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/ > . The Beaufort flIMI Republican. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO POLTTICS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS-TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. VOL. II. NO. 35. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1872. ! t Only a Passing Thought. 'Twas only a passing thought, my friend, Only a passing thought. That came o'er my nund like a ray of the sun In the ripple of waters caught; And it seemed to me, as I say to thee, That sorrow, and shame, and sin, Might disappear from our happy sphere, If we knew but to begin? If we knew but bow to profit By wisdom dearly bought: 'Twas only a passing thought, my friend, Only & passing thought. Why should the nation fight, my friend, Why should not warfare cease? And a.l the world would repose In innocence and peace. It s?ems to me, as 1 say to thee, The weak may yet be strong; There needs but the love of breath and faith To right the weary wrong? To right the weary wroDg, my friend, Throughout the world mistaught; Twas only a passing thought, my friend, Only a passing thought. But though only a passing thought,my friend, You know as well as I That thoughts have a fashion to grow to deeds Under the ripening sky. So pass it on ; let it walk or run, Or fly on the wings of the wind, Or, better still, on the wings of the Press, For the service of mankind; For the serrice of mankind, my friend, That needs but to be taught: Twas only a passing thought, my friend, Only a passing thought. A Sugar Plantation. A party of Americans in Cuba, visited a sugar plantation. One of the party says: A turn in the road suddenly brought us in view of the cane field with the hands at work. Men,women, and children, negroes, and coolies, the men naked except as to the loins, were toiling amid the stalks, laying them low with each blow ot the sickle. At dis'e~'?s of a few rods, figures in hroad-br*imie(J bats> sat silently on horseb*'*' t^ie'r long-lashed whips Ivin r crossed on the saddles before theui. Tiese were the driver*, and their business was to see that the slaves lagged not in their labor. The place we visited was called Santa Rosa. It belongs to a son of the late Scnor Aldama. President of the Cuban Junta in New York, and is uuder seizure, and run by the government. An administrator appointed by the civil au tborities is in charge, and occupies the fine mansion of the Aldamas with his own family. He i* a Spaniard. The administrator abandoned the breakfast-table when our party arrived, and after reading the letter of introduction politely offered to become our cicerone himself. Sugar making, though somewhat complicated in its various processes of grinding, boiling, refining, <fcc., is very simple in theory. The can;? just cut on the plantation is carted to the grinding or mashing mill, through which it parses thoroughly pressed, the refuse being thrown out one way, while the juice runs into troughs, which convey it to the boiling kettles. After going through the boiling operation the syrup is transferred to pans to cool and drain, and in time it hardens into sugar. It is ground to the pulverized state by another machine, and wcrkvd over bv the laborers with hoes and scrapers before being finally put into hogsheads. The h< eing stage is not calculated to impress the visitor with a favorable idea of the cleanliness of his coffee sweetings. Negroes nearly naked and reeking with per-piration, trample over the sugar in their bare feet. " I know now," shrieked a lady ol the party " Where the toe nails come from which we find in our brown sugar at home." Alas! it is too true. But then how unhappy we would all be if we knew exactly bow everything we eat is prepared, and is it not better that we shut our eyes to the stem facts and accept tlie legendary " peck " without a murmur There are about five hundred hands employed on the Aldama estate. 20 per cent, of them being coolies. They are worked sixteen hours per day duriug the gathering ami grinding season. Sunday is u partial holiday. The finer work in the null is done by the Chinamen. A Boston engi neer lias charge of the machinery, and there is another foreigner in the same department, an Englishman. The machinery is , new arid costly, and 'has the imprint ol English and American makers. An Eaglk Attf.mi'ts to Kidnap a i 1. r\ -l. _ i:_: di. j. \ nii.if.?.uu'ui? l/ci-KtT, living iifai iwiiuui.* I.ake, X. V., Iihs a little daughter about three years of age. One day while she was playing in the yard, her shouts attracted her mother. Going out Mrs.Decker ^ found a large eagle attempting to carry off the little one. Almost frantic with fright, she seized the child and rushed toward the lion e. Xo sooner had she caught the child in her arms than the eaele showed tight. It followed Mrs. Decker, pecking savagely at the child, several times touching her hair with its beak; but by running rapidly and shielding the child as best she could, she managed to reach the house in safety. Enraged at being thus cheated of its prey, the eagle flew against the door and beat furiously at the windows, as if determined to effect an entrance, until Mr<. Decker, fearing it might break in, hid her child in a closet for greater security. At night the bird flew away. Early I?,* pC.