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' The Beaufort Republican. j ? f *1?.? . ' .t AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. ______________________________^ VOL; Hi. NO. 49. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1873. {YMV5S; r* TTTXPY If . : . I NEW SPEING GOODS. Jas. C. BAILIE & BRO., T> ESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ATTEK JLV lion to the folio wing DESIRABLE GOODS of. fared by thorn for sale: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FLOOR OIL . j y CLOTHS. , 54 feet wide, and of the beet quality of goods manufactured. Do you want a real good Oil Cloth ? Ii ao, come now and get tho very beet. Oil Clothe cut any eize and laid promptly. A full line of cheap FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from COc. a yard up. Table clothe all width* and colors. CARPETS. , Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpet* of new deBlgus. A full stock of low-priced carpets from) 30c. a yard up. Carpet* measured for, made and laid with diapatchj LACK CURTAINS. French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites." Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful." Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $3.60 1 a pair and upwards. ! CORNICES AND BANDS. Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and Gill Cornice*, with or without centres. | Curtain Band*, Pine and Loop*. Cornices cut and made to fit windows and put up. WINDOW SHADES. 1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color. 2)C4uuiui UOIU J>aua ou.iuc?f wiiu au uuumfngs. Beautiful Shades 20c. each. Store Window Shades any color and any size. Window Shades squared and put up promptly. Walnut and painted wood Shades. RUGS AND DOOR MATS. ( New and beautiful Rugs. I Door Mate, from ROc. up to the best English Cocoa, that wear three years. 100 sets Table Mats, assorted. MATTINGS. New Matting, Plain and fancy, in all tho different % widths made. Mattings laid with dispatch. WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS. 3,000 Rolls Wall Papers and Borders in new patterns, in gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes, ka., in every variety of oolon?beautiful, good and cheap. Paper hung if desired. HAIR CLOTOS In all widths required lor Upholstering. Buttons, < Gimps and Tacks for same. CURTAIN DAMASKS. Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and Upholstering purpo*es. Oimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons. Moreens and Table Damasks. Curtains and Laznbraqulns made and put up. PIANO AftD TABLE COVERS. English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovera. Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers. Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers. 1 firrinnn Frini/Pil Tallin rovtri. CRU.UD CLOTHS AND DRUGGETS. JCew pattern* in any size or width wanted. , To all of which we a*k your attention. All work 1 done well and in season, by James G. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, GA. ?rl-17-ty. H. M. Stuart, M. D., Comer of Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. DEALER IS | \ DRUGS A ND CnE.MICA LS, ' FAMILY MEDICINES, t FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, 1 STA TIOXER Y, PERF UMER Y, t BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac. 1 Tostetber with many other articles too numerous to lu'-ufion. All of which will be sold at the lowest price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded. fcb.ll. PIERCE L. WIGGIN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Solicitor Second Circuit. P BRflufnrt. S. C. BopLl.ly. JERRY SAVAGE & CO., Wheelwrights & Carpenters. , Carts, Wagons and Carriages repaired in the best manner at low prices. All k.mls of jobbing promptly attended to. < MAGNOLIA St., BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. I>r. Goethe offers his professional services to the public, lie may be found at his residence, Gam? Hill, near Yarns ville, I3eaufort Co., S. C. ' jan.l-ly. I A. S. HITCHCOCK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAUFORT, S. C. Pee.l-yr. YEMASSEE Eating Saloon, AT THE 1 P. R. & S. & C. K. R. JUNCTION. The traveling public will here find good meals on the arrival of liaius. Also accommodations for man ( and bract, near the depot. 