Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, March 12, 1874, Image 1
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VOL. IV. NO. 23. PORT ROYAL, S. C., THURSDAY^ MARCH 12, 1874. ?W5X
Little Miss Meddlesome.
Little Miss Meddlesome, scattering crumbs,
Into the library noisily comes?
Twirls off her apron, tilts open some bookB,
And into the work-basket, rummaging, looks.
Out go the spools, spinning over the floor ;
Beeswax and needle-case stepped out before ;
She tosses the tape-rule, and plays with the
floss,
And says to herself, "Now, won't mamma be
cross ?"
Little Miss Meddlesome olimbs to the shelf,
Since no one is looking, and, mischievous elf,
Pulls down the flue vases, the cuckoo clock
stops,
And sprinkles the carpet with damaging
drops.
She turns over the ottoman, frightens the
bird,
And sees that the chairs in a medley are
stirred;
men creeps on tne soia, ana au in a ueap,
Drops out of her frolicsome mischief asleep.
But here comes the nurse, who is shaking her
head,
^ And frowns at the misohief asleep on the bed ;
But let's hope when Hiss Meddleaome's slumber
is o'er.
She may wake from good dreams and do mischief
no more.
THE BAG OF GOLD.
" Money is a great trial," said the
widow Peckington, impressively. "I
declare I did not know what care meant
before brother Gabriel died and left
me all the money."
"Well, cousin Clarissa," observed
George Merrilton, who was assiduously
engaged in entangling the widows work
to the very best or the very worst of his
ability, " in case you find yonrself unequal
to the strain, all you have to do
is to leave me the five thousand dollars."
" The first thing in the morning,"
went on Mrs. Peckington, unheeding
Mr. Merilton's modest hint, " and the
last at night, I'm thinking about it.
First I put it in Deaoon Eliah Horton's
bank, and then I draw it out again?
banks aren't noways safe nowadays.
And then I buried it in the east cellar,
close to the apple bin, and thero came
the deluging rain, and I knowed the
cellar would be three inches deep in
water. So up it come again, and then
I could not r?Bt in my bed for fear of
fire. So I got it changed into gold, and
I guess its safe enough."
" In the bottom of your big red
chest ?" mischievously hazarded
George.
" No matter where, sir," said the
widow, nodding her head.
" O, but you might tell us," persisted
Merrilton. " We are all your own
folks, Cora and L"
Cora Dallas sat stitching quietly in
the oorner?the pretty orphan whom
good Mrs. Peckington had taken out of
the orphan asylum " to bring up " five
years before.
" I don't expect to leave you"(uothing,"
Mrs. Peckington had said, " for
I've relations of my own, but I'll give
you a good deestrick school education,
and a decent bringing up, and a good
chance to do for yourself."
And Cora has accepted the ood
dame's offer with meek gratitude.
She had grown very Dretty in the
last few years, this solitary child of
nobody. Dark-eyed, with hair full of
deep chestnnt golden shadows, a peach,
blossom skin, where the rosy blood
glowed brightly through on the slightest
provocation, and a mouth like Hebe,
it seemed as if nature had made a
solemn compact with herself to atone
for all social slights that might be cast
across Cora Dalln's path.
" Well," said Mrs. Peckington, seriously,
" I don't mind telling you, but
mind you don't repeat it?the bag's
hung half-way up the chimney, on an
iron hook."
"But suppose the chimney should
take fire," said Merrilton.
"It won't. I keep it well swept, and
besides, if it should, it takes a pretty
good heat to melt gold."
"Upon my word, cousin Clarissa."
said Merrilton, "you are a second
Machiavelli." 1
^ " Who in pity sake's was he ?" asked
Mrs. Peckington. " There's neighbor
Simsins at the door?jump and let him
in. Corn, for it's beginning to snow
like all possessed."
And neighbor Simkius came in?a
broad-faced, jovial agriculturist, who
lived on the next farm, and was susIiected
of matrimonial designs on the
leart of widow Peckington.
" Set by, Mr. Simkins," said the
widow, hospitably, putting another
moss-fringed log on tho fire ; " seems
like we're going to have another spell
of weather."
And while the widow and her middleaged
lover discussed the weather,
George took occasion to help Cora get
down half a bushel of red apples from
the garret, and was unnecessarily long
about it, too.
"I should think you would be
ashamed of yourself, George Merrilton,"
said Cora, dimpling and blushing,
and trying to look very angry, in
which she succeeked but indifferently.
" What for ?" auJaciously demanded
Gtorge. " One doesn't get behind the
garret door with a pretty girl every day
in the year.
" What would Mrs. Peckington
say ?"
" I dare say she's doing the very same
thing herself down stairs with Jehorum
Simkins."
And Cora burst out laughing at the
preposterous idea, just, as the widow
? -A ovAnn/1 o (ta* Aninnn I
C.Hlliv 111 i'usviu aivuuu oiwi vjuiuvw
jelly and apple butter, and to tell Cora
to mix up a batch of muffins, for neighbor
Simkins was going to stay to tea.
