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The Beaufort Tribune.
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II.?NO. 42. BEAUFORT, S. C., SEPTEMBER 6, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM.
Warden, Keep a Place for Me. j
AN INCIDENT OP PRISON I.IKK IN THE PENI- '
* I
TENT1ALY. j
Discharged again ! Yes, I am fieo, '
But, warden, keep a plaoe for me ; 1
For freedom means that I must go I
Out iii the wind and raiu and suow, 1
To light with hunger, shame and oold? I
A woman gray and worn and old; \
To clotho myself in rage again,
And seek sorao wretched, narrow dull. 1
And after that what must be done ? _
Htoal ? Bog ? Hard linos for any one.
To work is easier. I would try,
But thero's no work for euoh as I. ]
A flne thing, truly, to be free?
But, warden, keep a place for mo ;
For I'll como back. It's seven years
Hitice first 1 entered hero in tears.
411)i unk and disorderly " I came,
And folt tho burden and the shame, ,
The prison taint, the outlaw's dread
When first behind bis hopeless tread
Tho gates ciang to with dreadful sound j
And the dark prison walls close round.
Bat when I wont away I said : 1
" If I can earn mv daily bread
I'll work toy fingers off before
I'll wo&r a convict's drees once moro."
Twiw easy eaid?I meant it too?
Work ? Is tliore work enough to do I
For tlioss who spend their weary livoa |
Like toiling bees in busy bives, |
And starve at la-tV When willing hands <
That never hroko the law's commands ]
Are idle by tliu thousands, how <
Can jailbirds keep a virtuous vow ?
No work, hut all the same I found ,
Tho time for meals would oomo around ; (
No work, but time enough to think,
Aud that's the easy road to drink.
Who eared, who o ros, that I was then 1
" Drunk and disorderly " again ? I
Who earns that ever with tho host 1
I was a woman liko the rest V '
Who cares that one dsy in my life 1
I whs a happy, joyous wifo? 1
None rare, and I caro less than they,
Aud curse the man and oureo tlie day. '
Ho v did 1 know that he would be
A drunken scoundrel, dragging mo i
Down in the mire? Alas, the life <
e lod me ! Oh, the hitter strife '
'Twilt lnvo aud ha'-e l lie went awav 4
Ai.d loft mo with royjjtile May ?
My litllo child ! My little poarl! ?
My protty brown < yod baby girl 1
Bah?that was only childhood's grace !
Mho gr< w np with her .fattier'* face.
Her father's selfish, wicked heart;
Qrew np to take an evil part; *
Grew up to noil her mother's name <
And cover it with double shame.
Bnt I've a little baby drove?
The one soft vein of tenderness
That's ran through all these hatefnl years ?
I've wet it many a time with toars,
And many a time at dead of night
I've clasped it to my bosom tight.
What for? Because it moans for'mo
A simple, sinless memory";
Because it means there was a time
When I, now gray with want and crime,
Old jailbird as I am to-day,
Knew how to love and dared to pray.
What did I do ? How conld I know
That things wonld go against mo so?
How could I help it ? Did I plan
The fate that bonnd me to that man??
The bard, blind fate that dragged me down
Among the wretches of the town??
That snatched away all hope, all ohance,
And twisted every circumstance
Against me, till at last I stood ^.. -
Stripped of my very womanhood ? ' * *
I could not daro to stop and think?
Was it my fault I took to drink?
No, I'm not fit for liberty
It ain't a wholesome thing for mo ;
The jail takes care of mo too well.
Better to bo lookod up iu a cell,
Whore all in oloau and sleep in sweet,
Than roam Iho miaory haunted stroot;
Better the work they givo us here
Than what awaite mo when I'm olear;
Better tho ailenco we must keep
x . Than drunken criea and oaraea deep ;
Better the dull days free from pain
, Than shattered nerves and throbbing brain ;
Better the quiet, sobor life
Than youdor city's desperate strife ;
Better the prison's homely fare,
Better the prisou's watchful caro,
Better for me than liberty?
Bo, warden, keep a place for mo.
?Peleg Arkwrtght in Graphic.
The Massacre of the Alamo.
