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VOL. II.?NO. 21. BEAUFORT, S. C., APRIL 12. 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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Earth's Sentinels.
We are sentinels all, on the hills of time,
In every Btation anil overv olime?
In flattering youth and in manhood's prime ;
F.veu old age,
With its scribbled page?
Watching for something without ita oage !
Watching tho eun with its golden glow ;
Watching the shadows that come and go ;
Watching the tide in its ebb and flow ;
Wand'ring the while
Over many a mile
Of mystic waste, with a frown or smile.
Watching the birds as they flit away ;
Watching the curtains of closing day,
Golden and crimson, around as play ;
Wond'ring how much
Of tho bright and gay
Of life will fade at tho lightest touch.
Watching tho clouds an they steal along ;
Watching the singers, whoee plaintive song
Murmurs the archos of life among ;
Wond'riug, perchanoe,
If in fete or dance,
These siugors oxultol when they wore young.
Watching tho ladder that Bwings to fame,
Watching with torment an humble name,
Meanc^d by foes with a dart of shame t
Wiahiug tho night.
With its somber light,
' Drifted away from the aching sight!
Watching tho crucible melt the gold:
Watching the silver within the mold,
Telling us sadly we're growing old ;
Couuting the years,
With their crowding fears,
Filled with their phantom i of graves and biers.
Watching for something?we know not what!
Bootod and fixed to a narrow spot!
Present and future a mocking blot!
Watching each day,
On Ii fn'a ?
...wmwhuwu
Something, when foandt will re'uee to stay !
A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.
Iu the year 1841, the now flourishing
eity of Bteubenville, Ohio, was a very
small place. Its population was noted
for its quiet and orderly character, and
there was not a single liquor saloon iu
the place.
Crime was vtry rare, and the circuit
judges often had occasion to congratulate
the people upon not having a single
criminal case upon th ir calendar.
In consequence there was intense excitement
in Bteubenville, when, at an
early hour in the morning of the seventeenth
of November, in the above mentioned
year, the report reached the place
that the corpse of a man had been found
in the woods within a hundred yards of
the last house of the town, and close to
the Pittsburgh turnpike, with every indication
that an atrocious murder had
beeu committed. The sheriff, accompanied
by some tifty citizens, immediately
hastened to the spot indicated to him by
the person who had discovered the remains
of tho murdered man. That person
was a decrepit old woman, who had
gone out to gather brushwood. No one
would have suspected her under any circumstances
of having had anything to do
with the bloody deed, and, beside, she
manifested such unfeigned horror in describing
what she had seen at the dismal
spot in the woods, that she was unhesitatingly
allowed to go about her business.
Upon arriving at the scene of the supposed
murder, the sheriff and his companions
saw at a glance that a terrible
crime had been committed. The dead
man was covered all over with frozen
gore, and seven wounds, apparently inflicted
with a sharp knife, were found
upon the body. His head was still covered
with a nice felt hat. His face presented
a most ghastly aspect.
A terrible gash extended from the
left temple to the right jaw. Another
gash was in the forehead. The victim
was dressed in a substantial fur coat.
He was apparently forty-two years old.
When his pockets were examined they
were found to be entirely empty. But
close to the body was found an old fashioned
wallet. It was still open, as if its
contents had been taken from it, and as
if he who had emptied it had afterward
thrown it away.
At a distance of about ten varda fmm
the corpse, near an old log, lay a peculiarly
shaped fur cap. It could not
have belonged to the murdered man,
for, as we have said before, he had his
hat on liis head.
The ground was covered with snow,
and there were a number of light footprints
visible in it. These were the only
indications of the perpetrator of the horrible
crime.
The coroner was sent for, and nntil
his arrival the sheriff and his companions
went to the Ohio tavern, which was sit
sated at no great distanoe - from the |
scene of the murder.
When the sheriff told the landlord of
the murder, and described to him the |
appearance of the corpse, the landlord
exclaimed at once:
" Great God t that poor fellow cannot
be anybody else than Mr. Sammis, the
Pittsburgh cattle dealer. He was here
last night, and took sapper with another
man from Pittsburgh, whose name was
Belson or Wilson, and who rode on
toward Pittsburgh immediately after he
had left the table. Mr. Sammis sat in
the front room with me and Jaek Capon
for an honr, when the two went ont together."
Jack Capon was a dissolute but rery
good natared fellow, about thirty years
old, who had a decided averaionjto'work,
and a still more detidod predilection for
strong drink.
