The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, February 08, 1877, Image 1
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VOL. V. NO. 1
I'arrca.
A hasty word, a proud farewell.
Brief anger aud repentant tears.
And life sounds dulled like a muffled bell
Through weary space of* years.
Oh, foolish tongue ! that idly spake.
Oh, foolish heart! so proud to be.
Oh, foolish lovers ! who may wake
Who.?'tis too late the truth to wee.
So it fell out. He went away.
And she was left alone to gribve.
And dimmer shone the sun by day.
And paler rose the moon at eve.
Henceforth for each the sapphire sheen
Grew graver in the summer skies ;
The golden lights upon the green
All faded into somber dyes.
The songs of birds, the rippling hum
Of fountain as it rose and fell,
To'them all tuneless had became.
And rang for hope a dreary kneel.
And so they parted?and the tide
Of love rolled on its far-off way ;
Earth stretched a desert plain out wide.
Where n no fair oasis lay.
> * s 1 a. .i:j L _
lei Oiwu in xureign ihuum uiu uv
Recall her image as she passed
That morn : and in her fanay she
Beheld him as she saw him last,
Until through memory heart to heart
Drew nigh, though oceans rolled between
Time plucking out the rankling dart,
They lingered over what had l>een.
With lovicg longing for the past,
Oh, foolish tongue ! that idly spake,
Oil, foolish lovers ! who at last
To your own foolishness awake.
The Four-Leaved Clover.
My motlier and I were spending tin
summer with my uncle, David Gregory
at his home. The kind old'gentleinai
had written to me to bring one of nrt
schoolmates with me. "Someone (In
wrote) who loves the country.". I in
vited Elsie Ycntnor. She was uot t
scholar like myself, but lived with Mme,
Du Pois, teaching the children who wert
day scholars.
One afternoon uncle came in where we
were all sitting over our fancy work, and
said, with a smile :
" Madge, put this in the Bible for me.
See, it is a four-leaved clover. I found
it just now. Some good fortune musl
surely be coming to me."
When I had done as he asked he 6a1
down and unfolded a new plan for cui
Amusement.
We were to get up tableaux and invite
all we chose to help us, and conclude
with a dance.
"Oh, uncle, how nice ! When shall
it be?"
" As soon as you wish. I will have
everything done for you that ia. necessary,
and you may use anything in the
house you like for the purpose. 1 want
yon to enjoy yourselves as much as you
can. It will be but a dull house after
you are gone, and I shall only have tlio
gav memories to enliven it.
When he had left us I exclaimed :
" Oh, mamma, isn't it a pity that uncle
never had any children? He is so
fond of seeing young folks enjoy themselves."
"Hush, Madge !" she hastily replied ;
" for mercy's sake ! never say anything
^ like that before your uncle."
" Why not, mamma ?"
"because, my child, there are reasons
why you should not."
I wondered a good deal in my mind
over that scrap of conversation, but I
did not ask any more questions. It was
no hard matter to get a fherry party tc
join us, and such fun as we had, rummaging
in the attics, with Deb's assiststance,
for "old fashioned things to turn
into use.
One afternoon mamma called Elsie
and myself into her room to look through
an eld*trunk sffe had found stowed awaj
in the back of an unused closet.
" Here, girls, examine. I shouldn'l
> wonder, from the peep I have taken, il
we had found a treasure trove."
We were both delighted. When we
laid taken oxt its contents?old fashioned
dresses, feathers, laces, etc.?in a tray,
all by itself, was a dress which would
have driven Queen Mab to envy, and
which was evidently more modern in itf
fashion than the other articles strewr
around us. It was a long trained skirl
of the palest lilac silk, with an overdress
of lilac tulle, covered with embroiderer
clover blossoms, as if some careless hanc
bad filing them in profusion all over th<
delicate material. The rosettes on the
tiny slipper's were decorated in the same
way, and a wreath of white clover
sprinkled with mimic dewdrops, lay witl
them.
"I think, Madge," said mamma, "i
must have belonged to your uncle'i
sister, Hilda; I have heard she was f
great belle in her day."
"Oh, mamma, we'll have a tableai
caUed the ' Spirit of Good Fortune,' anc
Elsie shall wear the dress. Come, dear
and try it on." .
Even the famous belle herself coult
not have looked fairer than did ijv
friend, when we had arrayed her in tin
beautiful costume. Instead of the nam*
I had chosen, mamma thought it wouh
be just as appropriate, and much prettier
to call the tableau "The Four-Lea vet
Clover."
The evening came, and all the tableau:
were successfully gone through with
* amid great applause, except the last.
When I was helping Elsie to dress, sin
opened a ease, and taking out a ruassiv*
chain clasped it around her neck, saying
" I will wear this to-night, Madge."
" Why, Elsie ! what an exquisitt
thing."
