The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, June 14, 1877, Image 1
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VOL. V. NO. 2i
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A Mother's Heart.
A little dreaming, such as mothers know;
A little lingering over dainty things;
A happy heart, wherein hope all aglow
Stirs like a bird at dawn that wakes and
sings?
And that is alL
A little clasping to her yearning breast;
A little musing over future years;
A heart that prays: " Dear Lord, Thou knowest
best.
Bat spare my flower life's bitterest rain of j
tears "?
And that is all.
'
A little spirit speeding through the night;
A little home grown lonely, dark and chill; j
A sad heart, groping blindly for the light;
A little snow-clad grave beneath the hill And
that is all.
t_ .
A little gathering of life's broken thread;
A little patience keeping back the tears;
A heart that sings : "Thy darling is not dead,
God keeps her safe through His eternal i
years"?
And that is all.
?
Clara's Stratagem.
It was an autumn evening. The dead leaves 1
were falling about the garden, and all was still !
6ave the noise of the flood lapping the seaweed !
on the shore. Two persons were walking be- j
neath the old trees in the garden; one w as a I
young man in whom was exhibited somewhat
of the mien of a sailor, though scarce twenty
summers had broadened his shoulders, anil
though a foreign sun had browned his cheek, j
yet he was 44 full of lusty life." Upon his arm
leaned a lovely, laughing creature, just bursting
into glorious womanhood ; her eye spark:ed
with the tires of wit and mischief; she seemed
one w ho could laugh at every disappointment,
and by whom to be beloved was bliss. Silver
toned" words were dropping from her rosy lips.
She gayly reproved hiin of the broad shoulders
at her "#de.
44 Do you sail so soon, then ? How naughty,
Rupert." I shall be getting jealous of Mistress
Ocean. You have scarcely arrived, and now
you are anxious to go. Mayhap some pretty
one of the luxuriant South calls you from yoiir
cold maiden of the North. 11a ! methinks that
brown cheek waxes a little brighter at the accusation.
Oh, you naughty, naughty boy ! Remain
a few days longer and attend our picnic.
I shall be alone without my manly Rupert.
Come, say you will."
44 Were'it possible Clara, I would, but I must
sail. I should have been away three days ago,
but for tbo-e superstitious fellows who have
got an idea that the vessel is haunted. And
now they will not sail without I stay to-night in
the forecastle and unravel the mystery for
them. If I succeed in shaming them, we are to
6ail to-morrow. The whole village is astir with
their foolish stories."
44 You don't believe in ghosts, then?"
44 Nor does Clara, I presume. "
4,I believe in ghosts, the evil spirits which
haunt the vessel of Rupert Lyons and in"?
"Good-night. Clara." And Rupert walked
toward the wharf.
The scene was on the banks of one of those
quiet little bar1 ors w here merchants sometimes
grow silently rich, awav from the noise and
smoke of the crowded city. It was m Prince
Edward's island, a good many years ago, when
commerce was an infant there. I was a young
man then, and had charge of a small brig sailing
to the South. We had just completed taking
in a cargo for New Orleans, and intended
trading among the West India islands until
spring should unlock the harbors of niv father- I
laud, whic.. winter always fastened with strong j
bars of ice. Mv employer was the principal '
merchant of the place, and lived hear the
wharf. We were distantly related by marriage,
but a near tie of friendship bound us closer
than blood. Perhaps that tie was Clara Sea,
perhaps it was not; at any late I had always
lived with him previous to going to Hea, and
now, when in port, spent all my leisure hours
at their pleasant home ; there was ltupert's
room still, and Rupert's slippers, and his writing
desk, and his ride^nd his dog.
I was passionately f d of the sea, and being
scarce out of my teens, the acme of my ambition
was to make shorter stays and quicker voy
ages than any other vessel; and now that I had
a share in the business, private interest supplied
*to ambition what it might be losing of
youthful enthusiasm. Upon the whole 1 am
afraid I was but a sorry lover, and my coldness 1
and neglect were sufficient incentives "to awaken
the witty sarcasms of the pretty Clara, which !
were always joined by the jovial laugh of old |
i Mr. Sea.
According to the statements of the crew, the !
brig had been haunted for several nights pre- |
-a M 1 v.. I
Y10U8 tt) me compieuiig ui nor iuau, i>> uuvwu- |
ual wits ; and these still continued to be kept |
up. One had seen a small, whitish figure jump !
fr m the wharf, hop quickly across the deck and \
leap into the water ; another had seen two figures
passing quickly around the shed on the
wharf, and all had heard loud reports at midnight,
as of the explosion of a gun upon the
deck. The combination of these strange events j
had so terrified the superstitious sailors, that 1
many of them refused to sail until I should
convince them by other means than words that !
they were laboring under a delusion. And
now, when three days were gone, and their ;
lively imaginations were enlarging everything j
tenfold, I determined to watcn one night and ;
weigh anchor on the morrow; and for that purEose,
on the evening alluded to, after takiug a
asty leave of Clara. I proceeded in the direction
of the vessel. The long wharf was desert%
ed by all the craft, aud not a spar arose above
"the wharf 6ave those of our little brig which
lay moored at the further end. Two small j
schooners had just moved into the channel, j
and were awaiting a more favorable wind. The
night was growing rather dark, but disturbed |
only by soft zephyrs which sighed softly in the
rigging. Having arrived at the outer block, j
and before gouqfon board, I made a review of
the place. Near the bow of the vessel and
opening in the other direction, was a shed or
storehouse, erected on the wharf, for convenience
in loading and unloading. Entering and
casting a searching glauce arouud the interior,
I satisfied myself that no'one was there concealed.
