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Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20

WEDDING RINGS, IS K, from s3.O0 up, at $. w. Whites, Hope, Ark.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20
Worked Like a Charm.

A tough looking man entered the sanctum of a San Francisco paper recently and said to the in mate:
 "Are you the editor!"
 "Yes, sir" was the reply.
 "Well, l have come to see you about piece in your paper one day last week which says that my wife, who keeps candy store on -street, is rather fond of the so- ciety of young men,"
 "I assure you," said the editor, as he cast his eyes around the room in search of some weapon of defense, and seeing none looked out through the window to calcu- late the distance to the ground, "l had nothing to do with the pub fishing of that article. l was out of the city at that time and the re- porter who wrote the article was discharged last Saturday. But l will have the false publication cor rected with pleasures
 "Corrected? Why, I wouldn't have it corrected for S5OO. l ex- pect to make fortune out of it. My wife sold more candy this week than she did the whole SIX months before, and as l am not a man to forget a favor l just come around to pay you for the advertisement. Here's S25, and if you will put in another piece next week and make it a little stronger I'll pay you S5O." And with the air of a charitable man who had done his duty though it cost him something, the "tough citizenD left the sanctum.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20

Dickens wrote: There is nOth- ing, no, nothing beautiful and good that dies and is forgotten. An in fant, a l,rattling child, dying in it's cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those who loved it, and play it's part, though its body be burned to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea. There is not an angel added to the host of Heaven but does it's blessed work on earth in those that loved it here. Dead! Oh, if the good deads of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful could even death appear! for how much char ity, mercy and purified affection would he seen to have their growth in dusty graves.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
c. P. Smootc, TIC. McRae L. F.. Hinton S1noote, LcRae & Hinton ATTORN YS-Qt-LAW
 Lani and Collecting Agents,

PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS
 Practice in all the codrts and make::o0l lections in all parts of the state.
 Are agents for the following
 INSURANCE COMPANIES: German, of New York .S2, ,562, ,136 % Underwriters Agency, N. Y......4, ,957, ,112 9 Springfield F. & ,585,6 g Western Assurance Company. T, ,422, ,008 e New Oreans......v .v......."....."....SI5,66 5,660 IA
 Risks written throughout the county.
 Gsg" Gin houses and farm property in- sured
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20
True Love.

A young man, at the risk of his life. saves beautiful young girl from drowning. Her grateful fa- ther seized the rescuer by the hand, and in voice tremulous with emotion. said: Noble youth, to you am indebted for every thing that makes life dear to me. Which reward will you take S20O, ,000 or the hand of my daugh, ter!' 'I'll take the daughter" thinking thereby to get both the girl and the money. You have we'll chosen," replied the grateful father; ''l could not have given you the s200, 900 just yet anyhow, as l have not yet lad up that amount, being only poor editor, but my daughter is yours for life. Take her and be happy, God bless yon, my children.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20
TWO CROSS WORDS.
BY c. D. B.

Lucy, if you mean to sew on that button, l wish you'd do it. l can't wait all day.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20

A tough looking man entered the sanctum of a San Francisco paper recently and said to the in m fn.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20
BRADFIELD'S
FEMALE
CHANGE OF LIFE

ii taken during this criti- cal period. great suffering and danger can be entire ly avoided.
Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-20

WRITE FOR PRICES on anything in the Jewelry line, to s w White, Hope, Ark.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Tho SntIOr's Outfit.

