The Abbeville messenger., April 27, 1886, Image 6

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THE FAMILY ALBUM.
Arl Article which is the Pricle
of Many Households.
Its Array of Portraits Brought to tha
? Front on Many Occasions.
The family album is the pride of many
a household. Its photographs aud tintypes,
with now and then a gorgeous
picture-card or valentine of paper lace,
are the chief ornament of many a village
or country parlor. The visitor must see
the album before he takes his leave, or
he has not been properly entertained.
The pleased hostess or some young lady
member of her family sits by to tell the
1 visitor "who the folks in the album are."
N
The grandfathers aud grandmothers on
both sides of the family generally come
first.
"That's grandma aud grandpa, and
they're real good pictures of them. They
didn't much like to sit for them, but we
coaxed them into it," says the person
whose pleasing duty it is to give the genealogy
of each face represented.
111..J it ' ?
.U.UU mis is ivunt MolincUi, mother's
sister, but it don't look like her. Her
name is Randall. She married a man of
that name and she lives in Ohio. She
has four children, three boys and a girl.
That's her little girl on the left, taken
the day she was a year old, and she
wouldn't ait still. She has real black
hair, and her name's Margaret Ann."
"This is pa's brother Zenas, but it
don't look much like him; you'd nevei
know him for this. That's his wife by
him. The picture flatters her awfully.
She ain't a bit pretty; she's real dark
complected, and you'd think she was i
light from the picture.
"This is my cousin Elsina and hex '
baby, and there's two more pictures of
the baby farther over, taken when she
was older. She's almost four years old
now, and knows all her letters. The
man standing up is her father, one of his
legs is cork; you'd never think it, would
you?"
"This girl here and that one on the
other page are the same, and they don't
look one earthlv bit nliko Ho
. 1 ? ? "V*
name is Cindv Patch, and that's all hci
own hair hanging down her back, and it
ain't half as thick as it used to be,
either."
"That couple sitting down locking
arms arc married, and that was taken on
their wedding day. They're cousins of
ours, and that baby on the other page is
theirs. It's a boy, but it looks for all
the world like a girl, don't it?"
"That's my uncle and aunt. They're
dead now. This was taken before they
died. They lived in Iowa. That is
their oldest girl, taken just on her tenth
birthday. 8hc weighed a hundred pounds
then, just think of it! She's real good
looking for anyone so fat. This is father's
sister's husband's first wife's son, and
this is my mother's brother's first wife,
Mid this is lier sister. They visited us
once, and she had three silk dresses, all
new.
"This is my father's aunt. Sh<? never
was married, and this is an old maid;
, .. .
^ ana tliis is licr brother. They don't look
a bit alike.
"These are my Aunt Harriet's twin
boys, and one of them is half a head taller
than the other; ain't that funny? One's
Eght and one's dark complected, and
their names are John Henry and William
Charles."
And so it goes to the last page of the
precious book, when you are asked to
add your own physiognomy to those in
which you have, of course, been so deeply
interested.?Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Signs of a Storm.
There arc many ways of predicting rain.
Every farmer knows when swallows fly
low that rain is coming; sailors, when the
gulls fly towards the land, when stormy | ,
/
jpuirei appears, or Mother Cary's chick- j
ens, as they arc called, predict foul
weather. Take the ants; have you nevei
noticed the activity they display before a
storm?hurry, scurry, rushing hither and
yon, as if they were letter carriers mak
ing six trips a day, or expressmen behind i
time? Dogs grow sleepy and dull, and i
like to lie before a tire as rain approaches ,
chickens pick up pebbles, fowls roll in 1
the dust, flics sting and bite more vie- <
jously, frogs croak more clamorously, |
gnats assemble under trees and horses j
display restlessness. When you see a \
swan flying against the wind, spiders \
crowding on a wall, toads coming out of '
their holes iu unusual numbers of an <
evening, worms, slugs aud snails appear- |
ing, robin redbreasts picking at our win- (
dows, pigeons coming to the dovecote t
earlier than usual, peacocks squalling at t
night, mice squeaking or geese washing, j
you can put them down as rain signs, t
Nearly all the animals have some way of i
telling the weather in advance. It may
be that the altered condition of thr? *t
mosphcrc with regard to electricity,
which generally accompanies changes of <
the weather, makes them feel disagreea,&
We or pleasant. The fact that a cat licks
herself before a storm is urged by some
aataralists as proof of the special influences
of electricity. Man is not so sensi- 1
tire. Yet many feel listless before a
storm, to say nothing of aggravated head-' t
aches, toothaches, rheumatic pains, and t
rat, last, but not leaa^ corn%.?Botion Gulti- j
j airl'liiUi FOB THE DUBIOUS.
