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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
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New York City.-Eton jackets are
among the most fashionable coats of
the season and are given the broad
shoulder line of fashion by means of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
The New Silks.

The new summer silks are shown 10
scroll and other designs, but in these
also the small dot and narrow stripe
take precedence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27
Much in a Name.

The newly.appointed postmaster at
Keokea, Hawaii, is Mr.. David Kapo-
hoakimokeweonah. We regret
that we cannot give any guide to the
pronunciation.-Civil Service Maya
zine.
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No. 1" was suddenly buried in an ava
lanche of rock and flying stuff.
Short had only 900 feet to work
in and bad breaks on his train. He
reversed. Fat working with him;
he dropped the sand and whistled for
the rear hand brakes. but what could
he do-jump? He was not built that
way. He and Fat went with their
engine and train into the mass and
stayed there.
After long time the sun came out
OF the clouds around the peaks, the
larks in the damp valleys piped cheeri-
ly. and the long ''balloo' Of the cow
men rang over the gross ranges. At
"Alice No. l. the wreckers had taken
out a ruined mogul the battered forms
of two men and laid them in the sun
light. The cold face Of one was turned
up to the burning eyes of a young girl.
who could not weep or speak. BY her
side was an old red light.-Chicago
Record-H erald.
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MISS MARJoRY HAMPTON, OF NEW YORK.

Miss Marjoy Hampton New York City, wrtes
the year. Taken
spring and acts as otc
q Winter 1ound thdt
tUatnG6le TO Keep ne
sttmutdt the system In Tac
consder medicine HM Marjory Hampton
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1t sometimes happens that people with
out vices aggravate other people into haV'
ing more than their share.
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It is said there are 14,OoO,OO0 people
in Italy who can neither read nor
write. n. Y.-1G
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27

The meaning of an epigram is concealed
by the brilliant effect it produces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27

If a man is satisfied with one meal day
he can afford to write poetry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-04-27

Carpets can be colored on the floor with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
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Reception Frocks.

Afternoon reception frocks appear to
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yards twenty-one inches wide, eight
and one-fourth yards twenty-seyen
inches wide, or five and one-fourth
yards forty four inches wide.
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be made in all the lighter and softly
clinging fabrics, with tiny little gaug'
irgs. pIeatings and ruchiEgs and entre
deux or medallions Of lace.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-13

