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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

The Texas Court of Appeals has just made an interesting decision. in August, 1884,
 Peter Johnson stabbed John Davis. In Oe- tober Johnson convicted of assault and battery and fined twenty-five dollars, which he paid. In November Davis died in conse- quence of the stabbing. Johnson was in dicted, tried again and convicted of man slaughter. His counsel raised the point that he could not be tried twice for the rame of fense-that his conviction for assault was bar to his subsequent trial for 1nanslaughter. The court overrules this objection and sus- tains the second conviction. Here is the view it takes:-''There never can be crime of murder, or manslaughter, until the party assaulted dies; these crimes have no existence in fact or law until such death. It cannot therefore, be said that one is tried for the same crime when he is tried for assault dur ing the life and tried for murder or man slaughter after the death of the injured party. The death of the assaulted party creates g new crime"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

| that every possible measure be taken to limit their sale. With these requests the doctors will couple recommendation that absolute
 liberty be accorded to the sale of beverages slightly or not at all harmful, like cider.
 beer, wine, etc., on condition that they be of excellent quality and that there be rigid in spectionn
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is quite probable that the Fitz John Porter case will be settled this winter in Por- ter's favor. But there are many who will never be convinced that he has been treated uniustly.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

rloty duO lOW pIlCco.
 BOLTON 6 NEELY.
 Come to Us For odor cases, toilet cases, jewel boxes, pie ture frames and albums either in plush or leather; cut prices this week. Open even ings. BOLTON & NEELy.
 Christmas Novelties In ladies' and misses French and English silk, lisle and cotton hosiery and ladies' and misses gloves and mittens at low prices at
 F. M. BROWN 6 Go. $.
 Beautiful Presents. Slippers in every variety of style; the great est assortment and lowest prices.
 BOLTON & NEELY.
 F. M. Brown & Co.'S Low prices on bisque figures and groups, chinaware, cups and saucers, plates, shaving mugs, liquor, wine and lemonade sets sur prise the closest buyers. You can find dolls anywhere, but for a complete assortment at half the regular prices visit Bolton & Neely's. They are in the millinery room.
 Holiday Slippers. Greatest bargains in velvet embroidered slippers at
 BOLTON S1 NEELY's.
 Our Big Millinery Room Is full of dolls, large and small, dressed and undressed, blondes and brunettes in bisque, china wax or rubber You will ind our prices are one-quarter to one half less than others ask for the same quality. Open even ings.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Ayers Sarsaparilla makes the blood pure, rich and vitalizing. Sold by all druggists.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Work baskets, scrap baskets, shopping baskets, hand bags, purses, etc. Great va riety and low prices.
 BOLTON S- NEETy
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Many distinguished men have died during the past year. Among them are General Grant, Vice President Hendricks, ex-Sen- ators Gwinn, Fenton, Sharon and Toombs, ex-Secretary Thompson, ex-Governor B. Gratz Brown, Cardinal McCloskey, Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Dr. s. I. Prime, Dr. Ben jamin F. left, Sir Moses Montefore; Dr. Nachtigal, the African explorer; Franz Apt, the composer; Generals Mcclellan, McDow- ell and McDougal; John Mccullough, the tragedian; Colonel Burnaby, Dr. Joseph Alden, Schuyler Colfax, Richard Grant White, F. J. Feargus C'Hugh Conway'O, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, Hinton Rowan Helper, Henry W. Shaw (''Josh Billings, ), William H. Vanderbilt and Dr. John c. Draper
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Ladies', Misses and Chtldren's Slip- Perss Kid alligator, velvet and plush. You can
 | have them at half price, Come at once. BOLTON & NEELY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

The New Orleans Picayune forcibly attacks recent statements in the press to the effect that the cotton trade of New Orleans is being diverted into other channels. It denies that northern buyers are taking cotton from other points along the river to any such extent as has been stated. The overland cotton move msnt, it says, grew for time after the war very rapidly. The increase of production west of the Mississippi and the growing eff ciency of the trunk lines helped to divert business from the Gulf ports This tendency, however, culminated in 1882 In that year near ly 20 per cent. of the total amount handled went by rail shipments The decline since then is shown by the fact that during the present year only a fraction over 16 per cent was thus carried. By the Picayune's own figures, however, this is per cent. more than in 1870.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

The Revue d'Anthopologie reports an investigation concerning the relation of in telligence to the size of the brain. The main conclusions are that there is no absolute re- Iation between the factors, though the brain proper may become voluminous proportion ately with the degree of intelligent activity. The important point in determining the in telligence is the quality of the brain cells, constituted by their impressionability. This, if native, marks surperior intelligence; it can be acquired by continued work, and may be produced by nervous disease. In some races certain influences contribute to increased intelligence, but in none does the volume alone of the brain constitute the principal factors of the intelligence.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

