co.
The record-union., 1897-03-08
Scene in New York.

One needs to have possession of all
ones senSes-and it wouldn't be a bad
idea to borrow 4 few from friends
when crossing Broadway at Twenty
third street these pleasant afternoons.
Two acquaintance of mine made the
trip recently under difficulties-Mrs. S.
being quite deaf and Miss c. being near
sighted.
rs that a car coming? l can't see
mo. it's going the other way, but
did you hear a gong?"
Yes, but ] can't see where it is.''
By this time they were in the middle
of Broadway and in a state of panic
One car coming down, one car COM
ing up; Twenty-third street cars rush
ing east and west; a green car turning
a curve to go east and q Lexington
avenue "cable" bearing down on them
southwark bound.
Then cabs, bicycles, wagons and
trucks hemmed them in until Mrs c.
gave cry of despair and sat down in
the street,
A big policeman rushed over and lift
ed her up, escorting both the frightened
women to the walk
Il don't wonder, madam he said.
'Old man Argus couldn't watch out
hpratn
The record-union., 1897-03-08

world And they could hardly believe
us when we gave them an account how
things really We're; and how there was
not above one-tenth part of the people
dead; that there We're 500.000 left that
lived all the time in the town; that now
the people began to walk the streets
again, and those who We're fled to re-
turn; there was no miss of the usual
thpong of people in the streets, except
as every family might miss their rela-
tions and neighbors; and the like.
say, they could not believe these
things; and if inquiry We're now to be
made in Naples, or in other cities on
the coast of Italy, they would tell you
there was a dreadful infection in Lon
don so many years ago, in which, as
above, there died 10000 in a week, etc,
just as we have had it reported in Lon
don that there was a plague in the city
of Naples in the year 1856. in which
there died 10000 people in a day, of
which 1 have had very good satisfac-
ton that it was utterly false.-New
York Tribune.
The record-union., 1897-03-08
Realism in Literature.

THE movement for realism in liter
ature has given to the best current fic-
ton a verify and value as a reflection
of the times that the novels of no other
era possess" writes ''Droch" in the
Ladies Home Journal" This is not
saying, by any means, that our novel
lists are greater than any of previous
epochs. But never before could a read
er of fiction accumulate vivid true
and varied picture of SO many sides of
human nature, so many conditions of
actual life. 1t therefore broadens the
horizon of a judicious reader in a way
that books of travel never did. 1t
ought to, and often does, broaden the
sympathies of the reader, so that the
prejudices of class and nationality are
broken down, and there is a more char
liable judgment of human nature
which can't help being different.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
Testing Coal

An apparatus by which an engineer
may test or determine the quality and
adoption of the coal he receives is de-
scribed in the Boston Journal OF Com
MERGE The test is not intended to be an
analysis, but principally to show the
amount of fixed carbon in the coal and
the percentage of ash As each carload
is received samples are taken from 20 or
more parts Of the car, thoroughly mixed
and CHARTERED, each quarter being also
mixed and quartered until the sample Is
obtained This sample is then carefully
weighed, the volatile matter driven of,
weighed again, and the carbon consumed,
and the ash weighed This estimate is
important in guarding against the use
Of coal having an undue percentage Of
ash. The various Goals differ in the per-
centageof ash which they contain, some
Cumberland Goals having from IL to Il
per cent Of ash, while good New river
will hsye as low as 8 or 4 per cent.
Thus. Tough the Goals may look alike
TO the verage engineer, the heat value
charal terizing them is 10 per cent great
er IL one description than the other,
and, ascertafning this, an important
saving In the cost Of fuel may result
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
DISGUISED WITH WEYLER
One Of Weyler's Generals Has
Resigned and Will Go Home.

New York, June 10.-A dis
patch to the Journal from Ha-
vaDa says: Another Of Wey
ler's generals, Lono, Inspector
general OF the civil guard forces
in Cuba and military governor
of Havana, has resigned in dis
gust and expects to leave the
island by the transatlantic liner
sailing on June 80 for Spain.
Lono regards WeYler's recall
as quite assured and thinks
BIaneo or Lopez Dominique
will come out as his successor
Both are equally intimate
with Martinez Campos, TO ob
taip whose support in the re-
cent ministerial crisis Canovas
is unknown to have made i'm
portaBt concessions.
Weyler is reported to have
eabIed Canovas insisting that
Minister Dupuy de LONE de-
mand from the Washington
government the extradition of
Nunez, Cartaya and Artega,
alleged filihnsters. recently cap
rured by the United States an-
thoriii-s on the Florida coast
alleging old criminal indict-
ments against the three ofthem,
said to De still pending in the
courts here.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
NATURE AS AN ARTIST.
etoae Formations on which Were found
some wonderful Pictures.

