Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, October 23, 1873, Image 1
_ VOL. IV. NO. 3. PORT ROYAL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1873. {^g,VBE
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NEW SPRING GOODS.
Jas. C. BAILIE & BRO.,
Respectfully ask your attes
tiou to th? following DK8IRAI3LE GOODS of- .
f ered by them for sale:
english and american floor oil
cloths.
24 feet wide, and of the beet quality of goods manufactured.
Do you want a real good Oil Cloth T II
so, come now and get tho very beet. Oil Cloths cut
any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap
FLOOIt OIL CLOTHS, from 60c. a yard up. Tabli
cloths all widths and colors. {
carpets.
Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of new designs.
A full stock of low-priced carpets from] 30c. a
yard up.
Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch/
? lace curtains.
i French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites."
I Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from |2.60 ,
a pair and upwards.
cornices and bands.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and Gilt
Cornices, with or without centres. I
Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops.
Cornices cut and made to fit windows and put up.
WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shades, (1.50, with all trim.
Bring*.
Beautiful Shades 20c. each.
Store Window Shades any color and any size.
Window Shades squared and put up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shades.
HUGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and beautiful Ruga.
Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa,
that wear throe years.
100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
MATTINGS.
New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the diiferent
widths made.
Mattings laid with dispatch.
WALL. PAPERS AND BORDERS.
8,000 Rolls Wall Papers and Borders in now patterns,
in gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes,
Ac., in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and
cheap. Paper hung if desired.
HAIR CLOTHS
In all widths required ior Upholstering. Button*, ,
(limps and Tacks for same. ,
ClRTAIJi DAMASKS.
Plain and Striped French Terrys for Cnrtaini and
Upholstering purposes.
Gimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lambraquins made and put up.
piano and table covers.
English Einbroidcred-Cloth and Piano TableCovers.
Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers.
German Fringed Table Covers.
crvmb cloths and druggets.
New patterns iu any size or width wanted. |
To all of wbicli we ask your attention. All work
done well and in season, by
James G. Bailie & Brothers,
AUGUSTA, OA.
apI-17-i v.
H. M. Stuart, M. D,
Corner of Bay and Eiglitli Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
DKALEU IX
DR UGS A XD C HEMIC A LS,
FA MIL Y MEDICINES, !
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
ST A TIONE 11 Y, PERF UMEli >*, J
BRUSHES, dc., dc., dc.
Together with many other article* too numcroi.n
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest
price for cash. Physic:ana prescriptions carefully
compounded. fcb.ll. (
"pierce lT wigginT
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAV.
*" Solicitor Second Circuit.
Beaufort, S. C.
8ept.l-ly.
JERRY SAVAGE & CO.,
Wheelwrights & Carpenters.
1 Carts, Wagons and Carriages repaired in the beet
I manner at low price*.
J All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
[ MAGNOLIA St.,
BEAUFORT, S. C._
J. K. Goethe, M. D. ,
Dr. QoetUe offers his professional services to the
public. He may be fouud at hia residence,
Gam? Hill, near Varitsvil'e, ,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
jan.l-ly. A.
S. HITCHCOCK, !
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Pec.I-yr.
YEMASSEE
Eating Saloon,
AT THE I
P. R. k S. & c. R. R. JrXCTION.
The traveling public will here find good meals on
Ibe arrival of trains. Al?o accommodations for man
and beast, near the depot. (
13. T. 8EL.LEIIS,
YELIASSEE, S. C.
Kov.21-ly. ___
W. H. CALVERT,
PRACTICAL
Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN
I
Japanned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on I
band, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves.
TERMS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to business in the future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVJERT.
Bay St., between 8th and 9th Sts., ]
BEA UFORT, S. C.
ApLS-ly. I
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
mehM-ly E. H. JACKSON '
Redeem Your Lands.
The Acta of Congress and the Regulations of the
Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption
of Lands now In the possession of the United*States t
by reason of the Direct Tax Commissioners sales can
be bad at thla office. Pries tea cents. By mall ifbasB
pacta. I
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PAUL BRODIE,
ARCHITECT
BEAU FORT,S.CDra
wings of Models prepared for Patent Offlf
Studies for special purposes, made at short notic
Box 31, P. O. decl-ly
William Gurney
COTTON FACTOR
AST)
HAmmiaai An lUTorflllftfll
WtniiiioaiwM ?.?ww. .....
