VOL. IV. NO. o. POET ROYAL, 8. C^ThURSDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1873. gjjjSmBE
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NEW SPRING GOODS.
Jas. G. BAILIE & BRO.,
REIPBCTrCLLT ASK TOUR ATTKX
tioQ to ths following DESIRABLE GOODS offered
by thorn for sale: ,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FLOOR OIL ,
CLOTHS.
34 feet wide, and of the beet quality of goods manufactured.
Do you want a real good Oilcloth? It
o, come now and get the very beet. Oil Cloths cut
any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap
FLOOit OIL CLOTHS, from COc. a yard up. Table
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.
French Tarabonrd Lace, " Exquisites."
Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $2.50 i
a pair and upwards. . t
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 tha new tinta of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1.60, with all trim,
tnlngs.
Beautiful Shades 20c. each.
Store Window Shades any color and any size.
Window Shades squared and pat up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shades.
HUGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and besntifnl Hugs.
Door Mats, from 50c. up to tha best English Cocoa,
that wear thrir years.
100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
MATTINGS.
New Matting, Plain and Fancy, In all the different
widths made.
Mattings laid with dispatch.
WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS. ^
9,000 Bolls Wall Papers and Borders In new patterns,
In gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes,
he., tn every \ariety of oolora?beautiful, good and
ebeap. Pai?r hung if desired.
HAIR CLOTHS
In all widths required lor Upholstering. Buttons,
Wraps and Tacks for Bamo. ^
CURTAIN DAMASKS.
Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and
CphoUtering purposes.
Gimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lsmbrsqnins made and put up.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovers.
Embossed Felt Piauo aud Table Cover*.
Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers. I
German Fringed Table Covers.
CRUMB CLOTHS AND DRUGGETS.
New patterns in any size or width wanted.
To all of which wo a*k your attention. All work p
done well and In season, by
James G. Bailie & Brothers,
AUGUSTA, GA.
apl-lT-lv.
H. M. Stuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets, ^
Beaufort* S. C.
DEALER IX v
DRUGS AXD CHEMICALS, *
TAMIL Y MEDICIXES, t]
FAXCY AXD TOILET ARTICLES, $
ST A TIOXER r, PERFUMER Y, fl
BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac. u
Together with many other articles too numerous
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest
price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
pnmrvMnidod fnh 11
PAUL BRODIE,
A. ECHITECT,
Bi*UFDJT,S.C
Drawings of Models prep*red for Patent Office.
Studies for special purposes, made at short notice.
Box 31, P. O. ' ded'ly
William Gurney,
COTTON FACTOR
*yn
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY
AXX>
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the sale of end ship,
neiit of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Liberal
id van.-e. made on consignments. dec7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
contractor & House Builder,
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
OFFICE i
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
decl-tf
PORT ROYAL t
SAW & PLANING MILL, 1
Beaufort, S. C. ?
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D. C. WILSON & CO., I
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN q
fellow Pine Tiller and Luler, |
AND
CYPRESS SHINGLES, ?
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors. (e,
t<
Plaster Lathes,
ILL KINDS OF j
JOB SAWING- ;
Promptly Done. b
a
:looring and Ceiling Boards Always w
on Hand. j
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Orders for Lumber and Timber by the cargo
roruptly filled. Terms Cash.
D. C. WILSON & CO. ^
nor28-ly e,
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST!
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P. M. WHITMAN, o!
(Watchmaker and Engraver, u
Mayo's Building, Bay Street. fll
Will (live his personal attention to the repairing ol *1
PATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Otwuneiihd "
ud plain I ugraviug done at abort notice. tl
Oimlenieu having flue Watches can teat them at b
lila establishment by one of HOWARD & CO.'a l
500 REGULATORS. 11
Having added tcmy etoclc one of J. BLISS k C.O.'S 8<
no Transit Inatrumenta, I am now prepared to fur- jj
iab Beaufort time to the fraction of s second. *j
p
Alfred Williams, ?
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PIERCE L. WIGGIN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ^
Solicitor Second Circuit.
Beaufort, S. C.
SepM-iy. -j
JERRY SAVAGE & CO.,
Wheelwrights & Carpenters, r
Cart*, Wagons and Carriages repaired In tlio !? - -]
manner at low price*.
All kinds of jobbing promptly attended to. *
MAGNOLIA St.,
BEAUFOBT, S. C. .
J. K. Goethe, M. D. '
Dr. r oethe offers hi* professional services to tlie
public. He may be found at hii residence,
Game Hill, near VarnsTille,
Beaufort Co., S. C. A
Jan.? ty. it
A. S. HITCHCOCK, '
&TTCMT AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
BO'.'NTT, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
oaAvrvAl'f o? v*
Dcc.^yr.
