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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

There are more methods of acquiring
knowledge of the art of war than are
caught in the drill rooms of France. Sets
OF pocket handkerchief, stamped with
military rules and regulations, diagrams
n other Information important for the
soldier to acquire and remember, arc
being sold for the use of the French
soldiers and are officially encouraged by
the French government: BY purchasing
eight cheap, ornamental and, of course.
useful handkerchiefs the French soldier
q provided with a complete pocket
manual OF military instruction.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
The Structure or the Skin.

Roughly speaking, the skin is COM
posed OF two layers-thc cuticlc or scarf.
skin and tho corlum or true skin. The
former is principally made up of two
portions, the horny layer, which Is the
principal protective to the body, and the
mucous layer, which contains cells to b.
pushed up and become the horny layer
after awhile, and these contain the col
oring substance which gives the tint to
tho complexion. 1t is true that some OF
the microscopists are uncertain about the
transformation of the mucous into the
horny layer of the skin, but it is difficult
to imagine where tho outside protection
comes from if not from the layer next
under it. The true skin is composed of
IA network of tibres intermixed with par
ticles of living matter abuadantly sup.
Piled with blood vessels, nerves and all the
apparatus necessary for a continuous sup
ply of fresh materials for the build
ing up of new structures as we'll as OF
for removing those that are worn
Out. Inc glands Tor the secretion Of the
pcrspiration and for the formation of o
fatty, lubricating matter arc to be found
everywhere, as we'll Us the little
sacs to give origin to the hairs, which
are mere notifications of the cells of tho
skin. The nervous apparatus for the
sense OF touch is almost everywhere pres
ent, much more abundantly in some To-
c~alitics than in others. Muscular fbres
are found in connection with the hair
sacs and glands for keeping the skin
oily and supple; they are not under the
of the will, but act to squeeze
out the lubricating material and to raise
the hairs to an upright position, as in
the so-called '.goose skin, noticed uude,
the influence of cold and sometimes of
'ear. - Globe Democrat.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

"There is on exhibition in Paris" saws
the British Meaicaz Journal "a TYNE of a
very primative race. 1t is a very curious
specimen, entirely covered with hair, the
skin very dark; the child would remind
sone of the c%himpanzee. The hairs on
arms and legs follow the same direc-
tlonsias those on the monkey; the lees
are thin and short, while the arms arc
very long. It appears that the tribe to
which she belongs; dwells more on trees
than on the ground. The child is
twelve, and seems to have a certain in
eeiligence, and takes great interest in
doll. Her eyes and hair are yerv
sane, her nose is %flattened, and her ears
sro deprived of the cartilage. She has
thirteen pairs of ribs, and consequently
thirteen dorsal vertebre. The race to
which she belongs is found in the north
OF Siam, and several families arc kent at
The court of the King of SIAM"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

Eternal vigilance Is the price of prohi-
bition. A Boston whiskey dealer bought
a cheap coffin, put a four and seven
eighths gallon key of rye whiskey in
side, screwed a plate or the lid of tho
coffin, on which were engraved the name,
age and birthplace of the alleged corpse,
boxed the coffin, as is usual, AMI shipped
1t to a town in Maine. There an under
eaker took charge of the box and drove
ten miles into tho country before the
coffin was opened and the liquor re-
dmoved,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

OF voice. They produce the great SING
crs Of the world. The modern Italian
method of voice-building, you know, is
founded on the idea of kiuship between
the speaking voice and the singing
voice. The same training goes to make
each. There is no reason why ono who
has alltie natural vocal organs cannot
sing as well us speak. If he can speak
ru'y, without atfcctation or falscness, he
can sing Chica 90 Tribune.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
HUMOROUS,

