Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, July 11, 1872, Image 1
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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLTTICS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS-TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. ? _ ? _
I VOL. II. XO. 40. BEAUFORT, S.' C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872. . IKWJJ * -
The locksmith's Story.
ILLUSTRATED BY D. SCATTER GOOD.
Ir Well, uo! Mv wife ain't dead, sir, but I've lost
her all the same;
She left me voluntarily, and neither was to
l blame.
It's rather a queer story, and I think you will
agree?
p^^^hen you hear the oircumstances?'twas rather
rough on me.
Shr was a soldier's widow. He was killed at
Malvern Hill:
And when I married her the seemed to sorrow
for him st'll;
But I br ught her here to Kansas. I never
want to see
V better wife than Mary was, for five bright
years to me!
mB^The change of scene brought cheerfulness, and
' soon a rosy glow
Of happiness warmed Mary's cheeks and melted
all 1 heir snow.
I think she loved me some?I'm bound to think
that of her, sir,
And as for in' T can't begin to tell how I loved
her!
1'hrce > uiz ugo the baby came, our humble
home to bless;
el then I reckon I was nigh to perfect happiness
; *
' i'was hers-'twas mine?but I've no language
to explain to you
Mow that littl" girl's weak fingers our hearts
together drew!
Once we watched it through a fever, and with
each gasping breath,
Dumb with an awful, worldless woe, we waited
for its death ;
Vnd though I'm not a pious man, our souls together
there
For Heaven to spare our darling went up in
voiceless prayer.
tnd when the doctor said 'twould live, our joy
what words could tell?
riasot-d in each other's arms, our grateful tears
together fell.
Sometimes, vi.u see. tho shadow fell across our
litt.e nest.
But it only made the sunshine seem a doublywelcome
guest.
W rk c :me to me a plenty, and I kept the anvil
ringing,
' Early and late you'd find me there a hammering
and singing;
J/.ve nerved my arm to labor, and tuned my
tongue to song.
And though my singing wasn't sweet, it was
almighty strong
< >ne day a one-armed strauger stopped to have
nit nail a shoe,
\nd while 1 was at work we passed a compliment
or two.
1 asked him how he lost his arm. He said
'twas shot away
At Malvern Hill. At Malvern Hill! Did you
know Hubert May ?"
" J'niit'f* vesaid lie. "You, you!" I gasped,
g wi.li horrid doubt;
" If \ or,' e a linn, j*ist follow nie : we'll try thin
mystery out."
With -tizzy stt ps I led liim to Mary. God
'Twas tru"!
The i the bitterest pangs of misery unspeakable
1 knew.
Froz 11 with deadly horror, she stared with
ey? s of stone,
Vnu from : r quivering lips there broke one
wi.d despairing moan.
' 1* .a he the hnshand of her youth, now risen
from the dead,
Hut ali too ate-and with that bitter cry her
sensis tied.
1A%! \n
'S . h f ,H 'M \
Wliar . uld lx'd>ne? He was reported dead.
() his return
H< strove in vain some tidings of his absent
wife to learn.
I is v ell that he vas innocent! Else V<ihave
l illed him too.
So ! a I he never would have riz till Gabriel's
trumpet blew!
* was agreed that Marv then between us
sin iil?] decide,
A d e?:e by her decision would sacredly abide.
No s i: rat the judgment seat, waiting eternal
dwoni.
< on ! suffer what I did while waiting sentence
in that room.
Hi.ul and breathless there we stood, with
m-rvt - a? tens* as steel, !
Whi Mux's eyes sought each white face, in
pit' mis ..ppoal.
<",nd! CouUl not woman's dnty he less hardly
reconciled
[* h< r lawful husband and the father of
her child.
\h, iiow my heart was chilled to ice when she
knelt down and said. j
" Forgive nie, John! He is my husband 1
Here! A i?e! not dead !"
1 raised her tenderly and tried to tell her she j
was right,
but somehow in my aching breast the prisoned
words stuck tight!
" But, John. I can't leave baby" "What! wife ,n^
and child?" cried I; Pre
"Must I yield all? Ah, cruel! Better that I r
Bbonld die. * ra
Think of the long, sad. lonely honrs waiting in 0f >
gloom for me?
No wife to cheer me with her love?no babe to the
climb my knee 1 natj
And yet yon are her mother, and the sacred Pe,1(
mother love mor
Is still the purest, tenderest tie that heaven
ever wove. t,on
Take her, but promise, Mary?for that will mor
bring no shame?
