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VOL. V. NO. 3
Summer Idyl.
Meadow flowers, fair and sweet,
Cau you feel the summer ?
Can you hear her dainty feet
Coming softly, light and fleet ?
Will ye not outrun her ?
Spring up, white anemone.
Graceful as court lady ;
Iling, ye harebells, merrily,
Hyacinths, stand cheerily,
She will greet you, maybe.
Blushing red, rose-campion fair,
Like a rustic beauty,
Hides behind the maiden hair,
While veronica, the rare,
Opes blue eyes from duty.
She is coming, is our queen,
Softest breeze shall waft her ;
Palmy boughs of freshest green
Wave where'er her robe is seen,
Little brooks bring laughter.
Even* joyous scent and sound
Rises sw ift to greet her;
E'en the dull, insensate ground
Shares the fragrance all around,
Let us go and meet her.
All's WeH That Ends Well.
When Mrs. ex-Congressman Perkins brought
home a pre ty waiting-maid, the latter attracted
the attention of the whole village.
When this fresh young girl was known to
frequent ghostly old Mother Prim's desolate
abode, the gossips wagged their tongues, and
the juvenile cuti'c'e rose in an universal gooseflesh.
Mother Prim's cottage door opened to admit
Dolly and closed" agam, untouched by human
hands.
So, at least, claimed the village urchins who
were wont to feed their taste for the horrible
by watching old Mother Prim as she nightly
lipr kinHlinc wood.
One night Dolly remained "within that tinlighted
cottage until it was time to hasten home
to put the hair of Mrs. Perkins in crimping
pine, and make her otherwise ready for the
reign of Morpheus.
Then she stepped alone out into the night a
man's voice from within bidding her a tender
farewell.
Still alone, Dolly sued toward home at a pace
that made her own shadow seem to be leaping
and running in the moonlight to keep up with
her.
% She did not reach the Perkins mansion unmolested.
At the bridge, the very spot that it had made
her heart palpitate to think of, she was intercepted.
"I would as soon believe harm of an angel as
of you, Dolly, but what means this?"
. The man who stopped her spoke as one having
authority.
" Edward," cried Dolly, " do you watch where
you promised to trust ?"
It was bitter to the lover to find that the
maiden was not glad to see him, and his wrath
rose with his jealousy.
He said, sternly:
44 Whatever this business is, it has stolen
your heart from me. I am not one to brook
mysterious aud unknown rivals. I sa,w you
come forth from that house where they tell me
only an old woman lives. I saw the shadow of
? a man. and I heard his voice. I believe in you,
w Dolly, but I also claim your confidence. Explain
this to me now, or cast me off forever."
Dolly trembled like the moonlight shadows
in the summer wind, but she answered bravely:
44 Then this, too, this last sacrifice of all! If
only it may not be in vain ! Edward, I am not
free to confide in you !"
TKo man si!#>nt- As the meanincr of
these words entered his heart, he seomeS to
petrify. He uttered no appeal. In a moment
the night resounded with the echo of his receding
footsteps.
Mrs. Perkins, in the magnanimity of a sympathetic
nature allowed heaha# to be well pulled
that night and showed herself worthy to be
the mistress of no ordinary maid, by abstaining
from teasing her with questions.
The following morning, when the lady appeared
in fresh toilet in their elegant breakfast
room, the Hon. Ur. Perkins, who was a fastidious
gentleman, informed her that her rich
Jace cap was on awry, and aiso that her necktie
was veering as idly as a weathervaue.
Mrs. Perkins glanced anxiously at her reflection
in a shining coffee urn, where she sawit,
combined with ?he reflection of the firelight,
t1#TM<in<r wildlv.
It required more fortitude than a big man
would believe, to sit there consciously disfigured,
and it wrung from the pretty little woman
the ejaculation:
" My Dolly is certainly bewitched !"
As soon as possible she made the signal to
rise, and, under pretense of warming a dainty
French slippered toe by resting it on the bright
steel fender, she surreptitiously regulated her
toilet in the mantel mirror over the fireplace.
The husband, much amused with such
pretty vanity, followed her in a bantering
mood. He was diverted by the# arrival of the
morning mail.
Throwing himself into his easy chair by the
fire, he opened the first'letter.
" Why, love!" he soon exclaims, " that fellow
you made me work to get clear from the
charge of house-breaking proves to be a son of
the old murderer Larkuis. who escaped from
justice ten years ago. and for whose recapture
there has been ever since a reward of five thousand
dollars offered."
" Nonsense!" cried Mrs. Perkins, conclusivelv.
"Why. you forget that mv man is
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i^ouv s isuit'r:
' As if that hindered it!" impatiently ejaculated
Mr. Perkins, rising. "I tell you, my
lawyer has evidence that 'your man' is a
housebreaker, and the son of a murderer, and
you've made me make a fool of myself, and it
ain't the first time."
" But do consider, dear," replied the wife, in
a molifying and convincing tone, "I've had
Pollv years, and she'd be as afraid of a housebreaker
or a murderer as I would myself."
' What geese you women are, and what
idiots you make of us!" responded the Hon.
Mr. Perkins, stopping to survey the pretty wife,
who he now felt to have been a great besetment
to him. " Marc Antony was no bigger
fool than the rest of Ifc. Here I am mixed up
in a disgraceful mess because, forsooth, Dolly
coaxed you to coax me."
Mjrs. Perkins here evinced some indications
of bnrsting into tears. Mr. Perkins, knowing
his own weak point, hastened to avert such a
; painful climax.