Tlio recent death of SAnta Adda recalls
to miud the early struggles of the
infant repnblio of Texan, when her
Hoostons, her Grocketts, her Lamars,
her Tr a vises and her Burnet* wero
battling against fearful odds for the liberty
and indepondenoe of tho yonng
American settlement. Under tho leaderakin
r.t II. i ' *
di?i> wi mcmi ^uiiiiui uii'u, uuj monnanci j
Texans, without organization, without a j
regular army, n:?vy, national credit, or j
even national recognition, carried on a 1
war with oight millions of pooplo, possessing
almost unlimited control of men, <
money aud material, and oommanded by <
able leaders, with Santa Anna at their 1
head. The war was long, and mauy ]
times doubtful, presenting many in- i
stances of heroio effort, brilliant triumph 1
and glorious martyrdom. Tho brutal, 1
cowardly murder of Ooloncl Fannin's
oommand, tho victory of San'Jacinto 1
* aud the massacre of the Alamo consti- i
tilted thrilling chapters in the reoor 1 of <
the young republic's achievements, i
Few of these incidents possess ti more
tragical iuterest than tho event known
is the " Massacre of the Alamo." The
details, however, of this bloody catastrophe
are moagcr and unsatisfactory,
rwo of tho ill-fated garrison only survived
the horrors of the massacre, and
their narratives, with the relnctant admission
made by the Mexican butchers,
ire all that has come down to us to give
the story of the brave men's martyrdom,
[t was the aim of the Mexican tyrant to
place the seal of death upon tho lips of
bis nuhappy captives, fnlly intending
that not ono should live to tell tho
bloody story.
In January, 1836, Santa Anna, with a
large army, commenced the invasion of
the territory of the rebellious State.
Tho little settlement called the volunteers
hastily together to meet the threatsued
danger. Colonel Travis, with a
detachment of picked men, was sent
forward to the town of San Antonio to
watch tho movements and retard the advance
of the enemy. Tho colonel had
just arrived at his post and disposod his
men for the nivlit. toIiph liia
were violently attacked by tko Mexicans
and driven in.
A brief reconnoissance oonvinccd
Colonel Travis that his enemy was vastly
superior in numbers, and he accordingly
withdrew his little force into a
strong stone building in the outskirts of
the town, known as the Alamo. This
buildirg was constructed by the Jesuits
lo servo the double purpose of a fort and
slmrch, and was exceedingly well calculated
for an obstinate defense. Its walls
wero of stone, 190 feet long and 120 feet
wide, anil fourteen small pieces of artilleiy
defended its approaches. The place
was supplied with water by two aqueincts
which led from the San Antonio
river to tho interior of the works.
It was iu this inclosure that Oolonel
rravis withdrew his littlo army and
awuitod the Mexican attack. In the
meantime tho men were employed in
strengthening the fortification, throwing
up new works, and practicing the
artillery, which was so successful that
the gunners obtained a perfect range of
svery foot of ground commauiled by
their guns.
Colouol Travis, however, felt tho insufficiency
in numbers, and resolved to
Mill for aid. He tbcroforo prepared a
stirring appeal, which a trusty scout
sairicd t-ately through tho Mexican lines
aud published in the Mexican newspaper-.
Iu tho meantime tho Mexican army
Irow three lines of investment closer
around the little fort. Fresh troops
were pouriug into his camps, now
batteries sprung up in every direction,
aud a cordon of offensive works nearlv
an circled the doomed garrison. The
bombardment was constant, and grow
more furious every hour us batteries
multiplied and new guns were placed iu
position.
Travis continued to sond scouts
through the enemy's line with the ndIrcss,
and on the morning of the first
>f March, Captain John W. Smith, with
;birty-two men, cut his way through the
Mexican lines and joined the garrison,
ivhioh increased the effective force to
me hundred and eighty men.
Day after day, without an hour's cesjatiou,
the Mexican artillery thundered
ipon the little fort. An assault was
iaily threatened, and the little garrison
was kept constantly under arms, ready
& repel any attack, and the exposure
told fearfully upon their strength. Soon
the stoutest heart begun to realize that
I e feat ami destruction were inevitable.
The Mexicans had hoisted the black flag
is an assurance that no quarter would
bo given, but not a mau quailed, each
resolviDg to die as boeame a Texan
put riot.
On the fifth of March Colonel Travis
idi tressed a last appeal to the country,
m l sent it through the Mexicau lines
luder cover of darkness. Ho said:
*I am still here iu as fine spirits as
jo ltd 1>? expected, with one hundred
m l eighty men. I liavo hold the
place ton days against more than thirty
nines onr number, and I will continuo
;o hold it until I get relief from my
jountrymen, or will perish in the deenee.
