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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
Hair for Wigs.

The hair for making wigs comes from
all parts of the world. The natural
blonde comes from Norway and Sweden.
Dealers in the south of France supply
great quantities of dark hair, and thou
sands of pounds of black hair are brought
from Italy to New York every year.
China sends us the cheapest hair, but
it is rather coarse, and is used in manu-
featuring low-grade theatrical wigs
and back-pieces, braids and bangs for
ladies' street wear. BY bleaching and
dyeing, Chinese hair can be given any
color that is desired. But it assumes
auburn shades best, and an enormous
quantity of it has been used. The
Swedish hair is rarely longer than
twenty-five inches, and when received
here it is always dirty and teeming with
insects. French hair is generally clean,
but the Italian hair, which comes to
New York in 100-pound bundles, is ex-
ceedingly filthy, and the workmen who
clean it before it is purchased by the
wig-makers sometimes contract diseases
from handling it. Dyed hair is called
'.dead, " and becomes harsh after being
worn a short time. Chemicals are used
to give it glossy appearance. Besides
the human hair large quantities of yak
and angora goat hair and jute fiber are
used.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

A deplorable result of the unwarrant-
able corruption of the word 'tfre" to
made it Synonymous with the verb
Select" is detailed in a Western news
paper. A hotel clerk left written in
structions on a slate for the porter to
build q fire in one of the guests rooms,
reading: Groom 4O-fire at 10 $50"
When 1890 O'Clock arrived the matter
of-fact porter went up to the and
Stirred" the occupant of room 40 into the
street, in spite of his approximations.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
Japanese Athletes.

DR.. Oswald says that the superiority of
Oriental athletes is not SO much in their
absolute muscular strength, which they
can hardly match against that of the
bulky Cancasians, as in what turfmen
would call their ''staying powers" In
Ohasaka, Japan, a German traveller saw
apair of rough-and- tumble wrestlersf fight
with short pauses for six hours and thirty
minutes, and only quit after their knees
and elbows were fayed and their faces
battered out of all resemblance to human
o~runto,ances.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
A Big Stud Of Iron Horses

eff you want to see what system is,"
said q railroad man, ''step into the Office
of our superintendent Of motive power
and machinery. In his charge are nearly
700 locomotives, all in use or in repair
shop, and in q moment he can tell you not
only where every locomotive is, but the
name of the man running it, the amount
and character of repairs put upon it since
its purchase, number of miles run since
it "a put into service, cost of repairs
per mile run, etc. He has a full history
Of every locomotive. More than that,
he complies every month a summary of
his report which embraces locomotive
performance on the whole road
during the previous month and scat
tered over more than 1000 miles of
railway. The report shows the num-
Der of miles run in the differ
ent branches of service-passenger,
freight, gravel, wood and switch
ing; the cost of fuel, of oil and
waste, for enginemen and fremen, for
round house service and for repairs. 1t
shows the cost in detail per mile run and
the number of miles III to the ton of
coal, pint of oil and pound of waste. In
all the wide range of railroad reports and
tabulation I know of NO system SO
tIuOEOukA huu duul1EdDl0 d0 tlIS LII Uu6 10
connective department.
Elbow much does it cost to run a
locomotive2 Well, more than you would
think. IF a locomotive were starting out
on q hnndred-mile run and you were
asked what the cost of the run would be
to, the company, the chances are that you
would say about $40. But it costs a little
more than 20 cents q mile to run q loco
motive, OF an average. Nearly eight cents
Of this is for fuel, seven and one-quarter
cents for pay Of engineer and fireman, a
half. cent for oil and waste, and more
than four and one-half cents for repairs.
A ton of coal will run a locomotive
twenty-four miles, q pint of oil will run
eleven miles, and a pound Of waste one
hundred and twentyrthree miles. The
locomotives Of q railway like the North
western run half q million of miles q
month.n--C Chicago Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
Are We Losing Our Teeth9

