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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
"A Little Heroine.

Fairfax Payne is the pretty name of a
little heroine who lives at Monroe, N. G.
Some persons were excrting themselves
to establish an Episcopal church in that
town, and, while others were giving of
their means, little Fairfax had no money
to give, and all her little schemes for
raising money came to naught. She had
one possession, howevcr-that was the
pride Of her mothers heart and the cnvy
of every other mother in the town, and
this the child determined to sacrifice in
the good cause. 1t was her mass of gold
en- hair that fell far below her waist, and
which she had been led to believe would
be worth a goodly sum "at the North"
The hair was cut off and consigned to
a lady in the North; but unfortunate
ly, the silkcn ~tresscs, though wonder
fully beautiful, had very little commercial
value, owing to the fact that not one
head in a thousand has hair of exactly
that shade, and So was the highest offer
made by New York hair dealers for Fair
fax Payne's sacrifice. The kind lady to
whom the hair had been consigned had
not the heart to disappoint the child
with such a poor return, and it occurred
to her to mako an appeal to other chill
dren through Harper's Young People. A
touching letter from the lady was pub
lished in that paper, and in a short time
upwards of $50 was subscribed in small
sums by the young readers. This fund
was expended in the purchase of a COM
name by the little girl who dedicated her
golden hair, now smuted into vessels
of another precious metal, to the service
Of God.-Harper's Basar.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
How Potatoe. Grow.

Most seeds grow by first absorbing
moisture, cher swelling and putting
forth a germ and roots to sustain it.
Hence they require some dampness in
their seed bed. But the potato is not a
seed. Its first nutriment is from the
starch stored in the set and planted with
it. Hence not only is dampness not es-
sential to starting potatoes but it is even
detrimental. If potatoes are covered
with dry earth they will come up quicker
than they will if covered with that which
is wet. This is partly because dry Garth
in the same temperature of air is warmer.
When a potato has been cut the surface
of the wound must dry over before the
eyes will start. If planted freshly-cut in
very wet ground potatoes often rot, es-
pccially if this is early while the soil is
cold. But as soon as the germ is above
tho surface, or even before, fine roots
start from the base of the eyes and catch
ing hold of the fine soil soon do away
with dependence on plant food stored in
the set. If the soil is rich and in fine
filth the seed may be safely cut much
smaller than where it is poor and cloddy.
-Cultigator.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Recipes.

Ham Croquettes One cup of ham, two
cups of potatoes, one cup of bread
crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter, and
one egg. Make in balls, roll them in
bread crumbs, and fry in hot fat.
Onlet.-Four eggs, yolks and whites
beaten separately, and one and e.half
tablespoonful of milk. Mix tho whites
and yolks together, and add a little sal:
and pepper, and turn into o buttered spi-
der.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Hints.

In washing bedsteads use strong brine
or hot alum water.
Wash grained woods with cold tea,
wipe dry and rub with linseed oil.
Cayenne pepper blown where mice or
ants congregate drives them away.
, A little carbolic acid put in your glue
or paste pot will keep the contents sweet
for q long time.
Rub w~indow-sills with fine wood ashes
and rinse with clean water to remove
fower-pot stains.
Beat carpets on the wrong side first,
then on the right side. Spots may then
be removed with ammonia and water or
ox-gall.
When hard finished walls have been
calcimined the soiled coats should be
washed or scraped off before a new one
is put on.
When drain-pipes or other places get
sour or impure they may be cleansed
with lime water, carbolic acid or chloride
of lime.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Little Wastes.

