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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10
He did it Once.

81 knew Sam Baldwin to tell
the truth but oncc,' remarked Colonel
Foley to jim Mitchell, of the Boston
Globe, the latter being in Folcy's store,
one day.
"1f Sam Baldwin told the truth, it
must have been by accident" respond
ed Mitchell. ,
"Yon have hit it precisely it was by
an accident that he told the truth. Sam
had an old shotgun that had been in the
family forty years, and one da5&.hc put
two loads into one barrel, and when he
fired, the gun burst into n thousand
pieces, When am was restored to con-
seriousness, his head was bandagcd up,
md the doctors were exploring him for
relics of the battle. The biggist piece
Of that gun that could be found was
about two inches long. and was dug out
from under his collar-hone. Then it
was that Sam told the truth"
"He said If he lived to be 1000 wears
old, he would never fire off that gun
again, and he never did, for nobody
could find that gun again when there
was nothing of it left to fire off, exoept
the piece Sam had hid away under his
collsr-bone."
"Just as I said. He never told the
truth, unloss it happened by accident"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10

Half n Dozen Counties Swept by the
PInguc-Whole Houses Enlp'icd of
their Inmatcs-Thc Diagnoses OF
the Disease, and the Course it
Runs-Peoplc Almost Starving.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10

The mason cotton harvester has been
tested in the presence of a commission
of The New Orleans Exposition. Their
report agrees with the following extract
from it:
"An intelligent planter from Missis-
sippi who witnessed its performance at
this stage Of the cotton plant offered the
highest prospective price for tho ma
chine for his own use in the present cot
ton crop. After close examination of
the results, he gave it as his opinion
that, with the machine then working and
three good hands to follow and CLEAN az
ter it, he could do the work of forty
hands n day"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10
A MYSTERY OF THE MOUNTAINS.
People of North Carolina Start
led by IL Singular Phenomenon.

The People of Nnrth Carolina Start
led by u Singular Phenomenon.
DR. j. S. Il. Bard writes the Ashcville
Cffizc" as follows: "Thc people living
in the vicinity of Elk Mountain, both on
the Rcems Creek and Beaver Dam sides.
were startled by Il strange and unusual
phenomenon which visited that section
about 8 o'clock on Saturday morning.
the LIST instant. Standing as | did on an
elevated point on my farm, with a full
and unobstructcd view of the entire Fix
Mountain range, and happening ut the
very moment to have my eyes turned IN
the direction Of the point in question. it
afforded me an excellent opportunity to
observe the whole phenomenon. The
morning was exceedingly bright and al
most %ominously calm. At n point about
due North Of my home. and seemingly
just Sygr the crest of the mountain, and
1T the hour, above stated, t~htrssIas what
seemed to be n most terrific subterra-
mean explosion, followed by a very per-
ceptihle Earring and trembling of tie
earth for miles around, and a heavy rum
bling sound as Of the deep intonations of
distant thunder, which came on with in
creasing volume for several seconds.
The sound proceeded with rapid unduIa-
tons in an eastwardly direction, follow
ing tho course Of the mountains. and
seeming to traverse the deep bowels of
the earth, until it reached n point on the
horizon Of our valley about As degrees
East from whore it started, when it sud
denly leaped forth from the bosom Of
the mountain, and, lifting itself above
the horizon, pealed out upon the air like
q mighty thunderbolt, and thus it ended
as suddenly as it began. I have con-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10
Boys Rights.

People talk about sovereign rights.
civil rights. State rights, women rights,
upright and downright and the like,
but nobody ever talks about boys rights
Poor fellows, | know 4 lot Of them and
they will tell you the boy is somebody
without Il right in the world, except that
one little fellow who
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10
Blaine and Logan,

