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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
BEAUFORT, S. c., THURSDAY, JUNE 20 1872.
An Irish Lord.

A curious piece of personal history comes
to US from England in reference to the
ancestry of Col. White, who has just been
appointed Lord L:utenant OF County Glare,
Ireland. 1t appears that about the year
ITS, his grandfather, Luke White, was
peddling old books in the North Of Ireland.
Having by this means scraped up a little
money, be instituted book auctions, and
ultimately started shop in Dawson street,
Dublin, near tie official residence OF the
Lord Mayor, where he published books
and pamphlets. By selling lottery tickets,
ard various other devices, be amassed a
good deal of money, and, being in most
impecunious country, was able to turn it
to excellent account. He advanced on
mortgage, forclosed, and became rich. In
1893, when the rebellion broke out. the
Irish Government was in desperate straits
for money. 1t advertised for loan, and
the best terms which could be obtained
were Luke Whites proposal to take mil
lion of Government bonds at sixty-fve,
with interest at five per cent! At such
rates it does not take long to grow rich
White became a member OF Parliament,
and had son also in the House, and ex-
pended as much as $5OO,0O0 on elections.
At his death he left an immense fortune,
which he divided between his sons, but
ultimately the whole of it passed to one.
lie married clever, ambitious woman,
and she "egged him on'' in search OF a
peerage. Nothing "lrish or pinchberk'
AS Lord Wellesley wrote in cbagrin to
Pitt, when be received his double gilt po-
tato, as he called his Irish Marquisate-
would Mrs. White have, but a"pecrage
of the United Kingdom" So one day her
husband became a member of the House
of Lords, as Lord Annaly, without even
passing through the mid channel of the
baronetage.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

THE KING OF SMoKERs.-A Dutch gen.
tleman, who enjoyed the sobriquet of
King of the Smokers, has lately died at
Rotterdam, Holland, in the neighbOrhood
of which city he had erected a mansion
in which he had collection of pipes ar
ranged according to their nationality and
chronological order. Mr.. KIaes, who had
acquired large fortune in the linen trade,
has made q most whimsical will. Ten
pounds of tobacco and two Dutch pipes,
of the newest fashion, al to be presented
to all smokers who attend lis funeral.
He further desired that his coffin should
be lined with the cedar of old Havana
cigar. boxes, and his favorite pipe lie laid
by his side, with matches and tinder. as
there was no knowing what might happen.
1t has been calculated that during his life
of eighty years he had drunk about five
hundred thousand quarts of beer, and
smoked more than four tons of tobacco.
Brewers and tobacconists should surely
raise monument to such pearl OF pa.
irons, whose career is calculated to throw
the anti -stimulaut and narcotic school
into paroxysm of despair.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
Weather Reports.

The great success that has attended
the efforts of the United States Signal
Bureau, in furnishing the public with ac-
curate summaries of the weather in every
section of the country, has encouraged tie
officers in charge to still further extend
the field Of their work and usefulness.
Hitherto the wants of commerce have been
mainly considered, and therefore existing
or approaching storms on the lakes or the
sea-coast have beeunoticel or predicted.
The marine interests CT the country have
been greatly benefited; wrecks have been
avcrted, and mapy human lives saved. 1t
is now felt, however, that the agricultural
interest Of the whole country should re.
ceiye its share uf the benefits ACQUIRING
from these accurate weather bulletins, ard
an appropriation has been asked of Con-
gress to defray the necessary expenses in
that direction. 1t il proposed to establish
a series ofsignal stations in the rural dis
tricts in every State throughout the Union,
SO that the daily report may be moro
thoroughly circulated among the farmers.
This is a step in tLe right direction; for
there can be no doubt that aericulturists
would soon learn to rely uron these wealth
er forecasts, and cultivate crops with great
advantage and increased profits. Under
the new system, the reports may easily
be made useful to farmers, for a careful
perusal of them would save them labor
and enable them to plant more intelligent
ly. Work would not be delay and
crops need not be reaped when storms
are imminent. Flowing and sowing sea-
sons could be calulated, and the results
of the year largely increased to individuals
and the nation at large.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
A Touching Story.

