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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

A small volume of statistics showing
the work done by the post offices of the
world has been published at Florence,
Italy. From this it appears that in 1883,
the latest year for which complete re.
turns are available, there were in Europe
65, 500 receiving Offices, Al, 500 telegraph
offices, and 225, 900 letter boxes. The
total number of persons employed by the
various post Offices was $50, 900; and in
twelve months there were transmitted
1888, 900, 900 letters, SAG, 600, 900 post
cards, 1,046, 600, 900 books and parcels,
1872, 600, 900 newspapers, and III, O00,.
600 kilograms; the gross weight of the
matter sent through the post being esti.
mated ut about 800, 900 tons. The lowest
charge for the conveyance of any lcttc,
or post card was one centime; the high.
est was e5. The total receipts of the
various Offices amount to e3S, $50, 900,
and their expenditure to e31, $50, 900.
To apprehend the import of these figures
it should be remembered that less than
half a century ago, the number of pack
ages that passed through the post offices
OF the world was under 100, 600, 600.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The law recently enacted in Iowa not
only requires that every package of but
terine or caseine shall bear. in letters, an
inch and a half long, an emphatic state
ment that it is an imitation article, but
it requires all hotel keepers and restaur-
ant and boarding house keepers to put a
placard on every plate of imitation but
ter or cheese that is brought Oil tho table,
stating that is not the genuine article.
In some u]naccountable way the authors
of the bill have omitted to require that
all eaters of butterine or caseine should
be branded or labelled. That provision
would make it perfect.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Nevada's Stone TrOughs and Indian
Mills.

What are called the ''stonc troughs"
are found in coming up the Truckee
River, Nevada, from the lakes and are
a natural formation of n sort of lime
stone. They arc often seen ten feet long,
four or five feet wide, and several inches
deep, with the sides two or three inches
in thickness, according to size-the
small ones thinncst. They are shaped
like the sheet iron pans used in stoves
for. baking bread, are quite hard, and
ring like a piece of pottery when struck.
All arc found filled with sand.
Down about the lake in the valley are
found many stone troughs of a different
kind. These are undoubtedly artificial,
and were made by the Indians to be used
in grinding grass seeds. Some of these
look as if they had been in use for hun
drcds of years. A few of the smaller
ones are portable, but the majority nave
been formed in huge fragments or solid
lodges OF porphyry or granite, just as
the Digger Indians Of California make
mortars in granite reefs in which to pound
their acorns. Here, however, the seeds
are ground into flour by being rubbed,
not beaten, rs are the acorns; therefore,
instead of the cavity in the rock being
a round post hole, it is Il long. shallow,
trough-shapcd cavity. Some of these
grinding-troughs are several feet long,
and near them arc found the stones used
in grinding. They are large and heavy.
and appear to have been pushed back
and forth by persons seated at opposite
ends Of the troughs, by means of stout
pole lashed to them in such a way as to
form two handles.
A few portable mills arc found. They
are of two kinds. One has a cavity
which is perfectly round, and the muller
used in grinding is as round as a cannon
ball. Those of the other style are oblong,
and have q muller or grinding stone OF
about the size and shape of IN old-fash-
oned smoothing iron. These mills were
used in former times. Since the Piutes
have made the acquaintance of the white
mans flour they no longer havc any stom.
ach for flour made of the seeds of bunch
grass and the wild sunflower.-New York
Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
The Shops of Havana.

The shops and cafes of Havana are
surely more bright and interesting than
those of any other city. Among the
shops you will find no great establish
ments covering a half-acre of ground,
half a dozen stories high, and giving one
the feeling of despair to enter; but they
arc all on n floor, high, cool, pretty,
and many ladies have a habit of shop
ping from their carriages. In America it
is the effort of merchants to get goods of
every earthly description under one roof.
Here the shops are more characteristic
md individualized, as a rule. One will
deal in silks and trimmings; another only
in velvets and velvcteens; another may
show superb lines of linen; gloves, fans,
parasols, and umbrellas may be found at
another; again a shop will sell woolcns
exclusively; another prints and %cottons;
md rarely will you find the notion store.
So, too, outside of the textile fabrics
these divisions in trade are vigorously OBJ
served. A photographer is not an ar
!ist; bronze goods do not include pottery;
The jewcler sells jewelry, not clocks and
watches; the w~oodenware, ironwarc, and
basket-ware merchants are not each all
The others; and wine-merchants do not
,ell soap. In all these shops there is a
richness and taste, but not obtrusivcness,
in display; and from one end of the city
10 another the neatness, brightness, light
aess, and ~airincss Of the shop form much
ST Havana's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ne0a.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Inflammation in Eggs.

