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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
A O

Four miners sat one night in June,
1858, in a tent at an Australian dig
ging discussing their future plans and
%deploring their i'll fortune. For weary
months they had worked the mine
without getting more than a bare
living. At length they decided to
leave the spot, though not without
regret. Three of them were in the
mine taking a last look round, when
one said to his mates, "Good-by; I'll
give you a farewell blow" and with
that his pick sent the splinters Of
quartz in all quarters. His trained
eye spied a glitter on n of the bits
that landed at his feet. He picked it
up, examined it, and found it to be
gold. He at nee proceeded to work
with a will. His chums saw that
something out of the common had
happened, and they, too. piled their
picks vigorously. With silent resolve
they worked on until they unearthed
a big nugget. Then a fierce. glad yell
of Joy reached the ears of the fourth
man at the windlass at the mine'top.
"What's amiss?" he shouted down.
"Wind up" was the reply, and when
he did so the lump of pure gold met
his gaze. They called it "The We'll
come" and obtained $4,000 for it.
The claim where the nugget was got
is now covered with the fine streets of
the thriving town of Ballarat.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
The Monkey and the Sugar.

L remember once, in India, giving a.
tame monkey a lump of sugar inside a.
corked bottle. Sometimes in an i'm
pulse of disgust, it would throw the.
bottle away, out of its own reach, and.
then be distracted until it was given.
back to it. At others, it would sit.
with a countenance of the most in
tense detection. contemplating the bot
tied sugar, and then, rs if pulling
itself together for another effort at.
solution. would sternly take up the
problem afresh. and gaze into it. It.
would tilt it up one way, and try to.
drink the sugar out Of the neck, and
then. suddenly reversing it. try to-.
catch it a it fell out at the bottom.
Under the impression that it could
capture it by surprise, it kept rasping.
its teeth against the glass in futile,
bites. and warming to the pursuit Of
the revolving lump, used to tie itself
into regular knots around the bottle.
Fits Of the most ludicrous melancholy
would alternate with spasms of de-.
light, as a new idea seemed to suggest.
itself, followed by a fresh series of ex-.
periments.
Nothing availed, however. until one.
day a light was shed upon the problem
by a jar of olives falling from the table,
with a crash. and the fruit rolling.
about in all directions. His monkey
ship contemplated the catastrophe,
and reasoned upon it with the intelli-.
gence Of a Humboldt. Lifting the.
bottle high in his paws. he brought it.
down upon the floor with a tremen-~
dous noise, smashing the glass into
fragments, after which he calmy trans
ferred the sugar to his mouth and
munched it with much satisfaction.
Journal Of Chemistry.
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Optional CivlIities.

Optional civilities, such as saying to
ones inferior, "Do not stand without
your hat" to ones equal, "Do not rise.
l beg of YOU" "Do not come out in the
rain to put me in my carriage" natur-
ally occur to the kind hearted, but
they may be cultivated. II used to be
enumerated amongst the uses of for.
eign travel that a man went away q
bear and came home a gentleman.
1t is not natural to the A~nglo-Saxon
race to be overpolite. They have no
petit soins. A husband in France
moves out of an e%asy-chair for his
wife, and sets a f~oot-stool for every
lady. He hands her the morning pa.
per, he brings a shawl if there is dan.
ger Of a draught, kisses her hand
when he comes in, and tries to make
himself agreeable to her in the the
matter of these little optional civilities,
1t has the most charming effect upon
all domestic life, and we find a curious
allusion to the p%oliteness observed by
French sons toward their mothers and
fathers In one Moliere's comedies
where q prodigal son observes to his
father, who had come to denounce
him. "Pray, sir, take a chair" ssya
Prodigal, "you could scold me 50 much
more at your ease II you were seated.
-Hasper's Bazar. 4.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
The Trading.R Rat.