Manure, the farmers bank stock, in
liquid form flows away to the stream and
is lost. Old machinery, in which are
many good bolts and screws, are al
lowed to rust out in the field. In an
emergency, he drives an overworked
horse to the nearest town Or shop to
duplicate an article that should have
been preserved from the old one. He
fails to keep his tools in perfect order,
and in haying time, when the weather
is threatening, a tire rolls off, q bolt is
missing. And down comes the rain and
up goes the temper. The missing single
is never replaced, and a constant leak
finds its way to the grain bin and then
he growls because his wheat is locked
for .dampness. Odds and ends of lum-
berren,ain where the last job is finished,
curling up and becoming worthless in
the hot sun. Good tools often keep
company with the perishing boards.
The weaklings of his herds and 1ocks
are allowed to remain with the strong
until they droop away and die. This
man tells a continued story of bad sea-
sons, weather too hot or too cold, too
wet or too dry, taxes COO high. No in
tellectual shadow falls across his pessi-
mistic path, and he never reaches the
goal of the successful farmer.-Farm
and Noe Stock.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
C~HILDREN'S u
Mothers Face.

Face.
By EBEN K. RExFORD.
Three little boys talked together
One sunny summer day,
And 1 leaned out of the window
TO hear What they had to say.
"Ihe prettiest thing I ever saw
One of the little boys said,
"Was a bird in grandpa's garden.
All black and white and red"
The p%rettiest thing I ever saws
Said the second little lad,
WAS a pony at the circus
l wanted him awful bad.n
II think" said the third little fellow.
with n grave and gentle grace,
THAT the prettiest thing in all the world
Is just my mothers face"
The Little Foxes Which Spoil tho Vines
Ono little fox is "By and By." If
you track him you come to his home
Never.
Another little fox is II Can't" You
had better set on him a spry, plucky
little thing. 81 Can't" by name. It
does wonders.
A third little fox is Ono Use in Try
ing" He has spoiled more vines and
numbered the growth of more fruit than
a worsc-looking enemy.
A fourth little fox is CT Forgot" He
Is very provoking; he is a great cheat he
slips through your fingers like time; he
IS seldom caught up with.
A fifth little fox is "Don't Care" Oh,
the mischief he has done.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-03
Feed for Buttor.

Feed for Buttor.
It is not necessary to feed oily food for
a large production of butter. On the
contrary heterogeneous food mixed with
selected food rich in starch and peculiar
ly well favored fatty matter is prefer
able. It is a fact that oils taken into
the digestive apparatus are largely alb
sorbed directly by tho blood and are
carried, without change, into the milk,
thus giving to the butter a flavor like
that of the food. But when peas, bran,
malt, sprouts, and other food rich in
heterogeneous elements, and fats which
have an agreeable flavor, are used with
cornmeal or other starchy food, the
whole is thoroughly well digcsted, and
pass into blood and the milk in q changed
form, and not directly. The butter is
thus of a better quality than when oil
meals arc fcd.- The selection of food for
dairy cows is a matter for the greatest
care, and also for individual experiment.
A good mixture of food for COWS used
for making butter is 100 pound of peas,
or Southern COW peas, 200 pounds of
corn, and $50 pounds of fine wheat or
rye bran, all ground together. To eight
quarts of this meal may be added four
quarts of thoroughly soaked malt sprouts
and one of Gotten seed meal for a full
daily allowance, divided into three feeds
for a large full milking GOWN. Y.
Times.
Tho Caro- OF
At a farmers convention held in New
York Hon. Lewis Harris said: I have
heard it remarked many times that it
cost more to summer a COW in pasture
than to winter her, but I have never
kept q strict account so as to be able to
decide the question. But I know that
our pastures are usually neglected. If
we have ally manure to apply, it is used
on the arabic land and not on our
pastures. Then in fencing u farms we
fence off the poorer parts and then make
an average of fencing for the whole farm.
don't exactly like the principle of soil
ing, preferring to send my cows to pas
ture. In suggesting points for the i'm
provement Of pastures, I would say,
first If there are any mudholes in. the
pasture I would say tile-drain them.
They will then be the most productive
part of the farm. Another improvement
is to break up the droppings of the cattle
about the goth of October. Break them
up with q stable hook and then go ovel
the ground with a harrow. Also top
dress the pasture late in October with
horse manure. There should be q hurdl,
fence to surround that part of the lan6
that is newly broken up for pasture.
would SOW two hundred or three hun
dred pounds of ground bone on an,
piece of land that I was going t.
secd down to pasture. In taking
from the soil a pound Of milk the Gov
takes ! piece of phosphate Of lime a
Large ~ good sized pea. and in sixt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05
MRS. GRANTS BIRTHDAY

