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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Got TIVE MY YeArs.

Dr.. J. B. Matthew the Greensboro
physician charged with the murder OF
bis wife, was found guilty on Friday
Ct murder in the second degree and
was sentenced to the psniteLtiary for
20 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
p cuIfar Accident.

Jlck Myers, a young white man,
met q peculiar death at Hamersville
Co., Wednesday. he was an electric
.linemau. While loading a lot CT poles
the hook. he was Using In the work
slipped, flaw back and broke his n OK.
He oied instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Grocery Crushed.

At Jamestown, Ind, while nine
men were sitting about the stove in a
grocery Thursday afternoon, three Of
them were killed and five injured by
the collapse of the Odd Fellows hall,
which crushed the groc2rY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21
Death in y Snowslide.

A dispatch from Norway says q
snow Avalanche at Lofoten islands
Friday buried a number OF fisher
mems huts. Rescuers extricated 81
dead and 80 injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

The tender care OF a 6 cd wife is
the fin est thing In the world
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-21

Be patient with the old folks and
smooth their pathway.
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whose ancestors came. from Manchuria.
still retain the customs peculiar to their
section.
The hair Is stretched over a broad, wing
like frame and three hours are required
for its arrangement, Flowers, natural
and artificial, and ornaments made OF
feathers, beads and tinsel are profusely
used in hair decoration.
The Manohu women, except the widows,
employ paint and powder with a bold
ness which would put to shame the most
inveterate user OF cosmetics in America.
In the painting here there Is no suggestion
Of a delicate glow Of health; 1t is a generous
application OF bright red in two streaks,
running from above the eyes to the COR
ners Of the mouth. The rest Of the face is
whitened with rice powder, which does
not harmonic with the yellow skin OF the
neck.
But II the Manchu women show more
vanity in the treatment Of the face, thsy at
least do not initiate, the Chinese women In
the binding Of the feet, though by wearing
skirts and a shoe resting on q block shaped
like a French heel the size Of the foot 10
concealed.
FooTB1NDINo AMONG THE CHINESE WOMEN.
Footbinding is probably the strangest
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form that human pride has ever taken 4,
and it is hard to believe that Chinese women
| from time immemorial nave endured the
agonies Of footbinding and forced it upon
their daughters. 1t is not known GER
tainly how the custom originated.
One tradition is that it began with a club
footed queen; another that It was designed
TO distinguish the upper class women from
the coolies, and a third tradition has 1t that
it was a scheme devised by the men for
| keeping the women at home.
Whatever causes may hay led to the
Inauguration of the custom, it has become
so firmly established that a p~rominentChina-
man told me that, being opposed to foot.
binding, he had when a young man tried
to find a wife with natural feet, but was
not able to do 40. He has in recent years
persuaded his wife to unbind her feet and
has kept his daughters from undergoin g
the ordeal.
The process, as described by a physician
and as shown in a photograph and model
which | secured, Is as follows:
At the age of 5or O the little girls feet are
tightly ~bahdaged, the second. third, fnurth
and fifth toes being gradually brought
back under the sole of the foot; the heel L.
the natural growth Of the foot entirely ar
rested.
HOW ABOUT TIGHT nAcINo2
The medical miss report instances
in which the foot has rotted away because
of lack of circulation. On one Of the boats
we met an intelligent Chinese merchant who
after condemning the practice Of foot
binding and telling us that, in opposition to
his wife's wishes and in opposition to the
girl herself, he had saved one daughter
from footbinding, compared his custom
to that Of lacing, which he affirmed was
much more injurious.
He also ventured TO suggest that Chinese
women do not expose their health and their
shoulders in decollete gowns, and perceiv-
ing that he had discovered a weak spot
in our own social armor, l hurriedly changed
the subject. But I must reserve for an
other article the discussion Of other char
acteristics.
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can scarcely find its way to the pavement.
