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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
The Peasants of Casclana.

Reaping is different here from other
parts of Tuscany. The contadini cut
off the ears of corn with a sickle in
small handfu,s, leaving two or three
feet of straw standing which is after
ward mown with scythes. An old
peasant seeing me watch his opera
tions, ceased work for a moment, and,
with a twinkle in his eye, quoted, like
a true Tuscan who knows and loves
his old proverb. "You know, ma'am,
when the corn is in the field, it belongs
to God and the saints" The contadini
work hard; in the field at daylight
they often do not return home till 9
in the evening-and we meet women
and young girls staggering under
huge loads Of green grass, cut on the
hills and carried down on their heads
after the days work to sell for a few
confines in the village. This habit of
carrying jars of water, baskets of fruit,
and bundles Of fodder on the heed
gives the contadine an easy, graceful
walk, recalling the peculiar swing of
the Arab women. The men just now
look very spruce and neat, as a new
straw hat, and il possible, a new shirt
Is "the thing before reaping. The
women never wear hats. They tie a
handkerchief under the chin. and pull
1t over their eyes Ike a hood. folding
another several times thick on the top
OF their heads to keep of the SUM-
AacmtHan.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
Peculiar Monuments.

There are a great number Of monu-
ments of a kind peculiar to China, and
which alone would suffice to distinguish
this country from all others-namely,
triumphal arches erected to widowhood
or virginity.
When a girl will not marry, in Or
der that she may better devote herself
to the service Of her parents, or if a
widow refuses to enter the marriage
state a second time, out of respect to
the memory of her deceased husband,
she is honored after death with espec-
ial pomp. Subscriptions are raised for
the erection of a monument to her
virtue, to which all the relations, and
even sometimes the inhabitants of the
village or district where the heroine
has dwelt, contribute. These arches
are of wood or stone, covered with
sculptures, sometimes very we'll exc
cuted, Of flowers, birds and fabulous
animals. On the front is usually an
inscription in honor of virginity or
widowhood. as the case may be; and
on the two sides are engraved in small
letters the virtue Of the heroine in
question. These arches. which have a
very fine effect, are frequent along the
roads, and even in the towns. At
Ning-Po, a celebrated seaport in the
province of .Tche-Kiaug. there is a
large street entirely composed of such
monuments, all of stone, and of q
most rich and majestic architecture.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
Eclfpses OF the Sun.

The eclipses Of the sun, says the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, are caused by
the moons passing between the earth
and the sun. If the two bodies fol-
lowed the same track in the heavens
there would be an eclipse every new
moon, but as the orbits are inclined,
the moon generally passes above or
below the SUM-, and there Is no eclipse.
Occasionally the sun is near one Of the
moons notes.-the points where the
planes of the orbits intersect-when it
passes, and then an eclipse occurs. If
the sun and the moon were always at
the same position with regard to the
earth, and always the same distance
from it. the eclipses would always be
of the same size. But rs these condi-
lions vary, so do tho appearances of
the eclipse. For instance, let us sup
pose that at the time of an eclipse the
center of the moon happens to pass d.
rect over the center of the sun. If the
moon Is near the point in the orbit
which is at the least distance from the
earth her apparent diameter will az
coed that of the sun. and the latter will
be quite hidden from view, and we
have what is known a a total eclipse.
OF course, even in this case, the eclipse
will only appear total to the observers
near the line joining the centers of tie
sun and moon. If, however, the three
bodies occupy similar positions, bat
the distance between the earth aud
moon is greater, the whole Of the sun
is not covered by the moon, and the
eclipse is annular. If the moon, how
ever, does not pass centrally owe the
sun, 1t a only hide a part of tho lat
ter on one side or the other, and the
eclipse is said to be partial. AS tho
moons orbit is quite elliptical, the dis
lance Of that body from the earth
varies greatly. Its least distance is
221.OOO miles. its greatest 259.6cc
miles.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
A Now Narcotic,

