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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
Mortar or

49, ..sf AA1A ~
II thou art base and earthly, then despair,
Thou art but mortal as the brute that falls,
Birds weave their nests, the lion finds a lair.
Man builds his halls.
These are but coverts from earth's war and
storm,
Homes where our lesser lives take shape
and breath,
But, if no heavenly man has grown, what
form
Clothes thee at deatha
And when thy need of penalty is DER,
And fire has burned the dross, where gold
is none,
Shall separate life, but wasted heretofore,
Still linger on2
Goo fills all space: whatever doth offend,
From His unbounded presence shall be
spurned,
Or deem'st thou He should garner tares, whose
end
Is to be burnedI
IF thou wouldst sec the Power that round
thee sways,
In whom all motions, thought, and life are
cast,
Know that the pure, who travel heavenward
ways,
See God at last.
Francis Henry Wood.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
Common Sense aud Common SIoep.

Excitement, worry and anxiety, which
have their seat in the brain, interfere
with the functions of the stomach, and
In like name anything that unduly
taxes the power of or ~irritates the stom-
ach disorders the circulation and nutri-
ton OF the brain. The sleeplessness
often complained of by equity persons is
due to the poisonous effect of the morbid
material upon the nervous system. Elk
cessive smoking, too much alcohol, tea
and coffee, often resorted to by over
worked persons, are frequent causes of
slceplessness. In all these cases the
cause is removable, while the effect NAV
be counteractcd by appropriate treat
ment. Nothing is more mischievous,
however, than to continue the habits and
to have recourse to drugs to combat the
effects. A due amount of exercise tends
to induce normal sleep, and such exer-
else need not be Of a violent character.
A walk OF two or three miles daily is
sufficient and is, perhaps, as much as a
busy man can find time for. A ride on
horseback, the Palmerston cure for govt,
IS probably the best form of exercise for
those whose minds are constantly at
work. 1t has been well said that q man
must com out of himself when in tho
saddle; he is forced to attend TO his
horse and to notice the objects he meets.
Walking may be amcrely automatic pro-
cess, and afford little, if any, relief to the
mind, and carriage exercise may be prac-
tically valueless if the mind is not divert
ed from what had previously occupied;it.
-Fortnightly ReDiew.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
Unleavened Bread Of the Passover.

The 'Pcsach' festival or Jewish Pass
over is the only festival in which ''mat-
EOS" is the one bread allowed. The
bread is unleavened, and there are now
four cities in America with unleavened
bread bakeries-New York, New Orleans,
Chicago and Cincinnati. In order to
supply the demand these bakeries begin
baking two months before the beginning
of the Passover. The matZos look like
the ordinary hard-tack, except that they
are a foot square. They are made of
flour and water, and contain no other
ingredients. After the flour has been
kneaded into a stiff dough, n lump of it
containing about fifty pounds is placed
on a great block of wood and pressed
into a thick sheet with a great beam
which is fastened to the block at one end
by an iron link and staple. The sheet is
next placed under an iron roller, from
which it energies into a long ribbon. It
passes through several rollers until it is
thin enough for baking. It is then
stamped and cut into unbaked matzos.
which are placed upon a wooden tray
having a long handle and deposited in
an oven. In three minutes they are done,
white and crisp.-Malling World.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
How to Detect Counterfetts.

Mr.. Tanda of the Coin Department of
the Sub-Treasury, New York, says:
'Many good coins lack ring, and many
bad ones have ESPECIALLY gold coins
filed with platinum. If a silver coin is
of lead its color will betray it; if it is
filled a sharp eye can always detect the
joint between the two halves. The
absence of ring is easily explained.
Silver dollars are stamped from long
strips, the ends of which. strips are apt
to get curled in such amanner as to break
the lamine of the metal, so that the
coins cut from 1t have flaws which des-
troy the ring"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
Metropolitan MONKEYS.

The cndeavor to make the champan-
zee at the Central Park Geological Gar
dens, New York, tho so much sought for
''missing link" is successful to the point
of causing the interesting creature to sit
at the table and take his meals, cat
sweetmcats from a teaspoon, use a knife
and fork, and wipe his mouth when
necessary with a napkin. At the latter
test of civilization, however, he seems
to be especially recalcitrant, discarding
the napkin with scorn rs o as the en-
fore: ID ceremony is accomplished. The
daily consumption of cod liver oil is
another approach to popular custom
which marks the champanzce's kinship
to the human race.
A pet monkey, which takes It's daily
airing in the carriages with its mistress
within the city suburbs, has created es-
peclal remark from its becoming toilet,
which consists of Il scarlet cloak trimmed
with dark fur and a little peaked hood,
from which peeps his aged but astute
face. The passc-s-by who are regarded
with disfavor receive scowls, grimaces
and chattering from the monkey, other
wise they create no comment ON his part.
The drive at an end, however, he evlnces
his dissatisfaction in long cries.-Mew
York Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
A Slight Instrumentation.