Mans dentition has to be judged from
our experiences made in the mammalian
group. Hence, first of all, it is a reduced
dentition. True, we do not know the
definite stages by which it was attained
in man, any more than we do in the case
OF the anthropomorphoids, and all the
other apes of the Old World, but we
shall not hesitate to maintain that the
ancestors of man possessed a fuller num-
Der OF teeth, as long as deductions are
justified from the observations of facts.
Our teeth have decreased in number dur
ing the course of u geologico-zoologi-
cal development; we have lost on either
side, above and below, two ~incisors, two
premolars, and one molar. BY this we
transfer ourselves back to those periods
from which the jaw of the ~otocyon has
been preserved. Baume, our eminent
odoptologist, in a recent work which we
have repeatedly referred to, has success
fully followed and pointed out cases of
atavism or reversion in the human jaw,
by tracing cases of ''surplus" teeth-and
certain dental formations met with in the
jaws in alarge percentage of cases-back
to those portions of the jaw in the ami
mal>ancestorst of man which have disap-
peared in the course Of ages.-Papular
Science Aonth1y.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

Great rivalry as to speed exist among
the sailing ships that annually take grain
and flour to England from Oregon and
California. The distance is 10, 600 miles,
and three crack ships competed this
year, the winner the Lucknow, making
the voyage to Southampton in 100 days,
and the second best reaching Queens
town in 116 days.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11
Over Che ssa.

70 Et NVOa eA0 SVoA
Over the sea In . sunny land
Eoms ono ID thinking Of tho.
10 hears tho surf on o shore Of sand.
The snow L. falling on me.
Over the sea-, over the sea,
Surely he's thinking Of me.
Over the sea where the palm-trees bend
and lilies nod in the sun,
Lives there one who is nearer THAI friend
My greatly be)c d" one.
Over the se., over the sea,
To-day he's thinking Of mo.
Over the seq till tho roses come;
Then back he will speed to me,
To bear me queen to his island home
To our ONE beyond the sea.
Over the sea, over the sea,
To-day he is loving me.
REQ. VIM. B. Oleson in Independent
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

The Suns London correspondent writes
that the cry of something to do which
now goes up in England is as much from
the rich as from the poor. The ~aristoc-
racy and the nabobs are ut their Wits,
ends for novelties in which to kill time.
Perhaps Burns hit it when he wrote:~
=" But gentlemen and ladies worst
: With downright want Of work are curst. '
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

: It is said that by the simple use Of
citric acid or citrate of silver. sea water
may be made a good, wholesome mineral
drink. Now, if by some easy sort of
manipulation earth could be made into
good food, a man could work his
way through life without having to
struggle very hard.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

A gentleman rode up to a public house
in the country and asked: "Who is the
master of this housed" 81 am, SIR" re-
piled the landlord, 'my wife has been
dead about three weeks.n
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

Saratoga iSmaking grand Preparations
for 9 grand demonstration next autumn
to commemorate the surrender. Of Bur
goyne to Gates.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

> The Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Courier Journal fears that
Equor and labor are going to make the
orthodox parties a good deal of trouble
in the near future"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

yelling up such Q sense of tenderness,
love and thankfulness that the poor
woman vas overwhelmed.
Tn Thanksgiving day brought the
first CLEAN Of happiness that the lonely
woman had felt for days and years, and
foreshadowed the great happiness that
was to follow close in its footsteps.
Before the yule logs were lighted and
the Christmas carol sung, the Widows
heart was overlooking with JOY. The
wanderer had returned. After an un-
accountable delay Roland found himself
in possession of the Australian property.
which would more than restore his
mothers fortune. For some reason the
money which had been sent abroad to
the grandfather had been invested in
this far away land, and had come back
to Mrs. St. Clair doubled and trebled
after these many years. The -Lindens''
was still in chancery and might remain
there for another generation. The OLE
home was purchased and the wfdtYw ane
her son returned to it. Little LILLY y
became a successful business man. an6
they do say that his good luck was the
direct result of the Widow st. Clair
Thanksglving.-Cevelan Plain Deaser
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
The British Empire.

