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BY W; A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C? FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1870. VOLUME XVIII?NO. 10.
MEASURING THE BABY.
BY EMMA ALtCS BR0TCSK. ,
Wo measured the riotous baby
Against tbc; cottage wall?
A lily grew at the threshold,
And tbe boy wnsjustaa tall.
A royal tiger lily,
With spots of purple and gold,
And a heart like a jeweled cl.alice,
The fragrant dew to bold.
Without the blot-birds whistled
High np in the old roof-trees,
Zn?l to and fro at the window
The red rose rocked her b^es;
And the wee, pink fists of the baby
Wert nerer a moment still,
Snatching at shine and shadow
That danc?d on the lattice still I
His eyes wferc wide as b'uebolls? '
ilis mouth like a flower unblown? '
Two little bare feet, like funny white mice, (
Peeped out from his snowy gown ;
And we thought, with a thrihof rupture
That yet had a t^uch of pain,
%Vhen June rolls around with her rqpes,
We'll measure the boy again.
Ah me! in a darkened chamber.
With the sunshine shut away,* j
Through tears that fell like a bitter raiir,
"We measured the boy to day ; .
And tho little bare feet, that were dimpled .
And sweet as a budding rose. '
<Lav side by side together," I
In ihe hush of a long repose!
i
Up from the dainty pillow, ? j
White ns the riding dawn, .
Tlie fxirlittle face lay smiling,
Witli.the light of heaven thereon?
And the dear little hands like rose leaves t
Dropped from ?? rose, lay still, #,
Kover lo snateh at the sunshins k
That crept at a shrouded silll ; .
We rafasnred tbo sleeping baby
With|;'ibbons as while as snow, 0
tor tho shilling rosewood casket b
That waited hira below 5
And out of tne darkened chamber
Wo'wcnt with a childless moan?*
To the bight of the tiules* angels 81
Our little one had grown 1 f;
Hearth and Iloine. E
tl
TRUMPED BY A TIGER. ?
' ' * 6l
"My dear Bverslcj-, wliat in the si
\vorld have you been doing -with your-self
all. .this morning?" cried Fred g
lSfl.n/1 ilfltlH Pen 0
r>.??Mva>tv?iiMj A uoiviun u uuiicctur UI
IL. B. il's. province of "Wellesley and t(
Pcnang, as his friend sauntered slow- I
iy into the breakfast room; a long a
iow apartment., as the fashion of* bungalow
demands, its walls hung with tl
untlCrcd stags' -heads and huge buffa- a;
lo horns, stands of rifles, guns, rods, u
And all the eqnipment dear to a sports- ai
tnan, while the Chinese mattings on p
the floor was scattered with skins of n
various animals: deep French lattices 11
opening on two sides upon & qroad ai
veranda, shaded by many clusters of tl
jessamine and passion . vine. From r<
this a step descended on a Eloping
lawn, somewhat burnt bjT the heat of r;
mn Imlinn Hiin hut. ~ *> ?
AKV/UIIIU^ gull 11^ __
till it met the cool waters of the* w
strait that separates Pertang from the j0
main land. AcrosB the water?dim {
and bluo in the noonday haze?;rose- h,
the distant mountains of * Quedab, m
while nearer b fringe of betel and co- },,
coa palms lined the opposite shore, pj
The jungle had been cleared*in the vi- ^
cinity of the house, leavine"scattered a,
groups of palms and wild shrubs to Y,
relieve the eye with the.ir luxuriance
of leaf
tlV-i- H " ' * * " *
. oxttic, rcaumeu oancuiana, turning *
to bis sister, who, seated at the foot
of tbe table, had raised the loveliest .'
pair of gray eyca in /ill India, as _
Evoraley entered, greeting"him with a
cold good morning, bas been more ?
than naif inclined to leave yoa to r1
breakfcst alone." lE
' 'I beg your pardon Miss Sandiland, a<
but I trust my game bag may recom- r,?
mend mo to mercy," Baid Eversley, jc
quietly seating himself and beginning ?
his breakfast. I
"I had no Idea it was so late,, but
after a couple of hours' capital sport 8\
smong.the snipes, Banda, the sbikarru, jjV
found the tracks of a tierer. Wo fnl. 11
^ . - O ? 41
lowed them down to the water's edge,
where he appears to have crossed back
to the main land."
J have not heard of one on the 8?
Island for the last three years," said "
Sandiiand. "Once upon a time we P(
used to have them frequently,* but ^
the jungles are two much shot through
now-" tt
"I would advise you, nevertheless,
Miss Sandiiand," replied Eversley, "to a!
be careful .how - you extend your ti
wmuu unattended ; neighbors of this
inscription Are not pleasant." ai
"tThank you, Captain Eversley, I c)
have no doubt a tiger, would be an' r<
unpleasant companion ; but I am not "
at all afraid qt meeting one near Soon* h
da. May I give you another cup of &
tea?"* r ' ?
"No." . v <*
"Well, then, I will ..leave you and
Fred to finish your breakfast and che- cl
vyvo wgWMVit M
"What's the row1, Jim-, between you
find Kate? I thought- yon and'she *
were going to get 06 capitally, and bj
yet at the end of stxweefc* you both
appear more' crnahlngly polite i' &n
?vQr." ' ' v
Eyersley was lighting his cheroot b
from the jOM stick on the mantle- 11
piece; lie emokedquietljrfbr a win. i
ute before he answered:*'
"I don't mind telling.yon, Fred, old 1
fellow, though yon know I am not a
good bandit confidences. The long c
and sho^t of the matter is, that I'm o
in lofe witb Ka?, your sister.** ?
dtC9 U LI - ^ ?
