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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
A Happy Thought.

Young wife to husband-I don't see
how we can get along this way much
longer. Bills come in every day that we
can't pay, and I am worried to death
about them.
Husband (discouragingly)-Tm sure ]
don't see what we can do. have been
or the wrong side of oil for three months
now, and couldn't buy enough crude
stuff to blow me up if I had to pay cash
for it.
Wife happy with a bright idea)--Wa
might fly to Europe.
Husband (admiringly)-That's just it.
What a clever little woman you are. ]
knew we couldn't swim there, the walk
would be certain to be too damp, and
we have no money to pay for a steame,
passage. Now, you have suggested the
very thing. Suppose you get the wings
ready to-day, and I'll hustle around and
procure feed enough to carry us over
Graphic.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
FlOWerland.

The terrestrial lowerland par excel
lence is the Caspian slope Of the Caucasu.
range, near the pass of Dcrbent, the an.
cient Pyle Caucasie. The mountains,
to a height of five thousand feet, are all
summer af1ame with flowers, both in tho
forest and open glades. All sorts of
blooming crecpcrs stretch their %festoons
from tree to tree; fowcry mountain mea.
dows attract swarms of butterflies; holly.
hooks and tiger-lilics arc found near the
upper limits of arboreal vegetation. A
correspondent of tho husband, who Wis
tied that Caspian Florida in the com
pany of a party of Russian railway sur.
veyors, came to the conclusion that the
highlands of the east were, after all, ma
turc's favorite garden spots, and that the
master races of mankind who abandoned
that paradise have in many respects gone
further to fare worse.-Dr. Feliz L. o..
aoGLL.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Not Old Enough.

An American relates that he was once
travelling in England, and he was staying
for a week at a large country house,
which was, as usual at that season, full
of guests, invited like myself. 1t was
an old estate and had the usual display
of oaks, which are so handsome and pic
turesque a feature of English country
parks. He was walking through the
park one day with a naughty, a%ristocratic
lady. "Have you any trees in America9"
she suddenly asked him. He was too
much taken aback to speak for amoment,
and before he could reply, she broke in:
''Why, what a silly question I have
asked you! Of course you haven't any
trees. The country isn't old cnough."-
San Francisco Chronicle. 3
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
BreIZels.

In the Cincinnati orchard there does
not grow a choicer fruit than the brctzel.
Brctzcls are ripe at this season of the
year, and are toothsome at all periods.
Their advantage over the apple lies in
the fact that they do not decay. To the
average citizen of Cincinnati they are
preferable to oranges or bananas, because
they are simply delicious with beer. It
has been stated that the bretzel is a sec.
ond cousin to the Wicncr-wurst, but this
has been officially denied.
The bretzel can stand any amount of
wear and tear and knocking about with.
out becoming bruised and mellow, and
without losing any of its famed juicines,
or rich flavor.
The winds do blow and the dust and
SCOT do settle On his bretzels, but that
makes 10 difference to the boy, the
brctzels or purchaser. He (the boy) sells
them a dozen for five cents, and the coat
of sand and SCOT added to the salty rind
of the fruit is said to improve it. In the
beer halls the bretzel boy is in his glory.
You can hear his plaintive song every
afternoon and evening. His June neve,
changes, and the boys at all the places
must have rehcarsed together and got ii
down fine, for it always sounds the same
"a long-drawn-out, monotonous cry OF
sB-r-e-t-z-e-l-s." Some men in this city
are said to have eaten in one evening at
an Over-the- Rhine beer hall over fifty
bretzels each. If this is a fact, to even
up and quench the thirst caused by the
fruit a man would be required to drink
200 beers in the same length of time,
which would not be a great feat for o
man who claims to be a beer-drinke,
after ALL Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
The London OF To-day.

