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

An old physician remarked lately :
''There is no study in human, nature so
difficult to me as q certain class of Young
girls. / spent a part of this summer with
two specimens of this class. They had
the usual amount of capacity for observ-
ing, and understanding, and feeling.
They had been educated at much cost to
their parents; both were constant attend
ants at church.
II saw nothing in their faces, man
ncrs, or b,aring to argue that they were
imbecilc. Their mother was an invalid,
nearing the grave. Nothing could be
more touching than the patient appealing
gaze with which her eyes followed them.
watching for some signal of affection.
But they had eyes and thoughts for moth
ing but q gown they were making.
They were used to her love, her illness,
even to the thought of her death.
Il walked IL with them through n
great forest, under the solemn stars.
They saw no beauty, no sublimity in
them. They chartered necessarily of the
new trimming of their bonncts. They
were used to the meaning OF the trees
and stairs. The only thing apparently
to which they were not used were the
changes in ribbons, pulls, and f1ounces.
L "ctL 10 CiluICl WIFI Lneu, aQU 49,
tened to the great TIE Deum' which has
come down to US through many ages, and
filed the hearts of countless worshipcrs
of God. They nudged each other while
they sang it to look at q beaded cloak in
the next pew.
"We physicians now test the tempera-
ture of a patients body, and if we find it
below q certain degree, know that death
is already in the heart. When I find so
low a degree of temperature in the words,
actions, aud thoughts of a human body.
l begin to fear that the soul within is
cold and dead beyond recall"
Old John Bunyan taught US the same
lesson in his picture of the man with the
muck-rake, who inccssantly scraped to-
gether the foul, perishable stuff, and
kept his eye bent on it. while the great
world opened around him, and the wind
blew, and the SUI shore, and God waited
for him behind them all.
Do we, too, use this rake, and what
is it that we gather2-I Youths COMPANION.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
The Original Weather Prophet.

An almanac maker in London named
Partridge, who fourished in Queen
Anne's time, was the original weather
prophet. Like our cherished Old Proba-
bilities of the Signal Service, he foretold
storms i'll March and December, showers
in April and May, hot weather in August
and frosts in December. Dean Swift be-
came disguised at Partridge's preten.
sions, and determined to put him down.
Walking around London one day, he no
ticed over a smiths shop the sign, Isaac
Bickerstatf." It struck his fancy, and
he stored it in his memory for future
use. In January, 170s, Partridge came
out with his almanac Us usual. A few
weeks afterward London was astonished
by the publication of Il small sheet which
purported to contain the predictions of
Isaac Bickerstaff, astrologer. It made a
profound sensation, and the sale was
great. Instead Of the vague and definite
hints at futurlty which Partridge's al
MANAGES contained, it foretold foreign and
domestic events. with the greatest par
ticuiarity, giving even the hour of the
day when deaths of famous men great
victories and defeats should occur. But
one statement created the most talk; for
at II o'clock on the goth of March it
was predicted that Partridge; the alma
mac maker, would die. Partridge him
self stoutly denied its truth, but it was
of no use. On the 30th of March another
pamphlet came out giving q circumstan-
tisl account of his death, after n sincere
repentance of his sins and q confession
Of the worthlessness of his almanac.
Everybody believed he vas dead, and
Partridge was never able to convince the
-,,Llso khok ho woo eSSlJ oIs-o t. ..l-.
up his business, and in n few years he
really did die. 1t is a pity that the Dean
isn't still on earth to deal with Vennor
and Virgins. A good dose of ridicule
is probably the most effectual weapon
which can be used against them, and the
Dean was a master Of. the art.-Ben: Per-
Ian Po0rs.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
At EvEN-1pK.
en- light hour, beneath a tree
] lie, and breathe the fragrant air.