-pmrnu raao to J on. bbe M the
pr0ttl6?t and bMt giA'ritt the Presi- i
denei<%and y ouknow. Jim there in <
no ra*ft ?woald TBthe*; ?*e her marry i
lbj? yourself; but I can't see how ]
yoar being 1a lore with 4?er . account* .
for, the exoeesire. politeness between >
yettJ* aod %ndflgn4jpthi? hand afgtttfffltrfhrtjtn&Jtimjqp*
ahonMet. 1
. 412 two friends lookedf at-e&ch. other <
irwy nia auraia j
Iny chance by^lv <
iof IpKil oo?l<?oft bcip it, ?nd to 3
the other n Jgt?t whil? w* Wet* emofc
frf fajpB frPgfor' iff ifr* '?^rwu 1
tb% came over toe, j
Mtlt^dWKk?T* 1,07 i
"1W' ' %'\ * ' '" V ^
<?
"By ^ovot but you have queer
ideas of your own about lovo making,
mastorJlfn. Do you supposo a wo
mrtn is going to accept you bcca?ac
you suddenly discover you arc in love
with her, and blurt out a.proposal
like aiannp shot at a jungle-fowl ? My
dear bov, half their fun is in discovering
we lovo them ; now I don't believe
Kato has a bit of nonsense about
llOT fttlll VA11 ttTAn'f 4*vwl n?*?
I ?? j vtt u vu w uuu an y 'W VJUlllIi
willing to givo tip tho prescriptive
rights of her sex ; her love raust bo
sought not demanded. But what
did Bho say?"
"She made a mosl dignified courtesy,
and thanked mo in the iciest of
tones;- but was afraid that she would
find too dangerous rivals in tiger
Bhooting and pig sticking, to venture
to entertain my proposal. I blundered
ont that I would givo up ovcry
thing"?
"The deuce you did I That is better."
"But she quietly put a stop to it all,
ind, wishing mo good niglit, swept
nto tho house, leaving mo more iu
n tho dark than ever."
Sandiland broke into a laugh, "My
lear Jim, 1 don't think your case
lopolcss, if you only mauage it righty,,
Let mo givo you some advice.
"Thank you, Fred, all the samo as
f I took it; but I rat her not. I know
Ittle about women, but I know this,
uui u Jt cannot mako your sister lovo
no as I am, I wont under false preences.
I lovo her well enough to
jive np my own tastes and habits,
iut I can't go moaning about liko a
ysncptic terrier."
"1 daro say you arc right, Jim;
n.yhow, you know you havo my
est wishes for .your bugc'css."
"Well, I must bo off, and write
omo letters; but do try and pcrtiado
your sister not to vonturo too
ir from tho bungalow. I havo told
tanda to keep a look-out for. tho
racks of that tiger. He swears the
rute has swam back, and may not
c seen again for months; but still,
lie should not expose herself her
Dir." "
Banda is right. Thoro is no daner
now, but why don't you ask Kato
ourself? But I must bo off into
>wn, and thero come tho horses.
>innor at half-past seven, remember,
nd I shall not see you boforc."
Eversley went- with his friend .to"
10 veranda, and watched him mount
nd ride away, followed by his syce,
ntil their white garments wero lost
raid the dark green shadows of the
alms, and turning with a half repressed
6igh, .re-entered tho house,
[e walked moodily once or twice up
nd down the long room, and then
irew himself upon a lounge,, where
smained buried in thought.
"Fred is wrong," ho said, at laBt,
sing restlessly; "X have no chance
our tastes are too different. And I
as a fool to think she could ever
ve a follow like rac, who, at tho
ist, was never-half good enough for
jr.. It is sheer folly for me to reain
here any longer, eating my
3art away by dreaming of that hapness
I never could nevm* hncn
ho mail steamer ?oes to-morrow,
id, by Jove, I'll go in her!" and he
alkcd impetuously from the room.
Two minutes "later a lovely faco
cered through tho folds of the heavy
irtain that separated the music
)om-an alcove that could only
d entered from the larger apartment
-and Kate Sandiland, her face Btrugling
between blushes and laughter,
tld Vfit With tlift ono?*.<i!nn - *
j f. a *>M ?UV OUOJJIUlUll Ul U tCUI'
i the sweet gray eyes, fled lightly
jross the soft matting, and sought
ifuge in her own pretty morning>om,
wheje she eat for an liouf, sintly
gazing over the rich bluo of
ie strait, heedless of* the flashing
itter of the sun upon the water, the
limmcr of tho leaves in the distant
xlna groves, or tie wild chorus of
ie native boatmen as they palled
letr cargoes of^jocoa-nuts and planlins
past toward Penang.
At last a bright sinile lit up the
vect, firm outlines of her mouth, and
sing, she drew down, with an iraJrative
motion, tho dark Tanfitinn nf.
ig windows.
Eversley closed his last letter,'and
irew it upon the table.
' I havo only, to say good-by now
3d then another leaf in my life is
irned."
lie stood for a moment with his
rmts reatipg upon the back of his
iair, while memory poirreda flood of
^collections npon his mind?Kate,
loir rides, their walks, the . echo of
er. sougs, the flatter of her dress
mid the-jessamines, her happy laugh
-all came back to him /with such
latin ctness.
' Pshaw I HaHoo there!" he exlaimed,
going to the door. "Chitty,
ill Banda 1 want him.
."Banda,w he said, when the hikar
iu appeared, ' boa the aco-breeto
prong up ?
"Yes, sabib, it j^cool now."'
"Welt, then, get my gun, and wo
rill have another tarn -among the
nip*. By-the-way, dW ycru flnd any
nore signs of the tiger this moling?"
