Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, March 26, 1874, Image 1
VOL. IV. NO. 25. PORT ROYAL, S. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1874. -
Mistaken.
Yo eay that love is strong as death ;
Yo know not what ye speak.
Shall lovo be as the feeble breath,
Tho color on the cheek ?
Stronger than death or woo or time
Is lie who rules above;
And though the storms of ages chime
His own words. " God is love."
Death is tho subject slave of love ;
For love is God on high ;
Stronger than death, love rules above,
Till death himself shall die.
LITTLE TOM-BOY.
You would hnrdly believe how lit'
blie is; so round and small that peop!
when they pas3 her, tarn around to lo
once more, and smile n little; th
know by the very look in her rogui
eyes that she is the greatest romp in t
city, and she knows it too, and doesi
care.
Somebody, her fond mamma, I sn
pose, being no judge of character, h
named her Dora ; sacli a sweet, mi
name being plainly thrown away on o
little Tom-boy,'her big brother sho
cued :t to Dick ; sho likes it, sho srr
and feels like kicking anybody who ca
her Dora or Sis. Of course, only
Tom-boy would feel like kicking.
She goes to school; she coramenc
the very day she was six, for her mott
declared she couldn't "stand it" alld
any longer ; since she has been at sclx
she has climbed over the school-hoi
fence twice, quarreled and made
with every boy in the class, quarrel
with every girl, and only made up wi
two, killed a ehieken in the next ys
with a stone, and committed a mnltitn
of smaller offenses, too numerous
mention.
I'm afraid the teacher likes her, a
is loth to punish her ; she used to \
heron the boys' side; but Dick look
out through her fingers (she pretend
to be crying) and laughed with I
neighbors, showing her preference
plainly that tho teacher determined
punish her some other way after th
One day, when Dick had been v(
nanghtr/sho took out her long ratti
and called her up to tho desk, fully
teuding to forgive her *n the first npj
cation.
IMU hick maae do proiessiuDs ; i
went her little plump hand as brav<
as could bo ; not hesitating a momen
" Dick," said the teacher (even t
teacher called her Dick), "I don't wc
to whip you."
Dick looked tho teacher straight
the eye, and never said a word.
"Do you want me to whip yc
Dick?" she said, after waiting a n
rueut.
The little girl shook her head ; s
had been very brave, and still held 1
hand straight out, but the teache
eyes looked so kind, she began to me
siio even felt a tear away in the con
of her eye.
" Tell me you wilt be good," said t
teacher, putting down the rattan, " a
I'll forgive you this time."
" T'll try to be dood," said Dick ; s
said it in a very low voice, for she kn<
that that tear had slipped out of t
corner of her eye, and was creepi
down her soft cheek ; and she did:
want the boys to know that she w
crying.
"Very well," said the teacher; ai
somehow, whether it was tho shinii
tear creeping down the soft cheek,
the round little hand held out so bra\
ly, or some other reason I do not kn<
of, the teacher never took out her rt
tan, and said, "Come here!" to naugh
Dirk again.
One afternoon she played truant,
was a shocking thing for a littlo girl
do, even if she trat a little Tom-bc
and she heartily repented of it, and w
determined from that day, never, ne\
to do it again.
She had been to her lunch, and w
loitering back to school, thiuking i
tho time how hot tho 6chool-hon
would be that day, and how much nic
it would be to stay out of school, ni
play " Robbers and Police" with -T
Lewis and tho washer woman's b
Tim.
let. she never thought of playii
truant, but just walked slow, ai
cha?ed a hen, and peeped through t
bars of Mrs. Ilewett's fence, and wo
dered if t here was a bird's nest in the t
of the tall tree, lly and by she saw J
Lewis ; he was standing in the mido
of the street, kicking the dust with 1
copper-toed shoes.
" Mi, Uick !" lie called out.
" Hi!" replied the little Tom-boy.
14 You're late," said Joe.
44 I ain't," said she, with a lit!
tremor of horror in her voice. To
44 lato" was a prime offense, in h
teacher's eyes.
4Yon are, though," replied Jo
44 so'm I, but I ain't a-going in to gel
lickitt*. /*m a-going to play hooke;
but ynn dart Hu't ? you're too much
a gui!"
44 Oh, toward !" said Dick, scornfull
44 to stay in the middle of the street !
441 aiu't so much of a coward as yi
are," said he ; 44 for I darest plav boo
ev, and you daresn't!"
44 Pooii !" said foolish Diek, 44I aii
afraid."
.hist then they saw a lot of men ni
boys running down a cross strei
about a block away.
44Where all zeai boys going?" tl
manded Dick.