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He could not get any whisky at Steu- ]
benville, and henoe he often walked for i
miles and miles in order to obtain a 1
"wee drop" of whisky. When he was 1
successful he returned with his hat full i
of bricks to Steubenville, where he
had frequently been punished by the <
" squire " for intoxication, with fine aud
imprisonment. Still, everybody liked 1
him because he had an excellent, unsel- I
fish heart, and never forgot a favor done !
him. i
' What sort of hat did Capon wear <
last night ?" asked the sheriff.
" Why, no hat, but a fur cap?made 1
of beaver skin?with two ear covers."
" Was this the cap ? ' said the sheiiff, i
producing the fur cap which ho had
found near the corpse of the murdered
man, and which he had thus far been 1
holding under his cloak. ]
" Yes," exclaimed the landlord, "that ]
is Capon's cap, and no mistake; whero ,
did you find it?"
The sheriff told him. Everybody i
seemed horror-struck at the idea that 1
poor Jack Capon should have committed 1
so atrocious a crime. i
Men were immediately dispatched to '
hunt up Jack Capon. They did not J
find him at his wonted haunts in Steu- '
benville ; but a man who was well ac- 1
quainted with his habits, said if he f
could be found anywhere it would be at 1
the cabin of old Sim Brooks.
Brooks lived iu the woods on the Pitts- 1
burgh side of Steubenville about one *
mile from the spot whero the corpse of 1
Mr. Saminis had been found. Like
Jack Capon old Brooks was found of f
whisky, and the two would frequently 1
drink together until they were utterly 0
oblivious of the cares aud sorrows of a
this world, which, as they thought, bad *
not treated either of them too well. ^
So to Brooks' cabin went the men. 8
They knocked at the front door, which *
was locked. For several minutes there ^
was no response. At last old Brooks fi
himself opened the door. They saw at 0
a glance that he was in an alarming state a
of intoxication. E
' Is Jack Capon here?" they a?ked. v
" Ye-ye-yes," hiccoughed Brooks ; he c
is lyiug asleep yonder, behind the 8
stove."
Then the drunken old fellow went ?
back to his lounge, and a minute later
he was found asleep again. The men E
stepped up to Capon. He was drunk ?
also. His coat and shirt were covered J3
with blood. They exchanged significant ?
glances, and aroused him not without
considerable difficulty.
" What do you want?" he asked, ?.
yawning. BJ
" The sheriff wants you, Jack."
" The sheriff ! What for? I hain't ?
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UUUO Ul/UUlUg*
"You ore suspected of having murdered
a Mr. Sammis, of Pittsburgh." J1
" Go away ! I murdered a Mr. 8am ]
mis? You must be loony."
" Look at yourself."
Capon looked at his clothes. The 8'
sight of the bloody stains on them ?
caused him to sober up at once. f
" How did I get these stains on my
coat and shirt?" he stammered out at .
last.
" Don't you know anything about c
them?" they asked.
"No?no! You say murder was ?
commit'ed ?" ?
"Come?come, Jack Capon," they 1
replied, " you can't fool anybody by v
pleading ignorance. What did you do ^
with your cap ?" ?
He looked about the room.
" Some one must have taken it away," .
he said, at last.
"You left it near the corpse of the r'
murdered man."
' Was it found there ? Great God? ?
great God!"
He buried his face in his hands, and ?
begun to cry. u
Then he followed the men, who also a,
took old Sim Brooks along, willingly, to 0
the Ohio tavern, where the coroner had
meanwhile arrived. The sheriff appear- p
ed soon afterward with some men who ?
were carrying the gory, frozen corpse of f,
the victim. Jack Capon was conducted
to the corpse. As he caught sight of it &
he reooiled in horror. f(
" ft'* Mr. MummiiL" ho noomi/i
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" Poor Sammis, who has murdered I,
him ?" J
"You were the last seen in his com- Q
pany," said the sheriff; " your cap was t-(
found near the oorpse ; your olothes are
blood-stained ; who but you can be the
murderer?"
"I am innocent I" cried CJapon, des- v
perntely. "I got tight at Brooks'. I a
don't know how I got this blood on my
clothes, nor how my cap got near the -r
oorpse. I hare even forgotten that I 0
was with this poor gentleman."
