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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
RECLUSE 50 YEARS
IN FAIRY PALACE.
Nine. De Preyisny Dead After
Her Long Life Of Mourning For
Her Husband.

Nine. De Previgny is dead after
having lived fifty years in her fairy
palace in the Boulevard Poissonniere
without ever looking out upon the
street or leaving the house, writes
the Paris correspondent Of the New
York American. Her last will and
testament provides that the palace
and park be turned into a home for
the aged. For the administration OF
the home she left a capital of 10000
900 francs (S2,000,000).
After the funeral of the eccentric
old lady the relatives hired a number
of mechanics to open the windows OF
the house and the gates of the palace
and gardens. For fifty long years the
shutters on the boulevard side Of the
great mansion had been nailed down,
! and communication with the outer
world was had only by a small door
in the wall which surrounded the
palace on all sides.
When Nine. De Previgny, now de-
ceased, entered the palace for the
first time as its chatelaine, she was
Just turning twenty and a bride. At
the wedding breakfast, scarcely an
hour after the wedding ceremony,
her young husband fell from his
chair, dead. The bride, thus sudden
ly made a widow, dismissed her rela-
tives and other guests, and, calling
her servants together, asked which of
| them were willing to remain under
the following conditions:
The mansion to be closed up tight;
/ the horses to be disposed of, and no
! direct communication with the outer
world was to be had under any cir
~cumstances.
Twelve servants accepted the on
ditions. Of them five are still alive,
having shared their mistress incar-
ceration to the last. During the fifty
! years of their residence in the closed
mansion they never saw a newspaper,
! never talked to an outsider. They
never heard of the downfall of Napo-
| leon, Of Bismarck at Versailles, OF
! the Commune, of the Third Republic,
of the invention of the telephone, BIZ
! cycle, automobile orthe electric light,
The servants were content to vege'
tate, hoping for their final reward in
the shape of a capital Of half a mill
ion francs which the rich recluse
promised to all who remained with
her.
During these fifty years Nine. De
Previgny ordered annually of one OF
the big man milliners twelve white
silk gowns, with undergarments and
slippers to match, for she chose to be
always attired as on the day of hei
bridehood and widowhood. On the
first of every month she donned 6
new bridal robe. OF this years sup
ply five were left, and in n of them
! Nine. De Previgny was buried.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Considerable Bridegroom.

A D2lleyille girl and a young man,
both CT whom had steady jobs, were
married the other day. The day af-
ter they were married the girl said to
her fond husband: "Oh! George
now that we are married there is only
one thing | regret and that is that ]
have to give up my fine position
Tie fond young husband stroked the
silken tresses of the young wifeys
hair, and soothingly replied: Now,
darling, don't worry. You needn't
give up your position. I'll give UP
mins."-Kansas City Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09

Ni~nety-three timber wolves killed
in less than a months time is the
record made by James MacIntyre, CT
Quatsino, who has presented a bill to
the government agent here for ST..
395. the amount of bounty at the
rate of SIS a head. 1t is reported
that Indians up the coast, who have
learned of the increase in bounty on
panthers and wolves to SIS a head
each, have taken to the woods on q
hunt, and it is expected that they
will soon have a large sum to collect
from the government.-New Albernl
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
The Added Years.

