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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

An Indian and a Chinaman are part
ners in the stationery business in a
Nebraska town.
"A foot-pound is a force which will
raise a pound one foot, and 33, 1000 of
these foot-pounds make one horse
power.
a new industry has sprung up at
New Orleans. Heads Of large fish are
dried and sold for table and mantel
ornaments.
a pearl as large as a ~pigeon-egg was
shown in Paris recently. There were
Ia others in the bivalve from which
it was taken.
Prof. Binz finds that coffee is an alb
solute antidote to alcohol. If it be taken
in a sufficient quantity. Dogs satur-
ated with caffeine could not be made
drunk.
The divining rod is still believed in,
and used in some parts of England.
1t Is said to have been successfully
used a short time ago in finding water
on the premises of a brewer, where
digging and boring had failed.
An Italian astronomer declares that
the planet Mars is peopled by intelli-
gent beings, who are trying to attract
attention from jewellers on this planet.
He is now engaged in making expert
ments with a view to discover what
the messages mean.
Statistics show that dogs 20 mad no
ottener in dog days than at any other
time. If anything, the number of cases
Is somewhat greater in spring. The
bite of a rabid cat is more surely fatal
than that Of Il rabid dog. 1t is a mis-
take to suppose that a rabid dog fears
or shuns water. In the early stages of
the disease it drinks freely. Later it
delights to seek the water and plunge
It's nose in, but is unable to swallow a
drop.
"A joint or gimmaI ring was ancient
ly a common token among lovers. 1t
was generally made Of two or three
hoops' So chased and engraved that,
when fastened together by a single
rlvet, the whole three formed one de-
sign; the usual device being q ring.
"hen an engagement was contracted,
the ring was taken apart, each spouse
taking one, and the third one being
presented to the principal witness of
the contract.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
Type Writing.

The type writer is generally sup
posed to be a machine of recent in
vention, but it really dates as far back
as TIA. One Henry Mill obtained in
that year in England a patent for a
device that would "write in painted
characters, p at a time and one
after the other" There is no de-
scription of his device to be had now,
but it is nc doubt true that Mills in
vention was the parent of the present
typewriter. The idea seems to have
lain dormant for over one hundred
years, when it was taken up again by
various inventors, who sought ut sun
dry times to embody it in a machine
that would work satisfactorily, but
apparently without success until 1867,
when a firm in Milwaukee made a
type writer that was actually used.
To such perfection has the machine
been brought that even the most de-
tailed and intricate statements, con-
tanning column after column of
figures, can be readily made with it,
and in a neat and business-like form
that is impossible with the pen of the
average writer. Its use has opened a
field for women who have to earn their
living that lever existed before.
They are naturally expert and skillful
in using the fingers, and they readily
learn to use the typewriter with great
speed. n number Of schools have
added it to their regular course, and
young men who learn to use it find it
far easier to obtain situations. Charles
Reade said II advise parents to
have their boys and girls taught short
hand writing and type writing. The
shorthand writer who can type-write
his notes would be safer from poverty
than a great Greek scholar"
The speed with which an expert
operator can rattle off words and
sentences is wonderful to one who has
never tried to use the machine. The
fingers play with a swift and ceaseles
motion over the keys, accompanied by
the m~onotonous "rat-tat'' of the ma
chine, and sheet after sheet Of neatly
written manuscript is taken from the
roller, from two to three times as fast
as an average penman can produce it.
Few people write with a pen faster
than twenty or thirty words a minute;
an expert will bring out of the type
writer fifty to eighty words in a min
ute. What, then, must. be the value
of a clerk who is IN expert at both
shorth and and type-writing?- Chicago
Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
ssHerr Professor,

"Why don't you address the profes.
sion with MYSTERY" inquired a long
haired German Of an American friend
who had just greeted an acquaintance
with "Hello, Professor "Now in my
country we always say Herr Profess
sor."
Hair %professorl well by jove. that
accounts for your professors being so
well supplied with it."--ArkansaW
TyGUeNer. y
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
Can't be Cremated.