The sigh of the seamstress-A-hcm.
"A suit of armor was the old fashioned
Knight dress.
The biggest gun-boil on record has
osen discovered i'll a mucilagc factory.
a cross old bachelor suggests that
births should be announced under the
head Of new music.
brilliant men are born with black
eyes" Men with less brilliancy have
their eyes BACKED artiicialy. .
There's a GOODNESS between u.s." said
the sea captains to each other when an
iceberg passed between the ships.
Some ono, asks: us ther. a field for a
man who can live on fifty cents a weckw
There is. 1t is called Potter's Field.
Uncle Sam is monarch Of millions of
unsurveycd acres, and is that
much better than Alexander selkirk,
who was only monarch of what he sur.
veyed.
I've eaten next to nothing" lisped
smithcrs, who was dining with his girl.
ooh, ] always do that when I sit By
you," responded tho young lady
pleasantly.
My good man." said aph%ilanthropist
TO the street laborer, do you ever have
cause to grumb.e at your position2"
mo, SIR" was the answer. tI tool
my pick at the start"
"Chlldren," said a Dakota school
teacher, ''from the noise outside I think
a dog,ight is going on. You IRE all
excused and my go out and watch it.
get in II hurry, here, it will look
better to let your teacher 60 first p and
he shot out of the door followed bv s
wild rush of the scholars.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Hiding Treasure In Mexico.

The sand .whirls of storm win I n
cate placer gold or buried money. Bur
LED treasures; can also be located by
watching the movements of the culebrisa,
or little green snakes that love to draw
their coils near euch spots. Yet if that
omen were infallible it would indeed
keep the snakes busy coiling. The scar
city OF banking facilities, the frequency
OF revolutions and forced ~'loans," has
made Mother Earth the favorite savings
bank OF our next neighbors, and the
burying or resurrection of a little hoard
is really a matter Of daily occurrence.
"Wherc have you been, amigo-6shina
or huntings' the stranger may ask an
early riser, and rs likely as not get q
frank, though rather unexpected, answer:
mo, senior, been burying a bit Of
money"-burying it,in a way, too, that
nothing short Of approximation is ant
to betray its hiding-place. With a stick
and q digging tool somewhat resembling
,aS''fower spade" or mason's trowel. tn.
depositor VIII steal forth in the silence
OF o moonlit night and battle espionage
by crossing a few open fields, where un-
desired followers would have to dron
their cloak of darkness. After selecting
a suitable spot and effecting his deposit,
the night-walkcr will take care to linper
near several neighboring rocks. trees q,
gullies as an additional safeguard against
hidden spies, as we'll as in order to clinch
his Typographical data By private way.
n,arks--KslisL. 0ssaM.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

AT the recent International Congress
of, the Salvation Army, held in London,
it was stated that there are 1863 corps
and 8, 900 officers. Twcnty-cight thou
sand, two hundred weekly, and 1906
400 yearly services are held. Tho news
paper of the army is printed in nineteen
different languages, and the Salvation
banner waves in nineteen different coun-
tries and colonies.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Lonely I
Tho four-years' boy above his blocks
Watches his castle as 1t rocks,

Tho four-years' boy above his blocks
Watches his castle as it rocks,
With wandering eyes-feels only
The too loud ticking Of the clock
Starts at an unexpected knock,
And wide-eyed, pale. his mother greets,
Whom at the open door he meets.
He throws himself into her arms,
And els her all his vague alarms,
With "Ohl I WIS so lonelyl
In dreary morning breaks again,
And with it wakes a bitter pain,
That lingering s.eep dullel only;
The wife, whose heart lies with the Gead.
Reluctant lifts her heavy head,
Sees the new day look coldly in
While she IFS journey must begin;
Must pass again the hopeless round.
For many a year all joyless found.
Her life is left SO lonelyl
The old man leans upon his
And sees his life go by again,
Now trembling, sad and lonely;
lis strength is spent, his Dyes arc dim.
And not a soul to ,are for him
Is left of all his kith and kin.
There is no door will take him in.
why did his boys all leave him 80?
And his old wife before him goa
lie left alone-he only.
The child, the wife, the poor old MAI.
Must find their comfort as they can,
New hope or memory only.
Can these console3 Shall Destiny
A thing Of WORKOUT garments be,
Afectionate torn and spent. the heart
AT las i~nssnsate to Its smark
And all the universe to me
Mere emptiness and mockery;
1dying here so lonelyl
Yes, this is all, If life must be
But what we touch and what We sec.
And outward Towering only.
II depths of being underlie
And love surroun / the mystery;
1t help divine meets human pain
And transient loss is endless gain.
In sharpest stress if God draw ueor
And in the dark new suns appear,
Ah, then, who need be lonelyl
Mrs. d. II. Il. Goodale, in Independent.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Overresched Himself

s~he--James, do you know you put
three buttons on the rlatc in church to-
day7
He-Yes, ! know what I was. about. -
~she--James, perhaps you doa't knbw
that I bought those button. yesterday
Tor my new dress and paid ffty cont.
spice: for then, Washsaaeon star.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Everyday Hypocrisy.