his hands back of his clerical coat and
began shooting, and when the calm OF
evening came upon the town there
were five desperadoes out of existence.
He deliberately hunted them up, told
them what the law of DeadWood was
to be, asked for their objections, and
when these objections came enforced
by a six-shooter he began shooting.
The next Gay, having information OF
the proposed hold-up of the Deadwood
stage at Lone Tree by bandits, he Wis
tied the spot and put two or three am
bilious freebooters out Of existence.
After that he was recognized as the
sheriff of Deadwood. In a years time
he made the gulch respeetor OF the
law. He killed only when 1t was nee
essary TO uphold the law, and in all
that time they tell me his voice never
rose above The tone level ef wom-
ans.
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now scraped good with the wooden raz y
then seized and thrown with bounce
and a splash into the tank,
One after mother were yietim9
bror ght in. Some were the subjects Of
much Gdvice and wa ming from Father
Neptune, and to some were Given double
doses Of lather and shampoo.
The ranks "a the upper deckS werg
noticeably depleted. Some, who, in a
spirit of fun md bray do, had appeared
in pajamas, we'll wrapped about In trail
ing bath gowns, were suddenly seized
with the idea that the hot sun made
their heads ache he cabins were filled
with industrious young men reading,
writing in their journals or studiously
making out various accounts.
Flour paste-tomato c&tsup and splash
ing baths with the full power of the firS
hose turned upon one, are trifie rapid
for the taste Of the gilded youth
Below stairs, however, the fun lost
nothing OF its flavor, and when In grew
ious accident the man in charge of the
hose would turn food across the upper
deck the laughter was all the louder and
but fETT looked askance.
But now the sinale deck hand or the
unWary passenger is not enough-in
goes one of the under officers, uniform,
brass buttons and all That was going it
a little strong, however, and a reprimand
was sent below
Suddenly there appeared, walking
sedately toward a young man well
known to all.
He was travelling around the world as
finish to his education and, although
accompanied by tutor who filed the
double duty of friend and mentor, he
was always anxious to investigate very
thing for himself
This inquiring turE of mind lad ale
ready led him into disaster in the smok.
ing room where he had insisted upoa
learning to play bridge and poker.
AS soon as his mild, pleasant counters
ance appeared at the turn of the pass
age, the same thought struck every one.
1t was pity, but it was too good 8
chance to miss.
Mr. Eversham, for that wSs his name,
had been taking his afternoon nap, he
was IS regular as a baby about his hourss
and had just come out.
Father Neptune walked grayely up to
the astonished youth and taking him
by the hand led him forward and onto
the platform. AS he turned to face the
deck he saw the laughter-stricken crowd
looking down upon him and woke 70
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LOaAA 4A14 . w kby .
It is the same characteristic that
caused him to make of western men
his closest friends, and for the west
erners to take to him.
No incident of the Chicago conyen-
ton was more greatly enjoyed by the
president than one in which one Of
these western friends played a promi-
nent part The friend in question was
Seth Bullock. He was a delegate to
the convention from the northwest,
and his tall, sparse frame doomed up
On the horizon and emitted shouts for
Teddy" at every opportunity. But
even his western ardor did not seem
to dispel he frost in the atmosphere,
and Bullock determined to demand
eastern assistance. His style called for
cheers, bands of music and action, and
he could notzunderstand why New York
the state which claimed Teddy as its
own, did not awake to the necessity OF
the occasion. The first day passed
without a demonstration such as suit
ed Bullock, and at its close he was
other should not pass in the same way
Taking with him that unmistakahIe
air of the west, he walked over to the
headquarters of the New York delega-
tion and announced:
I'm Seth Bullock from Deadwood.
I'm for Teddy. I'm from the west. You
fellows from New York are frosty
you're good only for icing tea. We've
got mosquitoes in the Black Hills that
have more blood in them than you
fellows. Now you whoop her up to-
morrow or I'll make trouble Get &C.
ton"
New York woke up the next day.
It takes electoral votes to elect, and
the eastern states have theSotes, but
Roosevelt would rather have the
friendship OF men like Bullock than Of
the magnates of Wall street.
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danced 10 Bulloek Bullock was the
MUSIC. first sheriff of
Helena in the pioneer days and the
first sheriff Of DeadWood, when the
Black Hills contained as picturesque
. set of eut-throats as ever existed.
Bullock is now the governments for
est reseH Fe representative of South Da-
kota,s a man OF means ard calm.
He has the voice of woman, the
garb of minister, the silence of a
confidential clerk of Morgan or Rookie
teller. Yet in the best of his days.
when he represented the first law and
order introduced to the mining camps
of the Hills (Where by the way most
of the fortune of Mr.. Hearst has come
FROM Bullock as a sheriff put, as I am
told, some Is men out of existence. He
kept no notelles on his gun nor do /
know that he has ever talked of his
past duties as sherif-but he got &C
ton.
I have bean told by old residents Of
DeadWood who remember the days of
='76 and II that when the citizens
committee called for Bullock to come
to DeadWood that he arrived in the
garb of a circuit riding minister-no
pistols in sight, no display of leather
breeehes or bespangled sombrero Wild
Bill was at that time in his prime and
1t is SAID that Bullock asked him:
I'd Ike you to BE my chief depu-
ty.''
To which Wild Bill replied: Il can't
do it, Seth, because have friends on
both sides. I'm neither for nor against
you
That afternoon Sheriff Outlook
walked down. the narrow way Of the
old guIcR OF DeadWood and had mis-
coat and his boots spat upon by indig-
mart stage robbers, gamblers and MUIR
desers. who resented his appearance.
Still he remained calm. But when he
started On his return trip through the
gulch where now is a prosperous and
laW-abiding city they say he slipped
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career as a clerk m the land Office OF
the B. & M. railroad of the Burlington
system at Burlington in 1872. An
ability and desire to hustle soon pro-
NOTED him above his fellows, and he
was transferred from the land office to
the freight departm ont, where he soon
became assistant general freight
agent. From that again to the pas
senger department as general passen-
ger agent of the Burlington system.
and ending his career with the Bur-
lington as general freight agent.
In Is years from his beginning as an
unknown clerk in a railroad office he
rose to one of the most important Off
cial positions on the road, and to
places of prominence in other large
corporations as well It was Morton's
strenuosity that accomplished these re-
suits, and it was his strenuosity that
attracted President Roosevelt to him
when De was in need of cabinet Off
ceE.
Victor H. Metcalf is anothe9 type of
The strenuous westerner. Though of
eastern birth he has been resident
of California SO long that he has be-
come thoroughly assimilated, and car
ries with him all the breezy hustle
that is characteristic Of that section.
The dynamic character of the presi-
dent has changed the political center
of the country. It has brought into
prominence the hustling men Of the
west to replace the staid political char
acters of the east.
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MUCH VACANT LAND YET.
overcrcwding of Population in the
IN ed States Danger That
Is Still Remote.