Something worse than opium or
chloral is reported to the New York
Medical Society. Several city practi-
TONERS found out that a few persons
were using hyoscine to produce a sort
of intoxication that resulted in pro-
found slumber. The drug is Il hydro
bromate, and has to a limited extent
been used in medicine in lieu of afro
phine for relief in epilepsy and other
diseases of the nerves. 1t is obtained
from a German plant, and is usually
on sale by German apothecaries in this
city. The supply has been small, and
the price about seventy-five cents a
grain; but a suddenly increased de-
mand nearly exhausted the stocks
and sent the price to a dollar. The
doses must be ininitesimal in order
not to be dangerous, and the peril Of
self-dosing lies in the liability to kill
by carelessly swallowing or hypoder-
mically injecting too much. The OK
perimenters with it proved chiefly
to be medical Students, drug clerks
and others acquainted with it's sopori-
fc qualities. Hard drinkers employed
it to force sleep, and very nervous per-
sons drove off insomnia with it. In
order to test its effects, it has been
Systematically administered to thirty
six insane patients in the State Hos
pital for the Insane, by Drs. Langdon
and Peterson, who say that the effects
prove the very great danger of hyos-
cine eating. They found that it would
indeed compel sleep in most cases, but
that its habitual use would surely
bring muscular paralysis and delirium
of a particularly violent sort. The
society will ask the Legislature to for
bid the sale except on prescription
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
Bntlline in Il

The gospel of cleanliness is not for
India. Do I begin to argue? I am
told that "a virtue of Gautama Buddha
was his dirty facet" And yet a bath
is a Hindoo's frequent practice. But
the use of mustard oil overbalances all
additions. A native always polishes
his skin with mustard oil before bath
ing. ut prevents the water from en-
tering the blood through the skim
Gauga tells me. It makes the pres
ence of a native anything but agreea-
BILE. for the amounting having greatly
diminished the power of the water,
the suns action upon the cutaneous
surface Is such that the smell has act
ually the effect of running the health
OF Europeans who have to inhale it for
many hours daily in the katcherries
and courts of law.
If you say to one Of these objection
able smelling parties: "You would do
well to take a bathr' he will answer,
spitefully: 81 am . Hindoo!" This,
being interpreted, mean that the man
scrupulously observes the many wash
ings that the law enjoins. But those
washings are something like the
mumbling of a formal prayer. Indeed,
the high-caste Hindoo may not, like
the Pharisee of old. eat except he wash.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03

Will the English language become
universalp The question is decided in
the affirmative by Candolle, a Geneva
scientist, who reason from the rapid
spread of English-speaking people
throughout the world, and their
almost invariable retention OF their
native tongue.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03
Something Hot for a Cold.

Doctor to lady patient-"You should
take something hot for your cold,
Indolent patient-"Well. in what
form shall I take it. doctorP"
Doctor-"Considering you have 80
little exercise. I should say you would
derive the most good from 1t IL you
took it in the shape Of fi~atiron."-
boston Btidgss
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03

for the north, and it was over a month
before I saw Lees lines again. A
Washington paper had a long story
about my escape, and it said 1 would
have bin shot next day, and that the
chaplain would be laid up for a month.
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-03