Barrels and boxes were piled against
its wall* In this corner was heaped a lot of
large turnips, in that were arranged oars, and
spare yards, and oyster tongs, and in the center
were several heavy anchors and two or three
superannuated, heavy guns. Leaving this and
stepping on board I found the men in a feverish
state of excitement.
I endeavored to shame them out of their
fears by laughing at what I termed their folly,
upon which they promised that if I watched in
the forecastle, where they deemed the most
danger was to be encountered, and if I could
explain the mysterious visitation to their satiscoil
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with me two of the most timid, and sending the
rest to the cabin, I went below, and stretching
myself on a sea chest, was sinking into a deep
slumber, when a noise as of something falling
on deck, brought me to my feet, and immediately
a rolling sound was heard followed by a
sudden plash as of something falling overboard
; this was repeated thrice at intervals of
about a minute, each time, however, increasing
in loudness, when all was hushed. Taking advantage
of the pause. I directed my two men
upon no account to make a disturbance, unless
I called, and went on deck.
After searching everywhere, and putting my
ear down to listen, until completely tired out, I
wrapped mvself up in a foresail and awaited in
curious anxiety. Kemaiuing half an hour without
any signs of a repetition, I agvin went below
and prepared to sleep. I had barely time
to get comfortably stretched, when, as 1 had
just begun to doze", a noise, louder, heavier and
more terrible than any preceding one, brought
my timid companions^rembliug to my side;
but, unlike the former, it did not extend beyond
the deck, no rumbling overhead, no
splash of water was heard?it ended as if somo
thing had been crushed to atoms where it fell:
then followed the same gentle, lulling sound of
the water upon the vessel's prow, the same
gentle breeze was heard moaning in the rigging,
and the dread silence of the foreoasOc
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was broken only by the loud heart-beats of my
superstitious attendants.
I crawled noiselessly from below, and hearing
a slight rustling in the direction of the shed, I
Sassed over the bow and moted softly round to
steu. On arriving at the opening in front I (
looked cautiously in, and what was my surprise to
see a figure approach from the further corner,
with something held in what appeafed to 1
be an outstretched aim. It moved slowly and \
guardedly toward the spot where I stood concealed
by a large box. yuick as lightning the ]
truth flashed across my mind. I closely scrutinized
the object. It was held by a small, j
gloved baud, which was now near my face, and I
lo, it was a huge turnip! The figure placed 1
itself in an attitude as if to throw it with more 1
than ordinary strength, when I stepped for- 1
ward and there fell into my arms the form of
Clara bea. Another slight report might have
been beard, and the ghost would trouble us no <
more. I waited till the day of the picnic, and ]
the one following?and another, and another? ,
until the old man began to go oftener than
usual on the wharf, and then sailed out of
port, perhaps not so enthusiastic a sailor, but a '
more devoted lover. Clara's artifice, if it did 1
not frighten us into giving up the voyage, hast- ,
ened a marriage ceremony.
Excited Over the War News.
A1V Wliifo o Tletrniter nf middle rice.
iUX? |? UAVVy W A/ VV* v*vv/.? V ? -0 7
visited this office, says the Detroit .Free
Tress funny man, to find a war map and
to have a chat about the European '
situation, aud it wasn't ten minutes be- '
fore !iis enthusiasm was up to the boiling
point.
"It will be worth thousands and mil- 1
lions and billions of dollars to this country!"
he shouted, as he broke through
one of the office chairs.
"Yes, it will," somebody remarked.
"It will stiffen wages, bring out capital,
make money plenty and just set us all to
whooping?" he whooped as ho scratched
the leg wounded at the first Bull Run.
Somebody replied that it probably
would.
Diking five newspaper war maps under
one arm and a copy of the London Times
under the other, Mr. White left the
office and proceeded directly homeward,
feeling more patriotic every moment.
"Oh! we're going to lay 'em right out,
Xauey!" he said, as he dropped his hat
in the hall.
"Did you order the flour?" she asked,
in a careless tone.
" S'lour! What do I care about flour!
The Russians have got Kars and half of
the Turkish army."
"Have, eh? Well, I hope that paper
1 hanger will be here in the morning.
You didn't think to see about"?
"Right here is Kars, and right here is
where the Turks got mauled," ho ex[
claim?d, as he kuelt on the floor and
j traced one of the maps.
"Did, eh? Say, John, can't you rake I
j off the lawn this morning, and did you
; see about the whitewashing?"
"Will you talk about whitewashing j
! when all Europe is convulsed with war?"
; he fiercely demanded as he shook the
other four maps at her.
4'I?I'd like those onion beds marked
out to-day," she ^replied as she hunted
j through the work basket for a button
i wit h an eye 011 it.
4'Onion bed marked out, when this
very copy of the London Times editorially
predicts that a million armed men
wiil be rushing at each others' tliroats in
1 less than sixty days!"
She found the button, and he unrolled
! the balance of his maps. There was a
dead silence until his finger rested on
the city of Erzeroum, when he shouted :
"Here she is! Right around here is
where they are making the Turks howl
for sugar."