The action of the Knights of Labor in re- moving the boycott put on the cigars of Straiton 6 Storm in New York city was just and wise. Straiton & Storm have been con spicuously considerate in dealing with their workmen.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

The temperance question in France is a
 very serious one. Lately there have come into general use among the lower classes vile alcohols distilled from grains, potatoes, beets and other vegetables which are sold at very low price and are very dangerous toxics, pro ducing alcoholism to an enormous extent.
 Alcoholism was scarcely known to French physicians thirty to thirty-five years ago, but now it is frightfully common, and the hospitals are full of sufferers from strange diseases, s,-derangements of the circulation,
 curious forms of paralysis, Authorizations,
 idiocy and so forth. Drinking places multi ply in alarming degree; nearly 1oo,00O have been opened within ten years. The academy of medicine now propose to call upon the government for surveillance of the manufacture of ''hard" liquors (as we call them), for heavy taxes upon all brandies and strong liquors in commerce, and heavy li- censes imposed on all who sell them; and
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

ana W1Se. Stra1GOn c storm nave been con spicuously considerate in dealing with their woIkmen.
 There is nothing new under the sun. Somebody has discovered the bloody shirt in this quotation from Gibbon: ''This sacred duty of pursuing the assaasi"s ~e n-------' was the engine and presence of his anbltlon' and the bloody shirt of the martyr was e1-
 The ot11isr day there fsftt HD5ubfiH for Galway by the Midland railroad a soial phenoln- enon, namely respectable young man who could not speak or understand one word of English having never spoken any other language than Irish He had been fort night in Dublin, and during that time re- ouired in the capital of his native country to be accompanied everywhere by an inter preter The yonng man is native of the Island of Boffin, off the Connemara coast, where, out of some six or seven hundred in- habitants, only nine speak English. On this island they possess rich treasure of tradi- tional folk lore, old poems, &c. Fifty years age on large estate in West Galway there was not one tenant who spoke English.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23
Beautiful Presents.
E. u. Brown & Co.'S

Slippers in every variety of style; the great est assortment and lowest prices.
 BOLTON & NEELY
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23
Christmas Novelties

In ladies' and misses French and English silk, lisle and cotton hosiery and ladies' and misses gloves and mittens at low prices at
 F. M BROWN 6 Co.'s.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Sold by all druggists Price Cuticura 50 cents ]; ResoIvent Sf Soap, 25 cts. Prepared by the Potter Drug and Chemical Co, Boston, Mass. Send for 'How to Cure Skin Diseases"
 REAII HFY the Complexion and Skin by D E H - using the Outicura Soap.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Greatest bargains in velvet embroidere slippers at
 Ror ro,, C-
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-23

Low prices on bisque figures and groups chinaware, cups and saucers, plates, shaving mugs, liquor, wine and lemonade sets sur prise the closest buyers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Brummell. the Beau.

If Brummell had had a handsome face
his biographer, Jessie, would probably
have told us 80. An accident in the
Tenth had marred his nose, but other
wise his features were, probably, only
ordinarily good. AS to his form, we
know that was elegant; and that he was
altogether q very commanding gentle
nan hawy jewel, we'll set. He spent
fabulous sums on his dress, and believed
that there must be the strictest economy
to make All elegant %presentable on
$500 a year. For his toilet he had care
fully written out laws: two hours in his
bath, and two at dressing; and for q
week the following changes: Twenty
shirts, twenty-four handkerchiefs, nine
or ten pair of summer trousers, thirty
neckties, a dozen waistcoats, and socks
at discretion. After the opera, before
going to ball or supper. he always went
home to change his cravat. There was
but one blanchisseuse IN London who
could give his cravats the right stiffness,
or fold properly the plaits of his shirt
bosoms, and her he of course employed.
But when he left London he owed her
many a guinea for her pains.-Hom
,huruuL.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

the roots ample spread, say four feet
wide. The top soil should be thrown on
one side by itself. The compost is then
hauled on the ground, and a liberal
quantity of it is thrown into the hole
and spread, and partly mixed with the
earth in it, being left slightly raised IN
the center for the tree to rest upon.
Everything is now in readiness for the
trees. When these arrive they should
be unpacked and sorted at once. and
each variety laid in the wagon by itself.
Each variety should be planted separate
ly in a row or block. The wagon is then
taken to the field. The planter, who
has a boy to assist him, takes a tree, sets
it firmly upon the earth in the hole so
that it is a little deeper than it has been
in the nursery, and while the assistant
holds it, he spreads the roots and care
fully works the soil among them so that
they are in as natural a position as pos
sible. This is very important and should
be we'll done. After this the rest of the
top soil is thrown in and we'll trodden
with the feet. Then the subsoil is put
in with a little of the compost mixed
with it and thoroughly we'll frmed with
the feet, but left in a slight mound, so
as to turn water from the stem. After
all the trees have been thus planted each
one should be properly pruned, the
young wood being cut back one-third
and the head properly shaped. Fall
planting, which is generally preferable,
should be done from the 18th October to
the 18th November, and spring planting
as soon as the ground is free from frost
and dry enough to work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Steam Fishing for Whale.

