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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Hands Reveal Habits.

In m article on hands in Casselps Mao.
asine, the writer says hat the sleight-of-
hand professor is a man of long fingers.
A conjurcr with aNs'ow and chubby hand
would betray the awfnl secrets or the
plum-pudding that is taken from the
depths of your best hat.
Hands reveal habits, occupations,
trades. A crop of them rises at the
thought. like the show thrust up from a
crowd in honor of a candidate after an
election speech.
There is the carpenters, with the broad
thumb, and those of the fraternity of
flour, ingrained mealy and white; the
musicians, with the powerful wrist and
the fingers delicate, sensitive and agile to
the last.degrce; the hand Of the seam
stress, with an honorable little bit of nut
meg-grater on the first finger that works
SO hard; of the scientific man, who lee
lures to explain mysteries to lower NOR
tails, and whose exactitudc of touch is
the image of his mental precision, while
the nervous stretch of his fingers CORE,
snonds with his tension of mind.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Tie Use or Natural Gas.

1t is said that the use of natural gas at
P%ittsburg, Penn, for manufacturing pur-
poses, is so general as to remove from the
city its dirty and smoky appearance. In.
stead of smoke pouring forth in clouds,
the sky is clear. The gas costs 20 per
cent. less than coal. The profits of the
business arc immense. One company has
a capital of SIS, 600, 900 invested, and it's
revenue is 81, $780, 900 u year, affordine
dividends of 1 per cent. per month,
while q great surplus is being heaped up.
Some wells have been yielding gas from
fifteen to twenty-five years, and are still
supplying all that is required of them.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
The Silver Lining.

"A fisherman sat at his door one day
Watching the clouds that, heavy and gray,
Obsbured the suniight's shining;
And he said to Bright Eyes ut his knee.
Look yonder out in the west and SEQ
The cloud with the silver lining"
l think when our skies are cold and gray.
And we vainly seek to find the way,
Somewhere the light is shining.
If we brave.y resolve to do our part,
And bear our griefs with a patient heart.
And free from all rcpining,
We shall he led to n higher way,
Toa better work than we do to-day,
And find loves sunlight shining
For truth of spirit and strength of soul
will make the darkest cloud unrol
And show its silver lining.
Helen Keith
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

Everybody must notice how large a pro,
portion of men die nowadays from
kidney troubles. It has been said that
nearly half of all the diseases of civiliza-
ton come directly of>indirectly from such
Use And yet.it was not ever suspcc-
ted, physicians say, that the kidneys
were ever affected until DR.. Richard
Bright, himself a sufferer Che died in 1853
In his Goth yearG published his "Origi-
nal Researches into the Pathology of
Diseases of the Kidneys" He was the first
to describe the affection of the kidneys
since associated with his name. The issue
of his important work wrought q great
change in medical treatment. 1t ex-
planned many inconsistencies and myster-
les to professional mind, previously as
cribed to dropsy and heart disease,
which really proceeded directly from the
kidneys. For centuries mankind has
been afflicted with various affections of
the kidneys, although until forty or fifty
years ago the most skilful and learned
doctors had no conception of the fact. /.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
General Bnell and the Six.Footer,

On one occasion near Cave Spring he
General BuclD ordered the men kept
away from a fine spring, but the guard
was overrun by thirsty men, and Buell.
:odc With his stern, official dignity to the
spring to stand guard himself. He wore
at the time a little straw hat and his ia
hguc uniform. A large, energetic six
footcr came up very thirsty and impa-
sient to fill his cantcen. He rubbed
against Buell. rs he passed and stepped
with one foot in the water to fill his cup.
Buell. said quietly, but decidedly, 'Take
your foot out, Sir" Still STOPPING, the
six-footer looked up and said: "You go
to Grccnland's icy mountains. I don't
want any quartcrmaster's clerk ordering
me around" For a moment the COM
mander of the Army of the Ohio was
stunned by the unexpected reply. Then
he said quietly, but emphatically: "Gcn-
eral Buell. orders you to take your foot
out-of-that-water." The man gave
the General a glance Of unmistakable adj
miration and said quickly: 'Pll do it,
sir. If General Buell. would order me to
jump head first into q cannon I would do
1t. Out comes the foot. Why didn't
you say so beforc9" This reply bothered
the General q good deal, but he said
nothing.-Inter- Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Writing for Twenty.Six Hours.

