The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, June 05, 1869, Image 1
TWO DOLLARS 1>ER ANNUM. }
GOD -A.1ST? OTJjR COUNTRY.
WAYS IN ADVAJTC?.
VOLUME 3.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1869.
KOT AT UO?lfi.
An olderiy mau, shabbily attired, was
Men walking through one of the fash
ionable streets in a large city one cold De
cember day. His coat was of coarse
grey, and had seen hard service, though
perfectly whole and ucut. The traveler
* walked slowly along as I have said, ex
amining carefully as he passed the names
on the door-plates.
He finally paused before a dwelling of
?howy exterior, which, if wo may credit
the testimony of the plato upon tho door,
was occupied by Alexander Beaumont
"Alexander Bcuuuiont! yes, that's
=the house," murmured the traveler to
himself, as he ascended the steps uud
rang the door boll.
His summons was auswercd by a ser
vant, who, after a moment's scrutiny,
which apparently was uot of a very fav
orable oharactor, suid roughly :
"Well, air, what do you want V*
"Ic Mr. Beaumont at home ?" asked
tho old man, without heeding the inten
tional rudeness.
"No, sir, he is not."
"Then perhaps I can see his wife ?"
"I think it is very doubtful, but I will
go and sec."
Tho servant withdrew without asking
the old man to enter, though the day
was very cold and his clothing seomcd
?to be hardly sufficient to protect him
from its inclemency^
Mrs. Beaumont was reclining on a
fautcuil in a room haudsoutcly furnished.
TFho lust magazine was in her hand, and
her eyes were listlessly glancing over its
pages. She was interrupted in her read
ing by the entrance of the servant.
"Well, what now, Betty V she in
<quircd.
"There is a man down stairs wants to
*cc yuu, ma'am."
? "Man ! u gentleman, yon mean ?"
"No, ma'am." said Betty, stoutly, lor
she well understood what made up geu
jfe liemeu in tho- conventional souse oi the
|mften:i : "it irin't a' ?rentleinau at till, for
"What can ho want of me?"
"I don't know ; he inquired alter Mr.
Beaumont first."
??You didn't briny him in tho parlor,
did you '!"
The girl .shook her head.
"You did right, und you'd better tell
him I'm not at homo."
"Mrs. Beaumont is not at home," said
Betty, re-appearing at the door.
"I suppose that means she is engaged,"
ttaid the old man; "I think she will see
me when she knows who I am. Toll her
I am her husband's uncle, uud my name
is ITcnry Beaumont."
"That old ra^uatf* master's uncle,"
Said Betty, wondering as she ru-asccuded
the stairs.
"Good Heavens! exclaimed her mis
tress. "It uin't that old veteran who
strolled off years ago, nobody knows
where. I did hope he would never come
back agaiu. And now I suppose he is
as poor as a rat and wants help. Well,
ho won't get it if 1 can help it; hut I sup
pose I must see him.
The lady descended, fully prepared to
give the visitor a frigid reception.
"I am not mistaken," sit id tho old man
With feeling; "It's Alexander's wife."
"You ?ftj right, etr. I am the wife oi
Mr. Alexander Beaumont, uud I suppose
from your language you aro?
"His uncle, Henry. Ah, me I I have
been gouc so many years, and it dues mc
good to return to my kindred."
The old man leaned ou bis staff and
his features worked convulsively as
thoughts of tho past came over his mind
Mrs. Beaumont stood holding the door
as if waiting for him to depart. She
did not give him any invitation to enter.
"Is your husband well f" inquired the
visitor, looking in, as if ho expected an
iuvitutiou to outer und refresh himself
after his walk, by an interval of rest.
"He is. If you have any message for
him you may leave it with mc, aud I will
deliver it," said Mrs. Beaumont, acsirous
oi ridding herself of the intruder us
spocdil/ as possible.
'?Ynu may tell him I have callod,"
ftaid the visitor in a disappointed tone,
"and that I would liked to have seen
him."
"I will toil lilmj" and Mrs. Beaumont
was about to close the door.