"Yes, it is all I have left of my moth
er's. I never wear it, as it would hardh
be suitable for my plain dresses. See.'
And opening the diamond studdet
locket which hung from the chain sin
showed me the picture within.
There, smiling at me, was a face some
thing like Elsie's, only more rosy, mor<
radiant. It was the onlv time Elsie lia<
ever spoken to me of her mother, and ]
wished she wonld say more. But tin
hell rang, for the Last tableau, aud w<
hastened to our places?I among the au
djence, and she to appear as " The Four
. Lleaved Clover."
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The curtain rose, ami Elsie stood in a
graceful attitude, handing the symbol of
good fortune to a youth, who. on bended
knee, waited to receive it. The diamond
studded locket 011 her white neck caught
the light in a hundred sparkles, and the
dew spangled clover flashed it back again.
I It was a brilliant picture ; but we hardly
kad time to admire it sufficiently, for
[ with a low groan my uncle fell heavily
forward from his chair to the floor.
Then all was confusion. The young
people did not stay for the promised
dance, and to a darkened room they carried
the old gentleman; while a physician
was hastily sent for. No one could ac- i
count for the strange attack until uncle,
after a lor.g time, awoke to consciousness.
Then Deb, the old* housekeeper, with
strangely working features, came into
our room and said:
" Miss Ventnor, may I have the chain
and locket you wore to-night ?"
Wonderinglv Elsie rose and got it for
her.
" Deb, Deb !" I exclaimed, " what is
the matter ??how is dear uncle ??why
do you want Elsie's chain ?"
"Miss Madge," solemnly interrnptod
Deb, " with that clover dress came misfortune
to this house, and now it has
brought good luck back again, I think." !
And without stopping to explain her
' ambiguous sentence or answer my question
she departed. When Deb came into J
the room again, it was to say uncle was
better and wanted Elsie. When we were
alone Deb told me a strange story?tliatS
:! my uncle had had a child, a beautiful
daughter, who had married against his
will, and whom he had refused to forgive
until it was too late.
! " Miss Madge, it was at her coming
out party she wore that dress?she was
always fanciful?and at that party she
met the gentleman she married. With
my own eyes I saw her father clasp that
chain and locket (here a light broke in
upon my mind) around her pretty neck. '
! When he refused to let her marry her
' lover (whom he knew was dissipated) she
i ran away, Miss Madge, and they went
, abroad to a foreign country. Her hus1
; band died, we heard. But with all Mr. '
} David's trying, we could never get any i
? i news of her till this dav. At last, through
- your means, Miss Madge, her daughter, :
i Mr. David's #wn grandchild, has been
. brought to his very house."
; Here the good woman clasped her :
arms around me and wept for verv joy. j
? Elsie told how she came to be with
I "MYrwv Dn Pnis When madame had first t '
established her school, she was in her
| garden one day, and saw a young woman
I passing on her way from the station,
;! carrying a child in her arras. She was j
struck by the weary look in the paleface, j i
; And going to the gate, she called her to 1
come in and rest. Madame made her 11
i comfortable in her sitting-room, and : 3
i hastened to bring some refreshment, j.<
i When she reached the room again, she i
saw the young woman had fainted, as she j '
supposed. But it was not a faint?it was '
death. No inquiries could discover who j 1
( she was, and she was quietly buried? 1
dear, good madame herself erecting a i
plain monument to her memory. The i
, baby's clothes were marked *" Elsie j i
Yentnor," and so madame called her. ; <
A New Party Word Book.
All remarkable and respectable people
?Ourselves.
1 Everybody?That portion of the com- !
munity, small or great, which sides with
us. .':
; Nobody?Everybody who holds or ex'
presses opinions antagonistic to ours.
The opinion of the country?This is ar- j
ri o d at by an exceedingly simple arith- j1
i metical process, namely, by subtracting
the views of "nobody" (in the above '1
| sense) from those of "everybody" (as 1
before defined).
' Common sense?The opinion common
to all those who agree with us.
Patriotism?Our views of the iutorests j
and duties (especially the former) of our
i country. Of this quality we have, from
: the very necessity of the case, an exclu>
sive monopoly. A claim to any share in
t it on the part of others may be described
r indifferently as "blind philanthropy,"
" mischievous huinanitarianisin," or
t " bigoted fanaticism."
I Well meaning but misguided people?
Persons whom it may be desirable to deJ
predate but impolitic to abuse,
i Spouting?A depreciatory epithet for
, all talk but our own.
I Faction?Departure from our pet pro
i gramme.
i The herd?The world minus our clique,
i Intelligent public spirit?Opeu advot
cacy of our views.
i Fatuous fussiness?Public advocacy of
1 any others.
1 Atrocity?Venal errors on the part of
i our clients.
i Ferocity?The indignation of those who
J dare to denounce them.
, Sentiment?The root of all?political?
i evil.?Punch.
t- The'Missing Link.