' NO. 102 EAST BAY
AND
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the sale of and ahi
ment of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Libei
advances made on consignments. doc7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Buildei
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
OFFICE i
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
decl-tf
PORT ROYAL
SAW & PLANING MILI
Beaufort, S. C.
D. C. Wl?ioN & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Mow Piie Timber aid Lambei
AND "
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors
Plaster Lathes,
ALL E1NDS OF
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
Flooring and Ceiling Boards Alway
on Hand.
Order* for Lumber and Timber by the carf
promptly filled. Terms Cash.
D. C. WILSON & CO.
nov28-ly
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST!
P. M. WHITMAN,
Watchmaker and Engravei
Mayo's Building, Bay Street.
Will (jive his personal attention to the repairing t
IYATCHE8, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornament
ind plain Engraving done at short notice.
.Gentlemeu having flue Watches can test them i
his establishment by one of HOWARD k CO.
>J00 REGULATORS.
Having added to my stock one of J. BLISS k CO.
Ine Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to fu
aish Beaufort time to the fraction of a second.
Alfred Williams,
TRIAL JUSTICE
Crofat's Building,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.
N. B.?Court will be held every Friday at Bri(
Church, St. Helena Island. Uich26-Iy
A. MARK,
BOOTMAKER
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am pr
par< d to do lint-class work.
mchtW-ly A. MARK.
PURE WATEI
Guaranteed by the use of the
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELI
Now being put down In this County. They are
Choap and Durable
Vml (jive universal satisfaction. Pure Water can 1
ntrodueed into any bouse by the AMERICA
DRIVEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to
M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to
E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent.
feb27-6m
S. MAYO,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.,
HARDWARE,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco
Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage,
3-lass, Paints and Oils
White Lead and Turpentine.
Sjiecial attention Riven to mixing Paints, ar
jla?K < ut to order of any size. fcbll
M. POLLITZER,
Cotton Factor
A.ND
Commission Merchant
BEAUFORT, S. C.
reptt
The Savannah Independent,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Satabliehcd on the cheap cash plan, at the low ral
of only
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR;
Addrees,
INDEPENDENT,
P. 0. Box 8i?. Savannah, Qfc.
W. G. CAPERS,
Uphojsterer aid Repairer.
Old Furniture put in good order, Picture Frame
oade. Mattrawee itufed at the ehorteet notice.
Corner Bay and Blnth Street*.
feblS-lr
The Golden Sunset.
The golden sea its mirror spreads
, Beneath the golden skies,
And but a narrow strip between
Of earth and shadow lies.
The cloud-liko rock, the rock-like olond.
- Dissolved in glory float,
And midway of the radiant flood
9 Hangs silentl) the bqpt.
The sea bnt seems another sky,
The sky a sea as well;
And which is earth and which is Heaven
^ The eye can scarcely tell.
Be when from us life's evening hour
Soft fading shall descend,
Hay glory, born of earth and heaven,
The earth and heaven blend;
Flooded with peace, the parting soul
Pj " With silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heaven begins
The spirit scarce can know.
i U MUMII ~
UNA.
'' For the first time in my life?nearly
seventeen years and a quarter?I was
alone in the wide, wide world; to be
precise, in that bit of it which lies between
the Paddington station and Bath,
- I had all but missed the train, so thf
my uncle had only time to hurry n
into a first-class carriage, wherein a so
J> itary lady was already seated, and
give me a solemn injunction to get Am
Margery to telegraph when I "turn<
up all right," before the train dashi
away.
"All right!" Of course I should 1
all right! I should think, at seventet
[ and nearly a quarter, I might be trus
? ed to take care of myself during a thr<
hours journey; the mote so as my unci
had "put me in at one end," and m
aunt would "take me out at the other.