AZ tn 'light hour, beneath a tree
] lie. and breathe the fragrant air.
All Mature seems to smile on mo:
Ny mind Is free from earthly care.
Far In the West the waning light
Is struggling with the twilight's haze.
NY soul drinks in with rapt delight,
The fairy scene that meets my ga1e.
How silent Is the summer air,
A solemn, stiffness, silent, grand.
The zephyrs playing through my hair
Seem strangely like a fairy's wand.
The creatures all a sought their rest;
The songsters sang their last "good-night.'
The owl now leaves his gloomy nest,
And through the twilight wings his flight.
The marsh resounds with croaking frogs;
The crickets now take up the cry,
While DOR the surface of the bogs
The swallows skim, and wheel, and fly.
And soon the chorus swells complete,
And wierdly sound The days last light
Departs, the deep'ning gloom to meet.
The veil Of darkness falls. IT'S night.
IS. S. Stinson, in Leisure Moments.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

much as it did. The Black Crater
sprouts no in two places. When we
were there, or as close as we thought it
prudent or possible to go with the time
ut u disposal. it was sending up from
one place hugo boulders, and from the
other, columns of cinders, which rose to
n great height, spread out like an UNI
brella, and then descended in O
showers. What q noise it made! How
grand n spectacle! Away to the south, in
the direction Of Ruapehu and Tongariro,
were numerous jets of steam. Ruapehu
stood grandly up cased in his mantle OF
snow, while from Tongariro was issuing q
large column of steam. After fcastina
our eyes on the Black Crater and it's mar.
wells, we skirtcd another series of spurs to
get as close rs we could to tho back of
We were exceedingly anxious to know If
the Terraccs-those wonders of the
world, with their baths and their beauty
had survived the terrible uphcaval. All
h ground about the Pink Terrace had
fallen in. We looked down upon some
thirteen or fourteen craters all belching
forth stones and ashes. We could not
count the separate craters exactly, owing
to the smoke and steam. but it seemed to
us that the whole area which had beer
occupied by the White and Pink Ter.
races and the Lake Rotomahana was now
occupied with vast ~craters, all roaring and
belching forth stoues and cinders. W.
were on a much higher level and could
see all these craters working away below
us. 1t is q magnificent and awful sight
One never to be forgotten.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Striped etaminc is the ruling fabric.
False chignons are not worn in Paris.
The rage for black stockings is on the
wane.
Parisians no longer wear high-heeled
shoes.
Jcwelry is not worn with summer
toilets.
Bustles are less exaggerated in Paris
than in London.
Tints of violet and peach arc favorite
colors for thin summer dresses.
pongee silks have twilled and frisc
stripes for harmonizing or contrasting
co.ors.
Vests Of white corduroy, buttoned with
pearl buttons, orc wore with indigo blue
costumes.
White silk vests, braided with gold of
4 pale tint, arc worn with blue tailor
made dresses.
A girl in Richmond County. Ohio,
killed n big rattlesnakc, tanned its skin,
and made a belt of it.
Promenade costumes are severely plain,
the tabernacle gown being the sire qua
non of the fashionable woman.
Point lace will be beauti6ed by being
rubbed gently with powdered magncsia
and then exposed to the sun for several
hours.
The Prussian State railways employ
women as guards at crossings. Theil
daily wages are from twelve and one.
half to nineteen cents.
Miss Maggie, a fine, hardy specimen O.!
Western womanhood, has secured the
Government contract for carrying the
mail between Pomona and Rincon, Cal.
English brides and grooms Will not
now need to hurry up their wedding
ceremonies as much rs formerly, when
they could lot lie performed after IL
o'clock. The queen has given hei
assent to the Marr.ag act. which per.
mits wedding, to take place between {
and > o'clock.
In Iowa 800 women Own and direct
farms. lS manage stock farms, ) owr
grccnhou cs, IS manage market gardens,
Ii serve us county school supcrintenG.
ents, 81 manage intermediate institu.
ton of learning, 125 arc physicians, 40 are
registered pharmacists, ) attorneys at
law, 10 ministers, 3 dentists, 40 profess
sional nurses, and one is a civil engineer.
Inter- GEAR.
A magnificent dress lately sent from
New York to Il lady in Saratoga is of
! silver gray satin combined with cream
white watcrcd silk, and trimmed p~rofusc-
ly with point duchess sc lace and smoked
pearls. The stomachcr. collar, cuff,
and epaulet,es are made entirely of pearls,
while boucle pearl frIngcs fall from the
epaulettes over the upper arm and deco
rate the lace falls on the overskirts. The
cost of the dress was $3.50.
A delicate mode in disposing full drap-
cry is shown in a dress of pale amber
tinted silk, having lace stripes alternat-
ing with narrow plush stripes of rich
emerald blue. The draped skirt is Of
Valcnciennes lace. long loops of watercd
ribbon are placed as bows at the sides,
and at the back Of the bouiiant putfs AZ
ranged in an upright style beneath the
position of the basque, which is short at
the sides with a pointed font.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
New Styles in Jcweiry.

Scarf pins are having a great run now
among lady patrons.
p Silver belts, also leather belts with sill
yer trimmings, arc in demand for sum-
mer wear.
A popular brooch is one of the many
forms of gold knots, chased, plain and
set with gems.
A new gold brooch, Just introduced, is
in form of q large knot or coil OF gold in
the open or pierced work.
A new feature in silver jewelry consists
of lace pins. sleeve buttons and studs set
with moonstones.
A silver pin that has proven very &C
ceptable is the clover leaf in enamel, that
exactly Stimulates the natural leaf in
color.
Bar pins and bracelets made OF a COM
bination of metals, including gold. sill
yer and copper, furnish attractive orna-
ments in rocco style.
One of the hlndsomcst bracelets seen
was at the theatre. 1t consisted of 4
double row of large, clear diamonds and
equally fine rubies.
Very popular are the flower brooches;
sometimes a cluster, often Il single flower,
CllllClJ VI SOlu, uSolu LII
eled or set with gems.
During the season inst passed ladies
have appeared at the theatres, concerts
and other places requiring ordinary street
attire, wearing solitaire earrings, gem
hair pins and diamond bracelets.
A pretty conceit in silver neck pins arc
those that take on the form of a single
flower, in the heart of which appear
lNrhIn fOnor ofNrno Thnco stow M 49, on
set that by touching the stem of the
1owcr the centre is reversed.
A novel and very beautiful brooch has
! moonstone for its center. and from this
;adiatc numerous gold threads in curved
lines that make the brooch nearly round
In shape, and at the end of each gold
thread quivers a tiny diamond.
Bouquet pins in gold or silver always
find some demand in cities. but in this
country are as yet confined to the use of
the ladies. In Paris gentlemen, however,
are wearing gold and silver safety pins
for fastening q flower in the buttonhole.
A unique chain seen recently consisted
of two slender strands made up of al
ternate links of gold and platina, and
barred off, here and there, with n pearl
bead. This chain was the length Of the
usual fancy vest chain with a swivel ut
one end and a bar at the other.
A favorite bangle consists of numerous
slender gold or silver wire circlets, no
two of which arc decorated alike. AS
many as eighteen or twenty-1our OF THESE
are worn on one arm,e each one lndepcnd-
ent of the other, not being connected in
any way, but hanging loose around ths
arm.-New York Null and Express.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
A~..
S2IA~

A considerable industry Is now carried
en- in Europe in the manufacture of pic
ture frames from paper. Paper pulp,
glue, linseed oil, and carbonate of lime,
or whiting, are linked together and
heated into a thick crean n, which is run
into molds and hardened. The frames
are then gilded or bronzed
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
Some Old People.

Instances of extreme old age are re-
ported from Russia. The i~T0uosti, a
Russian Journal, announces the death in
the almshouse of st. Petersburg of a man,
aged 1872 years, who had been an inmate
since 1918. His mental faculties were
preserved up to the time of his death,
and his general health was excellent to
the age of 119, when he commenced to
fail. There is in the same institution a
soldiers widow, whose age, as shown by
documentary evidence, is at least 10
years. In U own country, at New Hol-
land, Ohio, Mrs. Arnold has just cele-
brated the 109th anniversary of her birth
and her two sisters are still living, aged
respectively 100 and 1O2 years.-Scisnce.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

1t Is said that the colored people of the
United States maintain more secret and
benevolent societies than any other peo-
pie on the face Of the earth.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

continuously. linen ROtOrtla people gave
themselves up for lost; the darkness be-
came thicker, no one knew which wayto
turn, and dawn was earnestly prayed for.
At about 6 A. NJ, day began slowly to
break. Below the jctty canopy q thin
blue line was seen on the northern hori-
zon, and gradually the surrounding OBJ
jects became dimly visible, and it was
seen that oil the surrounding hills and
the whole face of the country were
covered with white ashes. Still the black
phur gases were less oppressive, and peo-
pie began to breathe more freely.
The scene from a hill a few miles south
of Mount Tarawera and the lake. as it
appeared two days after the eruption, is
thus described by the correspondent of
the same paper: ''It looked like an
arctic scene, and as we stood on the ridge
of the hill it seemed as if we were the
first explorers. There were apparently
hummocks of ice and mountains covered
with snow. All these were from a fine
white deposit which had issued on that
fatal night from the new crater. There
had been o green hill which had burst
out into a fearful volcano. A large
part of the hill had fallen in, and
there was q crater much larger than
Mount Eden. A constant column OF
steam was rising from the mighty
caldron, and at intervals there issued
great showers of cinders and huge rocks
driven far into the air. There was a
continual roar, varied at intervals with a
loud boom. The mud volcano we called
the Black Crater, not having with us any
native who knew the original name. We
climbed to q high hill that enabled us to
look down upon this particular volcano.
It lies in the country between the Pink
Terrace and Kakaramea Mountain, and
not far from Okaro Lake. All the couu-'
try around the lake is covered with the
white deposit. but the lake, stands pretty
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

The Corean Government has issued ar
educational law which requires all chill
dren between eight and thirteen years Of
age to attend school.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31

Queen Elizabeth style is expected te
Come in again about 1888. This Is, In.
deed. ruff.--Roston Transcript.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
ARCHITECTS.

When it comes down to unblush-
ing charges for work, architects
take the cake. Plumbers are gen.
orally considered to be the most
outrageous chargers, but an archi-
tect can give him points. For in
stance, the clerk of the Police Jury
gets a good many letters relative
to plans for the Court House, and
the complaint is not at all uncom-
mon that the offer of 5000 for the
plan chosen is not enough. Two
and one-half per cent. on the cost
of the building is coolly mentioned
as the proper caper for plan, and
il is mentioned without winking,
either.
Now at such rates everybody
would want to be an architect, and
they could be, and still equal the
average architect in originality.
Every jack-leg carpenter or ma
son who has built a plank fence,
or brick wall, without having a
boss over him, fancies himself an
architect, and at once thinks he
ought to get prices for his sugges-
tons that would make Jay Gould
weep with envy. Two and a half
per cent. for the design of a build
ing is ridiculous. The price of
5000 for suitable plan for a Court
House is very liberal. Any good
architect ought to be able to get it
up in week. Ifhe can't, he is in
thewrong business. That's good pay
for designing, and many designing
persons get very much less for
their work. Oceans of far ADLER
men get very much smaller pay fo1
their services. The architects
should be more modest.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
A CAPTAINS Fortunate Discovery

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth,
playing between Atlantic City and
y. Y, had been troubled with a
cough so that he was unable to
sleep, and was induced to try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con-
SUMPTION 1t not only gave him in
slant relief, but allayed the ex-
IRENE soreness in his breast. His
children were similarly affected a
sin lie dose had the same happy eff
feet. DR.. Kings New Discovery is
now the standard remedy III the
Coleman household and on board
the schooner. Free Trial Bottles OF
this Standard Remedy at Mcclellan
Bros & Co!tharp.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
ROLL OF HONOR,
Of the Mound Public School.

For the month ending March
Doth, 1886:
Lula King: Spelling, %; geog-
raphy, 9S; grammar, 9S; history,
81; arithmetic, 95; general aver
age, 96.
Willie Frasier: Spelling. so;
geography, %; grammar, 81; his
tory, 80; arithmetic, 50; physiolo-
gy, 81; general average, 93{
Sallie King: Spelling, 96; gcog-
raphy, o.; grammar, 9S; history
so; arithmetic, 81; general aver
age, So Is.
Emma Lacy: Spelling, So; geog-
raphy, IS; grammar, So; history,
81; arithmetic, 81; general aver
age, 80 Is.
Hugh Lacy: Spelling, so; geogra
ply, 81; grammar, IS; arithmetic
50; physiology, IS; algebra, 80
general average, S..
! Maggie Alexander; Spelling, 81
geography, 50; grammar, 90; arith'
metic, 80; general average. 90.
Emma Cochran: Spelling, 80
geography, SIS; arithmetic, 90
g neral average, 80.
| Robel deau Cochran: Spelling,
50; geography, 50; arithmetic, %;
general average, 80.
Miss MORGAN, Teacher
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
Miraculous Escape.

