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' The Beaufort jgj? Republican. AX IXDEPEXDEXT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS-TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. ^ ... - m . . TOL. II. NO. 49. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1872. I KSl.TXAHSt I Lovers. t Midnight and June: I he yellow phantom of a moon ~ Far ont at sea, y Dark branches arching overhead, The river flowing in the gloom, And heavy scents of l.-af and bloom Making it just a joy to be ! ^ And in the dew, n Eeneath the branches bending too, n Two faces bent? Bent in a swift and daring dream, An ecstasy of tremb ing b iss, i And sealed t gether in a kiss? f And tlie night waiting passion-spent. " t For th e the clay 0 Swooned fiom its fiery skies away ; v For this the night Built no its s?ars and silences ; a For this the royal summer came Wrapped in her robes of fragrant fiame? li Tins moment pausing on its flight 1 t Midnight and Jnne : A dreaming bird repeats his tune; ^ The sea replies? [ Perfu re and hush and darkness still, ^ But nothing as it was before, (j Subtly and sweetly all made o'er | With love's unsealing of the eyes! k mk n DR. HILL AND SIMEON SAWYER. o It may add to the interest of the fo1 t, lowing sketch to state that Dr. Hill, its n hero?for he w is a hero ?is an actual char- n acter who lived a life fruitful in good w??rk, 1 c and died, with a conscience void of offence. before any organized movement h was made to tbate the evils of intemperance. While he lived, even pood people v, deemed him a frantic; hut the influence ?, of his teaching and example, and that of men like-minded with himself, irave the * flr<t impul-e to that Temperance Reform. [ the blessings of which we cannot suffici- > entlv appreciate. If so much evil still " arises from intemperance, what would 1 have been onr condition, if the Imhit of '' fashionable drinking had grown with the 3 growth of population, unchallenged and r unresisted ? The world, half a centnrv ago was a ' ? world different indeed, from what it now 3 is, and especially in this conntry is the contrist wide. A man eonld then run ir deht f?r 'iquor, his own body being a per- '' peHial pledge for the rec<?very of the debt y For a dollar, or a dollar and a half, a writ of attachment could he issued in M igsa 1 chusetts against the proper'y of the debtor and in def .nit of property the of ficer com hi a tike the hodv/' Hail lllllst then he given, and. ftfrer trialj 44execn x tiou" issued. The property whs sold t- ,| pav debts and cost, i?r the debtor wa* vX committed to j til, with the privilege ot i, taking the '4 poor debtor's oath," aftei |; thirty d iys. Even flgjiin-t women. beim | adult and unmarried, or widows, th?-?? sum>narv proceedings could beinstituted Step bv step, each step resisted by human fossils who declared that all propert* .? values would he unsettled bv any change t, these rigors have been abated. Women .j were exetnptcl from imprisonment, h? one session of the legislature. The mini .j innm for which a man could be incarcer- j: ated was raised first to five and then to |, ten do'lars. For many years the whole |, svstern of detention, except as against ,j fraudulent, or absconding debtors ha? been abolished. And a claim for intoxi- t, eating liquors, sold for consumption 41 on ? the premises" has been for many yearnot recoverable at la w. Of imprisonmen' d a f.?r debt but a shadow now remains any- |, where?and still the world goes on. In the da1 s of which our sketch treats, i, a debtor lived in fear; but debt was rat her | increased than diminished by sncli a stat? i, of things, since, as we have remarked the ,, " body" was the pledge. Especially nn ? fortunate was the poor debtor who had i, friends or connections able to pay. To incarcerate the debtor was to put bis ;? friends to torture, and compel them to i, pav for his release. In these days lived Sim*'on Sawyer. Tie was not a drunkard .? onlv a 44 temperate drinker:" but his tern- t< perate drinks cost more than *f?e bread r< for his household. lie did not drink til' <? he could not see; but he did drink unti ,? hi* house was mortgaged, and he was uni q versally in debt. lie had at last reached r< the condition when he never caught sight S of a d? liar. If lie happened to get * p week's work, it was an even chance that ri on Saturday night liis employer?if he V had no claim of his own against, poor t| Simeon, woo Id produce a " Trustee Writ." I The operation of this document was to ^ forbid the employer to pay the wage- .. earned, and to constitute the said em plover a "trustee." who must hold the r funds for some h nx eved creditor. Those t I were prosperous days for country 'squire* It and small lawvi ra, who grew rich on driblets constantly tailing in, and the tl prevalent etis'om of tippling brought then- o constant gains. Not seldom was a man hired in conspiracy with his creditor and s the lawy? rs, and the '* Trustee" was > I sharer in the benefit. Tlie only wav for |> a poor " r t< h in tbo-e da* s u as io run i t1 debt, if be c-mid. ami "work it outa n doleful, bo -e'ess-ort of working : keeping S the poor in the most woful of wotu m plights. e Simeon Sawyer owed the doctor. Even ? doctors m those days co'lected 1 ills of tlo ri poor, for a debt was a d?