-:t morning The eagle again made its a ?pearance. After flying wildly around. 1 it perched upon a tree hard by the house, apparently awaiting an opportunity torenew the attack. As soon as she discover d the bird, Mrs. Decker notified the neighb >rs, and it was shot. It proved to be an American eagle, measuring seven feet beL - . Limiting Apprentices. From an article in the Penn Monthly, it appears that there are but 3,000 apprentices among 92,112 journeymen, distributed in 8,000 establishments. This is but one apprentice to every 2 1-2 shops and every 26 workmen. There are at the same time 22,000 youths in the city between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, and it i9 maintained that many of these are debarred from getting employment by the injudicious action of the trades' unioas in placing a limitation upon the number of apprenti ces. In Philadelphia, boys are forbidden employment in newspaper offices, and in hat and shoe factories; bricklayers and plasterers also reject them, and moulders allow but one apprentice to each shop, and one to every ten men after. Oth.r trades also carry out this ostracism to a greater or less extent. The same system prevails in all the chief cities of the United States, and is denounced by the employers a9 an unwarranted dictation and as of evil to society bv debarring boys from acquiring a means of 9npport, and leaving them exposed to the temptations that accompany an idle life. The journeymen maintain that the limiting of apprentices is justified by circumstances; that the number allotted furnishes sufficient raw material, and point to the multitude of unemployed workingmen as evidence that the labor market is not suffering from depletion, but the contrary. Such being the case, they hold that society would not be benefitted by an increase of apprentices but injured, as men, with families dependent upon them, mu9t be put aside to make room for the increased quantity of apprentices. It is possible, trom the understood dislike of large numbers of American boys to handicraft employment, that the reputed evils attending the limiting of apprentices may be exaggerated; but there can be only one opinion among disinterested per sons as to the selfishness of the policy of the trades societies. Boys have prerogatives as well as men, and among them is the right to work, and any attempt to obstruct them in its exercise cannot be defended upon any sound grounds. The fears of the evils of an overstocked labor market have not much weight in a country like ours; but, under any circumstances, there would be no justification for dictating to a boy whether lie shall live by his own labor or not, or in prescribing to an employer how many apprentices he shall employ. It is not only a violation of the laws of po litical economy, but a tresspass upon the constitutional rights of the citizen. IIow a President is Elected.?Each of the United States is entitled to as many electors of President and Vice-President as it has Senators and Representatives in Congress. In each State the electors are chosen by a plurality vote. That is, if there are three sets of electors vote 1 for, the set having the highest number of votes is chosen. But a candidate for President, in order to be successful, must have a majority of all the electors. The electoral college, as now constituted, consists of 317. Therefore 159 are necessary fcr a choice. If there be three candidates for President and neither of them receives a majority of the electoral college, then there is no choice, and the election goes to the House of Representatives. The House must coufine their choice to the three highest candidates voted for by the elec tor*. The Representatives vote by Staes, and each State has but one vote; so that the power of Delaware is as great as that of New York. Each State lias one vote. The majority of the State delegation casts its vote. A candidate, to be successful, must receive a majority of all the States, or nineteen States. If the delegation is divided, the vote ot the state cannot be cast, anu is therefore lost. As the present House is constituted, and it is upon this House the election will devolve in the event there is no election by the people, nominally the Republicans hold twenty States; but its majority in ten of these it holds by one single vote. Should there be a third candidate there would be 110 choice found in two of these ten States. Dogs.?The sense of duty seems to be very strong in