"AfteraH," he said, coilciliatingly, "itislikely
- to end in the securing of both men. A de
tective is "?
At this moment the conjugal confidence was
interrupted. Dolly herself stood before them.
She looked excited, and asked permission
to "go out for an hour's airing."
When she was gone, the master of the house
said, severely:
"TV.* m.i mnot Ko Tthis He
the last time she goes out alone."
Mrs. Ferkins perceived a certain look in her
husband s eves that caused her to meekly respond
:
"Yes. dear."
" How ridiculous men are!" she petulantly
exclaimed to herself, when alone. "As if I
would keep poor Dolly in to prevent her from
such absurdity as seeing murderers !"
Meanwhile Dolly, by a circuitous route but
with great speed, hastened again to old Mother
Prim's.
She entered unbidden at the rear of the cottage,
where no opening was visible to the uninitiated.
*
Within, an old man crouched in the most
obscure corner of a darkened room.
In a plaintive minor key he eried :
" You can't come in, whoever you are ; you've
no business here; keep away. Mary, Mary,
coihe and send them off."
The poor wretch shook like a palsy, and was
only induced by the presence and urgency of
Mother Prim to remove his skinny hands from
his haggard face.
He was a vivid illustration that the wages of
in are ozuethicg more than physical death.
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"Oh, grandmother," cried Dolly, " I did not
mean to frighten him ; but there is need for
haste, indeed, indeed there is !"
! " There is none," responded the old woman.
i heroically. " Do you suppose I am not ready (
f( r this?* Do you think 1 have hid and guard- 1 i
. ed him these ten years to let them outwit me ; i
now?" j
Looking about. Dolly then for the first time < '
perceived evidence of preparations for flight. '
f>How did you Irnow?" she asked/ "Where '
; is father?" 1
j " My son is safe," mysteriously replied the
! old woman. " He bade me say to you that
your tears and prayers were answered; that f
\ God helping, for your sake, he would lead a ]
j better lifo."
Dolly wept. j
The old man arose in vague alarm and wrung
i his hands, as he feebly paced the floor. 1
, At this sight the devoted old wife turned
t ? j ,
" How dare yon 6care my poor darling !"
she cried. Have you no thought for him !"
She went to him.*and with a strange; grim c
tenderness stroked his gray hair. t
" Have no fear," she said to him; " trust t
me. I saw the man hovering about here last t
night, while the child prayed with her fatherprayers
for them, watching for me. I have
only waited to look once more at her pretty
face that i thought to have seen so many times f
-nowI am ready to lead you to a safe place. *
Be easy and trust me, darling."
With the confidence of a sleep walker or a f
monomaniac, the old woman led her charge i
forth toward a wood at the rear of the cottage, a
She appeared to have utterly forgotten Dolly f
who was left sitting there blankly, entirely
alone.
Some words of the old woman still rung in c
her ears. s
" I saw some one hovering about here last s
night while the child pra.\od." Was Edward c
there, her Edward, the representative of a law J
and justice that would destroy all of hers !
Dolly was no sophist to questiou the recti- v
tude of her position. If her liauds fell list- li
less in her lap, if her blue eyes filled with tears, \
it was because she had lost her lover, not be- s
cause she had helped to evade justice. ,
Iu this dejected attitude she sat too much *
engrossed in mourning after her lover to see f'
him outer. e
" Dear, faithful, true, girl, I hare found you
out at last," said a voice that electrified her.
"Dolly, the whilom proud, piquant Dclly, &
threw herself in an attitude of supplication at t!
the feet of her lover. v
" Do not?oh, do not!" she cried, " hunt (.
him down. If you could see him, if you knew
of his repentance, his misery?oh, spare him !" 0
" Why, bless your dear heart," answered the s
detective, raising Dolly in his arms, 441 g
wouldn't touch him if he'd eaten my grand- p
mother. How could I know? I was* in hot p
pursuit of the five thousand dollars reward to
set my little wife up in housekeeping in a style
worthy of her. Now she will have to be con- tJ
tent with something plainer. But know, you
are my prisoner. I can lock you up in jail if I
wilL "Now beg mo not to!"
44 Can you tolerate me, knowing all; can you P
overlook my being "? p
44 If you will ask with your arms areund my |j
neck. I think I can hear it," answered the detective.
"InfactI don't think I could tolerate
your being the least bit in the world dif- ti
fereiit from what you are?" * t
Two hours later they appeared before Mrs. j]
Perkins, Dolly beaming, Edward looking like a
hoin Samson, and a?ked her consent to a '
speedy marriage. f4
That evening Mrs. Terkins triumphantly ex- it
plained to her husband that he was altogether a;
mistaken about Dolly having anything to do p
-villi the murderers.
4* How do you know, dear?" he asked.
44 Why, she is actually to be married in a o;
week to" the detective wllo is here hunting for ?
them !"
This was conclusive, and the Hon. Mr. Perkins
ejaculated " Oh !" f<
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Mid-Air Telephoning. ti
In tliese days of telephony some inter- ?
est attaches to two old-time instances of ct
the transmission of sounds for great dis- r<
tances, doubtless from some peculiar S
electria state of the atmosphere or of the
earth. The particulate are these: On ,
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the morning of the battle 01 Jtsuniier "
Hill?if the traditions of a few years ago
universal in Berkshire, Mass., be true? 11
the booming of the cannon on Charles sx
river was distinctly heard in various "
towns-on the Berkshire hills. At Lee it 01
was first heard by a man digging a well, P
who called his neighbors, and they also ^
heard it. In Pittsfield it was heard by P
many persons, and more distinctly by ^
laying their ears to the ground. Captain
; Jared Ingersoll, Hosea Merrill and others C(
often spoke of it in their later days to w
arsons now or recently living. In 1X1
Wortliington it was first heard by three tx
recruits for the army resting by the road- 01
I side with their heads upon their hands w
j and their elbowa on the ground. The
' second case was in 1822, and is related 1X.
