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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
If the lady understood his meaning

If the lady understood his meaning
she was coy inacknowlcdging his words,
purport. But she quickly disengaged
her hand from his, slipped it over his
arm, and the pair resumed the stroll just
in time to meet the colonel rs he ascend
cd the steps. The latter lifted his hat
and passed on into the hotel, while
Harry and Lcona continued to murmur
sweet nothings under the friendly shad-
ow of the ivy-trclliscd vcranda.
* X X \
The ncxt morning ,Harry's heart was
like lead when he looked from the win
dow and saw the leaden clouds scurry-
ing along the Angry horizon.
Grain! And I was to take her out
for a drivel Well, I suppose 1 must
make the best of it and while away the
time in the parlors," muttcred he rs he
performed his toilet.
When he entered the dining-room he
saw Miss Lisle's place was vacant. All,
the coloncl's chair, too, is vacant! Over
the coffee Harry made the resolve to
mako or break before night. He will
ask her for that dainty, white hand. He
feels in his heart of hearts that she does
not dislike him. On the contrary, there
is something in those lovely blue eyes
that tells him she rather is pleased with
his presence.
He went to the gentlcmcn's smoking
room, lighted Il cigar and seated himself
near a window overlooking the white
stretch of sand, the curling wave crcsts
and lowering sky.
All! A couple approach from the
beach. The gentleman carrics-o Wue
um6reAa! AS the pair drew near, Harry's
heart beat wilder and wilder.
1t must be the %coloncl's umbrella. It
IS the COLONEL But who is the lady2
Only Miss Lcona Lis.c! "Pshaw! Pm
a fool to think anything strange about
this! What do I care about the %colonel's
umbrella and its potent charm2 But I
wish it was some one else than Leona,'
unused Harry rs he tossed about his cigar
and went out upon the vcranda.
Leona went indoors. The colonel
closed his quaint, blue umbrella with a
click of satisfaction and passed Harry
with Il polite bow and a good morning.
Two hours later, Miss Lislc blushed
as Harry asked her Il question. She
softly SAID {:
The potency Of the coloncl's umbrel-
Ia is not a fiction. He is q charming
man, and-I thank you for your
offer but I said 'ycs'-under the blue
umbrella. Y0nker's Gazette.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Drove A Duke from her Pew.

"Be yc careful to entertain ~strangers,"-
was a wise command, teaching courtesy
and hospitality, "for thereby some have
entertained angels unaware" The
woman of the following incident was
unmindful of this obligation, and but
little sympathy can he felt for her cha
grin and discontinue at the result.
The Duke of Wellington once walked
from Walmer Castle to Deal to attend
Trinity church. Not finding the sexton
to show him a seat, he entered a roomy-
looking pew in front of the pulpit and
sat down. Soon after q fa~shionably-
dressed, naughty woman entered and,
both by her manner and expression of
face, showed that she felt his presence
an intrusion. AS the stranger bore her
indignant glanccs without moving she
said, bluntly:
"Sir, you will find free seats in the
rear, and I beg you to find a seat there
or in some other pew"
~ beg Jour pardon for intruding,"
said the Duke coldly, as ne arose and left
the pew.
At the close Of the service a friend
said to the woman: "My dear Nine. -
you were honorcd to-day; but why did
the Duke leave you so abruptly?"
Nine. - constituting the remark as
a sarcasm on the impudcnce of the stran-
ger, replied:
"The presumptuous fellow! Then you
saw him in my pew2 I had to tell him
there were seats for strangers IMP"
"Why, surely" interrupted the friend,
with almost horror in her tone, ''you
knew that the rlaa wac the Duke Of
Wellington"
The woman's modification over her
rudencss to the man she would have hon
ored cause her a fit of sickness.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