A touching and beautiful story is told
of Americas great tragedian, Edwin For.
rest, and related by Stuart Robson, in his
lecture ON that eminent parsonage. The
lecturer says that a few summers ago he
had occasion to enter street-car in
Philadelphia. which, among other passen-
ners, held an elderly, surly-looking gen.
tleman, whose head rested on stout stick.
and a young and pretty lady who was &C
companied by little four-year-"'1 girl
who was skipping playfully about the car.
The little girl looked so bright, and lively,
and pretty, as she held in her hand q
bunch of loosely arranged flowers, that the
eyes of every passenger followed her, as
she gamboled from one end of the car to
the other, with the single exception of
the surly-looIing gentleman, whose head
still rested on the stout stick. All at
once the little creature stopped, looked
timidly towards. him, then-as if half
afraid of the liberty she was taking
picked q rosebud from the flower bunch,
and trotting to his side, with some diff
Guilty placed it in an uninviting buttonhole
of the coat worn by the surly looking
gentleman, whose head still rested on the
stout stick. The movement reused him,
when he lifted his head, took in the situa-
tion at o glance, bent his eyes on the lit
lie darling, who ran laughingly back to
her mother, and-never thanked her!
Said Mr. Robson, in telling the story, "To
some, the mans conduct may have ap-
peared heartless and unfeeling; but !
watched him closely, and, thoughe @ he
scarcely changed his position, his eyes
never left her until, the car stopping few
PAGES off, he alighted, and, as he did so,
| discovered that they were filled with
tears. The car moved on, but until it was
lost to view he stood looking towards us.
This man was Americas greatest TRACE
dian, Edwin Forrest, and we may rest
assured that the unprecedented act Of
this pretty little child affected him more
than any Of the great honors which have
been showered on this lonely, childless
gentleman
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

SAD DISASTER. - Buildings belonging
TO W. G. johnson, on Fall Creek, near
Ithaca, were set on fire by an incendiary.
One of the steamers of the city was
stationed on the high bridge over Fall
Creek, just below the foot Of the main fall.
When the fire was nearly out, the bridge,
without any warning by cracking fell,
carrying with it the engine and the people
who had gathered there, to the number of
about two hundred. The bridge wa:
twenty feet above the water, and the whole
of it went down together. Fifteen persons
were scvcrly injured, including number
OF the students Of Cornell UnWersity, some
so badly that they are not expected to re-
cover.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

through the sunshine OF Spring. Their
son was coming to America to gain wealth
and home in the land Of promise, and
then was going to send for his old parents
to give ease to their declining years.
They parted, and for years the old folks
struggled on alone, and the Loneliness only
seemed lifted from the hearth when the
regular letter came from the son inforrc-
ing them in glowing words how we'll be
was succeeding and giving proof in the
remittance it contained.
Then came the long looked for letter
telling them to come on and he would
meet them in New York, and together
they would 90 to their future home in the
West. The little possession in fatherlsnd
was sold and the sacred things-"the house
hold gods"-were packed in the old family
chests, and bidding farewell to the only
scenes they had ever known, the two old
people with their hearts all aflutter with
hope and expectation embarked for New
York, and landed, the day before l saw
them.
Kind reader, have you ever experienced
all that warm glow of excitement and
expectation at the meeting of some loved
one after long absence, and all the sweet
charms OF peace and rest that hope
breathes from repose. Then yours will be
heartfelt sympathy.
When the great steamship reached her
dock, and relations and friends were greet
ing each other, the old father and mother
strained their eyes over the crowd but no
familiar face met theirs, the greetings were
for Others not for them. Shall tell The
son was dead. He had come to New York
bringing all his money with him, was
taken sick in some unprincipled boarding
house and died, and no one claimed to
know where the money went, but in a
pauper grave the only son was laid and
that was all
The old couple sat upon one Of their
chests with taelr arms locked about each
other, and only moancd low in their heart
broken anguish. Oh, pitiful Was the scene
No consolation could give relief 1t
would have been blessing could death
have come to them and kissed away their
agony with their lives; but out OF their
little means they will 60 back to their
old and desolate home. childless, helpless
and heart-brokcn, and wander abo1t its
old scenes in a dreamy kind Of way, and
then relief will come to them, and in the
little church-yard By the moutain side
the villagers will point to the rude stone
that rises above them, and tell their chill
dren the same sac story I've told you.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
What Killed the Eagle.

