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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Southey and Scott.

A letter Of Southey's recently sold in
England contains an interesting prophecy.
The poet writes to friend: my profits
upon this poem C'Madoc") in the course
of 12 months amount precisely to 2S It's.
Id. In the same time Walter Scott has
sold 4,5oo copies Of his Lay Of the Last
Minstrel and netted over $1,000. But
my acorn will continue to grow when his
Turkey bean shall have withered." But
who reads Madoc now?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Ellen Terry's Hobby.

Miss Ellen Terry's favorite hobby Is one
which is probably not followed by any
other leading actress. She has quite q
passion for collecting the eyeglasses of
celebrities, and whenever she begs o pair
she invariably gets the wcarer Of them to
write his or her autograph upon them.
Among others she has several of Sir Hen
ry Irving's, Sir Arthur Sullivan's and the
late Sir Morell Mackenzie's. The collec-
tion of celebrities eyeglasses is kept In q
special cabinet in her charming house at
Barkston Gardens, South Kensington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Spices.

Ginger is the most wholesome spice,
mace, cinnamon and nutmeg the most
delicate, while allspice has coarser flavor
and one disliked by many. White mus
tard and celery seed give an appetizing
flavor, and when the seeds themselves
would detract from the appearance Of q
relish they should be placed in muslin
bag and discarded when the relish Is
canned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Business Partnership Of Matrimony.

Business TaTtucEbhlp VI "ntEAAhoAJs
The time to begin to learn from each
other is when people are first married,
when life is still playground to them and
when romantic love condones what in later
years might seem nagging or carping crit
icism We are all creatures Of habit. If
we get used to the business partnership OF
matrimony in our youth, it becomes Sec
ond nature and not hardship nor dis
illusionment. If people would take time
to understand each other and to cultivate
mutual confidence, how much easier mar
ried life would become-in fact, all lifel
To be sure, we only hear Of the unhappy
marriages, while great numbers Of people
are plodding on together silently and
happily. But there is enough friction to
warrant this kind of consideration, because
even those who are to all appearances con-
tented might make more Of life If they
looked upon marriage as an equal part.
nership.-Frances Evans in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Mnrinan Ennarala

The Mexicans have queer way Of bury
Ing the dead The corpse is tightly wrap
ped in century plant mating and placed
in coffin hired for about shilling. One
or two natives, as the case may be, place
the coffin on their heads and go at q trot
to the grave, where the body is Inferred,
and the coffin is then returned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07

Just received large lot Of ladies and miss
es sailors at Mrs. Taggarts.
If YOU want your dress made in the latest
style take II to Mrs. Taggart.
II you want a little money to go long
ways, 60 to Mrs. Taggart.
Mrs. Taggart still excels on both prices and
quality OF millinery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Air In Caves,

Certain caves have been reported as
maintaining a uniform temperature, sum-
mer and winter, of. 81 degrees +. Ihey
may be said to breathe twice year-in-
haling during the winter and exhalng
during the summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07

A mans ledger does not tell what he Is
or what he is worth. Count what Is In
man, not what is on him. if you would
know what he is worth, whether rich or
poor.-H. W. Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07
Heateu nv the Testimony of Mice.

Beaten Dy the Iesti"ohS VI hASS'
A man In the Palouse country lost bis
ranch in acontest case because nest con-
tanning large family Of mice was found
in his bed 1t proved conclusively that
he had not occupied the ranch according
to law.-Portland Oregonian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07

Mrs. Taggart still leads in both quality ana
prices on millinery.
When you want nice belt buckle don't
forget Mrs. Taggart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07

Wales Is the richest part Of Great Brit.
ain in mineral wealth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-06-07

Call in as you pass by at Milford l. DuPre's
drug store.
DuPre's extract sarsaparilla compound has
no equal as blood purifier and spring tonic.
Call and see II before buying. For sale by
Milford & DuPre.
Cal at Milford L DuPre's drug store and see
The handsomest soda founta in the up
country.
Prescription work done promptly and accu.
rately with fresh drugs, and delivered at your
home at once by Milford e. DuPre, phone l07.
The latest smoking tobacco on the market.
Try package at 10 cents-Klondke Mixture.
Harrison e. Game.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
Visit of the French Foreign Min
lister to the Russian Capital
Is Political
And Has to Do With the Present
Unsettled Conditions in
Europe.
France Might Meet Emperor
William If 1t Appears AID
visable.