Joe deeming peace to bo firmly esta
lisln il, now came on to tlio siil
walk ; .Toe was eight and liad a ve
frowsy head. " I'll tell you what
thinkj Dick," ho answered : " I tliii
they're going to a tiro ; and let us i
too*! I've never been to a fire in all v
life."
"Nor T," said Dick.
So they took hold of hands, and stai
ed oft' down the street at snoh a pac
that a big boy, sitting down in t
shade of a fence at the corner of t
street, said, " Thew! race liorso
When they got to the corner of t
street, the men and boys were a lot
way ahead, but they were not to 1
daunted, and kept on in hot pursui
away they went, keeping hold of banc
so as to run faster, tip one street, dot
another, and across a third, dodgii
tinder the bends of the horses, and running
into such dangers as would have d
made their mothers' hearts turn sick
with terror if they could have seen tl
them. b
And after all, the crowd molted away, "
and they couldn't tell where the fire h
was, or if there had been any; and they 0
were so warm', that they had to sit down
on two or three shop-door sills to rest; ^
and to their snprise, found that the 51
shop-keepers didn't like it, and told 11
them to go away, or they " would put a ^
head on them." R
" What street is this, Joe ?" asked ^
, Dick; she began to suspect that she
was a long way from her quiet home.
"I don't know," replied Joe, "I'll
ask this man."
le, He did ask him, but tho man walked -1
ok on without answering; then he asked 5
another, and thou another, but nobody I
paid any attention to him, and poor lit- j
tie Joe, thought he was a boy, and eight
he years old, and so very brave about *
a't "playing hookey," began to cry. r
" Don't!" said Dick, who felt not n
tho least fear, "I'll ask somebody my- >,
'P- self." "
She walked up to a very tall, very
ild grand h'dy, and looking up with her j
ur bright, bravo eyes, she said:
" Would you please be so kind as to 11
tell me what street this is ?"
rs? Tho lady stopped and smiled ; some- s
11s how the very grand look went out of J1
a her face as she bent her head and looked *
down into the little Tom-boy's face.
eq "This is Kearney street, dear," she
,er said ; "are yon here all alone ?"
nv "Oh, uo, marm! Joe is here, too; '
we've both runned away and played h
iso hookey." c
Tim ln/lv lonknJ natoniRhed. as well E
j she might, at this frank confession, anil 8
[jj, began to ask Dick her name, and where v
ir(] she lived ; finally slio took out her ?
purse and gave her two street-car tick- *
tt, ets. " You go dowu to this next street," 0
she said, " and get into the car, and E
nj tell the conductor whero you live, and ?
)Ut he'll let you out at the nearest street, ?
fi(] and then you will bo all right; you and |
e(| tho little boy can find your way then, I
ier guess." d
PO " Thank yon, rnarm ; I'm very muck v
obliged," answered Dick, politely; c
wliorenpon tho lady laughed, aud pat- J
,rv ted her cheek, and walked on.
uj " Come, Joe," said the little girl, \
j?I "don't cry; babies cry ; I've got some 1
,H_ car tickets, and we're going home, E
now." E
?ut This news seemed to cheer up poor
;ly Joe. for ho wiped his eyes on the sleeve <
t.* of his jacket, and took hold of Dick's c
he hand as though he had perfect confi- ^
int dence in her ability t? take him home. p
All would have gono well, now, aud ^
i!i the two runaways might have reached j,
home before dark, but, as they walked
in, along, looking in all the shop windows ^
io- as they went, they happened to brush ^
up against a tall, well-dressed China- ^
he man ; perhaps he was a rich merchant,
ier for his clothes were very handsome,
r's Dick did not notice his clothes, howIt
: ever; she only noticed his long queue
ier hanging down behiud; the spirit of I
mischief never failed within her; she
lie caught hold of it, like a littlo Tom-boy
nd as she was, and gavo it a sharp pull.
She did not wait to seo what he 0
he thought or said, but dashed across the '
pw street, through an alley and down an- i
he other street, before Joe quite realized _
ng that she was gone.
n'f TTe did realize, however, that the 8
as Chinaman was Terr angry, for lie v
caught hold of the collar of his jacket, f
id and gave him a sound drubbing, in c
ng spite of his sobbing protestation that it e
or wasn't him. s
re- As soon as he could see for tears, lie y
>w looked around for Dick, but sho was a
it- nowhere to be seen, being three or four n
ty blocks away by that time; and, as he n
had the tickets, he couldn't think of t
I* anything better to do thau to get 011 the v
to car and go home; which ho accordingly t
y, did; and his mother, who was just anx- 11
as ious enough to be provoked, gave him 'J
er another drubbing, by way of mate for li
the Chinaman's. v
ns At first, Dick went along, singing 0
nil softly to herself ; I think sho was rath- p
se | er glad to be rid of .Toe and his tears, t
ior and felt free and happy without his a
nd I company. v
oe i She found a fine mud puddle, too, ; 0
oy j and two little boys playing by it, who : s
didn't understand mud-pie making half! v
eg as well as herself, so she offered to help ' a
id them; an offer which was gladly nc- | s
he ' cepted. r
hi- i They were delighted with her, and 1 c
op sho with them, nud they played very ' t
co gaily until their mother called them in 1<
He to supper. t
lis Tlieu Dick begnn to feel very strange t
and lonely ; she was hungry and tired, t
and it was dark ; she wondered if she o
would ever find the little home, or ever u
see her mother, and father, and big
tie brother again. Somehow, the courage
be 1 drooped in the brave little heart, nud
or ns it got darker ami darker, she got ]
sadder; at last, she turned her face i 3
e ; against a wall, and began to sob bit- j ti
; a tcrly. j j,
v ; Nobody noticed her for a while ; but !