Death Is sometimes most kind when
its sad work is most swiftly done.
The heart finds fortitude to meet a
sudden sorrow when it cannot bear
the long and anxious waiting, and the
hoping against hope. The constant
shadow of approaching disaster is
more terrible than the darkness it
self. So thought the household OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall when they
looked forward to the long period or
waiting and the inevitable end.
Into their home they had taken
the wife's mother. She had been
long with them through the years Of
her widowhood, not as an outsider,
tolerated for relationship sake. but
as a loved and welcome member Of
the family. Her presence, far from
lessening the joys of the home, add
ed to them, although with the joys
came burdens. They were gladly
borne, but family cares increased and
the duties filled the days, and then
came the long and lingering sorrow.
It was an apoplectic stroke, and
1t seemed to be fatal. But the old
lady fingered for weeks, then slowly
began to improve. Her recovery
seemed impossible, vet in the course
of three months of daily care she
was able to be dressed and to sit in
q chair. 1t seemed certain, however,
that she could never be we'll again.
and the end was inevitable.
It was not the daily burden that
seemed so hard, but the long look
forward. To have her there, whole
in mind, had been the dearest pleas
ure on earth, but to have her there
not herself mentally, for months and
months appeared too great a load to
be carried. There were weary days
when 1t seemed impossible to bear
under the heavy weight of the labor
and the solicitude.
It is all past now, and this Is the
time to record the results Of the
five years that followed. They were
years of unstinted kindness. Hus-
band and wife and children did their
full duty to the aged mother and
grandmother. Patience, Of course,
was tried, but it did not fail; and
patience had its perfect work.
But this is not the whole OF the
| story; patience had also its reward.
The dear old lady's mind came back,
almost as it had been before. There
was some lack Of coordination and
some confusion of speech, but for the
most part her mind was clear. The
Joy of living returned to her; and,
she sat in her wheeled chair, and the
world which she could no longer visit
came to her, and she enjoyed it. The
seasons passed In glad procession be-
fore her window. Friends came and
went, and brought the tidings Of
other friends near and far, and she
entered with eager interest into the
joy and sympathy of it all and lived
q life that was full, happy and COM
plete, to her, at least-far more tram
quill than any other of the years she
had known.
Then she died. Peacefully and
painlessly the life went out, and the
look of satisfaction was there in
death. And those who had looked
forward with shrinking from the long
and heavy burden thanked God for
those added years.
If to some other home with a like
burden the printing of this simple
story can bring like patience and
fidelity, and at the end like memo
ries and thankfulness, it will be well
worth the telling here.-Youth's
Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Mans Greatest Pleasures.

What are mans greatest pleas
ures?
While the great thinkers OF
thought have been publicly trying ia
answer this all-important question
and as usual have only involved a
mere intellectual controversy, we
have been working quietly and have
obtained some startling results. Here
Is the list complete:
Hearing ourselves talk.
A~rticulating.
Listening to ourselves.
calculating.
Conversing.
Speaking.
And last, but not least. talking
The Bohemian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Cheese Omclet.

American cheese is an addition and
a change to the plain luncheon ONE.
let. Make the omelet in the usual
way, beating the yolks and whites OF
the eggs together; add a tablespoon
full of milk for every egg, a little salt
and pepper, and cook until the bot
tom of the omelet is brown and the
centre rare. Then sprinkle it gener-
ously with grated cheese, fold, ana
remove from the pan to a hot plate
and garnish with parsley. The omelet
should be eaten immediately.-NeW
York Evening Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Sometime Well Understand.

When some of US get to heaven we
shall doubtless look back with won
der upon the way in which God has
upheld us and guided and protected
us. We shall know then as we cannot
know now that He helped us a thou
sand times when we did not know it;
that He foresaw for us where we
were utterly blind; that He averted
for US dangers which would have
ruined us; that He directed for us
the chain Of events when many times,
had it been otherwise, we should
have gone down. We shall then
know, as we cannot know now, how
good He has ever been to us.-West-
ern Methodist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Twins SaVed Him,

Twins" was the message brought
to Charles Bland while he was in the
dock in the police court in Nashua,
N. H., and the stork did his work
well, for Bland was saved from a sem
tence to the county house Of correc-
ton. He pleaded with Judge Run
nells for a suspended sentence. stat
ing tht he had a family. and the n
nouncement that he was the father OF
twins caused the Judge to order the
sentence suspended. The suspension
was made on motion of Chief of Po-
lice Wheeler, and Bland was escorted
to Main street. whence he hurried
home to tho nnw-hnra nair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
GuIIS as ~IsarometerS.

Every city has a number of nat
ural barometers," said the man who
haants the river front. New Yorks
mcyt reliable barometer is the sea
gulis. When they fly above the river
50 thick you can't throw a handful
Of pebbles into the water without hit
ting as many gulls as there are peb'
bles, YOU may make UP YOUR mind
that it is going to rain within a few
hours. When the gulls turn tail and
ny occanward it is safe to count Oh
fair weather till they come thick
-Ne% York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Oxygen as Aid TO Runners.