And then Mr. Simkins took his leave
with a roguish twinkle of his eye towards
the young people, and Mrs.
Peckington went over to spend the
evening with Mrs. Dottleford, her pet
crony, and Cora sat all alone in the
fire-light, sewing and sighing and
thinking. For George Merrilton had
gone home early t? secure Mr. Simkins'
companionship a part of the way
through the lonely roads whioh already
were becoming veiled in snow.
The tall old-fashioned clock in the
angle of the old-fashioned kitohen chimney
had jnat struck midnight, when
Oora Dallas was ronsed from her sleep
by a sheeted form at the foot of her bed
?tall and narrow, clod in white?bnt
no ghost nevertheless, bat Mrs. Peckington's
self.
" What's the matter ?" cried Cora,
breathlessly.
" My money 1" gasped the widow,
waving her hand tragically in the air.
" Bat what of it?"
" It's stolen 1"
" Are you sure ?" eagerly demanded
Cora.
" As snre as I am that you're staring
at me now. I felt up chimney for it the
last thing afore I got ready to go to bed,
and?it was gone."
In 7ain proved all search. Neither
up chimney, nor down cellar, nor in
any imaginable or unimaginable ooraer
was the bag of gold pieces to be
found.
Mrs. Peckington," said Cora, huskily,
"it must have been stolen."
" lTes," said Mrs. Peckington, whose
lips were now compressed, and there
was something in her manner that Cera
never before noticed, as she called the
white-headed farm, boy, and told him to
run over and ask Farmer Simkins to
step to the Peckington place that morning.
'' And you may as well stop for George
Merrilton, as you come back,"said she.
When he was gone she came close up
to Cora Dallas.
" Cora," said she. " we two are alone
together now, and I am the last one to
be hard on you. Confess now, and
arfl'll boa how the matter can be cleared
up."
Cora opened wide her brown eyes.
" Confess what ?" she aBked, innocently.
" That you took the money; there
was no one else that conld have done it.
You were here all alone yesterday evening,
and I know it was a strong temptation
to a gal that never had five dollars
of her own in the world. Cora, you're
young,-child, and I don't believe you're
altogether bad, but Satan sifts us all as
wheat, and?"
" Stop !" cried Cora, growing white
and breathless ; "you suspect me?you
think I am a thief! Mrs. Peokington,
may God forgive you; forgive you for
your very cruel suspicion !"
Mrs. Peckington was silent. She
knew not how sue could help the impression
which so strongly bore upon
her mind. Who but Cora Dallas could
have taken the missing gold ?
" George, George !" gasped the poor
girl, flitting up to him as lor Bafety, as |
the door opened and the stalwart form i
of George Merrilton appeared ; " she i
believes that I stole the money; you I
do not think po,. do you?"---- 1
George Merrilton's eyes sparkled ner- <
vously. 1
" Cousin Clarissa, I would stake |
my life on Cora's innocence."
Mrs. Peckington shook her head.
"It looks very ugly for her," she i
said. " but of course if she can prove
it?" I
" It needs no proof in my eyes," said ]
George, quietly, as he drew Cora's arm |
within bis. "There, little one, don't ]
tremble Tso, and look so wonderfully i
frightened?no one shall dare harm you i
as long as I am bv your side." I
"But where's Mr. bimkins ?" asked ]
the widow, missing her strongest ally <
in this hour of need. 1
" If you please ma'am," said the i
white-headed farm boy, " he had gone i
away suddenly to Allenville at four <
o'clock this morning to see his father,
as he had a stroke, and they don't expect
him back not until the last of next
week.
Mrs. Peckington stood undecided. '
" At all events," she said, turning to ^
Cora Dallas, " you can't expect shelter ,
under my roof no longer. I didn't look .
for such treatment from you."
" Cousin Clarissa," said Merrilton 1
bravely, " I love Cora Dollas, and I 1
stand here to espouse her cause. You |
may sue her if you like."
"I shan't do that." said the widow,
" least wise not until Jehorum Simkins
comes homo to advise me what's best." '
' But," went on George Merrilton,
"I shall make her my wife this very
day, in order that I can offer her a home '
in place of the one in which you so 1
cruelly deprived her." j
The widow, albeit naturally a kind- '
hearted woman, fired up at this. '
" Of course I've nothing to say," she !
said, "if you choose to marry a thief?" 1
But she stopped here?the upblazing 1
fire in Merriltou's eyes admonished her
to go no further.
It was lonely enough those cold winter
days, sitting at her fireside, the 1
money gone, the merry sound of George 1
Merrilton's voice silent, and Cora's
bright presence vanished.
"If I should be wrong in 'sposing she 1
took it," she said to herself, " I should !
ho /Iroadfnl Rnrrv to think of all the
ugly names I called her?but I don't
see as there can possibly be any doubt
to it. Any way, Jehorum will advise
me, when he comes."
