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The Beaufort Republican:
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.
VOL. III. NO. 35. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1873.
NEW SPRING GOODS,
l? Jas. C. BAILIE & BRO.,
KESPECTFULLY ASK YOtH ATTENtlon
to th* following DESIRABLE GOODS offered
by thein for #ale:
EXULISII AXD AMERICAN FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS.
24 feet wide, and of the boat quality of goods manufactured.
Do yen want a real good Oil Cloth ? If
?o, come now and get the very beat. Oil Cloth* cut
any aire and laid promptly. A full line of cheep
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from COc. a yard up. TrJ.Je
cloth* all widths and color*.
, ? CARPETS.
BruMel*, three-ply and ingrain Carpet* of n'jw design*.
A full stock of low-priced carpets from.^ 30c, a
yard up.
Carpets measured for, made and laid wit'j dispatch.
LACE ClIRTAIKL
Tamboured Muslin, durable aml cheap, from $2.50
a pair and upwards.
CORNICE'j VXD BANDS.
Rosewood and C^, plailJ oat, Waluut and Gilt
Cornice*, with a*, without centre*.
Curtain Bat^a*, Pins and Loops.
Cornices and made to tit windows and put up.
r WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Gold Baud Shade*, $1.50, with all trim
Z Beautiful Shades 20tt. each,
f store Window Shades ar..v oo'.or ami any size.
Window Shallow squared ?-J(| put up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shades.
f RIGS AT*D DOOR MATS.
New aud benut'.ful Rugs.
Door Mats froiu r>Oe. up to the twit English Cocoa,
that wear llir -o years.
100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
MATTINGS.
Ksvr Matting, 1'laiu aud Fancy, in all the differenl
widths made.
-Matting* laid with dispatch.
WALL PAPERS AMD BORDERS.
3,000 Rolls Wall Papers aud Borders it, new patterus,
in gold, juiuels, hall, oaks, inurliles, chintzes,
Ac., in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and
cheap. Paper hung if desired.
HA iR CLOTHS
In all widths required lor CphoLtering. Uultous,
Gimps auk Tacks for same.
CERTAIN DAMASKS.
Plain and Strii>ed French Terrys for Curtains and
Up tolstering purposes.
Gimps, Fringe, 'fowels, Loops and Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
m Curtains and Lambraquius made and put up.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
Euglis'u Embroidered-Cloth and Piauo TabloCovers,
Euit* ossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Ho .u aud gold band Flocked Piauo Covers.
German Fringed Table Covers.
CRIMB CLOTHS AND DIUGGETS.
New patterns in any size or width wanted.
To all of which we ask your attetitiou. AU work
done well and in season, by
James G. Bailie & Brothers,
AUGUSTA, GA.
apl-lT-ly.
H. M. Stuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
l>EW.F.lt IN
DRUGS AXD CHEMICALS,
FA MIL Y MEDICIXES,
FAXCYAXD TOILET ARTICLES,
ST A TIOXEUY. PERFUMERY,
BRUSHES, Ac., dr.. dr.
Together with many othei articles too numerous
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest
price lor cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
c< unfounded. feb.ll.
peece l mm
' ATTORNEY AND CODNSELOR AT LAW.
. Solicitor Second Circuit.
J Beaufort, S. C.
f 8ept.l-ly. '
JERRY SAVAGE & CO.,
Wheelwrights & Carpenters,
Carts, Wagon* and Carriages repaired in the best
manner at low prices.
All kinds of jobbing promptly attended to.
MAGNOLIA St.,
, BEAUFORT, S.J!.
J. H. Goethe, M. D.
I?r. Oovtho offers his professional cervices to the
public. Ho may be found at his residence.
Gam? Hill, near V;inisvil'o,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
jaw.l-ly.
A. S. HITCHCOCK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
DOl'NTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
UKAl'KOUT, S. C.
D.v.l-vr.
A' loeassee
Eating Saloon,
AT THE
P. R. A S. ic C. K. R. JUNCTION.
The traveling public will hi re find good meals on
the arrival of trains. Al-o accommodations for man
and beast, near the diiut.
33. T. SEIjIaEIlS.
YEMASSEE, S. C.
Nnv.21.ljr.
W. H. CALVERT,
PRACTICAL
Tin. Sheet-Iron. Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN
.lapanued and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly ou
hand, Cooking, l'arlor ami liox Stoves.
TERMS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict atteutiou
to business iu th? future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVERT,
Ray St., between 8th and 9th Sts.,
BE A UFO11T, S. C.
Apl.A-ly.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
mch35-ly E. H. JACKSON.
lledeem Your Lands.
The Act* of Congress an<l the Regulation* of the
Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption
of Land* now in the possess.on of the United State*
by reason of the Direct Tax < ommisMoners sale* can
be had at this office. Price ten cents. By mail fifteen
cents.
PAUL BRODIE,
A RCHITECT,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Drawing# of Models prepared for Patent Office.
Studies for spociul purposes, made at short notice.
Boa 31, P. 0. dccl-ly
William Gurney,
COTTON FACTOR
? Atn>
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY
VD
NORTH ATLANTIC WIIARF\
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the sale of and shipment
of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Liberal
I advances made on consignments. dec7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Builder,
Joi>Ding punctually .attenasa 10.
OFFICE!
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
.Icol-tf
PORT ROYAti
SAW & PLANING MILL,
Beaufort, S. C.
D. C. WILSON & CO.,
MANUFACTl'BKIlH OK AND PKALKB8 IN
Yellow Pine Tiller anil Ltnlmr,
AND
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors.
Plaster Lathes,
ALL KINDH OK
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always
on Hand.
Orders for Lumber and Timber by the cargo
p.oluptly filled. Terms Canh.
D. C. WILSON & CO.
nov28-ly
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST!
P. M. WHITMAN,
Watchmaker and Engraver,
Mayo's Building, Bay Street.
Will Rive bin personal attention to'the repairing of
WA1CHK8, CLOCKS and JEWHLKY. Ornamental
an 1 plain Engraving done at short notice.
Gentlemen having flue Watches can test them at
this establishment by one of HOWARD A CO.'8
$.">U0 REGULATORS.
Having added to my Stock one of J. BEISS A CO.'8
fine Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to furnish
Beaufort time to the fraction of n second.
Alfred Williams,
trial justice,
Crofut's Building,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.
X. B.?Court will he held every Friday at Briek
Church, St. Helena Island. mch26-ly
a7mark7
BOOTMAKER,
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am prepared
to do lirst-cluss work.
inch'JO-ly - A. MARK.
PURE WATER
Guaranteed by the use of the
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,
Now being put down in this County. They are
Clioap and Duralslo,
Auil give universal satisfaction. Pure Water rau 1k>
Introduced into any house hy the A MICHIGAN
OKI YEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to
M. L. MAINE. Sea Island Hotel, or to
E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent.
fcli27-flnt
" S. MAYO,
BAY STREET. BEAUFORT. S. C.,
HARDWARE,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco,
Net Yarns, Fish Lines <fc Cordage,
Class, Paints and. Oils,
White Lead and Turpentine.
Si?vial attention given to mixing Paints, and
CilaHMcut to order of any size. febll
M. POLLITZER,
Cotton Factor
and
Commission Merchant,
BEAUFORT, s. C.
sept4
The Savannah Independent,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low rate
of only
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR:
Afl<lrwiii_
INDEPENDENT,
P. O. Box 865. Savannah, Oa.
W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
Old Furniture put in good order, Picture Frame*
made. Mattrasses stuffed at the shortest notice.
Corner Hay and Ninth Streets.
feb!3-ly
Unseen,
At tlie spring of ait arch in the great no
tower,
High up otv the wall Is an angel's bead ;
And beneath it i8 carved a lily flower,
With dolicate wings at the side outspread.
They say that the sculptor wrought from I
face
Of his yotlth's lost love, of his promii
bride;
And when he had addod the last sad grace
To the features, lie dropped his chisel a
died.
And the worshipers tlirong to the shrine hole
And tho sight-seers come with theit curi
eyes;
But deop in the shadow, where none may ku
Its beauty, the gem of his caning lieff.
Yet at early morn on a midsummer's day.
When the sun iB far to the north, for t
epace
Of a few short minutes, there falls a ray,
Through an amber pane, on an angel's fa
It was wrought for the eyoof Ood. and it see;
That He blesses the work-of the dead ma
hand
With a ray of the golden light that Blre&ms
On the lost that aro found in the deathh
land.
'j fj 1
YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Her Side of the Story?And a Pretty Gc*
Story, Too*
A Roo>1 rntthV things, some ef the
go'otl, manv sharp and occasional
cruel, have been said of late of motliei
in-law, and now oome? dfiiJ 01 tli
much talked of bluss and tells her si(
of the -story. That she tells it we
will be admitted by all who read it:
Left a widow, after a few years
most unhappy married life, I retire
with my two children, to a small tow
where I intended to devote myself
the care of their education;
I think the enjoyment we have in 01
children before tuey reach tho age
ton is very great. All faults and e^
tendencies seem so sure to be cradicah
with time, wo call Scarcely believe tl
pains we are taking will ever have ai
but the desired result. These ear
promises aro 60 beautiful! Eve]
childish liking seems a talent, lackii
only opportunity to develop into e
cellence.
My girl and boy went to school in tl
morning. In the afternoon we walk<
together, and we all three enjoyed thoi
long, rambling walks. Then onr te
table, and our evenings, when*! Vead
them?how deliclitftil was our oar
panionahip ! Jiow I tried in every wr
to sow the good seed. I have said th;
my means were small, but my wan
were few, and I considered it a duty 1
make them fewer, for my children
sakes. I took care that they were n
ways well dressed, often working unt
late at night at their clothes?my ov
were plain enough. They never kner
of course, the sacrifices I made thi
they might have pleasures.
That my children loved me, respectt
me, I need not repeat. Their fir
thoughts always seemed to be of m
At Christmas they presented me wit
horrid little daubs, which I still treij
ure, tied up in little packages, an
dated. Ah! happy, happy days !?day
when a paper of sweet cake is sufflciei
for happiness.
The days came when they grew ta
and less dependent on mo. James le
school, and, as my means did not adm
of his going to college, I obtained a<
mittauce for him into the pluce of bus
ness of a friend. One day I heard a
acquaintance say that my son admire
a Miss Benson. Then first shot int
my heart that acute pang of jealous
which I had heard a woman feels wlie
another woman dares to lay claim to lit
sou?a bitter, unreasoning feeling, bi
strong and fierce, trample on it as yo
may. I asked James about it; h
laughed at the idea.
A year later he announced that he wii
engaged to this very girl, and asked m
to go and seo her. I went. She ws
tall and very thin, and stylish lookin
with reddisli hair, and long, thin hand
and feet. She wore a great many flour
ces, and a great deal of jewelry, of th
pale gold kind. Her manners were vet
gracious to me, but somehow or otlu
there was something about her tin
seemed to say she was the one who ha
always had a right to James, while
stood out in the new and awkward ligl
of one wLobc claims upon him wei
very trifling, and quite recent.
When I went homo I sat in my rocl
ing-chair for about an hour, thinkin;
I had understood every kite he ha
ever had, fathomed the capacities <
every toy cannon with which he ha
ever just missed committing raitidt
overcome the mysteries of marbles <
every degree, loved every puppy an
kitten he had ever adopted and taken t
his heart?why could I not at least tr
to love this reddish-haired girl ? Peop'
congratulated me. " O ! yes, I wasvei
much pleased, of course, not losing
sen at all?O ! no?only gaining anotln
daughter !" Delightful, certainly, an
early marriages are, as you say, so vei
desirable."
A year afterward they were marrie<
and remained some months with In
family, during which time I saw In
often, and cannot say that I ever hr
any fault to find with her. Then Jami
tj/mrrlif ntwl ci vftrv rriiriil TtON
><V?eu. ?UU VUVUL.V.I I. t
tion in ft town distant about one hui
dred miles. At fbst the news was vei
satisfactory. " Charming little lions
the perfection of servants and th(
later, " the loveliest little baby," n
grandson. Then, some months late
things were not so bright. The bat
had had the croup, my son himself
touch of the intermittent fever, servan
were great plagues, housekeepers
dreadful trouble. Disturbed beyoi
measure at the reiteration of these 1
mentations, I decided to go and see f*
myself how they were circumstance*
and be of what assistance I might for
short time.
So one winter morning,leaving Fani
with an intimate friend, and intrustir
my house and all it contained to tl
care of one servant, I left home alon
Arriving after dark at my destination,
found the two younger servants en jo
ing a very comfortable meal in tl
kitchen, and the baby asleep alone in
ehilly nursery. My son and his wi
were out spending the evening wil
somefriemK Their surprise and pleasure
,^L at Seeing me on their return home
' appeared great. Upon oouversing with
Maria the next day, I found her to be
very ignorant as regarded baby's re- i
quiremeiits. " He does crV so dread-1
fully." blie said. I stayed thero a-whole J
llie month t perhaps it *aa too long, but
there always seemed something for me
to do. I took charge of the little
creature whenever his mother wanted
to spend an evening in company, which
was not seldom. Many and many a
in<1 lonely hour I spent in that dimly lighted
room, rather than trust him to the
awkwardness of the young girl who pto'
fessed to fulfill the duties of a child's
' 1 nurse. I did a great deal of sewing for
Maria, of whom I became fonder than
?*v I had ever expected to be.
James had a relapse of his intermittent
fever. His wile knew nothing
.. about sickness. I nursed him?I who
bad never known fatigue when he needed
anything in former years, would
surely not fail him now. I sat up with
him night after night, and showed the
niH cook how to prepare nice little dishes
u'b for him, such as I knew he liked-?tV^at
is to say, I prepared thcin fruile uie
cook looked on. "Whatever was needed
jsH uowi "P or down, I was the one
to plan and do it. At last I began to
think I ought to return to Fanny ; and
seeing Jnmes fairly convalescent, I ;
sought tlio train for my journey home- ,
Ward. Sitting in the railroad car, a 1
1M' party of young pMiplfc took places in
irout of me, laughing and talking with
m eager animation, principally about perly
sons J knew nothing of; except by
numb. 1'resently one of them began to |
lis speak of my son's wife,
ile "I used to see a great deal of them I
11, | at one time," she said, " but?"
I " Oh I well, you know how they have
of had a mother-in-law raging round latod>
ly, so I have kept away."
n, " So have L"
to Hero followed a laugh of derision.
" A motiier-in-law f" exclaimed anar
other ; " that is hard ; I do pity them,
of indeed."
ril "But 1 understand she is off now,
2d luckily."
ie " Glad to hear it. Have you heard
the new opera?!'
ly I was tlio mother-in-law on whose aery
| count friends kept away. I remembered
ig I the weary nights in that sick room; the
x- weary days when, sufferingfrem the loss
of sleep, I struggled to keep my eyes !
ie open that t might attend to Various lit2d
tie household duties. I remembered
ne the nice little dishes, the neatly ar- ;
a- Ranged rooms, the carefully tended j
to baby. Which of all this was the "rag- (
a- ing round " which excited the risible
iy muscles of those young people ? I j
ut thought of Fanny, her good looks, her
ts intelligence, her affectionate nature, and
tp found myself wondering what her nature
wab to do. But here we kre. There |
1- flhe was waitiug to meet me, dear child;
il but there was some one Willi her; a most
rn insignificant looking individual, with |
v, very prominent eyes and large whiskers,
at Why did my heart Bink with a melancholy
foreboding?
How glad she was to see me again I
st She introduced her companion to me as
e. Mr. Jenkins; and whereas I was all
-h anxiety to be alone with her, Mr. Jens'
kins, witli a great flourish of politeness,
id walked all the way home with ns. Be'8
fore I could untie the strings of my I
it bonnet lie told me that Fanny liad
promised to marry him ! I wastliunder11
struck, having in the annoyance of his j
ft presence forgotten my forebodings of 1
it half an hour before. I bad read with
I- | much attention, in various highly laud- ' (
i- cd books, of the great and imperative
n | duty of bringing up a girl to be a help- i {
<1 meet for a noble man. Was this my ,
*> Fanny's noble man?this dapper little j.
'y ' maniken ? He seemed amiable, but bo j
n utterly insignificant 1 He bad uninter- j
Jr esting parents, and weak, plain sisters, 1,
it all of whom made a perpetual amuse- !
" meut of the engagement. My parlor |
ie was given up to them?that is, to him
and his sisters. I seemed always "de j
is trop"when I entered, judging by the ,
i? sudden silence which followed the ani- i ^
'8 mated task. My coming was an interg
' ruption. I began to sit up stairs; I (
Is always walked alone.
Having avoided all society and all ac- 11
(" quaiutanceship when my children were ,
J young, that I might devote my whole j <
time -to them, I found myself now deso
it , , . ii ti_: l_ i:i
, nueanu irienuicss. xncuag,11*0 piuuw>, 11
j , must be cultivated. I found no conge- j
t; : niality in either of the two families with ]
^ which my family were connecting them- j
e selves. i
After two years they were married ; 11
and after a year of boarding nspired to , j
^ the dignity of keeping house. After ;
lf looking at many dwellings one was se- j \
\ lected, one Mthich required a great many 1 ]
f ! repairs, and now my services were in i j
: very great request; I attended to all the :
\ I directions Mrs. Jenkins wished given to 1
( i workmen ; I stayed in the cold, empty |
rooms all day, when there was nothing j
! to sit on but an empty caudle-box. I
,(' i did the necessary quarreling with the
^ pi timbers, and bore the Bnnbbing of the j,
upholsterers ; I put the furniture in the ,
T j places I thought best by degrees, and j,
.. i by degrees changed it all to suit his I,
' tastes. I washed all the china and glass; j,
, and sometimes fancied, when I got dirty I,
'' doing all this, that I was happy. I had ,
2r so long been Hcctistomed to work for j
those I loved, that it was hard to learn
11 there might be any reproach connected
".B with it. I must do Fanny the justice to
say that she'was very kind and grateful
" for all this trouble.
^ On the last day, after having some
^ cold tea out of a pitcher on the corner j
" of a mantel-piece, I overheard Mr. Jen- j
J kins, who had brought in a friend to :
' admire his new dwelling, say:
}j "Well, the carpets are down, the fur- :
, niture is all here, and I think now when
we get our servants, and engage a baker
, and milkman, and are rid of the motherin-law,
we shall be ready to move in."
* Both my children married. I had my
i solitary little house to myself, and very
' solitary it was. I tried to get up some
spasmodic friendships with my neighbors,
but being hollow, these f<yced in
timacies fell through. But I ought not
? to complain ; it is the way of the world.
I only wonder if, considering the love
j we women have for our children, young
or old, the world is not apt to be a little
^ hard upon the mother-in-law.
a 3BE
fe He who has not the weakness of
bh friendship has not the strength,
The Great East River Bridge.
Tlic Mont Extravagant Sti-nctnrr In tin
World)
f if the great East. River bridge, de
sighed td Connect #ew York city am
Brooklyn; is ever finished} it trill be t
most imposing and cestly structure. /.
New York letter sty" the Brooklyn tow
er is now at the hight of dii ordinary
fonr-story house above the roadway
When the tower shall have been com
pleted, as expected tliis year, the toj
will be nearly twice the hight of Trinitj
Church steeple.
At a point about (one hundred feel
above the top of tile present work,
arches will be begun so as to make twe
covered openings above the roadways,
Seventy feet above the springing of the
arch the topof the tower will be reached,
where at 268 feet above high-watermark,
or 18 feet above Trinity Church steeple,
the fbilf Cables which siippnrt the whole
wMirlTpmr on/! travpl of the bridce Will
pass over and bending toward the rivei
until midway the bridge, where they
trill be within eight feet of theroadway,
and then rise td the trip oi thri bp^oailc
towor whence they will descend in n
curve to the anchorages.
It will thus be seen that the cables
will extend from anchorage to anchorage,
and that the bridge will not .only
be snspended from totver to tower but
oa either side of the towers to the
anchorages. From the anchorages tc
the entrances of the rhadwsy the bridge
will consist of arches made to accommodate
the travel on tho streets, directed
by a viadiict, find the structure be btiilt
of masonry. Tho bridge in its divisions
will therefore consist of a central span
1,600 feet long?aboutthe distance from
the new Post-office to Duane street?
the side spans extending to the anchorages,
each 930 feet long?or 100 feet
longer than the whole of the Niagara
Suspension Bridge?and tho stone viaducts
each 1,203 feet in length, which
is about tho distance from Broadway tc
the rivet on either sldo of Fulton street,
l'he total lengtii will thus be 5,862 feet,
or the distance from Canal street to the
Astor House, of which 3,106 feet will be
suspended;
There will b' 143 courses of stone in
each tower, of which 87 are now completed
on tho Brooklyn side, and 38 are
linished on tho New York side. The
bases of the towers are 168 feet by 102
feet, or an eighth of a mile around
them, while the stone cornice at the top
of the towers, when completed, will be
19 i feet wide and 130 feet long?the
area of the ground floor of the Academy
of Music?so that the summit of the
towers will afford a comfortable outlook
for al>out 4,000 persons at a time. Near
tho top of the cornices and upon the
tnasonry there will be placed an immense
iron plate, c?n which there will
rest a "saddle," or nnofhet iroli plfltc
with a level bottom and rollers undernenth.
Over the top of the "saddle,"
which will be otalj the cables will run
with similar curves to the anchorages on
the one side and midway on the bridge
on the other. This arrangement is for
the purpose of preventing any side
strain from coming upon the towers, so
that any load which would tend by its
position on either side of the towers to
exert a strain upon the masonry, will be
compensated for by the movement of
the "saddle." The equality of weight
in the cables will be so regulated that
depending in similar curves from cither
side of the tower not a particle of side
strain will ever bo brought to bear upon
the towers which will have to sustain
only perpendicular dead weight. It will
therefore be seen it is essentially necessary
that the anchorage or place where
the ends of the cables are fastened
should bo of such solidity as to defy any
strain that could possibly be brought to
bear upon it. The building of such a
structure is therefore a work of great
magnitude.
Sea-Nettles.
Sea-nettles vary in size from about
two-thirds of an inch to twelve inches.
We speak of the ordinary medusro of
aur Northern seas. Larger ones are
sometimes found in the tropics. Their
bodies are composed almost wholly of a
semi-transparent gelatinous substance,
without consistence, and absolutely
without any bony structure. It would
>eem as though it were impossible that
they could rosist the action of the
waves. Their structure is, however,
their protection. They conquer the
wave by yielding to it. The sea bears
them tenderly on its bosom. It is the
land only which they have to fear. Cast
upon the shore, they melt like ice, and
utterly disappear, sometimes in a few
hours. In 1811) Mr. Telfair saw an enormous
sea-nettle east upon the shore
near Bombay. It weighed several tons.
Ihe fishermen of the neighborhood
were employed to watch its decomposition,
and to collect the bones or cartilages
of the monster, if there were any.
None, however, were lounu. it entirely
disappeared, like nn iceberg under the
summer sum. The Lizzin of Kolliker,
on the other hand, found often on the
coasts of Greenland, is so small that it
can hardly be recognized by the naked
eye in transparent water. A wine-glass
suffices to contain 3,000 of them.
Town-Meeting Stories.
The late Clement Webster used tc
tell of a moderator of a New Hampshire
town-meeting, in the days of Levi
Woodbury and Isaac Hill, who, finding
a Whig vote in the ballot-box, took it
out and held it up before the assembled
electors, and indignantly demanded to
know " who throw this Federal vote ?"
The guilty voter lacked sufficient courage
to avow the act in that Democratic
crowd, and the moderator remarked,
" I thought it was a mistake, and I'll
throw it out." The story is called tc
mind by a report of a recent election
in a suburb of Chicago. When the
moderator tipped over the hat he found
2,000 ballots therein, but as there were
but fifteen hundred names on the tally
sheet, he concluded there must have
been some mistake. He was quick a<
figures and ready at expedienfcLjp he
iust threw out promiscuousl*lSi^ five
hundred tickets, and dedaredjVjssulf
from a count of what remahMip.-A
New Haven factory makes wool oul
of old muslin delaine dresses.
Sketch of Oakes Ames.
Oakes Ames was born in Eastoi
s Bristol county, Mass., January 10,18$
He was a manufacturer by professioi
. and for the greater part of his life ws
I identified with the town of North Eai
t ton,, to which place he went from Plj
L mouth, Mass., sixty-five years ago,"
. poor boy. He learned the trade (
j shovel making at a forge, and the ol
shop where first he worked still stand
\ as a reminder of the past. He was ft
J two years a member of the Executb
r Council of the State, in 1862 wn
elected a Representative from Massacht
\ setts to the Thirty-eighth Congr?*-'
serving on the committees on Eevolr
J tionary Claims and Manufacturers. H
was re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Coc
, gross, serving on the committees on th
Pacific Railroad and Manufactures. H
was also n delegate to the Philadelphi
Loyalists' Convention of 1866 and r?
\ elected to the Fortieth, Forty-first am
[ Forty-second Congresses.
BpeUking of the man as he was know
. to his neighbors a dispatch from Nortl
u?"Tn ail hi? bnsines
iJOObVU} oaj a m* w?? ? ?
I wanderings he never lost sight of th
| town of Tiia fldojition. An acadera;
building, and one of the finest In th
j Commonwealth, was constructed througl
, the munificent donation of $43,000 d;
. the Ames family, and there are othe
; and permanent improvements, whicl
| are the work of his benevolence. Mi
, Ames was looked upon as everybody'
, friend. Without ostentation he alway
| carefully provided for the wants of hi
employes and paid them a rate of wage
| fully up to the average in all the States
| Dnring the financial crisis of 1857 am
1358 >*r, Ames not only helped himsel
through the difficulty, but aided hi
neighbors too, so that they cannot bu
feel his loss as that of a near and dea
friend. Mr. Ames'manner of life amonj
his townsmen was Vdty simple, Entire
' ly destitute of that conceit lyhich some
j times accompanies the possession d
t great wealth, ho deported himself a
home as a sturdy, self-reliant old farm
er, contented with himself when other
, were doing well, and without one graii
, of selfishness. He was here, there an<
everywhere about the town, always goo<
I nnturod and ready to help anybod;
whom he thbUght was trying to holj
, himself.
\ My. Ames was never before tie eofin
I try in all his career in Congress untl
the Credit Mobilier explosion of las
| year. He was not a lovable man t<
, strangers, and had few of the qiialitie
i that attract popularity. He had th<
Yankee trait of shrewdness largely de
, veloped, and his operations conDectet
with the Union Pacific Railroad showed
in the science of gain, he was very bold
* < -1 1 mnanfl's.
, tie was a man 01 nngc, uiuiud>
frame, heavy featured and outwardl;
dull and ungarnished. The painfu
I prominence given to hiip by the Cjredi
Mobilief investigation had no very dele
terioHs effect upon his placid temper
nment. He seemed to treat the odiun
of public opinion with calm and cynica
indifferences. In his town he was a re
spected and admired man of mark.
Santa Cruz, the Carlist.
A. Spanish correspondent of thi
AVXmc Slrdc has had an interviev
with the Carlist leader, Santa Cruz, an<
describes him as u man of about thirty
five, short, pale, thin, nervous, andwitl
a singularly energetic countenance. Hi:
beard is thick, the hair of his head ii
cut close, and there are tiro bald spot;
near his temples. Two small ej*e<? bk<
those of an owl shine out from under al
Andalusian brow. His lips are thin am
his nose bent. * * * Qn
whole, his appearance is repulsive, es
pecially to those who have heard of hii
cruelties. He has a frightened look
and I was told that this look had be
nnmn Vinliitnnl tn him Kinre n orice wai
1 net on bis head. His way of speakinj
is brief and dry, and:be answers b;
monosyllables. * * * * '
Another correspondent writing fron
Spain, tells how a number of mnsket
ball holes happened to be found in tin
walls of a sulphur-bath establishment ii
a town held by the Carlists, by order o
the samo Santa Cruz. Says the corres
pondent: "A lady had come in he
carriage along this same road as I di<
some weeks before. Santa Cruz ordere<
the carriage to be stopped, and took i
package of letters which were beini
conveyed by the coachman into hi
room. The lady was the wife of a well
known member of the liberal party win
had been captured by another Carlis
band, and hearing that Santa Cruz wa
living in the village she entered hi
house. What passed between them n<
one knows, but a quarter of an hou
after she was brought out of the hous
by twelve soldiers, who placed he
against the wall and shot her."
The Lava Beds.
W luK a Volunteer Snyn of Them an
FiRhlluK Ground.
A letter from the lava beds says :
I have just come in from .Jack'
1 stronghold where I have been in a figt
' for the last three days. I went as
volunteer and was attached U4 Ma jo
1 Thomas' Battery of four Cohorn moi
tars, and it was the mortars which drov
the Indians out. Five thousand ir
fantry could not have done it in si
mourns wiuiout ixie iu?s ui uucuwi \
1 the command.
1 Words cannot describe the charact<
of these beds; newspaper reportei
may try to do it, but they cannot conve
1 uu idea. Sinco the fight I have bee
through part of the beds, and that wt
; enough for me. It is impossible'-io te
what damage wo hare done to the L
dians, as they concealed or burned the
1 dead, and the forme^is very easy, as a
thev have to do is merely to throw tl
bodies into a crevice and then fill it u
1 with rocks. We have, however, four
1 eleven dead bodies. We have here si
| dead, twenty wounded, and about tl
' latter number on crutches, from spraint
1 ankles from falling over the rocks. 1
' give you some faint idea of the shai
1 rocks, (^ne-half of our men went i
' with new shoes, and came out most
| barefoot, and with feet bleeding.
^ Same people are never contents
After having all their limbs broke
their heads smashed, and their brai1
t knocked out, they will actually go
law and tgy to get further damages.
Items of Interest.
i," The New York State Legislature has
L passed the Local Option bill.
>> The English Vienna-Exposition oor18
respondents are ridicnling the American
department.
r' Great warriors, like great earthquakes,
" are principally remembered for the mis^
chief they have done.
[s The suspended United States Vienna
,r Exposition Commissioners have de e
manded an investigation,
in Let no man complain of female exl
travogance now-a-days. Queen Elizabeth
5, had three thousand dresses and eighty
? I. "Q"
c A Chr^ftgo paper says that it is not a
i-' crime for a r"oman to have big feet, but
e experience has ta^ht itthatit is mighty
e annoying.
a The Carlists in Spain lo^t fifty killed
and twenty prisoners in their attack a
few days since on the town of of Vera,
q in Navarre.
(j A tornado neag Point a la HacKfc,
e Miss., killed two men, destroyed a Oathe
olic church, many dwellings, and a great
j many head of cattle,
e Let a person begin life by dodging,
h and he must run a gauntlet to the end,
y M a rale. Let him face the world
r squarely, and if his success is slow, deli
pend upon it it will be sure.
A shocking railway accident occurred
s near Pesth. Twenty-one persons wero
a killed outright, and forty ,'njured. Six
s of the carriages attached to the train
s were completely demolished.
' "Boston Charley," who shot Rev.
* Dr. Thomas, is about twenty-two years
of age. He is nearly white, with a
? clear complexion ; hence the name of
1 " Boston which signifies " white "
r among the Indians, has been given him.
To settle a bet a petition was recenth
ly presented to a worthy itizen of De/
troit, Mich., praying for the abolition
* i of the fire and police departments and
| his own efecption. He glanced at the
~ first few lines and " chalked " down his
a name
J At a private theatrical exhibition in
3 Allegheny, Pa., the man who was shot
y in his chamcter as "thedeserter" failed
p to rise again after the falling of the curtain.
The wad from the musket had*
. entered his head and inflicted (}uite a
1 serious wound.
t; Triplets recently born in Ripon, Wis.,
0 weighed altogether only six pounds,
s The nurse can make a ring of her
B tlinrab and forefinger and slip it over
- the body of either of them. They are
1 too stiiall to be dreBsed, and axe kept
, wrapped up in cotton.
The newspapers are full of temper?
ance lectures every day, which can
" *?" ' liv
V be drawn from tne cnmiuiti up- -j
j a little sober thought. For instance,
t a juan in. New York, addicted to strong
* drink, blew his own brains out, -after) .
* having been prevented from killing Jhis
? wife and children.
1 t ^ ' f f
The rapid growth of the silk industry
is one of the great triumphs achieved
under Protection. Ten years ago silk
; manufacturing in the Atlantic Stutea
j was in its infancy and partly an experi3
' ment; now it has attained vast proportions,
employing a capital of not less
2 than $30,000,000, and affording constant
work to more til3U 16,000 operatives,
t aad indirectly to thousands of others,
I (lotlleb Scheerer's Little Joke.
3I There is an anecdote of Gotlieb
J [ tfc'heerer, who, twenty years ago, was
1 i an active Philadelphia politician, and
e Vice-President Dallas, which is here
- first given in print. Some thirty years
b ago Mr. Dallas was counsel in a case in
, Philadelphia, and Mr. Scheerer was
- called as a witness. The following
h questions were put by Mr. Dallas:
j " Mr. Scheerer, were you in HarrisY
burg last June ?"
* " Last June, did yon say, Mr. Dali
las?"
"Yes, last June; don't repeat my
e question, but answer it."
a ! After some moments of study the
f answer came: " No, Mr. Dallas, I
- , not in Harrisburg last June!"
rj "Were you in Harrisburg in July?'
1 He reflected again, and slowly said,
1 I "No. Mr. Dallas, I was not in Harris
a burg in July."
? " Were you there in August, Mr.
s Scheerer?"
The witness again meditated, and
o said: "No, Mr. Dallas, I was not there
t inAugust."
s " Were von there in September ?"
fl Here Mr. Scheerer reflected longer
o than before and replied: " No, Mr. Dal- ^
r las, I was not in Harrisburg in Septcme
ber." %
r Mr. Dallas became tired of this barren
result, and raising his voice, said:
" Mr. Scheerer, will you tell the court
at what time you were in Harrisburg ?"
"Mr. Dallas," said Scheerer, "I
a never was in Harrisburg in my life."
The court, the audience and Gotlieb
Scheerer enjoyed the joke, but Mr.
's Dallas did not heartily partake of the
it merriment created,
a
r. The Dixon Bridge.?The greatest
,e number of persons gathered on the illfated
Dixon bridge was, according to
x the estimates, 300, and their combined
weight could not have been more than
from 40,000 to 50,000 pounds. The
1 1 ? ?'"1" at ttm
jj. weiglll "WH2J JUlUUljf uio>nuu>vu ....
^ two ends, each of which seems to have
iy given way under a pressure of not more
q than 20,000 pounds, which is a ridiculB
lously small strain to break an iron
]] arched bridge. It is to be hoped that
j. some intelligent investigation will be
;J made into this affair by some organiza22
tion of engineers, whose profession is
,e directly invovled.
;d Iksect Wobi.?Red coral is formed
iz very slowly, and in deep water, so that
ie it is never found in large pieces. When
td fishers are in search of it, they row a
:0 boat over that part of the sea where the
rp coral insect works, and then drop a
in large wooden cross with a net at each
ly end, into the water; this is dragged
along, and gets tangle^ among the
_ rough branches of the ooral deep down '
d. in the water, and breaks off branches of
n, it which fall into the nets, and are pick*
ns ed out and sold to jewelers, who fashion
to it into the many pretty ornaments which
are so popular with the ladies.