Tho Chinese should be a very politt
people. Tiicy have 503 books ou be>
havior.
Tho garrote was an ancient method oJ
execution in Spain. It was a collar thai
caused strangulation till life was extinct.
The word "pulpit," like "ferryboat'
and "outlandish women," occurs once in
the Bible. It was Ezra who was in the
pulpit.
A wonderful Chinese boy is mentioned
in tho report of a missionary at Pekin.
At a recent examination he repented the
entire New Testament without missing a
single word or making one mistake.
Shrove Tuesday, which is the day preceding
the beginning of Lent, was formerly
devoted to feasting and merriment,
but whence originated the custom of eating
pancakes on that day is still a matter
of uncertainty. Shrove-tidc was in
times gone by a season of such mirth that
i "sliroving," or "to shrove," signified to
be merry.
The people of the Congo have no conception
of a God of anv kind, and wor
ship nothing. They believe in charms to
keep oil all evils. They do not believe
in sickness or death as natural, and sock
out the cause when any one dies or is
taken ill. Many persons arc tljus killed
in punishment, and were it not for this
the populace would increase very rapidly.
The largest circus in Paris accommodates
only 7000 people, while one in ancient
Rome could hold over 150,000,
where from 100 to 400 lions were let loose
at a time. Augustus filled the arena once
with 3500 wild animals, and one Probus
got up a free ^fight between 1000 wild
boars, 1000 stags, 1000 rams and 1000 ostriches,
and the occupants o? the upper
galleries?the gods?had the right to
shoot arrows and javelins into the melee.
The Doric shaft, with its characteristic
diminution and channellings, was known
in Egypt more than a thousand years before
its introduction into Greece, as is
proved by the monuments of Beni-IIassan.
Commercial relations had existed between
the two countries for centuries, and
it cannot be assumed that the Greeks
had not seen Egyptian works of archi
tccture; they could not have arrived at
precisely the same results by independent
invention.
Fighting1 Ike's Battles.
'Had to do it, you know," he explained
as he came around the postoffice corner
with a bloody nose and two deep
scratches on his chin.
"You have been lighting," said the
policoman.
"Yes, but I was driv' to it. Big Jim
was goin' to lick Little Ike."
"What was that to you?"
"Lots. Ike's brother died 'tother day,
and Ike is in mourning. How's a boy
goin' to fight ween he's thinkin' of his
dead brother and graves and bein' buried?
He can't do it. Pluck's all gone, you see.
Can't get his mad up to save his neck.''
"And what did you do?"
"Took Ike's place, you know. Big Jim
said it didn't make no difference to him,
considerin' the circumstances, who he
licked, and so I went in. Ike offered me
two cents and a banana, but I didn't take
'em."
"And how did the fight come out?"
"I got away with Jim. He's licked me
ten times, but this time I got to thinkin'
of Ike's poor brother an' I fetched Jim a
winder on the ear. Then I thought of
Ike's having to sleep alone, and I knocked
Jim's nose sideways. He rushed in on
me, but I thought of Ike's mother feelin'
so bad, and I gave Jim a kick which
doubled him up and made him holler
'nuff."
"Where's Ike now?"
"There he is across the street. Hi there,
[key! Come over! It's all right! Big Jim
was knocked out in three rounds, and
you and I'll go up and see the grove the
first thing in the morning.?Detr&it Free
Press.
