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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
The Parrot and the Nightingale.

A Parrot who lived next door to a
Nightingale one day rushed over and
rang the bell and called out
For Heavens sake! do ask your
children to stop that noise -
"What noise?"
"Why that chattering and Shrek
ing in your back yard. People talk
about the sweet song of the Nightin'
gale, but in truth it is enough to drive
one insane. l demand that you keeI
your children STILL
but | have no children"
"Well, who is it making such a noise
behind the house?"
"Beg pardon, but the noise is IN
your own yard"
"Thpn what business have Nightin'
gales on my premises?"
"The racket is caused by your own
children, Mrs. Parrot
"Indeed, SO it is, but if you didn't
live next door they wouldn't act So
You forget that l had lived mere
for years when you came into til'
neighborhood."
Eyes, but l didn't suppose you
would be SO touchy about trl'llils
noise" So.
LET me remind your that:fhad mo-
even noticed the racket until you came
over here to complaint
son, well. snapped the Parrot, as
shcturned away, eff you are bound tt
pick a fuss with ne because the voice
of Il Parrot is sweeter than that OF
Nightingale you will certainly flint
some Excuse to do so, and I might as
well save my BREATH"
MORAL:
If you r a Parrot never get among
Nightingales, unless you banker to BIT
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
FOR THE LADIES.
News md Notes for Women.


Princess Christian is engaged upor
4 translation of Professor Esmarchi's
work, First Help in Sudden Acct
dents"
A Simpson county, Ky, belle glories
in Il head of hair which is seventy
inches long and very thick. She has
refused $50 for it.
Jersey jackets of royal cardinal
olive green, marine blue, velvet o.
cashmere, are very fashionably worn
over skirts and tunics of tweed OF
Roman plaid.
a fratcrnal letter of greeting was
sent 10y the national Woman Suffrage
society of France to the American
Woman Suffrage association in convcn.
ton ut Omaha.
One hundred and fifty yards of rib
bon-thirty yards each of terra-cotta,
pale blue, olive, cream color and brown
went to make up the trimmings of a
successful toilet from over the sea.
Near Bayou Chicot, La, a woman
was recently attacked by Il large wild.
cat. She caught the animal Ivy tho
throat, and, although it bit and
scratched her terribly, she held it until
she choked it to death.
Nellie Grant Sartoris partakes Of her
husbands love of yachting and hunt
ing. During the week at Idlewild she
was second on the list Of tiSh-catchers,
and added to her prowcss that of an
excellent rifle and pistol-shot.
Miss Louisa Harris, of Oakland,
Dedlam, Mass, has gone to Europe to
fill an appointment as teacher in the
Royal Normal college and academy of
music for the blind in London, Eng
land. This college is under the pat
ronage of Queen Victoria.
New Orleans must be a paradise for
washcrwomen. One of the profession
there, it is said, has in the past fifteen
years raised a family of fatherless
children, purchased a handsome house,
and has $4,000 laid away for a rainy
day. All the money, it is claimed, was
earned at the waslAlb.
Mrs. Emma B. Johnson, of New Or
leans, has published a pamphlet en-
titled "Silk Culture in Louisiana and
in the Southern States" which gives
plain, practical directions for the man
agement Of silk worms in the South.
Mrs. johnson is a dealer in silk worm
eggs and mulberry trees and cuttings,
and makes Il speciality Of what she
calls Louisiana eggs" a breed that
has been produced in that State for
thirty-eight years. The eocoons from
these eggs are said to be unusually fine
in size and color, and no disease has
ever developed among them.
Miss Lowery h~orsewhipped Edward
Orr at Gray's Falls, Ontario, because
he preferred another girl in marriage.
Her two brothers and new lover held
him fast while she piled the whip.
That happened a year ago. Orr OBJ
tanned the whip, and has since hogged
each of the three men separately with
it, the last to receive punishment get
ting so much that he was confined to
his bed for a week. The girl then be-
came frightened, and wrote to ask if
she, too, was to be whipped. Orr replied
that he had no such intention, but
thought he might feel impelled to
thrash her father and several Of her
cousins unless they treated him with
Difference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

In a Dakota forest last week a party
of hunters discovered a man who had
a w~ell-developed tail nine inches in
length. They told of their discovery
when they returned to town, but failed
to state that the tail was the tail of a
squirrel. The posse of tw%enty-four
young men who went out to capture
the tailed man made unpleasant re-
marks when they found they were
sold.
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Picking Apples.