| The aterial development of the
country is quietly progressing at re-
markable rate in one direction which
is not given much popular attention.
says the Kansas City Journal. More
than 1882, 29s acres Of public lands
were turned over to private individuals
last year This means that an area al
most equal to that Of the state Of IN
| diana las within that time been added
to the productive regions Of the United
States. Most Of these newly opened
lands were homesteaded by farmers.
as will be seen from the following hg-
ures: There were 54,365 patents OF all
classes issued within the yeaT. OF this
number, A. 54 are classed as agrieui-
tural, 1904 as Indian allotments, ,104
as mineral patents, 200 as coal patents,
276 as private land claims, 187 as rail-
road patents and 40 as swamp land
patents. The total sum which the gov
eminent got by way Of fees and com
missions for Issuing these patents was
$11 ,024,7 44. Under a recent law the
most of ths receiHts from the sale Of
public lands will henceforth be set
aside for recIaiming arid lands by irri-
cation.
In the public domain there are still
unappropriated 380,979 ,307 acres OF
surveyed lands, and So, s76, 1859 acres Of
unsurVeyed lands, or a total Of more
than 97O,955, 900 acres. A great many
tracts in this immense area, OF course
will always remain uncultiVated and
unsettled, but it has Teen estimated
that when the contemplated system of
irrigation shall be put into working
order SO much good land will be
opened that a population as large as
the whole nations present population
COULD find room there to thrive pros
| perously and contentedly.
Rapid strides are now being made in
the developing OF the public domain.
The excitement and uproar of former
pioneer days are absent in this work,
but the process is marked and very
effective. The passenger traffic on
western railroads is evidence of this
fact Agreeable reflections arise in
contemplating that the United States
still owns so much arabic public land.
The dangers of an overcrowded popu-
lation b. immigration or natural in
crease are still remote. The census for
many years yet to come will not show
an excess of people above what the
west will need in settling up Its va
cant lalds.
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naturalized citizen of this country
since 1864, died recently. He was the
senior draughtsman of the coast and
geodic survey, and had been connected
with that department for so years.
He spent much of l. leisure time in
studying the vast physical problems
relating to the earth, deyoting himself
especially to physical geography.
oceanography and deep sea tempera-
lures, densities and currents Numer-
Gus articles upon these subjects were
written by him and have been pub
lished as appendices to the coast and
geodetic survey reports, in Potter
mann's Mitteilungen and in the Amer
lean Journal of Science. He was al.
ways much interested in geographical
exploration and spent good deal of
time in compiling maps from original
sources, unoff1ciaily.
His ability was rewarded in the
coast survey. by promotion through all
the grades of his profession until he
became a recognized authority ON
chart publication. Being endowed
with a remarkable memory for facts
and dates, his intimate acquaintance
with the chart work Of the survey dur
ing the SO years of his service was OF
very great value in all matters con-
corning the compilation Of charts from
the older records, and the numerous
drawings compiled and made by him
during the last half century are said to
bear witness to the skill and fidelity
which distinguished his career. Dur
ing the civil war, from 1852 to 'e4, he
was detailed to serve wiz the union
army as topographer.
Mr.. Lindenkohl was a member OF
the American Association for the ADJ
vancement Of Science, the Washington
Academy Of Sciences, the Philosophi-
cal Society Of Washington and the
National Geographic society. Yet with
all this he was virtually unknown ex-
cept to a chosen circle of scientific
friends.
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the sense that something was about to
happen. It was in vain, however. that
he struggled, the hoary monarch held
him with a grip of steel.
Young man, )" the hoarse voice stern
~ said, prepare to meet thy fate.
The man fairly blanched, he had not
seen the previous performances and had
no idea as to what was taking place.
With heavy tread the barber advanced
and pulling large handkerchief from
his pocket started to blindfold. Ever
sham. This was too much. with roar
of rage he broke from his prosecutors
and dashed for the stairway, the burly
queen was directly in his path, however,
and there was no escaping those out
stretched arms.
Holding the struggfi, g man tight ia
her breast shecarried him. swaying gent
ly, as if embracing huge baby. ADJ
yancing amid historical shouts of laugh
ter she placed him, head down, in the
tank.
ma0der man was never seen than
this erstwhile lamb as he clambered
dripping from the water and made his
way below.
Mother Neptune stood for moment
by the tank after disposing of her VIC
tim, but it was moment too long-sucn
an opportunity was not to be lost, and
ID she went; a shattered Illusion, curls
went floating in one direction, the splen-
dia crown in another, while from the
depths rose a close cropped head and a
heavy and alas unmistakbable raascu-
Inns voice shouted anathemas upon tho
tormentors.
Down with the tyrant. in with tho
olG man Of the seal" perfect tumult OK
voice. now and gales Of laughter as sew
eral stur6 fellows rushed "a Father
Neptune. But with long run and a
high jump, into the tank he went to
join his leige lily.
Bedlam had LIT loose, all were in noT-.
the barber diving from the bulky head.
razor in hand. splashed into their midst
and showered all those still standing by.
Tired with laughing, drenched with
sousing sent "accidently" across the
decks. oae after another made lis way
below.
Not often does 1t fell to the lot of COM
mon mortals to be entertained at the
court of a reigning king. and it is safe to
say that none of those present on this
iovia1 occasion will ever forget their
sojourn with the king OF the waters
old Father Neptune.
ANNA Spu
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OLDEST CAR IN AMERICA