These interesting rodents are dwell
lers in the Rocky Mountains and
adjacent hills, and are known among
US by various significant names, a..
mountain-rat, timber-rat, and trade
rat. The first, of course, refers to.
their native home; the second to the,
sound Of their gnawing, scarcely to.
be distinguished from the saving Of
timber; and the last to their peculiar
system Of barter or exchange, so.
curious a habit that it is doubtful il
any other animal has ever been
known to practice it while in q wild or,
untamed state.
These animals are much larger and
stronger than the ordinary house-rat--
80 much 80 that cats are apparently
afraid Of them, and can not be induced
to attack them. They are pretty, well
formed, have very bright black eyes.
prominent, beautifully shaped, pointed
ears, and soft gray fur. Their tails.
are not rat-like. but are more like a.
squirrels. only less bushy, being
covered with fur.
Such keen. Misunderstanding little.
creatures are they that. but for ~
instructive dislike tot the name Of rat
we should be strongly tempted to tame
them as attractive And teachable pets.
Until they learn that thew have nm
enemy in man, they are quite unsus-
picious, and willapow any one to walk
up to them,-Pepfaar Science Aonthzs.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
CALABASTA'S CREDITOR

The great clock of the court house
Ajaccio had struck S. From the WIN
dows Of an apartment devoted to the
use Of the officers of the court, and in
which three of them were at the time,
lowering clouds could be seen, and the
low rumbling of distant thunder was
heard.
"a storm is coming" said one. 1--WE
can say good by to u promenade"
"Let us play whist to pass the time
between this and dinner" suggested
another.
"WiIl you make n Of our party,
NJ. Calabasta?" asked the third of an
elderly lawyer who had just entered.
mo. I never play, never" said the
newcomer in a solemn tone.
"What, have you foresworn play?'
Eyes. you have recalled to my mind
a gloomy incident in my career. Lis
ten to me, young men. Perhaps you
will find a useful lesson in my story"
Calabasta then began in a melo-dra-
matte tone the following narrative:
ut was in 1860. 1 had completed
my law studies and was about to mar
~ a charming Parisienne, the niece of
n of the ministers of the govern
ment. I had been left a large fortune
by my parents, and had just placed
the sum of 10000 francs with my law
yer who, since the death of my par
ents, has had charge of my affairs, for
the purpose of defraying the expenses
of my wedding. Wishing to end my
bachelorhood joyously, I had invited a
a number of my most intimate friends
to dine with me. The dinner was
very gay and was prolonged to a late
hour.
"At 8 o'clock in the morning, with
out knowing how I came there, l
found myself at a green table in a
gambling-house in the Latin quarter.
where a number Of people were play
ing baccarat. I was a novice at the
game, but, being infamed with wine,
/ boldly attacked the bank. In a very
short time my pocketbook was sensi.
bly, depleted. Four thousand francs
had disappeared.
play said the croupier.
"As the players put down their
money I announced that I would play
against all the money in the bank
The banker distributed the cards. blu,
mot without casting at me sharI
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marry well within a short time of
their arrival, especially if they go far
West. She gravely advises her edu-
Gated countrywomen to do this.
How Liquor. Drinking Colors the Nose

How Liquor Drinking Colors the Nose.
1t Is we'll understood, of course, that
the color of the nose is the best evil
dence that the tippler may be reck-
oned a past graduate in the art of
learning how to drink, the redder the
beak the higher being the degree of
distinction achieved a a drunkard,
though it is a singular fact that as the
topper improves in capacity for drink
he ~degenerates in quality of manhood.
The wonder is, however, that the mas
al organ should become the spirituous
barometer. and why it is that the
magenta tint that settles so plentifully
there that it in time ~deepens to a ma
room. It has been suggested that.
tnasmuch as the nose of the drinker
hovers fondly over the glass, or in
trudes, the fumes of alcohol tend to
paint the organ red as a special token
Of favor.
Again, it has been intimated that
the nose ceases to have an acute sensi-
iveness for the odors of rum, whiskey,
and strongly spiced drinks, and that
It's ecstatic longing for the fragrant
smell causes the color, which is really
the sign of desire. But science has
come to frown upon these cheerful
theories. these consolatory explana-
tions with which the drunkard excus-
es his blemishes. Nothing so poetic
will answer the purpose of science.
That stern destroyer of mock senti-
ment and demolisher of shame throws
quite a new light on the dull glare of
n liquo7-inlamed proboscis. A learn
ed physician has recently avowed that
the heart of the devotee of the little
brown Jug has a greatly accelerated
motion in proportion rs the habit of
drink grows apace, and that the cardia
of the accomplished drunkard beats
about thirteen times oftener than a
heart in a normal state of health.
This enables the arteries to carry the
blood to the nose much faster than
the veins of the peculiarly constructed
organ a return it. Accordingly, not
only does the nose become enlarged
gradually, but the blood in it becomes
congested in the overcharged v~estals.
hence that purpling color known as
toper's red. It is disease, then, not
jollity, that bedecks the dominant fac
ial feature like the wattles of a turkey
cock. a fact many more have suspect
ed than have been able to define. As
the nose CLEANS red and redder the
dram-drinker may be warned of his
fate, for it is not alone the nose that
is congested when that condition OBJ
tains. The liver and other portions
of the internal anatomy have the nose
for their flag of distress. and in its
color paint their own unhealth.-Chi-
cogo Inter- Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
Hindoo Jugslers at a Fair.