"That must have been q terrible cxhi-
bition of brutality at Union Park yester-
day" said Mrs. Sniggs to her husband
this morning. "Why, the paper says
that one man died at first. I suppose
that's before the game commenced. And
then some other brute hit a fly, with one
OF those terrible big clubs, I suppose.
Why, l should think the Humane Soci-
ETY. would interfere"
"That's it." answered sniggs, ttyou
have q long head. All you need is 4
couple OF new bats to be appointed In
place of the umpire. "-Pitts6urg Mroni-
cb.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
HUMOROUS.

"A wise cow knoweth her own fodder.
Home rule-Wipe your feet before you
come in.
Smith-'1f you were stung by hornets,
Jones, what would you do irst2" Jones
-"Howl!"
When a miner has been eaten by a
grizzly the Western people speak of him
as being admitted to the bar.
A bachelor editor, who had q pretty
unmarried sister, lately wrote to n sim
liar circumstanccd, "Plcase exchange"
Tradesmen in Madagascar who give
short weight are sent to prison for a year.
In this country they 60 to a watering place
every summer.
Coming home at two A. NJ, he found
his wife dressed in deep black, and in
CURED the reason. "Mourning for my
late husband, =" she replied.
A land speculator, in describing a lake
on an estate, says: 'It is so clear and so
deep that, by looking into it, you can
see them gold digging in Australia"
An insane tramp invaded a Tennessee
farmhouse the other day and informed
the mistress of tho place that he had a
divine commission to clean house for
her. He busted.
All the world has heard of Bill Tray
ers, the wit of Wall street. He shutters
terribly, but the stammer embcllishes.
rather than detracts, from his stories. 1t
was Travers who silently surveyed the
slamese Twins for a quarter of an hour,
and then said: "B-b-b-brothers, 1 p-p-p-
presume ?"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
Morning.

Oh fair, sweet mother Of the Southern breeze,
Celestial Morning, 10, thou dost awake!
And garments Of eternal light doth take,
And swift thy scented breath comes DER the
trees.
Tho pink rose garlands fall down to thy
knees,
And there, NIL glittering with dew they shake
Like wavelets on some molten silver lake,
Meath thy blue eye that smiles across the
seas.
AND from thy purple chalice pouring flowers
upon the level streams and rolling lands,
Across the rich horizon thou dost fly,
Arousing all the laughing little Hours,
That softly slip away in broken bands
Beneath the moonless and tho starless sky.
j. Henderson.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27
1t Was d Match.

He wa practical and had been max
ing love on that basis.
She was q little that way herself.
"Can you COOKE" he inquired.
"Can you supply every thing to be
cookedT she replied.
It WA q match Washington Criric.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27

the young 1ello" hao really been quick
about it.
1t is one of the great trials which every
foreigner has to go through with after his
arrival here-thc promiscuous lying go
ing on all around him, and the exasper-
ating slowncss of people. To sec a Per-
sian write n letter or sign a document is
a treat. He seizes his reed pen with an
awful deal of circumspcction, and dips it
slowly, hesitatingly, into the ink, then
as slowly brings it on q straight line with
his optics and examines it carefully,
if the ink hasn't since disappcarcd-van-
ished into thin air, as it were. Having
convinced himself that no such piece of
magic has been performed by IN unseen
power, he gets himself into shape to pen
his first letter. This requires various
painful and violent contortions of the
body, similar to those Sammy Weller, of
Pickwickian fame, used to undergo
when indicting his valentine, and then
the paper is seized, again very slowly
and unwillingly, and brought to within
six inches of his nose. Then a dab is
made. The first letter is done. It is
taken up and duly admired, whereupon
q rest Of five minutes is taken, when the
same series of evolutions and maneuvrcs
is repeated to give birth to another letter,
and so on. I watched a professional
mira (scribe.) the other day. He was a
man noted for his quick work. 1t took
him eighteen minutes by the watch to
write his first line.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM.
We had heard the night birds calling In I
thickoSS

We had heard the night birds calling in the
thickets far away,
While rhe shades Of eve were falling, while
the twilight gathered gray,
And the scented gales of cleaning waited
secrets from the sea,
And the first pale star was cleaning in a
golden mystery.
Then holy calm enwrapt us, and blissful 81.
lence fell;
Far away the doves were planning, droned
the beetle in the dell.
Ali the words that are not uttered, like the
songs that are not sung,
Are more musical in cadence than are known
TO mortal tongue
All that bygone time we dreamt Of, when the
earth was fresh and young,
And great Pan beside the river piped tbs
ristling reeds among.
There were naiads in the streanlets, there
were dryads in the trees,
AVID the apples still hung golden in the fair
Hesperides.
We are wiser; we have banished from :rsiI
haunts the gods of old;
All that wondering faith has vanished with
the outlived Age of Gold;
Yet, when moonlight winds are blowing,
lovers voices, blending low,
Murmur still the same old story Paris wills.
pered long ago
81. W" in Chambers Journal
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14

