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4. ui Law. ohce with u. McDougtN, ttawa, H.
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AT T o r N e Y 8.

VuIOS. c. FULLERTON, Attorney at
i Law, Ottawa, llinUN. Office IN Bushnells block,
west of Court House. jau!-6
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- w. w. ELA IA r, Attorney and Counselor
VI. NJ Law. Room 9, second lnOr Court House, Otta
wa H. All legal business promptly attended 10. jan5l
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n iItIClCi~', Attorney ana CoUnsepr no Law.
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nR. CHARITY ANIpF.If-, successor
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grocery store, ia Union Block, Ottawa, H. sepl3
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Once Hours 2tol uf'cc and Residence,
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JESSE H. RUGER. !. W. .NERsOL.
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N scOrs NJ Law; hsO Notary Puhls. Office IN tut-
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s. RICHoLsoN. ". GENTLEMAN. J. c. FINCH.
- ICHOLSON, GENTLEMAN y FINCH, Attorneys
IL HlG 90 use,urs at Law. WIN practice law "a The
co rlaut In sale and adjoining counties Office west
on court house, ottawa III. sop.V%
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NATIONAL CITY BANh
OF OTTAWA.
Formerly CITY Bank of Eamc' Allen & Coz
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r. u ALLtN...''''''.'s'.'... PRESIDENT.
T. ID. CAILlN.,........ ........... vice President.
y. +, Assist Cashier.
Exthaege on Chicago and New York and all the
principal cities east and west bought and sold.
Exchange on England, ireland, Scotland and ali i'm.
portant points Continental Europe drawn IN 70
suit purchasers
U. S. Revenue Stamps Of all denominations constant.
ly on hand and for sale.
United States Bonds Local Securities Gold and Silver
bought and sold.
Banking hours from . A. NJ. to p N.
a. +. SCHOCH. Assist. Cashier
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l. c. SWIFT, Attorney AZ Law. Armory BcCS,
II. Special attention given 10 probate matters.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Bohbr'sArtic,e on Cats.

A cat is acurids animal. It has fore
feat and alsoyfore legs. Its head IS al
end of itS body and its tale is at the
other. When it walks its he'd gos be.
fore and its tale follows along behind.
Its frunt feet walks before and its hine
feet walks along behind. If a kan il
tido to q cats tale it will not track wher
its walks. 1t is not good for a cat to ii
bunch of irecrackers to its tale Gather.
1t is apt to walk too fast and get heated.
A cats tale is a good handel to pike the
cat up by, but it is hard on the cats. Cats
can CLINE treas. Dogs kant. That is lucky
for cats. When a dog gifts after their
they kan cline a ire where they can sas,
back without gitin bert. You kant hit 8
cat. Wunct I thru a butte at one and ]
hit a mole ruster. The ole rusterh he dide,
but the cat didn't.-Detron Fres Fress.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Prophets of Evil.

The locust who comes with his soft
signs in summertime, and his "W,," pre-
dieting war, must now take a back seat.
From a North Carolina contemporary we
learn of a breed of educated spiders who
nrc in the prophecy business, and who
scorn the initial letters. When they have
anything to communicate they write il
out, and thoy don't misspell words,
either. One spider ran out a web and
then wrote across it in bright, silvery
letters, WAR" Another spun a web
and began to write. He embroidered
across his silken home the word
INDIA" Next day he proceeded aud
finished the sentence: sINDIAN-A
WAR;" Those educated spiders are bad
looking citizens, in size as large as a
honey bee, have eight legs, and when
disturbed show anger. shoot out their
tongues, and swing their cobweb tackle
as II they meant to jump and sting.
Atlanta Constellation.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Harvesting Onions.

When the tops of onions begin to get
yellow and fall down it is time the bulbs
are harvested. They should not be left
in the ground much longer thsn this, as
they are liable to commence a second
growth, which very much Injuries the
keeping quality. They may be pulled
with a wooden rake or light digging
fork. Some growers let them lie on the
ground after pulling two O. three weeks
10 dry; Others put them in small piles
after three or four days to sweat, leaving
them thus two or three weeks, after
which th.y IRE again spread for a day or
two II then stored. The bulbs may be
put into barrels or spread upon the floor
of a loft or storeroom. If on II tight
floor, they should not be piled more than
a foot deep, though they may be safely
piled three or four feet deep in bins hav-
ing Slated bottoms. If kept over winter
they should be protected from severe
freezing.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
HOrigim OF Blanket"