What she says: 'Tm awfully sorry
you must go SO soon, Mr.. Longwind.
Why, it's only eleven o'clockl What's
your hurrya You don't know how much
I have enjoyed your visitw
What she means: Thank goodness.
you're going at lastl II you had stayed
five minutes longer, I think I should
have had an attack of hystcricsI"-
Puck.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

In his annual address before the New
England Agricultural Society recently,
George b. Loring stated that the number
of farms in New England had increased
from 1874, 064 in 1860 to 1877, 253 in 1880,
and that the value of these farms had
increased in the same period from $476,-
2O4, AT to $3.50, 721,43S.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

There are a number of Mormon mis-
sionaries IN Turkey, but they are not
making many convert. The Mormons
do better ia Christian.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16

effect. Again, it gives one an impress
sion of self-contained strength. "A
speaker can never use all the middle
voice, and one feels that there is
always a reserve awaiting call. DR.. John
Hall, of New York, is one of the best
Illustrations of what 1 am saying. He
understands that emphasis depends on
the tone, not on the force"
"As to the stageT
''Therc, of course, the voice is all i'm.
portant. One car always pick out the
young actor. He has awakened to the
realization of the fact that no has a
voice. He runs up and down the scale.
ending his sentences now in one voice
and now in another. 1t is merely a mat
ter of vocal imitation. The thoughtful
voiceis always poised. That is the reason
women-especially Of the flippant sort
have flexible, sliding voices, that run the
scale in a few sentences"
'sGood conversational voices are rare.
thenw
well, it is hard to say. Children,s
voices before they learn to initiate their |
elders arc perfect. They talk as the lin
net sing. Tho lover classes OF cycry
country, in spite oftheir harshnessS and
.corruptness Of speech, have good quality
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Bread from Bark.

In the last century, when the wood
trade OF the Baltic was confined to the
Russian ports, the now thriving towns
in the Gulf Of Bothnia were poor fishing
villages, and the bread Of the people was
commonly made from the inner bark of
the fr-trce Their staple grain was oats
and rye; but in time of scarcity, bark
bread was used; at other times, bark
meal was mixed with corn-meal, as
matter of economy
Until recently, the making of bark
bread from the fir-tree was common in
the north of Sweden and Norway, and in
the northwestern parts of Finland. The
bark was stripped from the trees in the
spring, the only time of the year it is
easily removable; that of the trunk of
large trees was most preferred, as it was
less strong than the bark of small trees
or branches. Linngus, the great natural
ist, when passing through the woods of
Helsingland, in Sweden, in 1882, SAYS:
"The common and spruce frs grow here
to very large size. The inhabitants
had stripped almost every tree of its
bark" The outer or hard scaly bark
was carefully removed, as the inner bark
was the only part required. The bark
was then dried in the sun, and stored for
winter use, season that embraces six
or seven months of the year. Prepare
tory to grinding, the bark was rendered
friable, thick, and porous by being
warmed over slow fro. It was then in
part given to their SWINE in a granulated
form, by way of ecn.~,nizing corn, the
swine by this food being r,ndered ex.
remely fat. Other .,Arts were cut up OBJ
Iiquely, and given to their cows, goats,
and sheep. When ground, this bark
meal, as it was called, was stored in bar
els. -Cbqpa5erS Journal
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Big HailstOnes.

After the hailstorm of the other even
ing a seventy-niner met Amos Steck al
the St. James, biggest hailstones ]
ever saw, said the friend. ooh, non
sense" said the bluff Amos; ''if you
hadn't mentioned it / wouldn't have
known we had any hail. Just little
frozen rain-that's all" "You have
seen larger hailstonesl" asked the
seventy-niner. Look here! in SO,
right here in Denver, over there at that
old house of mine-it was in the country
then-I have seen the hail so thick tha,
the ground was not visible in any direc,
tion, and as for size, used two Of the
hailstones for weight on my front gate
for over two weeks after the stormw-
Denger Neus.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
The Rose Over The Door.

