The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-02
YIRIETIES.

AT recent political convention, gentle
man declined q nomination on the ground thnt he
had not lived In the State long enough. "Oh,
never mind TINT, - said the chairman, "you will
have lived quite long enough by the time y, u are
alecsed.n The nominee, was completely over
come
"A wealthy lady of New YORK recently went
through sn extraordinary performance She
gave ont her engagement to gentleman In
washington, had the cards sent out, the guests
: came In numbers, many presents were sent nl' tne
5 clergyman was ready, the bride waiting; oue the
: groom came not. On an explanation being de-
Inanded OF the astonished gentleman, 1t appeared
that the whole thing Sas dclusion, or on inVer-
ton of the lady's without the least knowledge OF
it on his part.
"A New Jersey paper, with charming candor
and ,aaguete, tells how champagne is made from
cider. A barrel Of cider, costing say six dollars,
viii yield one hundred and twenty bottles of cham
payne, which, at say three dollars per bottle, will
sell for three hundred and sixty dollars by the
addition OF q little Rhine wine, alcohol, sugar,
i and esrbonic acid gas. And now, it says, cider
has It's imitstors in turn. The bogus cider makers
bur dried apples and soak them. The water Is
mixed with alcohol, simple syrup, and carbonic
acid, bottled, and sold for cider.
"A Missouri genius has just patented contrt
vance for closing the entrance to bee hives at
night 80 the bee-moth cannot get In, and opening
thca In the morning, so the bees can get out-the
/, whole TO be accomplished without the interven-
tion OF human agency or oversight Adjacent 70
his beehive he builds poultry roost, so contrlVed
10
pole their weight depresses 1t, depressing also a
gate which shlts down over the entrance to the
adjacent bee hive. In the morning, when the
fowls leave their roost the pole and the gate rses
and the entrance to the hive Is open.
The following curious sentence, "Sator orepo
teret opera rotas" is not frstclass Latin, but
may be freely translated: II cease from my work;
the mower will wear his wheels" It is, IN fact,
something like nonsense verse, but has these
reculiarities: /. 1t spells backward and forward
the same. 2. Then the first letter OF each word
Spells the first word. 8. Then all the second let.
: ters OF each word spell the second word 4 fheh
all the third, and so on through the fourth and
,ffrh. s. Then, commencing with the iast letter
OF each word, spells the first word. g. Then the
next to the last, and 80 on through.
AT Evansville wedding, the bride found
under her plate, at the supper table, check for
5000 nom her father. Flushing with JOY, she
>passed It TO her husband, who in turn handed it
10 gentleman next him. he, pretending igner'
xrce, passed 1t to the officiating clergyman, who
pocketed 1t, thinking OF nothing but going right
{. .straiohton to the bank and drawing the money
However, before he had got the check comfort
ably nestled in his vest pocket, the friend who
Xt foh cd hia order In the fol-
lowing words: "Take that check out OF your
pocket ~ which the clergyman promptly ooeyed'
and ali parties were as once relieved of suspense
Gail Hamilton insists, In IN article IN Har-
per,s Bazaar that men have no right to disinherlt
or disown their sons for any breach OF law or
morals whatever; that'a waywnrd child may DO
separated from the other children, and his por-
ton may, necessary, be held in trust, Its delve
~ depending on reformation, but That mo per-
SON can commit against society so great crime
as father commits who is thus false to the trust
which he himself has imposed-who thus thrusts
or from himself tho soul which he called into
being. A father should be governed by no motive
but his chds best interest, and oalld's best ln-
terests can never be served by anthing but his
fathers constant and loving care. Il child must
be born bad, OF else made bad by bad training,
and II the father does not actually see thts' lie
ought to take 1t for granted"
The following story is from the New orleans
Picsyune: A handsome youth Of eighteen low
aays since appeared before magistrate to DC
married, accompanied by a sombre-iooEing21e-.
male. middle-aged and dressed In black. "ls thls
lady your motnerRn- inquired the magistrate.
"0h no. sir; this ID the lady desire to marry ~
rsnied the youth, as the lady drew aside her veil,
disclosing q. countenance wrinkled and sere, but
on which, for the moment, gleameda SORT Oh ICY
smile. stBut, are you Of ageW 'Not yet; ont
rhis. lady is my guardian" The magistrate was
IN a uuaudary "Isn't this rather o strange
nnion p, he asked. sNot at all" replied the OK
peetant bride. II have q large amount OF prop
erty which desire to leave this young man. AS
Ihayerelatiyes who might dispute the will were
I TO rtye it him as q legacy, prefer to marry
him.n "And you are content to marry this
woman for her money a' asked the justice. "Well.
Ishouldn,t marry her for anything else p' frankly
replied the boylover. ."she aIn't pretty" :.
"A list Of fourteen private residences, now
puilding on Fifth avenue, Is given asian evidence
of the growth Of luxury In New York. These
houses cost from $780, 900 to $4,000 apiece, and
shat merely for construction, excluding the value
sof the land and the furnishing. Indeed, the sud-
DEN nextinxulsnment OF Paris as centre OF luxury
and fasnian seems to have inspired New YORK
with the pnrposest to assume the vacant place.
We hear OF the furniture which Is going Into these
republican palaces as representing sums OF
money capaoleof expression only by six figures.
Bedsteads, whose wood work alone costs $4,000;
! sideboards,. whose value Is $4,000; etegeres,
costing $4,000, are among the articles
and that this is not aspasmodic extravagance
Is, shown. by the fact that leading up
holstery establishment. or. the city keeps on
hand a stock valued at one million, and does
thriving business. The man who can afford TO
hvein $loo. 900 hose and sleep on $4,000 bed
steaa may be considered well on financially, and
he who can arrange an entire establishment on
that scale without violating the rules OF artistic
harmony and proprlety has the best right ia the
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