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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.
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VOL. III. NO. 51. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1873. . {W&YSS .
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Jas. C. BAILI1E & BRO.,
EKSPECTFUHi Y ASK TOUR ATTES
Hon to the following DE81BABLE GOODS of.
lered by them tor sale:
t
ENGLISH AND AMEBIC SIT FLOOR OIL
CLOTHS.
U feat vide, and of the best quality of rood* manufactured.
Do you want a real good Oil Cloth ? It
to, come now and get tbo very bc? t. Oil Cloths cut
any size and laid promptly. A full line of cheap
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from 00c. a yard up. Tabli
cloths all widths and colors.
CARPETS.
Brussels, three-ply and ingrain Carpets of new designs.
A full stock of low-priced carpets from] 30c. a
yard up.
Carpets measured for, made and laid with dispatch]
LACE CURTAINS.
French Tambonrd Lace, " Exquisite*."
Nottingham Lace, " Beautiful."
Tamboured Muslin, durable and cheap, from $2.80
a pair and upwards.
CORNICES AND BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and GUI
Cornices, with or without centres.
Curtain Bands, Pins snd Loops.
Cornices cut and made to lit windows and put up.
v?rT?n%#ats/ ciftnPD
ff 1IVW *? OOAJunui
. 1,000 Window Shades In all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Gold Band Shades, $1.60, with all trimmJngs.
Beautiful Shades 20c. each.
Store Window Shades any color and any size.
Window Shades squared and put up promptly.
Walnut and painted wood Shades.
RI GS AND DOOR MAJ8.
New and beautiful Rugs.
Door Mats, from 50c. up to the best English Cocoa,
that wear three years.
100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
MATTINGS.
New Matting, Plain and Fancy, in all the different
widths made.
Mattings laid with dispatch.
WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS.
3,000 Rolls Wall Papers and Border* in new patterns,
in gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintaee,
fcc., in every variety of oolors?beautiful, good and
cheap. Paper hung if desired.
P.AIR CLOTHS
In all widths required ior Upholstering. Buttons,
Uimpe and Tachs for same.
CURTAIN DAMASKS.
Plain and Striped French Terrys for Curtains and
Upholstering purposes.
Gimps, Friuge, Tassels, Loops and Buttons.
Moreens and Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lambraqulns made and put up.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. '
English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCorers.
m 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
duiio well and in season, by
james b. name ? uroiners,
AUGUSTA, GA.
*pl-17-i y.
H. M. Stuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
DEALER IN
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
FA MIL Y MEDICINES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
8TA TIONER Y, PERF UMEIi Y,
BRUSHES, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Together with many other article* too numorou*
tomrution. AUof which will be aold at tho lowest
price for cash. Physician* prescription* carefully
compounded. . fcb.ll.
PIERCE L. WIGGIN,
ATTORMET AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Solicitor Second Circuit.
r Beaufort, S. C.
pept.l-ly.
ICDDV CAl/APC A. PA
ji.itii i gninub u v/u.,
Wheelwrights & Carpenters.
Cart*, Wagon* and Carriages repaired in the best
manner at low prices.
All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to.
MAGNOLIA St.,
BEAUFORT, S. C._
J. K Goethe, M. D.
Dr. Goethe offers his professional services to the.
public. He may be found at his residence,
Gam? Hill, near Varnfvllle,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
jan.l-ly. . .
A. S. HITCHCOCK.
ATTHDWEY AND OUUflMiLUR AT LAW,
BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
BEAIFORT, S. C.
Dec.l-yr.
YEMASSEE
Eating Saloon,
AT THE'
P. R, & S. & C. R. R. JUNCTION'.
The traveling public will here And good meals on
the arrival of trains. Also accommodations for mau
and beast, near the dejot.
B. T. SELLBns,
YEMASSEE, S. C.
Nov.21-ly.
W. H. CALVERTT
PRACTICAL
Tin. Sheet-Iron. Copper & Zinc Worker.
DEALER IN
Japanned and Stamped Tin Ware*. Constantly on
baud, Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves.
TEKJIS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to business in tha future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVJKRT. *
Ray St., bctweeu 8th and 9th Sts.,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Arl.s-ly.
~ CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
roch2My E. H. JACKSON.
Redeem Your Lands.
The Acts of Congress and the Regulations of the
Treaaurv Department In regtrd to the Redemption
of Lands now in the possession of the United Statu
by reason of the Diroct Tax Commissioners tales oal
be had at this offiee, Prigs tea easts, ?y mall ftf>
PAUL BRODIE,
A R CHIT EOT,
BEAU FORT,S.C.
PrawlDfra of Model* prepared for Patent Office.
Studies for special purposes, made at shert notice.
Box 31, P. O decl-ly
William Gurney,
COTTON FACTOR
axd
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY
and
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention Riven to the sale of and shipment
of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Liberal
advances made on consignment*. dec7-l>
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Builder,
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
' OPFICEi
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C,
deci-tf
PORT ROYAL
SAW & PLANING MILL,
Beaufort, S. C.
D. C. WILSON & CO.,
MAXCFACTrRERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Mow Pine Titer M Loier,
AND
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors.
Plaster Lathes,
ALL KINDS OF
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always
on Hand.
Orders for Lumber and Timber by the cargo
promptly filled. Terms Cash.
D. C. WILSON & CO.
novt8-ly
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST!
P. M. WHITMAN,
Watchmaker and Engraver,
Mayo's Building, Bay Street.
Will give hi* personal attention to the repairing of
WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELltY. Ornamental
and plain Engraving done at short notice.
Gentlemen having flue Watches can test them at
thin establishment by one of HOWARD A CO.'8
|500 REGULATORS.
Having added to my stock one of J. BLISS k CO.*8
flue Transit Instruments, I am now prepared to furnish
Beaufort time to the fraction of a second.
Alfred Williams,
TRIAL JUSTICE,
Crofufs Building,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.
X. B.?Court will be held every Friday at Bricl
Church, St. Helena Island. incli26-ly
A. MARK,
BOOTMAKER,
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having oj>eued a shop upon Bay Street, I am pro
pared to do first-class work.
UtChSO-ly A. MARK.
PURE WATER
Guaranteed by the use of the
| AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,
Commission Merchant,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
I wpt4
The Savannah Independent,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low ratt
of only
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR;
Address,
INDEPENDENT,
P. 0. Box 8fiS. Savannah, Ga._
W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
, Old Furniture put In good order, Picture Frame*
, made. Msttraaaea stuffed at the ahorteat notice.
I Corner Bay and Ninth Itmta,
; ftbiwt
The Old Man by the Brook.
Down to the vale this water steers; how merrily
it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years, and flow aa
now it flows.
Afid hero, on this delightful day, I cannot
choose but think
How oft, a vigorous man, I lay beside this fountain's
brink.
My eyes art filled with childish tears; my heart
is idly stirred;
For the same sound is in my ears that in those
days I heard.
?WoRDSWOBfH.
HOW HE FAILED.
Not so Bad After All.
David Popham owned a big house up
town, and David Popham was rioh. He
had come to the city a poor boy, and
had worked his way up by his own in
thrift and a numbskull! answered David,
with disgust.
" You're a brute !" was Mrs. P.'s mild
rejoinder. "The Vegas are of our
wealthiest and best; and Alexander is
heir of a grand estate."
"In chancery," said David, aotto
voce.
" What did you say, Mr. P. ?"
"I merely remarked, my dear, that
he had his chances."
" And let me tell you that his chances
aro briH-iant. I hnvc no ctommTUat yrm
would like to see o ur sweet girls married
to clodhoppers!"
" If wo could find such a clodhopper
as you were content to marry five-andtwenty
years ago?"
"On! Mr. P., you are perfectly
i frightful!"
I And under this shot David crawled
< awav, and went down to his office on
Wall street.
But a change was at hand?a change
. sad and dark. Mrs. Popham could not
stand the wear and tear of the life she
, had adopted. The continuous roundel
1 high-living, late suppers, and dissipaI
' tion, was too much for her, and she
gave in, as hundreds of others are givi
ing in every year.