"What is u sailors outfit for a long
voyagc9" repeated u weather beaten old
tar recently, as he munchcd a piece of
old navy and gazed respectively into his
glass of grog in n Front street saloon.
''Why, as for that matter, no two sail
ors are alike. One will go to sen with a
nice outfit of long toys for nights ashore
and u sea rig large enough to start Il Sec
ond-hand clothing store on South street;
and another will fire all his Doodle away
in a nights jolifcation, and away to sea
the next day for Il voyage around the
Horn with the suit he stands in and Il
ragged suit of oilskins that have wealth
cred both capes and the storms of three
seasons.
"Wcll, take the average sailor, and
give mt ar inventory Of the contents of
his chest"
81 think I will tell you what we
found in the chest Of one of our men
who died last voyage; it would hit the
mark, perhaps. We had been struck by
a squall of Uattcras and had hard work
to get the muslin off the ship before the
gale which quickly followed hove Ls to
under closc-rccfcd m%aintorsail. AS the
men lay down from aloft one of them
was pitched hcadlong overheard by the
parting of n r~atlin, and he was astern
and swallowed up by the angry waves
before any effort could be made to save
him. As.is the custom, his chest was
brought aft, opened, and N inventory
made Of his effects, that might be for
wardcd to his friends. In addition to
the heavy clothes for bad weather, and
the light ones for use under sunny skies,
were found many little presents which
the dead nan had picked up and was
taking to his friends at home. There
were dress patterns of rich China silks,
pretty toilet boxes, and bits of fancy
carving. Each was wrapped up and the
address of the recipient written upon it.
From letters which were found in the
till of Jacks chest we learned that he
hailed from an inland town of Pcnnsyl-
yania, and the gifts were intended for a
mother and sisters there, who will wait
long for the return of their sailor boy"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The Flow of Metals.

In n Of his recent interesting lectures
in London, Prof. Roberts-Austcn spok,
of eight prominent points of resemblance
between metals and fluids which have
long been known. They are the rcicc-
ton of impurities on qualification, sutfu-
sion, flow under pressure, changes due to
compression, absorption of gases. alb
sorption of liquids, vaporization, and
surface tension. or these properties
perhaps the most astonishing are those
exhibited by metals wh.n compressed.
Placing cold powdered metals in q pow
crful press, Prof. w. Spring, of Licye,
caused led to weld into a solid mass by
a pressure of ID tons per square inch;
zinc, by Is tons; tin, Be tons; antimoay,
3S tons; aluminium. IS tons; bismuth, 50
tons; copper. 3S tons. At 81 tons per
square inch lead actually began to flow,
and ut AZ tons tin showed the same pho
nomenon. When q pressure Of more
than SO tons to the square inch was given,
the metals under experiment flowed
through the fine cracks of the compress
ing chamber like so much treacle: Prof.
Spring also proved that the crystalline
structure Of metals may be changed by
pressure as by fusion; and that it is pos
sible even to build up alloys by pressure
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Gladstone Preparing His Speeches.

We are told, on good authority, this is
Dir. Gladstonc's method of preparing his
speeches: lie keeps u box into which he
is in the habit of throwing cuttings from
newspapers and other memoranda of facts
bearing upon the subject in hand. On
the morning of the day preceding any
great Grafton he goes through his box
and picks out his notes Of the particular
facts which he wishes to use. These he
gums in their proper order upon n large
sheet of paper and uses them Us the posts
upon which the speech itself is to be
hung. Then he imagines himself actually
speaking-composes his Grafton, in fact,
In his head. After he is satisfied with it,
he dismisses the subject from his mind,
and occupies himself until the hour for
speaking comes in-rcading n novel.
His memc-:y is so great that his pre-
viously composed sentences come back to
him without efort.-W Whitehall Rcuieu.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Hooking a Broken Submarine Cable,

Hooking a Broken Submarine Cable.
The ends of broken submarine telegraph
cables are picked up with an instrument
called a grapnel iron. It is a stout bar
of iron about two feet long, with five
prongs or hooks about six inches long at
one end and a swivel at the other. A
rope long enough to lower this grapnel
iron to the bottom of the ocean is at
tached to the swivel, and the iron is
then dragged along on the bottom by a
steamer, which steers directly across the
place where the broken cable lies, and
two or three miles, as near as may be-.
from the broken end. BY means of two
wires, which run down the rope and a
simple device on the grapnel iron, an
electric circuit is completed whenever
the hook catches on anything and a bell
on board the ship begins to ring, and
continues to do so until the strain on
the hook is relieved. If the hook should
catch on u rock the strain on a dynam-
ometer attached to the drag-rope sud-
denly increases, and the strain when
the cable is hooked gradually increases.
A ship may have to steam across the
line of a cable many times before success
is attained. When the cable is hooked
the end is brought on board the shin
and a dispatch sent to the office on shore
to test that part of the cable. The end
is then buoyed and sent adrift until the
other end is secured. When this is done
a new piece of cable is spliced in be-
tween the. two ends and after a thor
ough testing the whole is lowered over
board.-NeU York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
What He Meant.

