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The Beaufort Republican.
> AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.
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VOL. III. NO. 39. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1873," {'.I&'SkVSK:
NEW SPUING GOODS.
' Jas. C. BAILS ? & BRO.,
P ASK TOUR ATTENfoU?wln?
DESIRABLE goods ofrereo
by them (or nJi
ENGLISH A^fl AMERICAS FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS.
Hi feet wide, end of the beet quality of roods manufactured.
Do yen went e reel good On Cloth 7 If
so, come now end get the eery besL OU Clothe cut
any size end laid promptly. A full line of cheep
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from SOc.* yard up. Table
clothe all widths end colors.
CARPETS.
Brussels, three-ply end ingrain Carpets of new designs.
A full stock of low-prloed carpets from, 30o. a
yard up.
Carpets measured for, made end laid with dispatch.
LACE CURTAINS.
French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites."
Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $2.50
a pair and upwards.
CORNICES AND BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and GUt
Cornioes, with or without centres.
Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops.
Cornices cut and made to fit windows and put up.
WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 Window Shade* in all the new tinta of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shade*, $1.60, with all trimming*.
Beautiful 8hades 20c. each.
Store Window Shade* any color and any size.
Window Shade* squared and put up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shade*.
RUGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and beautiful Rug*.
Door Mat*, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa,
that wear three year*.
100 sets Table Hats, assorted.
. MATTINGS.
New Matting, Plain and Fancy, In all the different
. width* made.
Matting* laid with dispatch.
WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS.
3,000 Roll* Wall Paper* and Borders In new patterns,
in gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes,
Ac., in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and
cheap. Paper hung If desired.
HA1H tLVl'MS
In all widths required tor Upholstering. Buttons,
Gimps sod Ticks for time. ,
CURTAIN DAMASKS.
, Plain snd Striped French Terry* for Curtains anii
Upholstering purposes.
Gimp?, Fringe, Tiseels, Loops end Buttons.
Moreens snd Table Damasks.
*' Curtains and Lambre quins made and put up.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano Table Cover*.
Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Cover*.
German Fringed Table Covers.
CRUMB CLOTHS AND DRUGGETS.
New patterns in any size or width wanted.
To aQ of which we ask your attention. All work
dope well and in season, by
James 6. Bailie & Brothers,
AUGUSTA, GA.
apl-17-ly.
H. M. Stuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
D BALES IX
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
FAMIL Y MEDICINES,
0 FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
ST A TI ONER Y, PERF UMER Y,
BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Together with man v other articles too numerous
to mention. All of wiiichwill be sold at the lowest
price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
PIERCE L. WIGGIN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
j* Solicitor Second Circuit. (
Beaufort, S. C.
BepM-ly.
JERRY SAVAGE & CO.,
Wheelwrights & Carpenters.
Carte, Wagons and Carriages repaired in the beat
manner at low prices.
All kinds of jobbing promptly attended to.
MAGNOLIA St.,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
J. K. Goethe, M. D.
Dr. Ooethe offers his professional services to the
public, lie may be found at his residence,
Game Hill, near Vnrnsrille, ,
Beaufort Co., S. O.
jan.l-ly. _ ,
A. S. HITCHCOCK, !
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
BEAUFORT, 8. C.
Dec.l-yr.
r YEMASSEE
Eating Saloon,
AT THE
P. P. A 8. & C. R. R. JUNCTION
The traveling public will here find good meals <n
the urr. val of trains. Also accommodations for m?n
ad beast, near the depot. i
YEMASSEE, S.' C.
Nov.Jl-ly.
W. H. CALVERT,
PRACTICAL
Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN
Japanned and Stamped Tin Ware*. Constantly on
baud, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves.
TKRM8 CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to business in the future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVERT,
Bay St, between 8th and 9th Sts.,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
ApLVly.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
.CHARLESTON, S. C.
rach?-ly E. H. JACK8QN.
Redeem Your Lands.
The Acta of Congress and the Regulations of the
Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption
sf Lands now in the pnesssslon of the United States
by reason of the Direct Tax Commissi oners sales ears
, . be had at this office. Prise ten seats. By null tltseaosats.
PAUL BRODIE,
A RCHITECT,
B?AJFO*r,S.C
Drawings of Models prepared for Patent Office.
