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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
The Goat.

The common. or domestic goat was
originally a native of the highlands of
Asia. Naturalists generally regard it as
having descended from an animal found
in the Caucasus Mountains and the hill
country Of Persia, called in the Persian
language, the paseng. Its legs are longer
than those Of the common goat, and its
horns arc very much larger. It is not
always easy to distinguish between the
species and varieties of goats. The COM
mon goat has existed as a domestic ami
NAL in Oriental countries from the very
earliest times. From there it spread all
over the world, manifesting a remarkable
adaptability to climate aud circum-
stances. In this diversity of surround
ings, a great diversity of breeds has ap-
pcared, such as the Angora goat, the
Syrian goat, the Cashmere goat, the
Guinea goat of Africa, and many others.
No quadruped, except the dog, has
shown such susceptibility of variation.
These differences show most markedly
in the quality and quantity OF the hair,
and in the relative abundance of the
two coats, the long, silky outer covering,
and the softer woolly hair beneath it.
Goats arc found wild in mountainous
countries only: they are very sure-footed'
on narrow ledSes or ROOFS, ana show
great strength and ability in leaping-.
They also prefer as food the leaves and
branches of shrubs and the herbs found
on mountains to the. heritage of the
richest lowland pastures. Among the
Greeks and Romans the goat was sac
rificcd to Bacchus because Of it's ten
dcncy to iniure g%rapevines bv eating it's
young tendrils and leaves. The goat is
not found wild in extreme Northern
countries, but when under domestication
thrives rs we'll within . she'd in the
Northern districts of Scandinavia rs in
the hottest parts of Asia and Africa.
All the species of the goat are natives of
the Old World. The Rocky Mountain
goat, so-called, of North America, really
belongs to the antelope samily.-hter-
Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
Tanning Two Humming- Birds.

A young lady, an invalid, residing at
San Rafael, n of the health-resoris Of
California, illustrated St. .Iamcs's asser-
ton that every kind Of birds has been
famed, by tanning two free, wild hum
ming-birds.
Her doctor ordered her to recline
iaily, during the summer. on rugs spread
IN the garden lawn. While liking his
agreeable prescription Il day, she no
iced that W humming-hir,!s were in
s. Getting her from Il safe distance.
Their wise little heads, turned to one
side, showed their curiosity, and she,
taking advantage OF it, planned for q
more intimate acquaintance. She
?luckcd a t~ucls!a, attached it to n branch
ovcrhrr Lead. and flied it with sweet
encd water. In a few minutes the two
little birds thrust their slender bills.
Sown into the flower, and took long
araughts.
The next day she filled a frcsl, fuchsia
with honey. The actions Of the birds
showed that they preferred it t sweet
entd water. In few days the birds be-
came so tame and so inpatient, that they
scarcely waited for her to leave the tow
ers before thrusting their bills in the
honey.
oIc 'tdy, WHllc size nelQ the mower Sho
was filing with drops from a spoon, the
birds caught the drops as they fell, and
then, becoming impatient, dartcd their
thrcadlikc tongues into tho contents Of
the spoon. The two birds we're both
males, and therefore fought for possession
o: the honcy-filled towe:. But they
united to keep other humming- birds
away and when 4 wasp or a bee came
near, it was chased away.
When the beginning Of the rainy sea,
son drove the young invalid into the
house. she tried to coax them t o the par
lor window. At first, they acted as il
they thought there was some mistake.
They would hum about the window,
where she stood with the flower and the
spoonful of honey. or watch her from a
nci"boring branch, hut not a sip would
they take. But Mt last, one bird, re-
spending TO her call, lowered above her
land, and took from it repeatedly drops
OF hcncy.-Y Youths Companion.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
An UnWeicOlne ornament.