dogs, and the perseverance with which a dog will perform a selfimposed task, day after day, fancying tint it is his mission.is sometimes very amusing. There is a dog in New York that every day follows a Broadway omnibus piling between some up town street and the Batten. Ilis business is to keep as near the omnibus as pos-iblc, and this lie does with u-rmitorlr.l 7<>n] nnil nftrn fit flip rink nt lii>? life. Sometimes, when the street is very much encumbered with vehicles, he takes to the sidewalk along which he canters on three legs,?an affectation common to his kind.?stopping when the driver stops to take up passengers, and seeming to take as much interest tn the business as though he were a stoekboldcr of the line. This animal has frequently been run ovfr, as is evident from his scars, as well as from his being sometimes coated all over with mud; but he continues to lollow zealously the particular 'bus of his affections, the dogstar of the destinies ol which he appaiently considers himself to be. A twvKFs fellow in Paoli, Indiana, a few <1 yx ago, caught up his littlo daughter auu threw her across the room, injuring her severely and perhaps fatally. Now that he is sober, he declares that he will commit suicide if the child dies. Building Societies in England. It is estimated?for exact returns cannot be procured?that there are 2.000 building societies now in existence in England and Wales, the total number of members being 800,000, with a subscribed capital of over ?9,000,OiK), a loan and deposit capital of over ?0,000,000, total assets to the amount of ?17,000,000, mortgage advances over ?16,000,000, and a yearly iucome of more than ?11,000,000. One society ha9 nearlv 17,000 members, and another 10,000. The income of a single society is overt million And a half of pounds. So great is the confide ce o' the publ c in these enterprises that many of them have reduced the rat of interest to four, and even three, per cent, to check the influx of deposits which still come flowing in. In various districts the banks find it difficult to compete with them. The Saturday Review says: "We hear of single advance , not only of thousands, but of twenty and thirty thousand pounds, being made by building societies, sometimes on the security of mills and fac tones; ana there seems to De no aouDt that they have become to a large extent ( middle-class organizations. On the other * hand, the Commissioners report that the societies still do business mainly with the c wo king classes, or with a class only slightly superior to them in station. In Birmingham, in Ashton-under-Lyne, and i elsewhere, they have greatly encouraged * the construction of houses for the working f and lower middle classes. The statistics 1 of these societies show that, notwithstand- * ing our national reputation for improvi- * denoe, there is yearly an enormous sum in 1 the shape of savings seeking a safe investment." A Street Car Gossip.?A reporter of ^ the Pittsburg (Pa.) Chronicle has been lis tening when he ought to have been better emnloved. What he heard is as follow*: c We found ourselves next to two ladies evidently on their way to attend a funeral, who, in the half hour's ride, conversed of r nothing but death and burial. It appeared ' that one of them only a short time previously had been nigh unto death's door, . l and indeed she showed signs of it yet. ^ Iler companion spoke of the practice of attending funerals, and commented severely *! upon persons who would stick themselves ^ into carriages to the exclusion of nearer ? relatives to a possibly poor family that ^ could not afford a large turnout of vehicles. For herself, she kept back, unless a family that bad plenty, and consequently suffl- ^ cient carriages for all. *he spoke of hei father's goodness in attending funerals, and averred that he never failed to be . E present at the burial of a friend or acquaintance. "Indeed," said she, "papa ,j would always go if it took the last cent in the house. And now that you are well," * s she continued, " for if you were not well 1 \ shouldn't think of telling you?we had it ^ all fixed to go to your funeral, for we were ^ sure you were going to die." The lady to whom this rather dismal news was comv municatcd, quietly expressed surprise, but. ^ we doubt if she felt the gratification expected by the exhibition of sucli kindness on the part of her friend. Struck by a Whale.?An unusal, al- { though by no means unprecedented occur- 1 rence, says an Australian paper, is reported f( by Captain Lockyer, of the bark King 11 Oscar. His account of it is as follows: ? The bark sailed from Ilobart Town on the n 13tb ult., and on the 15th, when 30 miles f to the eastward, off Cape Howe, sighted a a large sperm whale, distant about 300 yards, g and proceeding in the same direction, c The monster fish remained in company f some considerable time?4 days, it is said v ?and finely