At some distance off, says Porte Crayon,
in one of his letters, perched upon dead
tree which commanded view of the pro-
prietor's meadows and stack-yards, we
observed bald eagle sitting like statue
of Liberty, his golden head shining IN the
sun. 1t was proposed that Adam should
try the range of his long rife upon him,
which he prepared to do; but ere bead
could be drawn, the eagle swept from his
perch and sailed grandly over the mead
ows, and then poising himself, made a
swoop at something near the stack-yard.
"There goes a good hen, the thievin'
devill" spitefully letting fly a wild shot
at the rising robber.
The eagle evidently had something in
his claws as he rose; and, strangely
enough, after the shot, instead of sailing
off to some comfortable mountain-top to
enjoy his dinner, he continued to rise
perpendicularly, wheeling in rapid circles
upward and upward until he was lost TO
view.
Old Adam chuckled as he observed, 81
think that chance shot spilled his fun for
him, do" And so we all strained our
eyes into the blue armament, endeavGring
to see the eagle, instinctively the while
riding towards the stack yard. But it is
useless; he's gone, and the shot only
frightened or crippled him. Then we
were astonished at hearing a rushing
sound through the air, which rapidly
neared us, and the eagle came down like
a falling star, striking the earth a hundred
yards ahead, and about the same distance
from the spot where he struck his quarry.
We dismounted and rushed forward to
verify the marvellous shot, but found an
other explanation still more curious. The
eagle was stone-dead, without the mark
of bullet about linn; but under his
thigh was q hole eaten into his very
heart. A few yards off weasel, torn
and bloody, but still alive, trailed its way
through tue grass with broken back.
"a QUARREL among thieves" said old
Adam, "and the chickens will git their
due now"
But some OF Us, not so materialistic in
our views. pitied the weasel, and regret
ted that, after his sublime ascent and
heroic defence of his life, he had not es-
capped safe and sound.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

POPULAR ORAToRs.-Who are the speak
ers that move the crowd-men after the
pattern of White6eld, what are they
They are almost always men of very large
physical development, men of very strong
digestive powers, and whose lungs have
great erating capacity. They are men
who, while they have sufficient thought
power to create all the material needed,
have preeminently the exclusive power by
which they can thrust their materials out
at men. They are catapults, and men 60
down before them. Of course you will
find men now and then, thin and slrill-
voiced, who are popular speakers. Some
times men are organized with a compact
nervous temperament and are slender
framed, while they have certain concen-
trated earnestness, and, in narrow lines,
they move with great intensity. John
Randolph was such a man'-Henry w.
Beecher.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

NATURAL CURIoSITIEs.-Cartcr county,
Ky, appears to be rich in natural curiosi-
ties. Among them is natural bridge
which is 2l9 feet in the span, 1876 feet bigh,
and II feet wide, being arched under
meath and level on the top. One hundred
feet below it there is a cascade with fall
Of IS feet, and.two miles distant there is
another with fall of 200 feet. Near by
are two streams known as Big Sinkey
and Little Sinkey, which emerge from the
ground good sized streams, and after a
course of about two miles suddenly dis
appear. There is also in the same neigh
borhood a natural artesian well which
formerly threw up a jet about four feet
high, of the size OF common barrel; but
having been obstructed by stones and
trunks of trees thrown into it by persons
dcslrous of finding out its depth, it now
only plays to the height of foot above
the level of the pool.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
The Old Home.