A cottage, all fitted and furnished
Stands daintily over the way,
And here young pair to Housekeeping
Came promptly the first day OF May
The place seemed to be home-like ana cosy
The sun shone bright on the floor
Yet one dewy eve saw them planting
A rose to bloom over the door
But love" they say, flies out Of the Wln-
dow
When poverty enters the door"
But against all trials and troubles
These two young hearts garnered iUdl
store,
For when fell the hush of the twilight
They whispered anew loves sweet lore,
Wove closer the bonds Of affection,
Meath roses that bloomed DER the door
And then the clark days closed around
them,
And poverty's waves overbore;
To keep The dear home how they struggled
Where roses bloomcd over the door.
And now, all their trial tim y ended,
They dwell in til sunlight once more.
And love brightly CLEANS on the hearth
stone
Whe roses bloom over the door,
Ye newmated pairs who are building
Your home-nests, now heel impl0re,
This lesson: That love fingers longest
Where roses bloom over the door
So we who count home more than shelter,
Plant, ere the bright spring time is DER
T. make home the brighter and dearer,
A rose to bloom over the door.
Vjcks Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Wholesale POisOnings.

The frequency with which people vino
partake Of picnic ice cream find them,
selves poisoned suggests the theory that
adulteration is being carried to a more
dangerous extreme than ever before. As
most of these troubles occur in the coun-
try where the principal materials of which
ice cream is compounded are naturally
pure it might be worth while to subject
the flayorings used in the cream to a
critical analysis. These are put up in
cities as a rule, and it would not be sur
prising if they were found to be the
cause OF the illnesses which are reported
with such frequency.
1t is well known fact that it is chem.
ically possible to make almost any fruit
flavor out of acids Of various kinds, and
it may be that some unprincipled manu-,
facturer has put on the market favorings
made by similar processes. AduItera.
tions have become so common that no
effort should be spared to discover the
real cause Of the numerous wholesale
poisonings which occur wherever food is
carelessly prepared for large numbers of
people. One successful prosecution
against a swindling manufacturer would
be worth millions to the country
CAicao0 Herald
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
PORT TOBACCO MARYLAND AUGUST r3, 1885,
nf i,nncllmen.

-, i from a Long Branch
,.,i.. la' se New York Hora'd' The The
','''r .hman. whatever the place
az I'''Si. hi. pe.avi,y. is the best paid man o'
III. JsPsne world. His wages range :,
r., from Ill., $50 per month and found, ,,,
rbc !. H. IS probably about Slo. ~
mcannE 4 the word found =. N ,;hor ."'
con,r,1socnds largely upon the iDeP
~ ~. ill.,, length Of his good nature az
,.M oxsmple one cas3 was DIS
co,.... H. caused surprise. This man
occn; arrc corner room, furnished
vtb L,nfortablc spring bed pan"
and .lcasy chairs. His hall dozen
,; - and shoes were placed out
siJo h l5or at night to be b'ackcned'
and .,hor came to his room every
mornin 10 Shave his face. He onlj
,.ovo,,lt.da the grooming Of the sS
uNtIlUNAtu W. ? A.,
horse. 1 rs care. The work was dona
~, n.. IN the stables, whom he pald
-, = K allowance. lie affected hot
seo-wotlr baths, and had his eiothln
sent in ibamper once week to new ',
York liuadry-"just like the lam'y'
a., af tbo pronpr kind could
he modl m he had his little rubber at
whist Or triaed with "that blar't9u
American game of poker" Now that 1T
could not form combination with TN
butler at the mansion in town to samp.
his masters wines and liquors, he dram
rather cbeaper claret-but less OF 1t. ~
moment he returned from a drive h
cbanocd his clothes and laid aside III
implements of his occupation. When
knew fine horses were cared for he lit
cioar and stroped down to see NJ
Drcycrs Mr.. Seligman's, Mr.. Curtis
Mr.. Kennedy's men. In nearly eve
case was teIephonic communication WI
5 these friends possible, and he alwa
availed himself of the latest advances
a science Another idea of his was ney
r to place himself beyond reach by t
G same means. Therefore he confined
G intercourse to such friends as had te
/ phones in their stables.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
A Quarter or Hutton.

