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VOL. II.?NO. 38. BEAUFORT, S. C., AUGUST 9, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
THE BEL LB.
A Watering Plaoe Story.
A group of idle young men lounged
upon the shady eorner of a watering
place hotel piazza killing time until the
dinner hour.
"Let us make a belle," suggested
Arthur Lindsley. " Let us tako some
moderate girl and idolize her, one and
all of us. Not ridiculously, but just
enough to turn her head and have all
the other dear creatures dying of jealousy."
Two days later a party arrived at
the hotel who were registered as
" Mr. Wolf, Mrs. Wolf, and Miss (
Wolf, of 0.," and on the same
afternoon Lindsley announced, tri- ,
nmphantly: " I've found the girl. No;
don't ask mo what she's like. Nothing
startling, I promise you, Just a passable
sort of a ladylike nobody. The raw
mftfAriftl tV?of*a oil* ?i?4.
?vun? d on j aiiu buab a W Uttll WO |
want. A mighty pretty little foot she
had, though, peeping from under her
waterproof cloak. But plain, unmistakably
plain and unpretending, I assure
you. Just the nondescript sort of thing 1
we require for our made belle."
In the inviting drawing-room Miss ,
Irene Wolf made her debut, clinging
rather closely to the side of her mother
until the music struck up. The dance
began. The youug and shy straugor
found hersel f-introduced to a number of
agreoable young men. Every one
seemed pleased with her. Everything
she said, everything she did, proved to '
be just the happy word of the moment ]
or the happy uot. " It has been such a |
delightful evening," she said to her j
mother, when, after midnight, she still j
lingered to talk over the novel event.
-- a was a suiy girl to dread tlio begin- '
ning bo much. How kind every one
is! "
As the season advanced, the triumphs
of the made belle lost none of their bril- 1
liancy. Her success began to reflect 1
orodit upon her makers. Every day she i
seemed more lovely, every day more
worthy of preference. For is there a
oosmetie liko praise ? Is there a tonic ,
liko smiles ?
Irene Wolf, in her midsummer experience,
thought that watering place life
was au episode of paradise. But the
serpent always crawls into Eden. And '
in Irene's paradise the intruder had, as
in Riphaol's picture, a woman's face. ,
Miss Hammond thought it her duty to ,
confide to Miss Wolf a secret that had
been intrusted by Dick Wilhurst as '
something which he considered " too
good to keep."
Miss Hammond performed her self- i
imposed duty without trepidation. If
in the rivalry of the season she had al- '
lowed herself to feel bitterness, and if
malioe lay in her motive, she was not r.*- (
warded by the effect upon her victim of
her astounding revelation. In listening
to the humiliating tale, given in strict 1
confidence and without suppression of <
any stinging detail, Irene remained a
calm, offering no interruption or ex- a
clamation. Her heart, indeed, beat Ario- t
lently, her color wont and came. When
the whole story was ended sho pondered <
a minute, and said: e
" Do you believe this, Miss H im- <
mond ? I hardly can. I think these e
gentlemen?these friends of yours?are
too well bred to have placed a girl, an i
unoffending stranger, in such au igno- e
mimous position. Mo! Do not trouble t
yourself about this story. I feel sure i
these young men have better hearts." i
But, oh, the storm that swept over (
that bared bit of palpitating mechanism, t
the woman's heart, in the darkness of i
the night ! The pain, the tantalizing i
torment, the bewildering doubt. Gould i
it bo true ? Let the oareful memory, <
the oalm judgment, take up the facts. 1
Alas, the story was not without its corroborating
proofs! (
The first night of anguish that sweeps 1
across the pillow of a young girl robs <
it forevor of all the white roses of which
girls'pillows are made. Thenoeforth the 1
softest is but raffled linen on which the J
head rests. I
In the morning Irene awoke?for at i
. dawn she caught one miserable half ]
hour's sleep?awoke, for the first morn- i
ing of her life, upon a flat, stalo, unprofitable
world. i
What pleasure was there to a made ]
bello in fixing her blonde hair at the 1
glass f ]
The first thought of tho child had
beeu this: "Oh, how I wish I could 1
tell mother t" but she reasoned with ]
herself: " No; it is better I should i
bear it myself. And father, dear 1
father, how he would reseDt this cruelty I I
how much ho loves his poor little girl ! j
He must nevor, uever, never know." <
The evening after Miss Hammond's <
dutiful act Irene was beautiful?really j
beautiful for the first and, perhaps, last <
time in her life. She came down into
the drawing-room array* d in an excel- i
lent Peris dress ; for her mother, whose I
maternal instinct liad been aroused to '
the peroeption that Ireno's costumes i
were not in the style of those worn by <
her companions, had purchased for her 1
darling at an immoderate oost from one
of those fashionable modistes who fol- 1
lew in the wake of the summer faring :
gay world the very last importation of
draperied grace.