When Edward III. assembled the
throne of England he almost Immediately
declared war against France, and shortly
after prepared to invade her territory.
But the sincws of war were wanting, and
so tho monarch appealed to his loving
subjects. English money-bags, how.
ever, were not then so plethoric as they
hare become since, and little coin com.
paratively was in circulation. The people
loved their young and valicnt king, and
the war was a popular one. The Eng
lish raised large quantities OF wool,
which they sent to Flanders for manufac-
ture. It was determined to devote the
wool crop of that year toward defrayina
the expenses of the expedition. Ate,
the more valuable portion had been used
there was a quantity quite unfit for the
Flemish looms. This was bought up by
one Sir Thomas B anquettc, who had il
woven into a coarse but warm material,
and periodically presented it to the king
"a a contribution to the comfort of the
soldiers and as a covering for the horses
of the mobiles and knights. The mat
rial was named Blanquette, or Banquet,
for the name of the donor, and we now
spell it blanket.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Female Sarrotcrs arc numerous in the
City Of Mexico.

Female sarrotcrs arc numerous in the
City Of Mexico.
According to a popular belief, still
credited, a poisonous bite could be
cured by the blood of the viper which
aarted the poison.
There exists still IA form of contract.
made in h time of Edward I. of Eng
'nnd, in which a man engaged to sell
and deliver his wife to another man.
A good Cremona violin has tifty-eight
divisions. The back, centre, sides and
circles arc of sycamore; the belly, base
bar, sounding-post and six blocks of
deal; the fingcr-board and tail-riccc of
ebony.
A botanical phenomenon in which the
people of Lcominstcr, England, take a
pride, is a pair Of trces-an oak and an
ash-which appear to have but a single
trunk. They grow together for about
four feet and hen divide.
Last year the richest American mer-
chant, II. b. C!a1in; the richest A1neri-
can railroad man, w. II. Vanderbilt, and
the richest American planter, Edmond
Richardson, died. 1t is notable that no
one of the three died in his bed. Ono
dropped dead at his desk, another in his
hall, and the other in the street.
Roast dog is to the Sioux Indian what
roast turkey is to Americans. Dogs in.
tended for the table, or its Sioux equiva.
lent, are always carefully fattencd before.
hand. 1t is used on all state occasion.
and at the making of treaties, and army
officers say it isn't bad.
1t was to Henry O'Icilly, who recently
died, that n New Jersey railroad, forty
years ago, refused permission to erect
posts and build a line of telegraph ale g
its road between Philadelphia and NV
York. The frank and absurd reason
given was TINT ''thc telegraph would in,
t~erferc with travel by enabling person.
to transact business by its means instead
of using the railroad"
The, first slaves brought to the terri
to y Of the United States were sold from
q Dutch vessel, which landed twenty a,
jamestown. Va, in 1920. The slaves II
the United States in 1890 numbered
897, S07; in 1910, 1871, 1914; in 1920,
1. 543, 6ss; in 1889, 2,OO9, 043; in 1910
2,4s7,35 in 1850 3,2o4, 313; in 1860,
4, O02, COG. See our Curiosity Shop book
for 1885 for articles on Slavery in tn.
Northern States.
On ono of the islands in Casco Bay,
Maine, there is a numerous, thrifty, an6
most excellent family in which John il
the popular front name among the males
To prevent confusion of identity they art
respectively known as "John j." "Johr
O.,"'Heifer John" ''Thundering John,'
"Sharking john" ''Dunk john" IF. at
foot John, "Cap'n John" "John Eliz.
John" and "John," the latter being tn.
John of the prolific tribe.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
A Custom orthc Tyrol.

In some portions CT Tyrol II peculiar
and beautiful custom still prevails. When
II girl is about to be- married, before she
leaves her HON, to go to the church, her
mother hands her Il handkerchief, which
is called q tear kerchicf. It is made of
ncwly-spuu linen, and has never been
used. 1t is with this kcrchicf that she
dries her tears when she leaves her
fathers house, and while she stands at
the altar. After the marriage is over,
and the bride has gone with her husband
70 their new home, she folds up the kcr-
chief and places it, unwashcd. in her linen
closet, where it remains untouched. Tho
tear kerchief has only performed half Of
its mission. Children are born, grow
up, marry, and move away from the old
home. Each daughter receives from the
mother Il new tea kerchicf. Her own
remains where it was placed in the linen
closet on the day Of the marriage, and
there it remains, until her death, when it
is taken from its place and spread over
the placid features of the dead, never to
Ec removed until we are summoned to
come forth on the resurrection morn.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
FOR THE FARM AID 0 M
Covering seed Evenly.