And thus it came that at the age ol
fifty David Popham was left a widower
, witli three grown-up daughters. Of
these daughters Lydia was twenty-two.
j Mehitabel (usually called Hittie) was
twenty, and Susan was eighteen. And
| they were, at heart, good girls ; and
, furthermore, they were good-looking.
Lydia might have been married had not
; an unexpected obstacle arisen in hei
; pathway. When Alexander de Costs
Vega had been accepted by the mother,
and blushingly referred to papa by the
daughter, the hard-hearted father had
' simply referred to the gay and festive
applicant:
"Alexander de Costa Vega, you maj
; have my daughter ; but, as sure as
there is a heaven above us, if she mar,
i ries you neither you nor she shall evei
1 touch one dollar of my money !"
The gallant adventurer had believed
. David, and had not further pressed his
? suit.
a ' When the season of bitter
, I passed, and friends could with propriI
ety leave flowers upon the sideboard ol
j the mansion, sunshine once more enter!
ed tho honsohold. Lydia and MehitaI
bel assumed the management of affairs,
! and hired two new servants. Viry
shortly gay cavalierB chased away the
i gloom, and gayly chanting troubadours
, made the hours endurable. Lydia and
Mehitabel and Susan had not been educated
by their mother in vain. Their
! drawing-rooms were the theatre of gay
scenes, and the very cream of society
i (David Popham called it the "scum,
J the brute !) affected the companionship
; of the three graces?joint heiresses oi
i David P.
, And what did David Popham all this
j time ? There was but one thing left
for him to do. He pitched into busii
ness with a deeper rush than ever, and
. j lie turned up a new half-million in
1 less than six months.
But a new turn of the wheel was comI
ing.
John Bossle appeared upon the street
with the stock of the Humtown Mining
and Manufrcturing Company for sale,
? and David Popham bit hugely.
And Philander Scroggla came upon
the street with the stock of the DeepBottom
Copper Mining Company, and
David Popham snapped at this.
" My dear sir," Philetus Petunia, a
very pink of the cream, who was par,
ticularly intimate with Mehitabel, and
who kept a pair of horses, and belonged
to the Club,?" My dear Mr. Popham,
may I venture ?"
" Go ahead."
"I have made inquiries, sir, concern{ing
this Scroggle, and it is the general
. impression on the street that his copper
mine is all moonshine."
"Moonshine, or goldshine,?let those
shine who win," said David, and went
his way.
But the very capstone of all the golden
prospects held out that season was
afforded by the Pawnee and Flatfoot
Silver Lode of Neverdie Peak, Colorado.
Now being put down in this County. They are
Cheap and. Du.ra"blo,
And give universal satisfaction. Pure Water can b<
introduced into any house by the AMERICA!
DRIVEN WELL in 10
M. L. MAINE, Sea Island Hotel, or to
E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent.
feb27-Cm
S.~MAYO~
BAY STREET. BEAUFORT, S. C.,
HARDWARE,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco,
Net Yarn*, Fish Lines dc Cordage,
Grlass, Paints and Oils,
White Lead and Turpentine.
Special attention given to mixing Painte, ani
OUkx cut to order of any Rite. febll
M. FOLLITZER,
Cotton Factor
ASD
dustry, perseverance, and vim. He had
been fortunate, too; not perversely fortunate,
as some men are, but legitimately
and honestly fortunate. Of his
own accord, and in answer to his own
tastes, he would never have bought the
big house up town; but his wife was
bent upcin it, and he was forced to
please his wife. When we say he was
forced, we mean that his own love forced
him?his love for domestic peace.
David Popham had three daughters,
who were very pretty, and very good,
and they loved their dear old papa extremely.
Of course, Mrs. Pophv.m trained her
daughters. Mrs. P. had become a woman
of society, and. she wished that her
daughters should become women of society.
Wha.t it cost Mr. P. to sustain
his share of this work we will not say.
He groar.ed sometimes, but held his
peace.
Another thing troubled David Popham.
As his daughters grew up, brighthued
young gentlemen gathered about
them, and it was apparent that Mrs.
Popham was on the path of brilliant
matches.
j " I think Alexander de Costa Yega is
| Bmitten with our Lydia," she said to her
j husband one day.
" Alexander de Costa Yega is a spend
David Popham wei^t into this up to I n
his ears?then over lus head?went into g
it all over. 8
By and by camemutterings of disaster.
The Hamtown Mining and Manufactur- 8]
ing Company had been looked for, and n
had not been found. The only respon- t]
sible member of the company known on b
'Change was David Popham. 8l
Another mutter as it came to light v
that the Deep-Bottom Copper Mine had
never had any bottom at all. Its only p
depth was its profundity of non-eative- v
neat. h
But the olimax of disaster camo with T
the falling through of the Pawnee and t:
Flatfoot Silver Lode. t
That was one climax?the business B
climax. Another climax came when the
sheriff placed a keeper in Dsa id Pop- I
ham's big house up town, and advertised
David Topham's house and furniture t
at "sheriff's sale!" T
What a crash it was! a
David Popham came home, and found E
his three daughters weeping.
"We must take a smaller house down B
town," he said. "My darling* we must T
take a very small house."
Three days later Lydia, speaking for a
all three, asked papa if he could not get a a
house out in the country. h
"We cannot stand the slight that, is
put upon us, All our friends have cut c
??
us. o
"You mean," suggesttd papa, "that
your acquaintances nave cut yotl. You s
have not been making trtte friends." ?
One evening David Popham summoned
his daughters, aud told them that he ?
was going out West. Of the result of B
former speculations he had managed to ?
save a nol le farm in Minnesota, very ]
near to St. Paul, one boundary of which j
was the Mississippi River. t
At first the girls shrank from such a Q
change; but there was no help for it. E
"We cannot hold up our heads here,"
said Susan. "Let us go."
And bo David Popham, having paid s
the last dollar he honestly owed in the
great city, moved With his three daughters
to tile new home in the Far West. <]
It was tiuly a noble farm, and the c
buildings were good and comfortable, t
It was spring-time, and David Popham ?
took off his coat, and rolled up his g
sleeveB, and went at work. By and by c
all that was true and good in his daugh- H
ters came to the surface, while the i,
false and the cumbersome wore away. {
Before the season of harvest came they ?
could work, and sing at their work, t
Their checks were round and ruddy, T
and the dresses th6y had brought with c
them from New York would not meet
around their strengthening forms. f
Once more David Popnam was nappy, t
When winter came his garners were ,
full, and his herds were sleek and fat. fl
And, would you believe it, the girls t
had learned to make butter and cheese, t
k Tiicii fnth?r hrw?l mod* Lfiem uiulcrstnmd
that he expected them to make them- j
selves useful, and they had unexpected
ly found real comfort and joy in being i
useful. t
That winter two voung men crept t
into the society of the Popliam family, j
They were from New England?John
Lowe and Philip Granger,
i We don't care to make a love story of
our speculative Bketch. Suffice it to
i say that for the first time in her life 1
; Lvdia experienced the heart-throbbings B
i of a true and pure love. John Lowe
\ was strong and manful, and she both
loved and respected him. 1
i And so it was with Hittic. In Philip t
Granger she found a man upon whom t
she could lean for support, and in \
' whoso honor she could lovingly con- 1
fide. And, moreover, she felt that she f
: could help such a man in the battle of 1
life. t
i David Popliam offered no objection 1
when these men asked him if they i
, might try and win his daughters. He t
only said to them,? t
i "If you take them, you take them as 1
they are." 1
i And that was all they wanted. 1
But?the luck was not yet exhausted, c
i The mnn of vim and energy had drawn f
[ around him many worthy friends. With f
s the coming of another spring a third ^
youth appeared upon the domestic c
' stage?a George Harvey, who had come (
i from New Hampshire with his parents t
when a boy, and who had worked his 1
way up to a fair and honorable position c
in the legal profession. He came and t
1 fell in love with Susan, and finally f
i gained her for his wife. f
And so the three girls'were married, I
i and confessed themselves happier than i
they had ever been. 1
: One evening in May, shortly after f
Susan's marriage, they were all assem
bled in the great sitting-room of the
farm-house.
Lowe and Granger had been talking
i of n sale that was to take place on the
i river.
" It's a great thing," said Lowe. i
" Immense," acknowledged Granger. r
" I suppose it will fall into the hands of
a big company."
' "It must if the whole property goes j
together," said Lowe.
"About the Flouring and Lumber J
: Mills," answered John. " You know tthey
were to be sold ?"
i Popham said he had heard of it.
; "Yes," explained Philip, "the death n
of Mr. Sanger, and the election of Mr.
Burroughs to Congress, has necessitated r
, the sale of the whole concern, as the
remaining members of the firm are not J
able to carry it."
" What is the property worth ?"
; " The mills, with the water-power, '
and the stretch of land above?twothon- e
sand acres, more or less?are held at *
half a million."
"In the hands of men who understood *
the business, I should say the property c
was worth that snm." 1
" It is, certainly," said Lowe.
"You have both worked in the mills?" *
" Yes," replied John. Andheadded, 8
with a smile,?" We might say that we ?
were brought up in them,?Philip in 1
the saw mill, and I in the flouring ?
I mill." 4
" And you understand the business ?" J
" We have such confidence in our 1
knowledge and ability, sir, that we have
resolved to apply for the situations of
superintendents, if the new purchasers c
should require such." c
" Well?now look here," said David a
Popham, with brusque good-nature, t
"I think I csn help you, and help a
others at the same time. If you say you k
i can manage those mills, with such busi- c
oess assistance as a good square busi
ess man can render yon, I think I can
nd the party who will own them. What
ay you ?"
The young men hardly knew what to
ay. David Popham was not a man to
lake an idle promise, and the prospect
bus held ?ut almost took away their
reath. But John Lowe, who was a fareeing,
clear-headed man, at length
entnred,?
" If you have friends who nfe able to
urchase, let them understand the adantage
they will gain in owning the
and up the river. I know the expense
rill be enormous, but the land and the
imber are not only valuable, but through
hat ownership the water may be held
inder control.
"You couldn't make room for George,
suppose ? "
" Such a company must have an attorney
and clerk. Look at the post
rhich Mr. Burroughs vacates. What
n opening for an educated young
nan I'
" Well, now,?we'll all meet here toaorrow
evening, and I'll then tell you
rhot my friends will do."
On the tolloWiilg evening they were
11 assembled again, and David Popham
nnnnn/>p.l tlmf. tlie whole mill nronertv
tad been bought.
"And," he added, with a gathering
if bright moisture in his eyes, "the
iwners are thesb three girls of mine."
The man's look was too solemn and
nblime for a joke; and they gazed upon
tim in speechless wonder.
" My aear children," resumed David,
trashing his eyes, " I'll make a short
tory of it. The ' Humtown,' and the
Deep Bottom,' and the ' Pawnee and
Tlatfoot,' were my own companies,
'ohn Bozzle and Philander Scroggle
rere myths, and the corporators were
11 dummies of my own creation and
nanipulation."
" Father I"
" I never invested a dollar in any
uch stock."
"And you did not speculate ?"
" Not ruinously. I speculated, my
[arlings, but the speculation has turned
tut grandly. I made an investment for
he moral and physical health of my
teloved children ; and how that has reulted
you know very well. As for the
ild fortune, it has been growing in
pite of me ; and much of my property
s still in New York. And now, my
oved ones, will you take the mills and
he broad river acres, with your father
o keep you company and aid you, or
rould you prefer to return to the jpreat
ity?"
They understood their father's sacriIce
in their behalf very well; and when
hey had looked upon the husbands
riiom they loved, and had embraced
md kissed their dear devoted father,
hey authorized Lydia to speak for
hem ; and she said :
"We will accept tho mills, and the
>road river acres, with tho companionhip
of our dear father; and we will be
lappier than we havo ever been, seeking
c make the most of the healthful and
expanding life into which he lias led us.
Ledger.
The Strawberry Dance.
An annual Strawberry Dance is celeirated
by the Onondagas. When the
itrawberries first begiu to ripen, ac:ording
to their pagan idea, a dance
oust be given to the Great Spirit for
he return of fruit. The women go to
he neighboring hills and gather the
vild berries. The next morning the
>ig succotash kettle is placed over the
ire at the west end of the Council
louse, and the berries, with some wacr
and some maple sngar, put into the
cettle, and all stirred well. While this
s cooking the time is whiled awav by
he Indian dances. One of the chiefs
akes the turtle shell; this shell is cured
iy a process known only to the red men.
Che shell is carefully cleaned, and the
lead and neck stretched out for a lmnHe,
and some corn and beans put in the
hell so as to make a rattle. The chief
ihakes the rattle and strikes the bench
vitli it, all the time chanting an Indian
ihant. The dancers, headed by the
hief, dance around the musician, and
he dancers now and then give a whoop.
Phnir mmfn. nn.l in manv cases their
children, take part in the dance. After
lie strawberries are cooked and they
eel that they have danced enough, they
orm a circle, and a cup of this strawjerry
stew is passed to each one. This,
vith a few Indian speeches, forms the
'ndian way of returning thanks for the
ruits.
Let Your Wife Know.
It is a custom too common with the
nen of the world, says the Methodist
idvocalr, to keep their families in utter
gnorance of the situation of their buai1C8B.
The wife knows nothing?lias
lot even an idea of her husband's forune,
whether it is to be counted by
mndreds or thousands. What can a
roman kept in such ignorance learn ?
ihe spends, as a matter of course, all
le gives her to spend, with the full conidence
that when that is gone, and she
isks for it, he will give her more.
If an unmarried woman works, she
nay go with a bold, unblushing face,
ind demand her wages ; but a wife can
lemand nothing, her claim is only for
jure necessity; and generous men, on
hat account, are too often indulgent?
oo fearful of letting a wife know the
ixact state of their finances. 'Tis all
prong.
Husband and wife have a mutual inerest;
every woman should know the
Xftct state of lier husband's finances ;
inderstand his plans, and aid him, if
tossible, with her counsels, and thep
hose terrible catastrophies would not
o often happen. Many a wife, who is
dunging her husband deeper and deeper
nto debt from ignorance, would, if she
mew his embarrassments, be the first
o save, and, with true womanly symmthy
and generosity, help him to renstate
the fallen fortunes.
Californians are toasting of a new
[omestic fowl, the chaparral cock or
hurra, which is easily domesticated,
md when properly cooked is superior
o chicken for eating. The churra is
,bout the size of a cnrlew, with a topmot,
and a long tail of beautiful colored
feathers. It is a greet enemy to
nukes and vermin.
That Trousers Leg.
It is a little singular how fashions
come and go, says the Danbury News. 1
Many of them at the time appear indispensable,
but they noiselessly disap- ,
pear and others come in their place, j
and we forget all about them. We were
thinking the other day of that fashion <
which some years ago was more popu- (
lar than any other, which was in such ,
general use and seemed so fitted to its
place, that it is doubtful if it was considered
as a freak, any way, but was
rather a necessary adjunct of society, j
which came in with the garment it was
displayed on, and was as sure of the future
as the garment itself. We refer to
the fashion of turning up the pantaloon
leg. The young men all did it in those
days, and the variety of taste displayed
in doing it was edifying to study. It
was absolutely essential that the pants
should be black, and the boots should
be flue in quality with legs gracefully
wrinkled. The width of tne Tap varied
considerably, but one inch for the better
class, and three inches for plebeians
appeared to be the standard. Bural
people, to whom black doe-skins were
not always suitable in absence of pavements,,
endeavored to incorporate the
fashion on Kentucky jeans ahd light
cassimeres, but it was a depressing failure.
The white canvas presented no
?nof nf fha 1 act
UlUrACU UUUIilOOb bV vuo awov v* --oi
and when you saw a case, it made you
sad and dissatisfied the rest of the day.
There were others who rolled the leg,
making a knotty, clumsy affair of it, and
it was difficult to tell whether those
people should be pointed at with acorn,
or merely killed on the spot. In addition
to being black it was necessary
that the pants should fit rather snug
about the boot. Otherwise the lap #as
not so smooth, and for awhile it was
necessary to pin or stitch the lap up to
keep it in place. But whvn it was up
snug, and tha broad black seam pressed
flat, the boot polished, and the heel
straight and narrow, it wn3 difficult to
imagine anything more comforting and
sustaining. If we only had a dollar for
every tear of joy we have shed over
such sights, there is no position of
trust and honor we could not have. But
the fashion has gone with the years that
have passed before, and w? watch its
retiring form with eyes that are dimmed
by emotion.
Death From Fright.
The singular circumstances connected
with the death of the wife ox Thomas
Ferguson, of Cleveland, Ohio, are thus
narrated by the Herald, of that city :
" About 7 o'clock Wednesday morning
Mrs. Ferguson went to the house of her
brother-in-law, near by, on an errand
Coming outof the house to return home
slie was followed by a small pec aog Delonging
to her brother-in law. One of
the dog-killers employed by the city
was makiug a crusade in that neighborhood,
and catching sight of this little
animal went for it. Mrs. Ferguson
called the dog to her, in order to save
him from the slayer. The latter, who
was but a few paces from her, raised
his gun and aimed at the dog beside
her. The woman saw the weapon pointed,
as it seemed to her, directly toward
her, and supposing it would be discharged,
she screamed with fright and
ran home. On entering the house she
sank lyion the floor, pale and tremblng
violently. She was barely able to tell
her husband the cause of her fright,
and soon afterward was seized with
severe convulsions. These continued
throughout that and the following day.
In spite of all that medical skill could
do, she sank rapidly, and died between
4 and 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The deceased was twenty-one years of
age, and had been married Ave months.
She had been in good health, and no
other cause than that given above can
be assigned for her death. We could
not learn the name of the man whose
criminal carelessness, in his greed to
obtain the paltry sum paid for killing
dogs, caused this sad beravement. Ho
was violating the dog ordinance, which
provides that all shooting of dogs must
be done before the hour of G o'clock in
the morning, for the express purpose
of avoiding the danger to persons on
flifl nl rflpf. "
Do Horses Reason \
For many years I have made the
horse a subject of careful thought and
study. At times I hare been led to believe
that horses have reasoning powers,
and can understand and apply them
in various ways. For the last two years
f have driven my mare nearly everyday
over the same road. About one mile
from my home are two roads, one leading
to the church, the other to the depot.
Now six days in the week I drive
to the cars, and on Sunday to the
I church. At the point where these roads
i separate, I give my mare her head,
leaving her free to make her choice,
and on week days she will go straight to
the depot, and on Sundays she goes of
her own free will to the church; I never
knew her to fail me yet. It puzzled me
for a long time to learn how she should
know anv difference in days; and I have
come to the conclusion that she reasons
from facts?facts connected with everyday
life. On week days I start from ray
stable in a two-wheel carriage; on Sundays
I start from my house in a carry|
nil, thus making an entire change, both
( in time, place, and carriage; and from
I these facts she must be guided in her
I choice of roads. Many say this is instinct;
if so, where does reason begin ?
?O. W. Fiike.
While attempting to wall a well on
the Weldon farm, De Witt county, I1L,
Cyrus Jones had an opportunity to
show his nerve. He was operating the
windlass, and his friend, Edward Henfon,
was below. In swinging off a tub
: of brick Cyrus dislocated his right
shoulder, but realizing that to let go
his hold would be to kill Henson with
the suspended tub, he grasped the
windlass with his left hand, called for
help, held on nntil a woman came and
the bucket was landed, and then fell to
| thn ground uncousoious from the agony
I he endured.
Items of Interest.
A monument is to be erected over the
remains of Col. Ellsworth, at Mechanioarille,
Wis.
Pioche, Cftl., had twenty-three shooting
and stabbing affairs during the
month of July.
Three more of the "petroleum incendiaries"
in Madrid have been condemned
to death.
Texas received 120,000 immigrants
last year?at least 60,000 from Europe
and the Northern States.
It is now said that the recent fatal
accident to the White Mountain stage
was largely due to overloading.
The American school system has
been eulogized in London by Mr. Hartley,
lately returned from the States.
There has been some loss of life and
an entire destruction of 8,500 "native
honses" by Hood in the province of Agra,
India.
A man shooting in the woods in Delaware
county was recently attacked by
minks, and only escaped after a severe
fight.
The physicians of Beloit, Wis., have
resolved to withhold their professional
services from delinquent patients till
they pay up.
The crop of chestnuts, butter-nuts,
hickory nutsf and walnuts promises to
be immense in many localities this fall.
The trees are fairly bending beneath
their loads.
i-? tnt. International
rrepuntuuuD iui
Industrial Exhibition are progressing
rapidly in Buffalo. Four largo additional
buildings ore so far completed
as to admit engines and shafting for
machinery in mption to be erected next
week.
The heaters. who are on a strike at
one of the Chicago rolling mills earn
from eight to ten dollars per day. They
must be men of great skill, and upon
their knowledge of the tintof the bloom
depends the value of every pound of
rail produced.
In 1832, the Sandwich Islands had a
population of 130,316 souls; in 1836
there were but 108,579 ; in 1840, only
84,155, of whom 1,962 were foreigners ;
in 1850, 60,800, of whom 4,194 were
foreigners. The native population has
decreased over sixty per cent, in forty
years.
At a Sunday school concert the other
the following occurred : Little
fellow (recitiHK yerse)?41 \ am tlio
Bread of Life. Superintendent '(questioning
him as to his knowledge of
Bible)?" Who said 'I am the Bread of
Life?'" Little fellow (in surprise)?
"/said it."
A Washington man, wanted to
whip a refractory horse. He had hardly
commeneed operations when the
liorso broke his halter and " went for"
his master, who retreated to a safe place
under the stairs, where he was kept until
his wife, with some assistance, drove
his assailant bock to his stall.
One day the grass in a swamp
situated In Hopevilledale, Conn.,
1 nm/tnnr
was cut, ana tne qneswuu muno um.?u6
the laborers whether It was dry enough
to be carrried into the bam. To test
this, a lighted match was thrown into
it, and in about five-eighths of a second
they were looking around for the hay.
A letter from Ishpeming, Mich., says:
" We have had a rio? here. A man was
killed in the street and the murderers
were arrested. While they were being
removed from the jail to the depot they
were taken from the officers and beaten,
one of them so badly that he died in a
few hours and the other so that he can- .
not live. Some of the ring-leaders have
been arrested, and the others are Btill
at large."
The "hoodlums" of San Francisco
are infinite in* resources. They have
devised a new way of money-making,
which is rather brilliant. Two of them
enter into partnership. One of the
firm insults a rich young lady in a public
place ; the other, with great spirit,
knocks him down and gallantly protects
the young lady and sees her home,
where, of course, the grateful father
gives him fifty dollars or so.
Wandering a benefit.
A writer indites as follows: " If I
had a boy that wanted to run off, I
ctm n a knnnsflek on his back and
B9n<l lain off. The chances are that sore
muscles and poor beds, flood appetite
and bad dinners, would fetch him back
again. Cut that we all have the vagabond
instinct, let this summer loafing
by the sea and on the mountains bear
witness. The more conventional our
oity life becomes, the stronger is the
passionate impulse to break the chains
of social restraint and do as we please
fur awhile. It is the counterpoise that
preserves the equilibrium of life. But
what if the boy sent out with his knapsack
had hardihood enough to beur the
inconveniences of liis life? He would
get more good from straying than from
school. Have I not tried it ? And if I
had a boy to educate I should send him
on a pilgrimage, that he might serve
apprenticeship to the world as did Wilhelm
Meister. He might contract bad
habits in his wanderings. So he might
contract bad habits and more easily at
college. But I would not, therefore,
keep him at home. Liberty is a good
tonic."
Railroad Disasters.
The New York Herald closes an editoral
on the last railway slaughter as
follows :
As it is, the life of a human being in
deemed of less value than an old rail or
carriage wheel. A fifty thousand dollar
fine for each life sacrificed, and a twenty
thousand dollar fine for every injury
sustained, and common sense and
watchfulness and economy of the right
sort might return to onr railroad and
steamboat management. A great Rcpnblic
like this should not exist solely
for the benefit of irresponsible monopolists.
The time has come when the evil
of which we complain can no longer be
endured. Our people must not forget
that the cure is in their own hands.
Jf the evil continues the blame will be
theirs. People and newspapers and
officials will talk, talk, talk, and every
day fresh and more .terrible disasters
occur through the negligenoe of railroads.