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IPOIFtT ROTAL Standard and Commercial. VOL. IY. NO. 31. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876. $2.00 per Amnm. Single Copy 5 Cents. ? ? 1 ? A Country School. Su? lea Pretty and pale and tired She sits in her stiff-backed chair, While the blazing summer sun ^ Shines in on her soft brown hair, nes And the tiny brook without, the That she hears through the open door, to Mocks with its murmur cool the Hard bench and dusty floor. the _ the It seems such an endless round? _ nei Grammar and A, B, C ; The blackboard and the sums ; CQ, The stupid geography ; r0( When from teacher to little Jem ggt Not one of them cares a straw, mc Whether 44 John " is in any 14 case," 6ig Or Kansas in Omaha. toi era But Jemmy's bare brot n feet ^ Are aching to wade in the stream,* ^ Where the trout to his luring bait jn(Shall leap with a quick bright gleam ; And hiu tAdphttr'a hlnft AVAR strav nal To the dowers on the desk hard by, Jrf Till her thoughts have followed her eyes fcn With a half-unoonsoious sigh. In 0I1| Her heart outruns the clock, ^ eff] As she smells their faint sweet scent ; ? CUI But when have time and heart je Their measure in unison blent ? his Per time will haste or lag, qqj Like your shadow on the grass. tia That lingers far behind, ' Or flies when you fain would pass. coi Have patience, restless Jem, The stream and the fish will wait; ^ And patience, tired blue eyes? Down the winding road by the gato, Under the willow shade, his Stands some one with fresher flowers ; sni Bo turn to 'your books again, Af And keep love for the after hours. ha ? an; A MAN AND A BROTHER. 0l cat an A Kemnntlr of a Bank Robbery eV) Mixed np with a Womai'i Vengeance. ini The City Bank of Erie, Pa., being nu closed for the day the young cashier ^ thereof retire.! as nsnal to his daintily m? furnished lodgings in the upper part of pj| the bailding, there to entertain himself ^ for a while over booJts or papers ana fej then don the apparel suitable for a hotel ?r supper table and evening calls. Several private letters were upon his table await ?3 iug perusal, and oue of these attracted his particular attention by its unfamiliar na and feminine handwriting. The con- cb tents commanded his reading more than ag; once, for they were an appeal from a ^ stranger to his courtesy and from a woman to his generosity. The writer, 0f in as few words as possible, spoke of be herself as having arrived in Erie only a be few days before in the hope of pro- f0] curing a loan from the bank upon cer- e8< tain securities which constituted her widow's dower. She had visited the 0f bank in expectation of an interview with br< the president, but found her courage un- bjj . equal to the attempt, for, without speak- jju ing, she had gone out agai.i, though not eX( until she had noticed the kindly counte- ba nance of a gentleman who was subscfluently named to her as the cashier. CO] For reasons which she could soarely ex- on plain to herself that oouhtenanco had en- pr couraged her to address its possessor in gQ the present unwonted manner and to Gf beg his kind office in her behalf with by the bank. She knew nothing about fej business, had no masculine relative or cai friend to call upon for aid or advice, and be was a stranger in a strange city on an bn errand absolutely beyond her power. Despair made her bold to impose upon the chivalry of Mr. Edward J. Warren, ^ who, at such a number on such a street, 0}( might find the writer of this poor appr Mary Kinnaird was the name signed to this somewhat vague missive, and ag Warren pondered the latter with sensations of mingled surprise and curiosity. ^c He remembered noticing a veiled woman ^ of graceful figure, who had abruptlv ^h turned back from walking into the bank ig daring the day, and doubted not that ve she v.as the author of the note. He was be vain with the not unnatural self-oonoeit of a oomely youth whose position and manners had secured him high feminine favor in local society, and the promise i of romance in the appeal of his new oor- pr respondent was very lemptng. In ^ short, he decided to see the lady forth- ~c with. Repairing, after supper at his hotel, to a tasteful mere toy of a cottage in the environs, as directed, he found there ^ the young widow of the note and her ai] securities. The latter, small in amount ^ but good of their kind, he thought might be negotiated; the former, intelligent, ^ graceful, and unaffected, he was delight- _ ed to find ready to reoeive and trust him as a friend. m( Thus romantically began an acquaintance which ran on without further nota- ya ble incident for several weeks. Mrs. ^ Kinnaird rented the little cottage until ^ the business calling her to the city re should be finally settled, and in that ^ time surprised the cashier by two calls ^ upon him in his rooms over the bank. ^ O.. Hioco avfwinn^inarv JVHiQlAna VU UUU VI IIU^DV VAVAWVAUUUMJ wvwavmv ^ her excuse was that she had an insatia- M ble womanly curiosity to see what bank ^ vaults were like, and Mr. Warren politely escorted her down stairs and explained the mysteries of locks and iron doors. jl As she had