Most seeds of grain, especially those
;sown in the fall, arc npt to b: covered too
deeply. In Il dry time the drill wheels
sink down into the soil and this carries
the tubes with hem. Grain seed is
thus deposited at n depth of three and
sometimes four or five inches. Ole and
a half inches is ample depth, and if
MOTT one inch is %suf1ic:en'. If too dry
to grow ut this depth, wait until after Il
rain. The bad effect of too deep cover
ing were plainly shown by device We
once used on IL drill, throwing every
other tube ahead of its neighbor. The
result was that all the forward tubes
might have been empty. They were
piled over by the ridges made by the
bnck set Of teeth, made . feeble growth
in the fall, and were oil killed before
spring. Tho crop all came from the
half of the seed drilled in shadow
american CuAtpator.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
sh;sak, first king of the Bubastist.

Sh;sak, first king of the Bubastists
dynasty, captured Jerusalem shortly after
the death of Solomon. Queen Isi-em.
Khcb, however, did not live so long.
She died young, and her obscquics must
have been celebrated within Il few years
Of 1, 200, b. c. The date of the ''tentr
is thus perfectly we'll a%sccrtaincd. 1t is
the earliest cNanyle cxtant of opus consu.
tum, or patchwork. Constructed OF
innumerable fragments of gazcllc hide,
finely stitched together, its surface cvep
now retains the gloss of a kid glove,
and displays in marvellous freshness,
considering the antiquity OF
their application, the four co.ors-red OF
bright pink, yellow (two shades), blush
green mud pale b:ue-cmploycd to pro-
duce "a striking, if somewhat gaudy dc.
corativc effect, an effect, to our ideas,
strangely incongiuous with its sombcr
destination. The shape, size and design
of this ample cxpansc Of variegatcd
leather (201 square feet in arca)correspond
Enthusiastically to its purpose as n canopy
for the royal coffin. A central panel,
nine feet by six, was adorned over one
half of it's surface with pink and yellow
roscttes on a blue ground; over the other
with six flying vultures, cmblematic of
supernatural protection, separated by
bands of hicroglyphics, setting forth the
earthly dignities and immortal hopes Of
the ilIustrious departed. Four attached
flaps, chcckercd pink and green, COM
plctcd the covering of the mortuary
shrine. The borders, display, among
other emblems, gazellcs kneeling in
alteration on either side of a sacred tree
or shrub. The device with unessential
notifications was PROFESSIONALLY diff
fused in the east, and = thought to have
been connected with TIN old Aryan homo
worship.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
A Reasonable Superstition.

"Mr. Featherly," inquired Bobby,
while the desert was being discussed,
sis you dogs name Romep
"No," replied Fcatherly, ia some as.
constituent, ''his name is Major. Why,
Bobby2"
Because, Pa told Ma last night that
you wore down at tho Eagle Hotel, MAX
ing Rome howl. and s'poscd he waa
talking about yom dog2-Lz.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

land a G barriers, to prevent the worms
from ascending the tree to spin. Heavy
paper is fastened around the trunks and
smcarcd with tar; this and other means
are employed as prcventat:yes.-Amert-
G M ~AgricuHurist.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
FashiOn Notes,