"Hold! there is one question more
What has become of Alexanders sister
Annn ?"
-I don't know mueh about her," was
the rather disdainful reply ; "but I think
the married a clerk, a mechanic, or some
such person. His uuiue is Lows, and
lives in Norton street. Is that ull V
"That is all I*?
The old man turnod his steps toward
tho street indicated, with many forebod
ings least his second visit might prove as
unwelcome as his first appeared to be.
"Betty," said Mrs. Beaumont, as ehe
closed the door, "if that old fool comes
again, be sure aud not forget to tell him
I am not at homo."
Norton street was not a fushionahle
street, nor was the two story dwelling oc
cupied by William Lowe either hund
BGuic or costly. It was marked, however,
by an air of neatness, which indicated
thut its tenants were not regardless of its
outside nppcuraucos.
We will take the liberty of introduc
ing you into u little sitting room where
Mrs. Lowe aud her three children were
now set ted. A plain serviceable carpet
covered the floor, aud the remainder of
the furniture, though of a kind which
would hardly be selected for a drawing
room, ha d a comfortable, homelike ap
pearance, which simply satisfied the de
sire of those who derived their happi
ness from a higher and less mutable force
thun outside show. Mrs. Lowe was
seated in a rocking chair, engaged iu un
employment which I am aware is tabooed
iu all fashionable .society. I moan darn
ing stockings.
Kmnin, a girl of ten, was brushing up
the hearth, which the ashes from tho
grate, in which a blazing fire was now
burning, had somewhat disordered, while
Mary, who was two years younger was
reading. Charley, a little rogue of five,
with a smiling face which could not help
looking roguish, was stroking the cat the
wrong ?ay, much to the disturbance of
poor Tubby, who had settled herself
diiwu tu pleasant dreams upon the hearth
rug.
All at oacc a Usttd knock was heard at
the d air.
"jiimun," said .,ie mother, "you may
go to the door aud sec who it is, and iu
l'ICIU ^*or ^ *a?a C0^ day."
"Ia Mrs. Lnwc at home?" iuquircd
Henry Beaumont?for it was Iuj.
'?Yea, sir,'' said Kmtua, please walk in
Mild you may see her."
She ushered the old man into the com
fortable sitting-room.
Mrs. Lowe arose to receive him.
??1 believe." he said, "I'm not mistak
en iu thinking that your name bet?re
marriage was Anna Beaumont."
"You are right, sir, that was my
name."
. "And yuu have no recollection of an
Uliele that wuudered away from home
and from whom uo tidings has come for
many long year?"
'?Yes, sir, I remember him well?my
uncle" Henry, and I have many times
wished I could heaf something from
him. Can you give me uny informa
tion ?"
'?] can, f.r I am he."
"You my uucle ?" said M.-s. Lowe, in
surprise, "then you are indeed welcome,
i Kuima. bring your uncle the arm chair
and place it close to the fire; and Mary,
bring your father's .slippers, for I'm sure
your dear uncle must long to get off
those heavy boots. And now, uncle,
when you are quite rested, I must de
mand a recital of your adventures.
"But your brother, Alexander," inter
rupted Mr. Beaumont, "let me first in
quiro about him. He lives in the city
now, does he not V
A light cloud came over Mrs. Lowe's
fuce.
"Yes," she said, "he docs livo in the
city ; yet. strange as it may appear, I
?seldom or ucver sco h:m. Ho has suc
ceeded well and is wealthy : but ever
siuce he married a wife with a small
property aud greater prido, he has kept
aloof from us. I do not hluinc him so
much as his wife, wh > is said to have
great influence over him. I called once,
but she treated me so coldly that I have
not felt n disposition to renew my visit."
' I can eitsily believe it," was the ic
p!y, "for I, too, have been repulsed."
"Yuu repulsed !" Did you give your
name and inform her of your relation to
her husband ?"
"I did, but she did not invite me to
enter ; and she was evidently impatient
for me to be gone; I took the hint, and
here I am."
j "At least, uncle," said Mrs. Lowe,
smilingly, "jou ueed not be afraid of any
repulse here."
"Uf that I urn quite sure," said the
gontlcman, looking affectionately into the
face of his niece. "But you h ive uot
told mc of your husband. Let ??? know
whether you have a good match," ho
added playfully.
"That depends on what is meant by
the term. If it implies a rioh husband,
I have failed most oertaiuly, for Wil
liam's salary is only eight hundred dol
lars a year, and that is what we have to
depend upon. But fur all that I care
not, for a kind, aflectionuto husband is of j
far more worth than a magnificent house
and tho most costly furniture"
"You aro right," said her uncle,
warmly, "and I infer that your husband
is ol such a character."
"Ho is, in truth."
"Still," continued her uncle, "there
must be something which your limited
income will not permit you to obtain, but
which would be desirable, is there not ?"
"Yes," said Mrs. Lowe, "I am anxious
to give Emma and Mary a musical edu
cation, but William's means will not al
low of any such extravagance as the pur
chase of a piano: so that is ono of the
things which we must be coutcuted to
deny ourselves."
Mr. Lowe then entered, and being in
formed of the character of his visitor ho
extended a hearty wclcomo.
A comfortable reptiBt was then spread,
of which Mr. Beaumont readily partook
His spirits rose, and he seemed to grow
younger as ho saw the cheerful faces
around him, and felt himself at home
Soon alter the evening meal he rose to
depart.
"Surely you arc not going V said his
niece, "you must henceforth Like up
your abode with us."
"We will see about that, and if you
don't think }*ou will get tired of me per
haps I will come. But I have hired a
lodging and muse uudoubtedly remain in
it for a few days."
"But you must call in every day and
make yourself perfectly at home, even
before you come here to stay," persisted
his niece.
"Bo assured of that."
In accordance with his premise.
atWUVttiV"octuek, ana was received as
cord-ally as before. He had already
bceu in the house a quarter oi an hour
when a loud rap was heard at the door.
She beheld two men who hud just driven
up in a wagon.
Where is tho piano to be put,
ma'am ?" they inquired.
'Piano? You have made a mistake;
we have not purchased a piano."
?'Isn't your name li'-we ?'"
"Yes."
? Then it is all right. .Jim. bear a
hand for it's confounded heavy."
But I am quite sure there must bo
sumo mistake," still insisted the per
plexed Mrs. Lowe. ?
"Not at all," said a loud voice behind
her.
? She turned around in amazement."
?'You know," continued tho uncle.
"that I am going to come and live with
you, and I thought I would pay board in
advance, that is all. As you expressed
a wish yesterday for a piano, I thought it
would -be as accoptablo a way as any,"
'?You, uncle! Why?excuse mc?
but I thought from?from?"
"You mean," said ho smiling, "that
you thought from my appearance that I
could not afford it And I confess,"
said ho casting u glaube at himself in
the glass, "that iny dress ia not in the
extreme of fashion, aud in fact I was
obliged to look sometime when I called
at the second-hand clothing store the
other day before I could find these.
However, as I have got all the service I
wish out out of them. 1 shall throw them
aside to-morrow, and appear more rospoc
tably clad "
"What! are you wealthy, uncle ?"
"Depend upon it, Anna, I didn't f-pend
teu years in the West, Indies for nothing,
was the reply. 1 hnd a mind, however,
to put on the appearance of a poor man,
and so test the uffection and disinterest
edness of my rclat ions. One of them,
however, I found not at home; I am
happy to lind myself at home with the
other."
Let us turn to the aristocratic Mrs.
B-, who, a few evenings succeeding
the events bore recorded, was in her
drawing-room receiving calls.
"By tho way," said a fashionable visi
tor, "1 am to have your relatives, the
Lowes, for my next door neighbors."
"Next door neighbors!" exclaimed,
Mrs. Beaumont, in amusement) "what
do you mean ?"
"Is it possible you have not heard of
their good fortune? Mrs. Lowe's undo
has just returned from the West Indies
with an itnuicusc fortune.
"Ho las tukenHa houso in the sumo
block with ours, land when they have
moved into it, wilHtake up his rosidence
with them. Meaqaphilc he is stopping at
tho II-Houae.j
"What Henry Bjeaumotit ?"
"The very amm ; but I thought you
knew it."
Whon the viaitor withdrew, Mrs.
Beaumont ordered! a carriage, aud im
mediately drovo id the hotel where her
husbaud's uuolo wau stopping. She sent
up her oard aud rdqu.-ded an audience
Tho servant sooy returned with anoth
er card, on which; vero traced the sig
nificant words;
"NOT A T HOME."
The Vision dj Joseph ICoag.
The publication7* of tho Imperialist,
nnd other signs offh e times, remind the
Norwich Advertise* of "Hoag's Vision."
Some of our readers will remember it.
Considering that itjall occurred long be
fore there was at|y sectional quarrel in
our then united anfl happy country, and
that all the scenes to the visions have so
far, been fulfilled,Ahe Advertiser seems
to be prepared UH sec tho next step iu
the drama, which| the imperialist in
dicates:
In the yoar in the eighth or
ninth month. I was^one day alone in the
field, and obsetveifi that the sun shone
clear, but a mist oftlipsud its brightness.
As I reflected upin the singularity of
the event, my tuQid was struck into a
silence the most solemn I ever remember
to have witnessed* for all my faculties
were low, ami vurafstiaMy brought into
deep .silence. 1 sa?jl to myself: "What
tan all this m^.m?? 1 do not reoolleel
ever before to have been sensible ofsuch
reelings."
Ami I heard t&, voice from Heaven,
savin": "Thi- wlaich thou Hoest is n
sign of the pi|-jCtit'boming tinier. I took
the forci'ath-fifr ufcflthis country from a
laud ot oppy.-ioijt I placed them here
uumtr frllg ''? idoJi.fr'... Tore.*" ; I
y were nun
bled I blessed them und fed them, and
they became u u urn crofts people. Hut
they have now becboio proud and have
forg tteu me, who nourished them and
protected them in the willdurncss, am!
ire running into every iihomiuation ami
evil practice of which the old countries
are guilty, and have Ulken quietude
from the laud and suffered u dividing
spirit to come among them ? lilt up thine
?>yi s and behold."
And 1 saw ihom dividing in great heat
The divisi n begun iu the churches on
points ofd ietriuc; it commenced in the
Presbyterian society ami went through
the varb its denominations, and iu its
progress and close its effects were the
same. Those who dissented went off
with high luads and taunting language,
and those who kept to their origiual
sentiments appearud exercised and sor
row fill.
And when the dividing .spirit entered
the Society of Friends, it raged iu as
high a degree as iu any 1 had noticed or
before discovered; and, us before, those
who separated wen* off with lofty looks
and taunting, censuring language. Those
who kept their ancient principles retired
with themselves. It next appeared in
the Lodges of Freemasons; it broke out
in appearance like a volcano, inasmuch
as it set the country in an uproar for a
time.
Thou it entered polities throughout
the United States, ami did not Btop until
it produced a civil war. An abundance
of blood was idled in the course of the
combat; the Southern States lost their
power, and slavery was annihilated from
their borders. Then n monarchical
power spr ing up, took the government
of the States, established a national
religion, and m ole all societies tributary
tosttpport its expenses; 1 saw them take
property from Friends.
1 was amazed at beholding all this;
and I heard a voice proclaiming ? This
power shall ii"t always stand ; but with
it I will chastise my Church, until they
return to the faithfulness of their lore
fathers. Thou seest what is coming up
on thy native country, for their iniqui
ties and the. blood of Africa ; the remem
brance of which has come up before me.
The vision is yet for many days. 1
had no idea of writing it for many years
?until it became such a burden that,
p<jir my own reliof, I have written it.
"KiseoV says Sam Slick, "are like
creation, because they are made, out of
notbicg and are very good." They are
also, says The. Galaxy, "like sermons,
requiring two heads aud an application."