As soon as I had arranged myself an
! my belongings comfortably in my co
tier I took a survey of my fellow-pa
senger?a grim, iron-gray old womi
in an exasperating bonnet, who wt
looking, not daggers?that is muoh t<
pointed and brilliant a simile?but ru
ty nails of the jaggedest description,
my poor little hat; such an attractive
one as it was, too, with the most piquant
S little wax-wing imaginable brooding
over it with outstretched wings. For
my part, I think, when one lias a pretty
50 face, it is wicked to spoil it by a dowdy
hat; I should have attracted much
more attention if I had worn an exasperating
extinguisher like my fellow~
traveler's, with an aggravating bow at
the top; and, besides, Tom would not
have liked it.
I was rapidly losing my temper?it
was too provoking. Here was some,
body evidently just as ready to find
) fault and take care of me as anybody at
home. My only comfort was a hope
B< uiai sue migni get out at ine next steal
tion, or at all events at some distance
it fi-om Bath. Ah, how little I knew what
s was coming, or I should have felt glad
to have had her glaring twice as grimly
? from the opposite seat!
"Traveling alone?"
"Yes."
What an iinnecessary question, I
thought.
" You are much too young and too
pretty to be permitted to do so."
3 I meekly answered that my youth and
prettine8s were " faultB " over which I
bad no control, and hinted at the possibility
that time might be expected to
cure both, if only I lived long enough.
She smiled?yes, really ; not a bad
_ smile, either.
" While waiting for that, you Bhould
* have somebody to take care of you."
"Take care of me 1" I exclaimed,
, with a little shudder of disgnst. " I
am quite able to take care of myself?
indeed, I am tired of being taken care
? of. I am almost worn out. Besides, I
have been at two garden parties, and
- have long left the school-room " (with
I dignity).
" My dear, the school-room wonld be
the best place for you for the next halfdozen
years. I must leave you at the
next station, but I will tell the guard to
look after you. You will learn in time
J, how good a thing it is to be cared for.
Una without her lion would never get
safely through this world."
The train stopped; I helped her to
gather all her bags and rugs.
to " Good-by, my dear ; your little face
N has made the day look brighter to aji
old woman ; so you have my leave to
keep it unchanged as long at you can,"
and she actually patted my cheek with
a kind old hand as she passed out.
- I watched her take her place in a litt,l*?
bnskfit pnrrinero that, ttob wnitinr* fr\r
her?watched the old bald-headed man
servant stand, hat in hand, evidently
giving her all the story of life at home
in her absence?and felt sorry, as I returned
her good-by nod, when the carriage
moved out of sight down a shady
I country road. I followed her in fancy
' to a flowerv country home, where I felt
sure that she lived cozily with old servants,
quaint furniture, and old pet
i, dogs, cats, and birds. How little I then
thought that one day I should . But
I forget; we must not anticipate, as
id real authors say?that must come in its
_ own place ; I had not even seen Tom,
then.
The train had just stopped at a quiet
little station and was just beginuing to
move on past the roses and hollyhocks,
when the door suddenly swung open,
and a man jumped in. One glance
'? satisfied me that he would not improve
on acquaintance. Tom has told me
since that he was a "cadand, if a
" cad " is an odious, vulgar, red-haired
person, with unwashed hands covered
with coarse rings, a sky-blue satin tie,
and an overpowering odor of bad tob
baceo?I know the difference quite
well, for Tom never smokes any but the
i very best Manilas, and I quite enjoy the
smell?then most decidedly he was
inflrVif.lv il Mil cm n f. Art
I saw all this at a single glance, as
one does sometimes, and bent steadily
- over my book, wishing that the hour
which would bring me to dear annt
Margery was over. Presently I was
reading something so amusing that I
had forgotten everything beside. The
m train had left the little station far behind,
and was going at foil spead, when
suddenly a horrid voice close to my ear
made me start, and I looked up to see
the " cad's" hideons face close to mine
?snfch a kicked leering face 1
" Take off that veil miss ; I'm sure a
whiff of fresh air will do you good.
This carriage is awful muggy"?that
was the creature's very expression?
" muggy!" " Besides, it's desperate
bad for your eyes to read through that
speckled stuff."
Without replying, I bent my head
lower over my book, but the letters
[ getting confused, and my heart was
beating with fright.
" Poor little thing I Deaf, is she ?"
and he took the seat opposite and leaned
across, so that I had to shrink into
my comer to avoid his touch. Poor
little Una needed her lion now.