LONDON, Aug. 7.-Whatever fanciful
reasons are offered for the visit of the
French minister Of foreign affairs, M.
Delcasse, to ST. Petersburg, it is safe TO
assume it has reference to the present
unsettled condition of European politics
The appearance of the United States as
a world power is primarily responsible
for this disturbance, and there are re-
peated signs of latent friction between
Germany and the United States, the
latest being Admiral pewey's alleged
warlike statements which give European
statesmen cause for unessiness and are
regarded as the motive for Emperor
Williams overtures for rapproche-
ment with France. France is still
smarting under the humiliation Of the
Fashoda affair, and is inclined to meet
Emperor William, if once convinced
that the Russian alliance has no real
value. The main object of NJ. Delcasse,
therefore, is to get public evidence that
the alliance holds good, by persuading
the car to visit the Paris exhibition Of
1900 and also by personal contact with
the Russian court and statesmen TO as
certain to what extent the alliance may
be relied on.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
SOME CORDIAL, SOME NOT.

Russian Newspapers Rot UpaniEDOua in
Welcoming Ds3casee.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug Most of the
newspapers here cordially welcome M.
Delcasse, the French minister of for
eign affairs, who has arrived here The
Novoe Vremya, however, throws cold
douches on the importance. the French
papers seeis to attribute on fhe visit +
says that while, SINCE the advent Of the
Waideck- Rqlssesh ministry, q great
deal has. .liappened rendering expla "a:
lions desirable, the reignif. sefce at llre
Visits wholly Of oDs.sided character,
and to Russia .itswould have maae.~n 10
Jssrioas yiFere1ce # M. Delcasse had
DELAYED his rstnrn'visis AID FaTnain9 cd
at.his post, where. he might be better
employed in explaining to his col
leagues the conduct which the Franco
Russian alliance demands on the part
of France.
The Novoe Vremya's i'll humor lie
traceable to the supposed signs of a
Franco Russian rapprochement, since
the first mention of which the paper
has published series of articles warn
ing and threatening France.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10

deTed all possible assistance to the in
jured. Word was sent to Bridgeport
and three ambulances and police
wagon were hurried to the scene and
the injured were taken to the Bridge
port general hospital. A morgue was
improvised in the main room of the
town hall at Stratford and in very
short time 90 bodies were laid out
awaiting Identification.
The known dead are:
Joseph Hotchkiss, Bridgeport, en-
gineer fire department; Henry G. Cogs-
well, Bridgeport, member of board of
education; Orlando Wells; Selectman
Elias W. Bradley and wife, Bridgeport;
William F. Osborne, Stratford; Arthur
Holmes. Stratford; Daniel Calvin, An
sonia; Conductor John Carroll, Bridge
port; S. Banks, Shelton; Mrs. Melon
aid, Bridgeport; Winton Lanthear. mo-
torman, Bridgeport; Bessie Toomey,
Bridgeport; William H. Harvey, Bridge
port; Mrs. J. FL. Rugg, Stratfordk Mrs.
Frank Blew and two children, STRAIT
ford; William Mccullough. Stratford;
Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Thomas Morally,
Peter Ring, Patrick McDer1nott, Frank
Knaft, Mrs. Patrick Brennan, Alfred
Pitt, William Cotter, Irving Doresus
Mrs William H. Harvey, al Of Bridge
Dort.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
TIRED OF RULING.
Sensational Story Asserts the Gear Ha
Declared His Intention to Abdicate.