In Lippincott's Mdgazine Julian uaw
thorne says that he remembers that on
one occasion he wrote for twcnty-six con.
sccutivc hours without pause. The Chi
cago News relates the circumstances un-
der which the feat was accomplished:
We remember to have heard Mr.. Haw-
thorne say that this was during his resi-
dcncc in London shortly after he had en-
tered upon a literary career. He had
agreed to have a story done by a certain
hour on a certain day, and, as is very
apt to be the way with young men, he
had put off the work until the eleventh
hour. Then, confronted by the uncom.
promising fact that he must do the
work or lose his money, he set himself al
the task with all his might and main.
He started in at 0 o'clock one morning
md stuck hard at work until nearly noou
the next day. He says he found no diff.
ficulty in writing after the first hour; hi,
thoughts came freely and his hand work.
ed mechanically. He remembers that
when he finished the story he became
aware that his little children were play
ing about the room where he had been
writing; he neither saw nor heard them
while he was at work, and now they
looked more like shadows than real,
tangible forms. He did not feel particu.
larly worried, but his brain seemed to be
strangely confused; so, instead of going
to bed, as a man naturally would think Of
doing, he put on his hat and overcoat
and set out for a long walk. He re.
NAMED out of doors until dusk; then,
upon his return home, he ate a light sup
per, drank two bottles of ale and went
to bed. The bodily exercise had cleared
his head, his brain was as cool and quiet
as could be wished, and he slept eigh-
teen hours as soundly and peacefully as a
child.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
The Last Shot.

Nap. Casby fred the last gun of the
war on the Confederate side in Gen. Lees
army. At the time of the surrender of
Appomattox the Federals and Confeder.
ates were drawn up in lines facing each
other, and but a few feet apart. The
latter were almost starved, having been
without food for several days. While
the terms of surrender were being adj
justcd, some very good hogs came along
near the line, and, as soon as discovered
by Casby, he raised his gun and shot one
of them. The shooting of the animal
created intense excitement for a brief
time, as it was generally supposed that a
conflict had been opened by the two OPP
posing forces. The facts soon became
known, and Casby was allowed to take
his "forage" for the benefit of himself
and Observation-Disclosures american.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
HUMOROUS.
A pen picturc--A fat Die.

A pen picturc-A fat pig.
Hoops are still in fashion-on flour
barrels.
The blacksmith secures prosperity by
ocing always on the strike.
You never found n tailor who thought.
we'll of Cupid. There's no money in
him.
The farmer is more seriously affected
han anybody else when everything goes,
.gainst the grain.
There is some appropriateness in speak
ng of u lady's bonnet as "just killing"
n these days. 1t is chiefly made up o:
dead birds.
A number of Philadelphia ladies have
;ormed an association to do mending for,
bachelors. 1t is con jccturcd that they
"sew" that they may ~'reap."
The man who thought he could grow
wise by eating sage cheese, was own
brother to the one who believed he could
i've on the milk of human kindness.
On a card in a Philadelphia street car
IS a great truth thus s~uccinctly stated :
advertising is a great deal like making
love to a widow-it can't be overdone."
The people of the United States use
$50, 000O, 600 steel pens annually. A
'argc nu":bcr of them are employed in
discussing the battle Of Shiloh and writ
ing novels by Hugh Conway.
Cant you give us something with q
stick in it2 asked Mr.. Smartie, putting q
quarter on the soda fountain and wink
ng knowingly. ooh, certainly" said
Inc polite attendant, and he wrapped up
, bottle of mucilage and swept the coin
nto the drawer.
"Say, Mr.. Gogglcscope, what do you
come to our house so often for?" Google
scope OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Tommy,
Sou must ask your sister Clara that,
when she comes into the parlor-just ask
aer." 'Well, I did, and she said she'd
&c blcst if she knew"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