"Bad for the eyes, miss, and such
shiners as yours are too good to be
wasted on that stupid book. Give a
fellow a peep at them."
And a great red hand advanced towards
my veil.
I could only cower into my corner
with a great cry of terror?one helpless
call on "Uncle/' knowing the while
how far away he was, and how unoonscious
of his poor little Polly's
trouble.
In putting Up his hand to my veil,
the man touched me> and the touch,
Blight as it was, roused a fttiy of anger
I
HBHi
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I
of btit oh ! their loving
darling?nil this occurred so v.vidly to
me that, with a great cry for help to
Heaven, I fell at the man's feet, and ontreated
him not to kill me.
"Kill you ! I thought it was your
uncle who was to kill me I Bless your
little heart, I am going to take care of
you. You look pale. Now, didn't you
come off in too great a hurry to have
time for breakfast ? Have & bit of
luncheon"?stooping to take a black
bag from under the seat. "I always go
about provided with something good.
I'm a soft-hearted boy, I am, and never
see a fine young woman suffer, if I can
help it. Peck a bit now?do; you nave
a hungry look%"
What should I?must I?do ? I sat
up, and said as steadilv as 1 could,
choking back the tears?for I would not
cry before him:
"I am not hungry; I will not eat.
Do not speak to mo any more. You
must not?I am a lady."
"A lady! I know that. Do you
think I'd be so good to you if you were
not? I know a lady when I see her?
and a hungry lady, too?I knew y?u
was. Come, peck a bit. Don't be
bashful."
By this time he had unlocked the
bag, and taken from it?yes, it may appear
improbable, but, oh! It is dreadful
true?a turnip?a great unboiled
turnip?a turnip still covered with the
soil of the field from which the wretch
had taken it! He began to Bcrape and
pare it while I looked on.
Was he mad ? I would try to please
him, and do as he wished, and then
perhaps he would not hurt me. I should
soon be with aunt now, and at thai
thought I felt the tears coming again,
but opened my eyes widely, and bit mj
lips hard?the tears must not fall. 1
crushed them back, and sat watching
my companion till, having peeled the
turnip to his satisfaction, he cut off .1
thick slice land handed it to me. Rau
turnip! And touched by those fingers!
" Come, take it, my beauty?a peacl
ripe and downy as your own cheek.
Peaches is dear, too, this season ; but 1
give noheed to that. If so be as I find c
pretty (jirl to eat 'em, I don't grudge the
money. Come, peck away ; or do you
want me to feed you ? lib,'you shan't
have it without ' Thank you.' After all
my trouble, that ain't manners," witl
a significant look at the knife.
" Thank you!" I said, eagerly. ]
took the slice of turnip?and began tc
eat it?yes, I ate it all, every mouthful
making me feel more ill. Anothei
slice was offered, I took it and began
to eat, but my throat seemed to be
Closing?x couiu uui mi?nuw,
" Come, finish it. Good, isn't it 5
The ladies are always fond of a bit ol
fruit. Don't be bashful?I've something
here for you to wash it down.
Nothing like a drop of brandy to make
it agree with you," and he touched the
neck of a black bottle which stuck out
of his pocket.
What would become of me ? I had
once seen a dreadful woman for a few
moments at home?a new cook she was
?who was, oh ! so frightful. Nurse
told me she had taken brandy and was
drunk. I had thought her mad. If he
had made me drink it, and if, when
Aunt Margery found me, I?but no,
this I would not do ; he might kill me
first. I went on eating the turnip, and
all the while I prayed earnestly for
rescue. Was my prayer answered?
The train began to slacken its speedit
stopped; but there was no station in
sight. I think it was a sliding or something
of that kind.
At the side of the carriage where I
was sitting there was a steep bank
which shut ont all hope; at the othei
side were several lines of rail; beyond
was the open country. In an instani
my torturer was at my window. With
an oath he commanded me to " be still,
and stay where I was." I heard some
one pass, and, in reply to a question, ]
suppose, say that we had been shunted
to allow a special train to go by?it
would pass in three minutes. I called,
but very faintly, I am afraid, for no one
answered, and the "cad" turned on
| me so fleroely that I dare not try again.