Extract from letter to the Cover
nor of Arkansas:
Il send you by John Cobbletree, one
of my neighbors, a quarter of mutton
and mess of young squirrels. / do
this just because like the course you
have always took. | killed the SPUR
rels yistidy, an know they air fresh.
Thar amt nothin' nicer than young
squirrels. / eat 'em sometimes till /
am fiji to pop. Now let me say some
thing about the mutton. 1t is fresh
an fat, an l hope you will enjoy it.
One OF my neighbors lost sheep the
other day, an he has accused me of
stealin' it. He has had me arrested,
an ! am now in jail. He came to my
house, an grabbed holt Of a sheep that
| had Jest killed, but l managed to
keep enough to send to YOU. | am
mighty fond of sheep meat, an when |
am right hongry L ken elt it till | am
fit to pop. My trial will come on in q
day or two, an the way things are
shapln' l am afeerd they will put it to
me les fur joke These folks out
here air the prankinist set of people
ever seen. They air allus happy when
they kin git joke on prominent man
Ike me. wouldn't be surprised if
they carry the Joke so far as TO want to
send me to the penitentiary. This
would hurt my chances for the Legis-
lature. | don't want to be beat, but if
they keep me shut up very long the
other feller will git ahead of me. Af-
ter you eat your mutton | wisht You
would write a note to the Sheriff. an
tell him to let me out. Say, | forgot
to tell you that the gran Jury has been
let into the joke, an that they have
brought in Joke of an Indictment
agin' me. They may try me, an pass
the joke of a sentence on me before
your note gifts here, so | wish Won
would write out pardon after you eat
your mutton, an tell the Judge that [
am free. | know the joke will tickle
you, and you may make the pardon
Just as amusin as you please. e.-1rka1s.
SaW Traveller.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
Sand AyaIanches.

On the south shore of the Baltic the
sins Of reckless forcfathers are beng
cruelly visited upon their defendants
Two hundred years ago the coasts oi
Prussia were defended by a bulwark Of
magnificent beech forests that resisted
the inpads of floods and dunes, but
about De time of the Great Eleetor the
work Of levastation began and continued
until sola ten thousand square miles o
woodisS been tnrnsd g t... into na',sS s,
revenge. Year after year the rains and
strong floods have washed out the re.
naming vegetable film of those hills,
leaving nothing but sand and gravel,
which gradually accumulated in tower.
ing dunes and at last invaded the land.
ward settlements with perfect avalanche
OF drift sand. Seen from the village OF
Schwarzort fifty miles northeast OF
Koenigsberg, the destruction dealing
sandridge looms up to a height of 1870
feet, naked and steep, ever rising by adj
ditional deposits brought in by the sand
laden sea-storms, and ever threatening
to discharge those deposits upon the
southern valleys. The fsher-hamlet.
of Atnegcin and Karwaiten were literal.
ly submerged by a single storm, and the
little town Of Pillkuppen h d twice tc
be moved, with all its buildings and
fences. The remaining vcstige8 Of the
ancient woodlands are unable to stay the
A fine forest near Schwarzori
has been turned into sand bank
crowned by the withered tops of beech
trees, which a years work OF the entire
coast population would fail to rescue
from their sand-grave Dr.. Felir /.
OSwald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13


Mccoy, when he came to Scott couh-
ty, went to work for farmer named
Hit, who had very charming daugh-
ter Emma. A young man whom Farmer
Hit had repeatedly driven from the
place continued to come around, paying
his addresses to the daughter, until
hnally the farmer, desparing of keeping
nm away by any milder means, hired
Mccoy to thrash him every time he came
near. Once or twice, or may be more,
the young man came, saw the girl, took
his thrashing, and departed. But one
day there came the end of this sort Of
thing. Mccoy, returning from town,
where he had gone as driver and escort
for the daughter, approached the father,
saying:
'WeIl, Mr.. Hit, I've settled this bus;.
ness of that young fellows coming
around here to see En-"
''What do you meanq" asked the
farmer.
4 mean that he won't come any more,
an you can bet on it."
Why, Mac, you haven't killed him,
nave youG" asked the farmer, fearfully.
mo. Better than that"
What then?"
I've married Em.n
The old farmer flew into a dreadful
rage, but Mccoy had the girl, and there
was no getting her away from him, so
Farmer Hit, like sensible man, made
the most of it and gave his son-in-law a
piece of land, which he is now tilling,
while 'Em" minds the babies like a duti-
lul wife, Chicago Neps.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-08-13
A ReyengefuI Artist.

Dauber, the artist, has private grudge
against Bondclipper, the banker. Con-
versing with friend on this subject,
Dauber remarked:
I'D like to play him a trick that
would make him perpetual object of
ridicule."
''Ill tell you how you can do it."
"How2"
''Paint his portrait. That will make
him squirm. -Siftings.