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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
THE Re1Je1oUs ORDERS OF GERMANY.

The RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF GERMANY
The statistics of the religious oIders OF
North Germany have ust been published
in the North German Gazehe-Bismarck' s
official organ. In Prussia, according to
these figures, there are ninety-seven orders
of men and congregations, numbering in
the aggregate 1869 members. The .Jesuits
and the Redemptorists are the strongest
orders, the former having eleven converts
with 100 members, and the latter five
converts with sixty-nine members. Ba-
varia has seventy-one converts containing
1O45 members, while the Grand Duchy
of Hesse- Darmstadt has four converts
with twenty y-nine members. The female
orders of Prussia number 626, with $3.50
members. This is an increase of abOu.
1900 since 1865. The Bavarian nunneries
are 1SS in number, containing 1888 mem
hers. The superiors of the various male
converts are mainly Italians, though a
few are French.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
Roasting Copper.

A visitor to the copper mines of YER
mont, tells us how aud why they roast
copper ore as follows: From the dressing
house the sorted ore is carried to the ad-
jacent roast beds, to be freed from the
sulphur, which enters largely into the
composition of the ore. The roast-beds
are formed by placing at the bottom a
layer OF cord wood about fifty feet long
by thirty wide, on which the ore is piled
about five feet high. The wood is then
set on fire, and after it is thoroughly lg-
nited, the bed is covered with fine ore.
The wood is soon burned, but it takes
from two to four hours to consume the in
flammable matter contained in the ore.
The process of burning is curious. First,
the ore proceeds from the bottom up, then
down, then up again, and then expires.
The sulphurous fumes from these roast
beds pervade the whole valley, and assail
unpleasantly the nostrils and lungs OF the
visitor. while they have a deadly effect on
vegetation. 1t is curious to note how
much more susceptible to this poison some
kinds of trees are than others thus bal
sam frs and white birches are sere and
withered, while the sugar naples near
them are still vigorous, and forest OF
pines, some miles down the valley, Is
thought to be dying from the same cause.
The ore is transported in cars from the
roast beds to the furnaces, in which the
fuel used is anthracite coal. The ore
when it comes from the mines contains
ten per cent. of copper, much larger pro-
portion than is found in the products OF
English mines. From the first melting
comes the regulus or "mat,' containing
thirty five per cent. of copper. The regu-
lus. now in the form of thin, irregular
slabs, is broken up and placed on sheets in
the roasting-kilns to expel the remaining
sulphur. Each batch goes through the
kilns three times. Each roasting occupies
forty eight hours. The material is then
placed in the copper furnace. From this
smelling metal is obtained, nrnty-five per
cent. copper, and regulus of sixty per
cent. This last is returned to the furnace
to be remelted. During the process OF
smelling, the Stag or dross is run off into
Stag pots. and wheeled away. At stated
times, tapping off, occurs, when the
melted metal is drawn from the furnace
into the "basin." The rcgulus forms a
scum or crust on top, and is forked off,
and the pure metal is dipped into the
moulds, forming pigs of about two hun
pounds weight. The "slag" IS broken up,
and such portions as show sufficient traces
of copper are remelted. The rest is thrown
away.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

STRANGE CAsE.-We learn from
Southern paper, that there was coioreo
man living neal Pamela, Miss, who trea.ed
religion with more levitv than solemnity,
and who went fishing on Sunday. Being
demonstrated with, some weeks ago, ne
repled irrevcrcntly that he would 60 the
next Sunday morning "before dod gets
up. and catch nice string Of fish," Ac'
cordingly, on the following Sunday morn
ing he repaired to the banks Of the Ialls-
hatcbe River very early and threw DIS
bated hook and line into the river. Scarce
" had he done SO when there was violent
tugging at his hook, and counter pull
from the saore brought to The surface OIL
the water huge lally cooler, which found
voice to say: "You shall remain here ilsn-
ing all the days of your life, till God gers
up" and then disappeared. Since that
time all efforts to drag the unfortunaee
fisherman from the bank OF the river have
proved unavailiDg. 1t is evident that ne
labors under strange hallucination, but
be insists it is the judgment OF the Al
mighty. and that he must continue angling
in that spot until he receives aosolut'on
from his offended Maker. ar-
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
How to Advertise.

