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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21
ACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Onc-half of the children born into tho
world die before they reach the age of
five years.
Few people probably realize the great
size Of California. The State is ITO
miles long and $50 wide in its broadcast
part.
Queen Victoria has presented the Third
battalion Of the Royal Welsh Fusileers
with a fine white goat from the famous
herd IN Windsor Great Park. This regi-
ment is always preceded in it's marches by
a goat.
The Romans siftcd their -four through
two kinds of Stoves, called respectively
excussoria and pollcnaria. the latter Of
which gave the finest flour, termed pol
len. Sleeves of horschair were first mado
by the Gauls, those Of linen by the Span
iards, and of papyrus and rushcs by tho
Egyptians.
A San Francisco citizen has a chicken
that IS backed like Il camel, has two tails
and three well-dcvcloped legs. When
the fowl is in .cpose it rests on all three
legs after the manner OF q milking stool.
When it walks it uses but two, the third,
it is said, ''stickinS out behind like q
ships spankcrboom."
The statement is made that oil the
varied machinery Of Great Britain, now
operated by steam power, is capable of
performing more work, and hence pro-
ducing more products, than could be
produced by the labor of 400, 900, 900
able-bodlcd men, Il greater number than
all the ablc-badicd men on earth.
At the age of over ninety years, on July
q, 1928, Charles Carroll, one Of the sign
ers of the Declaration of undergraduates,
laid the cornerstone of the Baltimore s.
Ohio Railroad. The story that he ap-
pended "of Carrollton' to his namo dof-
antly, to enable the British crown to
identify him, is a fiction. He was ac-
customed to sign it to avoid confusion,
as there was smother Charles Carroll.
In the deep stiffness if one listens to a
family heard sound, like that of the
ticking of a watch, it will be noticed
that at irregular intervals the tones arc
wholly inaudlble, while at other times
they arc distinctly recognized. Sig.
Raggi, an Italian scientist, has ascer-
tanned by experiments on different p,r-
sons that the intervals of silence usually
vary between seven aad twenty-five Sec
onds; ohilc the periods of soun&-per-
ccption arc between seven end eleva
in duration, will. a maximum Of
fifteen. lie also found that the variation
wcs not due to ~extraneous sound. nor to
the blood circulation or respiration, and
that it results from the ina
bility to kcsp the attention for long
periods at Il sufficient degree of tension
for the p%erccptiod of faint sounds or pos
siblyt to a variable physiological recep-
tivitv IL the auditory nerves.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21

Somnambulism and bicycling are not
Kindred weaknesses. William Forbes.
of M~orrisonville, Illinois, is a wheelman
of more than local celebrity. He is 6
somnambulist as we'll. A few nights
ago he arose from his sleep, put on his
hat and clothes, bestrodc his bicycle and
struck out at a prize-winning rate
through the streets of the slumbering
Village. He was headed off by a police
man, who was not afraid of ghosts on
wheels. With difficulty he was awak-
,encd from his dream as the champion
wheclman of the world. Once awak-
ened, he speedily abandoned the turf
and hurried home.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21

Mrs. Cleveland is beginning to expe-
rience some of the annoyances of her po-
sition. She recently started a %"children's
country week" movement at Washington,
and her charitable disposition, thus made
known, has caused her to be flooded with
begging letters. Evenmale oficeseekers
beg her for influence with her husband.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21

Woman's sphere, rolling along the
track of time, grows larger and larger,
like q snow ball in winter. Soon there
will be no pursuit which man can call Ok
clusively his own. Spain has now a
woman bull-fightcr. Her name is Do
lorcs Sanchez, and the cities of the land
lof Ccrvantcs contend with fierce rivalry
for her presence on great occasions.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21
An Appetite for Hot Water.