it was seen to lift its bead v out ot water arm make a turicus uasn at the vessel, striking her u ith tri mendous a force.and careening her over several streaks, y Those who felt the shock compare it to v the striking of a vessel on a rock. The >' pumps were at once sounded, but at fiist d it was supposed no material damage was s< done ; subsequent sounding showed, how- a ever, that the bark was making water at li the rate of six inches an hour, and this she 9 continued to do up to the date of arrival, tl Murder by Wholesale.?Rome days since two men, named Tulden and Anderson, were murdered in Caldwell, Sumner ^ County, Kansas, by a man named McCarty, who escaped into the Indian Territory. A Vigilance Committee immediately set cut ^ in pursuit, found, and shot him. After the ^ return of the vigilantsfrom their excursion, ! a shooting affray occurred at Wellington, . in which a man named Jack Lynch shot s( and wounded two men, Hopkins and Clark, ^ and received two wounds himself. Lynch ? P was arrested. The affair coming to the u knowledge of the Committee, they marched a over to Wellington, a distance of 20 miles, j took Lyuch trom the officers having him a j in custody, and hung him. a The Difference.?A neat, clean, fresh- h aired, sweet, cheerful, well-arranged house 11 exerts a moral influence over its inmates, and makes the members of a family peaceable and considerate of each other's feel- 9 ings and happiness. The connection is j1 obvious between the state of mind thus v produced and respect for others, and lor o those higher duties and obligations which 1 no law can enforce. On the contrary, a ^ filthy, squalid, noxious dwelling, in which none of the decencies of life are observed^ s contributes to make its inhabitants selfish, p s -far and regardless of the feeling of J3 otheij ; and the constant indulgence of v such passions renders them reckless and <] brutal. g Novel Scene in a Court-Room.?Tb< Providence Journal says: An unusua ?cene took place during the trial of tbi :ase of Burges vs. Anderson. The case ii jrougbt to recover moneys won at variou :iraps from the plaintiff at faro by fraudu ent practices. The plaintiff usec|, as ai llustration of the technicalities of tin rame, a complete faro table, with it narking apparatus and silver cue-koe^ er' >ox. An expert, Mr. Daniel 11. Ilelme ook his seat at the table and played th< pme, the counsel and other spectator von their bets, although luck was largel; n favor of the bank. He then took a se >f "strippers," that is, a pack in whicl :ertain of the cards were trimmed at tin des to an edge, unobserv^le to the eyi >ut easily perceived by thV-^ouch of th lealer. By this device the dealer knev he position of any card, and by dealinj wo at a time when necessary, was able t< nake the opposite players lose at will fbis false deck of cards being inserted in o the box, the spectator*, betting a :hoi"e against the bank, found that th lealer distributed the favors of fortune a' o himself, and were at once convince* low immoral a thing gambling is. Thi Xpert testified that he had been in th' leivice of the defendant, and bad used th' strippers1' to defraud the innocent cu* omers. The defendant denies the use o he "skin game" at his place, and says tbi ;torv of the expert is a fabrication result ng from a personal enmity. Howcve hat may be, that such a sinful game i lossible seemed to bo pretty clearly de nonstrated in open court. Romantic Incident.?The Rev. "Dr Hams, in his book of " Thanksgiving Memories," gives us the following inci lent: "In the Cathedral of LimeiicV here hangs a chime of bells, which wer< ast in Italy by an enthusiastic in hi; rade, who fixed his home near the monas ery where they were first hung, that h< night enjoy their sweet and solemn music r some political revolution the bells wer< aken away to some distant land, and th< naker himself became a refugee and exile lis wanderings biought him, after manj 'ears, in Ireland. On a caltn and beauti ul evening, as the vessel which bore bin loated on the placid bosom of theShannoi uddcnly the evening chimes pealed fortl rom the cathedral towers. His expeii need ear caught the sweet sounds, and hi mew that his lost treasures were found lis early home, his old friends, his belovet nd native land, all the beet association! >1 his life were in those sounds. He lni( limself back in the boat, crossed his arm! ipon his breast, and listened to the music Che boat reached the wharf, but still hi ay there, silent and motionless. Tbei poke to him, but he did not answer. Thto vent to biui, but his spirit had fled. Thi ide of memories that came vibrntinj hrough his heart at that well-knowi hime had snanned its life-strings." I vas this incident that suggested to Moon lis song oi 4' The Evening Bells." A Comprehensive "Word.?One da] ast autumn old Smilax kept his boy ou rom school to assist in digging potatoes die rust had