Ihe Juggler Is perhaps the most sim
gular man to be met with in all India,
His tricks outvie in neatness of exc
cution and in wonder all of the most
famous prestidigitateur of Europe or
America Their paraphernalia consist
of an old leather bag, and their dress
of a rag across the loins. They gener-
ally travel in pairs-one being the
musician and the other being the per-
former. The musicians dress is GER
tainly grotesque. and consists of a
bright yellow or a faded green cloth
wrapped around his body and between
his legs in many a fold. Around his
waist he sings a drum and to his chest
in such a manner that it reaches to his
lips a reed instrument, supplied with a
variety of different sized pipes. on
which he can blow notes in a variety
of keys widely separate from the
squeak of a pig to the melody of a bag
pipe. and about as musical as either.
Shaking out his bag of dead mems
bones, leather straps, conches, baskets,
~garden-pots and rubbish, the juggler
proceeds to the execution of his tricks.
He turns an innocent strap into the
most vicious Of Kissing serpents. and
affrights all those standing by; he runs
a sword through an empty basket, and
and human gore gushes out profusely;
fire is emitted from his nose and mouth,
and after swallowing a pound of raw
Gotten, fine thread is drawn from his
ears and nose. This is all done by a
half-naked man in an open plain. But
perhaps among the most interesting
and oft-described trick which may
with justice in this connection be re-
peated here is the mango trick.
Taking up a common garden-pot, the
juggler hands it round for inspection.
He then scrapes up some of the earth
and filing the pot places over it a
shawl, and blows on the earth, also re-
peating aprayer. This he continues for
a few minutes. and suddenly taking
away the shawl shows to the bystand-
ers the sprouting head of a green and
tender plant. Again he covers the
pot and blows, and again uncovers.
There is a tree in miniature with
shapely leaf and blossoms-and again
the tree has grown to the height of
four feet. with full turned fruit and
bark-and then he blows on it, and be-
fore the eyes of the spectator the tree
has vanished and the garden-pot and
earth are there alone.-San Francisco
Call.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
A Present for Him.

:" guess you're going to get a
present, Mr.. Featherly." said Bobby.
"Yes9" queried Featherly pleasant
ly. '"From whom?"
From sister,"
do you know what It isP"
"I'm not sure, but after you left last
night they were talking about you,
and sister said something about the
difficulty of making a silk purse out
of asow's ear. SC I suppose It's goin'
to be q purse."-Ne,o York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
C~HILDREN'S
. The Way to Succeed.

The Way to Succeed.
Drive the nail Alright, boys,
Hit it on the head;
Strike with all your might, boys,
While the irons red.
When you've work to do, boys,
DO it with IL will;
They who reach tho top, by,
First must climb the hill.
Standing ut tho foot, boys,
Gazing Mt the sky,
How n you get up. boys,
If you never try?"
Though you stumble oft, boys,
Never be downcnst;
Try. and try again, boys
You'll succeed Mt last.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
The City Of the Living.


