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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
n Infamy of the Liquor Traffic.

The liquor traffic is the prolific source
OF a large proportion of the misery that
now exists in the world, and also the in
st'gator and melting cause of nearly all
the crimes that are committed. We
might charge these crimes to individuals
and their perverted appetites, but we al
ways find that allurement is O. much
stronger incentive to intoxication than
dellberation, therefore we go to the
1ountaln-head and charge this crime and
misery to the rum seller, this debasing
and curse Of curses, this foul and terri
bic incubus that weighs so heavily on -
fairest and best homes of our countsa
that destroys our business, paupcrizes
the people and sends thousands of the
pest men of our country to untimely
graves, and leaves behind a wall of an
guish from broken hearts and helpless
orphans; these arsenals of riot and de-
hatchery that put our lives and property
in constant jeopardy, that fill our jails
and prisons, and cause a stream of crime
and wretchedness to flow like molten
lava over the best interests of our coun-
try. All these and much more are tho
direct and Immediate results of the
wicked and mercenary crime of rum-sell-
ing, a crime that has been tolerated and
sanctioned through the influence of our
social surroundings, large moneyed inter-
ests, together with the ignorance of tho
people as to the nature of the vile COM
pounds foisted on them, and the clamor
of the perverted appetites of its many
victims.
The people are sovereign in authority
and have absolute control of this monster
evil. and are therefore responsible to each
other for the continuation of this awful
devastation that is being constantly per-
petrated by these rum-sellers. In our
sovereign capacity we are guilty of sane
tioning these outrages or the property,
the lives, the health and the welfare Of
the community.-W. Jennings Demorest.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

the top OF the deckhousu aft 10 soc !,
any of the enemy were ir ,unh.sh in it,
feccsses.
For a moment Crittenden experience
the strange sensation which a man must
feel when he finds himself alone in tn.
face Of death. Below him and around
him lay the bleeding corpses of bis ship.
mates and no living creature with &
.hite skin visible. But a voice from the
mates cabin reassured him, and Cri.tcn-
den, hailing him with the remark tina; the
deck was clear, Mari, Whose RE, b. the
way, had SOM" minutes bofor. tess be
come injured and useless, emerged from
his retreat. BY way of precaution the
two men looked into the other cabin fo1
skulkcrs. In the government agents
cabin was the dead and mutilated body
OF Mr.. Popham: but some sign of life was
visible in that gcntleman's great coat,
which was hanging on a rail in the cor.
ner. From thence sprang a naked saw
aged armed with a tomahawk, but be-
fore he could strike his intended blow
Crittendcn's rife was in position and a
Snider bullet pierced his eye, passed
through his head and imbedded itself in
the timber wall, where it still remains,
visible testimony to the deed.
No more skulkers were found, but
down the main hatch were the thirteen
native recruits who had been previously
obtained and were unwilling witnesses of
the terrible scene. The fourteenth Joined
in the fight against the invaders and was
slain. Those remaining were at once
brought on deck and expressed their
willingness to defend the ship. The
retreating enemy though making a show
on reaching the beach of renewing the
attack and carrying out their design on
the Young Dick, hesitated until the
ships boats hove in sight, and then it
was too late.
When the captain and the rest of the
crew returned they found the scuppers
literally running with blood. Above the
captains cabin door are the deep marks
of tomahawks. On his bed the mate,
Mari, found stains of blood which had
come from the tomahawk slashed at him
through bis portfolio, and which had
just come fresh from butchering the
cook and carpenter. In different parts
Of the ship are the tracks of bullets;
holes in canvas, rigging, snapped ropes
and splintered wood bear witness 10
Crittenden's bombardment.
This fearful tragedy brought the cruise
to an end, and the vessel made for
Queensland as soon as the land breeze
that night allowed Of a departure. -&an
Ftancisco Chronicle. ~-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

I The Western papers are again circu-
lating the ancient rumors concerning the
dearth of manageable women in the
newer States. The St. Louis Post Dis
patch alleges that in portions of Mime
sofa men are offering from SO to $40 for
wives, and further out, in Dakota and
Montana, they even 60 SO far as to offer
a horse or a mule in exchange for one of
the gentler sex. ~
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Beef Tea Better Than Wine.

