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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
HUMOROUS.

A very expensive canc-Hurricane.
A poor ritle-Picking a paupcr's pock-
ct.
The thermometer gains notoricty by
degrees, 80 to speak.
Is there any difference between a trav-
cling dress ard a walking suite
The lctter-carrier that gets around
quickest is the cylinder Of a printing
press.
Some women swallow ~lattcry as babies
swallow buttons, without any idea of the
trouble that may follow.
The evil consequences of smoking are
illustrated by Mt. Vcsuvius, which con-
stantly suffers from cruptions.
els the tide going out7" said a sailor
to a gentleman who was passing a house
where a marriage had just taken place.
We never hear anything more of the
phonograph. It has probably gone into
a barber shop and been talked to death.
Larry Lazyboncs (who had been told
to start in to do Il weeks ploughing): 81
wish I were dead-that's what I wish!''
Humorous grandfather: eyes, Larry,
that's jest like yc! Yc want to be lynn
in yer grave, takin' it easy all the rest o.
yer life"
Looking out Of the window one eve
ming, a little girl saw the bright full
moon in the eastern sky, and, apparently
only a few inches from it, the beautiful
planet Jupiter, shining almost as brightly
as the moon itself. Gazing intcntly. on
them a moment, she exclaimed, 90 papa!
mama! see! The moon has laid an egr!'
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
To Succeed in Life.
press.
earn your business thoroughly.

Learn your business
Keep ut one thing-in no wise change.
Observe system and order in oil you do
and undertake.
Never fail to keep your appointments,
or to be punctual.
Be sclf-reliant; do not take too much
advice, but rather depend on yourself.
Never be idle, but keep your hands or
minds usefully employed except when
sleeping.
Use charity with all; be generous in
thought and deed; help others along life's
thorny pathway.
Accustom yourself to think and act
vigorously, and be prompt and decided
for the right against the wrong.
. Make no haste to be rich, remember
ing that small and steady gains give
competency, with tranquility of mind.
Make few promises. Always speak
the truth, and nothing but the truth;
and in your business relations be guided
by strict integrity and unfilnching hon
esty.
Develop a wealth of character by per-
sonal courage. Possess the courage to
speak your mind when it is necessary you
should do so, and to hold your tongue
when prudent you should do SO; to aci
knowledge your ignorance rather Thar
scck credit under false pretenseS
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
' Love Now,

You will love me the day I lie dying,
Oh! love me then living,
While yet from a full heart replying,
give to your giving.
What gain hath my lifetime of loving,
If you pass it all by
10 give me back treble my loving
In the hour l die?
All anguish, all maddest adoring,
Will be vain in that day,
Though you knelt to me then with imploring.
word could 1 say9
Oh! love me, then, now, that it quicken
My hearts failing breath.
Why wait till to love is to sicken
At the GOODNESS of death!
Independent.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Cause and Effect.

Husband Cunning up his colla-).-
"There's another cold wave coming in .
very few minutes"
Wifc.-"Why, Charles, hax do you
know2n I.
Husband (sitA a Miser;.-"'Cad aus
forgot to bring home that new tsnast for
you."-Paek.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
Why Butter Is harder In Winter
Than In Summer.

Why butter is harder in winter
than in summer, depends on several
causes. One of the causes is attri-
buted to the greater combustion of
the softer varieties of fat in cold
weather 1t is notorious that all
kinds of fats ale burned up in the
bodies of animals TO sustain animal
heat, and it is equally well known
that the sottest and most volatile
ones burn the most rapidly. In the
winter, therefore, the combustion
of fat in the bodies of animals is
the heaviest drafts are
made upon the most combustible
varieties, and as these are the soft
est, there is left relatively more
hard fat than soft to be secreted in
the milk, which makes the butter
harder. We have seen this fact
many times confirmed by tests of
milk from cows exposed to the cold,
as compared with the milk of the
same COW in more comfortable con-
dition. The more a COW is exposed
to the cold, the poorer and harder
her butter. The more comfortable
she is kept, the softer aud higher
favored her butter, and more of it
when all other conditions are:equal.
The amount Of fat, and flesh also,
burned up in the bodies of cows,
and other cattle as well, to restore
the heat carried away by exposure,
IL enormous, and most of it need
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

