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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
A Gluiton.

In a conversation with a leading law
yer recently, we fell to talking about glut-
tons and gluttony, and he told me a story
about the gluttony of a brother lawyer
who was in the front rank of his profess
sion in this city, but who, a year or two
ago, fell a victim to his incorporate
habit of eating and drinking. Il was
with him and another eminent LAWYER"
said my friend, cat Concy Island, sew
eral summers ago, and one day he re-
quested our company at his parlors at II
O'Clock that night, to "a little lunch
We were on hand, and were somewhat
appalled, at the costly and extensive re-
past which he had ordered. There was
such a variety of dishes and so many
courses that it required all our ingenuity
to work our way through them, and pre-
tend to partake of each, so as not to
bring on a fit of illness. But not so with
our host, who partook largely of every
thing on the menu. I Will tell you a few
things that he got away with. Among
them were two cups of coffee, an oyster
stew, a dozen raw, a whole lobster, a
large dish of chicken salad, several slices
of bread and butter, and two quart-bot-
ties OF champagne. We got away with
our lives ut one o'clock, and though ]
retired to bed I lay awake until morn.
ing, expecting to hear that my friend
had been seized with a mortal illness.
AS the tidings did not arrive, I arose
about breakfast time, still expecting to
find that he was dead. But, on the
contrary, he was the first man I met on
the piazza, looking as fresh as a rose.
We lave another prominent lawyer in
Chicago who is going the same way" =
Chicago Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
The Shark and the Pearl Divers.

"The reason why big strikes in pearls
don't create q boom, as Il gold discovery
would, " said an old hand at the bust
'ness,- 'is because most everybody knows
the danger of it, and if you. don't super
intend it yourself you are at the mercy
of a pack of the biggest thieves that eve,
lived. The principal dangers IRE sharks,
rays and drowning. The sharks are the
worst, and some grounds have old man.
eaters that hang about them for years, ut
least the men think so.
81 remember one season we got on tho
grounds curly. was owner of an outfit
comprising ten men, but when we got
ready not a man would go over. I didn't
blame them, as they pointed out the tin
of a big man-entcr that was swimming
about. / wouldn'1 have gone over myself
for all the pearls On the farm. The shark
had a notch Oh his top fin where some
n had put a bullet through, and one
man said it had eater his brother, another
that his cousin was killed the year before
by the. same brute, and you would have
thought that every man in the place had
lost n relative of some kind, so 1 con-
cluded it would be a charity to put the
old murderer on tho retired list. l had
a harpoon with me that had barbs that
fitted into the iron so that it would 20 in
easily, and then when n slight pull
was made they would set back. This I
rugged to a pole and fastened to a line
about one hundred feet long, having it
faSstened to n key. Heavlng the toggery
into the boat I got one of the men to pull
ME to the shark hat was swimming
around and around, and as it came by
the boat I put the spear into its back as
well as L knew how.
"We didn't bother about hauling in,
but just threw over the rope and key
and let him 60, and that's the last we
ever see of the old man eater. 1 reckon
he amt stopped yet, as we kept hearing
of the kcg up along the coast for several
wecks."- San Francisco Call.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14

Lord Charles Beresford, Lord of the
Admiralty, and a number of gentlemen
witnessed some experiments which took
place last evening off the terrace of the
Houses of Parliament, with a lifc-savine
floating fabric which has been invented
by Mr.. William Jackson, manager of the
QUILTING department of the army and
navy stores, Victoria street, Westmin-
ster. Mr.. Jackson has succeeded in
weaving cork, or floating fabric, with
various kinds of material used in the
manufacture of coats and w~aistcoats.
Some Of these articles can not be dis.
tinguished from those made of serge,
while others are made of silk, and
adapted for the use of ladies while yacht
ing. The material is light, and may be
worn with comfort. With regard to the
experiments of last evening, several men
who could not swim entered the water
wearing the coats in question, and fur
nishcd ample evidence of the floating
qualities of the fabric and of its utility
to those engaged in seafaring occupa-
t;ons. At the close Lord Charles Bel res
ford expressed his entire satisfaction
with the experiments, and stated his in.
tcntion of writing q letter to Mr.. Jack
son on the subject. London 1elearaph.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Horseshoes OF sheepshorn.