The special train swept by, bnt I
hardly saw it?my eyes, my whole sole,
were fastened on the figure of a man*
who just then came down the green
bank which was at some distance. 1
pressed my face to the glass. Which
way would he take ? He stood up for
a moment, and then slowly, lazfly sauntered
towards me. The glass vaa up?
' now.
' And she quieted and petted me, evi!
dent 1 v thinking that I had lost my wits,
- until I was lying on the sofa in her
' drawing-room, able to tell her all.
s Well, that was my first and only at1
tempt at " taking care of myself." I
[ never want to do so again. Tom takes
care of me now?of course, you under1
stand that it was he who came to my
' deliverance. Aunt wrote to him that
very evening, and my father came down
1 from London next morning on purpose
1 to thank him; then Tom called, and so
} ?and so?the end of my story, or, per|
haps, I should say the real beginning
1 of it, is that I am his wife now.
1 At first I did think it a pity that my
. husband should be only " Tom," when
I had always intended to many at least
' three syllables, as I am merely " Pol'
ly;" but now I think Tom the most
charming name in th? world, and would
1 not change it.
' I have only one thing more to tell.
( The old lady with the disagreeable
, bonnet is Tom's aunt. I am writing
this in her house, which is just what I
had fancied it, and she is one of the
dearest and kindest old women in Eng1
laud.
1 " Una has found her Lion," she
1 says.
I don't think I am much like Una;
but Tom is a darling old Lion, with his
tawny beard and splendid strength, on
which his wife loves to lean. I hear
him calling " Polly !" from the lnwn,
where *he lies, lazily puffing his cigar
under the cedar; and, as he can growl
on occasions, if I keep his majesty
waiting too long, I had better go.
I << T .inn " T r\n rl r\n Afstrtn
VJUUJiUgi XJ1VU. A/UMUV?? ^'1 w4'yw|
zinc.
?
A Gambling Story.?It was some
, timo ago that a man at one of the g&mb,
ling tables in New York city, after plnying
a time, got up " broke." He felt
in his pocket for any stray ?money that
might remain there, out there was none,
and he drew forth only a congh lozenge.
[ He was abont putting it into his mouth
when he was Btruck with the simil arity
t of its appearance to a " split," and partly
in jest threw it upon the table. It
\ won and was paid by the dealer^ who
; did not notice the deception, andi with
this amount he ocntinued to pla.y until
; he left the table a winner of more than
$10,000, and with this sum he estab,
dished himself in business as a druggist
and apothecary. Never afte? could he
be induoed to bet on a oard.
my only nope was inai ne woiua pass
close and see me, for I was past calling
or moving now. I noted even' trifling
detail of his figure and dress ; he was
a tall, broad-shouldered gentleman,
dressed in light gray ; young, and with
a long, golden beard ; even the carnation
in his button-hole 1 observed, and
the strength and careless ease of his
figure as he lounged along. He stopped
to whistle to his dogs, and then again
strolled on, idly twirling his cane.
- I do not know what kind of face was
pressed to the glass on my side?it was
a wild and scared ohe, I am sure j but
in another minute a pair of great merry
blue eyes carelessly glanced up in pass
ing, and were startled into earnestness
by the eyes they encountered; the
whistle sounded, but, even as it did, a
strong hand was on the door-handle,
the door was wrenched open, the train
moved on?he was beside me, I was
safe t
I don't know what happened then.
My deliverer says that I cried, and held
one of hie hands tight in both of mine;
but that I doh'fc beliete. In the first
place, we had Dever been introduced,
and, in the seoond, two of his fingers
are about as much as my two hands can
contain at once. I know, when I grew
calmer, that I found him taking oare of
me, and that I didn't dislike it as much
as one might have expected. I don't
remember now I told him all; I suppose
the turnip and knife, which still
lay on the seat, helped rue a little ; but
I do know that he told me "not to he
frightened, for he would not throw the
scoundrel from the window, as he deserved"?and
that he looked so fierce
and so strong that! could quite imagine
it was a habit of his to throw scoundrels
fromwindows; and that he rather
liked it. What he aid was to take the
creature by the collar, and force him
down on his knees, in spite of his
piteous protestations that "he never
meant td liutt the lady?it was oniy a
lark ; he would not have done it for a
ten-pun note not if ho had known."