All drugs which in small doses
slightly stimulate, or tranquillize,
are harmful in large doses. Pare
goric is "A mild sedative, but the
terrible condition of the confirmed
opium-eater is well known. Chic
raj when introduced was greatfully
welcomed by physician and patient,
but the excessive use of it has chan
red it to a curse. Even cocaine,
the youngest and seemingly the
the most inocent of all, has already
its victims.
A law that holds good of all such
drugs is the following. viz: that
the desired effect does not continue
to be derived from the quantity
which was at first used, but that
the system, becoming partially
habituated to its use, requires that
that the quantity be steadily i'll
creased in the same ratio. Hence
all uses tend to abus
The above is true Of that beyer
age which "cheers but not inebriat-
esq We should expect it to bc true
of tea from its nature, and facts
prove it to be so. The abuse of tea
in multitude of cases, and the
consequence injurious effects, are
vastly beyond what are generally
supposed.
When tea is analysed, it is found
to contain two powerful principles
or characteristic substances, fannie
acid and theme. The former is the
astringcnt familiarly known as tan
min, 1t is this, obtained from bark,
which hardens skin iuto leather.
Theme is a violent poison. Prob
ably both the fannie acid and the
theme coccur in producing the eff
ect which comes from excessive
tea drinking.
This is tentold. 1t is partly on the
digestive and partly on the nervous
system-in the first case giving
rise to atomic dyspepsia, and in the
second to irritability, palpltation
of the heart ,wakeiulness and brain
fatigue. Says the British Medical
The sufferers from excess
i've tea-drinking may be grouped
into three classes:
al. The large class of pure brain
workers, who speedily discover that
while alcohol is pernicious to them,
tea affords the st.mulent they de
sire. They indulge i'll it without
fear of mischief, and often to an
extent. After II time the
neurotic symptoms make their ap-
pearance, and. i'll many cases, do
much to impair temper, and to
limit the capacity for sustained
usefulness.
"2. The large class of women of
the better classes who begin with
afternoon tea often end by using
their f,vorite stimulant in the in
tervals between all meals of the
day. The result is that appetite is
and the prostration due
to insufficient nourishment is com
bated with more potations.
80. Factory operatives, especial
V women, who, finding it difficult
o provide a cheap and appetizlng
mid day meal, fly to the teapot, and
10 "A large amount of physical labor
IN this miserable dietary."-Com-
Jdnj0R.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
Talk of The State.

The increase in the deposits of the
Maine savings banks. during the past
year is notable. amounting toS2 ,l03.-
IL 30 and representing j, 293 new dcpoiS-
tiers. All people who have money 20 i'll
vest will ID well to read Bank Examiner
Richards report and particularly that
part of it relating to Investments The
report. of itself, shows that tho fun Is Of
The Maine savings institutions, are rN-
crcdn@y well placed Examiner Rich
ards recommends that bends of bank Of
llcals he furnished ny responsible corpor-
atoms organized for such purpose:
that trustees of savings banks be paid
for their services: that the Savings Bank
Examiner he provided with clerical a>siS-
lance that ayngS bank managers shuu
purchases of the securities of small cities
local corporations and mortgages of over
valued real estate; and that trcaSurcrS Of
savings banks should be forbidden to en-
gage In private business. lie advises
holders of Evansville bonds to accept the
offer of Il compromise recently made.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
less. and would be ohyiated iiappre.

less, and would be ohviated il appre-
ciatcd.
There is usually quite Il difference
in the density OF fat in the Sumne
and winter food OF cows The fat
in grass weld on analysis, sixty PEI
cent of high colorcd and soft, aud
forty per cent pale and hard
When the grass has become NUT
ured and made into hay, the above
proportions are reversed. There
is wider difference still between
the young heritage of grain and
the ripened straw OF the same plant,
and the same may be said of corn
Stover. As the fat in the food OF
the COW reappers in her milk, the
hard, pale fat in her customary
winter food contributes largely to
the harder consistency of the butter
made from her winter milk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
RULED BY PREJUDICE.


Few persons realize how thoroughly
they are controlled by prejudice even TO
their own disadvantage. For many years
the treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica and headache has been by some
outward application, and Therefore, with,
out stopping to think that the origin oil
these troubles must rom heoesSas' w II
ternal the weary sllerer fo,,,'rues ~ ,a iag
rub and hnd no rellel A'Sio ,nt rs iS the
internally, ana as PROOF nv a,.'I .,,;,il.
correct principle IL cures suIeil anu w." -
y, Inc s'" ,e on,;nce the incrednlous
o"''u ous"' :, WI A. ,a.;I1o 1896
Skowhegan' Me- Aiii, - '0J0'
have suffered a great deal WIN rheu-
matism and neural gia' and Athiophoros Is
the only remedy that would afford reliei.
have had rheumatism IN my mp so una.
I could hardly walk, and three or Jour
Iosas Of Atblnnhoros would entirely cure
"oses VI ANU
me. ,a,.;,,,.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