A young lad was knocked down by .
team in a London street and taken to o
large hospital. One morning the doc
tor examined him, and said: "Nurse,
give him two glasses of port wine daily"
And, looking at the lad, he said: "You
will get on very we'll, my boy" Tho
young patient looked up, and replied:
'Pleasc, sir. don't order me the wine"
"Why not, my boyW eff you please,
sir, I belong to a Band of Hope" "Ohr
answered the doctor, ''do youa Well,
nurse, give him a pint of new milk in
the morning, and as much beef-tca as he
likes" And laughing cheerily, he said
to the boy: "You will get on very well,
my lad" And he got quite well without
the wine.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.,
The Temperance Army


Cheers for the Temperance Army;
Behold, the bravo hearts come
Beneath Il white, white banner,
But not to martial drum.
They come from Western rrairies,
And Southland fair as May,
And pine-clad Northern hillsides,
And Eastern homes to-day.
Cheers for the Temperance Army.
The brave. brave Temperance Army
The onwar d-marcbing army,
Whose ranks will win the day.
They come to break the letters
That bind a demons slaves;
They como to keep their brothers
From filing %drunkards' graves.
o brave end loyal Army!
Your cause is grand and right.
God speed you On to triumph
Beneath your flag Of white.
Cheers for the Temperance Army,
Tn brave, brave Temperance Army,
The mountaineering Army,
Who fight for truth and right.
Zoe E ReTJord. in Temperance Bdnres:
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

For the benefit of the man WIZ
'fblows out the gag" in city hotels, i
thould be generally known that the ad-
ninistration of a few drops Of acetic
ether on q lump Of sugar will usually
-evive people who have become insen.
}ible from the effects of illuminating
r.s. Hotel clerks should paste this item
a. their hats.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

Lightning struck an oak in Tippecanoa
county, Indiana, and tore it into splini
ters. 1t is said that each years layer OF
the growth seemed to have been sepai
.ted from the other, and splitinto strips
About half an inch wide. After com.
pleting IT'D work on the oak the light
mig a thirty yards along . wirs ieacaj
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
CHE Mlesscnser.
~ABBEv1LLE, s. C..

3: A builder at P%ittsburg, WHO makes q
speciality Of modern-priced houses for
rent, uses matched flooring instead Of
laths and plaster for the sides and cell.
ings of rooms. On this cotton cloth is
glued, and upon that wallpaper ia
pasted. He says it is better and cheaper
than plaster, and cold weather does not
hinder work.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

Some say: "You temperance people
are in such an awful minority" Well, are
the majorities always in the right. How
would you like to have been with the
majority in the flood. Would you not
rather be with Noah in the minority
and the ark.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The town of Salem, N. c., has per.
mitted no liquor to enter its limits for
one hundred years.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company has issued the
excellent order that no liquors shall be
sold at any restaurant on its lines.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

Ia a new French method Of diagnosis
.bo condition Of the eye is accurately
estimated by means OF variations in
sounds sent through q sensitive form Of
telephess placed against tho egeball-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The woodlands of Louisiana are fast
passing into the hands of northern men.
Four years ago q number of shrewd west
ern capitalists sent their agents down
there to examine the southern pine, to
see what kind of lumber it would make,
and the quality of the woodlands. These
agents made o thorough examination at
a minimum cost and sent back the most
favorable reports, urging the firms they
represented to make purchases. The re-
suit has been that up to July 1, 1886,
1850, $50 acres, mainly of pine lands,
had been bought at $1.25 per acre, about
onc-half of all the government land in
the state. and nearly one-quarter of the
area covered by tho long leaf pine. This
is all picked land, and though only one
fourth of the area, contains half the mer
charitable long-leaf pine timber in Louis
lana.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

A London druggist sold in one year at
one liquor house more ~strychnine han
the whole city used incidentally.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Temperance Notes.

