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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
THE ENGINEERS WHISTLE.
He Can Make It Play a Tune If he Wants to
-Rcsult Of Long Practice.
TFrom the Baltimore Newal

81 From the Baltimore News
"Have you ever heard of an engineer
who could play tunes upon the whistle
of his locomotive 2" asked a railroad
man of the reporter.
81 have heard calliope music, but I
cannot say that l ever heard a tune
played upon the whistle of a locomo-
tive" was the reply.
"Well," continued the railroad man,
II know of an engineer who chm do it,
and l consider that he not only has an
ear for music, but that he is a
musical genius or prodigy. His
name is Bob Colvin. He is about 30
years of age, unmarried, and is the engi-
neer of a locomotive that runs a freight
train on the Valley road between Harris
burg and Lexington, Virginia. For
instance, he knew of two of his young
friends who were to be married. They
resided upon the line of his route, and
every time he passed their homes he
played the tune of In the Sweet BY and
By, upon the whistle of the locomotive.
Then, again, as is usually the case, he
has a girl of his own, and every time he
passes her house he plays the tune of
The Girl l Left Behind Me-
"This playing of music upon engine
Whistles Wncrc tnerc arc no connecting
pipes and keys similar to the calliope is
certainly remarkable" " replied the man
Of news.
81 have often heard the music played -
replied the railroad man, land can vouch
for the truth of my statement. There is
another thing about engine whistles that
! wishs to speak of, and that is the pecu-
liar mode of signals that engineers have
for announcing their proximity to the
homes of their wives and swcethcarts.
Have you never heard what you thought
was q rather peculiar whistle coming
from a locomotives"
"Oh, yes; and I and others in my
company at the time have remarked
upon it."
"Well, these peculiar whistles are
nothing more or less than a part of the
engineers code of signals by which his
wife or sweetheart is notified of his
coming"
This statement was verified by broth
er railroad man, who said: 81 have
seen a young lady who understood her
lovers whistle walk to a station or road
crossing where the engine had stopped"
The conversation upon engine steam
valves and musical notes was concluded
at this point, and the reporter hurried
away to look up other items.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
The ~ShirtnlakerS.

Women's wages is a subject that is
growing more interesting every year,
and women who are not w~age-carners
should give the subject thoughtful con
sideration and use their influence, little
or great, to bring about a fair and right
adjustment between women and their
employers. On Tuesday of the past
week the women employed by a promi-
lent shirt manufacturer of New York as
SHIRT finlshers struck against a reduction.
The firm notified them that they would
receive ninety-four cents for finishing
one dozen shirts /; the former price paid
was S1.24 per dozen; Zach shirt has four
teen b~utton-holes. One of the strikers
said that at the rate of 1924 per dozen
n could earn si1ty-tac0 cents per day.
At ninety-tive cents per dozen she could
only earn. .Jorty-stUen cents per day. An
adve :tisement that appeared in one of
the New York daily papers last week
reads as follows:
Fifty operators wanted to stitch fine
white shirts, IS per weekly salary; a
written contract from a responsible firm
to each operator for one year; new ma
chimes, fine workrooms, steam power;
NIL the best improvements. Each opera
tor must stitch four dozen shirts weekly,
slngle-row stitching, but finest work;
trimmings all made. Any operator who
makes less than four dozen per week will
forfeit contract. A fair operator cain do
tour dozen with ease. Experts can do
from five to six dozen. and will be paid
accordingly. Factory will open Novcm-
Der l, 1885. Applications received now.
None need apply unless thoroughly com
potent and able to give good refer
ences."
A little arithmetic will show that the
operator will receive, if able to make
the required number of shirts per diem,
sixteen and a fraction cents per shirt.
Every time q shirt is bought at so low
q price as to be thought "a BARGAIN ~
let the purchaser stop and ask the qucs-
ton, cam I my sisters keeper 2" For
one thing is positive: the manufacturer
is bound to get the highest profit posi-
BILE. He will force the profit from the
wages of. the worker Christian UuDn.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

RoBEs.-A Kansas paper says:-The
day Is not far distant when we will have
to depend on the Galloway cattle for
buffalo robes. Their robes are equal to
the buffalo, but a first-class robe must
come off Of a full blood, or very near it,
and will be high priced, unless the Gal
loways become very popular and are
more extensively used.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

WHEN A DOSE OF VINEGAR BrTTERs is
taken into the stomach. all diseases of
the blood. liver, heart, kidneys, stomach,
and body generally, begin to pack up,
preparatory to leaving the system. And
1t doesn't take them long to, pack, either.
Like the guests that Mrs. Macbeth dis.
perscd, they ''stand not upon the order
OF their going, but go ut once"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

