The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
STEAMBOATS, AND srEAmBoAr1NG.

s1EA"a tE SAT s.a ASD ssTHE a$a'1s:,
river st~eamboating have largely departed. t
b with mingled sadness and joyful recollection
pf the past that old steamboat men sometimes
get together to tell yarns about the former
times and OF their lively adventures and hair
breadth escapes- When such boats az the
Jacob Strader n her companions were in
their prime, and whsn there was no other way
bf going from Cincinnati to New Orleans ex-
sept by water, the steamboat men were Kings.
But the railroads came and took the bulk of
The passenger traffic, and the golden days of
steamboating passed away.
The question Is often asked If the railroads
will ever be able entirely to run the steam
boats OF OF q great rivers. It Is safe to
kst Is one of great magnitude; and as long al
We have such majestic streams as the Ohio
Ind the Mississippi, there will be steamboats,
The boats run at a great disadvantage, how
syer, as compared with the railway lines, for
WITH the times at which the water is too high
and those at which there is barely enough to
Enable them to scrape over the bars, boating
b irregular and uncertain work.
But boats must be run; must be insured,
Ind must be left in good order. To this end
bur Board OF Marine Underwriters keep up a
constant and careful system Of inspection.
Inspector George Kendall is at the head of
this service, and Is we'll known, not only to
cincinnati people, but to all the steamboat
"SAa III A0Ao " NC" CTlc6IS. from DOY-
aood he has been on the rivers and we'll knows
I'll their joys and their dangers. One of our
correspondents had a tall with him the other
lay at his office on Public Landing. Mr..
Kendall called up some "reminiscences Of war
times when he was naval constructor at
Mound City. Mound City was a lively place
N those days, but is now rs quiet as a store
whose proprietors do not advertise. In the
conversation some matters Of personal expe-
renee regarding health and sickness came up
Tor mnnfi0n vi ho uo raraoaIlxr 1-s1,.ol -.z
Eed health" said Mr.. Kendall "but two or
three years ago [ was taken with constipa-
hon and some pretty severe kidney trouble.
l suppose it came from catching cold. am
= good aeal exposed 20 draughts here in the
steamboat-holds where it is damp and wet.
Well, l had it badly for a while, but I got
rid OF the whole trouble by using Browns
Iron Bitters. I think that's the best medicine
I know OF. Tell you how it was I first got it.
l had been to st. Louis with my son, and he
was taken with inflammation Of the liver; q
bad case it was. too. I had heard Barclay,
che druggist at Cairo, speak about Browns
IRON Bitters, and say it was a irst-rate thing,
At Grand Tower gota bottle of it, and gave
IT. to my SON as directed. The effect was sur
prising. 1t brought him right out Of his
sickness, and he had no return of it.
Then l tried it myself, for I thought If it
thing for me. I was suffering badly then
with constipation, and my kidneys were not
working right at all. A few doses began to
tell on me. Isaw it was the very medicine I
needed, and I found it was a first-rate tonic.
l nave taken 1t for that since I got rid Of my
kidney difficulty and constipation. You see
am IN very good health now, and I want to
keep So"
NY Tor others than yourself and your SOM"
YES, yes; we used it as afamily tonic, and
we like it for that I have bought it hy the
half dozen bottles. I nave q bottle or two at
nome now. and l mean to get more when
that supply Is out. There is nothing like it
Tor people who are run down and feel weak.
For women and children who are ailinp, it is
q great s~trengthener and appetizer. It is a
great deal better than those whisky bitters.
Tor this does no harm, while some of them
are very mfschievous For a steady.eoing
medicine that you ear always RELY on. give
me Browns Iron Bitters.n
Substantiating above testimony we give
you the results OF this great remedy in our
midst. -
Mr.. P. a. Voolfolk associate enitor ana
proprietor OF the Virginia Start, Richmond,
va, says: i suffered from nervousness and
neuralgia, brought on by overwork-used
ltef. Sr"Ne~ $3.50 ~
Gen. Robt. H. Carr, Baltimore, Nd, says
ne has no hesitation in ~prononncing Browns
Iron bttters q most excellent tonic, one tha'
he can confidently recommend.
The man who said he was ont on q lark wa