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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
fHE STOUT OLD LADY AND'THE MAN

He rushed into the car
The crowded car-and ere
The stout old lady who
Had dropped her fare
Recovered 1t he took the only seat
That had been vacant there.
She grabbed strap and stood
Before him while .'~. "a
The car lurched on and on, 50
Mile after mile.
She looked down at him and
He gazed away;
He sat, she had to stand =
There's more to say. y.
The scene has changed: A maiden fair
Plays lightly on a sweet guitar; I
Her cheeks are red and on her breast +
A bunch OF fragrant roses are. J
He comes at last; she Rreets him AND
Then leads him where
Her mamma waits, half buried In
Her easy chair.
A stout old lady glances up,
He bows and then
They both remember how and when
They met before!- 10.
Diverging ways, ...
A sad goodnight;
1t sometimes pays
To be polite.
Chicago Times. Herald:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

Honesty is one Of the national
characteristics of the Finn, except
among the population inhabiting the
frontier districts bordering on Russia,
where bad example has lad its usual
effect.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
JINcLES AND JESTS.

Lawyer-"Do you swear the coll
ision raised the entire carr" Witness
well, it raised everything but the
windows. Judge. ...:
Patience-''Don't You think Will
has musical laugh?" Patrice-"In-
Iced, do! I notice he always laughs
when you try to sing" .,
"How gracefully she handles q
amp eyes. She used to keep the
aies off the tables in her fatte er's
lairy lunch. ."-Clevelsnd Plaindealer.
All hail the man who makes his way,
And fights his battles day by day;
He floors his foes, Joy to see.
Pin glad his aim Is not at me. ,3
Chicago Record.
Visiting Curate-"Ah, my friend,
you should reflect on the fact that we
are here to-day and gone tomorrow
Convict-"You may bel amt. - -
Tit-Bits. ,.' .e5lyS
Miss -- (of Boston)-"So much
depends on environment" Miss
(of Chicago)-"Just so! Now, ont in
Chicago We are continually annexing
our. environments. Puck. F
I'd rather 20 fishing thnn cunning;
I'd rather do sitting than running; f
e But I find myself Wishing, ~ =
q Il was cunning or fishing,
I When q fellow comes after me dHnning. u
Philadelphia North american.
&c ts gombatant-" @ che called me a
q Second Combatant-
hs called me lazy loafer.".
maker swell, I wouldn't fight
dtHsrence of opinion. You may
36E3 ne right"
hereswas a young man OF Dunbar,
10 plRyfuily poisoned his ma.
Wi3sSafs68 he gazed on his work u
ek$FH6 remarked with smirk, 80
Thiswill cause quite family jar" e
Life.
IT wish now,"' shrieked the angry,
soung'wife. ''I wish now, Frederick
Harrison, you had married Edith
Macmahon instead of me! That's
What I wish!" 81 would have mar--
lied her." yelled the infuriated hus-
band, yfonly she wouldn't haYe me.
and you would. Cincinnati Ems
,lpir cr:
y tShe--s'To think that you once de-
slared Shat you. would love me as long
is a,ss.yoRlivsd! And now, hardly year.
married, and you care nothing at alls
about sme!'' He-'sBut you see when
laold you I would love you as long AL
tdiyed lyasn't feeling very well, aud
{ really didn't think I wonld livs
one 2 " ton Transcript. 81
81 81 2All b Messenger boy, quickr
x3(6 33Sjness man. The model
Zsi boy 'psged perceptibly. Hes]
45 ised to lose his situation; but then
..stl WAS his conscience. The
mental struggle was fierce but brief.
E cannot do it," he said, sims
p d have never yet spoken an
8jjtrash Catholic Standard and
Z ah1 glad there are few honest
oeoDl6 left. Two years ago I sent a.
0oy around the corner to buy postal
saffdd have never seen the boy to-
his. day. g You don't call that boy
lionesta Yes, sir! This morning
{ fecsived q postal with this on the;
3ssi Bear Sir: Here is your post
5{< started in business with the
b I5zi9SyI you gave me and have pros
oer Thanks. '''-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