You can't destroy a false set Of
teeth in the retort Of a crematory,
says an expert. This I deem one vic
tory of art over nature. Our own
teeth we can reduce to ashes with II Q
rest Of the body, but false teeth and
gold plate hold their own. Silver
plates or any other substance used by
dentists will disappear, but 1000 de-
grees of heat have been turned on arti-
fetal teeth without destroying them,
and the gold rivets in the teeth after
that heas has been applied will also
be found intact.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19

Gloucester fishermen from New
foundland aver that on several. occa-
sions this season they saw a spectre
ship skurrying over the water. She
was of strange build, her sails old and
not a soul to be seen on deck. Once
when about To strike a rock she sud-
denly disappeared from sight. They
were very much alarmed at the appar-
'ition.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19

European sugar refiners have lately
discovered in Central India a forest
tree which seems likely to come into
general use as a substitute for tho cane
and the beet. It is called the Maheva,
and abounds in Southern Hindostan.
Its blossoms yield an immense amount
of juice, which is easily converted in
to sugar of an excellent quality.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

According to the statement of a
Madrid music journal. Eo professional
pianist became Il victim Of the cholera
epidemic in Spain. One car easily I'M
derstand that sou,e piano playing
would scare off even the cholera.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19

DR.. Barthelemy of Paris is of opin-
ion that the symptoms of hydrophobia
in man are mainly due to the imagina-
ton and the irritability of the patient,
He himself had introduced his finger
into the throat of a mad dog and drew
it out covered with frothy saliva; in
drying it he observed that he had a
slight excoriation on his finger. He
lightly cauterized it, but. ten days
after, he experienced a sense of con-
striction about the throat. He felt
alarmed; the difficulty of swallowing
increased until he could not drink
anything. and the sight of water
caused spasms. The will, however,
was strongly exercised, and at the end
of three weeks the attack was a
tered. This is not an unsupported
experience, there being at least one
other notable cure by sheer will
power. Will-power, by the way, has
also been successfully exerted to over
come the effects ola yenomors repsile's
bite.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-10
DILLON PRODUCE MARKET.

corrected Weekly by i. ". l"narN''
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lestiferous mosquito is Oh, in war paint,
they are not likely to enjoy themselves
overmuch.
o. u. lleppner, formerly with the H.
NJ. L. Il. Co., has returned to his home IN
Ohio. Glendale was to small for him.
Tom Robbins proprietor of the MelroNc
Boarding House. had quite At, exciting
hun, one day last week. He heard that a
huge animal OF some strange species h''
been seen ON McCartv Mountain, ts'w
mile, from MeIrose and started out to in
ve>G.ate. At noon he was eating lunch ON
the mountain hen large mountain sheep
hove in sight. and when it arrived at a spot
within about $50 Yards Of where the hunts
,nan was sitting he shot and killed II.
The head and horns OF the animal weighed
over 200 pounds, and when dressed the
carcass tipped the beam at over 500
pounds. 1t is the largest mountain sheep
ever killed in Montana, and will be an in
tere,iny addition to the National Museum
at Washington.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-10
DILLON plDSTOFEICE,

The mail from Butte Deer Lodge aud points
north arrives daily at S:25 p. IN. The mail for
the above points closes ut q O'Clock Il. IN.
The mail from Salt Lake, Ogden and all points
south, and Eastern Idaho arrives daily ut 7:1o %.
clock Il. III. The mail for the above places closes
at >:,s O'Clock y. III.
The Jefferson City and Virginia City mail arrives
at 7:so O'Clock D. daily. and departs ut : 80
o'clock =. III. daily.
The mail iur Bannack and Argcnta arrives az $50
y. IN. on Mondays, Wednesdays and FRIDAYS, and
departs ut go a. III, IN. Tuesdays. Thursdays lnt,
Saturdays.
Office hour>-on SUNDAYS from H. until va.
On all other days, during usual business hours.
No money order registry business dome after
i O'Clock. y.
Il. W. POlEDENTER. =. NJ.
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GLENDALE GATHERINGS.
4 Quiet FOurth-SOlid Men (so Fishing
4 Monster Sheep~-A Jobs
Comforter,