Looks Liko I ho Egypt Inn Sphinx*
A correspondent writes to the Star of
Washington that in North Ct rolina there
is a mountain formation very ; ! ->sely rejembling
the Sphinx. It is called the
"Pilot Knob," and is in Suvry county, in
ihe northwestern part of the state, just
last of fchi? Winn
*??UV inugi; , ltd jJUSlUUIly
prone on the Piedmont plain, like a
igantic lion; its body at right angles
;o the precipitous ridge, and with head
eared aloft, as if in the act of rising,
rhe head is of solid rock, several hunIrcd
feet in height. The shoulders and
jreast are finely proportioned, and at the
listance of u few miles it looks like a
;huig of life and intelligence. It rises
i'.?out fifi"cn hundred feet above the
\\nitl . Tr io annn ni ? * J,'A? *
-% t.> ovva <%u vnu UU)tUUCU Ul illiy |
niles, bm is yet no railroad approaches
t nearer limt twenty miles.
This is Fame.
"Who wju the o.dest man}" asked the
,eachor.
"Methusalehl"
'Correct. "Who was the strongest?1'
Samson!"
"Higlut. Now, who was the greatest
nan the world has ever seen?"
Prizo scholar: "Plcaso, sir, I can't just
ftmember hi* nume, but he pitched for
he Knockemout* la.? season and he's
ust signed with the Rounders for this.**
?Burdette. ;:^.y ,
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I Palmetto
; THOS. McGET
of the largest SALOON in tho up-conntr
? Advertisements. The half is not mentii
prepared for fall trade. The Palmetto He
i
1 Foreign and Domes
the best the innrkot affords. He hi
Rye and Corn, Irish
Apple, Peach, California and Fi
He cnn choerfnlly recommend his r<
mixed drinks with ;i!l the DELICIOUS Ui
1'ERA.TE DRINKS. liis specialty is a lu
GENTLEMEN'S RES0R1
and yon will not forget again.
A Good Line of Tobacc
Beer a
CUNNINGHAM
HAVE
Tleir Large anfl 1
FALL AND W
Consisting ii
Foreign and Don
MOT]
HATS, HATS, H
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HARDWARE, EAR)
G-roceriesf Grocerie
Crockery
At Lower Prices than they were Eve
.PAVILION HOTEi
CIIRLESTON, S.
(First Class ki all its Appointment
RATES, S2.QO, S2.60.
' Excellent Cniseno, large airy roomH, Oi
Passenger Elevator. Electric boll andligh
Hoated rotunda centrally located.
Oct. I, 'e4-tf 21
QENTRAL HOTEL,
Mrs. M.W. THOMAS, Proprietress
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. A
JgXCIIANGE HOTEL,
Greenville, S. 0.
The Only Two-Class Hote
in the World.
"W. R. WHITE, Proprietor,
J^EW DINNER HOUSE,
Greenwood, S. 0.
j Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap ratet
First-class fare.
June 15th, 1882-tf. Ill
T. P. TnOMBON. j. W. tii0m80*.
r^HOMSON & THOMSON,
Attorn cys-at-Liawv
Abbeville, 8. C.
EETOfHco in rear Mr. Loo's.
Jnno 8th, ifc85-tf. 1CX
QALIIOUN & MABRY,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Abbeville C. H., 8. C.
Office formerly occupied by Judge Thomson.
tf-50
uobt. r, hemphill. wm. p. calhoun.
JJEMPIIILL & CALHOUN,
Attorney s-at- Law*
Abbeville, 8. C.
Will practice in tho Courts of the State.
54
U W. PKKR1K T. Pi COTHBAJf.
pERHIN & COTHRAK,
Attorneys-at-L&w*
AJKABVxllb, 8. 0.
4 '; > ]'$ i:- 'v..