The W. G. T. U. has rightfully beel
called organized 'smother love-"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The landed property of England COW
ers ~, 900, 600 acres. It is worth $780,
600, 900, 600, and yields an annual rental,
independent of mines, of $3.50, 600, 600.
Half of the entire country is held by
7,400 indiyiduals. Tho population is
85. 09o. 900.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Turn the pigs iuto the orchard. They
Will clear up the fallen apples, worms
and all.
Every farmer should have a big patch
of rctabagas or Swedes. They are good
for the c~at:lc, hogs, and sheep. They
require but little work when the land is
well prepared and enriched.
The hogs should have und;spu,ed sway
i'll the orchard during the fruit season,
and they will eat up all the fallen and
wormy apples, and hunt out many of the
grubs, etc, which are injurious to the
trees. In this way they destroy many of
the enemies of sound fruit and sound
trees, and in other ways greatly benefit
the orchard.
It is not a good plan. though a very
common one, to get suckers that sprout
from the roots of old trees and graft
these for orchard planting. One difficulty
with this plan is that the plague of
suckers is always cursing the man whose
trees are thus procured. The root of a
sucker is long and horizontal. Wherever
it is cut off or in any way injured, new
suckers will speedily appear. In seedlings
the mass of fine roots near the centre is
evenly distributed on each side, and
with proper cultivation may be kept far
enough down rot to be disturbed.
No matter how many COWS are in q
dairy, each ones milk should be set by
itself. In this way the difference in size
and form of butter globules which often
exists in different COWS will not effect the
yield of butter. With three or four COWS
in the height of the season it will be
necessary to chu.n every day, and you
might as we'll be churning ono cows
cream every three or four days as to put
all in together. If this plan were gcner-
ally adopted, onc-half the COWS would be
weeded out within q year as not worth
keeping, and this greatly to the profit of
their owners.
1t has generally been supposed that
cooking food for cattle assists greatly in
the extraction of the elements of nutri
ton through digestion. So far as ami
mails are concerned it has long been
doubted whether cooking food pays its
cost. Late conclusions arrived at from
Investigations at the New York Expert
ment Station would seem to show q Loss
of albuminoid and also an APPARENT loss
of fat in the process Of cooking. Tho
loss as stated is in clover hay 1873 of a
pound, in fresh-gound meal !. o91 and in
old meal .h43 of q pound. The cooking
showed not only loss of actual album
mold, but depreciation in the digestiv.
value of the albuminoid remaining.
Recipes.
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT Eeas.-Twt
quarts of milk, two-thirds of a cup o.
rice, same of sugar, small piece Of but
ter aud a little salt stir it occasionally
till boiling hot and cook in a slow owe,
until of the consistency of cream.
TOMATOES And EeaA-Peel tomatoe
and cook them in butter, seasoning we'll
Have an equal number of pieces Of breas
larger than the tomatoes, end put tn
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Warm Land for Corn.

arm llanC LOT Corn.
The corn crop needs tropical heat for
a time to reach perfection. Many facts
60 to show that much of the benefit from
cultivation and manuring for corn is due
to the effect these means have in making
the soil warm. In early spring the more
frequently the ground is stirred the more
permcablc it is to the entrance of the
air, which at this season is always much
warmer than the soil. In fact, blowing
and cultivation turn under considerable
air spaces together with warmer soil on
the surface. The heat from this rises as
the soil settles, thus warming the whole.
Coarse manure helps in the same way,
and by heating at the bottom of the
burrows it continues to warm the soil
through the season. Every farmer knows
now vigorous Il growth is given to corn
by a rotting sod. This may be fastened
by frequent cultivation early in the sea-
son. In this way the worse the sod the
greater the advantage Of frequent cult
walton. Good corn is thus grown on
and invested by quack grass, the cult
walton being then necessarily performed
once, and if possible, twice a week.
After rains, especially on heavy SOIL,
the cultivation a hardly be too fire.
quent, providing the soil does not pack
together. Every time it is stirred it is
opened to admit more warm air. Every
blade of quack grass put under the soil
helps to furnish more warmth, and this
IN turn makes latent fertility available
for corn roots.
Soils for corn should be as loose as
possible, and this condition is secured
wherever they are full of vegetable
matter. A dark color also adds to the
warmth, and for this reason the black
prairie soils of the West, full of decay
ing grass roots, were long ~unexcelled for
corn growing. 1t is probable that every
where, rs it becomes more compact by
long cultivation, the best conditions for
growing corn easily will be more infre-
quent; but knowing what the corn crop
requires it will not be difficult to supply
them. A clover sod rots Immediately
after being turned under. Besides this,
Its roots penetrate the soil deeply, and
as soon as severed from the top by shall
low blowing, their decay keeps the soil
both moist and warm. Corn rarely suf-
fcrs from drought on clover sod, if we'll
cultivated during the growing season.
There is moisture in the subsoil until
late every season. and the very tap-roots
Of clover make it available.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