The proper picking and packing of
apples are of great Importance. The
best keeping sorts will not be pre-
served well unless the fruit is unin-
jured in gathering and packed secure
ly. The most approved method of
picking is by hand, with ladders, the
fruit being put into a grain sack.
The bottom and top of the sack are
brought together and tied and then
hung upon the shoulder. A short
stick may be used to keep the mouth
of the sack open. The sack is quickly
and easily emptied by lowering the
mouth end and lifting upon the bot
tom. The sack a be lowered into
the barrel and the apples will run out
without being bruised, as when they
are poured in from a basket from the
top. Many apple growers prefer to
put their fruit in heaps for a few day.
that the skin may tougher before bar
reling. In short, the aim in picking
should be to not bruise the fruit, and
in this way enhance its keeping quail
ity. The fruit should not move about
in the barrels during shipment, and to
this end the apples must be shaken
down when the barrel is half full and
again when full, after which the head
is put on and pressed into place with
considerable force. 1t is much better
to have the upper apples somewhat
flattcned than to leave the fruit SO it
will stir in the package. The opposite
head should be marked as the n to
be opened. The mistake is sometimes
made of not sorting the fruit. Make
at least two qualities or grades, and
mark each package with its grade.
This will secure uniformity in the fruit
in each barrel and a better price.
There is much to be gained in the way
of reputation for careful picking,
honest asserting and the proper pack
ing of all kinds of fruit.-American
Agricultu7iSt.
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Recipes

IOTATOES.-IuC 4
large lump of butter in a saucepan and
let it melt; then add one small onion,
chopped fine or sliced very thin; when
it is Drowned nicely, but not scorched,
put in slices Of cold boiled potatoes,
salt and pepper we'll, let the potatoes
cook until they are also well Drowned;
serve while hot. A little parsley.
chopped fine, may be added, if you like
the flavor.
FRIED COMMONWEALTH out
all the green leaves from a caulitlower
and cut off the stalk close. Put it,
head downward, into a saucepan full
of boiling, sailed water. DO not over
boil it. Drain it on a sieve, pick it out
into small sprigs and place them in a
deep dish with plenty of vinegar, pep
per and salt. When they have laid
about an hour in this, drain them, dip
them in batter and fry in hot lard to a
golden color.
CABBAGE SALAD.-To a dish Of
chopped cabbage, four teaspoons of
celery seed or one bunch of celery. Put
in a bowl, yolks Of two eggs, one tea
spoon of sugar, one teaspoon of butter,
one teaspoon Of pepper, one teaspoon
of salt, one teaspoon of made mustard,
one-half teacup of vinegar. Set the
bowl into hot water, stir carefully
until it begins to thicken. Let it get
cold. Pour over the cabbage. If it
does not moisten it enough put in a
little more vinegar.
LEMON PIE.-YOlks of three eggs
beaten well, to which add one full cup
Of sugar, the juice and part of the
grated rind of one lemon, and one ia
blespoon of flour. When the crust is
ready, add to the other ingredients
enough sweet milk or cream as will be
necessary to fill the pie tin, and bake
in a hot oven. AS soon as the custard
is fairly set and the crust done, spread
owe the top the whites of the eggs,
previously beaten stiff with a little
sugar, and return to the oven to brown
atritle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

"Thcre is nothing like settling
down." said the retired merchant
coniidentially, to his ncighbor. "When
IL gave up business | settled down and
found l had quite a comfortable Tor
tune. If | had settled up should no
| ave had 4 cent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

The opinion of an eminent analyst
is quoted to show that potatoes pro-
duce symptoms of poisoning more fire.
quently than we suspect, especially
among people whose diet is chiefly
these vegetables. The tubers often
contain much sOlanine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

The length OF the submarine cables
in the whole world is estimated to be
$1,000 miles, and their value to be
$500, 100000. The length Of all the
.Miresin the world wouh=reach forty
eighttimes around the earth
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
Remedy for Chicken Cholera.

