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The Beaufort Republican.
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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
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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,
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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
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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."
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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.
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