There are ISL professors at the Ger.
man universities between 70 ana 90
years of age. OF these 122 deliver
their lectures as usual. The oldest is
the historian, Won Ranks, who's now
in his 90th year.
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a London periodical. Last year Mrs. PReifer
with her husband, also an author and a must
clan OF ability, though an amateur, visited
this country, and many will recall the toll,
graceful figure in its lovely drapery Of white
and gold or pale yellow with embroidery Of
Pompt ian red, or the quieter olives wrought
IN leaf tlnts, which characterized her every
day attire. There was nothing so absolutely
different In this dress as to attract attention.;
it was only conspicuous from it's soft flowing
lines and the absence Of the usual humps and
high contrasts.
The undertakes of this costume is an abso-
lutely plain, straight morning gown, which
may have an upright tucked bodice THE tucks
very fne) if the wearer is thin, but is other
wise shaped under the arm and gathered into
the belt, or it may be cut all in one and a
belt arranged simply to mark the line of the
waist. The drapery needs no cutting, it may
be arranged from u shawl or a square OF any
soft, double width material, nuns yelling,
cheese cloth, fine wool, silk or lace. The
embroidery is easily and quickly done in out
line stitch in one or two colors or two shades
of the same color, but it is better to use
only one color, unless two colors or
two shades can lie 80 judiciously used as to
produce a good result, and this can be at
tanned 10y knowledge and experience only,
not by direction through medium so liable
to misconstruction as words. 1t should be
understood from tho beginning that all
colors used in art costumes are soft and pos
sess depth rather than surface color, so that
they adapt themselves readily one to another.
The original of the Crock dress was made in
Tussore silk, in its we'll known delicate ecru
or stone-colored tint: and the embroidery in
flame color, which has a lambent quality,
not in the least like tho brick red, which is
often called by its Eame. The corners Of the
drapery are united together on the shoulders
with clasps of inwrought stone,o metal, and
the ruchings arc of tho silk, feathered upon
tho edge, or Of embroidered lace.
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cashmere for a cir. is copied from one of
Liberty's designs, and is adapted to a girl of
from fourteen to siXtesn - that difficult age
to deal with, when girls approach the woman
without having parted from the child. The
design consists Of a square-cut, sleeveless
tunic, shaped in to the waist and drawn
up to the left side in natural folds over
the skirt Of the frock, which may be
plain, tucked, or trimmed with rows Of
velvet. Tue shirring at the throat and upon
the sleeves is done in honeycomb pattern,
with Kensington wool, in Kensington stitch,
or the ordinary shirring may be overlaid
with herring bone stitch in wool, in a differ.
emit shade, or a contrasting color. In this
case the design may be rendered more com.
plete by trimming the skirt with five rows Of
velvet, spaced between, and put on with
herring bone stitch in wool upon the upper
and lower edges. For younger girls, say of
ton and twelve years, an adaptation has
been made Of the carriers "smock frocE," a
shapeless garment, made full, with full
sleeves, gathered in ut the top and at the
neck, and honeycomhed with strong linen
thread in q by no means inartlstic fashion,
by the poor women Of the agricultural dis
tricts. Soft, dainty materials, pretty standings
and contrasts of color and a more decorating
effect in the ho~neycombing ct the throat and
upon the top Of the sleeves, transform this
OICo ucSpleeu SaliAolO lI!o q piCLul oSquo
frock, the soft folds of a fine wool or silken
sash adding the effect of drapery to the
straight, simple folds Of the skirt At ten and
twelve a girl has no shape, and the awkward
ness Of O waist which measures more inches
than the width around the shoulders is made
painfully conspicuous by a fitted frock or
elaborate costumes; the gathered 'smock
frock," on the contrary, gives her ea*e and
displays the grace of free. u~ntrammelea
movement, while it is readily adapted to hes
increasing growth.
A conventionalized costume adapted from
the Russian for a girl of twelve is effective
but requires q rather slender and naturally
graceful figure. 1t is made of silk and velvet,
gold and wine color, red and black, or a
peaceful shade of blue with dark green. The
undertakes is of tho bright shade In silk, the
bands of the same, covered with diamonds,
in narrow black, dark green or blue colored
velvet. The tunic is OF plain velvet III the
dark shade.
These sketches may suggest to young girls
the use of a study of form, as it relates to the
practical work of providing covering for it,
and not only th, economy but the opportu-
nifty for tho exercise and development Of ar
tistic taste in becoming their " dressmak.
ers. One of the most valuable ideas to be
derived from the Study Of art and from tho
dress of the aesthetic school Is the folly and
improperly of super1uous ornament-of
trimming that has no purpose an i no relation
to the article it is intend led to adorn. This
one idea we. impressed Upon the minds Of
our young women would moralize their dress
and exercise q beneficial influence upon our
entire social and domestic life,
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RELIGIOUS READING.
RELIGION in Earnest.