My little cirl shall bear, and learn to lisp her sevc
father's name P cora
It may be, in the life to come, I'll meet my tion
child and wife ;
But yonder, bv mv cottage gate, we parted for
this life; ' wha
One long hand-clasp from Mary, and my dream j.
of love was done!
One long embrace from my baby, and happiness the
was gone 1 u: ,
1 __
y 1
An Ingenious Swindle. ^
A fellow has been arrested in New York
for an ingenious swindle. He sent litho- su^
graphed circulars all over the country, in r
which lie said : t?u1
T wish to sell you the enclosed note,
which T received in payment ol a bill of
leather that I sold when I was in that ^
business. I failed about three months
since, and lost everything I bad except resl]
this note. 1 am to be examined bv my pvj
creditors in ten days. I will have to swear t
to whether I have anything left or not. kne
It they find I have not sold this note I pQp
will have to turn it over to them. I can- j
not say whether they know anything ^
about this note or not; if they ask me, I t
want to swear that I sold it to a man who '
I Out'
lives out West; my lawyer says that they <t -p|
have no right to ask me the person's name j
that I sold it to, or how much I received ,ars
for it, but they have a right to ask me m;s.(
what I have done with the money. Now,
' nuts
what I wish to do is this. You hold this ^
note until about a week before it falls ^
due, tlien put it in the bank for collection. ajy(>!
They will not charge you more than $5 j
for collecting it; then you send me ?800, ^ju>
and I will give you the balance for your strouble,
which is Slfid. Don't mention yy.
anvtbing about this note to any one. 1
* * pnin
don't wish any one to know who holds it ?
until after it is paid, then I don't care. j
* ?l t o :
curing rae war, wouu 1 was ai opuug- cQr_
tield, a friend of mine mentioned vonr (jpfT(
r.anu to me, and from what he said I know cont
that you will be honest in this matter. 1 acco
am afraid to let any one who lives in this t
State hold it, for fear that some of my u
creditors might lincl out who has it?then
they eould attach the note; but when it wjt|
is held in any other State my lawyer says w
they can't do anything about it. Hoping 20t
that you will attend to this for me, I am, C()jn
with much respect,
"Thomas 1). Tjiokp. S<
"737 Broadway, New York City. An <
" P. S.?Send me $5, which amount I in P
will <pend. then when I am examined 1 of a
- an swear that I expended all ?.f the money I)ur
that 1 received for the note, if they ask was
inc anything about it. I will give you a in b
receipt tor the $5. T. D. T. two
"To Mr. A. J. Brooks." she
The promissory note is sent with the the
circular. It i? printed on poor paper and she
ha< on the left hand side what appeals to spar
be a 50 cent internal revenue stamp; who
around the figure in small letters are the e<l t
words " 50 cent stamp is requited by law not
on this note to make it valid." Any sigai
number ot people took the bait and sent muc
the $>">. and all will say it served them <]eat
just right. ,nes
kill
Country Newspapers.? Few people y .
appreciate the value of the village papers ^
which gather up the news of a county and ^
advocate the interests of a locality. And
tew understand the amount of ability required
to edit such a paper, where one w^j
man nm>t be editor, publisher, printer, j
book-keeper and all. Imagine how much C()U,
the intelligence ot the country would stif y
fer by the blotting out of the country
newspapers, which treat the immediate
interests f the people and thus come into
immediate contact with their minds.
The true c? untry editor understands that ^
his paper thrives by being intensely local;
that it is not by learned editorials on tariff j
and income tax. but by articles in favor s| j
of the new railroad, by description of the ^
new factory, by advocacy of the new
bridge, that he must succeed. People
look at this column notonlv for the latest
r wh(
general news, but for a mention ot every
... . bee i
interesting tact, ot every curious matter
. .. .... a ta
of gossip in Ins own country. And tnusi
tin- paper becomes the reflector of the r ^
current events and the public sentiment
of liis section. Nothing is toosmall to be 'I:u*
itemized if only it is of interest. A conn- co,n
try editor advertised the other day that mor
he would insert a list of the names of all j,lt
the people who had joined the churches J ,u
in the county in a recent revival. Which itu"
showed that he understood his business.
He proposed to chronicle every event of wa*
interest occnring in his jurisdiction.
Every intelligent family should give a
cordial support to the local newspaper.
It is one of the great educational iuflu- aftc
euces. | feed
to t
The ruius of Fort Sumter will shortly His
be removed, and a new fort constructed I fo
on the site. kicl
v
Dean Richmond's Forethougl
is an instance of the shrewdne:
j Dean Richmond, reaching fr
prescience, the opinion of Wi
rcy, as expressed to me. touc
liminary proceedings in New
ird to the Presidential electioi
r not be inappropriately pro<
connection. " If I had listen*
ice of Mr. Richmond, instead c
n my own judgment,'' said the
old statesman, " I should hi
sident of the United States ir
nklin Pierce. The undivided
lew York would, as things t
Convention, have given me t
on. Richmond foresaw the
:y which there arose, and hen*
e strenuously that the Stare
i should appoint the delegates
e instead of remitting the cboi
ral Congressional districts. M
posed two-third* of the State
i, and there wa* nothing incc
h the usages of the party or ui
it he recommended. Still I w
*- U f cliAilIrl Vl OTT* U m G
I, MIUW x OUVU.U uu< v %* U.v
(Toleration. Tie persisted, a:
arauments had areat force, I r<
declined his proposition. II
t a division among tiie delegate
fatal to me; that in order t
Dort from other States I mi
id the undivided vote of Ne
lloardsley and Dickinson woul
nomination, and with effect,
t I could not carry my ow
reas, if our delegation acted a
such nretences could be sot i
ilts vindicated the sagacity
bmond. In laet, his foresight
tion were rarely at fault,
w a safer adviser or a mote ft
tician."
incoln. Greeley, and Kichmoi
ed in a handsome coach wfc
been brought out on the Cent
I: chatting in a free and easy
his is something like, Deon," ss
' but why don't you have
made in this way ? The
>rablc old things are nothin
ance." ;'We adopt improvei
7 are invented,"' was the rep
changes have to be gradual; vr
"d to throw aside substantial <
cost a g eat deal of money, ai
road with those that are tnor
, merely for the comfort of pa
enever we build new ones, w
ite all available improvements.
Oh, that's no excuse,'' was C
indor. ll The people confer n
orationsspeciai and extraordin;
and I tell you they will
;ent unless von give them 1
nijdations to be had. Why d
on this kind of car at once ?"
Why don't we, sure enough
i't 3 ou start your infernal old
1 three hundred thousand subsc
Horace, I think Richmond lit
vou there," quietly remarked
ENE AT A TniAL OF A COMM
exciting scene occurred the o
aris during the trial by court
I lOi.inon tiinncfl A llirimtinp
ingtlie fighting in Paris this
seen in the streets, her hands
lood, and boasting that she h;
soldiers. On the entry of th
was taken prisoner and placed
wall to be shot, butonhersuj
lnid tended the wounded, the
ed her life. On the trial, ai
i was charged with her detent'
hat her mind was deranged,
man," she exclaimed, " and
nst the words. 1 have siiHV
h in prison, and demand to b<
h ! hut your turn will come a
i of Versailles were too cow;
me, but you will be shot lil
e la Commune!" At those w
lie rushed on her, and the gu
atertere for her portection, ai
her away, still'crying out, '
limine! A basles Versailaiss
lout her bonnet or shawl, wl
1 torn from her in the struggl
t eventually condemned hern
s' hard labor. The woman v
mdit back, and on hearing her ;
1. she again burst out in a
kery. 41 The cowards, thev
;! Hah! I am 35, and in
s 1 shall be only 55, and still j
ething. But it. is only a in
;h at; a change ot Gocernmer
1 he out at once, and that wil
;. Vive la Commune!"
or no Dunn*.?The boy Dun
>se trial for manslaughter tl
i so much excitement in New
ir representative of the voun
iotham. He was sent to the 1
uge on the complaint of his si
been previously sent there
iplaint of his father. His ov
>y shows hitn to be, if not rule
ast in the fair road to become c
while attending school sta{;
slier in the knee because hec >
self as being punished nnju>i
sent to Sing Sing for one
ing his keeper in the House of
wo New York Assemblyraf
king do^ 11 State street, in
r the passage of the charter b
said one of them, "asiflc
>e kicked for voting for the c
friend replied, " That's just
el myself ; let us go up this a
% each other."
it. Texas Cattle Drovert.