II. I. Sappington's wife presented him
with a baby girl, on the list inst.
Quite number Of people from Glen
dale took in the dance at Melrose.
Mrs. Sholes closed her private school on
the 10Th inst, after a very successful term.
The band boys were completely played
out" on their return from Madison coun.
ty.
Dave Terry has recovered from the
headache incurred by the explosion in the
the Lily mine.
IL. T. Sappington is building six more
charcoal kilns up Sucker gulch, about three
miles from town.
With the exception OF few DRINKS, the
GLORIOUS" passed very quietly-in fact
the town was nearly deserted.
Poor Ladoux! He is occupying all his
spare time in nursing a first.class Jobs
comforter, on the back OF his neck.
John Wells, the heavyweight ex-com-
missioner, and &. W. Hunt have gone up
Wise river on grand fishing trip. AS the
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-10

gy' Belonging to Mr.. cn. -
n u"e Young 'a'ie~ ~v'npa,bil, '' ~. Brow
brown out of a purely nn.' so. with Mr.
''"~e' 'hev do not con>;da. :, Motive
the" have los; b.,!vv.r;a, mat any 0
fortune. '''e by his ~;
ny 'p' III. al! had dispersed l.,
respective homes, c,,.,; 'or their rs
ant '"v' Il 'udieiou>ly chosen , ,,'"' plea,
Il con2en:al crowd is wh,, ,,,,, .''0od, an
Oh " 1 o'r'h'"t'. July Picnic. " ''e'e'
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-10
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.
Utah T. Northern Division -Tesst1, District

Standard or Mountain Times minutes faster than
old time.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-10
1tgsI Apdfes'
NOTICE OF FINAL ENI"1'

>,o 11o pf' ,resy given .ha, The ,,5nos
make iinai proof in support Of h Wo, t.:: Vim
said proof will he made before , MIN in and tor f.,
Deputy Clerk of the Di>ric; 1,',, m on >s:a
verl,cad County. At Dillon. No''"'" ....,,sbprs.
July ~. lxss.viz: Michael A. as .a,s,n,n: y
7;4s f:r thu. NWH IN. NE4 NJ" +,
Sec. u. Up u, :. Of 10 w. ,,.;,o,se, to prove ."
lie names The following MI, w's cultivation :" ID
f cont Ss: , civilians ancs pSa
C Char s' Danian, and Daniel Gallagher "
Ion, Montana. .xc,,DKNE. Reg
st,.t,w =. W '"''
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WHOLESALE. PRICES.
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ROBE LOST.

Lost. between the cemetery and tl1s n'i anie s.
Geographic Galler~,: buggy rofe. =, ,' ',r TR,Es
be rewarded nv returning the robe 10 ''e ''
Office.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15
Cheap Land Excursion TO BiSrar.,
Dakota, July 27th, 'S5,
s1a. c., II. VS.

The c., II. V. & T. Ry., will.
on July 9th, sc, give the first
cheap excursion ever run to
points on the Northern Pacific
Ry, at reduced rates. On above
dafe the c.. II. V. & T. Ry., will
sell tickets TO Bismar. and re-
turn good for forty (4O) days,
with stop over at points on the
Northern Pacific Railway.
The rate from Logan o., will be
$500. The Northern Pacific
Railway will give 10 parties pres
enting c., II. V. & T. Railroad
tickets excursion rates from Bis
mark to various points beyond
on Their line. For fu1l partic@z-
lars call on anv coupon agent OF
@. II. V. & T. Ry., Or address
H j. FALKENBAcH,
.Gen'l Pass. Agent,
COLUMBUS, o.,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15