Irene oame down into the drawingroom
attired like a little princess; but j
it was not that which made every eye i
discover she was a beauty at last. It <
was the hectio rose leaf on her cheek,
the scarlet of her lips, the violet shad- i
ow about her eyes, the mystical shadow
upon vonng eyelids that grief has at last
kissed ; it was the kindled exoitementof
conflicting pain and pride, the quick
flame that made her gentle fawn colored
yes shine steel and gold, and gold and
steel, and that illnmined into positive, \
potent brilliancy her modest, softly tint- ]
ed, pleasantly featured, but never be- 1
fore startling face.
She was really beantifnl, and every i
one said so that night. The belle, with- ]
out possibility of mistake.
But to those who knew her and who
were with her frequently, or watcljpd
her closely from that time forth, there
was something missed from Irene that
had hitherto had part in herself?the
joyous confidence, the innocent abandon,
the quiet but genuine undertone of real
happiness, had fled. With all her pride,
Bhe was too ingenuous to conceal from
those who cared for her that her perfect
peaoe was lost.
Our friendly young men held a consultation
npon this point.
" Mark me," said Sam Dent, "Iknow
something of girls, and that girl has
fallen in love. Mark me, in love with
one of us! I only hope, since I am an
engaged man, that it's not me."
Da Bois looked infinitely self-conBcious,
but did not speak.
" Don't trouble yourself, Sam," said
\^rilhnrst. with inmnntttiriry anlf.Qtao^+iVvr,
' I happen to know she hasn't been such I
a fool as that."
"We've played too deep," said Gros- ]
venor. "Upon my word, it hasn't been <
right. We've had our fun, but, by 1
Jove, it has been hard on the girl." 1
" Well," said gra eless Diek, " it isn't (
a wrong that can't be made rigbt. If i
it's me she's iu love with?and?but?well 1
?n'imporfe. If it's me, I don't care if <
I do become a victim. 'Tis a cool hun- ]
dred thousand. It might be worse."
"Wilhurst," exclaimed Lindsley, with
flashing eyes, "take care. Miss Wolf is 1
too true a woman, too good a girl to be
lightly spoken of, in my presence, at
least. A girl thnt any man might be
proud to make his wife."
" Heart hearl" cried Dick. " Excuse
mr, friends. I meant to praise, not to
scoff. What greater compliment can be
paid to a made belle than to ring the
shange out of her?ring the changes. I
mean. Lindsley, my dear fellow, I pass.
Take her; aud a thousand blessings go
with you, my boy."
"Lindsley is right," said Sam Dent."
" The girl has metal in her."
"Whoever heard of a bollo that hadn't
m tal in her ?" asked Dick.
" Nonsense ! but I tell you there's a
^enuino ring to her."
"Of course."
"And a smart tongue, as I can testify,
when she's put to it," said Qrosvenor.