Athletic circles in London. Eng
land, are much interested in a pub
lished record of experiments IN the
inhalation Of oxygen by runners and
sprinters, which show that they werc
enabled 10 hold their breath for much
longer periods and to make faster
time without the symptoms of dis
tress usually present after racing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
A Suffering World.

In Things as They Are" by Amy
Wilson Carmichael, the following
Is told to illustrate the love we
should have for a suffering world:
"A girl came in a moment ago and
I told Ter I was making a diagram.
A great black disc for heathenism
and the narrow white slit for the con
verts won. She looked at it amazed.
Then she slowly traced her finger
around the disc, and she pointed to
the narrow slit, and her tears came
dropping down on it. Oh, what
mxst Jesus feel!'" she said.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Economy in Daylight.

The committee appointed by the
British House of Commons to consid-
er the daylight saving scheme has
filed a report favoring the introduce
ton of a bill to achieve the object by
altering clocks one hour on the third
Sunday of April and altering them
again on the third Sunday Of Septem-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Household
Matters.
Luncheon Dish.
SGSss 49, =

Pare four large, firm cucumpers'
cut lengthwise, and place in cold'
sailed water for an hour. Stew IN a
shallow stewpan in clear, boiling
water until transparent. Lift care
fully, so as not to break or make
MISSY, and lay each piece on a slice
Of brown, buttered toast. Make L
sauce or dressing of milk and butter
with a little cornstarch; pour over
and serve hot.-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Precious Hours.

The hours of the souls communion
with God are the precious hours Of
life. Sacrifice anything rather than
these heavenly impulses. Give up
anythingthat interferes with carrying
them out into the life. They are scat
tered fountains in the desert, at
which the fainting traveller revives.
his strength and courage. Then
heavenly voices speak, and happy is
he who gives heed to the heavenly
vision, which il from God and con-
ducts to God. 1t is a beautiful and
comforting thought that everywhere
we are surrounded and EMBODIED by
the atmosphere of His love. No
where can we be apart from it; even
though we stray, we cannot stray be-
yond the bounds Of His love and
care.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
White House Gold Plate.

The fact that the White House is
equipped with a service Of solid gold
p;ate for Use on state occasions is not
talked about 100 loudly, as it seems.
somehow, TO jar on mLcr cratic sim.
pi~icity gtGn Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Northcliffe and the Times.

The new proprietors of the London
Times include Lord Rothschild, Lord
Cromer and Lord Northcliffe, the last
named having a controlling interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
g. ~
YRSYAL HEhRSY
Bothered for tbe
ogIET houRt
NEARER n DEARER

Nearer and dearer than ever before,
And lust because sorrow has knocked at
my door;
Just because ~teardrops are dimming my
sight,
I come to Thee, Jesus, and look for the
light.
Nearer and dearer! The dark and the
storm
Make me cling all the closer, heart bleed
ing and torn;
There at Thy side III find balm for my
loss,
For Thou knewest sorrow, O Christ, on
the cross.
Louise Behlen, in the Christian Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Canal Zone Has $4,000 Inhabitants.

The department under Senator
Blackburn has just completed a cen.
sus of the canal zone. The tabulatior
is not completed, but the result shows
nearly $4,000 persons, including An.
con and Cristobal. About twenty per
cant. Of the total are white.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09

Owing to the decline in the value OF
silver, the stores in China are advance!
ing all prices ten per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
American Takers in China.

American talking machines with
Chinese discs are selling IN large
quantities in China.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
ENGLAND SENDS FLEET
TO ISLAND Of LEMNOS
u is Believed the Presence OF War
Vessels viii Exert Calming Influ.
ence-War Fever Declining.