YEMA8SEE
Eating Saloon,
AT TIIE I
P. R. & 8. & C. R. R. JUNCTION.
The traveling public will bore flud good meals ou .
the arrival of trains. Also accommodations for man C
and beast, near the depot.
B. T. SEIiLERS,
YEMASSEE, S'. C. r
Nor.2X.ly. ' ?
W. H. CALVERT,
PRACTICAL
Tin, Sheet-Iron. Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN (
7a panned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on
hand, Cooking, Parlor and Bos Stoves.
TERMS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to holiness in tha future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVERT. E
Day St, between 8th and 9th Sts.,
BEAUFORT, & G
Anl.S-Iy.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
mch?-ly E. H. JACKSON
Redeem Your Lands.
The Arts of Congress and the Regulations of the
Treaaury Department in regard to the Redemption c
of Lands now in the possession of the United States
by reboot- of the Direct Tax Commissioners sales can
j^f^^ktosasA Prisalp?By maU U>_
Waiting, My Darling, for Thee.
I've been waiting for more than An boor, love,
Yes, waiting and watching for thee,
While hoping and praying you'd come, love,
And keep true your promise to me ;
For, you told me you'd meet me this evening,
And listen to what I've to say?
For, to speak the plain truth, I am certain
I can't tell yon all in a day.
CHOBCS.
By the lilies that float down the river,
By the cowslips that grow on the lea,
By the roses that bloom in the forest,
I'm waiting, my darling, for thee.
I'm waiting, yes, waiting,
I'm waiting, my darling, for thee,
I'm waiting, yes, waiting,
I'm waiting, my darling, for thee.
For more than a year I have waited,
That promise for yon to receive,
Bo surelv you'll not break your word, love, i
And leave me jour absence to grieve.
Bo HI watch and I'll wait here still longer, f
In hope of your coming this way, l
When the dim, misty vail of the twilight 1
Has shut oat the brightness of day. ]
By the lilies that float down the river, etc. ^
^
HOW! (
Perhaps I am a little too hasty, a lit- j
le too ready to light up at minute's no- ,
ice; but there are some words that
eem to me to carry an especial grain of f
gunpowder in them, and the above is '
>ne o' the sort. To have a person, after T
ou've been through a long explanation, .
tut his fingers to his mental ears and i
uery you thus,or, worse still, "Haow?" J
3 too exasperating for hnman nature to
ear. But that is what John Stringer i
id to me, bending his head a little '
earer, and speaking in an absent, ag- 1
ravating manner that tantalized me be- ond
words. 1
You see, John Stringer and I were 1
ngaged; we'd been engaged for a long e
[me, and perhaps had got to be a little 8
jo matter o' course to each other. r
We were sitting there over the fire, S
fter the old folks had gone to bed, and t
fell to telling him about Sophie Mills's i
redding?her white silk dress, her ?
ride-eake, and her bride-maids frosted S
11 over to match it, and I ended this c
a>: a
" But it don't make any difference, t
ohn, to people that love each other; all 1
lat's o' no more account than last year's <3
aow-drift. They could be married in c
alico and homespun, with their feet on
rag carpet like this, and love each oth- '
r jnat as well." t
"How?" said John, absently. He c
as watching the coals flicker up and I
ie out again, and picking up a stray a
Hip now and then to fling on the em- t
era?a fashion he had when he was
linking. t
Now I had had the headaohe all day, t
nd I guess I was rather more tindery 1
lan usual, though I didn't think so a
ien ; but when John bent his great J
road shoulders over, as if he hadn't
eard a word I said, and, in fact, had F
imething better to occupy his mind, I ?