*, . ... '
. "No, sabib; be has gone back to
ib own Jungle,"
"Well, bring Grouse -with yon; the
ildi dbg Is the steadiest retrieVer?.
uid meet .me in -a qn*rter of an - boor
m the front, Veranda."
A* Bveraley appeared where Band ft,
vas already waiting for him, , he.
;anght the last glimptfe of a dj^sa
Reappearing down one of the iu^ve
>aths. 'A ?iK**P??
Who is that, Bandft fi
"Miseee Kife nMhJV _
^Evcrsley^UKJu^hfc^ for
ifm? to thtt ridkaem.'?H?s suatk
W? m*y eomt IKW^MM
pttV h? .Mid c u?4f tdUftg Ap 55
AnboprA.dAhittwaii^.V
arorklog up the edged?;'*
mild from Soond*; ind M?f ?*d
beep kept iraey, wk?n &' stAp* rt>*
tome <fct*nc? ofc ftpg dtft,
H' i . < .
*
, Evoraloy brought it down; bat .the
bird towered ana pitohod dead a hun'
drcd yards fhrthor on tho odgo of n
i trip of jungle.
Tho old dog was sent to rotriovo it.
As they drow near tho spot, and were
feathering eagerly along tho brush,
the dog, with a yelp and a growl,
camo racing back to his master, his
tail botween his legs, and ovcry hair
on his back erect aud quivering with
j rage and fear.
"What's up now, Grouse?" said,
1 7?" 1 -- ?:.i. _ l ?- -
,JU? V7i?3i;i<y, Willi u lUUga, ""UO 00, Ola
dog. Seek dead."
fiat the dog refused to move, rcply.
ing wit a doep growl, and gazing intently
at the junglo.
Evcrsloy walked to tho spot, with
the view of recovering tho bird and
ascertaining the? object of Grouse's
terror. Something on tho ground at
tracted his attention. Stooping, lie
examined it intentlj', and, then rising
called to tho ehikarru:
'Banda, no wonder poor gronso is
in such a funk. Kere'aro tho tracks
of our friend tho tiger, and not half
an hour old, and Good God, Miss
Sandiland is out and alone 1" ' T
Evorsley was a man of great coo
ness and and nerve, but for a raotnen
a terrible feeling of fear camo over
him. But for a momonfc onlv
next, ho was again the mat) jt
and decided action.
"Draw the charges from jUn,
Banda, and load with ball: tnen follow
up the track; I am going to !
search for Nfiss SandilUnd."
And, seizing the rifle from the sliik- (
arro's hand, he struck across the low 1
jungle toward the path taken by Kate ]
crashing through the, tall grass and
brush at a pace that would havo distanced
any but a sportsman.
M Sandiland pursued her way toward
a spot, the frequent termination
of her evening walks. Onco a mere
bridle-track, occasionally used by
coolio. fisherman, her brother at ber
wish, had carried it to bo opened and
enlarged. To-day lost in thought, 1
she had followod it carelessly, until c
she found herself upon the gray sandy ]
hnnoli nf tho oti-oit '
The sun was setting behind the f
bluo line of mountains, and the water I
blazed with vivid streaks of red: the s
sky, broken into heavy masses of 1
clouds, which was glorious in gold and t
purple, and 'all the wonderful blessings t
of an Indian sansot. j
Kate stood for a while watching f
wiCh eager eyes the rapid tranaforma- f
lions of shape and color; and then, t
tempted by the smothe sand, strolled r
along the beach, and Beated herself t
upon"a low hedge of rock.
She sat long,"absorbed by the. sun- r
set and her thoughts, interwetiving f
the rich hues of the ono with the va- i
rying lights and shadows of the other, \
until the polling clouds warned her \
that it was time to return. I
Hut as she rose from her seat, her \
eves grew suddenly glazed and fixed ; 1
the rounded, graceful lines of the fair j
form appcarou to Stiffen into marble, r
and she s.ood breathless, almost life- t
less with terror, half-blinded with tho <]
horror of her first glance. She rath- ]
or felt than saw that Bhe stood face \
tO fllCQ with n <ir?nf I r
- ? "t)""" V
Crouching, motionless, upon the I
edge of the jungle, not thirty yards ]
from whero she stood, "with its bag- l
gard, cowardly eyes glaring at her, c
lav the gaunt form of the huge beast. \
Flashing thrpugh the girl's brain a
came a score of mad, wild impulses, c
with lightning like rapidity. Cut she r
remembered?she had heard Eversley \
say,.and tho pain at,her heart grew t
greater as sho thought of him?that a
the only chance of safety was to face t
with u steady eye, the treacherous y
brute before her. Her ereR hud linnn u
fastened upou it with a helpless sort ft
of fascination; but now she roused B
herself to fix them sternly on the f
fierce great orbs: that thrilled her with j
their cruel glare. \ \
Her courage rose and sank as hope t
and fear alternated; but at last even .(
liei'brave ntjture began to fail. She (
felt that her breath carae in long, gasp- a
ing sobs'; the li?ht began to Dade a
from her eyes; the dreadful form of t
the tiger grew dim and indistinct, and c
she knew that she was fainting, y
With a last effort she roused herself l
an*d cried; ' t
"Eversley, Eversley! whv are you
not there r t
"My brave darling, I am here J". t
Ana a dark form swept rapidly t
past and stood between her ana her (
terrible foe. " t
Kate recovered her senses in an in- t
stant, andthe scene before her was c
never forgotten. The tiger, roused .