The Tennessee Board of Health says in
its last bulletin: There is a condition of
the egg, little known, which considera-
bly, impairs it's sanitary value as an arti-
Gle of food. Soon after it became the
practice to transport eggs in large guam
titles and to long distances by railway
trains, it was found on their arrival that
adhesion had taken place between the
membranes of the yolk and those of the
shell, so that the yolk could not be turn
ed out of the shell unbroken. On exam
nation by experienced Psychologists this
was found to be the result of true in
fammation; the material of the adhesion
was found to be precisely the same as
that of the plastic emulation in inham-
nation of the lungs or bowels. It will
ut first seem absurd to speak of infam-
nation in such an uniformed mass as an
egg; but this arises from our forgetting
that, structurcless and u~norganized as it
seems, the egg, even when fresh laid, is
a living being and capable of disease
from external causes. The cause of this.
Inflammation is undoubtedly the shaking
and friction from the motion of the cars.
and it cannot but render the egg more
or less unhealthy, rs the products OF in-
Illumination can never be as s~alutary in
food as those of healthy growth.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
She stSnicIt EN- 20

There is m old lady in the annexed
district who makes frantic efforts to keep
abreast Of the times. Circumscribed.
however, in her social sphere, and with
limited opportunities of development, this
is difficult, and she is compelled some
times to resort to her Imagination. Vain
the effort to tell her anything she docs
not already know, or startle her with in
formation. 4 few evenings ago she
went to n church sociable, and MS shc
entered the room one of the young ladies
said. "Good-evening, a~untie; 1 am very
glad you came. We arc going to have
sab:eaux this evening" eyes, I know,
l know" replied the old lady; II smrelt
'em when I first came in."-Nep FORK
'Up-toon Mps.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
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What Shall Do Z

''What shall do lest life in silence passf'
And if it do,
And never prompt the way Of noisy brass.
What need'st thou
Remember aye the ocean deeps are mute:
The shadows roar;
Worth is the ~ocean-fame the bruit
Along the shore.
"What shall I do to be forever known"
Thy duty ever.
but this full many did who sleep unknown"
Never, no., never.
Think'st thou perchance hat they remain
unknown
Whom thou know'st not7
BY higher trumps of heaven their praise is
blown,
Dirine their lot.
"Wtat shall I do to gain eternal life7"
Discharge Alright
The simple dues with which each day is rife,
Yea, with thy might.
Ere perfect scheme of action thou devise
Will life be fled,
While he who ever acts as conscience cries
Shall live, though dead.
Schiller.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

Here is a description of what they do
with their prisoners in the Canton of
Neuchatel, Switzerland. A good handi-
craft is taught to every prisoner, and all
who are we'll behaved are, after n period,
placed with a master of the trade which
they have severally learned, under the
oversight of the police and of member
of a voluntary committee. This commit
tee is composed of 400 active members,
out of a total population of 102, 600. The
prisoner, when Professionally liberated,
has to present himself every week to his
patroQS who receives the reports of his
master ana OF tao police. The patron
sends an abstract of these reports to the
governor of the prison, and in this way,
if his conduct remains good, the mans
liberty. is gradually restored, and he re-
gains his position in socicty-with the
additional advantages of experience of
discipline and knowledge of a trade. NJ.
de Laveleye, in describing this system,
says that a Swiss Canton is in some
things q century in advance of the rest
of the world.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The farms of America equal the entire
territory of the United Kingdom, France,
Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary
and Portugal. The corn fields equal the
extent of England, Scotland and Bel
GUM; while the grain fields generally
would overlap Spain. The cotton fields
cover IN area larger than Holland and
twice as large as Belgium. The rice
fields, sugar and tobacco plantations
would also form kingdoms of no insig-
nifcant size, and such is the stage of adj
vancement reached by American agri-
culturists that it is estimated that one
farmer like Mr.. Dalrymple of Dakota,
with q field of wheat covering q hundred
square miles, can raise as much grain
with 400 farm servants as 6, 1000 peasant
proprietors in France.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The Signal Service Bureau has adopted
anew plan in the compilation and publ
cation of its weather predictions. In
stead of announcing what the weather
is likely to be in the various geographical
division of the country, rs the Now
England States, the South Atlantic
States, ETC., the predictions will here
after be made for each State, grouping
together, from day to day, such States as
are likely to have the same weather.
Whenever necessary, predictions will be
made for different portions of the same
State.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The American hen is not doing her
duty. There are 16, 900, 900 dozens Of
foreign hens eggs brought into this
country every year free of duty. The
American hens must scratch around, says
a New England paper, if they are to
avoid the rcproach of allowing the egg
industry to be crushed by the competi-
ton of the cheap paupcr fowls ofthe
effete monarchies of the Old World.
With incubators to help them the Ameri-
can hens ought to make a better record.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The most extensive tunnel and river
mining enterprise carried on in Califor-
MIA for many years, is that of the Big
Bend Tunnel Co., in Butte county, by
which some IA miles of the bed Of Feather
river will be drained so that gold mining
operations may go on. To make the bed
of the river accessible, it was necessary
to run a tunnel ~, 900 feet long, which
would carry the water of the river at its
low stages.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
A Considerable Difference.