ersnt with Her Sons and Their Familics-
The boys Working on The second Edition
of the Memoirs The Profits on the wrrA'
Present and Prospective.
NEW YoRx, Jan. 27.-Senator Chafcc
remarked to a correspondent Yesterday
that II was Mrs. Grants sixiicth birth
day. She had a quiet family reunion ~
the house In Sixty-sixth street. at which
her three sons and their wives
and children were all present
Senator Chafrcc said the Grant boys arc
d~cvoting all their time 70 The compile
tion and publication 81 the Generals
memoirs. The haste with which he pre-
pared the last volume left great many
dates and papers 10 be verified or copic'
from the Official documents. This is
being carefully done by his sons. ING
General read all the proofs ~ his hrst
volume with care. His son arc cndeavor-
ing 10 give equal care 10 his last volume.
Senator Chancc said that the amount
Of returns from the memoirs when
will be paid 10 Mrs. Grant, will be over
$500. 900. and possibly $4,000. a check
for $780, 900 has already been sent 70 Mrs
Grant by the publishers, Indicating VIZ
returns Of the first volume 50 far as !,
has been delivered. A handsomely hound
p~lush-covcrcd album. containing q ror-
trait Of General Grant and the resolutions
adopted BY the board Of aldermen on INC
death Of the General, neatly cngrosscd'
will be presented TO Mrs. Grant by ms
board.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05
CONDENSED TELEcRAMs.

In the Senate on the 18th a bill for
amendment Of the silver coinage law was
introduced by Mr.. Sherman. Mr.. Ingalls,
offered a resolution, which was agreed to.
asking for the history Of the conscience
fund A pefition signed BY Fred Doug
lass and other colored citizens Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia v q presented, complain
ing Of destinations BY places Of enter
tninment against the negroes. The Da-
kota bin was taken up and debated. Sew
eral messages from the President were re-
ceived. and after Senators Cullom
and Logan had spoken briefly ON
the life and death Of Hon. Reuben
Eliwood the Senat adsourned.......In the
House two communications from the Sec
re.ary q State were received. A bill open
ing Oklahoma 20 settlers was introduced
and referred; also q resolution for an in
vestieation Of the signal service. A bill
covering the Fitz-John Porter case was re-
ported and placed on the public calendar.
Il may be called W AZ any time during the
morning hour. After euiogistic addresses
on the death Of Congressman Elwood the
House adjourned.
THE jury in the case OF General Shaler
at New York. for bribery. were unable to
agree and were discharged.
The remains OF the late Congressman
Rankin we're inferred az Manitowoc Wis,
on the 18th.
LonD cARSARvox, ex-viceroy Of Ire
lard, Left Dublin castle On the 18th for his
home in England.
a HEARING was given on the 18Th 70
people interested - sne International copy
nsnt seneme py me senate committee on
patents
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05
xLIxTH CONGRESS.