The money contributed IN this country
to advance the cause of home rule in
the British elections appears to have
acted like boomerang. The persons
contributing seem to have forgotten that
the voters in these elections look at poll.
tical questions from British and not an
American standpoint. and the very fact
that one party was receiving financial aid
from the avowei enemies of England in
foreign land was alone sufficient to pref
udice the electors against that party.
The principle of home rule. however,
although defeated now, is almost certain
to prevail in the course of time 1t re-
quires many months, however. to accus-
tom the public mind to so radical and re-
voluliOuary u measure as that proposed
by Gladstone, amounting, as it does,
wher all the circumstances are consider
ed. to the virtual independence of Ireland.
That defeat would occur the first time
this momentous question WAS directly
submitted to the people was to have been
expected.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
The NEWS IN BRIEF

The dogs entered thus far for the NIL
waukce bench show opening July 20, are
valued at 500 CO.,
Professor Virgins predicts great storm
will sweep from the Atlantic to the Rocky
mountains Sept ~
1t is stated that Secretary of State
Bayard aspires to serve upon the United
States supreme bench
By mine explosion at Buchtel, Ohio,
one miner was instantly killed and several
| Others fatally injured
A heavy fail Of rain Monday, in northern
Texas, was worth thousands of dollars to
farmers and cattlemen
Robert Laird Collier arrived in New
York Saturday, after European tour Of
several months duration
Charles A. McGovern, lawyer and real
estate agent at Orion, Henry county, His +,
has disappeared, embarrassed, it is alleged,
to the extent CT so, 00L
Mrs Muncie, If ffumbird, Wis, com
mitted suicide Sunday night by standing on
the track OF the Omaha road and waiting
until train ra2 over her.
The visible supply OF wheat and corn is,
els. Since last report wheat increased 81,
i66 bushels, while corn decreased s,06y
bushels.
Professor Dodge, of tho National Agri-
cultural department. estimates the losses In
spring and winter wheat during June from
drought and other causes at 1000, 900
bushels.
A rain, hail. and thunder storm swept
over the Marion, Ind, section Monday
afternoon, levelng trees, wrecking windows,
and running crops Corn was riddled by
the hail and entirely destroyed
In Washington the story is revived of
Nellie Grant Sartoris leading miserable
married life with husband who fails to
give her any support and father in La W
who treats her as poor relation.
Lowering, of Massachusetts, Monday in
troduced bill in the house to abolish the
Importation Of Italian or other slaves or la.
borers under contract and held to involun
| tary servitude into the United States
The Hampden Watch company, of Spring
| field, Ills, and the Deneber Watch Case
company, of Newport, Ky, will move 10
Canton, Ohio, which city has donated to
the concerns SlD),O00, twenty acres Of land,
! end exemption from taxation for ten years
| Miss Efiie Cosett of Scranton, Pa, ha.
| in consideration of $4,000 in cash, con
sented to release from an engagement hel
lover, Frank Howell, who failed to put il
an appearance on the night appointed fol-
the wedding because the spirit Of hi
father told him not to get married.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
MY Only FANNY Medicine. -

II have been user of Simmons Livel
Regulator Tor many years, haylnc mad,
it my only family medicine 1t is a pure
good and reliable medicine. My mo,hcr
before me was very partial 10 it.
Il find the Res ulator very safe. harm
less anu reliable as a family medicine
and have used it for any disorder of tn,
system aud found it to act like = charm
believe if it was used in time it woult
prove great preventative of sickness
| have often recommended it TO my
friends and shall continue to do So.
"REv. JAS. NJ, ROLLINS,
Pastor NJ f church, South Fairfield Va
To J. IL. Zeilin & Co. Philadelphia.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
LEAPED FOR THEIR LIVES.
SEVERAL PEOPLE SEVERELY IN
JURED AT CHICAGO FIRES.