W. doubt if ever, on any platfo'm IN,
were gathered such notable assembly
of women representing so many states
and countries, so much of intellect. cul-
turc and conservation as on the platform
of the National W. e. T. L. at Mnneapo-
lis. Miss Francis Willard is the center of
this group. Around her are her o,n
mother, Mrs Lucas of London, and four
other ladies' from different sections of
Great Britain; Mrs. Youmans and Mrs.
Chisholm of Canada Hannah Whitall
Smith, Mrs Mary II Hunt, Mrs. Barney
aud many other representative women of
America. Miss Mary Dougall of Mon
treal, beloved for her own sake and her
father :, Miss Cathcart of the Sandwich
Islands, Yrs President Bascom of Wis
cOnsin. Mrs. Chaplin of South Carolina,
Mrs. Hobart, president of Minnesota, and
other honorable women not few.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

TIE MAN Who WMrs.-It is said that
everything comes to the man who waits
but there is such thing as waiting too
long. \ boy waits until the last minute
before tackling his lesson, and then his
teacher tackles him Grown older he
waits long time before selecting trade
or profession. and finds himself way be-
hind his fellows; who caught ON early
without waiting. lie courts a gill who
suits him every way, but he waits and
the consequence is some other fellow
slips in ahead Of him His habit of wait
ing intcrfereS with his business success
continually. There is a ba gain to be had
in the purchase of some property. III
stead OF embracing the opportunity as he
might he waits and another profits by it.
Ills insurance runs out, aud in the place
of renewing it Immediately, rs IA prudent
man would, he waits, and then if his
house takes fire the chances are that he
will wait too long to yet away without
scorchng Learn to labor and to wait
may be sound advice in some cases. but
not in all IerdS Stljags.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
A. :. BIX1Y,
3w4d SkoWhePan,
Mess, ,,ger's Notice

81 IL OF MAINE.
SOMERSET, IS. COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
In the ca,c If 'agsuAp u. Libby and everett
Il. Libby, lmso mt Debtors AS Cu-plrtners
and III lndiyidu.
Tins : to give ticr That on the 26th day of
November 4. ID. saG warrant in nro vrncy
WINS issued on - lie court of Insolvency
for sid Count. of Somerset. AGAINST the
estate of siid u tJr~ II brighton ndlu lgcd
to be msolVeu drbtor-. on petition OF
-aid debtors, hIch prf4tlun was filed on
lhe 25th DAY # November A. d. 1856,
to which date interest on claims is tn be
c mputed. III she payment of any debts
to rhy said debtors aud the transfer and de
Nv rJ Of my pr y y b, them a forbidden
ny Law That q meeting of the credit r., of
~iliil debtors 10 prov their debts and choose
one OF mo ea,sl ices of there estate will be
held ut IA Couit OF insolvency Ia ~ holden n TIN
Probate Court Room r. said Skowhegan, on tie
l4th day OF December A ID. lssd at one ,clock
In the afternoon
Gwen undU IN, hand the date first above
written.
c. II JONES.
Deputy Sheriff a. Messenger Of said g.. urt VI
Insolvency. 2Nis
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

Are you disturbed Mt night and broken OF youi
rest by sick child suffering and crying with pan
of cutting teethi If-o. send at once and get bot
tie or Mrs wINsLUw's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR
CHILDREN rEETH1HG. 1t value II tncalculahle Il
will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depert upon it, mothers, there IL mistake
about 1t I, cures dissentery and diarrhoea, reg
ulates the stomach andbowes. cures wind collie
sofens he gums, reduces Inflammation, and gives
tone and energy to he whole system. Mrs. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING
II pleasant To the taste and is the prescription of
one OF the oldest and hest female nurses and
physlciai 5 in tn United States, and is for sale
by all druggists throughout the world. Price 2i
cents Il bJttfe. Qy33)
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
A Remarkable Proposition

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This unheard of proposition is for one
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fail after which the payment of one
dollar per negative al time of sitting will
be required 10 all cases. Every STYLE
known To the art will be INTRODUCED. and
the good judgment of the public invited
instead vi asking them to take our word
for it, lbs
DIX. S. +. CONANr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
A Genuine Love Story.