Various trials of the new French horse
shoe, which is made entirely of sleeps
horn, are said to chow it's particular
adaptness for horses employed in towns
and known not to have a steady foot on
the pavement. The results of the expert.
ments are, therefore, regarded as very
satisfactory; horses thus shod have been
driven at q rapid pace on such pave
ment without slipping Besides this ad.
vantage, tho new shoe is spoken Of al
more durable, and, though a little more
expensive than thc ordinary kind, seems
destined sooner or later to replace the
iron shoe--AmSr.caH II. gi,ter.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Household Hints.

sA
White spots on vanished furniture
when caused by water, can be removed
by holding heated shovel over them.
Where a filter is unattainable, a very
little alum will purify foul water. An
ounce of alum will purify a whole no s-
head of foul water.
To extinguish kerosene flames, if n.
cloth is at hand, throw flour on the
fame. Flour rapidly absorbs the fluid
and deadens the flame. D.
Chloride of lime is an infallible pre-
ventive for rats, as they flee from its odor
as from a pestilence. 1t should be thrown
down their holes, and spread about
wherever they are likely to como, and
should be renewed once q fortnight.
Recipes.
FRIED APPLEs-Wipe q few nice.
smooth-skinued apples, have ready a
spider with n little butter and lard in it,
let 1T get hot, and slice the apples into
it, sprinkle q little sugar over them, and
fry slow to a nice brown, taking great
care not to let it burn.
SPLENDID COTTAGE PuDD1Na-One
cup OF white sugar, one egg, butter the
size OF an egg, one cup of milk, two cups
of sifted -four, and two tablespoonfuls of
baking powder. Sauce-Ooc table
spoonful of flour, one-fourth cup OF
sugar, make into a smooth paste with
milk, and pour on hot water till thick
enough, and let it come to a boil, stir
ring constantly. Flavor to taste. Vanil-
la is the incest.
POTATO FR1TTERs Boil eight or nine
large potatoes, mash them through q
colander, beat five eggs light, and mix
with the potatoes, adding a tablespoon
full Of wheat flour, butter the size of q
walnut, and n quart of milk, with one
teaspoonful of salt. Beat we'll, and drop
i'll large tablespoonful into boiling lard.
deep enough to float them. They ar.
done as soon as they rise to the top and
are q light brown.
Corn SoUP-Soup of green corn pulp
is excellent. Put in a saucepan half a
pint Of finely cut cabbage, one gill of
celery also cut fine, two potatoes, one
small onion and two small carrots, all
sliced, with two quarts of water, md
simmer for one hour. Then add one
pint of peeled tomatoes cut in slices, and
boil half an hour longer. At the end of
this time add half n pint of green corn
pulp and Let al boil up at once; season
to taste and serve. If desired, the soup
may be strained.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Norwegian HOsDIt0Ifty.

In no land is hospitality more open
handed and more unaffected than in
! Norway, and though these features are
naturally becoming bluntod along the
beaten lines of travel, the genuine good
ness of heart, fine 'tgcntlemanly" feel.
Ing, and entire absence of that sordid-
ness which is so often seen even in prim-
alive regions, annot fail to strike the
unprejudiced observer. Nor is etiquette
ignored by ever the rudest of the people.
In the cities the stranger is apt to make
many blunders. In the country, how
ever, this is not less marked; though
perhaps the visitor will be less conscious
of its presence. One of the peouliarities
OF the Norwegian farmer is that, when
visiting a friend, he must ignore all the
preparations made for his entertainment.
He will sec the coffee roasted, and the
cups set out, and then, just when the
good wife is about to offer him her hos.
pitality, he gets up, bids tho family
good-by, and is only persuaded to re-
main after some resistance. Every cup
must be filled to overlooking, otherwise
the host would be thought stingy. When
milk, brandy or beer is offered, tho guest
invariably begs that it will not '.be
wasted on him." and then, after empty
ing the cup, declares that lit is too
much"-going through the same formal
tiles, it may be, three or four times. In
the farmhouses, or upland ''saeters" the
guest is left to eat alone, silver forks and
spoons being often substituted for the
carved wooden ones used by the family,
and a fine white cloth for the bare boards
which serves well enough on ordinary
occasions. To a punctilious guest this
may not be a drawback, for at the
family table, as, indeed, among the
peasants in Scandinavia everywhere, the
different individuals dip their spoons
into the same dishes of ''grod" and sour
milk; but for any one DESTROYS of study
ing a people a load of foreign prejudice
is n grievous burden to carry about.
When a child is born the wife of every
neighbor cooks a dish of 'taodegrod'
(porridge made with cream instead of
milky, and brings it to the convalescent.
there being good deal of rivalry among
the matrons to Guido each other in the
quality and size of the dish. When any
one has taken food ia a Scandinavian
house he shakes hands with the host and
hostess in rising from the table, and
says: ''Tak for mad" (''Thanks for
food"), to which they reply: "vell
bekomme" ('tMay it agree with you").
In many parts of Scandinavia all the
guests shake hands with each other and
repeat the latter formula; and in Nor
way, at least, it is the fashion for a
guest to call on tho hostess a fcw days
later, and when she appears to grayely
say: "Tak for sidst" (''Thanks for last
time"), great gravity on this formal
visit being a mark of good breeiing.-
Peoples of tho World.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Tr.nsplantinx Fruit rrees.