*bt. Yet. to tin g credit of the t'acultv it must he conceeded S that they in- de them. as thev do now inrtr.y had dvhfs which fliey never at p tempted to recover. A man of fV;-?lintr >, cannot relate as<i<tance when M'ow-civa tares art* sntferinjj. Sitneon was snniiitu '< himself before his own door, one tine | sp- itiir inorniinr. Perhaps if he had n..? >1 (?.?ed a hop< l* ss score at tlie 4> stor*-'* anil 1 another at the tavern, he woiihl have heelsunning himself' at one of those two t p'a'?es. I>r Hill came .iloii'j the road . H > fir?f though' \vh- t ? p ss Simeon with 'i a "how d von do.'* hut sndd. til v h Uhal'ed. a< if an inspiration hail seized ' htm. |i " Mornmff, S menn. I have a pretty . lartre <nm to ina':e up, and perhans yon icon'd help me n li*'le. on account ?*' u Simeon hss not a dollar. And never r vri 1 have one.*' Said his wife, to hvr.-elf. I a.- she |,id within hearing. h * P rliHtis von have a few potatoes t>> 1 fip ire. left over.'* N ?t a pe< k! His wife f nodded tothut. The last "boilijg"' was in r the oot. 44 Notbiog to do todflj ?" wiid the doc- \ I nr. Simeon lia<l nothing. 44 Plenty of ibices to work," thought his wile, 44but what's the use? All goes f ?r old debts." iirneon was awfully discouraged, and do wonder. 44 Can't you do something in your own ;arden? It's tine planting weather." 4'Taii t no use. I've been warned out, i>r t'-e squire is going to foreclose on his nortgaire. Besides, I hain't no seeds, lor nothing." 44 Come to a day's work for me then-" Simeon hesitated But his wife was verhearing the conversation, and lie had oine dread of her. He would get bin >wn board for a day, if nothing more: and oard included diinks And Simeon was >h. how thirsty ! So, though rather unwillingly he followed the doctor home. lie was shown into the doctor's snug arden?country doctors always have ring garden*?and instructed what he iad to do. Then Dr. Hill left him, with he promise that, he would work with him fter dinner. Simeon looked up at the un. and inwardly comforted himself,that * the morning had been loitered awav. k 'leven o'clock " and a dram could not >e far off, and eleven and four o'clock ram* were an understood part of everv iborer's board. Of course Mrs. Hill new that! It would seem that she d d ot, for no summons to the bottle came Simeon was desperate, bnt be toiled n: too proud to a**k, though be vowed n himself that " Madam Hill did not know tanners'" When dinner came we need ot say be did justice to that meal, though I was not moistened with even a glass of ider. After dinner be went to work with a setter heart. Women are so forgetful! But the doctor was with him. and Itrould not forget his <kfour o'clock." Lnd Simeon inwardly resolved on a doui!e glass, in revenge. *' Dreadful mean!" said Simeon to himelf. as four o'clock came and passed. and here were no indication** ihat- the doctor iH'l a memory any better than bis wife's. 1 Dreadful mean!" Simeon metered. I have faith to believe that old Pe?tle nd Mortar li-s sneaked up to the cuh?oar<l and 1 ft me out, j ist because T am forking off an old debt. It's amazai' trange bow many times lie lias been up o the In use for seeds this afternoon." But Simeon dared not, "sneak out." Ie felt "mean and ineechin," as be has inc<* described it. Sundown?or near undown came at last. '' Nuw. S ineon." said Dr. Hill, <! I ness we'll knock off for to day. I have >ur in an trie se^us ou? ?m mese pm-ncir iiat I want. Yon shall have the rest it mi put them in your own warden." Simeon received the seeds with a grnm dentation of thanks, ami a mental restoration that he would "put them in" in a imp, if at all. " And now. Si neon,'' Dr. Hill oontinutl. *'I never drink spirits. You do. But on have hi! to work without, for one hv, for I don't furnish other folks with hat 1 don't use myself. F.iet is, I iven't a dro) of rum in the house, hit I'm not going to l?e mean. Take liis nirepenoe and buy something to take ome. And Simeon, come again to-rnor nw " S meon conhl do no less than say Y? a." The " ninepenre" (twe've and a alt* cents) was moreover some tcmptaion. " And. Simeon." Dr. Hill went on. "by ights you ought to have your supper >ut T know you want to go home. Just ok in at the kitchen door as you go a ng. Mavhe Mrs. I*ill would like you to raw a bucket ot water, or something." " Humph !" thought Simeon. 14 lie's eon and docked my supper to pay for the inepence." He d:d, however, call at the kitchen oor. The doctor's wife was waiting for im. " Here Simeon," said she, "we've been a aking to day. Selina Sawyer, your wife liinks she's a wonderful hand to bake read. Just take this loaf with my c?uiiliment, and tell her some folks can do une things as well as others. Mind you ring the towel bark to morrow.