An Alexandria woman's husband had
been given a position under the ~janitol
of the Capitol, and t.. ncighbor womer
were discussing the matter.
$50 Mrs. Bander's husband has got 9
job at the Capitol, I hear" said one.
eyes, so they tell me-"
.'What was it?"
IA Senator, / think they said"
"No, not a Senator" said the other, IL
tone of superior wisdom, g %janitor you're
thinkin' about"
"Well, it was a Senator or janitor or
somethin' like that, I couldn't jest ketch,
when they was tellin' me. y Washingto,
Critic.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

There is no patch of the moons visible
surface half q mile square that is not
accurately mapped, according to Prof.
Young, While the earth contains immense
tracts, and in Central Africa, which have
never been surveyed.
In late experiments by a Russian phys
Iologist, neither pure tin nor the bichlo-
'lde of tin proved poisonous when intro
duccd into the stomach of q dog, but,
when the bichloride was injected iuto
the veins it was quickly fatal.
An ingenious system of adapting the
Alphabetical messages Of the electric tele-
graph, or of the Photograph or any other
signalling apparatus, to the reproduction
at distant points of some kinds of draw
Ings, hats been contrivcd by Mr.. Alexan-
der Glen, lieutenant of the Inns of Court
Oath Middlcsex) Rifle Volunteers. Eng
land.
In a paper read before the Anthropo-
logical Society of Havana, Signor Juan
dc Armcs has denied that races of tropi-
cal America have artifically changed the
shape OF their heads by long-continucd
compression, and has demonstrated to
his satisfaction that the affirmation has
neither historic, scientific nor rational
foundation. Nature has been quite
equal to the task of producing the forms
OF heads supposed to have resulted from
notifications effected by man.
The sea occupies thrcc-ffths of the sur
lace of the earth. At the depth of about
500 feet waves are not felt. The tenn
p%erature is the same, varying only a trihe
from the ice of the pole to the burning
sun of the equator. A mile down the
water has a pressure of ovcr a ton to the
square inch. If n box six feet deem
were filled with sea water and allowed
to evaporate under the sun, there would
be two inches of salt left on the bottom.
Taking the average depth of the ocean
to be three miles, there would be a LAYER
of pure salt 230 feet thick on the bed of
the Atlantic. The water is colder at the
OoIloHl tuan at the surface.
The Hoangho River in China is more
troublesome than our cratic Mississippi-
Nine instance are on record of its mak-
ing a complete change of course. 1t has
moved its mouth from south to north.
over four degrees of latitude, leaving
many sandy wastes and shallow lakes
whore pnpt,1oVc r1osre h,l o.ll ~
gineers have been much interested in the
question whether these disastrous over
flows and changes of the river bed can
be checked. They have been convinced
for some years Of the feasibility of keep
ing the rivers cratic tendencies within
limits. =
The name of "Norwcgium" has been
given to the interesting new metal dis
covered by Dahl some time ago, while
he was examining a specimen of nickel
ore from Kcagero, in Norway. This ad-
dition to the now rapidly growing list of
elements, is a malleable metal of white
color, with a tingc of brown, and pre-
sents, when pure, a metallic lustre, but on
exposure to the atmosphere becomes
coated with n thin film of oxide; its
hardness is about that of copper, it's
specific gravity is nearly nine and one
half, and it melts at 353 degrees Cent.
From its physical properties and chemi-
cal reaction, it appears so to differ from
every other known metal as to give it q
distinct individuality.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