Nature &C; ~asiona.ly INDUCES in curious
freaks upon the human body, and IN
freaks which sometimes are a sad draw
back to the personal appearance. What,
far instance. can we'll be more distressing
than for 4 comely mat!oa Of middle age
to discover that horns similar to Il rams
horns arc growing upon her head, and to
be obliged to allow them to grow until
they reach IL size which prevents her hid
ing the deformity with any cap, hat or
bonnct1 The lady thus afflicted is a
frcnchwoman. and her curious case has
been reported to the Academy of Medl-
cine. She had reached her forticth year
vixen The first horn made its unwclcome
appearance on her forehead. 1t was
shortly followed by n second, which,
however, fell oil Of itself after attaining
the length Of twenty-fou ccntimctres;
but the iirst remained, to the great in
convenience of tn: poor woman, who was
by it prevented from resting her head
comfortably on q pillow. Ultimately a
surgical operation wa' undergone, and
the Objectionable ornament was removed.
The rat;cnt recovered her health and
peace of mind, but not for long. Six
months after the operation another horn
began to grow precisely on the same spot,
the latest news given the Academy OF
Medicine concerning it being that It had
reached the length of five centlmctres,
and bid fair to grow rapidly. The phe-
nomenon. it seems, is a rare one. but
cases of TIC kind are not unheard Of
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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

There are in the United States thirty
three counties whose agricultural pro-
ducts amount in value to over 81, 600, 900.
OF the thirty-three the State of New
York furnishes fourteen, Pennsylvania
seven, Illinois six, California and Massa-
chusetts two each and Michigan and Con-
necticut one each. Of these rich counties,
Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, leads ali the
rest, her agricultural products, according
to the census of 1880, amounting to
50, 1920, 2o2. 1t is important to know
what is raised in the rich counties. Ian
caster raises vast amounts of tobacco
twice as much as any other county in the
United States. The county also raises
>Jast quantities of corn, oats, wheat, and
about 40, 900 COWS make enormous quaint.
ties of milk, butter, and cheese.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

The Mosquito Reservation OF Nicara.
qua takes its name from the Mosquito
Indians, to whom it belongs. It
stretches for nearly two hundred miles
along the coast of Nicaragua, and ex
tends back to the mountains. It is
watered by numerous majestic rivers, and
its front abounds in fine harbors. The
chief of the Mosquitoes is its hereditary
President, and he governs with the
assistance of a Vice-President, a Chief
Justice. On Attorney-Gerera and q Coun-
Gil elected by the people. The indie
pendencc of the country is guaranteed
by Nicaragua, Great Britain and Austria.
It = the only country on earth where there
are no taxes. Not a dollar Of taxation is
levied on either real OF personal prop
erty, and the only vestige of the burden
which is escaped nowhere else is a poll
tax Of 81 upon every man who votes as q
citizen.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
HOUSEHOLD
Good Coffee Easy to Make

Miss Corson, in a lecture, says:
is one of the simplest things in
world to make a cup of good coffee, a
this can easily be accomplished by ap i
u little common sense. If you put b.!
ing water on coffee, and do not let it bui
you have all the good qualities preserves!
One reason dyspeptics cannot drink o
fee is because it is boiled. The style o:
coffee IS just n matter Of fancy. l have
made as good coffee il an old tomato ca:
as I'have ever supped from the finest
French coffee urn. We should take les
sons in this matter from the Turks and
Arabians, who grind their coffee to q fine
powder. When the coffee is ground as
fine as possible, put it in a little bag of
unblcachcd muslin, which should b. tied
tightly enough to prevent the escape of
the grounds. If you use n cupful of I'M
ground coffee you "a make Il quart of
very strong, black coffee. In making
coffee many people sacrifice flavor for
strength. Bitterness ONE from boiling.
When boiling water is placed on the bag
of ground coffee it should stand ut least
three minutes before serving. Rcmcm-
Der. the longer it stands the stronger it
becomes"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
Bird.Killing Sparrows.

So much has been said of late for and
against the English sparrow that the fol-
loving note may not be unintcresting
as evidences: Quite recently upon the
Capitol grounds (Washington) l OBJ
served a sparrow in the act of slowly
killing q brown humming bird. When
discovered, it had seized the struggling
victim in its %tnlons, and was picking it
vigorously about the head. Whenever
disturbed it caught the reck Of its fut-
tering prey in its bill, and after flying q
few feet aIighted, and renewed its bloody
work. At first I supposed the victim to
be a sphinx moth, but, although every
attempt to release the captive was futile,
the identity of the humming bird was
! unmistakable. Soon the first sparrow
| was joined by another, and then the
scene of murder was carried into a copso
beyond the reach Of my observation.
TO those who attribute the destruction
| of American birds entirely to tho de-
| mand for wings for ladies' hats, as we'll
as to those who deny tt. quarrelsome
habits of the sparrow, this piece OF In
formation may be of value. -Sciene@
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
A great effort has at last been !