The stores are narrow little stalls with
the entire front open to the street. Often
there is q little shrine outside the door,
where incense is burned and innumerable
gods Of wood, brass and stone are to be
seen.
MANcHUs M CHINESE
While in their style Of dress and in their
institutions the Chinese are much the same
throughout the empire, they differ con-
siderably In size and color according to
the latitude, and In features according to
race history.
In the north the people are lighter and
larger than in the south, while the men
and women Of %AIanchuria have coarser
and stronger faces than the Chinese. The
people in the north seem to be more vigor-
GUS and warlike and less artistic than the
people in the south.
The shaved forehead and the queue
were prescribed by the Manchu rulers
ESQ years 6 as a sign Of subsection, but
they are now n source Of pride, and no
greater humiliation can be inflicted upon
one than to out of his queue.
In the northern provinces the men,
women and children wear padded clothes,
generally Of dark blue cotton. The
breeohes Of the men are tied at the ankles,
and the long, narrow BOAT reaches almost
to the feet.
In China the women also wear trousers,
but they are more like the American article,
and the coat worn by the women is con-
slderably shorter than that worn by the
mon. China is a great place for furs, and
the right to wear sable Is conferred as a
mark Of distinction upon the higher officials.
MANCHu WOMEN PAINT.
The Manchu women and the Chinese
women differ materially. The MAnohus,
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streets are moro Like alleys In which two
riokshaws can hardly pass.
We did not see a full sized horse In the
capital city. Some ponies have been
brought down from Manchuria tManchuria
Is regarded as the personal property OF
the imperial family and there is a royal
monopoly in ponies), but the most popular
saddle animal is the patient donkey. 1t
looks ludiorous TO see a fat Chinaman
perohed upon the rump Of one OF these tiny
beasts, but there seems to be entire harmony
between the two, and the donkey trudges
along with as little thought Of change as
the ancient race whom he serves,
MARROW sTREETs Of CANTON
In Canton the streets are not wide enough
for the riokshaw, and both the pony and the
donkey are conspicuous by their absence.
The sedan chair, borne by coolies, was the
only conveyance VIC saw In d days tour of
the city, and it required some engineering
to make any Roadway with it when two
parties met.
Although the business buildings are
seldom more than two stories high (the
residences are usually only ono story ,
the streets are 80 narrow and so filed with
signs and advertising banners that the sun
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close nearly four times as much ground.
There was a double object in making the
walls of the city extensive-first, to provide
for future growth, and, second, TO enable
the people to Withstand a longer seige.
How we'll the second purpose was served
is shown by the fact that during the Tai
ping rebellion the city Of Marking was
besieged for thirteen years. Just outside
the walls Of the city may still be seen the
earthworks thrown up by the imperial
army, which sometimes numbered $4,000.
IN COUNTRY AND TOWN.
But 1t must not be understood that the
capital cities were the only ones protected
by walls. On the contrary. all the cities
afu walled; one sees fifteen or twenty OF
these walled cities on the railroad from
Peltn to Hankow and a number Of others
| ON the ride down the river to Shanghai.
The agr:o lltural population, instead OF
Occupying individual farms as in America,
Is gathered In little villages, each home
being inclosed In It's own wall. During the
summer the people swarm out from the cities
and villages and cultivate their little tracts
| of land with the most primitive tools, carry
ing the farm products back to their homes
on vheelbarrows or In baskets balanced
on poles.
In the north Of China the camel Is used
for long distance travel and in the south
we eaw the water buffalo drawing the
plough, but In China less than anywhere
we have been has man supplemented his
strength by the strength Of domestic ami
mails.
In the cities the streets are so narrow
that travel by ordinary vehicles Is impossi-
BILE. In Pekin there are q few wide streets
leading from the gates through the city
and on these a peculiar heavy wheeled
springleas cart Is used. but most Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
ODD ITEMS OF STATE INCOME,
queer Receipts Which the New York State
Treasures Must Account For.