Rhode Island and Connecticut, having
lived two or three centuries with an in
determinate boundary line, have now fall
len into dispute over the matter, and a
commission has been appointed to settle
It. The whole boundary IN question is
under the waters of the Sound, and oys-
termen are the only ones urgent about
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
What He Wanted.

II went," he said, as he helped him.
self to a light lunch of cheese: "a quart
of Medford rum for bathing purposes,
half-a-pound of sugar, and four lemons
"You know what I told you, MI.
Slugg," said the grocer.
Il recall the insult perfectly, Mr..
Soper; but this time I want to pay
cash."
He got his goods, and was walking
toward the door with them, when the
grocer said:
"Here you, slugg, I thought yor
wanted to pay cash2"
$50 I do" rejoined the other: sFbut,
unfortun ately, I can't."-Puc1.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Not Twins.

A lady met two lovely little girls Of
about the anne size and apparently th,
same age.
"Good-morning, little girls. Are yor
twinsp
The brown-headed one turned, indig.
nantly, and replied
"No'm; we're bofe girls."-Des Nome
Mail.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

The practice Of cheap publishing il
France is about to reach its lowest Level
in the issue of a series of now origina
novels by well-known writer's, printed II
deny svo on fair paper with striking
covers, at q penny apiece.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-24

1t is evident that the minimum of the
California gold product has been reached
and that for q year or more the increase
has been regular, and this Notwithstanding
the great falling off of the product of the
hydraulic mines, many of which have
ceased working on account of unfavorable
decisions of the Courts. The increase is
due alone to quartz mining, which was
never in so hourishing condition. This
is owing to the increased attention that has
been given TO gold quartz mining since the
decline in the price of silver bullion. and
to the improved and cheaper modes of min
ing which are generally coming into use
Quartz mining has not been aided by stock
gambling, but by the legitimate work of
development, and the natural result has
followed of. an increased output. Gold
quartz mines are being more sought for
than formerly, and the success attending
their working has stimulated the industry
along the whole line of the Sierras, even
in localities where the earlier efforts were
attended by many failures. This attention
to that kind of mining will give a steady
increase of production, as the number of
gold-bearing quartz veins are innumerable,
and it can be said with confidence that the
business is as yet only in its infancy. As
an evidence that the gold product of the
State has made decided increase, a circu-
lar of the Selby Smelling Company, of San
Francisco, under date of the 18th inst,
makes a comparison of the gold coinage at
The Mint in the last two years, which talk
ing eleven months in 1SS4.5, gives the
amount at S1S,917 500, and for a CORE
spending period in 1856, SIS, $40, 600. This
is large and gratifying increase, and in
the words of the circular, tends to the
irresistible conclusion, which is shown by
all who carefully study the statistics and
developments that are being made, that the
business of Systematically working our
mines has only Just commenced, and that
the future is full of promise. ''-GraSs Valley
Jnioa
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-24

HEALTHY EMPLoYMEETs. An Italian
doctor has lately asserted that the workmen
in borax factories appear to possess charm
against the attacks of cholera During the
terrible epidemic of 1S64-65 the workmen
in several contiguous factories in Italy were
quite free from the disease, which killed
off one-third of the population of village
in the immediate neighborhcod. He
recommends the internal administration Of
borax as specific for cholera in doses
of five grams (seventy-seyen grains
each day. He believes that it not
only destroys the microbes in the internal
canal, but also in the blood. The
doctors. on the authority of the Atlanta
Constellation, say that tobacco manu-
facture of all kinds, both the preparation
of the raw material and its manufacture
into cigars and cigarettes, is the h,althiest
business in the world. In the latter
branch. while the work is largely done
by girls. il is said the employees are seldom
sick, and present marked contrast witt
girls employed in cotton factories. We
wish as much could be said of the con
sumption of tobacco.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-24
COMMERCIAL.
SACRAMENTO MARxEE