The blaok flag whioh is borne by
.he enemy gives token that the light is
o be one of extermination against
rebels."
This address hail boon preparod early
11 the evening, approved by all the oflisers,
a number of copies made, and one
if the most skill ful riders in the oommnnd
had volunteered to * carry it
;hrongh tho enemy's linos. The night
Eras dark, and a thrilling storm of rain
uid sleet wan falling, when the conrier
mounted, and gave the parting words to
lis comrades, Colonel Travis standing
jesido him, with folded arms, looking
iteudily to the right, where the long
incs of Mexican camp Ores blazed in
iho darkness.
"Good bye I" criod tho messenger,
is he prossed the flanks of his horse, and
sounded away.
"Wait a moment," cried Colonel
Travis, suddenly nwuking from his
reverio. " Wait a moment. I want to
lend ono more lotter."
He sat down and rapidly wroto a brief
ettor to an iutiinnto friend, sotting
forth their desporato condition, tho dauber
of massacro, and closed with this
message.
" Take care of my little boy. If the
jouutry is saved, and I survive tho prosint
peril, I may yet make him a splendid
fortune ; but if the conntry should be
lost, aud I should perish, ho will havo
nothing left but the proud recollection
;hat he is the son of a man who died for
nis country."
These were the last words ever written
liy the gallant colonel, and tho letter
was for many years cherished by tho
nrplianod boy us one of the most valued
relics of his lamented parent.
Meanwhile tho bombardment was progreasing
but slowly, and tho Mexicans
grew impatient. Their overwhelming
strength, tho weakness and exhaustion
of tho garrison, and their greed for
speedy revenge, prompted an immediate
assault, and Sunday, March 6tb, 1836,
was chosen as tho day for carrying tho
purposo into execution.
The unusual activity in tho Mexican
camp attracted tho attention of Col.
Travis at an oarly hour in tho morning,
and ho at once concluded that au assault
was intended.
Tho little garrison was stationed in
tho most advantageous manner possible,
and tho colonel delivered a stirring address,
exhorting them all to do thoir
duty, and die as became a peoplo worthy
to bo free.
Tho men responded with cheers, and
held a hurried consultation, at which it
was unanimously agreed to light until
tho last man, and when no further resistance
was possible, it wan agreed that
tho survivor should liro tho magazine
and all perish together.
At sunrise tho enemy swarmed out
from behind their works, aud tho long
lines of assault formed almost within
musket range of the walls of the
Alamo, and completely enveloping the
little fortification. The cavalry was
formed in the rear of tho infantry, with
drawn sabers, and orders to cut down
all who faltered iu the advance. Under
cover of a heavy fire from thoir batteries,
tho dark columns moved forward
to the assault?four thousand arrainst
ono hundred aud eighty !
On, on, cauio the dnrk lines, n steady
fire of musketry flashing from their
ranks; but the silence of death reigned
within the Alamo. Ammunition was
scarce, and the brave defenders were instructed
to wuste few shots ; but when
the enemy came within easy range, the
artillery, charged to tho muzzle with
grape, opened upon them, and the unerring
rifles of tho Texans poured a torrent
of bullets into the midst of the advancing
troops. Theso murderous discharges
tore through their ranks, sweeping
down whole companies at every discharge.
The dead encumbered the path of the
advancing column, but urged on by the
remorseless cavalry behind, tho bleeding
lines stumbled over dead and dying,
and reached tho very foot of tho walls.
But tho nearer they came, tho more
deadly becamo the effect of tho Toxau
flre, and tho slaughter increased, nutil,
despite the cavalry in their rear, thev
broke and fled in confusion to their
camps.
Santa Anna now hastened to tho field
in person, reformed tho beaten columns,
and they were again driven forward, only
to bo again hurled back with frightful
slaughter.
As the storming column fell back, the
exhausted Texans ceased their lire, and
for somo minutes a painful silence
rested on tho bloody field, broken only
by the moans of the woutided men, who
lay thick upon the grouud without, over
which the assailing column h id passed.
It was fondly hoped by the besieged
garrison that the fiorcest of the struggle
was over, but they were disappointed.
The voice of command was soon heard
from the Mexican lines, officers were
seen hurrying to and fro, gathering tho
remnants of their beaten regiments, and
tho nearly exhausted garrison prepared
for a final struggle.