by the presence of a new antagonist, ]
was still croutching with its head be- ]
tween its enurmoas: paws, bat the
lon? striped back was arched , for a [
spnug, and tho long, lithe tail^ swept j
in angry curves from side to side, its y
eyes sparkled red with rage, and a f
savage snarl that made Kate's blood ,
ran cold- came from th# wrinkled, -j
grinning laws. ; ' , \
Eversley.no rjew hand at tiger ,
shooting, and, next to "Tiger Bice/' ,i
the keenest eye and steadiest hand ;
on trigger in India, Btood like a rock, i
for what to poor - Kate seemed an 1
eternity, Jthough but a. few swift sec- ;
onds, Bntr as he drew the trigger, j-.j
tno tiger moved it# J>ea4 with ft Blight. ;
nbwara motion, and the ball, imaging
the brata buried iteelf }a the ma?-. i
eive cheet iyitb a growl that filled 1
the air like thunder, the Ivgh -brute
shot fbrirard.'./Bate eloftbd for ey?V
bat, tbre.efcoond fc&rwliiaddoae it# :
dn^/Graebing thronshiibo-UwnY
^u?tieafl?flSj82CS5^>4
ifr4tm
|
l" tamed
:
i v' ' >? - -o.. 4?r^r ti?%
v# +
presently, with toars still trem
on their lashes.
"I do indeed thank God, dei
and doubly that I am Baved by
Fred Sandiland rang tho bell i
tiently.
"Send Miss Sandiland's maid t<
her that dinner is on tho fctablo.
whoro is Captain Eversloy ?"
' Evereley, sahib, walk on voi
with ^Miesco Kate," i-eplicd Cl
with a salaam.
Sandiland walked wrathfully a
tho room and threw tho glass
open.
"Ivate, I'm astonished!"?bu
stopped short, with a whistle.
Ivato roso with a lovely blush
throwing her arms round" his ]
whispered as she kissed him :
"Jim will tell you all about it,
Fred."
"Jim, indeed !*' exclaimed her b
er, sarcastily as sho vanished.
"What does it all mean, Ever:
I thought 1 knew something i
young women, but this is a
phase."
Everfiley told his story, and to
again, later, as they sat together
dinner beneath tho jessamines,
Sandiland laughed lightly to coi
his deeper emotion.
"I can't thank you, .my dear
fellow; I'll leave Ivato to do that
Baid ; and then went on^p his sis
great indignation: "bufbelieve
Evcrsley, the tignr was the best tr
j'ou ever played."
And, putting his hands in his p
ets, ho strolled down to the bead
finish his cheroot, while Kate Sj
land paid her debt of;thanks.
DICKENS.
Reminiscences of the Great Nova
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
To his great abilities as a deli
;or of character, Charles Dickens
;d the power of impersonating
Ho had all the natural qualities
lrstrate actor, and had he taken
essionally to the stago would pr
>ly have achieved an unparnll
;ucces3 ^either in tragedy or com
fet Mr. Dickens must liavo f
hrnilflfh n onrrnwA n/vi.M/1/% ? * 5 ?
?. uuiv/iv Will DU U1 BLUUy
raining befora 'venturing before
)ublie as a roader of his own sto
or it is related io us by a gentle
amiliar with the incident, that h<
ributed the failure of his first pri
ehearsal to the defects of his rea<
ather than the defeots of his stoi
As tho incident has never 1
nade public, and is known to ^
ew now living, it will not be witl
nterest at this time. It was in
-ember, 1856, we believe, but cai
rouch for tho accuracy of tho c
hat Mr. Dickens gave his first
rate reading, in tho presence of a
iterary friends. Tho reading 1
ilaco at tho houso of Mr. lleyn<
tow a banker in Australia, but at
irue living in Wympole street, ]
Ion. Among those present t
Hark Lemon, lately deceased,
rell-known editor of "Pimnk
/hapman, of the firm of Chapmt
lull, Mr. Dickons' first publislW,
dr. Hunt, a journalist Of local <
>rity. Mr. Dickens had chosen
f his "Christmas Carols," the
vhich of them we are unable to
,nd procoeded to read it. At the
lusion of tRe reading, Mr. Leu
ising and advancing towards Dicl
eith the remark. "This is horr
>ad," seized the manuscript from
uthor's hands, and was about
hrow it in the fire, when he wfis
ested by the remark of Dick
but it is really good; the faalts
a the reading," and thus one of.
lost riOnillftr nf t.lio fn-nnln -rrroa o.
rom destruction. A few days a
)ickens was entertained at K
porth, in Hertfordshire'(Bolwer J
on's coanty-seat), and again read
tarol. Bulwer did' not like it,
Charles Lever, the novelist, Vho
.mong the party, was charmed bj
,nd it was owing to his very fav
tie opinion of it, thatJDickeng wai
ouraged to venture its publicat
Phe event showed that Lever wi
letter judge of its merits than the
hor of the "Last Days of Pomppi
Of Dickens' first venture in lit
ure, wo are told that when q
rnnnrr Ka 4a r> 1
"V *V4 TMIUUU IV AJl* liX
he editor of tho London Mori
Chronicle, a series of sketches, w
vhile thoy displayed; extraordir
alent, also manifested the immatu
>f tlit writer. Dr. Block decline
ipblished a kindly and encourag
etter, concluding with a request
Dickens should call-and see I
rhis he did, and was- first empl<
>n the papor to report the proc
ngs of police courts, whfch ho
vith sucn graphic power that bb 1
band a more favorable and re trie
itive employment on.' the Chroi
i favorite of the Doctor's, he bee
ntimate in bjs family, and fit
married Hiss Bloek, nis first 1
Charles Dickens, Jr., the issue Of
marriage, died, we believe, abou
?- i-ti'? *- -
y DUld ?EVrIU V4WVUIUI, wiiera OB
practicing as barrlster-at-law.
Dickers'. second wife; from whoj
gubaeauently separated, was V .
