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' floth-Eaten.
I bad a beautiful garment,
And I laid it by with care ;
I folded it cioae wtti lavender leaves
Iu a napkin due and fair ;
44 It is far too costly aerobe." I said,
41 For one like me to wear."
I
ISo never at morn or eveniDg
I put my garment on ;
It lay by itself under clasp aDd key
In the perfumed dusk alone.
Its wonderful broidery hidden
Tiil many a day had gone.
There were guests who came to my portal,
There were friends who eat with me.
And clad in soberest.raiment
I bore them company;
I knew that I owi.'ed a beautiful robe,
? Though its splendors none might see.
4
There were poor who stood at my portal,
There were orphaned sought my care ;
I gave them the tenderest pity,
But had nothing besides to spare ;
I had only the beautiful gaiment,
And the raiment for daily wear.
At la?t, on a fea-jt-dsy'e coming,
I thought in my drees to shine;
I would please myself with the luster
Of its shifting colors fine ;
I won'd walk with pride in the marvel
Of its .arely rich design.
So out from the dust I bore it?
The lavender fell away?
And fold on fold I held it up
To the searching light of day.
A'aa ! t'ie glory had perished
TT7Ivila sKavA ir> ifo v\1oaa if lor
lHUiO wJ_itic iu jvo Jk/iavv <v <??,
Who seeks for the fadeless beauty
Must seek for the use that seals
To the grace 0f a constant blessing
The beauty that uso reveals,
| For into the fo.'ded robe alone
The moth with its blighting steals.
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A NIGHT LODGER.
\
When I was in my twelfth year, papa
ami mamma made np their minds to
take a pleasure trip to the "Far West."
This was something unusual; they sel
dom left home. Well, they went, aDd
iay two sisters, two brothers and myself
had a gay time housekeeping."
One day, all except myself and onr
se. vaat girl were invited to a dinner
party. I confess I dreaded to have
them go.
'Kate, we will bring yon any amount
of candy."
" Now, pet, you know you and Sally
can stay here just as well as not.v
*' Don't be a baby," Kitty "?were the
words directed to me.
{ Finally I resignedly bade them '* get
_ out of my sight."
Sally and 1 were good friends; she
told me stories and sang songs till i began
to think it was quite a tine thing to
be left at home.
Tired of staying in the house, I sauntered
down the front walk, and amused
myself by indulging in a forbidden
pleasure?swirfgiug on the gate.
Looking down the road, I spied a man
oom ng along. I flew to the house, and,
satisfied that he was coming in, I ran to
Sally. Seizing her dress with both
hands, I exclaimed:
Oh, Sally ! there is a dreadful look
ing man coming in."
Sally picked up the poker and walked
to the door, while I, imitating her example,
snatched a stick of wood. Suddenly
Sally cried:
44 Yon iittle goose, it is Bill McCarty
!"
Sure enough, it was Sally's beau. Her
mother was very sick, and McCarty was
sent to bring Sally home immediately.
Here was a dilemma. Sally didn't
want to leave me, and unless she started
home then, she might not see her mother
alive. It was nearly time for the rest
of the folks to come home, so I managed
to raise courage enough to say I was
willing to remain alone.
In a few minutes Sally was off, and I
was left in possession of our great
hou?o, which never seemed so large to
me before. I tried to read, but it was
impossible; all the murder stories I had
ever he >rd came to my mind.
I remembered that none of our doors
could be locked. Papa, who had a few
strangf ideas, declared locks were a
nuisance. I felt that I was doomed.
I svent out to the yard, and, to my
dismay, discovered that the sky was
overcast aud a *torm near at hand. I
could see tli9 rain comiug; faster and
faster it came; it wa3 soon at the house.
Oh, how it did rain !
On each side ot our yard was a brook,
pretty and peaceful in pleasant weather,
but a very little rain transformed them
both h io ragi jg torrents.
>" 1 afoo 1 at the window I saw fir't
OLo.~r:Jge, and then the otiier, swept
off. I knev now that 1 must stay alone
all right; it wordd tv? imrvvsible for my
br<> h rs and sisters to get home.
Ci 'ltt nr? fV.
1.; 5' V i"I P, ' " f /?? l 7i". J i J t.UiVU tiu LUI
44 iutuj-'t is," o?t< 11 stopped at our house
over ni^ht, there wa. no public house
near, lb my horror, I now paw one of
them coming across the fields. Should
I hiur ? No, that was not to be thought
of. Without stopping to kt ock, the
great rough man walked in.
44 Can 1 stay here all night?"
I dared not ri fuse him, so, as firmly
as I could, answer* d :
44 Yes."
He seemed surprised at seeing no one
but myself, and questioned me much.