"By the way, John," she softly re- 1
miirked, as she looked up, 4'don't you !
think that summer kitchen will have to ;
be reshingled this spring?"
' The girl who does general housework j,
says he tore the five war maps into five j
hundred pieces, and banged the London j .
i Times against the wall with an awful J (
thump as he jumped out of doors, but j
girls are sometimes prejudiced. Mr. i 1
White was in the corner grocery at j;
half-past eleven saying to the pro- J
prietor : I.
4'Don't it make your blood jump as
you read of the European situation?" !.
And the proprietor raked the cheese- '
knife on the edge of the counter to cfean ' ,
it, and replied :
"Seems like I shall liaf to kill doze i
tttIia nnf ennn mit rlis knifp,"
O ?TUV VUV M*??r V..W ?? . ^
How can you expect anybody but a '
warrior to feel as warriors do ?
j,
A Lunatic and a Rat. i j
While at Campbell court house w? j1
1 looked upon one of the most pitiable ob- !
; jects that ever crossed our path*. In a 11
bare cell is confined a human being by j
the name of James Cassidy, a lunatic. j
He is about fifty years of age, of Small ;
stature, and being reduced in flesh, he is 1
a living wonder. He is a Roman Catho- 1
! lie, and in his mutterings he can be !
heard saying the prayers of that church, .
while his knees, raw from frequent .
kneeling, show that from religious excitement
his mind has been lost. i
He was a few years ago in very good
! circumstances, being a thrifty farmer of
! the county, but for five or six months 1
; past has been incarcerated in the jail. I 1
j He fs frequently visited by the Rev. :
Father McGuirk, but will allow no one ]
else to toucli him, and is very reticent, '
save in his prayers, which are kept up '
continually. He is the picture of Rip
Van Winkle after his sleep of twenty
| years. Since he has been m couiinc- I
! ment he has captured and tamed a rat, ' 1
j which is the only liviug thing he will !
I allow near him. At the approach of any
j one he crouches in the furthest corner,
i and prays incessantly, while his rat plays |
; around the room.?Lynchburg Star.
An Iowa Fish Story.
The Dubuque Times tells the following |
story: " Two youuggentlemen who took
a fishing excursion down the river having
fallen short of bait, commenced using
the eves of the dead fish already caught.
One of the fish caught on this bait strug- j
; gled so hard that the hook accidentally
I fastened in one of its eyes and tore it out.
The pain occasioned by this accident j
made the fish struggle still more, and at I
: last it slipped from the fisherman's hand
and escaped to its native element. The ,
disgusted fisherman retained the eye of 1
the fugitive, applied it to the h*?ok, and !
again launched his line into the water.
Only a short time elapsed and lie had a j
bite, and jerking his line out of the j
water he was surprised to find the iden- '
tieal fish which had eluded his grasp a j
few minutes before, and which perished 1
1 by swallowing its own eyei"
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&.ND PORT
BEAUFORT, S.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. j
"Laying Oat" the Form.
j
Many farms of the country need re-1
instruction in plan. In the Middle and j
Western States we see numbers of them j
that remain just about as they did when '
the owners got through clearing them, j
A.s fast as the fields?of every size and i
shape?were cleared, they were fenced, j
md the heterogeneons divisions have
been maintained, without material alteration,
to this day. No thought of
possible future convenience or economy
had a place in the mind of the designer,
present necessity overshadowing all
other considerations. Some of these
farms have cha iged hands many times
since their redemption from sylvan
shadows, but either from reverence for
ancient landmarks or a lack of appreciation
in regard to convenience, economy
of space and appearance, no change has j
been made in the general plan by any |
subseauent proprietors. "We are aware 1
that every man cannot lay out land to
the best advantage, and perhaps no two
men would adopt precisely the same
plan in laying out any particular farm
into fields and plats. Some men do not
seem to know what tlie'word convenience
means, while others are so eminently
practical as to exclude every other consideration.
In laying out lands to combine
beauty, economy, convenience and
other advantages, there is room for the
display and exercise of quite as much
talent as the most skillful landscape
gardener possesses, though of a somewhat
different nature. The natural features
of the laud should be mapped
carefully,, first, and then the division
into fields, lanes and small plats, made
so as to counteract natural disadvantages
and Combine the'advantages. Aj
careful study of the peculiarities of the
farm, with a clear view of what is desirable
to accomplish, will go far toward
securing the best division. Where the
highway runs along the line and there
are no large water courses or other natural
obstacles in the way, very little dif
ficulty will be experienced. Still, we
know of many farms offering every advantage
for convenience, and yet the
owners have made them inconvenient.
Wherever possible there should be a
lane through the middle of the farm,
with a gate opening into it from every j
field. The public road should never be j
used to gain access to fields, unless it is
unavoidable, as it sometimes is, and one ,
tWd should uever be traversed to obtain
access to another* ? Ft actical
Farmer. 'T
Household Notes.
Oat Meal Mush.?Should never be
stirred after it is " set," but kept tightly
covered over a slow fire. Then the
grains will be distinct and it will not be
9ticky.
Washing Fluid. ? Unslacked lime,
one-half pound ; borax, one-half ounce ;
washing soda, one pound ; boiling water,
two gallons. Soap and soak clothes
over night, and to one boiler of clothes
Rdd two cups of fluid. Wash after boiling.