1 mi tliA nnthoritv of the late Dr. O. S. sx
I Root, a physician of high standing and Ul
I of more than ordinary scientific culture.
J On the twenty-sixth of November in the
year named, Samuel Charles, an Oneida ^
Indian, was hung at Lenox for murder, P
i and the Berkshire .Greys, a Pittsfield bl
military company, acted as guard. At P
noon of the day of execution Dr. Root, ^
! standing on the hill at the foot of South tr
! street, in Pittsfield, heard the sound of 0<
their drum and fife so "clearly that it d;
seemed within a few rods. He went to P
j the brow of the hill, expecting to see the P
company marching up the side, but, to S1
his surprise, saw nothing, although the P
' sound continued. It appeared after- ix
J ward that at the moment Dr. Root heard ^
them, the drum and fife, the company *s
; were marching down Gallow's hill, in
' Lenox, six miles off. On the same day c<
a party fishing on Pontoosuc lake, ten e'
miles north of Gallow's hill, heard the
slow strains of music proceeding to the
place of execution, and then the rapid c<
imurch played on the return as clearly as
tliOTigh within a few rods. These well | o;
i attested cases present a fair problem for | p
Professor Bell's solution. f<
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Women as Bull-Fighters. v
After the season of the principal bull- a
fights is over, a second series is inaugurated
in Madrid, and in this stout young y
Amazons take the place of the hardier o
brutes who usually play the matadors. I
These heroines bind up their abundant q
hair with ribbons, and around their n
bodies wear a wicker bottomless barrel, f<
which protects them against the most
furious assaults of the tormented animals, c
These women, when dancing before the y
j bulls and exciting them to combat, look v
more like ponies walking on their hiud g
legs than human beings. They are fre- li
quently thrown high in the air, and now e
and then coming crashing in their osier
barrel down upon the spectators. The d
animals chosen for this minor series of li
combats are ordinarily young, and their f<
tormentors avoid killing them if possible, li
! The rings are frequently invaded by
crowds of amateurs,who are provided
with long, flexible poles, by the aid of <1
which they leap over the backs of the u
maddened bulls that rush at them.
A few years since, children were 11
introduced into the rings in combat with v
! bull calves, in which the poor, little, i
i misguided human creatures were some- ! v
times crippled for life by the calves, j ii
whose play was too rough for them. | d
;auj
iND PORT
BEAUFORT, S.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. ;
Recipes.
Kisses.?Beat three fresh eggs to a
stiff froth and stir in five spoonfuls finest
powdered sugar; flavor with lemon.
Butter a pail and lay in white paper ;
Irop the mixture on it in cakes of a tea- j
spoonful each. Sift sugar over and
bake in a slow oven for half an hour.
Beef Tea.?Cut up nice lean beef in ;
small pieces, put in a small sauce pan or
pail with tight-fitting cover. Set this
nto a pan of boiling water and cook till ,
:he juice of the meat is all extracted;
;hen season to the taste.
MUFFINS.?-tseai two eggs jvitu uucmlf
cup of sugar, one generous tablespoonful
of butter and a little salt; add
me and a half cups of sweet milk, and
hree cups of flour in which is sifted j
liree teaspoonfnls of good baking powler.
Boat well and bake in buttered 1
nuffin-tins.
Yeal Soup (excellent).?A vessel used ,
or making 60up should never be taken '
or cooking anything else, and should be
larefully cleansed after each using. Into '
t put a knuckle of veal (the size known
is a ten-cent one is large enough), three
[uarts of cold water, a small quantity of j
alt, and one small tablespoonful of unooked
rice. Boil slowly, hardly above '
immering, four hours, when the liquor
hould be reduced to half the usual
[uantity ; remove from the tire. Into the \
ureen put the yolk of one egg, and stir rell
into it a teacupful of cream, or, in fJ
tot weather, new milk ; add a piece of j
utter the size of a hickory nut; 011 this
tram the soup, boiling hot, stirring all '
he time. Just at the last beat it well '
or a minute. This soup is economical, *
asily made and delightful. *
Tomato Catsup.?Boil one bushel of \
omatoes until soft; squeeze them (
hrougli a sieve; add half a gallon of (
inegar, one pint of salt, two ounces of f
loves, quarter ounce of allspice, two f
rtorflnna nor>nor tlnPA tnblp
UUVCO \JL y v nuv ,
poonfuls black pepper; mix these toother,
and boil not less than three
ours; pour in a jar or keg till cool, then
ottle ; it will keep well ; the cloves and
llspice put in whole; when boiled strain
krougli a colander.
Beef Hash. ?Use stale bread soaked
i milk or water; season with butter,
epper and salt and a little onion clioped
tine. Make into cakes and fry a
ight brown.