Treasure. Must Account For.
The State OF New York has always been
In a fourishing financial condition and
small items do their part. Some Of these
items, as reported by the State Treasurer
for 1905, show New York's frugality at the
top notch.
The veterinarian Of the Department of
Agriculture turned In 81. o. "for the hide Of a
cow The chairman Of the Gas Investi-
eating committee turned in SO. 80 "for inter
est on money advanced by the State. n
The Superintendent OF Elections turned In
$1lo.6s sfrom the sales Of old paper
One man, described as a persons unknown"
turned into the treasury 81 as O part of the
modest "consoience fund" at Albany,
Another n rather other msn"-turned
In s25 Of conscience fund, and "the Gales
Of hides taken from bob veal calves Welded
S45, 90. An Express compan turned back
$50 to the State sfor non-deliverv OF ex-
press packages"-presumably in the way OF
damages, One Of the railroad companies
which, under its charter, is to pay the State
q dollar a year as a nominal rental of a line.
turned over the dollar as zone years rent in
full to May 20, 1906" From estates without
claimants came $62S IS.
Altogether some S25, 900 of miscellaneous
receipts was turned into the treasury of
New York this year from sources which are
not included by the State as a part of it's
regular revenues. The State OF New York
collects through its Treasurer's Office what
ever 10 due II, entirely regardless of the
emallnees Of the itemA. No Item is too small
to DO collected.
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From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
f.. n. Gross. the Mayor OF HARRISBURG
was oondemnlng the fees and unfair per,
~auisites which swell unduly the salaries Of
many unimportant oficeholders,
Fees and 2er9nisites = he said. 'tend 20 .
this is so.
"A butcher told me the other day that a
Toune woman the coon " a promlnehl "a"
Gimme a fine large roast o beef WIFE
plenty O. bones .
''Pienty, OF bones?' said the butcher IN
ema2ement.
Yes. answered. the roman. Bones
u my perQutslte,N
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its purpose, although to-day It only sug-
pests a tremendous waste of labor.

its purpose, although to-day 1t only sug-
gests a tremendous waste Of labor.
But the Great Wall, imposing as 1t is
because Of its length, is inferior in height,
thickness and construction to some OF the
city walls. The wall Of the city OF Pekin,
for instance, 10 about 90 feet high and 10
feet wide at its base. and Ia kept In excel
lent repair.
The wall e~noloses what is known as the
Tartar city and lie nearly four miles square.
Huge watch towers rise above each gate,
and to give still greater security the gates
open into an enclosed square.
While the walls of the city of Pekin are
the most substantial in the empire, the
walls Of Marking, the former capital, en-
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WI. Bryan Tells Of China's Yastness

The Celestial Empire Nearly Double the Size Of the United states-1reat
Rivers and Great Deserts-TypeS Of the Races That Make Up the
Population Of Three or Pour Hundred Millions Footblndhng
New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
HOPPE MAKES HIGH AVERAGE.
Executes Runs of 1876 and 149 at 1S1 Bill
hards-Gallagher Far Behind

Willie Hoppe, playing 1S.1 balk line billiards.
made the fine average of SO 4-12 and executed
a high run of 1876 in the fourth nights play of
the 2000-point match with Thomas Gallagher
at the formers new academy last night
Hoppe won the nights game by score of
400 to 11S. This gave Hoppe total of 1000
TO 1877 for Gallagher. The latter averaged
10 S-11 and made a high run Of So The match
will be finished tonight. Hoppe has such a long
lead that Gallagher will hardly be able to over
take him. Gallagher is playing 1872 balk line
and Hoppe 181.
The performance of Hoppe last night deserves
special credit and goes to show that George F.
Slosson will have to play fast billiards if he ex
poets to defeat the boy champion when they
meet on March q in the concert hall at Madison
Square Garden for the worlds championship at
ISL billiards, which Hoppe wrested from
Maurice Vignaux in Paris last winter.
The betting on the Hoppe -Slosson match has
gone back TO to / Hoppe and last night
John Shaughnessey bet $4,000 against $1,000 put
up by George Wheelock, the bookmaker that
Hoppe would beat Slosson. This is the largest
wager recorded 10 date on the match.
Tom MCManus faced Hoppe in the afternoon,
and the latter a 200 point exhibition match
by score of 200 to 3S Hoppe averaged 20 and
made a high of 149. McManus averaged
20 and made a high run of IL.
New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
THE AMERICAN HENLEY.
Programme and Conditions for Re
gdtta at PhiLadeIphia.