The Washington Sundoy Hera1A has
the following society paragraph !: "This
week Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine will move into
eX-sccrctary WINDOWS house on Scott
Circle, which they will occupy all win.
ter. 1t is conjcctured by many that they
purpose setting up a social headquarters
there and entertaining their clique in
opposition to the social force Of the
present administration and Of the next
one, and will cndeavor to draw recruits
from the former. Thus there will be
three factions in Washington society this
winter-the powers that be, the powers
that arc going to be after March 4, and
the powers that tried to be bu,
couldn't. Between the first two the
mos: friendly relations will doubtless
exist, but between the disappointed fac
ton and either of the other two there
is not likely to be more than a ccrcmo-
NOUS interchange Of civiltics, if even
that"
1t is not believed that Gen. and Mrs.
Logan will ally themselves with the
malcontcnts ut the Blaine Headquarters.
Their friends here, and they have many
in all parties, will be eager to show them
attention, and in the most delicate man
ner indicate the sympathy they feel for
their various misfortuncs and their admi-
ration for Senator Losan's dignifcd.
course since the election us compared
with that Of the head Of tho ticket.
An ardent democrat who arrived last
week from Illinois in the midst Of his
.rejoicings over the victory of his party.
paused to commend Gen. Logan for hay
ing accepted defeat in so manly and dig.
nificda manner, and expressed much
sympathy for tho disappointment he
mt his"~efc must feel.
One Of Mr.. Blainc's main friends has
lately said of his future course Blaine
may not expect to he President, hut he
expects to have a good deal to do in
making P~residents.'
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10

People talk about sovereign rights.
civil rights. State rights, women rights,
upright and downright and the like,
hut nobody eve talks about boys rights
Poor fellows, | know 4 lot of them and
they will tell You the boy is somebody
without Il right in the world, except that
one little fellow who
"StnOd upon the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fed"
The boy is terribly imposed on. He has
to take all the 'sass' and i%mpudcncc OF
others and give none back, because he
is n boy. He gets all the bookings and
whippings at school for himself and the
girls too, because he is n boy. He has
to pick up chips at home, carry the wa
ter, hoe the garden and go to mill, be-
cause he is a boy. He pays full fare on
the cars because he is a boy and not a
child gets 10 scat in a crowd, because
he is Il boy and not n man. No matter
for all that, he is n boy, let him sta..d.
The world is full Of boys doing mems
work for their victuals and clothes.
Why these miserable newspaper men
advertise for boys, with good moral
character, who a write IL good hand,
cast up accounts, sit up all night,
"chaws' no tobacco and can set up LOCO
ems al hour, all for SO cents n month.
But law me, "boys will be boys"
People say they are always in the way
when there is nothing to do. Father
says when they go about him sDon't
your mother want you p and she says,
when they make little fuss about her,
that it makes her head fairly ache. Big
sister don't want them in the parlor
when she is ''chatting her beau and lit
tie sis always hollcIs "go-way' when
there is any candy on hand. The old
ladies snap at them and young ladies'
pout at them, just because they are
boys. They have n 'harl road to tray
ell and when they meet IN together
they arc so aggravated with their lot,
they want to fight somebody and they
pitch in and get a.hlack eye, Il torn jack
ct and 'catch thundcr'' Mt home. When
they sec some little sweet chap in pet
ticoats," they wonder if they were ever
stuffed with candy and called "buddy"
by every one passing along. All that
keeps boys from drowning themselves is
they hope some day to be grown men,
loved by the girls, paid for their labor,
too big to be whipped and do as they
please.
So you see there are sovereign rights,
civil rights, State rights, women rights,
whcel-wrights, cart righ:s and sea-
wrights, but no boys rights. But there
is one comfort for US little fellows after
ali-"cvcry dog has his day" We wont
always be boys and then VIC will forget
the past and we will make the BOYS in
our day "stand Iound" just like we have
10 do. And bless you, "our gall will
whisper love and m%oonshine" in our
ear as swcetly as the young ladies do
now to those College boys who don't
know ''b'' from Il broom stick. lIurrah
for Young America (and Hampton,
rights or no rights, we arc the boys and
we will make our mark in the world
some day.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-10

Tone up the system by the use of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t will make YOU
feel like n new person. Thousands have
found health and relief from suffering
by the use Of this great. blood purifier
when all other mIt&hns rkaflcd. ~
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16

flee. o, us boys are learning pretty
fast from the old men who think
they are setting good example be-
fore the rising generation. But since
we have read how mean Blaine and
Cleveland are, in the papers, you
can't get any of us boys to have am
bition to be president. l don't think
there is boy in our school mean
enough to run for president, when
he gets old enough"
"Well, you boys are OH the high
road to the devil" said the grocery
man. "You are learning all the
meanness of politics, and will bring
up in the penitentiary."
"Yes and we are learning it from
our respected fathers, and brothers,
and uncles, and neighbors," said the
boy. "As long as they countenance
such demoralizing deviltry in poll
tics, what can you expect of the
boys?" And the bad boy
went out to thunp boy that
was Eon the opposite party, while
the groceryman sat down on barrel
head and began to wonder what the
country would come to if the boys
growing up became as mean as the
men who are running politics now.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
How Blaine and Logan Will Sweat
for a Living Now.
Washington Special,l