A match is q small thing, but in the
manufacture of matches one of the great
corporations has grown up. 1t originated
in q combination Of the leading match
manufacturers. The capital stock is
about $50, 600, 600, and last year a divi-
dend of eight per cent. was paid.
Matches are much cheaper now than
they used to be, by reason of some out
side competition with the great combina-
ton. The Chicago manager of this
combination, referring to the constant
consumption of pine, says that his COM
pany has pine enough to last for twenty
five years. 1t is located. in the Ontona-
gon region Of Michigan. Matches can
be made out of straw board rs we'll as of
pine, but there is small induccment to
attempt to make straw bead matches
while pine can be had in the production.
Wax matches can also be made chcaply.
Southern pine cannot be used for matches,
since it is too full of pitch. The dry,
punk-like pine of the northern woods is
the only pine which is really fit for use.
The further north the supply is secured
the better the pine for the purpose of the
match maker.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

One of the most interesting of modern
charities is the 'tLoan Exhibition" of
fine pictures in the east end shows of
London. The first one was held six
years ago; a devoted clergyman of the
Church of England, inaugurated and
still directs the scheme, and so far as
popularity and artistic merit go-and
they seem to about cover the case-it is
a great success. The artists and many
owners of galleries cordially assist in the
work, and the exhibition Is always very
fine. A catalogue with explanatory
notes is sold for a penny, and besides
oral explanations of the pictures arc
given. The gallery where the pictures
are shown is continually visited by all
classes and conditions of men. The
p~romulgators Of the move do not contend
that the sight of good pictures is going
to reform the East End Of London, but
they think the tendency of the exhibit
ton is in that direction, and that even
the SMALLEST service is true service"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
A Baseball Dog.

The rival mines were made up of boys
under thirteen, and Major. AS I reach
ed the ground it was his inning, and his
master, who claimed the privilege of strik-
ing for him, was at the bat. The dog
was right behind with one paw in adj
vance, and his eyes on the striker. In
came the twisters, and Major made sew
eral false starts; but finally, as the bail
went scudding from the bat, off he rush
ed for first base, his ears Tapping, his
plumc-like tail out straight behind. But
the short stop was too nimblc for the dog
and just before he reached the base the
ball arrived there, md he came slowly
back, his tail hanging low, and a very
mournful expression in his great eyes.
"Maje's out, side out - cried the boys.
and Immediately conceived a method by
which he could retrieve this disaster; the
dog seemed to regain his spirits, dashed
into the field, and was speedily in his po-
sition as left fielder, before any of the
others had reached their places.
In the preliminary ''pass around" that
preceded the play, Major was not left
out, and I saw that the balls that were
thrown at him directly were quite as
swift as those delivered from base to
base; and in justice to him, I never saw
him ''muff." When a ball was thrown
at him, he settled back, and dropped his
great lower jaw, into which the projec-
tile seemed to fit; then, with tail wag-
ging, he would hasten to carry the ball to
the next player. He was equally pro-
ficient with low balls, either catching
them in his mouth or stopping them with
his broad chest, and in fielding he could
not be outdone. When he caught a ball,
he carried it at full speed to the nearest
thrower, and not a few players were put
out by his quick motions and activity
st. Nicholas.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
A Nile OF Coal Cars.

A correspondent wants to know how
much coal theresmay be in a mile of load
ed coal cars. In reply we can say that a
s ton car or Goa! jimmy is II #. 6 in. in
length from bumper to bumper: An II
ton car is % #. 1 in. A car holding
from II to-16 tons of anthracite is "a #.
2 in. A gondola of 20 ons capacity is
put at 81 #. 4 in. A large gondola with
IS tons capacity is 80 #. in length. Now,
then, for the quantity. There will be
400 of the jimmics to the mile, and that
means z, 300 tons of coal, perhaps. There
will 24O of the double jimmies, and that
means perhaps Q, $40 IONS. There will be
218 of the large cars, and that may mean
3,270 tons, OF the gondolas there will
be 1913 cars, and this may mean ., $40
tons. Then of the larger o~es there are,
say, 100 cars, which will equal in capa-
city 1000 tons. All this goes to show that
when you see or hear of a mile or two OF
cars standing loaded, it really does MOI
mean so very much coal.-Coul Trade
Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Prizes for essays on various subjects
connected with agriculture are offered by
the Society of French Agriculturists, to
be awarded during the session of 1897.
Among the topics are the rotation Of
crops and systems of culture, a better
method of incubation with attenuated
vlrus than that now in vogue, the fatten-
ing of animals N pastures, the organiza-
ton and working of mutual agricultural
credit associations, treatise of commerce,
and various diseases of the vine and some
other fruit trees. In 1890 prizes are to
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