1t Is said that people who have been in
the habit OF drinking hot water rs a med
iclne for some time, form an appetite for
it that is difficult to break. They want
it hotter and hotter and more and moro
frequently. Is it possible that mankind
is threatened with another mania, and
that the time is coming when HOSPITALS
must be provided for the cure of victims
to the hot water habita Perhaps socle-
ties will be formed to induce men to
pledge themselves to abstain from tia
incorporate use of hot, water.-Siftmg.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21

The population of Rhode Island, &c
cording to the census of 1885, was 304,-
2s4, of whom 146, 1893 were males and.
167. SOL females.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21


There are now pretenders to both the
Swedish and Danish thrones. Cnc of
these, in East Gothland, assumes to be
Prince Gustaf (clder brother of the
reigning King), who at the beginning of
I the century fell from his horse during a
field at Skone, and died of
his injuries. Most of the peasants be-
llevc thlt Gustaf is still alive; that he
was carried of to Norway, because he
was bent on marrying a girl of humble
birth; that he escaped to Italy, and,
under the name of Garibaldi, liberated
that country. Recently there arrived at
Copenhagen, from S~tettin, two men,
father and son, aged respectively sixty
and twenty-one, having a trunk full Of
documents to prove that they are the
direct descendants of the house of Old
cnburg. They contend that if thew had
had these when Frederic VII. died thew
could easily have established their right
to the crown. They have the original
name, Bcch, of the house of Gluckhurg.
and their assumptions are supported by
the highest German authorities. They
have ON Inheritance of 3, 500, 900 marks
TO- help their cause. Neither Of the two
looks like an I'd vcnturcr. The elder
strlkingly resembles the late Gar of Rus
STA, and the younger resembles Prince
Waldemar. 1t is rot in the least likely
that they will gain anything. but their
claims are very plausible, and they are
obviously resolved to push them to the
furthest.
The headwaters Of two of the greatest
rivers upon this continent, the Missouri
and Columbia, are among the vast forests
OF Northern Montana AID Idaho. That
lumbermen will long spare these forests
cannot be believed. The lumberiman
has ravagcd large portions of New Eng
land, New York and Northern Michi-
gan, and the devastation caused by
wholesale destruction of our forests has
been realized when it was too late for q
remedy. 1t is now proposed to act in
time, and to establish a national forest
reservation in Northern Montana. The
cutting away of these forests would
mean the ruin of vast tracts of arabic
lands along the rivers by suddc floods.
and subse luent injury to thes. streams
as highways by their shoaliny. { Or it is n
familiar fact that forests lcs.:.atc the
drainage of water into rivers. l'he dam
age which would follow may be esti-
mated roughly by recalling the yearly
Hoods along the Ohio and Monongahcla;
but it should be remembered that the
all the way from Montana
to the Gulf of Mexico are directly inter
ested in the protection of the forests at
the headwatcrs of the Missouri. The
Adirondack region has been seriously
injured by reckless timber cutting, and
the Hudson has suffered despite persist
emit efforts to protect the North Woods.
Forest protection in Montana involves
infinitely greater interests. The bill es-
tai fishing the reservation ought to be-
come q law.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-21

A wise man changes his mind, but .
fool never.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09

tional import TO be settled under his sue
cesaors. Bat how do the time- IF Cleve-
land, administration compare with "a ,>e
Of Washington and Jefferson. Let u
compare briefly the perpleXItie> and de
mands OF these cras Of this great nation.
separated By the lapse OF a hundred years.
The cause for which the colonit, fought
was such as to make them "a unit in ,euti-
mcut. Party lines had not been So dis
tInctly drawn, and Internal commoliouS
troubled them not: but their foe beng au
invader Of their rights from without they
had cause for naught else put 70 ~teud
shoulder TO shoulder and strive III unison
to make strong their infant nation
But when Cleveland came To the .r,m
of state, our country had.Ir its govern
ment the accumulated Responsibility con
sequ. mt upon century of prosp rIty an
growth UNI arailel 10y amy nation n the
history Of modern times.
Not three millions of people has our
present President under tu, admlu, ra-
ton, but fifty millions. Added 70 tins.
th re was the disorder growing out of the
four years bloOd shed i'll our own dear
union Of States. where ueI2hbot j, N
ueighbor on the field of batt)raud brotler
met brother in death. Then follow "a
twenty years Of mai administration aud
carpet bag rule Of the Republican party,
whose foul deeds aud grinding oppression
we all know too Well. And now taking
these things into consideration, ana the
fast hold that each II party must have
gained upon every department III 80 lluL
a time: does 1t seem reasonable that AL
this could be shaken off and that all thiugs
could be righted in day without Jar III
the machinery Of government or a mistake
on the part of him who stands at the
heinz And now III contemplation Of the
contest for 1888, is il not better for our
party, while there i time for consollda
ton, to stand together more firmly and
hurrah for our side a little more? Are We
wise in babbing our family secrets to our
enemiesI The Bible tells us that Il house
divided against itself cannot stand.
The Democratic party is power yet
and will remain 50, il Will grow stronger
if the proper harmony prevails and >uf-
ticleut tenacIty among It's leaders for the
next two years. But we need more con-
centrated effort, and more unanmity Of
thought and purpose, and less strife and
fewer chickering's i'll oar own ranks. Is il
not 50. Is it not so
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
To the Friends of Orphans.