Belgrade. Great Britain has dis
patched fleet to the Turkish Island
OF Lemnos, presumably at the request
of Turkey. The presence OF these
vessels in the Aegean sea will exert
a calming influence.
Turkey has protested to the powers
against the annexation Of Bosnia and
Herzegovina by Austria. Hungary, and
the Turkish imperial commissioner at
Sofia has been instructed to continue
the discharge of his duties, as neither
the porte nor the powers have recog
nized the independence Of Bulgaria.
This may lead to some overt act
against the imperial commissioner
M. Iswolsky, the Russian minister
Of foreign affairs, has left Paris for
London to continue his efforts for the
calling of the international confer
ence. France is convinced that If any
acceptable programme can be decided
upon, that an outbreak may be
avoided by diplomacy.
The war fever among the people OF
Servia Is distinctly on the decline
The saner element Of the population
gradually are obtaining an ascend
ancy over the more excited politicians
and patriots, who, during the past
few days, have demanded persistent
ly the immediate advance of the Ser
Wan army. Many of the firebrands
are beginning to comprehend that an
attempt to measure swords with Aus
tria-Hungary would be equivalent to
suicide, and the opposition is slowly
gaining ground that the Servian in.
terests probably would be best
served by depending upon the joint
action of the powers.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
TRAGEDY AT MINE.
Two Men Killed In Fight over Mining
Claims.

San Bernardino, Cal-William Nc.
Kee, 4 mining man, shot and probably
fatally wounded DR.. n. Kuhns of Los
Angeles and another miner at Rose
Mine, an isolated camp in the San
Bernardino mountains, fifty miles
from this city, Friday afternoon. The
tragedy was the result OF a dispute
over mining claims, according to
meager details obtainable here
Through a pair of field glasses the
shooting was witnessed by AL Watts
caretaker for the Rose Mine property,
who was on hilltop a long distance
away. DR.. Kuhns and the other vic
tim were In a wagon, and when Nc
kee opened fire upon them they fell
off the seat. Mckee, It is said, theL
walked up to the PROSTATE forms and
fired an additional bullet into the
body of each.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
SERVIANS COOLING
DOWN A TR|FLE
Excitement Subsiding and the Peo-
pie Are No Longer Shouting
for War With Austria.
They Discover That IL Would be
Folly to Start HostiIities, Because
Of a Scarcity Of Ammunition
for the New Batteries.

Belgrade. - The Narodna.Skupt
selma, or national assembly, ad.
journed Sunday evening, without hav.
ing arrived at any definite decision
with regard to its action against
Austria-Hungary
According to the most reliable In.
formation, no vote was taken on the
question at Issue. The meeting was
very stormy one and was inter
rupted by various recesses. War was
demanded with Austria Hungary,
but the leaders Of the war faction
cooled down after Foreign Minister
Milovanovics had made lengthy
statement, in which he explained
that one reason why hostilities were
impossible was the scarcity of am.
munition for the new batteries, which
is now being transported here, but
has been detained on the Austrian
lines.
planned earnestly that the govern.
ment's protest to the powers against
the annexation of Bosnia and Here
govina was not couched in sufficiently
strong terms, but the foreign minis
ter eventually succeeded in convinc-
ing the house of the correctness of
the cabinets attitude, and IL is an.
ticipated that the assembly will
adopt vote of confidence in the
government.
Thus for the moment the danger
point in the Balkan crisis is passed,
and Servia is expected to content
herself temporarily by .instituting
boycott against Austro-Hungary com
merce in the way of revenge. 1t was
stated that NJ. Milovanovics will
shortly proceed to London and Paris
and lay Servia's claims before the
lowers.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
.HIGHWAYMAN ROBS STAGE
AND APOLOGIES TO VICTIMS
After Relieving Passengers OF Their
Valuables, Bold Bandit informs
Them That Hunger Drove
Him to Crime.

Missoula, Mont.--Armed with 90
caliber rife, the lower portion of his
features concealed with red ban
danna handkerchief, a lone highway
man on Saturday evening held ur
the Missoula Bonner stage about two
miles east of this city, lined up the
twelve occupants and driver and re
lieved them of sums ranging from 81
to S25 cash, and disappeared in the
gathering dusk.
After securing the booty the ban
dit apologiZed saying that hunger
had driven him to commit the crime.
Not shot was fired until the Job
was completed, when the passengers
were told to re-enter the coach, and
after warning them not to look back
the driver fired shot in the air and
told the driver to resume his Journey.
The authorities were quickly notified
and Sheriff Campbell and his depu.
Ties are securing the nearby hills for
the bandit.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
ApRIFT FOR FIVE DAYS.
Narrowing Experience Of Survivors
OF Wrecked Schooner.