The ooroner impaneled a jury, aid, in
the first place, took them to the spot in f(
the woods where the murder had been
committed. Jack Capon, who had been, Q
meanwhile, heavily ironed, was also oon- a
veyed thither. The footprints near the p
point where the oorpse of the murdered
man had lain were not very distinct, but r
they seemed to correspond exactly with
the^soles of Capon's shoes.
lie turning to the Ohio tavern, the coroner
swore Sim Brooks, who by this
time had become perfectly sober, and
who stated that last night, about halfpast
ten, Jack Capon had oome to his t
cabin and asked him if he had any whis- c
ky. Ho had given him half a dozen c
drinks, whereupon Capon had wanted f
still more, but he had no more. Capon 1
had then shown him a ten-dollar gold 1
piece, and asked him if he knew where 1
any whisky oonld be bought. He had 1
answered if he would go to Mike Perry's f
he might get some. There Capon liad !
gone, and returned with whiskv, but f
without his asp, and with his shirt and 1
the front part of his ooat all bloody. 1
Brooks added that he had asked Oa- 1
pon how he got the blood on him. Oa- 1
pon was so drunk that ho could not give
11 very intelligible aocount of what bad
happened to him, but he had said something
about haviug had a fall and hurt
bimRelf.
Upon hearing this evidence tho prisoner
exclaimed:
"Yes?yes, that's true?I do remember
it now. I made a short cut through
tho woods to Mike Perry's house, where
[ got the whisky, and returned by pretty
much the same route, when I stumbled
over something and fell."
Tho jury rendered a verdict against
him, and he was committed for trial.
His pockets were then oxamined, and
the ten dollar gold piece, which Sim
Brooks had mentioned, was found.
Capon said that Sammis, who had ;
token an interest in him, had given it to
him. This was considered a flimsy false- ,
hood, and everybody was convinced that
lack Capon was guilty. .
A messenger, with the news of Sammis'
murder, was dispatched to Pitta- .
jurgli, whero it created profound sensa
;ion. It turned out that the murdered ,
man had nearly $20,000 in large bank
jills on his person. Sammis' brother
Mark, a wholesale grooer, and a veryonirgetic
man, accompanied the messen- ,
?er back to Steubenville, and engaged
ipecial counsel to assist him in the |
mrosecution of Capon. The latter was j
iriod and convicted, but the jury having
o fix his punishment, he was not ser- (
enced to death, but to imprisonment at f
lard labor for life.
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i iiu prisoner wan overwneimecl witii f
jrief because of bis conviction. Ho j
jever tired of protesting his innooence,
ind bis eyes were constantly red and ,
wollen from weeping.. He was taken to f
he penitentiary at Columbus, where he
ras at first very harshly treated; but his .
imiable disposition was not long in mak- J
ng so agreeable an impression upon the
keepers that many privileges were (
[ranted to him. Those he never abused; ,
m the contrary, he proved an efficient
es is taut to the prison authorities on ,
uoro than one occasion, so that they ,
pondered how this good-natured man
ould have been capable of committing :
0 lienious a crime. j
Five years passed by, when an event
ccurred which pi oved beyond a doubt ,
hat Capon was after all an entirely in- j
iocent man.
A cotton broker, named Wilson, at ,
avannah, Ua., had long been on bad ,
arms with his wife. Finally heoharged
er with adultery, and sued for a di- ,
orce. The wife thereupon accused him {
f having murdered a man on the
ixteeuth of November, 1841. on the ,
ay after leaving Pittsburgh, Pa., and ^
f having robbed his victim of $20,000
1 $500 and $1,000 bank bills. .
She said that she had to wash on the ]
ext day, when he had unexpectedly reirned
to Pittsburgh, her husband's
Uirt, which had been blood stained,
ud she charged him with having killed
unebody. He had confessed to her f
rhat he had done, and they had left <
'ittsburgh a few days later and gone j
>outh. ]
Wilson was arrested, and the authori- j
ies at Steubenville at once communi- j
ivted with. The sheriff who had ar- ,
aated Capon, and who was still in office. .
amo personally to Savannah with a
squisition from the governor of Ohio.
Vhen he had his first interview with
Wilson, the latter, who was terrified beond
measure by the prospeot of the
call'old, asked him whether a full consssion
would save him.
" If you are guilty, it will be, maybe,
16 only thing that will save your life,"
eplied the sheriff.