" 1 liko a woman who can hold her
)WQ. "
" Her own tongne? So do I," satd
Dick. "Oh, I'm sincere. Irene Wolf
is all right. Hurrah for our made belle!
She's u trump. Liudsley, you're n eucsess.
Well, good night, boys: I'm off.
Ity-bye, Jjindsloy. Ring the belle?
ling-dongl"
? * ?
The feminine portion of the boii.se
iad not been so sensitively aware of the
ihauge in Irene. The truth is, they
vere too thoroughly engrossed in a
ironderful event to condescend to
rifles.
The event was no other than the unsxpected
arrival at this delightful sealid
3 hotel of an English lord, a bachelor,
sros ed in love abroad, it was rumored,
ind come to America expressly to marry.
A live lord I One and all of the femilioe
portion of the house fixed heart and
lonl upon him at onoe. There was no
lurning back from the plow; there was
10 dallying with time to be "well off
vith the old loves," or loss of haste in
joing first to bury one's dead. The
ifi'air demanded, or commanded rather,
i religions zeal and dispatch. " Up and
mike I" was the motto of every Amazonian
ambition whose bewitching archuy
suddenly fixed upon this shining
/Ull OTJ O. I
If the thought of "Mrs." had to auy j
>ne been sweet, the thought of " My f
ady," " My Lady Lindehurst," was in- \
jomparably a treat. ?
It was, of course, nocessary to be t
presented to " my lord" first. And i
Lord Lindehurst, who had been thrown <
->y accident of foreign travel into inti 1
note relations with Qrosvenor and Dn ]
B ?is, came specially introduced. He t
was legitimately a prize of the set. \
Not until a fortnight had elapsed did <
it become faintly rumored that Lord c
Lindehurst, whose attentions had so far t
3een generously general, had^" taken <
particularly " to Irene Wolf. ]
A torrent of indignation swept through i
tho house. Miss Hammond felt her c
plane of duty so broadened that she <
actually contemplate 1 confiding Dick s
Wilburst's secret, "too good to keep,"
io the young Euglishman?to illumine <
Pis note book as a characteristic episode t
if American manners and life. She was
lelayed some* hat in her benevolent in ^
tent, for the reason that the live lord i
was not easily approached. . ^
An for Irono, when she felt that the
Illustrious etraogor was unfeignedly at- 1
traoted by herself, she experienced some a
womanly tumults of satisfaction. He, a
it least, was sincere. This lover, at least, 3
was unaffected in his marked preference (
Dy any ia'ent relisli of a joke. J 1
' Ho did not make me," alio very nat- i
urally, and with some grateful sense of
restored dignity, said
The yonng nobleman, an unassuming (
f outh, seemed hardly to appreciate the <
urore he had created. The rumor of j
bis having been crossed in love was not e
correct. Hia own temper had made the (
cross bv decidedly refusing a match pro- t
posed for him upon worldly principles j
alone. ,
Personally, Lord Lindehnrst was a {
man who, without a title, would not have
been popularly remarked. He was a
traveled, but not a "society" man; ob- 1
servantly, not experimentally, edu- 1
oated; nor was he particularly intelleo- 1
i
tual. Bat be possessed an agreeable
presence, refined manners, an nmple for
bnne, and an excellent heart.
He bad a presentiment that he shonld
find his wife in the new world, and his
presentiment was fulfilled.
He fell in love at first sight with Irene
Wolf.
The night of his arrival was the night
af Ireuo's beauty. In whatever degree
ihe faded from her perfect brilliancy
ifter that, his kindled imagination suppliod
the defect. He saw her first in the
jpothcosis wrought in her by the one
sruel moment of her life. He never
Faltered in his faith in her bright
supremacy from that time forth.
For a fortnight he studied her unobserved
and " afar off ; " then he asked
to be presented, and from that time he
Jevotod himself to her with increasing
lovotion.
At the close of the season their engagement
was annonnoed.
The refined prejudices of the young
lor 1 wore not disturbed even by a prolonged
visit in the Western home of
Papa and Mamma Wolf. He found
ihere what he esteemed most, the aris:ocracy
of heart.
It was a long wedding journey that
[rcno took, and for manv months and
jven yonrB she had no visible part in her
Irst-loved Western life. But her image
was idolized in that home. " My little
jirl" whs the theme of inoessont delight;
ind dearly -as her affection clung to
;hoso who had filled completely her
;hildish faith and trust, she never repented
her choice. She loved hor husband
as truly as he loved her.
" I was made for him," she said, both
Irst and last.
Fortunes Lost aud Won.
Virginia City, Nevada, has sixteen
paro games, all situated in C street, at
;ho rear of the principal saloons. The
proprietor of one of the most flourishng
faro banks says that the expenses of
mining the games, exclusive of license,
root up at $27,400 a year. From the
irst to the fifteenth of the month, the
ime at which the miners are flush, most
>f the games run three shifts of eight
tours each, thus employing six dealers
tnd throe case keepers. After tho midUe
of the month tho business slackens,
ind only ouo or two of the games runs
nore than two shifts. Every bank pays
i yearly lioenso of $1,000, making the
so m for table total of $25,600.
A popular delusion prevails that faro
s conducted " on the square " in Virginia.
The fact that the owners of the
fames live, as a general thiug, in abont
us handsome houses as can be seen in
.he city, and th?>t thoy are themselves
lehiud fast horses in C street, counts for
lothing with the gambling Comstocker,
cho invariably has liis " system" nearly
>erfectod, and is sure to " bust the
fame " before long. This ardently
ouged for triumph is occasionally
.clneved. Within the last six mouthsno
ess than four games have been cleaned
int. They were, however, comparativey
poverty stricken concerns, having
>nly $2,000 or $3,000 capital. Most of
he banks now running have a backing
>f from $50,000 to $100,000, and one
ustitntion has $400,000 as a foundaion.
The largest winning reported so far
his year was made by a teamster, who
jot away with over $5,000, and left
he bank a wreck. On the 'other hand,
he losses have been extremely heavy.
)no well known gambler here, who
ronld pass anywhere for the father of a
>rosperous family, has lost $15,000 at
aro within the last four months. Apro>os
of this gentleman, I heard a good
ittle story the other day. He and some
ther professionals had been losing
rightfully, and some desperate step was
iccessary to raise the wind. A neat
dot was hatched. Free drinks are a
eature of every gambling room. A
vaiter takes the orders from the play>rs
and brings in the liquors and cigars
>n a tray. The waiter of the game
vhich this wrecked gambler and his
lompanion had resolved to victimize was
lenvily bribed to join the soheme.
Drinks were called for, the dealer among
.he rest asking for refreshment. The
m tnaitov v*noi-n/1 41*a twtn
*u Hivui ui niuici ^/cktoou kud iaaj w vuc
lealer in snoh a manner as to oover the
tarda, and the gambler deftly removed
he box and substituted another with a
told deok in it under oover of tho tray.
Ln about ten minutes the oonspirators
von $1,400, knowing what oards would
tome up. After about two-thirds of the
leok hud been dealt the dealer smiled
ind said:
" Well, boys, you may as well hand
>ver my box; I seo you've got me this
lime."
There was neither anger nor hard
vords. " Anything to beat tho game "
s considered allowab'e, and the gamblers
valk off with thoir spoils in peace.
The profits of the faro banks are
arge and certain* A seasoned gamester
laid the other day that a game that he
ind ono partner conduoted for eleven
rears cleared in that time over $500,000.
)ne of the two banks with which Gold
mi is Dlossed clears regularly every
uonth $5,000.
A patty of meu gathered on the shore
>f the river Lea, in England, to play
' oat," a game as to which the reporter
n a London newspaper gives no deloription.
A part of the fnn, however
insisted in tying a rope aronnd a man,
hrowiDg him into the water, and drawng
him across the stream. The rope
>roke, the man was drowned, aad the
>ther players are under arrest
It is estimated that there are about
>00 American youths, aged from twelve
o twenty years, who are engaged in the
cmsinesa of " amateur journalism."
GEN. CUSTEU'S LAST CHARGE.
Lleal. I'arland'a Mtary of (he Hananlaary T
Balllr with the Hloax.
A letter dated " Mouth of the Little
Horn," giving a new version of Custer's R
fight with the Sioux, has been received E
from Lieut. John Carland, of Company tc
B, Sixth infantry, attached to Gen. Gib- fr
bona' command. Lieut. Carland says : w
At the mouth of the Rosebud, on the P
twenty-second of June, we struck a la
large Indian train leading up the Rose- in
bud valley. Gen. Custer from there n?
took command of the twelve companies hi
of cavalry and pushed on after the in
Sioux. He followed them to the foot of e?
the mountains, and found by scouting pi
in the valley that they were encamped fa
on a branch of the Little Horn. This
was on the night of the twenty-fourth, tv
On the twenty-fifth he took five com- O
panics and followed the stream down on t!
one side, while Major Reno, with seven it
companies, went down on the other, sc
Major Reno was to attack the enemy in al
the rear while Custer fought them in w
front. This would have worked all right, bi
as Reno had got in their rear, but Gen. at
Ouster, marching down on the other b<
side, Raw what he supposed was the hi
front of the camp, and made a charge on is
them, the rnrll'linll oiuinnr ma-o on/1 Inffinn
o O ""J
him right into the gap. The brave man Pi
rode on with his three hundred men, er
and would have killed the whole 2,000 in
Sioux, I believe, if there had been no m
enemy behind him; but instead of oharg- in
ing the front, ho was right in the center pi
of between three thousand and four m
thousand Sioux. Those that were be- m
hind him kept conoealed until he was dt
right in their midst, and then, when it di
was too late, he made a bold dash trying
to cut through them, but the enemy fo
were too many. He fell about the first sp
ono, and the horses becoming unmanage- cl<
able, the poor soldiers were cut down in th
less time than it takes to tell it. ne
The Sioux then turned with all their th
fury upon Major Reno. He charged wc
them with one oompany, and returned cu
with ouly eleven men. He then rotreat- dr
ed a short distance, placing his men on of
a bluff. He kept them off until tho ne
night of the twenty-seventh, his men going
without water forty-eight hours. He th
was relieved by Gens. Terry and Gib- a ]
bons, who saw the smoke from where they th
wore at the Little Horn, and thinking cl<
it a signal of the Sioux, marched that bi
way just in time to save the last handful m
of the Seventh cavalry. m
Out of tho whole regiment only 328 T1
men aro left, and forty of them are fo
badly wounded. It makes one heartsick m
to look over tho battle ground and see
the poor fellows, some of them with their w<
eutrails cut out, others with their eyes st<
dug out and heart laid across their face, mi
They even stopped to cut their pockets th
to get their money and watches. The all
most fearful sight was Oolonel Cooke, otl
Ho was a splendid looking man, with er
long, dark whiskers. They dug his th
face all out so as to get his fine beard, it
is supposed. Thoy did not disfigure Gen. co
Custer in any way, but his brother, Tom gr
I Custer, was opened and his heart taken Oi
out. ga
Gen. Ouster, Capt. Tom Custer, and th
Boston Custer, brothers of the general, gi'
First Lieutenant Calhoun, brother-in-law wn
of the general, and A. H. Reed, the gen- on
eral's nephew, fell within ten feet of each no
I other.
We estimate the loss t ? the enemy at
five hundred, though it is hard to tell
how many were killed, as they carried i
most of them away. Gen. Terry and the ge
remaiuing officers aro feeling very badly.
I was standing by Gen. Caster when ^
Gen. Terry came ud. and as he looked
down upon the noble general tears ,
ooursed down his face as he said : " The
| flower of the army is gone at last."' Cos- mi
ter was supposed to be the first one who 1
fell, but we found seventeen cartridge lo1
shells by his side, where he had kept ?1?
them ofl until the last moment. <
No blame can be attached to any one in
for this fearful slaughter. If Ouster mi
had had the whole regiment, it would <
only have been worse, as the Sioux were f?<
too many. pe
There is one poor Crow Indian on the wc
boat who has five shots through him, yet gD
he is happy because he has nine scalps
at his side.
These Sioux were all from the same a '
agency, as we found camp equipments
that had never been used, [also blankets At
that were new and branded United States
Indian department. dr
Inauguration Day.
When the day for the inauguration of ?
the President of the United States was pr
fixed upon the fourth of March, it was pr
for the reason that the date occurred I pr
seldom on Sunday. Bat twice daring
oar history has the Inauguration day
fallen on that day. The first was the Hp
second inaugural of James Monroe, the ^
fifth President, March 4, 1821. Tl e
second was when Zachary Taylor was jo
made President, March 4, 1819. Being r;f
Sunday, his inauguration did not take
Elaoe until the next day. The third will ,
e the next inaugural, March 4, 1877.
This will happen three times during 9P
each century, or one year after every 1
seven leap years. Exoept when passing
from one century to another there is a
slight variation, as will be observed in
tho following dateB of the past and "P
future inaugurations of the first two ?n
centuries of the republic : March 4,
1821; March 4, 1849; March 4. 1877; ?r
March 4, 1917; March 4, 1945; March 4, Ut
1978.
Cholera of an unusually virulent type fel
killed half the residents of Golwood, ut
India, within four days. The rest fled, dc
but were refused admission to other vll- an
lAges, and had to return to the infeeted fa
| pla:e, most of them to die. in
A llUXKAKD LOVE FEIST.
wenty-flve Qaadred PmpIp Ratine 8*?P
oat of Bight Hundred Bowls.
At the Dunkard's "love feast" at
ehrerflburg, says the Reading (Pa.)
'agle, the large concourse proceeded
? the Swatara creek, about a mile
om the church, where seven persons
ere ready to bo baptized. The Rev.
ioutz prepared the whole party on the
nd, then proceeded with each one
ito the water very near up to their
jcks, the water being about four and a
ilf feet deep at that plaoe. Then, after
voking a blessing from above, he gave
ich of them three dips into the water,
it ting the whole person under the surce.
The party consisted of five men and
70 women, all married but one man.
ver 1,500 persons were present when
te baptizing was done. In the evening
was ostimated that at least 2,500 perms
were present. A feast was given to
1 who desired to partake. Meat soup
as the principal dish served. The
others and sisters were seated three
id three together, eating out of one
>wl, each having a shining spoon. No
lcksters were allowed on the pre rues."
Ministers from Ohio, Maryland and
eunsylvania were present. As a genal
thing the Dunkards are all well off
worldly goods, and generally interarry
with each other, and the donomstion
is very strong. Each brother is
lvuegea to get up ana maKe some reark.
They all talk Pennsylvania Geran
plain, but very slow. At least a
>zen brothers addressed the large auenco
in one forenoon.
Each one asked a blessing upon the
rmer brother's address before he
>oko. They wear the plainest kind of
atliing. Many young ladies, still in
eir toens, were notieed wearing the
sat but plain white mull cap, covering
e whole head, oven the ears. The
jmen, young and old, dress alike?no
xl or fancy headdress to be seen. The
esses of the women are made mostly
calico, in the plainest possible manx.
They generally wear a small cape of
e material the dress is made of, with
pure white handkerchief tied aronnd
e neck. The men wear homespun
nthiug of the plainest goods, with no
xttons?they use hooks and eyes. The
en all wear long hair, parted in the
iddle and combed back of the oars,
tio basement of the ohurch is fitted up
r the congregation to take their
eats in.
Throe large tables, ninety feet long,
iro filled again and again. The second
orj is fitted up as a sleeping aportsnt,
where a great many slept during
o night. After the servioes were over
the brothers and sisters bade each
her an afieotionate farewell, the broths
loving and kissing each other and
3 sisters doing likewise. !
A meeting of the same denomination
mmeuceu n?ur x>uruvuie, wuoro u ,
eat many of the same participated,
ie of the ministers warned the oongretion
earnestly, hoping that none of :
a members would visit the Centennial,
ring as his reason that the Centennial 1
is nothing but worldly, and their duty 1
earth was to prepare for spiritual and
t for worldly things.
Thoughts for Saturday Mght.
Crabbed age and youth cannot live father.
Timo's chariot wheels make their road
the fairest face.
We see time's furrows on another's
ow; how few, themselves in that just
irror, see I
Childhood itself is scarcely more
rely than a oheerful, kindly, sunshiny .
1 age.Old
age was naturally more honored !
times when people could not know
acli more than what they had seen.
To guard the mind against the tempdon
of thinking there are no good
ople, say to them: "Be such as you
mid like to see others, and you will
id those who resemble you."
Testimony is like an arrow shot from
ong bow?the force of it depends on
e strength of the hand that drawe it. i
gument is like an arrow from a cross
w, which has equal foroe though
awn by a child.
Spero Speroni explains admirably how
uuthor who writes very clearly for
mself is often obsonre to his readers.
It is/' he says, " because the author
oceeda from the thought to the exession,
and the reader from the exession
to the thought.
Objects close to the eye shut out much
rger objects on the horizon, and
lendors born only of the earth eclipse
e stars. So a man sometimes covers
> tbe entire disk of eternity with a
>llar, and quonches transoondent glow
with a little shining dust.
Men fear death as ohildren fear the
rk; as that natural fear is increased in <
ildren by frightful tales so is the other. :
roaun, convulsions, weeping friends
d the like show death is terrible; yet
ere is no passion so weak but conquers
e jear 01 it, ana tuereiore death is not
h a terrible enemy. Revenue
nmphs over death, love sighs at it,
>nor aspires to it, dread of shame
efers it, grief flies to it and fear anjipates
it.
* Joe," said Tom, * I heard a certain
How say to his girl, 4 Shall I have your
ensins engroved on that ring f' What
> yon think of that I" 441 think,"
iswered Joe, 44 he mnst be the same
llow who asked his girl to let him ride
her phantom."
Items of Interest.
The present number of ohurohee in
London is 802, an increase of sixteen the
past year. The clergy have increased
from 1,875 to 1,445.
Several Baltimore physicians say that
many diseases are caused by soap, the
grease for whioh is obtained from unhealthy
animals.
To feed sparingly and irregularly is to
lose all you give to fowls ; bnt to study
into their wants and anticipate them is
to render them very profitable.
"Marie! what's that strange noise at
the front gate t " "Oats, air.* "Oats I
Well, when I was young oats didn't
wear stovepipe hats and smoke cigars."
" Times are changed, sir."
Customer?" How much for the lilies .
of the valley f " Florist?" Five shillings
a bunch." Customer?"Too
much." Florist (blandly) ? " Well,
madam, if you will have the lilies of the
valley, you must pay the vally of the
lilies."
The census for 1875 shews that Boston
has 841,919 inhabitants, of whom
179,675 are women, 162,268 men, while
the foreign born are in excess of the
natives 2,841. There are 4,969 colored
persons, 45 Ohinese, 5 Japanese and 57
Indians. *
A man with a fall set of burglar's
tools was found in Independence Hall,
trying to pry opeh the sue in which the
Declaration of Independence is kept.
The magistrate before whom he was
brought allowed him to be discharged
on a plea of insanity.
A young man of Wayne county, Iowa,
who had been deaf anddnmb for twenty
tears, while driving leisurely one day
itely was suddenly thrown from a
wagon to the ground, striking his head,
and on arising found that he had recovered
his speech and hearing.
A Ohioagoan has obtained a verdict
against a railroad oompany whose baggageman
smashed his trunk. He proved
that the trunk was not only dropped
from the wagon to the ground, but that
the baggageman lifted it as high as he
could, so that it would fall heavier.
A lunatic was found dead in an
English asylum with his ribs crushed
into his lungs. A ooroner's jury did
not believe the explanation given by the
keopers, which was that he had inflicted
the injury by throwing himself against a
wall, and a rigid investigation is in
progress.
An ingenious, if not learned, philologist
has been studying up the origin of
"cobos," the word used by farmers in
calling their cattle. He says that the
Greek' word bosoo, meaning '' to drive to
pasture, repeated rapidly Deoome* "Xo
bos," whence " oobos." There's nothing
like learning.
Not long ago a paragraph from Paris
told of a man whose nose had begnn to
grow alarmingly. We now find, in a
French mediod journal, an aooount of an
operation performed upon that nose.
The exoresenoe, weighing 280 grammes,
was cut off, leaving a badly scarred but
more symmetrical organ.
South California has three temperance
colonies. Two of them are in Ijos Angeles
county, and the third in Santa Barbara
county. The colonists are thrifty,
quiet and enterprising, and the oolonies
themselves are in a most flourishing
condition, the absenoe of intoxicating
liqnor attracting a moral and intelligent
class of people.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Failure* la the United State* Imr the First
Six Mentha *f 18TS.
The failures in the United States for
the first six months of 1876, as reported
by the mercantile agency of B. Q. Dun
A Co., are as follows, the number of
failures and the amount of liabilities being
given by States:
S'ofM and TtrrUorl?. Ammmtqf *
Alabama 88 8M0,M8
Arkanaaa 88 UMS
California W 1,178,109
Colorado 81 800,841
Connecticut OS 8,373,004
Dakota 8 07,000
Delaware 8 188,008
District of Colombia 13 04,777
Florida 11 88,000
Georgia lit 3,747,001
Idaho 1 M00
illlnol 800 8,S0M00>
City of Chicago 88 0,970,800/
Indiana ISO 8,181,481
Iowa 148 1,074,480
Kanaaa 80 878,000
Kentucky 1ST 4,838,700
Lontaiana 88 1,184,788
M.<n. T* OMIM
Maryland 76 1,1 if,Ml
Massachusetts 844 7,436,1781
City of Boston 164 7.48M00/
Michigan ?l 4,467,8*4
Minnesota 66 864,066
Mississippi 67 468,788
Missouri.. 68 784,8001
City of St. Louis 41 1,067,888f
Montana 8 66.600
Nebraska 8 67,806
Nevada 8 68,766'
New Hampahire 88 SOMOO
New Jersey 78 806,178
New York.. 460 8,M8,Mtl
City of New York 448 18,766,6Mf
North Carolina 84 71S,SM
Ohio 804 8^11,867
City of Cincinnati 46 1,608,067
Oregon..... " aa2f!22?
Pennsylvania 886
City uf Philadelphia 78 l^OMUO/
Ithode Island M 6,687,716
South Carolina 76 1,868^06
Tennessee 118
Texas 80 MiniM
Utah Is 6^66
Vermont 88 688,06*
Virginia and West Virginia.... 118 8,781,380
Washington Territory 8 168,664
Wisconsin 187 1,880,106
Wyoming 1 87,006
Total 4,680 8108,416,488
Dominion of Canada 668 $18^84^8
The fail urea for the aeme period in
1875 were 8,668, with liebilitiee unonating
to $76,000,000.
Messrs. Don k CJo. think the irocst is
passed, that reoklees speculation is oiw,
and that better times may soon be ?
peoted.