Hog&rfh, daughter, ^qf Jfr. JTog
Preeident-of the London Philhkr
io Society, and author _ofs a got
book of sketches. of the, opera,
the causes of the Mto4ra"tIoi>v -to
not promote to 'speak it this 1
and it Wfll-ba belter for oU cbttoo
If tfeft d#erl? allowed to rents
tbd obscurity to vUgh it im
hatebw??c^fn?d oy
H rtffv/w|nupi ?wMu nfmBW
jfaraw&d$,foggy tntirxfoi*, *w
Tnorttant.v .c jtr-wm * *?
i . rmb'AiiP- tiv ;; >>!'.{ u
/
bling " 'A likoly somo ono you to oomo
into any body'B thoughts in such on
urcst, aspect!' ho oxclaimcd. 'Thero, thcrei
you. thero I Get to bed poor man, and
impa- cease to jabberl'
"With that he extinguished his
:> tell light, pulled up tho bedclothes around
And him, and with anoth^t sigh shut out
tho world. And yet thoro aro such .
anda uncxplorod romantic nooks in tho unliitty,
likeliest men, that even old tindcrous
and touchwoody P. J. T. Possibly
Cross Jabbered, Thus, at eomo odd times,
door in or about seventcon-forty-seven."
b ho * * ' -
LAGER-BEER.
, and
rm. _ ? ? - - - ?
uwu., iuo namiiacture or tne Ueverage?Its f
Chemical Constituents?Its Effects. t
dear ^
roth- [From the New York Times.]
Thero'is a capital over $100,000,- ?
sley ? 000 invested in the manufacture of
ibout htgor-beer in this country. Lager- [
new beer, as it is manufactured by tho
German brewers, is a fermented bov- ?
Id it cage, and consists of tho extract of a
after malt (barley germinated by a water-and
'ne> process and then dried in a kiln)
nceal hops and water, in which both of ,
tho first named ingredients arc boiled.
, 0i(j It derives its namo from tho custom
?? j10 in Germany of brewing it only in
iter's winter and storing it away, or laying .
mC) back, that part of it which is destinump
C(* to consumed during the summor
months, in large cool vaults or ccllars, ?
lock- t',? German word lager having tho .
h to definition of "stock/' "store" and j
mdi- "stand." There are thrco kinds of _
tiro beverage, viz: Winter beer,
which is brewed and consumed dur- ^
ing the winter, the lager-beer proper, j(
and bock-beer which contains moro j.
malt extract than lager-beer,, nnd is ^
[jst. theroforo the strongest of the thi'ce.
Tho chemical constituents of lager- a
boer are, according to Prof. Justus
Von Licbig, tho renowned Gorman ^
nea- chemist, as follows; Alcohol from 2* jj
add- 9 to 5 per cent; solid substancos, as fc
5 it. starch-gum, sugar and vegetable al- g(
of- a bumen, from 4 to 8per cent; carbonic g|
pro- acid fVom 0- 15 to 0. 18 per cont: wa- _
oba- tcr from 88. 5 to 92 per cent. Tho
oled proportion -of alcohol contained in it
edy. 43 small, as appears from tho above
;one analysis, and in this respect ft widely
and differs from distillod liquors. LagerI
the hnni**?o a t 1
wwv4 < D|iuituu9 uuvuru^Gj ana is in*
ries, toxicatiniaj if taken in excessive qoan- p
man tities. According to liiebig's doc- te
fr.at- trine It produces in the human body E
vate nothing bat fat. Moteschott, the
iing well.known Gorman naturalist, says
y- that good lager-beer is just as nutri- w
jeen tious aa fruits are. Tho hop-bitter h
?ery contained in lager-beer, according to. {\
lout some authorities, imparts to it tonic y
No- -properties, which make it an invigor- Bj
anot ating beverage. .Lagor-beor, these
late, authorities assort, favors tho process ia
pri- of digestidn by increasing the quanti- tl
few ty of digestivo secretions in the atom u,
took ach and strengthens the muscular ac- t,?
aids, trvity, when relaxed by sickness or e
' tho long oxerlion. Good lager-bccr is t?
Lon- considered by prominent Gorman i,
vera physiologists quite as healthful to tho &
the human body, as tea and coffee. On g
Mr. tho other hand,. hop-bitter has a som- Bl
in & nolent effect. It prevents the bevor- i\
and age .from getting sour. Lager-beer ^
iclo- seems to be.altogether a German in
w J - IV
one vention, and even m-this countrv its ft
ingh manufacture is almost exclQsively in- it
Bay th3 hands of Germans. I/arge quan- s;
con^ tities of it are brewed evory winter, 5]
aon> and even, to some extent, during the d,
tens summor, in places where there is a ft
ibly large German population?for in- \y
th0' stancOj in this city, in Newark, N. J., jt
t in-Philadelphia, B<imoro, Cincinna- jj
ar* ti, St Louis, Chicago, Milwaukoe And ft
en8> many smaller places, chiefly at the ^
aro West. The lager-beer brewd and sold ^
th? at Milwaukee, Wis., is considered the ft
i^ed 'best and the cheapest in this country n
It is the opinion of experienced brow- ^
ers that the quality and taste ofli-ft
Lyt- gcr-beer depend to somo degree upon
?h0 J,he water used for it. The sensible a
but 'flflrmnnH nf flio <->''' ?nnn??w ?? """
. ? WW VS. vuv VIVA VVUUVfc jr MO rvolM 0(
w.as as of this, like those, pf all other na- tj
7"? tioiiB, consider fresh wator the best jj(
ora* and healthiest of all drinks. If tboy C1
9 on- inclined to take something stron- C1
:ion. exhausted by hard work e]
18 a or as a matter of social custom, they ~
ii0."* Pr0fep wine to lager-beer. But the ?