A young Wall street wag was recently
invited to dine with IN old gentleman of
rather sudden temper. The dining room
was or the second floor and the principal
dish was q fine boiled ham. When the
old gentleman undertook to carve it he
found the knife rather dull, and in q sud-
den passion flung it down stairs after the
servant who brought it. Whercupon the
young gentleman seized the ham and
with admirable dGxterity hurled it after
the knife. "What on earth do you
mean2" exclaimed the gentleman as
soon as he could speak. 81 beg you,
pardon" was the cool reply, 81 thought
Won ~wereGoinc to dine down stairs"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The Cuban Milklnan:

In a letter from Havana q Chicago
Neaos correspondent says: The lechero
and his system here are worthy of maya
zine illustration. Milk for the markets
and hotels is brought into the city by
immense ox-carts in cans having the ap-
pcarancc Of diminutivc cylindrical pago-
das, but a large proportion of the inhabi-
tants cling with obstinate conservatism
to the ancient method of supply. At all
hours of the morning I have met on the
highways away out in the suburbs sober
drovcs of a half-dozen COWS accompanied
by u half-dozen muzzled calves as they
were being leisurcly driven into the city
by a brown-faced eountryman and two
or three of his barefootcd boys. Arrived
in Havana these rustic groups became
the travelling milk supply. Almost with
out guidance the animals seek the be-
ginning of the ''milk route" and on
reaching the door of the first Gus
toner, come to q halt, the COWS and
calves taking position with military pre-
cision, in single file. along the flag-stone
footways of the narrow street. Our
guajiro or countryman is now tho city
lechero or miIkman. The urchins run
into the customers house, secures the
order, and the letchero milks the requir-
Ell quantity there and then before the
very eyes of the housemaid, the portero
or ell senior himself. In this way from
house to house the queer cavalcade
passes, until COW after cow is MIXED
clean, when the muzzle is in turn re-
moved from each mothers calf, and the
little terncrillas are free to take undis-
puted possession of the ''~strippings."
The system has obvious advantages, The
milk is assuredly fresh. 1t would be
difficult for the lechero to secrete a wa
ter-butt about his person.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Ivory.

Mammoth tusks OF ivory occasionally
come to this country from Siberia, but
as these have been lying exposed for CEN
turtles, and probably Tor many thousands
of years., and often buried in ice, the
mature" has gone out of them and they
ure not fit for the cutters use. The
teeth of the walrus ana hippopotanus
nro used in considerable quantity, and
being of suitable size are used whole for
making expensive carved handles. Ivory
Of the best quality comes from the west
coast of Africa, under the names Of Cam
Groom, Angola, and Gaboon ivory. This
is brought down from the interior, and
retains Il larger proportion of the ''fat"
or gciatine, from the fact. probably, that
It'll more recently from the animal. In
this state it is called green" ivory. 1t
is more translucent and not so white as
the Egyptian and other kinds, called
''whitc' ivory, that nave been lying Il
longer tim" and in a more sandy region,
and exposed 20 the heat Of the sun until
the animal matter has disappeared The
excellence of the s'grcen" ivory consists
in its greater toughncss and in it's grow
ing whittier by age, instead of yellow, as
is the case with the whittier varieties. Yet
buyers of cutlery, through ignorance of
these qualities, usually prefer the whittier
kinds, which, on that account, nrc more
in demand for the Sheffield trade, and
have more than doubled in price since
1879. The sales o. ivory occur every
three months ut London and LIVERPOOL,
and sales arc also held to a limited extent
and ut irregular intervals ut Rotterdam.
At Liverpool only ivory Of the best quail
itv and from the west coast of Africa is
offered. Buyers from Germany and
France and agents of American consum-
ers attend these sales, und it is estimated
that about o~ne-quartcr Of the whole
amount goes to Sheffield, another quarter
to London, and the other half to Ger
many, France and the United States
Chambers journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

A mans best help is himself, his own
heart, his resolute purpose-it cannot be
done by proxy. a mans mind NAV be
aroused by another, but he must mould
his own character. That if q man fails
In one thing2 Let him try again-he
must quarry his own nature. Let him
try hard, and try again, for he does not
know what he can do till he tries.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Good Deeds" once said the celebrated
RiGhter ring clear through Heaven ike a
6 6ei1;a One OF the best deeds is to alleviate
9am1 IN sdH sceina ? Last fall my daughter
Montrose, Kansas, "and everybody Thought
ene was going into consumption. igot her a
non, and 1t cured her." Such facts as the above
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Ricrac is q tidy affair.