struck the tubers, and Smilai eared that decay might set in if they wen iot speedily dug. When the boy nex ttended school his father sent by him i lote explaining why he had be? n takei rom his studies ; and in this explanatioi , due satement of the potato disease wa: ;iven. Mr. Syntax, the teacher, was i rusty, irate man, and upon beholding i nil page ot cramped caligraphy, where < ery brief excuse might have sufficed, h< ras wroth; and he said to the boy ' Tell your father not to write such a mes: s this agaiD. If he has occasion to kec] ou away from school hereafter, a Singh f rd of explanation as to the cause o our absence will be sufficient." A feu ays afterwards old Sniilax went at hi: econd field of potatoes, and claimed tlx ssistance of his son, as before. When tlx id next appeared at school he bore to Mr, yntax a note from his father eontaininp bis single comprehensive word, and notliag more: 44Keptatomatatering." Small-pox.?In Dublin. the smalI-i>ox ontinues its ravages with unabated vio;nce and intensity, being most fatal to bildren under two years of age. A letter om Dr. Speedy to the guardians of the forth Dublin Union bears strung testilony to the value of revaccination. ' I ave," he says, 'revaccinated 1.400 perms during the past throe months, a large roportion of whom had good marks of rimary vaccination, yet in these individals excellent vesicles were formed, and mong all 110 case of small-pox occurred." t is stated as a medical fact that persons ddicted to the use of intoxicating drinks rex more liable to be attacked by this jathsome disease than those ol abstemious vcs and regular hab ts. The Young.?The Massachusetts Soiety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anmals has been distributing prizes among he pupils in the public schools of Boston rho have produced the best compositions n the subject of kindness to animals, .'his literary exercise is presumed todeelop in them a di-position to treat houselold pets with proper consideration, but ccording to our experience, nobody is o expert at tine preaching add villainous ractice on the same subject as small ioys. We should not be surprised to ?arn that the recipient of the first prize rent home and tied the teakettle to the og's tail or treated the cat to a dose ol ;inger. ? Murdered by Burglars. 1 Chas. II. Phelps, a jeweler of New s York was killed by burglars who were ' s attempting to rob his house. Hearing a , 5 noise Mr. P. made a search and had reach- i " ed the recess under the stairs which led | 3 to the third floor when he saw two men ( 5 rush past. One was instantly seized by ( s Mr. Philps, and a struggle ensued. While < p Mr. Phelps was struggling with this thief ] !> his confederate came to his assista nce and j e seized Mr. Phelps by the arms. The first , s thiet then rushed down stairs, ran out of 1 f the hall door and escaped. Mr. Phelps ] 1 clung to the other, and a terrible struggle 1 for the mastery ensued. The thief was , L' the more powerful man of the two, and , e Mr. Phelps, finding that he was getting the best of him, shouted for a friend in 1 r the house to come to his assistance. The 1 friend heard the* call and started to come ; 3 down the steps. At this the thief re- ! * doubled his exertions to free himself from | * the grasp of Mr. Phelps. Finding that he T could not do so in time to escape from ! b the other gentleman, who by this time ' was half way down the steps, he pulled , J a revolver from his breast pocket, and ! e placing the muzzle close to Mr. Phelps1 ! e breast fired. The shock caused Mr. e Phelps to loosen his hold, and the thief : " darted for the stairs. Physicians were ] ^ called who declared Mr. Phelps1 wound ' e mortal. His wife, who was in Syracuse, J " was telegraphed for to come home, and r h's daughter, who was at boarding-school, < 5 was sent for. On her arrival she fainted 1 away, and was with difficulty revived. 1 Lassoing a Wild Bull.?We break- j ' fasted a little before seven, says a corre- 1 ? spondent, writing from California, and then went out on the great common to 3 see two vacqueros lasso a wild bull. They ' very nearly separated the animal from the j herd, drove it at full tilt towards us, and, { when it threatened to run us down, whizz < went the riata, and, though I looked with ] all my eyes, I saw nothing except that j the animal stopped in mid career, and ( tumbled over as though it were shot, j Thereupon the vacquero coolly got ofi ] his horse, first winding the end of the j riata about the pomme- of his saddle, and | thereupon I saw the most curious part of j the whole business. The horse, a mere < pony, stood with its fore legs planted | firmly, and a very knowing look in his eyes. Presently the bull began to to ; j struggle; he managed, by a sudden mo- ; tion, to rase himself halt-erect; but the s j horse quickly took a step backward, tight- 1 ^ ened the rope, and down went the bull. 1 helpless. This was repeated several times, < till I did not know which most to admire, : ? 