" wine is more expensivo. As o rule,
era- however, th'ey prefer fermented lager[uite
boer towhiskey and other distilled Jiock,
quors. The quantity of lag6r-beer
Kt ^ 9onsumed in'this city is relatively.larbich
per than in any other city in the .
lary Union, although it cannot be main- J?
tained that tho Germans of this. city ?
.individually drink, more lager than b
ejog the Germans of t)incinnati, St. Louis a
that or Chicago. Besides Che home-made ^
beverage, lager-beer manofhetured at P
jyed Newark, 3M. J., Philadelphia^ Cincln- *
nati, Toledo, Ohio, and other , places 41
dld of this oovntry, and sometimes evdn Sl
i00n foreign lagejr-beer imported from Ger- ?
maDy, is qr&nk in this city,
tioie. I.- c
same .. fc
. _ ?
|5ifJ At last, ttfe ??intervi ewers have i
thia found their match. One of these fl
t ten P??t8 attempted, the other day, to f
t*s? extract material forra sensation ar- f
Mr. ticlefroqi the "Big Inguns" lately i
nx he in "Washington, out was not re- c
Hiss markably successful. The sum of c
artb, the information gained from Bed *
rndn- Oloud was, that the white man had "
P& a few oi the comforts of life y. that 1
f~jg: (EL O.) prefers tae carstOriding 1
rt in an ambulanoe, and that the \
^2 ?*white m?n is thicker than bUdos j
Ml ?a savage foldsd W? rob# wont Jam <
i|i? toti^-rlfsott0|l6lp* Here Is & Itfst \
. ^-irpr oor wmtx) &r?Toe vw *tz tfml- *
Uplv Urff IjIMA ' '* * * \
<Jwin ; ^' - : v = / ^ -' \
IT I.'. j>fV: " ' . ;-?> >' ^
? ' T *
The Men who Snooped.
/
Take twenty boys of eixtoon, in oui
sity or any city in tho State; 'and le
them go to work thrco or four in adr]
joods storo, boot and shoo or black
smith 'establishments arid print
ing officcs. In ten years Uioy wil
have to becomo mon of twenty-six
*nd the majority of them will bi
iftaltf ua a1am/? '?* 1 u t -! ?
*vvuv utj (?iu? uiviig 111 mu uuamubB ui
;hey over will bo. Ono or two onlj
n each of tho abovo branches as the}
)ver will be. . Ono or two only ii
Jach of tho abovo branches well es
ablished-in business for thotusolvci
>r connected with some doing a .gooc
>usincss, and tho rost will bo barolj
jetting a living "and growling about
heir poor success, and that luck ha?
jut little, if anything at all, to dc
vith it. If wo tako tho trouble to
Lscertain tho real facts in their several
ases, wo shall find that thoso young
non who became masters in their
rades, or leading men in their sever,1
pursuits, wcro not afraid to work,
.nil wcro determined to succecd.
They look beyond tho cloy and
rook. .They made themselves valu,blo
and useftil to their employers by
teing always faithful and roliablo and
rilling to do what they could for tho
aterest of those for whom they workd.
When a press of business camo
hoy were willing and ready to work
xtra hours, and without sulking and
rumbling,, well knowing that busi
csb must bo attending to when it.
ame, and that thero were plenty of
ull times during the year which
rould more than ?ounterbalanco any
xtra business of tho busy season,
'o sum it all np, these young men
lentificd themselves with tho estabshmcnts
which they were employed;
ecamo useful to their employers, in
ict, fixture?, who could be illy spared,
na in duo courso of time, having
arined experience, were invited to
ike a hand with-the already estabshed
house, or else boldly striko out
>F themselves. Hero then is tho Ics>n,
which is, if you wish to becomo
jeeessful masters, learn first to bourne
faithful servants.
A Remarkable "Recommendation."
Tho San Francisco Era gives a coy
of a peculiar certificate of characsr
which one .of its editors gave to
meline. It reads as follows:
"She has black eyes and black hair.
Whenever she comes home from a*
alee her eyes are blackor, and she
as less hair by throe 01T four bandlls.
Pmeline is engaged, and her
oung man is the most successful asmilator
of butter, and sugar, and
lilk that ever emigrated from Ire,nd.
He is equal to any demand of
lis kind upon his stomach, Emcno
has been vaccinatcd, but it didn't
\kc. This is the only thing about
meline that wo know of that won't
ike. SnoonB take, and h?msf.:tr?liArl
andkerchiefs take, and she can nail
lore pillow eases and forks within a
iven time than any other girl of the
ime sizo and weight in the laud of
le free. Her 'Sunday out' comes
vice a week, and she can wash stock
igyin the tea-kettle more efficiently
lan any living woman. Her way of
iking care of a baby is to hold it tip:
do down by the leg until it bursts a
lood-vosscl! and if she washes win3Ws
she never sluices water down on
ie pavement unless a man is going
y with a new ha't on; then she slings
around by the tin-cup full. Emone's
moat unpleasant peculiarity is,
lat she always blows*the gas odt
lien she goes to bed; but it Fa better
> encourage this practise, in the hope
iat she will suffocate herself some
ight. She would be much more offiient
as a good, quiot, docile corpse
lan as a servant girl." < " '
This was "giving a character*' with
vengeance. But the editor reckeni
without bis host, > Hei confesses
lat this Recommend** must have
aen shown to EmelifHPa brother, bexuse
the latter has been ''sitting on
ur door-step with a discouraging
ub for a Week past, and we have
one in and out through the alley
ate." ;
WMttemorefo Rejection.