We speak of the rapid changes in our
American cities, but nothing like the
changes of London can exist with US.
Growth is not a change of this kind.
Paris alone, in certain respects, can show
such metanlorphoses as London. But on
the whole, Paris, as I saw it at this first
visit to the Old World, was more like
the Paris one sees now than was London
of 1850 like the London of to-day. The
mere question of growth is a miner mat
ter. London was not the metropolis OF
the world in 1850, and now is. Then it
was only a huger provincial town. The
Londoner in general measured nothing
but himself, and nobody came to Lon.
don for anything but hardware, good
walking-boots, saddles, etc.. now it is
the entrepot of the civilized world Tho
Worlds Fair of 1851 and SUCCEEDING
similar displays of what cosmopoliAe in.
dustry can do, the common arrivah OF
ocean steamers, rare at the time I Am
writing of, have changed the entire char.
acter of London life and business and
the tone of its society. 1t is not merely
in the fact that 4s, 900 houses were built
in the capital in the last year, or that
you find colonies of French, Italians,
Russians, Greeks in it, but that the
houses are no longer what they were in.
side or out, and thus the foreigner is an
assimilated ingredient in its philosophy.
All this has come since 1S5O.-Atlantic.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Preachers Poetic Protest:

The Rev. T. j., a good old Prcspyter.
ian minister, we'll known in Harlem, is q
man who can enjoy a joke, even at his
W expense, and when occasion offers
shows that the kecnness and brightness
of his wit is not dulled by reason of his
age. During the recent house cleaning
time, when he was engaged in preparing
his sermon, his wife, as good wives will
at times do for all of us, made it rather
hot for him, and he sadly wendell his
way to the garnet with his writing ma
tcrials. Thence he sent the following
down to his spouse:
"When woman RACES down below,
Wise Solomon tells US where to CO.:
! took the hint without replying,
And In the house top now am sighing.n
-Nsp York. Up-Toson Nstos.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Business Complications.

A Dakotian met an old friend while
on an Eastern trip.
IT hear that Bill Applejack who
went out to your country has failed in
business"
eyes"
''Hard times2"
emo"
"Too much competition"
"No, I think not"
"Too little attention to business9"
ooh, no, he worked hard"
81 don't see why he failed, them"
"Well, you see, q few determined
gentlemen on the board of trade got
a new inch rope around his neck
and forced him to make an assign
ment."
"HorsesW
"Horsea.n-Estsuins Bell
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Raised Doughnuts-A little loss than
one-half cup of melted lard rubbed into

Raised Doughnuts-A little loss than
one-half cup of melted lard rubbed into
one cup of sugar, n cup of warm sweet
milk, one-half cup of yeast, one
egg, one-half t%easpoonful of baking soda
q little salt, and nutmeg or cinnamon
let it rise till light, then turn out on a
warm doughboard, but do not roll at all
let it rise till light, then fry.
Pickled Chicken Boil four chickens
until tender enough for meat to fall from
bones, put meat in a stone jar and pour
over it three pints of cold, good cider
vinegar and a pint and a half of the
water in which the chickens were boiled
add spices if preferred and it will be
ready for use in two days. This is q
popular Sunday evening dish; it is good
for luncheon at any time.
Lemon Pie-One teacup of granulatec
sugar, juice of n lemon, three eggs,
the yolks of three, and the white of one,
and three tablespoonful of sweet milk.
Put all in a pan together, stir until we'll
mixed, and bake with lower crust. When
almost done, whip the remaining two
whites of cggs to a light snow, previously
adding three tablespoonful of white
sugar. When the pic Is thoroughly done
spread the icing over the top, and return
to the oven to brown.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
IN the good old Spanish days bull
lights cyst about SIS, 600.

In the good old Spanish days bull
lights cyst about SIS, 900.
A newSprpcdo boat recently built has
attained TN remarkable speed of "a. OPT
knots, or 2hGG miles an hour. Tb;s i.
believed to the fastest time ever
;eachcd by anStcam vessel.
The city callcathc Hague was oriyin-
ally a hunting scahf the counts of 1o1
and. It dcrivedN name from tho in
closing hns or hcdgeShich surrounded
;hcir magnificent parkA
A Japanese with an Aouo of e,ooo
a year is considered a wcAhy man md
a farmer who has 500 laiav !, ron,,as
among the capitalists of his trict IN
all the empire, out of a poKot;on 80
7 1000, 900, there are less thA ~ ooo
paupers. Wv
1t is said that in no part of thcA..
arc oranges grown to such perfectly -.
with more case han in New s.,
Wales. Any one with a garden \
grow a few orange trees, a
gearing of which occasions very littA
trouble. \
An association of pharmacists in Paris
has been discussing the old question of
the influence of plants in bedrooms upon
the health of the occupants. The
conclusion is that the plants are bene-
fetal, especially to consumptivcs, plants
without flowers being preferable to those
in bloom.
In Burmah, the latest addition TO
Great Britain's territories, are grown
forty varieties OF rice, varying in hue
from white to black. Many other kinds
of edible grains are also produced, one
of them being known as 'Job's tears''
on account of the round, shining, tear
like fruit it bears.
The farmer of India uses a pillow made
of n piece of iron q foot in length, an
inch wide and half an inch thick, which
is sharpcned at the lower end and fixed
in a triangular piece of wool attached
to the yoke on the nccks of the bullocks
by a rope of MANILA grass. This pillow
tears up the ground like a harrow, and
by hard work can be made to go over
nearly an acre of land in a day. The
operation of blowing is repeated five OF
six times before each sowing, or about
Ten times a year, as two crops are raised.
After the last blowing the sower follows
after the machine and carefully drops
the seed into the furrow.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
The True Significance.