ss of the At Firebaugh's, says a correspondent, I
equontly fell at once from California to Texas, jj
illiam L. Who drives wild cattle must himself be Q
hing the wild, I suppose. I found myself in the t]
Ycrk, in evening, in a large room, used as a store ^
i of 1852, and shop, where eighteen or twenty vac- a
Juced in queros or cattle-herders sat about an open b
ed to the fire, and smoked, and chewed, and swore, ^
)f acting and spat, with great gravity and decorum. r,
! far see- Some were Americans, from Missouri for t|
ive been Texas?the persons called " Pikes" in this t]
istead of State; some were Mexicans, who came in c
support with jingling spurs, and with riding trow- v
rued in sera made of calf skin with the hair left
he nomi- on, which gave them quite a startling and g
contin- disgusting satyr-like look. There is noth- ^
ce urged ing picturesque about the Pike, lie is a g
Conven creature for use and not for ornament. ^
to Balti As I sat among these men, after supper, T
ce to the began to think I should have to take some g
y friends care not to be spit on ; but the accuracy, t)
Conven- neatness, and precision of their aim pres- t]
insistent eritly assured me. One fellow, lounging q
nisual in on the Counter behind me, spat over my e
as averse hat; a vigorous cross-fire was kept up by w
linrit V <)f /-.f ar>rnco HiO fnns of in V shops
v l/M V UtllV.1 ?Vi V" V vvvw ? J www^w p
id while a scattered but uuintermitting rain fell w
ductaut- upon the center of the floor, and occasion
c urged ally the fire received a douche; but I p
;s would believe I mav safely say that no accident ^
o secure occurred in the whole course of the even- 0
ist com- jug. It happened that Mr. Miller, the 0
w York, great cattle man himself, was present that jr
Id oppose evening. He is a German by birth, short,
alleging aj(1t in his movements, neatly dressed, ^
n State; an(j ^vitli a good nose, a low forehead, but
is a unit, a remarkably expressive countenance. lie ^
lp. The busied himself with instructions to his ^
of Dean foreman, smoking meanwhile, and I was ^
and pen- amuscd to see that when once he got up w
I never yrom his chair, a vacquero slipped into it Q]
ir-soeing _and as there were more people than j
chairs, after wandering about the room ^
rid were for a wh lc, exposed to a battery of tobac- ft]
iich had C0-juice, the owner of half a million acres ^
ral Rail- finally squatted down in the wood box, at m
manner, fbe side of the fire, and prudently took
lid Gree- care not to get up again until he went off
all your t0 bed. His men give him a good name
common for liberality and kindness to them, and to
g but a ajj vvorkingmcn ; and I believe there is no
nents as doubt that he is an uncommonly able busi- ^
ly, ''but ness man ]je began life poor, in Califor- ^
e cannot njaj ]ess tban jy years ago, and has made
:ars that bis fortune " in cattle." ,i
id stock
e ex Den- What he Proposes to Do tn Cuba, m
' y ?The Daily Morning Chnniele contains al
ssengeth ftU accom,t 0f what is proposed to be m
m incur- done under the lead of General Ryan, ?
who left on the steamer Fanny for Cuba.
Jreelev's The plan of operation is stated to be : lu
' On disembarking General Ryan will
pon you ^rgt rally the Coast Guard, and ira- bi
arv priv- mediately dispatch fleet couriers to the
rint- hp Intpvinr nf Hip ill Mild to annoilllCft to
the best I trusted Cubans, already aware of the Ir>
,* i approaching Army of Liberation, his ol
' j arrival ; and will with all expedition get V(
together the largest force he can for j
? Why the purpose of protecting the landing '
Tribune of two expeditions which follow him
ribers without delay. Three steamers put to 01
sea the same day, each one having the g(
>s lather destination, but the Fanny will
Mr. Lin- reach the rendezvous some little time
in advance of the others. The entire
force amounts to fully 1,200 men, and le
(:NIST all of them are completely armed and th
. . equipped. General Ryan will remain
lCr a- on the coast, and expects to have, with-martial
jn forty-eight hours of his landing, at
Chiffon, least five thousand true Cubans rallied ar
woman standard, and ready armed to w
__, make a fight, if necessary, for the pro- ^
" (Ci' ( tection of the disembarkation of men
id killed from the two other steamers. More ex- m
e troops peditions are to follow the one already bi
against s^rted, and strong hopes are entertain- h<
. ed that the great object will be acinH
18 complished between now and the Presii
troops dental election.