Covering for Invalids.?Never use
anything but light blankets as a covering
for the sick. The heavy, impervious
cotton counterpane is bad, for the
reason that it keeps in the exhalations
from the pores of the sick persons, while
the blanket allows them to pass through.
Weak persons are invariably distressed
by a great weight of bedclothes which
often prevents their getting any sound
sleep wnatever.
German 'I^oast.?To use up stale !
bread, cut the loaf in slices about half \
an inch iu tiiiclmess ; add a full cup of i
rich sweet milk one egg well beaten, and
a little salt and pepper ; dip the bread
slices in the milk, and fry them while
merely moistened, on a pancake griddle.
This makes an excellent dish for either
lunch or breakfast.
Rice Flour Pudding.?Three heaping
spoonfuls of rice flour mixed with J
new milk, until it resembles starch ; stir
into this a quart of boiling milk; let
both boil fifteen minutes, stirring constantly
to prevent ecorching. When
cold, add flavoring, sugar to the taste, |
and four beaten eggs. Pour into a pud- !
ling dish and bake one hour. 3
A Few Hint* Abont Poultry.
Those poultry keepers do best who do
the least, providing they are not neglectful.
By taking nature for our guide we i
3an scarcely go wrong, and yet there are
those who will go wrong, notwithstanding
tliev may obtain teaching for notli- j
ing if they will titit observe. When a j
hen steals away and makes a nest in the i
hedge she is pretty sure to bring out fif- j
teen strong chicks. The eggs are laid on i
the damp earth, the bird goes on and off
is suits her inclination, and she does not
have to submit to handling of any kind.
It follows that snug, dark nooks are the
heat places for the nests, and that they
should be on the ground, or very near it.
When the nest is made in a basket the
bird is likely to break the eggs in getting
in and out, and she is likely to eat
the eggs when broken, and thus acquiring
a relish for forbidden fruit, the remainder
are likely to go the same way,
and a good bird become a bad one
through being located in a way she
would never have located herself. Everything
is easy if you go the right way to
work, and success rarely attends an
effort that is characterized by fussing. I
Extraordinary Hoax.
The London Civil Service ltevicw
states that a member of the civil service
has been made the victim of a silly hoax.
Some time ago, the gentleman in question?a
"well-known author and a man
holding a high official position in the
House of Commons office?received a
communication inviting him to proceed
to Constantinople and to take upon himself
the task of organizing the newlyconstituted
Turkish parliament. The
offer was not one to be either accepted
or rejected off-hand, and the recipient of
it consulted the speaker of the House of
Commons, the chancellor of the Exchequer
and the Earl of Bcaconsfield;
and finally, it having been decided that
he could be spared for a time Trom his
official duties for so good a purpose, he
decided upon accepting the proposition.
He wrote to the Turkish embassy accordingly,
and, to his astonishment, received
in reply a letter stating that the
ambassador knew nothing of the previous
communication, and that the services
of the gentleman in question were
not required.
FOR'
EOYAL CC
C? THURSDAY, J
THE MURDER OF MISS HANSON.
A Now Hampshire Tragedy?A Farmer Ein- ,
ploys Ills Hired .Man to Murder a Young .
Lady. 11
New England of recent years has been
fruitful in terrible crimes, but no tragedy t
has equaled in deliberate savagery the s
killing of Miss Susan J. Hanson, of
Brookfield, N. H., in November, 1874, D
as its revolting details are now develop- c
ed by the confession of Charles W. Cook, E
of Farmington. He did the killing on
the promise of $500 reward from Joseph ,
B. Buzzell, a farmer of means and reputed
respectability, a former suitor of T
Miss Hanson's, and defendant at the v
time in a breach of promise suit brought *
by her.
Susan J. Hanson was a native and life- c
long resident of Brookfieul, thirty-four *
years old, attractive, amiable and cul- 8
tured above most country girls. She had c
known Farmer Buzzell intimately always;
they had grown up near neighbors, were f
engaged before the girl had reached her d
twentieth year, and several times he had I
appointed and postponed the wedding c
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the lover, to everybody's surprise, married
aoother woman. The friends of p
Miss Hanson were naturally indignant g
and outraged, and at their earnest solici- v
tations the deserted girl consented to {
bring a breach of promise suit against t
Buzzell. t
The legal papers had been served, but
the night before the first hearing of the
case the plaintiff was killed. She was .
sitting in the early evening with her
mother, brother and a little nephew in ?
their cosy New England kitchen, when 1
a blinding explosion occurred, the lamp
went out aud Miss Hanson fell dead. A p
hole in the window and seventeen shot ,
and slugs in the woman's body disclosed
the horrible work of an assassin.
Buzzell was naturally arrested and *
fried. The imprint of a gunstock near
the window through which the shot had '
been fired corresponded to a gun he had 3
formerly owned but which could not be '
found; a wagon track from which a man v
* " i n 1- - ? _ * ? 1 ,1 fl
was ioLiowea inrougn a piece 01 piuweu land
near the Hanson's corresponded to ^
his, the wadding of the gun had been from
a newspaper he was known to take
?but after a week's trial the evidence I
against Farmer Buzzell was held to be a
not convicting. The Hanson house was \
soon after deserted by its occupants be- 1
cause of its terrible associations, and the t
local public gave over expecting that the j
murderer of Susan Hanson would be t
, brought to justice in this world. t
x ublic excitement because of the murder
was somewhat revived, however, in
the spring of 1871 by-the burning of the
tine farm buildings of one of the wit- ^
uesses against Buzzell in the murder t
trial, and again in the fall aud last win- ^
ter by the incendiary firing of buildings ?
belonging to two more men who had ^
given evidence unfavorable to the de- t
fendant. Reward of $1,000 was offered t
for the arrest of the incendiary, and Bos- ^
ton detectives began to "shadow" Chas. ^
W. Cook, who had been Buzzdl's hired
man for 'years.