previously pressed toward him a oertain modest reserve in all ar their interviews, he was yet more 0i amazed when, on the very next evening, ^ she again presented herself at his lodg- M ings and, after much frivolity of die- fi{ course, asked him to send for a bottle of ej wine. In his growing fatuity he as- 8t sen ted, and had scarcely drained his first & glass when his strangely changed com- n( panion struck an odd vein of conversa- tt tion. Did he remember that about six tt months ago a lad had entered the bank m and requested him to change a fifty dol- ^ lar bill? Yes, he recalled the matter U! perfectly. The bill was a counterfeit 0j and he hastened after the lad and caused ^ his arrest? Yes, of course, but why 0j this questioning ? Bewildered by the ^ woman's strange looks, as well as words, a] the young man would fain have demand- q ed explanation, but his speech suddenly became thick and a dreadful stupor crept over his senses. " That boy would " not tell where he got the bill, and on y your evidence, Edward Warren, he was ! ft f convicted and sentenced to solitary con* ! a< flnemcnt for seven yejrs. He is my q] Vrolher, and I am here to avecg? him : ' t) eh were the worcb heard by the liap9 bank cashier as he sank senseless ler the wine which the speaker had . igged for him. , iV hen Warren recovered his conscious- _ is firemen were dragging him from i smoke which had ascended thickly j his room from the bank below, for ' > latter had been in flames. Upon > extinction of the fire it was found it the vaults had been robbed of q uriy $50,000 by the deliberate unlock- , j of the doors. Further search dis- g rered a match safe from the cashier's >m amoDgst the debris of the fire, and reral hundred dollars of the stolen , iney in a drawer of his bureau. The v ns were clear that Edward Warrea, -ning robber and seeking to hide his ilt by firing the bank, had been overlie by the smoke, and thus fell an >y prey to detection. He was arrested, * lieted, and, being ashamed to tell the , ole truth, even to his counsel, obsti- j tely adhered to the plea that he had ? mi some wine, fallen asleep, and c ew nothing that happened thereafter. . his morbid social pride he could not dure to confess that a woman had so r regiously fooled him, and as neither li t nor public credited the incoherent ft use really offered, the trial ended in i conviction of larceny and arson and idemnation to the Aileghaoy penitenry for life. The venerable father of the wretched imct?a farmer from the vicinity of tfl'alo?never believed that his son was ilty, nor that he had told the true >ry of his misfortune. By importunity til the governor of the State he at last Lned permission for an interview with } unhappy boy in prison, and peraded from bim a full confession, ter the fire at the bank Mary Kinnaird d never been seen in Erie, nor oould y one tell whither she had disappeared, ily by her capture could tne ex shier's miserable situation be changed, d forthwith the father devoted his Brv hour and dollar to the task of find{ her. Detectives, supplied with mite personal descriptions, scoured reral States in the pursuit) and ultiifcely took into custody a woman of ttsburgh known as Kate Fallon, the fe of a celebrated forger and counterfcer. Upon being charged with the ie robbery this person indignantly _ uied all knowledge of either the City l uk or its former cashier, but upon be- i I suddenly addressed as "MaryKinLrd" by the elder Warren, her \ anging countenance was testimony i aiast her, and the subsequent dis- c eery that her Pittsburgh house and t rniture had been purchased with some / the bills from the robbed bank sealed i r fate. Triei at Erie, identified by c r victim and by the landlord of her ? :mer cottage, and seeing no chance of j jape, 6fie finally confessed her guilt. Throwing herself upon the clemency J the court, she told how her young I other had gone to prison for attempt- ^ I to pass counterfeit money for her st and, and how she had planned and Bcuted the ruin of the vain young ixk officer by whose instrumentality 3 boy was brought to justice. But the arc did not deem her case a proper e for mercy and she was sentenced to ison for life. Nine years later the vernor pardoned her, in consideration testimony respecting her husband, which the latter dangerous counterter was sent to take her place, snd she mo out of her cell, a mere specter of r former self, to become but a specter lead very soon thereafter. As for Edward Warren, the Buffalo ni'8, from which chiefly these facts are mpiled, says that he and his devoted 1 father departed for some Western ate immediately after his release from ison, and, as the events above deribed occurred only about thirty years o, he may be yet in the land of the ir;g. Aside from its common admoni>n for all men holding offices of trust at uniform prudence socially, no less an incorruptible integrity financially, essential to safety, his story illustrates ry dramatically what may be called the rcism of evil in woman nature. What Money Will Do. The appearanoe of real money will oduce a change in manners and cusms and in speech. Pockeibooks will ?out and purses will come in. To carry en two or threo dollars' worth of 1 Ives, quarters and dimes in a small, t >t leather pocketbook is inconvenient, i id indeed almost impossible. And so i e pretty little leathern things which 1 ive made such a show in the cases of < e fancy stores will fall in value and ] actually pass out of use. Ycung ladies 1 ??' mnrwr noWvTibooo arroin fnrflip cpntlp- < uvn UVV ^/U&UVU U^MIU * v. 0 Bit to whom they wish to show par- i jular favor; and men who scorn such 1 .nities, and who prefer to carry their ] iange loose i o thei r pockets, must needs 1 sist upon a domestic inspection and i pairing of those important parts of 1 eir apparel. Opulent persons, who ' le to handle their funds and attract at- \ ntion to their possession of the precious 1 etals, may again bestride the hearth I id soothe their sense of touch and i taring by jingling such silver as they i rry in the pouches of their nether 1 uments. Elegant people will, after a i liile, no longer call money "stamps." i they do not return to the former beau- | 38 of phraseology upon the subject, ; id call it "tin," " spoons," " brads," i "rocks," thoy must needs invent I me other synonyms equally accurate 1 id expressive. For some years past it!: is been said of an eligible party of j: ther sex that he or she " had the , amps;" and the slang had almost be>me an accepted phrase, so that people 3t meaning to be slangy would say that ley hadn't the stamps to do this or that ling, meaning that they hadn't the loney and could not afford to do what j ley wished or were asked to do. This j 3e of "stamps " for " money " is one j f those traits of language that have an j istorical significance, and record, like j ther peculiarities in manners and cus- j >ms, the experience of the people j along whom they were in vogue.? j Galaxy. Miss Linda Gilbert, the New York i prisoner's friend," during the past j ear received 500 books and $1,472.65! >r prison libraries from charitable per- J ma. One hundred and thirty di~- ! tiarged prisoners received employ men I 3rough her agency. Street Car Manners In Berlin. The following occurrence to which my riend was an eye-witness will illustrate he prevailing tone of German men to romen as women : A young girl entered street car in one of the best streets in lerlin. The car had its usual complement of eighteen people, ten men and ight women. She quietly took her tending position. A man near her, lapping his hand on his knee, said : 'See here, Fraulein, you may sit here." Iho drew near the ladies present and aid not a word. This he repeated twice, rith some other insulting words, until he poor girl trembled and crimsoned pith shame. A married lady sitting tear with her daughter, rose to her feet, nd said : "Isthere not a man in this ar gentleman enough to protect this oung girl from the insult of this man, rho has not only insulted her but every ady in the car?" Profound silence. 'Then I will see what I can do," and orcing open the car door, she called the onductor, and stating the case, asked o have the man put out. With the Lsual feeling that a woman's opinion is lot worth anything, the conductor urned to the man for an answer, and ome'said : "Oh, it is not bad enough or that." When the lady insisted, one ingle man at the other end of the car ose, and said : " The lady is right; he fellow should be put out." I regret o say for the last ten years I have not ived in Germany, and I return to my lative land to blush over the rude, ill nannersof my countrymen. The fel? ? ? oOanAA/1 Knf fUo rtnndnAtnr had L> W wao OUCUWU) uuv vuu lot the moral courage to put him out The lady reported the conductor to the putliorities. Whether he will be repriuanded or not remains to be seen. Now . do not believe there was a single man n that car who would not have resented he insult had the girl been a relation, >r even an acquaintance, for as such it eould have touched his honor, but as imply a woman he acted on the prin tiple every one must look out for himelf. Such is the chivalrous attention of German5! to women. ?Berlin Corresponlence Cincinnati Gazette. Theatrical Salaries. A well informed New York reporter >uts the salaries of some of the leading heatrical people as follows: Clara Horns, $600 per week ; Fanny Daven>ort, $750; Rose Etyinge, $350; Ada Jyas, $250; Kate Claxton, $175; Teffreys-Lewis, $100; Effie Germon, >90; Mrs. Gilbert, $100; Mrs. John Jefton, $100 ; George Clarke, $150; John 3ilbert, $150; Wm. Davidge, $100; Tames Lewis, $150; Stuart Robson, ?150 ; Harry Beckett, $150 ; Charles R. Thorne, $150 ; John Brougham, $200 ; 3. J. Montague, $225; Charles Fisher, ?150; George Rignold got $250, gold, >er week, during his engagement; Sothern and Barrett get half the proceeds of the house after deducting excuses ; Edwin Booth gets half the rross receipts; George Fawcett Rowe jets $200 ; E. L. Davenport, $500 ; Joe Tefferson has received as high as $3,500 >er week ; Charlotte Cushman used to ?aaai'nfo Miea VaiIqab lttVU liftll I'UD y AlA MU WMV/WM) *1,000 a week ; Mr. and Mrs. Florence jet $500 a week together. The salaries >f leading actors outside of New York ange from $50 to $150 per week, and hose of minor actors from $15 to $50 a yeek. In New York small utility peo)le get from $25 to $40, the women laving their dresses supplied by the nanager. A good negro minstrel is isually paid from $30 to $100, and a rood Dutch comedian, like Gus Wiliams or George Knight, averages $150. Pallet girls are paid from $1 to $2 a light, and, of course, have their dresses ound them. Scene painters are among the* best laid theatrical folk. Isherwood, at iYallack's, gets $100 a week, while Roberts and Witham, of the Fifth Averne, get $150 and $125 a week respecively. Matt Morgan, Yoegtlin and Seary are paid by contract, so much a jcene, averaging about $240 a complete jet. Stage managers average from $40 /O $75 a week, and business managers, mtside of New York, $100 ; prompters jet about $25. Imperfect Drainage. Perhaps one of the worst effects from he want of proper ventilation is that resulting from the escape of sewer gases from the drains and sinks of our dwellmgs. The danger of .these foul emana;ions, carrying the germs of typhoid and liphtheria, cannot be too forcibly impressed upon the public ; and since of ate numerous severe cases of disease lirectly traceable to this miasma?not Forgetting the sickness of the Prince of Wales, occasioned by defective sewer pipes at Lownesborough lodge?have been prominently brought to notice, it is time that some active measure should be taken to prevent their entrance, rraps in a measure check the escape of these odors from cesspools and sewers, but these are likely to dry up. Often, too, there is pressure from below, and it has been found that the gases force themselves through the water in the traps, passing into our apartments, and are consequently absorbed into our systems. The only way effectually to prevent this is to have a vent in the soil pipe to allow the gases to pass off, by means of a small pipe conducted into the ventilating flue, or, if such is not at hand, into the smoke flue of the chimney. The leader pipes, when not connected with a cistern, would do for this purpose. They can either be joined to the soil pipe, in which case they would be thoroughly cleansed by a flow of rain, or, if connected with cesspool or sewer, they may act as direct ventilators from these. It is important, however, that their termination be not directly under an attic window, through wljich the odors might enter the house. Too Bad.?A child five years old ! recently died near Providence, Rhode! Island, who had seven grandmothers and | five grandfathers living. It is a wonder the little thing lived so long. Twelve grandparents would pet nuy child to death. A Western paper said : Talk about the wind blowing th-n grasshoppers away. One of them faced a gale for an hour, and then yanked a shingle off a house for a fan, saying it was awfully sultry. Life in Alaska. Alaska is determined not to be behind M the times in matters of popular interest, troit for not only the Indians, but also several year of the citizens, and at least one soldier, plete are engaged in the illicit manufacture of intei whisky, which is distilled of molasses or tion brown sugar. A corporal of the garrison whic was lately arrested, he having been re- nial ported by some jealous neighbor as a is ir manufacturer without license, but a thre< search failed to result in the capture of a ha] tho contraband fluid, and, though all the tains town well know that the man has dealt port; in the article, still legal evidence was T1 wanting, and he was liberated. The of V civilization of Indians in this remote an A section is making rapid progress, for soldi besides being manufacturers and sellers side of the liquor, which is known by the pain euphonious term Hoochnoo," they are The first-rate* experts in blackmail, as is cate< shown by the following : thos A young Sitka sub-chief has, by in- taoti dustry, cunning and perseverance, be- bell come moderately wealthy, being the acroi happy owner of several hundred brand net, new woolen blankets, which are the toml standard currency among them. His stan< riches excited the cupidity of a number a mi " ' ?1? m?Va fnn s oi young warriors, wiiu o^iocu nu mmo j the sub-chief "shell out " with some of arise his hoarded wool. One of the tribe sold: happened to be sick at the time, and the sent fated sub duly visited his declining the friend, who soon died. This was the theri signal for the conspirators, who at once ican impaneled a coroner's jury, which de- on 1 cided that the defurct man and brother flag, died only because the daily visitor had sign bewitched him I The young chief heard lauri ominous whisperings in the air, gathered resu his clan about him, retired to his house, T1 securely locked it, and intimated that he and was not at home to callers. The coro- as ol ner's jury in a body adjourned to the tion culprit's residence, whom they verbally The summoned to appear for indictment, abor trial and sentence. The young man de- are c clined, and with the rifles of hikjself and the clan marked out a dead line around his prop habitation. Then was organized a regu- ried lar siege. tion The rest of the tribe did not seem to tumi find anything concerning themselves the i about the matter, only a few of them ^od making bets on the result. The be- is th witching chief, meanwhile, called out to won some Indians passing by to inform the The military commander of his fix, that he P?rf might rescue him; but they did not resu consider that fair, and declined to meddle. All this took place within about one hundred paces of the garrison, to which the little affair was unknown for TJ some days. Three times the mighty is hi northern lights had fitfully illuminated 0) the seat of war before the blackmailed chas savage succumbed, having first settled out 1 the terms of surrender to his advantage. ]\i Ordinarily, life for life is their motto ; friei but, at option, a number of blankets ears may recompense the aggrieved surviv- T] ing relatives, and upon mutual agree- does mont the sub-chief forked over fifty be s Hudson Bay blankets. And then the Ai siege was raised and there was peace. 0my R M Fashion Notes. ca?r V] Buttoned shoes without heels are seen snpi on the most stylish children. give Dress suits for girls just in their teens ? are shown in colored grenadines, summer silks, and in white lawn embroidered. ^ Instead of sailor waists, the long one waisted blouse is now laid in side plaits, p. -? ^ ^ J wwaAlfc A V\/\H /V*? rtloA TTTAW HLHl IllilSllCU Willi a uuii) ui oaou num with a sash. Many mothers are returning to white This stockings, and cream colored or un- and bleached Balbriggans are chosen in pref- T1 erence to all others. on]j Dark solid colored stockings are pre- T< ferred to striped ones. Dark blue, men clocked, or embroidered with white or of w with red up each side, are shown in Y< lisle thread and in raw silk. beli< Among newly imported garments are sack aprons, such as French children P?8* have always worn. They are cut in sack shape, half high and square in the neck, and are without sleeves. aa^ Girls' polonaises are all buttoned be- a J?, hind. These are made in very straight , and plain designs, and show a return to *" m. the simplicity that used to belong to yer the clothing of young girls and chil- m, dren- cast Boys still in short clothes wear long T1 waisted plaited blouses and kilt skirts, that Soft light summer cloths of gray, T1 brown, or blue, also shepherd's check w of black and white twill, are the woolen one materials used for these suits. at oi *Tlie boy's hat is a sailor shape, and T1 the hair is worn in page style, with the enot front drooping over the forehead. Swiss straw hats for boys come in the sailor shape, also in Derby shapes, with round high crown and stiff curled brim. ipj Infants' long robes are from a yard to The: a yard and a quarter long, and the pref- that erence is given to those trimmed around this the bottom in rows of tuoks, insertion, The and lace rather than those with "robed" pear fronts trimmed from top to bottom. and Beautiful and fine yoke slips of white dest muslin, nee die-worked, are imported for pota -1- 1 1 n^Ui'nn nn cV?r??fc nlnfliAB TIPftT UiiliUIOU J'iOl pUHLUg Vii WA4V4, V VAVWMVW* ? The small sizes have clusters of fine coui tucks and embroidery above the hem, alar: while tne yoke is made of lengthwise an i tucks and rows of needlework. Qf tl The Centennial sash of red, white, and ^orc blue ribbon six or seven inches wide is a^e! one of the patriotic fancies of the year. It costs 81.75 a yard, and is worn tied ^h? low down around the hips, with two ^to deep loops and ends hanging behind in- y?UI stead of a stiff bow. Girls over twelve years wear their emr dress skirts to reach to their ankles. evei Those below twelve years wear shorter ?. skirts, falling well over the knee, and ^ showing two or three inches of the stocking above the boots. The drawers are not seen below the skirts, no mattej A what the child's age. self of "a den: A Missouri farmer, arrested unjustly was I for obtaining money by false pretenses, fom ! tried to kill himself in his cell, and his bod ! friends, who had alreadv insured his awa j speedy release, induced him to sign a wen promise that he would not repeat the at- was tempt. After his discharge he wrote day out his opinion that the agreement had cam terminated with his imprisonment, and m t] | hanged himself, and A Novel Piece of Mechanism. r. Andrew Qaudron, says the Do (Mich.) Tribune, after nearly a of constant labor, has abont com>d a complicated piece of mechanism ided to represent " The Resurrecof General Washington," and ih is to be exhibited at the CentenExposition. The whole apparatus iclosed in a cabinet nine feet high, 3 and a half feet broad, and two and If feet deep. The lower half coni the machinery, and in the upper [on the diorama is displayed. le scene is a fac simile of the tomb Washington. Upon one side stands merican and on the other a French ier of the present day, while at the and upon the recess beyond are ted allegorical figures and emblems, machinery, which is quite compli3, is operated by a spring similar to 0 used in a clock. When it is set in on a miniature cannon is fired, a is tolled, and a curtain, suspended 38 the face of the recess of the cabirises slowly, bringing to view the 3 and eentinel soldiers. The latter iatan "order.". In the course of nute or two the tomb opens,.and a nmile of the Father of his Country 8 therefrom. Simultaneously the iers face toward the tomb and prearms, and Washington performs usual military salutation. Then 9 descends from the clouds an Amer eagle, holding in its talons a staff, ;he end of which is an American and upon the other the national enof France, carrying in its beak a fl wreath, with which it crowns the rrected Washington, le machinery continues to revolve, the scene is reversed and repeated 'ten as it is desired, each representarequiring about three minutes, figures are made upon a scale of it three inches to the foot; the heads ?rved by Mr. Julius Melchers, and bodies are mintftely correct and erly proportioned. The guns carby the soldiers are in exact imitaof Springfield rifles, and the cos9 of the soldiers is patterned after iniforms of the armies of America France. The dress of Washington e same in color and style as that 1 by him at the battle of Trenton, inventor has spent many months in ecting this representation of the rrection of Washington. Chinese Maxims. ie sage does good as he breathes?it 8 life. e may be decorous without being te ; but one cannot be chaste with* being decorous. y books speak to my mind, my ids to my heart; all the rest to my lie wise man does not speak of all he i, but he does nothing that cannot poken of. btention to small things is the eoonof virtue. fiilery is the lightning of calumny, an may bend to virtue, but virtue tot bend to man. irtue does not give talents, but it flies their place. Talents neither virtue nor supply the place of it. e who finds pleasure in vice and in virtue is a novice both in one the other. ae may do without mankind, but has need of a friend, jremony is the smoke of friendship, the heart does not go with the head, best thoughts give only tne ugnt. i is why science is so little persuasive probity so eloquent, ae pleasure of doing good is the one that never wears out. ) cultivate virtue is the science of ; to renounce science is the viitne omen. m must listen to your wife, and not ive her. one is not deaf or stupid, what a I tion is that of a father-in-law! If l a wife and daughter in-law, one has sisters and sisters-in-law, daughters nieces, one ought to be a tiger to be to hold out. ae happiest mother of daughters is who has only sons, le minds of women are of quicksiland their hearts of wax. le most curious women willingly down their eyes to be looked at. ae tongues of women increase by all they take from their feet, ae finest roads do not go far. hen men are together they listen to another, but women and girls look ae another. le most timid girl has courage igh to talk scandal. The New Jersey Potato Crop. lie Trenton (N. J.) Gazette says : re seems to be no reason to doubt the New Jersey potato crop will year be a certain and total failure. Colorado bugs have already aped in myriads all over the State, are everywhere prosecuting their ructive onslaught upon the young ,to plants. They never before aped so early as this, nor in such ltless numbers. This strange and ming Rocky mountain pest puts in appearance at the very beginning le potato season, and in such vast les as to make it seem hopeless to mpt to] contend with them. It jably is a hopeless undertaking, y are everywhere attacking the poplants, and even the roots and ug tubers, in swarming hosts, and t voracious energy that is disheart tg. We hear of their ravages in 7 part of the State, and there seems reason to doubt that they will con;e the campaign by successive broods, ;he summer. boy named Fairchild drowned himnear Mazeppa, Minn., through fear . whiDDinff from his father for a mis leanor at school. Wnen his father notified that the body had been id, he went to the spot, gazed at the y, seemed greatly agitated, and we at y. Neither he nor any of the family t near it afterward, and the body buried by the neighbors. The next he carried a grist of grain to mill, e back by the bnryiDg ground juat tie body was being Interred, atopped looked a moment, and droyt home. Improvements of the Age. Twenty years ago one of the most I offensive refuse products from manufac- pos turing industry was that known as gas i tar. It was surreptitiously got rid of by $5fi throwing it into the rivers, and formed a jt the ghaBtly blue patches known as j "blue belly." This substance, by the 0QL aid of the chemist's art, has been lifted ^ie up from its lowly place, and now stands forth as the source of some of the most _ Useful products in the arts; but its hor rible color and odor have been transmuted into the most beautiful dyes and 80 1 the most delicious flavors. The oflfen- * sive refuse, this poor rejected Cinderella, the has now become the queen of the by- Tb products of our manufactures. Instead fell of its being furtively put out of sight, * factories have sprung up alongside of " \ the gas works to enable the chemist to flsl transmute their gas tar and ammoniacal ? I liquors into a score of different by-pro- sm ^a A# nVinllv tliffarant nftfriTAfl ftnd i UUUI/O VI TTUViijr UUiViVUV MV.WVM wwy j the cnrions thing is, that many of them are, as if by magic art, elevated from ^ this dire nuisance into materials which un appeal to the sense of beauty and delicacy in every form. Among other products of gas tar as of insufferable smell i is benzole, which, with nitric acid, Pr< produces nitro-benzole, a body resem- ^ 1 bling in odor bitter almonds. It is , v greatly used for the purpose of perfum- f ing soap. Benzole itself is a body of great solvent powers, and one of the do: most effective removers of grease stains Ca known; whereas the source from which rej it springs is one of the greatest soilers on' in existence. Naphtha is a product of * this tar?the source of light in many sh< factories removed from gas works; when ne: treated with turpentine it is transmuted soi into camphene, and illuminates our ge drawing-rooms. Naphtha is also used A in dissolving the various gums, resin, ap: etc., India rubber and gutta percha, and np by its instrumentality a hundred new sub- on stances are thereby introduced to tne world. Aniline, the base of the dyes , bearing that name, is obtained from the ^ action of nascent hydrogen, or nitro- wa benzole. It seems almost incredible ^ that the delicate tones of color known QQ under that name should issue from so foul a source; but so it is. The arts would, indeed, be deprived of one of their most beautiful embellishments if this new agent had not been discovered. A brilliant yellow is again produced by the action of nitric acid. Carbolic acid J?1 is converted into carbazotic acid. Even "c red dyes, but of a very ephemeral char- 1 acter, are produoed from naphthaline. 12i Almost all the colors of the rainbow is- rel sue from it; but the absence of all cotor, Tb lampblack, is made by burning with roi slight access of air the least volatile oom- wi ponents of gas tar. Among the light oils of tar are some which, mixed with thi the heavy oils, are effective in preserv- ba incr wood from rotting, and the tar creo- sti sote, carbolic acid, which is a most ta] powerful antiseptic, and one which will thi come^greatly into use now that the liu nation; is becoming more careful of its health. tif Labor in a Post-Office. A reporter who has been investigating ^ the work of the New York post-office dr employees, states that there are dropped t?i into the various letter boxes, in the ke main building, in the branch offices, and in the street boxes, on an average, each day, 259,976. All these are to be assorted and distributed and sent to the | persons to whom they are directed, through the proper channels. There are received in the mails a daily average of 19,273. Letters are dispatched for { 338 post-offices and r inety-two rentes in J 624 bags or pouches, and weighing 4,368 pounds. The paper mails are, of 1 course, very much more bulky than the Et letter mails, as a glance at the official 1 figures will show. There are an average lnl of 1,473 sacks received daily for distribution, making a weight of 103,110 Eg pounds. The average number of sacks dispatched daily to 308 post-offices over ' 128 routes, is 653, weighing 15,500 pounds. There are distributed 839 sacks Br of second class, and 634 sacks of third ' class newspaper matter. This makes a W total of 279,249 letters; 1,277 bags and i pouches, weighing 117,754 pounds of ?f( domestic mail matter handled daily. The foreign mail matter is by no means hl< a small item. The average number of ' letters received daily by steamers is Ai 24,689, weighing 502 pounds, contained ' in twenty bags. The average number of Ca bags of paper mail is forty-nine, weigh ing 1,779 pounds. The number of letters dispatched by steamers rather ex- . ' ceeds the amount received. The avetage daily number of letters received is ' 30,029, weighing 556 pounds. The aver-1 ha age number of bags of papers dis- 1 - ~ 1 1 iAA 1 on patched is forty-live, weignmg i,s?v ? pounds. The amount of mail matter handled in an the course of a year will thus be seen to be perfectly enormous. The number of Ai letters handled in the year 1875 was Pc 224,739,000. The number of bags and pouches carried was 509,760. The nam- Ei ber of pounds of mail matter handled as and dispatched was 47,262,960, or, in other words, 2,109,600 tons. by ? - ^ Marvelous Mechanism. an Some marvels of human ingenuity ?e may be seen at the London scientific m, exhibition. Thus, a machine, loaned by Sir W. Armstrong, the great gun- 1 maker, measures thickness up to the one-thousandth part of an inch, and an other, on the same principle, to the one- < millionth part. The delicate balance of Mr. Oertling carries 3,000 grains, and m]turas distinctly with the one-thousandth tj0 part of a single grain. AmoDg the his ^ torical instruments is the chronometer pa sent by the Royal United Service Insti- p0 tufcion, which was twice carried out by Capt.. Cooke, and again by Opt. Osligh sn in 1787. When the crew of the Bounty mutinied, this veteran timekeeper was ^ carried to P^cairn's island by the mu- yG tineers, and sold by Adams in 1808 to an American captain who touched there. DU He sold it in Chili, and in 1840 it was fl bought at Valparaiso by Sir Thomas jaj Herbert, taken to ChiDa by him, and ^ finally brought back to England. w ? at A little son of Eli Ellerbe, while play- au ing in a yard a few days ago in Ivock- wd iugham, N. O., was attacked by a roos- ee< Iter, whioh pecked the little fellow's bn heed *o badly that it caused hie death, sn Items of Interest. n what key would a lover write a prolal of marriage f? Be mine, ah! L Buffalo liwyer sued the Express for 000 for calling him a " shyster," and lry awarded him $15.. lew York city directory, for 1876,' tains 250,000 names, against 850 in directory ninety years ago. lu' exchange says that the empress geuio has just turned 60. Whioh way she turn it? So : g t or so : ? ? or : 09? 'Will the coming man steal?" asks 1 Chicago Tidies. Probably not. _ xt. ere won't be anything ior uie pwi low to take. ' Now, waiter, what's to pay ?" Vhat have you had. sir!" "Three 1." " Only brought up two, sir." had three?two trout, and one elt." Edward Dolan, a conductor on the chigan Central railroad, has gone mad ;h joy on discovering that his wife had expectedly inherited a fortune of 50,000. 1 resident of Gloucester, Mass., is sparing to cross the Atlantio alone in sloop-rigged boat fifteen feet long, e and a half feet wide and two and a If feet deep. The pigeon shooting match in Lonn between Ira Paine of New York and ptain Patten, the English crack shot, raited in a tie?each killing twentye out of thirty bird-*. "I could kill you for two oents," Dated an enraged man to an offending ighbor. It was an ugly threat but it inded good. It shows that we are bting down to c nte bellum prices, k down East editor says : The ladies' ring hats are pretty, and worn on the per edge of the left ear, which makes e look arch and piquant, like a chicken >king through a crack in the fence. "Are you a professional drummer?" d a country merchant to a chap who s traveling that section with patent 5k hammers for sale. "No, sir, Tm t," was the reply. * I'm only a hamjr-tour salesman.'1 A girl in Pittsfield having been struck mb by the firing of a cannon, one of 9 papers of that city declares that a mberof married have,inconsequence, rited the artillery companies to prace near their premises. The Long Island railway company pot 0 newly imported Chinamen at work laying the rails o f the Rockaway branch, le Celestials live in the cars along the ate and receive seventy cents per day, th which they ere amply satisfied. "John," said a fond little wife, enasiastically, pointing out to her husnd a little shop in a fashionable eet, " when you die, I'm going to te the life insurance money and buv at little place and set up*as a miler." Although the ccmel b%j the most beauul eyes of all quadrupeds, it boasts of ly teeth and a vile temper. Two unspecting keepeis at the London CrysPalaoe lately found this out when a omedary suddenly attacked them, and re the ankle joint of one out of its soct, so that the foe t had to be amputated. Whence They Originated. 3pinach is a Persian plant. Horseradish is a native of England. Melons came from Asia. Filberts came from Greece. Quinces came from Corinth. The turnip came from Borne. rhe peach came from Persia. Sage is a native of .the south of trope. Sweet marjoram is a native of PorzaL The bean is said to be a native of TP1Damsons came from Damascus. The nasturtian came from Peru. The gooseberry is indigenous to Great itain. rhe pea is a native of the East and est Indies. Apricots are indigenous to the plains Armenia. ? The encumber was a tropical vegetaJ. Capers grew wil d in Greece and North rica. The walnut is a native of Persia, the ucusesand China. Pears were brought from the East by 9 Romans. The clove is a native of the Malaooa ands, as also is the nutmeg. Cherries were known in Asia as far ck as the seventeenth century. Garlic came to us first frtrai Sicily d the shores of the Mediterranean. Asparagus was a wild sea coast plant, d is a native of Great Britain. The tomato is a native of South nerica, and takes its name from a >rtuguese word,. Parsley is said to have come from ?ypt, and mythology tells us it was ed to adorn the head of Hercules. Apples were bvought from the East ' the Romans. The crab-apple is in?enon8 to Great Britain. The cantaloupe is a native of America, d so called from the name of a place ar Borne where it was first cultivated Europe. The onion first came from India. Cloves come to us from the Indies. Frozen to Death in May. Two Swedes, crossing the Snowy tnge, Colorado, on foot, left the Sumt House, in Berthond pass, and started wn the west slope. Both carried bun38 of blankets and provisions, each ck weighing seventy-five or eighty unds. Two days afterward one rerned to the Summit House. He was owblind, frostbitten, and had barely rength enough w walk. He reported at his companic n had frozen to death, on after leaving the Summit the storm b in, and they became bewildered, bombed with cold, and lost their way. ley threw away their blankets to facilie their zpovemouts, and the matches th which they- were provided, being it, refused to ignite. A party of men Snmmi went down the trail, or road, d found the dead Swede. The snow is so deep that the removal of the body smed out of the question then, so they ried it temporarily under six feet of ew, ^? i