1t is understood that Mr.. Blaine
will live here during the winters and
live at Augusta in summers. He will
pursue his literary work and manage
his financial Interests. One of his
most intimate friends says he will
never appear IN public life again by
his own solicitation. He can live
handsomely and contented outside of
politics, and that he proposes to do.
lie had retired from public life when
nominated for the presidency in Jun,
last.
General Logan, it is said, will live
in Chicago when he leaves the Senate.
He is poor man in property. While
Mr.. Blaine is reputed to be two.
millionaire, General Logan, it is stated
is not worth $4,000. He has moi
lived extravagantly, but he has paid
his obligations for long time out Of
5000 a year. This allowed him d
very small margin. He has good
knowledge OF law, and will not have
difficulty in being retained by clients
who will pay him much more than
5000 a year if he wants to practice
law. But there are those among hi:
friends who say he does not want to
engage in law practice.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
Married Above Her.

The puzzling question in high lit
epary circles at present is who wrote
the New Society Novel, said to be
taken from life, entitled Married
Above Her. written by Lady Of
New York, moving in fashionable
circles, and just published by I. b.
Peterson Il Brothers, Philadelphia.
Married Above Her" is an absorb
ing and highly fascinating romance
of the heart that everybody will be
delighted with. 1t has plenty of pow
er and is thoroughly original through
out. The points in its favor are,
however, legion, and is utterly impos-
sible to enumerate half of them.
The plot is artistically conceived and
admirably developed, holding atten-
ton unbrokenly from first to last. 1t
details with telling force and pathos
the history of a country girl who in
an unfortunate hour marries an aris-
tocratic man of fashion whose main
characteristic is unconquerablc pride.
OF course the society husband soon
tires of his unpretending wife and
her troubles promptly begin. There
are several sub plots, all INVOLVING
The love affairs of the subordinate
personages and all from love stori,
of marked interest and charm
Married Above Her" is an Ameri,
can novel containing many won
derfully striking and exciting
scenes and incidents. A vein of pro
nounced. humor runs through tn
superb novel, affording room for
number of sharp contrasts that vastl!
heighten the general effect. "Mar
ried Aboye Her" deserves to attain
higher rank among contemporaneou
fiction and win undoubtedly do SC
} No reader, old or young, should mis-
reading it. tits published in larg
: square duodecimo volume, of nea
600 pages, paper cover, uniform wit
"Ishmael" and "Self-Raised," pric
seventy-tlve cents, and will be foun
for sale by all Booksellers and New
Agents and on all Railroad Train
everywhere, or copies of it will b
sent to any one, to any place, pos
paid, on remitting seventy-tive cent
, I, in letter to the publishers, T. ]
. Peterson Il Brothers, Philadelphia
Pa.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
A GENEROUS FOE.

Washington, Nov. l5.- The Wash
ington Star says the following reply
to an inquiry sent to Mr.. George
William Curtis, by a government
employe here, has just been received :
"West New Brighton, N. Y, Nov,
IA, 1SS4.-"Dear Sir: l have your
letter of the 18th. There is no doubt
that Mr.. Cleveland will encounter
tremendous demands for a clean
sweep, but, 1 think that while
changes will be, and ought to be,
made for perfect legitimate reasons
he will respect the letter and spirit
of reform and law, and that non-po-
litical officers who have been honest
and effective in the discharge of
their duty, and who have not mis-
used their positions for party or no
litical ends will not be arbitrarily
dismissed for political reasons. OF
course 1 have no authority to speak
for Mr.. Cleveland. My faith is
founded on the sole knowledge of
his character and convictions.
Yours truly,
[Signed] Geo. William Curtis.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16

"Do you know said an extremely
vivacious young lady to her excess
lively bashful suitor, "do you know,
George, that young ladies like to be
told they are pretty and attractive,
whether they are or not?"
Il would not think of tcllin G you
any such thing" said George, gal
lently, "for your looking glass tells
you better than could that you arc
as handsome as picture"
"Oh, George!'
"You have the prettiest face and
the smallest waist l ever saw"
"The smallest waist! If my waist
is small it is certainly not because OF
having been squeezed, George"
George tainted.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
ABOUT PRINTING INKS.