Whale fishing in small steamers off the
coast of New England is getting to be a
business of some Importance, four steam
ers formerly catching menhaden) hav-
ing been steadily engaged during the
past season. They cruise off the Maine
and Massachusetts, shores as far south as
Cape Cod. A bomb lance, fred from a
gun held at the shoulder is the weapon
employed in killing the whales, about
fifty of which have been taken this year.
They-will average sixty feet in length
and twenty-five tons in weight. Each
one yields about twenty barrels of oil,
two barrels lof meat, FIVE tons. of dry
chum and two tons of bone, che valne
of which amounts to about $500. AS
the men become expert in the capture
the whales become shy and keep more
in deep water. This will be fatal to the
business, as at present conducted. since
q dead whale usually sinks, and can
hardly be recovered from a depth of
more than forty fathoms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Preparing Soil for All Orchard.

In the book CHOW the Farm Pays"
we find the following suggestions in
regard to the preparation of the soil for
setting out fruit trees: A rich soil is not
required. If the land is able to produce
a good crop of corn, potatoes, or clover,
it is rich enough; if made too rich the
trees are apt to make too much wood, or
a weak, rank growth, which must be cut
away by pruning, and thus really exhaust
the tree and put off its bearing period
for some considerable time. The follow
ing details will suggest a proper method
for the average conditions. The planter
of course must study his particular case
and make a judicious application Of these
suggestions. The land should be we'll
plowed in the fall or late summer, as
deeply as possible; deep blowing in this
case is beneficial, when it might be other
wise for an ordinary crop. The next
thing to be done is to prepare a sufficient
quantity of good compost of rotted
leaves, sod, scrapings Of the barnyard,
lime, wood ashes and some rotted ma
nure. These arc we'll mixed and put
into a heap ready for use. The trees are
then ordered to be delivered at a special
time, aud for safety, and the proper
guidance of the nurseryman, full and
accurate directions should be given for
shipping. The orders should be sent 30
as to give the nurseryman ample time to
ship the trees. The next work is to stake
out the ground, and dig the holes
two feet deep, and large enough to give
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Fashionable Garnitures.

The habit of using birdskins for orna-
mental purposes is playing havoc with
the velvet trade. To show the enormous
extent to which the new fashion of wear
ing the entire stuffed bird has fetched, it
is computed that upward of two million
of small brilliant. hued birds were i'm
ported to England the past year, me-
sixth of which are those plumed gems,
the humming birds, the remainder being
parrots, sunbirds. orioles, king-ishers,
and birds of paradise. But these, when
landed, only bring $775, 600, whereas
the ornamental feathers, such as those
of ostriches, emus, rheas (South Ameri-
can ostrich), egrets, jungle-cocks; ORR
oles, t%ragopans, peacocks, etc., bring
more than SO, EGG, 900 in Great Britain
alone. Surprising that WI count the
rest of Europe, the United States, India,
and China, there must be annual sales
which bring to first hands Mt wholesale
at least $40, 600, 900 - Chicago
Times
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
The Dude'S Successor.

Much has been said of the latest Paris
ian dandies, the mowers" The fau-
cheurs can not be said to belong to the
category of melancholy young men.
They do not laugh or dance much, it is
true, nor are they prone to indulge in
conversation. They 60 about the boule'
Yards in couples, ana sometimes in
strings OF three, four, or five. They are
French editions Of Oscar Wilde's school,
with something Of his eccentricity, with;
out his aesthetic spirit. Yet the faucheur
would be aesthetic if he could. His
clothes, never black, but generally of a
light tweed, marked with bars or crosses,
outline his figure with anatomical exact
ness. He wears boots with pointed toes
md fiat heels, and in summer he has q
light straw hat with a considerable
amount of brim. He carries his cane
with the head downward, and handles
it after the manner of the reaper his
tickle. ut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
GrccTa Wniturfng,

When green crops arc grown for the
purpose of fcrliizing the soil, as a rule
they should be plowed under when in
their most luxuriant and perfect growth.
It is then that their decomposition has
the most beneficial effect upon the soil,
and this is one important object in view
of growing such crops. A crop of COW
peas, for instance, or one Of clover or
buckwheat. turned under when in full
blossom and containing the largest guam
t.ty of sap, quickly dccomposes and con-
tributes to the soil not only a large mass
of matter which has a mechanical effect
upon it, but also a certain amount OF nj
trvgcn and other useful maDurial matter
which is contained in the herbage; in
addition, there is a chemical action upon
the soil Ivy he acids produced which dis
solve a portion OF the mineral matter.
If the crop is permitted to fall down and
remain upon the surface only one OF
these effects is produced, namely, the
mere addition of the matter to the soil,
and some of this may be lost by evap-
grafton and otherwise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Look to the Lambs.