"How to advertise" has worried many
a man who desired to try his fortune in
the newspapers. 1t isa matter In which
it is not easy to give rules which would
apply to all cases but its features may be
considered as they come to the, surface,
while now and then we are sure to find
style which may at least be marked down
as one to be avoided. ~
There are many ways in which to al
vertise and certain styles of advertising
are, doubtless, more effective than others.
Much depends upon the article itself and
the class to whom it is to be offered.
These considerations alone will often de-
eide the style of an advertisement Some
firms, however, adopt and retain
certain manner of writing ar advertise
ment no matter of what nature the arti-
Gle may be or the class for which it is
intended. Perhaps of the two styles OF
wording-the "light" and the "dignihed"
the latter will hold its own for longer
time, while it will certainly appeal to q
higher, though, perhaps, not so large
class of people In the long run, and for
an article intended to be advertised for
length of time, it is not unlikely that dig
nifty will tell to the best advantage.
People are more likely to improve it on
s'the sober second thought" ia"
It is curious now and then, to watch
the progress of certain advertising ven
lures. "Don't you think the Dolly Var
den business has been a little overdonef" 7"
said large advertiser day or two since,
"everyone- seems tired of it, and modest
people are almost afraid to wear articles
called after it,"
But it did not seem to us that it had
been ocer advertised. 1t would be hard
to overdo anything in that way. But 1t
seemed not to have been rightly done. 1t
was put out upon too low scale, 80 that
paragraphists and punsters found their
game IN it, and made it at least q. piece OF
such common property that no one wanted
it. 1t seems on the whole, that there is
no such thing as over advertising an artl
Gle which should be advertised at all,
while it is equally certain that in all cases
the right tone and style, must be chosen
to prevent the matter from becoming
either tiresome or so common and vulgar
that it is instinctively avoided.-Ro~etrs
Reporter.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
United States Navy.
away.

There were in the United States Navy
on July l, according to the semi-yearly
Register,l ,672 commissioned and warrant
officers, of whose rank the following is a
synopsis. l Admiral, l Vice-Admiral,
u Rear -Admirals, % Commodores, 81
Captains, 90 Commanders, 155 Lieutenant
Commanders, 2l0 Lieutenants, 100 Mas
ters, 80 Ensigns, 1876 Midshipmen, 15
Medical Directors, Is Medical Inspectors,
50 Surgeons and Is Passed Assistant and
Assistant Surgeons, l45 Pay Officers, 62
Chief Engineers, IT First and Second
Assistant Engineers, 80 Chaplains and
Professors, % Naval Constructors, 19l
warrant officers of the rank Of Gunners,
Boatswains, Carpenters and Sailmakers,
and 80 Mates.
These were on active duty. The num-
Der of seamen and petty officers is about
1000, and there are at present at the Ma
val Academy at Annapolis 1919 midship-
men of different classes. The navy, on
Aug. l, consisted of 1T vessels of all
rates and classes, 9S being men of-war of
various sizes, 81 iron clads, and % tugs,
hulks, &c. There are at present 30 vessels IN
commission The 81 iron clads are, with
bnt few exceptions, laid up in ordinary
in several navy yards, and are said to be
in an almost decayed condition. Four
are on the stocks unfinished. Most of
them were built during the war, when
well seasoned wood was so scarce that
white oak and other soft woods had to be
used in their construction. Of the men
of-wa are yet on the stocks unfinished !:
/ are repairing at different yards, % are
laid up in ordinary, 4 are on duty IS
school ships at the Naval Academy, and Z
are used as receiving ships, at the various
navy yards. The others are used as
store ships and are on special service, for
which the Yantic is also fitting at Norfolk,
the Omaha and Richmond at Philadelphia
and the Hartford at Brooklyn.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
Let Us Have The Steam Plow.