ii nAiir tunmin fttTftllnw f,h"IH
ilUm JVU4 WUQltVi Mnw.swn j
and think yourself lucky to escape six
months on the treadmill. For the lady's
sake, I will not prosednte youj and I'll
not break every bone in your body, as I
should like to do, as it might annoy her
to see it done. But you'll eat this, to
lio lout, mnrspl?mild and all I I should
say it is not the only dirt you will have
to swallow in your life ! Down with it I"
And, when the last atom had disappeared,
my deliverer, with a parting
shake, flung the creature into a corner,
where he lay till the train stopped, and
turned to "take care" of me again.
1 almost shrank from the stern face
to which' I now raised my eyeSj but it
softened in a moment, ana I lay back in
a corner and rested silently and thaukfully,
while he interposed his broad
shoulders between me and the other
end of the carriage, till the train again
stopped, and I saw aunt Margery's
dear old face on the platform.
I am sure she wondered at the eagerness
of my clasp, and at my face, which
I felt was still white and scared. I
| made a little motion towards my deliverer,
but could not speak a word. He
said a few words and gave his card to
1 my aunt, who accepted it and the situ'
ation as graciously as she docs cvery(
thing, and looked rather anxious to get
' me safely to the carriage and home,and
! in five minutes we were driving away.
| ".What did he do for you, darling ?"
' " Oh ! he was so strong and so good
to me?and he made him eat the whole
! turnip, auntie I"
| "The whole turnip ! You are ill, Pol'
ly. Come, we won't talk or think of it
?l
only sold lust Monday, to a hold gei
for twenty guineas, and as lie's got to t
darned fond of him, we feels bound 1
let him have a few days aforo we tak
him back again; he must have sumthin
for his money."
The dog came back in due course.
Rolling Stock.
The decline in the valne of new rai
road securities caused by the financii
troubles promises to operate in a di
tressing manner upon some of the ii
dustries connected with the railroad
At the Rogers Locomotive Works, i
Paterson, orders for locomotives f<
three months ahead were cancelled an
nearly f>00 workmen were discharge*
It is also feared that 500 more workmc
may be discharged from the san
works and several hundred from tl
Danforth and the Grant works. Thei
is also a check to car-building, and it
not at all improbable that much suflfe
ing will result to workmen in these an
other railroad industries during tl
coming winter. Hard-pushed emplo;
ers may prevent some distress by adop
ing the plan of the Pennsylvania Rai
road Company and shortening hou:
of work, with a corresponding decrea*
in pay, instead of discharging their er
ployees.
The Reward of Kindness.
"The Society for tho Prevention *
Cruelty to Animals has awarded its a
nnal premiums," says a Paris corr
spondent. " One gentleman received
medal for purchasing an old horse i
capable of working, and, to save
from suffering, had the animal slang
tered, and the flesh given to the poo
another prize winner saved a foal fro
being buried alive by its owner; i
- i i.i t ?i
architect oniameua meum iui piuugu
into the Seine last November ai
saving a Jog. An agriculturist receivi
honorable mention for extending t!
cultiyre of goat's beard, a plant whi
increases the production of milk
, sheep, enabling them thus to rear th<
i young. Perhaps that farmer mig
discover a plant to increase the supp
. of milk among the Paris herds, ai
tnus enable people to escape from a f
ries of terrible adulterations."
' Persian ladies call a European lad;
dress " trousers with one leg."
Facu ana rancie*.
i One Pennsylvania company oontrol
180 collieries.
Hash is said to be a connecting link
between the animal and vegetable kingdoms.
Cobblestones weighing thirteen
pounds are found in iars of butter from
Iowa.
A prisoner in jail at Duluth got out
by falling in love with the jailor's
daughter.
The banquet to Es-Gov. Cooke, which
was to take place at Williard's Hotel,
has been deferred for the present at his
suggestion.
Ned O'Baldwin, the pugilist, has been
sentenced, in Philadelphia, to two years
in the Penitentiary for aggravated assault
and battery.