The ingredients of ordinary printing
ink are burnt linseed oil, resin and oc-
casionally soap, with various coloring
matters. The best quality of linseed
oil Is used in superior inks, and this is
purified by digesting it in partially dilu-
ted sulphuric acid for some hours, at q
temperature of about 212 degrees, al
lowing the impurities to subside, and
then washing away the acid with repeat
ed additions of hot water. The water,
after this treatment, is pale and turbid,
and if the freeing from the acid is COM
plete there is scarcely any odor. By
rest the oil clarifies, and has then a pale
lemon-color. It now dries much more
rapidly than before. The purified oil is
now partially resinifed by heat. For
this purpose it is. introduced into
large cast-iron pots and boiled until in
Aammable vapors are freely evolved.
These are ignited, and allowed to burn
for few minutes, after which they are
extinguished by placing tight cover
over the boiler. Ebullition Of the oil is
continued until, on cooling, q firm skin
forms on its surface, known by placing
drop on slate, or other smooth, cold
surface.
Red printing ink, according to The
Engineer, may be made in this way ::
Boil linseed oil until smoke is given off.
Set the oil then on fire and allow it to
burn until it can be drawn out into
strings half an inch long. Add one
pound Of resin for each quart Of oil, and
ne-half pound Of dry, brown soap cut
into slices. The soap must be put in
cautiously, as the water in the soap
causes a violent commotion. Lastly,
the oil is ground with sufficient pig
ment on a stone by means Of a muller.
Vermillion, red lead, carmine, Indian
red, Venetian red and the lakes are all
suitable for printing inks.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
ARTHUR ToREsAw THE END.
He Refused to Interfere in Any
Way With the Count in New
York State.
[washihgton special.l

"Let me tell you something that is
very much to President Arthur's
credit" and a member of the naSion-
al Democratic committee to the Daily
News correspondent this evening.
"On Wednesday night, November 81
the Blaine Republicans in New York
became very uneasy over the out
look, and called on the President to
assist them in some way-how l do
not know-to put New York in the
Blaine column. lie listened to them,
and when they had stated their wish
es he replied: 1 do not see what l
can do. My own opinion 10 that the
Democrats have carried the State.
Everything indicates it thus far. !
would not interfere if l could, and !
trust no person who claims to be a
friend of mine will lend himself to
any scheme to thwart the will of the
people," just before leaving New
York the President learned that Mr..
William H. Robertson, collector of
the port, had gone up into Westches-
ter on a political mission. lie said
to friend: Tell Robertson. to keep
out of this business. / do not wish
or do not care (either one or the 9TH
er of these words were uscd) to re-
move him from Office at present, but
he holds his position to discharge an
important service to the government
and not to tinker in politics, and he
will serve his own interests by at
tending to the business of his office
and letting some one else do the dirty
work of politics" D."
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
Hard on the Blaine Men.

The following circular has been
sent to many prominent Blaine Re-
publicans in Brooklyn. Its origin is
unknown:
COMPLIMENTARY Don't ''burn this."l
Dear Sir: You are most cordially
invited 10 join with the undersigned
and vast throng of your friends
(members of the G. 0. P.) ina voyage
up Salt river at SuR-dOwn.
The committee having chartered
the large and commodious steamer
Hooking Valley (for this occasion),
with the following well-known Of
iicers:
Captain, Jim Blaine.
Purser, Black Jack.
First Mate, Barrabas Butler
Chaplain, Rev. DIR. Burchard.
Chambermaid, Nancy Reid.
Stewart, Hon. (?)S. b. Dorsey.
Every effort will be ma lie to make
the trip the most successful one
known in history. Among the guests
are the following well-known friends
and companions of our G. 0. p: Hon.
w. NJ. Evarts, Hon. Russell Sage,
Hon Cyrus'Field. John Roach, Hon.
John Sherman, Hon. j. Gould, Com
missioner Dudley, George Bliss, John
ME Davenport, Hoh. b. f. Jones,
Steve Elkins and yourself.
The guests will be received by the
following committee of well-known
citizens, who will check their bag
gage, with them God-speed, hoping
they may never return; Hon Roscoe
Conkling, Hon. Carl Schurz, Rev. ii.
w. Beccher, George w. Curtis, Hon,
Chester A. Arthur and President.
elect Grover Cleveland.
Believing you will enjoy the TRIP
surrounded by such congenial com.
pany, the committee expect you will
not fail to join the expedition. BY
order of The COMMITTEE.
p. S.-Please bring your own soap
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY.