I told him my brother was up stairs
writing ; that we two were alone, ihat
was the first thing that entered my
head to tell him. Such a villainous
countenance that mau had !
His hair was cut close to his head,
leaving his huge *ars in bold relief.
Wicked looking eye-, and a brutal
month, completed his general expression
of fer<x*ity.
Bedtime came, and I directed the man
to a room up stairs in the servauts' department,
not the 44up stairs" where I
iiad said my brother was.
Now that there was real danger, I
was calm and reasonable. I fastened
the door that led up stairs with my embroidery
scissors, which happened to b?in
my pocket, so a* to guard against surprise,
and* hurriedly collecting our silverware,
^ parr-ed it to'mamma's roo jt and hid it
\ N DA
in the bed. No one would have sup
posed the bed had been disturbed.
I vr\s elated at my ingenuity.
I then hunted up what jewels the girl.*
possessed, and placing them, with wlia
money I could find,in a box, I tied them ii
my pocket. After doing this, I stole dowi
j stairs and removed my scissors fron
the door. These scissors were countec
among my most valuable treasures,
had had them many years, and had n<
intent ion of losing them now.
I expected the man would only wai
till he thought I and my flotation
brother was asleep, and would thei
search the house for valuables, an<
finish by killing me.
Only one plan for escape that I origi
| nated seemed feasible. I determined h
j wait till 1 heard my lodger in the room
I below, and then wrap myself in papa'
j shawl, and jump out of the window,
was net kept long iu suspense; the pe
culiar squeak of the sitting-room doo
warned me that it was time to act
Qnielly I raised the window, and just a
the stops approached the stairs, I jump
ed to the ground. Fortunately, ther
: was a bed of lilies directly beneath th
; window, and they softened my fall.
That there was danger of breaking m
| neck I had not thought. I was deter
i mined to escape.
j It was as dark as Egypt, the rain wa
! pouring down in torreuts, but this wa
nothing in comparison with the horrc
within the house.
Half a mile back of our house lived
friend pf papa's?Mr. Vincent. I re
j solved to go there. I ran aloDg, stun
j bling against fences and falling int
j ditches, thinking I never knew such
j long half mile.
j Finally 1 reached the house, and mar
: aged :o tell my story. Several youn
} men happened to have been delaye
| there by the storm, and, headed b
j Henry Vincent, a youDg man of som
| twenty-two years, they prepared to caj
! tnre my visitor.
I was too excited to remain at Mi
| Vincent's. I declared I would go bac
j home. They all tried to pt rsuade m
j not to do this except Henry Vincenl
who said " such a little heroine shoul
do as she pleased." With my han
tightly clasped in Henry's, we started
When we came within sight of oa
house, we saw a light flitting from roor
I to room, and a few words of boisterou
I soi.g floated to us on the breeze. Si
! lently my friends surrounded the house
| guarding every avenue of escape. HeDr
i and I (L would not let him leave me fu
i a moment) entered the house. W
; found the vagabond searching papa'
! desk.
Ho had found several hundred dollar
j that I had not seen, when preparing fc
flight. He started to run when he sai
uj, but finding men and revolvers on ai
sides, he was obliged to surrender.
He was safely bound, and then ques
tioned. It appeared he was a note
thief who had long baffled the police.
He said wheu he learned the hous
was occupied ODly by two individuals h
was much elated. He did not intend t
proceed to acts of violence, unless m
brother aud I troubled him too nmcL
When he found the house deserted, h
concluded I had not told him the trut
?that I was alone. Not finding me, h
supposed I had hid, and he would nc
huut for me.
Lifting me into his lap, Henry Vir
; oent jailed me the " bravest little worn#
' he ever knew." All the others praise
! and flattered me, till I began to thin
: men were greater talkers than womer
I All that night we staid there, but b<
fore morning I was " raving like a mac
, man." Three long weeks I remaine
j unconscious.
j When I became sensible, anxiou
j faces were bending over me. Papt
mamma, and all the folks were at m
, bedside.
" What is the matter ?" I asked.
In a moment that dreadful day cam
I to my remembrance.
"Oh, I know," said I, with a shuc
dor.
It was a long, long time before I re
gained my strength.
Every person petted and praised me
I war the heroine of the neighborhood
Henry Vincent never tired of descanl
; iug upon my bravery, and devoted bin:
i self to me in a manner that would hav
! been very aggravating to his lady friend
! had I been a few years older.
My "lodger" was sent to prison t
' meditate for some years.
Harriet's llumor.