He Dreaded to Meet His Father, and to
Avoid 1t He Shoots His Wife Dead ard
Makes an Attempt ON His Own Life-A
Mysterious Case.
New YORK. June IA yonpg couple
engaged room >. on the second floor of the
Sturtevant house, on June 10, and registered
as Winfield Lee Thompson and wife of
Kansas City, Mo Thompson was ~
Tue. day afternoon the hotel office bell was
iung from room -, but when the bellboy
resi ondcd and raped at the door there was
no response. After repeatel rappings with
no sound from within tue door was forced
and Ihomp5on and his wife were found
wing side by side on the iioor
Mrs Thompson ha been shot in the back
of the bead and was dying when the at
rendants entered Thompson was conscious
| Tor moment AMI asaeJ that a doctor b.
| sent for. In his hand was revolver aud
| there were bullet holes IN his head and
breast, which are not necessarily fatal An
ambulance was sent for, but before it ar
rived the woman was dead The bell knob
| in the room was bloody, indicating that the
| shooting was done before the bell was
| rung
| The most alIectionate relations existed be
tween the couple Mrs Pratt, friend of
| the bride. lunched with them, Tuesday, and
left their room only twenty minutes before
| the shooting was done When Thompson
was asked at the hospital why he shot his
bride he replied: Il would rather not say" :"
| Two letters were found i'll Thompson room,
which apparently were written by Thomp-
| IF
was addressed TO t. s. Yard IN care OF
Mayor Grace, the other to Thompson S
father Both extoled Mrs Thompson and
spoke of a trip to Mauch Chunk which they
were to make Thursday. In his ante mortem
statement Thompson insisted that he loved
his wife and his wife loved him If a hemor
rhage of the lungs does not set IN Thompson
may recover
Thompson is a son of the Rev. Or. Thomp-
son, pastor of the Second Fresby teTian
church of Kansas City. He graduated from
| the Kansas City medical school two years
ago, and spent two years IN the college OF
medicine and surgery i'll this city. tie had
been engaged to a prominent young woman
of Kansas City, but falling IN love with a
/ Miss huhler OF this city, married her on
! June :. Miss kohler was the daughter oil
well TO do people, but had left her home aud
was employed in store when she met
Thompson Her friends approved of the
marriage.
Thompson had obtained position foI
the present summer as surgeon on toard oi
the the Stonington line, plying between
New York and Boston HIS father left
Kansas City Tuesday for New York, eX
peeting to sail i'll few days for Europe
where he intended to spend several month:
| vacation 1t is suggested that the young
man had been clandestinely married, and fol-
some reason fearing to meet the oonse
1uences determined to kill his wife and him
| self rather than meet his father.
Tho Rev. Mr. Thompson is widely know
as an earnest and eloquent preacher He
occupied the pulpit of the Rev T. Dewitt
Talmage in Brooklyn last summer. He ha
one son remaining, a student tor the min
istry and two young daughters The sol
Winfield bore good reputation during hi
residence in Kansas City.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17
A Summer TIN for All.

A summer trip when we all can go.
Excursion tickets will be placed on sale
at the depot office of the c., r. |. n p.
railway on July 0. 10 aud IL TO Toronto
and return via Chicago, Detroit, Niagara
Falls From Rock Island to Toronto and
return via the Niagara Falls $14.l5.
Tickets good going 3 days, returning
until July 30, on July -, II and 10.
The Grand Trunk railway will see TO
parties holding excursion tickets from
Rock Island to Toronto, Tickets via
steamer down the River St Lawrence
and the far-famed Thousand Islands and
the rapids, to Montreal, returning via
rail for SO TO Quebec, Good until
the 24th, making the fare at the very
low rate of S2415 from Rock ISL
and to Montreal and return, and Quebec
500 This is an opportunity seldom
offered at the price. TO visit Niagara Falls
and the River St Lawrence.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