T. H. Parker, a rich Philadelphia!!,
shot his wife through iealousy, inflicting
a severe wound, and then shot himself,
dying instantly.
v An+nrr>m'ain<7 individual who WSS
Br" V/UC t
3 helping to make a run on a New York
1 bank, who had a check for $100 sold his
Slace in the line for $200 to a heavier
epositor.
9 A moth flew into the ear of a young
j woman residing at Middleport, Niagara
1 county, and could not be dislodged for y
8 several hours. Finally a surgeon sue8
ceeded in removing it alive. *
' The Rochester Democrat remarks, as
r a sample of unequal assessments, that
" in Whitestone, in Oneida county, a
' single calf was sold the other day at a
' sum greater than the whole assessment
of the personal property of the
town."
A recent post-offlce decision is
> that if a postmaster knows that
f if a letter addressed to his office is
i- intended for a person living within the
k- delivery of another ofllcs, it is his duty
? to forward such letter (if it has been
properly prepaid) without waifing for a
3 request to do so, and without additionh
al charge for postage,
o The New York Republican State Gooff
vention re-nominated Controller Hopkins
and State Engineer Taylor. F. S.
if Thayer was nominated for Secretary of
e State; D. 0. Fort for Treasurer, M. K.
n Piatt tor Prison Inspector, B. D. Sillii
mad for Atiorney-Oeneral, and Sidney
Mead tot Canal Commissioner. The
|. platform praises the State and National
,a Administration, favors cheap transportation,
and denounces tlft increase of
Congressional salaries.
w A lady was muon beset by her negro
cook for permission to attend the fa3
neral of some relative; but, to compen
Q sate her for the deprivation, J1CI IUIO"
10 tress said, " Rose, I really feel very '
? sorry for yon, but you shall lose nothing
by staying at home. I promise that
it you shall go to the first party that is
given by any of your friends, and stay
d all night long." Rose, tossing her
h head, replied, " Law ! Miss Susan, how
kin you talk like dat ?" You know I
don't set no rally on parties. Forty
parties couldn't pay me for de sight of
? one corp 1" She was allowed to see the
a "corp/
18 ?
i.
){ A Charming Seng.
. Miss Julia was induced to give a taste
of her musical powers. And this is
. how she did it. She flirted up her panniers,
coquettishly wiggle-waggled to
:s the piano and sang
7 When ther moo-hoon is mi-bild-ly be-eahming
" O'er ther ca-halm and si-lii-lent se-e-e-e,
Its ra-dynnce eo-hoftly Htre-heam-ing,
Oh! ther-hen, oh, ther-hen,
I thee-hink
H >f thee-hee,
1 1 thee-hink,
I thee-hink,
d I thee-hink,
ie I thee-he-he-hehehebe-hink hot theo-e-e-e-e !
,e ' Beautiful, Miss Julia ! Beautiful !"
a and we all clapped our hands. 4 Do
please sing another verse?it's perfectly
divine, Miss Julia,' said Eucene Augusta
tus. Then Julia raised her golden
!t (dyed) head, touched the white ivory
,e with her jewelled fingers, and warbled :
- i_
;o When the snr-hun us on-nigui--*/
e O'er the ee-hene bo de-hear to me-e-e,
And swee-heet the wee-hind i? blo-ho-ing,
0 Oh! ther-hen, ob, ther-hen,
I thee-hiuk
Hof thee-hee,
I thee-hiuk,
I thoo-hiuk,
I thee-he-he-he-he-he-he-hink ho-ho-ho-ho-ho1
oh-hof thee-e-e-e-e-e ! I
The Swan as a Mo tier.
i- The female swan, if one may judge
B- anything from her conduct, makes a
^ most careful and excellent mother. The
j human mother is an unknown thing in
1. comparison. To see the t wan with her
'n gray cygnets sailing about is not much
j? more in itself than if sho were a goose
re and goslings; but when she takes a
is mind to give the little things a ride,
r- then we see riding pic-a-back "eleva'd
ted," as the newspapers say of circuste
riding, "to the rank of a Fine Art"
7 She assists the youngsters to mount
t- her back either by lowering her tail
1- into the water and thus teaching their
ra infant minds the use of an inclined
se plane, up which they straightway walk,
Q- or she " sticks out the block fut of
her," (as we once heard the performance
of protruding her web-looiea nmu
luaed to by a low person next us) and
of makes a convenient step. She then
a. raises her wing, and arches back her
neck, and thus makes a most comfortable
cradle lined with swan's-down, im- *
a pervious to the wind, in which the
n- babies sit at their ease, or sleep, or
it look out on the landscape.