{. B. Wood. secretary of the American Row
ing Association. announced the conditions yes
terday for the fourth annual regatta. called the
American Henley, the SchuyllliIl River. at
Philadelphia, on May 20, as follows:
The first races are open to amateurs in good
standing; all second" races are open to anna
teurs IN good standing, but no crew entering a
second" race shall contain members (a) more
than one-half OF whom are also entered for the
corresponding first" race at the same regatta
or to) more than one-half of whom have rowed
IN crew winning the same race, or the corre-
spending hrst race at any preceding regatta
OF this association. Under this rule a sculler
may not enter IN both the single scur races at
the same regatta.
Any Individual may row in a second race ir-
respective Of mis- senior" .jDterrediata,' or
Junior rating in other rowing organizations
II his crew wins in a second race of this asso-
clauon he would probably be considered a
senior oarsman. or sculler in other regattas
Otherwise his rating is not affected
The interscholastic eight-oared shell race is
open 10 am tteur crews IN good standing all of
whose members are bona ide members of pre-
paratory schools or schools Of equivalent grade
The junior college eight-oared shell race is
open TO crews from colleges universities none
or whose members have rowed in four mile
intercollegiate eight-oar race, and none of whose
members have seats in a varsity eight at the
date Of this regatta.
The entrance fees are: Fights or octopedes
SO; four oars or four SOULS, S15: pair oars or
double SOULS. SO: single scus S. Entranca
fees VIII be returned TO interscholastic crews
Slarung the race.
Any entry may be refused or returned up TO
the time OF starting race for any cause deemed
suthcient by the managing stewards without the
assignment Of a reason therefor and entries will
be accepted only from those who take part In
sport for pleasure recreation and who shall
not have directly or indirectly received any
money benefit from engaging in or by reason Of
connection with sports or athletic exercises
The races are as follows First single sculls
for the Farragut Challenge Cup: second single
sculs; first double sculls for the Schuykill Chal-
lenge Cup; first four sculls; first pair-oared
shells; first fOur-oared shells for the Puritan
Challenge Cup; second fouT-oared shells; first
eight-oared shells for the Stewards Challenge
Cup; second eight-oared shells; junior COLLEGIATE
eight-oared shells for the New-England ChaI-
lenge Cup; interscholastic eight-oaTed shells for
the Franklin Challenge Cup.
An octopede race will be added provided two
or more entries are made before April ID.
All races Will be at mile and 500 wards
straightaway. Under the new rule adopted by the
stewards, any crew not going through its proper
arch at the trolley bridge win be disqualified alb
sOlutely.
New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
WHITE CARDS WON'T DO.
4dmiSSiOn to Public School Games
by Seat Ticket OnIy.

More than hfty-one hundred tickets emitting
guests to admission TO the and boxes in Mad
ison Square Garden the free novice games of
the Public Schools Athletic League this afternoon
have been distributed without charge TO the chill
dren. In addition nearly fourteen hundred entry
admissions have been issued TO competitors This
completely fills the Garden and assures an attend
ance of nearly seven thousand children and invited
guests.
Admission will be only upon the authorized seat
ticket of Madison Square Garden In distributing
panying each ticket also. A number of
principals have taken this white card as being
ticket of admission. This ticket does not admit to
the Garden, and boys presenting only this ticket
VIII be refused admission. The Garden will be com
pletely hled by those holding the regular Madison
ticket
The league makes this announcer nent in order to
dissuade boys who have merely this white card
from making unnecessary trip to the Garden.
New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
Mr.. WOODBURY. REPLIES
Can't MOUe Al Ashes at Night. He
Tells Controller.