Thereupon Wilson made a clean breast
f it. He said he had waylaid Sammia,
lr> had left his horse at a house threo
files from Stenbenville, and had atloked
him with a knife. Sammia had
(fared the most desperate resistance,
ad had oompelled him to stab him
ften before he had succumbed.
When the sheriff arrived with his
risoner at Stenbenville, the exasperted
people oould be barely prevented
om lynching Wilson.
The governor of the State, upon resi
ving a certified copy of Wilson's conussion,
immediately granted a 'full
nrdon to Capon, to whom the Legisla
ire, which happened to be in session
b Columbus at the time, voted the sum
f $1,000 to idemnify him for the suf
wings he had innocently undergone.
It is needless to try to describe Caon's
joy at this unexpected change in
in i unit Lien, no returned to ateuuen- j
ille, where the people received him (
mid manifestations of unfeigned joy. t
At the next term of the circnit court, ,
ntoom was sentenced to be hanged, the .
anrt saying that the enormity of his J
rime had been augmented by his snf- ,
sring an innooent man to be punished ,
>r it. ,
Capon gave a proof of genuine maganimity
by going to Columbus and (
sking the governor to spare Wilson's .
ife; but the governor refused to inter 9re.
So Wilson was "hanged at Steu- ,
ionville on the fourth of January, 1847.'
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Population of Cities.
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It is estimated that by the middle of
he present year, 1876, the population
>f London will reach 3,489,428. A LouIsvn
nunav erivna 4k? ~ M
n" ? jn;{/uiwiuu 01 uiu
oil owing cities than: Paris, 1,851,792;
sew York, 1,046,000; Berlin, 980,000;
Philadelphia, 800,000; Vienna,676,791;
Staples, 461,000; Brooklyn, 460,000; 1
Jambtirg (skate), 870,000: Bada-Pesth,
100,000; Amsterdam, 286,933; Borne,
166,168; Breslan, 226,000; Turin, 217,406;
Alexandria, 212,034; Oopenliagen,
L99,O00; Brussels, 188,264; Munich
186,000; Florence, 176,000; Rotterdam,
129,289; the Hagne, 97,666; Gbristiania,
re,000.
Fashion Notes.
Long side forms continne in favor.
Shoulder Beams are short and high. 1
' The "Byron" ia the collar of tho ^
season. 1,
Puffs are much used in arranging the t
hair. t
Buttons are small and of the dress v
material. r
"La Juivo" is the fashionable robe h
in Paris.
Front darts are short, to make the g
bosom seem low. s
The standing collars of dresses are t
highor than ever. d
The handsomest silk suits have bro- g
ended overdresses. b
Inexpensive summer silks are in f,
shaded cameo stripes. n
Wraps for spring are in both sack and a"
mantle shapes. e
Brocaded silks will be worn for over3kirt8
and jackets. ^
None of the imported dresses are &
made to be worn with bustles. '? i
The coat sleeves are very close fitting, j,
and have small cuffs, if any. g]
The aprons or overskirts of striped h
gpods suits are prettier when out bias. M
Jbright ribbon bows again appear 0
imong the braids and pnffs of the hair. 0
Gay colors will be mnch more nsed t]
this spring than for some time hereto- j(
fore. i,
Cashmere and silk composite snits are (j
inite as stylish as those entirely of 0
'ilk. o
Raw silk Algerine suiting is appropri- ^
ite and pretty for little children's oos- jj
mines. p
Silks of dark colors, checked with cj
ivhite hair lines, are much in vogue this ^
jpring. 1
Iceland wool-crocheted lace is the u
proper thing with which to trim flannel i,
ikirts. jj
De bege suits have plain brown i<
deoves with striped or checked basques n
ind overskixts. - ?
Evening dresses are cut square in the o:
aeek, back and front filled up with illu- jt
lion or lace. ^
Composite costumes of black cash- ^
mere and black faille will be worn again c,
in the spring. ^
Most of the plain oolored fabrics are
woven in basket or serge effects, or in 8]
any armure designs. a
The new polonaises and overskirts ore B(
30 long as almost to conoeal the skirt
worn beneath them.
Cambrio suits are prettier trimmed
vilh ruffles. Ruffles look better when
lone up than plaitings. tc
The backs of many of the now waists fi
ire cut in eight pieoes, the scams of w
which run to the shoulder seams. d
Brocades, stripes, sergo effects, and si
plain colors all appear among the impor- ?
stions of French dress goods. si
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"Big Ben," Westminster. ?