ist fired up, first, and then the blaze
ied down into sulkB, and when we '
arted that night John and I had had }
ur first and last quarrel. v
My heart did not miBgive mo that c
hen I saw John's great tall figure
oing out the door, it was the last time s
e'd lift the latch for many a year; but c
) it was. t
You see, I held my head pretty high
l those days, and I wouldn't show that *
was a bit cut np about it, so I paired d
Of with Mrs. Plumber's Jesse, a likely, a
iruce young fellow enough, bat no
lore to be compared with John than a '
>ckle-shell is to a brigantine. c
Oh, well, mother sighed, and tried 1
ght hard to bring us together again,
ut it wasn't to be. b
John was a powerful, muscular man,
ad I used to see him go up the road i
lany a time when I was out in the shed e
lilking, and, peepingoutathimthrough t
le chinks, I thought his broad shoul- t
era stooped more than ever, and his *
gure was growing more stalky like, j
uch an awkward fellow as John was ! t
came near rushing out on him once, t
i my sun-bonnet and with my sleeves 4
filed up, and flinging my arms right i
>nnd his neck; but John liked to see
>lks tidy, and I never did it. b
Jesse Plumber was the beau o' the b
illage?dapper, neat, and dainty as von s
lease ; and all the girls thought I had i:
jme to my senses when I ousted 'em o'
ess. And by-and-bv it was Jess that *
lme sparking o' nights, and sat o' wiu- 4
:r evenings over the embers, and he p
as so soft-spoken and pleasant that c
ren mother forgot her vexation. (She
tways set store by John, mother did),
fell, in the spring we were married,
mo onfl T lmd n. strinc of i
coo ituu mv| um?? ? 0
earls and a real silk bridal dress, and
sit kind o' lifted like when the girls *
rowded round me and hoped I'd be t
appy. I hoped so too ; I wasn't sure a
f it. 1
Remembering the days that came af- j
?r, I can't recall one hard word I ever [
eard from Jess. We weren't near t
Qough to each other to quarrel ; we j
ist laid Apart like two odd volumes ; f
lere wasn't any fire 'twixt i:s, nor any j
jing 'twixt us, either love or laughing, j
hereas John and I had always been c
ubbling over one way and another. t
I worked hard, for my silk dress and i
ecklace were all I had or ncnes ; ana r
cat up the gown one day to make a ?
loak for the baby. You see I couldn't i
ive up my pride, and was just as high- t
pirited as ever. But our farm didn't g
rosper, and Jess didn't prosper ; and e
Irs. Plumber came to live with us, to f
>ok after things, she said ; and she got G
) pitying him every now and then for }
larrying a poor wife, and?oh, well, t
'hat's the use o' talking ??sometimes ?
couldn't help wishing John Stringer's \
trong shoulders were at the wheel, when
was working myself to death morning
nd night for nothing.
Then when baby grew bigger I took a
caching an ABC class, as I used to 1
efore I was married ; but what little I <
new had run wild since then, and I i
ouldn't keep the boys straight some- 1
ow ; and the girls didn't care about i
am piers, for the sewing-machine had i
idden right over every thing. Then <
essie fell ill o' the fever, ana with all i
he fuming and fretting and nursing of '
lis mother, and with all my watching <
Lay and ni^ht, somehow he slipped o8 1
TRIAL JUSTICE, *
Crofut's Building, "
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. 1
ol
S. B.?Court will bo held every Friday at Brick
hurch, St. Helena Inland. inch28-ly 1
A.MARK, "
BOOTMAKER, ?
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having opened a shop upon Bay 8lrect, I am pro. a]
ared to do first-class work. m
RCUOdjf A. MARK.
PURE WATER "
fi
Guaranteed by the use of the j
IMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,?
Now being put down in this County. They aro ^
^lioap and. Durablo, vi
P<
nd give universal satisfaction. Pure Water can bo C(
itroduced into any house by the AMERICAS j(
RIVEN WELL in a tew hours. Apply to I ,
I
M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to j t(
E. C. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. j W
feb27-6m e,
"sTmayd, v
BAY STREET. BEAUFORT, S. C., ip
HARDWARE, j.iquors,
Segars and Tobacco, 0
Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage, ^
3-lass, Paints and Oils, ^
White Lead and Turpentine. tl
tl
Special attention given to mixing Paints, and
la?s cut to order of any hire. febll ^
M. POLLITZER,
Tl
Cotton Factor I
VT. ol
Commission Merchant, ?
BEAI FORT, S. C. E
? ? 1<
The Savannah Independent, ?
