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YOL. V. NO. 18. BEAUFOET, S. C., THUESDAY, APEIL 5, 1877. $2.00 per Am. Single Copy 5 Hit()i
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Just a Few Words.
Just a few words, but they blinded
The brightness all out of a day ;
Just a few words, but they lifted
The shadows and cast them away.
Only a frown, but it dampen'd
The cheer of a dear little heart;
Only a smile, but its sweetness
Check'd tears that were ready to start.
Oh ! that the rules of our living
More like to the golden would be
Much, oh ! so much more of sunshine
Weuld go out from you ana irom me.
Pride and its Fall.
"It's a fine prospect in life for Mary
Moreau," said Patty Dexter, with a
sigh.
"Oh ! I dare say," said Mrs. Pendaseet,
brusquely. " But I've no patience j
with a girl who allows herself to be i
foolishly elated by a mere piece of good
luck."
Mrs. Pcndasset wns a white-locked old
lady, with black eyebrows, a suspicion
of a beard and a deep bass voice, and
when she said anything, it sounded very
much in earnest indeed.
"I think Mary is a little conceited,"
said Patty.
"Think!" echoed Mrs. Pendaeset.
" There's no sort of doubt about it. A
good deal conceited, you had better say.
Never mind, Patty, she's engaged to a
fine gentleman, with white hands and
broadcloth clothes, and your young man
works in a carpenter's shop" (Patty
winced n little at this, for she was in the
habit of calling Mark Robinson, her
affianced lover, "a builder"); "but I
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give it Ut'ill UllUU 1W1 U'Ui WItUtT \'l iUljfpiness
in married life than for Mary
Moreau's. And to think how recklessly
she Hung James Bennett over for this
fine new lover of hers. Well," with a
long breath, and a Rlight elevation of
the Roman nose, " she'll live to be sorry
for it yet, or I'm no prophet."
Patty Dexter went on with her sewing
in silence.
She was makiug up a pretty dove col
ored cashmere dress to be married in,
for Patty was not one of the gilded
daughters of luxury who can afford a different
toilet for every occasion.
In her case the bridal dress would
have to officiate as traveling dress also
and best dress for a vear afterwards.
There was only a black silk and a blue
alpaca besides in her simple trousseau,
and she could not help remembering,
with a transitory pang of envy, the exquisite
white silk, thick and soft as a
magnolia leaf, which Man* Moreau had
shown her, ns the dress she vfas to be
married in.
Mark Robinson was very nioe; un.'il
within a month Patty had imagined him
perfect:on. But why couldn't Mark
been a grand gentleman, like
*Mary's lover ?
Mrs. Moreau kept boarders, and Mary
earned her own living in Mme. Poillon's
millinery.
At least she had done eg until her
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UiUC I'UM AiiVI Ulillj/ILO ?Via.(W.WU VUV IUMention
of Mr. Guv St. Clair, who hod
temporarily engaged her mother's best
rooms?and now the pretty milliner's
girl was lifted ont of her sphere at
once.
"Mary, you'd never give me up?"
said poor James Bennett, who was unable
to believe his own ears when he
heard of Mary's engagement.
"Don't be silly, Mr. Bennett," said
Mary, with dignity.
" But you promised me, Mary. And
you've been wearing my ring for a year,"
pleaded the young man.
U "Oh, that was all nonsense," said
Mary, tossing her pretty little head.
"There's your trumpery ring back again
if you want it! And of course no one
attaches any importance to a boy-andcriv!
fl iriofinn
ua uiwivu,
44 I meant it, Mary!"
44 The more fool you !" retorted saucy
Mary.
And that was all the consolation James
Bennett could obtain from his fickle
lady-love.
Mrs. Moreau was hardly less delighted
than her daughter with this unexpected
dawn of good luck.
She. was a silly, soft-hearted matron,
who had read a good many novels and
acquired, in spite of her fifty years of
poverty and struggling privation, very
little actual knowledge of the world that
was around her.
441 always knew that you was made
for a lady, Mary," said Mrs. Moreau.
44 And you shall have that hundred
pounds Uncle John left us, for your outfit.
I intended it to refurnish the house,
but it ain't likely I shall go on having
boarders after you're married to a rich
gentleman like Mr. St. Clair."
And Man*, unconsciously selfish in her
great happiness, took the family fortune
without once thinking of the three
younger girls who were badly off for
shoes, and wore decidedly shabby shawls
to and from school.
4 4 Of course, when I am rich, I can
give them plenty of things," said Mary
to herself. 44 And mamma shall come
and live me, and the girls shall go to a
regular boarding school."
And Mr. St. Clair was certainly, as
Mrs. Moreau delightedly declared, 44 a
real gentleman, as thought nothing of a
fresh pair of kid gloves every week, and
used Cologne water!"
He talked vaguely about taking Mary
on the Continent for the winter, and ailuded
to his villa at Brighton and the
hou>e lie meant to buy in Belgravia,
. asked Mary whether she would prefer a
basket phaeton, with cream - colored
ponies, or a landau, and expressed his
opinion that no lady should ever be without
two India shawls at the very least.
And, to cap the climax, he came home
one day with a velvet case in his hand
and tossed it debonnairly, into his fiancee's
lap.
44 lor yon, Mary," said he.
She opened it with varying color and
lips all wreathed with smiles.
44 Oh, Guy !" cried she. "Diamonds?"
441 hope you'll like them," said hej
carelesslv. 44 They suit my taste."
441 will wear them to be married in,"
said Marv, radiantly. 44 Oh, Guy ! howcan
I ever thank you enough ?"
And she remembered poor James Bennett's
inexpensive little garnet ring with
a thrill of indescribable contempt.
Yet how beautiful she hail thought
' it at tlie time.
They were sittiug together in the back }
parlor the next clay, when a boy brought
a note for Mr. St. Clair.
44 How provoking !" exclaimed the
bridegroom-elect, knitting his brows.
" What is it, Guy ?" said Mary.
44 The bill for those diamonds. I told I
the blockheads not to send it until my i
remittances came from London, but they
must have misunderstood."
44They'll wait, won't they?" said innocent
Mary.
4 4 Oh, yes, they'll wait! but I should !
like to send the money at once. One
doesn't want to be under an obligation
to that sort of people. But it don't signify.
I'll just step out and borrow of a
fellow at the bank. Anybody will let j
me have a thousand."
He took up liis hat.
Mary, who had glanced at the open 1
V?ill rmf lior Tinrifl nn Ins arm to detain i
liim.
"Wait, Guy," said slio; " I can lend
you the money. Mamma's lawyer paid
in Uncle John's bequest this morniug
?don't you remember ? You were in
the dining-room when the check came."
" All right," said Mr. St. Clair, carelessly,
to the lad; "go back to Dudley's
and tell 'em I'll call and settle in half an
hour."
"A hundred pounds is nothing to
you, Guy," said Mary, admiringly.
" Not such a great deal," said Mr. St.
Clair, shrugging his shoulders. " Well,
T rrmv ftq wpll fro ;rn<1 settle the bill. I !
cussed the latest opera season, and dwelt c
upon the various amateur performances'
that had been given in the city, criticising
all the performers with that minuteness
and severity whicn no one but a young
man who has come to sit up late with i
his girl can ever employ. Ho was about t
launching out in a vivid description of I
the last party he had attended when he s
stopped suddenly, clapped his hand to ?
his forehead, gave a wild look around t
the room, and staggering to his feet said f
he felt that he would have to go. Scarcely i
waiting to say good night he seized his a
hat, rushed out of the hall door and dis- (
appeared in the darkness and the night, i
Immediately after a man might have f
been s?en gliding down a ladder placed t
against the side of the house, over <
against the parlor window, carrying in 1
his hand a " bull's eye " lantern,* with a i
blue glass. He chuckled to himself: '
"Reckon I fixed him?he! lie! Half i
past uine is late enough for any young 1
man to sit up with my daughter." It 1
was the aged parent, and his experiment <
was another triumph for blue glass. i
Advice to Parents. I
There is said to be a young man in the i
Missouri penitentiary whose parents, at \
their death, left him a fortune of 850,000.
There's where his parents made a fatal (
mistake. If they had taken the pre- (
caution to invest that 850,000 in a small
dog, and shot him, and then had simply
left the young man a jack plane or a wood
saw, with printed instructions how to
use it, the chances are that, instead of
Vainer in the nenitentiArv. he would to
day liave been gradually but surely working
his way up to a handsome competency
and an honorable old age. But ever
since the days of Adam and Eve, parents
have made it a point to toil and strugg'e
all their liveB in order to realize a sufficient
sum of money to purchase, when
they are d?ad and gone, their sons each
a first-class, through ticket to the devil,
and it is not much to be wondered at
that 60 many of their sons, reared in vice
and idleness, as too many of them ofti n
are, have no higher ambition than to in- ;
vest their inheritance in just that sort of j
transportation.
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shall never buy anything there again, if
they're in such a confounded hurry for
their money. You'll be ready for the
opera when I come back, will you,
Mary?"
" Shall you be long ?"
" Oh, not more than nn hour."
Maiy was all ready at the hour's end,
in a little lace hat she had tacked together
herself, with a cluster of crushed
roses and a fall of Spanish blonde, -while
on her shoulders she wore a white shawl
she had borrowed from Mrs. Popperhill,
the parlor boarder.
But Mr. St. Clair did not come.
In truth and in 'fact, ho never came
at all.
And at the end of a week Mary Moreau
came to the tardy conclusion that she
had been the victim of a deliberate
scheme of treachery, and that Mr. Guy
St. Clair was a villian.
" But, at all events, we've got t e diamonds,"
said Mrs. Moreau, triumphantly
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And she carried them to the jeweler's.
The jeweler put 011 his spectacles, |
peered at the glittering stones and shook
his head.
<i Paste," was all he said.
" Not real I Surely you do not mean
that they are ifot real!" gasped poor
Mrs. Moreau.
"Not worth five shillings," said the .
jeweler, turning to attend to another ens- '
tomcr. 1
"Well," said Mrs. Pendasset, " and so J
the Moreaus have found their level again,
have they ? But it was a pretty costly
experiment for 'em, poor things !, Only *
think, Mary's ?100 and all that bill he j
owed to Mrs. Moreau for three months'
board !"
" And Nelly Bennett tells me Mary is
to marry James, after all," said Patty {
Dexter. " If I were James, I would '
not put up with any other man's secondhand
sweetheart."
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".Nonsense, Tatty, nonsense," sain
Mrs. Pendasset. "Never hit a foe that \
is down. James Bennett has sufficient j
common sense to see that Mary Moreau
will make all tlie better wife for this little
bit of experience that has seasoned her
life."
And perhaps old Mrs. Pendasset's
philosophy was correct.
A Blue Glass Story.
An aged parent living on \)Test Seventh
street didn't like it because a young man
who came to visit his daughter staid so
late. One night the young man called
and settled himsblf down on the sofa
with a gentle thud that meant two o'clock
in the morning at least. He talked
about the weather in the most deliberate
manner, Ijccause he wasn't in the slightest
hurrv. don't you see ? Then he uis
Something Sadly Significant.
As a New Yorl: World reporter was
chatting with a druggist the conversation
was interrupted by the entrance of
a rather pretty young girl with a very
pale face, plainly and neatly dressed.
She hesitated at the door for a few moments,
then came in with a rush, as if j
desirous of entering ere she could
change her mind. Groins to the dark
end of the shop she waited for the druggist
to move toward her and then carried
on with him an animated conversation
in whispers. What she asked he
evidently at first refused to give; then,
though she tried to conceal her face, it
could be seen that she was pleading with
liini?explaining, promising; then, with
apparent reluctance and apparently many
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illjuliuuuuoj 11u mcuiu ltl'' t4luu aa\~ jl <? |
little package of powder, which, after |
paring for, she thrupt into her bosom.
Then sho hurried out, still averting her
face, which was curiously red and pale
by turns.
44 There is a tragedy in that girl's
face," said the reporter.
44 Quite probably. She wanted arsenic.
"
44 Which of course"?
441 did not give. She wants it to
poison rats with, she says. Couldn't
understand why she should be refused
it without a doctor's order, and* wouldn't
give her name and address. Finally on
her promising to be very careful in using
it and not let it fall in the way of any
human beings, I gave her what she believes
to be arsenic. You saw how she
hurried away ?"
44 Yes. Does she live near here ?"
44 Of course not. Sho comes from the
east side. If she lived in this vicinity
she would go over to some place on
Third avenue. She will go home and
take what I gave her and it will make
her dreadfully sick. She will hardly
have swallowed it when she will repent
and want to live, and she will live and
not try suicide again. I see two or
three women of that sort every week,
and as many more who come for other
drugs not aimed at thoir own b'fe. If I
didn't give them something they would
J^U Uli null I Hi VI DV/lilU Ui HiiU IVUV/un UMUU1av*~
ing in our business who would be more
credulous or loss conscientious. When
a woman really wishes to commit suicide
she jumps into the river. Cutting her
throat or blowing out her brains messes
her corpse so that she doesn't like it;
besides, she is a coward to physical
pain, and if she takes poison it is usually
in a moment of passion or despair,
and in the majority of instances no sooner
has she swallowed it than the love of
life reasserts itself. Curious things,
women."
An Old Foel and a Young Wife.
The Cincinnati Gazette tells this story :
A story comes from Liberty, Ind., which
would be not surprising if located in
some portions of the old world, but is
almost incredible in this country. It is
a case of the downright purchase of a
wife, tlirough the agency of a middleman,
and tlie wedding has been duly
celebrated. The principals in this affair
are Mr. Win. Smith, a wealthy farmer
md mechanic, and Miss Phebe Johns, a
lady about seventeen years of age, and
weighing about 275 pounds, both living
ibont three miles east of Lil>erty. Mr.
Smith is about seventy years of age, demented,
deaf and of most uupromising
ippearance. His wife, the only known
relative living, died about two
rears since, and the old man has been
iviug alone 011 his farm. Not long ago
le offered to pay to any one who would
?et him a wife tJio sura of $5,000. Mr.
Powell Slade, with whom Miss Johns
was living as servant girl, hearing of
his offer, began negotiations with the
girl and also lior father, Wash Johns,
rhe father, in consideration of $2,000 to
lira in hand paid, gave his consent.
Phebe agreed to marry Mr. Smith, prodding
her wedding clothes were fur
lishcil her, a grand supper be given, and I
hat the old man would give her a deed
or his farm of 200 aeres. A meeting
vas arranged at the Indiana House, in
his city, where everything was sntisfacorilv
fixed. One evening recently the
narriage was performed. A magnificent
.upper was spread, and music and dancng
were the order of the night. About
me hundred guests were present, some
>f whom went from the town of Liberty.
Directions for Hunting Coal.
An exchange says: A very common
nistake is made and much fuel wasted in
he manner of replenishing coal fires,
>oth in furnaces and grates. They
ihould be fed with a little coal at a time,
ind often; but servants, to save time and
rouble, put 011 a great deal at once, the
irst result being that almost all the heat
s absorbed by the newly put on coal,
vhich does not give out heat till it becomes
red-hot. Hence, for a while, the i
00m is cold, but when it becomes fa'rly |
iglow the heat is insufferable. The time
)o replenish a coal lire is as soon as the
;oals begin to show ashes on their sur'ace;
then put on merely enough to show
i layer of black coal covering the red.
riiis will soon kindle, and, as there is
lot much of it, an excess of heat will not
t>e given out. Many also put out the
tire by stirring the grate as soon as fresh
coal is put on, thus leaving all the heat
in the ashes when it should be sent to
the new supply of coal. The time to
stir the fire is just when the new coal
laid ou is pretty well kindled. This
method of managing a coal fire is troublesome,
but it saves fuel, and gives a
more uniform heat, and prevents the discomforts
of alterations of heat and cold
above referred to.
What Blondin Does.
Blondin's stay at Santiago, Chile, has j
been an uninterrupted success. The j
papers vie with each other in relating instances
of his prowess, and one assures
us that in St. Petersburg on one occasion
he went through his performance on a J
rope covered with ice. It may not be J
out of place to mention a still more remarkable
exploit of Blondin's at Vienna. I
Not only was the rope covered with ice, '
but the performer traversed it on two I
stilts twelve feet long, the ends of which
had been sharpened and thrust into soda
water bottles; and not only this, but he
actually danced the "Liverpool hornpipe,"
thus accoutred, carrying his secretary
on his shoulders, aild letting off
fireworks at the time.
AN EMPIRE RUN BY WOMEN,
The Finances of China Pnblinhcd for the
Firnt Time?Widespread Corruption.
For the first time in the history of
China has the state of imperial finance
been disclosed. The Chinese budget
for 1875-6 shows the total revenue in
coin to be 34,051,209 taels, each tael being
worth ?1-61 ; the grain tribute
amounts to 4,177,604 peculs of 133
pounds each, which is estimated to be
worth 8,355,208 taels. Thus the entire
imperial revenue of China during the
past financial year foots up a total of
about ?70,000,000. .The budget of ex
penditurc shows the cost of the central
government at 27,044,150 taels, of which
the army and navy is set down in round
numbers at 4,500,000 ; salaries of civil
and military officers, 7,087,198 ; administration
of central government, 688,377
taels. Couriers and mails cost nearly
four times as much ; river embankments
and public works are charged at 2,860,000
taels. A reserve fund of 7,379,742
taels is set apart for some unexplained
object. China was without the luxury
of a foreign debt until 1874, when a
loan bearing eight per cent, interest for
?3,138,375 was issued through the Hong
Kong and Shanghai bank, under imperial
authority, secured on the customs
revenue. The existence of this loan cannot
account for such a large reserve
fund, but there may be an internal
debt, interest on which would absorb the
difference.
The emperor, being spiritual as well
as temporal sovereign, maintains neither
ecclesiastical hierarchy nor priesthood ;
11C11UC Jill UA|/Cinumut 1V1 xvii^ivuo WAVmonies
and the State religion of 182,182
taels may be regarded as a perquisite of
the Sublimely Pure. There is also a
suspicious item of 1,317,108 taels in miscellaneous
expenditures of the central
government. The next highest item of
expenditure is for examinations and aid
to the literati, which is not peculiar in
an empire ruled by red tape and competitive
examination. Public charity
and pensions and gratuities likewise
figure for solid sums in the list of general
expenditures. But the expenditures
of the imperial household, which came
under a separate head, foot up a total
of 12,257,118 taels, being on excess of
expenditure ovor revenue of 6,607,380
taels.
Considering the vast empire of China,
the revenue and expenditure as exhibited
in these figures is not large ; but these
sums do not represent a titlie of the
money squeezed by provincial magnates
from the helpless people. The deficiency
of revenue is usually made up of
donations, which are in exchange of rank
and place. In other words, by the sale
of office.