FOuRsCoRE YEARS n TEN have not seen the
equal of Ely's Cream Balm as n remedy for Gu
tarrh. Colds in the Head, and Hay Fever. 1t
works like magic, giving relief at once. and per-
mnnent benefit. A thorough treatment cures
%nostrils. Price 80 cents ut druggists. 10 cents
by mail. Ely Bros. Owego, N. Y.
A COLD of unusual severity which ! took last
autumn developed into Il difficulty decicidedIy
catarrhal in all its characteristics, threatening
q return of my old chronic malady, catarrh,
One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm completely
eradicated every symptom Of that painful and
prevailing disordcr.-E. w. Warner, l65 Hud-
son Street, Rochester. II. Y.
used Ely's Cream Balm in our home
for nearly two years. and find it the best medi-
cine we have ever used for colds or catarrh.-
&c. Vasselin, Covington, Tioga Co.. Pa.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

MENsMAN'S P~EPTONlZEp BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation Of beef containingi its entire n,tri-
ti0ns properties. 1t contains blood making
force generating md DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostratioE, and all forms OF general debility:
also, in all cnicehled conditions, whether the
result Of exhaustion. nervous prostration. over
work or acute disease. particularly il resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswcii, Hazard &
Co., ProprietorS. New York. Sold by druggists.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
What Would tho World ID,

without woman asks the essayist who starts
out TO s3y something new on this oft-treated
S Worid would III GSat esls as w hd%an W saemsn. so the the
question is gratuitous. It would have been
moro sensible to ask: What would the world do
without tho salvation Of woman, without q
panacea for her physical ills and cure for her
peculiar diseases. In e word, what would the
world do without DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Pre-
scription, !" tho great remedy for female weak
nesses3 It IL Indispensable for the Ills Of
~womankind.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
Kindness.

Witty sayings are as easily lost as the
pearls slipping off a broken string; but
a word of kindness is seldom spoken in
vain. 1t is a seed which, even when
dropped by chance, springs up into a,
flower.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

Young or middlO-aged men suffering from
nervous debility and kindred weaknesses
should send 10 cents in stamps for large illus
trated treatise suggesting sure means Of cure.
falo, N. Y.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
NtHhtmRrc,

sick-headache, depression Of spirits, and want
Of ambition are symptoms of q diseased liver.
The lungs, stomach and bowels are all in SYM
pathy. Life is only 2 living death. DR.. Pierce's
Code Medical Discovery" acts upon the
difficulties and disorders. Nervous feelings,
gloomy forebodings, and irritability OF temper
all disappear.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

The N ew York World saysa child in tina
city was poisoned by a cough syrup con
tanning morphia or opium. There is no
such danger in Red Star Cough Cure. 1t
is purely vegetable, prompt, safe andsurc.
25 cents.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
Petroleum Y. MISTY.

d. r. Locke, Petroleom V. Nasty, editor
Toledo BLADE" writes: IL had on y foretinrer
Of my right hand one OF those pleasant pets, a
run-ronnd.' The finger became infiarued t. a
degree unbearable and swollen TO nearly twice
It's natural size. A friend gave me HENKY,s
CAKBOLIC SAI.vE, and in twenty minutes
the pain had SO much subsidized AS TO give IN. a
fair nights rest, which l had not had before
for n week. The Inflammation left the finger
In Il day. l coIi:'ideri il q most valuable article"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

EXPRESSES HIS GRArIrupE.-Albert A. Lar
Of Aliens Lung Balsam: II firmly believe my
wife would have died Of consumption, If not
TOR the timely use of your Balsam." Price Csc.
Dc. and 81 per bottle. at Druggists.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

The most scientific compound for the cure q
coughs, colds and all throat and lung trouble
Is DR.. Bigelow's Positive Cure. 1t is pleasant
prompt and safe. SO cents and 81.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
sincerity.

. Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to perform
and make good what we promise, and
really to do what we would seem and
appear TO be.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
4 Tall .lIuu,

why are the tallcst people the LATEST? They
re aiwais longer in bed than Others. and il
hey neglect their coughs or colds they will be
mere still longer. Use TaylOr'S Cherokee
tenedy OF Sweet Gum and Mullen.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

Physicians indorse Halls Hair Remover. Its
use is always attended with good results.
For throat and lung troubles, the most TO
liable remedy is Ayers Cherry PectoraL
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

A black silk makes the best beginning
for q bridal trousseau.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

Getting coaled II, winter IS not only expensive
but exasperating.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
Signs of the Zodiac.