A precious saint wrote in the secret
pages Of her diary: My religion took,
on one happy day, the character of a
genuine passion. | know it to be
such, for | had loved intensely. And
from that hour 1 had Christ for a
daily companion and bosom friend.
But 1 have never been able since that
hour to dc enough for Christ. The
day is too short; my poor hands are
too feeble. l long sometimes for an
alabaster box of precious ointment,
and some Lazarus to anolnt Ter his
beggar's burial, that so l may serve
nv blessed Lord" Was not this a
true r,ligion? 1t had a great world
of sweeping emotion in it. II seems
to shake the simple sentences rs with
the breath of the Holy Ghost. And
yet it had hands to work, furnished
with hard tasks, which the glad heart
made delightful by her love. Such a
devotion will not be apt to spend it.
self in words. 1t is too genuinely
hearty to be content to talk about it.
self !; its healthy impulse is to do
Christ's work. And do we fancy that
loveless hearts can render Him a full
measure of service? We might learn
from all other forms of fealty and de-
votion that it is the full, loyal, restless
heart that inspires the best and the
largest work. Happy are they who
love much the Master whose work is
always waiting for loving hands,
S, S. Times.
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Here is a study Of walking costume in
cashmere which is very simple, yet very
charming, almost perfect in it's grace Of out
line and freedom from all conventional re.
%straints, such as pads, tie-backs, steel bars
and other eacumbrances. 1t is a copy OF
one Of Liberty's water-color designs, and is
made in two shades of Uinritza cashmere, or
any other soft, self-colored, MI wool mate
rial. Brown and ecru, two shades Of gray,
currant red and dark green or garnet and
fawn 60 we'll together. The red in either
case, the brown and the darker of the grays
being used for the skirt, which should be laid
in fine knife p!aits. The overdress is smock-
shaped, but rather narrow. the ~fullnsss. what
there is Of it, which is only just enough tor
ease over the enlarged portion Of the body,
being gathered into the honey combed shir-
ring at the throat, and moro slightly pulled in
at the waist, under the soft sash, which holds
IT without any Rathssial string and admits
OF its being drawn Up 70 the left side, where
IL opens and falls Ia q series Of draped folds.
The only shaping 10 under the arms. The
armholes are left nearly straight, so that the
arms move with ease and freedom and give
abundant space to the sleeves, which are q
modification of the old le2.of-muttonn and
may b. tracked here and there to IN inner
lining or to tapes attached to the inside of the
lower part Of the arm and to the top Of the
shoulder. The shaping Of the lower part Of
the sleeve can be seen by the position of the
left arm, which is turned so that the hand
touches the bodice. The hat matches exactly
the upper part Of the dress, the bunch of
feathers the tint Of the skirts.
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As Thou Wilt.

1.-THE following lines were written BY the
devoted missionary, Mrs. Rouse, wife OF the
Rev. G. II. Il mse, Lib, of the English Bap-
fist mis- ion, Calcutta, during an illness in the
November of 1878. The writer died Ill Eng
land q few months ago.l
Where Thou wilt, Lord Jesus,
With my loved ones round,
Or in lonely stiffness,
Not one friendly sound;
Still beside me Thou wilt stand,
Ever hold my trembling hand.
How Thou wilt, Lord Jesus,
Lingering sickness known,
Dr. with sudden swi[tn IS
Called before Thy throne:
freed from fear and clcansed from guilt,
Send what messenger Thou wilt.
When Thou wilt, Lord Jesus,
Mid lilc's busy care.
Or my days work ended,
Serving but by prayer:
When the chosen hour is come,
Take me, Lord, 10 rest Mt home.
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When the Cat il Array.

Mamma: "Jlara; YOU have not been d
good girl to-day. Now, instead of help
ing to throw stones at that poor old rag
peddlcr, you should have told your
playmates that it was wrong. You should
try and do somebody a kindness every
day. You know the rhyme":
"Count that day lost whose low descending
Sees at thy hand no worthy action DONE"
Clara: eyes, mamma, but to-day was
cloudy, and there wasn't any sun."-I9d
Bits.
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TEMPERANCE TOPICS.