of at last a gentleman stopped, and said, i11
" What's the matter my little girl ?" r
ly, " I want my mother," sobbed tho lit- g
" tie Tom-boy?Tom-bov no longer ! t'
on " Where is your mother, dear ?" g
>k- " Home!" J s
" Where is your homo?" he asked. ; t(
a't She told him. ' p
" Why !" said ho, " I livo pretty near b
ud there, mvsolf; come with me and I'll n
?t, take you to your mother." g
"Please do !" said Dick, wipiug her h
le- eyes; "I'll never run away again, if h
you will." v
,b- * Tho gentleman took her hand, and v
le- led her along with him. g
ry "So you ran away, did you?" ho b
I said. l!
tik " Yos," answered Dick, in a very tl
go subdued tone, ?juito unlike herself, b
.... it r n-iii. T,.r. r ?
j. jmji^ vu uuvavj ?ii.u wuu ucnw, uuvi a
went to a fire." s
"My soul!" cried the gentleman, 1:
rt- laughing until the tears came into his h
e, eyes, " wlmt a little mite you are, to do v
he j such dreadful things !" s
lie " I'll never do it again," said Dick, e
!" j solemnly, " never, never, never!" "
he ; When the gentleman rang tlio bell, r
ag | Mary camo to the door, looking very v
be j auxious, although she often told Diek t
t; j thnt she was " The torment of her life." k
Is, I " Have you lost a little girl here ?" he n
vn asked. i tl
ng I " Indade we have, sir," she answered, i p
"Oh, Mary," cried Dick, "I'll never
o it again."
Tlieu Mary screamed for joy; and
he pale mother cnrao ont, and by aud 1
y the father and big brother eamo in, i
nd such rejoicings were held over tho ;
ittlo Tom-boy as never had been heard (
f before.
Poor .Too almost cried when Dick
:>ld him that she didn't get a whipping
t all, but snt up until ten o'clock, and i
ad four doughnuts. He wishes lie ,
ras a girl, and thinks thcie must be
uardiau angels always watchiug little
Vim-boys. 1
i.
A Cat Embrogllo. 1
A very 6erious affair, says tho Pal.
Jail Gazellr., has just taken place on 1
lount Lebanon, caused by some cats, i
t appears that his Excellency Halet
'asha lately sent a present of cats to
ho SHltan, and received a snuff-box in
eturn. The Commander-in-Chief there
tpon set liis officers to catch any longlaired
cats they could fiud in order also
o send ft similar present to the Sulan.
Sufficient cats having been capured,
Ressa Bey, the son of his Excelcncy
Izzel Pasha, started for Constnninople
with his precious cargo. The
now, however, fell deeply on the
aountain, and the wagons conveying
ho cats could no longer proceed. The
ats were then transfeered to mules,
>ut the mules also being unable to get
hrough the snow, the cats were inrusted
to six men. At about thirty
uilcs from Beyrout, Ressa Bey and his
ats met fifty soldiers under the comnand
of Yitsaef of Agha. The officer
aluted Ressa Bey and passed on ; but
rhen tho cat-bearers were at ft distance
f 150 yards from the soldiers, the later
turned round and deliberately fired
m them. The cats were for the mosent
in great danger, as one bullet
?assed through a box in which several
f them wcro contained. Fortunately
hey nil escaped nutouched, but one of
he men was killed on the spot, one
lied the next day, and three others
rcre dangerously wounded. About 200
artridge cases which had been used
rere picked out of the snow on the folowiug
day, and the affair is now under
nvestigat'ion. As the cats were not inuvfcd,
it is improbable that any serious
lotice will be taken of tho contretcmpa,
tuless to risk the life of a cat intended
or the Sultan is considered us heinous
,n offense as in the days of Howel tho
rood, A. D. 938, when by a Welsh law,
luoted by Pennant, it was enacted that
f any one stole or killed the cat that
[uarded the Prince's granary he was
o forfeit a milK ewe, its fleece, and
niiib, or as much wheat as, when pourd
on the cat suspended by its tail, the
cad touching the floor, would form a
ieap high enough to cover the tip of its
ail.