The coming of another Christmas makes
it necessary for me to again ask your aid
in behalf of the Christmas Festivities for
the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, n G.
You WILL know, pardon me for eX-
pressing the hope that the entire contri-
buttons required fort beautiful custom
of making orphaned childlife happy at
Christmas, will be made by citizens Of
North Carolina. Heretofore most OF the
aid received by me came from strangers
Ill distant States. This should not be the
case again for we are as noble and gener-
our as the people Of any land or section,
and it should be both our pride and pleas
ure to see that the Christmas of oar little
orphans Is made as bright and happy a.
we would long to have ours made, We're
we like them.
The sweetest moments of life are those
which come to rs by reason of deeds well
done, and from a realization of having
made the lives Of others happier and
brighter. Will you not, therefore, add
that precious and peculiar JOY which flows
only from Orphaned childrens smiles to
the bright and happy Christmas you an
ticipate by giving something to aid me III
this labor of love.
Send what you feel willing to give to
DR. b F. Dixon, oxford, y G.. by De
cember 18th, and mark it For Christ
mas. Hopefully youfs,
". T. BEASLEY.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
4 W Orthy Example
[COrreSpOndent Charlotte Observer.

Correspondent charlotte Observer.
The life Of Judge Boykin is. to say the
least. instructive. He first became known
as a local political organizer. He was
elected to the General Assembly Of 1891 ,
to that OF 1898, and to that of 1893. He
was elected President of Senate during
that session. In the spring of the year of
1885 he was made Judge Advocate Gene
raj of the State troops. In the fall of
that year he was appointed Judge Of the
Superior Court by Coy. Scales.
Il is said that for his age he is a remark
ably learned Judge. | heard an old law
yer, an eX-CongreSsman, say yesterday,
that he one of the best land lawyers
he ever saw. He is of q retiring diSposi-
ton and never seeks notorety. When
one reflects that he accomplished all this
before he was thlrty-one years of age,
and when it remembered that he secured
his education at Trinity by manual labor
performed by him day by day, a~ lie was
pursuing his studies, truly his may be
considered a remarkable history.
\ SCHoDINATF
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09

the machine The machine owns the Ia
bo@r
10 man should be allowed to own any
land that he does not use, but would not
take an inch Of Land from any one without
paving for II.
If il were possible to bottle tire air there
would be q great American Air BOttiing
Association before sundowu Tomorrow
and millions would be allowed to die for
want IF breath if they were unable 70 pay
the mont II air bills
| would not only see homes made free
from attachment for debt, but free from
taxation also Then We would have q ma
tiou Of iresidcs ana a nation Of patriots.
There IS something about money that
dries up the affections. suppose that one
reason Of it i, that the moment a man gets
any money there are 20 many trying to
get II away from him that he thinks the
whole race are hi, cneme-.
don't blame the tleh, mind you, they
are the natural products of the system.
Blame the >l9tem
The first great remedy is IN the ballot.
The poor are IN he majority. II the law
oppresses thcm il j., their fault
Look At the children of the rich My
God what a Punishment for being rich.
am not afraid Of monopolies. The peo-
pie VIII stand oppression to certain point
and then the end viii come.
No man has the genius or he brains to
own five million dollars The money owns
him. He Is the key TO 4 safe. Yet these
men 20 on accommodating. ii is a sort Of
insanity Imagine man good ntelll-
gent man With two million coats laugh
teI, six or eight million hats cheers, a
billion necktieS laughter and cheers. /
Then imagine him getting up at 1 ! o'clock
in the morning and working hard all day 70
got another uecktie. Prolonged applause. /
Ehe ;.ch have scorn and contempt for
the poor: the poor envy and hatred for the
rich. There must be some way for the low
ing poor and the sympathetic rich TO get
acquainted If there is anything that
should bring mankind together it is a com
mon belief. but ill THIS Christian country
there is no welcome iii the velvet tor the
rags would think much Of any religion
that woud ALLOW the rich and the poor to
Gasp hands, if only for one instant once q
week
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
i From Greenville Standard |