Stone Formations on which Were found
Some Wonderful Pictures.
Pliny, well known writer OF about
the time Of Christ. mentions having
seen an agate the lines and markings OF
which formed perfect picture Of Apollo
and the nine muses.. Pliny says that the
little children recognized it ON sight.
In this wonderful natural picture, as
well as the artificial drawings. Apollo
was represented seated IN the midst Of
the muses., harp in hand
Majolus. another writer Of high stands
ing, saw an agate In the collection of s
ieweler at Venice which, when polish
ed, showed perfect picture of q shep-
herd with a crook In hand and cloak
thrown loosely over his shoulders.
In the church of st. John, at Pisa,
Italy, there is piece Of stone heavily
marked with red. blue and yellow spar,
the lines representing an old man with
heavy white beard, with bell Ia his
hand, seated beside small stream. To
the worshipers at st. Johns it is known
as the St Anthony stone, the picture
upon it being q perfect likeness Of that
saint, even to the minor details of tunio
and bell.
In 1905 some quarrymen in Italy
burst open a slab of marble, both sides
Of which contained an image Of st. John
the Baptist covered with the skin of q
camel. Everything WAS true TO nature
"a single exception, the saint had only
been provided with one leg and foot.
How, when or upon what pretext the
Turks were allowed to gain possession
Of the wonderful relic the writer's au-
thority fails to state. It only adds that
the miraculous production is now in the
temple of St Sophia at Constantinople.
Directly after the great JohnstowD
food D. s. Wingrove, superintendent OF
the marble yard at the penitentiary al
Baltimore, found slab Of marble with
lines and veins which made perfect
picture of the fated city Of Johnstown
and the surrounding country. The sky
is plainly r'arked, as are also the hills
and mountains surrounding the town.
Piles upon piles of ruins are marked,
with an occasional steeple or topping
wall overhanging the scene Of awful de-
struction. Taken all in all, the scien-
lists consider it one Of the most wonder
full natural formations ever found IL
America -Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

Champion Bob Fitzsimmons.
The rival pigilists came togeth-
er at The Lyceum tbeater, where
Filzsimmons' vaudeville COM
pauy is holding forth. Sullivan
wanted to talk fight right away,
but was prevailed on to await
the conclusion of the perform
ance.
At II o'clock tonight, Sulli-
van, Fittzsimmons, Dunn. Mar
tin Julian and a host of local
sports met at the Tiff house.
Sullivan issued a formal chal
lenge to Fittzsimmons for a fin
ish fight for the worlds cham
pionship and a side bet of
$4,000. Dunn produced $1,000
to bind the match.
Fittzsimmons at first declar-
ed he thought he had earned a
rest and did not intend
to fight again for at least
a year, but on Sullivan
urging him strongly to arrange
a match the champion promised
to take the matter under con-
sideration and give Sullivan a
definite answer shortly. The
meeting between the two fight
ers was quite friendly.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
LYNcHERs INDICTED.
Eleven Prominent Citizens
Charged with Murder.

Tyler, Tex, June 10.-News
vas brought here which caused
great excitement this afternoon
when it became known that
affidavits had been filed in
Justice Paulson's court charg
ing eleven prominent citizens
of Lindale and community with
the murder of Will Jones, who
it will be remem bered, was shot
and killed by a moo in the Jail
here some time ago. The names
of the citizens are: G.. Fl. Lat
ham, druggist at Lindale. T. E.
Sykes, Henderson Tucker, Tom
Oden, John o. Bailey, John
Maxwell, s. S. Lyons, James
Vickery, a deputy sheriff at
the time of the killing; I. M
Harpole, tax assessor Of this
county, and DR.. II. L. Tate a
practicing physician at Lindale.
aud who was at one time rep
reseDtative of this country.
The affidavit was made by
Sheriffs Smith before Hon.
Stuart Smith, district attorney.
Warrants for the arrest Of the
parties have been made out,
and will be served at once. The
action of The district attorney
is endorsed by the law-abiding
people of the community, and
the bar of Tyler. Some of the
most prominent citizens of
Tyler are mentioned as States
witnesses in the complaint.
a delegation from Lindale
is in the city tonight, coming
here when the news of the pro-
secutiOn reached them.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