1t is no longer question whether steam
blowing is practicable or profitable. That
las been abundantly shown by the con-
slant use for several years in England Of
these implements, and the proof that the
heaviest lands may be plowed at cost
thereof, ip some cases, not over one dol
lar per acre. The question is with US ;
Can we apply this system of ploughing to
our peculiar circumstances We need it.
By no other means can our heavy soil be
properly prepared. 1t has been shown
that clay soils which have been cultivated
in the best manner by horse power, when
cultivated by steam to a depth Of three
feet, gave Immediately double the usual
crops. Such cultivation is manifestly i'm
possible without the aid Of steam. With
this power the heaviest soils can be loos-
ened and mellowed, and made to admit
air and heat-made, in fact, to breathe
and live-as deeply as we may desire.
The very impossiblity of doing this in our
present circumstances has given rise to a
prejudice against it, and deep cultivation
has come to be bugbear with many. But
if we were once able to penetrate and
loosen the soil mot invert it) to a depth
of thirty inches, we should never hear
the least objection to the practice. The
result Of course, as the conditions are
equal, will be the same here as in England,
and this is sufficiently profitable to lead us
to make an attempt to secure it. Co
operation is the method in which it may
be done. Congress has removed all import
duty on foreign made steam blowing ap.
paratus and engines, so that the objection
of the enhanced cost is removed. Mani
festly private enterprise, at least among
ordinary farmers, is insufficient tc under,
take this task single-handed, but con.
jointly it may be done. The first attempt
should be made in such States as Illinois
or California, where level ground, heavy
dry soil, farms of considerable size, and
sufficient capital and public spirit, are al
to be met with. Joint stock steam plow'
ing companies in England have made
profit of fifteen per cent. in addition t.
laying aside fund for renewal of plant
and have done the work at half the cost
and four times as well as with horse power.
Theu why should not the attempt sue
ceed here? There is every thing to gain
and not much to lose by making it.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

VERY FAST L1vNG.-Much has been
said and written about the recklessness
eff young English heirs. The last story IS
of Young Brooks, who recently obtained
from the Vice Chancellor an injunction
forbidding bill discounter nelned Morris
to negotiate a promissory note which
Brooks. before attaining his majority, had
given to him under the following circum-
stances: Brooks desired to obtain FL, 100.
He therefore resorted to the astute Nor
ris, who gave him the money in exchange
for promissory note for FL ,625, bearing
interest at the rate of one shilling per
pound per month, or something more
than fifty per cent. Had this note been
due in one year from its date, BROOKS
would have owed Morris no less than
e., 800 making the 9l,1O0 which ne Dor
rowed cost him el,500. This, however,
was by no means the full extent to which
he was feeced. He afterward borrowed
other sums of Morris, doubtless on the
same peculiar terms, and ultimately gave
him in settlement his note for Il, SOU, re-
ceiving in exchange his former notes, ana
1885 in cash. For this transaction Nor.
ris charged $500 for ''interest and COM
mission" besides exacting the usual in
terest of one shilling per pound per month
on the note of 92,600. Brooks, finally
grew tired of borrowing money at the
rate of over one hundred per cent, and,
as has been said appealed to the Court OF
Chancery to forbid Morris to negotiate
his last note. This injunction was granted
upon Brooks undertaking to pay to Nor
ris the amount he had actually received,
together with e1OO. The usurer
was thus defeated, and it is probable that
Brooks will hereafter shun the bill OF dis
counters.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

Too Much WHISKY FOR THE SNAKE
They tell "hard" snake stories in Ken
lucky. This is the latest: A man in But
Ter County got very drunk on quart of
whisky, and lay in the woods all night.
The next morning large dead rattlesnake
was found about three feet from him,
which had evidently bitten the drunken
man three several times during the night,
as shown by the impression of the teeth
in the flesh. The bites did no further
injury than to cause slight swelling and
Inflammation, which soon passed away,
but the mean whisky in the mans system
was too much for the snake, and he is
supposed to have died Immediately after
infloting the wound.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

WHAT IS WATER.-What is water
suppose some men are ready to make
the Dogberry like reply, "water, sir, is
water" That certainly reaches the point
by a very short cut, but to the thinking,
inquiring man it is not satisfactory. Let
us answer the question from the stand
point of the chemist. Water is rust, the
red powder that falls from iron which has
long been subjected to the action of mois
ture, is rust of iron. 1t is the oxyde of a
metal and so is water Water Is the rust
of hydrogenium, a true metal. This
wonderful element no human eyes have
ever looked upon and probably never will
as in its free state it exists only in the
form of an invisible gas. Quite recently,
science mas demonstrated experimentally,
what has long been suspected, that hy-
drogen gas is metal, a1d capable of as
suming solid form in alloys. Oxygen,
by uniting with this gaseous metal, rusts,
oxydzes or burns it, and water Is the rust
or ashes. This strange metal, hydrogen
ium, and its oxide, play an important
part in all the operations of nature. 1t
is not alone confined to the little ball OF
earth upon which we live, but it exists in
the stellar world above US, and in those
misty points of light, the nebuls, which
have so long puzzled and perplexed the
astronomer and men versed in the physi.
cal sciences. The recent discoveries by
means of the spectroscope have proved
that this element enters largely into the
uniformed chaotic masses Of matters, NOV
ing in space, of which the worlds are
made. 1t is ready, when the formative
act is fully accomplished, for taking its
place in combination with oxygen, as
water, to aid in sustenation of animal and
vegetable life upon spheres so far distant
that our imagination even cannot reach
them.-Erchange.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