As it is vaguely hinted-that the reiction
of B. F. "Whittemore, by the
[ouse of ^Representatives, may possilv
result in anew election, or the
amission of the minority condidate,
re think it proper to say that we do
ot regard the action of Congress, in
bis m after, as any indicatidh that
bey wili admit Captain Dunn.to.t)ie
eat so properly denied the seller of
adetship. ' ^
Whfttemere labors tinder no politial
disqualification. Ho jnan accuses
iim of."aiding and abetting the rebel*
ion," unless his double election, by .a
[eluded constituency, fs to be a balm
,nd healing ointment to the wounded
eelinn -of JtheBouth. Nor will any
me-denv that (Whittemore can iraln
lown, without winking, all 'the test
isths that were erer invented. - His
ase, therefore, Is altogether from that
>f Colonel,-? Simpeoil or Mrv.Reed.
Choee gebtlemen irer? elected, by
ftrgtmajorities over .their Badical op.
>onenta, but we're debarred from takngihelrIreatsbyreason
of their" di*
Xh* net* vrert
fcSJiSSt ^eSSSS^S tie ^ U
wntoU
"> >4* fee boS yij
COMMENCEMENT IN DUG WEST.
P Examination.
t The Examinations in Erskine College, 17
? and in the Duo West Female College, will
- begin on Thursday morning, the 7th, of w
- July, 1870, and be continued until tfee af1
ternoon of the following Tuesday.
, The following gentlemen have boon re- b'
0 quested by the Faculties of tbe two.Insti3
tulions to attend aa an Examining Com
r mittee: Col. J. Norris, Revs. W. P. 8j
r Pearson and W. L. Pressly, of Anderson;
1 Wm. A. Giles. Esn.. Rbt. II. T_ Rlonn.
- Dr. J. W. Hearst, l)r. A. T. Widemani r;
j Dr. John Stuart, W. A. Lee, E?q., Dr. tl
I I. Branch, Rev. J. O. Lindsay, of Abber
ville; Rev. J. C. Chalmers, of N. C.;
i Rev, R. W. Brice, of Chester; Dr. J. L. P1
? Tamer, Rev. D. G. Phifips, of Georgia. lr
| Baccalaureate Sermon.
[ The Baccalaureate Sermon will be er
. preached on Snbbath, to 10th, by Rev.
J. T. W'ghtman, of Charleston, S. C..
Meetiogs of Boards. "j
The Board of Trustees of Erikine College,
and the Board of Directors of the ~
. Due West Femalo College, will meet a
Tuesday, the 12ih, at 2 o'clock p. m. a '
Commencement in Erskine.
be
Commencement in Erskine College
takes place on Wednesday, the 13lh; the
exercise*to begin at 10 o'clock a. ro., and
closing in the afternoon with an Anniver At
pary Oration by Prof. P. F. Pifer, of ha
Newberry.
Address and Essay. lai
Oo Wednesday night, tbo Alumni Ad- bn
dress will be delivered by R. It. Heqjp- in
hill, E~q , of Abbeville, and the Aluronro ,
Essay read by Miss Carrie Aoll,*oT Newberry.
. y?
Commencement in Female College. s0
Commencement in the Due West JTe- i
male College . will be 011 Thursday, the
14th-, tho exercises to begin nt 9 J o'clock qq
n. m. Anniversary Address, by Wm.-H.
Campbell, Esq , of Greenville.
Conferring of Degrees, &c,
At the close of the exercises in each
College, the Baccalaureates, with the con*
ferrinc of Derrrfln*. will lw?
.tho Graduating Classes by the Presidents an
of the respective Institutes. ph
A cordial invitation is extended to the bu
public; to be present.
* " pe
Irony and the National Debt. mn
?The Chicago Evening Post says: w-(
Del mar can now retire, for a greater
thnn Delmar has come. His home .
is in the setting sun. His name is $21
robbed of immortally by being -with-- em
held?btit ho is "an individual oolong- bli
ing in Caliibrnia." He -has solved ,
the whole finance question, something . .
after this fashion: He proposes to
the President to pay off the public
debt by a grand raffle; one thousand 8tr
million tickets, at $5 cacb. to bo dis
poacd of aod tvvo thousand million ^
dollai's out of tho five thousand mil- usj
lion dollars-to be roturncd to tho sub- im
.scribcrs in "giftB." llow easy! |a(j
Why didn't somebody think of that
before? All that is "necessary is .for .
all the men, women^ and children in cal
the United States and Territories to of.
buy twenty-five tickets apiece at $5 qu
a ticket?and whore's the Daby that do
can't raise $125 ? '
There is one trifling impediment
that occurs to us?but if this California
mathematician will* be kind 8ri
ebough to bring his gigantic genius riI]
to bear upon it for a minnte or two ?01
U J_M1 1 Li ? - " *
a win uuuuuuteuiy yaniBn?tnat'ls,
that there are only some twelve han- Pri
dred million dollars in the whole couri Co
try, with which to bny this five thousand
million dollars' .worth of tickets, ga
This difficulty could be surmounted. r0l
however, by selling all the real estate
?farms, cities, lands and buildiqgs? jja
between the Atlantic and Pacifio fl0
oceans, which, by the census of 1860, wj
was appraised at four th6nsan<jl million
dollars.. The alarming-reflection ?
is that if all this was put up at auc Gi;
tion and sold to the German Jews, at sle
forced sale, it wouldn't be likely to ed
britJg more than three thousand mil- cot
Hons?and this, added to the twelve ,
hundred millions of bills* and specie, . *
urnnM ha aAnva A!r?V?f -1'
nvn.U WW BUUJV SIKUII UUUUIOU JXIUKUU .
dollars short of the amount needed to ?
buy aR the raffle-tickets. The Both- nu
childs would own JfeW York, the Bar- . j
ing Brothers Chicago, and we Ameri* th<
cans could put out and start another coi
republic of our own in some unmort- mo
gaged land?say in Alaska. On the tic
whole?after thinking about it?we
are notfcertain lhat the California plan
will do; "a
\?,, - da<
< ? , of
Poetry is the morning dream of sh<
great minds foreshadowing the fhtute
realities of Life: it evokes the phan- '
tasms of all things before the things .da
themselves appear; it 1a the prelade to fit
thought and tne prechi^Qf of action. -wl
Overflowing Intellects, like Ciesar, ?C|cero,
Brutuss Bolon, ^nd Plato, begin
by imagination and poetry-*-the exu- '
beranoe of mental vigor, ia heroes^ r
statesmen, philosophers; and. orators.
Sad is his lot who, onoe, at least, in
his life, has not been a poet.?Lamartint.
' ' <. ' Or
r ;./ ' di
Tba-total rcceipts of the govera- ?J
mentsinoo it? orgaja!j6atio*i, Mareh* 2
4. Jnnk S/V H
iiu u uuu ui?, lyuu, m
? I ?
SCRAPS.
Bishop Amos is among tho wilJ
len of tho Weat, whito and rod.
Tho French Emporor is trouble
ith gout and rheumatism.
A manufactory of castor oil luia
ocn established in Galveston, Tcnn.
A daughter has joAfe been born to
?e crown Princoss Victoria of Pruaa.
A man bit off tho head of a live
it on a wager in JUoss eounty,. Ohio,
10 othor day.
Drought is severe in tho French '
rovinces, and flour has advanced fivo
ancs at Paris.
Tho Ecumenical Council voted oi>
10 dogma with tho penalty of anathna
against all objectors.
Ohio pays $1G,000,000 internal tax,
ore than half the aggregate paid by
1 tho Southern States,
A "elegant gold mounted set of
Iso teeth" is the prize in a raffle at
ladies' fair in Toledo.
Goncral George B. McClellan has
en elcoted President <5f tho AtlaUi
and Great Western railroad.
Coo, tho lovor-murdcrer of Miss
)bie Summers, of Quincv, Illinois,
s been captured and lynchod.
With-threo thousand citizens, Conbus,
Texas, has but one church
ilding, and not an ordained minister
tho town.
There is a copper colored infant a
ar old in Cincinnati, whose head is
irty-three inches in diameter,
pnd and healthy.
Ihe editors of the State are to have
Convention at the Sapr@mo Court
pitol building, Nashville, on Monyt
July 11th.
Tho Mississippi Lcgislatuvo'has im3cd
a tax of fifty cents per bale on
.ton raided in that State.
General Forrest has nearly" a thousd
Irishmen at work on tho Memis
and Selma railroad, near Colum8.'
A. youth of twenty, at Perryopolis,
nn., has settled his board bill by
irrying his landlady, a gushing
iow. of. seventy.
A. man in Detroit who} drew
D00 in a gift enterprise was good
Dugh. to givo twenty dollars- to the
nd man whofcdrew the tickets.
rhree murderers escaped from tho
I ?"n Wilmington, North -Carolina, ft
y or two 6ince. Blankets cut in
ips did the business-^
jroorgia has a rival in absurdity to
j Fat Men's Association. It is a
ipper Club," composed of gentlein
who have been rcjecjted by tho
lies of thoir choice.
A.s the nose is said t<^ be an inditive
of genius as any other feature
a man's face, somebody asks tho
eation, "What great Italian genius
esDick Yates' dose remind us of?"
fieri, we should say.
A. Philadelphia paper: calls on Cone>ss
to "utterly- wipe dut the prize\rr.
fnr thfi hfinnflf. ?"?f +V.r.
0, ? wv v? v"w . nuviv
antry." It would be muoh mono
aefieial to the whole country if the
ize-ring would- utterly wipe out
ngress.
<
Many of the reforms promised by
ldan^ia to the PortugneB hare been
ilized. Decrees abolishing tho
ftth penafty and court pensions
vo appeared, and the right of peti
a ana of holding publio meetings
11 be granted in a day or two. '
%. 1 , j
Judge Jones, while holding court la
cenvillo, North Carolina, went to.
dp while on the bench, and distarb*
tne lawyers and the gravity of tho
irt-room by Bnoring. f
The Touncr Men's Christian A<um.
tion of Detroit propose building a
ck In that city, to cost about one
hdred thousand-dollars. ; '
1 Georgia Judge has had to Request '
> lawyers not to eat jpea-nutg fn his
lit, as the noise or cracking and
inching disturbs the course of jubrhere
are two ?nnoyaneerf that
70 existed, probably frorii the MoonLion
of the world, whioh no system
laws Soeras adequate to meet?
yt weight bread and watered mi1*'
It is . recorded of Noam!, the
tighter of Enoch, that she was
'6 hundred and ninety yeaw old
lien the was m&rriea. Courage
#wl : . ? :
rbert wal b?rar a gcoM to ?>*'?
Bat kkm 4*y-~*oo? o^
Asa honatf gander eaae taUWpft,.. ,
And took Jm* for U* Mw J
It is- patent thaij^&r' Congress
ill not paisa a j^eufejjMftUHn y > It
ire ndt. The times
e all that the 3?ofm"WUJ i^hd a
embcratid majorfty-to the next
'owe} aiidio *i?ir6f iColijrtV)fcaillty,
how&^lofcfce dieted
> renonnrfffcolitoerattttoet mem
^ tto laafc
3a?My lo% *?***? of ?xt?su
; * | -"' yk&tti ; ;. ?
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