Cndf yDQlSs
Charybdis, whirling, roaring. drew
Unlucky ships and all their crew
Beneath the waves; and, battered, threw
Them up, to fall and writhe anew.
Methinks Charybdis, redeemed from
It's bloody victims, now has come
To seize our country, dazed and dumb,
And drown it in the whirl Of Rum!
National Temperance Advocate.
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4 BABY'S FEET

A baby's feet, like seashells pink,
Might tempt, should heaven see meet,
An angels lips to kiss, we think:
A babY's feet.
Like rosehued seafowers toward the heat,
They stretch, and spread, and wink
Their ten soft buds that part and meet;
A baby's feet.
No flower bells that expand and shrink,
Clean half so heavenly sweet
As shine on life's untrodden brink;
A baby's feet. -.
Our Herald.
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PRINCESS OF wLI.ES IN GRADUATE DRESS.
The gown and cap are practically the same
as those worn at Oxford, and the formal in
vestment of the Princess of Wales, her willing
ness to wear the costume as the sign of her
fellowship with the body, settled forever the
mooted question of propriety,, SO far as
women graduates are concerned, and made
the cap and gown a badge of student gradu-
ates without reference to sex.
The gown as usually worn is black. In
this instance it was of red satin damask,
lined with satin and faced with velvet.
Above the straight high collar are three folds
of soft crepe de chine and the pin is O dia-
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Education commences at the mothers
knee, and every word spoken within the
hearing of a child tends toward the for.
nation of character.
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This costume is the adaptation made from
the pure Greek dress by Mrs. Emily Pffeifer.
the author Of the LADY of the Rock" ely
ing Leaves" ETC., and a well. known figure in
London literary and artistic society. This
peculiar and very graceful style Of costume
she has adapted to all her needs, and some
years ago illustrated in a series of articles III
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miserable infdel attack came the Bridge
water Treatise in favor Of Christianity, and
out Of David's exile came the songs OF conso-
la.ion, and out of the sulferings of Christ
came the possibility of the worlds redemp-
ton, and out of your bereavements, yourper-
secutlonS, your povertles, your mlslortunes
ma yet come an eternal heaven.
Oh, what a mercy it is that in the text and
all mn and down the Bible God induces us to
look out toward other worlds. Bible astron-
omy in Genesis, in Joshua, in Job, in the
Psalms, in the prophets, major and minor, in
st. Johns apocalypse practically saying:
"Worldsl Worlds! Wor:dsl Get ready for
tnem." we have a nice little world here tnau
we stick to as though losing that we lose all
We are afraid of falling off this little raft OF
a world. We are afraid that some meteorlc
iconoclast will some night smash it and we
want everything to revolve around it and are
disappointed when we find that it revolves
around the sun instead Of the sun revolving
around it. Oh, what a fuss we make about
this little bit of a world, its existence only a
short time between W spasms, the paroXysm
by which it was hurled from chaos into order
and the paroxysm of its demolition. And am
glad that 50 many texts call us to look OH TO
other worlds, many of them larger and cost.
lier and more reSplenlent, 'lrok there"
saws Job. ';at Mazsrcth and Arcturus aid his
sons!" "Look there!' says st. John, sat the
moon under Christ's feet!" "Look there!" says
Joshua, cat the sun standing still above
Gibeon!' "Look therep!' says Moses, Eat the
sparkling ARMAMENT" "Look there" says
Amos, the %herdsman, "at the Seven Stars and
Orion!" Don't let US he so sad about those
who shove off from this world under Christly
pilotage. Don't let US, be so agitated
about our own going off this little
barge or sloop or cana!.boat Of a world to
get on some Great Eastern Of the heavens.
Don't lot US persist in wanting to stay IN
this barn, this shed, this clubhouse OF
q world when all the Kings palaces, alreadyoc &C.
cupied by many of our best friends. are swing
ing wide open their gates to let us in. When
I read "In my Fathers house are many man
%sions,"I do not know but that each world is
room and as many rooms as there are
worlds, stellar stairs, stellar galleries, stellar
Railways, stellar windows, stellar domes:
How our departed friends must pity us shut
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-01-09

~ Musical instruments Guitars, Banjos,
Victims, Tambornes, Accordeons, III hers Fla
geoets, Flies and Jewsharps, Guitar, Violin
aud Banjo Strings. Silk and Steel Violin
Strings, Chin Rests for violin, &c, for sale
cheap by John A Young Matchmaker, Jeweler
and Engraver. Main street, Bel Air lily