* Some years ago a traveler came back
from Africa with a marvelous story of a
l region inhabited by men with tails,
j From quite another quarter of the world j
the report now reaches us that the half .
' ape half man is no myth. The Rev.
I George Brown, who has recently visited
the New Britain and New Ireland group
I of islands to the east of New Guinea,
I writes that the natives of Blanche Bay I
I positively affirm the existence of a race
of men with tails at a place called Kalili.
j When it was suggested that tiie sup.
posed men might be gorillas the blacks
. indignantly resented the imputation
^ upon their intelligence, and asked
' whether apes fought with spears, planted
yams and built houses. A minute description
was given of the curiously
formed savages, and from this it would j
nntiivo lias 1 snmpwlint
iu u:av iiuvuAv AtuM ?/w.? .......
a inconsiderate in her design of the appendage.
The tail, the natives say, "is
hard and inflexible?so much so that
" they have to dig a hole in the sand bc>
fore they can sit down, as they die at
I once if the appendage is broken." The
people provided with this dangerous or?
nament are, however, represented as
rather proud of it. " Any child born
~ without it is destroyed, for fear it should
I be ridiculed when it grows up."
f ?
3 An exchange remarks: "This is the
? time to go out wolf hunting. Nothing
- will give you higher percentage on your
- time and money than chasing the wolf
from your poorer neighbor's cYoor."
:aui
AND PORT
BEAUFORT, S. C.
Nothing Lost hv Charity.
f ,;
The Detroit Free Presn says: One of j
those toil hardened, true hearted chaps I
often read of in romance made his appearance
on the Campus Martius and
his sympathies were at once aroused by
the sight of three or four old men stand- ^
ing" around with their bucksaws and
waiting for work. !'
" I'll be hanged if it isn't tough," he (
replied, when thev told him that they ]
' -5-RI 1 -A- t 4.1. i
IUUII1 l imu any worn IU1 nmuuui. jxi7? j
would you like some oysters ?" ]
They smacked their lips by way of re- 1
ply, and he gathered up a crowd of ^
eight, marched them to a restaurant and
ordered oyster st-ews for each one. ^
" It just does my soul good to see them I
eat!" he said to tlie owner of the place ]
as the eight got to work. t [
"Yes; it's a beautiful sight," was the . j
reply.
" It makes me feel good in here," continued
the stranger, laying his hand on |1
his heart. ; *
" A good deed brings its .own re- 1
ward," was the soft answer of the res- ! c
taurateur, as he calculated his profits. 1
" I can't rest here. I must do further .
good," said the big hearted stranger, and ,
he rushed out and brought in three men, ;
a chimney sweep, two boys and an old 1
woman, and ordered more oysters. s
The fifteen people went for oyster
soup in a manner to amaze, and their ^
guardian nudged the restaurateur in the i
ribs and said:
"See the gentle lambs! Oh, that I
could feed the poor of all America !"
" You are a good man, and Heaven >
will reward you," replied the proprietor, 3
as he filled the dishes up again. ' \
The stranger said he wanted to bring ! J
in just five more, so as to say that he c
had fed an even score, and he rushed out after
them, while the restaurateur sent
after more oysters and crackers. The
stranger didn't return. He was last seen 0
climbing into a farmer's sleigh and guid- y
ing.his team to the west. The fifteen in ?
the restaurant licked their plates clean t
and departed in joyful procession, and J
the last one had passed out before the g
man who furnished the soup had got Q
through waiting for the return of the '
big hearted stranger. There were watch- r
words and expressions, delivered in the e
purest of English, but what mattered it ! s
to the fifteen soup devourers who drew t
up in the line opposite and
" lie solved, That them oysters just i
touched the spot." j T
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Interesting Phenomena in 1577. |v
On March 1 Mars will pass Jnpiter, | o
near the point the sun reaches at his ex- T1
treme southern declination, but this j j
sight will not be as interesting as the for- ,
mer, as Mars will be nearly overshadowed
by the superior brilliancy of Jupiter. | c
But the astronomical event of the year < c
will be the opposition of Mars, wliich ! t
will occur on the fifth of September. ?