33. T. JSIC3L?3j3E33^.S3, YEMASSEE, S. C. Nov.gMy. | W. H. CALVERT, PRACTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron. Copper & Zinc Worker. DEALER IN I J?p?nn?d and Stamped Tin Ware*. Constantly on baud, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stove*. TERMS CASH. Tiankful for paat favor*, and hoping by strict at- i trntion to business iu tha future to merit your kind tavor. W. IT. CALVERT. Bny St., between 8th and Uth Sto., ' BE A UF012T, S. C. Apl.d-ly. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. meb3d-1y E. IT. JACKSON Redeem Yonr Lands. The Acts of Congress and the Regulations of the Treasury Department in regard to tha Redemption | of Lauds now in the poeseaaion of the United States hv rear on of the Direct Tax Commissioners sales can [ he trad at this ofOoe. Prioo ton eaata. By mail U- I taaa want*. PAUL BRODIE, A RCHITECT, BEAU F01T,S.C Drawings of Models pi'pared for Patent Offlcs. Studies for special purpos ?, made at short notice. Box 31, P. O. decl-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 and shipnent of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Liberal idvances made on consignments. dec7-ly JOHN BRODIE, Contractor & House Builder,. Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFICE i 'Corner Bay and Ninth Street, BEAUFORT, S. V, decl-tf PORT ROYAL SAW & PLANING MILL, Beaufort, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., MANUFACTUttEr.S OF AND DEALFRS IN Mow Pine Timber aifl Limber, AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, ALSO, Builders & Contractors. Plaster Lathes, ALL KINDS OF JOB SAWING Promptly Done. Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always on Hand. Or(l*rs for Lvmber and Timb?r by the cargo promptly Ailed. Terms Cash. D. C. WILSON & CO. nov28-ly THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST! P. M. WHITMAN, Watchmaker and Engraver, Mayo's Building, Bay Street. Will Rive his personal attention to the repairing of VATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental >ud plain Eugta\iug done at abort notice. Gentlemen having flue Watcbea can teat them at hi* eatabliahmcut by one of HOWARD It CO.'S 1500 REGULATORS. Having added to my itoct oneoi *. owso s. w. ? . lne Transit Instalments, I am now prepared to fur. lisb Beaufort time to the fraction of a second. Alfred Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE, Crofufs Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. B.?Court will bo held every Friday at Brick ; ghurch, St. Helena Island. incli2S-ly A. MARK, BOOTMAKER,; Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I ara prepared to do first-claaa work. iuch'.'0-ly _ A. MARK. ; PURE WATER Guaranteed by the use of the AMERICA!} DRIVEN WELL, Now being put down in this County. They are Olioap and Duratolo, tnd give universal satisfaction. Pure Water can be ntrodueed into any house by the AMERICAS 3RIVEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to M. L. MAINE. Sea Island Hotel, or to E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent. feb27-gm S. MAYO, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., HARDWARE, Liquors, Segars and Tobacco, Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage, Grlass, Paints and Oils, White Lead and Turpentine. Special attention piTen to mixing Paints, and Class cut to order of any size. febll M. POLLITZBHT" Cotton Factor ASD Commission Merchant, BEAUFORT, S. C. sepU I 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. 0. Box v.i. Savannah, Ot. W. G. CAPERS, Upholsterer and Repairer. Old Furniture put in rood order, Picture Fraraee Bade. Mattresses stuffed at the ehorteet notice. Corner Bay and Klnlh Streets. HUMt The Old Canoe. Where the rocka are gray and the shore is ateep, And the waters below look dark and deep; Where the rugged pine, in ita lonely pride, Leaua gloomily over the murky tido; Where the reeda and rushes are long and rank, And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank ; Where the shadow ia heavy the wholo day through, There lies at ita moorings the old canoe. The uaele8s paddles are idly dropped, Like a sea-bird's wings that the storm has lopped; And crossed on the railing, one o'er one, Like the folded hands wher the work is done; While busily back and forth between The spider stretches his silvery screen, And the solemn owl, with his C ill " too-too," Settles down on the side of the old canoe. The stern half sunk in thfe slimr wave, Hots slowly away in its living grave, And the green moss creeps o'er i.s dull decay, ' Hiding its mouldering dust away, Like the hand that plants o'or the tomb a | flower, Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower ; j While many a blossom of loveliest hue Springs up o'er the stern of the old canoe. | The currentless waters are dead and still? j But the light wind plays with the boat at will, , And lazily out and in again ] It floats the length of the rusty chain, i Like the weary march of the hands of time, i That meet and part at the noontide chime, ] And the shore is kissed at each turning anew, i By the dripping bow of the old canoe. < Oh, many a time, with a careless hand, | I have pushed it away from the pebbly strand, i And paddled it down where the stream runs 1 quick, ' Where the whirls are wild and tho eddies are 1 thick, t And laughed as I leaned o'er the rocking side, 1 And looked below in the broken tide, To see that the faces and boats wore two, That were mirrored back from the old canoe. , But now, as I lean o'er the crumbled side, And look below in tho sluggish tide, Tho face that I see there is graver grown, . And the laugh that I hear has a soberer tone, And tbe hands that lent to the light skiff i wings , Have grovn familiar with sterner things. J Bu love to think of the hours that sped j As I rocked where the whirls their white spray shed, Ero the blossom waved, or tbe green grass grew, O'er tho mouldering stern of the old canoe. 1 ROMANCE IN POLITICS. The Columbus State Journal tells | the story of love of some Ohio poli- < tician3, among others, of Hon. William 1 All<:n, the Democratic nominee for the 1 Governorship of the State. In 1830 j Mr. Allen was nominated for Congress j by the Democrats, and Mr. McArthur, < the Whig Governor, was a candidate for rc-electicn. Mr. Allen loved the Gov- 1 ernor s daughter, but the father broke off the match, and the lady married a Iventuckian, who died before the end of Mr. Allen's term in the House. Governor McArthur also died. Now comes what seems almost the action of a dcus cx machina. Thero was an ultra-Democrat whose daughter loved and wedded a Whig, when the father had had his eye upon Allen G. Thurman as an eligible husband for her. Soon he, too, slept with his fathers, the lqdy became a widow and married Mr. Thurman. At tho wedding Mr. Allen again met Miss McArthur (now a widow). The old love returned, and they, too, became husband and wife. Here is plenty of romance for a dime novel. "But stop, mychild.and listen to me. There is not a young lady in the city that would not jump at the offer made . you. Let them laugh. Girls must . have something to laugh at, but it won't hurt you. Tell him yes, emphatically. If he were a stranger whose antecedents were unknown to us, how- ( ever prepossessing in person and man- , ners, or profuse in his profession of love, I would withhold my consent. | But we have long known him; his , moral character is without reproach; ( he is amiable, kind-hearted, and sin- ( cere, a fine scholar, with an honorable , position in the college, and he makes no pretensions. You know just what he is. What more do you want?" , "But, mamma, I don't know that he loves me; he hasn't even said so." ?? C\ Troll dnnndifor novor mind Hint Generally, those who are loudest in their professions of love have least of j the pure article. You can teach him by example to lovo you. It is far better than precept." ' Leaning her head upon her mother's i bosom, Sarah 6aid, in a submissive i tone: i "Well, ma, just as ypn say?I'll tell , him yes ; but, although* the hour isn't i half out, we'll not go down until the ] last minute of the hour." I At the expiration of the fifty-ninth , minute they returned to the professor j and papa, Sarah still blushing, but ( more calm than before. Then, with a j firmness that astonished herself as well j as her parents, she extended her hand , to the professor and said: , "Yes, sir; if papa consents." He gave his consent without hesi- ( tnney, and it was readilv agreed by all , that the wedding should take place a , week from that time. Then professor j Foster, with his usual calmness, con- , scions of having done his duty, withdrew to report progress to his friends. Well, in dne time the Professor went to the clerk for his license. The clerk informed him that the law required n bond nnd security in the sum of 31,250, i to be void on condition that there was no legal objection to the proposed nuion of the two persons named. The < Professor very promptly replied: "Oh, I never mind the bond, Mr. Clerk; I will i pay 31,100 down, and will hand you the < balance in a day or two." After further I explanation by the clerk, the Professor i soon complied with the law and ob- < tained his license. < At the appointed time the weddihg ;ame off in the beBt style of the city, ind the company enjoyed the occasion vitli the greatest zest. The hours flew ( ike humming birds. As the clock ] itruck twelve the Professor picked up j lis hat and started to his boardingroufie. His principal attendant, sur- 3 nising his intention, followed to the i front door and informed him that mat- | -imonial etiquette required him to stay ( ind board and lodge at the house of his father-in-law until he and his wife ' vished to live by themselves; that he i vould be furnished with a room adja- < :ent to Sarah's room, in order that, if ( ihe happened to get thiryty, he might }e near to get her a drink *f fresh ! vater. In the morning the bride and groom J vere greeted with the smiles of the fam- 1 ly, together with those of some early ' jailers, and inquiries were made if they 1 lad slept well. Both responded that J ;hey had never slept sounder in their ives, he adding, with his childlike simplicity, that he was happy to say Sarah j iid not call for water during the whole light. The last remark was qnite a ! iddle tc her, and she looked.curious, out said nothing, no one venturing to ' tsk him to rise and explain. He did j lot know it was a joke played upon lim until the attendant told it as such k> the company. Finally the happy oonple went to housekeeping, and never were man and tvife more heartily congratulated or more highly esteemed than they were. They vere the favorites in the city. Never vas wife more lovely or husband more and and devoted, but he didn't know my thing about providing for the larder, inly as Sarah taught him. One little incident may suffice to illustrate. She :old him one day to get some rice. He vent immediately to the store and told ;ha clerk he wanted to get some rice. "Howmuch?" inquired the clerk. "Oh, lot much," said the Professor, "I reckon lireo or four bushels will do for the present." The clerk was very sorry to lay they had not so much on hand, but ;hat they would soon have more. The jlerk persuaded him to try to make out 'or a few days with some fifteen or ;wenty pounds. Sarah and the clerk vero not the only ones who laughed iver the incident. He never called for ;lie three or four bushels afterward. If the Professor and his wife are still iving they must be well stricken in rears, and if they see this brief sketch if their early lives, and find any errors n it, they will pardon the writer. The Conductor Ahead. A Cincinnati car conductor tells the following story: " One day last week," said he, "there ;ame on board of the cars from one of :ho up-country stations, a very pretty, genteel young lady, on her way to this city. She was alone ; so I waited upon tier to a good seat, and made her as comfortable as possible. It was a few minutes before the starting hour, and die was so agreeable and so talkative, that I lingered, and we had a pleasant chat. Afterwards, when collecting the tickets, she detained me again an instant and gave me some fine peaches, which she said came from her friend's orchard in the country ; and, really, I began to think that I had not had so charming a passenger for many a day. " Well, wo arrived at the depot; and then I attended her to the carriage, handed her up her carpet-bag ; and after all, what do you think she said ?" All thought, of course, that the young lady would say very politely, " Thank you, sir"?smile like a gleam of sunRhine?the carriage roll off? and John Van Dusen, the gentlemanly conductor, would bow an adieu, and with a sigh turn away and forget the matter. " No," said the conductor, " she did no such thing ; but, just as her foot was on the step, Bhe turned, and with a sort of look I can't describe, observed : " You must consider this, sir, merely a car acquaintance. You must not expect to be recognized if wo meet anywhere else !" John drew a long breath. " What did you say?" "Why, I thought this rather uncivil, to say the least; so I replied very quickly : "Certainly not, madame. I was just joing to remark that yon must not feel dightcd if unnoticed by me anywhere, sxcept on the cars ; for really, we couiuctors have to be careful about our acquaintance !" "And the lady?" "She looked quite silly, and sho Iroye off," replied John. The Fall Skirt. The puffed skirt is a Parisian suggestion for fall dresses, says a fashion irmrnnl Tin's in mArplv an fimnlv lone I w %****??. ? ?? ? ^ rv o basque and a single skirt; but the ikirt is so elaborate that an over-skirt would be superfluous. A long walking skirt of cambric "is made, and plainly jovered with silk from the knee down. On this is sewed the silk skirt, held in lengthwise puffs from the waist down, gradually wideniug toward the bottom, jud forming below a hollow box-pleating that gives the effect of a flounce uround the skirt. The puffs are separated by ruches, and a bow conceals the end of each ruche. The basque is deeply pointed in front and behind, and is quite short on the hips. It is trimmed by a ruffle of hollow pleats, j graduated narrower on the sides, and quite deep in back and front. This ! skirt is new, but it is the outgrowth of the fashion now prevalent of long puffs | in the three front breadths. Over- j skirts on many imported dresses are open in front and lapped from side to i side just below the belt. There is a deep point 011 each side, and the back is caught up by a sash almost to the belt. Portland, Me., narrowly escaped a disaster equal to that which has ju6t befallen the Oregon city of the same ! name. As it is, the calamity is snffi-1 ciently serious, three large steamers, > two wharves, a grain elevator, contain- j ing 40,000 bushels of grain, and much | other valuable property having been ' destroyed. V Our Subject Being Flies. Flies ? considered individually, the jubject is small, but it is very numerous, [n fact, of all small creatures not absolutely vicious, the common fly is the most vexatious. Mosqnitoes bite?they must, to get their living ; bees sting? to defend themselves; cockroaches run iway when you attack them?they are if raid; but flies nibble upon you in an aggravating manner, never getting enough, and nothing will drive them away: they return with flero) persistency after cruel and constant rebuffs. JfoU commence to read your newspaper in a comfortable arm-chair, or to write, For the sake of friendship, fame, or ilaily bread, at your desk. In the middle of the first sentence soft footsteps begin to tickle the top of your left ear. Fou 6hake your head emphatically, without lifting your pen. The intruder flies off a few inches, and re-alights on the back of your neck. Another shake, and again he settles on the top of your bead, and begins to promenade up and down, the parting of your hair. You give youj head a vigorous slap, never by any chance hitting tlie fly. .tie is equally content to crawl over your forebead, and you meekly brush him away, hoping that gentle measures may prove effectual He tries your right ear, and with calm resolution you wave him a way. The creature sees his advantage, and audaciously alights on your nose. Resolved to keep your temper, you think you will let him take his own time to leave, hoping it will be soon, and forever. He pecks with gentle but restless persistence,and you write vigorously, resolute not to be disturbed by trifles. Suddenly down goes jour pen, making an ugly olot on the fair sheet, and you employ both hands in giving your nasal orgun a good rubbing. Patience, as in a moment, is exhausted. You meditate murder; you plan it deliberately?murder in the first degree. You lean back in your chair, and set yourself as a trap. The bait is good ; the expected victim approaches ; you wait breathlessly; your hand falls with a blow that makes your cheek tinglebut you look up to see him securely fluttering above your head, ready to try again. You will be more cautious and give your mind to the business. You take your handkerchief, double it judiciously,, and hold it ready to descend with swift vengeance. The fellow is on your left hand?such a little creature to disturb your equanimity 1 Slowly, slowly, and you will get him I With sudden and tremendous fojce you pounce upon him?and he sails away unharmed ! You feel most uncomfortably irritated?conquered by an insignificant fly 1 And you reflect (while brushing away the swarm which by this time, have come to see what is the matter) upon poisens, medicated flypapers, and all the cunning devices advertised for enticing flies into the house with malicious intent. Shall you ' 1 - /a# nrif.lv pro viae me iiki^huuihwuu m-^a _> ...... deadly food or submit to be nibbled alive? That is the question. And you fall into a mental discussion concerning the comparative annoyence of dead and of living-flies, in the midst of which you drop into what would be a comfortable doze except for the audacious return of the identical fly you have been fighting, which lights on the tip of your nose, and you awake feeling absolutely cross. Tragic ?nd of a Wedding. A sad and lamentable incident of a wedding in Louisville, Ky., is thus described by the Courier Journal: " On Monday night lost Mr. William Horan was married to Miss Fanny Akers, at the residence of her father, Mr. Abraham Akers. Among the invited guests was Mr. John Horan, a brother of the groom, and it seems that on some account lie was an unwelcome visitor. On this point two versions are given. On the one hand it is said that the brothers were rivals for the affections of the young lady, and that John Horan attended his brother's wedding with malicious intent. Another statement is that the brothers are Catholics, and the young lady being Protestant, the marriage was bitterly opposed by Horan's people. The bride was aware of this antagonism between the families, and the presence of the brother was on this account offensive to her. While the wedding party was iu the midst of the festivities of the occasion, a difficulty arose between the brothers, and they left the house together and passed out of the front gate to the sidewalk. Here some angry words passed between them, and a fight ensued. During the strugglo the groom drew a knife ana plunged the blade into his brother's side, then, withdrawing the weapon, lie made another thrust, striking his ear and almost severing it from the face. The wounded brother broke away and ran up the street. Whether or not the man was dangerously w*unded could not be ascertained. Decay of Eggs. Of egg3 that have not besn shaken, and which have been exposed to the air, at a mean temperature of twentyfive degrees centigrade, some were found to change and putrify, while others showed no perceptible alteration. Where the experiment was made with egge that had been shaken or boiled, some putrified, others remained unaltered even for several months. In ali cases where the eggs did not decay, it was impossible to discover the least trace of any microscopic organism, while, 011 ine oiner nuuu, iu where eggs pntrilied, the indubitable presence of numerous microscopic organisms of the family of vibriones were manifested, and some traoes of mold were also found. These facts, as will be seen, contradiet some results previously obtained, but their constancy aud clearness leave 110 doubt in the mind of the experimenter that the putrifaction of eggs, like other putrifactions, so called, is accompanied by the presence and the multiplication of microscopic organic beings,? Alona. M. U Guy on, in Lea Mondea. 1 Danbnry Funeral. The day Mr. Ruby across the way was to be buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her daughter Clarinda that she guessed she would attend, as she wasn't feeling very well, and a rido would do her good.? She knew there would be several covered carriages furnished at the expense of the family, and she was equally confident it could be so managed that she would occupy a portion of one of them. She was among the first at the house, j and occupied a prominent position. As the other friends arrived she took occasion to recall reminiscences of the late Rubv that brought tears to their eyes, ana when the services were over, as the first coach drove up for its load, the distress of Mrs. Moriaty at the death of Mr. Ruby was so marked as .? ! II? rru?? to excite me liveliest sympinnj-. xucu the second coach came up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to the gate by this time, and as the door of the second coach was opened,qjuid a call made for the occupants, it seemed* extremely doubtful if sjie could holdup another instant. She leaned against the post, and stared into the coach, and over its rich upholstsring, and Baid the late Ruby seemed more like a son to her than a neighbor. Whereupon the usher looked appropriately sad, and called up the third and last coach. This had yellow cushions and pink straps, and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate to protest that in the death of Mr. Ruby the community had met a loss it was not possible to recover from, and that she would follow him to his last resting-place if she had to do it on her knees, and would feel grateful for the opportunity. Then the third and last coach filled and drove off to take its pluce in tho line, and Mrs. Moriaty dried her tears, choked back the sorrow of her heart with one mighty gulp, and strode into her own house, shutting the.front door without the aid of the knob. She told Clarinda that it was the scaliest affair she ever went to, and had it not been for the body there would have been no funeral at all. Death by Stage Coach. In these days of railways and steamboats, a stage coach accident worthy a telegraphic report is a novelty. Yet one comes from Now Hampshire which, in its fatality, must be placed beside the ordinary disasters of the more modern and dangerous mode of travel. Six horses attached to a stage coach at the White Mountains rsn away, and in the wreck which followed, two persons were killed, two others fatallv wounded, and nine more or less injured. Possibly a moral may be drawn from this. Horses will run away as well as steam boilers explode, railroad bridges break down, and vessels go to the bottom. Suppose we depended as largely upon stage conches as upon tho other modes of conveyance, and that as many people traveled as now?which by the way, would be impossible?what reason havo we to expect that fatal disasters would be Jess frequent ? Perhaps, indeed, we are continually complaiuing of things which is really better than it could have been in the old-fnshioned ways. Stage drivers are no less careless than engineers or conductors. It may fairly be said that life would be equally as safe in the hands of the same man, whether lie controlled a coach or a train. We have been told that there is one conductor on a Massachusetts road?one of the first ever constructed ?who has served in that capacity since the first train ran upon the read. For twenty years before that ho drove a coach between Boston and Portsmouth; yet in all that time he has never sacrificed a cent of property or lost a life by carelessness. Such instances are of course rare ; if they were not, disasters such as that recorded, or as the railroads and steamboats almost daily furnish, would be almost unknown. A Noble Woman. "She is a saint; sho is a heroine!" This exclamation was made respecting a lady, a Mrs. , resident in Nashville during tho gloomy days of June, when large numbers of persons a little way beyond her residence were sick and dying of cholera. The woman, moved by the goodness and susraineu by the heroism of her noble heart, devoted her days and nights to the sick, the dying, and the dead. She went in the darkness of the night, in the rain and inud, when the air was loaded with pestilence, to the houses of the sick. And she went not only to Rpeak words of cheer, but to do with her own hands whatever could bedoue tostay the progress of the disense, to relieve the distressed, and to prepare the dead for decent interment. When told that she ought not to leave her comfortable home and family, and expose health, especially in going to the hovels of the poor, her reply was: "I think it would bo wrong to neglect the sick and dead at such a time as this." On the night after the day when so many deaths occurred in the city we saw this heroic woman at midnight preparing p corpse for burial. She did the hard work thoroughly. She washed and dressed the dead, carried out the infected bedding and clothing, disinfected the room, and quieted tlio bereaved children. The world lauds the courage of great men who risk their lives on the battlefield ; but do not those Nashville ladies, who, like the one to whom we now refer, braved the perils of the pestilence in the performance of duties to the sick, dying, and dead, descrvo even a higher meed of praise ? Mrs. Ellen Dunn, wife of John Dunn, a newly married couple who had lived in Wnodhridire oulv two or three weeks, in preparing the noonday meal, Bought to hasten the tire by pouring oil upon it. As she held the oil can in her hand, the flames communicated with its contents, and a report like that of a gun attracted her husband's attention. He rushed into the house and found his wife enveloped in flames. Every particle of clothing was burned off her before the Are could be put out, and her body was one indistinguishable mass of charred and blackened flesh. Heath, of oouree, speedily followed. Items of Interest. Breast pins are hardly ever worn nowa-days. Stone cameos are increasing in favor every day. Lace-striped polonaises aremuch worn at the watering-places. A woman in Iowa came near dying from the bite of a potato-bag. Chatelaines of gold set with precious stones will be worn next winter. Lava and mosaic have gone com- * pletely out of fashion for jewelry. Negligence is the parent of disorder, and the offspring of habits of intemperance. The largest farm in England, comS rising 3,000 acres, is owned and run y a Yankee. The short necklace with a pendant still continues to be the most fashionable ornament. The latest thing in engagement rings is a sapphire and ruby set together, emblematic of love and fidelity. The man who comes on the stage exactly at his cue is prompt; but the man ' who does not come on at all is prompt er. A young man at Three Riven, Mich., tried to commi t suicide lately because his father forbade the saloon-keepen to sell liquor to him. A little girl at Mason, Mich., has lived four years without a name, her fastidious pareuts not being able to find oue to their taste. The saloon-keepers of Saginaw City, Micli., have resolved that they will sell no liquor, wine or beer to married men without a permit from their wives. An enterprising Dr. Allen, in Dixon, III., is cutting up the cast iron bars of that disastrous bridge into paper weights and other cheerful mementoes. In an advertisement of a baker's business for sale, the following appears: "Death the sole reason for leaving." It would be difficult to find a better reason. Useful veils of grenadine, in square meshes, made of sewing-silk are new this season. They are far more substantial than the ordinary gauze grenadines. A man at Willimantic lately cut c hen's crop open, scraped out the bits of coal, and sewed it up again, and now she is cackling with her usual good spirits. Sixteen years ago a North Carolina boy was thrashed and sent out to hoe corn and that was the last seen of him ' until the other day when he camo back from California worth $50,000. j The estimate of the Dumber of those ! lost on the Wawasset is that it lias reached seventy at least. Munyof these will, in all probability, not bo identified, particularly in the case of colored persons who fell victims to the disaster. Among the premiums at the Tippei canoe County (Ind.) Fair in September, j aro : " Handsomest aud best developed ( babies, $60; second handsomest and - - - ? n i?,i best developed baby, X'zo ; unru mumBomest and best developed baby, 815." The Boston Transcript ia responsible for the statement that a glass of soda, with the syrup, costs the dealer only two and one-half cents, and sells for ten cents, aud where any considerable quantity is disposed of, the profits of the business can be readily seen. According to Lea Monde a, there are now as many as forty shops or stalls in the city of Paris alone devoted to the sale of horse meat as an article o;' food, and during 1872 there were, in round numbers, 10,000 horses, 900 asses, and 50 mules consumed by the inhabitants. The Journal dca Debala says: "The advocates of woman's rights, however much attached to their hobby, can hardly read, without smiling, the following, from the list of nrrival at BadenBaden: 'Madame R.sa Schreiber has arrived, with her husband, child, aud maid.'" A young man who was lately married in Cumberland, Md., lirst aggravated the officiating minister by presenting him with a marriage fee of 85 cents, and then capped the climax b^returningafter he had walked away a few steps and borrowed 75 cents of that, on the ground that he was "a little short just then"? leaving the clergyman 10 cents for his fee. Wnclu'norlnn rnnntv. Ind.. has what is truly a "hinfant phenomenon." It is a boy less than three years old, who weighs seventy-five pounds, and is developed in form like a man, and not only has a full heavv beard, but black hair on his chest and back. When about a year old ho came near dying from eating " Indian turnip," and from that time began developing his present peculiarities. Here are some directions said to be worth knowing about taking unpalatable medicines : To swallow a pill, place it under the tip of the tongue and take a drink of water. The biggest bolus will go down almost without your knowing it. Tho taste left in the mouth after taking such bitter medicines as quinine, aloes, nuxvomicu, 4c., is instantly neutralized by chewing a pieco of liquorice root. The Springfield Republican says that "Commodore Vauderbilt is a firstrate whist player, and tukes a hand in -i i " Tliis tne pump ?hhum chit _ partly true and partly untrue, the N. Y. Sun adds : It is true that lie plays every night, but he is not a flrst-rato player. There are few men who merit that distinction, and the king of railroads cannot be counted among them. There are twetfty whist players in New York who could beat him. A young man in New Orleans was engaged to a wealthy young lady, and upon his marriage with her was destined to receive a handsome fortune. A rival stepped in, however, and published the young man as a dectiver and a fraud, and in consequence of the plncard the young lady broke off the engagement. The rejected suitor now sues the inter*loper for damages to the amount of the property which he would have obtained possession of hod he married the lady.