The Illinois Malieable Iron Works Do
stroyed, Throwing Number NJ Men
Out of Employment-Phila Box
Factory Burned-Forest Fires-Home-
less People In Poland.
CHICAGO. July l4--About O'Clock Tues.
day morning fire broke out in building on
Thirtieth street, the lower part of which
was occupied by livery stable Before
the flames were got under control the build
ing was damaged to the extent of $1,000,
and a further loss of 81 900 was sustained on
stock. A number of persons were injuredand
one at least will die. Over the stable were q
number of rooms used as a residence bv
Peter Smith, wife, and child James Elan
merry, and Charles Smith. They were all
awakened by the flames and had to jump
for their lives Charles Smith sustained a
broken back and will die Peter Smith has
a compound fracture of the leg Mrs
Peter smith is hurt internally. James
Flannery has a leg broken. The infant
was thrown out by its father before he
jumped himself, and it was caught by a
fireman Eleven horses were burned to
death
Also about 3 o'clock Mrs Ruth A Mud
gett's boarding house at 2i5 Hermitage ave-
nue. was burned To escape death from the
flames the following persons jumped from a
second story window aud were injured
Mrs. Gilbert, severely burned, shoulder
dislocated, injured on chest and hips, and
bruised internally, fauliua Roberts arm
broken, c. C. Roberts and ,Parepa Roberts
badly burned
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14

Mr.. Dana's "old democrat" is at work
again showing how magniticently Samuel
J Tilden would run if he were made The
candidate of the democracy for presiden.
in 1888. The Chicago Herald says 1t
is an easy matter to speculate on such n
q proposition. Mr.. Tilden did rua in
1876, and with great speed, ami four
years later, as well as in 1891, il was
clear enough that if he had said the wore
might have been the candidate The
party yearned for him, and in many 10
calities it still yearns. The confidence in
his leadership and in his democracy is
such that he probably could have any
honor which his party had to bcstow if he
would but say the word, but that word
need not he looked for.
The troubles which compelled Mr.. Til
den's retirement in 1880 have not grown
less serious by the lapse of time. He is
an aged. and, physically, a feeble man.
though mentally he appears to be as
vigorous as ever. At his time of life
men do not usually renew their youth,
and the most that he can hope for is TO
husband such strength as he has by
avoiding the cares and excitement of
sharp contact with the world.
What, then, is the object OF stirring up
10 the democratic breast longings which
cannot be satisfied Why raise the hopes
of democracy to the heavens when they
must be dashed TO Garth again? Why
tickle the nose of the JacksOnian mule
with the Tilden straw which is forever
beyond his reach? Possibly because, if
our Uncle Samuel shall live until 1888,
be may be used as he was in 1884, AS a
bait to catch the delegates to the nation
al con ventiOn. The upanimlty with
which the party settled on him as first
choice and the fact that in many states
there was a lingering belief that after
all, be would consent to take the n0mlna
lion, made it comparatively easy for the
New York party machine to dictate the
nomination A convention made up of
Tilden men would naturally give great
weight to Tilden's wishes, and on the
supposition that Mr.. Cleveland WAS his
choice that gentleman was nominated.
1t may be that the present hints as to a
possible Tilden uprising in 1888 ire in =
tended to get the party once more in that
receptive attitude which renders il so
easy for skillful Empire State politicians
to control its action in convention.
When the Sage of Gramercy shall have
been gathered 10 his fathers New York
will have to increase its democratic
majorities if it intends to continue its as
tendency over the party. The Tihien
idolatry may be worked in the interest OF
Governor Hill as it was in that of Cover
nor Cleveland, but Samuel must remain
above and show himself occasionally to
make success of it.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
MEXICAN WAR PENSIONERS.
Provisions of the Bill Granting Pension
~ the SplIi.Is nf tha MaxI.nn NJ

Provisions of the Bill Granting Pensions
Ia the soldiers of the Mexican War
WASHINGTON CITY, July 1.-THE bill
granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors
OF the Mexican war directs the secretary OF
the interior to place on the pension roll the
names OF the surviving officers and enlisted
men including marines, militia, and yolun-
teers who actually served sixty days with
the army or navy of the United States in
tue war with Mexico and were hon-
orably discharged and their suryiv-
Ing widows. Provided that such
widows have not remarked. and provided
that every such officer, enlisted man. or
widow who is may become 20 years of
age, or who Is or may become subject to
any disability or dependency e4uivalsyt to
some cause recognized by the pension laws
as sufficient reason for the allowance OF a
pension, shall be entitled to the benefits Of
the act, except whore such disability or de
tendency was incurred in aiding or ahet-
ting the late rebellion. The pensions are TO
be - month, payable only after the pass
age of the act. The law is not applicable
to persons already receiving pensions at or
over that rate, and whore persons entitled
under this law are already receiving pen
sions less than $ a month, the pension shall
only he for the difference up to s..
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14

NEW York, July lA-Mr. Julian T..
Davies, receiver Of Grant & Ward. when
asked Monday if there were any grounds
for Ward assertion that the receiver had
underworld to protect the names of certain
persons who had dealings with Grant n
Ward, and to cover up facts regarding
them, said: "From the time | was ap-
pointed receiver all the books and papers
have been oEen at all times to all persons
interested in the matter, ami they have
been repeatedly gone over, Nothing has
been withheld"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-14
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