This happen once in a little more than
two years, nut owing to the ellipticity of : T
the planet's orbit a greater degree *f ;
brilliancy is presented when opposition
and perihelion occur together, as in the I t
case this year, Mars coming to perihelion ; n
Aug. 21, and to opposition fifteen days j g
later. j ^
During the months of August and Sep- j
tember the fiery little planet will blaze F
early all the night, with a brilliancy F
rivaling that of Jupiter itself. Opposi- I
tions of Mars are valuable for determin'1 ^
ing the sun's distance, by means of the j a
planet's horizontal panillax," being for j
this purpose inferior only to transits of ; F
Venus. The comparative movements ' 11
of Mars and Saturn will be interesting, j o
the former passing Saturn on the twenty- i a
seventh of July, retrograding past him .
on the twenty-sixth of August, and final- i ^
ly passing him on the third of November ! .
in direct motion again, Saturn being in 11
i n it x* rv ii . : a
retrograde motion ail tne time. un uie i ?
ninth of November Venus and Jupiter i v
will again be in conjunction, being about; t
three hours' distance from the sun. fi
Thej will not, however, be nearer tlian^
about two and ^one-half degrees, Venus ^
being at her greatest heliocentric latitude 1 11
south, and Jupiter but little past his de- s
scending node. During the months of \
September, October ?and November the I ?
four planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and ! ^
Saturn, will all be visible in the evening
sky, forming in the first half of Novem- ! (l
her two pairs, Venus and Jupiter, low in i c
the southwest, ami Mars and Saturn ; a
high in the southeast, about eight' or ; 1
nine degrees below the equinoctial, a j r
sight as beautiful as it is rare. k
? it
A Hard Time. 1
Among the inmates of a charitable 1
soup house in St. Louis is a graduate of \ 1
Harvard who is well connected in the i
East. He has been unfortunate in his g
efforts to support himself and is too (
proud to write to his friends and let them
know how wretched a failure he has made j J
since he graduated. He goes out every *
day in search of work and gets an odd t
job occasionally. His habits are good ;1 i
lie is intelligent; he is careful of his pen- i 1
nies and is striding to save enough to
take him to another town. The moral 1
rieht of a man. who has friends that are
willing to help him, to fall back upon
public charity may well be questioned. '
The incident, however, illustrates a condition
of American society which has not
been known until within a few years.
Education is not as valuable capital as it
was twenty or fifty years ago. It was
easiertlien foracollege graduate to win immediate
success than it is now. He had only
t- > go from college to a village in a Western '
8taV and .the natural growth of the town
would set him on his feet and enable him
to make rapid progress in professional or
business life. Collegians who acquire j
literary taste and culture at their university,
but who are above following their
fathers' calling on farm or in shop, now
have to struggle terribly hard in Ameri- !
can cities, East and West, to keep the J
wolf from the door of professional life.
Lyonnaise Potatoes.?Into a sauce- i
pan a large lump of butter and a small
onion finely chopped, and when the
onion is fried to an amber color throw in
slices of cold boiled potatoes, which
must be thoroughly stirred until they are
turning brown. At this moment put in a
spoonful of finely chopped parsley, r.n !,
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US HUUll ilS LI 10 CUUIVCU, \UH11I wui/u^u n ,
colander, so that the potatoes retain the
moisture of the butter and many particles
of the parsley. ]
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, THURSDAY, FI
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Pailiirpx for llie'Ycar 1S7<? hn Coui pa red
.f Itucrcsliuif
?..? -'StathticN.
During the year 1876 there were in
:he United States, nceording to the report
just made by the mercantile agency
A Dun, Barlow & Co., 630,099 persons
reported in business. Of these 9,09
failed with liabilities amounting to $191,117,786.
In 1875 there were 7,740 failires
with $201,060,353 liabilities,.showng
an increase of failures for the year of
1,350, as compared with 1875, which
^ear in turn showed an increase over
187-4 ef nearly two thousand failures.
Hie liabilities of the parties failing in
1876 show a decrease over those of 1875.
In Canada of 54,282 persons doing busiless
during 1876, there failed 1,728
igainst 1,968 in 1875. The liabilities in
[876 were $25,517,991 against $28,843,167
in 1875. For New York city the
lumber of failures in 1876 was 887 and
lie average liabilities of each $37,479.
It may be interesting, says Messrs.
Dun, Barlow & Co., to discover in what
ections of country the financial presure
has been the most severe, and with
hat view the following table is prelented:
?Vo. in | Xo. of | A mount of
i Rxitincn' Failure* Liabilities.
lew England States.; 77,559; 1.314 *37,657,062
ifiddle States <165,184! 2,909 72.244.681
Western StAtc-H. '225,309! 3,139 52,87a,541
onthern States ; 87,1401 1,361 23,083,266
'acific States 22,313! 369 5,262,236
lanada i 54.000' 1.728 25.517,991
An examination of the above table
onfirms the impression, which has been
ery general, that trade in the Western
nd Southern States has been less disastrous
than that of the Eastern and MidJe
States. It is a significant circumtance,
that the failures in the Middle
in ommt fiOr.ooroii lmmpa
riaiCO UX C vmu XXI t f UAJ iuvj ~m. I vn
eported iff business, wliile iii the Westrn
States the proportion is one in every
eveuty-two; but the comparison beween
the East and tlie South is even
aore significant, for in New England,
nth all its wealth and solidity, one in
very lifty-nine has yielded to the pressire
of the times, while in the South,
rith all its poverty, its political and
ther (Usabilities, the percentage of failires
is only one in every sixty-four,
2ven in Canada, where there is a gold
asis, light taxation, freedom from politial
complications, and all other favoring
onditions, the above showing is indicaive
of much greater pressure than in
he United States, the failures in the Dominion
being one in every* thirty-t wo.