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, J
Published on the chxap cash plan, at the low rate ! p,
of only j j
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR: &
AddreU, | t(
INDEPENDENT, b
P. O. Box 8M. Savannah, 0*. ^
W. G. CAPERS, h
B
Upholsterer and Repairer, r
V
Old Furniture put in Rood order, Picture Framea t]
lade. Mat'.rassos t! tiffed at the shortest notice. j
Corner Bay and Ninth Ntreeta,
setween us. And I found myself a
fridow, with the ill-fared, wasted farm
m my hands, and Mother Plumber drizzling
and maundering after Jess in a a
vay to break my heart. . tl
But I kept my spirit up yet, and I J
idvertised half the place for sale at the ^
jourt-honse ; for if I could sell it we
should skin through somehow on an a
icre or two, I thought. "V
Well, who do you suppose came over o
me sunny afternoon as I was standing b
in the kitchen ? Who, to be sure, but ix
John Stringer, large as life?a little o:
?ray mayhap, and a little more angular, s<
but keen and strong as etef. He'd a si
use for that bit o' land, it seemed, and 61
aad had his eye on it a^ong back. "Al- tl
trays was wanting what wasn't.his," w
Mother Plumber said. She owed him w
i grudge for being more forehanded si
ihan Jess. tl
It took a deal of looking after and it
lawyering and surveying and the Lord T
mows what to settle it; and I used to w
see John Stringer's stooping shoulders n
ind broad felt hat down just beyond ri
;he rise of the meadow time and again, al
But he scarce ever came near the door, tl
;ill one day?I can't tell how it was? ai
vhen the settlements were to be made, q
[ just took baby up stairs and had a 01
rood cry; for that bit o' land had been
Jessie's favorite piece, and Mother si
Plumber had been harrying me all day ti
ibout it. p
"The ways o' Providence are to si
itrange 1" said Mother Plnmber, laying #
ler specs down atop o' the big Bible, vi
ind patting'on that awfully patient air B
vhich was wearing me to skin and bone rt
?" past finding out. Now if Jess bad o'
narried Sophie Mills that was, and la
rou?" cl
Bat I did not wait to hear any more.
U I say, I just caught up baby and gi
rent off to the garret. And while I sat ai
>y the cobwebbed window Mrs. Barret ci
?Sophie Mills that was?went riding w
>y in their new spring wagon, she and h<
ler half dozen children, round and rosy fu
is a barrel of apples. Sophie nodded
md smiled to some one coming np the bi
oad; and looking along, I saw John g<
Itringer walking, thoughtful like, right tl
lp to our gate, just as he used to oome v<
n courting days?for John never had le
my foolish ways about him. 1' saw hi
lophie look back at him as she and the ol
ibildren, with their fluttering ribbons m
md gay ginghams, disappeared at the pi
urn o' the road. Then I smoothed my tl
tair aud washed my face and went gi
town. The time of settlement had sc
ome, I knew. oi
"Mary Ann," said John, gravely, ki
' the lawyer will be here presently; ct
tut I reckon we can make it all clear in
inr own minds without his help. Aud
've?I've settled it, in fact, that there
re certain conditions on which I'll take
he land?if you agree."
Then I flew into a passion. " You've ai
teen long enough making up your
nind," says I. "I don't throw my w
and at any body's feet, and I haven't
eked any favors of you, leastways, 86
ohn Stringer." ec
" Softly, there, softly ! " says John, te
tutting out his hand. " Don't be in a in
lurrv, little woman." oi
" John Stringer," says I, all in a heat, cl
' yeu're just the same man you was fa
'ears ago when you thought I was al- si
rays firing up every time you got out at
?' temper yourself." c<
"And weren't you, little woman?" tl
aid John, quite gravely. " Don't wo- tr
aen folks always like their own way di
tetter than anything else ? " ol
"You don't know anything about tl
romen," I cried, " any more than you n<
lid then. You thought I wanted silks ai
md furbelows more than?than?" oi
" Thau you did me," said John; tc
' and right enough you was, too, if you w
ould ha' got 'em. I always said so, tv
T?r-rr Ann " St
" Any man with half an eye would b;
tave known better," says I, hotly. ei
" How ?" said John. His great hulk- 1c
ng figure lifted itself up, and he look- gi
d at me with those sharp brown eyes ol
hat used to give me a start in the old li
imes. "How?" he repeated, softly, tc
' Do you mean to say I was mistaken c?
'ears ago?" His big hand was all of a p<
remble as he held it out to me. " Lit- tl
le woman, little woman," said he, h;
let's ha' done with it all now, and let hi
t all be as if it never was." d
Presently Mother Plumber put her b
lead in the door. " Pears to me that ti
awyer's making a long spell of it," says y
ho. " Ben't you a'most tired o' wait- w
n' for him, Mr. Stringer ?" w
"I guess we've settled it pretty much tl
rithout the lawyer," says John, rising; p
'and that is the condition I had to pro- T
?ose, Mary Ann?I? take you and the d
aeadow land together 1" I]
And he did. If
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Fifty Cents on the Dollar. fi
During the panic of 1857 a large num- j ^
ter of persons in Philadelphia had if
heir boots blackened by an old negro d
,t his cellar on Spruce street, who de- "
ivered his work promptly every morn- "
ng at the doors of their hotels and n
>oarding houses, radiant with the Cl
inchtest of French polish. One un
lappy morning these people got up and
ound no'boots at their doors. After a
>roper amount of blasphemy, equipped
n old shoes and odd slippers, tney set
tut for Sambo's shop. On reaching it "
hey discovered a placard on the cellar h
loor bearing the inscription, quite fa- h
niliar on the bank doors of that day, .