The car that stands in the round
house at PlainyIIle, Mass is the Oldest
railroad coach in the United States
aud as such makes a pathetic appeal to
all people who remember the earliest
days Of raiIroading. It recalls this
days when it was admired by all the
countryside as it rolled over the rails
between Boston and Providence at a
pace which to-day would be regarded
rs almost funereal To-day it stands
neglected and forIorn, covered with the
dust Of many years and enmeshea by
countless eobWebs-a rusty, useless old
thing in a remote corner of the round
house.
To the younger generation it seems
almost incredible that this primitive
vehicle could possibly have been the
predecessor of the magnificent Pullman
q to-day. la outlines suggest stage
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of all those VINO had never paid this crib
ute to his Kingdom
About haIf-past two all the passenger
assembled as far forward as possible on
the upper deck. ready for the fun, though
some of the boys and men appeared to be
somewhat nervous.
It was the first time for a great many
and the tales which had been banded
about during several preceding & avs
did not tend to reassure the spirit of the
timid.
A huge canvas tank was placed in the
bow of the boat on the lower deck and
piling forward there tossee the fun were
most of the seeond-elass passengers.
Directly three. O'Clock, or six bells, was
sounded. cut of the narrow stairway
leading down below came strange and
motley crew.
One huge fellow. dressed in 3 suit of
white, with an immense gingham apron
and a great cap on his head, came out
braEdishing q razor, but such razor,
each part must have been fully three feet
long. the blade was broad and CORY and
more Notwithstanding weapon never
saw
With him were two assistants. One
carried q large pail and long handed
brush. The pail was filled with some
white mixture.
The ether assistant had a mammoth
bottienf some fiery red fluid
These three went quickly to work to
prepare for operations. an old bench was
placed on one side Of the tank and
q small platform erected near it.
Suddenly arose q shout and with
bound Father Neptune was before US.
would nave known him anywhere. A
great long beard of what appeared to be
tangled sea Werst, a flowing mop of red.
dish hair surmounted by a glittering
crown that surely stood a good foot
high
He wore. q long black slicser and high
boots and in his hand great pair. of
binoculars.
These he used a great deal and seemed
to be quite proud of, though tothecritica1
eye they strangely resembled a couple
of wine bottles dashed together.
Upon this trip he was accompanied by
Mrs Neptune. or Mother Neptune, sup
pose she. should be called
This august. dame was most coquet-
tisifly gafhedsfn q flowing robe of light
blue muslin. great chains hung round her
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-13
Egg Experiments.

Agricultural experiment stations in
several states have been trying to dis
cover whether the l1ayor and color OF
eggs can be affected by the food given
to the hens. Among the foods used
were smoked herrings, oil of celery,
Oil Of sassafras AID onions. Nothing
but the onions affected the taste Of the.
eggs. White corn, however, produces
eggs with light yolks, whereof yellow
corn makes the yolks dark. The ex-
perimenters have decided that the
color of the yolk depends On the col
oring matter in the food, and has
nothing to do with the richness o1
the eggs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-13
MISSIONARIES AND sfyAlEs
Religious Workers in Uncivilized
Lands Have Much to Ce4-
tend With.

The missionary in savage lands has
enemies ranging from slave raiders
and forest fires to herds of elephants
and the fierce, untrammeled passions
which often manifest themselves in
such extraordinary symptoms as tbs
running amok" in Malaysia, says tbs
Louisville Courier Journal
A very familiar spectacle for the Al.
rican missionary is the crowd of squat,
ting natives who Rave been called 10
BY the local chieftain to carry him and
his colleagues. with their necessary i'm
pedimenta, perhaps for several marches
until tribal frontier is reached, and
the white men may be passed along
into other friendly hands.
Then, again, the missionary may be
amused at the strange methods of get
ting to church, as, Tor example, III va
rious s4rts of Burmah and Siam, where
a girl may arrive at the church door
mounted on an notwithstanding bufTa-
To- which, we'll trained beast that it is,
will put down its lead and let its mis-
tress use its horns as stepping stone
Another man may use the buffalo, or,
rather. the crude rice plow, drawn by
the buffalo, as an excuse for not CON-
ing to church at all protesting that,
time being so short and opportunities
so few, he must work while he may,
and so put N seven days week
Coming nearer home, the missionary
in the wilds of Oklahoma territory may
perhaps call upon an old woman and
ask why she has not been over to
church for several Sundays. and may
ind her doing mason work. mounted
high upon rough-looking ladder, the
only house builder in the district!
Truly the savage '.congrega tons.
offer excuse for nonattendance al
church which would surprise the pas.
tor OF civilization. It may be an earth
quake, which has been followed by q
fire, or it may be, as in China, a vast
flood that has devastated an entire
country, leaving only few survivors
who exc out d few days of wretched
starvation underneath a shelter sup.
ported by a solitary bamboo pole.
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coach rather than a railroad car, and
the jolting of the crude structure was
but little broken by the delicate look
ing springs beneath It,
The roof of this venerable convey
anee was used to accommodate pas
sengers on days when travel was
heavy or the weather fine. Time has
made many ravages on this old coach,
and to keep it from further injury 1t
has been necessary to nail boards
across the sides and over the Wheala
that Eoar the quaint effect.
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w h 9 c o m g TO
Washington. They
know that he can
6 e t closer t o
Roosevelt than
the majority of
men who year
senatorial togas.
II e nry Barrett
Chamberlain, the
editor of the
Voter, tells his
story as follows: