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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
THE LIN E-kILN CLUB.
Bro. Gardner Administers IL Severe Rebuke
to n Member.
From the Detroit Free Press.l

II can't see dat Prof. Trcspass John
son am in de hall tonight, 'said Brothc,
Gardner as he looked up aid down.
ode fack am, l didn't 'zactly 'spcct he
would be. Sartine events hcv occurred
to render his absence a necessity. De
Seckrctary will turn to his name on dc
roll an scratch it off, an write across it
In rcd ink dc word 'cXpcllcd.'"
When the Secretary had carried ont
the request the President continued:
Cup to n var ago Prof. johnson was
an active, respected member of dis club.
He was not only q worker in our cause,
but he was industrious as a man. If he
couldn't get work at a dollar an a half
a day he got it fur n dollar. If he
couldn't hev roast duck fur Sunday he
put up wild a becf-bonc soup. His
family had plenty to cat an to war, an
when rent day cum around he had dc
cash ready for his landlord.
"Jist about twelve months back some
white man told dc Professor dat he had
just as good a right to a pianer, gold
watch IN span of horses as a rich man.
He was told dat de urIstorracy war
coinin' money out of his labor. He was
made to believe dat dc pusson who
wouldn't pay two dollars to hev a kit
chen ceilin' whitewashed was an opprcs-
sor. 1t was pounded into him dat if he
sot on dc fence all summer an talked
agin de blue blood of dis kentry, some
body would furnish him roast turkey all
winter.
"Many of you saw how he was affect
cd. He began to hate honest work.
His mouf began to grow bigger. While
his cloZe growed scedy his Importance
increased daily. When his wood pile
grew low he cussed Vanderbilt. When
his flour bar'l was empty he rcviled jay
Gould. When his children becum rag
ged he ripped at capital. When his
wife BEGUN b'arfut he sworc ut de aris-
tocracy. When his landlord bounced
him for non-paymcnt Of rent he howlcd
an raved about oppressors an tyrants.
"Dc climax cum las mite. I heard
dat he had bin boastin' dat de rich must
divide wild him, an concluded to watch
my hen coop. About 'leben o'clock de
Professor showed up. I had twenty-five
choice hens. He had none. He was
gwinc to divide wild me an take 'leben.
My frens, | can't 'zactly describe what
happened artcr l got my paws on him.,
but know he went away empty handed,
limpin', sore IN in dc hands of an officer.
He am no longer a member of dis club.
IT dar am any oddcr member wild social
lstic ideas now would be a good time
fur him to make a grab fur his hat an
back down stairs"
A deep silence followed. No one
moved.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

last year materially through a big do
cline in stocks and through business de
preston the recent bull movement
of the past few months brought it ur
again.
His income was calculated as follows
SO, 374, 900 a year from government!
bonds; SO, 1914, 900 from railroad stocks
and bonds; 1910, Cos from miscellaneous
securities: total, over $40, 600, 600 s
year, or $2S, 900 n day, 81, 200 an houI
$40. rs a minute. He made no ostenta.
tious display of his wealth and was
charitable, although in this he had tc
be quiet or he would have been ovcl
run by impostcrs. He was shrcwdcr il
business than many supposed he was
he knew enough to sell $50, 900 shares
of New York Central five years ago u,
100 and buy governments ut par.
The Vanderbilt mausolcum is in the
Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp, S. l..
1t consists of eight sets of small vaults,
with nine chambers to each set, to hold
altogether scventy-two bodies. The
vaults are solid Quincy granite, and the
foundation walls reach fifteen feet be.
low ground. When finished a great
tower will rise up, and from it will ex.
tend, high in mid air, two towers OF
''lantcrns." Light will be admitted
through glass ten inches thick, protected
by massive iron bars. Three hollow
Gothic columns ornament the facade OF
the tomb. The figures and designs in.
side the tomb arc cut in Indiana lime.
stone. The design over the vault where
Commodore. Vanderbilt and family will
lie, represents the Creation. Other carv-
ings represent Paradise, Moses deliver.
ing the Ten Commandments, King Solo.
mon and the Queen of Shcba, the Vir-
gi nMary and the Infant Jesus, the Cru
citiXion and the Ascension. The inner
chamber will contain an altar and re-
redos.
The tomb is set directly into a hill,
and it will be embarked with earth. in
which trees will be planted. Beneath
it is Il double concrete floor. The csti.
mated entire cost is 1925, 600.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
The

When I was abroad, says a traveller, I
saw, or rather smelled, cheese that was
as much more odorific han Ljmhnrger
as you can imagine. There are little
shops in Germany that sell nothing but
cheese where it would make an Ameri-
can sick to stick his nose. They have a
story over there that an Englishman
one went into n of these little shops
and said:
"Hi beg your pardon, you know, but
Him bloody fond of cheese, you know,
hand Hi like it to smell strong, you
know. Hif you ave hany that his
stronger than Limburger, Hi would like
to taste hit"
The old Dutcbman is represented as
turning around and calling out to his
wife in another room:
Katrina, Katrina, let der cheese yalk
in.n
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
How to Ornament the Christmas Tree.