A visit to the great clock at Westmin- c<
iter, with its famous hour bell, called p
"Big Ben," must interest any visitor h
not already familiar with the wonders of t<
London. To reach this marvelous clock b
t is necessary to ascend nearly four tl
mndred steps; but the trouble is amply tl
-epaid by the sight of some of the finest m
no wn mat uui ub uuu oi uie city and 81
luburbs. The faoe of the great time- tl
aiece is twenty-two feet and six inches tl
n diameter, and abont seventy-two feet e:
ii circumference. The minute hand, a
ittle over eleven feet in length, b
veighs only twenty-eight pounds, being b
aollow, and is made of copper. The ti
1 gores measure two feet from end to tl
?nd, and the minute dots are exactly one tl
root apart. The working portion of the un
dock occupies little space compared to st
;hat required by the striking power, ai
The former can be wound up in ten p
ninutes,while the latter takes five hours a;
:wice a week. The weights of the first
ire one and a half hundi-e d < Cigut, nhllo |
ihose of the striking power equal one
ind a half tons. Wore they allowed to
run down, they would have a reach of i>
me hundred and seventy-five feet. The w
pendulum itself weighs seven hundred
pounds, and is fifteen feet in length, ti
tieporling twice a day to Greenwich, the w
dock is kept so correct that it has only tt<
varied the fraction of a second in eighty
jouseoutive days. The weight of the lfl
bells varies, but that of Big Ben is thir- a
been and a half tons. iz
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An Old Hiding Place.
A few weeks ago Jaoob Kliiick, a
farmer near Fox Chase, Pa., was sawing
iown a large chestnut tree when the
teeth of the saw came in contact with Ql
3ome metallic substance. Fearing the
presence of something explosive, lie di- p
rected the workmen to saw on the other k
side of the tree. They did so. After
the tree liad been felled a gold watch, j,
two gold pencil cases and a gold chain n
were found imbedded in the wood,
Bighteen inches from the surface. They
were wrapped in a soiled sock. The tree
no?" ~1 i~ it
nno r"?u uu wuoo kj me grouna, ana
thr-y bad evidently been bidden at tbe y<
junction of two roote and tbe wood bad ?
grown over and inolosed them. Tbe In
watch was old fashioned, having a case i>
whioh conld bo detached, and was in- i?
scribed with tbe date 1740. One of the n
pencil oases was provided with a pen. (<
The other had only a pencil and was ?l
minus the seal. Tbe chain was long and f<
was intended to pass aroand the neck of 0i
the wearer. There was also a gold watch ai
key, which, however, did not fit the tl
watch. Tbe tree bad attained a great cl
age, being about six feet in diameter, ri
An old mansion once stood near by, and ii
it is supposed that the artioles in qnea- f,
tion were buried during the war of the p
Revolution. The watch was uninjured, ti
except that the hands were rusted off. c
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Sinoe the first of Juto last California ti
has exported $11,816,848 worth of wheat, d
The American Girl's Beau.
The American gijrl is left wholly to
ler own guardianship. She has half a
lozon intimates among the young feli)ws
of her set; she corresponds with
hem, aocompanies them to concerts and
he opera nnohaperoned, and sometimes
rinds up the evening by. a supper at a
estaurant which ends in the small I
lOnre. They are not ostensibly lovers I
-they are friends, bong camaradeg. I
Ihe 11 ml a the half-friendly, half-pasionate
intercourse more intoxicating
ban love-making. She opens the
epths of her innocent heart to the volar
prying eyes; the favored iijfcimate
ecomes an habitue of the honse. In a
aw months, perhaps weeks, he knows
lore of the Becret feelings, desires,
ims of the girl, than her sister or brothr,
or the mother who bore her. He
rests her personally with a liberty
rhich is graduated by her individual
haracter. But it is inevitably a liberty,
'he girl as inevitably ends by loving
im; the more unworldly, the more pure
be is, the more likely is she to mistake
is oour80 as honorable. In the meanwhile,
the man has not the slightest idea
f marrying her; a very small minority
f young men are in a marrying mood in
rese hard times; he has just as little
lea of dishonoring or even injuring her
1 public esteem, but he aooepts the inmacy
or friendship of a young girl as
ne of the good tilings which society
Hers him; he would be a dull fool if
hen lovely >Thais is left to sit beside
im he did not take the goods the gods
rovide him. Meanwhile American soiety
rules that the father and mother of
le girl shall remain perfectly passive,
he man may be the most desirable or
nsuitnble husband for their daughter,
ut they have no right to interfere until
e formally proposes. If they should
ask his intentions" according to the
itional custom of our forefathers, the
irl herself would be the first to rebel
ti the ground that she was made ridicu>us,
and that her "friend" was mieiken
for her lover. When the friend
etakes himself to fresh fields, the woman
antrols her disappointment as she can,
ad marries Bomebodv for an establishicnt
or a home; or finds her pain too
aarp to bear, and there is a murder or
suicide, and the usnal chatter of ininity.