Studies for special purposes, made at abort notice.
Box 31, P. O. decl-ly
William Gurney,
COTTON FACTOR
AXD
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY . I
AMD
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the sale of and shipment
of 8ea Island and Upland Cotton. LibetrJ
advances made on consignments. dec7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Builder,
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
OFFICES
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
decl-tf
PORT ROYA-ts
SAW & PLANING MILL,
Beaufort, S. C.
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D. C. WILSON & CO.,
MlNuraoTCBExa or and dkalebs in
Yellow Pine Tiler anil Inmler,
AMD
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors.
Plaster Lathes,
ALL KIXDS Or
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always J
on Hand.
. n. . .. <
Order* for Lumber ana Timber dj ine cargo .
promptly filled. Terms Cash.
D. C. WILSON & CO. ]
nov38-ly
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST! '
P. M. WHITMAN, !
Watchmaker and Engraver, i
Mayo's Building, Bay Street.
Will give his personal attention to the repairing of ,
WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental .
and plain Engraving done at short notice. '
Gentlemen having fine Watches can test them at
this establishment by one of HOWARD k CO.'8 .
1800 REOULATOR8. 1
Having added to my stock one of J. BUSS k CO.'S
fine Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to furnish
Beaufort time to the fraction of a second.
Alfred Williams,
TRIAL JUSTICE,;
Crofut's Building, |
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. \
N. B.?Court will be held every Friday at Brick i
Church, St. Helena Island. mchM-ly j
A. MARK. !
BOOTMAKER, \
Bay Street, Beaufort. S. C. 1
Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am prepared
to do Ant-class work.
mch2Q-ly A.MARK. (
PURE WATER ;
Guaranteed by the use of the 1
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL, i
t
Now being put down in this County. They are (
Olieap and Durable, '
And give universal satisfaction. Pure Water can be I
introduced into any house by the AMERICAN <
DRIVEN WELL lu a few hours. Apply to 1
M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to !
E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent.
febr-dm
S. MAYO,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., 1
HARDWARE, i
i
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco, |
Net Yams, Fish Lines A Cordage, 1
y
R-lnss "Paints and Oils. *
White Lead and Turpentine.
Sjiecial attention given to mixing Paint*, and 1
Glaya cut to order of any wire. febll
~M. POLLITZER, |
Cotton Factor
and ]
Commission Merchant, {
BEAUFORT, S. C.
aepU 1
The Savannah independent, \
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, |
Eatabliahed on the chxap cash plan, at the low rate
of only '
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR;
Addregg, 1
INDEPENDENT,
p. o. Box 865. SaTumah, G*. }
W. a. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer, i
Old Furniture pot la good order, Picture Frame* 1
made. Mattraaaee atnffed at the ahorteet notice.
Corner Bay and Hlnth Mtraate. 1
fehUdy 1
A Wedding Gift.
All that I have this day is thine,
A heart whose faith has never falter'd,
A love that know no other shrine
And through all changes livea unalter'd.
Had I a thousand hearts to give,
Thine all their love and faith should be,
Had I a thousand years to live
I1d gladly spend them all with thee.
There's not a Joy in all the world
Like that of love beyond deceiving,
Though bolt on bolt be at it hurled
The heart will triumph?when believing.
This day my joy hath sov'reign sway?
A joy which but with thee I know,
The rapture of a first fond love
Which, wedded, makes a heaven below!
A TRIP WITH A GUARD.
On reading the " Trembles of a Ticket
Clerk," I wondered, like him, whether
any of the numerous people with whom
I am daily brought in contact would
care to know anything of my grievances,
which, though perhUps not so large as
his, are still grievances. I am actingguard
on a very large railway, and receive
twenty-five shillings per week,
which, when my duties are taken into
consideration, will not be considered
too much. To judge properly of the
arduous and wearisome nature of my
duties, it will be necessary to accompany
me one trip at least, which will give you
a very fair idea of a guard's work. I
am on middle turn, and am working
the ten o'clock express from London to
Rollington. After signing on, as it is
termed, I visit the train, inspect the
ooupling of the carriages, see tne lamps
all right, see that the communication
cord for passengers is properly adjusted,
and last, though not least, that the
communication between myself and the
driver iB in good condition. I next
superintend the packing of passengers'
luggage in my van, let passengers into
the train, and wait for the signal to
start. I am accosted by a very shabbyooking
chap, who says :
" Guard, I'll give you half a crown to
post this letter in Rollington."
" I dare not; the Company's very
strictand finding me inexorable on
the matter, he walks away.
I overhear a passenger asking a question
of a porter : " Do you know Tooting
?"
" No, sir. Yes, there's Tooton near
Nottinghammeaning Toton.
* jno, no; its somewnere in tne
mbnrbs."
" Never heard of the suburbs before,
sir, never and at this last sally the
passenger ceases his inquiries.
"Guard," says an elderly gentleman,
in a very nervous manner, " does this
train go to Camden ?"
" No, sir; this train goes to Poleworth
without stopping; the next train for
Damden." .
A gentleman rushes up panting and
rat of breath, and says :
" Ware?"
"Where?"
" Ware 1" he reiterates.
" Where ?"
" Ware!" he shouts at the top of his
roice?" W-a-b-e !"
"Oh, Ware. Your train is on the
eft, bevond the refreshment room,"
md off he rushes, wondering no doubt
it the stupidity of railway officials,
rhe five-minutes' bell now begins to
ring, and a cry of " Take your seats,
slease?going on," warns the passengers
hat they must not linger any longer in
he bar or in the waiting-rooms ; and
hey mostly take their seats, with the
sxception of one or two obstinate ones,
vho never will take their seats till the
rery last minute, and thus frequently
lei ay t'ae train.
Standing by the van door, I am adlresv?ed
by a lady : " O guard, I want
ny boxes put far back, please ; I am so
: j .v: _i 1.1 i
.UttlU ruuuiu^ OUUU1U UC tuiunu upvjii
them if they were in the front."
" Very good, ma'am ; I'll put them
behind and just as I have finished
*he rushes up out of breath, and says:
" Oh, my husband has not arrived ; I
shall have to have them outand acjordingly
they are got out with infinite
lifficnlty, in consequence Of their being
behind everything else.
A young gentleman asks me which is
the carriage for Lilly, and I am just
opening the door for him, when two
men touch him on the shoulder, and
jne says, "Your nane'a Johnston, I believe
?"
" Yes," he replies, looking round.
" Well, I want you."
" You haven't been long about it."
"No, we never are," said the detec- i
tive, quietly, and marches him away.
The signal is now given to start and
is instantly countermanded by the station
master, who, accompanied by the
lady, wants her boxes put in again, as
ber husband has jr nt arrived; and I put
ber and her husband into a carriage,
ind leave her with her liepd out of the
window, adjuring me to put those box?s
far behind; and after a delay of quite
i minute and a half, we start, leaving
in the platform a testy old gentleman, |
who had got out of his carriage to enjoy
the minute's delay, and walked a
little too far. And now that wo were
ince started, there is plenty to do ; the
passengers' luggage to sort, the parcels
to sort and check, letters to sort, and to
teep a sharp lockout. So the train
joes on, rushing, screeching, grating, ,
till it steams into Poleworth Station,
wheie ten minutes are allowed for refreshments,
and for the engine to take
water. The first person I meet on the |
platform is, to my great surprise, the
elderly gentleman who wanted to go to
Damden.
" This is a fine thing, sir, to be over- i
tarried in this manner." #
" It's entirely your own fault; I told
jrou the train didn't stop; you re about '
forty miles away from CamdrP ."
"Well, I know that; I thought there i
were two trains, it's so oonfoundedly i
ong. What aiu I to do ?" <
"See the station master, by all ]
means."
"Guard," says a lady at a carriage,
window, "can you got a little milk for
my little dog '
I manage to get it, take it to her, and i
receive a shilling for my trouble, aa ake
teams it.
" 0 guard, will you see that this little
boy is put down at Bollington ?"
" Well, I'll see, miss. I ye got plenty 1
to do without looking after youngsters, t
Put him in, however; I'll see him all
right." t
The bell again warns passengers that r
the train is about to proceed; and after
a slight delay, caused by a gentleman J
who had forgotten which carriage he
was in, and who has to search each car* '
riage separately, we start again. While
half-way between Polelrorth and Nor- ^
rington, I see the child that was given 6
into my charge, with his head as far out a
of the window as he can reach, and the r
train running between forty and fortyfive
miles an hour. My heart is in my F
mouth; in vain do I try to attract his 8
attention, but I cannot bear to look at I
him. At last, I see him draw his head c
in very quickly, and guess the cause?a D
speck has flown into his eye?a contin- 8
gency for whjph I have been long hoping.
I feel more relieved than you
can well imagine, and inwardly vow *
never to aooept the charge of any more 8
children. ^
'Ibe next stoppage ie Sixburyiunc- ji
tion; and after going out and scolding ?
the child, who has, I find, rubbed hife j!
eye into a state of inflammation, I am
called to a carriage-window, and asked
do I change here for Didlewell ?
" You've got into the wrong -train, 8
ma'am; you should have changed at
Polewortn." "
" O dear 1 what shall I do ? They f
put me in at London." (By the way, '
whenever passengers are overcarried, h
they always say they were put in.) tl
" You'll have to wait five hours, and
go on to Poleworth by the up-maiL The a
ladies' waiting room is on the other *
platform, you'll find a nice fire there." ti
" Guard, guard," says a gentleman, n
" I've been waiting these last five minu- f
tes," (the train has only been in two), h
"Get my luggage out?five'pormanteauB, b
two hat-boxes, one carpet-bag, and two 8
bonnet boxes." n
"Yes, sir." ?
"Can't you find my brown port- j<
manteau ? Cursed nuisance! I'd rather t<
have left anything behind than that b
Eortmanteau.?Ob, you've found it, ?
ave you ? Now, where's the other hat- ta
box ? Haven't you got it ? Dear, dear!' 81
I might as well come without my head &
as without that box. I never aid see 81
anything like it; unless one looks to k
everything one's self, there's nothing 81
right. I'll report this matter ; a set of <1
lazy, good-for-nothing rascals! Why,
I saw it labelled myself." (But just tl
here I interrupt him, by producing si
the hat-box from under the seat where
he had been sitting.) 11 God bless me ! i*
under the seat, was it? Ah, so it was. gi
I put it there myself, for fear it should w
get smashed among the other heavy ei
luggage.As
the road between Sixbury j onction lc
and Veltage is very straight and level, le
I take advantage of it and begin to li
make up my journal, as it is called. It n<
is a record of the time I arrive at and ti
depart from stations, the number of g<
vehicles on the train, and any out-of- hi
the-way occurrences?in fact, answering ai
the same purpose to the train that a m
log-book does to a ship. We arrive at h'
Veltage in due oourse, and are delayed, ai
waiting for the Scotch mail train pas- pi
sengers. While engaged in my van, a in
porter comes and asks me for " the P?
British Columbia's box," and a wag in
who is near wants to know whether this tli
train brought it, or did it come special, et
" I haven't got such a thing,"! say. to
"O yes, you have ; it's a large gre? n se
box ;"*and after ferreting out the large b<
green box, I find it belongs to the gi
ishop of Columbia, who has been b<
traveling in the train. w.'
" Guard," says a lady, " I wish you'd
request these young men to leave off ki
smoking." at
" I can't, ma'am ; there're in a smoking
compartment.*" ot
" Well, I can't see it written up.
Why don't they write it up large ?"' a*
"It is written up outside the door." th
" No, it isn't, for I looked myself o?
but on her getting out, T show her her ve
mistake, and instead of apologizing, L'
she merely sayB: " Well, they shouldn't pi
put me in." m
On returning to the break, I find a th
large retriever dog that had been put d<
in at Sixbury busily engaged in di3- iw
cussing a basket of pork-pies which he
had got from the parcels. They are dc
rapidly disappearing, and I do not dare e
to go near him, as he shows his teeth 1 c
and growls ir a manner simply terrible.
I fetch his owner from his carriage, sa
and he calls the dog off and laughs at ar
the notion of his paying anything for
the damage ; and I take his name and so
address for further use. Meanwhile,
the arrival of the mail again fits us for
Btarting. I am asked by a sailor, who ta
has been in a state of drunkenness for he
two days, and been carried twice up to an
within twelve miles of his destination, .
and then been taken right away for th
want of changing?" Where do I change u|
for Helsing ? dr
"At Walleton."
" I've been trying to find Walleton dn
for two or three days, and blest if I wl
can." ca
I put him in the proper compartment, st:
give the signal, and the train again at
Bpeeds on its way; and while we are th
traveling at a terrible speed, I see the m
sailor getting out of his carriage, and dt
walking along the footboards. I in- pi
stantly communicate to the driver to m
stop, get out, and fortunately secure fr
him, and with the help of the underguard,
put him into an empty milk-van,
and lock him in, making sore of him for
the rest of the journey. Starting again, SI
we arrive in safety at Diddlecome. A wi
great many passengers get out here, and ec
a perfect storm of inquiries is directed toi
to me. . c<!
" I want that green box; don't you th
see it r ci
' ft No, I don't." th
44Il's right under your nose. Here; th
wait ; 111 get it myself." **
But as it is a rule not to allow passen- >H
gers in the van, I decline to allow her to en
get in and get the box out, and point p*
out that it xs blue, and not green, nor th
hers at kH. 1
" Guard, I want my box." ^
"I don't see it, sir." 01
"I saw if put in at Kilby myself." . .d<
"I don't think yon did, seeing fre
don't stop afXilby.
hair box/' D8Ter 1,16 g
MMM?
"It isn't here."
" Then it ought to be. It's positivey
disgraceful; the management ought
o be kicked."
Here the porter, who was attending
o him, says : " I've put your portoanteau
and hat-box on the cab, sir."
" The deuoe you have ! Where did
rou get my hat-box ?"
" You gave it me out of your hand
rhen you got out of the train."
I next release the sailor, and give him
o the station master, Who is going tc
rive him into oustody, but lets nim off,
? he is sobered, and expresses greal
Tet for the trouble he has given,
am here much puzzled by a Germar
>assenger, who was put in at Sixbury,
nd who says : " 1st diese statione
)iddleooroe?" After a good deal oi
onsideration, I manage to make out hit
[leaning and nod an affirmative. He
;ets out.
" Geben sie mir meine baggage."
I stare, but recover on hearing the
rord baggage; and as I cannot undertand
what else he says, I am obliged tc
oke every bit of luggage outof my van,
nd let him claim what is his, which he
1 . : lU ? ?Ut, k.'.nm
UCD UJ bttUpilJg bUO Ol blUiC WlbU UIO UUI
Telia, ana saying : "Das ist mein.'
)n getting the whole of his property,
ie gives me a shilling, and makes me e
omplimentary (at least, I,hope so]
peech, and then departs.
The warning cry of 'Going on, please,
nrries the passengers ont of the re
reshment rooms complaining dreadally
of the scantiness of the time al}wed
; of the coffee to drink ; and ol
he soup, which they only get just as the
rain iB about to start, and have to leave
Imost untasted. Everything being
eady, we proceed ; and taking advan&ge
of the quietness of the line, I take
ly dinner, when, just in the middle oi
i, I feel a peculiar jerk, that brings my
eart into m.v mouth. I look out of my
reak, fully expeoting to see the manled
remains of -some man; but am
luch relieved to find that it is only a
mall calf. It has strayed from an adicent
field on to the line, and being
x> frightened by the approaching ti ain
> PRcape, was cut to pieces. We arrive
t Godsend in excellent time, and I noce
a commercial traveler get into a
econd-olass carriage, and join another
Dmmercial, whose face I know well,
ad suspecting these two worthies, 1
eep my eye upon them. The train now
tops at Dewlin ; here a passenger reuires
a foot-warmer ; I tell him they
re not kept at small stations, but
lat he can nave one at the next large
ation.
" And I'm to be perished with cold
i the meantime, am I ? I call it disraceful.
You ought to carry lootarmers
in your break ; it's large
aough."
The train starts, and I resume my
?ok-out, sort the remaining paroels and
itten, and presently we steam intoRolngton
station. Before the train has
sarly stopped, a girl, who sees a relave.
is imDrudent enough to attempt to
it out, and is thrown down, and cuts
it face very badly; I take her nam6
id address, and give it to the stationaster,
who will most likely summon
sr on behalf of the Company. Here I
n again assailed by several people, all
! whom want their luggage at once;
i vain do I sav, " I haven't got a dozen
lir of hands,' for one or two people
imediately demand my name, and
ireatea me-with the condign wrath of
ich and all of the upper officials of tha
ae, with whom they (the passengers)
em to be hand-in-glove. The little
>y's friends are here to meet him ; I
,ve him up, and am rewarded, and
>ld my tongue as to his escapade, for
hich he seems grateful. I am called
f the ticket collector, who wants to
low where the commercial gentlemen
arted.
" One came from London, nnd the
her got in at Godsend."
" You'll have to give me your names
id addresses, pleaseand on giving
em they are released. Their modus
wrandi of swindling the Company is
;ry neat; the one who starts from
ondon .takes a ticket to the first stopng
station, namely Poleworth ; they
eet by agreement at Godsend, where
e other one gets two tickets, aud thus
'frauds the Company of one fare bereen
Poleworth and Godsend.
" Guurd, when you go back to Lon>n,
if yon go to the booking-office, I
ft a shilling there; yon may have it if
>n can get it."
"Thank you, sir;" and I smile as I
y it, for the chances of my getting it
e very remote.
Guard, how is it my bo* has become
crushed ?"
" I don't know, ma'am."
" It's a great shame yon fellows don't
ke more care of passengers' luggage;
>wever, I shall put a claim in for it,
id so you'll be sure to hear of it again."
Having examined my break, to Bee
at there is nothing left inside, made
) my journal, and settled with the
iver as to time, my trip is finished.
And thus the guard works day after
iy, and year after year, at work at
iich the workingman would scoff, and
11 no work; work, however, which
rains the tension of the nerves to the
most pitch, knowing, as he does, that
e slightest omission or wrong perforance
of any one of his multifarious
ities may cause an accident that would
ace him in the dock on a charge of
anslaughter, and render his dismissal
Dm the service inevitable in any event.
What They Said.?In 1868 Generals
lerman, Anger, Terry and Harney,
ith other commissioners, were appointl
to examino into the canses of Indian
ars. Thev presented a report which
intained these remarkable words: " If
e lands of the white man are taken,
vilisation justifies him in resisting
ie invader. Civilization does more
an this?it brands him as a ooward,
id a slave if he submit to the wrong,
ere civilization made its oontract and
laranteed the rights of the weaker
irty. It did not stand by-the guaranty;
ie treaty was oroxen, dui doc dj toe
.vage. If the savage resists, eivilizaon,
with the ten oommandments m
ie hand and the sword in the other,
smands his immediate extermination'
A Poughkeepsie clerk lores the very
round a Highland widow walks upon.
t is wcrth faOP an
South African Diamond Fields.
The Detroit Tribune publishes the
following extracts from a private letter
; received in that city from the Diamond
' Fields in South Africa :
I There is so much sameness with life
on the fields that it is almost impossible
1 for one to oontent himself. 1 am still
engaged in digging for the little char*
| mere, and have moderate success. If
half the diamonds I find were perfect in
k shape and color, I could return from the
fields in a short time. The proportion
i of bad stuff and off coldr is about nine,
ty-nine in one hundred. I haVe found
) a great many stones within the last four
I months, but not one in the lot was peri
feet. A few days ago I found one of 30
) carats, good water, but it was shattered
all through, so in reality it is not of
much value. Small mixed chips up to
s 10 carats bring 7s. per carat. I sold, for
a friend, a stone of 23 carats, deep off
> color, at 45s. 6d. per carat. Qood octo,
hedron white, from 4 to 10 carats, bring
) good prices, say from AO to ?10 ster
ling, gold, per carat. Few of these,
' however, are found. A few months ago
, I found a beauty, octohedron in shape,
i of 8 carats. It had a slight, smoky
I tinge. I had it out of the ground only
two days when it flew all to bits. The
> chips I sold for six shillings per carat.
. The loss for me, of course, was great
. Still, we have to take our chances. The
. cost of working a claim is so much that
' there is no more money in it. Perhaps
, there are not ten claims in 1,300 on this
. field that are much more than paying
, working expenses. Men stick to the
! work with the hope of finding a good,
sized diamond which would give them a
> lift out of this region ; but these perr
feet big stones don't lie about loose.
. ' The work is getting to be very tedious.
, I am taking oat ground at the depth of
L eighty feet. It all has to be broken
, with sticks in the handsof Kaffirs. With
. sixteen boys I can take oat and sort 8
car-loads a day. .
I have many times sorted 100 loads
i and not found a chip. At other times I
have found ten in a wheel-barrow full of
, ground. One, to make it pay, wants to
. tind one or two diamonds to each cartload
of ground, tliat is, taking them as
they come, chips and stones, large and
small. The rush, instead of coming to
the fields, is turning from them. I can
see great changes in the camp every
, day. The majority of thp diggers are
from Cape Colony or that of Natal.
They come with their oxeh, and, of
course, can leave any day, while with
Europeans or Americans tne case is differe
Lit. They don't corao to 1mt? until
they have replenished their empty pockets.
Very few do it, however. The
longer the majority stay the poorer they
get.
Philosophical Pedestrlanlsm.
Walking, says a writer in the June
number of the Galaxy, brings out the
true character of a man. The devil never
yet asked his victims to take a walk
with him. You will not be long in finding
your companion out All disguir es
will fall iway from him. As his pores
open his character is laid bare. His
deepest ai d most private self will come
to the top. It matters little whom you
ride with, so he be not a pickpocket;
s\t wam mill wnrw 1 ilrolr Hpfflp
lUt L/UKU U1 JUU TV iii| ?| wv??*w
down closer and firmer in jour reserve,
shaken down like a measure of corn bj
the jolting, as the journey proceeds.
But walking is a more vital copartnership
; the relation is a closer and sympathetic
one, and you do not feel like
walking ten paces with a stranger without
speaking to him. Hence the fastidiousness
of the professional walker in
choosing or admitting a companion, and
hence the truth of a remark of Emerson,
that you will generally fare better
to take your dog than to invite your
neighbor. Your cur-dog iB a true pedestrian,
and your neighbor is very likely a
small politician. The dog enters thoroughly
into the spirit of the enterprise;
he is not indifferent or preoccupied; he
is constantly sniffing adventure, laps at
every spring, looks upon every field and
wood as a new world to be explored, is
ever on some fresh trail, knows something
important will happen a little
further on, gazes with the true wonderseeing
eyes whatever the spot or whatever
the road, finds it good to be there
?in short, is just that happy, delicious,
excursive vagabond that touches one at
so many points, and whose human prototype
in a companion robs miles and
leagues of half their fatigue.
A New Idea in Building
Wiro nAtt.inor fnr nlastfirincr is heinc
rapidly introduced to take the place of
laths. It takes less labor to place on
the walls, is more continuous, and will
not burn. Coarse netting, with oneinch
mesh, and made of Btrong wire, is
found to answer best. For ornamental
cornice work it is especially val uable, for
it can be bent into any desired form.
Secured to iron studding in a brick
building, our greatest danger on account
of lire would be removed. A still
further application of this plan is to
make round bags of wire, resembling
barrels, and to coat them inside and
out with cement. When it hardens
they resemble stone barrels. Filled
with sand and sunk in rows and masses,
they make excellent building material
for break-waters. Another extension of
the idea has been tried with success in
England. It consists is making ironframed
buildings, covering them with
the wire netting, and soeading concrete
on both sides. It is claimed that a
house?walls, floors, roofs, doors, partitions
and all?lias been built, that is
strong, firm, R'jd absolntelj incombustible.
VarioQg applications of the nse
of wire noting and plaster or cement,
readily suggest themselves, and the
matter ig worthy of the attention of me.
charges and builders.
Among business men complaints are
.now that the new postal cards are a disgrace
to the Department in appearance,
that they are made of the very poorest
material, badly printed and designed,
and will be very easily counterfeited
Facto and Fancies.
A person who iells you of the faults
of others intends to tell others of your
faults.
Gen. Barry has prohibited the sale of
spirituous and malt liquors at Fortress
Monroe.
A Vimrinta ionrnal wires notice that
if any of its patrons fail to get the paper
they should call at the office and
subscribe. This journal "means busift
P688?
The Congress appointed the time and
plaoe of the next meeting of the American
Agricultural Congress at Atlanta on
the second Wednesday in May next
year.
A resolution advocating the application
of the eight-hour system to farm
labor was voted down after much discussion
in the U. S. National Agricultural
Convention.
There is said to be a small vale lying
between the Roane and Blue Bidge
mountains, in Tennessee, where the
bones of dead animals are so thick that
they can be walked on for over a mile.
An awkward man, attempting to carve
a goose, dropped it on the floor. "There,
now," exclaimed his wife, "we've lost
our dinner." Oh, no, my dear," answered
he, "it's safe?I have my foot on it."
Tyndoll illustrates the value of a single
potato by supposing that every potato
in the world but one was destroyed,
that one would contain in itself the possibility
of again stocking the world
with an invaluable article of food.
About half a century ago, the survivor
in a fatal duel in England, though
an officer of high rank, was convicted
and hanged for murder. Thereupon
duelling became unpopular in England
as a means of settling personal difficulties.
A prominent citizen of Terre Haute,
Ind., who received a challenge from a
hot-headed young Southerner temporarily
residing there, shortly after
met him in the street, and taking him
by the coat-oollas, shook him into decency
and common sense.
Mr. Fred B. Perkins, in his olever
story of "Scrope," published in Old
And New, tells a story of a lawyer who
never wrote his name in his law bo?ks,
and whenever he found a law book in
anv of his friehds' offices with no name
in it,he always carried it off as his own.
Our farmers and country gentlemen
do not seem to know it, but there is no
easier way to make mouey than by
stocking their ponds with fish. The
cost is nothing, the yield large. One
may feed his own family and the poo?
of the neighborhood all the yoor round,
and not feel the expense.
A candidate in Virginia makes the following
annoucement: Notice?I Nonce
my Self A candidate for the legislator
for the Nex sission to Repezent the
Agucultary and the mnnucultray intress
of the farmers intress of this County
and the heavy thaxiation that is on the
people of this county, of sevel caiesis.
Henry i Brooks. May the 20 1873."
The Missouri editors at their late
convention formally resolved that a man
has the same right to walk into a grocery
store and order a barrel of sugar or
a sock of coffee, or into a law office and
demand a legal opinion from its occupant,
or into an undertaker's and request
a coffin, without expecting to pay
for their respective wares or services,
as into a newspaper offioe and demand
the use of its brains and muscle and
type, without a thought of recompense.
It often becomes desirable to insert
screws in plaster walls, without attaching
them to any woodwork, but when
we turn them in the plaster they give
way, and our effort is vain. And yet a
mw he inserted in plaster so as
to hold light pictures, etc., very firmly.
The best plan is to enlarge the hole to
abont twice the diameter of the screw,
fill it with plaster of paris, snch as is
used for fastening the tops of lamps,
etc., and bed the screw in the soft plaster.
When the plaster has set, the
screw will be held very strongly.
A Dnel Caused by a Tallow Candle.
A most sanguinary meeting took place
during the war, near Richmond, Va.
The parties to the affair were members
of a Mississippi regiment. One of
them was a lieutenant, and the other
had held the same grade of office, but
had resigned to become sutler for the
regiment. The lieutenant had credit
with the sutler, and had purchased sundry
articles which had been charged
against him. When settling time came
around a dispute arose botwcen the two
concerning a tallow candle which was
charged in the bill. They both stubbornly
maintained the positions they
had taken with regard to this trifling
matter, and finally decided to resort to
the " code" for a final settlement of
the disagreement. The weapons used
were Mississippi rifles, aud one who was
present says he saw both men stretched
upon the ground, dead, the aim of each
havinir been nnerrinsr and fatal. Life
has been not unaptly likened to a horning
candle. Jt is snuffed out with aa
little ceremony, sometimes.
Fruit in Tin Cant.
The Boston Journal of Chemittry
says : The impression prevails among
those who use freely fruits which are
put up in tin cans, that they are injured
thereby, and this impression is, in
many cases, correct We have long
contended that all preserved fruits and
vegetables should be stored in glass, and
that no metal of any kind should be
brought in contact with them. All
fruits oontain more or less of vegetable
acids, and others that are highly corrosive,
are often formed by fermentation,
and the metallic vessels are considerably
acted upon. Tin cans are
IiaIiI Vtv tnldar. an allov into
which lead enters largely. .This metal
is easily corroded by vegetable acids, .
ard poisonous salts are formed. Undoubtedly,
many persons are greatly injured
by eating tomatoes peaohto, etc.,
which have been placed in tin cans, and
we advise all oar friends who oomtemplate
putting up fruits the coming summer,
to use onjy glass jars lor the par1