The lambs should be kept growing,
and in order to do this a little grain
should be given them. Oats are a
natural food for young animals. When
the lambs are weaned they will get a
setback unless they have some extra
food OF this kind to take the place OF
the mothers milk. Two or three old
sheep should always be put in with the
lambs to teach them to cat grain and to
be driven. These sheep should be tame
or else the lambs will become wild and
unmanageable. A lamb will get poor
in a week after it is taken from the eve,
if it is not supplied with plenty of suit
aole food. After lambs are four months
old they will grow faster when taken
out of the old pasture and weaned, if
allowed fresh grass and fed q Little oats,
beginning with q fourth of a gill for q
few days and increasing it to a gill in
ten days. They will do better on young
clover without their mothers milk and
without oats, than if left in the old pas
ture. New seeding is excellent feed for
lambs, and so is the second growth CT
clover, as they prefer clover to any other
food. There is a profit always in feed
ing lambs 80 we'll that there is a rapid
growth, on account of the high price for
which the meat sells. Our Country
Home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Sursestions About Swine.

Referring to the prevention of roofing,
q breeder writes: II cut the rim OF the
snout slanting tc the end and tip Of the
nose. leaving both ends attached, so
that the rim will slip up and down when
the animal attempts to root. This
proves 80 painful that it Immediately re-
~sists."
Plain iron rings, placed in the nose of
a hog, prevent him from roofing, and is
q very good and simple device. An
animal that has acquired the habit of
breaking fences or lifting gates, or one
that is vicious Or cross or inclined to be
unruly. MAY he put on its good behavior
if treated to one ortwo rings in the nose.
Sixty hogs, averaging about three
hundred pounds each, are generally
considered Il ''car-load," through in ex-
ira long cars seventy hogs are sometimes
put. When hogs have a long journey to
make in order to reach a good market
the shriukage in their weight is not I'M
frequently a matter Of some moment to
their owner. Among the best ways of
reducing. if not altogether ing
this shrinkagc, is to scatter five hundred
or six hundred pounds of soft coal on
the foor of the car before loading. The
hogs will eat about ten pounds each, and
it does them no harm, and you have full
weights at the end of your journey, with
a very small expense.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
The MOSQUITO Treatment,

An Elwood, N. j., correspondent in a
letter to the Boston 1rareler, says: We
nave a case which goes to the credit OF
The prescribed mosquito, which at times
is uncomfortably abundant in this region.
A young lady from Pennsylvania was
lent here in a very feeble condition as a
last resort by her physician. The result
was not particularly encouraging, till,
by an unusual visitation of the musical
insect, she was so bitten on all parts OF
her body accessible as to cause q painful
~ilIness.. When this disappeared she rap
id y recovered from the former disease
to the enjoyment of perfect health. The
doctors declared that the mosquito treat,
ment saved her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Is HAY Cheap Food!

Most dairymen suppose that hay is the
cheapest food for their COWS, and think
it a misfortune to be short of hay
which is, in a sense. true, for every one
should try to produce oil the hay re-
quired TO: his stock-but it is seldom
true that the market price of grain is
higher than hay. If we consider the
relative nutritivc value of hay and grain,
or product of grain, we find that good
meadow hay or clover is no cheaper at
$13 or $14 per ton than good wheat bran
or middlings is at $40 or $24 per ton,
or corn meal at $22 or $23 per ton, or
linseed cake or meal at $32 or $$353 per
ton. Now, this does not mean that corn
meal, middlings, or oil meal would be
just as appropriate fer the complete food
of a cow as hay. We know that such
concentrated food would be quite dan
gerous to feed a COW without some coarse
fodder; but it means that the nutriment
in these foods will be as cheap to make
up any deficiency in the ration, at those
prices, as hay at the price mentioned.
Therefore, when hay is dear in the
dairy districts, instead of buying hay the
dairymen should buy grain in some form
to help him out. Tho grain will be
cheapest, and his lows come through in
much better condition for the milking
season than if they had all the good hay
they could eat. All COW requires over
twelve or fifteen pounds of hay should
be made up in grain food. Twelve
pounds of hay and eight pounds of mid.
dliugs per day will winter a thousand
pound COW much better than thirty
pounds of hay per day. But the ground
feed should be mixed with cut hay,
moistened, so the ground feed will ad-
here to it, and must be eaten with hay
and raised, and remasticated. Fine
feed, fed alone, is not raised and remas.
ticated, but goes on tothe fourth stomach,
without further mastication. -National
Lire Stock Journal.