Polonaises are revived.
Violet wood fans are the fall fancy.
T~wo-picce fabric frocks are tho ruiz
this fall.
Cloth of gold has jewels set in tho en-.
broidery.
Sleeves arc no longer cut tight above
tie elbow.
Shoulder seams arc as short or shorter
than ever.
SHRED corsages and full plastrons are
all the rage.
Plaid velvets arc coming in vogue, but
they arc not pretty.
Vests of surah will be worn with win.
ter costumes of cloth.
Draperics arc long and full and have
no looping at the back.
Turnover collars arc q new feature in
mantles and costumes.
Plaid velvet are used in combination
for handsome costumes.
Sleeves are cut tight only from the cl.
bow to the wrist this fall.
Velvet bonnets are cmbro. dered with
beads of self-coloroI silk.
Vigognc and bourcttc are the popula,
Paris cloths for fall frocks.
Big and little buttons arc both worn
on the same suit or garment.
Velvet striped broche silks come amone
fall dry goods importations.
Fruit and vegetables are in the ascend
ant for bonnet and hat trimmings.
Vertical stripes in dress goods of all
kinds are tho feature in fall fabrics.
Combinations of silk with light wool
stuffs arc popular for autumn frocks.
Velvet skirts have the bodice and over.
dress of wool, with velvet accessories.
Diagonal draping across the front OF
the bodice is seen on new Paris dresses.
Brocaded borders and bands rs we'll az
critical stripes are much favored by
fashion.
Silk plush on woollcn grounds, In
striped broche effects, are seen on New
York dress goods counters.
The newest goods for tailor.made
gowns are novelty suitings initiating
mems trouserings and coatings.
Some Of The nl1sh brocho ho,d orod
woollen stuffs arc as rich and dressy as
we'll as co thy rs silk velvet broche.
One-piece dresses of wool and of silk
arc both worn and preferred by many
ladies of unquestioned taste and fashion.
Velvet, plush and beaded fabrics are
employed for mantles. The trimmings
arc of galoon, fur, beaded fringes and
feather bands.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Tho First Crazy Quilt.

It will crafty owners and producers of
those sometimes distressful objects -
crazy quilts-to learn, via tho Edinburgh
Reoiep, that they arc of most respectable
antiquity. The ".uneral tent of an
Egyptian queen" formed part Of the
sepuichral trappings discovered in 1882
in the royal tombs at Dcir-ai- Bahari, near
the ancient Thebes. The lady whose
remains it had covered was a contempor-
airy Of the Queen Of Shoba. Her grand
father'may have bowed before the charms
OF Hclcn when the guest Of Polydamua,
wife Of Thon." Hsr son-in-law
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Recovered His Voice.

The Dubois Penn.) Courier tells an
interesting story Of a gentleman residing
near that place. Nineteen years ago he
practically lost his voice by going into
the water while overhcated, being only
able to speak above a whisper from that
time until quite recently. About year
ago he had an arm badly hurt, and has
since then suffered more or less pain from
it. Occasionally he found relief by
placing his hand on q large driving belt
in a mill where he is employed, through
the generations of electricity. Recently,
while doing this, he wa surprised and
pleased to find that he could talk as well
as any ono.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Household Hints.

A little bag of mustard laid on the ton
Of the pickle jar. will prevent the vine
gar from becoming mouldy, if the
pickles have been put up in vinegar that
has mo- been boiled.
1t is a great mistake to clean brass ar-
ticles with acid, as they very soon become
dull. after such treatment. Sweet oil and
putty powder, followed by soap and wa
ter, is one of the best mediums for
b tightening brass and copper.
To cut glass jars, fill the jar with lard
oil to where you want to cut the Jar;
then heat IN iron rod or bar to red heat :
immcrse it in the oil. The UNEQUAL ex .
pansion will check tho If all round at
the surface of the oil, and you can lift
off the top part.
A chair high enough for one to sit in
and use ones arms freely in cookery
manipulationsis the most sensible aid vet
invented for woman No man ever stands
to perform any work that he can do in a
sitting position. Woman is ever the last
to accept IN easier method.
RecIpe2
BOILED CARRoTs .-scrape and wash
them, then split them in two, if very
large, into four, and cut them across
they require long boiling to make them
soft.
STEwED VEAL-Lsy q knuckle of
veal in a saucepan with two blades. of
mace, an onion, q small whole pepper
and some salt, with two quarts of water
1t close and let it simmer for two
hours.
BEEF BRoTH.-Take a leg of beef, cut
it in pieces, put it into a gallon of water,
skim it, put in two or three blades of
mace, some parsley and a crust of bread /:
boil it till the beef is tender, toast bread
and cut into dice, put it in a dish, lay in
the beef and pour on the broth.
BLACK CAKE.-Two cups of sugar.
one cup of molasses, one cup of milk.
one cup of butter, three eggs, one tea
spoonful of soda, one t%easpoonful of Gin.
namon, n teaspoonful of cloves, one
nutmeg, five cups of flour, one pound Of
~raisins, n pound Of c~urrants, one
quarter pound of citron. This cake will
keep good several months.
STEwED APPLES WITH Rrcr.
out the cores and peel some fine russell
apples and stew them in clarified
Boil some rice in milk with a pinch of
salt, a few strips Of lemon peel and sugar
enough to sweeten 1t. Leave on the fire
until the rice is quite soft and has abb
sorbod nearly all the milk remove the
lemon peel and place in . dish; arrange
the stewed apples on the rico and put ID
the oven until it is Of q pretty golden
color.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Flowing Under Green Crops.