Transpla nttnK Fruit Trees.
The transplanting of fruit trees is very
simple and effective when properly I'M
derstood. Trees should never be planted
in a square or round hole, such as you
would dig for setting a post. Many
trees transp!antcd in this way die, much
to the encouragement of the planter,
who attributes his failure to the insects,
drought or anything rather than to the
manner of transplanting. A good plan
is to take a plough and break out the
whole length of the row each way,
checking fifteen, twenty to fifty feet
each way, as you may elect, running five
or six or more burrows each way, making
sure to break the land as deep as you
wish to set the trees. It is best to use o
two horse plough; then in each check
you can draw out the earth a sufficient
width and depth to suit the roots of the
tree to DE planted. Trim all broken
roots smoothly and straighten them out
at full length in the hole; COW care
fully so as to get the earth firmly around
each root, then fill up the hole and press
the soil down firmly with the foot. Not
ono tree in a thousand will die if planted
this way, provided the tree was all right
when it was set.
As a general rule, trees should be
transplanted to the same depth that they
stood in the nursery, or where they were
grown. Dwarf pear trees are an excep.
ton to this rule, and should be planted
deep enough for the union of the pear
and its q~uinceroots to be below the sur
face of the ground, SO that natural roots
may shoot out from the pear in course of
time, thereby converting the dwarf into
a standard tree.
Tho object in breaking the land each
way as above advised, is in order that
the roots may have free access to loose.
mellow earth, to run into in every direc-
ton from the tree. If only small mum.
Der of trees a:e to be planted q mattock
or spading fork would suffice, using care
to break the ground each way several feet
from where the tree is to stand.-From
'Lop to Plant"
Rubber jewclry Gun be restored to it's
or ginal black by rubbing with rotten
$ I. az mixed with sweet oil.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
!. ID. CAMERON.

Whenever he writes his name on the
Fifth Avenue Hotel register, which is a
wide book, he uses the double dash. A
gentleman gives this explanation:
81 have lived in Washington; know
Senator Cameron well, and the reason he
uses a dash before his name. He never
uses n dash except on a hotel register.
At the capital nearly every man has a
handle to his name. When a senator or
general registers at u hotel, the clerk
politely adds the prefix, Whatever it may
be, and it appears that General So-and-so
has deliberately written his entitle. SEN
ator Cameron, instead of being a vain
man, lis very modest and unassuming.
The polite CLERKS put the prefix, Senator,
to his name frequently OIL the registers,
which was exceedingly repugnant to
HIM. His simple request to leav, off all
appendagcs to his signature did not have
the desired effect, and he hit upon the
happy idea of the dash to keep anything
from being written in front of his name.
The front dash worked for a time on
narrow registers, but finally the ingeni-
Gus clerk wrote the word Senator after
his name. This required double vigil
cnce, so the retiring and genial Senator
added the afix dash. ~ Washington Re-
,,,yIy;ron
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
A Little While.