Here is a remedy, or preventive, of
the chicken cholera, which l have sue
cessfully used for two years. While
m neighbors have been losing nearly
their entire flock, mine have been
healthy, and have never had a caseto
my knowledge: Take a barrel, saw it
asunder in halves, put about three
quarts of unslaked lime in one Of the
halves, together with half a pound, or
pound. (t0 suit the necessity, Of alum;
fill the half barrel with water; when
slaked and settled take from n pint
to n quart Gas the cast requires and
put in every pail of water given the
fowls to drink. The lime will answer
for the second half barrel of water, but
the same quantity of alum should be
added as before. If continued daily
during the sickly season, 1 can from
my experience assure your readers that
their fowls will not be troubled with
chicken cholera. .-Rural NcW Yorker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

The length of the submarine cables
in the whole world is estimated to be
$4,000 miles, and their value to be
1902, 600, 900. The length of al! the
wires in the world would reach forty
eight times around the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

The largest State in the civilized
world is Texas, which boasts IN area
Of 273,356 square miles ; the smallest
is the little State Of Monaco in Europe
which has only an area of six square
miles,
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"Think with yourself as you pass by,
As You are now, so once WAS | ;
As / am now, 20 must you be,
UbnrnF,rn pro,,orn IN fnlInu, mob

With many variations, both in words
and in grammar, the sentiment has
probably been met with on tombstones
by most people now living. 1t is still
a little curious, nevertheless, that the
next Harper article following this one
on the Doones, Mr.. Gibson's Across
Lots" should reproduce from some
presumably New England churchyard
the same idea in the following form:
"Thov. 8 c. OF. mortal Flesh.
Payse.& Read.
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Welded.

Welded.
Now that l hold thee with a husbands RICH
Turn thy dear head, sweet wife, and let it
rest
Within my encircling arms, which thus en-
fold
Of earth the purest. of thy sex the best.
Let thy smile winning lips all tremulous
Press soft on mine 4 soul-enthrallfng kiss;
An earnest of the happy years to us,
Of ~unalloyed, yea! perfect welded bliss.
So let the sunlight of thy presence shine
Athwart the future vision of my Life,
Thy gentler spirit radiate through mine,
And make NE worthier If thy love, sweet
oifo w
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Quaint EDifaOhS.

The %curiosities of graveyard litera
turc are, perhaps, still waiting fol
some compiler to do them I'LL the JUS
ticc they deserve. Not the least curious
feature Of this literature is the pcren'
nial character of certain cpitaphs ant
the frequency with which they are
found in quarters of the world far re,
mote from each other. An example
of this appears in Harper. The author
of an elaborate article there on "Tht
Home Of the Dooncs," Blackmorc's
Doones, says that, in the little YARD
near the parish church of Parlock, may
he found the following familiar exhor'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15

If it wasn't for the bellies 4 good
many young men would miss being
church members.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-15
IION. w I p @ VT IIIUI ttsf
Paw c. 4 Read.

"a Hand full Of ID v st Ives buried hear
Last vestIgc of what Earth held dear
What | an now. So yon m v st be
Then ponder well this my apostrophe."
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If you are a Parrot never get among
Nightingales, unless you banker to be
abused,
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
DRY GOUDS.
HOLIDAY GOODS !
DRY eO,Ds.

Whether in search of useful
and substantial GIFTS such as
Dress PATTERNS ofeither Silk,
Wool or Cotton fabrics. Hand
some patterns in fine Bleached
TABLE LINEN-or TOWELS. Good
warm CoMFoRTABLEs or BLANK
ETs. CARDIGAN JACKETS for
men. KNIT JACKETS. HOOPS
and MITrENs for Ladies and
Children. KID GLOVES in
latest styles and newest shades.
Underwear and Hosiery OF all
descriptions. The most COM
plete assortment of Ladies
Cambria and Linen HANDKER-
CHIEFS, ALSO Gents SILK HAND
KERCHIEFs in the newest color
ings and patterns or any OF
those pretty useful and orna-
mental articles especially
adapted to the Holiday season,
including Plush, TOILET CASES,
HAND BAGS, PURSES, JEWEL
CASES, CARD CASES, &c. SILK
UMBRELLAS, JAPANESE WARE,
Dolls. TOYS and an endless
variety of FANCY OBJECTS from
which to make satisfactory
selection with an assurance Of
square dealing and correct
prices. 1t will pay youto go tc
/ G. A. SPENCER'S,
100 Market Streets.
octii-2m-tts-Si
|
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
Dailu gasette
WILMINGTON. THURSDAY, DEC. as.
The state treasurer. Report.