o, wrap up our Blaine in the bloody old shirt.
And plant him down deep in the ground.
Where BurcEard may kick up the dew -cOv-
cred dirt
And Tumble-bug Ball flop around.
Louisville Times.
Ben Butler doesn't look at the pa
rade of the triumphant Democrats:
there is always one transparency
blazing with the ironic inquiry.
"Where's Buffers part-eye"-Phila-
delphia North American.
1t comes late and issnot entitled to
full credit, but is worth repeating:
Blaine now says he thought parson
Durchard said Rum, MOrmonism
and ebellion."-CoSington Com
monwealth.
A man by the name of McPhun is
in Jail at Louisville, charged with
forgery in Calcutta. lie takes the
situation very amiably, and seems
disposed TO McPhun of lt.-Frank.
fort Yeoman.
Mr.. Blaine will have a new incen-
tive to finish his second volume of
"Twenty years in Congress, He will
have a chance to pay some debts
recently contracted Frankfort Yeo-
man.
Belva Lockwood is only poor,
weak woman, but she had sense
enough to avoid asking her commit
tee to keep the election gong two or
three weeks latter the polls closed
Chicago Herald.
The Board of Education of this
city has excluded VIM. Cullen Bry-
ants poems from the public schools
on the ground that they are Second
rate" A board of Education that
knows first from second class poetry
is a rarity.-N. Y. World.
The alliterative Blaine parson may
derive what comfort lie can from the
knowledge that the party of Rum,
ROmanism and Rebellion" is now
the Rooster that Rules the Roost.-
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.
Meacham, of the South Kentuck-
ian. having read how an old safe
which was supposed to be empty
was searched aud found to contain
half million dollars, examined his
own safe and found-it empty as he
had supposed.-Paducah Standard.
"At all events" observes the New
York Tribune, "the canvass made by
Mr.. Blaine was superb and unparal-
lelled." EYES," said the remnant of
the parrot, after his noted engage
ment with the monkey, 1--WE had a
h--ll of a time"-Louisville Courier
journal.
A mountain Of wild honey two
hundred feet high and one hundred
and fifty wide has been discovered
Eamong the rocks of California, says
a San Francisco paper, Probably
some young man has just fallen in
love for the first time and this is only
the San Francisco way of expressing
| his feelings.-Boston Globe.
Charles Williams, the convict whC
has been wfeaking poetic revenge
upon the outside world by publish
ing doggerel in the COurier-Journal
has been pardoned, that is he ha
been pardoned of the crime of for.
gerry and released from the peniten.
tiary, but neither his liberty nor hi
life will be safe if he shall publisl
, any more "poetry" like this sampl
stanza from his "Convicts Dream :
"AndI made vow dear mother,
1 That better son I'd be.
8 For / feel I've learned lesson,
In this penitentiary."
1
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16

In the matter of appointments,h how
would the Republicans like to have
the Democrats to do as they were
done by? That is retain as many Re-
publican officials as there are now
Democrats in Federal offices. This
would give the country the character
of "chnage" which the verdict in No
vember seemed to demand.-Yeo-
man.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
Weak Backs.

Old chair-backs are now rejuven-
ated with pretty bits of fancy colored
satin and silk in curious shapes.
Folks who have weak backs and are
otherwise debilitated, find strength
and comfort in Browns Iron Bitters,
which makes them good as new. This
famous iron medicine has worked
wonders for the week and weary.
Mrs, E. r. Smith, Whitehall, Mich,
says ~ used it with great benefit for
stomach and liver complaint and gen.
eral weakness"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-16
What T. Does

Almost every lady habitually uses
tome kind of hair dressing. II is a
soilet necessity. Parker's Hair Bal
sam is the best, because: it gives
gloss and softness arrests falling out
does not soil the most delicate fabric
is deliciously perfumed; cools the
head eradicates dandruff, and pro-
notes a luxurient growth.