President Cleveland on Mon
day refused to pardon a lawyer
who was convicted Of the charge
ofhaving eXtoried from a pension
claimant, an excessive fee for Sc
curing the pension. This act of
the President is on the side of
the sol1ier, as we'll as of justice
and right, but the Republican
press will say not a word about it.
In the veto message, the Presi-
dent used these words: "The
offense for which this prisoner
was convicted consisted in ex-
torting from a soldier for procur-
ing his pension 5000 when he was
only entitled to $40. This crime
is a serious one and its bad con-
sequen ces are far reaching, in
T0lging extortion from soldiers
who put themselves in the power
of pension agents. and leading to
criminal practices IN the procure
ment Of pensions. The people
who make it..a business TO pro-
cure pensions are often of such
a character as to need all the re-
straint and when guilty. all pun
ishment they receive"
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Republican Editors.

Tho Republican Editors of Ohio
held a convention in Columbus last
Thursday, TO counsel and "comivt
TO contrive" some scheme to gel
from under the pressure of the Re-
publican refusal at Washington tt
consider the false and foolish char
ges of bribery made concerning the
election of Sena tor Payne.
Ha lstead, of the Cincinnati Com
mercRs, who originated the conven
tion, run it. For years past he has
been ridicueng the country editors,
and doing all in his power to destroy
the country newspaper. lie seems
So have subiusated the papers of his
politics, and they come at his whis-
tie, and passed as resolutions, some
stale editorials, having no point,
an l possessiI G no force. Logar,
Ev arts and Teller weressreprimand-
ed.
This was necessary in order that
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
should be vindicated and the mud
scrapers of the Republican Legisla-
ture excused.
The moon will sail serenely and
shine althosgh the dogs bay at her.
Payne Will continue Senator. altho'
the Republican Editors # Ohio
howl themselves boarse, and fight
sham battles, for the cdifcation of
Field Marshal Murat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15
Meeting Of Democrats.

The meeting OF the Central Com
smttee last Saturday brought to.
gether a body of the leading Demo
Gratis from every township in the
ceeety.
The universal expression is thar
the Democrats are hopeful, and an.
ticipate this fall largely increased
majorities.
The proceedings of the Conven.
lion were harmonious, and conduct.
ed with view to the best interests
of the Democracy of Hooking coun
ty.
The delegates chosen TO the sew
eral conventions are all first class
men, and will fairly and honorably
represent their constituents.
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K Locked That Way.

We came along to cross-rcads in
Alabama where colorod justice of the
peace was about 10 open court, and /;
was proposed that we halt for an hour
or two and witness operations. The
case 70 come on was between two color
ed men. one of whom charged the Other
with having stolen hoe. There were
neither lawyers nor jury. but the justice
called Up the plaintiff and said:
''Air. Burrows, how many witnesses
has YOU got dat Mr. Bunker stole dat
Loa?"
Two, sah:"
Mir Bunker. low many Witnesses has
you got dat you neber took dat hoe,
nowhcre?"
.Fo', sah.''
Den small dismiss de case. an Mr..
Burrows mus pay de costs. Everyone
knows dat TO witnesses kin sw ar harder
dan two witnesses, an it am no use
gwiEe ahead to take up de valuable time
of dis court"
Mr.. Burrows paid about s. costs. and
as he was going away his honor con-
timed:
NEXT time you is gwiue to sue q man
you wants mo- witnesses dan he's got or
You are gwine to be Left. Dis court will
Wv adjourn an 50 iishin' - Detroit
Free Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15
Prohibition EsRventse.

Pursuant TO call, the Prohibi
fionists of Hooking county me
in convention at McCarthy's Hal
this city, Saturday, July 10Th
1856.
On melton E. B. Green wa!
made President and John San
.derson, Secretary of the meeting
Fke following delegates were
chosen TO attend the State Con
'vention. TO be held at kenton
July 2Sth and 29th: E. B. Green
and Stephen Riser. Alternaies
John Sanderson ana Nr. Sted
man.
There were eighteen delegates
in atten dance at the Convention
It is the purpose to call a con,
yention sometime later in the
month and nominate a full coun
-ty ticket. a county Prohibition
club was organized with a mem
-bership of twenty.
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EEe Catches esn,

We have taken The trouble tc
inform ourselves as 10 the stand
ing Of Outhwaita tor renomina
.tion and we find that he Will be
.renominated beyond a question
iis will get from 80 to 100 votes
IN franklin county and Fairfield,
lIori.ing and Perry will give him
a good vote, we are assured
Gsancaster Republican.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-15
Bananas ut Iiet.il.

