The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-10

"Aon W piaSe III Inc capitol statues
representing their leading men who
have acquired national fame. The
last addition to the collection is the
statue of Gen. Garfield. presented by
the state of Ohio.
In the British Medical Journal. DR.
Fotherglll says that a patient dying of
exhaustion is generally dying of star
walton. owe give him beef tea, calfs-
foot jelly, alcohol, settler and milk
that is, a small quantity of sugar of
milk and some fat. But the Jelly is
the poorest sort of food, and the beef
tea a mere stimulant. The popular
belief that beef tea contains
the very strength Of the
meat is a terrible error; it has no food
value"
Sportsmen should be careful not
to eat of meat from animals which
have been much tortured by dogs
during the death agony. DR.. Detmars
OF the National Society of Microsco-
pists, in examining samples of the
meat the eating of which had killed
several persons in Momence, ILL.,, found
changes which were clearly attribu-
table to a frenzied condition of the
animals from which it was taken.
The Doctors opinions upon ,the sub
Ject were formed after Careful micros-
copical examinations Of hundreds of
samples Of meat from cattle slaught-
ered in Chicago while there were in q
frenzied condition from fright.
A broad tract of land in Lisbon.
Maine, known for years as the "Pine
Woods" Is now one of the most high
ly valued lots of land in that State.
Two years ago it could have been
bought for SIS an acre, and to-day $685.
OOO an acre is it's estimated value. It
Is owned by E. N. Chamberlain, who
leased it a few months ago to f. II.
Caylor, Of Columbus Ohio. MI. Cham
berlain Is to receive q royalty on the
product OF 4 paint mine that it con-
tains. The value Of the earth COM
prised in this tract of land was discoy-
BRED through observation of the fact
that the mud clinging to the wheels of
vehicles driving through it dried on
like paint and was removed with diff
Guilty. The earth is yellow, and has
been pronounced by Prof. Stanley, of
Bates College, to be q variety of ST.
emma.
Temperance advocates are pleased,
disinterested persons amused, and in
jured dealers dumfounded by IL blow
at the very low dregs of the saloon
business in New York. The stale.
beer dives, so mer in the worst
quarters of tho city, get their beverage
by draining the kegs set out in front
of other bar-rooms. Their keepers
have systematically made mornlnr
rounds to fill their buckets just before
the removal of the kegs by tho brew
ers' wagons, and this sloppy stuff was
subsequently retailed to the most mis-
cradle drinkers st a cent Il glasA Now
a vinegar manufacturer has constructed
with the brewers to get the leavings
from the kegs. and wagons, provided
with tanks, go over systematically
arranged routes every morning. This
is going to eliminate q characteristic
feature of New York intempeTance.
The Government astronomers of
Hong.kong has published an account
of the phenomena which precede ty-
phoons. The first signs are feathery
clouds IN the sky of she cirrus type,
looking like fine tufts IF white wool.
and which travel from east to north.
Those appearances arc accompanied
by a slight rise of the barometer, clear
weather, heat, and light winds. The
barometer then begins TO fall; the heat
becomes oppressive there is a swell
on the sea, and the sky ssum a
threatening appearance. As the storm
approaches these effects become more
marked, while the wind gradually in
creases In force. Near the centre Of
the storm the wind blows with such