1t is pointed out that the British EN-.
pire extends over a far larger territory
than that which was governed by an
Gent Rome, the superficies of the latter
being one million and a half square
leagues No English speaking people
is under foreign rule. whilst Britain
governs nearly three hundred million
individuals belonging to all nations and
speaking all the languages of the world;
Jas, for instance. Germans (Heligoland),
Spaniards ~(Gibraitar). Greeks, Italians.
Turks (Cyprus). Arabs (Aden), Dutch
(Africa). French (Mauritius). Chinese.
Indians, Persians (Asia), etc.-Christian
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
papa said a PHILADELPHIA maide,

Papa" said a Philadelphia maiden.
.''Charley wants to know if you will say
yes if he asks your consent to marry
me-" '.Humph! I think it is the young
mans place to ask that question him.
self" ''Oh, pa, I know he will never
ask you. Why. he is so bashful that he
wouldn't have popped the question II !
hadn't told him that if he didn't ]
would get real mad at him." '.And so
it was you who poppedp" ''Oh, no. pa,
I didn't pop. I merely gave him t. I'M
derstand that l was willing to marry
him If he asked me. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
THE ~REDlNGOTE.
A Popular and Useful Garment Which IL
ASain in High Vogue.

A Popular and Useful Garment Which IL
Again i'm High Vogue.
Plush redingotes, fittiag the figure
very closely and reaching nearly to the
foot of the dress skirt, are to be in high
vogue again. The backs of the coats
r exceedingly full and arranged in
deep organ plaits behind to admit the
very pronounced misnomers call ''im-
provers," which are added just below
the waist. Dark Venetian red, deep
myrtle green, golden brown and even
heliotrope plush is made into redingotes
or French ~surtouts. Many ladies, how
ever, prefer the more jaunty-looking,
tight-fitting marquise jacket that is
trimmed with bands of blue fox, Grecian
lynx or natural beaver. These are GER
tainly very becoming to trim, youthful
figures. The coats are made of rough
cloth of every sort and color, and also
of the English mixed suitings. There
are shown some stylish jackets of dark
blue cloth trimmed with mink fur and
fastened with bronze buttons in old
medal designs. These are charming.
In velvet they are of curse more dressy
and likewise more expensive. Frieze
coats are mor popular than eve this
season. An effect, v e jacket recently
noted upon the promenade was made
of dark blue frieze cloth, trimmed with
blue-fox fur. 1t was worn above a vel.
vet aud camel s-hair gown of the same
color; and as the day happened to be
| chilly and bleak, the jacket looked most
| comfortable.-M. Y. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

-"Papa, 1 wish you would help me
translate my Latin exercise" said
johnny Fizzletop. 81 can't do it, my
son." didn't your parents make you
learn Latin when you YER q boyR"
mo. Tommy. they did not make me
learn Latin" "What good parents
you must have had. l wish mine were
that waE."-Tekas Siftings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

In France electricity has been very
successfully applied to quoting FESTIVE
and vicious horses while being shod
The arrangement comprises simply an
induction coil, a dry battery n q de-
vice for giving a shock of graduated in.
tensity,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

DR. R. BUTLER, Master Of Arts, Cam.
bridge University, England, says: "St
Jacobs Oil acts like magic"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

The "big trees of California will
soon be extinct. Seventeen lumber
companies, owning from three thousand
to twenty-five thousand acres OF red
of determination with all the weapons
known to the modern logging camp.
The demand for the wood is unlimited,
and all the mills are kept at work to the
LIMIT of their capacity. The forests are
large, but the forces employed against
them are swift and irresistible MIS-
scarf Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
Bartholdis Statue of "LibeFty EnlIght
entng the World"