Last year In many cities and towns
there appeared in certain churches and
halls Christmas-trecs of marvellous
beauty. The tips of the green boushs
were glittering with crystals, and re-
Elected the light in many beautiful
colors. Some of these trees, in addition
to the crystals, seemed laden with golden
fruit, like an orange-tree in an untimcly
frost or snow-storm. Other trees were
ornamentcd with hand painted flags, of
all nations.
The method of covering green twigs
with crystals is a very simple and in
expensive one. Put into a bucket a
pound or more of alum, and pour a gal
lon or more Of boiling water upon it.
Place the tree in such a position that the
tips of the boughs may remain m this
solution for some hours, perhaps over
night. Repeat the process until as
many boughs arc tipped with crystals rs
will make the tree very beautiful. Or
cut off the twigs, crystalizc them, and
fix them again on the boughs.
The golden fruit is simply made by
gliding English w%alnuts. Hammer a
long tack into the end of the walnut by
which to suspend it after gliding. Wash
the nut with the white of an egg with n
feather. Then roll it in gold leaf, or
powder, until it is we'll gilded. Or
cover it with tin foil or imitation of
gold leaf, as the real gold leaf is some.
what expensive.
Acted charades are popular as diver
sions, after the distribution of the
Christmas presents. The popular word
in England of late for an elaborate acted
charadc is Counter charm" -(count)
(crr) (charm), the whole ending with
an Oriental scene of a charm aid counter
charm.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
Cures for Sick Elephants.

A noted trainer of animals has been
giving some useful information respect.
ing the elephants to a London reporter.
Like ourselves, as they grow older their
tempers grow worse. "Do they like
physic?" "No; they hate it just as you
or l." care elephants ever sick?" "Oh,
yes! They often have the collie. When
they begin to double up | give EN- a..
dose of five or six gallons of rum and
ginger" remarked this experienced gen
tleman. ''That straightens 'em out.
An equal quantity of boiled linseed oil
mixed with aconite and nlolasses does
for chills. Solid drugs. are given
in pills. A pill eight inches in diameter
and containing Sos. worth of quinine
does the business for q cold, while a
pepsin pill is given when one gets off
his feed. They don't like the pills rs
we'll as the whisky, and it's a good deal
Of a job to get them down. The best
way is to put a pill onrthe end of u stick,
make them open their mouths, and shove
It down before they realize the situation.
Sometimes we cut out the middle of a
surnip and put the drugs inside the veg
stable, but, like the bad child in the
Sunday school book, they're very apt to
spit ont the core" Elephants are, in
deco, queer creatures, and very like
rhildren In many ways.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
It Had A Pig In Its Mouth.
THE B~ADLY-sCARED GERMAN THOUGHT IT
WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS ANYHOW. ,

A few days ago the editor of the Re-
publican, of Accommodating, Pa, met
a well dressed and badly-scared young
German on one of the mountains near
town, who told a story about meeting q
panther with a pig in his mouth on the
turnpike, a mile away. The excited
young man said:
~ vos shust m along der noun
tain ven der shumpcd from der bush,
down der pank, o great big ting, init
Won pig in de mout. Mein Got, ] knowt
not yot it vos. It vas shust like Won
pig pull tog, unit it climpt up der tree
to o pig lin, unit begin to make der
pones of der pig crack like phases.
Mein Got, l knowt not vot it vos. Den
l tell some mems as vos chopper wood,
unit dy say shust show US ware it ish unit
We will vix it nit de axes; but ven dey
see it dey said it vos Won panther, unit
ven dey bert de pones cracker, unit der
growls ov de ting, dey git shust so bad
scarf as l vos, and sed dey didn't want
noting to do nit it. 1t vos none ov
mine pisness how m CHI pig pones it
crackt, so I git out ov de schrape nit
my own"
The incident was related in town, and
caused much laughter. With shot-guns
and rifles a large crowd went to the
mountain, where the panther was
killed.
ARRANaEMENrs are making to establish
In California colony Of 240 families
| from Alsace.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
The Potato Rot in Canada.

There is a very serious danger this
year, say reports from Canada, that the
greater part of the large crop of pota-
toes grown and now held in the vicinity
of Montreal will be almost a total loss,
owing to the rot. From the time the
crop was harvested the rot has gone on
unchecked by any means that has so far
been taken. AS dealers were afraid
to lay in heavy stocks, there are but
few potatoes actually held in the city,
and the loss will therefore fall mainly
upon the farmers, as the district afflicted
is great in potato growing. The loss,
unless a check comes. will be very serl-
Gus. At Petite Cote the farmers have to
buy their seed this year, and in other
districts efforts are being made to
market the crop before it all goes.
Good judges state that the rot is this
year worse than it has been for fifteen
years.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12
A War Story.

One day, while Mr.. Griffin was
showing a party of Northern men
around. over a Virginia battle
field, one of them said: ~ am re-
minded of an incident hat occurred
here. / had charge of a gun over there
in the works near Fort Morton. One
Sunday, while there was no firing 60
ing on, and we were loafing about, I
saw n man come over that hill by the
cemetery and come down across this
slope toward the rear of the Confeder-
ate lines. His comfortable and serene
manner irritated me, and I made up my
mind to see how close l could come to
him, and we all chuckled at the idea of
soaring the life out of him. / took
good aim and landed a shot about six
feet from him. You ought to have seen
him pit up and git. He was the scartest
and most demoralized Johnny Reb you
would run q dog to death, and we
roared with cheers and laughter to see
him dust"
$50 you are the man who fred that
shot, are you?" asked Griffin.
eyes; do you know anything about
itY"
"Well, yes; l think I do" was the
reply. 81 was the fellow you shot at.
I was a lad coming with something for
my father, who was ii the works. I
did not suppose there was q Yankee
fool enough or mean enough to shootk,
cannon at n little fellow carrying
grub to his father. But you don't ex-
aggerate the scare. I didn't grow an
other inch in Q year"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

South Carolina is the only state which allows
no divorce. M
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-12

THE SACRAMENTO Bee says the Chinese
take S16, 000, 900 q year out Of California
and " nd It homo.
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Lack, suits give .au,nrtiou.


This h the season for iced fna, and ]
have ON hand the finest assortment o
teas Of every grade and price that the
New York prices eau produce Also,
johuson'7 bahama plneapplr- which
are now in season ! have cu route
from New Orleans one uar load of
pure sugars and -yrup- and fine rice.
These goods are cheap and n.l staple
aud fancy groceries ARE yrrs low.
II you want 10 buy goods 90 Auy dee
4cup'iuu IA the grocery limo, ana get
many good. for ahtt,c money, now
BIS the time 10 call ON
Yours, very truly
CO MDCrIIODM
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

Adams Mach JHcL Chewing GUN
~ prepared from the huest Chicl, is tu =
celient remedy for cold uf sore throat aut
aids digestion As tobacco subsutui. Do lW
cleaning aui Identifying them huVurus .h
breath aud making thv voice tItlt if,H
couyiuc Manufactured hy Adams Is Soils
Sew York Sold hi all dealers boo I,tas
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

Nou will be- satisfied AT the Mcticl.
hud llolel laundry. Prices lower thHn
any.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

The Met Iceland Hotel laundry RiY"s
eutirr ,GtisisctiVu once IA tbs hotel
ONCE
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

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Old Z prucr.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

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slO,hOu worth 81 Diamonds
FOR -alr ~ uur-huli their RctuaI
value hN -. DomlNu x Bro.
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Farley ice wagons ARE always ON
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

The MoCirlnnd Hotel Aundr
mAhes -Pecthl rate. 10 families
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-30

GOLD Leaf tobacco sheep did nj
lirhrrur Is NO-er.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-30

The recognition was mutual, blended
a little with surprise on both sides, Flos-
sic wondering how her bcggar boy came
to look SO clean and tidy. jeff felt more
astonished to see the change in the little
girls dress, her rich velvet replaced by
plain merino.
II am glad met YOU" JEFF began
softly. 81 wanted TO thank you for your
first kinlness; it must have been your
influence which brought me good for
tune; it was after you passed by that l
found my lucky stone"
"A stone! What sionc?" FlOssic an
swered quickly, a look of bright interest
on her face.
Flattercd by her pretty eagerness jeff
poured into her sympathetic ears the
story OF his rough crystal.
"Have You got it stillP" Flossie asked
brcathlessly.
yes" jeff answered proudly produo-
ing it
Flossie took the stone in her hand,
tears filling her eyes as she gazed.
"Do you know, boy, you have been
carrying fortune about you all these
monthsP" she said TREMENDOUSLY. 1.-THE
loss of this diamond you considered so
valueless, nearly ruined my father.
Since the day we first met you we have
been almost poor, and papa never
guessed he had lost it there"
Then this stone belongs to your"
jeff said incredulously.
Eyes. Papa sought in vain far and
wide; he will be so glad when he knows
where it has been all this timer
Still puzzled, jeff followed Flossie to
her home, and Mr.. Hope soon convinc-
cd him of the truth of the girls story.
Very gladly jeff returned the jewel to
its rightful owner, strongly refusing all
offers of aid from the grateful merchant.
One thing. however he willingly &C.
cepted-the friendship proffered him by
Mr.. Hope and his daughter.
jeff never regretted giving up his
lucky stone. A fortune, far greater and
more sure, came to him in after years;
success followed him through life and
never failed. bringing with it peace and
happy content.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-30
Shylocks at the Capital.

When government clerk gets deep
ly ''in hole" or suffers the agOhizing
discomfort of being on .his last legs"
he generally appeals for lift to one
who, in Washington parlancc, is known
as ten-per-ccnter. This is specimen
of humanity that loans money for eigh-
ty days i'm sums not exceeding half the
borrowers salary, ut the rate of 10 per
cent per month; that is, if your salary is
800 Il month, he will loan you $45 in
cash and take your note for $50, pay
able in thirty days. These moncy-lend-
ers claim this exorbitant interest on the
ground that the insufficient security
subjects them to frequent losses. But /
do not see how they can lose; clerk is
completely in their power. They never
accept note without the name of q
second clerk in good standing as an en-
dorser. Ii either clerk refuses to pay,
his position in the department can be
placed in jeopardy by the ten-pcr-ccnter
filing report of disregard of obligation
against him. The lenders only danger
of loss depends upon the rare contin-
gency of death, resignation, or discharge
severing both the principals and the
endorser's connection with the depart
ment before the note falls due This
money-lending business is lucrative
one, and the foundation of many q
handsome fortune in Washington has
been thus laid. Offices for its prosecu-
ton are numerous in the vicinity of the
departments, and many private bankers,
lawyers and real estate agents have a
considerable run of this custom. In the
Corcoran building, just opposite the
treasury, an cX-mcmber of congress
from Virginia has done very thriving
business in loaning his money Mt per
cent month. l understood that he
started out with capital of $4,000,
and even ut per cent, this will yield
him the handsome income of $4,000 a
year. On pay days, after the depart
ments close, he is one of the biggest
men in Washington; his office is
thronged with clerks, some soliciting
loans, some renewing old ones and pay
ing interest, and very few taking up
their notes. 1t is said that after pay
days this man seldom has cent of his
capital left unloaded. atlanta Consti.
f,,fsn.,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-30
Bismarck Mt Home.

The chancellor's wife, tall, aristo.
cratlc-looking woman, with decided but
pleasing features. and in an elegant
though simple toilet, received each
guest as he arrived with gracious affa.
bility. Standing close beside the open
portiercs, past which the eye glanced
into the family livinC-rooms, she was q
true type of the position she holds both
in home and public life. A noble wife
and mother, she has faithfully stood by
her husbands side from the very com.
menccment of his political career. A
Chicago paper declares that Bismarck's
wife is her husbands private secretary.
How far this statement is true we do
not pretend to say, but an old friend OF
the family has repeatedly told us that
during the saddest time that Germany
has witnessed for the last fifty years,
when Bismarck, disheartened and dis.
pirited, retired to his small property OF
Schonhausen, there to vegetate rs q
small Prussian landowner, while brood.
ing modify over his grand political
schemes, his wife never for a moment
lost heart, but was able to inspire her
husband with ever-fresh courage and
hope. A number of old friends and &C.
quaintanccs quickly surrounded the
noble hostess, while the remainder of
the guests streamed on toward the bill
liard-room to the right, the windows OF
which look out on the street. In front
of one of the sofas lies n handsome
bearskin--the animal was slain by Bis.
marck's own hand; and on bracket
stands the magnificent vase, with the
| kings portrait and view of his castle,
which King William presented to the
princess after the wars of 1866. The
crowd and the heat increased every mo-
1 mcnt. The prince, we were told, was
in the big saloon. Hurrying thither,
we saw our noble host, standing Just in
| side the door. in animated converse with
some earlier arrivals, yet. notwithstand-
ing, quito ready to greet every newcomer
sometimes oven stretching out both
hands to right and left with hearty wei.
| come. How well and bright he looked!
That was always the first thing that
struck one on seeing this man. His
| face, from his long country sOjourn at
Varzin. has rcgained its healthy color.
| ing, the eyes are no longer so deeply
| shadowed by the ovcrhanging brows or
| the furrowed forehead of last year, his
hair is of that light Saxon hue which
| deiics both time and impertinent cur
iosity, and the figure is as firm and up
right as the youngest man there pres
ent. On this evening he also wore his
favorite and most comfortable dress
that is, uniform, but not in strict ac-
cordance with regulation. CAamoers'
Journal.