Potato Cakes.?Boil some white poltoes,
mash them very fine, adding salt,
utter and milk as if used as a vegetable;
iien mold them in sufficient sifted flour
) make them into a soft dough ; roll
lein out 011 the paste-board about an
mil tlimk put, in small souare cakes
lk! fry on a griddle with equal parts of ^
ml and butter ; cook slowly turning but '
nee. Tliey are nice for breakfast, or an 1
rdinary lunch. c
pecilir for Insert** and Mildew in OrclmrilN. ^
We have been asked to give a formula j
>r some wash that will prove beneficial c
1 keeping insects and mildew from fruit \
:ces. The following is probably as j
ood as anything that has yet been dis- s
Dvered for that purpose. It has been j
jeommended by a meeting of fruit
rowers, among whom was Prof. 0. f
liomas, our State entomologist: c
Insects and mildews, injurious to the f
>aves of seedlings and root grafts, can s
e kept in subjection or destroyed by a n
ee use of a combination of lime and y
llphur. Take of quick or unslaked *<
me, four parts, and of common flowers s
F snlnhur. one part (four pounds of sul- i,
1 J * ># ..
liur to one peck of lime); break up the ?
me in small bits, then mixing the sul- u
hur with it in a tight vessel (iron is [j
est), pour on them enough boiling g
ater to slake the lime to a powder ;
3ver in the vessel close as soon as the
ater is poured on ; this makes also a
tost excellent whitewash for orchard
ees, and is very useful as a preventive l
I blight on pear trees, to cover the a
ounds in the form of a paste when cut- u
ng away diseased parts. Also for coat- c
tg the trees in April. It may be con- v
dered as the one specific for many d
oxious insects and mildew in the or- 1,
iard and nursery ; its materials should I
e used quite fresh, as it would in tims
ecome sulphate of lime and so lose ite ri
WlierAvcr dnstinc of lime is I ?
)oken of, tliis should- be used. This a
reparation should be sprinkled over j,
le young plant as soon as or before any
ouble from aphides, thrips or mildew a
3curs, early in the morning while the j
ew is on the trees. This lime and sulhur
combination is destructive to these 1
ests in this way ; first, by giving off
ilphuric acid gas, which is deadly a
oison to minute life, both animal and r
ingoid; and the lime destroys by conict
the same things, besides its presence s
i noxious to them ; neither is it injurious I
> common vegetable life, except in ex- o
?ss, unless the lime to the foliage of
rergreens.? Western Rural. j
CJoocl Breeds of Fowls. ^
The four best breeds of fowls in this I
mntry are :
1. Light Brahmas, the finest form,one
f the largest, the most beautiful, very *
eaceable, confined by a fence three or
nir feet high, require each only one
ushel and three pecks of mixed grain a *
ear, cost of feed $1, and lay 150 eggs
nnually of very large size.
2. Plymouth Rocks, produced fifteen 1
ears ago by a cross of Dominique fowls
n an Asiatic breed, not quite so large as 1
Irahmas, very hardy, consume same c
uantity of feed as lirahmas, and lay as 11
iany eggs as that breed?a fine market 2
awl.
3. Leghorns, a small fowl, various ?
olors, all good, require a high fence to j
ard them, non-sitters, too small to sell ?
rell dressed, eat a bushel aud a half of
rain in a year, not very hardy, combs 1
iable to freeze, valuable only for their (
ggs, lay 150 to 200 each in a year. (
4. Hamburgs^ several colors, a splenlid
little fowl, non-sitters, not quite as
irge as Leghorns, require the same 1
ood, noted as splendid layers, and that, ?
ike the Leghorn, is all they are good for.
To Keep a Fowl llousr.
1. Clean out every day, and sprinkle 1
ry earth or coal-ashes over the floor and *
mder the roosts.
2. Change the material the nests are j
a ide of once every month, and white- t
rash the nest boxes with hot whitewash. <
3. Paint the roosting poles every week t
rifcli kerosene, and whitewash the whole j
aterior of the hennery even* two months s
uring spring and summer. ?
FOR1
ROYAL C<
C., THURSDAY,
The Actor and the Emperor.
The following anecdote is related !
apropos of the Russian Emperor j
Nicholas, father of the reigning czar,
whose fondness for the stage and artists {
led him to institute a Theater Francais
at St. Petersburg. He always treated
the actors with great kindness, almost
bordering on intimacy. The emperor
often took long, solitary walks; and, to
prevent troubling the tranquility of his
promenade, it was strictly forbidden to ,
address a word or present a petition to '
him under pain of a fine or imprison- i
ment. One day a comedian met the
emperor, and, removing his hat, bowed
respectfully. It happened that this .
actor was a particular favorite of the j
monarch, and on the day in question was
to appear in a new piece. " AJi! is that
you?" said Nicholas. "Well, my friend,
I hope you are going to make us laugh
to-night." " Sire, I shall do my best to
please you," was the reply. " Well,
well, I trust to you," said the emperor.
~ ... AT i.
Some steps lurtlier on, as uie acwr uuu- j
tinned his way, he was accosted by two
Dfficer8. " Come w*ith us," said one of
them, taking the artist by the arm.
"Go with you! "Where to?" " Why to
prison, of course. You have just spoken
to the emperor." "Not at all," said the
ictor; "it was his majesty who spoke to
me." " Come, there is no use arguing
?march ;" and the poor actor was
Iragged off to prison and locked up.
* * * * It is eight o'clock. The
imperial Theater is crowded with Russian
nobility. The emperor enters his
t>ox, and is received by his ministers and
generals. He bows several times, then
jits. It is customary in Russia on the
jeating of his majesty fdr the performince
to commence. Nicholas, like Louis
YIY., disliked waiting; but the performance
does not begin. An aide-decamp
is dispatched to inquire into the
?ause of the delay. He soon returns
ind announces that the comedian has
ailed to put in an appearance. A useless
search is instituted?the actor has disappeared.
The emperor summons the
general of police. Questioned by his
najesty, he knows nothing of the whereibouts
of the actor. "It is your busi
less to know everything," says tne czar,
vith lowering brows. " I give you five
ninutes to find out and pull up the curain.
Go." Tliereupon all the agents
)f police are set to work, and with such
mccess that, at the end of three minutes,
he general of police comes and anlounces
to his imperial majesty that the
ictor has been incarcerated for having
lared to address him in the street. The
imperor laughs long and heartily. "Go,
;ir, and order the performance to comuence,
and after the representation you '
rill bring the hapless prisoner here." '
-Vhen the actor found himself a prisoner
lis fury hail been uncontrollable. But
>y degrees he had calmed down and had
letermiued to abide the course of events,
aaking no efforts to regain his liberty.
iVhen he appeared on the stuge the ein>eror
himself gave the signal for the
vation which greeted him. The assem?ly
had learned the whole affair and was
iterally convulsed with laughter at the
erious face the comedian wore. At ]
he end of the performance he was conlucted
to the imperial box. " My dear ;
ellow," exclaimed the emperor, who
ouldnot help again laughing at the piti- ;
nl mien of the actor, "lam really very !
orry for your misadventure, and to
lake vou amends I grant you, before j1
ou ask it, any favor you ask of me."
'Sire," said the exasperated comedian,
till a pray to nervous irritation, "I
iave only one favor to ask, and that is
hat you never speak to me again." The !
ext day he received in a casket, which
ore the imperial anus, a superb watch,
tudded with diamonds.
A Detroit Bashi-Bazonk.
George Carlysle, a prisoner with a >Iack
eye and a deSolate look, mounted | ]
barrel on Jefferson avenue, at mid- j I
light, and harangued a crowd. The 1
rowd was composed of one old man, <
rlio was looking for a soft bed in some ;
loorway. Mr. Carlysle didn't ask the :
one old man to assist him to mob the J
liddle House, but said :
" Gentlemen, I leave for Europe tomorrow
to tafce part in the glorious 1
truggle for freedom, truth, religion, '
nd?and sunthin' to drink. Who will i
oin me ?"
The lone old man sat on the curbstone <
nd looked around as if he wanted to
i
oiu a square rueai.
' Thou coward !" hissed the orator, as
le looked down upon the crowd.
The old man stared across the street at
, patent hitching post, and made no
eply.
"I'll begin the war right here!"
houted the orator, as he fell off the
>arrel. " Square off, old man, and look
iut for jour nose!"
The lone crowd dusted down the street <
'elling " Murder!" at the top of his
oice, and Carlysle was arrested as he
lursued.
" What business have you with this
European muddle?" asked the judge, as '
le looked down upon the drunkard.
' And, further, who hit you ?"
"Fell agin a house," was the mournul
reply.
" Do you want to go to Europe ?"
" I'd like to be counted in when war
ages, your honor."
*4 You are a nice specimen to be around <
lollerincr for freedom!" sneered the
soiirt. " You'd better holler for soap
ind water and a clean shirt. When did
rou wash last ?"
" Wasn't I around during the last
var?" protested the prisoner. "I'm 1
ust aching to be on the skirmish line i
ilong the Dan-u-be."
" You'll be aching to get out of the
louse of correction before your sentence
expires. I'm going to make it sixty
lays."
" Very well," quietly replied the man. !
' I shall stay up there just seven minltes
by the watch, and then run the
piard and take the first t rain lor Europe."
" Write me from Kalafat or Erzeroum,
ind don't give me any more informs- 1
ion," remarked the court, and that ended
he case.?Detroit Free Pre**.
?^
A Western Munchausen writes to a San
Yancisco paper a long account of a secluded
ribe of Indians who in winter sink their chillren
(wrapped in air tight caskets of birch
>ark) under the deep waters of the lake in i
heir vicinity, aud in the spring raise theni up
rom ' the botioni of the lake Alive and well, i
ifter being six months dormant and uncon- ;
clous.
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DMMERCIAL.
JUNE 28, 1877.
THE CZAR'S WILD CAVALRY.
Freak* of the I'ntnuied (.'omnrks?How they
Hide and Play?Horses that can 3Iouut a
Table. ? 1
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A Kischeneff correspondent writes : r
" The Cossacks are divided into several ]
corps?the Cossacks of the Don, the ^
Cossacks of the Ukraine, the Cossacks of T
the Caucasus, etc. Each of these divis- c
ions has a chief, who is called an ataman t
and holds the rank of general, and all the J
Cossacks of the empire are united under j
a single chief, who has the title of the ^
"ataman general." This latter title t
always devolves upon the hereditary E
grand duke. The Cossack clothes and t
equips himself, and his uniform and his
horse belongs to himself. He wears a t
large, round, low cap made of skin from t
Astrakan, wide pantaloons, stuffed into E
his boots and reaching just below his
knees, the whole covered by a kind of 8
overcoat, buttoning on the back, and
having three long flaps reaching to the j b
feet and fastened on the full length. On ?