i officer th
?]ea(].! Having Some Fun.?The return of the
L|J ' Derby races is always accompanied by
1 Hln fun and frolic, but the London News Is
protest: gives an incident of this year's return
1 I which lirmnilv enmhin s fnn and frolic T
;i cu iuu ?rr- v ;
e put to w ^ l.vm'h haw. On the evening of the V(
races the occupants of a four-horse drag fj
lso; the were amusing themselves as they apurdly
to proached home by pelting pedestrians '
;e dogs! with flour, peas, and other missiles, re
or s the They pulled nP iR ii10 Clapham road for th
refreshments, leaving three of their ^
ard had num])er fn caro f(,r the horses, and these
id drag- proceeded with their sport. Unfortu'Vive
la natelv they threw flour on the wife of a hi
( "' and ilway porter, who immediately called at
.on the crowd to storm the drag. No
iich had sooner than done, and in an instant ^
e. I lie , the funny gentlemen were pulled from a
> twenty | their seats, carried to a liorse-trougli, m
vas then soundly ducked, rolled in the mud, and o>(
then sprinkled with their own flour. As ^
sentence S()0n p0SSibje they and their comrades
tone ot drove rapidly away amid the jeers and r
do not lioots of the crowd. g<
twenty
good for ^AY 0F ^CTORS-?The following are said \\
nttor to to be the weekly salaries paid to the late 0i
it and I company at Wallack's Theatre, New York, ^
1 not he Tohn Brougham, $200; Charles Mathews, ' ^
S500; John Gilbert, ?100; J. II. .Stoddard,
$75; Mr. Polk, $50; Miss Plessy j a)
! Mordaunt, $100; Mrs. Sefton, S75; Miss (],
n, a < ut j|0jcn Tracy, ?60. The nightly expenses et
, . were about S700: the receipts averaged i ni
York is! ' fo oi
, ! $1,000. It should he underslood that I
tr rough
|j ^ J only the selected few in theatres receive a
such sums. The bulk of actors and ac- j fi
ter. lie . , A . i11
tresses receive from $5 to $25 a week. i iw
on the _ j IM
>n testi- : Canadian inventor has lately obtained
sperado, a patent for an ingenious process by which | ^
)ne- I tools, after being first fashioned of wrought j'
>bed his jron^ may be converted into steel. This :
nsidered js accomplished by immersing the articles j
'.v- in a bath of molten cast-iron, free from;
year for ?ulphur and phosphoric, and charged with
Refuge. Carbon to its utmost capacity. The size
of the implement and the degree of hard?n
were ne5S required govern the time it is to re- ^
Albany, . . , ' l'
jl (i j main in the bath. gl
leserved ^
barter." Take away from mank nd their vanity tc
the way and their ambition, and there would be g<
11 ey and but few claiming to be heroes and pa- r<
Iriots. |Tl
$
How Gunpowder is Made.
How do you think you would like to
ve. fearing every moment to be blown
p; not daring to speak loud, to jar any
bing, for fear of starting an explosion
'hich would send you in an instant to
nother world ? You don't think it would
e very pleasant ? Well, it isn't; yet hunreds
of men live in just that state, work,
eceive pay, and live, year after year, in
be very sight of death, as it were; all that
be world may have gunpowder. You
an easily guess that these men go about
ery quietly, and rarely laugh.
You know that gunpowder is very danerousin
a gun, or near a fire, but peraps
you don't know that it is equally danerous
all throagh the process of making.
l powder mill is a fearful place to visit,
nd strangers are very seldom allowed to
- Ti ? U.,:U t..~
0 IIHO C/Iie. ?"t?J ttl C uunt mi 111/in hi*/
awn, in the woods, and each branch of
he work is done in a seperate building,
'hese houses are quite a distance from
ach other, so that if one blows up, it
ron't blow up the rest. Then the lower
arts of the buildin g are made very strong,
diile the roofs are very lightly set on, so
it explodes, only the roof will suffer.
!ut in spite of every care, sometimes a
ho'e settlement of the powder mills goes
ft' almost in an instant, and every vestige
f the work of years will be swept away
1 a few seconds.
But though you feel like holding your
reath to look at it, it is really a very insisting
process to see. It is made, peraps
you know, of charcoal, saltpetre and
rimstone. Each of these article is preared
in a house by itself; and the house
here they are mixed is the first terrible
ne. In this building is an immense million?,
rolling round and round in an iron
ed. In this bed, and under the stone,
:e put the three fearful ingredients of
anpowder. There they are thoroughly
lixed and ground together.
This is a very dangerous operation, beluseif
the stone coines in contact with
s iron bed it is very apt to strike fire,
id the merest suspicion of a spark would
;t off the whole. The materials are |
)read three or four inches thick in the
2fl; the wheel, which goes by water
ower, is started, and every man leaves
le place. The door is shut, and the
lachinery left to do its terrible work
one. When it has run long enough the
iill is stopped, and the men come back,
he operation leaves the powder in hard
imps or cakes.