h
r; A Stoby.?The Record of Chico.Cal.,
m furnishes one of those quiet, unvar*n
nished short stories which seem to verify
iR the Shakespearian adage. Two sisters
id were sleeping together man apartment,
ed One of them awoke during the night
ho and beheld, to her amazement, a little
?h girl dressed in white standing a short
in distance from her. She awoke her sisJir
ter, who also saw the little girl. Inht
stead of screaming they struck a light,
>ly and as the light increased the object
nd faded. The description corresponded
ie- with that of a little girl who had died
in the same room a few months previous.
The family were afraid of the apperenty'?
ly harmless visitor and moved from the
house the next day.
i t .
An Insult to the llorse.
Do you know the origin of the fashion
of that cruelty to the horse, known as
blinkers on the bridles ? No 1 Then ]
will tell yon. In 1802 they came into
fashion in this wise' Tho Duke of Kent,
the father of Queen Victoria, was woe'
fully in debt. Being a Prince, he could
not be sued at common law, or arrested,
but a ribbon stretched across the sidewalk
must not be broken by the debtor,
So his creditors contented themselvee
by Using this ribbon to compel him to
take to the street, or go back. So h<
had to travel in a coach-and-four. Hii
off leader got "walleyed." The duk<
could not buy another team, and thii
white eye made the horse unpleasant U.
look upon. Here was a fix, a princelj
fix. Poverty and no credit ruled tb<
roost, and it seemed that his Roya
Highness would have to go on foot
until one of his drivers lit upon th<
blinker dodge, and so one was fitted t<
his head. It completely hid the whifc
eye, and then a blind was put on thi
other horses to make things even anc
uniform.
OttT stages were once driven throng!
th? oonntrv with four blinkers on thi
horses, i. e., one on the outside of eacl
head-stall, and that fashion oontinue<
many years, or until one-horse wagon
came in rogue, and then two blinder
were placed on each head-stall. Thus
because the duke was too poor to sup
ply his carriage with sound horses, o
those haying sound eyes, we to-day
after over seventy years' experience
follow the fashion set by him.
Fashion >'otes.
A revers collar in front, with a boa
pleated ruff behind, is a stylish way o
finishing the neck of basques, and in
diilger at once both the prevalent ca
prices for the fuff and the gentleman'
coat collar.
A pretty design for alpaca dresses 1
a double-breasted jockey basque wit!
an apron over-skirt open up the back t
the belt, and two rows of kilt pleatin,
on the lower shirt.
Sleeveless jackets, especially those c
black or dark-Colored Velvet, will b
again fashionable, and are already wot
with grenadine and silk dresses, accoir
panied by sashes of velvet.
The silk or woolen ruff is now as un:
versal for finishing the*neck of dresse
as bias bands have boen hitherto.
Beautiful suits for morning, 'eithf
for house or street, are made of the ne'
dark calicoes.
Artists in gloves have prepared ki
gloves of invisible colors to match th
dark costumes with which they are t
be worn.
Short gloves, with but one button t
the wrist, are $1 60 ; with two bnttoni
82; the sylish longer gloves fastene
by three buttons are 82 50 ; and wit
four buttons, 82 75.
A Dog Stealing Story.
The wife of a London attorney lost
favorite poodle dog, and in her distret
invoked the aid of her liege lord to r<
cover the pet. He knew the head c
the dog-stealing fraternity professioi
ally, so he sent for him and told him (
his loss.
"Well, Mr. Q. 0.," was the repb
" I knows your dorg well, and I thini
I knows how t? get it. But it's a vex
waluable dorg?will cost a lot <
money."
" How much?"
"Well, ?30."
" Rubbish."
But after a deal of altercation, Q. (
agTeed to give ?25, whereon his frien
said, "You're a gen'elman," and th
bargain was struck. "But," was th
addendum, "you can't have him for
few davs."
" Wliy not ?" inquired Q. 0.
I " Why, yer sees, Q. 0., yer dorg wt