) Saloon i
TIGAN, Proprietor
i!.
y, don't intend to dupe his customers by fnlso,
>ned in the throo Abbeville papers. Heis well J
pubo is won siocKca witn everything in the liiio of !
tic Wines and Liquors,;
as got Liquors nine years old. Good old
and Scotch Whiskies, ,
ench Brandies, 1
Porter, Ale and Fresh. Lager Beer.1 <
sods to the public for MEDICINAL USE, and' \
AVERAGES of the Henfton. Also COOL, 1EMrge
stock of PURE GOODS, Call at the
r. NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST, ,
THOMAS McGETTIGAN.
c
o and Cigars. Budweiser
Specialty. 47
& TEMPLETON 1
IN STORE
ell Selected Stock of
INTER GOODS,
:i DPart o? 1
iestic Dry Goods,1
IOBT S9
[ATS,
OTS AISnD SHOES
DWARF, HARDWARE,
E
ss, Groceries,
9 Crockery, Crockery.
ir Offered Before. l-tf-22
ENBOBSED BT BETTEK AND ]
SCIENTISTS AS CHEAPER TSA J
S' PEACTICALLY^eP jfcgj ANY ?
Mestraclilile STONE. "
Over BOO Pfflffpfil 8end fo< Beautiful
E^liallPrice L,8t
_ Designs. HPlilrnl clroular6
MANUPACTURRD HY
MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY,
BBXXX3SPO&T. CONN.
>1 3L
??AT THE ?
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Centennial Saloon '
' For this year will be foand J
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a
Absolutely Pure Spirits* J
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ol
Sorth Carolina copper distilled Corn, Finest p
brands of Kentuoky Kye, from **
?i
$2 to 86 Per Gallon. J
importci Cognac Brandy a Specialty.
ALSO
Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &c.
* in fact all the popular and standard goods
that can be obtained. Together with
an assortment of
Tobaccos and Fine Cigars
that can not be excelled in quality.
Persons needing snch goods wonld not be
humbugged by baying from them.
The place is second aoor from Ooart
Eloase.
O'DONHELL & GUNflIHGBAH
Proprietors,
ABBEVILLE, 8. Q,
jan 14-tf 2i
AZjL the new shades in Hats and Bonnets
with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Satins
mid Velvets to mateh.
52 ' B. M. HADDON & CO.
JgjUGENE B. GARY,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
Abmtvill*. S, 0.
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"'J':, <" '.. {T"'t!W- *"*'
GOODY
Carriage R
ffik. .
riAN r>13 FOUND TTTE LARGEST SI
^ PlirctonA. Rcao f-nrt1*, Plant htion Wnuon? (
larues" Siwldles. IVHimr. lontlior of nil kinds
hirtv day* I vill Ol'FKR SPECTATi BARGAIN!
3IES at. less th in Manufacturers' Prices. Thet
to m'ikos: which I wilt gunrnntoa eqnnl to tho
incc yourselves that thoy ore absolute bargains
R. GOO
(Suiccssor to R. II. Mat & Co.,) O
SFK'- I ADGBSTi.
DAY & TA
Are Now Receiving a
CARRIAGES Al
FOR THE SPR!
AT PRICES TO SXJ
&nd Never Before Attained in'
Ve arc enabled to give our customers eve
at the closet possible cash price
CHILDREN'S CVRRIAGE!
The finest assortment of II AND BAGS am
'RUNKS, WHIPS and UMBRELLAS.
THE WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHIL.
TENNESSEE WAGONS, 1. 2 and 4 Hon
DAY & TANNAHILLL'S ONE AND TV
EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WAGONS.
AXLES, SPRINGS, HUBS. SPOKES, &c.
nnVT'S t ."p. a tit rt? tlvt ttwfi 'PU?
v A ? ^ * A&?41? IVlJiJ 11X1U. 1 iiu UL
LACING. RIVETS, Etc. @AK and HE]
CALF nnd LINING SKINS, LASTS, Til!
HARNESS nnd SADDLES. WE CALL F
[ARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH
DAY &
4 3
WHITE BI
"Would call the attention of bsyers to a
D R as ss
i unusually large and attractive. They have t
ave ever offered. They havj also some hand-to
jjtment of Black and Colored VELVETEENS
nice line of Wool Laces in all colors, the latei
Their stock of BLACK CASHMERE can
nnsnal care in the selection of these goods, ai:
> color, quality and price. A good line of JER:
It would astonish any one to see how very cl
lis season. Buyers in this line would do well I
WHITE BI
CARPETS are so very cheap as to be in
'ARPETS and RUGS can be found at the stori
The above are only a few lines in which Sp<
The General Stock of Fall and Winter Gooi
WHITE BR
s the largest, best assorted, and more attractiv
lete in all departments.