*' " Well," thought Simeon, "the ma'am m't as mean as the man, anyhow. But (iiv about this ninet ence ?" It whs burning in his pocket so that he onhl almo-t feel it on his skin. It i< not > be denied that Simeon whs sorely erupted to take toll from it to the value f one small drink. Hut better thoughts re vailed, and Simeon carried home h uarter of a pound of one dollar Ilyson ia. It was a great treat to hi* wife: ami imeon inwardly confessed tliat his super had " reli*hed." Mrs. Siwyeropened fie packets of seeds. 41 Well, I declare," lie said. ' 1 was just tliinkirg to-day. lint it I had some seeds, lettuce and such \1 kind of scratch up a border inys If, nd out them in the ground." The etfect f th s suggestion was that a little bed niH dug in the garden by Simeon in the wiligbt. Mrs. Siwver put in tlie seeds, nd the children tumbled about in everyodv's way. Tlie tamilv retired with the rofoiind satisfaction that something in lie way of future support was dune for nee. S > passed a week, a wlude week ; for imeon began at the doctor's on a Monay. Fi^e 4* ninepences'' (oesides little resents in kind.) was more clean cash hall had found its way into that house in 11ny a wee'.. By d lily small installments meon's l-it ot a g.rdt-n was p'tiifed ; for tie doctor sent him home in good season very d iv, and always had some seeds ver. And. on Saturday afternoon, quit intr work at an e-?rly hour, as wtn the .? ??] ?>1?1 custom. I>r. Hill sai?l: "Come iiiiie??n. into the office, an<l we'll settle " "Settle!" thou-rhr poor Simeon, ' it's a H?r settlement, when a body lias only a inenence to receive.*' " Now. Simeon,'' said Dr. Hill, a dol>r a da/ is larjre was- s as times tro. Bit' ,m hound to say you have made a pood reek's work tor me. I shall allow you a olhir." " Ilunmh,*'thou'.'ht Si-neon. He rniirlrt s well a low two d'-liarsa day, forall 'he dds ir w.oiM ni -ke. T nevi r ran pay li s ill, and he kno v< it well em uirh."' 4 lint. >i ii nil/' the d ?cfoi c nt'mued I've c-mcluded to p iy ymi halt'c ish and ait tlnfe doll ?rs to your credit?on one om'it on ' Three dollar-*, clean c sh! Simeon r:is almost ms much intoxicated at Tlie liom/'-t. is it' the doctor lia-l rehnted r in h's empe atme prii c p>~, and irven i i in a diMiide cli-s of S.nta Griu 4 sperit>." He professed lpmself ready or anv condition. Bit the stipulation t ally stair irervd him when it came. * S'on must take this three dollars home ,o your wile, and let her have the spend ing of it. And .vou must promise not to , drink a drop of rum, till I write you a re1 gular prescription for it." i Simeon hesitated?and no wonder. Such an unreasonable thing to ask! Who ever heard the like? As he pondered, the doctor said : '4 Well, Simeon, if you don't like the terms, I can just put down i the whole six dollars to the old account, yon know. That might suit ma better." But Simeon thought of his wife. He must tell her, and what would she say? , With a strong gu'p he swallowed the terms; and agreed to go on and work for , j the doctor another week. We need not attempt to describe the pleasure of his , wife when three dollars and twelve and a half cents were taken home to her on that Siturday evening. Simeon did wish he could have taken it to the store himself, to pay 4> something on account," and run a few new items on his bill, and get the 44 treat" with which paying customers Were complimented. Hut he dared not speak Ids thoughts, and Mrs. Sawyer kept her hold on the money. The wife had not been Idle at home, while Suneon was busy at the doctor's. The house was vastly brightened up, 4'slicked up," Simeon called it. He thought, all the while, that it was no use. i But it was pleasant anyway. And Mrs. j Sawyer had wonderfully rejuvenated the family wardrobe. S'tne<>n and his wife; arid the children of S meon and his wife, went out in force to 44 meeting' on the next day; and " folks did hope" they were turning over a new leaf. Indeed, the leaf was already turned. Another week, very like that just passed over. The only notable circumstance was that Mrs. Sawyer sent soine doughnutsto the doctor's wife, to show that 'ady, that if she was good on a bake Mrs. Siwyer was great on a fry. The doctor sin led when he heard of it. " There's hope of those folks, ma'am," lie said, "lie kind of careful how yon send |sresents hack. Let all gifrsbe complimentary. It's no use making people fuel that they are paupers. Pride is a first rate Ionic. We'll set the Siwyerson their feet, yet. Mrs. Ilill." The next Saturday night bronght a new .-uiprise. 4*Simeon" said the doctor, "there's a five hundred dollar mortgage on that house of yours." " Yes." said Simeon, dolefully. 44 And there's five year* back interest." Simeon gloomily assented. u Five thirties is a hundred and fifty? simple interest?and five hundred is six hundred and fifty." A sad nod in answer. 