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The Beaufort Republican.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. OUR MOTTO IS?TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR.
VOL. III. NO. 52. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1873.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Jas. C. BAILIE & BRO..
r T) KSPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ATTKX
XL tioii to the following DESIRABLE GOODS of
fered by thorn for sale:
KMGLISH AND AMERICAS FLOOR Oil
CLOTHS.
31 foot wide, and of the beet quality of goods mann
facturcd. Do you want a real good Oil Cloth ? II
so, come now and get tho very best,. Oil Ciotha cul
any size and laid promptly, A full line of cheaj
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from GOc. a yard up. Tsbb
cloths all widths and colors.
CARPETS.
Brussels, tb ree-ply and ingrain Carpots of new doaigus.
A ful? stock of low-priced carpots from J 30c. a
yard up.
Carpet/, measured for, made and laid with dispatch]
LACE CURTAINS.
Pre nch Tumkourd Lace, " Exquisites."
Vr.ttingham Lace, " Beautiful."
T amboiired Muslin, durablo and cheap, from $3.50
A y .air and upwards.
1 CORNICES AND BANDS.
Rosewood and Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and Gill
Cornices, with or without centres.
Curtain Bauds, Pins and Loops.
Co.-u~'?, cut and made to fit windows and pat up.
WINDOW SHADES.
1,000 Window Shades in all the new tints of color.
Beautiful Cold Band Shades, $1.50, with all trimtilings.
Beautiful Shades 20e. each.
Store v,-imi0.,v shades any color and any sl.se.
Window Shades squared and put up promptly.
Wal nut and painted wood Shades.
RUGS AND DOOR MATS.
New and beautiful Bugs.
Door Mats, from 50c. up to ths best English Cocoa,
that wear three years.
100 sets TabloMats, assorted.
MATTINGS.
New MatMng, Plain and Fancy, In all the different
widths made.
Mattings laid with dispatch.
WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS.
8,000 Rolls Wall Papers and Borders in new patterns,
in gold, panels, hall, oaks, marbles, chintzes,
&C-, in every variety of colors?beautiful, good and
.cheap. Paper hung if desired.
HAIR CLOTHS
In all widths required tor Upholstering. Buttons,
(limps and Tacks for same.
CURTAIN' DAMASKS.
Plain and Striped French Terrya for Cortalns and
Upholstering purposes.
C.inips, Fringe, Tassels, Loops snd Buttons.
Moreens snd Table Damasks.
Curtains and Lambraquins made and pat up.
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
' XngJish Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCovera.
Embossed Felt Piano and Table Covers.
Plain aud gold band Flocked Piauo Covers.
German Fringed Table Covers.
New pattern* Jn 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.
H. M. 8tuart, M. D.,
Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets,
Beaufort, S. C.
DEALER IX
VliUGSAND CHEMICALS,
FAMIL Y MEDICINES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
ST A TIONER Y, PERF UMER Y,
. BRUSHES, dtc., ?tc., <?c.
Together with many other articles too numerous
to mention. All of which will be sold at the lowest
price for cash. Physicians prescriptions carefully
compounded. feb.ll.
PIERCE L. WIGGIN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
, Solicitor Second Circuit.
Bcpt.i-iy. Beaufort, S. C. ^
JERRY SAVAGE & CO.,
"Wheelwrights & CarDenters.
V X
Curls, Wagons 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 fouud at his residence,
(Jam? llill, near Vamsvi'le,
Beaufort Co., S. C.
.lan.l-ly.
A. S. HITCHCOCK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
HOC N'T V, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT.
BEAl'FORT, S. C.
Pec.l-yr.
YEMASSEE
Hating Saloon,
AT THE
r. R. & S. Si c. R. R. JUNCTION.
The traveling public will hero find Rood meals on
the arrival of trains. Also accommodations for man
and beast, near the depot.
33. T. SELIaERS,
YEMASSEE, S. C.
N'ov.21-ly. _
~ W. H. CALVERT,
PRACTICAL
Tin. Shppt-lrnn. Cnnnpr A 7inr. WnrUor
DEALER IN
Japanned and Stamped Tin Wares. Constantly on
baud. Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves.
TERMS CASH.
Thankful for past favors, and hoping by strict attention
to business in tha future to merit your kind
favor.
W. H. CALVERT.
Bay St., between 8th and 9th Sts.,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Apl.3-Iy.
" CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
mchM-ly E. H. JACKSON
Redeem Your Lands.