Angelina-"Mamma, dear, do you
understand anything about the language
of fowers2"
Mamma-"No, love; whyW
Angelina-"Why, Mr.. Snoopkins has
just sent me a lovely bunch of Jacque.
minots, three dozen, at least; and I
wanted to see what the significance Of ii
is"
Unfceling brother-"T can tell you,
sis; it means that Snoopkina is around
to-day trying to borrow from the Other
feIlows,--Ram61ssr."
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Chased by q PInnt.

One of the most familiar plants in
Southern California and Arizona is the
tumblc-wecd. In the fill the gardens OF
some localities arc covered with them,
the plant being a low bush, about two
feet in height, and spreading out to sew
cral feet in width. So small and weak
arc the roots that when the plant goes to
seed the breeze dctachcs it and the plant
goes rolling along like u ball, scattering
its seeds broadcast over the land miles
from where it originally grew. In Ari-
IONA the tumblc-wccd sometimes attains
mammoth proportions. 1 have seen them
live feet across, n so bulky that one
would easily upset n man when travelling
at a good rate of speed.
The following incident shows that a
man may be chased by a plant: sI
was travelling through Arizona on horse
back some years ago." said the narrator,
land one day found myself in a desert
plain almost destitute of vegetation. The
only thing in the way of a. shrub were
numbers of dead tumble weeds, many of
gigantic size, and, ~curiously enough, they
were piled in great heaps as if some one
had hauled them together to : ~ them;
but as there was no object in doing this,
l concluded that the wind had done it.
and 1 found later that my supposition
was correct.
Il had gone about ten miles in this
tumblc-wecd county when I noticed a
storm coming up to the west. There
was not the slightest shelter, 80 1 kept
along, but finally saw a big pie of tum-
blc-weed and made for it, thinking to
get under its Ice, and I just about made
1t when tho rain commenced. The pile
was about ten feet high, md I thought
had n good shelter and ~dismounted; but
l had hardly reached the ground when a
gust of wind came that shook the heap
as if it had been made of paper, and a
big tunble-weed on top rolled off onto
the horse. Fortunately 1 had not left
him, and as he leapt back and reared ]
hung on and in a second was on his
S -" AoS d ~ LOO soon, rs C0CQ the
gale struck us, and the way that hear
dissolved partnership was a caution to
sinners. My horse was wild with fear
and was offending, while behind came
thirty or forty mammoth tumble-wccds,
rolling along like gigantic c%annon-balls.
1 never saw such a sight in my life, and
soon found that I was being chased by
hundreds of them. I looked back and
saw one jump twenty feet into the air as
it hit a rock, and every little prominence
sent them up where the wind would
catch them and bowl them like foot balls.
1 lodged several and at last got out OF
the squall. haven't the slightest doubt
that if had been struck by one of the
plants it would have knocked over horse
and all[in fact, I heard later of q man
that was caughtin such a squall and nc
tually bowlcd over. by one of them."-
San Francisco Call.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.