When a kid shoe has Worn purple
or white at the seams and toes It may
still be kept in active service by using
a mixture of equal parts of olive oil
and best black ink. Apply with u
sponge and polish with soft duster.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17

There are 1870 species. of plants
used for commercial purposes. OF
these, 42O are used for perfume.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-17
CHAPTER TX.
"A cASTELAR.)

downright, 1892 and lss3 by ROBERT BoSSIRs soSs)
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

You will will find the same handsome
Pllmaus, Cafe Car and Coaches fall
broad estibuledl which delight she
Cslifornis tourists and cause them 30
cay: ''hru don't have to apoloRize for
riding on the Denver Road"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
GENERAL h6p AMONTE
Insists on Being Arrested In San
Francisco

| General Agramonte. the editor of tbs
! Anglo American at the City of Mexi
CO. who spent several days in FL Past
| recently on his way TO San Francisco
gained some notoriety when he reached
there as is seen from the following
numerous article from the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. The general is vel
known in Ell Paso where he often visits
friends:
| General c. II. NJ. Agramonte. sol
der. duelist. courtier and gentleman
sir. whom John NJ. Chretien. n month
since. charged with ENLIGHTENMENT, de-
mands that the stain on his honor he
blotted ont forthwith by process OF
law. Were IL not that his accuser lis
Il felon. convicted. sir" the law would
he but a mere incident in the transac-
ton according to the generals ideas
but he is a gentleman. and the field
of honor can only be tread by gentle
men.
General Agramonte a week ago came
all the way to San Francisco from the
City of Mexico to meet the accusation
against him of which he was informed
by newspapers. According IL his at
torney. Judge Pierce. he has waited
patiently since his arrival to be arrest
ed: waited anxiously."
The generals anxiety to he placed
in the tolls burst its bounds this morn
ing. and he appeared in Judge Ca
baniss's department of the police court
and insisted that he be arrested. The
court pondered over the matter for
a few minutes. and was inclined to tell
the general to go. but the doughty
hero OF countless 'scapes by flood and
field did not desire that the matter
should end that way. stain had been
put upon his honor and il must be re-
moved so Judge Cabaniss sent his bail
if to the Office of chief of detectives
Seymour and procured the warrant OF
arrest in his possession Then the
general walked proudly To the elevator
and with Judge Pierce and L. l.. Lii
ienthal and Charles l.. Patton made
his debut i'm the city prison. His stay
was short for Lilienthal and Patton
were with him to obtain his release by
bond. which Judge Cabaniss fixed at
$500.
Your name said Sergeant Brown
al the register.
My card answered the general
and he passed to him pasteboard
neatly engraved &C II. u. V Agramon-
te. City OF Mexico
Brown started back. for the general
lid it with naughty. -my-second-will-
o-morrow. sir sort of
an air.
Chretien in the complaint on file
charges AgramOnte with the embeZZle-
ment o ia fund OIL S1429 belonging TO
the Pacific Life Insurance company
The day before the issuance of a war
rant in the case -AgTamonte left for the
City of Mexico. and on his way thither
-ead the newspaper stories of his al
eyed wrondoing. and his indignation
MAS fired inStanter. Business interests
his continuing on to Mexico
but now that they are settled he re-
turns TO fight for his reputation. sir"
He is nearly ninety years Of age and
ooks fifty.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
Attracting
Attention.

Take a run up there and
Investigate For Yourself
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
BAT CAVES
Afford an inexhaustibIe Supply of
Vd1ua bic Fertilizer