Sensational Story Asserts the Gear Has
Declared His Intention to Abdicate.
LONDON, Aug. TN. de Blowitz, the
Paris correspondent Of The Times,
gives an extraordinary explanation of
M. Delcasse's present mission. He as
serts that it was decided on quite sud
denly for treason which admitted of
no delay" and then gives the story,
which he says he has from "a source to
which am bound to attach impor-
lance" This is the explanation:
Emperor Nicholas is disappointed
and tired Of the throne. The absence
of an heir excites his superstitious feel
ings and he connects himself with a
Russian legend, according to which an
heirless czar is to be succeeded by Gar
Michael. predestined to occupy Con-
stantinople.
1.-THE death of the czarewitch and the
failure of the conference at The Hague,
led him to decide to abdicate on the oc.
casion of his coming visit to Darmstadt
On this becoming known in Paris, d.
Delcasse was sent in hot haste to dis
suade him from carrying out this inten.
ton"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
Trip En- Route Home.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. THE Hong
Kong, Maru brings the following adj.
vices from Honolulu under date of July
80: The United States steamer Badger,
bearing two of the three Samoan COM
missioners, arrived at this port on
Wednesday afternoon, July 90, eight
days from Apia, on her way to San
Francisco. On board are Hon. Bartlett
Trip. the United States commissioner,
and Baron Won Sternberg, representa-
tive of Germany. Mr., G. N, q Eliot,
commissioner for Great Britain sailed
by way Of New Zealand and Australia
for London to report directly to HE
government
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
TOTAL TWENTY
No More Bodies Recovered From
the Water at Mount Desert
Ferry Slip.
Terribly Tragic Ending of Pleas
ure Excursion to Bar
HarbOr.
Twenty-nine Dead as the Result
Of a Trolley Accident in
the East.

BAR HARBoR, Me-, Aug. 8.-A care
full examination by divers in the vicin-
ity of the Mount Desert ferry slip, the
scene Of the terrible accident, and inves-
tigation on shore by the officials of the
Maine Central railway and others,
seems to indicate that the 90 victims re-
ported in the press dispatches are all
who persisted as result of the catas-
trophe. A Mr.. Southland of Bangor,
who was seriously injured, is not likely
to recover, and two other persons are
suffering from pneumonia. The others
who were in the accident are reported
as being in favorable condition.
The Maine Central railway ran ex-
cursions to Bar Harbor from all sec
tions of its line in Maine, the attrac-
ton being the warships, which were
expected there. All the morning long
trains packed with excursionists were
rushing to Bar Harbor The train
which left Bangor at 500 consisted of
10 cars damned with people.
The Gang Plank Gave Way.
At Mount Desert ferry, the terminus
of the line, the train is left for the boat
for an Smile sail to Bar Harbor. From
the wharf slip or gang plank 40 feet
long and 10 feet wide led up to the
boat. The slip was hinged at the inner
end and was raised or lowered to suit
the tide. tits said that there was no sup
port for the plank between the hinges
at the outer end. When the excursion
train from Bangor arrived at the ferry
there was a rush for the steamer Sap
pho. The first few passengers had
crossed the gang plank safely and it is
estimated that 200 people were massed
upon the plank. Suddenly they felt the
plank give way beneath them. The
long timber supporting the plank broke
in the middle. The hinges held up one
end and the chain the other, while the
broken ends of the plank dropped, and
struggling, screaming mass of hui
mainly WAS plunged into the water, Is
feet below the wharf. A few chung to
the inclined sides Of the plank, but at
least 100 were struggling in the water.
The piling of the wharf partially penned
them in on three sides and the boat ly-
ing at the wharf closed the other end of
the openings.
The freight hsase at the ferry was
turned intola morgue, the bodies being
taken there for Identification as fast as
recovered. By noon II had been re-
covered. Three other persons were
taken on board the Sappho and died on
the way to Bar Harbor.
The dead are:
Mrs. William Murray, Brewer; r.
Wing Bridges, West Hancock; Albert
Colson, Levant; Mrs. Alonzo p Cakes,
Miss Grace Sumner, Bangor; Joseph
Mlrphy, Old Town; Mrs. Oils Bstey,
Ellsworth; Clifford Cushman, Corinth;
Miss Lizzie Ward, Bangor; Charles w.
Downs, Ellsworth; f. e. Sweetzer,
Portland: Osa N. Lark, Danforth; o..
II Bennett, Mrs. G. H. Bennett,
Brewer: Mrs. CHARLES Slower, sEllswortfl;
Melvin McC Card, Corinth; Mrs. A. H.
Billings, Mrs. George Derwent, 'Bahgog;
Miss Laws, Hampden, Me-, Mrs, Mai;
joriA- Lower ofsCalifornia. {. ysssa.s
nOWN. AN EMBENKMENT
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10