Tie Acts of Congress and the Regulations of the
Treasury Department in regard to the Redemption
of Tond* now in the possession of the United State*
by reason of the Direct Tax Commissioners sales eas
be had at this odice. I'rics tea coats. By mail fif.
PAUL BRODIE,
A RCHITECT:
b-vj;o^r,s.c
Drawings of Modela prepared for Patent Office
Studies for special purposes, made at tlisrt notici
.. Box 31, P. Q. decl-ly
William Gurney.
; COTTON FACTOR
I AND
Commission Merchant,
NO. 102 EAST BAY
AND
NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Particular attention Riven to the sale of and ship
ment of Sea Island and Upland Cotton. Libera
advances made ou consignments. d?7-ly
JOHN BRODIE,
Contractor & House Builder,
Jobbing Punctually Attended To.
OFFICE i
Corner Bay and Ninth Street,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
decl-tf
PORT ROYAL
SAW & PLANING MILL,
Beaufort, S. C.
D. C. WILSON & CO.,
HANCFACTtTREItS OF AND DEALERS IN
Yellow Pise Tiller and- Lite
AND
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
ALSO,
Builders & Contractors.
Plaster Lathes,
ALL KINDS OF
JOB SAWING
Promptly Done.
1 Flooring and Ceiling Boards Always
on Hand.
Order# for Lvmber and Timber by the cargo
j promptly filled. Tcrma Cash.
D. C. WILSON & CO.
uor28-ly
THE BEAUFORT H0R0L0GIST!
P. M. WHITMAN,
Watchmaker and Engraver,
Mayo's Building, Bay Street.
1 Will give his personal attention to the repairing o)
WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY. Ornamental
and plain Engraving done at Bliort notice,
i Gentlemen having fine Watches can test them at
this establishment by one of HOWARD & CO.'.i
i (500 REGULATORS.
; Having added to my stock one of J. BLISS A CO.'d
flu? Transit Instruments, I am now prepared 10 ?ur;
niah Beaufort time to the fraction of a tccoud.
Alfred Williams,
'trial justice,
Crofut's Building,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C.
N\ B.?Court will bo htld every Friday at Iirick
Church, St. Helena Inland. r>cli2n-ly
A.MARK,
BOOTMAKEB,
Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C.
Having opened a shop upon Ray Street, I am prepared
to do lirat-ela*a work.
luohLHMy A. MARK.
PURE WATER
Guaranteed by the use of the
AMERICAN DRIVEN WELL,
Now being put down in this County. They are
Cheap and I^nralDlo,
Auil give tmlveroal satisfaction. Pure Water can l>?
I introduced into any house by the AMERICAN
! DRIVEN WELL in a few hours. Apply to
M. L. MAINE. Sea Island Hotel, or to
E. G. NICHOLS, Permanent Agent.
I febrr-flm
S. MAYO,
BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C?
HARDWARE,
Liquors, Segars and Tobacco,
Net Yarns, Fish Lines <t- Cordage,
Grlass, Paints and Oils,
White Lead and Turpentine.
Special attention (riven to mixing Paint", niid
fi'asH cut to order of any size. febll
M. POLLITZER,
Cotton Factor
AND
Commission Merchant,
BEAUFORT, S. C.
sepM
The Savannah Independent,
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Established on the cheap cash plan, at the low rate
of only
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR:
Address,
INDEPENDENT,
P. O. Box 865. Savannah, Ga.
W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
Old Furniture put In good order, Picture Frames
made. Mattrasses stuffed at the shortest notice.
Corner Bay and Klnth Streets,
r obi 3-1 v
Kisses.
Let thy kisses, I entreat,
, Have a language of their own.
When they bring to me, my sweet,
What no other lips have known.
Is it welcome ? Bid them bear
From thy heart love's Bweetest sign,
That my own thenceforth may wear
' I Sweeter grace received from thine.
Is it parting ? I would fain
Know what language fails to tell;
Kiss me close, and share the pain
i With no whisper of farewell.
Always, darling, grant me this,
At love's noontide or eclipse:
Kiss me not, or over kiss
Why thy heart upon thy lips.
l.. J
1 WHAT HAPPENED TO A BIT 01
STEEI
Once on a time a small steel rod la;
! on a shelf ih a dingy old fifth-stor
room in England. It had luin there si
long that it was all covered wit)
ruBt, and it really seemed as though i
would never be of any use in the world
"Rnfr. nnn mnrnirirr nnm ofMhrr V? a T-v tv on
ed. A man took down the rod, sharp
ened one end of it, and stuck the poin
through a small hole in a curious-look
' ing steel plato fastemd to a sort o
bench. Tho hole was bo small that onl;
the sharp end could go through, am
then it- was seized by a pair of pinch
cm with an awful grip.
These pinchers were very peculiar
! on the end they had a stout hook. Am
: running over and over the bench wsb
1 j long heavy chain, worked by steam.
Now when the pinchers had a gooi
: hold of the steel rod, tho workmai
i quietly slipped tho hook into one o
the links of the iron chain. Somethini
had to give then. Tho chain was work
ed by steam, and couldn't stop; th
hook was 6trong, and wouldn't break
: and tho pinchers' grip was for goo<
and all, and it wouldn't let go. Stead;
and strong came the pull; tho stee
rod yielded and yielded, and finally wa
pulled through that small hole.
Of course it was no ;onger a rod, bu
I a round wire. And the man agai:
sharpened theend and started it througl
a still smaller hole. Again he fastenei
( on the pinchers and slipped in the hook
again came a tug ; ami, as before, th
wiregavo way,and became a much small
er and muck longer wire.
So ho went on, that relentless man
till tho wire was so very fine, and o
course very long, whet he put it up ii
a coil and sent it off to a big manufac
lory.
We'll follow it there in a minute
, but 1 want to tell you that this curiou
' workman is called a wire-drawer, an<
ho not only draws iron and steel througl
these wonderful little holes, but h
I draws brass to make pins, copper t
1 make telegraph wires, and gold am
! silver to make jewelry.
The smnllest wire he draws is to mak
gold-lace, nnd it's very interesting t
see. First is mado a rod of silver, per
haps an inch thick and two feet long
This rod is heated and covered witl
j gold-leaf, which is gold beaten out til
I it is thin as paper. Several thickness
; es of gold-leaf are put on and thorough
ly burnished, till it looks like a rod o
| gold. It is then drawn through th
| holes in the wire-drawer's plato till it i
fine enough to go through tho mos
! minute holes, made through rubies
When done it is no thicker than a coars
hair. This most exquisite wire, stil
perfectly cOated with gold (for the gol
stretches as far as the silver), is the:
' made flat, and by machinery woum
around fine thread or silk.
Girls wh? embroider with gold o
silver thread have probably noticei
that the gold thread is, in fact, yelloi
j cotton thread, with a most fairy-lik
ribbon of gold closely wound around it
i This gold thread is woven into lace fo
various uses.
But we mustn't forget our steel wire
which has gone to another wonderfu
fifth Btory, whero one hundred and fift
pairs of hands wait to help it tbroug!
1 I the house.
You think it could get through wit]
less help ? Well, wait till you se
, I what's going to be made of it; th
finest, smoothest, sharpest, most usefu
1 ! little thing in the world; famous in son]
and story; hated by some and loved b,
others: only a needle!
The first thing an the way to its higl
i honors is to have its temper tried.
I (I might put in a moral here, and tel
you thqtyou too, on your way in life
etc., etc., but I won't, and I hope you'l
give mo credit for resisting a temptn
tion.)
The temper of the wire is not tried b;
having to take care of a younger broth
er, go to school, wear n shabby dress, o
go to bed at nine o'clock, as ymir tern
per is; but by cutting a piece from tb
end of the coil, heating it, and plung
ing it into cold water. That hardens it
j and by snapping in his lingers th
workman can judge of its quality. I
I too brittle, it is nut aside for some pc
culiar needles.
Being all right, however, the nex
thing is to wind it on a large wheel
For.a medium-sized ueedle the coil i
about two feet iu diameter, and on<
milo and a quarter long. This wil
| make forty or fifty thousand needles.
From this wheel it is wound on to ai
' eight-sided wheel, and from that it i
! cut in two twice, at points opposite eae]
| other, making two bundlesof wire abou
three feet long, with seventy or eight;
. wires in a bundle.
Do you wonder how it's cut? Well
it's done by the funniest pair of shear
i you ever saw; they look like the grand
! father of all shears, and are worked b;
steam, opening and shutting abou
| twenty times a minute. All the work
man does is to hold the bundle into til
i jaws. Each wire is cut the length fo
j two needles, by a gauge, and then throw
| into a box. That is one of the busies
machines in the factory. You'll thin
! it needs to be worked by steam when
j tell you that it cuts, in the ten hours c
: a working-day, eight hundred thousan
needles; and in the neighborhood c
Redditch (where our needle is going t
made) are made one hundred million
of needles every week. Let me put i
into figures, and see how big it looks? am
100,000,000. ttn
It seem 8 as though they would stock he
the world in a few weeks, don't it? But of
the year after our war thirty millions let
a week came to Us. And we had needle sol
factories of our own, too. toe
The next operation is to straighten Be^
them. They were wound on a wheel,
you know, and that would bend them |?a!
somewhat; besides, they get bent in
cutting. For straightening they go to
another machino. Tlie workman takes tin
two stroDg iron rings and packs them T'dl
full of needles, standing Up, you under- "1(
stand. It will hold five or six thousand. *t r
When they are tightly wedged in} the J
rings are pat on an iron table, whore tei
there is a groove made to receivo them, po
Over this table hangs a rale, as it is dr<
called, which also has grooves to fit the the
rings. The rale is brought doihi tight lay
p on the bundles of needles, and then by th<
machinery moved baca ana lortn. ui ins
coarse the bundles of wire turn round, ]
y and so tightly are the needles pressed a c
together that they are instantly made isn
' straight. for
3 Needle-straightening used to be a om
h trade by itself, and wheh a manufac- Tli
t turer tried to introduce this simple ma- art
Chine into a factory in England the bei
straighteners thought they were to be br<
thrown out of work, and they mobbed 1
- the man and drove him out of town, pla
t But that is nothing unusual for ignor- thf
ant workmen j they always light against grt
. any improvement. ne<
1 After straightening, the needles are tin
Y taken to the pointers. These men sit twi
1 all day at the grindstone. There are ed
. twenty or thirty of them generally, in 1
two rows down a room, and all driven^- do]
. the stones, not the men?by steam or th<
j water power. These stones are about loi
a eighteen inches in diameter, and go so ma
fast that they are apt to fly to pieces ; tio
I so they are partly incased in iron to th<
A keep them together. A workman takes in
j up fifty or silly wires in his hand and bel
rr holds the ends against the stone, at the ab<
. same time turning them between his dr<
e finger and thumb to make the points ly
. round. He has a thumb-piece of or
j leather, and it is done in a minute. It a r
v is called "roughing down." They can't am
use water on their grindstones, because po
8 it would rust the needles. agi
There's a great deal of steel dust fly- th<
t ing around these grindstones, and j
u though the workman used to tie a hand- th<
[j kerchief over his mouth, he could* not ne<
^ help breathing it, and it was very un- un
. healthy. It would give a man the con- am
g sumption in a few years. He got ei- nei
. tra pay on that account. Now here's go
another instance of ignorant prejudice: abi
when a machine was invented to drive 10c
) away the dust, the grinders opposed its bo
a introduction, because they would no fre
longer get extra wages. It made no cle
difference, though ; the machines were go
. soon in use. They drive the dust away '
jJ from the workman, as fast as it is ex]
made, by a strong stream of wind, no
jj blown on the stone by two immense po
e pairs of bellows, something like a black- ne
0 smith's, only they are worked by steam ho
power. The wind is turned exactly 011 co]
the grindstone ; as the dust flies up it tui
e is blown back of the wheel into a sort ou
0 of box built on purpose, and thero it
. falls harmlessly out of the way. lif
Now, you remember, our needle is as Mi
yet two needles joined by the heads. T1
U In some factories the eyes are cut while is
in this shape, but in the one I'm telling bu
of they are first separated. sai
They are cut apart by help of a thi
e gauge. This is a square piece of cop- Tt
8 per, with two sides turned up to make j th
1 an edge. Not two opposite sides, but ab
, two adjoining sides. You-see they put ! he
g a pile of tlio double needles on the , an
1 gunge, with the points resting against ho
j one of the turned-up edges, and kept ; yo
n from falling ofl by the other turned-up ' T1
j 1 edge. This plate is just the length of th
the needle they are making, and the j th
r workman holds the edge of the plate of ar
j needles up to the steam-scissors, which ag
y instantly cut them off. Then he puts op
e into a box the ends ho has on the plate,
gathers up thoso lie cut off, and then th
j : they're ready for the head-flatteuer. T1
j _ You didn't know they had flat heads ? un
, Look carefully at one and see lor your- st<
i'l Belf- . * gi
y The head-flattener seizes between his mi
h left thumb and finger twenty or twenty- bl
fivo needles by the points, spreads them th
h | out like a fan, and lays each head in bo
e i succession on a square block of steel an
e 1 three inches each way.
1 J (A cube, did you say ? Well, I knew de
? ' it, but how did* I know that you did ?) to
y i As each head rests 011 the steel, the pr
workman gives it a blow with a small co
|j : hammer. That flattens it, but al.-o on
I hardens it, so that it has te be annealed ot
1 beforo the eye can be cut. wt
There's a hard word, I declare! I "n
{ meant to keep them out of this paper, all
. Peoplo who want to be very wise may T1
go to the big books and dig out the hard
v words for themselves. Now for anneal.
erf they might just ns well say noflened,
r for that's exactly what it is. It softens
. the needles nnd makes them easy to cut. q,
e When annealed, it is taken to the
_ piercer. This is a child, boy or girl, ftn
who lays the needle on a block of steel,
g places a tiny punch on it, and gives it a jn
f tap with a hammer. A very tiny punch
. it is, too. II
Some factories punch the eye by a
t stamping machine. Tho pierces punch
first one side and then the other, and ^
s thev get to be so expert that they are t,
a fond of astonishing visitors by punch- ^
1 ing a hole in a hair and threading it .
with another hair. Wonderful as that
d sounds, it isn't any more so than punch- ^
s ing the eye of a No. 12 needle. ^
li The next operator, also a child, has a 1 fr,
t lump of lead beforo him ; on this ho 1 jn
y lays the needle, and drives a punch j
through the eye, which is left very sharp ! co
I 1 11 - r>?x 1. A ^,^..1.1 1 ,
,, uy Hie nrsi pilIlUI], UUU nuum bUl uiaiii- j
a ma's thread terribly. While the pnnch
is still in the eye he lays the needle
y over on its side, on a piece of steel, and w<
,t j givcB it a tan each side to make the eye loj
> take the right shape. Ho can do four 11
e thousand in an hour?at least they say nc
r so. I dc
u The next thing is to make the gntters. li
.t Did you know a needle had gutters ? ' ac
k Look carefnlly at the eye of a needle, lie
I and you'll see a sort of groove to guide g?
if the thread into the eye. That's what ht
d they call a gutter. The man who makes ca
>f gutters takes a needle in a pair of pinch- I lit
o era like the figure 8, lays the head in a ar
ib groove made on purpose for it, then m
it takes a tiny file, places it on the eye, I g\
1 with one blow forma the gutter; he
ns it oyer and doea it again ; then
takes his file and rounds off the head
the needle, opens his pinhcers, Uhd c
a the finished needle fall out. In
ne factories they hate stamps for this }
>, worked by the foot, as we work our
ving-machines.
fou remember the first thing that '
ppened to the steel wire in the needle <
itory was to have its temper tried. 1
ill, after they get the needle all made i
;y have another fuss about the tem- ?
r. The fact is, it's as important to i
3 usefulness of a needle to have a good i
nper as it is to boys and girls. i
3o the needle goes to a mnti called a <
nperer. fie takes thirty or forty '
unds of them?that is, from two bun- i
3d and fifty thousand to five hundred <
lusand needles (according to size)? 1
'S them on iroh plates, and heats i
3m red-hoi. In this state he throws 1
;m into a cistern of cold water. 1
tt's a funny idea to throw needles into 1
istern; but the temperer's cistern 1
i't like ours. It is made on purpose 1
needles, and the water can be drawn |
t, leating them dry on the bottom, i
en they are tempered?that Is, they 1
> atiff and hard. You know you can't <
ad them as you can pins; they will '
;ak.
I^ot all tempering is alike. In one '
tee the needles are *ried, or at least 1
iy are put into a fryingpan with some <
'use. The grease burns out, and the i
sdles are then tempered. By this 1
le many of the needles aro bent and 1
isted, and they have to be straighten- I
again before they go on. 1
Perhaps you think they ought to be }
oe by this time; but so far from that, i
jy have to be polished, which is the <
igest and most expensive part of <
.king a needle. F(?r the first opera- i
n of polishing?and there are five? <
i needles are rolled up into bundles 1
canvas, with emery powder and oil i
tween the layers. Each bundle is 1
out one foot long, it holds five hun- j
id thousand needles, and is thorough- 1
tied with cords. A man takes twenty J
thirty of these bundles, puts them in 1
nnchinc, where they aro,'pressed down J
i rolled back and forth by steam- <
wer. This makes every needle rnb '
ainst the others and the emery. Here 1
?y roll for eighteen or twenty hours.
It seems as if that ought to polish ]
im to perfection, don't it? But
edle-makers don't think so. They
do the bundles, put them up afresh,
d roll ten times to mnke the best
edles. When sufficiently rolled they <
into wooden bowls, with sawduct to 1
sorb the black grease. Nice, dirty- ,
iking things they are, too. After the ,
wis they are put into a cask with
;sh sawdust, and turned around till '
an in the eye. This operation is also
ne through ten times.
The next thing is the last you would
pect in a needle factory f it is winwing!
The sawdust and grinding .
wdcr are blown awuy, leaving the
edles bright and clean. They have,
wever, still another scouring in. a
pper cask with hot soap-suds. It (
rns slowly around, and they are thorghly
washed.
How would you like to spend your
o wiping these needles on linen rags,
any little girls do it in England,
len they go to the sorting-room. This
a very dry room at the top of the
.ildiug, and here they are laid the
me way, aa to heads and points, and
ose with broken points are picked out.
10 man who does that puts two or
ree thousand needles in an iron ring
out as big as your napkin-ring, then
very carefully examines the points,
d pulls out the broken ones with a
ok, which looks as much like one of
ur jnckstraw hooks as anything,
ley don't throw the broken ones away ;
ey grind them down again and sell
era for an inferior needle. If they
e at all bent, they must be straightened
ain. And then they come to the last
oration?bluing.
That seems funny, but no more so
an tempering, frying, and winnowing,
le bluer takes tweuty-fivo at a time
d holds them against a fine hone
juo, turning them briskly around. It
ves them a bluish look. Nothing rcains
now but to pack them in the little
ue papers we know so well, stick on
e two printed slips, and pack them in
>xes. Ono factory keeps busy quite
army of packers.
I havo read somewhere of two wonrfnl
npfvlles made as curiosities, iust
show what could be done. One was
eBontcd to some monarch, and was
vered with engraved scenes that could
ly bo seen with a microscope. The
her, also presented to a crowned head,
is still more wonderful, being a needle
closed in another, which opened to
low the inner ono to bo removed,
lis also was exquisitely engraved.
A Strange Sight at Sea.
In the year 1785,' the captain of a
reenland whaling vessel, found himlf
at night surrounded by icebergs,
d " lay to" until morning, expecting
ery moment to be ground to pieces.
the morning ho looked about and
w a ship near by. He hailed it, but
ceired no answer. Gettiug into a
at with some of his crew, ho pushed
it for the mysterious craft. Coming
mgside the vessel, he saw through
e port hole a man at a table, as
ough keeping a log-book, frozen to
nth. The last date in tho log-book
ts 1762, showing that the vessel had
en drifting for thirteen years among
e ice. The sailors were found some
nzen among the hammocks, and others
the cabin. For thirteen years this
ip had been carrying its burden of
rpses?a drifting sepulchre manned
' a frozen crew. ,
A' Balked Bohemiax.?It was in a
;stern hotel that the following diague
occurred: "See here, landlord,
belong to the News. Now a good
dice of your honse in our paper would
i you a vast deal of good. I have been
ire a day. Suppose 1 give you a notice
id call it square." "Oh! I don't be;vo
in advertising, that never does any
>od. No, I guess not." "But, see
re, landlord, tliat'B all a mistake; yon
n't live without advertising, and my
!tle bill?" " Well, it don't matter,
lyhow; the sheriff is to sell me out toorrow,
and a puff can't save me, I
less I'll take the cash."
Jton to Buy a Horse.
Rev. W. H. Murray, in his new book
m "The Horse," gives us the following:
Be sure that the horse you purchase i
ias symmetry, viz.: is well proportionid
throughout, Never purchase a horse
jecause he had fl Splendid development '
)f one part of his organization, If ha be"
acking in any other. Above all, keep (
veil in mind what you are buying for,
ind buy the horse best adapted to the ,
irork you will require of him; and .
ivhen such an animal is yours, be con;ent.
Never jockey. An occasional exjhange
may be allowable; but this daily ]
"swapping of horses advertises a man s '
incompetency for anything higher. An- *
jther cantion in this: Never purchase a I
lorse until you have seen him move,
ind under the same conditions to which t
tie will be exposed in the service you 1
will eipect of him. If for a draft, see i
bim draw, back, and turn around in i
both directions; if for the road, see how
be handles himself, not merely on level ~j
jround, but going up sharp declivities; ?
ind, above all, in descending them. In (
this way you will ascertain the faults or j
sxcellencies of both his temper and
structure. ,
In these exercises drive him yourself.- ,
rhe reins in a skillful hand, aided by '
the whip or month, can be made to con-,
seal crave defects. . Let him move with
* loose rein, so that he may take his '
natural gait, and not his artificial; for,
by so doing, you will detect any mis- '
takes of judgment you hare mode when 1
looking him oyer in a state of activity, 1
Many a time unsoundness will appear
in motion, which no inspection of the '
sye and finger, however close, can ascertain.
When you have walked him <
md jogged him, if he is to serve any |
nther than mere draft purposes, put '
liim to his speed, and keep him at it ;
for a sufficient distance to test his i
breathing eapacity; then pull him up;
jump from the wagon and look at his ,
Hanks; inspect his nostrels, and put ,
four ear close to the side of his chest, j
in order to ascertain if the action of the |
heart is normal. If this exercise has j
caused him to perspire freely, all the ]
better; for you can then see, when you
take him back to the stable, whether he
"dries off" quickly, as all horses do in
perfect health.
The New Counterfeit.
The following is a description of the
differences between the genuine and
the counterfeit $500 legal tender notes
ol the issue of 1869 : The upright that
holds the balance of the scales held in
the hand of the female figure shows a
whito line in the counterfeit on the
lower part of the palm of the hand to
the second figure : in the genuine note
the upright is quite black and in
shadow. The lower part of the right
lapel of tho coat in the portrait of
Adams in the counterfeit forms an
angle ; in the genuine it is a distinct
curved line; also, the buttons in the
counterfeit are irregular in shape, while
in the genuine they are decidedly round
and dark in color. Particular attention
is called to tlie button on me ieit smo
of the coat in Hie counterfeit. In the
word ''Washington," in the counterfeit
note, tho black shade forming the first
stroke of the letter "W" forms an angle
at the bottom ; in the genuine note it
forms a curve. In the ruled shading
under the right hand stroke of
the letter " W," and over tiio letters
"A" and "S," there are four ruled lines
in the counterfeit; there are but three
in the genuine note. Under the letters
"A" and "S" in the word "Washington"
in the counterfeit there are five
ruled lines ; in the genuine there are
but four. Also, under tho letter " H,"
in tho same word, there aro four ruled
lines in the counterfeit; in the genuine
there are but three. At tho bottom of
the letter F in tlio denomination title
there are but five ruled lines in the
counterfeit?in tho genuine there are
six lines. The localized fibre on the
left of the portrait is blue in the genu1110,
but without color in tho counterfeit.
Tho red seal in tho genuine is
printed in a delicato carmine color, in
the counterfeit it is more of a brick
color, and has a heavy appearance,
more especially the rays which form
tho outside of tho seal. Attention is
called to the blurred and scratchy appearance
of the lathe work and lettering
on the back of tho counterfeit,
which, upon a comparison with the
Mi 1 .1:1
genuine, win uu reuuuv pt-itci*cu,
Of Interest to Inventors.
A telegram fromVienna states that the
International Patent Congress has adopted
the following resolutions :
1st. Only tho inventor himself or his#
legal successors shall obtain n patent;
the grautiug of a patent cannot be refused
to foreigners.
2d. The duration of a patent for an
invention to bo for 15 years, or for a
shorter term with the option of extending
it to that period.
3d. The complete publication of a
patent to be obligatory.
4th. The expense of granting a patent
to be established on a moderate
but progressive scale. The amendment
proposed by the American delegation
to introduce a gradual tax upon patents
according to the condition of each respective
country, was withdrawn after
repeated doubtful votes had been
taken.
5th. A specification of all patents in
force must be accessible to the public.
A Ciitld Carried ofe by an Eaobe.?
The Oazzetta d'Italia states that at
XJOiitiL, u vinn^o uu >uu ?>? -? 0
from Ivrea to Aosta, a child ten years
old went to gather plants in the mountains.
The servant who had charge of
him having left him alone for a few moments,
an eagle swooped down and carried
off the child. Some soldiers from
the neighboring fort of Bardo went in
search, and found the body of the child
fearfully mutilated. The servant was
so affected by the misfortune that she
was afraid to retnrn to her master's
house, and remained for two days concealed
in a crevice of the rocks; when
discovered she was nearly dead from
hunger.
Items of Interest. '
A water-spout?A teetotal oraVon.
Seven papers in New England are
nore than a century old.
The Danbury News man says that
'parts unknown" is where they don't
klvertise.
A boy defines salt as " the stuff that
nakes potatoes taste bad when yon
lou't pnt on any."
Charleston, S. C., claims to be the
'healthiest city on the continent." Fifeen
deaths a week in 50,000 population.
A country boy having come to Louisrille
for an education, being asked,
' What is a ' strait'" horrified his
eacher by replying, " It beats two
jair."
A funny freak of fashion is the sudden
hsfavor into which diamonds have
alien. "Shoddy " is the mildest term
low applied to them by the whilom
vorshipers.
A jealous Saratoga women recently
irevented her husband's attendance at
i ball by carrying away every article of
slothing he owned and hiding them
n a barn three miles away.
San Juan Island, in Puget Sound,
? fartile recions upon which
mo cawuoa t w ?>.. ?u
farmers are doing well in raising grain,
vegetables, cattle and sheep. There i?
mid to be abont sixteen thousand sheep
in the Island.
At the recent Maine Hospital Fair a
lady who was examining the triplets
was cautioned by the nervous mother
to be careful how she handled them.
"Don't be afraid," said the lady, "I
im a twin myself."
A Rochester lady wanted needles, the
Dther day. It rained,and she could not
get out to purchase, so she begau an investigation
of her pincushion. Two
pairs of cushions yielded four hundred
and forty-Beven needles !
A Chicago policeman recently observed
a small boy sitting on a door step
ibsorb<;d in the pages of a volume of
Shakespeare. The sight was so unusual
that the officer concluded the boy was
hatching some mischief and arrested
bim.
Captain Smith, of Springfield, 111.,
who was injured in the Lemont Railroad
collision so that he died the next
morning, was Warden of the State
Penitentiary, and there were five applications
for the position before the
breath bad left his body.
The National Zeitung states that :
" Count Walterskirchen, formerly attached
to the Austrian Embassy in
Paris, was killed in one of the recent
combats of the Carlists against the
Spanish troops. Knowing himself to
be attacked with an incurable malady,
he took service among the followers
of Don Carlos, with the hopes of being
sooner delivered from his sufferings.
The Agricultural Association of Polk
" * - t
county, Iowa, offer at tne coming imr,
a cash premium of $25 to the unmarried
lady between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-five years, who will cook the
best dinner for six persons. The points
of superiority 6hall be,first, the quality;
second, the cost; third the nentness
and style of the cooking. The Association
will furnish the kitchen, but the
competitor must do her own cooking
unaided, besides furnishing her own
cooking apparatus, tables, dishes, Ac.
She is to be her own judge in relation
to selection of food and arrangement of
table. _______________
A Case of Baby Farming.
Mrs. Sarah Coates, a motherly looking
lady in deep mourning, was arraigned
in a New York Court charged
with causing the death of an infant
child. During last July the woman's
neighbors, whoso windows overlook her
promises, saw a baby lying day after
day in a basket in her yard. She pat it
out early in the morning and left it
there with the sun pouring down upon
its unprotected face, the flies worrying
it, and the dew falling on it, frequently
until 10 o'clock at night. Its cries,
which gradually became feebler, uroused
the indignation of the neighbors, and
they protested against such cruelty, but
Mrs. Coates defied them. Once a neigh1
A*- - *???!*/? nourar
bor's servant removed me uiwac
tlie fenco where its helpless occupant
was shaded, but the mistress angrily
returned it to the centre of the yard,
saying, " I want it where these neighbors
can seo it."
The officers who made the arrest said
they went to Mrs. Coates's house, and
found six babies on the premises. She
was angry at their intrusion, and demanded
their business. They went into
the yard, and fonnd the baby in the
basket, as it had been described at the
station. The sun was shining right
down into its face, which was covered
with flies. Its cheeks were nearly blistered,
and it seemed almost dead?too
far gone to cry very loud. It was in a
market basket, without anything over
it. The basket was large enough to
hold it comfortably, if it had been put
in carefully ; but, as it was, its head was
cramped over on one side. There was
a ragged rug under it, and the basket
set on the grouud. Mrs. Coates said it
had been left in her charge, and a man
interfered with their taking it; but they
did carry it to the station, basket and
all. The baby was hauded over to the
Commissioners of Charities and Correction.
It died a short time afterward.
The woman said the baby belonged to
a woman traveling with Barnum's circus
as the Caucasian girl. Mrs. Coates was
sent toprison for three months. At this
annou cement she screamed hysterically.
*
" O , brother, brother !" she cried,
'don't let them take me to prison."
She stretched out her hands appealinglv,
and her brother?a well-dressed,
handsome man?went to her. She clung
to him frantically, and the officers were
compelled to pull her to the door leading
to the prison. As her cries died
j awav, the brother ran in front of the
Justices, in spite of all restraint, and
began a disconnected appeal for mercy.
He was utterly overcome, the tears
rolled down his face, and he wrong his
hands.
"We have been very lenient with
Jronr sister," said Justice Bixbv, kindy,
"and she is fortunate not to have got
a year."
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