A Narrow Escape.
An engineer on tho Hudson River
tailroad told the writer of a narrow
scape bo experienced only a short time
go. After twenty-four hours' continues
service, ho was ordered out with a
'through freight" from New York to
dbany. He protested against the asignment,
as both the fireman and himolf
had already done double duty, and
rere in danger of falling asleep. The
oreman of the yard, however, had 110
>ne else to send, and insisted that the
ngiueer should run the train. So I10
tartcd. After a run of two hours he
ielded to his overpowering exhaustion
nd?as his fireman had done some moaents
before?fell asleep I He knew
10 more until awakened by the conducor,
who had come forward to discover
?hat had caused the stoppage of the
rain, and had found both men curled
ip and asleep on either side of thecal).
?ho throttle was wide open, the revorso
ever was " notched down" well forward,
but the steam-gauge registered
nly eighty pounds pressure?some
lounds less than was necessary to haul
he heavy train. The engineer was not
wakened a minuto too soon, for it
ras then half-past one A. >1., and at two
'clock they were due at Poughkeepsie
witch to make way for the express
rhich left New York at eleven o'clock
ml overtook the freight at Poughkeepie.
The blower was put on, and in five
aiuutes the gunge showed a pressure
ninety pounds, and the train covered
he eight miles between it and Pongli;eepsie
in about two-thirds of the time
hat is usually consumed. Fortunately,
ho conductor was a staunch friend of
he engineer's, and that terribly dangerms
nap remained a secret as far as the
aauagement was concerned.
nami irom uisgrace.
David Van Buskirk, who is now the ,
laster-Mcchanie of the New York, Boson
and Montreal llailway, tells of an
nteresting incident tlmt occurred while
ie was an engineer on a Western rail
i>ud. lie bad collided with a passcuor
train, through mismanagement on ,
he part of the engineer of the passer:- ,
or train, and one or two coaches were
mashed and his own engine was injured 1
a a great extent. IIo feared tlio displeasure
of his superintendent, and was .
rooding over his misfortune as he ,
eared the end of his trip, when a sin- |
nlar opportunity to retrieve his repnitiou
presented itself. Tlio "roundonso''
in Winona, Minn., whither lie ,
ras bound, took lire in t he roof, and
lien Van ilnskirk arrived with his en
ine ho found that the efforts which had
eon exerted towards quenching the ,
arnes had been of but little avail, and
he tire bade fair to burn down the
uilding and destroy a number of new <
ngines which were nearly ready for .
ervice. Without a second thought Van <
luskirk ran his engine into the burning
onse, and, pulling down the escape ;
alve with all his strength, let tlie 1
team, at one hundred pounds pressure, i
scape in a rushing, screaming volume,
rhoso force carried it up to the burning
oof. The effect was instantaneous and
ronderful, for in less than live minutes
he fire was extinguished. Van Busirk
was carried out of his cab in an al- :
lost suffocated condition, but ho had
lie satisfaction of gaining not only aproval
but immediate promotion.
Titles in Great Britain.
Nothing can seem more perplexed
and complicated to a foreigner than the
arrangements of the English Peerage.
For example, most strangers are acquainted
with the general principlo
that a peer can only have a seat in the
ETouae of Lords, and cannot have anything
to do with the House of Commons.
So far everything is clear. But
the first time a foreigner listens to a
debate in the House of Commons, he
hears perhaps the Marquis of Hartington
is in fact no marquis at all, but
merely Mr. Spencer Campton Cavendish,
eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire,
having, according to English
usage, the title " by conrtesy" of Marquis,
a title without any legal effect,
and which will not serve as a description
of its possessor in any formal document.
If the son of the Duke of Devonshire
has to be described formally, he is spoken
of as "the Hon. Spencer Campton
~ i- i 1_
UaVenUlHU, CUUlllimuj taiicu xuui^ui.i
of Hartington." Ho therefore may be
elected to sit in the IIouro of Commons,
which Ilonse in fact swarms with elder
and younger sons of the nobility, bearing
courtesy titles.
This much, too, one foreigner easily
understands ; but he suddenly remembers
that Lord Palmerston was a member
of tho House of Commons up to
his death, at the age of eighty-one, and
ho asks in consternation, was his too
only a courtesy title, and was Lord Palmerstou's
father living at tho time ? It
hns to be explained to him that Lord
Palmerston was a Peer with a genuine
title of his own ; but then he was only
an Irish Peer, not entitled, unless
elected a representative Peer, to sit in
tho House of Lords, and therefore
qualified to be chosen a member of tho
Konse of Commons. Then perhaps ho
is puzzled about Lord Russell, who he
knows sat in the House of Commons
for a loug time, and now sits in the
House of Lords, and who has not succeeded
to any peerago in the meantime,
for tho head of tho house of Bedford is
alivo and well, and Lord Russell is far
out of the way of the succession in any
case. But here comes in a new condition
of things. Tho Queen conferred
upon Lord John Russell in 1861 a peerago
of his own, and ho sits in the House
of Lords as Earl Russell.
