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. VOL. III. NO. 11. BEAUFORT, S. C., TRITRSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1872. IS233tfSS:
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If W? Would.
If we wonld but check the speaker
When he spoils his neighbor's lame,
If we would but help the erring,
Ere we utter words of blame ;
If we would, how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
Ah, the wrongs that might be righted
If we would but pee the way!
Ah, the pains that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pleadings
Of the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
Of our selfishness and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen ere we chide ;
Let us, ere we blame the fallen,
Hold a light to cheer and guide,
Ah, how biessed? ah, how blessed
Earth would be if we'd but try
Thus to aid and right the weaker,
Thus to check each brother's sigh ;
Thus to talk^of duty's pathway
To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,
There are seeds of mighty good ;
Still, we shrink from souls appealing
T*r;AK ? ?it '?
VV liil a HiUiU li Ti V I/VIUV* ?
But a God who judgeth all things
Knows the troth is, "if we would."
MARBIAGE UlfDEB DIFFICULTIES.
It was Sunday, and I had returned from the
morning service in our chapel at South
Shields, Durham, England. The servant
came to the dining-room to 6ay two gentlemen
were waiting in the ]>arlor to see me.
I found them to he Mr. Dickinson, the chapel
keeper, and a big, round, jolly man, who
grinned and bowed on being introduced as
" Mr. Jobson." The former said it was the
latter who bad business with me ; and, when
I inquired, after some delay, what the business
might be, Mr. Jobson answered :
" Well, sir, I want to be married."
"Avery natural wish," I replied, "and
'one that may be gratified. There is no difficulty
in the way, if the ladyl?e in the same
mind."
"She's all right,sir."
" Where and when do you wish to be married
?"
" In the chapel that you preached in this
morning, three weeks to-morrow, at nine
o'clock."
" I see ; as soon as the notice required bv
law expiree. Yet you do not seem to have
been in a hurry to exchange single blessed'
iiess. Yon must be?what? Forty?"
" Yes. I am more thau it."
" Very well, Mr. Jobson, 1 will be there
at the time."
Intimating that my wite was waiting umner,
I was proceeding to ojien the door for
the gentleman to leave, when the expectant
bridegroom asked, in a tone of surprise, if I
could not "takedown tbe names." Certainly,
if he des'red ; though it was not neoessarv
then. After giving me his first name,
he gave me that of his fiance?, Mrs. X. Watkins
She had been married before. His
anxiety that I should take the names, his
" formal manner altogether in advising me
thus early of the wedding led me?when I
thought of the matter, a day or two afterward?to
wonder whether he supposed that
in order to give the legal notice he had only
to speak to the minister. Mr. Dickinson,
to whom I mentioned the matter, thought he
could not make such a mistake ; but he could
speak to his wife. She knew the lady and j
would see her. The following Monday evening
I was requested to step into their house,
which was adjoining the chapel. Jobson
had come to see me again ; and it was as I
feared. Not until that day had he given
notice to the public officer, whose duty it
was to register the births, deaths and marriages
in the district where he resided. Of
course I acknowledged the compliment implied
in his considering it quite sufficient to
fell me about ; and endeavored to console
him by saying the desired event would be
|H>stponed only seven days, and \ single week
was not long with one who had waited more
than forty years. He admitted that; but
could not see why persons eager to be joined
in matrimony should have their patience
tried twenty-one days before the great subject
of their lives could be realized. Which
1 gave him to understand was not absolutely
necessary, for bv special license he might
have his matrimonial desires accomplished
in two or three days. He was of a frugal
mind, however; and, when told it would
).lr> mrii # lip thniltrKt li? chrtnlH
tUDV tViJOIVIVlWVIV V y uv ...?v uiv?
wait.
The three weeks spread on rapid wing with
me; but moved on Iead.-n feet, no doubt
with them. Punctually at thejhour appointed
1 was at the chapel gate; but, finding
them closed, I turned around the corner and
knocked at the *xton's door.
" Are these weddings come?"
"Hush! h?u?s?li!" whispered that
cautious dame, as, with winks and gestures,
die signaled that I might be overheard, at
the same time leading me through one room
into the kitchen behind. There sat the
jolly man, his ruddy countenance beaming
like the rising sur. He smiled all over his
fsee as he saluted me. A buxom lady sat
on the opposite side ot the room, apparently
"fair, fat and forty.' but so arrayed in a
blue dress, a flaring j\*l shawl, a large bonnet,
and a large green vail that her figure
and years were partially concealed. So one
offered to introduce her : so I addressed Mr.
.lobeon :
" Mrs. Watkina I presume
" Yes, sir," said he. with a proud look.
That's hi-r."
I bowed to Iter. She rose, courtesied gr.icefully,
and smirked : "Good-morning sir."
" Is the registrar not come, Mrs. Dickinson.
" Not yet. He's sure to In here soou,
though."
We fell into conversion. It being a fine
morning. I congratulated the nuptial pair
upon it, hoping the su ashine was typical of
their future lives. When I could talk of the
weather no longer. 1 *ajd to the janitor's
wife:
"Is the registrar usually late on o<casions
of this kind?"
" No indeed. He likes his fees too veil."
We conversed on other topics. I had to
explain why we could not proceed with the
ceremony without the registrar. When Mrs.
Watkins had the happiness of being led to
the hymenial altar tefore, it was in one of
the consecrated ediiees of the Established
Church, and no such, officer was in attendance
there No doubt but the wise and equal laws
of England insist on one being present when
even a marriage is solemnized in a Nonconformist
meeting-hous*. Those dissenters are
a mean lot, and not to be trusted. While we
thus talked, an' old clock that hung over
the mantel shelf kept on swinging its long
pendulum nearly a yard each way, till the
figures pointed to 9:30, 9:5o and 10 o'clock.
I grew restless.
" It is strange this man does not come. I
hope there is no mistake again, Mr. Jobson!''
"'There cannot be, sir."
" You gave notice at Newcastle ?"
' Certainly. I came down on purpose to
tell you so."
" And at Shields ?"
"Shields! Shields, sir! What, was that
necessary ?"
' AssurMly, seeing that Mrs. Watkins refides
here J You cannot be married."
" That's a bad job."
"A bad job! I should think it is!" exclaimed
a female voice on the other side of
the room. " What a disappointment! You
stupid! How came you to make such a
blunder ? And it's the second time, too."
" But you needn^t look and speak to him
like that, though,' replied Mrs. Dickinson,
promptly and gravely taking his part.
" Didn't I tell you myself to tell him that he
would have to give notice in both district;?
in the town where he lives and in this town,
where you live."
" So you did."
" Why didn't you, then ?"
' I thought it was enough for him to tell
the people of Newcastle, without coming
and letting everybody down here know about
it. I didn't want the whole country to talk
of it."
" Why ? What is there to be ashamed or
afraid of? Isn't your other husl>and dead, or
something?"
"That's my business, ma'am."
" But you'd only told me, now," said Jobson,
sorrowfully, but not reproachfully.
" It's a bad job we've missed again."
"Bad! What fools we must seem. Just
now the bouse is full of people, invited to
the grand breakfast we provided. His friends
are there, my friends are there, my other
husband's friends, and some of the neighbors.
And now we must go back and say we are
not married, after all. What a disappointment
; I never did meet with such a disappointment
in all my life?never."
What eould I say to comfort such disconsolate
ones ? It was part of my profession to
administer consolation; but I had never
had to do with such mourners before; Was
it not natural that I should be silent, as the
rest of the comoanv ware, during the next
few minutes ? At length a bright idea struck
the disappointed lady. Would I be so kind
as to go and confer with the registrar? Jobson
had not a shadsw of a doubt that, if the
two men of importance as he and I could Ik4
brought together, anything would be accompli*hed(that
was not harder than merely setting
aside the laws of England. Seeing that
that would console them, I felt it my duty to
go, though I knew it was useless; and they
thanked me earnestly, saying they w?uld
never forget my kindness as long as they
lived. On my return, they both asked me.
ever more earnestly :
"Can we marry, sir ?"
"Yes; but "
" Thank Heaven !" exclaimed the lady.
44 Wait a moment. You interrupt ice,
ma'am. You can be married ; but not for
three weeks, I am sorry to say. The registrar
assured me that the Queen herself could
not be married again in this chapel without
his presence, and that he would not attend
a princess's marriage without being consul ted
beforehand in the regular way."
" What conceit! I wish the Queen were
here, just to show him she can make him do
whatever she likes. It's my opinion you can
marry us just as well without him as with
him. Will you do it, air?"
" I could go through the ceremony as well
without him ; but the marriage would be
illegal.
4 What of that ? If it's all right in the
sight of God, what doe* it matter if it's- not
right in the sight of man ?"
44 That is a bold but not a wise thing for
a woman to say. A ministerial friend of
mine married a couple of the highest position
in a certain town in Lancashire. They went
to Switzerland to spend along honeymoon.
Before they returned the minister received
official information that their marriage was
invalid, owing to some irregularity about the
person who attended to witness and record
the marriage. The registrar was from home
on vacation and had apj>ointed a deputy to
act for him. who, as it turned out was disqualified
in some way for acting in that capacity.
My friend immediately informed the
parents of the young couple, who wrote
them to come home instantly and go through
the ceremony again in private If that
young gentleman had l>een a villain, and
wished to abandon the young lady, he could
haTe done so, according to the law. If he
had been killed on his way home, and she,
morally but not legally his wife, had l>ccome
a mother, and claimed" a portion of his ex
tensive property for herself and child, she
could not have obtained a farthing by law.
Marriage is a civil contrast as well as a religious
institution; and of course, has its
advantages in being right in the sight of
man as well as in the sight of God. There
is another difficulty in the way of my marrying
you without the registrar. The law
would punish me severely if I did it.
441 don't want to get you into trouble.
But it is an unfortunate affair, very. I
never did meet with such a disappointment.
I'll not com* to a Dissenting chapel to be
onw Am ' '
UldilKU C*J J J IUVIV.
" You quite intend to l>e married again,
ma'am ?"
" One doesn't know what may happen."
We relasped into silence again, which continued
screral moments and was painful.
Jobson was the first to break it. He sat on
a low stool, with elbow on hi%knee and his
face on his hands, al>soibed in thought and
looking intently at the fire. Certain geometrical
lines visible in the embers enabled him
to solve the problem of the hour. Looking
up suddenly he said to me :
" I'll tell you what I'll do, sir."
" What will you do ?"
"I'll go this minute to the registrar here
iu this town and give notice afresh."
"That is manly," said I, admiring his
decisiou and energy. " If tou proceed like
that. you will get married."
I walked along the street with him, instructing
him in every particular. Never
did 1 enter into such details with any one
before or since. He expressed his gratitude
for my kindness, which he asserted iu
a very solemn and emphatic manner should
never be forgotten. He would see me the
following Sabbath, to let me know the.day
and hour. Iu this he faild, for he did not
appear either that Smiday or the next again.
tsut on me imru monnay uie sexton eaueu
on me to say that "that wedding" had to
come off the following morning at 10 o'clock.
That was an inconvenient hour, as I had an
engagement in Newcastle at noon, ami must
take the eleven o'clock train to keep it, which
I could not do if there was any delay. For
he it understood that the marriage service
is sometimes a protracted one in England,
and always much longer than in this country.
People there would not consider themselves
married at all by the utterance of the two or
three sentences with which I have seen ministers
here bind loving ones in holy wedlock.
I urged Mr. Dickinson to engage some one
else to officiate ; but he thought the parties
would he in time, and wished me to see the
end of the extraordinary affair. 1 wished it
too, and accordingly was at my post promptly
the next day. The gates not having been
opened. I went to the chapel house, and was
conducted to the kitchen as before. Mr. Jobson
had arrived before me, and was there all
nlonn in Kij vrli ifV
ai\JLl\s 111 uio ^ IV* J .
" Is Mrs. Watkins not coming fr"
" No ; but she'il be here presently, sir."
Witnin fire minutes the imposing form of
the registrar made its appearance, passing
the kitchen window slowly and stately. J f
ever officer had a due appreciation ?f his
station and gave responsibility, it was he ;
though I may say, to avoid making invidious
comparisons, that the mark applies to every
one in the same office. It is not too much
to affirm that a more just sense of his importance,
dignity and right even Calcraft,
Her Majesty's celebrated executioner, did not
possess on the occasion of his arriving at a
i'ail where he had business awaiting him (for
le was late), but could not elbow his way
through the crowd to the turnkey's door,
i "Make way," hf called imperiously to the
surging mass. " Make way, I say; nothing n<
can be done without me." The instant the tl
registrar's majestic foot crossed the kitchen
threshold, he pointed to the aged time piece w
over the mantle-shelf, and, casting a withering
glance at Mrs: Dickinson, said :
1' Do you see that clock, madam ? Already
four minutes after the time appointed for
this marriage^ and the doors of the chapel
and the gate leading thereto are still closed. a"
It is contrary to the law, madam. I say con- E
trary to the law." _
" Why, mother, how stupid it is of you,"
remarked an untidy young woman, who sat P:
peeling potatoes at the table. " Didn't I xr
tell you twenty minutes since to go and open ,
the door?"
"That's the way my daughter speaks to fct
me, gentlemen. The fact is, I had a fit a fj
week since to -day, and I have been expecting
another all morning and could think of *-'
nothing else." ol
Disregarding the chatter of these women, V)
with the superciliousness that became him,
and turning with a grand air toward Jobson, e:
the public functionery inquired : 81
"Have you been to the office?" e,
" No, sir ; but I am just going."
"Just going! Why did you not go be- a
fore?" ' c<
Jobson did not wait to answer.
" Where is he going, sir ?" I ventured to S1
ask. * it
4! To my office. When he came to me, ^
three weeks ago, I directed him to call there,
on his way from the station here, and bring "
the necessary documents along with him, and h
save me the trouble of going." (The great
man did not say whether Jobson had to see a "
superior or a subordinate of bis at the office.) a
" And he came right by the door of the office jj
without calling, and now ir keeping me waiting
here. I have business in court at halfnast
ten. Tt is exceedingly inconvenient^ ! g
exceedingly. My time is too valuable to be g
wasted on such people. But here the man k,
is back. He has not been long." "
"If you please, sir, can you marry me w
without the license, the doc?, the papers ci
from Newcastle ?" u.
" fVrtjurilv nnt, man Whv. where it it?"
, 4' It's at Newcastle, sir." n:
4; What is it doing there ?" fr
' I left it." ,
41 Why did you leave it V
" I forgot it, sir." w
" Fool! You cannot be married, and you s.
do not deserve to be. What was said to you
at the office ?'' CJ
" The gentleman said I must come and y<
ask you if you would marry me without it." ^
" Strange thing of him sending sucli a ^
question as that. I will go and see what he
means." Then turning to me, and speaking w
sub roct he added : " You stay here. I saw fj
bis license three weeks ago, showing he had p
given due notice in Newcastle. My testimony
to that effect may be satisfactory " tl
" You must make haste back, if I wait. I ^
have to take the eleven train. I must go."
44 And you shall, sir," broke in Mrs. Dickinson,
who had just returned from opening
the doors. " What do they mean coming
here time after time making such a fool of
our minister ? I'd go at once, sir, and not "
l?other with them any longer. I tell you, c<
sir, I'm not satisfied with this wedding. I
don't know the other husband is dead or
that there isn't some other legal 'pediment." ?
"That is their concern not mine." Mrs. w
Dickinson. Here is Jobson returning again, ty
Where is the registrar, Mr. Jobson ?" .
"Gone in the cha}>el, sir." f11
"All right. Mrs. Watkins; where is she?"
"What! Isn't she come yet ? The woman
must bo mad !" he muttered to himself, as
be started off on the run to seek her. Q1
I proceeded to the chapel by a private cu
passage from the house. Seeing me approach- .1,
ing him very leisurely, the impatient public
functionary said : si'
"Come, sir, do make baste. Where arc m
they ?" ?
"Echo answers, Where."
"What do you mean?" vv
"Simply that the bride has not come, and ?
At- t ! J 1 IxA,. 99
; i uc unuegiuuui ntt? gvue w uuuv uu.
"Extraordinary people ! They seem in1
capable of understanding how to act in these "(
i matters. He talks sensibly enough, too, on til
! other subjects. It must be true that love is ,
blind. Holloa ! madam, what is the matter
with you ?" jThis to Mrs. Dickinson, who W
had just come in upon us at the side door, c]
and was holding her sides, laughing im'
moderately. He evidently thought her "fit"
had come] "Are you in a convulsion, a
madam ?'* * u.
" The bride's found, sir. She's found. Our .
Mary Ann was in Queen street, and found 111
her looking in the toy-shop window." tc
" I will do the lady the justice to observe ,
that she exercises some fore-thought. Where P
is she ?" tn
" In our house," cl
I went back to the house. .
"Good morning, ma'am."
" Good morning, sir." fc
" We seem to be at cioss-purposes against ]r
this morning."
" So it appears." c(
" Where is Mr. Jobson Y' st
"Gone to seek me, I hear. Silly man !
He might have known I should come."
" I fear I shall have to give you short
meter in the service." cl
TUn vilinrtnr thp better sir. 'Short the
sweet,' qs we say sermons should l>e," f.Tobson
came dashing in at the door, sweating fa
jirofusely and breathing like a brokenwinded
horse.] 'MVhere have you been?
W hat a sight you ai e."
" Come, never mind his condition. There *
is no time to lose. Where are your wit- nn
esses?" -m
" Witnesses ? We have no witnesses, sir,"
"You ought to have had ; and you, who st
have been married before ought to have ni
known it. Mrs. Dickinson and Mary Ann, ,
you must lie witnesses."
These two, mother and daughter, strongly 11
protested against standing with sueh people ir
as those, and "in such clothes, too." But I
insisted. Everything went right in the
ceremony until we were interrupted by the ta
spectators. A crowd had gathered, and the
"sight of the big bridegroom and the buxom
bride, and Mrs. Dickinson in her dishabille, ^
and Mary Ann in her Mushes for the company fc
she kept, was too much for their gravity, p
One general peal of laughter followed another, .
so that we could not have got through at all
if the registrar had not risen to his feet and b
frowned. With commendable propriety did ^
the two who were undergoing the transformation
from quality to unity "say after me" s'
the words prescribed by the act of Parliament, g
and we had reached tiie point of which the
emblem of the bridal union should be forthcoming.
"
"The ring," said I as a hint for Jobson to
produce it.
"'Ibe ring," said he still " saying after
me." ..
" The ring," said I, a little lotider. looking 11
also as significantly as I could. o:
" 1 he ring," said he, louder than ever. ^
When the lady shrieked :
"The ring, the ring ! Find the ring." 0
He drew it out his vest pocket, among &
some screws, buttons and a handful of other ?
small articles useful to a bachelor. I pronounced
the benediction, signed my name tl
first in the register's book, and ran to the a
depot, where I was just in time to be too
late. I returned to the chapel vestry. The ^
party were on the point of separating. 1. F
hinted to Jobson that it was usual to give
the chapel keeper a trifle. He banded Mr.
Dickinson sixpence. She asked him if the 8
minister were not to have something for his t<
trouble."
"Certainly, certainly," 6aid he. I understood
he had to have half what I gave the ii
registrar. He's bad all the work, and I shall e:
ever forget liis kindness as long as I live?
lat I will not
He then plaoa la coin in my hand also- It
as a shilling.
A Kent aeky Anecdote.
General Leslie Combs made a speech
; the raising o f a clay pole in Paris,
[y., during the ^campaign of 1844. He
as so confident 011 this occasion, that he
romised to climb that tall pole backard,
from the stai ichions at the bottom
> the raccoon cage on top, if the Kenicky
statesman sh ould be defeated by
le unknown Candida te from Tennessee,
i was a rash promise, and the memoiy
f his hearers affterw.ards exhibited a
sry annoying tene>city. In his stump
sercises after that the enthusiastic and
inguine General could nevec indulge in
rtravagant promises or rose colored preictions
without encountering flashes of
Diintry wit that put him on the defence.
He never got dome explaining how
; was that he never climbed that pole
^cording to his promise, only because it
ad been cut down a od removed before
e could get there. Recently it transired
that two section b of that same blue
sh pole were still star iding as gate-posts
1 Paris, and in order to stop the clash
? x i:i ?i x
I IR6 COUDtry CUli-vi? iwuuu uuuui, tuc
eneral consented to appear on Thanksiving
Day and performed the long de)rred
feat of climbing. Sure enough
.hen the day came he arrived on the
ir,s, and was welcomed to a sumptuous
reakfast, and he made good his prolisa,
and made besides a happy speech
'orn the top of the gate post. His
air was us black, his eye as bright 1
hen he did this as when he ftade the
>eech that led to it in 1844. Ho was a
iptaiii in the war of 1812, and is still so
outlif*l in spirit and appearance as to '
e regarded with a sort of superstition 1
y the people of Kentucky, As time '
r' is no wrinkles on his genial face 1
ley begin to think he came over with
once de Leon, and was the only one of
ic party that found the fountain of
ealth.
A Fenian Prisoner.
Mr. Reddin, one of the Fenians sen- j
meed to live years' imprisonment for
mnection with the rescue of Kelly in
[anchester, has published in the Dubliu
Express an account of his imprisonment,
hich is a horrible revelation of brutah- '
' on the part of the prison ofiicials who
ul him in charge. Mr. Red<lin spent
le principal part of his imprisonment
i Mooreliousc jail, where ho was freleutly
punished beoanse it was physiillv
impossible for him to accomplish '
An Atin AO/>O. I '
te worn, UBBigucu. iu iiiui. v/u umj <a ,
on lie was ordered to the parade
round, and being too ill to walk, he was
agged first by two prisoners and afterards
by two warders, after which lie
as thrust into the penal cell, where he
as stripped naked and left for four
ours. While suffering from paralysis
te most cruel experiments were resorted
under the pretence of ascertaining
ketlicr he was shamming. These inuded
burning with hot irons, piercing
is legs with needles, the application of
galvanic battery to various parts of his
^dv, and the novel expedient of thjowig
lnm up in the air and permitting him
? fall en his bed. Finally lie was
laced in a solitary cell, where he reained
until a short time before his dislarge.
Other brutalities, too revolting
>r description, were iuflicted on the uji>rtunate
man, who, at the expiration of
is sentence, left prison paralyzed and
impletely broken down. Mr. Reddin's
atements in regard to barbarous treat- ^
ient lie received are vouched for by *
ro witnesses, and his friends have
lallenged the Government to institute
public and impartial inquiry into the 1
icts. <
\
Remarkable Turkey Adventure.? (
he sloop Sarah took a load of produce \
ear Sag Harbor, L, I., and sailed for <
t\ ! 11...
ew XI ft veil, l/urmg wiu uiwruuuu sue (
ruck oil Sachem Head, about fifteen \
tiles east of New Haven, and shortly 3
fter sank, the crew escaping. Included ]
i her assorted cargo was a box contain- ]
ig twelve live turkeys, which a fanner t
11 the island had intnisted to the cap- (
tin of the sloop to be marketed at New j
[aven. On the following day the farmer j
ho had shipped the turkeys twenty- 2
>ur hours previous was somewhat sur- 1
rised and almost dumb founded to find t
le identical box of turkeys on the i
each near his house, together with a ]
atcli and a fender belonging to the <
loop. The turkeys were all alive and i
obi ding. He is still at loss to account i
>r the preservation of the fowls during '
leir perilous sea voyage. i
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JlAltLM- Ui.>AMiin.?ouuimnjo ui ujaume
disasters for the month of October
f- the present year, from the Internaonal
Register oj Shipping, dated Novemer
12, show that during October 240
riling vessels and 18 steamers of all
ags have been reported lost. Among
re former, the number lost, above ten,
re as follows: 118 English, 21 Noregian,
18 Dutch, 17 German, and 14
rench, The American loss of vessels
as 9. Of the steamers lost 9 were F.nlish,
3 Dutch, and one each belonging
) the United States, France, Brazil,
forway and Sweden. Among the saillg
vessels are 5 and among the steamrs
1 reported missing.
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The Weed.
When Chriitopher Columbns discovered
the island of San Salvador in 1492, 1c
he sent two Spaniards into the interior
to examine the country. They related, h
on their return, that they had met many 1c
of the inhabitants holding some herbs h
in their hands, and inhaling the smoke, w
when lighted. This little firebrand was t<
called tobaco, a word which has been fi
ad opted all over Europe, and in Havana. ^
They still say, jwobar un lobaco, for smok- d
ing a cigar. It was to Sir W alter Raleigh a
that we owe the introduction of this g
favorite indulgence into England; ri
whilst Jean Nicot, ambassador of France 1
to Spain, brought it into his own coun- ii
try, it being already well-hnown in S
Spain and Portugal. Catharine de' y
Medici adopted the nfiw plant, imagin- u
ing it to be a cure for every ill that J
flesh is heir to, and in her honor it tl
oecame the Queen's herb, the Medicean b
herb, and the holy herb. The fashion f<
being thus introduced, the use of tobacco
extended itself by degrees, though not fl
without meeting with considerable op- h
position. Aumrath IY. commanded t<
that those who took it should be beaten k
in a mortar; the Shah of Persia content- tl
ed himself with cutting off the delin- f,
quents' noses ; Innocent VIII. condemn- tl
ed tliem to eternal ruin; and James Jj
I. wrote a book against tbern full of h
wise sayings. All was in vain ; tobacco p
was to conquer its adversaries, triumph a
over every obstacle,and become a strange lj
kind of aliment, which the tyranny of s)
habit was to render indispensible to a I
great part of the population. Tobacco tl
is now consumed in every possible form; "J
the makei-s try to invent new combina- 0
tions; in order to satisfy the passion of i
certain amateurs who appreciate a good
cigar as others do a glass of old wine.
Smoking has superseded the snufibox of
our forefathers ; it is allowed everywhere
?iu public gardens, clubs, cafes, and
most private houses; perhaps, after a
time, it will be so at the theatre, as it I
now is in Holland.?English pa,per. a
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Horace Greeley as a Boy. g
Faithfulness was the most striking a
moral trait of the boy Horace Greeley, t]
says one of his biographers. ti
"Come," his brother would say some- h
times, when the father had set the boys tl
a task and had gone from home, "come, b
Hod, let's go a-fishing.'' "No," Horace si
would reply, in liis whining voice, g
"W.'u /1m our stint first." "Ho. was al- tl
ways in school, though/' says his brother, c<
"and ;ts we hoed down the rows or la
chopped nt the wood-pile lie was perpet- si
lally talking about his lessons, asking is
piestions, and narrating what he read. " o!
When he fished, he fished for fish, not el
'or sport. He could never be induced to f(
ihoot anything. When he did accom- fc
>nny a shooting party he would never lc
any or discharge a gun, and when the tl
rame was found he would lie down and w
jtop his ears till the murder had been h
lone. ol
When liis father was finally driven to ai
bankruptcy 011 the barren New Ilamp- ta
jliire soil, Horace was too young to un- ai
lerstand the "justice" of the Sheriff's 81
visitation. The story is that he seized m
i hatchet, ran to the neighboring field h
md began furiously to cut down a fav. w
Drite pear-tree, saying, " They shall not si
liave that, any how." But his mother
called him off, and the pear-tree still
stands. Another story is that he went
to one of his mother's closet", and taking w
is many of her dresses as he could grasp h
iu bis arms, ran away with them into 6'
the woods, hid them behind a rock, and al
then came back to the house for more. e:
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Desire of the Dying for Rest.
In their hist hour men and women *r
vant physical rest and ease above aught ^
ilse: and I have known instances in e'
vhich the replies of persons near their
lissolntion were in such'sharp contrast ^
:o inquiries made of them as to become
grotesque. I was present when an ac
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piainranue, naviug ueen sirucjt uuwu m
:he street by a falling chimney, was car- *'
*ied homo in a dying state. As soon as ?'
le had recovered consciousness, his wife, Dl
lalf frantic with teiTor, leaned over the al
lofa on which he lay, and said, "O! my 111
larling, do you really love me ?" The
response was, " Yes, if you will pull off C(
ny boots;"and those were his last words.
\ gentleman; long ill of a wasting fever, c*
lad reached that condition where a doure
for rest usually heralds the grand
;ransformation. His betrothed, who
!iad devotedly nursed him, said, "Dear?st,
do you die happy?" "I should,"
vas the answer, *' if that infernal fly ^
vouldn't bother me," and spoke no more. Q)
'Wouldn't you like to see your father?" ej
nquired a doting mother of her only m
>on, us Ins iiie was ebDing last. " tc
jourse I should, but I'd rather have my w
face washed." Such words, apparently x
larsh and unfeeling, come from persons ^
ji natural sensibility and tenderness,
jecause in their dying hour the desire
'or material comfort often crowds out w"
ivery other consideration. 0{
RESTAUBANT3 AND COLORED GUESTS.? bl
rhe Criminal Court of the District of sr
Columbia, in the celebrated ice-cream tli
rases which came up on appeal under the gi
Divil Rights bill, decided that it must be
nadc to appear that the refusal to enter- ar
ain guests was distinctly made upon the ^
ground of color or race. This feature q1
lot being established, this mnch-litigsf>ed
case was dismissed, oz
A Boy'a Letter. .
A Cincinnati paper publishes the fol- <
>wing amusing letter written by a boy :
Dear Sue?The horses is all got the
orse disease very much. Us boys had
>ts of fun the other day. Little Frank's
obby horse had glue in his nose, so
e knew he had it, and we took him in3
the bath-room and got some of ma's
ne towels and rapped his legs up in hot S
'ater, and burned sulphur matches uner
his throat, and swinged his main off, ?
nd the paint come off his legs, and the
lue all come unstuck, and Frank can't
ide him any more. Wasn't it jolly ? n
hen the matches put us in mind of hav- 0
ig a Boston fire, so we coaxed Sister
adie to give us her box of Swiss houses 0
ou brought her from Urip; and set 'em is
p and touched 'em off, and let her rip. S(
'he town went like blazes, and we
lirowed some of sis's dolls in for dead ^
odies, and then saved the arms and legs ^
3r trophies.
But you bet we got scared when the
ames went so high, so we turned on the K
ose, and that fool Jim Blain let the wa- s
?r run all over the floor and down the ?
itcheu onto the cook's head, and she
bought the pipes had busted, and run r
dt a man to fix 'em, so ma caught us j,
bere, and the boys run home, but I got fi
eked. It didn't hurt much, cause I
iad on tliick clothes. Our Frank is in *
ants. He went in last Sunday, l got J
new girl, she is a bully one. I don't E
Ike Jennie Bird any more, or I guess
he don't like me any more, cause when J
give her a handful of peanuts she ?
browed 'em in my face, and I expected ?
im Blain told lies on me. I'd lick him
nly his father keeps a candy store, and L
git all the candy I want for nothing. s
Your affectionate brother, t
Charles. fl
P. S.?Please bring me a Goat.
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Scenery of Labrador. 1
Bleak and savage as are the shores of c
jabrador, yet the aspects of nature there
re often pictnresqne and grand, and ^
ometimes strangely beautiful. The s
Teat dark cliffs along the coast, beaten c
nd torn by the storms of centuries, rear ^
beir giant forms, that have been sculpired
by tempests and moulded by the
ands of frost giants, and hewn into ^
beir present shape by the thundering t
t # il. . a il 1?.?- 1 Ml T tl. _ V
lows oi tne Aiiaimc s uuiows. iu me t
immer evenings it is grand to see their ^
rent shadows falling on the surface of
ie waves, as the sun is setting, and the *
jaseless music of ocean is heard as it ^
ives their jagged sides. But grander e
ill is the sight when the grand Atlantic b
i lashed into iury, and like the bnset
f an invading host the watery battalions
large up the lofty cliffs with desperate *
iry, as if determined to carry the g
stress, and fling their spray over the i<
dtiost summits. Then, what can equal h
ie stern and awful beauty of the ocean F
hen laden with ice-argosies ; when the
uge floes are grinding against one an- a
kher and dashing each other to pieces ; J'
id the stately icebergs, with their fan- I
istic shapes, their glittering pinnacles r<
id dazzling white towers, are sailing ^
owly past, caryiugin their bosom fraglents
from the Arctic mountains to ^
elp in the erection of a new continent, -j
here now the ships are sailing over the ^
lbmarine banks of Newfoundland. a
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A Warning for Merchants.?A case
as been decided in a Liverpool court, F
hich, the law bearing upon the case I1
eing the same in this State as in En- c,
land, should warn dealers in luxuries p
gainst selling too freely oh credit to h
ctravagant women. The wife of a nier- ^
lant in moderate circumstances con oi.lpd
a }>itl trifli a liair-rtrpsHpr far hair
leaching, false curls,complexion washes,
X'., amounting to about one hundred ,
t<
ollars. The husband may have noticed
a
le general effect of these beautifiers,but ^
robably he ascribed it to nature. lie
as undeceived, however, when the bill ^
as presented for payment which he re- ^
ised, He was sued, and upon the trial
[ the case he swore that his wife had ^
o authority from him to bin* the things
" 81
id that his financial condition would
at admit of such extravagance. The
adge decided that a husband cannot be
impelled to pay for luxuries bought by
is wife, unless he is aware of the purlase
at the time, or his means sufficient
VJ
> afford them. ,
k
Destroyed.?Palazzuolo, a flourishing sf
iwn in Sicily, was recently struck by a 1
irrific hurricane, and one-third of it d
id in ruins. Twenty-two iiersons were ^
illed outright, many more were sen- N
jsly injured, a thousand families were
itirciy deprived ?f their homes, and ^
inny hundreds found that they had left
them only one little corner of what
as once their dwelling-house. The ir
ene was strange and almost incredible, ir
oofs were torn tc splinters ; balconies, w
mtters, timbers, and trees were sent ai
ping through the air ; kitchen utensils hi
ere blown through roofs ; heavy pieces tt
: furniture flew through windows; tr
lilding materials were crushed into at
all fragments. The fierce power of e<
ie elements is something awful and w
and. hi
No less than five, female franchisists b1
e prosecutiig or being prosecuted in h<
gal tribunals in connection with the C(
ght of suffrage; Michigan, Missouri,
regon, Connecticut, and New York ?
iing severally the scenes of their doing
suffering. o:
Brevities.
Chance is an unseen cause.
The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.
Children are the to-morrow of society.
Time is the herb that onres all diseases.
Vulgar nature suffers vainly.?Meredith.
Patience is the key of content.?Jtfaoinct.
The May of life blooms only once.?
'chiller.
To know how to wait is a secret of sue*
ess.?J)e Maistre.
Study the past if you would divine the
atur e.?Confucius'.
Mr. Samuel N. Pike of opera house
otoriety died suddenly, at his real-estate
ffice, in New York, of apoplexy.
It is stated that the mest marked feature
f the book trade at the present moment
i the large and increasing demand for
cientific works and periodicals.
nm? ~ TT*,VIn titno aKan^nnAfl hv
J. lit/ Silip U tiJLUa n oo auouuvuvwi vj
ier crew while on a voyage from Quebec
ar Bristol. Eight persons were washed
ft the vessel and drowned.
The Boston Transcript thinks " The rcent
rise in the price of leather will do
omething towards making up the losses
ustained by many dealers by the great
Ire."
An indiscreet youth in Cairo has been
ined for violently kissi^ the school
aa'am. She was so homely that the
udge said there was absolutely no excuse
or him.
"Justice" writes to the President from
few York enclosing $50 to be applied
o the internal revenue service. The
etter was sent to the Treasury Depart nent.
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By authority of an order issued by
fudge Durell, and by the aid of United
Itates troops, Marshal Packard took
K>ssession of the Louisiana State-house
n New Orleans.
The steamship Creaswell, from Falnouth,
England, for Cork, was lost at
en during the late terrible storm along
he coast. Twenty-one of the passengers
.nd the crew perished.
All unclaimed Chinese young ladies in
3nddhist convents are to be married at
mblic auction, by order of the Governnent,
the religious establishments in
[uestiou having been surpressed.
The widow of the founder of the city of
Ldrian, Mich., the late Addison J. Comtock,
recently died. She was mother
if the first child born in the city, and
t the time of her death the oldest resilent.
The stockholders of the Wallkiil
National Bank and the citizens of Midlletown
are determined to make good
he capital stock and reconstruct the
>ank, providing the banking officers at
iVashington grant sufficient time.
At a late wedding a calcium light was
brown on the bride as soon as she left
he church, and was so managed as to
[ood the carriage with light, and thus
xhibit the toilet of the blushing
ride and grcom to an admiring multitide.
In the Court of General Sessions of
Tew York, James O. Chambers, member
f a trades-union, was sentenced to the
tate Prison for seven years for fetonDusly
assaulting a workman last summer
realise the latter refused to join the
arties then on strike.
A deputation of Americans had an
udieuce with the Pope at Rome and
resented an address expressing the deotion
ot American Catholics to the
Toly See. The Pope made a feeling
esponse, and concluded by giving his
leasing to the Catholics of America.
The largest turkey ever brought into
toston was received from Rhode Island,
t weighs thirty-six pounds aud a half,
'wo other turkeys from the same State
'eigh together forty-eight pounds; and
nother, twenty pounds, making a
-eight of 1011 pounds for four turkeys.
One of the tanks for frying out lard at
'laukington and Armour's packingouse,
at Milwaukee, exploded scatterlg
boiling lard in all directions and
arrying the top of the tank 200 feet,
'ortunately it happened at an early
our when the workmen were not on
uty, and no one was injured.
A Severe Gale.
The terrible storm in England appears
d have been felt over a wider area than
ny which are recorded since November,
821, and to have been more severe than
ny which have been experienced since
'ebruarv. 1801. During the course of
he last named, part of the Crystal Palcc
was blown down and the steeple of
Ihichester Cathedral fell. The late gale
?ems to have been marked by no casuIties
of a character so striking as the
bove, but the damage done throughout
le country must have been immense,
ad it is to be feared that the record of
recks in the Irish and English channels,
ill prove to be a long one. What is
nown in English annals as " the great
;orm occurred in November, 26-27,
"03, causing a loss of property in Lonoo
alone, estimated at ten millions of
ollars. Just seventy-two years ago, on
ovember 8, 1800, there also occurred a
orm which did immense damage
ironghout the whole of England.
A Terrible Accident.?The scaflfoldig
in a new building at the Water-works
i Cincinnati fell, carrying down eight
orkmen, killing four of them instantly,
ad wounding four others. The scaffold
ad been erected by a sub-contractor for
le purpose of putting up wroughfc-iron fl
usses for the roof of the building, and
; the time it gave way was over-burden 1
with the weight of three iron trusses
eighing many tons. The workmen
ad been warned by the engineer of the
oilding that the scaffold was weak, but
eedlessly added to the mass of iron
imposing the trusses until the scaffold
ave way, precipitating ell of them to
le ground and water beneath, a distance
f about eighty feet.