OaAHA, Neb., June E.-Citizens of Rush
vile, Neh, held an Indignation meeting
Monday evening and denounced the action
of the mob which stripped and tarred and
feathered Akin, the attorney and land
agent who contested a number of claims OF
settlers The mob also compelled Akin to
sign over property valued at s., 40o for
S400. Akin has begun suit for $1,000 dam
ages against responsible parties, among
whom is Chamberlain, a SORT of banker and
money loaner, who was the leader of the
mob. Chamberlain had loaned money to
settlers to prove up on. AMI he could not
reach Akin except by mob violence. Cham
berlain has temporarily absented himself
Warrants are ont for his arrest, and tele-
grams have been sent III every direction for
him
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

HARRIsBUR5, Pa, June 1.-The board Of
pardons have refused 10 recommend the
pardon Of Milton Weston, the Chicago oil
operator. Weston was convicted of man
slaughter The trouble grew out of fight
for the possession of disputed oil well in
Allegheny county Weston furnished his
men with arn.s and instructed them TO fire
on any invaders. They followed instruc.
tions and one man was killed The petition
for Nestons pardon was the most
voluminous document of the kind ever pre-
sented 10 the board Among the signers
were Governor ugieshy and Senators
Logan aud Cullon, of Illinois, and l4,e00
people Of Allegheny county alone.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

Vermont Republicans nominated /. j..
Aunslee for governor Wednesday. The noni
nation is looked upon as an endorsement OF
Edmunds for senator.
"obiector" Holman was renominatee
for congress Wednesday by the Democracy
Of the Fourth Indiana 'istrict
Eighth Iowa district Republicans renom
mated for congress W. ?. Hepburn.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

LnUWIITs oubIetts iHDfsV EuF htNtHSt'
LoNDcS, June IA dispatch from
Munich states that the ex, itemcnt in that
city over the death OF KING Ludwig Is on
the Increase Many of tho tradesmen have
not reopened their shops since they were
closed on the first notice of the king death
and very little business j. transacted. The
rapidiiy with which startling events have
followed each other bewiiders the burg Ehers,
and the genuine news is mixed up with SO
many hoaSes that the burghers are exceed
ingiy skepticai OF every t1id5 they hear or
read To the genuine grief which was felt
at first over the death there Is now added a
wild thirst for revenge against some person
or persons who they are satisfied have had
hand IN the kings dethronement and
death.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

HAIIFAH, N. s, June 11.-Three of the
four counties on the island of Cape Breton
and all shore counties doing business Will
the United States hayo given large jori
ties in favor of the repeal of the act Of
union and secession from the Canadian con-
federation. Nova Scotians want TO bt
freed from the union with Canada in order
to secure reciprocity with the United States
and an attempt will he made to secure the
repeal OF the British North American act
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

New YORK, Juno 1.-The Priscilla
won the yacht race Tuesday with the
Atlantic second. The race was finished in a
dead calm, the yachts drifting owe
the line Tie Puritan could not get way
enough even to drift over, and consequently
was out of the rate entirely. The Priscilla
Was J. minutes and 81 seconds ahead OF the
AtluntiC
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

The best on earth can truly be said of
Grigg's Glycerine Salve, which is sue,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns wounds aud all other sores
VIII positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed Only 25 cents Sold by druggists.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

PIrTsRuaG, Pa, June Il. Tho iron out.
put this year, compared with that of the
corresponding period of 1881, shows good
condition, 30i tons more of iron being made
than during last June. In steel mills 700
tons of metal is used daily. In nine mills
the puddlers are on double turn In the re-
mainder half Of the pudding furnaces are
on double and half single turn
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17

TOMBSTONE, A. T., June Il. Troops scout
ing near calabasas lately surprised a party
of Americans and Mexicans asleep in the
brush. All wore moccasins and made a trail
like that of Indians. 1t is suspected that
they are guilty of some of the depredations
which have been charged to the Apaches,
but as there was 10 positive evidence against
them they were set at liberty.