his breast, to the left and right in vertical p
cases, he carries six cartridges at each p
side. In his belt he carries a poinard. y
A baldrick hangs from his right should- b
er and passes to the left side, where it b
supports a long saber in a leather scab- tl
bard. On his back, hanging from a bandoleer
and wrapped in a cas* made of f
goat's skin, he carries his rifle. The f,
Cossack always carries in his hand a ti
whip, with a short lash, which he calls g,
kinjal. His horse is small and rather r<
ugly, and, though he is made of good n
stuff, his form is somewhat angular. To a
form an idea of the Cossack saddle, tl
imagine an ordinary saddle upon which q
would be fastened by a strap a square f<
leather cushion about four inches high, g
This is the reason that at first sight one a
is so much surprised to see this curious
looking cavalier perched up so high on jj
his saddle. He sticks on his horse's t<
back by sticking his knees into the ani- tl
mal's sides with all his strength, which A
?- ? ? ? I- - ? I - r\f r% rvaiv
gives xiia legs mc uppruxuucc ui u |jau ui
pinchers. The stirrup is an equally t<
curious thing. The bottom is round and w
thick enough, but from that up it re- u
sembles very much one of those tin s]
boxes in which preserves are sold. It g
has been already said that the Cossack's ff
horse is his personal property, and it ff
may be added that he turns it to busi- &
liesa account by hiring it out. Since the ti
arrival of the troops at Kischeneff they w
have been the delight of the collegians, x
who, for a rouble an hour, have been q
enabled to make promenades on horseback
in bands on these valiant little e]
animals. k:
At the time of my arrival the squadron sl
of Cossacks was massed in a heap in a iE
corner. One of them started at a gallop
and threw his cap into the middle of the
square. Immediately all the others
pvecipitated themselves forward at a
headlong gallop and endeavored to pick
up the cap either with the hand or the
whip or by jumping to the ground. It
was a scene of general confusion, during
which the eye could scarcely distinguish w
liorse3 from men. All this is accom- 111
panied by cries whicli do not cease till
some horseman bv an adroit maneuvre "
lias managed to obtain possession of the
trophy. Then they all start off again,
lashing their horses with all their might, p]
for it is a curious fact that during the s\
whole time that the Cossack is mounted cc
he beats his horse without a moment's
cessation. The reader must not suppose u<
that it is necessary that the Cossack 10
t *? ? - c - i 1
rnusi iorm out; 01 u uuuu iu uiuci t>u?i/ u,
lie may give play to his fantasies. Somelimes
when he is alone he lets himself
run into certain eccentricities, of which
I will give an example. ^
I was breakfasting in a restaurant
when all on a sudden the door opened ^
with a loud noise and a Cossack rushed -!
in like a hurricane. After promenading
noisily around the tables he pulled up
bis horse before one of the guests and n<
placed the animal's nose on a plate of tL
careen salnd which had just been brought ?(
out and which the horse ate with great D
celerity. Then man and horse departed
just as they came, without any person, 1S
not even the proprietor of the establishment,
saying a siugle word. Perhaps
it was because the Cossack held in his
hand the kinjal, whose strokes would ar
cost him nothing. Later on I spoke of
this incident to the aid-de-camp of an ei
ataman, who simply laughed and said ti
"What surprises me is that the Cossack it
did not ma?e his horse get up on a "
table." Seeing that I was astonished he e:
called a Cossack who was waiting in the ti
yard. The soldier came in on horseback sc
without hesitating. The officer spoke m
but a single word and in less time than w
it takes me to write it the Cossack made w
his horse mount the billiard table. I h
insisted on no more, for this experiment b<
was enough to edify me. As much will y<
be said of Cossacks iu this war it may be is
well to give an account of this peculiar ol
cavalry. However astonishing may be g<
the acts attributed to them the reader tl
may - accept the statement with con- pi
fidence ; for the truth of the stories can hi
be establishe^by good evidence. Already
they have made hitherto unheard of
marches, and they will be the real
heroes of the events about to commence. ^
The reader has observed, no doubt, j(
that in every war attention is concen- j
trated on some one fact. In the Crimean ^
war the zouaves were the startling
novelty. In 1859, in Italy, it was rifled ^
cannon. In 1870 the Uhlans. In the ?j
Bulgarian insurrection of last year the
Bashi-Bazouks were the feature of great ?
interest. This year the Cossacks will ^
play leading part. They will encounter
the famous Boslu-iiazouks, wiiom the *
Turks will not fail to put in the advance * <
guards. We shall then see if the Turkish ^
irregulars exhibit as much readiness to ^
meet and destroy an armed enemy as to aj
butcher women and children. ^
The interesting thing about Miss Caroline fj
Sulivant, a Boston bride, is given as follows :
"When the Grand Duke Alexis visited this tl
country the first time, he was fortunate enough C
to meet Miss Sulivant at a ball, and the queenly Q
beauty of the bright and lovely girl entirely ?f
satisfied even his princely ideas. In fact, so
Bincere and earnest was the young dnke in his C(
admiration that before he left the country he
wrote to Miss Snlivant's father and res|>ectfully p]
asked for his daughter's picture in order to preserve
the finest type of American beauty that -I
he had seen. The requt stwas honored."
A woman hermit has lived in Twenty-one- Cl
Mile Desert, Nevada, for ten years, aud in that ?
time has not left her hut except to procure the b<
bare necessities of life at a small trading plnce
on the Carson river, distant eight or nine
miles, Sbe Uvea In equalcr and extreme por* p
rty, tf
RIB1
$2.00 per
The Story of a Mummy.
The Nashville American says that for
leventeen years the most curious object
n the museum of the Tennessee Hisorical
Society has been the Egyptian
uummv. It has a very singular history,
n 1860 Col. Jeremiah George Harris
v&r a purser on a United States man-ofear
in the Egyptian waters. He went
in shore, and was at once ushered into
he august presence of the kliedive and
lis numerous household. He was walkng
out one day with ft member of the
Iiedive's staff, when the latter was set
ipon by ruffians. Col. Harris, who is a
nan of great strength, interposed, and
he roughs were vanquished.
"What can I do, asked the Egypian
officer, " to show adequate approbation
of the services you have rendered
ae?"