n England no very accurate figures are
btainable, and none of course as yet for
he i>ast year, but for 1875 a return was
iiade of 1,700 failures among 60,000
inns prominent in trade, indicating one
ailure for every thirty-six linus reported
in business, with an average liability
of $87,8T0. The figures for the
Jnited States, showing a failure of one
a every sixty-three, with an average libility
of $21,000, indicate that the
pressure of the times has been either
iot so great in this country as elsewhere,
r that it has been borne with less disstrous
results.
It would be unfair to conclude that
he trade of the country is in an unpromising
condition, because the failures
how such a marked increase. A wider
iew would include many circumstances
hat would bring more comfort. For intance,
it is undeniable that the past
ear has witnessed a marked improvement
in the values of many leading
taples, as compared with the prices pre
ailing in 187&. it is equally true tnat
u extent of profitable trade there lias
>een a perceptible gain, and there is no
lenying the fact that, in many branches
>f business, a much larger number have
idded to their available surplus dining
876 than in 1875. Many articles had
cached a par value, in illustration of
diieh the statement may be ventured
liat, as far as further depreciation in
iriees was concerned, specie payments
night have been resumed in the early
)art of 1876 without causing any mate ial
disturbance in values. Not only had
lome pricpR reached par?and in some
'ases below it?but it was a settled conviction
that the stock of goods in all
lands nearest the consumer had reached
;he lowest possible point. Production,
varned by previous losses, had been
regulated to the extent of jiositive wants;
md the pressure to sell, so apparent in
1875, was largely diminished. Tims,
larely the first half of 1876 was reached,
ivhen all the conditions of stock, supply,
lemand and price ^favored an improved
sondition of business. That this imirovement
did take place in September
md October was even-where evident;
nit the heated Presidential contest, and
he miserable muddle as to the result of
hat contest which has since prevailed,
las almost completely paralyzed busiiess.
The last two months of the year,
lierefore, were most disappointing, and
rom causes exceptional and temporary
n character, the promise of the early au;umn
of improvement in business was
lot fulfilled. It is significant, however,
hat the failures in the last quarter of
[876 are less by twenty per cent, in
lumber than for the last quarter in 1875,
vhile the total liabilities for the last
juarter of 1876 are not one-half of those
>f the corresponding quarter of 1875.
Hie same favorable comparison also
lolds erocd as to the decreased number
)f failures which occurred in the fourth
juarter of 1876, as compared with the
. irger number in the third quarter. * *
It is true that the gloomy cloud of the
political contest obeanre* these condi
T T
OMMERCIAL.
iBEUAKY 8, 1877.
tions somewh it, and that a winter of exf
'
i treme severity, with difficulty of transportation
and other causes, retards their
action to some extent. But, that these
rtrtn.llfini^u nnf ?vn1v pvisf nnd
ltVYUUli^ wlllliwivu>7 iav/ v ? .
j continue to increase, none can doubt.
' The year just closed has been a most
t prolific one in largely augmenting the <
wealth of the country. Cotton, grain,
sugar, tobacco, gold and silver, petro- i
i lemn, and numerous other resources of
tliis great continent, have been produced ;
in quantities sulfioient to yield nearly j
1,000 millions of dollars. While the
producing power of the nation has thus
been exhibit ing itself, on the other hand, j
the economy of its people has been
equally clearly demonstrated on the
other. The importations have dwindled
to dimensions smaller than was at one
time thought possible, and the restricted ;
purchases of domestic as well as foreign
i goods, in all sections of the country, j
j afford the strongest possible indication, j
1 that the foolish extravagance which so
| universally prevailed in the first five
years of the decade, is being succeeded
! by lessened living and business ex- j
! penses, and a safer basis generally is
' thus being reached.
Items of Interest.
i
j Be thankful for the least and hope for
' the best.
Vanderbilt's golden secret?Mind your
; own business.
Swallowing the bristle of a. toothj
brush has been known to cause death.
The' latest slang is : " He's a good fel,
low, but he's bit off more than he can
: chew."
1 During the last eighteen years Eng- ,
j land has spent nearly one thousand mil!
lions of dollars on her navy. ,
A child sat down on a hot stove hearth
| in Pittsburgh, and was permauentlv
! branded with the words " Base Burner." .
! An English journal says there are no '
fewer than 1,756 patents for railway cor j
couplers, anil yet directors are not satisfied
with anything that has been laid be- !
fore them.
i The Scientific American gives this j
good advice : To never go into your \
barn with an uncovered light, and never
set your lantern 011 the barn floor, but !
hang it up.