The subject of blowing under green
crops for the improvement of the land is
one that is worthy of careful considcra-
ton. There arc some points Of intcres
connected with it which do not seem to
be understood very we'll; one of these is
that no more is gained by the soil than
is taken from it, and hat consequently
the advantage derived from the use of
them is very small, if not illusory. An
other point is that it is not profitable t.
grow any crop but clover for this p,:..
pose and that only II heavy yield Of this
Is of any benefit to the soil. Now it
Should o be forgotten that the larger
part of any green crop-as rye, buck
wheat or c.ovcr-is derived wholly from
the atmosphere. and that while it con-
sists mainly of carbon, yet that carbon is
as necessary for crops as nitrogen or
mineral substances, as potash and phos-
phoric acid are. Some persons think a
crop of rye plowed under is of no value
because rye is not specially rich in plant
1So"' SAe IL ~ 10 INV Us llCu IL luIS IT,
spect as clover is, it affords a most use
full and valuable beginning, and paves
the way for the growth of better crops.
But what is the farmer to do whose land
cannot produce anything better than rye
or b~uckwheat2 He must do the best he
Gun, and if he can get no more than
'.half a loaf this is better than 70 bread"
ut all.
The advantages of blowing under
green vegetable matter are that some use
full elements of plant food ars gained in
addition to those which have been drawn
from the soil by the crop. That all these
are in a most available condition and are
quickly reduced by the rapid decompo-
sltion of the green matter to n soluble
state. That, by the help of the small
contributions of carbonic acid and nitro
gen which arc drawn from the atmos-
pherc, the addition to the soil made by
the crop plowed in provides materials for
a better crop, and a. fow rcpctitions of
the process will enable the soil to bear
clover or some other more valuable crop.
1t is not a case in which the farmer has
much choice; he must do the best he can
To begin is the great point, and it mat
tiers little how the beginning is made.
Farmers who are DESTROYS of starting on
a course of improvement of their land
and cannot do any better should not hes
itatc to SOW a crop of rye this fall as
early as possible for blowing under next
spring.-.New York Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

.Disparage and lepreciate no d IL
INSECT has feeling, and an atom Z
shador.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
COLUMN.
DON'T Rob tho Birds, Boys.

Oon't Rob tho Birds, Boys.
Don't rob tho birds Of their eggs, boysl
L. is cruel and heartless and wrong;
And remember, by breaking an egg, boys,
We may lose a bird with a song.
When careworn, weary and lonely,
Some day, as you're passing along.
You'll rejoice that The egg wa ,n't broken
That gave you the bird with it's song.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-21

Great interest was taken In this city Sab
bath over the fish car sent out by the gov
ernment many visiting Il during the day
The car arrived here Saturday evening and
returned on lis trip back East Sabbath after
noon. It was In charge of ]. +. Ellis, oi
the Smithsonian Institute. Mr.. Ellis wa'
accompanied by Mr.. f. 1'rybom, Sweden'
fish commissioner, who Is ON tour through
the U. s. for the purpose OF studying oui
fisheries. The fish car Is somewhat of
curiosity, containing hatcheries, Ice boxes
force pumps for keeping the water fresh
etc It left Washington on Saturday, May
rst, starting out with spawn for, and young
shad, taken few days previous from the
Susquehannah river, near It's mouth. The
trip to Albany was made In just one week
most Of the little fish Matching on the way
Sunday morning about million Of the
shad were emptied into the river at the o.
p. wharf. II we congratulate ourselves on
having shad here In the future we viii be
very much fooled. All of these fish, not
eaten by larger fish, will be in the lower
Columbia by September, They are a sal'
water fish, and only so up fresh water rivers
to spawn. Our apology for fish ladder at
Oregon City will prevent their ever seeing
these 'diggings" again. About half a mil
lion of them were also placed in the Col
umbia at wallula, and have ere this started
for Astoria.