THE senate was not in session on the I'd
...-..In the House the EouteIle resolution
calling for Information concerning the Nor
folk Navy Yard wa reported from commit
tee. with an amendment. and a lively con
trcyersy <nrnng up. wuici. finally tcrni-
mated ia a heated po!islrai debate sixteen
pension bills were passed nc the evening
session. and the Hoase adjourned till the
-5rh-
Is the Senate on the 18th letters from the
Apartments giving m asked for
we're laid before the senate. The ,credcn.
tiais Of Mr.. waIshaIl. MississlppTs new sena.
tor. were presented. Abll for settlement OF
the Pacific railroad debts was exported from
The ignorance and carelcssne-s
OF House clerks served a. . text Tor
a speech BY senator In calls The Hot
Springs bathhouse leases were debated nj
length. after which thc electoral count bill
was taken mp. After an executive session
the senate adionrnei - q mark OF respect
for the tate Congressman --.-..I In tn
House the announcement OF the death OF
Mr.. Rankin caused the House 20 adjourn
without doing any business
IL the senate on the 10th crowded galleries
listened to eulcgies on tile late yice-Prcsl-
dent Hendricks Senator VOORHEES, spoke at
length and was followed by senator's Hamp-
ton. sherman. sauisbiry. Evarts. Ransom.
ness was transacted the House.
under the call OF states. many
bills and resolutions were introduced.
among them . bill by Mr.. O'Scii fNo.). 70
Organize the inspection service.
hy Mr. ToNnshend lu-l. q bill TO limit iurIs-
d.ctionofUnted States courts inipasent cases.
The hill for retirement OF certain nava on
GERS was called up. but wifhou. action tile
House adjourned
II the Senate on the 9Th two pctsions
from Kansas for more military were pre-
sented- Mr. Ingalls, bill for n National uni
versify was read \ second time and re-
Terrell 4 resolution was adopted asking
for information A. 70 the administration OF
the pension Office. The electoral count bill
was postponed and the Dakota bill taken
up and drbated.---.In the House
tile Senate Hendricks resolutions were aid
on the table TO Be called mp on the ID prox.
Mr.. Bouteite tried 20 make a speech on the
Norfolk Navy Yard. b1t owing 10 tne ab-
sence Of Mr.. Wise he vas not allowed TO
proceed 4 bill for aid 10 the Grant Monu-
mental association was reported and refer
red. Abiii forfeiting tine -l.ack Bone" lani
grant was amended anu passed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

TnR London Globe says Parne;i has rs-
solved 20 overthrow Gladstone ~ the frat
opportunity, IN order 20 show his power
and stimulate American donsti,sa<.
II Il stated on thea authority OF the Cafh-
Ole tsir<rse, o. Cleveland. that Archbish-
op Gibbons Of Baltimore will BE- created .
cardinal In The near future.
SrnNEns q ar iron-worss establish
ment In France attacked the managers
house on the ssth. threw him out Of the
window and trsmplcd him 90 death.
Troops were called out and several Of the
rioters. were killed.
Tnr body Of John II. Ficminr. q book
keeper Of Toledo. O.,was found in the river
a. that place on the night Of the nth.
Fleming had been missing since january
l.. Whether the case Il one OF suicide or
or accidental drowning - not known.
Tar total number Of immigrants arriv-
ing in the United States during the twelve
months ended December %, 1856, was &c.
All. against foa,sSo for the year ending
December "a. 1884.
THE total value OF the exports OF mer-
chandise for the twelve months ended De-
cembsr 81. iSS5. was u S.Si6.S,6. and for
the twelve months ended December n.
1881. <-l9.3S.f.S. . decrease OF >m.5ia.SsA
The value Of the imports Of merchandise
for ls5 Was <5S. .551, Js5. and for 1854,
>;2o, e61 $50. a decrease Of $fi .7io.a5t.
Tax Secretary Of the Treasury has noti-
ned the Secretary OF State that the rumor
that CHAMBERS and farey prevail among
horses in the section Of Montreal Is not well
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

NEW York, Jan. 27.-At the animal am
ncr Of the Brooklyn Reform League lat
evening Rev. Henry Ward Bccchcr Pre-
sided, and said the ideas 81 free trade
were steadily gaining ground. Henry
George declared that as u was absurd ~
tax men for bringing wealth into tho
country, 50 II was absurd to tax nc pro-
duction Of wealth ia the country. Mon
cure ID. Conway, Josiah Quincy. David y.
Wells and Others also made free trade
speeches, and letters 81 regret we're 'c-
cclvcd from congressman Carlisle, IIufa,
Springer, Tucker and others.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

MuscATISK, Ia, Jan. 27.-Thc passen-
ger train for Chicago on the Rock Island
road left here At ESQ .. m. yesterday.
About twenty-five minutes later : con-
struction train pulled out, going IN the
same direction, and when just around a
bend above the city crashed into the rear
sleeper Of the passenger train. John
Owens, Of Oskaloosa, engineer Of the con
strnction train, was fatally injured. Ills
son acting ns fireman, was baiiy hurt IN
the back; two section hands were also
badly cut. The engine penetrated the
sleeper and The passengers we're severely
shaken up, but no injuries are reported.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

LONDON, Jan. 2c.-Thc people Of Ath-
ems have tclcgraphed 70 Gladstone as
follows; 1--WE place In your hanGs the
Hellenic cause with the firm hope that II
win ind IN You a generous champion"
Mr.. Gladstone replied: "Considcring
The authority attaching 70 the action o.
the powers, both IN general grounds and
by reason of intervention IN the forna-
ton Of the Greek Kingdom, 4 earn
cstly hope that Greece viii pause be-
fore placing herself on this occasion In
conflict with the deliberate aud united
recommendation o. the powers"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

THE Cincinnati theater managers agree
% close their houses ON Sunday II the Law
and Order League succeed in closing Sun
day concert saloons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

THE 81. james Gazette charges that
O'Donovan Rosa has several employees
among Irish member OF the House Of
Commons, and that the pistol and knife
are 10 take the place Of dynamite.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

A RELrET department for the benefit Of
ats employees, similar 20 that in existence
on various other roads, has been treated
BY the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

A rELEGRAN was received at Paris OF
the 18th from the Governor Of Senegal
stating that he has completely defeated
the false prophet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

= PETITION has been sent 20 the German
Government by the Americans on the
island Of Foshr to allow them to remain
until April I.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

vERy severe weather has been expert
enced In the Province Of Ontario. With
heavy o storms, the thermometer If
teen degrees below zero, and the railroads
~b'ockaded. the situation has been some
0hat trying.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

COMMISSIONER GOTHAM has called the
ention Of National Sugar Grow
ers 70 meet in st. Louis on February 9Th
and 9Th, and the Mississippi Valley Dairy
mems Association 70 meet At the same
place the week following.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

TnE outlook il srill warlike in Greece.
although the powers ave forbidden .
naval attack on Turkey.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

THE Commissioner OF Pensions decides
chat a soldier who deserted, was arrested
and punished for the items and after
ward served his time in the army and was
then honorablv discharged. did not lose
his title TO a pension for disabilities re-
eeived in the line Of his duty.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
R1ows from Everywhere.

= III Of Austrian villages have
been submerged BY floods from the River
Dsamos.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

THE House Committee on Indian Affairs
% the2 cth authorized the chairman to APP
point a sub-committee 20 investigate al
claims for Indian de~predations- These
claims win be thoroughly sifted. AMI such
- are found meritorious will be incor-
porated into one general bin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

EXTRA precautions were taken at the
recent opening Of the Mersey tunnel to
guard the Prince OF Wales on account Of
the supposed presence Of an Irish emissary
who was said to have left Dublin with the
~intension 10 assassinate him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

GERMANY Is determined to denational-
lie her Polish provinces. and TO that end
will purchase estates in those provinces
and portion the land out 70 German peas
ants. and viii also increase the number Of
schools in which the German language 10
taught.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

The issue " standard silver dollars from
She mint during the week ended January
- was S2o5. Al. The issue for the CORE
spending period last year was $l2o,f9
The shipments Of fractional silver coin
from January I amount 20 Sl51 400.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

THE President went to Baltimore on the
evening Of the 18th 20 attend the charity
ball He was accompanied by senator and
Mrs. German. Miss Endicott. Miss Villas,
Colonel Cassidy, Colonel and Mrs. Lamont
and Colonel and Mrs Wilson. The party
returned 70 Washington the same night
A MILWAUKEE jury on the 2eth awarded
Mrs. Anna 6chwemmer 5000 damages
against Mr.. Pauline knight and Freder-
lex Kurth. The testimony bowed that on
March u, 1ea5, the defendants maliciously
persuaded Mrs. Schwemmer to drink bit
ters which had been mixed with croton
OIL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

ApyIcEs from : number Of points in
Ulster, Greene and Duchess Counties, n.
r., on the 18th were 70 the effect that
shocks Of earthquake were felt on the night
Of the 18th and the morning Of the 18th.
In some places they were very light. In
others somewhat severe, making dishes
rattle.