A great effort has at last been made t
olive the enigma which for ages has re
NAMED a mystery to man. It is the grea'
Sphinx, of Egypt, which is about to re.
veal its secrets and why it was erected.
A company of explorers, under the direc-
ton of Maspero, have been excavating
for some time back around the base OF
this colossus. These excavations have
disclosed a temple which is said to be
the Oldest in tho world. 1t has no re.
semblance to any of the other Egyptian
temples. For a few months the marvel.
GUS Sphinx of Ghizeh will remain, per.
haps for the first time since the days Of
Moses, free from the earth in which it
was buried, and We shall perhaps dis
cover the reason of its existence.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
A Monster Lobster.

Searching along the Winthrop shore Q
few days ago for whatever was to be
found c%ontraband in the lobster trade,
Deputy Fish Commissioner F. r. Shat
tuck came upon what might be termed
s.unner in the possession of BelcheI
Brothers, who had just brought in from
their taps something wonderful in crus.
taccan life. 1t proved to be an exampi.
of the size n lobster can attain if left I'm.
molested a long time. Unlike the aver
age large lobster, it was symmetrical, sc
much SO as to cause remark in that re
gard. It weighed liz pounds; length
over all, 293 inches; length of large claw
II inches; small claw, 1Oa inches. Th'
question of the age of this sample o.
what Holsters might attain is an inter
esting one. Commissioner Shattuck
who Is making the lobster q study, sug
gests that he may be twenty-five year
old-Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
Che Mlesscngcr.
ABBEvILLE, S. c.

A Western exchange tells its readers
how 'to mind their P's," in the follow
ing paragraph: ''Persons who patronize
papers should pay promptly, for the
pecuniary prospects of the press have a
peculiar power in pushing forward pub
lie prosperity. If the printer is paid
promptly, and his pocketbook kept pie
thoric by prompt paying patrons, he puts
his pen to his paper in peace; his para
graphs are moro pointed; he paints his
pictures of passing events in more pleas
ing colors, and the perusal of his paper
is Il pleasure to the people. Paste this
piece of %proverbial philosophy in some
place where all persons can perceive it.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
A Brief Sermon on Anger.

A brother got furiously mat with us
some time ago. He stormed like a vol
cano and his wrath was at white heat
He fell upon us and told with vigorous
indignation how bad he thought we were,
We enjoyed it. We always respect an
honestly mad man. His wrath is a token
of his sincerity. There was something
80 charming in his ~realness and candor
that we almost forgot that we were tho
target at which his blows were directed
When he finished we simply explained
to him how it all happened. The storm
cloud broke and the genial sunlight was
cry let US do it holly and co~urageously7
let US blaze like q furnace and 60 for thef
b ,ect of our anger at once. In this way;
we may finish up the business in o single
day and the setting sun will not see tia
vrath-cloud on u Observation-Disclosures
Baptist. ~ or
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

A permit was taken out in Washing
ton recently to remodel and enlarge the
house recently purchased by the Presi
dent on the Woody Lane road. The
plans rs prepared by the architects pro.
vide for the addition to the present
structure of a third story of q very orna'
mental and handsome design. The third
story will be in the high pointed rooi
pierced with dormer windows, the caves
extending over some fourteen feet, thus
forming, thc roof of the porch in the
second Story. There will be double
porches twelve feet wide extending on
the south and west and part of the east
sides of tho house. Upon tho stone walls
forming the present two stories Of the
house will be built this high, overreach-
ing roof, with the exterior covered with
shingles painted red. There will be .
two-story back building erected for q
kitchen and servants quarters, and the
interior will be remodeled and fitted up
in o style to correspond to the pretty
modern design of q cottage, which the
exterior will then assume.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