Being entirely vegetable no particular care
& REQUIRED while using DR.: Pierce's Pleasant
turbance to the constitution, diet, or occupa.
ton, For sick headache, constipation, impure
blood, dizziness, SOUR quotations from the
stomach. bad taste in the mouth, bilious at
tacks, pain in region Of kidneys. internal
fever; bloated feeling about stomach, rush of
dru0piafa -
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Krupp's latest gun kills at nine miles.

Is the bud with an envious worm"
80 Is many a youth cut down by the gnawinR
Lease its hold and stop it's gnawing. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical, Discovery" will. If
taKen IN time, effect permanent cures. not only
N but in all cases of chronic
throat, bronchial and lung diseases.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The shoes for milkmen-Pumps.

II you feel as though water was gathering
INSTRUMENTATION, palpieation Of the heart
with suffocation. sympathetic heart trouble
DR.: Kflmer's OCEAN-WEED regulates, corrects
and cures.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
ARemnrkable Tribute.

Sidney Ourchundro, of Pittsburg, Pa, writes:
II have used Dr. WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR
THE ~ many years with the most crafty
ing results. The relieving influence Of HALL's
BALsAM is wonderful. The pain and rack of
the body, incidental to a tight cough. soon dis
appear by the use of a spoonful according to
directions. My wife frequently sends for
HALLS BALSAM instead of q physician, and
health is speedily restored by its use."
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The price Of pork-Trichiniasis,
killing Time.

What Is a pleasant way of killing time? Eat
ing dates. But sometimes they are fndigestible
and effect the bowels, which, q dose of Dr.. Big
gers Huckleberry Cordial will cure,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
Job never asked for a new trial.

The Brown Cotton Gin Is "A No. l."
provementsa and is delivered free of. all charges
at any accessible point. Send to Company at
New London. CT, for catalogue or ask your
merchant to order one for you.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Never stop at the church door to ask abont
The music. In choir within.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
X8
Believed at Last!

eve know a gentleman in this Comfy who. six
months ago, was almost O hopeless cripple from l..
attack Of rheumatism. He could scarcely hobbl'
across the room. used crptches. and said Kim
We saw HMM our town last week; walking ,ah9it
. lively as any other man, and in the finest health
and spirits. Upon our inquiry az to what had worked
such a wonderful! change in his condition he replied
hat S. S. s. had cured him. After using q dozen and
o half bottles, he has been Transformed from a mis-.
cradle cripple to n happy. healthy man. he is mono
other than Mr.. Z. B. Lambert. "-Syiudnia Telephone
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga. or
LIST W. sd St, N. Y.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
A fall trial-A bout at q wrestling match.

Soft, plant, and glossy hair results from the
use OF Halls Hair Remover.
For tmparttng tone and strength to the
stomach. Liver n bowels, take Ayers Pills.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Tho purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver on
IN the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
and sweet: Patients who have once taken It
prefer 1t to all others. Physicians have de.
market Made by CasweIl, Hazard g Co. New
,GHAPrEp HANDS. face, pImples and rough
Caswel, Hazard q Co. New York.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Uniform prices: What the tailor
charges for soldiers cloths.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is agreeable to
use. 1t is not n liquid or a snuff. 5c.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY for the
bowels. 1t is one of the most pleasant and ell
cacious remedies for all ummcr complaints. At
n season when violent attacks Of the bowels are
go frequent, some speedy relief should be at hand.
The wcaricd mother, losing sleep in nursing the
little one tcething, should use this medicine.
60 cts. a bottle. Send &c. stamp to Walter A.
Taylor, Atlanta, Ga, for Riddle Book.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29

Toylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen will cure Coughs, Group and Con-
sumption. Price, CSC. and 81 q bottle.
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The Foreign Grain Trade.

LONDON, Nov. 29-The Mark Lane Elk
press in its review of the British grain trade dur
ing the past week, says: "The sparse offers of
trade and it is believed that the crop has been
largely overestiuated. 1t is now calculated at
only $500. 0C0 quarters. In the provincial mar
kets the supplies are rather greater. Values
have not risen. The sales of English wheat dur
ing the week we're 40. 963 quarters, at 3ls lid.
against 68 2l8 quarters ar 30s 90 during the cor
responding period last year In London the
trade for wheat off the islands is firmer. and val
ues are generally Cd higher. with Is advance on
American. Russian and choice Indian. Prices
of -four and corn are maintained. There are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-30
GRAIN AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Statement Showing the Amount of Grain Ii
Sight at Chicago and New York.

Statement Showing the Amount of Grain In
Sight at Chicago and New York.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. The following is the re-
port of the visible supply of grain on Nov. 81.
compiled by the secretary of the Chicago
Board of Trade
Wheat, 59,572.000 bu; corn, H. 1913, 900 bu;
oats, 5,549 600 bu; rye 407, 600 blu: barley 2 643
600 bu. Compared With one week ago these
figures show an increase of 10000 bu of wheat
and 1000 bu of rye. and decrease of Il59 900
bu of corn, TO- 600 blu of oats and 1000 bu of
barley
The following the visible supply Of grain
in store and afoat Saturday, Nov. q, as com
piled by the New York Produce Exchange
Wheat, So 5720 78 bu, an increase OF 20. 727 bu;
corn, IL 1913 026 bu, decrease of /. 166 3S2 bu;
oats 5 525, 2S2 bu, decrease of 1885, AGA hu: rye.
400 945 bu, decrease of 3 $50 bu; barley, 2 CAB,
$50 bu, decrease OF % 023 bu
All the wheat destroyed by the fire in the ele-
vators Mt Duluth was deducted from the amount
of stock in store.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-30

NEW YORK, Nov. &c. L. Green & Co.'s report
cotton futures SAYS 1t sleepy sort of mar
ket ana without guiding features. small gain on
months due solely to local manipulations
and the demand along the entire line was extremely
moderate and Indifferent with the close dull.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 29.-Cotton steady; mid
ding 1l-16c; low mddling 716c; good ordi-
nary, 7aac: net receipts "a 995 bales; gross 25 go
bales exports to France, 1910 bales; TO the cont
nent 600 bales coastwise 263 bales Sales 5 200
bales; stock, 288, 500 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.-Cotton in moderate de-
mand; middling uplands 51sd middling Orleans
5 5-16d sales, 10000 bales, including 1000 bales
for speculation and export.
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Oil Markets,

OIL CITY. Pa: Nov 29.-National Transit certifi.
Gates opened 1880; highest. 78loc; lowest 774c;
closed at 1885, sales, 1,7SS 500 brls; clearances
1850, 600 brls charters, 46 269 brls; shipments,
1877 8 brls
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Pctroleum opened strong
at &C. advanced to Sl2c, broke to 1850: rallied
and closed strong, at 777ec sales 2, 113 600 brls
Turpentine steady at 36l4c.
PITTSBURG, Pa. Nov 29.-Petroleum dull but
firm; National Transit certificates opened at 7S3sc
closed at 777sc highest 78lac; lowest 77l4c.
WILMINGTON, Nov. -Turpentine firm at 33c
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Cash quotations were as follows:


No. spring wheat. 765c: No. spring wheat
60 zoe; No. 2 red, 77sc May 77sc No 2 corn,
374c; No. 2 OATS &c: No rye, 53c; barley. 53c;
No 6axseed 924 092tc; prime timothy 81. To-
Mess pork $lO25: lard, 6 O5c; short-rib sides,
floosel $50 a s. Coo; dry saited shoulders boxed)
l. IS sc; short-clear sides (boxedl, SIS a 5 roc
Whisky, 81 Is. Sugars-Cut-loaf 81 06sc; granu-
lated. &C. standard A SIC
On the Produce Exchange butter ruled steady;
choice to gilt-edge creamery, 24027c; good to
choice creamery, 81 023c; good to extra dairy,
10000 Eggs, fresh, 81 age.
Receipts-Flour IL. 900 brls; wheat, 96. 900 bu
corn, 900 bu; OATS 1O9, 900 bu; rye 1000 bu:
barley, $4,000 bu. Shipments-Flour. $4,000
brls; wheat. 5000 bu; corn. S9O0O bu; oats, So
900 blu; rye, 1000 blu; barley, sc, 900 bu.