The heads of expenditure of the imperial
household of China are historically
instructive. Tartar like, the reigning
family trusts to Tartar troops, and the
Ta-tsing dynasty pays 5,512,421 taels
annually in maintenance of the army of
Eight Banners and a Mongol auxiliary
troop. Rice and other food cost over
4,800,000 taels ; aid to mandarins, swallows
991,865 taels ; presents and pensions
lick up a cool half million ; sacrifice
to the Grand Llama (another imperial
perquisite) amounts to nearly
350,000 taels ; while porcelain, etc., cost
201,809 taels. Corruption and oppression
are rampant within the great wall,
and it is said that enormous sums are
annually diverted from their legitimate
uses into the pockets of officials. The
tendency of public corruption has not
lessened since the usurpation of power
by women of the imperial household, the
government of China having been run
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jointly since 1861. except a sliort time
during the reign of tlip late boy emperor.
The ambitious extravagance of
these Tartar dames may be readily imagined
in such a court as that of Peking.
Bojs Wanted.
Men arc wanted. So they are. But
boys are wanted?honest, manly, noble
boys. Such boys will make the desired
men. Some one has declared, and truly,
that these boys should possess ten points,
which are thus given : 1. Honest. 2.
Intelligent. 3. Active. 4. Industrious.
5. Obedient. 6. Steady. 7. Obliging.
8. Polite. 9. Neat. 10. Truthful One
thousand first-rate places are open for
one thousand boys who come up to the
standard. Each boy can suit his taste as
to the kind of business he would prefer.
The places are ready in every kind of occupation.
Many of them are already filled
by boys who lack some most important
points, but they will soon be vacant.
Some situations will soon be vacant, because
the boys have been poisoned by
reading bad books, such as they would
not dare show their fathers, and would be
ashamed to have their mothers see. The
impure thoughts suggested by these
books will lead to vicious acts, the boys
will be ruined, and their places must be
filled. Who will be ready for one of these
vacancies? Distinguished lawyers, useful
ministers, skillful physicians, successful
merchants, must all soon leave their
places for somebody else to fill. One by
one they are removal by death. Mind
your ten points, boys; they will prepare
you to step into vacancies in the front
rauk. Every man who is worthy to employ
a boy is looking for you if you have the
points. Do not fear that you will be
overlooked. A young person having
these qualities will shine as plainly as a
star at night.
Lost at Sea.
A letter has been received from a
Newfoundland correspondent, who believes
that the loss of the George Washington
of the Cromwell line was due
either to fire or explosion. He says:
"Whatever may have been the cause of
the destruction of the George Cromwell,
it is morally certain that an explosion of
some kind took place on board the
George Washington. The torn- and
fragmentary condition of the recovered
bodies, as also the shriveled and scorched
appearance of some leather and pork
tliat drove shoreward to Long Beach?
all testify to the deadly work of fire or
steam."
The St. Louis Ditpatnh poet asks:
" What shall we call the baby ?" Pending
the discussion on that subject, might
we be allowed to suggest "Sodywazzanoletoodlecumsy
wazz ?"
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Fashion Notes.
|
Small buckles, clasps, brooches and I
rings are all used for millinery purposes.
The new black lace mitts are em- I
broidered inside as well as outside the
; hand.
Very little face trimming is seen on ,
1 spring bonnets, but the variety is end- I
less.
Black veils dotted with tilleul chenille
and tilleul colored straws arc coming in
vogue.
The "Sidonie" is a new overskirt
j which simulates a polonaise with scarf !
; drapery.
Parasols will be used in the demi
saison?large sunshine umbrellas in
: summer.
Sandringham piques are elegant new j
white goods for children's and ladies' j
country wear.
Mignonette, on account of its tilleul
shades, crops out in every form of bonnet
trimming.
Small square gold buckles, studded
with points of steel, are used in trim- !
ming bonnets.
Tuscan, Milan and Leghorn straws of :
deep yellow tints are the favorites for
spring bonnets.
Tea, sandwiches, cake and biscuit are
the only refreshments needed for a kettledrum
proper.
Reception and opera-box toilets are
completed by a small lace cap placed
high on the hair.
Finger puffs and curls are absolutely I
necessary in arranging the hair in j
! U'rencn twist style.
Comic silk handkerchiefs are the fashionable
philopcena presents from young
ladies to gentlemen.
Black and the natural yellow of the
straws have taken the lead of the grays
and ecrus this season.
The Breton and the Beatrice are the
two basques which enjoy the run of
popular favor this spring.
Algerine gauze, shawls in lovely
shades, of combination stripes and Oriental
figures, are novelties.
The caprice of the moment with
young ladies is wearing long black kid
gloves with light evening dresses.
Dark red Agrippina roses and yellow
Marshal Niels or Isabella jSprouts are
mingled for bonnet and other trimmings.
The merchants are pushing the sales
of gray camel's hair wraps. Black wraps
will assert themselves without pushing.
While English round hats, turbans
and Gainsborouglis are not exploded,
there is decided preference shown for
bonnets proper.
Satin-faced gros grain silk is used a
great deal'for trimming bonnets. It is ;
cut on the bias and arranged so as to
show both sides.
It is impossible to make a really fasli|
iouable coiffure at present without more
j or less additional hair unless a lady has
a very abundant chevelure.
Paris thread long gloves with clocked
wrists and fingers are seen on the glove
counters in shades of drat), tan, gray,
brown and buff, and pure wfato, and
black also for mourning.
Some of the evening bonnets are
trimmed with bias silk ba*ds of water
blue and pale rose silk, fastened down
with gold and steel buckles, and ornamented
also with plumes of blue and
rose, and fine lace scarf strings.
An Evening's Lesson.
Here is a good spelling lesson for young
and old :
" The most skillful ganger I ever knew
was a maligned cobbler, armed with a
poniard, who drove a peddler's wagon,
using a mullein stalk as an instrument
of coercion to tyrannize over his pony,
shod with calks. He was a Galilean
S ulducce, and he had a phthisickv cai
tarrh, diphtheria, and the bilious intori
mittent erysipelas. A certain sibyl, with
the sobriquet of '<%psy,' weut into
ecstasies of cachinnntion at seeing him
measure a bushel of pease, and separate
saccharine tomatoes from a heap of peeled
potatoes without dyeing or singeing
ti c ignitiblG queue which lie wore, or
j becoming paralyzed with a hemorrhage. 1
Lilting her eyes to the ceiling of the
cupola of the capitol to conceal her unparalleled
embarrassment, making a
i rough courtesy, and not harassing him
! with mystifying, rarefying and stupefying
innuendoes, she gave him a couch, a
l bouquet of lilies, mignonette and fuch;
s'as, a treatise on mnemonics, a copy of
I tlie Apocrypha in liierogylphics, daguer\
reotypes of Mendelssohn and Kosciusko,
| a kaleidoscope, a dram vial of ipecacuanha,
a teaspoonful of naphtha for deleble
: purposes, a ferule, a clarionet, some
j licorice, a surcingle, a carnelian of sym- 1
i metrical proportions, a chronometer with
, a movable balance-wheel, a box of domi!
noes, and a catechism. The ganger, who
: was also a trafficking rectifier and parish- ;
1 ioner of mine, preferring a wooden suri-.v-.l
**-na fi Vftpil
14 HI b ^llin 111WIUC nilO AViVA(U/lV V^/ l? M?v.? J
latipg, occasionally occurring idio- ;
syncrasy), wofully uttered this apothegm:
' Life is checkered, but schism, apostasy,
heresy and villainy shall be punished.'
The sibyl apologizingly answered: 'There
is notably an allegeable difference between
a conferrable ellipsis and a trisyllabic
diaeresis.' "We replied in trochees,
not impugning her suspicion."
We suggest to our readers that some
member of the " family circle," when
j conversation lags during the evening,
I should "give out" the above words.
The one who is successful in spelling all
of them correctly may be congratulated,
and should go to the head of the class.
Hogs and Grapes. ;
They have been experimenting in Cali-;
forma in raising hogs upon grapes. Mr.
Joseph P. Dow publishes in the Russian
River Flag an account of his experience
in feeding a single porker. He turned
the animal into his vineyard with a weight
of 160 pounds, and it remained there
! twenty-seven days, having nothing to eat
during that time except the finest grapes,
such as Flame, Tokay, Black Hamburg '
and Muscat. It was then slaughtered
and weighed 163 pounds net, equal to
203 pounds gross, showing a gain of i
; forty-three pounds, or one and a half
I pounds per day.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
QnrNtionH and AnMwerx.
What kind of millet is the best to sow
in eastern North Carolina ?
The seed of the common millet, which
can be obtained at any seed store.
How are the breeds of sheep in tliis
country classified ?
There are three general breeds of
sheep in this country?long wools, middle
wools and fine wools. Under the
first come Leicesters and Cotswolds;
under the second?which are specially
mutton sheep, producing a small amount
of wool?come Southdowns, Lincoln and
others; and under the third are three
families, viz. : French, Spanish and
Silesian merinoes.
Wlmt tlic-n arc the so-called American :
merinoes ?'
The American merino is the result of ]
the three varieties above described; ]
they have been bred together until they
have produced what is now known as the f
improved American merino; which for ^
weight and fleece are not to be excelled.
This breed is rather small, with a clean
head and broad, sound body; the fleece f
is long, fine, thick set, white and extends j
over the whole body down to the hoof.
What will insure early sown peas, i
beans, lettuce, etc., from the ravages of ?
rats and mice, as well as of all kinds of t
birds ?