No HoME.-Many of those unfortunates
who, during the late cheated term" in
New York, were struck down in the
streets, were found to have no home. In
these cases, probably snnstroke was far
from being the true cause of death. "No
home" conveys such pitiful idea of des-
titution and misery that we do not wonder
that human beings forced to wander
through the streets, subject to rigors of
weather almost intolerable to those who
enjoy all the comforts of home, should
droop and fail and die, being weakened
and exhausted by all the various Ills and
deprivations incident to the misfortune of
having no home.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
The Old Home. q

The roof tree stands as ever it stood, the jasa-
mine stars the wall,
The great westeria's purple blooms DER dark
gray gables fall,
The roses that our mother loved, blush meath
her window sill,
And the clematis our father trained, droops, as
he taught it, still.
The August sunset lights the panes, where we
were wont to watch,
It's rays of crimson and of gold on baby brows
to catch,
On the wall where your first nest we found, the
grand old ivy waves,
AS when we chose shoot to plant upon our
sacred graves.
The tbrushes that we paused to hear are dead
long summers gone,
Yet the sweet rose thicket echoes now to the
self-same ringing tone,
The flowers filler glory show, and the trees a
deepened shade,
Naught else on Natures face is changed, since
here of yore we.played.
Naught else on Natures face. Oh! life, can
ever seasons pass
And leave our hearts renewed as fair and bright
as meadow grass
Deaths icy shadow rests for us, on the home
that once was ours,
We see through tears the BARNS that sport
among our childhood's flowers.
the stranoer,s shadow fits across our old
familiar floors,
The strangers footstep as Of right seeks our
old open doors,
With dim sense Of loss and wrong. like one
from death returned,
We look on all for which for years our faithful
fondness yearned.
Better to keep the fancy sketch of all it use to
be,
Better than blurring by the truth the hues of
memory!
Oh earth has no abiding place, but the mighty
word is given,
No cloud, or care, or change will vex the count
less homes of Heaven!
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

Too STRIcT.-The st. Petersburgh
Gazette tells story which illustrates the
stringency of Russian passport reguls-
tions. The village of Volotchik, on the
Galician frontier, was week or two ago
surprised by fire. Of course there was
no engine in the place. Prompted by a
feeling of neighborly charity, the Austrian
town of Brody dispatched its corps OF
firemen with all speed to the assistance
of the distressed village. They made for
the frontier at brisk gallop, but on arri-
wing there, they were stopped by the
Douane soldiers and gruffiy reminded of
their commission to provide themselves
with passports for the nocturnal trip.
The could not therefore be permitted to
cross the frontier, but had to return to
Brody, their way home being lighted up
by the flames which they had set oUt to
quench
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

An eccentric farmer who lives near
Doylestown, Pa, for the last twenty
years, stacked all the hay that he raised
on his farm, selling none of it, and using
very little. The result is that he has
fifty large stacks of hay on his premises,
making an aggregate Of about 400 tons.
OF course they are in various states Of
preservation, some being quite rotten.
The man vouchsafes no explanation
whatever of his singular freak, but keeps
on, year after year, rfising hay and
stacking it up. refusing the most liberal
offers from would be purchasers.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

The children in the q. s. under 5 are
5,513,3 3,343-2, ,707, 1897 male and 2,717, ,456
female; The male children from to 9,
inclusive, are 2,437.442, and female
2,377,27l; total, 4,s14,71s. The male
inhabitants of all ages under 2l are
10,050, 563; female, 9,s76,so7; total,
N U26 S70
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

Andrew Heatherton, the leader Of the
Irish band, has been arrested in Newark
for debt contracted on fraudulent repre-
sentations. He is accused of swindling
twenty-three members of the band ont
of their wages for three weeks, and
obliging them to pay their OVID expenses.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

Copper toed fans are sold for the ben
eft Of young ladies who have no one to
love, and who chew the stufing out of
any other kind in one evening whea q
hop is IL progress, -
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

A lady in Lewiston, Me-, has dress
which she has worn every summer Tor
twenty-five years. The dry goods men
look upon her with perfect scorD, while
she is beloved by every married man IN
town
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29

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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-02-20
LIST OF, AGENTS.