Success was almost hopeless. Tho
excitemont and exertion had left them
weak and prostrated, Boveval of their
best men had fallen, and but a few
rounds of ammunition remained. But
their firmness was unshaken. They removed
the dead, provided us best they
could for tho woundou, and then renewed
their pledge to stand by oncli
other to the last, and never surrender
while a single defender remained.
On c:imo tho dark lines of tho enomy,
driven forward asboforo by tlio remorseless
cavalry and the threats and entreaties
of their officers. It was the
third and linal assault. Thoy struggled
through the sumo storm of bullets, only
less severe, us tho number of brave
men had beeu sadly reduced; but tho
yawning gaps wore quickly closed up,
the living pressed forward to till tho
places of the dead, and tho terrible
column swept to tho very foot of tho
wall.
With a shout of exultation, fuller of
vengeful hate than the whoop of an
American savage, they planted tho
sealing 1 adders, and, maddened with excitemout
and frenzy, swarmed over the
fortifications upon the struggling pa
triots, and commenced the butchery.
There was no giving way, no stops
backward, no cry for quarter. Though
as one to ten, they continued tho fight
with clubbed muskets, and died shout
ing for Texas. Tho bravo Colonel
Trnvis was almost tho first to fall after
au entranco was effected. "God savo
my oountry, aud bless my boy," were
tho last words ho uttered.
The death work was tapid, and in
five minutes scarcely a dozen Toxaus
were loft alive. Seeing this, Major
Evans hastcuod with a lighted torch to
fire tho magazine us had been previously
arrunged. Ho reached the spot, ami
was on the point of npplyiug tho torch,
when ho waH riddled with bullets. Tho
half dozen who now romained were overpowered,
disarmed, and the capture of
the Alamo was complete.
Th6 bound captives wero carried into
tho presence of Santa Auna, who heaped
upon them every conceivable insult, aud
finally ordered them to bo taken outside
the camp and murdered. Among the
prisoners was the celebrated David
Crockett, who was captured with his
oolobrated rifle, " Betsey," which had
boon tho gift of a club of Philadelphia.
Tho order was brutally executed, and
Mrs. Dickinson, wife of Lieutenant
Dickinson, one of the officers, her infant
child, a sorvant of Colonel Travers, an*
two Mexican women who were employei
by the garrisou, were all who remaine
of the one hnndred and eighty who ha<
fought so gallantly for Texan libertj
But they were not unavenged, for befor
the walls lay the bodies of tivo hundrei
and twouty of the onemy, while eigh
hundred and fifty more lay wounded i
their camps.
Thus fell the Alamo. In two houi
from the first signal of assault, all wa
ovor. It was Santa Anna's last triump
over Texas, for in less than two month
General Houston won tho battlo of Sa
Jacinto, and tho Mexican butcher cam
a trembling captive into the patric
camp to beg for the prolongation of
life liis crimes*had many times forfeited
Iu tho churchyard at San Antonio is
plain small granito stone, orectod by pr
vate parties, bearing the inscriptioi
" Sacred to the memory of those wh
fell at tho massacre of tho Alamo."
A Walking Dry Goods Store.
luujr turtuopuuuuui. wrnmg iroi
Paris says : Thoy have a Dew way c
, wearing their veils. They tie them o
the back of the hat with a largo orm
i meut, the shape of o shell, thon tie thei
around the neck and fasten them on tb
left side. Tho effect is odd and couspi<
uous. It originated at tho races, whei
one of tho fair but frail sisterhood st
tho example. It requires a great quai
, tity of tulle to carry out tho offect of thi
eccentric yet contagious mode. * *
Imagine a single uudergarmeut of a lad
costing 820 for plain silk and 830 fc
embroidery, and oven with this coetl
i necessity a modest woman would scarc<
ly dare present herself to her husbunt
I could scarcely bolievo thero were wive
who indulged iu such luxuries, but m
doubts were soon turned into etrou
convictions. I was at the house of th
Countess M., a charming la ly of woalt]
and position, who iu a frieudly way at
m it ted mo to tho privacy of her drest
iug-room. When she completed he
bath tho lirst thing she put on was a
Oriental bath wrapper which coat 810C
I expressed so much curiosity at her ej
travuganco that she said : *' Wait au
see how much I'm worth when dressed,
and, as a matter of course, I too!
note of her personal adornment as sh
dressed, and givo it as a moreopitomo c
how much money may be spont iu Iuj
uries. Her chemiso was pale blue sill
.l.ll,, 1 -mi.
liviii j uuiuiuuiuiUU Ail WU1M3 DI1&, U
hand work and
Franr
ValonciounoR laco, cost If
Liuon drawers, laco, cost I
Underskirt, richly liued ?