An astonishing 'fsh story" comes
from the tropics; to wit, that a ship
which had a hole knocked in her side
was saved from sinking by large fish
that came alongside and was. sucked into
the aperture by the rush of water and
stuck there. Commenting on this ire
mendous yarn, the New York Commercial
lays: GLOW unlucky there were not a
few whales off Sandy Hook when the
Oregon was struck ! After this every
well-equipped ship ought to have whale
OF two in tow, ready to plug up holes"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

People do not generally realize how
many Washingtons there arc in the
United States. The "Oflcial Postal
Guide" shows one each in Arizona, Arkan-
'as, California, Connecticut, Georgia,
illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pcnnsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
-twenty-cight out of the ~thirty~eight
states and'tw territories; and this is ex-
elusive of tho Washington Bars, Wash.
lngton Centres, Washington Earbors,
and so on, sprinkled around equally
promiscuonsly.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
American Resources.

The Marquis Of Lorne, in an article on
Opportunities for Young Men in Ameri-
ca, written for Youths Companion, saws:
And with what a choice is the young
American blessed in regard to his carcerl
Although he may not look forward to be-
coming an East Indian nabob, he may
achieve greater success by cotton planta-
lions on the Mississippi or in some fertile
tract of the South than can a modern Eng
lishman in India. He may have under
him hundreds of dusky workers, better
than coolic slaves, because they arc now
free laborers, worthy of their hire. AL
though he may not hope to command
victorious armies waging war in Egypt,
in China, in Central Asia, or in some
green jungle of Africa, he may guide the
forces of workmen building some mag
nifcent continental railway line, or pierre
ing another isthmian canal.
If we have a fancy for exploration, he
can vie with the Englishman in endeav-
oring to reach that goal which will prob
ably be reached and climbed ex-
ccpt by a white bear, namely, the North
Pole. He has the next best chance to
the bears for Englishmen have not at
their back the host of enterprising and
generous private citizens such as, in the
States, are always seeking some new
thing on which to spend their we'll
earned fortunes.
I have often wondered what I should
do if I were, by some happy magic,
transformed into an American boy, and
were not deprived by the change to
youth of that knowledge of tho world
map can only gain in after life. Most
men of forty would here be more puzzled
on the subject of a choice of professions
than are most fortunate youths of that
great nation. The temptations are so
many to pursue almost any career. That
vision of becoming a big railway con-
tractor, having armies of n%avvies, and of
course making piles of gold, is one most
cnticing career, but it needs hard work,
brain for mathematical study, and q turn
for civil engineering and mechanical
knowledge, which things are not born
with every man.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

linen I'll stay here with them, IRE
piled Sam decisively, land if I had this
money I'd take it al homo to mother,
and pour it in her lap. I don't believe
she ever saw so much money in her life.
And my! wouldn't she laugh-and sister
too. Then she'd get we'll right off. I
know, 'cause the doctor says money is all
she needs. Then I'd buy her some
grapes and oranges like what you sec on
the fruit stands, and some coffee and real
milk, and we'd have meat every day.
I'd buy mother a new calico dress with
rcd flowers all over it and a new bonnct
and sister too. And this winter we'd 90
down South where the doctor says moth
or ought to CO."
TO say that the other boys were sur
priscd at Sans way of spending the money
would hardly do justice to their feelings.
They were not a little ashamed, too,
for they were unselfsh at heart, as most
boys are. But they didn't allow Sam to
see what effect his words had upon them.
1t was not so, though, with a tall, we'll
dressed gentleman who had stood next
to the boys during their talk and heard
every word oft. When Sam!had finished
he observed to them kindly:
$50, boys, you would like to have all
this money, would you2"
No Il replied, but he didn't seem to
think any was required, for he reached
down into his pocket and drew from it
three bright half dollars.
'Here," he said as he handed them to
the lads, who were spccchlcss with as
constituent. "Take these and see how
wisely you can spend them"
The boys mechanically took the money
and with a pleasant smile the gentleman
turned and walked away.
"Well," exclaimed Jimscy as he rolled
the coin over in his grimy hands. ssThis
is a go, isn't itY"
cit s." replied Billy laconically.
'1Icre, SAM" remarked the former as
nc showed the money into the boys hand.
"Herc, you take this, you need it more'n
lido"
"Takc mine, too" cried Billy, as ho
followed his friends example.
Then, as if ashamed at their generosity,
they both dartcd into the street and cut
around the corner as though they had
done something wrong and were in q
hurry to escape from the consequences.
"Wcll," observed Sam to himself as a
hard lump came up in his throat, "those
boys is good enough almost to be preach
crs."-Ne~ York Graphic.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