SACRAMENTO June sd.
RRUIT-Lemons-s Sicily, s10@10 so. LINES, ss@
10: bananas, 81 1893 IS ? bunch: Pinespples. 20
81 dozen Coeoanuts. s5ets SO; Cali
Strawberries, 81 40&1 so 2 case; Raspberries,
81 35@1 30 q case; Cherries black coarse; Cher
ries, white, 6oc@Sl %; Currants, S5@40c p box;
Tahiti Oranges, s. 50dS 70; Peaches 75c61 81 %
t. box; Apricots, !5c@S1 2 box.
PIE FROITS-AssCrteu, 2%-1b cans q doz
q 2e9l SO; assorted, gallon cans, q; Peaches,
21Sh cans 81 SO; Portland Blueberries, 2-S cans,
& M.n9rLleperrles, 81 rs; Capital Asparagus,
DRIED FRUITs-Apples, sliced, sa4c = ID;
90 qusrteredi 2@5e; Pears, peeled, 6,97c;
Pluns, pltted, 6G7c; Peaches, 5d,6s; do
| peeled, l2QlSc; PTunes German aud French,
| good out of market.
! TABLE FRUI1s-Assorted, 21S-fb cans, q doz,
q $500; Peaches, SOP so; Bartlett Pears
e 10 Peg 2 .; Plnms 81 SO91 70; Backherrle' so
| 2 1902 %; ApEicots, 81 1901 rs; Muscat
| Grapes 81 509i rs; Red Currsnts, az s5Gs2 20.
| Cherries. - 35tG2 40.
l5c Cabbage, 75c@s1 so; Carrots, 1c = II
rurnips, 81; bunch vegetables, l25zc q ioz: Pars-
nips 81 %; Beets, 81; Horse Radsh. Sc . h; Gar
lie, &c; Artiehokes, 40e . dozen; Green Peppers,
gus. 29Sc e ID; Peas, 2q211ac; Rhubarb, 215@Sc.
BREADSTUFFs-E1our 81 Ii p Dbl; Oatmeal,
% 70 q 100 los; Cornmeal, white and yellow,
Cracked Wheat, s. 49, Hominy, So so . cwt
| POULTRY-Liye Turkeys, hens, 1l@12c
gobbiers, 9@10c > n Dressed Turkeys, hens, Il
| @1Sc; gobblers, 11tG12c 3 n; fuli-grown
Chickens, 81 50@5 p dozen: young Roost-
| ers, $500 q dozen; Broilers SSM4;
tame Ducks, si@5 so; Geese, 1922 Is q pair
Eggs, choice California, 1s@l9c; Eastern, lac
| q doz.
DAIRY PRoDUCTS-Butter. fancy roll, ls@
100 . Il i; ranch butter, 1791Sc; picked, 22@
23c; packed in frkins, choice, 2i@22c; COM
mon, 12915c; Cheese, California, 93l1c; West
ern fats. 12@14c; Martins Cream, lac.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED-Oat hay, s14@17 2
ION: Alfalfa hay, sl2@l4 . ton; Bran, SIS , ton;
Aiddlings, SO q ton: Barley, whole. paying
soc for new; rolled, 81 Is: Wheat, paying 81 20
] q ewt; White Wild Oats, 90 35@2 so; Tame Oats,
81 4061 so: Corn. paying 81 p cwt
| MISCELLANEOUS-Seed = Alfalfa, 10@l1c
| Timothy, Eastern 6&7e 3 h: Oregon, 6@7e;
Pop Corn 31I@4c q h Red Clover, 1S91S11zc;
| Red Top, SG9c. Nuts-Chile walnuts, 71S@
I &c; California Walnuts, 9lz@10c; Almonds, Ito
l2c Peanuts, California. 41SG515c. LsTo (Califor.
uial, cans, 721aGS1ac; Eastern, S12991ac. Hides,
salt, light and medium. 71a@sc; heavy steers, sc;
| dry, 1515o. TallOw, &c. Hops-SGles of Pa
cifc coast IL New York l0c; market value here,
| SO
MEATs-Beef SIC; Mutton, SIC 2 b. Lamb,
| &c; Veal, s@yc; Hogs. 314@4c; Dressed
Pork, &c; Hams, Eastern, u@12c; California,
10@1lc; Bacon, medium, SIC; selected, lie;
| pytra light Ilr
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