On one of Landseer's early visits to
Scotland the great painter stopped at
a village and took a great deal of no
tice of the dogs, jotting down rapid
sketches of them on piece of paper.
Next day, on resuming his journey, he
was Mortified to find dogs suspended
from trees in all directions, or drown
ing in the rivers, with stones around
their necks. He stopped a weeping
urchin, who was hurrying off with a
pet pup in his arms, and learned to his
dismay that he was supposed to be an
excise officer who was, taking notes of
all the dogs he saw In order to prose-
cute the owners for unpaid taxes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
Loaded Trolley Car Jumps the Track ON
Trestfe Near Bridgeport Conn.

Loaded Trolley Car Jumps the Track on
Trestfe Near Bridgeport Conn.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. a-The
wrecked trolley car of the Shelton Elk
tension company, twisted and bent and
smashed almost into kindling wood,
lying in the middle of Peck's mill pond
at Oronoque, about six miles north Of
here, is the only visible indication of
the frightfui accident when 80 lives
were lost and about dozen people seri-
ously injured from the car tumbling off
the trestle which crosses the pond at
this point.
Coroner Doten is making arrange
ments to conduct an immediate investt-
gation.into the cause of the disaster
and Sheriff Dooan has been sent out to
empanel jury.
All kinds of theories as to the cause
of the accident have been advanced and
discussed.
Engineer w. F. Starr, who superin-
tended the building of the bridge, said
that the bridge was perfectly safe in
every respect. Z In his opinion, after a
thorough examination, the motorman
became bewildered as the car COM
menced to travel fast down the incline,
and finding himself in dangerous sit
uation, lost his head and turned the
current on instead of reducing it.
The scene of the trolley accident is
midway between Shelton and Bridge
port. The car was northbound, run
ming toward shelton.
The trestle is 44O feet long, made of
iron, with stone foundations, and was
not protected by guard rails. South OF
the trestle is an incline down which the
car ran at high rate of speed. It ran
on to the trestle for about 10 feet when
the trucks left the rails and then the
car continued on the ties for about 20
feet, when it went off the trestle and
dropped into the pond below, overturn-
ing completely and Impending.
Many Instantly Killed.
When the car struck the Atom motor
and the heavy trucks crushed into it,
Instantly killing many Of the passen-
gers Three physicians who were pas
sengers On g car short distance behind
arrived quickly on the scene and rem
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10

versy with the regulars ano they began
to fight with bayonets and reviewers.
So fierce was the fracas that the sarv-
ices of a company of regulars with fixed
bayonets was required before order
could be restored. AS result of the
riot eight men occupy hunks at the post
hospital and it is feared some will die.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
ENGAGE IN A RIOT.

Regulars and Recruits at Eft. MCPHERSON
Fight with Bayonets and Revolvers.
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. IA fight be-
tween the regular and volunteer forces
stationed at Fort Mcpherson resulted
in the wounding Of eight soldiers. The
recruits of the Twenty-ninth volunteers
had Just received their pay and coming
into town spent the most of it for liquor.
On returning to the fort some of the
volunteers became engaged IN oontro-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-10
OLYMPIA at Naples.

NAPLES, Aug. THE United States
cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey
On board, has arrived here. AS the
cruiser entered the port, salutes were
EXCHANGED.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03

IN Bering sec and on the Yukon we
never wanted to go to. bed. because #
was daylight all the time Here, amid
the soft, enchanting airs Of the summer
seas. it is the same. The nights are so
gloriously beautiful it seems sin to go
in and leave them The Pacific ocean is
Of a different color from the Atlantic
That is green. The Pacific is blue, blue
as indigo. The ships propeller churns
the blue into shining white foam all
around US as we glide swiftly on in the
balmy night. The full moon shines
gloriously down, making the ripples on
the water look like millions of dia-
monds. It is time for waking dreams
and shipboard Irritation. Heavens how
they do firt on this ship, old and young
alikel Age seems no bar to the tropical
foolishness Set your face rigidly
against temptation. O friend before
you start on the voyage to Hawaii!
Nobody with any poetry in his soul
went to bed our last night out.
With the radiant moon above us,
gorgeous, shining, woolly clouds piled
all around the horizon and airs Of para
disc floating over us we moved. softly
through the harbor waters and up to
the dock at o'clock in the morning
Our voyage to Honolulu was ended.
At clock we were on shore view
ing the city. The first spot we struck
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03


need not be any heavier than by g.
for as Goth sets. upper and lower. are
Of the same length and the lower set be-
ing placed at an angle of As degrees and
well spiked to both plates the weight
on their middle is not nearly so great
as when placed at lesser angle And
the upper set placed at an eight or nine
inch pitch with a truss, as shown at
A, Fig. /. and these tied together by
l by 6 or by 8, is sufficiently strong to
resist the pressure from above And the
long brace running from the end Of the
short collar beam to the heel of the
rafter and there being notched over the
plate and spiked to both the rafter and
purline plate, will prevent the barn
from spreading from the outward thrust
of the roof for the weight is pulling
from the opposite side Of the roof if
there is any pulling at all firmly be-
lieve by this means of bracing it is al
most an impossibility for the barn roof
to give down or the barn to pull apart
The rafters just over the purlines Of the
lower set are tied so as to prevent it
from giving way. Thus the roof itself
is support to the sides of the build
ing. And as the purline posts are set in
such position the weight Of the entire
upper portion Of the roof rests upon the
ground sills They are so constructed to
rest upon block of by 8. set between
two of the lower set of studding and
passing up between the cross stills and
ch fho
same above at B.
Any carpenter can build barn from
this drawing. and after it is completed
the owner cannot help but be pleased.
for he has an abundance of room to
store all his crop in one place The
truss Of the upper tier of rafters need
not be under each Of them If the space
between the spans be equally divided
into three spaces. it would be sufficient.
and then on each set Of rafters not hav-
ing truss would place collar beam
so the lower edge would come on IA
level with the cross of the truss braces
and then nail by 8 perpendicularly
from the comb to the collar beam. This
gives a good chance to fasten the hang
ers for track or any kind of hay sling
Another correspondent of the journal
already mentioned sends sketch Gig
9 Of middle bent showing self sup
porting roof and post braces instead Of
purlines At A A. in barn rafters, You
will see the joints are REINFORCED by
inch boards nailed on each side; also at
B B are boards nailed on each side
and at A piece Of by is cut in be-
tween the boards and under the rafters
As the rafters will be two inches thick
and in width according to the size Of
barn. up to 30 feet 2 by is heavy
enough But if the barn is 40 or so feet
wide. 2 by 6 should be used. always
put rafters two feet to centers pre-
fer solid timber for posts, plates and
stills At C to D. | spike Tor. on large
barns. bolt) plank the same width as
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03

BARN PLANS.

They Give Plenty of Room Above
and q Free Center For Hay Sling.
A drawing of barn which be calls a
''skyscraper. one that will stand and
with nothing whatever to interfere in
any way from the BARN floor to within
a few feet CT the comb, is sent to the
Ohio Farmer by correspondent, who
says If you use a 90 foot studding
you will have about 80 feet of space
In building barn of this kind |
would advise using heavy lumber for
the understory. say 2 by g. The rafters
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03
EN- ROUTE TO HONOLULU
Chinese and Japs Make Things
Lively on Board Ship.
BALMY NIGHTS ON TIE PAC1FIO
Hawaii the Kingdom of Mother Hub
bard Women Of the islands Es-
1y-NOtable Absence of Crime.
Copyright. 1899, by the Author.l

A Yankee Thanksgiving in the Pa
cific ocean. on board British ship,
with Chinese walters at table. is some
thing unique in the experience of most
Americans. Such Thanksgiving day
we enjoyed on the Belgic Nov. "a.
There was also a pumpkin pie, made
by Chinese cook. Of the pie l say
nothing. Of the cook may say that at
least his intentions were honorable. No
body can make pumpkin pie but Amer
leans
The ship is also manned with Chinese
table walters. and they are one Of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-03

posts At E, put q post in bank barns.
and stone in common barns I do not
send plan Of girta As for drop siding. it
should run one way. and for barn
boards the other. For braces, nail fence
boards on inside Of studding or girts
from lower corner to opposite upper COZ
ner Itmakes no difference whether you
use studding and drop siding or girts
and barn boards. the board brace works
the same