And on the dusky edge of Saturday
night Farmer Simpins came.
" I never was so glad to see anybody
in all my born days," said Mrs. Peckington,
impulsively jumping up from
her seat?and she told him the story of
the vanished bag of gold, before ho had
a chance to deposit his portly bulk
upon the chair she hospitably drew
forward.
Mr. Simpkins turned doll red?then
a tallow white?got np and sat down ,
again, and finally dragged a leather 1
bag from the recess of his butternut- (
colored coat-tail. <
" I never'll play off a practical joke ,
again, blamed ef I do," he ejaculated ;
" for I declare to gracious, I hadn't any '
idea of the mischief I was a doin ! <
Uofo'q rmir mnnov PlarisRv T Vififtrd I '
yon tell the folks where it was us I was 1
a scrapin' the snow off my feet under 1
the window, that night, and I reached 1
it down just for a joke, when you was <
gone to seo about the supper. I meant 1
to have brought it back the next morn- 1
ing, and have a good laugh with you <
about the burglars, but you see how I i
waB fixed?father got poorly, and I 1
couldn't think of nothiu' but him?but <
you won't lay it up again me, Olarissy, 1
now will you ?" <
"But Cora Dallas?" gasped the |
astonished widow. "I've told every- ]
body she took it," I
"Then jon and 1 must go round and
explain matters to everybody, that's mu
all," said the farmer.
And Mrs. Peokington began to cry. liam
"Poor Cora," she sobbed, "poor twelf
mothexless ohild I I could bite out my now
tongue when I think what wicked things ear
I have spoken with it. But I'll go right i, .
over there and beg her pardon, and ^rm<
George's too." Napt
Cora Merrilton forgave Mrs. Peoking- eighl
ton much more sweetly and readily ^ ^
than her husband could bring himself .
to do?and she even came over to help tnte
the widow make wedding cake for her Ham
own matrimonial benefit. assoc
" For, of oonrse, I knew it would all crow
be set right sooner or later," said Cora, luxu:
cheerfully, " and we'll let by-gones be nifle<
by-gones." rick'
And the widow solaced her conscience the f
by presenting Mrs. Cora with just half roma
the contents of the mischievous leather sive
bag for a wedding present. lings
?r??of El
A Touching Incident* the
c
The Cincinnati Commercial, speak- resp<
ing of the closing scene? in the ad- fell i
ministration of Governor Noyes, of an H
Ohio, and of the inauguration of Gov- juke
ernor Allen, says : oiate
Hundreds of guests had called, and and <
scores were oalling, to ssy their good- c?u
. ~ ,, \ Tt obtai
bys to uovernor jxoyes. Among mose ^jg
who entered the chamber, however, was an(j ,
an old man, thin, wrinkled, pale, and and <
gray-haired, and mnch bent by age and jym
manifest suffering. He timidly asked
to see the Governor, who stepped aside oourt
to a window with him. The old man ary i
said he would have called before, but wer.?
had been sick. He came at that late fnaio
hour to make an appeal for the pardon Engl
of an erring son who had been oonflned f?JJ01
in the Penitentiary for seven years, and r?N
who had three more to serve. ting
"What is the name of your son?" these
asked the Governor. The old man gave ipoor
it. Governor Noyes then, without tion.
making him any definite reply, re- trust
quested him to step into his private to ad
room and wait till he was at leisure. an" *
The fact was, the pardon had been deal
granted earlv that morning, and the old P10D?'
man's daughter had already gone to "J yj
earry the pardon to her brother and ac- ?- a"
company him from the Penitentiary to 1
the Governor's office. In a few min- tion
utes the liberated man arrived with his fltate
sister, neither expecting to find the ?*
other there, and the father not dream- P???
ing that the pardon had already been the e
granted. One can readily imagine the "i<
Bcene as the Governor conducted the ,
two to his private room. The son flew faithl
to his father and embraced him, and these
then, flinging his arms" around the Gov- prove
prnor's neck, covered his face with era! a
kisses. The old man, overcome by the
great happiness of the moment, sank tingu
into his chiar, sobbing like a child. gagei
There were no dry eyes in that room, 9511/
and those who, a few minutes later, disch
were talking and chatting with the re- J?**']
tiring Governor in the reception room, ?' 91
little imagined in what a touohiagly tratio
pathetic scene he had been a parttoi- ?} j*"
pant. The liberated man has a wife, "chei
ind child eight years old, a sister, and
iged parents. It will be a pleasant reflection
during his lifetime to General ^ v
Moves that it was one of the last acts .
jf his executive power to fill one house- 1U
tiold with the sunshine of happiness, Ooler
ind restore the beloved one long sepa- were
rated from them, who had fearfully marrj
jondoled for his crime. ,
when
Women's Wages. Save
The New York Stcu, noting the fact ?e*ve<
hpcan
;hat the highest average wages paid to .
women in tho better class of employnents
into which they are crowded is ,
$7 a week, admits-that upon this sum a ^
ffoman with no one depending upon to ft E
ler, and with health and strength, can down
3nd a home, wholesome food, and have The i
enough left for modest clothing. no
But 6he must be attractively clothed,
ind economizes, therefore, where it ???a]
will least show. ??gve*
She goes without clothing sufficient a <
for decency or warmth, the editor says; ^
the wears altered underclothes or none, ^oot
ragged stockings or worn-out shoes. ,,
J l iu:n v
3lItJ uueu ljut uu tiiio mtuuui ouuuiu uiiu oilter
Boncealment, at least at first; but in jBfjjc
*very struggle which enables her to do woun
it she loses that which she never can (j0iec
regain. bidin
A widow with children, on the same Kome
;um, abandons at the outset everything abou|
beyond mere existence, and a home in jy reT
i dark, greasy tenement house, sur- Iaana
rounded by low and vicious inmates. j jf
The extra penny on a pail of coal, meejj
a frozen potato in the measure, brings resfc (
tears to her eyes. She is not clothed ; crmc
she is only covered. If she has a hus- const
band and he at homo idle, her fate is 8^oc}
anly so much the worse; there is an- ^
ather mouth to feed?that of a strong and t
though helpless man. To keep one's marr
faith in God, to hold one's self-respect, 8j100{
to be true to the better instincts of true ^be d
womanhood is all that the strongest tQ wo
can do. He who helps the widow and
the fatherless in times like these, says J ^
the AVar, takes the place of the Divine 1
Master; he who lays a straw in the \
path of any serves well and faithfully
the devil himself. A11
tion
No Place for Him. ing o
A very singular present has been ?* ^
made to the aquarium of the Jardin 8en^a
il'Acclimitization at Paris. It is a me- comn
AAA
lusa polyp, which, on the day after its
sntry into the pool assigned it, had
ireated a void around it, and skillfully ^
got rid of all its neighbors. How? tides
This was a mystery until the water of plant
the pool was analyzed. The water was the p
found to be converted into a solution of tion.
nuegar, and it was apparent that it was proce
jne of those verv rare mollusks, the ing,
rinegar polyp, whose body, upon its "frui
being immersed in pure water, pres- place
sntly gives forth a strongly character- office
ized acetic solution. The working of chanf
this animal is very curious. It pro- fruit
luces alcohol, whioh it transforms into The 1
rinegar. The poisonous mollusk was. now i
>f course, quickly withdrawn, and the ?
placed in clarified vinegar in a closed tent (
iar, where it will pursue undisturbed tax i
the economical manufacture of vinegar. $2,00
A Faithful Agent.
ie present Dnke of Hamilton, Wil- Ii
Alexander Louis Stephen, is the for i
th. He was born in 1883, and is Mon
consequently in his forty-first
His father married in 1823 the
cess Marie of Baden, cousin of
>leon III. At the early age of Th?u
;een, the present duke succeeded gatu
e great possessions which consti- i
the inheritance of the house of a f
ilton, Hamilton palace with its Coal,
nations and traditions of centuries,
ded with the treasures of art, of
ry and taste, standing in its mag- Tota
ant domain of CGjOOO acres; BrodCastle,
on the island of Arran, with
ee of almost the entire soil of that two
,ntic and beautiful island; exten- ever
pro ?erty in Linlithgowshire, Stir- eacl
hire and Bute ; the English estate tion
iston Park, in the county of Suf- leng
with their enormous revenue, with emp
are of their management, and the ???>
msibilitv of their administration, reac
nto the hands of the young heir at The
je when by law he was incapable of amo
ng a binding contraot. The young four
i was very soon surrounaea oy asso- qu<?'
a who themselves ruined, flattered that
:ajoled him, lured him to the raee- 0:
>e and betting-room, and before he draf
ned his majority had borrowed long
ame for thousands ; money lenders coal
lsurera hunted him, and the losses regc
?xtravagancies of others involved not
in liabilities which seriously em- the
issed even his oolossal fortune. It Thu
ittle to be wondered at that in the coal
le of a very few years the pecuni- cold
affairs of the Duke of Hamilton was
known to be in inextrioable con- ing
n. Actions and judgments in the
and, sequestrations in Scotland, bom
tved in rapid sucesaion. The rent ticec
was insufficient to meet accumula- kind
emergencies, and the owner of pick
i vast possessions was without an tore
ae adequate to support his po?i- 1. Ej
Affairs were at a dead lock. The '
ees appointed by the duke's father
[minister the estate, men of honor ' ],
ligli position, were incompetent to
with the financial pressure of the
ent At this overwhelming crisis, or at
e wish of the duke and the consent M;
parties interested, the trusteeship to b<
esigned, and the means of extrica- thirc
from the then almost hopeless mysi
of affairs were confided to an agent whic
reat financial resources and ex- Fc
nee. To him also was intrusted Edit
xclusive management and control som<
a property, and it is but justice to little
y Pad wick to state that by his and i
ful and judicious stewardship of advii
princely estates, he has so im- here
id them, by developing their min- tem
md other resources, that the in- fond
ranees have been entirely ex- who
ished ; that all the personal en- knov
nents of the duke, whether his perft
>r for others, have been honorably Boet
arged ; that a rental of ?140,00 a
tias been secured ; and the result
8 seven years' personal adminis- .
n has been to place the possessions
i dnke in the foremost rank of the Won
it inheritance of England. Hillf
land
Didn't Shoot to Kill. waa
ery strange case recently came np pera
3 courts of Cumberland, Md. John witn
aan loved Orpha Miller, and they noon
engaged. For some reason the bugf
age was delayed nearly a year, sleig
Orpha thought better of it and back
Coleman his dismissal. She re- ever
1 other suitors, whereat Coleman ing,
ae enraged and threatened to kill mass
vals. Ou the morning of Monday, beini
st 26, last, ho met Miss Miller in Nf
?in the woods, about half a mile persi
her her home, as she was going ^ie
leighbor's. He asked her to sit P'?ftl
tulk with him, which she did. f,
nterview lasted six hours, and was w"
ubt one of those replete with re- ^ ? 1
hes, explanations and forgivings .J*6
nay have experienced and modern in8 1
ists delight to sketch. Finding rtm01
ase apparently hopeless, he pro- na> c
1 a revolver and asked now
to shoot him or ho would
her. As she turned to look away 1
reapon was discharged, the bail tlie
ing near the centro of the breast, menJ
ting a very dangerous but not fatai 8un*'
d. She fell to the ground, and P
oan started off and went home, crftF
g his pistol on the way under erc,fi
bushes. Miss Miller lay there
t three hours, when she sufficient- **iat
rived to get upon her feet and ^ F
ged to walk, though slowly, about otlie
the distance to her home, then m<Ln
ing a farmer who assisted her the In
Df the way. Her situation was Pea!:
al for several days, but a strong worl
itution successfuilv withstood the n.??r
c and Bhe recovered. Strange to ei?11
he parties have become reconciled, ?our
hough Miss Miller still refuses to l'ru*
y Coleman, she asserts that the at ?
ing was accidental. The case for ma"
efense was condncted with a view
>rk upon the sensibilities of the
and the would-be assassin was mi
ted. _
Bos(
Comma that Cost ?2,000,000. Jem
e importance of correct punctua- bere
was strongly illustrated at a meet- old
f the Ways and Means Committee sett)
0 United States House of Repro- over
tives, when it was shown that a
ra in one place was worth $2,000,- tjve
In the tariff bill which pror
into effect August 1, 1872, post
free list was extended by the
addition of several hundred ar- com
i. Among the number was "fruit to 1
s, tropical and semi-tropical," for but
urpose of propagation and cultiva- ruin
in engrossing me diii, or in me
'ss of copying it for official print- safe
a comma was inserted after four
t," and all fruit was thereby his i
d npon the free list. The customs to tl
rs, however, not noticing the his
je, continued to oollect duties on furn
until the error was discovered, for 1
Ways and Means Committee have at hi
igreed to report a bill to remove Plui
omma, in accordance with the in- sma
>f the law of 1872. The amount of forti
llegally oollected is not far from ohec
0,000. Ibigl
Cost of Lirlng in Boston. I
ems taken from the husband's diary In s
the week: beyon
day?Bought 8 lbs. mutton shoal- jury v
der, 12c 86 ,.
1 peck of potatoes 80 ue W1'
7 lbs. flour, 7c 49 was n<
iday?Cold mutton
ucsday?Hashed mutton lasiea
sday?Soup from the bones Georg
iv?1 lb. mutton loin 10 . .
rday and 8unday?1 lb. beef steak, 8aI Ir<
ound 20 next E
and pepper, 2c.; tea, 2 ozs., 6c.; .
mgar. j lb. 4c.; milk, 21c ; lights, 10c. 42 t*le ln
280 lbs., at $12 $1.48 bound
"rent -Jf? camel
$6.85 cally i
1 expenses for subsistence and shel- T .
eyforoneyear $330 20 10 '
ote by wife.?Our fuel is burned in tried
stoves, our coal hods are filled immei
y morning and must last through days,
i day. To regulate the oonsump- 1794,'
, we have two sticks of unequal Tooke
;ths ; these are used to measure the Of coi
tiness of the coal hods. When cally i
l comes the first stick must just missio
h the level of the coal in each hod. and th
second stick is to adjust the nower
?4 4? i ???i IT on*rr
UUl bU UD UlUllCU nviu uuvu uuw*i aa.vuj v
o'clock in the afternoon. The physic
ati(v remaining in each hod after in 171
mnst last until we retire. applie
n Thursday by inadvertence the demea
ts in the stoves were kept open too Unt
and evening found us without ever c
in the hods, and as our family is adjoui
dated by a perfect system, it was cause;
allowable to take more coal from Gurne
bin (all defalcations result from and
rsday taking a part of Friday's sible t
), consequently the baby caught dence,
. By Friday a bad case of croup to bus]
developed, and on Saturday morn- the atl
our little darling passed on. As quenci
head of the family was returning Even i
eward on Friday evening he not allowe
1 a piece of paper suitable for that st
ling in the gutter, and stooping to cases,
it up he slipped and irremediably borne
his panlaloons. So that our are the
iponsen for the week as eliown be- law, e
ore are $6 35 which
:penHOH for new pantaloons 8 00 ^itnes
ineral expenses and expenses of i
ist sickness of infant 30 00 eviaen
844 35
the rate for one year of 8)2,306 20.
y husband claims the second item The
) the result of an accident, and the Thessc
I item he considers as one of the to be c
arious dispensations of Providence * ^
h mortals may not investigate.
>r my part, and confidentially, Mr. pectati
or, I do wish you would publish complt
s plan of life which would give us a these i
> more variety for our bill of fare ; ^me ^
also, if you can consistently do so, '
se the fathers of families not to ad- are we
too strictly to a preconceived sys- tion&l
of living, and thus save for many a more f
mother the presence of little ones, j ej
are darling treasuses, even if they .
r naught about the harmonies of a eftB1'y 1
;ct code of domestic economy.? volume
on Journal. nuity.
The
A Temperance Turnout, distinp
response to the appeal of the the bri
lan's Temperance Association of procesi
iboro, Ohio, to the women of High- ^^br
County, that village, says a letter, it ig
the scene of the most gigantic tern- 8ideral
? -3 AM mhaUaKTw A?tAW fvifl XX rl
act) UeiliUUDUabiuu piuuauij GTU
essed in Ohio. Early in the fore- c0^11?
i the crowd began to ponr in, in
jies, in wagons, in expresses, j,er ha
hs, jumpers, and sleds; on horse- It is pi
and by cars. They streamed in on er unw
p street until the town was swarm- j
seeming to be overflowing with the majne(
i of vehicles, horses, and human pursui
g8. subseq
sver since war times had so many
ons congregated on our streets, f
sleighing was excellent. It was a .wa
jant day. Everything was favor- Jonin?
, and everybody happy except the Paryv
isky men." About eleven o'clock 1
nuUitude made its* way to the Pres- P\ ai
rian church, where a stirring meetvas
held and several speeches made, P.au.
og them one by Van Pelt, of Vien- a
?nce the " wickedest man in Ohio," 8enerft
an effective worker for the tempercause.
The visitors were conducto
a bounteous lunch prepared by Alth
women of flillsboro in the base- rin, af
t of the church, to which ample and ^lps ]
mary justice was done. At half- . '
one p. K. the town hall was filled, vie7 0
imed, and jammed for further ex- basins
:es. Van Pelt claims that the strong
en have adopted the right plan,and maints
they cannot fail if they persevere. , ,
isid he could stand as much as any P c fl
r man, but the prayers of the wo- J"51 ?
were too much for him. P
Logan, Ohio, fcrty-six ladies ap- ,
ed iu the streets and began their
i upon the saloons. In the after1
their number was increased to li?WU '
ty, and their success was quite en- Vn a
aging for the first day. All the ?
fgists signed the druggists' pledge ? .
nee, and some inroads have been .
e upon the " low places."
~ ~ ~ overra
A y.en Hampshire Hero, rock"
lere is a true hero living at North to the
lawen, N. H., and his name is
tho en
ithau Plnmmer. It will be remom- fttji ^
d that in the summer of 1871 an in its <
building at that place suddenly
led, and one corner of it swayed
on the railroad track. The pas- a bi
;er train was due in a few minutes, centiy
this Mr. Plummer, a young and ac- ^
trackman, discovering the danger, ?* tb0
?^ ?" oto an<1 nnt off a had ol
UjJblJ DCiACU aa c*av/ muv. v?? v
of the building in order to swing irascil
structure from the track, He ac- jD con
plished his purpose,and endeavored
eap from his dangerons position, them
was crushed and mangled in the sentec
s. In a moment the train, behind the v
), swept by with its passengers in where
ty. The brave section man was Meyei
id to have been terribly injured in Oartaj
spinal column and lower limbs, and five di
us day has never been able to leave rived
bed. The railroad company has once
ished a cottage at North Boscawen 300 01
limself and wife, and continue him tents,
ilf pay upon the section-roll. Mr. morta
nmer is free from pain only a chargi
11 part of the time, but in his mis- martii
one he exhibits a patience and ting tl
irfulness that stamp nim with the Costa
ieet nobility .?Boston Journal, redret
Juration of Criminal Trials.
ancient times trials never lasted
d a day. Mr. Borke said trial by to
ras unfit for oases which did not
bhin the compass of a day ; and it
ot until modern times \hat they ,
[ longer. In the case of Lord f01
;e Gordon, in 1781, Lord Mansfield in
>m eight in the morning nntil five
aorning, and, as long as he and <>D
ry were able to sit, he felt himself oa
1 in law to do so. But when trials 1
po
bo last several days, it was physi - I ii
mpossible.
ihe case of Elizabeth Canning, ev<
for perjury, and which excited 7?
lse interest, the trial lasted fifteen
In the State trials for treason in
rhel wall's lasted four days, Home ^
's six, and Hardy's nine days. Bo
arse in such cases it was physi- we
mpossible to sit on without infer- j
n, and accordingly Lord Kenvon th<
ic j udges resolved that they had Or
to adjourn, but only, as Lord thi
>n stated, on the ground of actual da
sal necessity. This was laid down i
16, and in 1819 Lord Tenterden at
d the same rulo to trials for mis- Gf
nor. th?
il the Tichborne case, no one had th<
onceived that there was power to ,
n a criminal trial for any other j
; and a long train of jndges? ,
v, Cresswell, Wightman, Willes,
at8ori?held that it was inadmis0
adjourn for purposes of evi- ^
though it might be admissible j
pend the trial for a short time for ?rf
tendance of witnesses in conse- *n
a of some unavoidable accident. am
n civil cases adjournment is only a9
d by a statute passed in 1854, and Pe<
atute does not apply to criminal ]
The adjournment in the Tioh- cri
case for the purposes of evidence nil
jrefore unprecedented in British ma
specially the first adjournment, th<
was not for the attendance of eni
sea, but for the discovery of new [
ce. liv
Dc
Stealing a Bride. Mi
raid against the brigands of
ily by the Turkish troops seems au
larried on with energy by Mehe- ]
1 and his subordinates, and ex- mi
ions are fondly entertained of the jja"
3te extermination before long of o*j
nteresting ruffians. In the mean- C01
he adventures of the brigands be,
11 worth the attention of sensanovelist*,
wk? oil! aolJum -r?*
avorable opportunity for gather- ^
astic materials which may be <<r
stretched to the length of three kil
;s by the exercise of a little ingeGo
hero of the hour in Thessaly is
igand chief Htratzo, who lately 1
;uished himself by carrying off no'
de from the midst of a nuptial for
sion, and who is now the object citi
pursuit by the Turkish troops, snt
ide who was thus abstracted is, adi
ated, a young lady of no incon- coi
)le personal attractions, who had ant
with Stratzo's affections by re- ref
r numerous gifts from him, and ]
uently, according to the notions pi0
country, had no right to bestow by
ad npon any one bnt the brigand, tov
obable that she was not altogeth- <-jp
illing to be carried off by Strat- d0j
0 after her abduction departed a c
ier to Olympus, where he re- bla
1 for some time secure from the Do
t of Mehemet Ali Pasha. He bei
uently, however, was imprudent the
1 to descend into the plain, and <
rkish general having learned that
s hiding in the district of Aliassent
ninety men to scour that
the conntry; but Stratzo aud his Rg
ind again given the soldiers the
ad taken up their winter quarters ^
other side of Olympus, where ^
thorities possess far less energy (ro
etermination than the Turkish Hm
fro
Alpine Lakes. mc
8r<
ough Professor Gastaldi, of Tu- mc
ter a careful study of the Italian th<
las adopted Professor Ramsey's F?l
f the excavation of Alpine lake
by ice, Sir Charles Lyell is wa
ly opposed to that view. He
iins that they have been produced
anges of level in valleys, pro- ]
\ depressions which have been
ved during the glacial epoch by bo1
filled with ice; while at otner ??
they were either soon tilled by dr<
, or their lower barriers were cut
is fast as they were formed. He
ccountB for the fact tliat lakes ^ei
ccur in any abundance in glacia- on'
istricts. Ho further maintains mc
le erosive power of glaciers, as on
ted by the muddy torrent that 8iJ
i issues from them, has been
ted, because " the flower of OVl
thus produced is due, not solely Hv
wearing down of the floor of the wc
, but to a considerable extent to 011
rinding up of the stones which
>on the glacier and are engulfed
crevasses.?Nature. Je
an
Brnfal Massacre.
ev
rutal massacre of Chinese has retaken
place in Costa Rica, borne
men employed on the railroad
Tended the chief of the camp, an on
jle Frenchman named Lafeychine, te,
sequence of which he thrashed ga.
with a whip. The Chinese reI
this treatment, and drove all co
rhite men oat of their camp, ah
upon one of the contractors named six
*s, in his fright, telegraphed to th
jo for troops. A force of thirty- oo
runken soldiers consequently ar- gr
in the middle of the night, and at ad
proceeded to fire into a body of th
binese, as they lay asleep in their ro
Six were killed and nine others bii
Uy wounded. The officer in tei
a is now to be tried by oourt- it
il, and the residents are regret- se
bis episode in the history of the ol<
Rica Railroad. Bat there is no on
is for the Chinese. hi
Facts and Fancies.
Breach of good manners?For ruin
stare yon in the face,
rhe names of the battles of the
rolntion do not appear on the regijntal
flags of England.
The glorious songster of the Southern
rests, the mocking-bird, is said to be
danger of extirpation.
Lancaster, Pa., annnally produces
e and one-foorth barrels of beer per
pita for each inhabitant.
Governor Kemper of Virginia proses
to abolish the ornamental office
aide fa the Governor."
When^onr pocket gets empty, and
erybody knows it, yon can put all
nr friends into it, and it will not
lgo ont worth a farthing.
Nothing, a Boston paper deolares,
II kill a man as qnick as whisky. The
ston paper has never been nominated,
snppose, for chief-joatioe.
A. Dr. Griswold has made a test of all
3 illuminating oils sold by dealers in
and Rapids, Michigan, and reports
it he failed to find any that was not
ngerons.
A. characteristic crime was oommitted
Cincinnati, the other day, in the theft
10 k. a foiinw noolv drove
1U oniut WJ H aw?*w?? ? ^
?m from a public stock yard through
3 heart of the city.
The horse upon which General Zolliffor
was killed is still alive and owned
a gentleman of Warren county, Kensky.
Though old, just tap a drum if
u want to see him prance.
K. testimonial consisting of a rose col)d
Irish poplin dress and a suit of
sh point lace, was presented to Mad.0
Titiens iu Dublin the other deT
a mark of appreciation from thelrisn
ople.
Lllinois locomotive engineers are now
minally punished for willfully run- . .
)g into and injuring a domestic aniI,
and for mischievously blowing
sir whistles for the purpose of frighting
any horse.
rhe Methusaleh of horses is still
ing, hearty, fat and jmtive, in South
irham, Vt. He is the property of a
s. Pinkham,. and in his 42d year,
ery fair Sunday he may be seen on
i wav to church?an example to
old horses.
tfilton had a most vixenish wife. It
ght have added to his comfort to
re been deaf instead of blind. To
tter his wife, Buckingham once
led her a rose. '* I am no judge of
ors," replied the poet, " and it may
, for"?he added with a sigh?"I
il the thorns daily.
^tfteirTan
dish language. Here is an example:
The trees cutting, birds and beasts
ling, and cows and horses setting in
e at the ground belonging to the
vernment are prohibited.
(Signed) Osaka Fu."
rhe following is ac^pyof a petition
w being circulated in Massachusetts
signature : " We, the undersigned,
izens of Massachusetts, and conners
of tobacco, protest against any
ranee in the rate of tax on what we
isider one of the necessaries of life
1 a great help in the temperance
orm now going on in this State."
fonng Spriggs sailed into bis em*
yer's office one morning, followed
a small dog he had brought down
rn with him. " What's that, Mr.
riggs?" growled Debater, Sr., "a
? ?'" " Yes, sir," said Spriggs, " he's
ross between a Scotch terrier and a
ck and tan." "Well," rejoined
bster, Sr., " he's a cross that I can't
ir," and thereupon kicks him out of
> door.
)ld Bob, a blaok horse owned in
rtford, was hitched to a watering
t. The girth gave away in an atapt
to back the cart to its place, and
the water was heavier than the horse
> cart dropped and the shafts rose,
) horse going with them, hanging by
i neck, his hind feet two or three feet
>m the ground. The animal struggled
1 kicked in terror. He was rescued
in his dangerous situation after
ich trouble. When he touched the
)und, the poor beast stood for a
iment apparently bewildered, and
;n recovering himself, he looked
lud among his rescuers and approachl
them quietly rubbed his nose
linst the shoulders of the one who
s most active in saving him.
Remarkable Longevity.
During the year 1873 fifty-two peris
over ninety years old died in New
impshire. Of these one was one hun3d
and two years, ono month, and
enty days; one was one hundred
irn, one montn, ana nmtia'n u?jo ,
o wns ninety-nine yearn and' tea
>nths ; three were over ninety-eight,
e over ninety-seven, one over ninetyfour
were more than ninety-five,
jbt were more than ninety-four, four
er ninety-three, ten over ninety-two,
e over ninety-one, and tho remainder
re in their ninety-flrntyear. Twentye
of these were females. The united
es of the fifty-two amounted to four
ausand eight hundred and fifty-four
urn, ten months, and ten days, making
average of more than ninety-three
ars. No record is made of any one
en one day short of ninety.
When Water Is Good.
An English technical periodical points
t an easy way of testing whether war
is good and fit for general use. It
ys:
"Good water should be free from
lor, unpleasant odor and taste, and
onld quickly afford a lather with a
kail portion of soap. If half a pint of
e water be placed in a perfectly clean,
lorless, glass-stoppered bottle, a few
ains of the best white lump sugar
ded, and the bottle freely exposed to
e daylight in the window of a warm
am, the liquid should not beoome turd,
even after exposure for a week or
a days. If the water becomes turbid
is open to the grave suspicion of >
wage contamination, hut if it remain
mr it is almost osrtainly sa/e. We
re to Heisoh this sunple^raluable, but
therto strangely negleeted test."
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