If all husbands treated their wives
with H. much tenderness as the one here
in described, possibly there would be few
er APP LEGATIONS for divorce. The story Is
said to have been told originally by Mr.
Spurgeon;
\ young clergyman and his wife were
invited guests ut large party given 10y Il
wealthy parishioner I'm all the freshness
and elegance of her bridal war; robe the
young wife shone among the throng, dis
tingui>hcd by her cOmelincSs and ViYaCity
and rich attire; and when, during the ev-
ening. her young husband drew her aside
and whispered to her that she was the
most beautiful woman III all the company.
and that his heart wis bursting with
pride and love for her. she Thought her
self the happic~t wife in The world Ten
years later the same husband and wife
were guests at the samc house, where
was gathered similar gay company.
/ The wife of ten years ago Worc the SAM
dress she had Worn on the previous oe-
casion; and, of course, it had been ali
tered and re made. and was fashioned
and almost shabby Toll and care and
motherhood, and pinched circumstances
had taken The roses out of her check and
the 1.-THE spring OIL of her form. She sat
apart from the crowd, careWorn and pre-
occupied. Her small hands ruuehcned
with coarse toll. were fngloyed, for the
minister salary WAS painfully small
little apart the tcu-year husband
/ stood and looked AT his wife. and H. he
observed her faded dress and weary atti-
tude "A great Sen>c of all her patient. loe-
f Ing falthiuluc>, came over his heart.
j Looking up. She caught his gaze, and
/ noticed that lis eyes were hlling with
/ earnest tears. She rose and went To him.
j her questioning eyes mutelv asking for Al
explanation of his emotion; and when he
4 tcnderlv took her hand, and, placin1 it OF
/ his arm, led hel away from the crowd
and told her how he had been thinking u
/ her a. She looked ten years before. whcl
/ she was IA bride. and thought her more
1 beautiful, for all her shabby dress aut
roughencd hands, and how he appreciate
all her sacrifices and patient toll for hin
n d their children, Il great wave of happi
ness filled her heart, a light Shone in bel
face that gave it more than its youthful
beauty, and in all the company there wa,
not so happy couple as this HUSBAND
and wife. their hearts and faces aglon
from the flaming up of pure sentmen
that TRANSPORTED and cnnobled and glori
fled all the tolls and priyations they hat
endured.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

Some New Workers want church-bell
ringing abolished. How would man
and his wife who are punctually In their
seats at the opera, three or four nights u
week, fifteen minutes before the curtain
rises, know when to start to church II it
were not for the ringing of the church
bells?
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08
MeS.tnger Notice.

STEIE OF NAME
SoNFsFTSs. COURT OF INSOLVENCY
In tine Gaze o. Harrison I. kimhall, in>olvcnt
De tol.
This Is to i've uair" that on the thirtieth day
of November A. H. ls'G,a warrant III insolvency
was is ued out g. Che Cont of HsulVri cy for
said tounty Of : Ilcs-rl aga Ms the estate OF
sad Harrison i kiuDll OF ~kowhcg II, ad-
Judged la be an solvent lebtor. on petition ol
~ni1 Z. htor. which petition wa Med on the
thir'icth day of Nv A. d 1ssG. to which
dat. lutcrcs Oh Claims is to he computed
That the payment ol my de Is Ia or by sad
1t btor, and the transfer and delivery of amy
property by hiui ttse forbidden by law hat
i meeting of III creditors Of said debtor, 10
prove their d Il and choose one or Inoie
ns-iluecs of his estate Will be- he'll at IA Court
of Insolvency tt=bc holden at the Pruhate
ourl R0 N IN -altl EaWht N, o. the four
teruth day OF DECEMBER. \. ID. l>s6, at "fc
o'clock IN the ait nnon
Given under ny hand the date first above
written. -
ZENAS VAUGHAN,
sheriff rs Messenger OF sand our of In.
sulvcnry. 2NiS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

We accidentally overheard the follow
ing dialogue on the street yesterday:
JoReS. Smith, why don't you stop that
Disgusting hawking and splitting?
.Sn,th How can /? You know | am a
martyr to catarrh.
j. Do us did. | had the disease in its
worst form but / am well now.
s. What did you do for ii?
j. used Dr. Sage's Cltarrh Remedy.
1t cured me and it will cure you.
s. have heard OF it, and by Jove I'll
try it.
j. DO so. You'll find it at all the dugr
stores in town.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

A Texas paper says, There is a perni-
ciouS rarti-anshp in the blind grrear-
i"usness of a promi~cuous multitude.
held to party allegiance bv mere nnrin
of habit and mechanical cohesion" W.
have noticed this OF late and it was alb ut
time attention was called to The awful
state of things
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

PLAYING MtnNA.-Littlc Florence Wis
six years Old and her brother Willie two
years younger one evening their mann
ma wished them to 20 to bed, and know
ing the little girls fondne>S for PLAYING
mamma, she said: come, now, children,
| haven't had time yet to look over the
paper You rnn right mp to bed now and
let mamma read Florence, you can play
mamma IN put your little brother TO bed
just as | do, YOU know .'All wight. -
said Florence, sitting down and taking mp
paper in imitation of her mother "wun
right up to bed, Willie; want to wead
the paper
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

A musical authority says that the score
of adam and Eve" has just been pub
lshed. As We recall it, they were both
put out in the first innings and quit
playing in the .eafu' We believe, how
ever, that Adam had son who subse-
quenly made quite a reputation as a
heavy halter
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-08

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