Iu fact, wo have at least five distinct
classes of nobles who possess or are
courteously gifted with titles. There
are peers of England, peers of Ireland,
peers of Scotland, peers of the United
Kingdom (created since the legislative
union of the thrco countries), and the
sons of peers who bear titles of c6urtesy.
The peers of England and those
of the United Kingdom sit in the House
of Lords by right, and cannot be elected
r* Unnoo nf The Trisli
and Scotch peers sit in tho IIouso of
Lords only when they fire elected as
representatives of their order there,
and when not so elected they may he
chosen to sit in the House of Commons
if they can render themselves acceptable
to a constituency. Tho bearers of
courtesy titles may sit in the House of
Commons, but not in tho House of
Lords.
Sad Suffering:.
Among tho numerous cases of suffering
which have recently been
brought to public notico in New York
is that of a poor Hungarian womau living
in Second avenue. Once?as was
gathered from her almost unintelligible
English?she bad owned somo real
estate, and being unfamiliar with our
Ianguago and laws, she had committed
her business to tho care of a pretended
lawyer, who had cheated the poor woman
out of tho results of hnr hard earnings.
She had been living for weeks
past upon fragments of bread obtained
from neighbors.
" You look sick," said a visitor, " and
have a cough ; have you no fire in your
room ?"
This question seemed to puzzle the
poor woman at first. The idea seemed
preposterous. She had not had a fire
in her room, she said, for eleven weeks.
Then holding out her right foot, tho
answer to tho first part of tho query
was given.
" I have tried," sho said, " to borrow
two dollars to get a pair of shoes for
my feet, but no one would lend or give
tome. And," pointing her finger toward
her lungs, she added : " the cold of the
streets and of the snow comes up here,
and I feel sick and faint."
In answer to a farther inquiry whether
sho had had anything to eat or
drink that day, sho answered in the
nogative~nothing ouly a few ends of
loaves. When hei immediate necessities
were relieved, her joy and gratitude
seemed boundless.
What is Spent for Liquor.
The amount of money tpent for
liquors throughout tho United States
during 1870 was 81,487,000,000, which,
if increased by 800,000,000, tho estimated
criminal fruits of liquor drinking
would reach tho astonishing sum of
?1,577,000,000. Even Massaclmsetts's
share of this was directly $27,970,575,
though this did not include the worse
thau lifeless prohibitory machinery and
the expensive and corrupt Stato Constabulary,
which make of the liquor
traffic an excuse for existing iu default
of any other. New Yorkspent $240,017,520.
On tho other hand the country
qieut in flour and meal, cottou goods,
boots niul s? 'Cs, clothing, woolen
goods, newspapers and job printing
5005,000,000. I was estimated that the
amount of liquors consumed was sufficient
to (ill a car d 4 feet deep, 14 feet
wide and 80 miles long, and tho number
who drank t' o stream dry would, if
formed in a p icession five abreast,
make an army o.io hundred and thirty
miles long.
A CoMPBOMTsr..?A shiftless fellow
had been boarding a long 1imo with his
landlady, and had paid nothing, until
she finally mode ont his bill, and handed
it to him. " Madam," said he, "I
have but one way to pay this bill: I
mu?t st"v iT board it out."
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Mr. Bcecher's Farm.
It Payi-Everybody But Hlm*elf.
At the Rural Club dinner, Henry
Ward Beccher said :
I knew that yon nil understood I wns
a farmer ; but speaking not being my
vocation, I did not know that you would
call upon me to speak. I expect when
I die to have on my tombstono, " The
farmer of Westchester County." As
such, I want it to be remembered thnt I
have lived a life of usefulness. I have
a farm of some thirty or forty acres,
and I am often asked whether my farm
pays. I always say, " Yes?everybody
but myself." It has set up three or
four men in business ; they have built
houses off of my farm, and there are
several more that are just going to
build. Yet although it has not taken
caro ef me, as near as I can remember
I have always tnken care of it. If I
have not derived mnch from it in
pocket, I am sure I havo derived
enough in enjoyment to make it a profitable
investment. I look forward to the
day when I may be released from tho
contaminations of city life and may retire
to my farm in the country. I can
A. 1_ A. 1? i. 1 T T
8iiy iruij liiuu wuni x gu uiihuj^ uccn x
am better pleased with my company for
the most part tlinn I, am when among
men. I find I n? ver had a tree that
lied to me, and. althongh they do a
great deal of whimpering among themselves,
I have never any reason to suppose
there was any scandal in it. I find
in naturo neitlx r peevishness nor
trouble-making, but much instruction
and much comfort. After a man has
been in the excitement of active life I
think there is nothing moro wholesome
than the bath which one gets by going
into the country. I think there is no
inheritance, there is no blessing that
anybody can confer upon his children,
no money, no name that can compare
with a gift for natural scenery and rural
occupation. The gift of being in
the presence of nature is a greater gift
than any fortnne that can be imagined.