Suspended." After many thunderous
ticks, Sambo at length opened Lis por- *'
al. " Where are my boots, you black ?
coundrel ?" said one. " Hand over my "
ihoes, you son of charcoal," said anoth- P
sr. The artist of the brush, with a P
imile worthy of a defaulting artist of
iVall street, calmly handed over one a
>oot and one shoe, with the remark:? *
Gemmen, dis house has suspended, 11
jut we pays fifty per cent."
The Glass. c
Mr. Ooville says a looking glass af- ?
'ords a woman a marvelous amount of j,
:omfort and gratification. He says his a
wife thinks jnst as much of oonsnlting p
ler glass when she ties on her apron ii
is when she tries on her bonnet. He i
lays that when there ia a knock at the I
loor, he goes there at onoe, but his a
wife, on the oontrary, ejaculates? b
"Mercy, Joseph, who's that?" and c
lashes for the looking glass the first p
thing, j
A Minnesota Grain Farm'
Any one wishing to see all the stir
nd hurry of a lively city eclipsed in ye
be oodntry should visit the farm of si<
Ir. George Wilkinson, in Goodhue re
awnship. This we wefe pleased with in
u opportunity to do on Monday. Mr. tb
Wilkinson's farm consists of something pe
frer 1,100 acres, 1,000 of which hftve
een in small grfliti this season, includ- .,
)g 800 acres of wheat. The dumber .1
f men employed was between sixty and .,
jventy, and at the time we were there
jven Wood reapers were following 57
sOh other around one of the two "lite
pieces " of ohe hundred acres each a.n
hich remained to be cut. forty men *5
ere binding and shocking after these
jven machines. In another part of ,
in field a Champion reaper was finish- "
ig the cutting id that direction. On .
uesday morning the stacking crews
ere organized with twenty teams, and ?
ot an hoar needlessly lost between
raping and stacking. They will stack c?
boat 150 acres a day, and nearly finish ?
lis week. The planning of the work 0
ad the disposition of so many men reaire
no small amount of management .
a the part of the owner of the farm. ,
The amount of wheat in shocks was a .,
ght to see ; stretching, far away for '
vo miles was the heavy-headed wheat
iled in thickly standing shocks. Con- 2a
derable of this Mr. Wilkinson thought .n
crald yield 85 bushels to the acre. The J8'
irieties grown are the Lowland Scotch, }8
io Grande, and Odessa, and the seed
kised on the new gronnd turned .
rer each year. Bowing this on old | oai
.nd gives all the advantages of a
lange of seed. 7?
There is probably 825,000 worth of . j
rain on the place. This will be brought "1
irect from the machine at the rate of a ?
ir load a day, and shipped to Milankee.
It is remarkable to notice
dw few weeds are to be seen on the
irm and mixed with the wheat. ln
The farm is not one of the largest,
at one of the best in the State. It is .ie
sntly rolling, and contains net more J,8.'
ian an acre that cannot be con- V
sniently ploughed. The soil is excelnt
anil the wheat heavy, even on the ,
igheet points. "We noticed a number
! thrifty groves which bad been left to fu
id beauty to the place. Water is Pe
lentv and good in various places, and
ie farm is a very fine one for either
rain or stock. Mr. Wilkinson will :
on offer the farm fi.r sale, and some fai
! our readers may be interested in T>e
aowing the fact.?Ooodhue Republim'
fei
Roads and Road Making.
There are but few duties performed pe
y town or municipal authorities which eri
re more important than making and
eeping in repair the common high- tu,
ays. It is a duty, we aie sorry to say, tin
idly neglected in many sections of the mi
mntry; and in some localities the mat- C!1
r of road making is regarded as of no
nportance whatever, and the working
it of highway taxes, by the residents ftVl
\ the townsor districts, is simply a Pu
irce and a fraud. Every good citizen 1!?
lould feel an interest in good roads,
they contribute immensely to the Ja
>mfort of traveling, and save much in mJ
ie wear and tear of carriages. It is rei
tie, we must not expect in the rural Pr
istricts the well-cared-for, solid roads ial
f suburban towns around cities; but
tere is no excuse for the rocky, thl
selected paths which are often found, lof
id over which it is positively dangeras
to travel. If towns would attend P?
one point connected with their high- m'
ays, that is, carefully remove, once in 8r
ro weeks, during the summer, every
one which is brought to the surface ?r
y rains or drought, it would render *?
ren bad roads very comfortable. These ??
ioho stones are not only a canse of
reat discomfort to travelers, but also !
f intense anxiety. They put in perif v]
fe and limb, as horses are very liable .
> stumble in passing over them, and B'1
images are often broken. Try an exeriment.
Ride over a neglected road in mi
le country.of a mile in extent, if you wt
ave the courage; then stop at a farm- BP
ouse and give the farmer a couple of ov
ollars to pick out the stones ; ride 011
ack over the pathway again, and noce
how great is the change. Upon
our return you can trot briskly along, Jj1
ith a sense of comfort and security ;
hereas, in passing over it previous to 7U
le removal of tho loose stones, you
roceeded slowly and in misery. 18
his illustrates how cheaply and expc- ex
itiouslv bad roads can bo improved. ro
f every town in those sections where ar
inds are full of small boulders would 8tl
rovide simply for the removal of them Pe
om the pathway as often as once in
vo weeks during warm weather, the ?*
Dads would be more comfortable than Sl
ten times the cost was expended in
umping on loads of sand, or plowing 'ei
p roadside soil and piling it on the
riveway. We hone these hints will oc
ot be lost upon those who have our
ommon highways in charge.?Journal ^
f Chemistry. >n
fo
Womanly Modesty.
Man loves the mysterious. A clond- a I
588 sky, the full-blown rose, leaves Pf
. .? di
im unmoved ; nut xne vioiei wmcn
pi
ides its blushing beauties behind the aD
ush and the moon, when she emerges pr
rom behind a cloud, are to him sources M
f inspiratioa and pleasure. Modesty ^
? to merit, what shade is to flgnre in
ainting?it gives its boldness and
rominence. Nothing adds more to
emale beauty than modesty; it sheds 0E
round the countenance a halo of light ?
rhich is borrowed from virtue. Botanits
have given the rosy hue which WI
inges the cup of the rose the name of of
'maiden blush." This pure and deli- as
ate hue is the only paint that Chris- tn
ian virtue should use ; it is the richest he
raament A woman without modesty m
i like a faded flower, which diffuses of
n unwholesome odor, and which the hi
irudent gardener will throw away from bi
lim. Her destiny is melancholy, for m
t ends in shame and repentance, m
Jeauty posses like the flower of the e^
loe, which blooms aad dies in a few et
tours, but modesty gives the female 01
haracter charms which supplies the b<
dace of the transitory freshness of vi
outh. fr
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The Anthracite Region.
The anthracite production of this i
iar is, up to the present date, con- me<
lerably greater than that of the oorspending
period of last year. The doc
crease is about six hundred and sixty gre
ousand tons, or between foor and fire C
ir cent. Doi
All but a very small part of the anracite
produced in the United States m
raised in a district contained within
e limits of seven counties of Penn- j
Ivania?Luzerne, Carbon. Schuylkill, . .
dnmbia, Montour, Northumberland, . .
d Dauphin. The aggregate produc- ^ .
>n of these counties in 1872 was about
neteen million tons. According to ?,.
e cefisus of. 1870, their annual pro- .
iction was 15,048,437 tons, the total c
lount in the United States being
ited at 15,664,275 tons. In 1878, the "
lount in these connties will probably 'M;
about twenty million tons?an in?ase,
since the taking of the census, the
nearly twenty-eight per eent. It is n00
t at all unlikely that by the time of "?
r great National Exhibition, in 1876,
b amount will be considerably over ftttc
enty-flve million tons. A
There is a very common impression the
at the anthracite region of Penasyl- the
ma ia a hfirrpn district, with little yes,
tural wealth except that of its mines, fall
regard to some parts of it, this idea nev
to a certain eltent, correct. There con
a great deal of poor land in the neigh- kno
rhood of the oollieries, and besides j|
is, mnch of the country is too monn- j8 a
nous for cultivation. Bat still, the
ricaltaral prodnctions of the counties wjr(
have mentioned are far from being fen(
jigniflcant, and are capable nf being j8y
jreaaed. The aggregate annual value fro|
their farm products was, according tail
the estimates of the census, (15,897,- <jay
3. Their total area is about 4,500 /
aare miles. There is no richer land "V
any part of the Middle States than
ne that is to be found in these ooun- ,a^
s, and a considerable quantity of it ?
cultivated in a manner that does no ...
icredit to the general high character 7**5
tich Pennsylvania farming has so long .,
lintained. ..
There are, as might naturally be
pposed, some very marked contrasts
tween the characteristics of the min- J 1
j and the agricultural population of ?ai
ase counties. Bat there are two a?d
Ings to be said here about the an- ?d:
rorable character in respect to orderly Ton
havior often attributed to the miners. '' N
the first place there is a great differ- inv'
ce in the mining population of dif- dial
rent districts. There are some parts g
the anthracite region which have
vays been as orderly as the most fln
aceful agricultural districts of Westi
New York. In the second place, the
only takes a few individuals in any
mmunity to make a great deal of dis- jjea
rbance. Still, with all the allowance her
at can be made on these grounds, it p^i'
iBt be acknowledged that the general oeUj
nracter of the mining population for
pd sobriety or scrupulous respect for
b rights of property, and a strict
oidance or conduct uetnuicuwi w ,
blic and private peace and quietness, 18
by no means so high as would be de- . ,efl
able. There has, however, been of
;e a marked improvement in these ,?
itters. But one great difficulty still
mains, and there seems to be no
acticable way of removing it. The .
jorers in mines have, as a general jy
le, little interest in the real estate of ' r
0 neighborhood they inhabit. The r P
Jul attachments and associations ^
lich are capable of constituting so . ?
werful and beneficial an influence, 0*i
ist necessarily, therefore, be in a A
eat degree wanting. *tRI
Among the most remarkable features Hie
the region of which we are speaking "hi
its ruilroads. The manner in which mR(
me of its most rugged and moun- 18?
inous parts have been penetrated by to '
ese highways is among tlie most grati- fitRI
ing, as it certainly is one of the most that
neflcial, results of American enaeering.
We hope, by the way, that ?''P
the Centennial Exhibition drawings, )en
ips, and descriptions illustrating ?7'
rnt has been accomplished in this re- 'he
ect, and the difficulties that have been jj*n
ercome, will be placed in a conspicu- hasi
s and accessible position. The net>rk
of railroads with which the whole
strict is covered is closer, we think,
an that of any area of similar size in
e United States, except, perhaps, the clia
linity of Boston. The style of work few
which the roads have been constructed
still more worthy of notice than their .
tent. There is probably no set of tfir
ads in the country where the tracks tire
e better laid, the bridges more sub- wit)
intial, and the whole structure more ^c;
rmanent or better finished.
Twenty years ago, the total amount vol(
anthracite annually mined in the re- om
on of which we are speaking was only fou
iout six million tons, or considerably pja.
is than one-third of what it is now.
wording to the census of 1840, it was
ily about eight hundred and fifty 0Qj
ousand tons. The figures which 80 j
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636 facts suggest are Bturumg, m&cu jjej
conuection with what we have in the ran
rmer part of this article briefly shown gen
be the present progress of affairs ; frol
it, without relying at all upon this as ^
basis of calculation for the futnre, the gei
obable necessities of the country in- the
cate a degree of increase in anthracite cje,
odnotion to which few industries of wa,
>y description are, even in this age of
ogress and this land of enterprise, but
tely to find a parallel.?New York
[met. ty
The Poor Buffalo.
ma
The reckless slaughter of buffaloes stoi
i the plains continues, and the borders bin
Kansas and Nebraska are dotted
,th carcasses from which not a pound ^ei
meat has been taken. The skinners, To
they are called, go in parties of from api
'o to ten in number, ana destroy whole wat
rds with their repeating rifles. Two sea
en, who were met recently on the line nei
the Kansas Pacific, stated that they few
id killed and skinned four hundred so
iffalo on two small creeks not twenty tea
ilesjlong. Overs thousand pounds of wai
eat is left to rot on the prairies for ily
ery animal slain, and the prioe lor 10a
ich raw hide is a dollar and a quarter ant
ily. It is evident that measures must me
i taken to stop this wicked waste of afli
doable food, or the buffalo will soon gn
9 exterminated, < on
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1 MJmS VI HKicau
l farmer, who has a fine- pstoh of
Ions by the roadside, has this ad*
nitory sign ohalked out and pnt up
spicuously in the patch: "Boys,
1't take these melons, for they are
co, and God sees you."
>n Sept. 20 the connty magistrate at
rchester, England, fined three agritural
laborers?whose wages wpre 9s.
>kly with perquisites? ?1 each and
ts for quitting without due notion
service of Mr. Lovelace, a farmer,
n view of the present iron scarcity
England some of the papers are com*
ining of the absurdity of wasting it,
s d?ne in tea. It is stated that a
f large percentage of iron and steel
lgs is mixed with various grades of
i, especially in those coming from
iton.
'Does your arm pam yon f" asked a
jo fa gentleman who, in a mixed
smbly, had thrown his arm aorosg
back of ber ohair and touched her
k. " No, Miss, it don't; but why
fou ask ?" " I notioed that it ?u
of its place, sir, that's all." The
l was removed.
. gentleman was warmly eulogizing
constancy of an absent husband in
presence of his loving wife. "Yes,
assented she. " He writes letters
of the agony of affection, but he
er remits me anv money." "I can
ceive that," said the other, " for I
w his love to be unremitting."
I is said of a Western editor that he
fearful penman, the style of his
d being a cross between a twisted
a olothes-line and a Virginia worm*
:e. One editoral does for several
s, the compositor deciphering it
n the head aown the first day, then
tip the next, and cross way? on auni
a railroad crash, if yon can be
:k enough, put one hand on the
k of the seat before yon, and the
ar hand oa that of yonr own seat,
swing clear of the floor, and as
a as yon can. Most of the damage
imb, which is not fatal, comes from
jamming of seats and what is nnder
n.
; is said that shortly after Hon.
n Hickman's recent illness, Hon.
ihington Townsend called on him,
wishing to encourage him, remark"
Well, Hickman, I can't see that
r aopearance need trouble yon."
o, Townsend," quickly replied the
slid statesman, "it doesn't; it is my
ippearance that troubles mo."
omebody has discovered down in
ine, among the Shakers at Alfred,
old lady named Lucy Langdon
veil, who, as alleged, was born on
4th of July, 1776. "She has never
n in a railroad car, and is in perfect
1thand it is proposed to send
, in a palace car, should she live, to
ladelphiA on the occasion of the
tennial celebration,
he Pied Piper of Hamelin has been
lived in Baltimore in the person of
mins who offers to capture and banfrom
any premises all rats. His
pons of extermination are three
sk-and-tans, six ferrets, a net, and a
ill boy. He visits a house, sets his
in a chosen locality, sets ont on a
iging expedition around and through
house, and when he gets back to the
at of departure, he has the satisfacl
of seeing the small boy gazing with
ture on the ensnared victims of the
rch. His price is from five to ten
tars, and he warrants the place free
one year.
he oldest church building now
iding in the United States is at
igham, twelve miles from Boston,
ee "godlyfamilies" from Plymouth
le a settlement here in 1633, aad in
1 the town had grown strong enough
mild this great church, which now
ids precisely as it was built, except
t two years ago, unfortunately, the
n?w? wBrfi taken out and
s substituted. The old pulpit, gales,
immense timbers and beams, six
eight window panes, the bell rope in
middle of the brond aisle, remain,
organ has taken the place of the
s-viol and violin and tuning fork.
The Heart-sick Actor.
tnart Robson relates the following
racteristic anecdote: "One daj, a
snmmers ago, I had occasion to ena
street car in Philadelpeia. It conted
bat few passengers?a pair of
d wcmen, their laps encnmbered
a market baskets as big almost as
mselves, a large man with a small
je, a young and pretty lady, the
ler evidently of a beautiful little
r-ye&r old girl, who was skipping
^fully aboat the car, and a surly
erly looking gentleman, whose head
;ed on a stout stick. These were the
y passengers. The little girl looked
aright and lively and pretty, as she
d in her hand a bunch of loosely arge*
flowers, the eyes of every pasger
followed her as she gamboled
m one end of the car to the other,
h the exception of the surly looking
itleman, whose head still rested on
-A A All ot nrcA tliA littlg
U)Ufc miun. an o.
ature stopped, looked timidly to:ds
him, then, as if half afraid of the
?rty she was taking, picked a rose1
from the bnnch, and trotting to his
e, placed it with some little aifflculin
an uninvited button-hole of the
t worn by the surly looking gentled,
whose head still rested on his
at stick. The movement roused
1; he lifted his bead, took in the
lation at a glance, bent his eyes on .
darling, who ran laughingly back to
1 mother, and?never thanked her !
some, the man's conduct may have
reared heartless and unfeeling, but I
tcbed him closely, and, though he
roely changed his position, his eyes
rer left her until, the car stopping a
r paces off, he alighted, and as he aid
I discovered they were filled wiih
rs. The car moved on, but until it
i lost to view he stood looking gloomtoward
us. This man was Arner's
great tragedian, Edwin Forrest,
i we may rest assured that the unpreditated
act of this pretty little child
jcted' him more than many of the
sat honors which have been showered
this lonely, childless gentleman,"
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