4* Well, I've been and traded for that mortgage and claim. I'll give von quits on your doctor's b'll. And I'd take a new mortgage for the six hundred, and von iiiibt work out the fifrv dollars hack interest, half cash, you know, and keep t?e running interest down." '4 The lawful sitz!" exel iirn? d S'meon. at what teemed to him the hopeless pros i pect. "Now, Simeon," said I)r. Ilill. 44 I'm not going to cheat von. Am! I don't pretend to he over generous. I can't afford it. 1 can foreclo?e, you know. That snng Utile property of your* will bring a thou-?>n?l dollars, any way. I'd gbe ii my-elf. Co-ts, say a hnn<lre?l. iucntnbran es on it. nix hundred ami tifty Seven liU' dred and fifty into a thonsand once, and two hundred and fifty over." Simeon's eyes spirkled. Tlie doctor, lie thought, might foreclose it he liked. " But," continued the doctor, "there's 1 Brown has an execution against you for fiftv, and Jones tor a hundred, and exe cutions are good against real estate or , personal property either. The executions | leave you a hundred." And I reckon that somebody or other will 1 trustee' that ' hundred." i Simeon's eyes fell. The doctor knew , his thoughts as if he were in him. "Well, Simeon, what do yon say? You're to keep to the bargain about Sauta 1 Cruz. too. mind." * ' Dr. Hill, you're the best friend I ever ] found," said Simeon, rising and taking ihe physician hy the hand. "It's a bargain, and Simeon Sawyer drinks no more 1 rum, from this day out, forever, and ever, i amen !" I "Till I prescribe it," said the doctor, smiling. " I calk'late tbat don't change the con- : ditions much, said Simeon, with an an swering smile. "" , How Dr. FTill managed to engineer for i Simeon Sawyer, compromising and arI ranging with his creditors till there wa* | left, to Simeon no more terror of writs of , | attachment, executions, and trustee writ*, we have not space to describe. The sum of the story is, that Simeon died at a good old age, leaving his property uneneum- ' he red and largely increased in value, i And at this date there are quite a circ'e of brothers and cousins, whose grandparents and great, grandparents take in the two houses of tlie Dr. Hill and Simeon Sawyer of our sketch.? Arthurs Mtgmine. IIkxhy? At a political meeting, the speaker and audience were very much disturbed bv a man who constantly called out fot Mr. Henry. Whenever a new speaker cotne on. this man bawled out. j * Mr. Henry! Henry! Henry! I want Mr. Henry.'' After several interruptions of this kind at each speech, a young man ascended the platform and wa*soon airing his eloquence in a magniloquent style, striking out powerfully in his gestures, when the old cry was heard for Mr. Hen ! rv Putting his IihikIh to liis mouth, like a speaking trumpet, this imin waahnwlitig ! out at the top of his voice, 4* Mr. Ilenrv ! i Henry ! Henry! Henry! I c tiled for Mr. Henry to make a speech !" The chairman i now rose, ami remarked that it would j oblige the audience if the gentleman would retrain from any further calling for Mr. II nry, as that irenth inan was now speaking. ' Is that Mr. ILnry ?" said the disturber of the meeting. " Thunder ! that can't he Mr. Henry ! Why, that's , the little ctl-s that t?>ld me to holler." 11 Mrs. Products, a lady of London, is, unhappily, sepuia cd Horn her hushaud. 1 Recently some one le t her a legacy of i i ?30 t<00, anil ^he sued to h ve the le.aey 1 t given no to her. Put Iter husband op | po-ed her. ami succeeded in gf tti.ig tlie i $8 \f 00 "for himself. Prodgeiw doesn't support his wife or li*o with h'-r, but j robs her according to English law, witli no help for it, < Manufacture of Crackers. The process of manufacturing crackers is accomplished almost entirely by the ft aid of specially devbed machinery. First ?c of all, the flour is hoisted to one ot the a upper floors of the factory, Rnd then li emptied into a large bin ; thence it passes k to an elevator which carries it to a re- d volving sieve. Here it is thoroughly sifted li of its impurities, and then allowed to fall q through a shoot leading to the mixer, d The latter consists of a cylinder contain- b ing a rotary axle on which knife blades v are fastened. At the opposite end from n that at which the flonr enters, is an open g ing through which the mixed dough is n pushed out of the machine by the action ? of the revolving blades. The flmp on en- n tering the mixer,is immediately moistened si by a stream of water pouring in from above. Except for the fancy varieties, e flour And water constitute the sole ingre- n dients, not even suit being added, as it is h considered that that substance renders the r biscuits liable to spoil. As fast as * the c dough is pushed from the mixer, it is re- d ceived in large mssses by a workman who / passes it through a machine technically li termed the "baker." This is nothing a more than a pair of heavy metal rollers, s< whicn squeezes