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J??? ????????^????????????i??????^ The Beaufort Republican. 4 * AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. VOL. III. NO. 42. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1873. . ----- - I ot..L -? *>?,.i? I Items of Interest. NEW SPEING GOOD?,, J a 8. G. BAILIE & SRO., KESPECTPt^LT A8K T 0(jr axxes tion to the foUowing Dfc* araDLE GOODS offered bj tbein for sale: ENGLISH A A'D /jHKRICAfl FLOOR OIL CLOTHS. 'cet of the best quality of poods manufactured. fco y0u want a real good Oil Cloth 1 II bo, come b0w and get the very best. Oil Cloth* cut luy * and laid promptly. A full line of cheap iYw ^ OIL CLOTHS, from 60c. a yard up. Tabic clotr j, &;i width* and colors. CARPETS. Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of n*w dohigns. A full stock of low-priced carpets from', 30c. a yard up. Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch! LACE CURTAINS. French Tambourd Lace, " Exc,alettes." Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful." Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from 10.50 a pair and upwards. CORNICES AND BANDS. Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and GtU Cornices, with or without centres. Curtain Rands, Pin* snd Loops. Cornioe* cut snd made to fit windows and put up. WINDOW SHADES. 1.W0 Window Shades In all the new tints of color. Beautiful Gold Baud Shade*, $1.60, with all trimlungs. Beautiful Shade* 20c. each. Store Window Shades suy color snd any size. Window Shades squared and put up promptly. Walnut aud painted wood Shades. Rl'GS AND DOOA MATS. New and beautiful Rugs. Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa, -that wear three years. *tOO sets Tablo Mats, assorted. MATTINGS. New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the different widths made. Mattings laid with dispatch. WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS. 8,000 Rolls Wall Papers snd Borders in new patterns, iff gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes, fcr., to every variety of colors?beautiful, good and cheap. Paper hung 1/ desired. HAIR CLOTHS In all Widths required lor Upholstering. Button*, Cilmpe and Tacks for same. CURTAIN DAMASKS. Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and Upholeieriug purposes. Gimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops'and Buttons. Moreens anil Table Damasks. Curtains and Lambraqulns made and put up. ? PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovera. Embossed Felt Piano aud Table Covers. .Plain and cold band Flocked Piano Covers. German Fringed Table Covers. CRl >111 CLOTHS AND DRIGGET9. New patterns in any size or width wanted. To all of which we ask your attention. All work done well and in season, by James G. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, GA. arl.IT->y. H. M. Stuart, M. D., Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. DEALr.B rN DRUGS AXD CHEMICALS, FAMIL Y MKDICISES, FA XC Y A XD TOILET ARTICLES, ST A TIOXER PERFUMERY. BRUSHES, dc., dc., dc. Together with many other articles too numerous to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest price for rash. Physicians prescriptions carefully < ompounticd. fcb.ll. piermTwigginT ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ^ Solicitor Second Circuit. Beaufort, S. C. Sept.l-!y. , JERRY SAVAGE & C0~ Wheelwrights & CarDenters. w a Carte, Wagon* and Carriages repaired in the bent manner at low price". All kind" of jobbing promptly attended to. MAGNOLIA St.. BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. Dr. Goethe offer* hi* professional service* to the public, lie may be found at his residence, Gamp Hill, near Yarnsvillo, Beaufort Co., S. C. jan.l-ly. A. S. HITCHCOCK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAl'FORT, S. C. Dec.l-yr. YEMASSEE Eating Saloon, AT THE P. It. & S. & C. R. R. JUNCTION. The traveling public will hero find good meal* on the arrival of train*. Also accommodation* for man and beaut, near the d<i?t. X3. T. SELiIjERS, YEMASSEE, S. C. Nov.21-ly. XIT U PAT TTTDT VV . AX. VJX1U V XJXV X ) PRACTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron. Copper & Zinc Worker. DEALER IN Japanned and Stamped Tin Warts. Constantly oa baud, Cooking, I'm lor and Box Stove*. T K K M S CASH. Thankful for past favor*, and hoping by strict attention to business in tba future to merit your kind favor. W. H. CALVERT, Day St., between 8th and IHh Sts., BEAUFORT, S. C. Apl.S-ly. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. f mch2.Vly_ E. H. JACKSON. Iledeem Your Lands. The Acta of Congress and tV Regulation* of tin Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption of Lands now in the jcssesaion of the United State > by reason of the Direct Tax Commissioner! salea can be had at thta office. Prioe tec mc*. By auU ittOW2 CflQtA PAUL BRODIE, a e Chit ect, BEAUFORT,S.C Drawing* of Model* prepared for Patent Office. Studied for xpecial purposes, made at abort notice. Box 31, P. O. deel-ly William Gurney, COTTON FACTOR AND Commission Merchant, NO. 102 EAST BAY AND NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention given to the sale of ami ship, mert of Sea Island and I'pland Cotton. I- beral advances made on consignments. dei 7-ly JOHN BRODIE, I Contractor & House Builder, Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFlCEi Comer Bay and Ninth Street, BEAUFORT, S. ('. decl-tf PORT ROYAL SAW & PLANING MILL, Beaufort, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., manufacturers and dealers in Mow Pioe Timler Lnintier, and ^ CYPRESS SHINGLES, ALSO, Builders & Contractors. Plaster Lathes, all kinds of JOBSAWINO Promptly Done. Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always , on Hand. Orders for Lumber and Timber by tbe cargo promptly filled. Terms Cash. D. C. WILSON & CO. _nov28-ly THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST! ? iuuitmAM r. IY1 nni mnii) Watchmaker and Engraver, Mayo's Building, Bay Street. Will (five his personal attention to the repairing of WATCHES, CI.OCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental and plain Engraving done at short liotiec. Gentlemen hating flue Watche* can test them at this establishment by one of HOWARD k C'O.'b $S00 REGULATORS. Having added to my (took one of J. BLISS k CO.'8 fine Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to furnish Beaufort time to the fraction of a aoeoud. Alfred Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE, Crofut's Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. R.?Conrt will lie held every Friday at Brick Church, St. Helena Island. ineh2t>-ly A. MARK, BOOTMAKER, Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. Hat inp opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am propared to do ft rat-el*** work, mch'.ti-ly A.MARK. PURE WATER Guaranteed by the use of the AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL, Now being pnt down in this County. They are Clioap and unraoio, And Rho tinlvertal aat>faction. Fnre Water can bo introduced iuto any bouse by the AMtltlCAN DltlVl'.N WELL in a few houra. Ai>i>ly to M. L. MAINE, Sea laland Hotel, or to E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. feb27-(hu ~S. MAYO, BAY STREET. BEAUFORT. S. C., HARDWARE, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco, Xrt Yarn*, Fish Lines <{ Cordar/c, Grlass, Paints and Oils, White Lead and Turpentine. Special attention Riven to mixing Paints, nnd (ib?H cut to order of any eize. fol>l 1 M. POLLITZEH, Cotton Factor AND Commission Merchant. BEAUFORT, S. C. ecpti The Savannah Independent, A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low rate of only ONE DOLLAR A YEAR; Address, INDEPENDENT, P. O. Boa 868. Savannah, Ga._ W. G. CAPERS, Upholsterer and Repairer. I Old Furniture put in good order. Picture Frame* made. Mattraaeee etnffed at the ehorteet notice. Corner Bay and Ninth Streets. | febi3.lv Christmas Hymn. I said to mv darling maiden, ' Bleep softly and quickly sleep, From the sky in a chariot golden To-uight will the Christ-Child loap. With many a shining treasure Is tho tiny coach supplied; And to-morro'v, when awaking, Thou wilt 1 them by thy side." And so fell asleep my maiden, And whispered when she awoke: " The little wheels of his wagon I saw, and the ponies' yoke. " Among tho bright stars were whirling The little wheels round and round ; And a golden thread came twirliug And caught me up from tho ground." "No! no! the beautiful wagon Will bring its treasures to thee; Thou canst not thither, my maiden! Thou stayest just here with me." And then the dear child grew silent, And whispered never a word; But the golden thread she did spy lent Wings and she flew as a bird." Sbe was no airv a maiden, And her heart no inado to fly, Enough wan a fine thread golden To draw her up to tlio sky. Us, too, far heavier ladon, With sorrow and sin defiled: Us, too, doth a fine thread golden Draw after the dear, lost child. AN OCCASIONAL FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Burton, ub their wedding cards had announced the young couple a year before, were seated at the breakfast table, with an undeniable expression of discomfort ujjonboth faces. Oliver himself, a fine looking man of about twenty-four, looked out of temper. Amy, bis pretty blonde wife, looked harassed and unhappy, but not cross. "I wish I could please you, Oily," she said, with a piteous droop i? the corners of her mouth. "I do try, and if you would only give me an hour of warning, perhaps?" "An hour of warning," broke in Oliver, in a petulant tone; "that's just like a woman. How can I tell when I am going to meet a friend I should like to invite to dinner? Yesterday, for instance, I met Ned Heyward quite unexpectedly in the car, and he's only in town a few days. Of course I asked him to dinner, and found pork and beans." " But you like pork and beans." " But you should always provide cnrnnfliinrr olflft ATorJ flnfnutg fllPm " " But if Mr. Heyward had not come, the something else would have been wasted, as we all like pork and beans." "I cannot understand why it is I always find some mortifying deficiency whenever I bring any one here to dine. Last week John Hill found nothing but mutton chops and potatoes." "It was washing day. You see Oily, we rerdly cannot afford to have a company dinner every day, and?" "There, there ! always the old story. We seem to afford other things very well. I don't mind the cost. I never stint you in housekeeping funds." " No, Oily ; and if you really do not mind the cost, I might?" "Manage it any way you like, but do let me find a decent meal when I bring home an occasional friend. There kiss, and be friends." Amy was willing enough to put up her pretty lips for a kiss, but after her lord and master had left the house, she carried a perplexed face for along time. She did want her husband's home to be the. most perfect spot on earth in his own eyes, and faithfully tried to make it so. But the little wife had been brought up in a family where a limited income ruled all expenditure, and she knew well that her husband's salary required careful management to keep tnem out of debt. Debt was her horror, while Oliver thought but little of n bill here and there,'having, as yet had none Amy had proved herself a treasure in housekeeping- neat, orderly, and economical?and her husband was justly proud of his wife and his home. But his reckless hospitality was a sore thorn in Amy's side. She was glad to see his gentlemen friend;J> when she knew they were coming to visit her, and took an innocent pride jn spreading before them her choic-st cooking and daintiest dishes. Bv,t she seldom knew they were comi ng fill Oliver put his head in her amber door, or the kitchen, to tell her iom, Dick or Harry had come home with him to dinner, and they were in a hurry. And it did seem to poor Amy as if an evil fate possessed Oliver to select the very worst days for such visitations. The meal that 011 a busy day Oliver would have eaten with a keen relish, looked poor when he saw his fastidious friend who boarded at the hotel partaking of it. And yet, as Amy said, iiis salary did not warrant a company dinner for every day. Then there were washing days, when something must be cooked that could be quickly served ; ironing days, when, if they were alone, Oliver declared pork and benns a dinner fit for a king ; there were days when yesterday's big joint of meat must be eaten cold, warmed up, or wasted ; days when the range would not bake well, and the dinner in prospect had to be abandoned, and a hurried meal prepared 011 the top of the fire ; in short, days that all housekeepers know 1?t- i.Ttuiriimnn nro tli(> verv last ones when they want tp see strange faces at their tables. Yet, if Amy was all ready on six days, and all in confusion on the seventh, it was surely on that very seventh day that Oliver had a friend unexpectedly to dinner. It was of no use to tell him in the morning ; the sight of an old comrade's faqp drove the warning completely out of his mind. ' So, on the morning whereof I have already written, Amy went about her daily duties with a heavy heart and a troubled face. But the postman left her a letter, nfter reading which she suddenly cleared up wonderfully, and seemed immensely relieved.5 "J"I'll try it," she said. "Perhaps Oliver will realize then what it coats." But no word of her mysterious reso- it lutiou passed her lips when her hus- ve band came home, nor did he allude to ag her letter. There was no stranger at he her table for three or four days, but she waiteu patiently, knowing Oliver would ga soon find a friend for her to make her wr first experiment in her new plan. She Ti was very careful always about the ap- he pointments of her table, trusting noth- ta ing. to the servant, in that department, B< so she was not afried of any guest find- ur ing disorder or neglect there, but Oli- ey ver's idea of guest dishes had been a ot sore trouble to her. he "Amy," he called, about a week after ca *' * /?rmv?rRnt,inn recorded. t)e " Will Ferris has come home with me. jo Now don't tell mo we have nothing fit Ai to set before him." oc "Can yon give me half an hour?" Amy Asked cheerfully. "Yes?not more. We are going to the lodge together." " I'll be ready." Oliver beamed with satisfaction, as he motioned his guest to a seat at the ec table. A small turkey, browned to perfection, was the leading dish, various rft vegetables, a dainty selection of sauces In and pickles, and a most delightful pie til finished the repast. gc " I knew Arav could do it if she , tried," thought Oliver, "and now that et she finds I am in earnest, she will man- cq ago to give my friends a decent meal, ca if they are not heralded twenty-four hours in advance." Not a week later, another friend was ju invited on the spur of the moment, ar- w] riving when the dinner was actually j0 served. But Amy asked for only a few minutes, and magically there was served -p] an exquisite repast, perfectly cooked. pf Again and again .Oliver came home with W( a friend, and a delightful certainty of a al] good dinner. Amy never complained n, now of his hospitality, gave his friends j-,,a smiling welcome, and Oliver found |,j home more charming than ever. th invo months passed, and the occasion- W( al friend came very often to dinner. ft The slight restraint Oliver had felt was R11 quite removed by the new and delightful change m Amy's management; and ,]c yet the variety and quality of the com- ,j( pany dishes never failed. But Mrs. jj, Burton, consulting her account book, g understood that the time was rapidly R0 approaching when Oliver must under- ?i stand how this magic machinery was f0 kept in order, must see where the mys- w; terious delicacies that appeared so cc promptly were procured. ftr So, one evening, when husband and wife were enjoying a quiet tete-a-tete, the servant handed in an envelope di- ra rected to Mr. Burton, saying: XI " The boy will call in the morning." f0 " Bovlef' said Oliver, reading the Rt printed advertisement in the corner of cc the envelope ; " why, it is the restau rant keeper round the corner." " Yen," Amy nnitl. " But I never owed the man n cent, and here is a bill," cried Oliver, open- ra ing the folded paper in the envelope. , i "I think you will find it all right," . Amy said very calmly, though a red V1 spot burned on each cheek as sue spoke, ol "All right!" said she amazed Oliver; gc " the man must be crazy. One turkey uj and dressing, five dollars. One lemon pie, seventy-five cents; cranberry sauce, Vl sweet potutoes and parsnip fritters, three dollars." til " That was the day Mr. Ferris dined ]lt here," said Amy, without looking up. "One pair of roast ducks, five dol- 111 lars," rend Oliver; currunt jelly, one H dollar." c t "That was the day Mr. Hill dined here." Oliver gave a long whistle. tii "So that is the way you did it?" " " Yes, dear." ?r " Hum! quails, grotise, chickens." 1,1 " You did not suppose I procured *n [ and cooked such things at a minute's 1" notice, did you ?" Amy asked demurely. "No?but?" " You didn't suppose they came down the chimney ready cooked, like Santa *c Clans' gifts, did you ?" she asked, still 111 looking intently at her sewing. " Well, not exactly that?but?" P1 " Yoxi told me I was not to mind the expense." '); " Yes ; but? What is the expense ?" " turning over the paper. "By Jove, f Amv, it is a hundred and twenty-five 11 dollars." ?? " Yes, that is right. I kept an account of tlie items." 11 m /-vi: tl mere was a long bukuw. vsuvur wna trying to persuade himself that it was ^ impossible his habit of promiscuous hospitality was really so expensive, but * ' the items stared him in the face, and a very slight effort of memory recalled P nearly every dish. Jones had compli- w inented the lobster salad : Smith had 01 been enthusiastic over the ma>/onnni?r c< of fowl; Hey ward had pronounced this ^ />at< equal to Delmonico's; and Curtis f had protested he never ate such pigeon 11 pie before. P1 With a deep sigh, Oliver said: ^ "Since"it is all right, I suppose I must pay it ; but?was it quite fair, Amy, to spring such a mine on mo ? I did not realize the expense, it is true, ?? but this bill coming in so unexpectedly ^ will really hamper me terribly." " No, it won't, Oily. I only wanted you to understand how expensive and U] troublesome it is to have unexpected vi company. Only let me know, and I will gladly prepare for your friends, at only a small additional expense." 111 " But that won't pay this bill." It " No, but this will." And Amy laid p, before her husband three crisp fifty ,,| dollar bills. ... . ai " Why, Amy! where am tnnt come ?] from ?" ol " You have heard me talk of Uncle s Charles, the chaplain in the navy, who 'p was away at the time we were mar- s| ried ?" S " But who came homo a month or two 01 ago, you told me." C " Yes ; but I did not tell you that in j, the letter he wrote telling me he was at ? father's, he sent me a check for two j, hundred dollars to purchase a wedding n present." c< " And you have spent more than half H] iu turkeys and geese for my friends !" c " I don't regret it, Oily, for it has a given you pleasure to entertain them ; but we cannot afford to keep it up. I don't want to be unreasonable ; but you t< see now, do yon not, that the habit is o better broken ?" ^ " Yes, I do see it. You here brought & home to me now, Amy, and I will not x the dearest little wife in the world ain by adding unexpected company to j ir household cares." So Amy lost her grievance, for Oliver ve her due notice from that time forird when he meant to invite a guest. ^ me, it was a strong temptation, when ( ! met his friends, to run the risk and j ke them home, but the vision of j )yle*b bill, and Amy's sacrifice of her icle's wedding present, rose before his I es, and he gave the invitation for an- c her day, or let it pass. For after all, ( i found, when the appointed day me, he cared very little for the ex- . cted pleasure, and would have en- 1 yed a quiet dinner and evening with f ny quite as well as the company of an I oasuonal friend .?Ledger. 'The Minimum in Minnesota. Exchanges note that Winstrand, the c vedish ex-royal secretary, who lives c Minnesota, has reached a height of , onomy pf which Dio Lewis is igno- ( nt. Having read a statement that t idian corn contains more than four fi ? 1. n c irlinnt ? lies as muuii unj uiauuci >wcr, and that one pound of it, parch- ( [ and mado into bread, is more than s [ual to two pounds of fat meat, the ? reful Swed^resolved to test its power. J ixing corn-meal with water, he, with j r own devoted hands, made a cake one c ch thick and seven inches in diameter, j tiich he baked on the coals in the par- $ r stove.. A cake or this size proved to e > more than sufficient for one meal, t iree times a dny, for weeks, the ex- t irimenter ate nothing else, didn't t m't anything else, didn't lose weight, t id was perfectly well. He must have i constitution before which even hard- i >iled eggs might bow and mince-pie ] ush. To rational people he presents e argument that it takes one hour's i irk, besides fencing, to produce half 1 bushel of corn, which is more than j ifficient for ten days for one person ; 1 needn't cost anybody more than five j >llars a year. "Rational peoole," he j 'dares, "will bo more satisfied on that i an on the fare at the best hotels in | uropo or America." Moreover, he ob- * rved that half an acre will produce ] 1 the vegetables one person will need ] r one year, without nard labor ; that I lien the weather is warm it is very | mifortable and healthy to go barefoot, i id a "very comfortable house," large j tough for one person, can bo built in ] Minnesota for twenty dollars, and al- ] ost anybody can do it for himself, j lierefore nobody need be at a loss i r a den wherein to dwell, and fare ( irpassing that of the best hotels at a ist of five dollars a year. Action of Tobacco, 1 A highly important series of experients have been made by two German ( lysiciaus, Vogl and Eulenberg, with a * ew accurately to determine the physiogieal action of tobacco. Their rearclies had reference first to the action ( ; those bases 01 tooacco wmcii are >latilized at a temperature lower than le hundred and sixty degrees, and ion to those volatilizable between one andred and sixty and two hundred i id sixty degrees. It was found that ' ic action of all these bases was identid with that of nicotine, producing con- ( action of the pupil, labored respira- , on, convulsions, and death. When ( ken into the stomach they produce , teir effects more speedily than when ibcutaneously injected ; though even i the latter case they are not so instan;neous as nicotine. The lungs and airlssagcs of animals experimented upon ere found, on post-mortem examinaon, to be greatly congested. Messrs. Vogl and Eulenberg attribute > the pyridine and picolino bases, and ot to nicotine, the painful symptoms ' the novice in smoking, as also the oisonous effects of tobacco-juice when vallowed. The fact that stronger toncco can bo used in the shape of cigars mti in the pipe, is explained by this, lat there are more of the volatile bases i the smoke from the latter. Pyridine i very volatile and stupefying, and lists in pipe smoke abundantly, while i cigar smoke but little of it is found, lough collidine is thero in considerale quantity. In the course of their experiments ic writers compared the action of these uses with that of the bases of other lants used for smoking, dandelion, ! ill'?w wood, and stramonium. None I f these, however, except willow wood i m tract the pupil. From these results 1 fessrs. Vogl and Eulenhurg conclude mt the different effects of opium smok- i ig are due to a difference iu the prourtion of the bases produced by comustion. The Man in the Moon. The origin of tho expression the Man in the Moon " is unknown, but ie name has from time immemorial een applied to the dark lines and spots pon the surface of the moon, which are sible to the naked eye, and which, lies viewed through a good telescope, *e discovered to bo the shadows of mar mountains. It is one of the most opular and most ancient superstitions F the world that these lines and spots re the figure of a man leaning on a fork a which he carries a bundle of thorns r brushwood, for stealing which on uuday he was confined to tho moon, he account given of a man who was :oned to death for gathering sticks on .....1.... 1>r onm? to lifl tllfl >"""V I ? | rigin of this belief. Dante supposes ^ iiin to have been the offender who was laced eternally in the moon for punish- I tent of his crime. Some of the old : oets thought these spots and lines rep- I rented the boy Endymion, " whoso t jmpany the moon loved so well that lie carried him constantly with her." ither ancients thought they represented fox. Girard, Erie County, Penn., ?laims j have a child which weighed but three nnces at its birth, and seven ormces 'hen three weeks old. . All ite orjjani re said to be perfect. J lie suua vi jrcisio. II* Dad Manner* and Dig Diamond*-How He Look*, Eat*, and Behav**. In an interesting letter to the New fork Times, Dr. William H. Russel the historian of Bull Run) gives some lersonal information about the Shah of 'ersia which will not tend to raise that >otentate in the opinion of cultured soliety. It seems that the distinguished )riental monarch is net only proud, but inpunctual, ill-mannered, and rather mmoral. As a matter of choice, he preers to eat with his fingers, and cannot )e persuaded that anybody in the world s the equal of His Sublime Highness, fet rumor has not been up to the mark n describing the incredible richness of lis jewels. Mr. Russel says: "No >ne wks prepared to see, mortalibus )culis, a diamond nearly twice the size >f the Koh-i-noor, or " Mountain of jight," (now in the possession of the Jueen of England, once Runjeet Sing, 1? T " ' T nkAtifl'o /vroafouf fflorvV lie JJ1ULI ui ojauuxc o giuMwu. n ^ /7 ituck in front of a man's sword-belt, ind Ave diamonds, each larger than that ewel of jewels, cn eohelon npon his :oat, from waist to shoulder. These itones are scarcely cut, and do not show is they ought, but they are of surpassng purity. The Shah's sword-belt is i treasnre-houso in itself. The sheath s studded with rubies, emeralds, and liamonds, which shame their setting of jurest gold. The front of his coat is famished with rows of brilliants initead of lace. The collar and sleeves ire crusted with them, and his orders ire of the most precious jewels. His ipurs flash like sunbeams. All this on he person of a man who has nothing loble in mien or face, although he is ibove the average heicrht of the Indian Mussulman noblesse. As to the personal appearance of the nonarch, we are afraid that his picture ias flattered him. For the keen-sighted ournalist says : " He is not much at lis ease with European barbarians, and t is ludicrous to see him standing alone n a crowd with a clear space round him tnd no one to talk to, for he balancef arst on one leg and then on another, 1 like a hen on a hot griddle,' and does lot know what to do with them or his lands. When he turns his back and the spectator calmly surveys his ex terior, freed from the distracting influ snces of his diamonds, the Shah doel not present an imposing appearance, 1 admit that the backs of most people fail to impress one, but his Majesty'! tailor has rendered his rdvers quite ab uormallv ridiculous by making his frocl coat with a multitude of fine plaits like those of a Highlander's kilt or of i lady of Queen Bess's time over the hips, and so all round. His face is sel clom animated, ana mere is someimuf. incongruous in the position of his re Bpectnble gold spectacles, a la Thiers on his aquiline nose, under a Persiai cap, and, over all these, diamonds." His personal habits would not rendei him an acceptable visitor in cultivated circles, whatever "shoddy" might thin! of him. At least so the writer seem; to suggest in the following paragraph "In spite of his jewels and external Bpleudor, the Shah-in-Sliah is, accord ing to European notions, a savage ii many respects?proud, wilful, sensual and arbitrary. If punctuality be ' tin politeness of princes,' as it is said to be the Shah would, in consequeuoe of hii uttrt- indifference to engagemeuts, b< one of the most ill-mannered men ii the world. He kept the pariule at Pots dam, ordered by the Kaiser, waiting i couple of hours. He kept the Queei for half an hour at the railway statioi waiting for him. He would not go t( breakfast when it was announced, at tin time of invitation, but walked about ii the gurden, and then, seeing an nrbo which pleased him, desired to have hii breakfast brought there. When he sa at dinner yesterday he put his finger in his plate and ate with thera, and i he came on a piece of some dish wliiel he did not like, he took it out of hi mouth anil threw it down?riot on im ground, but on the Queen's (Empress's dress." As to the morality of the royal visito from Ispahan, our readers will regret t learn that " there has beeu some troubl in teaching the Shah and his follower that women are to be treated with re spect, even though they go about wit! their faces uncovered, and one of th most useful lessons they will carry bad from Europe is that which will tend them to consider their wives their equals and not their slaves?if they learn it There is a great ' if,' for they do not a all approve of all they see here." 'f,.Ou the whole, therefore, our peopl have no great reasou to regret th Shah's determination not to come to th United States. Our manners and moral will be the better for receiving no ex cuse for their disregard through the ex ..!? n mnnnrfli A silltrlo wift Illlipiu Ui ? ui???..?v... 0 knives anil forks, anil business punctn ality, are institutions which wo arc nc as yet prepared to purt with. Young Men and Marriage. The Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D., i an articlo in the A8nociation Mont hi discussing the obligations and duties c young men, uses these words: "Th true girl has to be sought for. Sh does not parade herself as show-goodi She is not fashionable. Generally sh is not rich. But, oh! what a heart si has when you find her?so lurge, an pure, anil womanly! When you see you wonder if those showv things oti side are really women, if you gain hi love, your two thousnnil are n millioi She'll not ask for a carriage, or a firs class house. She will wear simp dresses, anil will turn them when it necessary, with no vulgar matpiijlcat I frown upon her company. She'll kee everything neat and nice in your sli parlor, and give you such a weleon wheu you come home that you'll thir your parlor higher than ever. She' entertain true friends on a dollar, ar astonish yon with a new thought of ho very little happiness depends onmone She'll make you love heme?if you'dor you're a brute?and teach you how pity, while you scorn, a poor fashion ble society that thinks itself rich, ai raiaJy trie* to think itself happy." * Fifty cents will buy a thirty-pound salmon in Portland, Oregon. In San Francisco the same fish would be worth about three dollars. A Minnesota paper assertsthat a kerosene lamp, so set that the rays of the sun passed through it and came to a focus 011 a'window-curtain, set the curtain on fire. A gentleman having a horse that ran away and broke his wife's neck, a neighbor sought to buy the animal as a means of divorce. "No, no," said his owner; "I intend to marry again myself before long." The aggregato membership of the Farmer's Granges is in the neighbor- # hood of two millions. If this organization can be induced to vote a unit, some political calculations win come w naught. Lovers of claret and Burgundy will be pleased to learn, on the authority of an eminent French chemist, that red wines now-a-days are commonly colored * with rosuntline, which contains arsenic enough to cause symptoms of poisoning if it be taken in frequent doses. Texas is a large and scarcely populated State, but the people appear to be doing their best to till it up. There is a man in Waco who is the father of fifty children, thirteen by his first wife, eighteen by his second, ten by his third, six by his fourth, and three by his fifth wife, who at last accounts was still livi