IN a congratulated age. whose varied story
No record has to-day
SO long ago expired its grief and glory,
There f1ourished far away,
In a broad realm whose beauty passed all mea.
A city fair and wide,
Wherein tho dwellcrs lived in peace and plea
And .any died.
Disease, and pain, and death, those stern ma.
rauders
That mar our worlds fair face,
Never encroached upon tho pleasant borders
OF this bright dwelling place.
40 fear of parting and no dread of dying
Could ever enter there;
Nc mourning for the lost, no anguished crying,
Made any face less fair.
Without the city's walls Death reigned as ever,
And graves rose side by side;
Within the people laughed at his endeavor,
And never any died.
o hnppiest of all Farth's favored places
o bliss to dwell therein!
To live in the sweet light of loving fnces
And fear no grave between!
10 feel no death-damp growing cold and colder,
Disputing LIES warm truth;
To live on, never lonelier nor older,
Rudinnt in deathless youth.
And hurrying from the worlds romotest
quarters
A tide of pilgrims flowed
Across broad plains and over mighty waters
TO find that blest abode.
And there they lived in happiness and plea.
And grew in power and pride,
And did great deeds and laid up stores of trca-
And never any died.
And many years rolled on and saw them striv-
ing
With undated breath;
And other years still found and left them living,
And gavo no hopo of death.
Yet listen, hapless soul. whom angels pity,
Craving a boon like this;
Mark how the jewellers of the wondrous city
Grew weary Of their bliss.
One and another who had been concealing
The pain of life's long 'hrall,
Forsook their pleasant p. .ces aud came steal
ing
Outside the city's wall,
Craving with wish that brooked no more de-
nying,
So long had it been crossed,
The blessed possibility of dying
The treasure they had lost!
Daily the current of rest-seeking mo,tals
Swelled to a broader tide,
It'll mono were left within tho city's portals,
AND graves grew green outside.
Woald it be worth the having or the giving,
The boon of endless breath7
All, for the WEAKNESS that comes of living
y There is no cure but death
Ours were, indeed, a fate deserving pity
Were that sweet rest denied;
And few, methinks, would care to find the city
Where never any died
-EIiza6eth -Akers Allen, Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Less than four out Of each hundred
Americans lived in cities in 1890.
The city population had increased in
1910 to eight per cent, and is now
twenty-five. There are only seventeen
States with more people than New
York city.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27

The growth of American public
libraries since the revolution has been
something phenomenal. There were
in the country in 1875 but twenty of
these institutions, with an aggregate
of 45,623 volumes. At the present
time there are nearly 1900, containing
more than 100000 volumes.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27

An Englishwoman just home from
America sends to the Pail Mall Ga
sette her opinion that an influx Of
highly cultured Englishwomen into
Canada and the United States would
be as great a boon to those countries
AS 1t would be a relief to Great
Britain. although the ladies in the
older cities Of the North American
continent are" she says. "with scarce
ly any exceptions, superior to English
gentlewomen In brain power, in clear
ness Of mental vision, in common
sense, in practical, sound Judgment,
and In general intelligence. yet we
miss in them that indefnable charm
which always clings to a cultivated
European" She has been assured by
the government officials in Canada
that If superior women, between the
ages of eighteen and twenty-five,
would come there from England, and
submit to the position Of domestic
service, they would almost be sure ia
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27

Paper is made in France from hop
vines, and it is claimed that the fibre
secured is the best substitute for rags
yet obtained, as it possesses great
length, strength, fexibility and deli
cacy. Papermakers near h~op-growing
districts should investigate this mat
ter, for the vines are now a waste
product.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-10
It Stands Upon it's Merits-Read the Press Comments

Francisco Call Thursday, Arpil Both, 1885.
Flyers Equeseurriculum was thrown
open to the general public last evening,
and was greeted with a large and appreciat-
i've audience Everything announced on
the programme was given artistically, as
advertised. The horizontal bar act and
other gymuastic feats were first-class. The
trained horses, dogs and goats, excited the
admiration and applause of the audience.
The military drill, dancing, waltzing and
leaping of the trained ponies was really
marvellous, and was pronounced unequaled
by any previous performance on the Pacific
Coast. = Daily AkG California, Friday,
May LIST, 1885.
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The first performance of Flyers Eques-
curriculum took place last night, and show
ed that an unusually liberal education had
been Iavished on the animals exhibited.
Eight sleek and poddy little ponies went
carefully through a military drill together,
and performed singly several interesting
feats of equine skill. They waltzed and
skipped ropped, played hunt the handker-
chief and see-saw, and jumped hve-barred
gates with the utmost ease and address.
Two trained goats and a dog gave exhibit
tions of daring Craftsmanship, and eollec-
ton of other dogs, large and small, gave
pantomime of a hanging and a funeral
with complete success. Several acrobats
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did ground and lofty tumb1ing, and added
a few novel and difficult feats to the usual
list. The performance was interesting and
amusing hroughout.-DaiIy San Francisco
Examiner, Friday May 1, 1885.
The Exhibition of the Equescurriculum
was attended by large number OF ladies
and gentlemen last evening. A very neat
programme was arranged for the occasion,
the leading features of which were the ex-
hibition of Flyers trained animals. Moth
ing more remarkable has been seen IN this
city. One feature introduced will afford
great amusement, and that is the training
of boys to ride in the ring. The whole per-
Torrance is most interesting Daily San
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They go through all
the Intricate Evolu-
tons, Form in Line,
Answer to Roll Gall,
Move off in Platoons
Wheel to the Right
and Left, About Face,
and generally conduct
themselves like regular
soldiers; in fact, put to
plush many preten-
tlous Military Com
panies.
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w For Further Particulars
see local notices in the pap
ers and small bills.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
ROW PEPPERS GROW.


Willie at Penang, writes a correspon.
dent of an exchange, my gharra driver
tooke me to see a Chinese pepper plan
tation. Pepper is a very profitable crop.
The vine begins to bear in three or fOuI
years after the cuttings have been
planted, and yields two crops annually
for about thirteen years 1t is an East
Indian plant, rather pretty, but of ram
bling and untidy growth, a climber,
with smooth, soft stems, ten or twelve
feet long, and tough, broadly ovate
leaves. 1t is supported much as hops
are. When the berries on a spike begin
to turn red they are gathered, as they
lose pungency if they are allowed to
ripen. They are placed on mats, and
are either trodden with the feet or
rubbed by the hands to separate them
from the spike, after which they are
cleaned by winaowing. Black pepper
consists of such berries wrinkled and
blacked in the process of drying, and
white pepper of similar berries freed
from the skin and the Aeshy part of the
fruit by being soaked in water and
then rubbed.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
SALMON FISHING IN JAPAN

Says the London Pal Mall Gazette .
what will the LOndOner who pays (prob-
ably more often does not pay, for he
cannot afford i) half o crown pound
for his salmon, think of a place where
salmon are so numerous that they crowd
each other high and dry on the seashore.
where the rivers are described as mix
ture OF water and fish, and where in n
single haul of a small seine 8. 900 salmon
are caughtP Prof. Milne, of earth.
quake celebrity, has recently visited the
Kurlle Islands, which stretch between
Japan and Siberia, with the object NJ
studying the VOLCANOES there He sailed
around the Island of Iturup, which is
about 713 miles long and so broad. and
whose inhabitants here and there alonO
the coast of Amos are engaged in fish
ing during the season. Here is his
description of the abundance of fish
The fish which are caught are salmon
and salmon trout These exist in such
numbers during the Summer and
Autumn season that their fins sticking
out OF the water near the entrances to
the rivers look like tangled masses of
kelp while up the rivers it is but little
exaggeration to say that some of the
pools are mixtures of fish and water.
With rife bullet you may pierce four
or five at single shot. The single
shoals are often covered with dead fish.
which, in their struggle for existence.
have become so weak that, having once
run themselves ashore, they are unable
to return to deep water. A single haul
OF small seine upon the beach brought
to land a huge heap of fish varying in
weight from four to twenty pounds, the
number of which we roughly estimated
at 5000.