A lady in New York city has spent
twenty years in stvinging together eight
thousand beautiful buttons, and no two
alike. Some Of them have been brought
half around the cath to her by sea cap.
tains. Some have come from old wars
fand famous battle fields; some from the
Orient and some from the Occident;
Some from gold mines and poorhouses,
from snug country houses and from ship
wrecks: some orc just from the button
counter, and some are digniied old but
tons which have survived from a previ-
Gus century, and now hold sinecure posi-.
tions on Mrs. Harris's button string.
The buttons are almost infinite in kind.
The lady who has collected the 5000
says that she mover goes out shopping
without seeing buttons that she had
never seen before. A new button stares
at her from every shop window and
meets her in every bazaar. When she
began to collect them there were people
who thought that there were not more
than $50 different kinds of buttons ir
the world, and it was on a wager of thi:
kind that she began her labors.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

The young man full Of promise ire
ouently turns out bad pay.-ficdyune.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

of that Juggernaut.
In Great Britain and in the United States.
In every generation, there are tens of thou
sands of persons who arc fully developed
generation. Then, I suppose, there are tens
OF thousands of persons not found out in
their criminality. In addition to these there
are tens Of thousands of persons who, not
positively becoming criminals, nevertheless
have a criminal tendency. Any one of all
those thousands by the grace Of God may
become Christian, and resist the ancestral in
fuenee and open a new chapter of behavior;
but the vast majority Of them will not, and
it becomes all men, professional, unpro-
fessional, ministers Of religion, Judges of
courts, philanthropists and Christian work
ers to recognize the fact that there are these
Atlantic and Pacific surges of hereditary evil
rolling on through the centuries.
l say, OF course, a mar can resist this ten
dency, just as in the ancestral line mentioned
IL thu first chapter of Matthew. You see
In the same line in which there was wicked
Rehob-am and q desperate Manassas, there
afterward came q pious Joseph and q glori-
Gus Christ. But, my friends, you must recog-
generation to generation. I am glad to
know, however, that q river which has pro.
duced nothing but miasma for q hundred
miles, may, after awhile, turn ths wheels of
factories and help Support industrious and
virtuous populations: and there are family
lines which were poisoned that are a hene-
| dictiou now. At the Last Day 1t will be
clear over into all fornns OF iniquity and
! plunged into utter abandonment, who, be-
1 fore they yielded to the first temptation, re-
! sisted more evil thaA MANY a man who has
Seen moral and upright oil his life. But
sappesirg o that IN this age wasa tbsre
New-York tribune., 1886-08-28
THROUGH NEW-YORK STATE
JorrIyGs HERE AND THERE.

NEwBURG, Aug. 27 (Speciap.-Miss Ollie
Brewer 10 the young woman who mysssrously dlssp-
peared from her home In Mddletown on Tuesday Dight
July 29, and was found by an ofcer TO days after
ward At Fshkill-on- Hudson. She was returned homo
Yesterday Supreme Court suit for $4,000 damages
for alleged slandsr was brought by her father. as
guardian, against John W. Baird. IT,. OF Mddistown
who 10 charged with circulating false storles about
her.
LocKPoRr " Y, Aug. 27.-John Irving, supposed TO
DO from Bay CITY Mich. assaulted aud robbed by
companion at Erie depot at Niagara Falls this morn
lag. He says that he Was rooOed OF goa WaIcl'
revolver and 925. Irving 10 10 dying Condition.
sPoCGHKEEPsIE, Aug. 81 -rnsro was novel entsr-
talnment At the Hudson River State Hospital this even-
iuga concert participated ia By Poughksepse people
and several Of the patients under treatment at the
hospital and the audience was composed largely OF tho
inmates OF the insttaton- Tue programme was tu OF
enoruses solos, tableAus, plano ducts and quartet sinG
inR aud severa inmates had special places upon and
rendered their various parts with marked ability. The
800 seated IN front OF then we're
sided over NJ AsudAnts scattered through tao Asies
but they wonderfully quiet, And, too. at ume-
we're voofcrous witn their applause h-reafter tho
Instructor VHudemArk to urnish schocls
win . similAr entertainment once every ak weeka
New-York tribune., 1886-08-28
TESTING 4 CHICAGO MANS WILL
A SUIT THAT WILL REVIVE MEMORIES OF A NOTED
DIVORCE CASE.