The value of any depends upon
thc kind of food which the animals have
eaten. Cows for instance which have
been fed upon straw, cannot make
manure which would contain any more
iertilizing properties than the straw, and
In fact it would contain less, because the
cow had used some of the most valuable
elements of the straw for her subsistence.
So if sheep had been fed upon straw or
cornstalks their manure is of no moro
fertilizing value than these are, but it is
true that the finely broken and partly di-
gested matter is more easily decomposed
than the coarse straw, and hence the
manure is more available. But when the
sheep have been fed upon rich food, as
bran, corn, and linseed meal, the manure
becomes much richer, and from it's finely
eomminuted condition makes the best
Kind of fertilizer. It is exceedingly
valuable for corn, because it is rich in
all the elements of plant food which corn
scquires and is so rapidly available. We
prefer to plow it under in such a way
that the subsequent narrowing mixes it
thoroughly with the soil.-New York.
Times. = rt
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Much Too AHable.

Mrs. Percent.-"Major Sinker was in,
dear, while you were out, and he was
quite affablc."
Mr.. Perccnt.-"Afable was he eh e.
Mrs. P.-"Yes, dear, he kissed the
baby and made himself quite interest.
ing"
Mr.. P.-"Did eh7 I suspected he
wasn't able to pay his note, now I know
he's going to ask me to renew it,
SDsings.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

Do not let coffee and tea stand in tin.
All the mending should be done once
a week if possible.
The oftener carpets are shaken the bet
ter; the dirt that collects under them
grinds out the thread.
Linen rags should be carefully saved,
as they are extremely useful in sickness
if greatly worn, scrape them into lint.
Apples intended for dumplings should
not have the core taken out of them, as
they impart a delicate flavor to the
dumplings.
"Willful waste makes woeful want
Do not cook another joint while any OF
the last remains uncaten. Hash it up and
with gravy and a little management make
out another days dinner.
Recipes.
Lettuce Salad-Chop lettuce fine and
add a little onion; make a sauce for them
in the portion of a tablespoonful OF
sugar to two of vinegar and q little black
pepper.
Corn Oysters-Six ears of boiled corn
cut from the cob and season with salt
and pepper, mix with it the yolks Of
three eggs, well beaten, and n and q
half tablespoonfuls Of flour; whisk the
whites to q stiff froth and add last; fry
IN hot butter, n spoonful ct . time.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13
Caro- of the Team.

It is astonishing, how little care some
farm teams get. They ONE from blowing
or narrowing, all dusty, sweaty, and with
akin worn off in places, it MAJ be, by
hard harness that does not fit. Into the
stables they go, and the curry comb and
brush scarcely ever touches them, and
rs for washing off the dried sweat and
rubbing them down, that is never done.
They go into the field in the morning,
perhaps they have been watered and per-
haps not, and they are compelled to wait
until noon time, when, if allowed to
drink, they will take more than is good
for them. It is only humane to manage
some way so that, on the hottest days,
the work-team may have more frequent
opportunity to drink than once at morn
ing, noon and night. In respect to feed,
let it be cut hay mixed with meal. 1t is
most economical; horses will do best on
It and work the hardest. It is an error
to. feed horses all the hay he will eat.
Make up the deficiency in grain, and, if
cats are fed, twelve quarts per day is as
much as a horse can digest well, and,
unless they arc digested, Of course they
do no good. Above all, feed regularly,
and do not over feed. On the other
hand, do not expect horse to do heavy
work on light rationl
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-13

