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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

The judges of the United States Su-
prcme Court are thought to be among
the slcekest, most contcnted, most ur-
bane and most esteemed citizens of
Washington. Their glaccs are for life,
and they receive $40, 900, having the
privilege of retiring at 70 with a continu-
alton of the same salary. This freedom
from ar uncertainty about the future and
removal from any temptation to dabblc
in politics doubtless have much to do
with their amiableness and serenity.
Judge Bradley is rs; Judge Miller is 70;
Chief Justice Waite and Judge Field will
be 70 in November, so that President
Cleveland will lave it in his power to
appoint their successors, provided they
retire. This fact causes the Supreme
Court to be a source of unusual interest
just nov to many lawyers all over the
land. The judges enjoy excellent health
they average 200 pounds each, Bradley
being the only thin man among them
and have, rs n whole, been remarkable
for longevity. There have been but
forty-threc occupants in all of the Su-
preme Bench, and but seven Supreme
Justices. The government has already
paid them more than 1000, 900 in SAL
aries, one-third of the entire number hav-
ing served beyond thirty years. For
ease, comfort and dignity, no political
position in the republic equals that of a
judge of the Supreme Court.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Ont on the FIy.

"Say, look here, waiter" demanded a
commercial-looking man at n Halsted
street restaurant, this morning; "say,
what do you call that2" pointing to a
dish on the table.
"That-why, sir, that's butter"
"You don't say so! And can you tell
me whether it belongs to the Boston, the
Philadelphia, the St. Louis or the Chica-
go nine7",
II don't understand you," replied the
amazed waiter. "Please explain"
"Well," continued the guest, Il judge
it had better 60 out on Il strike, or q
short stop, OF a foul, OF in some other
manner, and deuced quick, too-it's the
hest fly catcher I ever save oodalps
Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

The tongue, says a medical writer, is
the indicator of the system. A white
coated tongue indicates febrile disturb
ance; a brown, moist tongue indicates
disordered digestion or overloaded primo
sie;; a brown, dry tongue indicates de-
pressed vitality, as in typhoid conditions
and blood poisoning; q red, m%oisttongue
indicates debility; a red, dry tongue in
dicates pyrexia, or any infammatory
fever; a strawberry" tongue with prom
fnent papille indicates scarlet fever or
rotheln; a red, glazed tongue indicates
debility, with want of ~assimilative power
OF digestion; a tremulous, flabby tongue
indicates delivium trenuens;; hesitancy in
protruding the tongue indicates concus-
sion of the brain; protrusion at one side
indicates paralysis of the muscles on that
side.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Forestry and CyclOnes.~

The only means of which we can con-
ccive within human power for the pre-
v~ention, or at best the rendering less fire.
qucnt, of cyclones, is in the covering of
the face of the country as much as pos
siblc with trees and vcrdure. Let there
be ascending moisture instead of ascend
ing currents Of heated air. In the great
timbered valleys of the Amazon cyclones,
are unknown, yet when we look at the
formation of the land it is probably one
OF the most monotonously level regions
on the face of the earth. In the vast
area drained by the Amazon in its trib-
utarics might be packed the whole United
States and not one Of its boundaries
would anywhere be touched. Seen from.
any of the eastern spires Of the Andes,
this whole region is a sea of vcrdure.
The boundlcss and unbrokcn forest give.
it the appearance of an illimitable mead
ow. From the grassy steppes of Venzu-
ella to the ~trceless pampas of Buenos,
Ayres expands this sea of verdure. In
it we might at almost any point draw
q circle of eleven hundred miles in diam
eter, within which all would be an ur.
broken evergreen forest. And so matted,
corded and festooncd with vines are all
the trees of this forest, and such is the
.exubcrance of the underground, that
''macheta," must be used with which to.
hew a way into the wall of vegetation
the moment the voyager on one of these
put q foot ashore from his canoe.
Such is the steaming moisture within
these great forests that salt soon becomes.
brine, the best refined sugar becomes
syrup, EPSON salts and many other kinds
of medicines d%eliquesce, and the best
g%unpowder becomes liquid in a few days,
even when enclosed in a canister.
Take away the forests and verdure,
and leave this region a vast desert plain,
and it would no doubt at once become a,
very playground of cyclones Salt Loke.
Tribune.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
In the city of Pesth, Hungary, practi.