Bartholdfs Statue of Liberty EnlIght-
ening the World"
will be a reminder of personal liberty for
ages to come. On just as sure a founda-
ton has DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
through the cycles Of time as q monument
to the physical emancipation of thousands,
who by its use have been relieved from
consumption, consumptivs night-sweats.
bronchitis. coughs, splitting of blood, yea
lungs, and other throat and lung affections.
WHEN a man falls down his temper gem
orally gets up before he does.
SUFFERERS FROM COUGHS, SORE THROAT,
etc, should try "Brown's BronchtGl Troches,"
q simple but sure remedy.
.MusH RooMs-Cheap restaurants IVES
Hayen Meas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

A rURN-sTYLE-The fashion Of wearing
cuffs among ~impecunious dudeA--Aerchanl
Trautler.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

1t puts a violent strain upon the
temper to see such a word as '.harpist"
in musical programmes when we have
SO excellent authority as the Bible for
''harpers harping with their harps."
But what shall be said of a Cleveland
newspaper which prints a list of musical
performers in which occurs a ''hornist."
The members of that organization prob
ably call themselves ''bandists," and
the typographical artist to whom they
confided their list a ''printist. Buff
fnLo Courier,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh Is agneeable
to use. Iii Is not q liquid or q snuff. Soc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

u idea of Boston being the hub tires
We have spoke.-Puck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

All. THAT TwINsEi why, you're RHEUMATIC.
Seek relief from Glenn's Sulphur S3Ap. Hills
Hair and Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

STUcK up-The bent PIN you sat on
Ddnrile Breeze.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

polm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

80" Nervous debility, premature de-
cline of power in either sex, speedily and
permanently cured. Large book, 10 icents
in stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 663 Main St, Buffalo, N Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use. DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it Csc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
Common Sense

Hhould be exercised in taking q remedy for catarrh.
It is caused by impurity in the blood; hence the
proper method Of cure Is to purify the blood.
Hoods varsaparilla is the best blood purifier. and
ha1 h I'd wonderful success In curing catarrh. Give
It q trial. Be sure to get Hoods
IT suffered severely from chronic catarrh, arts
Ing, I believe. from impure blood. It became very
bad, causing much soreness Of the bronchial tubes,
and q troublesome cough, which gave great anxiety
30 my friends and myself, astvob brothers died from
bronchial consumption. I tried many advertised
medicines for catarrh, both lnhnling and internali
'but 1t was simply money thrown away. as received
no benefit. was at last induced to try Hoods Sar-
saparilla, and 1 am not the same man in health or
feelings. Ny catarrh is cured, my throat is entire
well, and o dyspeptic trouble accompanied by sick
headache have all disappeared" E. N. LINCOLN,
IS Chambers Street, Boston.
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Prepared BY
IL HOOD & o Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

THE buzz saw has an of hand way with
new acquaiAtances.-Comnsercial Budaksn,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

MusH RooMs-Cheap restaurants.-Nes
HaUen Meas.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

THE old. chaps who wore armor were tho
first mail carriers.-Boston Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

WHEN a man falls down his temper gen-
orally gets up before he does.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

TIE clothes of navigation-a coat Of ice
-Rosfon RafUsfiu
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

the farm ana every Cl1n9 else anu went
to live in this little cottage.
She knew that the greater part of the
money for which her estate had been
mortgaged vert to pay up the debts
upon some ancestral estates belonging
to her husbands family of which he ex-
pected possession in a year from the
period of his sudden death. 1t never
occurred to her that these estates might
not revert to her son until he was OF
age and she could not prove his legiti.
mate descent from that old family. To
her surprise she learned that a younger
brother claimed the estate. She had
no longer means to establish his claim,
so she bided her time. She sold hel
diamonds, educated her boy and sem
him abroad with the papers necessary
to establish his claim to the ''Lindens,'
that valuable ancestral estate which bel
husband had claimed and would IN
doubtedly have had'but for his untimely
death. Roland's last letter said hi!
claim was about established and hi
was to be put in possession immediate.
ly upon his return from Australia
where were other interests that re
verified TO him upon the death of hi
grandfather. This was three years be
fore and since that time no word hat
reached her from her son.. She feared
that he had met his death in some mys
FERROUS way, and yet hoped on, Away
waiting-always Warrington the Sol
that came not.
Last night she had prayed to die
This morning her heart glowed witt
hope. This human sympathy, thi
kindly remembrance of somebody hat
touched her heart with tenderness. Sh
had thought in her hours of LONELINESS
that all craving for companionship AM
love, unless it came from Roland, ha'
burned out of her soul. But no; thi
kindness in her time of need opened tn
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lung. dis.
cases. Book free. DR.. Geppert, Cincinnati,O
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18