Newport, Va.-Six men are known
to have persisted, and two others
were saved only after undergoing
narrowing experiences while adrift
at sea for five days on bit OF
wreckage as the result of their three
masted schooner Sirocco going tc
pieces on a reef in the West Indies
The two survivors, Mate Joseph
Laing and Cook G.. Roberts, were
brought here on the steamer liver
ton.
The Sirocco Of Nassau, laden with
railroad iron, was bound from Bruins
wick, Ca. to Wilson City, Bahamas
She ran into an easterly gale that
was blowing with fearful force on
October /. when of the Bahamas
and dismasted, and after running be
fore the wind until noon of that day
struck Mantella reef and went tc
pieces. Captain Munroe and the un
fortunate five with him were washed
away with the debris from the wreck
Laing and Roberts grasped a portion
OF the poop deck and all drifted to
gether until evening, when they sep
arated. the captain and the five dis
appearing. The two men on Their
improyised craft were tossed about
for five days. They were without
water, food or sleep during all thai,
time. Finally they were sighted by
the Tiyerton and rescued
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
Mob After colored Fiend.

Spartanburg, S. CA mob of IN
furiated citizens, numbering at least
1000, fought for hours on Saturday
with the militia and civil authorities
for possession OF John Irby, a negro,
who attempted to ravish Miss Lille
Dempsey earlier in the day while the
young woman was on her way here
from Saxon Mill village, three miles
away. Four persons were wounded
one Of them seriously, and John
Sparks, "a restaurant keeper, was ar.
rested and held without bail on the
charge OF shooting Sheriff Nichols,
who was slightly wounded in the
exchange OF shots with the mob.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-17
INTERESTED IN
FUTURE Of WEST
Conservation of the Resources of
the West the Keynote Of Trans
Mississippi Congress.
Prominent Men censure the Policy
Which Has Resulted in the Squan-
derins Of National Resources,
and Point Way to RENE.
dial Legislation.

San misunderstanding the
rights OF unborn generations of Amer
leans and censuring the policy that
has squandered with prodigal reck-
iessness the forests and lands, the
waters and the minerals upon which
the future prosperity of the west de-
ponds, half score of speakers on
Wednesday placed before the dele
gates to the nineteenth Transmissis-
sippi congress the records Of con.
sumption and waste established by
the pioneers and their sons In the
west and pointed the way to economic
conservation and remedial legisla-
ton. Except for a brief period al
lowed for the introduction of resolu.
lions, many of which were present
ed, the entire day was devoted to
addresses of this character. some I'M
provised upon the call of President J.
b. Case, but the majority constitut.
ing the regular programme and show
ing, by careful compilation of facts
and figures, the time expended In
their preparation.
The governor of one state, the at
torney general of another, the presi-
dent OF university, and the traffic
director of great railway system
succeeded one another upon the plat.
form, and each, from his own partic.
uar standpoint, paid his tribute to
western America and its people and
indicated some step onward-some
short cut avenue toward its ultimate
destiny. The interest and earnest.
ness OF the largest attendance of any
previous session was manifested
throughout the extended series of ad.
dresses by an unnagging attention
and discriminating outbursts Of ap.
plause.
The reception accorded the address
Of J. c. Stubs, traffic director of the
Hartman lines, who arrived Tues
day night from Chicago to convey TO
the congress the regrets of Mr. Il.
VI. Hartman at his inability to at
tend and to assume the place on the
program reserved for Mr.. Hartman,
was perhaps the feature of the days
deliberations. In the course of his
remarks, Mr.. Stubs reviewed, from
the days of earliest construction, the
intimate associations existing be-
tween the extension OF transportation
facilities and the regions they re-
claimed from the wilderness. His
clear-cut references to the Panama ca.
nal, to the merchant marine and TO
other subjects which the Transmlssis.
sippi congress had adopted as its own
problems, impressed many Of the del
egates with the belief that the senti.
ments expressed were inspired by
sincere desire on the part of the
transportation interests Of the coun.
try TO cooperate in the plans for
western advancement.