The Human Eye a
JOSEPH:
OPTIC
Superior toany other in use, constructed in acc
f nature in the peculiar form of a UONCAVE
y the organs of sight, and perfectly natural to
:> the human vision ever invented.
I. SILVER
L
nd is traveling at this time throughout the Str
nown his Theory and Practice, and at the flame
is Spectacles have been \tied tbey are spoken
istimonials will certify; the original and man
is rooms. He at the same time wishes to be
ling quacks who merely sells yon a pnir of gli
iay never see again. He has established in Au<
1 case you should happen to lose or break your
" ? small nominal sum, as it is his custom to k<
leu him to know ju?t the glass you have purch
*om such men as Judge Tottle, Oovenor Coin
sept.; 0,1885.
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EAR'S
epository.
T>OTC OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES.
nil flizfis, 1 to <5 hofflo.) Sinjrlo and Donbl<
Wagon Material, it<\. fen. For the noxi
SIN A. LOT OF 0?EN AND TOP HUGBuggion
are all Fine Northern and Eastbest.
Call and examine them und conDYEAR,
AgrantPP.
GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK.
GEORGIA. I
Fine Assortment, of
MB BUGGIES
INGr TRADE,
IT THE TIMES!
the History of the Business
try advantage by purchasing our good
s. Call and bo convinced.
5 IN GREAZ VARIETY.
1 SATCHELS ever brought to tlic city*
\. WAGONS, all sizes.
>o.
TO IIORSE WAGONS.
RUBBER BELTING and PACKING.
st in the world.
1L0CK SOLE LEATHER.
IEAI), CEMENT Etc.
ARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR
'E EXCEL IN QUALITY and PRICE.
TANNAHILL,
Augusta, Gra.
MOTHERS
Few Specialties: Thoir stookof
GOODS
he cheapest line of BLACK SILKS they
rae Colored Silks. They have a good as3
for Dresses aud Trimminga. They have
it thing for rine Dres* Trimmings. . >jBt
not be surpassed. They have bestowed J mEm
id are assured they are all right in *ngaiB }
3EY JACKETS, cheaper than
heap FLANNELS and BLANKrj-{Kf
to examine the stock of '
the reach of all. A good assortment of
a of WHITE BROTHERS.
scial Bargains can bo had.
ds now offered to the public by
OTHERS,
e than they have ever carried. It is comsep.30,1835-2m.
ind Spectacles.
SILVER,
ordance with the science and philosophy
-CONVEX ELIPSE-i, admirably adapted
the eye, affording the best artificial help ?
ETABL1SHED A
D EYE GLASS EMPORIUM
CITtf OF AUGOSTA.
ite of Georgia for the purpose of making
time introducing these Lenses. Wherever
of in the highest terms, as the following
iy others can he seen and examined at
understood that he is not one of the travisses
at exorbitant prices and whom yon
^usta, at present, 5W Broad Street, where
glasses, he will ^replace the same for you
uep a lUgisterof all he sells, thereby enansed
from him. These testimonials are
uit, General Gordon and a host of others.
vSE5.
n
[NG! CLOTHING! |
J[ ^.OOIv at the old gent above in a
badtlx isn't ho with his pants all
Dn^crv and no fit? My frionds do
oo? "
you wish to avoid getting into just
such a scrape? Thon when you, ' i?
make up your mind to buy a suit of
clothes come right along to our
store and have your measure taken
and have your clothes made to order
by the very best
TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY.
and then if they are baggy and
^ don't fit, just say to us "send these
^ clothes right back, I don't want .
' them and wont have them." Mores\
over, wo would not let you keep
them ourselves if they did not fit
S you. We arc not working for a fall
trade, but a trade we can by giving
entire satisfaction hold in the fu- j
ture. Remember our motto is "no
fit no pay.
We are yours truly,
i k^Sfv:Vvi>: ?.