The preacher" is the latest swindling
dodge being worked in Iowa. He calls
on his way distributing Bibles, and often
presents the family with q handsome
book. Hc then asks for dinner or other
meal, and takes a receipt for twenty-five
cents paid for the meal. A few months
later the neighboring bank calls for the
payment of q note for a large amount.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
Again.
Again, as evening draweth nigh,
NV sOul most Sadlv neads thee.

Again, as evening draweth nigh,
My soul most sadly needs thee;
Again, to ease my heart with song,
My poet fancy leads me;
Again tho sun sinks down to rest,
All wrapped in glorious splendor;
Again thy voice falls on my ear
In accents low and tender.
Again, rs in the glad old time,
Thy hand Pm fondly pressing;.
Again 1 note with rapture sweet
Thy manner SO carcssing;
Again the evenings slipping by
On wings of cruel fleetness;
Again 1 press thy rosy lips,
And sip their dewy sweetness.
Again into thy hazel eyes
The lovelight's softly stealing;
Again 1 see thy bosom swell,
The tile of love revealing;
Again thy face looks up to mino,
With love past all expressing;
Again upon thy gracious head
cravo Gods richest blessing.
T. V. CaueM.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

There is a new pest for western far
mers to fight in the shape of a yellow
worm which develops into a black fly
about the eighth of an inch in length.
It is very thrifty in some parts of tho
Willamette Valley, Oregon. The insect
is known to entomologists rs the "wheat
isosoma." It has appeared in Kentucky,
Illinois and Missouri. There is only one
breed q wear.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

The United States photographic Office
is continuing its interesting and very
useful investigations into tho practical
effect of pouring oil on the troubled
waters" The facts the Office is collect
ing show conclusivcly that the use of q
very small quantity of oil will break the
force of the most terrific storms. Several
Instances are given where ships have re-
cently been kept from laundering simply
BY this means.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22
The Biscuits We're Heavy.

At the tea table:
Phasecius-''My dear, I have a sugees.
ton to Offer" f
Lavina-"Well, what is it, prayp
Phasecius-"It is that we have these
biscuits adorned with painted decorations
of japanese design, apply for a copyright
and get some wholesale stationer dow,
town to introduce them to the trade "A
Mikado paper weights. What do YOU
say"
But she was silent.-Detroit Free Rrees
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

tard, spinach, cabbage, and seeded heads
OF green grasses. A small piece of fat
beef or fat salt pork should occasionally
be placed in the cage. Canarics like
green peas and will readily pick them out
of slightly broken pods."-C hicaqo Ncacs.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

The year 1885 witnessed a considerable
falling off in the number and value of
sheep in the United States. In the first
respect, sheep furnish an exception to
other live stock, which have increased in
some instances twenty-five per cent. In
the second respect, there has been a
great depreciation, the greatest being
that in swine, and the next in sheep.
In the latter the decline has been eleven
per cent, or from an average of So. II per
head to one of $1.91 per head. The
aggregate value of live stock is reckoned
for last January at 81, 1856, ISL, 1862, being
a decrease of the figures of the previous
year of sol, 266, 1871. In this aggregate
the value of sheep is placed at 500, 448,.
S67, or less than four per cent, the lowest
in the scale of valuations. Of the wool
growing States, Texas suffered more than
any of the Others in loss of numbers,
it being at least ten per cent as compared
with the year previous. The States be.
tween the Mississippi and the Ohio lost
considerably, Illinois being the greatest
sufferer. Ohio and Michigan fell only
three to four per cent under last year.
With the exception of Iowa, Missouri,
Oregon, Colorado and Texas, all the
States and Territories west of the Miss.
issipri add to their number of sheer
one-Nebraska to the extent of twenty.
per cent. The present number of sheer
in the United States is reckoned at 49,,
S22, 381, by the Department of Agri
culture, with an average value of 81 O.
pc, head.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-22

It is a familiar and yet it always
strikes n as a marvellous fact that
worlds may have been for years in ex-
~istence, the light of which has not yet
had time to reach our earth, and that we
may still continue to sec the light of
stars that have been for q long time cx-
tinct.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-04
CHATUAM sHFRIFFs SALE.