W. w. Reeds, druggist. of Win
chester, Ind, writcs; Zone of my
customers, Mrs. Louisa Pike, 4, r
tonia, Randolph Co., Ind, was a
long sufferer with Consumption
and was given up to die by
her physicians. She heard
of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, and began buy
ing it of me. In six months time
she walked to the city, distance
Of six miles, and is so much i'm
proved she has quit using it. She
feels she owes her life to it. "
Free Trail Bottles at Mcclellan
Bros Il COltharp's.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10

A. C. Allen was elected Judge
of the 10Th District over b. r.
Winchester and Tobias Gibson
Gibson appears to have run for the
purpose of taking votes from Win,
chester and thereby elect Allen
If Winchester had have received
Gibson's votes he would have beer
elected. This may be considered
a triumph for the rcformers, We
Winchester is the better man. Ih'
reformers, however, are not notice
for selecting good men.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

The announcement was generally
made, last week, by the press, that
the great strike was over, but, II
appears, that the statement was a
little previous. In Kansas and
Texas particularly, the strikers
distinguished themselves by vlo-
lence, aud in Fort Worth, they pro-
voked a pitched battle, after the
strike was over, and the order to
resume work issued.
There is a great deal of trash in
circulation, to the effect that capl-
tai is utterly selfish and has no
heart ETC., and the bare facts OF the
sclfishness and lack of heart are
true, but it follows necessarily
from these very facts, that capital
is timid, and conservative. Capt.
talists will not knowingly do any
thing to injure themselves. They,
therefore, prefer peace and quiet,
to war and disturbance. When
capital takes a firm stand, and as,
sumes the offensive, it is as a rule
because tits threatened, or has beer
imposed upon. 1t rarely seeks
disturbance.
LaDur vu tic uuner nand, is ag
gressive. It's selfishness dwarfs tn,
selfishness of capital as a gian
, dwarfs a pigmy. Its hardness o
: heart, is to the hardness of heart o
capital, as is the diamond to mud
; The history Of this strike, is thor
oughly convincing, that labor i
, oppressive, cruel, regardless Of tn
rights of others, utterly selfish, ant
tyrannical. Labor refuses to worl
itself-refuses to let others work
don't care who suffers, precipitate
conflicts, and then basest of all
disclaims responsibility for the re
r suits of its own doings. Homes
t competition is a good thing, bu
labor will not if it can help it, per
nit competition. 1t practices frs
persuasion, then, if that fails
intimidation, then violence. Boy
cottingi is barbarous, disreputable
inexcusable. Leading Knight
disclaim such actions, but the orde
practices them, all the same. TIL
Knights are worse than burglars
or bandits. They talk smooth
: language, and practice crueltics G
which an Indian should be asham
ed. All order loving people shout
, discountenarc them, and help I
, defeat them. The TINES is in sym
pathy with the laboring man, blu
= is against the Knights of labor al
the time.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10

AS illustrating the democratic
enthusiasm in regard to Mr.. Clevc-
lands policy, it may be mentioned
that in the Indiana elections last
Monday the republicans swept the
state, carrying heretofore demo
cratic towns and cities by unprec-
edented majorities. New Jersey
went the same way. This is en-
dorsing Mr.. Cleveland with a ven
geance.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
RIVERS.

The heavy rains through the
middle states have caused tremen-
dous rises in the small streams,
and the Ohio. There is no reason
to fear any serious overflow here.
Our swamps are free from water,
our levees are in fine condition
and we have no cause for alarm
Possibilities are one order OF
things, probabilities another. The
probabilities are that VIC won't
b, hurt.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10

n future all legal ad0ertiSe-
ments must be paid for before
the second insertion. i moi
paid for before the dag OH foh'ch
they shonld appear Tie second
time, the publication: 'v:U De
discontinued.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
Bids For Bridge.

SEALED proposals for rebuild.
ing the bridge at Waverly, across
JOS bayou, will be received by the
Police Jury of Madison Parish,
up to April %, 1886, The bridge
is about 800 feet long, and will have
to be entirely new, except perhaps
the floor. Address bids TO
X. G.. WEIGHTMAN,
Clerk Police Jury.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10
Bucklens Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum. Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands. Chilbains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box.
For SALE By Mcclellan Bros d
COltharp.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-10

The New Orleans States has now
a. half owner and one of its editors
Mr.. Geo. w. Dupre. Mr.. Dupre
hss never been an entirely happy
man since he parted company with
the old Democrat some years ago,
and his fingers have frequently
itched to WELD a No. 2 Faber in
that time, but he is back TO the old
trade again, and his mind is at
peace.