How Jok Smith Protkd his In
spiration.? In tho beginning of Mor
in on is in some of Joe 8mith's followers
were incredulous, and doubted the in
spiration of the prophet. To strengthen
his influence Joo wanted a sign, and as
ho had read of slgDS in the New Tcsta
rocut, aud knew that iu heathen times,
and with the Arabiau prophets, signs
were the proof of a uivrne mission, he
chose a dove as the serial herald of his
sanctity. The dove was carefully trained
to flutter around the prophet's head
when carraways should be studied in his
hat, und was meanwhile entrusted to a
Saint from the County Clare to set frco
from an adjacent attio in the solemn
moment of tho adjuration. Joo, at this
crisis addressing a host of worshippers
impressively, enunciated.
"My friends, the Holy Spirit descend
cth on mc as a dove. Already I hoar
the murmur of his cooing, and feel the
faint flutter of his inspired wings high
in the cloudless ether."
Wheroupon ihey looked up to the
Hcavcus. and he looked up at the attic.
"My friends you may not witness it
with your mortal and unpurged eyes,
but the shadow of the sacred pinion is
deep upon my soul, aud the celestial
messcugcr fust approaches to my glory."
This time the. public 1 0 iked doubtfully
at himself, and he was ashamed to luuk
at the attic.
"My friends! It comcth. It will not
bo delayed. Your Apostle is crowned
by the feathery fondness of tho true
angelic envoy." #
Tho crowd looked so downcast he was
aide to hazard n practical invocation.
"Where the devil is tho Spirit, Patsy,
bad luck to ye?"
The anti-climax is simple but grand.
"Sure and did not the cat ate him
and bad luck to of ycos all the
same."
Joe caged the Spirit much more care
fully for the future.
i * 1111 ? i ??i?i??'
I Ihk rOweS or A Woun.?A mother
, oil the green hills of Vermont was hi Id
ing by the right hand a son. sixteen
yens old, mad with love of tho sen.
Vnd as he stood by the gard n-gatc one
morning, she said: "Kdward, they tell
me?-for I never saw the ocean?that
the great temptation ol a seaman's lite
is drink. Promise me. before you quit
your mother's hand, that you will never
. drink." ??And." said he, (for ho told
! me the story.) "1 gave the prom be, and
I went the globe over, Calcutta and the
Mediterrane in. S.ni franc sen. and Cape
(loud Hope, the North Polo an.I the
South. I saw them all in forty years,
and 1 never saw a glass Glied with spark
ling liquor that my mothi r's form 1>\
the gate did not rise before mo, a d to
day 1 am innocent ol tho taste of liquor.'
Was not that sweet, evidence of the
power of a single word? Yot that is not
half. "For." said he. "yesterday there
came into toy countiitg-rooni a man of
forty years,"
?? 'Do you know me ?'
'??No!'
"'Well,' said he. "I was once brought
drunk into your presence on shipboard;
you were a passenger; they kicked me
aside; you took mc to your berth and
kept 1110 there till I had slept oil' the
intoxication ; you then asked if 1 had
a mother. 1 said I but' never known
a word from her lips You told me ol
yours at the garden-gate; and today
1 am master of one of the first packets
in New York ; and I cunrt! to ask you t'i
c. iiie and see me."
How far that little candle throws its
beams! That mother's word in the
green hills of Vermont ! Oh ! God he
thanked for the mighty power of a single
word.
A Mouse Jumps Down a Judge's
TltttOAT. ? While Judge Archer, ol
Marshall, Ind., was removing some boxos
fr< ni a shell' one day last week, a IIIOUsc
jumped out of one of them and into the
mouth of the Judge, and started direct
ly down his throat. The Judgo unlike
John Chinaman, did not relish the taste,
and after several hawks, succeeded, des
pite the clforts of the incuse, in getting
him out of his throat into his mouth,
but was rather slow in getting hold of
the "little devil," and he made Hnother
attempt but was again unsuccessful.
Whether the mouse was-trying to com
mit suicide, or whether ho wanted mere
ly to "revive the inner-man," wc have
no way of ascortainiug, but wc arc as
mrcd that he was successful in scaring
the Judge considerably.
Encounter Between a Sword
riBH and a opern WllA?K jn xJODE
oa BaY.-?A correspondent of the Beta*
luraa JcWJal and Argus, of April 15,
relates the followiug singular incident:
A novel sight wub wituesdcd a few
day* since by Mr. Gaffncy, "who lives
near Bodega Bay. "While plowing near
the coast, his attontion was directed to
on uuusual commotion in the water, near
ly a mile from shore, which proved to be
a conflict between five sword-fish and a
sperm whale. The ocean was quite calm,
and as they nearcd tho shore their move
ments could be pluinlyseon. The whalo
was no match for his smaller antagonists,
who seemed to understand his only
means of defenso, and displayed conside
rable knowledge of tactics in parrying
with their formidable adversary.
In making their thrusts iuto his sides
they would keep clear of his tail, one
blow of which would have been fatal to
them. With maddened fury the huge
monster of the deep would stiiko right
and left, causing the water to boil by the
force of the bio .?and then he would
dive deep to escape the relentless fury of
his tormentors, but he was followed and
soan brought to the surface. Deep
gales could be seen in his sides and the
blood flowing freely. The fight was wit
nessed for nearly an hour, when the
whale, in the agony' of despair, started j
for the shore, flinging himself upon some
low rucks, and soon died from the effects
of his wounds. Gashes two feet deep
and six feet long were made in his sides.
Many in this city went to see him. He
w.is between fifty and sixty feet long.
The third day the tide rose high enough
to float him from the rocks, and he float
ed out to sea.
? ???? ? ? ? mm n -
The Husband op tub Future.?
The following is from the Charleston
Courier.
The model husband walks out with
his wife on a week day, aud is not afraid
it afterward. He is not above carrying
a large bundle or a cotton umbrella, or
even holding the baby in his lap in or*'
omnibus. He runs on first t.? knock at
the door when it is raining. He gets
outside if the cab is full. He goes to
bed first in cold weather. He gcls-up
in the night to rock the cradle or an
swer the door bell. He believes in hys
terics, and 18 melted instantly by a tear.
He patches up a quarrel with a velvet
gown, and drives away the sulks with a
i trip to Central Park. He never flies
out about his buttons, nor brings home
friends to supper. His clothes never
smell of tobacco. He respects the cur
tains, aud never smokes in the-house.
He never invades the kitchen, aud would
no nmre think of''blowing up" any of
the servants than id'ordering the dinner.
He is innocent of a latch-key. lie lets
the family go out of town once every
year, while he remains at home with one
knife and fork, sits on a brown Holland
chair, sie? ps on curtuinless bod, and has
a char Woman to wait on hint. Ho is
very easy and affectionate, keeping the
wedding anniversary regularly.
- ' 1 ?e?> ... ?wo??
Give Your Child a Paper..?A
child beginning to read becomes deligh
ted with a newspaper, because he reads
of names and things which are familiar,
and he will progress accordingly. A
newspaper in one year is worth a quar
ter's schooling to a child. Every fat bet
must cousider that information is con
nected with advancement. The mother
of a family, being ono of its heads, and
having it more immediate charge id'
children should herself be instructed.
A mind occupied becomes fortified againts
the ills of life, and is braced for emer
gency. Children amused by reading'or
study are of course more considerate and
easily governed. How many thoughtless
young men have spent their earnings in
a tavern or grog-shop who ought to have
been reading! How many parents who
have not spent twenty dollars for books
for their families, would have given
thousands to reclaim a son or daughter,
who had ignorantly, thoughtlessly, fallen
j into temptation.
Western (armors complain of tho sa
gacity of crows in eluding traps?but it
is uatural that crows should bo caw-tious.
A wise old gentleman, who knew all
about it, on retiring from business gave
tho following sago advice to his son and
successor : 'Common sense, my son, is val
uablo in all kind of business?except love
making.'
In a Tight Placethe1,Chicago
T-._'r *-n- n.nu^L.?!. stau<>tnftU
,/"iir um VCIIO JfcllC iv?iuT,lug . jtwv
attempt **' 4 coiWict. to escape Teesa-^r^si*
son occurred at tho Tohjet PenJtiliMfrttjr
last Tuesday moruing; On the evening
previous a colored convict had died, and
his dead body was placed in a rough cof
fin lor burial. On Tuesday mOTfalrig
when tho remains wert' a&odt fcyheefcth
vcyed to the burying groond^whwIaiMi
short distance from #ic prcn>M|Bi<f<gUt^
tho officers peroeiveda slight Rjp^Pf^g1
of the enffin lid, which had nnfc yj* jppn
screwed down. The lid being rrtBM.Io
and behold, instead of a dead black man,
a live white convict Was found 'Ul?tfce
colliu ! He was hustled out summarily,
and required to give an cxplaua^Mi^^
appears that early in the morning, while
the other couviets were at breakfast, nie
smuggled himself into the room where
the coffin was,:removed the coVpse &'Ha%
colored man, deposited it i?*aa''empty
barrel, aud got into the coffin hiMPaM':
expecting that hcjnrould be carricdimt
side of the walls, and before reaching
the burying ground, jump and escape.
Being almost smothered, he raised the
lid slightly to get a breath of air, and
was thus discovered in time to spoil hia
1 his "little game." If he had remain**
quiet a minute or two longer, the lid
would have been screwed down, and ho
would probably have been smothered to
death.
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Applause is manufactured in some ef
the French theatres iu this ingerikaW
way: "Tbc reader must imagine several
articulated hammers at four different
places under the pit floor, and so that
they might strike on a string being pul
led. The noise produced by these ham
mers simulate that of a ?tick. A few
yards from these hammers, iu the centre
of the pit, were, placed two instrumenta
which imitated the clapping of the hands.
They were two larye custaueta covered
with leather^ a string pulled tho sheila
together. _ Taosix cords J^yt in a port
tho machinist, and were fasteuec
strong wooden keys, like thoso ofa piano.
At certain passages of the piece tho
machinist places his finger ou one or
another of the keys and the applause
was forthcoming.
Extraordinary Natural" Prodi
oy.?They have on exhibition in Jack
son, Tennessee, a four-legged child, a
little over eleven months old. From tho
bead to the waist it is a healthy, fine
looking child, but from that point down
ward the body diverges. The'formation
of the limbs are tolerably perfect, the
two inside, though healthy an? growing,
being a little deficient, and the child has
but little use of them. The outside legs
are the only, ones that will ever be of
service in walking.
A Quaker h;.d a quarrelsome neighbor
whose cow, being suffered to go at large,
often broke into the Quaker's well-culti
vated garden. One morning, having
driven the cow from his premises to her
owner's house, ho said to him: "Friend
'f., 1 have driven thy cow home once
more, and if I find her in my garden
again?" "Suppose you do,"4his neighbor
angrily exclaimed, "what will you dot"
? Why," said the Quaker, "I will drive
her to thee again, friend T." The cow
never troubled him again.
What an Energetic Youno lfArt*
mer can Do.?-A Jones county boy last
year took some of his father's land?hired
two negroes and pitched iu to hard work
himself. He had forty-eight acres in
cotton, from which he gathered twenty
bales, which sold for an averago of up*
wards of one hundred dollars per bale,
beside raising a full supply of corn. Thin"
year he is doubling his operations all
routid, nud counts upon proportionable
results, which we hope he will realise/
Such young men as this will own the
State of Georgia after awhile..?-Macon
Telegraph.
Henry Bacon, a Boston artist, has gone
abroad to romcdy some of the bad effect*
of his early efforts. It js important that
Bacon should bo cured.
San Francisco ingenuity has patented
a carriage that goes by sails?which was
not worth n patent because all carriages
go by sales, except those given away.
Miss Ames is announced to open a
school in Paris to teach young ladies the
study of fiue arts, which is absurd, sine?
the most a young lady aims at is to prac
tice her thio arts.