The officers became workmen in the
shoe factory at Farmington, whither
Cook had removed, and a few days ago j.
arrested him as Buzzell's accomplice in
the murder and incendiarisms. Overcome
at finding agents of the law in his ^
new friends, the young man has made a ?
voluntary confession of the means employed
by Buzzell to revenge himself
on Miss Hanson and his neighbors. He ^
says:
We went up across the hills nnd pas- ,j
tures leading to the Hanson house to a j
little knoll where the barn used to stand, j
nV>n.if rmlt! frnm flio linnqp T ' ,
think Buzzell then asked me if I would j
kill her, and I told him no, that I had
rather be killed myself. He said he
would give me 8500, and that he had ^
witnesses who would swear we were not
on the road. We went to the front side
of the house and looked into the win- j
dows and saw Susan, her brother and ?
mother and a little boy. Buzzell wanted (
me to shoot, and said I had got to do it v
or he would blow my head off. I was j
afraid he would. He leveled the gun .
and told me to fire it. I took it and fired t
at Susan Hanson, and went back of Solt- t
ridge's bain. BjizzcII went directly for j t
his house. i t
The wretched lad was made to testity j j
to an alibi in Buzzell's favor at the pre- j t
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town by the farmer, who Bubseqnently t
recalled him to burn the property of
those who had sought to justly fasten
upon him the killing of Miss Hanson.
A Big Haul of Grasshoppers.
A Des Moines (la.) correspondent of I c
the Chicago Times says: The north-! p
western county farmers are raiding the j t
'hoppers in every conceivable manner, t
Some burn the fields, some plow them ! i
under and diag the ground or roll it. j;
But the mosteffective and simple method i c
yet seen was improvised by a Carroll i o
county farmer, who sajs he procured a : t
sheet of heavy galvanized sheeting eight j e
feet long, two feet four inches wide, j \
turned up one side and both ends, 11
square, about one foot, and the other i t
side, for a front, about two inches, at an t
angle of forty-five degrees, thus forming ! t
a scoop. He then attached a long rope s
at each end of the scoop, aoout six inches j t
from the upper edge c f the back. Two j (
men took the ropes, dragging the scoop I n
across the 'hopper fi-ld, while another t
man followed behind with a quantity of L
kerosene, with which he would sprinkle | v
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tbe hoppers ns mey lanutui m mc w uujj, y
In fifteen minutes half a bushel of 'hop- d
pers, ju t hatched, were c.uighf, which, 1
when full grown, would have mule t
twenty bushels, and it required less than s
half a galton of kerosene to kill the
whole of tliem^
What Eyes Indicate. \ j
A writer in the Baltimore Bcc is of 1
the opinion that black-eyed ladies are [ I
most apt to be passionate and jealous. j a
Blue-eyed, soulful, truthful, affectionate j s
and confiding. Gray-eyed, philosophi- ; 1
cal, literary, resolute, cold hearted, j a
Hazel-eyed, quick tempered and fickle. I
A woman is either worth a good deal or 3
nothing. If good for nothing, she is not c
worth getting jealous for; if she be a a
true woman she will give no cause for p
jealousy. A man is a brute to be jta'.ous I
of a good woman? a fool to be jealous of ! d
a worthless one ; but is a double fool to a
I cut his throat for either of them. i t
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>MMERCIAL.
TJNE 14, 1877.
Thoughts for Saturday Night.
Man believes himself always greater
han he is, and is esteemed less than he
s worth.
It is the admirer of himself, and not
he admirer of virtue, who thinks himelf
superior to others.
There is not one among us that would
lot be worse than kings, if so continually
orrupted as they are with a sort of verain
called flatterers.
Folly consists in the drawing in of
alse conclusions from just principles, by
rhich it is distinguished from madness,
?hich draws just conclusions from false
rinciples.
He seldom lives frugally who lives by
hance. Hope is always liberal, and
hey that trust her promises make little
cruple of reveling to-day on the profits
?f to-morrow.
Look upon every man as a suicide
rom the moment he takes the dice box
[esperately in his hand, and all that folows
in his fatal career from that time is
mly sharpening the dagger before he
trikes it to his heart.
?-^Tv,n Ka iridic, i
VJ11C1 U1 UllOlUlllUlC IVA/JtikJ lu uv JUUW
>ensable to the development of intelligence,
energy and virtue. The proofs to
rhich the people are submitted, as with
adividuals, are necessary then to draw
hem from their lethargy and to disclose
heir character.
Like flakes of snow that fall unpereived
upon the earth, the seemingly unmportant
events of life succeed one anther.
As the snow gathers together so
,re our habits formed. No single flake
hat is added to the pile produces a senible
change, no single action creates,
lowever it may exhibit a man's characer.