The report of the State Treasurer, full
synopsis OF which was published in yester-
days GAZETTE, is an interesting document,
and one that will prove peculiarly gratify-
ing TO our ax-payers, as 1t is not every state
In the Union whose Treasurer can announce
that all the current expenses of government
have been promptly met, with surplus on
hand sufficient to redeem nearly one hun
tred thousand dollars of the bonded debt of
the State.
II will also be seen from the State Treas
urer's report that when the bonds to be
called ia next week, amounting to S9O,OOO,
are paid, our bonded debt will be but $500, :
600, against which stand interest-bearing in-
vestments amounting to 81 ,16S, 100. By this
offsetour State debt is entirely wiped out and
a surplus of good investments left amounting
10 over $500 600 In addition to this graft
fylng state oil affairs, our revenues nave
been ample, while direct taxation has fol
years been abolished, and the burdens o.
government fall lightly upon the people.
In the light of these interesting and pleas
ant figures, 1t becomes an important question
whether II Is not better to stop any further
reduction of the bonded debt and apply al
surplus revenues to public improvements
Iu Its present shape the bondet
debt cannot be considered rs q
public burden, and there is reali,
no necessity for cxtinguishing it with undue
rapidity, as is now being done. The none,
now used for this purpose could be ex
pended with far better results in improving
our school system, and establishing the publi'
institutions our State SO badly stands in neet
Of The appropriation Of $50, ,oeO or 80, ,0Oope
annum to our public schools instead Of t
the payment Of the State debt would prov
Of immeasurable benefit to the people, ans
enable the schools in the small and poo
districts to be kept open twice as long a
they are now.
We hope the Legislature will give thi
matter its earnest consideration, and declin
to longer force the rapid payment OF tn
State debt,
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
HArLRoADLIwEs
DHILADELPHIA, VII "a
MINgToES, AMP sT

PHILADELPHIA, VIII La
HAtTraoRE RAiLRoxn
OCTOBER. eth, 1850.
Trains will leave Wilmington as follows TOR
ph,ladelnhia and intermediate staiions4. TO-
1o al. a. IN. 2. 20, 400 7.3. s.bA y. ~.
phllasleiphta (sxpressJ--2.0n 2. "a $50. TsDs e.iA
sos, 3. .Sa s.5S n.bS. am. lsiA i'eAssH's.
Nnw York-2.oo. 2. "a. $50. .sA So n.ss =. N.
~, ss 1.5A .. n, 5.tI, ass, T.s, p. ~.
baltimore and intermediate statlens--l.0A s.H
1000 i. NJ. 6.Wp. IN.
baltimore and Hay Line--e,M p. IN.
baltimore and Mashingion-I.42, A.bi, sos vi
r. IN, 100, si.es, 500. 6.B7s li.04 p. m.
baltimore only--i.0S. l0.0oa. tn. u. % And
Trains for Delaware Division leave fers
New Castle--8.oo, e.l0a. N. l.oss aoo s.2S ?. "a
Harrington and intermediate stasions-s.loA. a. m
los. SIS n. m.
Delmar and intermediate statiens--se q. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Philadelphia and intermediate statienss. O. m.
lg.0om. b.@. T.5s a.SNs p. IN.
Philadelphia and New YoTk--2.Oo, 2.x q. m. b.H,
| s.ss. T.2s y. m.
Baltimore and wAshington--i.42, 4.si, sos. s.n
q. IN. n.0ip p. m.
| Isaltimure-l.n3 =. IN.
FOR further information passengers are ~
| ferres 70 the time tables posted at the depot.
AS-TrAins marked .hass fsb are limited expFes
| upon which extra fare is charged.
! j. r. WOOD, General Passenger Agt.
| CnAS. n. PUGH. General Manager.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
Paper Made and Used .

A French statistician has discovered that
there are now 1885 paper manufactures on
the surface Of the globe, and that these pro
duce annually 952, 900 Of kilogrammes
of paper, made from all sorts of material.
About the half of the quantity, or 10000
900 kilt grammes, is utilized for printing pro-
perly so-called. Journals alone employ
annually more than 300, 200, 900 kilogrammes
that is about sa2 900 kilogrames per diem
The consumption Of paper for journals has
increased nearly one-third in less than ten
years. Governments consume annually, for
their administration services, 100, ,000, 900
kilogrammes of paper; schools use 90,000,-
900; commerce, 100000, 900; industry, co.
900; private correspondence, 52, 900, 900.
though on CorDs."
Ask for Wells "RouglI on Corns" 10
cents. Quick, complete, permanent cure.
Corns, warts, bunions.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28