, A Little While.
IL I could 500 thee once again
A little while, once more,
Thy tender heart I might regain
And my lost peace restore;
You would forget the scorn you felt
So penitent I'd be.
You would forgive while low I knelt,
If I might only see
Thy bright eyes smile on me:
Only a little while,
Only once more.
III I should see thee once again
And find thee stern and cold;
An ever dead-ah, bitter pain
TIL, bright, strong low Of old;
Yea, ven while I felt your scorn,
ALI. bitter though it be-
And my sad heart with grief were torn
I'd welcome misery,
II I thy face could see:
Only a little while,
Only once more.
". A. Hunt, in Detroit Free Press
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
COLUMN.
Autumn Leaves.

Autumn
Crimson and scarlet and yellow,
Emerald turning to gold,
S~himmering there in the sunbeamA
Shiver:ng here in the cold;
Waving farewells as this tempest
Ruthlessly tears them apart,
Fluttering, dancing and rustling
As hither and thither they dart;
Recklessly sailing the rapids,
Lazily swimming the pools,
Playing II spyl" with each other .
Under the puffy toads;ools.
Wreaths for the walls OF her dwelling
Each neat little housekeeper weaves,
And there, amid delicate fern sprays,
Nestle the bright autumn leaves.
E. L. Benedict IN Young People.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
How He Escaped.

Doctor--"What is that scar on your
leg, Mr.. B!ank2"
PATIENTLY dog bite received in boy
hood"
Goodness graciousl Didn't you get
the hydrophobiaw
"No, hadn't heard Of hydrophobia at
that time Omaha World.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Hang on Like q Beaver.

When our Tom was six years old, he
went into the forest one afternoon to
meet the hired man, who was coming
home with a load of wood. The man
placed Master Tommy on the top of the
load, and drove homeward. Just before
reaching the farm, the team went pretty
briskly down a steep hill. When Tommy
entered the house, his mother said:
Tommy, my dear, were you not
frightened when the hores went t~rotting
SO swiftly down Grow Hill r.
eyes, mother, a little" replied Tom,
honestly; II asked the Lord to help me,
and hung on like a beaver"
Sensible Tom! Why sensible 2 Because
he joined working to praying. Let his
words teach the life lesson; in all trou-
bles, pray and hang on like a beaver; by
which I mean, that while you ask God
to help you, you must help yourself with
all your might. Young Pilgrim.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14

sows would only drop fou to six pigs ut
a time, and these were as much trouble
to raise as so many delicate children
subject to chills if the weather was the
least cool, with hardly strength
enough to take their natural nourish-
ment, succumbing quickly to the slight
est exposure, or to disturbances of the
bowels, to which the young pig of feeble
constitution is so prone. A well-known
writer says on this subject: "No man
who wants a hog for profit, will have his
wants fully met until he gets such us are
hardy enough to stand pretty severe
cold, some neglect, and be quite ready
to thrive with plain, even what would be
rough feed for the cxquisitely bred and
pampered hog. The pigs of the stronger
kinds-those with plenty of hair and
not too inc bone-will survive, though
they are farrowed in cold weather, and
this, too, without extra care AMI nurs-
ing. More pigs will be dropped at each
narrowing time, and it is safe to say that
half a dozen strong. wcll-haired, thrifty
sows will raise as many pigs in a season
as will be saved and raised by ten COWS
exquisitely bred and accustomed to close
confinement. - Chicago Times.
Fall Flowing.
Fall blowing, says B IN: Perley Poore
in the CuNtcator, is important for those
who mean to farm we'll. One great
trouble in our farming is the fact that
we do not till our lands enough. One
shallow blowing in the spring, with
many a balk and dodge not plowed at
all, is too often considered sufficient;
but what right has any one to expect a
good crop from such tlllagc7 If it is
obtained, it is the result of accident.
Yes, gentlemen, such of you as would
raise good crops from year to year, IT.
respective of drought or wet seasons,
must till your land thoroughly and deep
while your teams are vigorous and
healthy in the fall. Speed the pillow
over stubble and corn-hill, and not only
over but under them, the deeper the
better. Yes, the deeper the better, ex-
cept, perhaps, in some extraordinary
instances. Turn up the burrows as deep
and ridgy as possible this fall, and let
them frost-slack through the winter.
Keep everything off that can tramp in
the least if there is any clay or mari in
Its composition. Let it stand in that
shape, and when spring comes I will
tell you what further to do with it, to
be almost sure of a good crop of wheat,
oats, corn, or anything else that will
grow in this country. Plow all you
possibly can in the fall, for the purpose
of,lightening your labor in the spring,
which, at the best, is always short with
us, after the fields are dry enough to
pillow, besides the additional consldera
ton that teams are usually in the worst
possible plight to do any considerable
amount of work. Therefore, speed the
pillow every leisure moment this fall, not
only to save time in the spring, nor
merely to pulverize the soil with frost
(Which, by the way, is an all-important
thing), but last, though not least, to
destroy the insects and vermin that have
gone into winter quarters. Doubtless,
late fall blowing will be found our best
protection against the increase of all such
pests.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
ADeautiful Lesson.