It was a year ago that a pretty young i
bride begun to follow the occasional re- i
i cipes for cooking that have appeared in
1 this journal, and with such success that
i she lias just married her second hus!
band.
Says the Waco (Texas) Examiner: j
Government lands cost $1 per acre, and ,
good whisky $*2 per bottle. How many
men die landless who during their livios ?
have swallowed whole townships?trees
and all.
The new census in Paris shows that the I
city has a population of 1,900,000. This !
was the population in 1870, just previous
to the Franco-German war, so
that the city has simply regained lost i
ground. j i
There is an unusual interest manifest- ,
! ed in kitchen maids by the young men
j of Memphis, Mo., caused by a statement .
1 in a local paper that a young lady, heir j j
to 810,000, is working as a domestic in a ; ,
family there,
j The combined capital of the Roths- i 1
| childs is stated by Ernile Burnout, the j i
j well known publicist, to have attained in ,'
| the past year to the almost incalculable
j sum of seventeen billions of francs, or j '
S3,400,000,000.
There have been an unusual number 1(
of poaching prosecutions in England!1
this season. It is likely that before long j
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Tliere is great discontent among farm- j;
j ers, more especially in Scotland.
The report of the United States com
: missioner of education shows that in the
; States and Territories the annual income
| of the public schools is $88,648,950, and
the estimated value of the sites, build- j'
ings and all other school property, $173,- !
i 833,545.
A Wasliington la<lv got angry at a
| young naval officer because he reminded j
I her tliat he had once participated with 1
her in a dance in which tljere was a kiss- :
ing forfeit. A woman does not get lialf
so angry when she is kissed as when she
! is told of it.
I !
I The Japanese government have fol- j
I lowed the suppression of the last insur- J
I rection by sentencing twelve leaders to :
! capital punishment, 234 to hard labor !
for life, and fourteen to forfeiture of rank
and estate. A large number were pardoned,
and 169 committed hari kari.
God purifies the soul very much as ;
I we air our rooms. He throws open all
the windows?the windows of feeling, of j
impulse, of imagination, of purpose?
! and sends a strong current of vitalizing
grace sweeping through them, until j
j every element of our nature is reoxy- ,
I genized and made health}' and bracing.
A live-year-old tot, who had always i
i closed her prayers at night with "And
I God help Katy to be a good girl," open- ;
; ed her eyes on that point one night in j
: green apple time, and said, veiy de- J
cidedlv: "I ain't a-going to say the j
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i rosij iorjx uuu i wiiui/ iu i/t ?. uvv/vi, ,
I want to eat green apples and swallow i
1 'era."
After?the^battle of Chattanooga the
i surgeons made several incisions in the j
I leg of a soldier who had been wounded !
in the knee by a musket ball. Oat of
j patience at last, the soldier exclaimed :
i "Why are you carving me up so?"
" We're trying to find the ball," answered
a surgeon. " Why didn't you ask ;
for the ball in the first place ?" indignant- j
; ly cried the soldier; " herejit is in my
' pocket!"
The points in a Saratoga county (N. :
j Y.) love story are that Frank was dis- i
carded by Liza in obedience to the dying ;
injunction of her mother; that they part- !
ed at the gate of the cemetery; that s he J
gradually pined until at the point of j
death: that she smt for Frank, but he j
was on his death bed with fever; and
that they died on the same day, and
their bodies were simultaneously carried
J through the cemetery gate where they
j had parted.
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Take Our A<lvlee.
If husbands were always lovers, says
an exchange, life would be pleasanter
than it is. Btft they arc not. They never
were and| they never will be.
Uur i'(lviop to young women jh uae
that of Punch, when asked to say something
to a couple about to wed?
'"Don't."
Don't what!
Well, first and foremost, of all things,
don't marry a drunkard. Depend upon
it, if you cannot keep him sober during
those days of the average woman's1
strongest influence over wayward men,
the season of courtship, the chances will
be against success. Some women have <
succeeded in this labor of love, but there j
are 10,000 failures to one. success. It is
a field of missionary* labor that very few j
of the sex are fitted to enter. If John I
gets drunk once a month while he is I
billing and cooing, depend upon it he
will require semi-monthly seasons of j
Bacchanalian recreation when he becomes j
a Benedict. A man who gets drank is
necessarily a bad or foolish man when j
he is under the influence of liquor, and
is very apt to soon become a bad mau
whether ilrunk or sol>er. The romantic i
idea that a woman who can reform a ;
drunkard is deserving of a crown of glory j
is all the veriest bosh. They would be
shocked by the suggestion that a man
who marries a fallen women and restores
her to a life of virtue would be deserving ,
the praise of all mankind. The latter !
would be a much easier task than the i
former, and more likely to succeed. |
The debasement in one case is generally
incurable, and scorns the influence of i
kindness or affection ; while in the other
the opportunity to escape from a life of
degradation would in mostf^eases insure ;
heartv co-operation with the missionary
in such a field.