Much has been said this year of tn.
bat caves in NV Mexico and other
mountainous sections of the west and
their fame has spread over the entire
country.
Touching on the wealth of those in
southern New Mexico the Scientific
American says:
. Southern New Mexico is a land of
natural curiosities. and one at least of
| these has proved TO have a high COM
mercial value. A resident of bona Ana
| county had the good fortune a few
years ago to accidentally stumble up
on several bat caves near Lava. one of
which is stated to be some six miles in
length. and he has shipped in the last
two years 1892 .2i0 pounds OF phos-
phate of guano from these caves. for
which he has received about s4S per
ton. il can be understood that the pres
ent and prospective value OF these
caves is considerable. II can be read
lily understood that bat guano possesses
great value as n fertilizer and the value
of the caves is enhanced by the fact
that beneath the guano is a consider
able deposit of phosphate rock tthe re
mains of defunct bats. which when
ground up and treated with phospho-
ric acid. Is highly priced as fertilizer.
Since the discovery of these ances-
trail homes of the bats. in which they
numbered centuries. the search for
more such caves has continued inter
mittently. and IL is probable that many
more valuable finds of this nature will
be made: for the section OF country in
which the lie Is literally infested with
thu; obnoxious. but very lucrative lit
tie creature. The caveswhich are fire.
quented by bats are of lava formation.
and carry evidence of having been sub
e,t m viz N a
markablc bat trait has the effect OF |
rendering the caves Of permanent val |
ne. IL seems that after the entire |
front of the first OF these caves to be |
opened had been torn down within a /
foot or so of the narrow openings !
through which for centuries the bats |
mad come and gone. the little creatures
and still continue to- follow
the ways of their ancestors. Flying
upward past the large openings, they
would squeeze in and not of the caves
as of old. Since the first cleaning out !
of the cave seven tons of guano have
been removed. all of which had been
deposited subsequently to the first re
moval. II is estimated that from the
deposits which have already been dis
there has been taken an an
nualcrap of about 500 tons of guano.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

about Europe for months and never
know what the country is really like
until one goes there and sees it all for
himself.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
Pure Hyglenic Waiter.

Made from de-tied water Ask YOUR
family physician or druggist % TO
purity and heaiihfulress of our ice.
Telephone N. IA.
Ell PASO ICE & REFRIGERATION Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

Full returns of the election will he
received and displayed Tuesday night
by the Herald in Little Plaza. from the
balcony of the Sheldon hotel. There
will be bulletins every minute and in
between the election bulletins Mr.. Bar
Der. the clever cartoonist and sketch
artist. will amuse the crowd with ap-
propriate work in his line. Come ey-
erybody
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

NEW ROAD OPENING NEW COUNTRY
New Towns! New Opportunities!
Last year l20, 0oO head of cattle passed
over sh's new thcroug hfsre. This
year the number will reach 200. 600
head.
Stations from Roswell east are within
thirty so thirty five hours OF Kansas
iced lots and 20 need OF unloading
stock in transit
shipping stations on tue line in t.erfee,
order. Portalss. Downs, Hereford
and CanyonCity can accommodate
with feed and water 5000 70 10, 600
head of cstsle each.
S"na-boe settlers wanted Every eJor,
vii. be made by the Railway to
assist them.
An abundance of water! Rich soilI
Cheap lands! Quick transportation
and fair, honest rates.
FOR particulars as to the various Oman.
ings In the Pecos Valley and its
nelghborhood address
d. H. NICHOLS. Gen. Manager, o.
+. W. MARTINDELL, g. F.&P.A.
Roswell, N. M. Amarillo, T
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
The Money


Does not worry the resid cts In the
Texas Pnnbau die. Famous for its
CATTLE, marvellous ss q WHEAT
country, produdtng MELONS pre-
ferred by Eastern epicures, rich In
FEED STUFFS. COST and COT
TON. this section /. now
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
Stage Connections.

Al TulAPosa-FOf Mescalero Indian Ae~u.
- and San Andfeas mining region.
At Oarrfxosa-Fcr White Onks, JtcArflIas.
salinas and surrounding country.
Al Walnut-For Nogal
AT CApitan-For FL StSaton SAnftarfuns
Fray. Lincoln, Richardson Ruidoso and
honito country.
For informant a Of any kind rega rding ths
railroads, or Il country adjaceu ct thereto
cail on write %
A S 6REI0
g n1Sup't Traffic Mgr, Ainmogordo, n. 4
n. ALEXANDER
ASH GenT:F- 4 p. Agt.. AlAmogo rdo N.
or r. K. NORRIS. Agent Ell Psso. Texas
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06

W. F. oTERLEr, a. G.F. & +. A.,
A. A. Gibson, C. A.P.D.
CHAS. l.. HULL, L. p. H.,
FORT WORTH. TEXAS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Henry Clay and the Hunter.

When Henry Clay was stamping
Kentucky for reelection, at one of his
mass meetings an old hunter of wide
political influence said: well, Harry,
I've always been for you, but because
of that vote (Which he named) I'm go
in agin YOU Let me see your rifle, !"
said Clay. It was handed to him. is
she a good rifie?'' Yes Did she
ever miss fire." We'll, yes. once.
why didn't you throw her away?"
The old hunter thought moment and
then said: Harry, III try you again.
And Harry was elected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Striking Use of the x-Rays.

A striking use of the X-rays is to be
made in the case of two sisters Joined
together in the same manner as the
celebrated Siamese twins. These girls
were recently discovered in Brazil, and
have reached the age of ten years. The
examination with the X-rays is to be
made with a view to determining
whether the bond joining two bodies
can be severed by surgical operation.
If the bodies are independent, surgical
treatment would be justifiable and pos
sibly successful. but If there is an ac-
tual connection between the two or
ganisms such step is, of course, out
of the question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Millions for Snowsheds.

Thirty-two miles of snowsheds, cost.
ing s661 foot, or total of S10,S13, 440,
represents the price one transconti-
mental railway had to pay before it
could run its trains over the Rocky
mountain division of its road. That
was merely the first cost; since that
outlay fully $1,OOO,oOO has been spent
annually in keeping the sheds in re-
pair and the exposed tracks free from
snow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
The Beers Battlefield Newspaper.

According to Cape paper, the Beers
have a newspaper at the front, says a
telegram in the paper in question: Last
night the Railway Volkstem car left
the station for Gen. Joubert's laager.
It consisted of large, well-ftted-up
goods van, arranged as a printing Of
flee, with special arrangements for
typesetting and printing, as we'll as
plenty of space for paper and desk
for the editor, fixed up with a type
Writer.-London Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Swords May Be Abolished.

The suggestion of substituting a
Martini-Metford car bine for the sword
an officer usually carries is being large.
~ discussed in military circles The
objection against the sword is that
when marching through hilly country
it hampers an officers movements in
getting over rough ground, while a
earbine could be used as walking
stick, thus being great help and sup
port.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Old Time Surgery.

A grim souvenir of an old-time war
vas on view in cutters window in
the east end of London recently. 1t
is an ebony-handled saw, which, ac-
eording to an inscription On a brass
plate attached to the instrument, was
used by surgeon of the British army
to amputate the limbs OF wounded SOL
diers at Blenheim, Maiplaquet and
Families
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT soar.
That the Doors Don't Use 1t Doesn't
Prove They're Dirty.

That the Doors Don't Use 1t Doesn't
Prove They're Dirty.
Surely too much Importance Is at
taened to the scarcity of soap in the
Beers farm houses. says the Lo4-don
Truth. People may be very clean and
use very little soap. The Russians and
Japanese cleanse themselves With va
por baths, rarely using soap when they
do SO. A really healthy skin eleensas
itself. Rough inside clothing, which.
[ presume, the Beers wear, is great
skin cleanser. have known of doctors
curing skin diseases by insisting on
lingerie de luxe being cast aside and
coarse undergarments worn instead.
The late emperor of the French hard
~ ever soaped his hands until he went
to England. | have come across a pa
per found in his desk at the Tuileries.
1t contained the instructions of the
king of Holland to the governor of his
two elder sons. Among the things for
hidden was for the young princes
hands to be washed with soap. They
were to use bran and slice of lemon.
The lemon was to remove ink stains,
and In summer to keep off gnats and
mosquitoes. Napoleon, whose hands
were good to model and beautifully
white, also used bran and no soap,
unless to shave. ] never use soap OF
any kind without sense of skin dis
comfort which not even deluge of
quite pure water will wholly remove.
In England, on account of coal smoke,
soap is more needed than in countries
with clear air. The Beers enjoy, per-
haps, the purest atmosphere in the
world except when there are dust
storms I know French ladies who
have discarded soap for vaseline They
smear themselves with the latter and
then rub it off well with soft cotton
towel. A doctor tells me that nothing
is more cleansing, but that he pre- RS,
as more tonic, plain cold water, fol-
lowed by the same sort of rubbing. DIR.
Leyds really should not take to heart
what Sir Henry Stanley said about the
Beers being badly Off for soap.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
SCIENTISTS FIND
That Typhoid Germs Are Bred in oys-
tiers by Sewage.