Satin corset. 12
Wlrito skirt, with laco IS
Black si Ik dross IK]
L>ace collar and sleeves 3f
Laco white point barbe It]
Hair ornaments in shell IS
Satin boots, embroidered C
Silk hose, embroidered 3
Gaiters, gold clasps 4
Handkeicbiof 13
Fan, vinaigrette IS
Diamond rings, only two 1,4.'\
Diamond solitaires ... 5,0C
Qat, veil, parasol, and cairiage shawl 1,1>0
Hero was tho pot ito brunette dresse
plainly, yet as she stood sho was wort!
in dry goods and jewels (oinittiug he
bracelets) over 8*2,000 in her prouienad
costume, not to mention hor other toi
lets. Worth has some lady clients win
spend $12,000 a year for dress alone.
The liight Time to Get Married.
One of the things which yonng peopl
seem to be the most anxious to know, i
? ?- ?*- ?? -
KUO ll^Ub blLLLU IU uiurrieu, a
some of them put it.
Tlio great majority of young peopl
ore poor, and get comparatively smal
wages. They naturally suppose that i
they get married it will cost more to liv
than it coHts them while they are single
So the question with them is: Shall w
marry while we are young and poor, o
wait till wo get older und hotter off
And that is the real question in thei
minds when they inquire as to 14 th
right tirao to get married."
Th're can bo no rule laid down o
this subject which will tit all case?
Some people are naturally so indiu
trious and thrifty that they will gc
along under almost any circumstancef
Others aro so lazy and shiftless thfl
they cannot get along under any circuu
stances. The right time for the firs
clans to get married is whenever the
choose to do so, while the right timo fo
the other class to get married seldoi
comes at all.
A young couple who truly love enc
other, and are willing to work hard an
live economically, and pationtly buil
up their fortune little by little, ma
safely send for the clergyman as soon h
it may be convenient. But youug pet
pie who are lazy and extravagant, au
caro more for show than for solid we
fare, nlinnlil wait, fill m.nnii'o *?<?i
rent notions of life and thrifty habits bi
foro marrying.
"Private."
Abont two o'clock one afternoon
citizen climbed the stairs leading to.
Detroit lawyor's ollioo, pushed open th
door with an impatient slam, and augri
ly inquired : " Why didn't you call 01
mo as requested ? ' "Call on you?
didu't know that you wanted to sc
mo," was the surprised reply. "I left
not) on your table an hoar befor
noon." ; ontinuod the citizen. " It wa
inclosed in an envelope, directed to you
aud I wrote tho word 4 private ' acros
the end." "Thnt explains it," said th
lawyer, sinking back in his chair. " M
wife came down hero this morning, s*o
tiiat letter, and I'll bet she wasn't th
fifteenth part of a second putting it int
her pocket. 1 hope yon wrote a larg
hand aud signed your full name."
A Old Sol as a Thief Taker,
l| Whon photography was in its youth,
. an artist in that lino went ont with his
, instrument, and plates, and baths, on a
' bright, sunny day, for the purpose of
, taking photographic views of some ol
l, tho more wild and romantic of the forest
n scenery of Fontainebleau. Having found
a place wild and picturesque enough to
suit him, ho set his tripod, and plaoed
his camera, and, having got his focus,
. he prepared a plate and inserted it.
B When he deemed that ho had caught
_ the sylvan vista and glade, ho removed
tho plate to his little dark box, whore ht
. was subjecting it to the necessary chemi
1 cal manipulations for "developing" and
I " tiling," whon ho experienced an un
* ceremonious tap upon the shoulder.
_ Upon raising his head and looking
" around, ho found himself confronted bj
^ a gigantic specimen of the sanx-culott,
who, in a very rough and peremptorj
way, demanded of him his purse.
The photographer was a small man,
an.i unarmed, and, as a matter of personal
safety, ho drew forth his purse,
n The lobber took it, and having seen thai
>f there was gold in it, he made off into the
n forest, without oven stopping to returr
i- his thanks.
n Tho artist, as soon as he could coiled
o his scattered senses, returned tohisglasc
3- picture, or " negative," and found that
e its development was perfect. But?