Several of the Independents elected say
they are Democrats and propose to act
with the party and be guided by its policy
Ought they to be ignored or refused ad-
mittance into the Democratic caucus?
Certainly not. Although they may have
erred IN tie campaign in opposing nomi-
the Democratic press, still if they We're
elected as Independent Democrats they
are entitled to full fellowship with the
straight Democrats elected. To kick these
Independent Democrats out of the party
because they went amiss and were not
elected as nominees is absurd in the ex-
treme. For any party to adopt such a
course would be impolitic as we'll as un-
reasonable. When man is elected claim
ing to be an Independent Democrat and
proposes to act with the party, he is due
recognition as Democrat, however much
we may have opposed him in the campaign.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
Talking About Gov. Scales Successor.

Raleigh Cor of Wilson Advance
Already people are talking about the
candidate for Governor i'll 1888. | will
name the nominee in less than five guess
es. He will be either Judge Walter Clark
exGov. Thos. J. Jarvis, MAJ. Sidney NJ.
Finger, or Capt. Ch,s. NJ. Cooke If he
would let his friends work for him Capt
JOS. J. Davis would be the nominee but
he doesn't want it and prefers quiet home
life He is a noble man ana whenever
have spent an hour with him | feel that
have not only learned much but that |
have been perceptibiy impressed with the
necessity of right doing. know no man
i'll North Carolina who for 50 many years
has been actively III politics who has main
tanned his Christian character in its purit Y
as has Captain Davis. He would be a
strong candidate because, as the poet
puts it.
His strength is as the strength of ten
Because his heart is pure.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
His PRAYER Answered.


Mr. Leno. OF Coleraine, who seems not
to be very happy in his marriage rela-
tions, a few days ago prayed that the Holy
Evangelist would strike him deaf and
dumb, 50 that he might never speak TO a
woman or hear her tongue again In a
few hours his prayer wa answered, since
which time he has not been able to speak
or hear. and now can only make his wants
known by Writlnor
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
MethOdis1s Valued at 81 80 Head
ICor. Biblical Recorder.

There is a peculiar circumstance con
neeted with one sister whom | baptized.
She was a Methodist, holding her mem
bership at Spring Branch church in Bladen
county, and becoming dissatisfied with
her baptism determined to join the Bap
fists. Whereupon her pastor, as an in
ducement to remain a member of the
Methodist church, offered her one and a
half dollars to remain. She was received
into the fellowship of Second New Light
colored Baptist church on 3rd Sabbath in
October, 1886. Her father also made
some threats against us for receiving her.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
Repeal the Common Railroad Charter.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.

Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.
When the Legislature meets, it should
at once repeal what Is known as the com
mon railroad charter No man, or com
pany, should be permitted 10 survey, com
mence or build i railroad Of any length or
character whatever as they please, fix the
amount Of its capital stock, and the length
Of time the charter IS to remain in force.
Every road should be built under a char
ter granted by the Legislature, defining
the place where The road is 70 start, is to
run, aud where il shall terminate. The
capital stock should never exceed twenty
five thousand dollars per mile; nor should
any road ever DE allowed by issuing mort
gage bonds, debentureS, preferred stock
or otherwise to create Il debt to a greater
amount than half the capital stock. This,
tile highest and most important preroga
tive Of the State, Should not be handed
over to any one or more men, rich or poor,
living III or out of he State
All charters Of railroads or other aggre
gate corporations should be so guarded as
to protect the individual stockholders and
so as to prevent them from being froZe
out for tie benefit Of a fayorite few as is
now almost uniformly the case. Unless
this is done, there is no encourag cement
for counties, townships, towns or private
stockholders To subscribe TO the capital
stock of any road hereafter to be built.
Nor is it likely that we Will see any more
roads built that will benefit the public as
they might be made do.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
FROM Nj kPHl TO NANTFn,
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f>t N NORTH AnuIlNA
bat ffas lfarPen ned IA the t.ood ula
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t"A 'aet near it"'@ ia aa .ae 1t .
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frots J \ aud N IL Uat af
oak Ridge Academy report tas l4r.s,.-f III
tendance ~ the hi>tor, OF the .astlt4tsoa
,y'},,i.I.. NJ n,',l,',gI S,"''''''' are e"f1te'
Nessfs' I. fr'ikieidef. 'Nten
outai'fA ~ furnishing goods 81 "Feeu~-
'''", h"Nt hla"' ai ''@N'A hH'eht to h"beFt
" hlhS' Isq mayor "i "tc'tet'oto and
~. ~. i-"uSi'i' 81 't'lhotr i3aht#tlc0
''V'o assets "'i7t't'd.
Mr. l. Ballard Nr, If Pitt couu
y lost his G1u by fire tuesday ulshl 90
last week About - ha.D, ot cotton aien
destroyed, no INSURANCE. hc hr. & -Ip
posed 10 have been the Norh of al nesu
diary Wilson Advance
I,r Ieuo II Brown Mas III, ,iyum
Of bold robbery last week naaus h..
absence on Wednesday msht seute th.ot
entered his bed room and took mone, ana
uotrs - hc amount of about 4lCoo .leu.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
A Funeral Orator Par Excellence.
from Alanlance Cleaner.

What would the United States Senate
do without Senator Ransoms gifts as a
funeral orator: Many a statesman would
be laid away with no one to eulogizc his
State craft, if it We're not for Ransom
There is certain niche in this world 5
structure for every creature; but in our
opinion somebody else will be chosen to
fill that at present occupied by Mr.. Ran
som IN the [. S. Senate when his present
term expires. 1t may be Jarvis, Merrmon.
FOwle, or somebody else.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
Thinks W ii>on Ought to be n Winter Re-
sort.
From Wilson Mirror.

Wilson may not have the attraction of
orange groves and aliigators, bat Wilson
has the same genial sunshine and the same
equitable climate; she has better climate
in point Of humidity. The dry air, seldom
Surchargcd with an excess Of moisture is
far preferable TO the low lands around the
rivers and lagoonS of Florida, and yet free
from the cutting freshness Of the noun
tam count ".
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
The East Doesn't Need Immigration,
From Aibemarle Enquirer :

From Aibemarle Enquirer.
Kias Reed and his wife are residents Of
this county in the suburbs Of Edenton.
Both are colored people, and hale and
hearty. Rias is minus Of a part Of one
leg, Yet he is the father Of legs enough to
form small regiment. y few days ago
his wife gave birth for the fifth time 10
triplets. She has given birth several times
to twins, and j. the mother Of % children.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
Watching the Caswell Widowers.
I From Milton Advertiser

Who is the TIdower, up in the Hamer
neighborhood, who went down on the
knees before the lady to whom his heart
in its glowing fervor had gone out, and
plead 50 eloquently for the fair ones
srI.IL
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
W Ni.! Take Anything lie Can Get.
From Albernarle fnquirer.l

- Ia 'r'''eA4 ~ - e'++NA
If you have not the money to pay sub
scription with, we viii accept corn, bacon,
lard, meal, flour, wood, chickens, eggs.
butter, potatoes, rice, or any thing We can
consume at home. No excuse.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
An Evil of Tight Sleeves.


From Murfreesboro Index
\ friend of ours showed Us q paragraph
in letter from his girl, which read {:
''1ou must excuse the bad writing, for
my sleeve is so tight l can scarcely bend
my arm-it is the fashion you know"
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-12-09
Labor Reform Like Charity Shouid BE.
gin al Home.

In recent sermon Mr.. Beecher said:
Il have no sympathy with eight hour men
who have fourteen hour wives.