the dough into a kind of h thick sheet. Still further rclling follows g until the material is made into sheets of rl about one-half an inch in thickness. The it dough is now ready to be made into tl crackers. Once more it is rolled to bring it to the exact thickness required, and ir then, from between the rollers, trav?ls ?? under a set of dies which, working very v rapidly, stamp out the crackers in quanti- li ties at a time. As fast as the latter are t! cur, they slide along on a sheet of canvas, d one workman, removing by hand the r< dough from between them, while another, It as soon as a sufficient number are com- tl pleted passes a fl.it tray under them, and a places them in the oveu, which is a huge r< brick compartment, heated from below s? by large furnaces.Within is an iron wheel u resembling the paddle wheel ot asteamer, ti tiays, however, which are so arranged as a to lie always horizontal, taking the place of the backets on the latter. This wheel revolves bringing each of the trays, of which there are twelve, in turn before the 1 open door. Upon these travs the unbaked ' crackers are placed, and those already ^ finielied being removed, each bati h tr.iv 1' els ot ce around the oven, the time ocen- " pied in so (foing being sufficient to admit ~ of their htcoming thoroughly cmked. 1 Tliev are then picked in boxes, barrel-. 1,1 ll or tins. and are ready for the market. A ' -ingle oven of the kind above described will bake one hundred barrels of flour. ir made into dough, in ten hours: and we '' I ire informed that, with three such ovens in operation, as many as eight thousand barrels have been made into crackers in the space of three weeks. w t.v Germax Courtesy.?Xo one can help * tdmiring the simplicity, kindliness, and Vl honesty of the G< rmans. The universal -ourtesv and fnendlineas of manner have w i very different seeming from the polite- fr nessof the French. At the hotels in the country, the landlord, and liis wife, and w [he servant join in hoping that you will ar deep well when yon go to hed. The ot little inaid at Heidelberg who served our ineals always went to the extent of wish- ''' ing us a good appetite when she brought '1' n tin dinner. Ilere in Munich the peo ''' pie we have occasion to address in the street are uniformly courteous. The Ht shopkeepers are obliging, and rarely ser- r' vile, like the English, you are thanked. el ind punctiliously wished the good day w whether you purchase anything or not. lu shops tended by women, gentlemen invariably remove their hats. If you huv a only a kreuzer's worth of fruit off an old C( woman, she says words that would be, 111 literally translated, k< I thank you beautifully." With all this, one looks kindly on the childish love the Germans have for titles. It is, I believe, difficult for the German mind to comprehend that we can be in good standing at home, unless we ,l1 have some title prefixed to our names, or some descriptive phrases added. Our 1 good landlord, who waits at the tables ..iwl oiwa'prn our bell, one of whose ten- ^ ants is a living baron, having n<> title to " put on his door plate under that of the 1 l?aron, must needs dub himself 'priva- ^ tier;" and he in.?i-ts upon prefixing the H name of this unambitious writer with the '* enobling von ; and at the lea>t he in>i?t?. H in common with the tradespeople, that i '' am a 4* Ilerr Doctor." The bills of pur 11 ehase by madatne come out to " Fran ^ , well-horn." At a hotel in Ileid 1 " berg, where I had registered iny naoie ,l witli that distinctness of penmanship for r' which newspaper men are justly conspinous, and had added to my own n one wife," 1 was not a little flittered t<? sppear in the reckoning as 44 Herr Doctor M nnesweise.'1?44 Szunferiugs," bi/ C. D ti Warner. . S jj C:atms.?The number of claims before \. the U. 8. Southern Claims Commission, t presented thus far. amount to 1.600, rang- (> ing from $12 to $350,0w0, and averting $2 509 each. -Accord :ng to law the C ??. i, tni*rton ? xpires on the 3d ot March next, ^ lmt it if* shH six year* will he required t f??r transacting tlie bn>ine8i? now on hand, f. and. u^der the present bureau system of n the Department, it may evtn extend to f titty years. I, Vi rj-much oveiome l?