Speaking of grammar-Free circus tickets
are in the pass tents.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

"Calm as q plumber Is a Boston girls de.
scription Of well-bred repose.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads art
made OF zinc and Ienther. Try them.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

The absinthe habit is said to be increasing IN
this country.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

American catfish are on exhibition at Il Lon,
don aquarium.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold every where, PC.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

A poet calls a humming bird "a flash
of ruby in the southwark air."
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16
FruZer n

Frazer Axle Grease.
The Frazer Axle Grease il better and cheap
er than any other, at double the price. Ask
your dealer for 1t, and take no other.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

1t was said OF the eloquent prosecuting attor-
aeY that people hang on his words.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-16

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaa
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it PC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Claimants of Estates in England.

A paper on the subject of unclaimed
estates in England, prepared under the
direction of Minister Lowell by Henry
White, one of the American secretaries
of legation, has been sent by the Presi-
dent to congress, with other state
papers. "There seems to be no doubt"
Mr.. White says, {" that many are led TO
believe themselves heirs to vast estates
in Great Britain by designing persons
on both sides of the ocean, who, with a
view to personal gain, insert notices in
newspapers in the United States to the
effect that large property was left by a
person of the same name with that OF
some well-known family of the district,
or of some exceedingly common name
likely to occur anywhere, such as Smith
or Jones, or who distribute far and
wide lists of unclaimed estates which
do not exist. Large sums of money
are annually thrown away by the dupes
of these advertisements and fictitious
lists and a handsome revenue is made
by the agents, as they call themselves,
for the discovery of lost heirs and the
recovery of unclaimed estates. The
method usually adopted by these agents
or three pounds to cover the cost of
copying the will upon which the claim
purports to be based; then larger
sum for the expenses of instituting in
quiries: and at each successive stage
more blackmail is levied, the cores
pondence being 50 cleverly conducted
that several years frequently elapse be-
fore the fraud is discovered. None
should contribute dollar to unknown
agents, especially toward any expenses
connected with establishing claims to
estates in this country, until inquiry
has been made of counsel here, first as
to the existence of the estate, and then
as to the chances of its recovery |
am told by reputable solicitors that not
one claim in thousand of all those re-
ferred to them by the legation has
had any validity whatever, and very
few during their long experience of
claims for America have been success
full" Mr.. White says the archives of
the legation show that a considerable
proportion of its foreign correspond
ence is composed of letters upon this
subject. 1t is rare that in any COM
munication sent on this subject a
smaller sum is mentioned than " several
Millions" and frequently our cores
pondents state that they are entitled to
twenty, fifty and even more millions.
1t will doubtless cause some surprise
and disappointment to such as these to
be informed that the whole amount of
money in the custody of the court of
chancery at the present time is about
eS4 10000 of which eS3. 0O0. 600 be-
long to owners who are known, leaving
about 81 100000 only of unclaimed or
dormant funds.'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Christian Sympathy.