FINDER and by virtue Of a mortgage II. IA.
u issued out of Chatham Superior Court
in favor Of Robert Habersham's Son 4 Com
pany We. Richard III. Macleod, / have levied
upon the following property OF the defendant.
viz:
All the undivided interest OF the said
Richard II. Macleod as one Of the heirs OF his
father, Richard IL. Macleod, late of the
county OF Chatham and State OF Georgia. de-
ceased the SAID interest being one.third %
Of, in aud to that rice plantation situate,
lying and being on the Great Ogeechee river.
in the county and State aforesaid, containing
two hundred ana nineiy-four t29i) acres,
more or less, the same being the western or
upper part Of all that rico plantation known
rs "Oriza." formerly the property OF the late
Francis II Macleod, together with all and
singular the buildings. rights, members and
appnrtenances to the Same belonging or in
any wise appertaining.
And viii offer the said above described
property for sale at public outcry on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY, 1856, in front Of
the Court House door OF Chatham county. in
the city OF Savannah, during the legal hours
OF sale 10 satisfy said NOR gage fl IA.
Terms cash. purchasers paying for titles.
JOHN r.. ROMAN.
Sherin &. Co. Ga
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-04
CUATUAM sHERJFFs gAIE

FINDER and by virtue Of three n. fas
~ issued out Of the JuAtice's Court for the
FIrt district q. NJ. by s. Esinger, Notary
Public aud -Onicio Justice Of the Peace
Chatham county, Georgia. 10 favor Of Nc
DonouRh and Company Va. J. Wesley Hunt
and levy having been made on certain prop
erty below described. and said levy ndorsed
on tho a. fas. end turned over to me by Den
mis- klley, Constable OF Chatham county. Ga.
for advertisement and sale In terms of the
law:
number 1857 thirty-hve Cummings ward in
the city ~ savannah. county 81 Chatham and
State Of Georgia, with the Improvements.
Ana / Will offer the said above described
property 81 the defendant for sale at public
cutlery, before the Court House door OF Chat
ham county. IN the CITY OF Savannah. on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY, 1886 during the
J grl hours ~ sale. to Gatisfy said q. fas.
Terms cash; purchasers paying for titles.
JOHN T. KONAN,
sheriff q. Co.. Ca.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-04
Eranl SnIrn.
CITY siIERIFFs SALE.

CITY sHERIFFS SALE.
FINDER and by virtue OF a o. IA. issued
u olt Of the City Court Of Savannah
10 favor Of the Merchants aud Mechanics
Loan Association VI. John Wesley Hunt,
have levied upon the following dpscribed
property IA the property OF the defendant,
and will sell the same ~ public outcry. before
the Court Rouse door, ia the city OF SaYHn-
nah, county Of Chatham Hnd STATE Of Georgia.
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE. 1856
during the Legal hOuis 81 sale. the eastern half
Of Hii those tracts or parcels " land, with the
improvements thereon, yng and being IN
said county and State aforesaid, and known
IN said plan Of subdivision by the numbers
twenty i've as AID thirty-two (}2, and
bounded east .0l feet by lot number thirty
three t83l, south % feet By Reppard street,
west 100 feet by lot number twenty tour f2D,
north ~ feet by land OF the estate Of Preuder-
CAST. said subdivision IL known and being OF
the eastern portion OF the second section Of
Farm lot number five t5l Tyrconnel tytbins,
Derby ward, White BluG district, as set forth
in q deed from Mary y. Taylor TO the said j.
Wesley HINT ana now known as the eastern
half of lot number thirty.nve 1867 Cummings
ward, savannah.
Property roint ted out by plaintiffs attorney.
Term. ca b; purchaser to pay for papers.
Owner notified.
DAVID BAILEY.
sheriff City Court Of Savannah.
SAVANNAH. GA. Nav 81. lRsH.