I love a serious preacher who speaks
or my sake, and not his own?who seeks
ay salvation, and not his vainglory. He
>est deserves to be heard who uses
peech only to clothe his thoughts, and
lis thoughts only to promote truth and
irtue. Nothing is. more detestable than
. professed declaimer, who retails his
liscourses as a quack does his medicines.
-Massillon.
Those who are in the power of evil
labits must conouer them as they can?
,ud conquered they must be, or neither
risdom nor happiness can be attained ;
>ufc those who are not yet subject to
heir influence may, by timely caution,
^reserve their freedom; they may effecually
resolve to escape the tyrant, whom
hey will very vainly resolve to conquer. ,
A Chinese Bath House.
A Shanghai correspondent of the Sail '
Francisco Chronicle, writing of a visit
o a Chinese bath-house, says : Within
ve wero accosted T>y a damp looking
ipeciinen of humanity, with a face
hriveled up like a washerwoman's
humb, who proved to be the propricor,
who consented for a consideration
o allow us to examine the workings of
he establishment. Pulling aside a
lirty curtain we were ushered into a
arge room in whicli a half dozen tallow
lips made feeble effort to illuminate the
airrounding objects. A tank some fif-"'
een feet long and ten wide was sunk
n the floor to the deptli of four feet,
md possibly contained 500 gallons of
rater, heated by means of underground
urnaces to quite a high temperature,
ind in which I counted fourteen bathers
it one time, while at least twenty others
pere either preparing to enter or com- :
)leting their toilet prior to departure.
Hie proprietor seemed quite proud of j
lis accommodations, and after politely |
nviting us to take a bath, which we re
uctantly declined, gave us the following J
nformation : The tank is refilled with
lean water every midnight, and is not i
gain changed for the twenty-four hours j
ucceeding. His customers arrived at J
my hour between daylight and mid- ;
light, and usually numbered absut one j
lundred and fifty a day. None were re- !
used admission on any account, either j
>f filth or disease. I tried to impress J
ipon the keeper what a great advantage
ic would have over rival establishments
f he would introduce a toothbrush on
he end of a chain, but he was inclined
o regard it as an innovation calculated
o engender too luxurious ideas, and
herefore declined it. Seriously speak
ng, this frightful system of bathing is |
he cause of propagating more disease 1
han any other met with in this pestilenial
land, if we except epidemics, which
iau hardly be regarded as causes.
Fighting for a Home.
A woodpecker's hole is such a very j
:cnvenient place for a nest, that many ;
ither birds are glad to find one unoccu- J
>ied. Sometimes a pair of wrens will watch ;
he motions of the jvoodpeekers while j
hey are work, until "an unfinished noie |
s left unguarded, when they will take j
>osscssiou of it. As soon as the lawful ,
>wners return, the thieves are driven j
iff. but they are so persistent and:
roublesome that, although a woodpeck- j
r is larger and stronger than twenty j
rrens, the owners sometimes abandon !
he place, and make a new nest. Still, j
he wrens are not always allowed to keep j
he house they have stolen, for the blue !
irds are equally covetous of it, and !
ometimes fight fiercely with the wrens in
heir attempts to gain possession of it. |
)ccasionally, both wrens and blue birds j
re driven away by the martins, for these 1
>irds also prize woodpeckers' holes very
uglily. The fierce battles between these j
arious birds over an abandoned hole
re very amusing, and often last several:
lays; for they all are very obstinate j
>irds, and as each one is determined not .
? rrlt-n nn Hia maltAr in not verv easilv '
L/ fs*'" "Jf? " ? j J ,
ett-led.?St. Nicholas Magazine.
A Church Restanraut.
There is probably only one church j
n the United States that has a thorough- ;
y-appointed kitchen in its basement,
t is the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng's, j
,t Madison avenue and Forty-second j
treet, New York. Mrs. McGoun is the j
residing genius of this clean and well
ppointcd anomaly in church auxiliaries. |
Svery Sunday afternoon, under the
uspiccs of the Andrew and Philip soietv,
she ladles out savory hot coffee j
>nd tea and stewed oysters, and serves ]
freat "dishes of hot meat and bread for ,
mndreds of hungry men. Every Tues- J
lay afternoon, at the cost of the Mary |
aid Martha society, women are as bouu- i
ifully fed.- j
PTT3T
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$2.00 per
RUSSIAN BLUFF.
The Little Difference Between Muscovite
and Other Hacknien.
I had arrived at the outskirts of the
town and we stopped before a dirty
looking wooden cottage.
A tall man dressed in a long coat
reaching to his heels, bright yellow
trousers which were stuffed into a pair
of red leather boots, while an enormous
black sheepskin cap covered his head,
came out and asked-my business. I said
that I wanted three horses to go to the
next stage and asked him what he would
drive there for, the regular postage
tariff being about six roubles.
" One of noble birth," replied the fellow.
"the roads are bad; but my horses j
will gallop the whole way. They are
excellent horses; all the people in the
town look at them and envy me. They
say how fat they are ! look, how round!
The governor has not got any horses like
mine in his stable. I spoil them! I
cheristi them; and they gallop like the
wind. The people look, wonder and admire.
Come and see the dear little animals."
" I have no doubt about it. They are
excellent horses," I replied; "but what
will von take me for ?"
