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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. !
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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
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\ 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
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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
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nothing but death and burial. It appeared '
that one of them only a short time previously
had been nigh unto death's door,
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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 .
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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,"
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she continued, " for if you were not well 1
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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.
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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, :
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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.
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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.
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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. ^
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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
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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
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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. ~~
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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,"