<ver<? nt LoDg r Branch make presents of fcluO bouquets, c - ? The Lion's Bide. When a lion wishes to have a giraffe >r his dinner, he is obliged to be very arefnl how he goes to market. Giraffes re not cheap articles of diet, even for a on, and an attempt to get a meal of that ind of meat always costs him a great eal of trouble, and sometimes costs his fe. Of course the lion slips up very uietly toward the giratfe. He always oes that no matter what his prey may e, hut in this case it is necessary to be ery careful, indeed, for if he springs and usses the giratfe, the great bea-<t may et a kick at him before be has time to ecover himself, and a kick from a giraffe, rhose nind legs liy out like sledge hamlers, will make even a lion 11 consid'able huck up like." But even after the lion ha9 safely landd himself on the giraffe's back, his diner is nut ready yet. The giraffj is a irge and powerful animal, and away he ashes as fast as his long, awkward 1 gs an carry him, and this is very fast ineed. Clitter clatter! Spring and bound! tway he goes, with the lion hangim; on ke a good fellow, and the hyenas yelling fter, hoping to have a chance to get Dtnething at the second table, for it is ardly possible that a lion can eat a whole iraffe. But it is not at all certain that here will be a giraffe for dinner at all, for " the frightened creature can once get into lie woods, he may be safe. Dashing among the limbs and trunks he my knock the lion off. And then look ut, Mr. Lion ! The giraffe will turn on ou as quick as lightning, and kick the feout of you bef ?re you can get out of le reach of his "heels, and ull those poor, oar little hyenas will have to cro hnncrrv > bed. Although giraffes have fn-quent' been known to get the best of lions in lis way, they are not always so fortunte. If a thick wood cannot soon be faehed, the strength of the giraffe will >011 be exhausted, and the cruel beast pon bis buck will fix his teeth in his iroat, and drag the poor creature down, nd kill and eat him. Pj.ue Light as an Organic Stimijant ?At. a recent meeting of the Ptiilarlphi t Agricultural Society, General leasanton read an interesting paper on te etfects of sunlight on plants and anilals when transmitted through blue lass. Geraniums which bad become unealthv recovered their vigor and became iore deeply colored when covered with (tie glass; and the brunches of the samrape vine showed a remarkable difference t their growth of leaves according a* ley were or were not covered with bine lass, the leaves on the former having a iatneter of six to eight inches, being of a -ep green color and perfectly healthy ; bile the un/mvered branches were only vo inches in diameter and of a p.-de cklv-yello\viah color, indicating a feeble itality. The paper also mentioned a case r the wife of a Philapelphia physician ho had for some time been suffering om a complication ot disorders which id batHed the skill ot her physicians, and bo, on th? suggestion of General Pleasiton, tried the following plan: Every her pane of glass in one of the windows ' the patient's room was removed and ue glass substituted, and the patient re 1 a. - - lw.? V.n aL on/1 ctvtna t /1 Jireu UJ L'A|?W^c 11C1 uav>rv auu ri/iuv vw ie action of the cornhined blue ai d bite lights for thirty minutes each day, , the same hour. At the beginning of ie treatment she was unable to sleep or it, was in a miserable condition, anil listing rapidly. At the end of ten days ie pains in her back were less, her hair ml begun growing thickly, and there was marked improvement in her general mdition. In three weeks she was alost entirely well.?Mcdicul Record. Wottld sot Sell.?A correspondent lis the following: 44 We were driving," Ie says, " llirougu uue in hig [/ipun;^ id most picturesque of New England illages; it had about 900 inhabitants, obody was poor, and nobody was very cli. One saw mill whs on the bank of le beautiful, foaming, sliadv river, and i front of it sat the millers?one reading new*p iper, one a book. Said one of the arty, "'There is fall enough here to run good many factories; I wonder that it i all unused.' Our driver laughed and (id, 'They won't sell water-privileges ere. Some B ?ston men came here and ied to buy, but the people wouldn't ear to it; they said they didn't want u lannfiictnring population to come here nd'spoil their society.'" So tht^Con cook flows for miles unchecked by ams, free from mill waste, with its fall" unused, and its beauty unspoiled. Pairtmem's Convention.?A Convenion of the d dry men and farmers of the rate ??1 New York is soon to be held in lew York city. A call has 1 ready been Mied by the milk producers, who intend > take the sale of milk out of the b ii.df the middle men, who adulterate it to i*|i a degree as to render it nlnnot worth-, '8*, and what is of far more importance, ghlv injurious to the consumers. With hat o ject in view, the dairymen and inner* will unite anil form a protective ssociation. to ho known h* the United I f*rin*Tji' M lk Compmy. The City will ie mupp-il out into district", and ench riilk producer will take as uiany as he an attend to. J The 31th of October. A funny scene occured in the Hocking County C<?urt of C unmon Pleas some years ago, Judge E. presiding. A man had been arrested for horse- m stealing, and set up an alibi in defense. ^ The defendant's main witness was an old farmer named Buchanan. He claimed the prisoner was in his era- in ploy at the time the horse was stolen, nearly a hundred miles distent, and consequently lie could n??t be guilty. The stealing was done on the 23th of October, and Buchanan had his 44 book" gp of accounts in conrt to refre-h bis mem- z*1 ory. Mr. S. who represented the State w' knowing the witness was both unscrupulous and ignorant, concluded to test his ^ ? ' ni knowledge of dates and cross-examined Wl in this wise: ittnrnav S Ynn ?nv thfit. Mr Ellis er plowed lor you all day on the 29th of October? le Witness (referring to his book). Yes. S. What did he do on the 30th ? cc W. lie chopped wood. Hi S. On the 31st? hi W. That was a Sunday, and we went a ^ squirrel hunting. hU S. What did he do on the 32d? a( W. lie harrowed in wheat that day. fo S. What did he do on the 33d ? fr w W. It was raining, and he shaved out some ax handles. nl S. What did lie do on Che 34th ? pi W. He chopped cord wood. r>? S. What did he do on the w But before the question could be finished, Buchanan's wife cleared the railing in front of the judge's seat, seized B. by the Pj collar, and whisked him outside of the "bar." yelling in his aTtrighted ear: 4,Y'?u bla-ted old fool, don't you know ^ that there are only thirty-one days in the th month of October?" 31. Ellis' attempt at an alibi failed as might naturally be inferred. ^ An elimination of Buchanan's book cr fh<?wed that there were no entries mad?- of a'ter the 29th of October, and that he had "P been drawing on his imagination as to the work done on each day. The Post office and the Expess.? By the new pcstal law wlicb came into 'n op- ration on the 1st of July, a great bene- ^1 lit bi" been conferred upon the general l'' public and a severe blow struck at the l,r monopoly of\be express companies. Ac- 18 cordiiiu to the new regulations packages ^1 ,c dry gcods, hardware, drugs (except liq ?id ,n drugs) and other mercliandise not exceediisg twelve ounctsin weight ean lie mailec s'' ?o any part of the Unite-! States at a w> charge ol two cents for each two ounces or at fraction of two ounces. Much time and Tl money will be saved by this arrangement, de The express companies demand at least ,,t! lorty cents lor the transportation of a i'1 package, however small, for any distance. 1111 The post office authoiities, on the other :4t hand, will forward a twelve ounce package di to San Francisco for twelve cents. For *n instance, a pair of boots, if either boot |th weighs more than the specified twelve bo ounces, may be wrapped up in two sepa- or rate parcels, and sent across the continent for twmty-four cents ; whereas, under the ,n< old plan, the transportation of goods of ru this description would have cost almost D' more money than thev were woiti. Up Wi to the present time the post-? ffice has lost w< money by the i.ew system, s mply owine dc to the fact that the general public has not tli tnken advantage ot it to such an extent as uc will make it remunerative. But it is on lidently expected that when the advantages of the system are thoroughly appro- Qj ciated, the scheme wi.l prove as profitable (^, to the government as it is beneficial to the ^ public. It is in f.?ct nothing more nor less es thin an adaptation of the English parcel m( post, and altln ugh the charges in England j_ aie somewhat less than the rate adupted ^ here, yet, whet, it is remembered that the distances arc as nothing wlnjp compared tn with those in this countiy, it will l?e seen ^ that there is no cau*e for dissatisfaction. ce a An Anecdote of Math ews.?We are on fr, ii ii.luriit .irwl tl.of fliA fdllnwinir UIV<TM 1 I" yff, anecdote of Charles Mathews the elder has not hitherto been in print in this ^ country. Matthews and Tattersa'l were pe very intimate, and the great comrnedian ( ^ was frequently in the habit of accompanying his friend to Newmarket, where, on one occasion, M it hews indulged in his '. ,, , ... ?le well known taste tor mimicry, at the ex- ^ pense of Tatters..!!, during a sale of blood stock conducted by the latter. ''The sti first lot, genth men," said Mr. Tatters ill. II1? is a bay filly by Sinolensko," etc. '"The first lot, gentlemen,'' echoed Mi. Mathews in precisely the same tone of voice, "is a bay filly by Sinolensko," etc. The aurtioneer looked somewhat annoyed, but ^ proceeded: "What shall we say to be- rt,i gin with ?" "What shall we say to begin or wicli V replied tbe echo. S'ill endeavor- ,r< ing to conceal his vexation, Mr. i'attersall inquiringly called out, "One hundred guineas V "One hundred guideas,'" 1,1 echoed M ttliews. "Thank yon, sir," wl cried Taitersall, bringii g down tfie hum- Crt nnr; "tlietillv is yours.'' Mathews was 1,1 con-ideia ly takeii aback by bis sodden e< * * i C<j'ii-iti??n of -blood stm-k,'' and the com of jmny ti joyed tluj-ke immensely. or A yonthfnl Connecticut lover wbo 'J runga> d pia^d b. tore tbe youug l.;dv' in house for two moitul bout-.-, the other l1( njght, tvjis lectritied alter a short j utthe (i by a cojdial "Thank you," gracefully pron.runted by tbe "other fellow" who 01 Brevities. Daniel Drew is worth $25,000,000. Vunderbilt's daily income is 812,000. The harvest in Russia has tnrned out iich better than was expected. A Saratoga lady bad twenty cottage irnks of dresses sent her last week. In England, recently, a celebrated ceding bh?od horse sold for 865,000 gold, the highest price ever paid. Among the table-girls at one of the >wn-Eiist -watering places are fifteen hool teachers, who thus employ their nations. A band of Apaches lately attacked a ttlement on the Sas Pedro River. Ari>na, but were rppul-ted by the settlers, ho killed three of them. Addie B illoa_ recently married a niple at Terre H iute, lod., and in the lptiul lecture told tit em that "cradles pre cheaper than divorces," A D innbe damsel, pretty as a pink, itered a saloon, kicked over a table, ew a revolver on the bartender, and d her father oat by the ear. The blo-sum cannot tell what becomea its odor, and no man can tell what be>me8 of his influence and example, at roll away from him, and go beyond is keu on their perilous mission. The Solicitor of the U. S. Treasury is decided that whaling vessels are not ibj,>ct to the provisions of the Shipping :t. as tiny neither clear for Pacific nor reign ports for purpose of foreign ade within the meaning of those ords. A grocer being solicited to contnbte to the building of a new church, rerapily subscribed his name to the w?erin the following ?ccentric manner : >hu Jones (the only place iu town here you cm get 11 pounds good sugar >r a dollar), 25 cents. Another new planet has l>een discovert. the one hundred and twenty-fourth ! the gomp of the Asteroids. It is ight, shining as a star of the tenth tgnitude. and its position one hour ler midnight, was in 22h., 21ra., 22s, of ie ricrht assposion, and in 70? 18' and I" of the south declination. A correspondent of the ScientiJU merknn gives the recipe lor driviug F red ants : Mix o teasooonfull of ysials of carbolic acid with an ounce lavender water or any perfnme, and iriufcle well on yonr shelves. The perime is not necessary, but is used to >ver the unpleasant smell of the aciJ. A Deep Well.?At about twenty railed^ run Berlin is situated the village of >erenburg, noted for the deepest well at has ever been sunk. Owing to the esenoe of gypsum in the locality, which at a moderate dbtance from the capital, occurred to the government authorities charge of the mines to obtain a snpply rock salt. With this end in view the iking of a shaft or well lGft. in diameter as commenced some five years ago, and a depth of 280 feet the salt was reached, le borinir was continued to a further t ptli of UGOfr., the diameter of this bore ing reduced to about 13in. The opera>ns were subsequently prosecuted by the 1 of steatn until a depth of 4,194flt. was taincd. At this p. int the boring was -continued, the borer or bit being still the salt deposit, which thus exhibits e enormous thickness of 3.907ft. The ring would have been continued in der to discover what description of posit lay under the salt, but for the echanical difficulties connected with the rther prosecution of the operations, uring the progress of this interesting urk repeated and careful observations ere made of the temperature at various pths. The results confirm very closely ose which have been already arrived at ider similar circumstances. Old German Law.?A work by Herr eske on "The Humorous Element in irman Law*' was recently published at ;rlin, and contains, am ?ng other interting matter, descriptions of the pnnishents to which delinquents were subjected old times. However ludicrous some of ese inflictions may seem to the Germans Bismarck's day. they must have been ything but funny to those who suffered em. Up to the middle of the seventeenth' ntury it was the custom in Hesse to seat woman who had beaten her goodman i a donkey f.icing the tail, which she as made to grasp firmly, and in this pob?n she went through the town, her i.-band leading the donkey. Men who rsi-?tently allowed themselves to be npecked had the roofs of their houses moved, on the ground that a man who rmits his wife tortile at home does not pcrve to he protected from wind and 1 Ol ? i on/1 ltliiiluPd TTuPfl ?rtiner. oi.iMuci? iaim nw\ivi9 ide to stand in public on a block, and rike themselves three times on the outli as a token of repentance. Didn't Like a Joke ?A while ago an ficer in the English anny, having inectcd eoine home stations, sent in his aterr.ent of disbursements. There was le itein as follows: 4> Porter, 6d.)} This on was struck out of the list by the ar-office ; but the officer explained that e charge was for carriage of his luggage, ider circumstances where he would herwise have had to pay Is. 6d for a ,b. To this explanation came a reply at in this case the claim would l>e allow!, but that it should have been put for porterage,1' and not *' porter." The Seer answered that he would ol?ej 'del*, although he could find noanthorifor such a word as44 porterage and quired, in addition, ifin future he should se the term4, cni (b) ?geM when be meant cabf The En, ?'i War?ffice would ?t take a joke, and the witty officer wag lyerely repriman d'