But the drunkard, as is generally the
case, may be addicted to a number of
other vices, each one of -which ought to ;
be considered as repulsive as that of i
drinking. Still we find pure, virtuous, !
refined and delicate women risking their j
lives and happiness in the delusive hope
of rescuing and restoring them. In- j
stances of the terrible failure in this ;
missionary field are to be found in every :
street and' lane of a great city, aceom- j
pauiment of scores of the dissolute;
widows and orphans of those who have ;
staggered into drunkard's graves. Still i
the experiment is tried by new votaries, ;
who foolishly think they can succeed J
where others fall. It is a terrible de- i
lusiou. Love and devotion are powerless
on a drunkard. Nothing but an
iron will and firmness that few women
possess can check the career of a man
who has once taken hold of strong tlrink.
He must become subject to her will, and^
be restrained from his evil course by a
power stronger than love or kindness.
There are enough men who become
drunkards after marriage for all reasonable
purposes of experiment, without
taking them fully trained in a career of
vice and debauchery. Therefore we say:
" Girls, don't do itl"
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Some Remarkable Winter*.
The Methuselah of the New London
Telegram volunteers the following information
concerning remarkable winters.
None but the " oldest inhabitant" will
be likely to recall the periods to which
allusion is made. Hear liim:
Now is the time to trot out paragraphs i
abput remarkable winters?winters that
have distinguished themselves by being
either colder or warmer than the law allows.
No well regulated newspaper will
ueglect this duty. Referring back to our
files, we find that in 1172 the temperature
was so high that leaves came out on
the trees in January, and birds hatched
their broods in February. In 1289 the
weather was equally mild, and the maidens
of Cologne wore wreaths of violets
and corn flowers at Christmas and Twelfth i
Day. Ill 1421 the trees flowered in the
month of March and the vines in the
month of April. Cherries ripened in the
same month of ApriL Peaches appeared
in May, and little boys commenced to
fall out of apple trees a little later. In
1572 the trees were covered with leaves
in January, and the birds hatched their
young in February, as iji 1172. In 1586 the
same thing was repeated, and it is added
tliat the corn was in ear at Easter. To
th,e best of our memory there was in
France neither snow nor frost throughout
the winter of 1538, 1607, 1609, 1617 and
1659. Finally, in 1662, even in the north
of Germany, the stoves were not lighted, |
trees flowered in February and out-door ;
bouquets were showered on the news- J
paper offices without number. It seems !
but as yesterday. Coming to later dates,
the winters of 1846-7, when it thundered j
at Paris on the twenty-eighth of January, ;
and that of 1866, the year of the inunda- j
SLm'np m?v hp mentioned as i
uvu v/x mv kA-uuv^ - ?
very raild.
Eating ts. Drinking.
If you would keep from drinking so
great a quantity of ardent spirits, eat
more. Eat nutritious food. Eat something
whenever you take a drink. The
drunk, in all cases, comes from the
stomach full of whisky and no food.
There is a fact yet to be learned by
many, and that is, they do not eat
enough of real blood, bone, nerve and
tissue making food. You may half
starve to death on salt fish, potatoes,
cabbage, turnips, fried liver, stewed kidney,
and a score of other dishes that
please the taste, but add little or nothing
to the body force. Eggs, the best
of steak, mutton and bread are what
one requires for strength. It is this unconscious,
half starved condition which
"<i"aps an mnrli nf the craviner for a !
temporary increase of strength, and that \
is quickest gained through a glass of ]
whisky; that gives, for a few moments, a
spasmodic impulse to the wheels of life,
sending them whizziug and spinning
around for a few moments; then comes
reaction, and they turn more sluggish
than ever. The best spirits in the world
reside in good blood, and worst in bad.
It is that which sends false imaginings,
suspicions and despondencies to the
brain.
A Toronto paper has just disgusted
the fashionable world of that city by inserting
a mysterious paragraph announcing
a stylish wedding for a given
morning. The church was fairly jammed
with aristocracy that crowded to assist at
the nuptials of a Pullman car conductor
and laundress?both colored)
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!' The Coat of Mall.
The reported duel between Bennett
and May has brought about the duel
stories in the scrap books of the editors.
Here is one story told : When Fightmg
Fitzgerald was introduced at the French
court to King Louis XVL, the ambassadors
thinking to compliment the courage
! of Fitzgerald, said: " Your majesty,
this brave gentleman has killed nineteen
antagonists, in as many duels, and never
has been wounded !" The king replied
in sorrowful rebuke : " M. 1' Ambassadeur!
I should have been more
pleased to have heard that he had saved
the lives of nineteen persons, or of even
one of .his majestv's subjects." It was
a fact that he liat\ never lieen wour ded,
though opposed by excellent marksmen,
who were instructed in those da;* to
aim between the lielt and throat ; for, to
shoot above or below, was considered
ungentlemanly and non-cavaliero.