" Give me a mummy," laughingly
uggested Col. Harris.
"A mummy?" repeated the officer,
tolding his breath and pondering.
' Did you not know, sir, that our laws
rohibit the removal of mummies under
ienalty of death ? But never mind;
our request shall be fulfilled. Just
efore your vessel leaves the harbor a
oat will come alongside. It will contain
hat for which you have asked."
Col. Harris had dismissed the subject
rom his mind, but just before the hour
or the departure of the ship, three naives
were seen pulling toward the Yesel.
The boat contained a bundle diected
to Col. Harris. This bundle was
ot opened until the arrival of the ship
t Boston, when it was discovered that
liere were six mummies instead of one.
'hey were unwrapped, and the best one
irwarded to the Tennessee Historical
ociety, of which Col. Harris was then
nd still is a member.
When Prof. Huxley was here he examled
the mummy with a great deal of iuirest,
and said.that he believed it to be
ie best preserved specimen either in
merica or in Europe.
About seven months ago a curious visi>r
broke one of the panes in the case in
hich this ancient Egyptian was put in
360. Almost immediately he began to
iow that he objected to fresh air.
ome of his toes crumbled and hung
own over the foot in a dilapidated conition.
A new case was made. The new
ise is made of walnut with black velvet
immings,and has a pillow for the head,
hereas before it rested upon a block,
he remains were well dusted,aud looked
uite spruce in their new quarters.
The mummy measures four feet and
even inches, ten inches across the
ips, and thirteen inches across the
loulders, with hands six and one-quarter
tches in length.
Beautiful Thoughts.
We should accustom the mind to keep
le best company by introducing it only
> the best books.
Flowers arc the alphabet of angels,
hereby they write on hills and fields
ystcrions and sweet truths.
11 - ?i? *_ ?
.Lauguage is ine arnutr iu wuitu <*
Lousand precious thoughts have been
lielj imbedded and preserved.
Let prudeuce always attend your
leasnres; it is the way to enjoy the
veets of them and not be afraid of the
msequeiices.
It was an American who said : "We
5e two stones to grind the flour of
berty. The lower is the school, the
pper one is the Bible."
Mauners are the shadows of virtues ;
te momentary display of those qualities
hich our fellow creatures love and re>ect.
If we strive to become then what
e raive to appear, manners would often
3 rendered useful guides to the perrmances
of our duties.
Avoid minutely examining what your
jighbors do?or what will become of
tern ; but look on them with an eye
x>d, simple, sweet and affectionate.,
o not require in them more perfection
tan in yourself ; and do not be astonhed
at the diversity of imperfections,
r imperfection is ngt greater?merely
jcause it is unusual. Behave like the !
?es?suck the honey from all flowers
id herbs.
Think twice before you believe every
ril story you hear, and think twenty j
mes before you repeat it, especially if
is about a woman. Say to yourself :
This may not be true, or it may be
caggerated," unless you have proof of
ie veracity of your informant. People
>metimes tell falsehoods, they often
take mistakes and they sometimes "hear
rong." There is auricular illusion as
-11 ? ?i:?i ? riuVa .n oco I
en lis upuuai lliumuu, an. utvnv
ings into consideration before you even
elieve. As for repeating the story, ask
Durself if it is necessary. It sometimes
necessary. Then do it with the fear
I God, and the remembrance of the
jlden rule, before you. Let us give
le helping hand, not the downward
ush ; so may the angels reach their
inds toward us when we stand in need.
A Long Branch Mansion.
The*most superb place in all Long
ranch is the private residence of Mr.
:>hn Hoey, who has become celebrated
1 over the country. Mr. Hoey has
sout une hundred and sixty acres. Tho
reatest display is to be found in the
rounds, statuary and hot-houses, in all j
I which the owner has shown remarkably ,
3od taste. The grounds are beautifully
raded with slate, which is ground into
nail particles above New York city,
ad brought by rail to Long Branch,
bout the ground are about thirty pieces
: statuary. The greenhouses are very
ctensive. We passed th rough one of
reive sections of seventy-five feet each,
ad one just being erected four hundred
:et by thirty. In these houses there is
le greatest floral display, probably, in
le country. There is one specimen of j
te Latanica Borbonica, a native of
liina, which is said to have cost $800. '
ne of the greenhouses was brought!
om the Vienna exhibition in 1873, an I
>st $8,000. The greenhouses altogether
re said to have cost $30,000, and the
lants $10 000. They are lighted with
is at night, and present a most enchautig
appearance. In the summer season
1 these plants are brought out and oc- ;
lpy the ground in front of the mansion
-a space of about 4,000 yards,and mini- ;
2r some 2,000,000 plants. About twenty- |
re men are employed constantly during !
le winter season and about fifty during i
re smuoaer,-~Trtntr-n Gazette*
jne!
Aim Single Copy. 5 Cents.
Items of Interest.
This is the season when baked clams like to
hide in fat men.
Alexander Bell, of Pike county, Ala., aged
nine, is two hundred and forty-live pounds,
and still spreading.
" Be content with what you have," as the rat
said to the trap, when he saw that he had left
part of his tail in it
Peril's population is declining. The decline
is said to be due to earthquakes, civil war and
brandy, particularly brandy.
Ti. ?-vA iltA Iam/IaaA a*n?As?Ana f Viof oVlAV
XI 19 IIUI liiu luuuvob CA|UVOOAVUO vuw ,?
; the strongest feelings. Still waters run deep,
i and a watch ticking can be heard further than
I a bed ticking.