Few people. IS they invest small sums
In the purchase OF bananas, have any
definite idea OF tl.c growth Of the trade
in that fruit in the last twenty yei-rS.
and the still more rapid growth within
the last i:rc. They know that more
bananas are being brought into the
market and sold than short time ago.
but those who have been longest in the
business remember that about score
of years ago three punches of the fruit
would supply the Cleveland market.
Bananas were offered for sale at as
many confectionery stores. but the gen.
cral public did not freely indulge in the
fruit, as the usual retail price at that
time was 81 per dozen. A little later
persons doing n jobbing trade became
more vcnturesons and would buy "a
case" at time, Zach containing five
bunches, with which to supply custom
ers who wished to sell Mt retail Still
later they vcntured to order two cases
and as time passed orders were sen!
east for five and ten case lots, but it was
not until about five years ago that car
loads were ordered containing between
six and seven hundred punches each.
This is now the almost uniform man.
ner in which the bananas are ordered
in this city, and in this way single
firm has disposed Of fifty carloads since
last May, and another firm, during the
time when they are in the greatest dc.
mand-generally in April, May. and
June-has handled Us high Us eight car
loads per week.
The sales for those cars are not, how
ever, entirely for the retail trade in the
city. Liberal shipments are made to
adjoining towns. During the years
when wholesale dealers bought their ba-
nanas in cases very few grocerymen,
and only those who traded with the
wealthier people of the city, ven.ured to
keep them or sale. Now no tirst-class
grocery stock is complete without ba-
nanas in season. The season is near ut
hand, and will last through the spring
and summer, but is less active after tho
season of homegrown Strawberries and
other small fruits have arrived. Anoth-
or interesting fact about this fruit is the
large amount Of it sought and sold by
the swarthy men OF sunny Italy. As
they pass the doors of the people OF
Cleveland with their baskets on their
backs they are generally regarded as a
class C. the smallest retail dealers,
whereas they are one of the largest
classes of buyers in this line. in his
buying the Italian vender usually joins
forces with several moro of his
countrymen, and one man buys for az
entire gang often making purchase OF
three or four hundred punches, and fre-
quently one or more gangs join forces
and buy :. carload of seven hundred
punches. \ large share of the bananas
sold in this market come from jamaica
but the finest, in years past, have been
from Asp;nwall. Central America. With
in 4 little more than year much fine
fruit has come from Port Limon, Ba-
racoa, and other Central American
ports.-CieUelG!d Leader.
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same on The two. Furthermore,
it looks as fresh as if it had not
been blurred over two or three
months before. Now is was al
legged that these noles were sign
I'd in the prese..ce Of Mr.. Stump
and The wife and daughter of w.
a. Julian, but as the wife and
daughter are both dead, there is
a dearth of witnesses TO testify as
TO the genulneness of the sigma
lures.
1t almost surpasses belief that
any man, after he had already
loaned $3.50, without security,
should again advance $3.50, know
Ing that the borrower was almost
at the point of death and no prob
ability of collecting the amount
from the estate. Such a thing
could only be equaled by the no
less astonishing move Of an ad-
ministrator that would carry such
an amount for so many years in ST.
lence and on the very day that
he fled his petition declaring the
estate insolvept, should also file
a petition for claims against the
estate for $S04.12.
The Court must certainly have
thought there was something
wrong. After hearing the evi-
dence, Judge Acker found that
the notes were not claim against
the estate, and therefore dismiss
ed the action at the cost of Joel
H. Stump, to which he gave no.
lice of an appeal, and the Court
fixed the bond at 500. 1t would,
appear that to escape very grave
suspicion, these notes must be es
tab lished as claim.