chip off from the old block"
''Some men are too mean for any
thing, but it doesn't seem as though
this" said a Young man some years the
know him and he was a nice fellow.
He must be dead-went to sea, l
think"
swell, boys" said the first speaker,
"L'ttle Billy" as he was called, '.the
widow st. Cla'r? / went to see black
says the poor oma is really destitute.
though she v complains. She's
good grit, you see, and what we do will
have to be done in such a way that the
donors can't be tracked"
'II give a barrel of flour and this
ten-dollar BILL" said one, passing his
money to Billy.
In a moment every pocket-book was
out and the hand that was stretched out
for the first bill was filled to over
flowing, making up a goodly sum OF
money.
:sCome on, Frank said Walter Sims,
1--WE will go to fathers store and load
up a few things, take in Johns barrel
of flour, and if any body thinks of any
thing to add to our load, why all right.
We will see you in a couple of hours"
Not one of the whole set had ever
known the .:luxury of a want" but the
young fellow who had been SO moved
by the pale-faced widow. Since his
tenth year he had cared for and sup
ported his widowed mother and always
managed to keep pace with the richer
boys of the town, and, what was very
unusual, he had been their firm friend
and companion in all his leisure hours
and in fact a leader amongst them.
In two hours the load was prepared
and you should have seen it! There
was the barrel of flour, apples, sweet
and Irish potatoes, sugar, coffee, tea
J hams, canned fruit and boxes with
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
II MARKETS.

The ocean is like a good housewife-vsry
tidy.-Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-18
AND SENTENCES

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servo very we'll for short opening pieces, and are
most convenient things TO have ready for singing -
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-28

Butterfield concerning the movements
and positions OF the two armies, and
hastily concerted with him plan of CO.
operation which resulted in the battle OF
Gettysburg upon ground selected by
Reynolds. During the afternoon the con.
sultations were ended and, with the aid
of the representative of the War Depart
ment, the two generals drew up the or
ders which were to announce formally
the change OF command. In the even
ing, standing in front of the commanding
generals tent, General Hooker took
leave of the officers, soldiers, ,and civilians
attached to headquarters, and amid many
a God bless you, General!' got into the
spring wagon that was to convey him
and Colonel Hardie to the railroad sta
ton en- route to Washington. When all
was ready for the start, the throng about
the vehicle respectfully drew back as
Meade approached with uncovered head
the two men took each other by the
hand, some words passed between them
in low tone, the wagon moved off, and
Meade walked silently into the tent just
vacated by his predecessor.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-28

THE COurier-Journdl puts an apt rea-
soning as follows: ga pound of silver
bullion will buy 3615 per cent. more
wheat of given grade in India than in
the United States. Silver is bought with
gold or Bank OF England gold notes, at
the same 301a per cent discount that
prevails in the United States. If silver
bullion were at par, we may say that
given sum of gold or bank notes would
buy 100 pounds of bullion, but as it is
301a per cent. below the coinage par,
that same sum of gold or bank-notes will
buy 145 pounds; so that the dealer, by
simply converting his money into silver
bullion, can buy quantity of wheat'in
India represented by 145 instead of 100.
1t is thus that the silver discount gives
India the irresistible power to fix mini
mum prices for American wheat, con-
corning which our English cousins in
the grain trade are so jubilant.'