Five hundred years ago there was liv-
ing in Italy a great poet Of the name of
Petrarch. There came on a great trial ;
q number of people had to give witness,
and they all had to take an oath before
doingso so. Petrarch came to bcnr witness,
but they said of him, "you need not
make him take an oath. He will be sure
to tell the truth" So they did not make
him take an oath, because everybody
knew how true he was.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
j. ID. CAMERON

The dash is very long, and begins
where the page of the book is fastened
in its place. If the. register is a very
wide book, the eccentric dash of the
Pennsylvania senator is supplemented by
nm afix:
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
A Senator's Signature.

When Senator Don Cameron of Penn
sylvania writes his name in a hotel regis
ter, he invariably puts a dash in front OF
it thus: ~
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
Value OF

Jerusalem artlchokes are similar but
slightly inferior to potatoes in nutritive
value, says Rural World, but, owing to
their immense yield and cheapncss of
raising, are much more valuable as stock,
particularly hog. food. Yields of one
and two thousand bushels per acre are
obtained, while the culture is not as
costly as that of potatoes. The planting
is done in about the same way, but the
growth of stocks is so strong that the
ground is soon covered, and all weeds
are e~fectually choked out. Although
the leaves and stalks are rough and coarse,
stock are very fond of them, and will
greedily eat the tops to the ground if
allowed to get to them. Usually the
hogs arc turned into the patch after the
tubers have matured, which will not be
until late in the season, and allowed to
do their " digging. Fed in this way
with the tops left on the ground and the
droppings of the hogs also, the crop can
not fail to improve the land. A freez-
ing does not injure tho tubers in tho
least, either for food or seed. They can
be left in the ground until spring, and
then fed to the hogs. Usually the hogs
will leave enough of tbs tubers in the
ground to reseed it, if not kept there too
long. Some prefer, however, to let the
hogs clean out the patch thoroughly
and replant in hills and drills, rather
than let q volunteer crop come up.
Many are afraid to plant them for fear
that once get them into the land they can
not be eradicated. The fear is unfound-
cd, and it is strange they are not more
widely grown. The red Brazilian is con-
sidered the best.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-14
FOR THE FARM AND HOME
Founder, From OvcrFeed.

oVcrIoeus
A contributor to the New York lri-
dune says: A little city boy spending u
week with an Ohio farmer fed u young
horse in pasture nineteen ears of old
corn. The owner found tho animal fin
ishing his feast, and thinks he could have
saved him from founder had he known
what to do. Overeating, and consc-
qucnt laundering, is one of those
things more easily prevented than cured.
The results of the total disarrangement
OF the system by the impaction of the
stomach and bowels cannot be wholly
avoided, u t'they pay be ameIiorated by
5udicious treatment.HG :; No water is to be
given, or the food would swell and fer
ment and rupture the stomach, with very
quickly fatal results. A large dose of
raw linsecd oil is the best remedy, and a
quart is the right quantity. This causes
the election of the undijestcd matter and
the relief of the intestines. The after
treatment is of Importance; the stomach
wants rest, and feeding should be wholly
suspended for tw~enty-four hours, when
a quart of oatmeal cruel only should be
given. One quart of this at a meal is
sufficient for the next day, after which
regular feeding should be approached
gradually and cautiously. The resulting
stiffness of the, fore limbs should be
treated by thirty-drop doses of aconite
and hot lamentations and rubbing of the
legs and feet with some active liniment.