In the city of Pesth, Hungary, practi.
cal scientists are engaged on an expert.
ment which should be regarded with the
utmost interest in this country. 1t is to
supply the city with warm water derived
from subterranean sources. An ~artesian
we'll, the deepest in the world, has been
bored to a depth of about one thousand
yards. The work was undertaken by
two Hungarians, the city of Pcsth con-
~tributing $500, 900 toward expenses. AL
ready there is a supply of IT'S, 900 gal
Ions a day at q temperature of 161 de-
grees, rising to a height of thirty-6ve
feet above the surface, and the work is
to be continued until the temperature,
which progresses regularly as the borings
descend, rises to 17s degrees, and then
no doubt is felt that there will be a Dub
bling perennial stream sufficient to meet
all the wants of the city and to convert
the surrounding region into a tropical
garden.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

One of the small, rocky islands of
Pyramid Lake, Nevada, is alive with
rattlesnakes. 1t is supposed that the
progenitors of these snakes were waited
to the island on punches of floating reeds
or RATS of driftwood. There are thou
sands, if not millions-the people about
the lake say millions-of the rattlers on
the island, and their right to it there is
'none to dispute" The reptiles have
their homes among the rocks and feed
upon the eggs and young of waterfowl
and dead fish that are cast on the island.
Stories have been told of these snakes
rushing forth in a body, kissing and
rafting, to attack any one landing upon
the island. The rattlesnakes of the
island, when disturbed, glide away and
hide themselves in the c~revices of the
rocks, just as would similar snakes on
the mainland, though they halt and show
fight when hard pressed.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

Texas has a new industry. The Clear
Creek Crab Canning Company has been
organized in Galveston county. and is
doing a big business in catching and
canning crabs. The shells are removed
entire except the claws, ground in a mill,
and shipped to France, where they are
manufactured into a dcntrificc. The oil
that arises on the watts where the crabs
are boiled is used in making soap, and is
said to be equal to %cocoanut oil for this
purpose. The crabs themselves arc
packed in fve-gallon cans, and are rcck-
oned good.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Taking Him Down.

They had just been introduced. She
was a pretty country girl and he a wheel
man, who was very vain of his personal
appearance when clad in 'cycling cos
tune. :
He-I assure you there is scarcely a
mar who does no find the wheel suit
most becoming.
She (doubtingly-Indeed
He-As for myself, everybody insists
that I look 100 per cent. bet: er in a BIZ
cycle costume than in an ordinary busi-
ness suit.
She Gnnocently) = Dear me. How
hwfuily you mast look in an ordinary
business suit.-Boston Record.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
A United States Treasury expert say

A United States Treasury expert says
that it is very difficult to detect counter
felt gold coin. He says: "Those filled
with platinum have a fair ring and the
Joint in the edge is effaced by remilling.
Platinum is worth only about one-third
OF the value of gold, weight for weight.
have $40 gold pieces out of which $14
worth of gold had been taken and re-
placed by platinum, making an exceed
ingly dangerous counterfeit, which only
a good judge of coin can detect. The
ring is good and the weight is there,
while the whole outside of the coin is
.0enuine.n
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
An animal whose identity is at present

An animal whose identity is at present
unknown there, was landed in San Fran
cisco lately from the interior of Japan,
where it first saw the light of day. At a
glance the curiosity might be taken for
either a dog or q monkey. 1t is shaped
like the former about the head and neck,
but otherwise somewhat resembles the
monkey. The animals favorite position
is on its launches, but with a little @
ing it stands on its four feet, the body
sioping downward from the head like O
giraffe. The claws on the four feet are
like those of a dog, but two extra pairs
are furnished on the hind legs a couple
OF inches above the balls of the feet.
The animal appears to be gentle, but has
a strong, high-keyed bark, which it
gives when spectators attempt to stir it
IN
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Misunderstanding About a Flag.

II tell you, Darringer, the red flags
got to go. We've had enough of it.
"Bromley, Pm with you there. 1t has
cost me a heap of money. My wife may
protest, of course, but"
"Good gracious, Darringer, your wife
isn't on Anarchist, is she2"
"Why, of course, not"
elbow does it CO t you a lot IF
moneyT
"She spends it, don't you see2 Buys
things she's no manne of use for, and"
''Sakes, alive, man, what red flag are
you talking about2"
'sThe auctioneer's. Weren't you7"-
CAL.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
She Was Busy.

May and Edith are sisters, four and
five years respectively. May had been
very naughty and mamma had taken her
over her knee to administer corporal pun
ishment, when Edith suddenly pushed
the door ajar and peeped in.
Turning her chubby face as far around
toward her sister as the peculiar position
would admit, May said very gravely:
eco right out, Ediel Don't you see
I'm busyW
It is needless to SAY that mamma
granted q respite.-Boston Record.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Thus Would / Laads

Come, little love, let US go
Where the full throat Of tho WOO | MARBLES
on in its devious singing,
Where the soft chime of the brook on the
bells of the pebbles is ringing,
Where the faint hum of the bee on the breeze
of a perfume is swinging,
Higher and low.
Come, little sweet, let us roam
Far to the shade of the oak that beckons
with bows that are nodding,
Where the fat, rollicking bee with the weight
of his plumber is plodding,
where tue woodpecker, SO fierce with the
drumming delight Of his prodding,
Taps his brown home.
Under the boughs Of the green
Sweet with the fragrance of woods and the
murmur and rustic of..howers,
Cool with zephyrs that played through the
ancient Acadian bowers
There are the minutes found that are only the
hearts of the hours,
T~hrobbing unseen.
Come, dainty one, at my need,
Faln would I show you the way where the
fern-leaf in shadow reposes,
Where the bland buzz of the bee is hushed in
the pause of his dozes,
Where you can SEQ tho half-shy, half-petu-
liant face of wild roses
There I would lead.
Thus would I take you through life;
Giving you only, my love, the honey and
roses and singing,
Only the smoothcst of paths where tho scent
of wild flowers is clinging,
Nearer and nearer to peace, and ever your
innocent bringing
Fur: her from strife.
ID. NJ. Smith in Chicd1o Ne los.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Two human vertebrae found at Sara.
sofa bay are regarded by Prof. Heilprin
as conclusively proving the existence of
prehistoric man in Florida at a very 70.
period.
An Italian physician recommends the
daily administration of about seventy
i've grains Of borax as a preventive of
cholera, his observations having shown
That workers In borax factories in chol-
era districts always escape the disease.
AN ingenious astronomical theory is
tnat OF MIR. Monck of Dublin, who sug-
gests that US shooting stars are known to
be dark bodies rendered luminous for a
short time by rushing through our at
mosphere, new stars are dark or family
luminous bodies which acquire a short
lived brilliancy by rushing through
some of the gaseous masses.
An insect "ncvcr before seen by orange
growers" has appeared in Florida. The
newcomer is very small, and is found
under the leaf, which it saps so quickly
that it (he leaf turns yellow in a few
days and within a week falls. Some of
the groves are badly infested with them.
but it is believed that they will not stay
long and the damage done will be small.
"A lioncss' brain was recently disscctcd
and studied by Herr Familiant ut the
Anatomical Institute of the Bcrne Vete-
rlnary School. Among other results he
bnds (Mitthcilungen of Bcrne Natural
lists Society, 1880, that in form it is in
mary respects intermediate between the
dogs and the cats brains; from both it
is distinguished by a relatively small
projection of the cercbellum and narrow
ness of the lobus pyriformis.
Fish lizards nave been found in large
numbers in the vicinity of Rock Lake,
Manitoba. The lizard is about eight to
ten inches long, has a smooth, scaleless
skin like an eel, a mouth and a head like
a catfish, gills like a fish, but the cover
ing furnished with extensions ut each
side fully an inch and a half long, four
weak legs like a lizard, with webbed
feet and along tail like that of n tadpole.
The head is large in proportion to the
body.
Capt. H. Toynbee, of the London
Meteorological Society, has arrived at the
conclusion that clouds of less than 1000
feet in thickness arc seldom accompanied
by rain, and if they are it is very gentle,
consisting of minute drops. With a
thickness of between 1000 and 1000 feet
the size of the drops is moderate. When
increasing thickness comes increasing
size of the drops, and at the same time
their temperature becomes lower, until,
when the thickness is greater thar 6ooO
feet, hail is produced.
The best opinion now is that the
flying fish" do not fly. The average
weight of the muscles doing this work in
birds is one-sixth that of the whole
body, and that of bats one-thirteenth,
while that of flying fishes is only one
thirty-sccond. The impulse to the pro-
pulsion of the flying fish is probably de-
livcred while they are still in the water
by the powerful masses of muscles on
both sides of their body, which are of
much greater breadth than in the case
of the herring or any other fish of their
own size. The visible Pickering of the
fins is, therefore, only q vibration akin
to the tapping of a sail.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

Meteorologists, it is said, have found
that there can be no thunder and light
ming without rain. When thunder is
heard beneath a clear sky, the report
must either come from distant clouds or
be the result of some other cause than a
discharge of electricity. Harvest or
heat lightning is produced by a distant
storm.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

! Companies that insure against loss by
wind storms are fast being organized in
the West. One of them has this adyer.
tisement in a Kansas City newspaper:
"The black monster of the air has already
appeared in 1886. Take out a tornado
policy in the Pioneer Cyclone and Wind
storm Company"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03

Of the twenty original families in the
Dunkard colony, Norton county, Kansas,
only five remain. They are rolling up
wealth. The colony now cover a terri
tory of eight square miles. Each farmer
has on an average 100 acres under cult
walton. Some have 200 acres. A wind
mill may be seen on nearly every farm.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
In + avor of the Bonds.

The election in Cheyenne county
for or against the subsidy 100000
bonds for the Cheyenne & Northern
Railroad, resulted in favor of the
bonds by abont 1000 majority. The
vote Of Cheyenne was nearly solid for
the bonds, the majority beng 2,3oU
out Of a total vote Of 1880. The
country precincts reduced the total
majority in the county to about 1000.
According to the law authorizing the
bonds, the work must commence on
the road in ten days. The road will
run northwest from Cheyenne to con-
meet with the proposed route Of the
Wyoming Central Railroad near Fort
Fatternlan On taa North Platte River.
Tie Wyoming Central y al enter
pris Of the Chicago 4 Northwestern
now being built through Central
Wyoming to the coal fields naar Eet-
terman. The construction Of the
Cheyenne & Northern Railroad viii
be of great benefit to Cheyenne.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
An Order From Sparks.

The Bismark Tribune is authority
for the statement that Commissioner
Sharks has ISSUED an order" adding
the appended questions to the usual
ones in making proof upon homestead
and presumption entries on govern
ment lands in Dakota:
l. In what state were you born,
and is your mother a woman?
2. Are you a Christian or a Dem
ocrat?
3. What is your sex; and how dc
you knowe
4. Does your wife cook potatoes
with the skins on?
5. What is the difference between
a hypothetical h%yperbole and q per
pendicular parallelogram?
6. What was your name before
you left the states?
7. Do you want the land for
farm or e skating rink?
8. Do your wife's folks live with
YOU, and how old is your grand
mother?
8. Have you ever told a lie?
10. II sc, has it eyer been founc
| o,1f2
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
FALLS TRIBUNE
PUBLISHED BIT TEE
Tribune Publishing Company.
INCORPORATED

The fate Of the proposed forest re-
serve for Montana is still IN doubt.
but the bill was fayorably reported
back to the senate by the COMMITTEES;
some few weeks ago. 1t is hardly
probable that the father of the meas
ure understood the situation because
if passed, it will utterly para}}ze the
prosperous settlements al the head OF
the Sun, Teton, Marias and Dearborn
rivers, and other lesser streams which
head in the mountains which the re-
serve covers. Not only would the
passage of the bill effect directly the
people residing adjacent, but would
also effect the Territory generally; it
would place the lumber interests IN
the hands of a few men who could
and likely would abuse its power to
the detriment Of q portion Of the Ter
ritory. In the first place the bill is
altogether too stringent, no 4 is to
be allowed to enter its sacred pre-
cincts for any purpose whatsoever;
no mines can be worked and no tim
Der whittier deaf OF alive can be re-
moved: in another ems the bill fails
to answer the purpose for which 1t
WIS intended; i. G. to protect the head
waters Of the Missouri and its upper
tributaries; for this purpose the re
serve should cover the ourc Of this
mighty river, which is all of two hun
drcd miles further west, and IS not
effected in any material manner by
the reserve. If the bill is bound to
pass. it should be modified, and we
shall look to our delegate to see that
it is: its boundaries should be moved
bv all means back to the crest of the
mountains, instead of the foothills.
which will leave a meager supply OF
timber for fuel and building purposes
for the CONTIGUOUS settlements. AS
the bill stands now it would crush
Northern Montana, and turn back to
the Indians and wild beasts the most
fertile and prolific portions of the
Territory.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
and brilliant with color, could then
be seen by visitors at its best.
Fossil Human FOOTPRINTS.

Herr E. E. Low hos obtained and
forwarded to the Imperial Museum IN
Vienna twelve large stone slabs bear
ing the footprints discovered Last year
il the solid rock in the quarry over
Lake Managua, in the territory OF
Nicaragua. The interest was lncreas-
ed by the statement that these foot
prints had been oyerlsin b. eleven
different layers OF stone extending to
a depth Of four meters, and lndioa-
ting an antiquity for our race quite
transcending all conjeetufes hitherto
hazarded. They ! about three
quarters Of a meter ouare They
can now be inspected by European
biologists. The footprints are sunk
into the stone to depth of from eight
to ten centimeters. The stone itself
is a porous volcanic tufa, and super
incumbent layers, which had been re-
moved for building purposes, were
all of a more or less solid volcanic
conglomerate. The footprints are
very conspicuous, and seem to be
those of three distinct persons, one OF
-hopn woo a child
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
THE CCJNTRY'S TRADE.

Bradstreet's journal last week says:
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's
report q less satisfactory condition OF
general trade than last week, due, in
large part, to the continuation OF
strikes. At large Eastern cities the
volume OF merchandise moving is of
only moderate proportions. At West
centers the demands r quiet as
much as they we're a week ago. In
general, the progress made thus far
during 1886 has been disappointing,
though in Chicago and some other
cities the total sales of staple goods
for the first quarter Of 1886 are said
to fully equal those Of the first quart
er in 1856. Bad roads are very gen
orally reported throughout the coun-
try, and collections from interior
traders are slow. Money is only in
fair demand at most points, and the
markets rule easy at unchanged rates.
Improvement in general trade is men
toned at st. Louis and Kansas City.
due to the resumption Of traffic there.
The iron industry continues depres5,
ed. Anthracite coal is firm at the All
vance and in better demand. The
coal pool has not arranged percent
ages for 1886 yet. The lndustria.
situation is better. in spite Of the pro.
longation Of the fight between the
railroads and the Knights of Labor
The knitting mills strikes at Cohoes
and New Britain, Conn, the boot anc
shoe strike at Beverly, Mass, ane
that among the suit makers at New
York have largely disappeared, put
ting $4,000 operatives at work anc
cutting down thetotal striking iron
$1,000 to $4,000 within a week. There
is. however, q possibility OF another
outbreak at Cohoes. Light consulnp
1--WE GoI1dilu CO1it1ItSS W o"BiSS>
sugar prices. but mild eofees are
higher. Only four sales OF dry good
are reported. Stocks in first hands
are small and prices firm. Prints art
off 1-16 to &c for 6-4s. The whoa
markets is only moderately firm, des
pito the freer sales for export. Lat
takings by Italy of about 2oo,Oo'
bushels are significant, as our grain
shipments to that country have here
tofore been chiefly Indian corn
Bradstreet's reports Of the visible sup
plies of wheat east of the Rock,
Mountains, March II, show a declin
Of but 6,257,O00 bushels Jan. ]
against s,65a000 bushels decline re
ported by the New York produce ez
change. The visible stocks of fou
amount to 1,7S4,000 bbls, or 1000
bbls more than On Jan. l. There az
no authentic reports Of damage t
winter wheat yet. Moi much sIEin,
wheat planting has been done.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
Military Assignments.

A general order has been issued by
the War department announcing the
following assignments: Major Gen
eral J. Nj. Scofeld. to the division OF
the Atlantic; Major General A. Il.
Terry, to the division of the Missouri
Major General Howard, to the dlvls-
ion of the Pacific. Brigadier Gener-
al Crook was relieved from the COM
mand of the department. Of Arizona
and assigned to the department of the
Platte, formerly commanded by Gen
eral Howard. Brigadier General
Miles, now in command in the depart
ment of the Missouri, has been assign
ed to the department of Arizona.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10

The collections Of internal revenue
for the first eight months OF the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1886, amount to
s75,14s,2OO, an increase of S2,4l6,3SS
over the receipts for the correspond
ing period for the last fiscal year.