Fitzgerald was a terror in the society
of every club, and he belonged to many ;
for no jierson dare blackball hiir, for
fear of a leaden ball in return. No one
presumed to put "his name upon the
bulletin for expulsion for fear of bullets
in his own Ixxly. He insulted any one
who offended him by a blow on the face
with his glove. The insulted gentleman
was compelled to challenge him,
.which gave Fitzgerald the choice of
weapons?his deadly piatol, with which
hejhad often "snuffed" a candle out
at ten paces. ^
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was never wounded. Many were the
surmises, with bated hfeatli and whispered
suggestions. At that time, in
Ireland, dueling was the fashion., and
ladies favored no lover who had not been
out with his man. Fitzgerald, of
noble family, was their reigning favorite.
There lived in count}' Galway a rich
country gentleman, Richard Martin, who
became renowned as a modern Richard
Cobut de Lion. He was the father of.
"Animal Martin," so called from his
humanity to animals?the Henry BergL
of Parliament. Richard Martin was a
quiet, brave man; iu manners the reverse
of Fitzgerald, who was frivolity
personified.
The conversation at a club turned upon
the marvelous career of the latter, when
Mr. Martin observed that he did not believe
Fitzgerald dare fight a duel with
his body to his belt entirely naked. This
suggestive remark reached the duellist,
who instantly insulted Martin by striking
him across the face with his glove.
Richard Martin had never fought a duel,
being opposed to it on principle, unless
for libel and slander, or gross personal
assault. He was, therefore, compelled
to challenge?which fact gave Fitzgerald
the choice of weapons. Martin's second
insisted that the principals should be
placed at thirty paces distance, approach
each other at the signal, and fire at _
pleasure as they approached?each step, ' "**"
of course, lessening the distance bet ween
them. This arrangement was agreed to,
the distance measured and the men
placed face to face. "Are you ready,
gentlemen?" "Yes." "One, two,
three, and fire!"
It was noticed that Fitzgerald was
nervous, even in the preliminaries, for
the original remark of Martin causing
the duel strongly suggested knowledge
or belief as to the fraudulently concealed
armor. They had advanced only two
paces each, when Fitzgerald suddenly
fired, and, for the first time, missed his
man, his bullet, however, carrying away
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arrangement was that when either had
fired he was to stop and receive the fire
of' his opponent. There were twentysix
paces left between them, and Richard
Martin slowly advanced, and when within
only four paces fired point blank at the *
very heart of Fitzgerald, who stood erect,
smiling and unhurt. Martin instantly
reversed his pistol, seized the barrel, and
rushing upon Fitzgerald, inflicted a terrible
blow before the seconds could interfere,
and as quickly tore open the embroidered
shirt of hi p rostrate foe, disclosing
to the eyes of all the concealed
bullet-proof coat of mail?close steel
chain or ring armor, lined with a wadded
inner coat, impervious to bullet, sword
or dagger.
After tliis duel, and in consequence of _ ^ _
it, came in the fashion of fighting naked
to the waist.
Fitzgerald died almost instfintly.
Richard Martin was tried for murder and
Ucquitted by acclamation, not only by
the jury, but by all Ireland, England
Vm-imii Trim minted him as a pub
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lie benefactor.
Blow Yonr Own Horn.
Blow vour own horn. Yes, give it a
blast ana let modesty blush if she will.
This false delicacy has been the stumbling-block
of thousands of really ?ood, capable
men. Make a noise?it will attract
somebody. Let the world know
that you are alive and intend to drive
things until you get to the top of the hill
and have made a fortune. To the man
of energy and perseverance mountains
are but molehills. 'Tis only the drones
that fail. They are always looking on
the black side, predicting .disaster, always
complaining of hard times?always
waiting for something to turn tip. Such
men never have and never .will fiud good
times, nor prosperity. Neither will
they ever find friends or admirers among
first-class business men. If you would
succeed in anything, don't stand still.
Go ahead. Don't be afraid. Do something.
If you don't blow the horn somebody
else will, but not for your benefit
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Troubles of the Fishermen.
A sorrowful story from the ocean comes
to us by the way of the old seaport of
Gloucester, Mass., ten vessels being re?arted
missing from the fishing fleet
hese craft usually carry- about ten men
each, and the loss of life, if these tan ?
schooners are wrecked, as is probably
the case, will be large. It is a heavy
loss for the lxardy little community in
Cape Ann to bear. The fishermen of the
North Atlantic coast endure many hardships
in pursuit of their dangerous ca lling.
This cold and stormy season has
witnessed many disasters ; but this latest
is one of the saddest repetitions of the
old and tragical story of suffering, danger
and death on the sea, and of hope deferred,
despair and lament .ti n on the
land.