A scare was caused in England some
years ago by the statement that oys-
ters were active disseminators OF ty-
phoid fever. The consumption in Lon
don of what are invariably referred to
in the country papers as luscious BIZ
valves" therenpon fell off SO per cent.
The cockney, alive to his opportuni-
ties, refused to buy oysters for his
sweetheart, on the ground that they
We're dangerous. AS oysters are very
expensive in Great Britain anyhow,
people were easily convinced of their
EMBELLISHMENTS. The reduction in
conzanp tfon caused a rapid fall in
prieaa. L also injured the American
expectation of Blue Points to England.
PROS Ierdman and Boyce went to live
amoEg oysters of Lancashire to find
out If they are really so dangerous
They looked into the cause of the color
of green oysters. THE green hue,
they picturesquely say in their report,
is equally familiar to the man who
raises them for the market, to the one
who raises them from their bed with
pair of rakes, and also to him who
raises them out of their own juices
from the half she'll by means of sill
yer trident. This co1oring has been
attributed variously to metals, yege-
table coloring matter, bile pigment and
the pigment of diatoms." The inves-
LEGATIONS of the learned oyster sharps,
however, yield the fact that the green
color is not always due to the same
cause. One variety is caused by cop
per. This appears true of the Ameri-
can green oyster In other varieties
iron is found, while diatom, or moss,
is suspected as a cause to still others.
The American green oysters are fire.
quently thin and have shrunken livefs.
The contamination of oyster beds by
sewage and the results of experimental
feeding of oysters with matter laden
with typhoid fever germs are taken
up. Oysters from the vicinity OF sew
ers contain bacteria. Those that have
imbibed typhoid baeillf have IN them
germs which can be cultivated from
them fourteen days after Infection
New York Journal.
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT SOAP.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30
Could Make Iron and Steel.

It has been reported to the British
government that the making of iron
and steel in India is entirely practic-
able owing to the large deposits of
iron ore which are found in Madras
and Bengal. plentiful supply of ma
tive coal, and limestone to be procured
at small expense from Burmah. The
cheap labor of India is also an inn
portant consideration, and if the plant
were sufficiently large and located near
Calcutta it Is believed that the works
would prove successful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-30

stngu,ar Coinci fences.

A double funeral took place at Ben
enden, near Cranbrook Kent, England
when a well-known hop-grower. Mr..
Jesse Kemp, and his wife, who pre-
deceased him a short time. were in
tered together in the same grave A
most singular coincidence is that the
father and mother OF Mr. Kemp also
died within short time of each other,
and were buried in one grave, and the
parents of Mrs. Kemp also died within
an hour of each other and were inter
red in one grave.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-10-02

of 2A resulted. The Southwestern rail roads moved somewhat in sympathy, but not so widely The leading indus- trials, the local fractions and some of the steel stocks rose from 1 to 21a points and Pressed Steel Gar rose an extreme 3%. A raid in the late dealings on Ten nessee Coal, which carried that stock lA under Saturday, unsettled the mar ket. The coal strike seemed to be ig nored and the coalers as a whole moved contrary to the market.
 The professional bulls professed great ly increased confidence over the money outlook, notwithstanding an advance in the call loan rate on the exchange to 21a per cent The continued marked weak ness of sterling exchange, which was quoted flve-eighths of cent to the pound under the Friday rate for de- mand sterling, gave further ground for the expectation that gold may come In from Europe. Discount rates were slightly easier in London, and there was relaxation also in Berlin, where the relief there is great at the successful termination of the stock exchange set clement.
 The easing of the money rate at these centers, in spite of the suggestive de- cline of exchange rates at New York; leads to some claims that the difficult ties before the foreign money markets have been exaggerated and that gold can be spared for New York without precipitating a crisis.
 The bond market continued irregular and the dealings on small scale. The total sales par value aggregated $S20,- 900.
 United States refundng twos when issued advanced A per cent in the bid price and the new fours declined A per cent.