He who seeks only for applause from
without, has all his happiness in
others keeping.
l h art wise thou knowcst thine
~.s..orance, and thou art ignorant if
thou knowcst not thysclf.
The wealth of man is the number of
things which he loves and blcsscs, which
he is loved and blessed by.
Vice incapacitatcs a man from all pub
lie duty; it withers the power of his I'M
Outstanding, and makes his mind para
letic.
1t lis not the quantity of meat, but the
chcerfulness of the guests, which makes
the feast. Where there is no peace there
can be 10 feast:
Fame is an undertaken, who pays but
little attention to the living, but bcdi-
zens the dead, furnishes out their fu-
ncrals and follows them to the grave.
Readers who are in the flower of their
youth should labor at those accomplish
mcnts which may set off their persons
when their bloom is gone, and to lay in
timely provisions for manhood and old
age.
Every man goes into the future world.
with a character on his hands. lie will
have it their on his hands, and must do
something with it. He oughtto be care
full about what he is to AXE with him
inseparably into eternity.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Prof. Grauu, of the Berlin Geograph-
zeal Society, estimates THAT, outside of
the polar regions, an area of at least
800, 900 square miles is still geographi.
cally a terra incognita. Europe has been
thoroughly surveyed, all but the icy
summit regions of the northernmost
fields, but in old Asia vast territories are
known only from hcarsay, as the soil.
'tudes of the Bactrian desert and the
mountain regions of western China. The
best maps of central Africa still show
blanks and conjectural dots; the secret
of the Niles lakes has yet by no means
been satisfactorily solved; the sources of
the Congo and the upper tributaries of
the Zambezi still rise in a cloud'and of
tradition. Brazil and its border states
still contain certain large stretches of
untrodden virgin woods, the swamp
labyrinth of the Gran Chaco, for in
stance. and the all but impenetrable jun
ggles Of the delta formed by the junction
Of the Rio Madeira and Machato, where
ever the native Indians can travel only
BY the waterways Of an occasional inun-
detion.
e.fasAa f~e.E ~grs@1.A
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Ex-King Theebaw's famous hairy
family, which he long kept jealousy at
Mandalay, are to visit Europe for exhi-
bition. The family have been renowned
in Burmese history for many years, and
the present members, a mother and son,
form the fourth generation known. The
mother, Maphon, is sixty-three, quite
blind, and usually sits motionless on a
platform, occasionally tanning herself,
and speaking in a low, sweet voice. She
was seen and described by Colonel Yuls
when on a mission to the Court of Ava ir
1855. Save her hands and feet, she is
covered with long, soft hair, like her son,
Mo-po-sin, who is covered even to the
drums of his ears, the hair in some places
being five inches long. Mo-po-sin is OF
medium height, with pale brown skin,
and is fairly friendly, having been partly
educated, and married to q maid-o
honor. Neither he nor his mother has
either canine teeth or grinders.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The Fire or Home.

I near them tell of fur off chimes,
And treasures grand they hold
or Minister walls where stained light falls
On canvas, rare and old
My hands all down, my breath comes fast,
B ah, how can I roam
My task 1 know: to spin and sew,
And light the fire of home.
Sometimes T hear Of noble deeds:
Of words that move mankind:
Of willing hands that to other lands
= Bring Light to the poor and blind.
l dare not preach, I cannot write,
1 fear to cross the foam;
Who, if I go, will spin and sew
And light the fire of home?
My husband comes, as the shadows fall,
From lief fields with my girl and boy;
His loving kiss brings with it bliss
Thai hath no base alloy.
From tho new plowed meadows, fresh and
brown,
1 catch the scent of the loan:
"Heart, do not fret, tits something vet
To light the fire 0, home"
George Worstcr.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