rnE REPORT Of the State Treasurer calls
TO mind the fact that the term Of the present
official, Robert J. Reynolds, ESQ, israpidly
drawing 10 close, and as he has served the
four years usually allotted to an oecu.
pant of this position, it is altogether
likely he viii retire from the Office
in few weeks. Of Mr. Reynolds
it eau be sincerely said that he has
proved the most popular Treasurer the State
has had for years, and by his affability and
kind demeanor towards all with whom he
came in contact, as well as by his conseien-
tious discharge Of all the duties connected
with the position, has endeared himself to
the people and made an official record
of which he may well feel proud. There is
no reason under the sun why he should not
succeed himself, and the Legislature would
do real public service by making Bob
Reynolds State Treasurer for two more
wears.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28

OuR Two-CENT contemporary, the ErerB
Eceaing, complains of the GAZETTE because
in our article upon the electric light, We
failed to give the location of its place of
business, and thinks we take great pains to
avoid giving it little free advertising. Now
this is certainly modesty run wild, and in
direction from which we least expected II.
Who could have thought that the central
Journalistic light of this part of the globe
would take the failure to designate
the number and name of the street it
illumines as an intentional slight. Why, had
we thought OF the omission at all We should
have considered it a compliment 10 our con-
temporary but the fact OF the matter is Eeery
Freting Ii SO well known that it did not
even occur to us that we were possibly
wounding the sensitive feelings of our
neighbor. But II 1t Is not too late We hasten
10 make amends, and hereby announce unto
all 10 whom these presents may come thai
Eterg EreniRg, "a most excellent journal
by the wayl is published at the South
west eerner of Fifth and Market streets Il
is two-cent newspaper, size "A by y
inches. 1t is ably edited and equally abb,
managed and furnishes about as large al
amount Of literature Of wholesome kint
for two cents as any paper Of lis class vi
know Of. In fact it giyes almost as mucl
for two cents as the GAZETTE does for one
which is putting the case about as strongl,
in Its favor as any sort Of regard for tn
truth will warrant. If there is anything W
shall feel Obliged 10 our contemporary /,
point it out and we will hasten to max
ample amends.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
srEAafsHIP LINES.
A NCHoR LINE.

A NCHoR LINE. s.s
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS
sail Weekly TO and from
NEW YORK and GLASGOW. via LONDON
DERRY,
Cabin Passage, 80 10 20. Returns tiio 70 eiso
second Cabin, ~. Return Tickets, Gs.
Cabin Messengers booked at low rates
Passen 0er aeroInm odations are unexcelied. Al
staterooms on Main Deck. Passengers booke,
ri lowest rates TO or from uermany, Ialy
Norway, Sweden. Denmark. sc.
For hooks of .srours In scotland, rates, plans
&c. apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS, New
YORK, or SAMUEL y. BELTS. Adams Express
Wilmington
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28

Plush and plain cloth stripes
of which the very same ought
to be said. They have had
their day among strictly FASH
ionable people at $3 a yard.
They are still worn; but it is
too late to sell new at full
price. You shall have them
at ST a yard.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Third circle. southeast from center.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28

TWO PHILADELPHIA ruflians, having
fatally stabbed policeman, fled to Trenton,
y. j., but being closely pursued by the
authorities escaped arrest by drowning
themselves. Here is an excellent example
Tor other desperadoes to follow, as by this
means the community is deprived of dan
gerous nuisance without the expense or
uncertainty of trial
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
HENRY l.. RAYMOND s. Co.
STOCK BROKERS,
NOS. AND 8 PINE STREET, y.

Buy and sell Tor investment, and carry on
moderate margin all securities dealt In on
the New York Stock Exchange. First
class privileges at favorable rates. Parties
distantly located from Wall street
wishing to invest sums ranging
from $50 TO 81 900, are invited to
write for us for particulars. Complete
Financial Report mailed free. Small orders
executed at current rates. Refer to Bankers
Members of N. Y. Stock Exchange, Officials
of New York Central Railroad Co., and
prominent Manufacturing and Mercantile
Business Houses. References and terms
! mailed on application.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28

THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL passed the
United States Senate, yesterday, by the
decisive vote of 80 to 5. In the House,
however, it is expected to be shora of it's
most important provisions, if not killed
altogether.
The daily gazette., 1882-12-28
That Hnsnanh OF Mine

is three times the man he was before he be-
gan using "Wells' Health Renewer 81
Druggists.