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HP AN" INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR
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B VOL. Ill, X) 5 0. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1873. . . AQWIS
rNEW SPRING GOODS.
Jas. C. BAILIE &BRO.,
T> ESPECTFULLT ASK YOUR ATTKN
XV tlon to the following DESIRABLE GOODS of*
fered by them for sale:
ENGLISH AXD AMERICAS FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS.
34 feet wide, and of the best quality of goods manufactured.
Do you want a real good Oil Cloth T II
so, corae now and get the very bust. Oil Cloths cut
any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from GOc. a yard up. Tabls
cloths all widths and colors.
CARPETS.
Brussels, three-ply and Ingrain Carpets of new de
slgus. A full stocfc of low-priced carpets from, 30c. a
yard up. w .
Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch]
LACE CURTAINS.
French Tambourd Lace, " Exquisites."
Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durablo and cheap, from $3.50
a pair and upwards.
COUMCES A5D BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Oilt, Walnut and GUI
Cornices, with or without centres.
Curtain Bands, Pins and Loops.
Cornices cut and made to fit windows and pat up.
WINDO W SHADES.
1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1.60, with all trim^
miugs.
Beautiful Shades 20c. each.
Store Window Shades any color and any size.
Window Shades squared and put up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shades.
RCGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and beautiful Rugs.
Door Slats, from 50c. up to the beat English Cocoa,
that vear three years.
100 atta Tabla Mats, assorted.
MATTINGS. ,
New Matting, Plain and Taney, In all the 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,
fcc., in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and
cheap. Paper hung if desired.
iiair cloths
In all widths required lot Upholstering. Buttons,
Ciimps and Tacks for same.
curtain damasks.
Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and
Upholstering purposes.
Gimps, Fringe, Tassels, Loops and Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lambraquins made and pat np.
piano and table covers.
? English Errbroidered-Cloth and Piano Tabic Covers.
Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covers.
German Fringed Table Covers.
crumb cloths and druggets.
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.
spl-17-lv.
H. M. Stuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
DCALEB IN
DRUGS AXD CHEMICALS,
FAMIL Y MEDICIXES,
FAXCY AMD TOILET ARTICLES,
BTA TIOXER Y, PERFUMER Y,
BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Together with many other article* too numerous
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest
price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
compounded. fcb.ll.
PIERCE L. WIGGIN,
ATTORHET AND COUNSELOR AT LAV.
Solicitor Second Circuit.
^ . Beaufort, S. C.
Sept.l.ly. '
IPRRY QAt/ACP A PH
#kiii? i vninwu u \J v/ j
Wheelwrights & Carpenters.
Cart*, Wagons and Carriages repaired in the best
manner at low price*.
All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
MAG-NOLTA St.,
BEAUFORT, S, C.
J. K. Goethe, M. D.
i Dr. Goethe off'-ra hi* professional services to the
public. He may be found at his residence,
Gam? Hill, near YnrnsvH'e,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
jan.l-ly.
A. S. HITCHCOCK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Dcc.l-yr.
YEMASSEE
r Eating Saloon,
AT TIIE
P. R. St S. & C. R. R. JUNCTION.
The traveling public will here find good meals on
the arrival of trains. Alio accommodations fo. man
and beast, near tho depot.
33. T. SEIiLEIlS,
YEMASSEE, S. C.
Nov.21-ly.
_W. H. CALVERT,~
PRACTICAL .
Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN
Japanned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on
tinnd, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stores.
TERMS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to business in tho future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVERT,
Bay St., between 8th and Oth Sts.,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
A pi. 3-1 y.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
mchM-ly E. H. JACKSON
w Redeem Yovir Lands.
The Acts of Congress and the Regulations of the
I Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption
of Lauds now in the possession of the United States
by reoKou of the Diroct Tax Commissioners sales can
be had at this office. Prion ten cents. By mall fifteen
cents.
|. PAUL BRODIE,
A. ECHITECT,
BZAUFOJtT, 3.C.
Drawings of Models prepared for Patent Office.
Studies for special purposes, made at shsrt notice.
Box 81, P. O. ' dacl-ly
William Gurney,
COTTON FACTOR
axn
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY
AND
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention given to the sale of and shipment
of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Libcial
advances made ou consignment-. det7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Builder,
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
OFFICE*
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
dccl-tf
PORT ROYAL
SAW & PLANING MTT.T., |
Beaufort, S. C.
D. C. WILSON & CO.,
MANUFACTURE!!* OF AND DEALERS IN
yellow Pioe Timber and Limber,
AND *""*
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors.
Plaster Lathes,
ALL KINDS OP
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always I
on Hand.
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Orders for Lnnber and Timber by tho cargo
promptly filled. Terms Ca ib.
D. C. WILSON & CO. |
nov28-ly _ I
THE BEAUFORT HUKULUum i
P. M. WHITMAN,
Watchmaker and Engraver,
Mayo's Building, Bay Street. ;
Will (five hi* personal attention to the repairing of |
WATCHES, CLUCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental
aud plain Engraving done at abort notice.
Gentlemen having line Watcbe* can teat them at
thin mtafclinhtneiit by one of HOWARD & CO.'S
$500 REGULATORS.
Having added to my (dock one of J. BLISS & CO.'S
flue Transit Instrument*, I am now prepared to fur.
oiah Beaufort tune to the fraction of a second.
Alfred Williams,
TRIAL JUSTICE, j
Crofut's Building,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.
i N. B.?Court will be held every Friday at Brick j
Church, St. Helena Wind. iucli2t>-ly j
a. markT
BOOTMAKER,
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having opened a shop upon Bay Street, I am pro. j
pared to do Grat-class work.
I inch'JO-ly A. MARK. I
PURE W ATER
Guaranteed by the use of the
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,!
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Now being put down in this County. Tbcy are i
Oh.oap and,. Dnratolo,
And give universal satisfaction. Puro Water can bo '
introduced into any bouse by the AMERICAN
DRIVEN WELL in a few hour*. Apply to
M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to
E. G. NICHOLS, Pormancnt Agent.
fct>27-toi
S. MAYO, |
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.,
HARDWARE,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco,
Net Yarns, Fish Lines <L- Cordage,
Grlass, Faints and Oils,
White Lead and Turpentine.
8pecial attention given to mixing Paints, and
Glass cut to order of any sire. febll
M. POIiLITZEK,
Cotton Factor
and
Commission Merchant,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
aepU *
The Savannah Independent,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low rats j
of only
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR;
Address,
INDEPENDENT,
P. 0. Box K5. Savannah, Oa. . i
W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
Old Furniture pnt In pood order, Picture Frames
made. Mattraxses stuffed at the shortest notice.
Corner Bay and Ninth Street*.
1 feblS-lr
The Canary at Church. i
They were siugiug goodwill London, I
Aa the evening, cool and sweet, <
Drifted with purple Hhadows
Adown the city atreet.
Bound every churchly window i
The lusty ivy clung;
The red, faint sunshine flickered
Its matchless leaves among. I
i
The dim nave, with its arches {
And clustered pillars rare,
Had echoed to the cadence <
Of the pale Rector's prayer. '
And now through tender silence
The thrilling flute-notes rang,
And sweet as angels' voices
The rare old tune they sang.
When sudden, lo ! appearing
On carving quaint and old,
Like fair ?stray from heaven,
Fluttered a speck of gold.
. On to the lecturn flying
Up to the Bishop's chair,
With clear notes soaring, chanting
Ilia wondrous vespers there.
Full rolled the singing voices ;
Yet sweeter, richer, higher,
God's silver-throated chorister
Outsang the trained choir.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF LITTLE
NELL.
BY CHABLE3 DICKENS,
For she was dead. There, upon her (
little bed she lay at rest. The solemn
stillnes was so marvel now.
She was dead. No sleep so beautiful
and calm, so free from traoe of pain,
so fair to look upon. She seemed a
creature fresh from the hands of God,
and waiting for the breath of life; not ;
one who had lived and suffered death. (
Her co ioh was dressed with here and
there some winter berries and green i
leaves, gathered in a spot where she
had been used to favor.
"When I die put near me something |
that has loved the light, and had the <
sky above it always." These were her i
words.
She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, <
noble Nell was dead. Her little bird <
?a poor, slight thing the pressure of a |
finger would have crushed, was stirring (
nimbly in its cage; and the strong '
heart of its child mistress was mute and
motionless forever. ' j<
Where were the traces of her early
cares, her sufferings and fatigue ? Ail j
gone. Hers was the true death before i
their weeping eyes. Sorrow was dead i
indeed in her, but peace and perfect |
happiness were born ; imaged in her ;
tranquil beauty and profound repose. j
And still her former self lay there, {
unaltered in this change. Yes. The !
old fireside had smiled upon that same |i
sweet face ; it had passed like a dream |
through haunts and misery of care ; ut
the door of the poor schoolmaster on :
the summer evening, before the furnace
fire uDon the cold, wet night, at the
till bedside of the dying boy, there :
had boen the name mild, lovely look. |
So shall we know the angels in their ,
majesty, after death. i
The old man held one langnid arm in
his, and the small hand tightly folded
to his breast, for warmth. It was the
hand she hod stretched out to him with
her last smile?the hand that led him on
through bia wanderings. .Ever and
anon he pressed it to his lips ; then
hugged it to his breast aguin; murmuring
that it was warmer now ; and as he
said it, he looked in agony to those who
stood around, as if imploring them to
he'.p her.
Sne was dead and past all help, or
need of it. The ancient rooms she had
seemed to fill with life, even while her
own was waning fast?the garden she
b ad tended?the eyes she hud gladdened?the
noiseless haunts of many a
thoughtful hour?the paths she had
trodden as it were but yesterday?could
know her no more.
"It is not," said the schoolmaster, as
he bent down to kiss her on the cheek,
and gave his tears free vent, " it is not
in this world that Heaven's justice ends.
Think what it is, compared with the
world to which her young spirit has
winged its flight, and say, if one deliberate
wish expressed in solemn terms
above this bed could cull her back to
life, which of uu would utter it ?"
When morning came and they could
speak more calmly on the subjvet of
their grief, they heard how her life hud
closed.
She had been dead two days. They !
nrora all nlinnl her at the time, knowini; I
that the end was drawing on. She dieu j
soou after daybreak. They had read
and talked to her in the earlier portion
of the night, but as the hours crept on,
she sunk to sleep. They could tell, by
what she faiutly murmured in her
dreams, that they were of her journeyings
with the old man ; they were o? 110
Eainful scenes, but of those who had
elped and used them kindly, for she
often said, " God bless you!" with
great fervor. Waking, she never wandered
in her mind but once, and that
was at beautiful music which she said
was in the air. God knows. It may
have been.
Openii g her eyes at last, from a very
quiet sleep, she begged that they would
kiss her once again. That done she
turned to the old man with a lovely
smile up n her face?such, they said, as
they had never seen, and never could
forget?and clung with both her arms
about his neck. They did not know
that she was dead, at first.
****** *
Aud now the bell?the bell she had so ;
lmnr/1 Kr niolil. And dnv. and I
w*i.va A iivmu
listened to with solemn pleasnre almost
as a Jiviug voice?rung its remorseless
toll for lier, so young, so beautiful, so
good. Decrepid age, and vigorous lifo,
and blooming youth, and helpless infancy,
poured forth?on crutches, in
the pride of strengthjand health, in the I
full blush of promise, in the mere dawn 1
of life?to gather ronnd her tomb. Old
men were there whose eyes were dim
and senses failing?grandmothers who i
might have (lied ten years ago and still
been old?the deaf, the blind, the lame,
the palsied, the living dead in many
shapes and forms, to see the closing of
that early grave. What was the death
it would shnt in, to that which still
could crawl and creep above it!
Along the crowded path they bore
tier now; purely as the ncwly-fullen
inow that covered it, whose day on
earth had been as fleeting. Undo:- tlmt
porch where she had ant when heaven
in its mercy brought her to that pee fulspot,
she passed again, and 1h,? old
chnrch received her in its <pi\ t .'inde.
They carried her to one old monk
where she had mauy and many a time
sat musing, and laid their burden softly
on the pavement. The light streamed
on it through the colored window?a
window where the boughs of the trees
weru ever rustling in the summer, and
where the birds sang sweetly all day
long. With every breath of air that
Btiired among those branches in the |
sunshine, some trembling, changing
light would fall upon her grave.
Earth to earth, ashep to ashes, dust to
dnst. Many a young hand dropped its
little wreath; many a stifled sob was
heard, some?and they were not few?
knelt down. All were sincere and
truthful in their sorrow.
Die service done, the mourners stood
apart and'the villagers closed round to
look into the graver before the pavement
tone should be replaced. One called j
to mind how he had seen her sitting on
that very spot, and how her book had j
fallen on her lap, and she was gazing j
with a pensive face upon the sky. Another
told how he had wondered much
that one so delicate as she could be so
bold; how she had never feared to enter j
the chnrch alone at night but had loved |
to linger there when all was quiet, and
even to climb the tower stair, with no
more light than the moon's rays stealing
through the loopholes in the thick
old wall
A whisper went about among the oldest
there that she had seen and talked
with angels ; and when they called to
mind how she had looked and spoken,and
her early death, some thonght itj might
be so indeed. Tims coming to the grave
in little knots and glancing down, and
giving place to others, and falling off
in whispering groups of three or four,
the church was cleared in time of all
but the sexton and mourning friends.
They saw the vault covered and the
stone fixed down. Then when the dusk
of evening had come on, and not a
sound disturbed the stillness of the
place?when the bright moon ponred
in her light on tomb and monument,
on pillar, vale and arch, and most of
all (it seemed to them) upon her quiet
grave?in that calm time, when all outward
things and inward thoughts teem
with assurance of immortality, and
wordly hopes and fears are humbled
in the dust before them?then, with
humble and submissive hearts they
turned away, and left the child with
ntnd
O I It is hard to take to heart the
lesson that such deaths will teach; but
let no man reject it, for it is one that
all mnst learn, and is a mighty, universal
truth. When death strikes down
the innocent and young, for every fragile
form from which he lets the panting
spirit free, a hundred virtues rise,
in shapes of mercy, charity, and love,
to walk the earth and blesB it with their
light. Of every tear that sorrowing
mortals shed cm such green graves,
Borne good is born, some gentler nature
comes. In the destroyer s steps there
Bpring up bright creations that defy
his power, and his dark path becomes a
way of light to heavon.?Old Curiotsitjj
hop.
A Centennial Cheese.
Among the many suggestions that
have been made in regard to the Philadelphia
celebration of '76, that from
a New Hampshire man who proposes to
make a centennial cheese is the most???
uio loCtnr f<-? tViA
rcuiuiauuic, mo lui/kv* w ?MW ??
sioners, with the exception of some
details which are unliminated, reads as
follows :
" Dear Sirs : I speak of cheese?
cheese in the grandest and most
sublime sense of the term ; cheese
such as the world has never seen ;
cheese ! ? hundreds of thousands of
pounds of it. It shall be an immense
plain, the consolidated efforts of every
cheese manufacturer in the United
States, and will be capable, .when laid
down upon its side, of accommodating
many hundreds of people. Such a
cheese as the one I speak of would
certainly create astonishment, and
would gain for our manufacturers the
admiration of the world. I desire space
for such a cheese. Can I have it ?
Answer."
It has been suggested that the cheese
would answer a variety of purposes;
that it would muke an admirable race
course, for its circumference would certainly
exceed half a mile. Its surface
would be even and free from dust, and
when it had worn through, the interior
might be scraped out, leaving only its
shell, so that windows and entrances
miciit be inserted and the whole thing
might serve the requirements of a restaurant
more wonderful than any of
those farmed out by the commissioner
at Vienna.? Worcenter (Mass.) Spy.
St. Cecilia.
" Can you tell mo who St. Cecilia
is ?" asks a correspondent, and adds :
"I have an engraving of her, and would
like to know. She is represented as
playing on a musical instrument. What
books tell of her ?" All books on mythology
give her history. She is supposed
to have lived in the third century,
and the honor paid to her can be traced
to that time. She was the daughter of J
a noble Roman, who, with his wife, had
secretly become Christians. Cecelia
was in childhood remarkably serious
and pious. She early made a vow to
chastity, and devoted herself to a religi
ous life. She always carried a copy of
the gospel in her robe. She especially
excelled in music, and composed and
sung hymns so sweetly that angels came
to listen to her. But the instruments
employed in secular music were insufficient
to express the music of her soul,
uud she invented the organ, and consecrated
it "to the divine service. Her
body lies in the" Church of St. Ceceliain-Travestere.
She is the patroness of
music'and musiciaus. Her proper attribute
is the orgau and a roll of music.
She is richly dressed, oft?n has jewels,
a crown of roses, and an attendant
angel.
At the Custom Hons*.
Kate Field writes to the American
J2cgi*(cr, of Paris, in the following l
sprightly strain : " Arriving at the Custom
House we climbed to it by way of
a poll, or some equally convenient
means, and then sat down in gloom and
emptiness to await the transportation
of our luggage. Tradition asserts pati- 1
ence on a monument smiling at grief to 1
be the acme of cheerful resignation.
Tradition, as usual, is wrong. Patience i
in a Custom House, leaning on an um- ,
brella and smiling at two porters, sole
transporters of thirty passengers' lug- 1
gage and much freight, the latter com- 1
ing first, is as much more virtuous than 1
monumental grief, as grief is more
wretched than mel. ncholy. I smiled,
and smiled, and made no more observations
about the slowness of the old
country than was compatible with serenity.
I kept myself alive by studying
the number of poses that could be taken
in connection with an umbrella. I never
before realized how much there was in
an umbrella. The next time you are
left in a station to wait for your luggage,
fall back on your umbrella, and
remark its many companionable qualities.
You pose with it, you walk with
it, you poke with it, you express your
feeiings with it, you write your name
with it on floors and walls, you knock
imaginary brigands down with it, and
finally you point out the trunks dear to
your pocket with it. Couldn't I bear off
my property without examination ? No,
I must have one trunk opened for the
?ake of appearances, ana i mum swenr
that I had not therein concealed tobacco,
wine, spirits, or silverware. I asked
an obliging young man, who was inclined
to do the handsome thing by me,
whether I looked cnpable of tobacco,
wine, spirits, or silvtrware. He replied
by writing hieroglyphics on my several
trunks and my banjo-case, over which I
took the necessary oath, while assuring
the obliging young than that said banjo
contained the very best of spirits.
Some Facts About the Oyster.
The oyster when spawning does not
cast its eggs like other fish, but dissolves,
as it were, a part of its own
body, which passes off in long, slender
threads, as fine as a spider's web, upon
which are congregated millions of little
eggs, not visible to the naked eye, but
which, when put under a powerful
magnifying-giass, astonish the beholder
by their number. It is estimated that
about seventy per cent, of the spawn is
destroyed by fish,and about ten percent
from other causes, leaving twenty per
cent, to find theii way into market.
These little "seed" cling to whatever
they tonch, generally old oysters ; and
the many little shells one often sees
clinging to large oysters are but the
growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in a clear place, and free
from their fish enemies, their growth is
very rapid until they attain the size of
a quarter of a dollar ; and it is at this
period of their existence that the oystermen
take them for transplanting.
The shells are very thin, and the inside
meat scarcely larger than a shirt
button, and having the rest of the shell
filled with a milky fluid, which in time
forms the body of the fish. Oysters,
after they are transplanted, are, with
a few exceptions, not fit to eat under
three years. It might besupposed that
the oyster, with its hard shell, was free
from all danger, but such is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies?
the star fish and the borer. Theformer
will fasten on the month of an oyster,
and in a short time suck the life out of
him. The latter, with his little saw
and gimlet bill, bores through his shell,
and, once through, the oyster is soon
destroyed.
Easy Puzzles.
It is remarkably easy to puzzle people
if you show by your words or manner
that you expect them to be puzzled.
We once propounded the following to a
company of gentlemen : A owes B {*500,
and admits the debt. A's father dies
intestate, and B's father takes the benefit
of the bankrupt uct. Does this discharge
A's obligation to B ? After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did ! It seemed to the friend with
whom wo were arguing perfectly easy
for any intelligent person to throw out
all the latter items of the statement as
having no possible connection with the
first; but the test established the-point
for which we were contending, that this
could only be done l>y n mental effort to
which some men were not equal at the
moment the question was asked. If we
had not witnessed such exhibitions, we
should suppose that a question proposed
by our frieud at Morris^ New York, wus
designed as a quiz. lie supposes uie
case of a hunter pursuing a squirrel,
which dodges around a tree, and ius the
man with the gun follows around to get
a shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the allimportant
query : Has the gunner, having
thus goue around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Do not be Fooled.
Unsophisticated persons who hanker
after chances to get richon$400capital,
may learn a lesson from the experience
of a Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy during
au indefinite period, and then paid
it over to a New York advertiser of
" business opportunities," who guaranteed
a half interest in a profitable business.
The trouble was, the busiuess
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire g400and didn't give
bis victim even a half interest.
Being shown some very tfat cattle at
the Home Farms at Windkor, and understanding
that they had been fed upon
oil-cuke, the Shah grew qnite animated,
and said to the interpreter,
"Ask if oil-cake is good for wives."
The Alton Disaster.
Horrible Suffering* of the Unfortunate 1
P*a*rngera.
Mr. A. S. Burgess, conductor of the *
Pullman Palace car on the train which
waswiecked on the Chicago and Alton 1
Railroad, has given an account of the j
accident, from which the following extract*
are taken : (
When the collision occurred Mr. Burgess
was standing at the door of the f
car marking off berths for the passen-1J
gcrs on the dingram. The first concussion
threw him forward against the }
door, the second hurled him over the
brake, and the third back again to the j
door. His clothes were torn and his (
legs somewhat bruised, but he immedi_4_1_
TUl'fll til a rPHfc of tlie ! 1
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passengers to see what was the matter. 1
"Never in my life," said lie, " liavi I
witneflsed such a sight. It was the fifth 1
collision in which I was a participant, 1
but never did I see such utter misery.
In the meadows on either side of the I
track were lying human beings, yelling j
in agony?their flesh boiled off them. <
The freight engine had run clear under- (
neath the smoking-car, and there exploded,
shattering the car into little j
pieces, and blowing the occupants high |
tip into the air and over the fence into ,
the imadows. The other engine burst ]
at the same time. A man?I don't know ,
who it was?ran np to me, phrieking
with agony, and threw himself into my
arms. I tried to hold him, but his ,
clothes tore off him, and the flesh came ,
off with them. I was nearly stunned at ,
the sight. There were a dozen or more, .
stripped stark naked, running up and
down, crazv with pain. They were
tearing at their bodies, and tearing off ]
great handfuls of flesh. The passen
gers behaved admirably. They took up 1
the victims and carried them into the 1
coaches. I told them to bring them
into the sleeping-car, and they did. 1
First thing I knew the ladies, Goa bless
them ! were tearing up their under- i
clothing to bintl up the sufferers. Why, i
sir, in half a minute they had scarcely 1
anything left on them. There was round i
one man's hand a lace handkerchief that I
must have costa small fortune. I could j
not stand that any longer. I did not
caro what the company said, so I just .
gave orders to open the lockers and tear
np anything that came handy. And J
they tlid. There were two or three
ladies tearing sheets into lengths to J
hind up wounds, while half a dozen
others were binding them around the
bloody arms and bodies of the wounded '
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men.
Reporter-Did any one in the smokingcar
escape unhurt ? 1
Mr. Burgess?It may seem like a ro- 1
mauce, but it is strictly true, and I ]
think you would like to hear the story. 1
There was a crazy fellow on his way to
the asylum at Jacksonville. He was
noisy and dangerous, and was handcuffed
and placed in the smoking-car
when we left Chicago. Just after tlie
explosion a young girl came to me and
wanted me to find her brother. I toid
her he would be looked after, and tried /
to quiot her down, but she would not
remaiu still. I was afraid of hergetting
into trouble. She told me her brother
was crazy, and could not look after himself.
I tried to keep her for a moment,
but she escaped me. Presently she
came back with the crazy fallow, who
appeared to enjoy the scene immensely.
She had found him jpst where he fell in
the meadow. He had been blown by
the force of tho explosion twenty or
thirty feet, and had not a scald or scratch
about him.
Send for Mother.
" Dear me! it wasn't enough for me
to nurse and raise a family of my own,
but now when I'm old, and expect to
have a little comfort here, it is all the
time, 'Send for mother.'" And the
dear old soul growls and grumbles, but
dresses herself as fast as she cud, notwithstanding.
After you havo trotted
her off and got her safely in your home,
and she flies around, administering
remedies and rebukes by turns, you feel
easier. It's right now or soon will be?
mother's come!
In sickness, no matter who is there or
how many doctors quarrel over your I
case, everything goes wrong, somehow,
till you send for mother. In trouble,
the first thing you think of is to send
for mother.
But this has its ludicrous as well as
its touching aspects. The verdant j
young couples, to whom baby's extraordinary
grimaces and alarming yuwns, i
which threaten the dislocation of its j
chin, its wonderful sleep, which it ac- 1
complishes with its eyes half open and
no perceptible flutter of breath on its
lips, causing the young mother to imagine
it is dead this time, and to shriek
out, "Send for mother," in tones of
anguish?this young cctple, in the light
of the experience which three or four
babies bring, find that they have been
ridiculous, and given mother a good
many " trots " for nothing.
Did anybody ever send for mother
and did Blie fail to come, unless sickness
or the infirmities of age prevented
her ? As when in your childhood those
willing feet responded to your call, so
they still do, and will continue to do as
long as they are able. And when the
summons comes which none yet disregarded,
though it will be a very dark
and sad one for you, then God, too, will
send for mother.
In the Water.?It is important for
every one who ever ventures into or upon
the water, to remember that when a
person falls into deep water he will rise
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to the suriace, ana camini}e w?r, u uc
does not elevate bis hands. If bo moves
nis bands under water, in any way be
pleases, bis bead will rise so high as to
give him free liberty to breathe; and if
he will use bis legs as in the actof walking
up-stairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use the
less exertion with his hands, or apply
them to other purposes. Those who
have never learned to swim should bear
in mind these simple directions.
Items of Interest..
The number of Formers'Granges now
s said to be 5,147. .
The qnestion of taxing church prop*
?rty is now widely discussed.
In these times we fight tor ideas, and
lewspapers are our fortress.
Milwaukee has fined Dan Rice $10 for
leing " drunk i nd disorderly."
It is no good nowadays for a man to
iffer his liaud if there's nothing in it.
" Natural lemonade" from the acid
wrings lit the geysers is sold in San'
Francisco.
Twenty republican newspapers hare
>een suppressed by the Frencu Governnent
this month.
Horace Ifuynard is mentioned as the
irobable Republican candidate for
lovernorof Tennessee.
A herd of Kansas buffaloes was three
lours passing a given point, and nobody
vas chasing them either.
TIip late Dr. Storrs, of Massachusetts,
pre -ched sixty-two years fmm one pulpit
at an annual salary of $800.
A local geologist of Terre Haute says
:bat any person having a taste for gold
inning can clear from forty to sixty
ents a day almost anywhere in Vigo
bounty, Ind. m
wtipn a man "squats" on another
nan's claim, in Nevada, lie is first told
M " rise." If lie won't rise, lie is shot
it. and if this fails, a crowd of men
!iaul him up to a limb and leave him to
jnjoy the morning air.
Here is the inscription on a tombdope
in Pennsylvania: " In memory of
Fabitha, beloved wife of Joseph Wright,
Thomas Andrews, Eben HaJsted, Edward
Murray, and Charles Dean, bv
her devoted husband, Cyrus Morgan.
A baby was found in a Boston depot,
lately, lubeled, "This baby belongs to
Mr. Dane, of Lowell, living on Middlesex
street; whoever will return the
jhild to its parents will be well rewarded.
I took the baby in a fit of in- %
sanity."
An English exchange predicts that
steel bars will sbortlv be substituted
in that country and the United States
for bells. They are light, and give
more scope to architectural design in
the steeple. Thpy are more easily
rung, and arc not liable to cruck.
A servant girl employed in a St. Paul,
Mich., family recently used the compound
" Sap lio" as a toilet soap in
taking a bath. The result, as regards
jleanliness, was eminently satisfactory,
but dreadful to relate, she " blossomed
in purple and red" from head to foot.
At latest advices she was a delicate
pink.
Cold water, copiously applied, is regarded
as one of the best remedies for
sun-stroke. If all who are forced to expose
themselves to the direct raya of
the sun during the hottest mouths
would lay a cloth wet in cold water upon
the top of the head within the hat, it
would u-ually be an effectual protection
against injury.
A house ought to be a work of art,
just like a picture. Every bit of furniture
iu it should be a particle of a great
composition chosen with reference to
every other particle. A grain of color
a hundredth of an inch ucross, is of the
utmost importance in a picture ; and a
little ornament on the chimney pitme is
of the utmost importsiuce iu a house.
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The Detroit tree J'rcitn i4rjjo who juHV
on nome of its friends: A family of six
persons arrived here from the East
yesterday morning aud desired to go to
the house of an old acquaintance to get
dinner, and save two or three dollars'
eupense. They drove about from one
place to another uutil the expressman's
charges amounted to $/>, and then the
search was pursued 011 foot, the assistance
of the police having been evoked.
About one o'clock the residence of "old
acquaintance" was found,the front door
bearing the placard, " Gone into the
couutry."
A Little Game in the Trunk Line.
Smashing trunks is not the only pastime
of depot attendants, it seems, nor
is smashing the only ill-fate to which
the "Saratoga" is liable. There is another
way of making *he traveler miserable.
Probably it is not necessary to say
that a hack driver has been arrested for
it, and it is therefore a shrewd trick.
The person in the guran takes a short
trip, and takes his trunk with him. It
is well known that trunks have no legs,
and cannot run away; so, trusting in
this fact, the baggage-masters in the
smaller places are very apt to leave the
trunks nil in a heap until the cars arrive.
This is the opportunity that the
designing traveler has in view. He
steps up to see if his trunk is all right.
In looking it overlie takes its check off,
and nuts it on the best looking truuk in
the lot, ami puts that trunk's check
upon his piece of burgage. Then he
wanders away satisfied. On reaching
his destination he tukes the trunk to
which his check entitles him, and
drives off with it. There are, of coarse,
all sorts of ciances in the matter, bnt
experiment always pays, since the piece
disposed of is only ballusted, and utterly
valueless.
Ridiculous Mess.
A Keokuk lady, while engaged in the
pursuit of her domestic duties, encountered
a monse in the flonr barrel.
Now, most ladies under similar circumstances
would have uttered a few femia1.rw.lrn
ntwl then KOUffllt BafetV in
the garret. But this oue possesses
more tlian the ordinary degTee of female
; courage. She summoned the hired
man and told him to get the shot-gun,
call the bull-dog, nud station himself
at a convenient distance. She then
climbed half way up the stairs and oom1
menced to punch the flour barrel vigorj
ously with a pole, presently the mouse
made its appearance and started across
the floor. The bull-dog at once went
in pursuit. The man fired and the dog
dropped dead. The lady fainted and
fell down stairs, and the hired man,
tninking that she was killed, and fearing
that he would be arrested for murder,
lit out, and has not been seen
since. The mouse escaped.
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