These posts, says an English garden- (
er, will not touch any seeds that have r
been mixed with a little red lead and wa- }
ter, before sowing, and the red lead does
not affect the germinating power of the
seed in the least. It must be powdered ?
lead that is employed for this purpose; 1
iuxt enough water should be used to ^
make the lead slick to the seeds; stir it ?
around until it dries 011 and sow at onbe. *
What are the peculiarities of the .
'' snowflake " potato ? ^
Earliness in ripening, being only a few
days after the early rose; smooth, attrac- *
tive appearance; the excellent quality,
having tine grain, richness in flavor, and
floury whiteness and dryness, and uni- J
forniity in size. They are also desirable E
because the bugs do not seem to relish ?
them to the same extent they do other F
varieties. Their hardiness in sprouting is
another merit; this last is due probably c
to their dryness. r
1
What are the difference between the i
three families of merinoes ? s
French merinoes, which are tender and
require great care, are long in the leg,
thin through the shoulder, flat ribbed, F
with a clumsy head, and grow short, yel- E
low wool that is thick set, uneven and F
gummy. The Spanish are much hardier, ?
and their fleece is long, white and firm- ?
er, and more even than the French; in 13
form they are compact, having short,
heavy legs and heavy necks, with small I
heads. The Silesians are less compact f
again, with light, short legs and fine F
heads, while the fleece is whiter, longer, e
finer, and more even than any of the a
others. These last are more hardy than t
the French and less so than the Spankh.
v
Temperature of Cream for ('burning. ^
If different cow's cream requires a dif- *
ferent temperature for successful churn- J
ing, or if the average cream from differ- *
ent herds requires a temperature a little J
higher, or a little lower than certain c
other herds, then each dairyman urnst,
by experiment, determine the best tem- a
perature for his own dairy. Some cows c
certainly make butter softer or harder at fc
the same temperature than certain other n
cows, and in the absence of experiments j c
made especially to determine the point, | v
it would seem safe to conclude that j ?
cream that will make hard butter would
bear a higher temperature in the churn a
than cream which produces butter which &
handles with great difficulty. Yet we do a
not know this to be a fact. In our own ^
dairy we have the best success in winter e
when the cream is churned at a temper- e
ature of sixty-three degrees. It comes y
then without too long churning, and it is
so firm aud solid that it does, not gather
into a solid mass at the first appearance u
of butter. Wo prefer to have our butter ^
come so hard that it will float in little a
crumbs in the buttermilk even after c
every ounce of cream is thoroughly h
churned; then wc can riuec off the but- n
termilk nearly clean, instead of having it ?
shut up in the butter, as is too often the J1
case when the butter is gathere 1 in a
solid mass in the churn.?New England c
Farmer. t<
The Canker Worm. v
A communication to the American v
farmers' club on this subject explained v
that there are several species of the 1 '
canker worm, which is sometimes also p
called the span worm; all of these are v
very destructive to the foliage of the
trees they breed upon. If undisturbed q
they mature in about a month, when ^
they are an inch in length. They have a
rlli IllgeiJlUUS Yt iVj Ui buviuovi? va; g,
down by a spun thread to the earth, into j
which they crawl and remain during the ?,
winter season. With fiue weather tlie ^
matured insect makes its appearance a ^
moth. The female, which is wingless ^
(the male has wings), crawls up the ' j
trunk of the tree and lays its eggs among 1 j
the branches. These appear to be glued i
over with a substance that is waterproof, j ^
Its mission over, the moth dies, and in
due time Oe left behind hatch, and
the worm begins the destruction of the
foliage. j h
The remedy given for this pest was to o
watch the trees and tear out the nest as j tl
soon as they make their appearance. E
Bands of hay or straw saturated with h
coal or other tar or oil, and tied closely : tl
about'the trunk of the tree, were recom- e
mended as preventives. These bands ti
should be examined often during the fi
season of maturing, that the insects can b
be taken from them and destroyed. ; U
. ii
Hn?fo? In fnM Wmthcr. '
It
One of the great troubles of making , a
butter in winter is letting the cream re- , a
maL. too long upon the milk. As the h
milk will keep sweet a long time, the \
cream is permitted to remain. It should
always be removed at the end of forty- a
eight hoars. Before churning put the r
cream in a tin bucket and set the bucket v
iu an iron kettle of hot water. Keep A
stirring the cream until it is of the right b
temperature. Butter makers soon learn o
by putting in the finger what the right fc
temperature is. It is about the same as tl
what moderately oool well water is in . o
summer ^me* ' ^
nctll M4. I
Thrift.
My ships are blown about the worlcf,
From heart's content to icelesa ind:
The tide plays out, the wind comes down,
And perils follow tide and wind. ,
When fancy tricks me into dreaios, i
I see my love in royal rooms?
More than a queen when all are queens,
And kings beside her seem like groom*.
Meanwhile she spins her wheel indoors,
Beginning when the days begin ; .
We shall not want?her very words?
Though never ship of thine come ip. j
Items of Interest.
The Bank of England keepa a medicat
man to attend its employees gratis. '
Peaceful sleep is the sheet anchor of
health. You can enjoy this sleep if you
have paid the printer.
Some one has estimated that each person
on the globe would receive $2 if all
the gold was parceled out.
In all the works of God there is a papjpicuous
absence of haste and huny.
ill that he does ripens slowly.
Tho gold used by jewelers is always
tlloyed with certain proportions of pure
diver and the finest copper, according
o the quality desired.
The Detroit Free Press says: No one
:an tell who is president of Mexico, and
lone of the Mexicans seem to oa/e.
fVhat they want is fun.
Louis Katenstein put on a hideous
nask and went to a Chinaman's shanty
n Marysville, Cal., to scare the inmate.
Che Chinaman was successfully scared,
md Katenstein got a bullet in one of his
egs.
That was a fearful joke of Lord Nor'
is # #
>ury's, on sentencing to tieain * tinei
eho had stolen a watch : " You made a
,Tasp at time, my lad, but you clutched
stern ity." i.
As a proof of hard times, the marshal
>f the District of Columbia shows nearly
hree hundred letters from persons begging
to be put on juries that they may
,rive their families bread.
However old the earth may be, acording
to Professor Proctor, it has not
cached its growth. He estimates that
0,000,000 extraterrene bodies become
ncorporated with it every rear, and
ome of them weigh a ton.
The medical men of Ghent have pre>ared
a "black book" containing the
tames of patients who have refused to
>ay their bills, and a pledge has been
riven by the profession not to attend the
lefaulters except in cases of immediate
irgency.
The Waynesburg Messenger says:
ieep your children in the honse and
eed them plentifully on onions, as a
>reventive for diphtheria. We have
aedical anthority for urging this course
s one that adds greatly in keeping off
he dread disease. . .
A prominent St. Louis gentleman,
rho has just returned from China, states
hat there is a railroad running out from
^kin that oost $7,000,000 per mile. An
rdinary American railroad can be built'
or from $10,000 "to $30,000 per mile,
."his Chinese road was built by Amerians
for the Chinese government.
Campanelli's idea was : If there were
n instrument for the ear, by which we
ould enlarge the faculty of hearing, ns
he faculty of sight is increased by the
licroscope and telescope, wo should beome
acquainted with an entire polyhome
tone world, inasmuch as all moion
produces waves of sound."
The wealthy who keep their balances
t Coutts', says the London World, are
omewhat nervous. Tho senior partner,
ged eighty-five, died the other day, and
tie management of the bank is intrustd
to the junior partner, a raw boy of
ighty-two, with not more than sixty
ears' experience in the house.
A writer in St. Nicholas dredged the
acks of his bees with flour as they were,
saving the hives in the morning during" *
very dry time, doing this by precon
erted arrangement .witn a irnim wuu
ml a fine clover field in bloom forty
files away. The friend wrote back diectly:
" There are plenty of your w hite
?cket bees here in the clover."
A clergyman was preparing his disourse
for Sunday, shipping occasionally
d review what he bad written, and erase
liat which he was disposed to disapprove,
rhen he was accosted by his little eon,
rlio numbered but five summers:
1 Father, does G<xl tell you what to
reach?" "Certainly, my child." "TheD
dint makes you scratch it out ?"
There is a healthy moralist living in
Jhicago who made his money in the milk
'usiness. He retired some years ago,
nd has since occupied his time giving
truggling yoimg men good advice,
'hey seem to pick right up under it.
' Don't be discouraged, boys," it is his
ashion to remark. " You can't expect
3 got rich all to wonst When tliingB
oesn't look cheerful like, think of me.
ndustry and honesty was all the capital
had, except a milk can and a water
ail." ,
An Old Soldier.
It will be hard to find a man who has
ad a life of more vicissitudes than that
f William A. J. MeClure, who lives at
tie Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Ohio,
[e was born in New Jersey, and from
is fifteenth to his thirtieth year was in
tie merchant service, visiting almost
* * "* T_ 1 OA A 1
very port m tke worm. m iou* ue
rirxed trapper on the Ohio river, and
nally enlisted in the American army,
eing captured at Hull's surrender and
aken to Dartmoor prison, bat was freed
i time to fight at Lundy's Lane, under
Jeneral Scott. He served afterward as
scout for General Jackson in Florida
nd also served in the Semiuole war and
a the American merchant marine.
Vliile a sailor he was wrecked in the
lediterranean sea, and was held as a
lave by the Arabs until purchased and
eleasea by an American consul. He
ras also one of the nine survivors of the
ilbion on the coast of Ireland. He has
ieen married four times and is the father
f twenty-two oliildren. There are said
o be papers at Washington which show
bat he is oue hundred and seven years Id,
and that his story of service in the
jnerican army is true.