1 the horse or the man who had ?e thorough- ! lv taught it. 1 1 r Lowest Type of Humanity.?On the 1 1 Island of Borneo has been found a certain < c race of wild creatures, of which kindred 1 L- varieties have been discovered in the Philippine Islands, in Terra del Fuego, and in South America. They walk usually, j almost erect on two leg , and in that attit tilde measure about four feet in height. 1 They are dark, wrinkled and hairy. They ' c construct no habitation, form no families, 1 ? scarcely associate together, sleep in caves ' 1 and trees, feed on snakes and vermin, on svswr* ?n/1 /\n aa/iK Af Ii ah T li A V Ann. ^ ^ alJL n aiJU Ull vntu 1^1/11^31 A utj vc*u 1 not be tamed or forced to any labor, and ! are linnted and shot among the trees like 4 the great gorilla, of which they are a t stunted copy. When they are captured i alive, one finds with surprise that their ^ uncouth jabbering sounds like articulate ? language. They turn up a human face to : gaze at tbeii captors, and the females show 3 instincts of modesty; and, in fine, these , wretched beings are men. j 1 Evert Man to Hit Trade.?An ingenious but over-conceited man undertook to mend a tin tea-kettle. Ho had seen ' tinners do the thing, and knew he could ' do it too. In prodding around the bottom ' of the kettle for weak places, he found one where he least expetted it, and ran the brad-awl through his finger. Whereupon he howled with anguish and dropped the kettle on the head of his infant son. lying prone on the floor at his feet chewing a rubber rattle. 1 he infant a beau was badly c ' cnt, and, in the excitement which followed, another young Purcell managed to tip over v the s' lder and catch about a spoonfull of n it in his little shoe, and added his lusty yells to the family chorus. The unhappy ^ Purcell tied up hi? finger, put sticking plaster on the baby's head, plastered oint- ^ tnent on the boy's foot, and left the tea kettle at the tin-shop on his way to the doctor's. j Rules for Business Men.?From some published 44 Rules for Business Men" we extract the following in relation to adver- e tising: Take advantage of modern facili- r ties. Use the means within your reach ; increase and multiply the means of infor- * mation. To compete successfully with a c neighbor, participate in the facilities af- t forded to go ahead. Don't depend upon ? your own lungs alone; use the lungs of ^ the press. Make it known by printer's t ink that you are prepared to do business c Sell at small profits lor cash, and make it f known through the newspapers. All that 3 i any honest, legitimate concern requires is 1 good judgment, close industry, unwavering ' integrity, superior workmanship, fair prices, 8 and to do better by customers, if possible, ? I than others in the same business?and c give it publicity. i Farmhouse Notes. A Suggestion fob County Societies. ?The American Agriculturist thiQks tlie cs iairy business of this country is not oti i satisfactory footiug, by any means, and ^ solely because of the multitude of poor lows, which are kept year after year. This, it says, is a matter worthy the at tention of the County Agricultural Sosieties. Every one of these associations te should introduce improved stock, by o( means of thoroughbred male animals, into their localities. Tt is a good work ^ to elevate the ideas of farmers and to gl foster a taste for improvements, but to the great majority of their clients the possession of such a stock, or the use of ni it, is quite unattainable, on account of 81 want of the necessary means. By making this a special branch of their oper- >] ations, the usefulness of these societies b: would be much increased, and their im- pi portance greatly en ianced. Best Method with Obstinate Butter, tl ?A Virginia contributor writes as fol- et lows for the benefit of a farmer aorres- ci pondent who detailed his troubles in churning and asked "how to make the ei butter come quickly. Having been a o sufferer from the same annoyance, and ti having discovered a very simple remedy, and one which in our case has proved ^ entirely successful, 1 think it right to ?