Mr.. Valentine Prinseps the well
known English artist, is 9 very jolly
Briton indeed, and is fond Of telling
amusing stories about himself and his
profession. Even his name proves .
source Of niirth, and he likes to relate
the plumbers its oddity has occasioned.
Once, when going to dine at fashions
able mansion, he was accosted By the
butler:
"what name. sirf's
''Prinsep.''
Great was the big artists aniusement
when he was then announced loudly
and pompously as Prince Heppl
Mr.. Pfinsep's favorite anecdote Is one
often told, hat always good, Of which
he claims to be the original narrator
Moreover, it is q true one. An old coan-
try couple, so he relates. had strayed
into the Manchester Art gallery, cata-
logue In hand, and were wandering
from room TO room looking at the pic-
lures, which were numbered anew, ones
two, three and so on in each dlv1siens
instead of continuously throughout the
whole exhibition The two old peopls
stopped in awe and admiration before
MADDOX Browns heroic picture, the
death Of King Lear. {"
"Wha's this un. Jinnyp' asked the
old man.
IAN see. large. An see, eft yen
give me minute"
The old lady hastily turned to the
catalogue division of another room, and
read OF the number corresponding 90
that OF the picture before them It
CHANGED TO be that Of Landseer' s famous
picture of a collie fallen over a cliff.
and just reached by the anxious shep~
herd, who calls the result Of his exani-
nation Of the poor beasts injuries to
his comrades on the rocks above. She
read of the title of the picture to her
husband:
There's Life In the Old Dog Yet.
Looking compassionately on the pic
tured form of the aged and forsaken
king, large failed to perceive anything
wrong in the name.
$50 there is, gal, so there isi'' be ex-
claimed, in burst Of pity; addings
with dropped voice and a shake Of the
head at Lear, ''but not much, nos
much P'-Youth's Companion
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
EVE Externally CONFUSED.
An Ohio Picture OF Human Nature With
Worldwide Point.

An Ohio Picture Of Human Nature With
Worldwide Point.
AS Cedar motor and trailer approach
ed Wilson avenue recently woman was
noticed dodging about the middle of the
street. She was evidently hesitating as
to which way to go, but finally crossed
to the south track and stood there.
Gross over to the other sidei" roared
a group of men on the corner.
''Look out for the CARP screamed a
woman ON le sidewalk
The motto man changed his bell and
shouted, and the woman lodged out of
harms way Then, as the train slowed
down, she trotted alongside OF the trail
er.
"Here, where are your shouted the
conductor.
In answer to the appeal the woman
suddenly appeared around the rear Of
the trailer and put one foot on the step.
Then she changed her mind and trotted
to the front end of the car. Here she
climbed up and came in the front door.
The conductor snapped the bell. and the
train started suddenly, tumbling the
newcomer on to a fat man. As she
Strengthened up she said:
''This car is going to Fairmounf
street, isn't it?''
'No, ma'am," replied the conductor
"it's going right the other way"
There, 1 just thought it WASH cried
the woman. "But You all yelled at me
so that 1 got confused. don't want to
go on this car. Let me OFF. -
So the conductor let her off at the
next stopping place, and the last the
passengers saw of her she was standing
ON the wrong side Of the street waiting
for an eastward bound car.-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14
Arnord's Comment.

As school Inspector Matthew Arnold
was examining class In geography one
day, and. holding up the poker with
which he was about TO stir the FIRE. he
asked if any child could tell him where
It was manufactured There was q long
silence, broken By the sehoolmistresss
who remarked nersously that such in
formation was not mentioned III Corn-
wells geography. 'sNo," said Arnold }
'sCornwell's an assi''-SaR Francisco
Argonaut.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

The party which started out
some weeks since 10 survey the
proposed railroad from San
Anlopio to Brownsville, is re-
ported TO have abandoned the
work for the present, owing to
ehe intense heat IN the chap
parral country this side OF
Rleasanton. THE HERALD re-
marked the other day that the
projectors had selected most
anfazorabIe season for making
she survey. Tie bFoiling sun
on She plains OF Southwest
Texas in midsummer will
scarcely permit men to. tote" a
chain aud stick under its beams
long at a time. without exper-
Fencing extreme discomfort,
Let Us hope, however, that,
With the return of cooler wealth
ere this this all-important work
=
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

THEIR is a saying to the
effect that preachers sons are
worse than other mems off
spring THIS is by no means
demonstrated-we have known
some very good sons of preach
prs-but that son of a preacher
IN Kentucky who blew Of bis
fathers head with a shotgun
eaie other day, is certainly a
superlatively bad one. His
father had chastised the boy
a lad of fifteen years-and in
revenge be murdered his father,
slipping np behind bin and
shooting him in the head. Such
depravily IN one so young is
awftl to contemplate.