Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, July 06, 1876, Image 1
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Standard and Commercial.
VOL. IY. NO. 31. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876. $2.00 per Amnm. Single Copy 5 Cents.
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A Country School. Su?
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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
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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
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A MAN AND A BROTHER. 0l
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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
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*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
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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
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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,
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