The next house is where these cakes are
*oken into grains, and, of course, is quite
i dangerous as the last one. But the
en can't go away from this?they are
diged to attend to it every moment; and
>u may be sure no laugh or joke is ever
?ard within its walls. Every one who
>es in has to take off his boots and put
1 rubbers, because one grain of the danjrous
powder, crushed by the boot, would
rr.l,?rlo t)>a whnlA in ?n inafftnf.
..
The floor of this house is covered with
ather, and is made perfectly black with
ie dust of the gunpowder. It contains a
t of sieves, each one smaller than the last,
irough which the powder is sifted ; and
1 immense ground and laboring mill,
here it is ground up, while the men
lovel it in with wooden shovels. The
achinery makes a great deal of noise,
it the men are silent, as in the other
)usos. The reckless crashing of the
achinery even seems to give greater
->rror, and one is very glad to get out of
tat house.
The glazing house comes next. Glazing
done by mixing black lead with the
iwder, to give it a black and shiny look,
lie powder is put into barrels, which re>lve
for several hours. That polishes
te grains by their rubbing together,
he black lead is put with them, and they
ivolve several hours more. Of course
le dust flies from all these operations,
ul the workmen, silent like the rest, look
ke very black negroes, working in the
iackest of powder, in a room whose walls
id floors are blacker than the rest, if
:>ssible. It has a very singular look to
stranger, and added to the terrible silence
akes one feel as if the whole world had
>ne into mourning. Often, the gun
uwder, revolving so rapidly in the bards,
gets very hot; so this, too. is a danjrous
operation.
The storing houses is the next on the
st, and there the gunpowder is heated
i wooden trays. From there it goes to
le packing house, and is put up io barrels,
egs and canisters.
Safely through all these houses, it goes
liS\ncm ( Inn 1 1 L' L*
U IU LIJC awv/i f iiv/ucv. v?iv ivv<M ...?v
rawing a lung breath to see the fearful
,uff safely packed away out of the hands
[ men in this very curious house.
You've heard of things being as dry as
powder bouse, but you wouldn't think
us house is very dry. It is almost emedded
in water. The roof is one big
ink k^pt full of water. Did you ever
ear of a water-roof before? Instead of
eps to go in, there are shallow tanks of
ater, through which every one must
alk to the door.
In none of these powder houses is any
ght ever allowed exoent sunlight. The
ages are good; the day's work is short,
iding at three or four o'clock ; but the
ien have a serious look, that makes one
link every moment ol the danger, and
ad to get away.
Though curiosity may take h man once
> visit a powder mill, be bus no desire to
o the second time; and he fee's ail the
?st of bis life that for once ha bas been
ery near death.
The Sisters.
There be three sisters sweet, 1
But various in mind? by
One daring, yet discreet, *
True, humble and resigned ser
She standfcth, where would others fall, '
And trusteth God for all in all. ma
wo
another, bright of mien, r
And jubilant with life ;
She spyeth the unseen, * Q
Beyond all earthly strife.
Who hath this fair vivacious maid,
Hath sunshine in the darkest shade.
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The last is all divine? ^
The greatest and the best. 810
0 world ! were she but thine, i
Thou were supremely bleat. COT
Rut whoso hath these sisters three, liq
Hath Faith, and Hope, and Charity. the
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Farmhouse Notes. tor
To Make Hard Water Soft.?Tnkean
ounce of fresh lime and stir it well in a
bucket of water, and as soon as it settles, thi
the water will be soft and fit for use, as
it will drive all impurities to the bottom, fir
River water, when muddy, is better to ovt
drink by this process. a i
fore
To Fry Fresh Fish.?Have the fish j101
well scalded, washed and drained ; cut .
slashes in the sides of each ; season them
with salt and pepper, and roll them in Pn
corn flour ; have in your frying pan hot ^,a
lard or bacon drippings ; dip them in egg
before rolling them in corn flour, to keep
them from breaking.