ing. The Waterbury (Ct.) American tells 1 the story of a very scrupulous man who 1 recently left that city for the West. Being indebted to a shop-mate in his former homo in the sum of eighteen cents, he forwarded the amount the other day in old-fashioned pennies, the 1 express prepaid, costing him fifty-one cents. Mrs. Addie Bullou, who is a regular clergyman, writing "Rev." before her ; name, was called all the way from Terre i Haute, Ind., to Cincinnati, Ohio, to marry a couple, the bride having de; termined never to be united by a man. 1 It is strange she did not extend her 1 strong-minded ideas to the choice of a ; husband. , A New York Central Railroad conduc[ tor seized a nobbily dressed young fel. low who had dropped an insulting note . in a lady's lap on his train, the other I day, dragged him from his seat, and led him by the ear through the train to the i smoking car, where he bade him remnin. The oassengers hugely enjoyed . the young reprobate's discomfiture. : There is an Irish woman of gigantic > strength in St. Paul. One morning she i lifted a bnrrel of sugar from the ground ? into a cart. The next evening she pre sented her husband with twins. Two f days after she did the washing for a family of ten persons. Not so fortun, ate was a Missouri girl, tthe -wanhed all i day, made a supper of twelve hardboiled eggs, nnd then danced all night. It is mentioned that her funeral proces1 sion was nearly a mile long. c Mr. Oail Borden, of White Plains, N. 5 Y., the preparer of condensed milk, ' has made some experiments for the pur' pose of determining the correct weight of crude milk. He took the milk, of 1 several cows, and mingling it together . and thoroughly cooling it, he carried it J directly to the U. S. Sealer of Weights > and Measures, who measured and * weighed the milk by accurate GovernJ ment weights and measures. The result 1 was that a quart of milk so measured and weighed on delicate scales was 1 equal to 2 lbs. 2f oz. The tests were 1 made with different samples of milk at 1 different times, but without materially ) altering the weight. r Boys, Read This. * A gentleman advertised for a boy ' assist him in his office, and nearly fifty f applicants presented themselves before him. Out of the whole number ho se 8 looted one and dismissed the rest. " I 0 should like to know," said a friend, ) 44 on what ground you select that boy, who had not a single recommendation." r 44 You are mistaken," said the gentle0 man, 44 he has a great many. He wiped ? his feet when he cauie in and closed the 8 door after him, showing that he was '* careful ; gave up his seat instantly to h that lame old man, showing that he was e kind and thoughtful; he took ofThiscop k when he came in, and answered my I' questions promptly and respectfully, '? showing he was polite and gentlemanly; he picked up the hook which I hudpurt posely laid upon the floor, and replaced it on the table, while all the rest stepped ? over it or shoved it one side ; and he ? waited quietly for his turn, instead of ? pushing and crowding, showing that he 8 was honest and orderly. When I talked with him I noticed that his clothes were ;* carefully brushed, his hair in nice or1 der and his teeth ns white as milk; and l* when he %rotc his name I noticed that d , his linger nails were clean, instead of being tipped with jet, like that handsome little fellow in the blue jacket. Don't you call these things letters of recommendation ? I do, and I would 11 give more for what I can tell about a 1 boy by using my eyes ten minutes, than f J all the letters of recommendation that - he can bring me." C W ,e ? Doing Penance, e The wastes of New Mexico are likely ie to become as famous for penance aud^ {| self-torture ns were the deserts of Egypt it iu early Christian days. A recent travt | eler in that region says that while at ?r Elizabethtown, New Mexico, lastspring, l. his attention was ealled to a gang of t- ' forty men, who were carrying heavy le I wooden crosses, and whipping tliemis selves. Some were stripped to their to lower undergarments, except a cloth p which covered their heads to prevent ;y recognition. They were walking slowly le along, and the blood was trickling from ik | their lacerated backs. One stout Mexi11 can, bearing a heavy cross upon his id galled shoulders, was being whipped by w two attendants. He staggered along yl until close to a church, when he fell to 1't the ground with the cross upon him. He to was then raised to his feet, and his anna a- extended by lashing them to a stick id which crossed his shoulders. These penances are repeated every Lent. Y i