Perhaps the most eminently practical
grace which could be given to man
or woman is the gift of tenderness
in dealing with the erring. Where
pitiless severity would harden, where
cold contempt would embitter few
words of tender human sympathy will
often open the heart of one not
yet wholly depraved to the teaching
and to the grace of Christ. Nothing
thaws the frozen ground more quickly
than the warm rains of spring; nothing
will thaw frozen heart like the warm
rains of Christian sympathy that can
weep for the sins, as we'll as for the
woes, of others. Nearly ten years ago
a minister was invited to address the
inmates of home for those who had
been saved out of an infamy worse
than death. AS he rose to his feet
and saw, upturned to his, hundred
faces marred by the blight of lost inno-
cence, great wave of emotion surged
over his soul, and he found himself I'M
able to utter a word. For a moment
he faced his audience; then he bowed
his head on the reading-desk with a
great sob. During that moments hush
all llclu llcll DIcdlli, WOuucIlL0 dI LIS
silence. When he bowed his head to
hide his tears, the strong wave of emo
ton surged from his heart to theirs,
and in few seconds, while yet no word
had been uttered, nothing could be
heard but the sobs of those bewailing
their lost innocence. That wordless
sermon was, in its results, the most eff
fective sermon that had ever been
preached in that institution. The SYM
pathetic tenderness of that minister had
done more than his logic could have
DONE. Perhaps some of us would have
more of his success in reaching the lost
if we had more of that loving and sor-
rowing regard for the sinner which en-
abled him to realize so profoundly the
pathos and the tragedy Of those wrecked
lives before him. That feeling of SYM
pathetic tenderness it was that stirred
and swayed the heart of the weeping
prophet of Judah when the cry burst, as
it were, from the very lips of his bur-
dened SOUL 90 Oh that mine head were
waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
tears, that might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my peo-
ple"-Sunday-SchoO Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
College Morning Prayers.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale, preaching
on Weekday Worship" lately said:
For one month in year it is my
pleasant duty to lead the devotions of
thousand fine young men in the morn
ing prayers at Harvard College. Then
some grumbling master of finesse
shrugs his shoulders when l say this,
and says What! does college compel
them to pray? Much good in prayers
offered in compulsion.' To which
sheer this is, in brief, our reply: AS the
day begins, we bid these lads come to-
gether, and come reverently into a
place set apart only for the best thought
and the highest We bid them sit here
fifteen minutes before the study of
things begins, or of languages, or of
figures. Yes, we ask them to listen for
any voice of truth, love or righteous
ness. We read there to them the best
lessons of duty which, since it was
born, the world has been able to write
down. They read these with us if they
choose, these eternal songs of worship,
of communion and of victory. All to-
gether, if they choose, we repeat with
one voice the Lords Prayer. While
they are silent, try to lead them in
prayer for his blessing on the day.
We choose the best music the centuries
have left to us to inspire our praises,
and before we part we sing together, if
we choose, familiar hymn. You say
such service does them no good We
say that at the least it does nobody any
harm. And we say more, that there
has never been a days work done
worth doing when he who did it did
not begin that day with resolutions,
passing into determination, that that
work should be done by the infinite
rule of right, and by those powers
which are neither seen nor measured
To give chance for such determine
ton, such conservation, if you please,
we call our lads together every morn
ing. If we mean to have a college
worthy the name, we must collect
them, and we must collect them in the
name of the truth and for its infinite
purposes"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06
Self-AbsOrptiOn of City Life.

Few of the conditions of city life are
so dangerous to the happiness and
health of the individual as the self
absorption following upon the intense
nervous struggle against the fierce and
pitiless competition for every kind of
occupation that will support life. The
young man starting in life on equal
terms with hundreds of others ambi-
tious for success must strain every
nerve in the race against his fellow
workers. Unless his days are devoted
to the endeavor to accomplish the ut
most labor of which he is capable, and
his nights to future plans, he will in
evitably sink into the back row of
life's seats, there to remain a silent
spectator of great deeds in which he
can have no part. The result of this
unceasing, ever-present necessity for
effort is feeling that, as every mans
hand is against all others, so must every
man center all his thoughts in himself
and devote all his energies to his in
dividual success, regardless of his
neighbor, if he would obtain prosperity.
With the lapse of time this feeling is
apt to deepen into an absolute cOncen-
tration of all interests, not only of bust
ness but of private affairs, into the in
dividual alone. Except in so far as they
affect personal interest, the denizen
of city is apt soon to pay little atten-
ton to passing events. 4" Half the
world does not know how the other
half lives is an old saying that would
be more truthful if " and does not
care " were added. The objection
may here be made that great calamites-
fires, famines and the like-always
arouse in our cities sympathy practi-
cally expressed by subscriptions and
other measures of relief. This is true
in American cities, which are still
young enough to be touched at inter
walls by the sufferings of others, but in
European cities such subscriptions are
always the work of few charitable
people of the Weather classes. Even
our cities are nearly always deaf to the
calls of mere common suffering, leav-
ing the poverty of daily life to public
charity. 1t is to the individual that this
INSTRUMENTATION is most dangerous
Accustomed to regard everything from
the standpoint of self-interest, he is
apt to indulge freely in intoxicants, be-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-01-06

quently. Then, too, / receive ever|
day my daily bread, and l ought not q
put off my offerings to God to the euI
of the year. / began to feel meal
about it. 1t wasn't the manly, Chris
tian thing to do. i turned over a neJ
leaf. l began the system of weekl]
offerings as God blessed me. / foun]
it much easier. / gave freely. Th|
Lord has prospered me and it is nov
my delight to give. Yes, l felt mean
and it was mean to do so little, and tha
at the end of the year. / wish yol
would get all the people in the habit o
making their offerings regularly an,
often to the Lord" This is what W,
are trying to do. We commend thi
good brothers. experience to the mem
bers of those churches which will max
up their contributions for all purpose
just before the association meets
Adopt some system of weekly o
monthly offerings; don't leave tn,
great missionary interests of the Lord
kingdom to be attended to the las
thing, perhaps on rainy Sunday
Home Mission Monthly.