?t what is this ? Holding the plate up bei
tweeu his eye and the light, ho found
is that he had caught the picture of a man
* who liad been lurking in the coppice,
y Tho face v,as in full view, and perfect?
?r the fuco of tho man who had robbed
J him! Tho rascal had been lurking in
i- tho wood, and had held still while the
I. artist bad linen liinkitic flint wnv.
0 ?? * -J As
quickly as possible lie returned tc
y Foutaiueblcau, whero ho printed a line
g proof from his plate. Then he repaired
e to the commissary of police, and having
h related liiH story, he exhibited his photoI
graphic view, with the likeness of the
i- robber.
r Tho police knew the man. and on the
Q following day he was arrested, and the
1- photographer's pnrso found upon him.
i- .
? A Flirt's Experience.
k The proprio or of a summer hotel near
0 New York had a very singular export
ric 11 co recently. Among his guests were
1 a middle aged widow and her married
i, daughter and husband. Ho was im11
pressed with the idea that he had Bornewhero
seen tho widow before, but could
... not tell when or where. Finally, making
>0 inquiries about her, it appeared thai
fjj pIio formerly lived in New York in a lo|5
cation formerly very fashionable. II
Is appears that the landlord was an old
beau of the lady, and they were onco en10
gaged to be married, but she was a greal
JJj Hirt, and the gentleman became offended
j3 at some action of hers, which he regarded
id as iudiscreet. He went to Europe, and
o on his return was informed that the
young woman was dead. Under this
impression ho forgot all about her.
K) Strangely enough the woman, about the
10 same timo, married and removed to Cinciuuati.
During a subsequent visit to
^ Now York she was likewise informed
that her former lover was deceased?a
circumstance quite na' ural, as the papers
reported the drowning of a man of the
same name. Ho married and became a
widower. When the meeting occurred,
and he had made himself knowD, the
woman could hardly believe her own
senses. Each party imagined the other
e had risen from the dead, but the ao8
quaintanoe thus revived has been a
8 happy one to both, and the boarders aro
remarking the singular fondness of the
e widow for the landlord. The explanaI]
tious whioh followed only intensified the
f new attachment, and it is supposed a
0 wedding will be the result.
i.
(> The Barber Shop of the Future.
r A Detroit barber has been thinking,
? and planning, and dreaming, and in his
r mind's eyo ho sees what can bo brought
6 about as soon as he has earned the
mouey to pay the bill :
n t r ~ ? ii -i
? lie hucb u luiee ntury uuruef nuup oil
' the corner, with elevators carrying the
J" unsbaved from floor to floor, and sendiug
them down again. Billiard rooms,
' a gymnasium, a summer garden, and a
^ dancing hull are in the plans.
A silvor fountain throws streams of
cologne water to the ceiling. Tho bary
bor chairs have nickle plated legs. The
'r razors have handles of solid gold. The
n walls are mirrors, in which tho happy
faeo of the proprietor is reflected ten
h thousand times. A hand plays soft, sad
d strains. Angelic whispers float throngh
d spaco. Unseen silvor fans oool the brow
y of each customer. While he is being
w shaved his boots are blacked, a ten dol>*
lar bill is slipped into hi? pocket, perd
fume thrown over him, and a tailor
I* measures him for a suit of clothes which
- is not to oost him a cent. As he goes
>* out he is given a ticket to tho opera, a
lottery ticket, a new silk hat, a gold
headed came, and a stem winding watch,
and if ho offers to pay for the shave,
n tho proprietor of the shop softly replies:
"If you has been made happy, do grand
oojeoK am nccompusueu. '
a Increase of Neuralgia.
I Neuralgia iu tlio faces and heads of
o women is on the increase, as compared
a with the number of instances of the diso
ease among men; and this is believed to
s be due to the inferior protection affordi,
ed by the mode in which women now
is cover their heads. It is not only one of
o the most common of feminine maladies,
y but one of tho most painful and difficult
iv of treatment. It is also a eauso of much
o moutul depression, and is regarded by
o physicians as leading moro often to habe
its of intempernncc among women than
any other disease.
Facts and Fancies.
The scale of joatioe is the weight of
i the world.
A hearty man will grow round on
square meals.
Liobscs are profitable which cause men
to be saving.
The course of a bark at sea is shaped
by the dog star.
The signature on a promissory note is
a sign of promise.
When the heat increases the thermometer
rises to explain.
The man who can deceive himself
onght to be perfectly happy.