"Let us say four roubles, your excellency,
and give me one on account. One
little whole silver rouble; for the sake of
God let me put it in my pocket and we
will bless you."
"All right," was my answer, "send
the horses to the Tzarskoe Selo inn immediately."
Presently the fellow rushed into mv
room, and, bowing to the ground, took
off his cap with a grandiose air, then
drawing out the money I had given him
from some hidden recess in the neighborhood
of his skin, he thrust the rouble
into my hand and exclaimed :
"Little father, my uncle owns one of
the horses; he is very angry. He says
he was not consulted in the matter, and
that he loves the animal like a brother.
My uncle will not let his horse leave the
stable for less than five roubles. What
is to be done ? I told him that I had
agreed to take you and even showed him
the money; but he is hard hearted and
stern."
".Very well," I said; "bring around
the horses."
In a few minutes the fellow returned,
and exclaimed ; ".One of noble birth; I
am ashamed !"
"Quite right," I said'; "you h^ve
every reason to be so; but go on, is your
uncled horse dead'{"
"No, one of noble birth, not so bad
as that; but my brother is vexed. He
has a share in one of the animals; he
will not let me drive him to the next station
for ~Te#s than six roubles, and the
man putting on an expre ssion in which
conning, avarice and pretended sorrow
were blended, rubbed his forehead, and
added : " What sliaii.we do ?"
I said : "Have you a grandmother?"
"Yes," he replied, much surprised.
"How did you know that? lJ^ave; a
very old grandmother."
"Well," I replied, "go and tell h^r
that, fearing lest she should be anuoyetf"
if any accident were to happen during
our journey, for you know misfortune
occurs sometimes; God sends them," I
added, piously. "Yes; he does," interrupted
the man. " We are simple'people,
your excellency." "And, not
wishing to hurt the old lady's feelings,
should the fore leg of your uncle's horse
or the hind leg of your brother's suffer
011 the road, I have changed my mind
and shall not go with you to-day, but
take post horses to-morrow."
The man now became alarmed, thinking
he was about to lose his fare. He
rubbed his forehead violently, and then
exclaimed: " I will hike your excellency
for live roubles."
"But your brother?"
"Never mind ; he is an animal; let us
go."
" No," I answered, "I shall wait; the
post horses are beautiful horses; I am
told they gallop like the wind. All the
people in the town look at them, and the
inspector loves them."
" Let us say four roubles, youi excellency.
"
" But your uncle might beat you. I
should not like you to be hurt."
" No," \^as the answer; "we will go;" j
and the knotty point being thus settled, !
we orove on.
What Came of Using Mexican Spars, i
A young man?a stranger?undertook
to take a little ride about the suburbs
for his amusement, so he said. He had
on a large pair of Mexican spurs, and as
soon as he got in the saddle he stuck
them into the sides of the animal, which
immediately made about one hundred
yards, sometimes with his head stuck 1
down between its forelegs and sometimes |
with its tail up in the air, as it was trying ,
to walk on its fore paws; in fact, it was j
a kind of fa uxpa* all around?the young
man who was taking a ride for his pleasure
contributing his share. He saw a
great deal of the country in a very few
moments, then he struck the ground as '
if he had a through ticket to China.
He gathered himself up, and limping |
to a chair, holding on the lower exten-1
sion of his spinal column, seemed to be !
out of sorts.
" Did you get hurt ?" was the anxious J
inquiry.
"Not a darned bit," was the reply, i
- - * ? it* ii xsdI
grating'bis teetii ana lonanng uio axmuted
part; " but somebody might have
got hurt if I hadn't dismounted when I
did ; but I would not have ridden that
pony in the first place if I hadn't been 1
an experienced horseman."
Verily, " pride knows no pain," but
the young man don't wear those Mexican
spurs any more, not even when he rides
out for his pleasure in a hack, with a
careful driver and two hearse horses,
hired especially for the occasion.?San
Antonio Herald.
The Missing Link.?The Berlin!
gorilla is going to London for a seasoD.
His name is Pongo, and he is the only j
gentleman of his race in Europe. His j
education lias been completed at the
Berlin aquarium. He driDks claret and
water, turns handsprings, swings on a
trapeze, drums on the floor, chases a
little dog, and behaves like a gentleman.
His manners are very graceful, especially
when he has occasion to drink wine with
his little cousin, the chimpanzee. Pongo
looks like a little boy, and his bands arc ;
quite ?oft and pretty. j
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JNE
Amu, Single Con 5 Celts.
Items of Interest.
Yet a few more days, and the earliest green
applets will be doubling up the first rash boy.
As the young lady remarked about the in
fant: " How sweet, but how bald for one so
young!"
An Iowa man put $16,000 in the rag bag for
safe keeping. A peddler came along ana his
wife sola the rags.
The czar has already had a delinquent commissary
shot. He proposes to stand nb trifling
with the flour of his army.
A San Francisco child haa been born without
eyes, and without any place for them. The
father is " a well known and prominent titi
zen." . j
A Rhode Inland man, when arrested the
other day, was armed with a pistol, a "Band
club, a sharpened knife, a coil of rope and a _ ^
paper of poison. ^ ' *^|
Thirty-three States have made laws for the
prevention of cruelty to animals. The 8tstee
that have not are Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Nebraska and Colorado. *
"I wish I were dead," is a common exclamation
with the dyspeptic, and yet no man can
get over a fence or crawl under a barn faster
when there's danger ahead.