< m&Ke it known, it is simpiy to piace in ? each two-gallon jar of cream one pint of buttermilk. My wife, following the good old Virginia stvle, delights in tak- ri ing charge of the dairy department after je it comes from the stable to the house, ft She has the milk skimmed into gallon crocks and placed in the cellar for twen- 8S ty-four hours, then skims the cream, c< which is put into two-gallon jars,to each j? r>f which one pint of the buttermilk of 0' the last churning is added, keeps the cream at about a temperature of sixtyfive degrees, until it gets to the consis- 111 tency of clabber, which generally takes 01 ibout forty-eight hours, when with but 01 little trouble the old-fashioned dasher ai brings the golden butter. ci How to Preserve Egos for Hatch- q [no.?Having been a long time in the ^ business of raising fancy poultry, I, like ? many others, hare suffered much from the eggs being chilled at about this season ., of the year. As fancy eggs are now in. ? demand, or soon will be, it is of vital importance to the breeder to know bow to ^ preserve liis eggs which are now being laid, so as to be able to supply the urgent demand ; for every persou wants eggs at ^ ibout the same time, and wants them b with the germ of vitality uniujured. This r< is is a very simple process. Iam, and have al long been, a breeder of fancy poultry, and this is my method : Let every nest have ^ i good bottom of waste paper, which, ef p course, is to be covered with straw ; look n diarp after the eggs, and after allowing C( the animal heat to subside about half, tl pack in a box in a cellar, in a dry place, with any kind of dry waste paper. When ^ you want to ship, procure pasteboard ^ boxes, aud pack the eggs in paper shavings ; then wrup in as much as a dozen " thicknesses or more of paper, and tie tight; this prevents,-to a great extent, concussion, which destroys so many eggs shipped to a distance. Eggs thus packed u may be sent through a zero temperature ti without danger of bejng chilled in the T transit. All intelligent persons know D that paper is a non-conductor. Let those w who do not know this fact place a common newspaper or two between the bedclothes and remove a heavy blauket or j, quilt at the same time, and they will S) soon satisfy themselves beyond doubt. - f( Country Gentleman. ^ it Mexico.?I asked an intelligent member of the Mexican Congress, says William " Cullen Bryant, how it was that instead t] of submitting quietly to the result of ?n s< election as we here submit, even when it " ' "1 is pretty manifest that the successful party has used unfair means, his countrymen 30 often resort to the sword, as if the qucs- ^ tion of fairness could be settled by cutting j, each others' ihroats. "It is in our blood," o: be answered; " it is owing to the impa-!11 tience of our tempeiment. The cure must ^ be to invite emigration from countries like Qi the Uuited States, where the popular vote decides the matter, and the beaten party takes its revenge by obtaining the major-1 itv at the next election." The remedy is ^ i sure one, but there is this difficulty in i 01 ipplying it, that the emigrants will not P1 urive until the evil shall be already ;ured, and the country in a state of perfect juiet. | *c 0 A Vigilance Committee.?Nowadays,^ lays a New York paper, the torrible crime ! if murder is veiled under so many flimsy Qr egnl disguises that the very fundamental aws of society seem to be disregarded by hose who are supposed to be the guardians >f law. A vigilance committee in the ^ netropolis of America may seem an extra rdinary institution hi the present soailed age of progress and civilization, but ^ vhen life and property pre regarded as sj acre trifles by judges and policemen, we aay yet see Judge Lynch enthr ned here> i; leanwhile, the dangerous classes rejoice sj( ,t the bounteous harvest spread before p, hem, and peaceable and honest citizens | ni cse all confidence in the creatures placed j m ver them under the misnomer of "guar-j w, liaus of the peace." I m ; hi Goats.?A California journal tells a vc tory of a gentleman who, having gone ntensively into the Angora goat busi-1 ?r less, built a spacious corral, and erected ?f( waterproof sheds to protect his property th rom the weather. When the first heavy an torm came he drove the goats into the :orral at night. But on going, late in he evening, to look after them, not a ^oat could he find. Just as he was ,Lout to go away, greatly disturbed, he tu lappened to lift his lantern and his eyes ? ' ipward, and he beheld the entire flock 1X? >f goats perched on the top of his care- ^ ully constructed shed, and evidently enoying the heavy storm which was pour- ?* ng down. ~~ an A terrible explosion of petroleum ind gunpowder has taken place in Tri- th x>litza, Greece. Twenty lives were lost te nstantly, and many persons received yc levere injuries, whieh in some eases, it ta m feared, will prove fatal an Brevities. Whatever you dislike in another take ire to correct in yourself. Troubles are like dogs, the smaller tey are the more they annoy you. Genius unexulted is no more geniui tan a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. The Brewers' Association of the Unid States represents a capital of 8300,X),000. A good word is an easy obligation ; it not to speak ill requires only our lence, which costs us nothing. A Connecticut editor offers to "vacciite, free of charge, all new, prepaying lbscribers to his paper for thirty days." At Clear Lake, Iowa, on the first of [ay, every citizen was expected to ring at least one tree and plant it in the ' nblic square. ' The greatest treasure is contentment; ie greatest luxury is health ; the greatit comfort is sleep; and the best mediine is a true friend. Josh Billings says : "If a man has got ighty thousand dollars at interest, and wns the house he lives in, it aint much ouble to be a philosopher." When the Prince de Conde was told iat bis enemies called him a deformity, How do they know that ? " he said ; they bare never seen my back." Turquoise necklaces, rings, and earngs are the most fashionable style of welry worn at present, and are beauti 11? ?vm'tL ?