To talk with ones mouth seems to be
the end and aim of a good many men and
most women; but John Carter, an Eng
ish peasant, makes use of his to paint
with. Some years ago he lost the use of
all his limbs by paralysis, occasioned by
falling from a tree. lie was, of course,
b~edfidden, and of q sudden acquired a
faculty of painting on Bristol board by
the aid of his mouth. His work was sus-
pended above him, and with his camel's
hair pencil dipped in scpia he made the
necessary strokes, as fine and as effective
as q delicate line engraving. One of his
works, "a Ratcatcher and His Dogs"
was disposed of not long since to a gen
tleman+of Boston, says the Herald, for a
sum amounting to nearly $4,000.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Drying Tomatoes.

In italy an extensive business is carried
on in drying tomatoes to use during those
portions of the year when fresh fruit can
not be obtained. According to the Ru-
raj Record, tomatoes are grown, for the
most part, between rows of grape vines.
Sometimes the tomatoes are trained on
the lower bars of the trellis to which the
vines are attached. The tomatoes are
allowed to remain on the branches until
they are quite ripe. They are then pick
ed and pressed in bags made of coarse
cloth, which allows the pulp to pass
through, but which retains the seeds and
skins. The pulp is then thinly spread
out ON cloth, boards, or in shallow dishes,
and exposed to the sun to dry. When it
has become quite dry, it is broken up
fine, or ground, and pu. into boxes or
bags and sent to market. A large part
of it is used for soups, but a considerable
portion is employed as we do tomatoes
when preserved in tin or other cans. It
is soaked for q few hours in warm water,
and then cooked in the ordinary hammer.
There IS a great prejudice against canned
tomatoes, many being unwholesome.
The acid juice which they contain unites
with the solder of the tin cans aud forms
q disagreeable compound.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
A Dakota Judge on His Dignity.

We will stop taking testimony for ten
minutes, said a Dakota justice of the
peace, removing his coat, during which
time the court will lick the attorney for
the defence. The constable will please
remove the chairs and small boy, as we
propose to lam him down on the floor
about twenty times. When a lawyer re-
fers to this court as a square-cornered
sage hen of the alkali desert and accused
it Of having been bought by the prosecu-
ton for So. so, he will find that this
judicial body is loaded for game found
only in the tall timber, namely, bars
gentlemen, large grizzly bars. We pro-
pose to maintain our dignity while set
ting on this here nail k-er bench and
will do so if we have to stay at home cir
Gus day and pound lawyers. And if we
can't do it alone we intend to invoke the
power of the United States and get
backed up by the supreme court and reg
ular army. If the attorney for the de-
fensc has any friends in the room, they
will be given an opportunity t o shake
hands with him and take any instructions
he may wish to send to his family. The
gentlemen will please form n ring and we
would direct the constable to pull him
off If he attempts to bite or pull hair.
Take your position for the court is a-com-
ingl-Esteuine (Dak.) BsN.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

There was a bull fight at q Mexican
town just across the Rio Grandc from
Brownsville, Texas, recently, at which
the bull got into the audience and
climbed up the seats among the women.
The men at once drew their revolvcrs
and began q fusilade, and, as they were
good shots, they put thirty bullets into
the bull, without hitting any of the spec
tators. The bull gave up the ghost and
the gate money.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

It is estimated that twenty-five acres
If grass land arc necessary to keep an
animal the year round in Arizona. The
otal acreage of the Territory is about
10, 600, 600. On this basis, it is easy to
.stimate its capacity for embarrassing.
But a serious drawback is water. This
will have to be supplied by artesian wells,
# ut all. AS yet, only about half OF the
grazing area is occupied.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
GObelin Tapestry.