Gargling the throat with tepid water ?]
will often afford relief from a troublesome ecc
cough. The ordinary cough mixtures? ^U]
troches, lozenges and other nostrums?
when injudiciously used,load the stomach em
and seriously interfere with digestion, ^a(
thus indirectly increasing the evil which wjt
they were desigued to cure. ^
The Plaster Problem.?If some ^
scientific farmer wishes to distinguish "J
himself, let him solve the riddle of gyp- gre
sum. In hundreds of cases a bushel of obs
plaster on an acre of clover has doubled the
the yield. Scores have applied it with as
no perceptible gain. Inland it generally wh
works better than on the sea-coast. If Pai
salt in the air is given as the reason, some yoi
farmer 300 miles from the ocean will sav
that he always mixes salt with plaster and
its action is increased and made certain ^
by it. A writer in the Ohio\Fnnner tells of 1
us that it absorbs ammonia. Unless we the
know when there is ammonia in the air
for it to absorb, that statement does not
help the matter. A chemist analyzing P
the ash of a crop would find little or no siui
sulphate of lime. His inference would we
be that it cannot furnish plant food; but j
sometimes it makes crops grow wonder- ^
fully. Who can tell the fanners of the "ur
country why it fails when it fails, and liar
u 4" '-"" lUo Tulion it nrnmntps vefrp- rrmr
II" w IL UjJCIOlvo "Uvu .. J - -Otable
growth? cou
Cows.?In the N. E. Fanner we find stai
an account of an experiment m ide by a rjgi
member of the Essex, M;iss., Agricultu- t
ral Society, which was substantially as
follows : Four cows were selected from en*
his herd when his pastures were parched aga
with excessive drouth. Two of them seal
were fed night and morning, with green to f
corn-stalks, as much as they would eat.
The other two were fed with English hay ?*
of medium quality, as much as they dril
would eat, all going in the same pasture mol
during the day. Their milk was care- as ,
fully measured. After about two weeks
their feed was changed ; those that had as
been fed on corn were fed with hay, and nee
those that had been fed on hay were fed The
with corn for about two weeks longer, t?
and the milk careiully measured. The .
result was nearly the same. There was ??"
no perceptible difference in the quantity ^
of milk produced when fed on green corn rig!
fodder or English hay. He came to the jncj
conclusion, therefore, that it is much
more profitable feeding on green com ac 1
- - - ' -- ?l i. i??0 to
fodder tlian on nay, as uuusus muuu ic^o.
He adds, however, that corn fodder it i
should not be used until it has nearly ]adi
reached its growth, in the blossom, as it t[)r(
then possesses more nutriment than
when cut earlier. It should not be sowed '??'
too thick, or grow in the shade. pa*
mat
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Fight Between Two Chinamen.
pell
A fight at Virginia, Montana, between i,av
two Chinamen named Man (feeandChing (jr
Ho, is thus described by the Montanian: dis'
"Throwing aside their outer garments, emj
and each armed with a huge knife and 0W1
an ugly looking hatchet, they faced each Wri
other for the fray?the women meantime jn (
viewing the preparations with unconcern. roa
For a moment they stared at each other rub
like wild beasts over disputed prey, and Ab<
then sprang forward with uplifted weap- lnjl
ons. In the first onslaught Ilo's nimble- jia8
ness of foot saved him, for stepping quick- i ]eai
ly to one side, the hatchet of Mun Gee wir
cleft nothing but air, and Ho buried the mai
blade of hia tomahawk in the cheek of his ing
unwieldy adversary. Withdrawing it he stei
stepped back into position. Howling five
vengeance, and with a torrent of blood is Jj
gushing trom his frightful wound. Gee win
rushed upon his man, and with a dexter- jng
ous blow, which would have been fatal He
had it reached its mark, laid a three-cor }lir(;
nered piece of Ho's ear on the floor, and mil,
received in return an ugly gash in the tho
right shoulder from Ho's knife. Gee was tho
now bleeding freely, and with the ebbing whi
of the crimson tide oozed his strength and an ;
discretion. He fought wildly, while his eve
wily antagonist rained his hatchet blows the:
fast and sure, cutting Gee in a terrible i8 <]
manner about the face, hands and neck, ^tat
At last, as Gee endeavored to grapple ino|
^ /i An/l/,no?? no. ?1 .
fns opponent, ne rcucivcu a ucqucuci u?* me
dor the right ear from Ho's hatchet. Ho, 0f j,
fearing arrest, fled. About this time the ft 8,
police arrived upon the .scene. Gee was jiav
put in his bed and a physician summoned. r08^
Although horribly mutilated Gee may
possibly recover. The wound in the neck ^
is not deep, and the jugular vein was fist
mi?s?d. The section of. bis left ear is the
only relic the authorities have of Ho, and ^
even that will be relinquished to the med-. bod
cal faculty on application."
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Brevitiw. __ '
[n Brussels, the milk:carts are prilled
dogs. '
Feminary" is the latest for female j,
ninary.