When Garrick was in Paris Prcville
| the celebrated French actor, invito
j him to his villa, and, being in a ga;
humor, he proposed to go in one cf th
hired coaches that regularly plied be
tween Paris and Versailles, on whicl
j road Preville's villa was situated. Whei
| they got in Garrick ordered the coach
] man to drive on, but the driver repliei
that lie could not until he got his com
! pliment of foar passengers. A capric
I immediately seized Garrick. He de
, terra ined to give his brother player
! specimen of his art. While the coach
| man was attentively looking out fo
! passengers Garrick slipped out at th
j opposite door, went round the coacli
; and by his wonderful command c
j facial expression, palmed himself o:
| upon the driver as a stranger. This h
| did twice, and was admitted into th
i coach each time as a fresh passenger, t
A1- J - ?1 "*>'1 r
lilt} aSlUXiiSUUifUb nuvi o(uiiianvu v
Preville. Garrick slipped out a thir
time aud addressed himself to th
driver, who said, in a surly tone, thr
he had "got his compliment.'* II
would have driven off withont Garric
had not Preville called out that as th
strange^ appeared to be a very litt 1
I man they would* accommodate him an
j make room for him.
Those Spoons.?Tommy (who hp
I been allowed a seat at table on the oect
! sion of a tea party, and is scrutinizin
i the engraving on his teaspoon, which i
I odd)?" Why, mother, these spoon
! were on Aunt's Jane's supper table th
j other night, when Cousin Fred had hi
j party.'* A "look" from the materrt
j and a smile all around.
The most infallible way of preventin
I a kitchen door from creaking is said t
! be to engage a servant girl whose sweel
( heart to the JUonae to see her,
FOR'
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BEAUFORT, S. <
What he Wanted.
There are men in every locality who
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^ think tlat wnenever tney move we
. event is worthy of notice in public print.
One of these, with a personal mention
1 thirst, engaged the attention of an at1
tendant in a New Orleans office at an
| early hour. He stepped in suddenly,
r wearing a long linen duster and carrying
a palmleaf fan, and said :
"I am going away."
. "Glad to hear it," said Bates, who
evidently did not comprehend the case,
or else he felt pleasure that the visitor
, was about to travel.
" Most everybody 'round here knows
me," ventured the tourist.
' 44 Yes, sir, I reckon they do."
44 Any of the reporters about ?"
44 Not yet," said Bates, 44 they are so
x powerfully hard worked nights, they
are most generally late in the morn*
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r
44 Ah! I thought they might mention
* me in the paper, I am so well known."
8 Bates mistook the character of his
customer at once. He thought he be?
longed to the numerous class who
e wish to be left out on account
of the feelings of an old ana influential
J family, and so said, soothingly :
44 If you have only been on a simple
dnrnk I reckon they won't pnt you in
s the paper, nohow. You might leave a
,s note to the boss, and ask him to snpr
press you."
The man laughed at the simplicity of
a Bates, but he left a memorandum for
J" the reporter to the effect that44 our old
l" j and esteemed friend, the courteous and
? i ever popular Washington Smith, loft
a the city laet night by the reliable Skimmer
Handle line, for the purpose of
l" voting the Centennial, etc." It was
? further intimated that Smith expected
to be absent some weeks, and that he
y should have a new stock of goods on his
return, and tnat ne nau paray ueumcu
to purchase a tall hat and a red necktie
in New York if successful in his under,*
takings."
" Here," said Mr. Smith, " hand that
e to the reporter, with ' my complipliments."
1 "Yes, sir," said Bates; who also re.
marked to himself: " I'm most certain
. they'll leave that mau out. He don't
r look like he could be blamed for anyQ
thing nowhow, he's so respectable like,
8 and it's like enough the other mau
1 struck him first."
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r | The Grasshopper Described.
6 '
A Western journal says : The grass!
hopper as a champion multiplyist has no
R I equal. He lays (speaking generically
r and not to put to fine a point upon it)
an egg which is about the size and shape
I of a long primer 0. In fact, he lays
several of them. From August 1 until
winter he is actuated by a reckless ambij
tion to bore holes in the ground, of the
size of a pipe stem, and to fill these
e holes with cream colored 00. Ana
e though ho is small he attends to his biz,
0 and is a triumphant success. In stature
he is about a match for a sixpenny stub
1 | nail, in form he is like unto a lynchpin,
* j and he wears a green sealing-wax head
k j on him and a pair of glass eyes, so that
0 ! with his long tailed duster on he looks
j like an unsophisticated and near sighted
i schoolmaster. But unsophisticated isn't
t j what's the matter with him. And nu^
| meration is his best mathematical hold.
^ i He will stand himself bolt upright like
k ! a peg in one of those holes aforesaid,
( and view the heavens with an air of eub"
lime serenity and wooden headed unconsciousness.
Uan't Trnn fnnl vnnrself?he knows
(1 I " J ? J ?
I just what he is about. He prefixes himself
like a figure 1 in the business, and.
I adopting the decimal system of nota'
tion, calmly places a 0 where it will do
^ ! the most good. That stands for 10, and
before you can dot and carry one ho has
! added another cipher to that, and he
i now reads 100. About this time you be[
! gin to discover what sort of a rooster he
i is, and you entertain a degree of awe for
, i him not inspired by front view of his
i rreeu goggles. Reasoning a posteriori
, ! y v.u discover that he is a dangerous
j' I neighbor. But while you stand amazed
/ : he rapidly suffixes fifteen or twenty
* j more 000, carrying his problem into the
B j million millions, and has sealed and
B j cemented it up ready to be fired at you
I next spring. In two minutes and a
| quarter he has give a you a problem that
i with all your powers of multiplication
1 cannot be solved or equated. He comj
pounds his interest at 100 per cent, every
j five seconds, puts a snap judgment on
i your cornfield, and forecloses before you
! can say Jack Robinson.
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y:
e Fast Stage Driving.
tj ! A Santa Barbara correspondent of the
Q Louisville Courier-Journal has seen the
"fastest stage driver in California."
3 This is the breezy story: The tallest
time I ever made was when a wager of
e ' 810,000 was pending between the old
). | California stage company and the Pioa
i neer stage company. I drove for the
t_ ' California. The track was from Vir,r
ginia City to San Francisco. Old Lent
e j telegraphed me to drive him fifty-five
1} ' miles on the way. I strapped myself
>f i on the box, and Lent and two fellows
ff' jumped into the stage and I laid my
e ! whip on. There was six horses, as fiue
e flesh as you evef seen. Them horses
0 ! were worth 810,000. I just laid the
>f ! whip on every jump. I never took off
d the whip during tho whole fifty miles.
e ; We were going down grade, down the
Sierras. The road was pretty rocky,
c ! and sometimes I didn't skip the chasms,
k 1,000 feet deep, by more than two
e ! inches. It makes my flesh crawl now to
e j think of it, but then I was just nerved
d up to do anything, and we come down
! that grade a-flukin. Taylor was to drive
| the next fifty miles, and he starts down
I the road and me after him, and we run
is each other five miles before we could
i- check up and change passengers. I was
g black and blue all over, but I made
is , fifty miles in four hours, the time's on
is I record, or I wouldn't tell it. That's the
e i fastest time ever made with a stage
is I coach. The California beat by one hour
il and twenty minutes the whole distance.
Lots of Visitors.?Thirty thousand
g ! visitors from "Massachusetts were estio;
mated as present on the Centennial
b j grounds on the day set apart for that
| State.
T RO"
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0., THURSDAY, Of
Fashion Notes.
Shoulder shawls of Iceland wool.
Straight linen collars are again talked
about.
It is not admissible to mix crape and
embroidery.
Amber beads are much sought after
in a hay fever season.
Novelties in jewelry are composed of
gold shot with platina.
Worth uses for traveling mantles the
largest buttons he can find.
Double capes, popular two years ago,
are coming in favor again.
Abroad at the present time there is a
decided taste for small shawls.
Art needlework, both as applied to
furniture and dress, is decidedly the
fashion.
Either black sicilienne or blue or
cream Indian cashmere are used for the
cardinal oapes.
Variegated leaves are arranged as
ohatelaines across the skirts and bodices
of evening dresses.
Plain gros grain costumes, trimmed
with dice check satins and silks, are
counted among the novelties.
The Marie Antoinette mantelet simulates
sleeves, has long square ends, and
at the back does not desoend lower than
j the waist.
The new style of wearing a shawl is
to fold it us a scarf and to sew at each
side an agraffo of silver, fastening it aa
mantle.
A knotty ecru material, trimmed with
broad bands of red and black embroidery
edged with ecru lace, is advised for an
effective costume.
A new model for a dressy polonaise is
cut after the style known as the Queen
of Navarre," with a lacing in front of
narrow satin ribbon.
Seaside mantles and capes are made of
white cloth and trimmed with black
braid three inches wide, black lace, and
bows of black satin ribbon.
'' Drap zephir " is a new cloth showing
silk stripes of bright colors; as for
instance, a gold stripe on a brown
grouud, a red stripe on a navy bine
ground, etc.
A unique costume, worn on the occasion
of the unveiling of the statue of
the late Prince Consort, consisted of an
clabo ate steel cuirass over a rich silver
gray poult de soio dress, trimmed with
velvet and steel.
A widow wears the distinctive crape
dress and widow's cap for a year and a
day, and heavy crape for six months
longer. Daughters wear crape for six
months, black for three and half-mourning
three. Sisters wear crape three
months, black two and half and mourning
one month.
At a recent wedding the six bridesi
maids were attired in cream colored
| dresses trimmed with blue, each wearing
i a massive gold locket, with a raised jeweled
enameled monogram of the bride
aud bridegroom, presented by the bridegroom.
The jewels worn by the bride
were pearls and diamonds.
Luck .*u lumbers.
Gibson, the famous sculptor, had a
curious faith in mystic numbers, in
three and seven especially. J. H. Freeman,
in Appletons' Journal, relates a
story of this peculiarity told him by
Miss Harriet Hosmer, Gibson's favorite
pupil. She had arranged a journey
with him to Switzerland, and they had
fixed to meet at the railway station in
the morning. Gibson had brought his
valise, caipet bag and a hat box. As
they were quitting the baggage-room for
the cars, Miss Hosmer observed that
Gibson was forgetting his hat box. Sue
caught it up to give it to him, when the
cover fell off and she perceived it was
empty, "You are leaving your hat behind
you," said she, "for it is not in
your box." "No," he replied, "I did
not intend to bring it." "Oh," responded
she, "I suppose you intend to
buy a new one, and have brought your
case to save purchasing another." "No,
I have plenty of hats." " Well, then,
in the name of common sense, why do
? ~ nr>r>A/>nonn rr?
J'UU IjriLlg IU13 uuuowooroij utuiu
brance?" "Well, you see, Miss Hatty,
my valise counts one, my carpet bag
makes two, and I bring my hat box to
complete the trio. I always travel with
three pieces."
How She Escaped.
The fat woman, who was at the sea
cow and learned hog show near the Centennial
grounds, gives the Philadelphia,
Item the following account of her escape
from the recent fire r The front
stairs were on fire; I had to go down the
back way. Now, the front stairs were
; built especially for me, of wood six
inches thick, while the back stops were
only fit for common light people like
yourself. The first step I took crash
went the wood, and J came near going
myself. The liog was sqealing awfully,
and both the sea cows were roaring like
mad bulls, but I wasn't frightened a bit.
I got a long smooth board that was in
the room and placed it on the stairway.
I tucked up my dress, and slid down
gracefully. I smashed everything at the
bottom, and got my foot wedged. Just
as I got free a noble fireman rushed into
the building. "Rescue me, rescue
ue!" I cried. He came toward me, and
I threw myself into his arms. He fell
with a shriek. My weight had broken
both his legs."
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How he Shot.
Old Daniel Boone strayed in npon a
lot of men shooting at a mark, and rather
sneered at their work. They did not
know him, but challenged him for the
best two shots in three. Daniel blazed
away off hand (tbero were neither rests
nor telescopic sights in those days), and
put a ball exactly in the center of the
powder spot. He fired again, and the
boys set up a laugh, for ho did not even
hit the tree. Then he took more deliberate
sight, and now they fairly
shouted?missed the tree again. Then j
Daniel called them np to the tree, and
asked one of them to cut out his first
bnllet. It was done, and there were all
three atop of each other in the one hole j
made by the first. And then the bnys
stopped laughing.
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"TOBEll 19, 1876.
A ' MEDIUM ? CONFESSES.
How JcDDinct Fooled the Rochester People?Some
Ingenious Tricks.
C. L. Jennings, whose pretended
srriritnalistic seances have attracted much
attention in Rochester, Elmira, and
elsewhere, has made a full confession of
the manner in which he deceived the
public. He has made the following
statements under oath :
The cabinet wliioh I used was partitioned
by a wire screen, having the
aperture in the vacant end or side in
whicb J did not sit. I saw that I could
not stand this test at all, and that something
must be done. I decided to get
an accomplice, that we might consult
together about what was to be done.
Often at the midnight hour we have
gone to my room to plan what we should
do, and see if any alterations could be
made in the cabinet. We decided to remove
a small strip running aoross the
top of the door and forming a part of
the casing. Our idea was to hollow out
a space which would extend up into the
cornice of the cabinet, large enough to
hide some false faces and beards, and
have the piece we removed fixed to work
securely with a spring. So we hollowed
out a small space. We then replaced
the piece, fixing it firm enough io hold
in case of investigation. I had my acc
>mplice paint me a couple of faces, one
of a man and the other of a woman. I
then got a small piece of wire, which I
twisted up to put in my pocket, and told
them I would shut the wire door, as Mr.
! Cutter, the control, said he thought I
was strong enough to materialize
through the screen. I entered the cabI
inet and the singing and music commenced.
I straightened out the wire,
attached one of the faces to it, then
rolled i he face up, poked it through the
screen, and then unrolled it by turning
the wire. I also had a piece of thick,
dark worsted cloth, which I used as a
beard for myself. On this night two
* ? J ?* 'VWAA nnn of oonh
IilCCN lippfHri'U tt b ULiV^j VUO cm u vt*vu
aperture, which almost threw the audience
into ecstasies.
My accomplice was concealed in a
closet opening off the cabinet. At the
end of the closet was simply the scantling
and sideboards. Leaving just
space enough for my accomplice to
stand, we placed a false end in the
closet, which swung on hinges. From
the closet it was impossible to detect a
deception. A committee appointed
marcned in with sealing wax and a candle,
and sealed up the closet door and
the window. This disconcerted me, and
so the conditions were pronounced bad,
and no manifestations were given; but,
instead, I gave them a short lecture on
Spiritualism, and stated that the next
night, probably, everything would be
nil right. The question was how to get
my accomplice out of the clo?et. After
all had gone 1 returned, and, heating a
knife, unsealed the door. By this
means no one could see that it had been
done. We consulted together as to
what we could do, and ho struck upon a
plan which we adopted and worked successfully.
We sealed all the screwy and
sides tight, but from the inside we cut
through the matched door in such a way
that from the inside of the closet onehalf
of it could be opened.
I didn't mako much money, as I had
to divide with my accomplice, who had
me in his power. He used false hair,
wigs, beards, etc., and put flour on his
hands, to give a ghostly appearance.
I We practiced in the daytime, with my
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self as audience and he as the spirit.
Many people came, and recognized in
the seances faces of deceased friends.
One even ng I attended a temperance
meeting, and heard Gen. Riley tell
about Adonijah Green, who forty years
before kept hotel where the Whitcomb
House now is. In my next seauce he
j appeared, and no one knew him. But
on inquiry they found such a man had
lived here at that time, and kept hotel.
I went up to Mount Hope, and from
tombstones obtained names to use. I
got the names of Lieutenant Kline and
Gen. Stevens. For baby faces we ueed
a piece of black velveteen, cutting out a
small round hole for the face. This,
placed over a face, looked like the small
features of a babe.
Bouquets, rings, etc., were taken
from the hands of the spectators and returned
while my hands were in the
stocks. A Mr. Tubbs one evening proposed
additional seals to the closet door,
j I objected on the ground that the con!
trol said too many alterations had ali
ready been made. Mr. Tubbs finally
asked me to allow him to enter the
closet and seal it in his own way. The
control refused, but said at the next sitting
a manifestation would be given
which would satisfy all?a form would
walk out of the cabinet in their midst;
but Mr. Tubbs said he would not be
satisfied until his demand was complied
with, and, furthermore, no more seances
could be given until it was done. I said
! I was greatly incensed at the control, be1
cause he would not consent to this, but
| I had no alternative but to stop. Mr.
| Tubbs was determined, and I saw the
' game was up. I knew that the Rev. Mr.
j Stratton was acquainted with some of
j my relatives, and so I went to him for
I advice. He advised me to make a clean
I breast of it.
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He Had to Go It Hone.
"I want to be shown through the
Treasury department," said a six-foot
j visitor, with a duster and a carpet-bag
| attached, stepping up to a well known
! official in the department, the other
! day. "I am afraid, sir, that yon will
1 have to trust to your own ingenuity in
! your wanderings, as there is no one to
! accompany you," po'itely replied the
j official. " Well, what in thunder are all
j these young men doing here?" The
courteous official couldn't or wouldn't
! tell the truth, that the young men were
hard at work watching the young ladies
j taking their daily noon exercise, but
simply said: " They are not paid to act
j as guides." "Oh, well, I'll pay 'em, if
that's all." But when convinced that it
would hurt their feelings if such a proposal
were made, he concluded he would
Iiave to go it alone.
After all. says an old doctor, thero
are only two kinds of di-ease?the oue
of wbicli you die, and the other of which
i you don't.
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The Demon of Drink.
The following is-on extract from one
of the lectures of J. J. Talbott, who
died lately at Elkhart, Ind., from the effects
of a drunken debauch ;
But now the struggle is over, I can
survev the field and measuro the losses.
I had position high and holy. The demon
tore from aronnd me the robes of
my sacred office and sent me forth
churchle88 and Godless, a very hissing
and byword among men. Afterward I
had business large and lucrative, and my
voice in all large courts was heard pleadicg
for justice, mercy and the right.
Bat the dust gathered on my open
books, and no footfall crossed the
threshold of the drunkard's office. I
had moneys ample for all necessities,
but they took wings and went to feed j
the coffers of the devils which possessed i
me. I had a home adorned with all that I
wealth and the most exquisite taste could
suggest The devil crossed its threshold
and the light faded from its chambers;
the fire went out on the holiest of altars,
and leading me through its portals, despair
walked forth with her, and sorrow
and anguish lingered withio. I had
children, beautiful, to me at least, as a
dream of the morning, and they had so
eutwiued themselves around their father's
heart that no matter where it
might wander, ever it came back to them
on the bright wings of a father's undoing
love. His destroyer took their hands
in his and led them away. I had a wife
' whose charms of mind and person were
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sucii mat to see uer wm w icwowuvi,
and to know her was to love. * * *
For thirteen years we walked the ragged
path of life together, rejo oing in its
sunshine and sorrowing in its shade.
This infernal monster couldn't spare me
even this. I had a mother who for long,
long years had not left her chair, a viotim
of suffering and disease, and her
choicest delight was in reflection that
the lesson which she had taught at her
knee had taken root in the heart of her
youngest born, and that he was useful to
his fellows ami an honor to her who bore
him. But the thunderbolt reached even
there, aud there it did its most cruel
work. Other days may cu^e all but
this. Ah ! me; never a word of reproach
from her lips; only a tender caress; only
a shadow of a great and unspoken grief
gathering over the dear old face; only a
trembliDg hand laid more lovingly on
my head; only a closer clinging to the
cross; only a piteous appeal to Heaven
if her cup at last were not fall. And
while her l5oy raved in his wild delirinm
two thousand miles.away, the pityiDg
angels pushed the golden gates ajar and
the mother of the drunkard entered into
rest.
And thus I stand : a clergyman without
a care; a barrister without brief or
i business; a father without a child; a
husband without a wife; a son without a
, parent; a man with scaicely a friend; a
i soul without hopo?all swallowed up in
the msolstrom of drink. A
Nice Question of Law.
A singular and very interesting case
in the administration of criminal law
has just arisen in Ontario, Canada. Two
. men. named Young were convicted of
murder and sentenced to be banged in
June. Just before the day set for their
execution they overpowered their jailer
and escaped. While search was making
for them" the court extended the day for
i carrying out the sentence to July 17,
but when it came round the prisoners
had not been rearrested, and the officials
neglected to fix another day. Since
then the Youngs have been captured,
and the time set for their execution having
passed, it is a nic8 question what to
do with them.
Some papprs in Canada even contend
that the murderers cannot legally be
banged, taking evidently the same view
of the matter which was taken not long
since by a man in Texas, who, finding
himself ordained in the warrant to be
hanged " between the hours of ten and
twelve in the forenoon," set himself to
make a three hours' dyiDg speech and
confession.
There is not, so far as we are aware,
any Canadian precedent, but there are
certainly a couple of cases recorded in
the English books which cover the
point. In 1746 the brother of the Earl
of Der went water, Charles Radcliffe, was
, convicted of high treason, but escaped
to France before the day set for his execution.
He was subsequently taken on
board a French vessel and brought before
the court of king's bench on a writ
of habeas corpus, the rocord of his con,
viction and attainder being removed
, into the court by certiorari. The attorney-general
prayed execution, but the
prisoner claimed that he was not the
person who had been convicted and s^htenced.
To try theissue a jury was im1
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i j paneiea ana gave a vercuut autm oo w
Uadcliffe, who was subsequently be,
headed on the day fixed by the court.
Twenty years later, in 1765, three
murderers under sentence of death esi
caped from Maidstone jail and were not
recaptured till after the day set for their
execution. They denied their identity,
but it was thoroughly established, and
sentence was ordered to be carried out,
though the court did rot fix any day.
It is altogether likely that the same
practice will obtain in Canada, and that
j after the brothers Young have been
given a hearing, and their identity has
been proven, they will be consigned to
the gallows thev came so near escaping.
After the Kobbers.
Speaking of the Minnesota bank robbers,
a local paper says : It may look
ridiculous for a thousand men to hunt
down six ontlaws, one or two of whom
are wounded; but the woods afford
splendid opportunity for amburcade.
The people of the section where the
robbers have been discovered are ignorant,
superstitious Bohemians, who could
readily be made the obedient tools of the
outlaws, who scruple at nothing. Every
foot of the ground must be gone over,
and there will be shooting done before
the robbers are captured. The course
of the desperadoes in the main has
been due southwest, following the belt
of timber which is unbroken from
Northfield to the State line, and everywhere
dense, they have once doubled on
their track, and in the flight of fifty
hours or more bad not proceeded more
than thirty-five miles from Northfield,
the place where the robbery was committed,
when last seen,
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The Army of Tramps.
Last winter, according to an estimate
made by a gentleman who has studied
the tramp question, New York city alone j
Anniainfid thirty thousand tramps. This
year, owing to the depression in trade,
the suspension of mining and manufacturing
interests, which has turned many
hitherto honest workingmen into tramps,
the invasion from the country roads cannot
fall far short of fifty thousand. Of
these, ten per cent, may obtain employment
sufficient to support them (though
this estimate is regarded as tx> liberal);
thirty per cent, will seek refnge in minor
correctional institutions, and poesibly
ten per cent, will be admitted into hospitals
to recuperate after their summer's
jourueyings. It is fair to suppose that
more than one-hall of the now arrivals
must resort to crime end for a
living.
Each road leading into the metropolis
pours in its quota daily, llagged, dirty,
j footsore and weary, they are docking in
j by scores and hundreds. New York is
their Mecca?the goal of their winter
aspirations?their shelter against the
chilling winds of the autumn and the
biting frosts of December. Each argues
to himself that in a city of a million
souls there must be room for one more,
and so this vs?tf Rrmj-a motley corps
| of unarmed Falstaffian warriors?como
| tramping id.
) By far the greater portion of the
tramps seeking the cities in the winter
are trimps from choice, who would
sooner beg than work, bur* fear to steaL
Some are thieves who tramp to steal, although
keeping up appearanoes by begging
once in a while. The number actually
in search of work (every man will
tell you he wants a job if you ask him)
is comparatively small, and the fagitives
from justioe, who travel as far from railroads,
telegraph wires and large towns
? A
| as possible, are numerous auuw?
class is made up of peddlers of trifles.
Their visits both in town and country
are almost as annoying as those of the
begging tramps. These are called
"fakirs," a name which applies also tQ
the lower grades of traveling showman/
They differ from the other tramps to tbe
extent of paying their way most of the
time and never stealing. In the winter,
though, when confined to the cities
where their wares will not sell, they take
their places with their companions of
the summer, and "rough it" as best
they may. It is fair to say of these men,
however, that their crimes seldom ex- .
tend beyond "jumping a hotel bill " or
"beating" a boarding house keeper,
and these little failings are not unknown
among persons much higher in the social
scale.
Black Suits.
The richest black silk suits, says a
fashion journal, have overdresses of
black brocade, e.thor silk brocade, or
else that with raised velvet figures. The
brocade basque has sleeves to match,
and is trimmed about the neck and
.wrists with folds and plaitiags. The
edge of the basque is not trimmed, as it
is hidden beneath the brocade drapery
whioh forms the overskirt, and the effect
of a polonaise is produced. Very rich
fringe edges the drapery. The lower
skirt is of silk, with plaited flounces.
Plainer black silk costumes have two
narrow gathered flounces, with a cluster
plaited flounce between. Over till. is a
long overskirt trimmed with wide,
heavy fringe. The overskirt is sewed
to the lower skirt, and is shirred down
one side, while the other has long loopUr^a
i-Co/uiii nniffi low down upon it.
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Feather bands will aLso bo much used on
black silk suits, Loth as the heading for
the bunch of ruffles and for trimming
the overdresses.
Long wadded silk clcaks will be
worn with black costum* s. Fur bands
will be most stylish trimmings for black
velvet and silk dresses, as well as for the
long cloaks that are to be worn over
them. Black cashmere suits and the
square figured woolens will be trimmed
with galloon braids, fringe, and silk
plaitings.
Presence of Mind.
A few nights ago, says the San Antonio
Herald, a married couple were attacked
by a dog. Of course the lady
screamed and tried to run, but her male
protector, quick as thought, caught her
by the shoulders, and held her firmly
between the infuriated animal and his
person, while he whispered in a hoarse
voice, to encourage her : " Don't you
dare let go of me, darling. I'll stand by
you even if ho does bite. Keep cool
now," etc.
Never losing his presence of mind for
an instant, the daring man baffled every
attempt of the fierce brute to hang him'
self by his teeth to the seat of his nearly
new pants, by interposing his helpless
companion.
The owner of the animal interfered,
and as the couple moved off in triumph
he was heard to rebuke the lady he had
just saved, almost from the jaws of
death, by saying : " If you bad only
iet that dog bite you, Matildy, I might
have sued the city for $10,000 damage p.
Knf. vnn never did have much sense."
j Tliere are some men who are never
sentimental, bnt mean business all tho
time, and he was one of them.
Military Discipline in China.
A terrible instance of the'severity
of tho military discipline enforced
by certain Chinese officers occurred
only the other day at Soochow.
As a band of soldiers was being marched
through the town the attention of one of
the men was attracted by an itinerant
needlewoman?one of those virtuous
and useful ladies whose whole stock in
trade consists of a housewife, a tnimble,
and a little stool; and this man, is
seems, took the liberty of patting or
stroking the woman's cheek as he
passed. Up sprung the outraged lady,
and retorted in good set terms, treating
the adventurous warrior to a sound bit
of her mind at the top of her injured
voice. The officer in cbargo stepped up
to her. " Don't make such a noise," he
said, quietly; " be patient; it shall not
occur agaiD." The soldiers passed on,
and in a quarter of an hour the mp.L s
head was adorniDg the city walK It is
said the woman who had been the ini.o*
cent oause of the catastrophe, was sa^Iy
grieved at this unloosed for and dren
iul result. w
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