"Well, boys, here's for perdition!" said
Alouzo Leister; and he coolly lay down on a
bar-room door in Yolo, Nevada, and shot himself
through the head.
The streets in front of employment offices in
San Francisco are so obstructed with men
seeking work that business firms lately petitioned
the chief of police to keep a passage
clear.
Bob McCullough stole money from his
father, in Louisville, and gambled it away;
and, when reproved for it, he took a club and
broke $6,000 worth of mirrors in the father's
furniture store.
Maps of the war in the East are developing
some very remarkablfe names of towns in Asiatic
Turkey. " Near Erzeroum are Hush, Chewh,
Gumgum, Chynyss, Bass, Tatoss, Kian. Sars,
Kornyank and other appetizing corporations.
Neighborly telegrams?"Can't stop a minute
? baby's crving; but I just ran over to tell
you that Mrs. Jones' husband camo home a
moment ago just as unsteady on his legs as he
could be. Only think! Must go?knew von
were not at the window. Good-bye, love!
Special by cable: Tultscha, May SO.?Editor
Express: Your map has changed the whole
aspect of the campaign. My arm^ will move
on St. Fetersburg at once, aixiui nenm
Pasha. P. S.?Send on six gross of your excellent
maps at once. My major generals are
all weeping for them.?Buffalo Express.
The streets of London, if placed in one line,
wouTd form an avenue of 7,000 miles in length.
In the daily cleansing of the streets about 14,000
men tind employment, and 6,000 horses and
2;400 carts. The engineer-in-chier has a salary
of *10,000. The work goes on day and night,
but the actual sweeping does not commence
until eh; lit r. m.
''William," said one Quaker to another,
"thee kuows I never call anybody names,
but, William, if the governor of the State v
should come to me and say : ' Joshua. I want
thee to tind the biggest iiar in the State of
New York,' I would come to thee and say :
' William, tho governor wants to see thee , %
particularly.'"
Fashion Notes.
" Modesties " are the collars and collarettes
worn over high-neckei dresses
or street costumes ; some are finished
with Valois ruffs, others have ruffles and
chicoree ruches of frayed silk, or scarfs
aud knots of crepe de chine ; they fasten
at the back.
Bonuets have strings now ; when of
ribbons they are often tied on one side
with a loop and ends, near the ear ;
when of thin material and long, they are
caught under the chin, and then confined
again at the belt on the left side by a
bunch of flowers or a rosette.
Carmine, one of the new colors, is a
pure shade without an intermixture of
yellow ; it is very much used ; but white
and the soft cream tints are so much worn
.'r. PiiKiiid that ? T?reneb writer romnares
1 LI JUUXV^/V VUuv ?.? jk, a - ?
the appearance of a French salon to a
dish of floating island on whipped cream.
The long scarfs of net or gauze worn
with round hats are made to serve as
veils, and are also wound around the
neck ; when they are of black net dotted
witu gold embroidery or colors, they
give a Spanish effect. * Blue and yellow
striped gauze, called " Athenian," is
much worn on chip bonnets and hats.
White dotted muslins, trimmed with
Smyrna lace, or with torchon laces edged
with color, are made over colored lawns
and looped with bows of ribbon. All
white will be more extensively used ;
tine white camel's hair is a favorite material,
and is sometimes striped with satin
or grenadine ; thin white organdies and
Swiss princesse dresses are made with
the basque back, and trains fulled on in
box plaits or knit plaits, held under
sashes of silk.
A Few Items for Mothers to Bead.
A correspondent, in writing to the
Middletown Press, offers the following
seasonable suggestions to mothers of
afflicted children:
We hope that mothers will remember
that good brandy is a core for summer
complaint; in bad cases a teaspoonful in
milk three or four times a day.
A flannel cloth, wet in hot brandy, or
better, camphor and brandy mixed and
heated, will relieve the pain of the
bowels, if frequently laid over the stomach
and bowels.
Bits of scraped ice are better on the
tongue than drinks of water.
For stings and poisons, a strong solution
of saleratus and water immediately
and then frequently applied, gives relief
and sure cure.
For burns, an immediate application
of fl ur covering the burn and wrapped
so as to exclude the air; then burn lard
-l- -3
till it is quite brown ana appiy, uuu
relief and cure will soon come. Do not
wash off the flour if it clings, but put
the lard over it.
At night, in extreme warm weather, a
lemon squeezed in tepid water, to sponge
oft* the tired-out little body, will give
rest to both the mother and child.
Saleratus is good, but the lemon is best.
Even washing off the little feet, neck
and palms of the hands in tepid, never
very cold, water, will induce a healthful
sleep.
FaLselj Convicted.
A singular case of false conviction has
insfc reached its sequel and conclusion
in Germany. In 1869, at Halberstadt, a
mill was burned, and one of the mill
lioys, named Schroder, was arranged for
setting it on fire. Chiefly on the evidence
of a fellow employee, he was convicted
and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
Last year, however, after
lie had served seven of his fifteen years,
his comrade, Gunther, reappeared on
the scene, and confessed, not only that
he had sworn falsely at the trial, but
also that, instead of Schroder, he liimself
was the incendiary. Schroder was
at once released, but penniless, and almost
ruined in mind. To an application
for indemnity, the court replied that no
funds existed for that purpose, and every
thaler that had been raised for the poor
fellow has come from private subscriptions.
Now, then for the sequel. The
real criminal was recently tried, not
only for incendiarism, but also for perjury,
convicted, and sentenced to six
years ; that is to say, one vear lees than
poor Schroder bad suffered: