The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-12
CHA R ES T ON.
NEWS SUMMARY.

declire Sales 1000 bales. MIDI Ing 1o4aIo4'
cotton in Liverpco! yesterday closed heavy
OF Q decline Of I'd. Sales 1000 bales.
The telegraph line is now in working order tc
Fernandina.
Tho Marquis de Cussy, French writer on
astronomical subjects, has defined indigestion to
be ''the ingratitude OF The stomach"
The Jacksonville Times says that arrange
ments have been made to establish line OF steam
ships between Fernandina and New York.
Tho ia .ksonville Times thinks that Savannah
will soon find formidable competitor in that city
for the trade of Middle and West Florida.
-Ite Tallahassee Floridian says that an orange
t-ee near that city has produced this year ffteel
hundred and fifty perfect oranges, large and o.
fine favor.
AT Memphis, the authorities are vigorously
curtailipg the expenses Of the city government
even dispensing with the prison physician, TIE
sanitary police, and the street force ofpolice.
"A very old man, who was commonly vory dul
and heavy, had now and then intervals Of gae!y
some person observed, she resembles an old castle
which is sometimes visited by S irits."
N. Prussak. Russian physician and natu
ralist, has appa entity rroved by injection OF sal
into the blood vessels Of ANNALS that the po
pular notion that scurvy is caused by undue pro-
portion O: salt in the blood, is entirely correct.
Lady NJ rgaret Hei bert asked somebody Tor
pretty pa tern for night-cap. "Well," sad the
person, what signifies the pattern OF night
CAP Yn 30. child, said she, you know IN case o.
fire 2"
-Hoa. Arthur I. Forman died in Quincy, Fla.
on the 9th utimo from an overdose OF laudanum
He had been taking this medicine for some time
for q nervous affection, and unfortunately took to'
much.
The ST. Augustine Examiner congratulates the
people OF that ancient city on at last being placeo
in ie egraphic communication with the outside
world. For three hundred years the city has been
isolated, but now begins to wake up and wants
railroad to Jacksonville.
General Rousseau will not remain at Sitks, but
will return after few weeks, to Portland whert
he will lake charge of the Department OF Colum'
b,a,n which inclu les Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory. General JEFF G. Davis will ranain in mill
tarv c-,nmand Of Alaska till territorial gore-n
ment is established by act Of Congress.
Hon. David Levy Yulee has just returned from
the North, where he has been transacting business
for the Fernandina and Cedar Keys Railroad, o.
saws that he has made arrang 4ments to ship
large amount Of cotton from Mobile to New Yorl
BY the crcuitous route around the Florida Keys
Lard is largely adultorated in this country
with water, terra alba, parafine and other sub
stances. a practical chemist states thai he has
examined specimens in the hands Of dealers, adul
terated to the extent CT thirty per cent. Some
western specimens held from ten to twenty PEI
cent Of water.
An inventor in Canada has constructed an 81.
rangement by which cars can b, coupled or un
coupled without going between them, or even
crossing the ack. The principle is precisely the
same as that in common use at present, a link ano
q pin. The invention not only prevents al poss;
bility OF accident to employees, but saves much la
Dor, time anl expense.
-Four hundred heirs OF az imagined estate il
Holland lately held meeting in Pennsylyanla l
ter made two reports, one denying and tne other
affirming the existence Of the estate. The latter
report was. adopted, Of course, and some lawyer
will have fine job in hunting up the facts which
WILL it Is safe to say sneoursse him to further re-
searches.
1t would seem from an occasional note in
=
custom in London to throw away surplus meat
fish, and al perishable articles Of food remaining
aftor the metropolitan market was supplied. Are
form has been introduced, and statesmen are TAX
ing out licenses to sell by auction all meat remain
ing on hand aSter the wholesale purchasers are
supplied.
The Herald's Roms letter says United States
Consul Cushman recently accompanied small ex-
pedtion against Garibaldi, near .Merla, and, get
ting under fire, picked up the nusket Of dead
soldier and fred at the Garibaldians. He was
slightly wounded during the engagement. Since
then two American citizens, who fought in Carl
baldi's ranks, have been released on his personal
yeqIos'.
"A remarkable revelation on Prussian politics Is
contained in work Of the Austrian War Office on
"a years campaign, just published. In the begin
ming of June 1885, few days before the outbreak oi
hostilites, Prussia sent Baron G4blenzs, Frussan
poblenan, and brother Of the Austrian General
Gablenze, to the Kaiser, oE+ring him pecuniary
compensaticn for Holstein and the political su-
premacy over Southern Germany. The proposal
was rejected.
1t is said that one OF the quickest ways OF
making fortune is to marry fashionable young
lady and sell her clothes. The principal objection
to this proceeding is that the seller might also be
s,d in the transaction. We think, however, that
there is little question that the quickest way OF
spending fortune would be to marry a fashiona-
bic young lady, and buy her clothes. The expert
ment has been tried frequently, with the same re-
suit. ~ '-''
AT Neuschatel, In Switzerland, is an observa-
tory organized on an extensive scale, and posses
sing tho very finest instruments. Besides purely
scientific results it renders immense service to
the chronometes manufacturers by enabling them
to produce watches which are every day becoming
more perfect as tIme.keepers. This is important
to tle branch OF industry in question, which can
only exist By constant Improvement Prizes have
been instituted for the most perfect watches and
chronometers.
That portion Of humanity who are doomed By
fashion to wear hats, are oftel annoyed BY people
exchanging or carrying of their bead.gear. Ere.
quent mistortunes of this kind have led q New
Yorker to patent an invention to prevent hat
bling carri-d of BY any other person than
the owner, "by applying to it an obstruction
which shall impede or prevent its wear ex
cop6ng at the will OF the person to whom
SAID head cover belongs" and the invention
is sc iced as consisting & a Suitable Locking
obstruction SO applied to the hat as to restrain the
later mon, being till such obstruction is re.
Moved or sufficiently disp!sced bv unlocking it."
lea has the powst to subdue irritabihty, re-
fresh the spirits, and renew the energies, such as
is possessed by no other agent. When the system
Of man is exhausted by lab-r or study, cup o
tea renvigorates and restores as no other form Of
food or beverage can. It is promotlve oflongevty
saves food by lessenng the waste of the body
soothes the vascular system, and affords stimulus
to the brain. The young do not need it; and it il
worthy Of note that they do not crave or like it
Children will freouentlv ask for coffee but seldom