The Burial Swindles.
The Hartford (Conn.) 'limes' Middle>wn
correspondent, referring to the
uuud ltipurieu to exist in oonnecuon
ith tlio burial of the soldiers who died
uring the late war, and to the published
lories of mutilation of bodies, sayB:
iut I have a worse story, as told by a
lb-contractor in this locality, who was
ngaged in the business. This sub-con actor
says th-'t straight lines a mile
i length were given by surveyors to the
infractors, whose business it was to
lace the headstones. In placing the
eadstones, it was found that, in order
> keep them in line, the stones would
e placed on the breasts instead of at
le head of the bodies, and it would
lerefore be necessary to break through
i any of the oofflns. The contractor
tys that the expense was greater to dig
irough wood, and the government
lerefore paid him for all such cases $20
ctra over his contract.
At this point the fraud, which had
een practiced on the government in the
urying of dead bodies by former pares,
was brought to light. In breaking
irough the coffins, instead of finding
le remains of some soldier, legs of
lules were found in hundreds of inanoes;
aud to-day beadstoner, which
re supposed to mark the last resting
lace of some dead soldier, stand but
i monuments to the remains of mules.
nuiea uui.
la ail assault and battery case tried
efore a Detroit justice of the peace, a
itness for the prosecution swore that
u saw the assault. He was standing
vo blocks off, he admitted, when he
iw tho defendant throw a crowbar clear
:ross the street and hit plaintiff.
" Wasn't that a big throw ?" asked the
iwyer. " Wasn't it a gigantic feat for
small man to throw a bar of iron weigli>g
twenty pounds across the street and
it another man ?"
" Bathe was mad."
"Well." . .
" But he was mighty mad."
" Well."
"And I believe," oontinued the witess,
"thatif he had been'a little mador
that crowbar would have missed the
laintiff and gone over the house and
illed a horse 1"
The jury didn't take that man's evienoe
into consideration when making
p their verdict.
The English Nary.
The British navy estimates for the
sar 1876 77} just* published, amount to
11,288,872, or about fifty million doljtb.
The number of officers, men and
oys asked for the current financial year
, a a Af\f\ ' i- in nnn i?i m?- - I
?v,wU| ugiuuni iv,ow imtv year. ine
umber of men of-war in commission
sxoept Indian troop ships) was 241 at
io close of last year; the effectivo ships
>r general service oonsist of four
rmor-plated line of battle ships, elevon
rmor-plated frigates and oorvettes,
lirty-one other vessels of the same
lass, and seventy seven war sloops and
mailer ships, eleven of whioh are sailig.
Tho other vessels are classified as
illows: First reserve ships, armor
lated, seven; others, two; gunuery ayd
raining ships, eight; stationary, reeiving
and depot ships, inolnding royal
achts, ten; swinging vessels, fonr;
roop ships, three; store ships, three;
rill ships, eight; tenders, sixty-five.
IT ?
Items of Interest. When
birds soar, they warble ; but
when a throat's sore, it doesn't.
Of the 436 missionaries in China, 310
are women. Of the 100 in Japan, fiftytwo
are women.
Mile. Q., of the Palais Royal theater,
said to Hyacinth: " Gracious, but I
have a oold. What do you do when you
have a oold? "I," said Hyacinth, " I
cough." \
"Do they ever bark ?" asked old Mrs.
Dorkins, gazing at a pair of stuffed sea
I dogs in the museum. "No, mum,"
said Elnathan, " not now. Their bark
I is on the sea."
The recent census gives these figures :
New York, 1,000,000; Philadelphia, 800,000;
Brooklyn, 507,000; St. Louis, 450,I
000; Chicago, 410,000; Boston, 340,000;
San Francisoo, 250,000.
A piece of scroll ivory veneering, sixty
feet long and ten inches wide, containing
nearly fifty square feet of surface,
was sawed from an elephant tnsk the
other day at Deep River, Conn.
Louis Bo is, of Quebec,, must have a
boisterous home. He has had thirty
ohildren, of whom twenty four are living.
Singular to relate some of them are
girls, though they are all Bois.
A feature of the Dallas (Tex.) MardiGrns
prooession was a team of one hundred
Texas oxen. The car drawn by
the team was a forest of pine trees, typi
cal of the eastern belt of Texas.
We don't suppose there is any truth
in the report that the pickpockets have
AnnllAtl for rmrminninn fo oronf. o Knil.l
ing on the Centennial grounds. Moya mensing
is good enongh for them.
A jury at Harrisonburg, Va., has
given Mr. Earley 84,500 damages in his
suit against the Valley railroad company
for injury to his leg. His horse was
scared by a passing train, ran away and
threw him.
A clever but imtemperate sculptor
having died at Montreal, leaving three
months' board unpaid, the proprietor of
the boarding honse recovered part o2 the
debt by selling the body to a dissecting
room for 825. #
If your geraniums don't flourish, just
graft them upon tomato vines and see
how that works. A Los Angeles man
tried it, and his geranium, or tomato?
it's hard to tell which?is growing thriftly,
and blossoming beautifully.
In speaking of a friend who possesses
a very rubicund oountenance, some one
said the other day : 41 I don't think ho
drinks ; in fact, I know ho does not, for
he told me so ; but he probably sleeps
in a bed with very red curtains."
A clothier in Danbury excited public
curiosity by having a large apple painted
on his sign. When asked for an explanation,
he quietly inquired : "If it
hadn't been for p.n apple, where would
the ready-made clothing stores bo today?"
A story is told of a venerable oolored
man in Iowa, who was on trial for an
offense against the State. When the
case was announced in court: " The
State of Iowa vs. Sampson Ctesar," be
exclaimed: "What! the whole State
of Iowa against me ? Then I surrenders."
Ona nf 1? 1TZ nil
vruu v?* uuu OblCUlO All V IT^lliUt WllJ9
Nev., has been steadily sinking for
several days, thongh there are no mines
in that part of the town. In some places
the street sunk ten or twelve feet, bnt
the residents felt no anxiety, as a similar
phenomenon oocurred several years ago,
doing no damage.
The Chicago TYibunc, alluding to the
praise whioh Eastern newspapers have
awarded to Governor Bice, of Massachusetts,
for pioking up a poor woman's
bnndle, rather spitefully says: "The
intimation is that most governors of
Massachusetts would have knocked the
old woman down and run away with the
package."
Thirty years ago there were but 551
newspapers issued in Great Britain. Of
these fourteen were dai'ios. Now there
are 1,642. Of these Eugland publishes
1,276, Scotland 152, Ireland 138, Wales
fifty-seven, and the Isles nineteen.
There are ninety-eight daily newspapers
in England, sixteen ip Scotland, nineteen
in Ireland, and two in Wales.
The explosiveness of Air in coal mines,
which is simply laden with fine coal dust,
and contains no gas at all, has been demonstrated
by some experiments recently
made in Franco, which show that in colleries,
where such air is present, an explosion
may be occasioned not only by
the use of gunpowder blasts, but by the
more exposure of an uncovered light.
One friend to another, who has just
returned from a trip abroad : " Did you
enjoy your European tour?" "Very
much, indeed." " Did you call on any
of the big ones!" "Yes; I called on
two queens one evening." "Called on
two queens? Was it a pleasant affair ?"
" No, not very ; for after I called I
found the other chap had three kings."
The Mendota (111.) Neiva recently
charged the county ooroner with having
been drunk at an inqnest. The official
denied the charge, and called for proof.
As the editor produced the affidavits of
three saloon keepers to show that on the
day in question they had sold the ooroner,
for home consumption, about fortyfive
drinks, it is not likely that the libel
suit will bo pressed.
"Eoonomy, my dear, economy," said
he. " It's all right for you to have
plants, and all that, but there is reason
In oil ~ ?:?i?
m<* luAiugn, ouu vuoio inu v a uoi wdiij ui
sense in paying fifty oents for a flower
pot when there are a dozen empty cigar
boxes about the house and, taking
the la-it "Havana" from another box,
he liandod her the box to pnt an oleander
in, lighted hi* cigar, and went out.