do no good. Above all, feed regularly,
md do not over feed. On the other
hand, do not expects horse to do heavy
work on light rationl
Culture OF. Corn.
A Pennsylvania farmer says: A great
mistake often made is that of ploughing
TOO deep for this crop: if the youngroots
have to 60 down far to reach the sod, the
plant will start slow and be stunted at
the beginning. In my neighborhood the
one-horse planter or drill has come
into general use; it puts one kernel in a
place, giving the corn plenty of elbow
room, besides the advantage of the fer
tilizer attachment, by which any strong
fine manure can be applied il the hill
(by simply running it through a common
sand screenl, and thus help greatly to
start a crop. For the last year OF two,
rs soon as the seed is we'll sprouted and
firmly rooted, we go over the rows with
kand-rakes and lightly rake the surface
before the corn is rightly up; and then
follow with the two-horse cultivator as
1eon as possible. After which we rake
md cultivate time about till it becomes
too large for the rake, and is not easily
covered with clods; but the cu~ltivator is
Kept going as steady and long as possible
and not injure the caring out. In this
way we are able to keep the weeds from
starting at all, leaving the field clean for
future use. And our experience is that
al seeming extra work is found to have
paid when the corn is measured in the
tAll. Recommend q trial of the rake;
Il loosens the soil around the young
stalks; will not tear them out; besides
It saves the b~ack-aching job of hoeing.
The small Tomatoes.
Soon after promotion of the tomato to
sposition among most valued garden es-
culents the miniature varieties were
brought prominently to notice, and in
the good old gardening days no more
popular 'spreserve" or pickle was seen on
Che farmers table. An occasional COM
Dromise was ''sweet pickle" a toothsome
relish p%artaking of the characters of both
The other forms. There has been no
shange in these pretty little varieties of
hte years, but they are almost unknown
TO the majority Of tomato growers. Still
they possess decided merit in the way of
Suitability and great productiveness; in
fact, during q disastrous season when the
large solid kinds have rotted badly the
small varieties presented a mass of per
feet fruit.
The most curious and at the same
time most ornamental of the latter class
kproperly known as the Currant tomato,
With fruit very little, if any larger than
che Cherry currant. Next in size is the
Cherry tomato, with both yellow and red
varieties, and these are especially recon.
nended for conserves, being of mild,
pleasant flavor. The Plum, OF, as it is
most frequently called, the Pear tomato,
for tho shade of difference is too slight
70 notice, is likewise represented by both
yellow and red, and these appeared to be
the most highly priced by our ancestors.
a size yet larger and entirely globular is
yeIy appropriate for salads, as the firm
Seizure OF the flesh is unexcelled. II
~ ftNNHM.Hs 81 I-rfEt I. Az "r#L
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-07-17

A bachelor editor, who had pretty
unmarried sister, lately wrote to one
similar ciicumstanced, Please en-
change"
For lame back, side or chest, use
ShilOh's Porous Plaster. Price - cts.
Sold by G. 4. Horn and ". f. Biery.
When a miner has been eaten by a
grizzly the Western people speak of him
as being admitted to the bar.
An auc.ioneer does as he is bid, a
postman as he is directed.
Don't judge a person by his size.
a watch ticking can be heard further
than a bed-ticking.
SmiLoH' : cough and consumption cure
IS sold by rs on a guarantee. 10 cures
consumption. sold by liieTy, lIelssport,
aud Horn, Lehightun.
Home rule-Wipe your feet before
you come in.
--Smith-'lf you were stung by
hornets, Jones, what would you do
hrst?" Jones How"
Sleepless nights, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shlloh's Cure Is
the remedy for you. sold by Horn,
Lehighton. and Blury, WeissnOrt.
"A wise COW knowoth her own
fodder,
Whether from swamPy land or stag
nant pool, or from the deadly gases OF
city sewers, malarial poisons arc the
same. Ayers Ague Cure, taken ac-
corling TO directions, is a warranted
specific for malarial disorders.
-"Where are you going?' she said,
as her husband started to 90 out at the
end OF the fret act. ION, no place
much," be replied, nonchalantly. IL
notice the curtain has taken drop,
aud / thought little OF doing the same
thing myseli.'
stop that CoJgh that tickling In the throat
stop that C1lsumptiyc Condition!
You can be- cured. ou can't anor,l 10 wait,
Dr. kilmcrs Cough Cure Z 0HsumPiioE on
viii do II quickly and permanently. % cents
The intoXication Of wealth Is not
due O. a tight money market.
"A personal item says that Miss
jerks, daughter Of the ex-Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury Is going tC
marry eight millions She win have
20 hustle around pretty lively. Few
single ladies ever look forward 10 such d
record AS this.
In THIS age of aduiimied goods 10 d pleas
urt o. nud tu aIiI Ir that is absolutely pare
such an trtiCie is nreyd3Fsal's Barax soap
tuI tiIr lIlHr lH sl lt.sHiiissii.r tuHi Ntrfr u
uo rNrus- iur auyuuc using urumon aduilcr
aird sntis
The Oleomarsarine bin il causin.
an immense amount of talk. n they
couli only get som1 uat Was mad'
early last, summer, a few pounds of 4
sould be strong enough 10 carry th'
BIN through oofr houses and ihlr.
fss lins unaided.