I am sorry to say that this is a gift less
often found among those who live in
the country than nnywhere else. I see
a great many persons that talk abont
the country a groat deal indeed, but
they know very little abont it with the
inward man. But to love it until, soliciting
it, it loves you"; until when you
go there the trees lay bare their shrines,
and bend and welcome you, until naturo
herself perceives you and wants to
be the almoner of God's bounty?that
is a pleasure which wo cannot expect
everybody to have. Tho New York
merchant has got to bo worth several
hundred thousand dollars if he is going
into the country to live and boa farmer.
He buys a place, and I look over to see
what he does with it. He has been
reading books and taking advice from
men, and ho begins on it to lay off his
ground and bnild f nces, stono walls or
hedges, and he goes on to drain it and
square it up and deepen it, and to buy
manure infinite and transport it without
regard to cost to enrich tho whole
soil, and ho builds a fine barn and then
a fine bouse, and at lost to slick up
everything around about him; and
when he has got to that point nature
leis go 01 nun, ana uo yawns ana uegms
to be restless, for lie has nothing more
to do. The fact is he has been mechanical,
and the only tiling in nature is that
it gives him something to do, and so at
last he sells the place for about onehalf
what ho gave for it, and goes back
to the city and says, "You tell me
about farming, I havo tried that; I
know what that is."
Wool and Silk Suits.
How to make spring costumes for
church, visiting, and brides' traveling
suits is the query of correspondents.
Pretty shades of gray, either the Clear
hue, or the slate gray with blue tinges,
or the greenish sago gray, are selected
for these; the skirt and sleeves aro silk,
the over dress nud flounces aro cashnicro
or vigonia. A tastoful French design
for these lias a sage gray silk
skirt, trimmed with a straight vigonia
flounce three lingers deep in front, and
much deeper behind. The lower edge
has a bias green velvet band two inches
wide, while the upper part is sewed
down twice in revers pleats that form
a pnff. The long apron over-skirt of
vigogne, corded on the edge witli velvet,
has the front breadth buttoned
down each seam by huge buttons in
velvet-bound button-boles ; it bus two
narrow sido gores and a full back
breadth, is draped high by a green
velvet bow on the left, and bangs long
on the left. Tlio Euglish basque of
cashmere, corded with green velvet,
has silk sleeves with velvet cuffs, and a
velvet Medicis collar. Au extra garment
worn over this is a sleeveless
I loose iacket. nuite loner, with a pointed
velvet hood, side pockets, and a breast
pocket.
lltiylng Mirrors.
The total disregard of many of our
people to tho tituess of things is in no
respect so clearly manifested as in the
purchase of mirrors. One kind is true
in its reflection, the two others arc exaggerative.
Of tho exaggerative one
unduly expands tho flgure, and tho other
unduly elongates it. Hundreds of
mirrors are bought every day without
refcrenco to this fact. You will find
short, squatty people with mirrors that
make them look still shorter aud more
squatty ; and thin, ganut peoplo with
looking-glasses that pare them down
fully ouc-half. And thus, through
carelessness and indifference the seeds
of dissatisfaction and distrust are sown,
nnd mnny hanpy homes are broken np,
to scatter their broken-hearted contents
upon tho world. Pepple with
# 11
square, expansive mces auuuni ueicui'
elongating mirrors, autl those who are
long and thin-faced should get those
which will expand them. Self-opinion
is stronger than anything else, and
when our own glass assures us that we
look well, it is nothing whatever what
other pfcoplo may think. You know
that yourself.
A Storj of Mesmerism.
The following we find in a Lowell
(Mass.) paper: " A somewhat remarkable
case of mesmeric inflaence oc
curred recently as the result of an experiment
made by Prof. Cadwell. He
selected two female subjects at his performance
in the evening, whom he obtained
permission to influence in any
reasonable &nd proper manner, and to
keep one of them, who worked in the
mill, out half a day for a mesmeric
demonstration not specified to them.
While nnder his influence that evening,
he mado them believe that they were
picking grapes, and, after they had
finished picking an imaginary large
quantity, he handed each a slip of paper,
one of which, he said, was a check
for $30, and the other for $23. He told
them to go to the First National Bank
at 10:30 o'clock the next forenoon and
get tho money on the checks, bnt that
if the cashier refused to honor the
checks to present them to Mayor Jewett,
and he would pay the amount named
on them. After these instructions were
given them their minds were immediately
afterward diverted to another subject,
and the mesmeric influence was
then thrown off. And now to the sequel
of the affair. The two subjects, according
to their husbands, were apparently
as much influenced as ever up to
about 10 o'clock in tho forenoon, when
a change was perceptible. One of them
then called attheresidenceof the other,
and tho two passed out. Tho husband
of one followed them, and they went to
the First National Bank. Mr. Allen,
tho Cashier, had previously been informed
by Prof. Cadwell of the prospective
visit, and tho former was prepared
to receive them. They presented their
bits of paper and demanded the money
on them. Mr. Allen said that ho had
no money to answer the checks, when
they responded substantially that it
must be a poor bank that conldn't pay
checks to tho amount of $55. They
then passed out, and up to the Mayor's
offico, going immediately in and presenting
tho checks to the Mayor, who
was not in the secret, and who at first
was quite indignant at the imperative
manner in which they demanded $55 on
tho bits of paper in their hands. They
wero anything but complimentary to
the Mayor in their remarks when he
said that he could not see that tho bits
of paper wero checks, aud one of them
put her spectacles over his nose, then
asking him if he could see. Prof. Cadwell
put his head in at the Mayor's office
door as that official was ordering them
out to avoid an arrest, and the fact that
the two women wero under mesmeric
influence was then made apparent to his
Honor. Bv this time Dr. J. C. Ayer
and several city officials had entered the
room, and several experiments were
made, showing that the subjects were
completely under a mesmeric influence.
They could not seo Prof. Cadwell, or
feel his pulling of their ears, but when
Dr. Ayer pulled theso organs they were
immediately cognizant of the fact, and
scolded him emphatically for the liberties
taken. In a few minutes afterward
Prof. Cadwell snapped his forefinger
and thumb, at the same lime saying
'all right,' and the influence passed off.
They instantly sank dowu upon the sofa
in the room, one of them crying bitterly
at first, and both evidently being much
ashamed. They were both perfectly
unconscious of what had taken place
since they left their homes. A more
surprising c iso of control under mesmeric
iufluenco is seldom mado public."
The Centennial,
The President of the United States
sent the following message to Congress
relative to the Centennial:
To the Senate and Home of Representative*
:
I have the honor herewith to submit
tho report of tho Centennial Commissioners,
and to add a word in tho way
of recommendation.
There have now been International
Expositions held by three of tho great
Powers of Europe. It seems fitting
that the ono hundredth anniversary of
our independence should bo marked by
an event that will display to the world
the growth and progress of a nation devoted
to freedom and to the pursuit of
fame, fortune, and honors by the lowest
citizen as well as the highest. A failuro
in this enterprise would be deplorable.
! Success can be assured by urousing
public opinion to the importance of the
occnssion. To seenre this end, in my
judgment, Congressional legislation is
necessary to make tho Exposition both
national and international. The benefits
to bo derived from a successful international
exposition arc manifold. It
will necessarily bo accompanied by expenses
beyond tho receipts from tho
Exposition itself, but they will bo compensated
for many fold by tho commingling
of people from all sections of
our country, by bringing together the
peoplo of different nationalities, by
I Wringing into juxtaposition for ready
| examination our own and foreign skiil
and progress in manufactures, agriculi
ture, art, science, ami civilization.
Tho selection of the sito for tho Exposition
seems to me appropriate, from
the fact that 100 years before the date
iixed for the Exposition, the Declaration
of Independence, which launched
i us into the galaxy of nations as an independent
people, emanated from tho
I same spot. "\Vo have much in our
varied climate, soil, universal products,
and skill of which advantage can be
taken bv other nationalities to their
profit. In return, they will bring to
our shores works of their skill and
familiarize our people with them to tho
mutual advantage of all parties. Let
i us have a complete success of our Cen-*
' teunial Exposition, or suppress it in its
1 tn
' lllluiiuj) nuauumcu^o viu ?um>/?*?vj vy
I give it' the international character to
which onr self-esteem aspires.
U. S. Grant.
Executive Mansion, Feb. 25, 1873.
A horse left uncovered when not in j
exercise will soon grow a long coat of
coarse hair. This becomea a hindrance
to rapid motion, and -should be prevented
by judicious bl-nketing.
Items of Interest.
Is taking a hack the first stage of
consumption ?
The population of France decreased 1
per cent, last year.
Many valuable horses havo died of
lung fever in Lewiston, Me. >r <
Of 908 births in Hartford in one year,
702 were of Irish parentage.