'Whom the gods destroy they first
,ke mad." Yes, and when some men
uld dye they first get madder.
The difference between a country and
ity greenhorn is that one would like to
ow everything, and the other things
can tell him.
[t may appear anomalous, but, neverdess,
is a fact, that of all the trades
> pugilists are almost the only profesnals
who have not gone " on a strike.
^n affectionate wife in Ohio has rerered
a verdict of 87,000 agaiDst a
uor dealer under the new law, " for
i loss of her husband's society for
ee years."
scene in a German omnibus : Conduo,
to housemaid, "Now, my dearere
shall I let you out ?" Houseid
: " Corner of Bockman street,
rd story."
A woman in Kansas City, made a
e in the stove, put her bread in the
;n, and then made a half-hour visit to
leighbor, When she returned the
?ad was burne d. Later?So was the
lse.
.Vhen Sir David Baird was tafcen
soner in India, the news of the event
s brought to his mother. They told
e old lady that her son had been
en prisoner, and chained to another
n. " Oh.'* said she, " wae's me for
i man that's chained to him."
There is a story of a grocer who is so
motnical that he sends home the
adles his customers buy, and when
y arrive at the houses has the boy
pty the paper bags and bring them
;k with the strings they were tied np
h. That's what you call a careful
>cer.
Inxious parent in the rural district?
ohu, I suppose the students learn a
at deal of astronomy at the Harvard
lervatory ?" Innocent son?"Well,
observatory isn't quite so convenient
one of the Athenaeums in Boston,
ere we see new stars every week I"
rent?" Bless me ! what advantage*
i boys do have !"
j
Vomen in College.?A correspondent
the San Francisco Bulletin indulges in
following account of some of the things
y do at Yassar College, and of the sort
;irls that do them : There is a gymnan
attached to Vassar. Into this also
entered, took our seats in a small galr,
and witnessed the evolutions of a
idred young women, armed with bil
d cues, and dres?ed in short gray
nds and red sashes. They marched,
nter-rnarched, clapped their bands,
nped, struck out straight from the
it shoulder, straight from the left,
tied, twisted, got mixed upon an apptrly
inextricable whirl, got mixed out
in, and aimed their billiard cues at uis
ted in the gallery. Said my companion
ne: "Those are not a healthy Poking
of girls," and they were not, and their
1-mistress, who stood directing their
lions from a sort of pulpit in front, was
poor in flesh and sallow in complexion
any of her company. I think they
ded more exercise in the open air.
y should be mounted occasionally on a
jcking" Mexican mustang, and turned
e on the beautiful and expansive grounds
Ta&sar College. That would bring the
it sort of color to their cheeks, and
te their sluggish livers to more healthy
on. There is a riding school attached
the establishment, and when I entered
three or four sedate looking young
es were cantering around the ring on
ee or four sedate appearing horses, who
ced as if their entire lives bad been
;ed in the study of the higher mathe:ies.
team Road Wagons.?Carriages proled
by locomotives on ordinary roads
e long been in use in certain parts of
>at Britain, and the question is being
rnssed there as to the feasibility of
ploying tliern more frequently. The
ner of one of these road-steamers,
tes the London Times from Aberdeen
lefence of the system. He has had a
d-steamer, provided with patent ludiaber
tires, running regularly between
erdeen and his flour-mill, some three
1 \
es distant, for the last three years. It
to pass through narrow streets in
L-inor thA town, and alonir narrow and
* " ~ " I KJ
uiing country roads, with a gradient in
ny places of one in eight or ten, pullan
ordinary gross weight (including
imei) of some fifteen tons, and making
i or six journeys per day. The speed
rnited by law, hut there is no difficulty
atever on the open high road of inaka
speed of eight or ten miles per hour,
computes that his road-steamer has
>ady made 2,092 journeys of three
es each, having thus travelled over eight
usand miles, and carried about forty
usand tons gross weight. During the
[>le three years he has not met with
accident, nor heard of any^coinplaints;
n the horses becoming accustomed to
ir iron brother after a little time. It
ifficult to imagine what might be the
e of things if each man had his loco;ive
tearing along the highways or even
suburbs of our crowded cities, instead
lis span of horses; but in isolated cases
?ems to work?at leant it appears to
e done so in that of the Aberdeen oor
>ondent.
w Irishman named Craven and two
eis left London for America to seek
ir fortune. They arrived in New
k, and seemed to bo then, aa they
[ been during the voyage, in good
lily and mental health. But within