commissioner Woodbury. OF the Department OF
Street Cleaning sent 70 Controller Metz yesterday
letter in reply to certain Inquiries by Borough
tdent Coler's office with reference to the ash re-
moval contract performed by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. Borough President Coler says
that he IS going before the Kings County grand
jury and lay before IL the contract between the
company and the city, and prove that the company
is not living up to the requirements. Mr. Coler
found that the ash contract file IN the Control
ler's office minus two important pages. In his
letter of explanation Major Woodbury. says. in
part;
In regard to the removal at night OF material
delivered TO the company by the Department OF
Street Cleaning we are at present delivering 20
it is impossible to transport this amount Of material
over the rails of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany during the hours OF darkness. In regard to
the construction of the stations. would say that
they are in satisfactory sanitary condition
I notice in this report that the Brooklyn Com
would say that there seems to be no reason at
all why the contractor should not be compelled to
live up to the terms Of his contract far dis
posing of refuse at night is concerned II would
then appear that d. Dunno does comprehend
the difficulties OF hauling from certain points and
unloading night during bad weather such a large
that breakdown at any point not only throws the
entire service out at that particular point
affects IL along the entire line. as carts must then
be diverted TO other stations; that this contract
only provides for the collection and the haul
ing but also the final disposition of in a man
not detrimental 10 the public health; that the
or the wrecking Of a piece of machinery. a
heavy snowstorm. might cripple the work OF
possible for him to transport a sufficient amount
of material to make the stations available for
vice for the following morning. This Is something
that must be particularly guarded against at THIS
New-York tribune., 1906-03-17
POLICE EXAM" FRAUDS.
CANCEL RECENT TESTS.
Examiners May BE Prosecuted fol
Selling Questions.

William F. Baker. president Of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission, announced last night
that the commission had decided to cancel all
the papers in the examination OF police sergea1ts
for promotion to captaincies December y
last because unmistakable evidence OF fraud
and trickery had been discovered.
When this news got around there was con-
sternation among the waiting sergeants. as
many of them who stood well up the list
felt sure that as soon vacancies were avail
able they would be promoted to captaincies.
Despite the precautions taken IT that
more examiners conspired with the can
didates and gave them a list Of the questions in
time to be OF great service to them The COM
mission adopted the following resolutions at it's
meeting:
Resolved. That the examination for promotion
from the grade OF sergeant to that OF captain 0 "a
be and the same Is hereby cancelled the reason reason
found certain grave irregularities In the papers
several Of the candidates. sufficient in their opin,
absolute justice and impartiality 10 all the candi
Resolved. That new examination for promotion
TO the grade of captain in the Police Department
be held at the earliest possible date.
The certain grave Irregularities is only an
other name for a repetition OF the same old game
that has scandalized the Civil Service in this
city I'm days gone by. Heretofore money has
vance copies of the questions that were TO be
asked. with the result that the candidates who
got these questions in advance had time to look
them up. and In this way made high record,
while other more worthy men. not being willing
to buy their way In the department. would pass
with a lower mark. and be far down on the list.
1t was to guard against a repetition of this
that Commissioner Baker last December de-
cided TO hold back the questions until the latest
possible minute The examination OF the
geants held in the Grand Central Palace.
The questions were not printed until after the
mimeographed on the premises and kept out Of
sight until the last practicable minute
In spite OF this precautiOn, however, through
the conspiracy of more examiners with
men who probably paid we'll for the favors GER
tain candidates did obtain copies Of the ques-
session gave them great advantage. Presi-
dent Baker would not discuss the matter yester-
day. but intimated that this time he has proof
of the unfaithfulness and dupIicity Of one or
more OF the examiners. and 1t is understood that
charges will soon be preferred against the men
under suspicion.
In the mean time about two hundred SER
geants who took the examination are much in
terested in the decision of the commission to
cancel the papers. Those who passed with a
high mark disgusted at the idea Of making
another try. while those far down on the list are
delighted that the commission has struck the
trail of the "grafters' who accepted money for
jumping certain candidates over others.