The liquor dealers call the women's"'
movement a sugar-coated pill. rrn?
A hog has been trained for hunting*"''1
purposes by an English gentleman. '
Harvard says that " enquire " is
right, and Yale says it is "inquire."
"If we can't hear it ain't for lack of
curs," as the ass said to the confield.
St. Louis, with envious malice, calls
the national capital Whitewashington.
A Chinese plant which changes color
three times a day has been sent to
Paris.
The Catholics arc said to bo making
many converts among the natives of
Iudia.
Three sisters own and operate a
Maine flouring mill, and they are making
money.
A dog acts as mail carrier over a
twelve mile route in Minnesota, and he
is always on time.
A modern writer has defined the
" last word " to be the most dangerous
of infernal machines.
Some vocalists take pride in exhibiting
a fine falsetto voice ; others in displaying
fine false of teeth.
A talking man makes himself artificially
deaf, being like the man in the
steeple when the bell rings.
Dakota has been doing sums and
finds that slio has only three-eighths of
a white man to an aore of land.
A newspaper in the oil regions bears
the name of the Daily Saud Pump. Its
editor should have lots of grit.
"Microscopes for two " are regularly
called for with the cold ham and bolognas
at Cincinnati restaurants.
The funeral expenses of men killed
in the Hoosac Tunnel, and paid by the
contractors, amounted to 810,000.
If the warfare of the papers be waged
with very small jokes, it must bo remembered
that they're only wee-puns.
One thing, said an old toper, was
never seen coming through the rye, and
that's the kind of whisky one gets,
nowadays.
A malicious person says that cotton
sheets and newspaper sheets are aliko
in the respect that a great many people
lio in them.
A man in Keokuk lately dropped
dead while combing his hair, and yet
there are peoplo who will persist in tho
dangerous habit.
The Madisonvillc, Ky., Times gently
reminds contributors that it is not necessary
to quote every other word and
italicize tho rest.
A Master of tho Kentucky Grange
offers to marry members free of charge,
thus dispensing with tho services of
clerical middle-men.
A Cincinnati journalist has been looking
over tho old laws of that State, and
has found that every marriage for the
last 51 years is illegal.
Chester Pike broko his leg in Coucord,
and was carried homo. His wifo
was frightened, and in running to meet
him fell over a dog, breaking her arm.
A young lady of spirit in Indiana was
so disgusted witli her young man for
running at tho sight of a ghost that she
? tii if in or nreoarations to marry tho
IU ** ??O X xr
ghost.
If you wish to live the life of a man,
and not of a fungus, be social, be
brotherly, be charitable, be sympathetic,
and labor earnestly for the good of
your kind.
A harness kept soft and pliablo with
good nent's-foot oil will last almost a
lifetime. It is stronger, because
slightly elastic, and will seldom wear
off tho hair.
Your horse's shoes will hold on
longer if the clinches are not weakened
by the file in finishing. Insist thut tho
file does not touch the end of the nail
where turned over.
It is averred that tho reason American
girls refuse to enter domestic service is
that they object to anything approaching
menial employment. What they
seek is hy-menial.
The Parisian's love for black toilettes
is on the increase. For street wear
there is scarcely anything else to bo
seen, and for dinner and evening parties
they are universally adopted.
It lias been found possible to impart
any desired perfume to honey, by allowing
the bees free access to the box
to be perfumed only whiio tho ilower,
tho odor of which i3 desired, is in full
bloom.
One day a littlo girl, seeing in tho
last part of ouo of her Christmas books,
that a sequel to it would soon bo pub
lished, culled out to a playmate, " if,
Kitty! isn't this nico ? My new book's
got a sqneel to it!"
Take everybody's advice and act upon
it. This is the way to mit everybody.
No matter about yourself. To wish to
1 huvo a mind of your own is ouly an
insidious form of Selfishness. Boggs
has tried pleasing everybody, aud he
wants others to try it, badly. *
An ingenious wife in Dcs Moines
cured her lmsbnud of snoring thus:
Sho had a gutta-percha tuby with two
cup-shaped ends, one sho puts over his
nose and mouth, and the other over his
! car. lie consumes his own noise, as a
stove does its own smoke, and wakes
up instanter.
Daniel Webster once said to an aspiring
but modest young lawyer, who
expressed his apprehension that tli
I r?:? trn? nvur-erowded: "My
proiensiuu ?* *
young friend, there is always plenty of
room at the top "?a wise observation,
which applies to All professions and ull
j sorts of business.
I China is offered an outlet for its surplus
population, and, notwithstanding
its teeming millions, the supply is likely
to bo exhausted before the demand.
It is proposed to build the Canadian
Pacific Kailroad with Chinese labor.
I The average temperature is about thirty
| degrees below zero.