In the famous mandatory of Gobelin
tapestry, which belongs to the French
Government, are produced large and
beautiful woven pictures, AID the great
merit Of the work is that it is done en-
tirely by hand, no machinery being used.
The operation is very slow, each work.
man putting one thread at time in its
place, and faithfully copying a painting
in oil or. water colors, which stands near
him, as o model. If, in a day, he covers
q space as large as his hand, he considers
that he has donea very good days work.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

A Dcs Moines Qa.) paper says the;
United States Express Company is sell
ing off all it's bay horses and replacing;
hem with grays and sorrels. 1t is:
laimed that bays are more liable to dis
ase and injury than horses of any other;
lolor, and that grays and sorrels have
he most immunity. If this be so the
prices of the fortunate colors will adj
yance
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

The largest coffee district inthe world
is the Brazilian AMI Bolivian table land.
Coffee, cotton, tapioca, rice, corn and
wheat thrive in the same latitudes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-21
For the Dispatch.l
The Example OF France, dc.


PORTSMOUTH, VA, March 10, 1856.
To American Citizen" and NJ:
Geutlemen,-Your letters published
in the Dispatch of the 18th instant have
been carefully perused, and the under
signed would respectfully ask that you
as carefully scan the following reasons
for not accepting your conclusions:
/. The statement made by "Ameri-
can Citizen" as to the way boys are
educated in France on the subject OF
wine at meals can have force as an az
gument only after the establishment OF
the proposition that the nation, and
consequently individuals Tor individuals
and consequently the nationl, received
no detriment, but positive advantage,
from such use Of Intoxicating wine. If
the wine be unintoxicating it is not the
thing against which the proposed Law
for this State is aimed.
The mere statement that French law
makers, keepers Of boarding-s schools,
Catholic and Protestant, as well as
medical men, have approved Of such
mode Of education, proves nothing IA
yorable to your views unless it be
shown that French history has been
better than it would have been had no
such practice obtained. Scientists claim
that experiment is the test Of truth.
Revelation is positive in the assertion,
/" By their fruits ye shall know them"
The tree that brings the better fruit is
the better tree. Now, can the PROPOSE
ton requisite TO make your argument
valid be even approximately sustaineds
We think not. Certainly France is
an unfortunate example to bring
before the American public. The good
Frenchman and the good American will
unite in the earnest desire that this
country may be spared the Affections
that SO frequently have bsfallen that
unhappy land. Whatever may have
been The cause OF such distresses We
need not pretend now to portray. Ger
taiply every effect has cause. And We
may readily see that = nstion's troubles
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-21
Ordinances, edition 1885, page 2as'

Ordinances, edition 1885, page 22S,
reads a. follows:
Every hotsl.kespsr and keeper Of :
restaurant, lagsr-beer saloon, or other
place where ardent spirits, beer, cider,
or other drinks are sold or given away,
shall close the bar where such drinks
are sold or given away every Sunday
during the whole day.
"At all times when such bar shall be
open the license under which the busi-
ness is conducted shall remain posted
in some conspicuous place in the bar
room.
"And any person violating any pro-
vision Of this section shall be fined not
less than ten nor moro than i've
hundred dollars"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-21
A Reply 10 the Rev. y. n. EDWARDS


Your criticism Of the Monticello
Grape and Fruit Growers Association,
in the Dispatch Of the 9TH of March,
may properly be answered by me IN
defence Of the principles embraced IN
those resolutions, as drew them.
tits TO be regretted that you act as
Especial technical plead@r, compelling
me TO prove yosr existence as it were.
Why not msnfully come out and plainly
announce that you are in favor Of total
abstinence, the passage Of laws neces-
sary to accomplish the end, and the
enforcement OF the laws when passed?
Why by implication deny these facts
or sophistically eyade them? You
thus force on me TO prove that your
principles are the ultimate extirpation
OF manufacture, sale, and use Of any
and all intoxicating liquors by laws to
that end, with penalties for their viola
ton. The Proteap forms OF your lmis-
called temperance, whether named
prohibition, local option, total absti.
nence, &C., l treat as one in substance.
Whether you concsde this or not is i'm
material, rs they are so generally re-
ccepixsd.
At The second National Temperance
Convention tsarstoga. 1850 the prin-
cipls 81 total abstinence from al IN