\AA%*la nn/1 liiv DCt Willi pcailiS BUU Lord Baxfield, the Scotch judge, onee tid to an eloquent culprit at the bar : You're a vera clever cbiel, mon ; but m thinking ye wad be none the waur a hangin'." All the new spring bonnet? are triraled with a profusion of lace and flow's. The favorite combination of coirs seems to be a delicate shade of blue id rose color. A new dance just introduced into soal circles, is called " The Baltimore otillion," and promises to be a rival to le hitherto popular dance known as the Boston Dip." '< A new style of earring is composed of iree hoops, one within the other, the rst ring being studded with small dialonds, the second ring of pearls and 10 third of turquoise. The longest bridge in the world is on le Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, etween Texas station and Mobile. It jsts on iron cylinders, has ten draws, ad is fifteen miles in length. A resolution was offered before the merioan Medical Assocation by Dr, [arner, of Virginia, and adopted, that lembers of the association should ditlurage the use of alcohol for stimuli in icir remidies. * A bright little girl at Milton, Wiseonin, having been desired to write a sendee introducing the woid "carrion," resented the following to her teacher: Bad children often carrion in chuith lien they ought to be quiet." On the first of May the U. S. Departlent of Agriculture completed its dis ibution of seeds in the entire country, his was much earlier than usual. The epartment cannot, therefore, comply ith the present requests for supplies. A lady teacher in an Iowa school lately unislied a boy for kissing the big girls y making him stand up before all the ;holars and show how it was done. She 3und this policy wouldn't work. The oys thonght it capital punishment, and ; had to be abolished. A gentleman in London lately inmakig return .of his income to the Tax Comlissioners, wrote on the paper: "For le last three years my income has been amewhat less than ?150; in the future will be piore p ecarious, as the man is ead from whom I borrowed the money." It costs something to bo elected in the British House of Commons. In a recent antest in Yorkshire the legitimate exenses of the successful candidate were fficialiy reported at $53,615, while the nsuccessfnl antagonist had had to pay 12,159. A member of parliament revives-no salary or pecuniary allowance I any sort. Thf. Horses.?All good people will fully idorse these, The Ohio Farmer's remarks i humanity to old horses : It is a common raetice in this country to make old horses reak the colt and too often work with lem for years. It is hard for an old horse ' + V% n oolf or a trnnnrr oot 1 ro Imisir. t ? Ul rv tiitua v wi v vi n j vuii^ av vi ? v uvi uv( Id horses, like old men, are often capable performing more hard work than some jung ones, who can beat them for an hour more. The. old man want3*to take a cderatejog and can hold out all day, but littl; immoderate exertion for a tew inutes unstring? him perhaps for all day. n old horse driven at the top of his speed few miles spoils the day's journey. When ice made sere or strained, the result is iflness the next day. The old horse ould not haul his load to town and then ((orced to trot back. It does not injure m as much to do the heavy work with dw motion as to do the light jobs at the st gait. Again, the old horse requires ore time to eat his meals and rest his rves Of all animals the old horse is the urst abused. Although he has been the ost faithful and profitable servant, yet in s old age the lash is applied to force a / >uthful vigor long gone. The older he ows the more he feels the lash. He is I ten turned out of doors to give place to e colts. Al! these things are inhuman d shameful. A young man in Philadelphia was the ctim of misplaced confidence a short ne ago. lie was particularly sweet on very young lady, and called one eveng, having previously paid her several sits. The girl's parents thinking both o young to keep company with each her, gave a gentle hint to that effect first by calling the girl out of the room, id sending her to bed; and secondlj, r the lady of the house bringing into e room a huge slice of bread and butr, spread with jam, and saying to the >uth, in her kindest manner, u There, ke this and go home; it is a long way, id your mother will be anxious,"