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YOL. IY. NO. 30. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1876. $2,00 per Annnm. Single Copy 5 Celts.
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A Perfect Day.
The earth id wrapped in a dream of bliss,
In a reet complete ;
And the toach of the air ie like a kiss,
Comforting, sweet.
And the tiny creatnres are singing low
As a lullaby ;
And the watching sil9noe doth stir and glow
As the wind creeps by.
Aud there is tb6 sun's own mantle dang
Ou the chestnut tope.
And yonder are tangled rainbows hong
With shimmering drops.
And over the things so soon to die
' Is a gentler law,
A bush of oeace and a tenderer sky
Than the summer saw.
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Open the windows wide to-day,
" Where a soul may dwell,
In the heart of a palace grand and gay,
Or a Dtiron cell.
Oh, look, ye happy, till pleasure grows
To a nobler thing ;
Till you bring your joy as the amb?r flows.
For an offering.
And look, ye weary, till grief and pain
N Transfigured shine ;
Rejoice for the crimson glory s gain,
The holiest sign.
Oh, mourn ye neyer that hope is lost,
That rest delays;
They are after eommer and after frost,
These sweetest days.
Often and often will skies be gray,
And hearts be sad ;
But the Lord hath made us a perfect dayLet
us be glad.
l A YEW YORK ESTAJE.
The Urrat Thousand-Acre Farm that Bra
Halluday Fenced In In Westchester
(Jeaoty?An Interesting Description.
In 1868 Ben Halladay, the well known
Western mail contractor, bought an
immense farm in Westchester oounty,
N. Y., and at once begun the arrangement
of a country house that should be
similar in plan and adornment to the
great properties of English noblemen.
He" bonght, says a &'un correspondent,
at first only a few hundred acres, but
gradually extending his domain from
time to time, he at length brought into
his po-^ession nearly 1,000 acres of the
beSt farming lauds of New York State.
Ho presented the whole territory to his
wife, ami t<he took entire charge of the
laying out and adornment of the grounds.
The construction of a suitable dwelling
house was at once commenoed. On a
swelling knoll about four miles from the
village of White Plains the foundations
of the house were laid, the site being
about a quarter of a mile from the turnfV?nf
frnm WhiiA Plains tn
Harrison. The rock of which the house
is constructed is a blue granite, and
it wa3 quarried from the farm. The
bunding is constructed in a peculiar
style, being a union of English and German
architecture. Oatside it is entirely
completed, but inside the rooms are unfinished
and the walls have simply a
covering of lath and plaster. They are
bore of furniture and carpets, and have
a inoldly, abandoned look. The walls
are three stories in height, and on the
. western side is a tall stone tower, capped
' by a beautiful slate roof. Inside the
building everything has a drear and
desolate look, In the basement, which
is moldy and drear, are many rooms,
cellars, laundries, wine rooms, furnaces,
and other apartments; in the seoond
story is a long, unfinished dining-room
that would seat at least fifty persons,
and in addition there are suites of rooms
whoee object may only be guessed.
From the first story a bare flight of pine
stairs, broad enough for the asoent of a
column of soldiers, leads np to the
second story. In this story are almost
numberless rooms that may be used for
almost any purpose. Some are square,
some circular, and all are provided with
eve/y modern appliance. The rooms are
finished with different kinds of wood,
and while in one apartment there may
be a contrast of oak and American walnut,
in another is a chestnut and tropic
wooded embellishment.
From the highest window of the
granite tower there is a glorious view.
For .miles and miles in every direction
roll the green, glossy knolls and valleys
of a land that is perfect in symmetry and
beauty. To the north and west in the
mis^y horizon are the Palisades and
sleepy villages of the Hudson, to the
south is a velvet spread of hills and
dales, and on the southeast is the blue
water V>f the sound. To fill up the picture
are brooks, woodlands, hillocks,
green - meadows, and the tall church
spires and white wa led houses of country
villages.
Around the fertile acres of the Ophir
Farih, as the estate pf Mr. Halladay is
called, and is named on the bars of the
great iron entrance gates, runs a tall
granite wall capped with smooth cut
stone.. This wall was boilt by special
contract, and it cost $40 a rod. It incloses
the entire farm, and within its
qm a mnltif.ndfl nf farmhrmhas
and rural cottage*, in which dwell many
tenants of tne estate. There are two
entrances to the Ophir Farm; one is at
the southeast and the other is at the
north, and each has a massive stone
gatehouse and soMd graveled drives.
Just east of the stone dwelling, in a
grassy valley near the turnpike, stands
a small Gothic edifice of granite, in
which Mrs. Halladay, *ho was a devout
Catholic, rigorously performed the duties
of her faith. A long, winding,
white graveled lane leads from the
chateau down a sloping hill to the entrance
of the church. A few granite
steps lead up to a landing under a heavy
stoned porch, on the side of which are
Biblical statues in Parian marble. Inside
the chapel are a dozen or more velvet
clad seatfe that stand before a little
altar, on which are golden candlesticks,
figures of the crucifixion, and waxen
candles. Many bronze statues of saints
line the altar, and a beautiful painting of
the Immaculate Conception is hung at
the rear of the altar. At the north and
outside of the chapel is the tomb of the
family, in which are buried Mrs. Halladay
and her children. On one side of
the church is the room, separated by
hardwood blinds, in which the choir
sang their Catholic songs. West from
tfco sfcon* mansion, in a smooth, curving
valley, are the farmhouses, the cattle
yards, the breeding stables, and many
offices that are used for the business of
the farm.
Beyond the farmhouses to the west is
probably the most magnificent apple
orchard in eastern New York. It covers
scores of acres, and as the trees are all
full grown, they shed a perpetual summer
shade over the ground. The crops
of this orchard were in years past as
wonderful as the stories of the "Arabian
Nights." It is said that in past seasons
they amounted to tens of thousands
of bushels of fruit.
When Mr. Qalladay bought the Ophir
Farm he was in the full flood of his financial
prosperity. He was the owner of
the overland stage route, and was speculating
in beef on the plains that brought
him thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Eis mail pay from the government
on the overland route amounted to about
SI,500,000 a year, and from his stages he
received about $1,500 a day. He also
owned a steamship line from San Francisco
to Portland, Oregon; a line from
California to the Sandwich islands, and
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m line i u auainuio. aii una umo m nw
estimated that he was worth about
310,000,000. Soon he sold out all his
steamship lines, and invested his money
in the San Francisco and Oregon railroad
This investment failed, and thereafter
Mr. Halliday steadily lost money.
His immense real estate fell in value and
his millions were lost almost as quiokly
as the} had been acquired. He sold his
overland mail route to Wells, Fargo &
Oo. in 1868 for $1,850,000, and received
a cash check for the property.
For the estate in Westohester county,
with the expenses of the buildings and
the adoroments, he-paid about $850,000.
The chateau cost $174,000. Mr. Halladay
now lives in Portland, Oregon, with
a second wife. His first wife is buried,
with several sons and a daughter, under
the marble slabs of the tomb in the
chapel in Harrison. Mrs. Halladay, the
first wife, died in 1873, and was buried
with Catholic rites. A large concourse
folio wed her to the grave, and the funeral
was an event of unusual magnificence.
The farm of Mr. Halladay was originally
taught, and used for a stock farm, but it
never pail, and the ownor has steadily
lost money since its purchase. At one
time there were over 150 horses?mostly
breeding mares?on the place, bot for
the last lew seasons not more than nineteen
or twenty horses have been on the
farm. Mr. Charles Ohle leased the 950
acres last year and is trying to work up
the place.
The breeding stable, w hich is as luxuriously
furnished as a modern villa, is
still kept up.
The Ophir farm is now for sale, and
several offers have been made. The
Catholics desire the chateau for a convent
of the Sacred Heart, and they wish
for 100 acres on the front park. They
have offered $35,000 for the chateau and
100 acres, but as the most of the acres
they seek cost Mr. Halladay $4,000 each
Mr. Ocis refuses to sell.
Mr. Halladay has one son in San Francisco,
Ben, Jr., and a daughter who is
wedded to a French baron, who lives in
Paris. Another daughter, who was the
wife of a French count, died suddenly
on the cars in coming out from San
Francesco. She was buried in the tomb
in Harrison.
Tne history of the novelties of the
Ophir farm would fill a volume. At one
time a large number of buffaloes were
kept on it, and in the spring the greater
number of them escaped from their inclosure,
and ranged through the neighboring
woods. They were hunted and
slaughtered by the farmers. In many
cases they destroyed large amounts of
property, and it is said that the Holladay
estate paid from $8,000 to $10,000
for the damages.
Sale of Short-horns.
The Durham Lawn herd of shorthorns,
owned by Col. Robert Holloway,
of Alexis, 111., was sold by auction at
Dexter park, Chicago. Buyers were
present from all parts of the United
States and Canada, and the bidding was
spirited. Sixty-five headjwere sold, and a
total sum of more than $70,000 was realized.
Among the important sales were:
Imported Oxford Beau Second, $3,800,
to Seth Jacobs, West Liberty, Iowa;
Geneva Duchess of Goodness, with bull
calf, $2,500; London Duchess Fifteenth,
$3,925; Eleventh Belle Duchess
of Plum wood, $3,050; Fourth Tuberose,
of Brattleboro, $3,025; Rose of Sharon,
of Durham Lawn, $4,250; Imperial Waterloo,
Jr., $2,750; Countess of Cornwall,
$1,825; Roan Duchess Frost, of
Durham Lawn, $1,300; Roan Duchess
Seventh, of Bow Park, $3,250; Roan
Dachess Tenth, of Auvergne, $1,700;
Bright Eyes Eighth, $1,500; Imperial
Golden Drop Second, $1,800.
The sales of bulls were also important
Imperial Oxfoid Beau Second
brought $3,800; Duke of Thebano,
$1,060; Grand Avidie, $1,425; Ranger
Prince, $975. The average price for
cows was $1,136, and for bulls, $814.
The Troubles in Europe.
The Rothschilds are known to be always
better served by their agenta as to
important political movements than
most governments. If, as reported, this
firm of bankers are now selling British
consols in anticipation of war over the
final disposition tot>e made of Turkey
in Europe, it is safe to assume that their
fears are tolerably well founded. It :'s
hardly possible that war can be averted,
and a most terrific and bloody one will it
be. England, of course, will have to
take part in it. Her present interests in
Egypt, and her imperial position in India,
lead her constantly to antagonize
Russia, and as a certain degree of coolness
has lately been exhibited in the rt latioDs
between Vienna and St. Petei s
burg, it is quite possible that Austria,
together with Franoe aud, perhaps,
Italy, may become allies in the coming
fight, which Russia and Germany, by
their astute diplomacy, are eagerly
provoking. But whichever side may
ultimately triumph, it will be the end of
the Grand Turk's power in Europe^
A Test Case.?Justice Porter, of
Rutland, Vermont, has decided that
lager beer is not an intoxicant, and a
keg of that fluid seized under the
Liquor law has been restored to the
owner from whom it taken?
A TROUBLESOME ANIMAL.
The Story that Mr. Lovell Narrates |
Aboat a Horse.
Mr. Lovell, says the Philadelphia
Bulletin, sends the following narrative
to us for publication. We do not voach
for its truth, but Mr. Lovell's address ,
will be furnished to any reader who
wishes to put him under oath: ;
Last summer I bought a horse. He (
was warranted sound and kind in harness,
but I discovered that it was a very j
poor kind. He had an irresistble propensity
to bick. Huseemed to be im- ]
pressed with a conviction that nature had <
put his hind legs in front and that he i
could see with his tail, and whenever I t
attempted to start him he always pro- ]
ceeded stern foremost, until I whipped j
him savagely, and then he would go in i
a proper manner, but suddenly, and <
with the air of a horse who had a con- <
viction that there was a lunatic in the j
carriage who didn't know what he was
about. One day, while we were coming j
down the street, the theory became so j
strong that he suddenly stopped and j
backed the carriage through the plate j
glass window of a drug store. After |
that I always hitched him up with his i
head toward the carriage, and then he ]
seemed to feel better conteSed, only i
sometimes he became too sociable, and ]
used to pnt his head over the dasher and j
try to chew my legs or eat up tlje lap ^
oover. t
Besides, the peculiar arrangement of j
the animal excited unpleasant remarks }
when I drove out, and when I wanted to ^
stop and would hitch him by the tail to ?
a post, he had a very disagreeable way ?
of reaching out with his hind legs and ]
sweeping the sidewalk whenever ha saw ?
anybody that he felt as if he would like (
to kick.
He was not much of a saddle horse;
not that he would attempt to throw his \
rider, but whenever a saddle was put s
on him it made his back itch, and ho \
would always insist upon rubbing it t
against the first tree or fence or corner t
of a house that he came to, and if he t
could bark the rider's leg he seemed to j
be better contented. The last time I ?
rode him was upon the day of Aleck a
Bunger's wedding. I had on my best ?
suit, and on the way to the festival
there was a creek to be forded. When 8
the horse got into the middle of it he i
took a drink, and then looked around at c
the soenery. Then he took another
drink, and gazed again at the prospect, t
Then he suddenly felt tired, and lay a
J down in the water. By the time he i
j was sufficiently rested I was ready to go f
home. . j]
The next day he was taken sick. My a
hired man said it was the epizooty, and ?
he mixed him up some turpentine in a g
bucket of warm feed. That night the D
horse had spasms, and kicked four of 0
the best boards out of the side of the f,
stable. Jones said that the horse hadn't [\
the epizooty, but the botts, and that the a
turpentine ought to have been rubbed c
on the outside of him instead of going g
into his stomach. Bo we rubbed him i<
with turpentine, and the next morning e
he hadn't a hair on his body. 0
Colonel Smith told me that if I want- [
ed to know what really ailed the horse ?
he would tell me. It was glanders, and ?,
if he wasn't bled he would die. So the a
colonel bled him forme. We took away a
a tubful, and the horse thinned down so n
that his ribs looked as if he had swal- a
lowed a hoop 6kirt. It made him hungry,
too, for that night he ate the feed C(
box, a breeching strap and two trace
chains. a
Then I sent for the horse doctor, and &
he said there was nothing the matter y
with the horse but heaves, and he left &
some medicine " to patch up his t]
wind." The result was the horse a
coughed for two days as if he had gone p
into a galloping consumption, and be- Dl
tween two of the coughs he kicked the t
hired maa through the partition and 0j
bit our black-and-tan terrier ia half. gj
I thought perhaps a little exercise ^
might improve his health, and I drove g
him out one day, and he proceeded in B(
such a peculiar manner that I was afraid g,
he might suddenly come apart and fall p(
to pieces. When he reached the top of w
White House hill, which is very steep ^
by the side of the road, he stopped, V(
gave a sort of shudder, coughed a cou- w
pie of times, kicked a fly off his near
shoulder with his hind leg, and then ^c
lay down and calmly rolled over the j,
bank. I got out of the carriage before ^
he fell and I watched him pitch clear m
down to the valley beneath, with the ^
vehicled ragging after him. When we got ^
to him he was dead, and the man at the p;
farmhouse close by said he had the Jl
blind staggers. ^
I sold him for $8 to a man who want- Jj(
ed to make him up into knife handles, ^
suspender buttons and glue; and, since w
then, when we have wanted to take a ^
ride we have walked. The next time I j*.
attempt to buy a horse I will get a n,
mule.
A Titled Sexton, ^
British baronets have frequently a
proved that they do not nold to the ancient
theory of the dishonor of work. ^
Baronets in these days are bankers and
butter merchants; they go upon the a
stage, and they write plays. But they
have lately begun to extend their labors
to other fields. Only the other day, in
the parish of Essex, in England, a 11
baronet offered himself as a candidate ^1
for the two-fold office of clerk and sex- c'
ton, which was then vacant. The object ^
of his -action was an exemplary one.
The office mentioned is what is called a
a freehold, and, once elected, a clerk or J*
sexton cannot be removed from office *(
daring his lifetime. So the baronet a
thought it as well to keep the place in ^
good hands. It is to be regretted, how- ^
ever, as an English journal remarks, J1
that the new incumbent has thought it "
proper to appoint a deputy sexton; for
[ it would, indeed, in the case of some ^
persons, deprive death of much of its P
sting to be able to anticipate the burial 0
of their bodies under the supervision of
a real baronet. c
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** Henry," she said, " you don't know c
what a soothing influence you have on h
me." " My darling," he whispered, v
softly, while a g's 1 light came into his t
eyes, " can it be so i" " lies," she said; p
"whan you are around, I always feel il
lilso goiDg to sleep." '<
AT THE CENTENNIAL.
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Sketches of Man? (Jonntrleo?Curtoiiltles '
from Hawaii?.Kpaia?Philllplne Island*?
Brazil?Mr. Brrgh and hi* Society.
We started for a visit to the Hawaiian ]
islands, and commenced by a look at one
of their table dishes made of the konwood,
a very rare specimen of wood, so
rare that the set of dishes sent here
could not be replaced. They are called I
poidishes. Poi is a sort of vegetable or ]
root, sometning like a potato, which the ]
"aristocratic" natives eat with their j
fingers from the dish?and that way of f
Bating is "aristocratic" also. Most i
aristocracy is about as ridiculous as ]
that; it thinks itself of much more im- i
portance than it really is, and yet in a ?
great many thing3 is as far behind the 1
age and any real nobility as folks who t
Bat with their fingers are behind the i
civilization represented by knife, fork c
and other every day delicacies of life. ?
Tuese polished wooden bowls to eat i
the Hawaiian potato from are valued at t
from $10 to $65, a rather expensive po- f
tato dish. Next comes a case of volcanic t
specimens, and one thinks of the high j
tragedy of life at the volcano islands, f
where a man walks every day with the i
prospect before him of tho earth open- 8
ng its mouth wide enough to swallow
lim up, and ho not a word to say for 8
limself, but to make a mouthful for the e
jreedy earth. The commissioner from t
;ke islands was not here, and we post- f
coned the study of Hawaii till we can f
lear all about it from a native. Next a
we take a glance at Spain, not yet all up f
sxoept in some branches. A Spanish ?
loldier sits guard at the entrance. As f
le tosses off his red soldier cap he t
ihows a'drep scar from a saber wound c
ra the forehead. I
His costume is navy blue and red 1
itripes, with a red cap and a white sash- 1
>elt, from which hangs a sword ; but the c
tidier speaks only Spanish, and for t
mowledge about the exhibit one must t
ise his own eyes and try to decipher 1
he inscriptions?all in Spanish?at- ^
ached to each article. From the Philip- 1
>ine islands are curious blankets, cloth, 3
Lne and coarse lace and embroidery, and t
, great assortment of shawls of all sorts t
111 the center of one room. The large t
nhibits of goods in cotton, woolen and c
ilk, from the countries where they are c
argely manufactured, make these parts e
>f the room look like a dry goods store, r
A strange looking thing in brass at- I
racts attention, and we are told they t
re for fire in the house. A huge bowl, a
a which to put the coal, stands upon c
our legs, with an open work cover, s
landle and side handles to carry it I
bout They are fire-pans in brass as c
trilliant as gold, after the idea of our s
grandmothers' "foot-stoves, the oniy v
leans of heating the churches in the t
lden times, when religion expected its t
aithful to go to a church with no fire in c
t, and the pews had a foot-stove to pass b
round in turn to each occupant. A t
ase of wax represents a priest in ponti- t
cal robes, figures of the apostles, a b
mg row of all sizes of wax candles, etc., e
tc. Samples of the armor of the anient
kings of Spain fill in one side, t
'here are the heavy armor of Ferdinand 1<
Jortes, the shield of Philip II., and e
orses completely covered with hand- h
omely carved armor, more elaborate t
ud showy than serviceable. Spain is a
oted for her mines of gold and silver, i'
nd she has displays of coal in the rough, 1
l bricks and shaped up into huge d
olumns. o
There are also piles of lead ore and 1
opper ore, and a quantity of Castile c
laps in every shape, dishes from Se- S
ille, salt in every shape, pottery, china, o
irpets, silks, etc., etc. Besides all *
lat is to be seen there are six hundred p
ases that have not yet arrived. Brazil ,tl
resents a fine appearance in her man- d
ei of fitting up her allotted space. si
he framework is built after the manner
f the Spanish Alhambra, all painted
lass. The plan is Brazilian, bat was
mstructed in America at a cost of
15,000. From the entrance one first e
;es a line of flowers, birds, fans and ?
gures, all in feather work, bat we post- u
3ne a thorough examination till the
hole exhibit arrives. The main aisle P
as nnmerons stands in it, among them b
ary pretty flower stands, with frame- "
ork trimmed in vines and bright faced
lung ladies selling bouquets; then tc
>da fountains with their refreshing c<
rinks, spiral stairways prettily draped tl
lat lead to stands for other refreshen
ts for the hungry. We remember fc
tr. Bergh's exhibit as we see the flag p
tat reads : " Justice, Humanity, Com- ai
ifsion," and looking, find it quite hid,
atting more and more so, behind a
reat array of rope, and all manner of j
jrdage for shipping, that is piled up ^
tto huge towers in front of the wall
here cruelty, ono of the worst sins
umanity is guilty of, is portrayed in all
8 hideousness. Here is the broken leg 11
f a horse, caught in the street railroad ^
ack; samples of bullets used by the fl
xiiety's agents to cause death without T
iffering; a horse's hoof rotted off by
nail driven into the hoof by an ignor- ti
it blacksmith; adulterated horse feed, fi
le grain mixed with plaster of paris, el
one dust, etc., etc., and specimens of te
ileal us formed from such feed. tl
There are samples of bit buns used
a carriage teams, sharp with nails, to ti
>rture the horse; hoofs rottfed off by ^
lflammation caused by traveling o;
irough the salted slush in New York a
ity; a training collar for sporting dogs, l?
ooden beads filled with sharp nails, p
here is a picture of a dog captured in f(
dog fight in Brooklyn, all bruised and a]
attered from the fight, a horse with jj
)re legs broken and hind legs dislo- .c<
ited, which the owner compelled to
alk six squares in such condition. He
'03. arrested and sentenced to twelve P
lonths' imprisorment and a flue of $250
y the society's agents. Auother picire
gives a scene in the Mulholland pit 0
rhere thirty-two men were arrested, the y
it captured and men fined $670. Anther
picture represents a little girl illreated
by a woman, taken by the so- ^
iety and quite metamorphosed from a
oor little ragged outcast to a very at- P
ractive, neatly dressed child, who looks
s if she had kind friends to care for ^
er. A poor pigeon, with broken a
rings, mouth full of shot, looks the pic- a
ur? of torture; "That's roi^h on
igeon shooting," says a lad looking at
t. A picture says : " Comfort, disoom* n
iirt torture represented fey three tl
horse's heads, one well treated, another
with a torturing bit, and worse than
that for the third?a piece of a manger
half eaten up by a starving horse that
had not been fed for several days. The
man was taken up, fined $30, and imprisoned
one month.
Education in Ohio.
Of the States making an exhibit of
their progress in education, and of the
practical workings of their system of
public instruction, at the Centennial
Exhibition, none has her articles in a
;hape so easily to be understood and so
readily to be ascertained as Ohio. By a
peculiar method of shading, and by two
fr three zigzag lines across a plain chart,
in amount of information is conveyed
hat would require the perusal of a
small volume to ascertain. Here, for
nstanoe, is a map showing the per cent
>f the enrollment of the youth in actual
ittendance at school, the highest being
rom sixty-seven to seventy-three, and
he lowest from from forty-two to fiftyive.
Of the eighty-eight counties in
:he State, only six attain the highest
>er cent. A large majority range from
ifty-nine to sixty-three, while a very fair
lumber show a per cent, running along
k scale from sixty to sixty-seven.
Tracing with the eye a single line
kcross another chart, we learn the total
expenditures each year for the past
hirty-eight years, both for tuition and
or all educational purposes; and
urther, that up to 1862 the teachers and
11 others who were paid from the school
unds of this State were paid either in
fold or in paper that commanded its
ace in gold on presentation at the Conner.
It is interesting to trace the
(hanging rate in teachers' wages for the
>ast twenty-one years. From 1856 to
876 the wages of both gentlemen and
ady teachers has been on a gradual inirease;
but the wages of gentlemen
eachers has increased more rapidly than
he wages of the lady teachers. In
854 the average monthly pay of men
ras $25, and of women $15; but in
875 men commanded 855 and women
>30 per month. Bnt though the women
eachers were paid less for their services,
hey have gradually taken the places of
he men, so that to-day the scales are
ompletely turned. Up to the breaking
>ut of the war the gentlemen teachers
imployed in the public schools ontinmbered
the women bj thousands;
>ut the war drew heavily upon the
eachers* ranks. Thousands of her best
nd worthiest teachers, not only in the
ommon schools, but in her higher
chools and colleges, resigned their
K)8ts and enrolled themselves among the
itizen soldiery. Their places in the
choolroom and in the recitation classes
rt,re in a large measure filled by lady
eachers; and 60 well have they done
heir work, which before it was believed
ould only be done by men, that it has
>een impossible to crowd them out of
he situations they were called to fill by
he exigencies of the war. So to-day the
ady teachers of Ohio exceed the gentleaen
by more than two thousand.
To note the increase or decrease in
he number of the youth of this State of
egal school age, aud to show the greatst
per cent, of daily attendance, or the
ughest per cent, of the enrollment of
he youth who are in daily attendance
ipon the public schools, another chart
i prepared which informs us that in
872 there were iu the State more chilxen
between the ages ofTsix and twentyne
than at any other period between
854 and 1876 ; and that the highest per
ent. of attendance ever reached in the
itate was in 1827; the greatest per cent,
f the enrollment in actual attendance
ras in 1850, when it reached over eighty
er cent; it was the lowest in 1875,
here being a steady and almost gradaal
eclinefrom 1850 to the close of the last
chool year.
Fashion Notes.
Long gloves, reaching almost to the
Ibow, of white undressed kid, are worn
rith what are called costumes centenaire
i Paris.
An exquisite dinner dress, lately imorted
from Paris, is of Marie Louise
lue silk, with pipings and facings, and
tai/la Jfti'h'nfffl r*f r?ardiriftl red silk. I
Toque hats are worn by those ladies
) whom English round hats are not be- 1
iming. They are trimmed mostly in ;
le back where the brims turn up.
In London there is a general demand
>r old English, Spanish and Jesuit
oint laces for flounces, collars and cuffs,
eeve lappets, ties and handkerchit fs.
Buff chamois leather basques and ,
prons embroide:ed in gay colors, with
rain stitch and poiut Basse, are novel- 1
es shown, to be worn over daik blue, '
rown or green silk skirts.
The fashionable carriage toilet at the
toment is a black silk costume with a ,
hite or cream chip hat covered with ,
owers and cream lace, and a bunch of ]
iolets or heliotrope at the waist. f
Bough Swiss'straws of creamy tint
immed with tri-colors, stylishly modi- i
ed in full shales, are found at first- '
lass millinery houses. They are in- i
jnded for second best bonnets during i
le Centennial season. ;
The Crowe English round hats are
immed with velvet, silk and feathers. '
10 ribbon is seen on them. They are 1
f English straw and flne chips, in varias
high steeple crowned shapes, bnt the (
ivorite is the Cavalier. They are im- '
rted from London ia small quantities 1
>r the exolusives of Newport. They |1
re the most elegant demi-dress hat of '
ie season, but they are immensely |1
38 tiy.
Some exceptional costumes have been
roduced in Paris called costumes cen~
maire. They have pointed corsages,
piping very low over a high kerchief
1 muslin, with short puffed sleeves
ampleted by long, open muslin sleevos.
iong gloves only are worn with them, j
Small, creamy, and delicately tinted
ood and field flowers; the crocus, j
awslip, buttercup, daisy, small pop- (
ies, violets, bluets, lilacs, and long j
cmmed and thickly clustered blossoms, ,
xeathe the front or encircle the crown :
nd hang down behind or on side of the
lost fashionable bonnets. :
By nature we possess no fault that I
light not become a virtue ; no virtue !
aat mieht not beoome a fgalt? J1
A MARYEL OF TATTOOING.
A Remarkable Sabjeet from the Haode of j
the Skillful Chinese Tartars. j
Capt. George Costentenus, a descend- ]
Ant of a noble Greek family, from the
province of Albania, arrived in New i
York recently. From head to foot on i
every inch of his body, inclrding even
his scalp and the soles of his feet, he is
a mass of the most artistio and elabor- <
ately colored tattooing, in letters, signs, i
and figures of quadrupeds, birds, fishes,
and reptiles. Captain Costentenns is
tall, dark complezioned, of superb
physique, and about forty-five years of <
age. He does not read English, bat i
converses fluently in his own tongue, e
and in the Italian, Arab, Turkish and j
Persian languages, and speaks a little
French and German, and a few words of ?
English. The climate here affects him
so that he keeps muffled up in a coarse c
suit lined with fur, with a soft round j
cap pulled down over his forehead, and
a thick pair of gloves on his hands. His t
heavy beard only partially conoeals the c
tattooing on his weather-beaten faoe. (
Costentenns' early history it that of
many Albanians. He has always been a t
soldier of fortune. In 1867 he and
eleven others penetrated Chinese Tar- v
tary and sided with the rebels. The a
party were captured, and two or three e
were killed, and the rest were submittea
to an ordeal of tattooing, which only t
two survived, Oapt. Costentenns and a e
flnaniov^ vxrVtrt Via a .inna riiAtl. Th? I n
operation lasted three months, and was o
performed daily. Six men held him s
down while a seventh wielded the tat- n
tooing apparatus. At the conclusion of ?
the operation he regained his health, o
and was freed by the Tartars, instead of
making his esoape, as was reported. t
This tattooing was done to warn out- s
side barbarians of the danger of pene- ii
trating the Tartars' dominion. d
Nothing like the captain's person has ti
ever been seen in civilized countries, h
By the side of his gorgeously embel- o
lished cuticle the tattooing of South t
Sea islanders fades into inwignfinance, a
The material used was indigo and oin- a
nabar, the former producing a black and ti
the latter a red. At a first glanoe the ?
captain's body seems to be covered ti
with a Turkish shawl, but a closer ex
amination shows that the pictures iu two
colors are produced by unnumbered
points. On his forehead are animals
and inscriptions, and on the faoe star- o
like figures. On the hands are ntimer- I
ons red points, and figures resembling b
sculptures, as well as long tailed pan- n
ther like shapes. The ears are absolute- t]
ly the only part of the body free from D
tattooing, even the scalp being embel- d
lished. On the neck, chest, abdomen, 0
back, and extremities, the skin is a mass d
of symmetrically arranged and admir- 0
ably executed figures of monkeys, ele- tj
phants, tigers, lions, peacocks, stalks, n
swans, snakes, crocodiles, lizards, min- a
gled with bows, arrows, leaves, flowers ^
and fruits. Between the figures are 1
words in Berminian in blue and red let- v
tere, and simple points or stars and cir- h
cles. The original skin is invisible. On e
the palms of the hands are indescrib- h
able figures, and little figures are on the &
inside of the fingers. On the back J
sides of both feet to the toes are blue I
points, and from the toes to the nails 8
are red lines. Altogether there are 388 ?
tattooed pictures on the entire body?on h
the forehead, two; neck, eight; chest, d
fifty; baci, thirty-seven; abdomen, "
fifty-two; upper extremities, 101; lower
extremities, 137?yet the captain is in ^
perfect health. J
The instrument used in tattooing, the *
captain says, was divided iDto three *
parts. The part lr lding the fluid was *
slit like a pen four inches long and an e
inch and a half wide, coming down to a
two points. In the middle was a cylin- ?
der of brass four inches long, and on *
top was a third piece, four inches long, J
of iron, with a knob at the end. The ?
three parts were joined by capsules. n
The instrument was inserted between e'
the thumb and forefinger of the left *
hand to guide it, and the right hand "
made the punctures with extreme ra
piuitjr.
The captain has several scars on his
person as evidence of his numerous engagements,
and these show plainly "j
through the tattooing. He has seen *
every country in the world exoept y
America. He is going to the GentenDial
Exhibition. 1
d
How the Africans Make Rubber, n:
a
The coast region north and south of fj
the Congo is becoming quite an impor- ^
tant source of caoutchouc. It is pro- ^
duced by a giant tree creeper, which 6,
grows principally along the water ^
courses. It covers the highest trees, m
and frequently considerable extents of ^
forest are festooned down to the u
ground, from tree to tree, in all direc- 0,
tions, with its thick stems, like great &
bawEers. Sometimes its stem is as thick ?
as a man's thigh. Above, the trees are ^
nearly hidden with its large glossy w
leaves of dark green hue, and studded jt
with beautiful bunches of pure white y
star-like flowers, most sweetly scented. fr
Its fruit is of the size of a large orange, c]
yellow when ripe, and perfectly round, g|
with a hard brittle shell; inside it is full
of a soft reddish pulp of an agreeable ^
acid flavor, much liked by the natives. m
It is not easy to obtain ripe seeds, as the ^
creeper is a favorite resort of a villain- ^
ous, semi-transparent, long legged red e:
ant?with a stinging bite, like the prick ^
of a red-hot needle?which is very fond ic
of the pulp and the seeds distributed t]
through it* b,
Every part of the creeper yields a w
milky juice when wounded; but, unlike r
the American rubber tree, this milky
aap will cot run into a vessel placed to
receive it. It dries so quickly that a
ridge is soon formed over a cut, and the ^
flow arrested. When collecting it, the 18
natives make long cuts in the bark with al
a knife, and as the sap gushes out they ^
wipe it off continually with their flu- *c
gers and smear it on their arms, shoul- dl
dors, and breasts, until a thick oovering ?
is formed. Then they peel it off and "
cut it into small squares for transports- a'
tion.
About this time the woods resound di
with the voice of the fourth of July ora- V
tor practicing on his ''Mister President, fx
Laaiee and Gentlemen." "Forty mil* at
lions of people," ets, H
String Against Starring,
A young man, a bahk clerk, applied to
i distinguished merchant and asked
aim for his influence to get his salary
raised.
The merchant said to him: "How
nuchisyour salary now?" "Twelve
hundred dollars," was the answer,
44How much do you save a year?"
44 Not one dollar; with a wife and two
children I can only just make both ends
neet." 4
14 What! don't save anything ?"
44No, sir; I can but just exist"
"I make it a rule to assist no one who
loee not save something every year. No
natter how small his pay, something
ihould be saved. How many cigars do
rou smoke?and their oost?"
41 Well, some three a day; costing, together,
about twenty cents."
41 Do you go to the theaters, and how
>ften; and how many persons with
rou?"
44I go some half a dozen times during
he winter, with my wife and sister,
osting, including railroad fare, say
80."
44 Do you drink ardent spirits, wine,
>eer, etc. ?"
44 i generally take two glasses of
rkisky daily and sometimes a glass of
le, with my wife, at the gardens in the
vening."
44 Do you say you cannot save anyliing?
while your unnecessary yearly
xpenses for cigars, drinks and amuse*
aents, by your own showing, cannot
oet less than $200. Until you begin to
ave, raising your salary wonld do you
10 good. Begin to day to save, if only
ive cents a day. Try saving for six
lonthsand report to me the result."
At the end of the time the young man
irought the merchant bis expense book,
howing a clear saving of $104.20. This
ad need the merchant to take him corially
by the hand, down to the institu*
ion, and urgo the piesident to increase
is salary from $1,200 to $1,500- In anther
six months his savings amounted
0 almo>t $300. The merchant on this
howing said to him: 44 Young man, you
re now on the road to wealth and pesiion."
This yoong man is now worth
ome $30,000? 11 due to the saving of
tie first $100.
In the United States Senate,
fif fhoAA whn hnvo had great length
f service in the Senate, Thomas "H.
Jenton heads the list. He was a memer
of the Senate for thirty years, and
o other United States Senator served,
here for four full terms. Charles Burner
had four continuous elections, but
ied within less than a year of the close
f his fourth term?chosen in 1851, and
ying March 11,1874. James A. Pearoe,
f Maryland, had four successive eleoions,
but died soon after the commencelent
of his last term?chosen in 1843,
nd dying Deoember 20, 1862. Daniel
Webster had four continuous elections,
827, 1833, 1830, and 1845, but there
ras a break in the last two term^ when
e was in the Harrison and Fillmore
abinecs?1841 and 1850. Henry Clay
ad five appointments to the Senate, the
rat -two by gubernatorial selection,
806 and 1810, and the rest from the
legislature?1831, 1837,1849. He reigned
near the close of his second full
arm, and after serving three years of
is last, tendered his resignation, but
ied, June 29, 1852, before the date,
amed for its taking effect John C. *
lalhoun was fifty years of age before he
ras sent to the Senate, to which he had
ive elections. He hid been in the lower
louse of Congress for six years, secreuy
of war for eight years, and Vioe'resident
for nearly eight years. He was
lected to the Senate in Deoember, 1832,
s the successor of Robert Y. Hayne. rejected
in 1835 and in 1841, resigned in
812, and subsequently went into the
'yler cabinet as secretary of State,
enator Huger resigned in 1845 to
lake room for Calhoun, who re appeard
and served out his original term; he
ras re-elected in 1847, and continued
aere until his death, March 31, 1850.
Piper, the Murderer.
Piper, who was hanged in Boston foi
ie murder of the little girl Mabe.
onng, made a final statement before his
eath. showing conclusively that his con
?sion of the different mardersof Mabel
oung and the domeetio Bridget Lanregan
and the assault on Mary Tyner
as altogether true. He says he com
litted the assault on the Tyner girl with
plumber's hammer, which he had got
ora the Warren avenue church, of
hich he was sexton, and that after the
aed he washed it and scraped the blood
x)ts with a penknife, and that he
oried it in the oellar of the church. Ho
iade a diagram of the place where he
dried it, and officers went to the spot
id found the hammer with blood spots
a it and the marks of the penknife. He
iys that he had spent the night with the
irl, and, to get back the money he paid
er, he beat her with the hammer as she
hs sleeping, stole the money, and
imped out of the window. Mabel
oung, he says, he enticed into the bely
tower for a foul purpose, and, the
lild struggling and crying out, he
ruck her on the head with the bat and
ft her as he previously described in his
mfeesion. The woman Landregan he
[ordered that she might not teli on
im. Piper didn't make confession of
idition&l crimes on the night before his
location to his spiritual adviser, as had
een rumored. He, however, had a
>ng conference with this friend. Rev.
?r% Eddj, and in this declared that he
id told the whole troth. His remains
ere boried privately from his parents'
Kidence, in Mount Hope oemetery.
A Lot of Interest.?In the decisions
f the United States supreme conrt there
one of interest from its antiquity and
^propriateness to the Centennial year.
; is favorable to the payment of a claim
>r the ooet of an expedition fitted oot
tiring the war of the Revolution, and
te court decides that the claimant is
so entitled to interest upon it, prob>ly
for about one hundred years.
A ventriloquist fell overboard and was
rowned in Lake Erie the other day.
fhen the cry of "Help, help, "came
om under the guards, the deck hands
dd he "couldn't fool them," and wept
ght along with their work)