TIrusvILLE, CHURCaeKUM .Aa,;,on. AMmc cirr
rY-STEPHEN I.OOF. ONCE, hsm.J lam. Jobu tn
Store, address Titusvills, Pa Assis'An' W.
eeFHeTj TTTusvILLE, CHURCH RUN AN22 Aa2,.'s siI S,n
TY-H. II THOMAS. Once ano
sion House, , 9itusville, Pc. ,,v GEORGE X
' N HAMBURG AND Sr,tusviSs, p
WIN. once, Shamburg; rssidence'
A;s ;ssS;rsRfRiss ;af15S 3 M VT PLEASANT SILLdSo 1aS
Farm AND PlTH0LE We Hosss,, Psst
vHiET. Once and address,. Cnass ~
sntville. Assistant, II: 9: HunslnTeSORY-CHMs
TIDfOjT. AND WEST HlCnon onisos Tidi'
CLkRK. Ofics and address, kxpc,
oute. Pa. Assistant, =. 9; be:rTSf yICJNni-
PETROLEUM UiNTRE AND yp.,,oIssn o.
LEVI MASON. Once and Address
rc. pa. Issistant Charles B!:ckioSu S itrjet lying
TkRR AND BLOOD FARMS ana a,o,T Nv Tarn .
IN al Creek and cherry Rnp, fr9m%nEs fr9%n RS address
dcSiintocfvilIs-JANtsSAgNIEHRS ssundes
rs.r,ss lat ss; ;Gochrsn ana william HoyA AND RsSo
MoCLINTOOKvILLE, OK, ~, CIV aity q Reno "
"A. s. WtsT. Address, o' IVY ,u
As.i.t.,s, Z; Me.d oNa TIE ALLEaHssSSfa ssSSfajD'n ~
ERE WILDER Once snd y An sSRH 4 Pa HRdsMsss
SORUBG ASS, lUSTEM fnnsDyIELD. 0ppo
LkNDiN5-RICHARD W. .s;stsnt, H. w."
and addr 80. scrubgyass, re y
ter,6sId. address Emlenton, r. NarI. and T.
WEST ViRHINIA-c. y. Az W.st Virgins !,
coK. Address, Parksubusg. TWoxpedO. Cs'
RobcrtS Petroleum
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CAUrION..

The pubic IL autioned saeinst sepS! iDg Cgsnns. ns
ut the regulark authorised, Agents Of tne .o% Ss
ny. since the Robests Patentcoyer tne nss III msi
Torpedo and all explosive materials for oI VA" 4
md tbs use Of such materials BY other pss.a. ;n
direct infringement oi their nghts AI% p'Ii IN bs
sinsipe any Of the ROBERTS PATENTS y,IalIy EiH n
dealt With according to law, and q actins s.sops
and knowingly In defiance Of law ano 'ns s'- '''
The Conpany have rs-orgsniIsd thsi -, Srtt SsIt
with View to accommodate OIL met ~ tI,s NOT
Of the OH Region. They have empoyeSS z. Tn,oculN
ecient Agents and Assistants ,hat !, c1s Issssd vh
a. ~ tess together with the price q ,ns
pedo. and signed By an ofaeer Of the Conp. Ino! u
syery Operator wishing Torpedo may XIV
price and whether \ came om on our ,osnofjpe ooj 10 ,
Operators will confer iavot Dy 'ep' !.
The following named persons have PET n 3sson
a xsents and Assistant Agents for the v"
Of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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p. J. wEITE. Agent for Venango. Warren
and Crawford Counties. Orders by mail addressed
ssS az GalS ,h, a. rss%o Oen's "a VIII Ss prompt
Price fl,5U. jan1 Il
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Merchants, Lawyers, justices Of the Peace, Land
Agents. Oil Dealers and Agents, lnsu rance Agents
Expressmen aud other parties iu want are informed
that wcare prepared 10 execute to order kinds OF
BLANKS, business or legal, required In this COM
rlunily.
JOb6ins patronage respectfully solicited;
&C. WICKER
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-02-20

The RECORD has no superior, - 1t cireuistss
wherever IN 0il Operator or Dealer can b. found,