Lightning struck a Pennsylvania oil
well and increased the flow of oil from
ten to eighty barrels a day.
r Steel ropes are being introduced on
TCncrlish mon-of-war m mhiiHtntM for
r the clumsy hemp hawsers now in use.
A cow was found standing stark and
1 stiff in a pasture in Maine. She had
been struck by lightning, killed, but
. not thrown to the ground.
I Mrs. Garr, of Quebec, hanged herself
t with her false hair. Tne coroner's verdict
was said to have been that the Carr
. was demolished by a misplaced switch.
Said a Denver prisoner to his honor :
"You've sent mo up every summer for
four years, and I've missed the fourth
of July every time. Now I want you to
make it short this time. Make it so
I get out before the fourth. This is tho
last Centennial I expect to spend on
earth, and I don't want to spend it iu
jail."
" Are the eggs poached?" inquired a
customer of a restaurant keeper. " Yos,
sir," replied the keeper. "They are?
that is, the chickens that laid them
[ were."
A voung scapegrace, notorious for his
pranks and practical jokes, who came of
> age the other day, ^woke the family at
midnight by loud crtes of " Man in tho
house I"
1 "Wherever.I go," said an elderly
traveler, the other day, " I find men
wearing out their old olothes and hats ;
but the ladies, almost without exoeption,
. havo brand new and expensive dresses."
Those three Chinamen who took a
watermelon home and oooked it say
that they feel able to worry along on
- rice a short time longer without fooling
- with any more new fangled arrangements
1 in tho vegetable line.
The Gatholies in Boston have wisely
: decided to discontinue the hiring of car;
riges for funeral processions, ezoept for
' the chief mourners, and to giye the
1 money which a costly funeral requires
' to the widow and children.
1 Nevada's population is not more than
[ 60,000, and yet the Legislature numbers
[ seventy-five, or one to every eight hun)
drod inhabitants. Fot long since it was
i estimated that one out of every fourteen
voters was a candidate for office.
' At one of the great hotels of Ohioago
the waiters politely hand each guest a
morning paper after he has given his
order for breakfast. This keeps about
sixty papers moving around for three
hours or so, and pays in popularity more
than it costs.
A French physician says that one-half
of the so-called drowned persons are
buried alive, and that they might be
resusoitated by proper treatment after
being several hours under water. His
suggestion is the injection of alooholio
stimulcnts, whipping energetically, and a
hot iron in bad oases.
The czar of Russia has abolished public
executions, which have hitherto been preoeded
by an exhibition of the oonuemed
criminal on a black cart with a
placard round his neck throughout the
prinoipal streets of the city, besides a
parade for ten minutes under the gallows.
In future executions will be within
prison walls.
A lire in Hamburg, Germany, destroyed
the large theater called the Central
Halle. Itbeing Sunday, and the weather
favorable, the theater and gardens were
1 crowded, and when the fire broke out a
paoio was created, women fainting, and
children cryiug piteously ; and about a
dozen people were orushed and burned
to death. Several of the ballet girls and
somo of the actors were severely burned.
It iB the boast of Lydia Tetreau, of
Washington, Mass., that in thirty-seven
years of married lifo she has given birth
to twenty-five children?ten boys and
fifteen girls?with but one pair of twins.
Sixteen are living, two having died in
infancy and seven after getting their
growth. The grandchildren already
number thirty-three. Mrs. Tetreau was
one of a family of sixteen, and married
at that age.
Preventive of hydrophobia in dogs :
Boil three table spoonfuls of salt and an
ounce of carbolic powder in a pint of
water, squeeze a iomoo, ana men let a ?
piece of meat simmer in the mixture to
give it attractive taste. Take oat the
meat and put the liquor in a cool plaoe.
Then while the remedy is cooling, lead
tho dog rut behind the barn and shoot
him between the eyes with a Remington
rifle. One pint of the liquor will be
found enough for one handled dogs.
The Paris Figaro recites a story in
praise of the politeness of a leading
actor in Paris. He is a capital swimmer,
aud was displaying his skill in the beine,
near Paris. A lady walking on the bank
was ho lost in admiration of his grace
and style that she fell unawares into a
; little ditoh. In a moment the aotor wan
> ont of tho water, and clad in his simfetey^
' bathing costume as he rushed to her as
sistanoe, exclaimed, extending his dript
ping hand to help her up again : "Pray,
madam, excuse my having no glove 1"