The question now in the male luvenile mind
is whether to wait around for his hair to dry or
to walk boldly into the house and risk his
mother's finding out that he has been in swimming.
I ^
The young lady who forwarded to a newspaper
a poetic complaint entitled: ''I Cannot,
Hake Him Smile," should remember-that perhaps
he had already " smiled " as frequently as ,
his prudence would permit.
Over two hundred pages of delinquent tax
notices were published in a Chicago newspaper.
The property affected woul<L Seem to comprise
a most every lot in the cifc^ The publication
will cost the taxpayers 150,000.
The shrinkage in the size of the bakers,
loaves will soon make, possibly, a scene like the
following: Customer?"Give me a pound of
those crackers, please." Baker?" Crackers,
thunder! them's loaves, ten cents apiece."
An American citizen was garroted and robbsd
recently while traveling from Turkey to St.
Petersburg. No diplomatic correspondence ' y
will be necessary, as Turkey and St Petersburg
*-"> " .no in nil M<Hnnt nf Pane.
.Art? V?tu ouiau tvnuo tu mjv vm _
sylvania.
The sea holds 60,000,000,000.000 tons of salt
Should the sea be dried up, tnere would be a '
deposit of salt over the entire -bottom of the '
ocean 450 feet deep, and if the salt were taken ?^
and spread on the land it would cover it to a
depth of 900 feet.
Great place, that Black Hill country. Beside*
gold and silver, '* a mountain of isinglass " ha*
just been discovered. The accounts do not
mention the matter, but we understand that
there are indications of type metal and a flowing
well of hair dye !
A Frenchman, having heard the word press
made use of to signify persuasion, as "Press
that gentleman to take something to eat," took
occasion at a party to use a term which he
thought synonomous, and begged a friend to
squeeze a young lady to sing.
A Russian engineer has invented a bombproof
tower, which is moved abont by steam,
and in which artillerists sit and pelt the enemy
with destruction. By the time the next war
breaks out, the wnrrior will sit in a rocking
chair in the front parlor of a hotel and talk his
enemies to death with a revolving telephone.
"But I pass," said a minister, one Sunday,
in dismissing one theme of his subject to take
up another. "Then I make it spades!" yelled
a man from the gallery who was dreaming the
happy hours awav in- an imaginary gamo of
euchre. It is needles* to say that he went out
on the next deal, being assisted by one of the
deacons with a full hand of clubs.
A claim ninety-sevou years old was recently
' ' * 1V- nn? J.n?i4mant It ?M baSfid
paiu uy lUt) XICBDIUJ ucuwwuum.
on supplies furnished the Revolutionary army
1779, and has been in the various courts
since that time. The claim was> originally for
*8,000, but the ninety-seven years* interest
which had-tp be added increased it to between
*51,000 anchl'52,000, which was paid to the
grandsons of tiie original claimant.
FasbidaJtotes.
Handsome piques witfe>J*ce effects are
imported. ^
The organdy patterns are gay stripes
on dark grounds.
Another mode style has pretty twills
of contrasting hues.
Linens for costumes come rather
darker this season.
V. ?
A linen suit is considered dressy, and
suitable for dinner wear.
A handsome organdy dress is pronounced
in taste for a mode toilet.
The " Admiral jacket" is a novelty
intended for wear with a Breton costume.
Lace garniture is employed to trim
thin, washable dresses, and lace is used
on light all wool costumes.
Fringes of all kinds will be in demand.
This form of dress embellishment
is so much admired that it will con
tinue in use.
Crimped twist, intermixed with " Milan
" balls of satin, is a beautiful garniture,
and particularly designed for
cloaks.
Th? flnmmfir cloak, or mantilla, is ar
ranged in silk, and richly trimmed with
lace and galoon or fringe.
Handsome silk fichus are gotten up
for street toilets. This fashion of top
garment is very becoming to ladies with
slender forms. #
Torchon on solid colored cambrics,
bunting suits and percales are
said to be very dressy. Certainly the
effect is picturesque, and hence cannot
fail to please.
Old English thread lace is once again
in the beau monde. This fashion of
lace sets off to great advantage all
gauzy textures, giving to the. toilet a
delicate beauty of finish.
ia a TinVfll dreSS
J3UlbU119 uvciio^iug --.r ?? ^
garniture, and just at present appears to
be much in vogue. Doubtless this fancy
style will hold favor for some time, since
t^e fashion is one that cannot be copied
with cheap materials.
The chip chapeau is termed the one
for dress. Tuscan, Leghorn and Milan
straws are all " ton " in character. It
appears that fashion still favors the
close fitting capote.
Cure for Trouble.
There are some great troubles thai
only time can heal, and perhaps some
that never can be healed at all; but all
can be helped by the great panacea,
work. Try it, you who are afflicted. It
is not a patent medicine. It has proved
its efficiency ever since Adam and Eve
left behind them, with weeping, their
beautiful Eden. It is an efficient
remedy. All good physicians in regular
standing prescribe it in cases of mental
ami moral disease. It operates kindly,
without leaving any disagreeable seq
uel?, and we assure you that we have
taken a large quantity of it with most
beneficial results. It will cure ?nore
complaints than any nostrum in the materia
medica, and comes nearer to being
a "cure all" than any drug or compound
found in the market