SUIT THAT WILL REVIVE MEMORIES OF NOTED
DIVORCE CASE.
CHICAGO, Aug. PA suit was begun in the
Circuit Court to-day aside the will Of Isaac Howe
Burcb, who. thirty years ago. was prominent and
wealthy merchant OF Chicago, and who died at Nice,
France In 1888, leaving estate worth 100000 The
mplanant Harriet b. Morgan. She says that shs
Ia tho daughter OF Mr. Burcb aud his wife, Mary Bureh,
now Mrs. Pomeroy. In 1857. she alleges. her mother
invited Mary I. spauldnE. OF New-York TO Walt her
homo in Chicago and Miss spaulding remained guest
OF Burch family the greater part OF the time untu
1860 During that time, the complainant alleges, sha
cousplred to ALLEVIATE tho affections OF Mr. Burcn from
his wife and gain hem for herself In this she alleges
Miss spauldng succeeded far nat in $780, ner father
sued for divorce from her mother charging inadety,
but the verdict Of the jury favor of the wife Thes
the latter suod for divorce the grounds Of deserou
and IN 1868 secured verdict 10 her favor.
After the divorce, ths complainant says. her father
went Europe, taxing with him Miss pauiding aud
his daughter Mary. who subsequently married Ak
anirs Rbot, Frenehman. and 10 now living IN PsriA
The pauding lived Ia the family until his death
10 1888 Ills estate, with the exception OF iev sman
beQussts WAS left 70 the eaughLsr, Mary Ribct Tue
com pl al T. who had remained Ia AmorlcA with hsf
mother received only $1,000. The complaoAnt chArese
90 his death aud that no was unduy iphucnced oy
Miss Spaulding, WHO nscd into his mind the belios
that his DAUGHTER whom ne had left In America 80 -
egmate Sho asks that the will DO set aside ana toas
she DO gwen her lawful share OF the ostate f. We
Rlstchford aud John De k0ven trustees OF he retttcs
arc made dsfendants to the suit and tne n @
Assooation which received bequest OF eiooV' !" As~
among the dsfendsutA -. ~
Mrs. Barch 10 . niece OF Ersstus Corning OF news
trActsd = great deal OF attention. IL vas tried on 9
Ke OF venue At Napervie In Du rage County, ana
The correspondents was then q p.oU.nens inc Tn,essS
lawyer. Miss 5pAuldiDe moneonoo iu sue o'i "~s
New-York tribune., 1886-08-28
4 TERRIBLE RIDE DOWN 4 MOUNTAIN
FLIGHT OF RUNAWAY RAILWAY TRAIS-PIvI

FLIGHT OF RUNAWAY RAILWAY TRAIS-FIvE
coNvICTs AND GUARD KILLED.
RALEIGH, y. c., Aug. 27 (SpecidD A con-
sructon train loaded with dirt was descending steep
grade on the AsheVils and spartanburg Railroad on
Wednesday last Tue train was quite . long one and
was composed entirely OF fat cars all loaded with dirt
on top OF the dirt each squad OF convics
and guards were distributed among them. Tho grade
Iear sauda Gap In the noun tsns s very steep Que.
Just "a the had began tho descNn the engineer
found that pushing the engine ahead, and
despite every sxeion he quickly found himself power
less tn check the speed OF tho train The long line OF
cara behind him. all heavily loaded, pushed his engine
forward fit had been mere toy and tho speed OF
the train Increasing with each revolution OF the wheels.
II was soon flying along tho rails At tho rate OF mile
minute he convicta In the train had nothing TO hold
on 10 srcept earth, which was Uown from the cars
In by the force OF the wind Some OF tho con
victs were blown bodily from the cars while others
we're forced overheard with the tumblinR dirt. The
train made a run OF miles before could be stopped
aud along the route back to It's starting point were
sire wn the bodies OF dead and injured convict Fve
convcs and one guard picked dead. Eight con-
vlcts were quite seriously injured. but OF those who
aged 10 remain the cars not one was hurt Medical
assistance 40 At secured for the wounded men
from Sa luda aud HendersOnvl-, and every attention
possbe WAS paid them. Tho oOnvcts belonged 70 the
State and had been hired out TO work the Asbeve
and Spartanburg road. IL 10 supposed the railway
trAlu'A brakes gave way.