Yes, still the same, the same old spot;
The years may go, the years may come,
Yet through them al there changeth not
The old familiar home.
The poplars by the old mill stream
A triae taller may have grown;
The ivies round the turret green
Perchance more thichly thrown.
Yet still the same green lanes are here
That brought their violet scents in spring
And heard through many golden year
The winsome echoes ring.
OF children in the April morn,
Knee deep in yellow cowslip blooms;
Oflovers' whispers lightly borne
Through su!try twilight glooms.
And out upon the red-bricked town,
The quaint cd houses stand the same;
The same old sign swings at the Crown.
Ablaze in sunset fame.
Yet still it's not the same old spot
The old familiar friends are gone.
I ask Of those who know them not
All strangers every one.
The morning brooks may sing the same;
The whitcthorns blossom in the May;
But each long-loved, remembered name
Has passed in turn away.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

MEN OF BNAINs. - Wendell Phillips
says: THE biggest brains don't 60 to
Congress. The biggest brains in the coun-
try control the industrial enterprises, the
railroad and the lion business and the
Gotten business; it takes Napoleon to
grasp IT in his han1. These are the great
men, these are tho big bralns-the Stew
arts, the Vanderbilts, and the SCOTS
while in the second line of intellect come
tie editors, professional men, of vast
strength, ara then out of the third aver.
age come the Congressman. And out OF
80 Of them you get, perhaps, 10 marked
men, but the average arc only third late
men.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

A CoUNTERFEITER DRowNED.-G. Tyler
with another notorious counterfeiter Of
Fort Wayne, was discovered by two United
States detectives near Wellsville, Ohio,
on the river bank. Tyler drew revolver
and fired ball through the coat of one
of the officers. The officer returned the
fire, sh ooting one man through the hand.
Tyler then made for the river, jumped in
and was drowned, leaving on the bank his
coat, which contained 81 loo counterfeit
twentics, legal tenders. The other man
fled to the hills.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

AN ARMY SToRY.-The boastful talk about
conversions, which we hear on all sides,
is well lit off by an army story. Chap,
lain X. called at Col. Us headquarters, and
turning the conversation on revivals, told
what an interest was excited in his own
regiment. "What do 20 mean ?" asked
Col. T., puzzled at his language. The
chaplain replied that a revival was then
going on, and he had baptized thirty y-four
men in the river that very week. Col. T.,
turning to an orderly, "Orderly! Tell
Major - to order out one hundred
men for instant baptism. If that, Sir
turning to the chaplain, is to be the test
of regimental standing, this regiment shall
not be outdone by yours ol any other in
the service"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20
Farmhouse Notes.

CREAM PIE.-To make cream pie, beat
two eggs we'll, in coffee cup of sugar
and one of thick, sour cream. Stir till
thoroughly mixed. Add a teaspoonful
of extract of lemon or vanilla. This
quantity given will make two pies. Bake
with two crusts.
FLOOR CLEANING. When a carpet is
taken up to he cleaned, the floor beneath
it is generally very much covered with
dust. This dust is very fine and dry,
and poisonous to the lungs. Sprinkle
the floor with very dilute carbolic acid
to kill any poisonous germs that may be
present, and SO thoroughly disinfect the
floor and render it sweet.
DUCKS IN VINEYARDS. 1t is mentioned
in THE Grape Culturist that q large vine.
yardist in Illinois keeps each season not
less than 100 ducks constantly among
his vines. He says it it wonderful with
what diligence they dar; after all kinds
of bugs, thrips, flies, and small snails,
and he considers them among the best
ofinseat ex ;erminators. They lay good
many eggs, too, and are not bad to take
when roasted.
APPLE JAM.-In making apple jam,
the apples should be ripe, and of the
best eating sort, and being pared and
quartered are put into q pan with Just
water enough to cover them, and boiled
until they can be reduced to mash.
Then for each pound of pared apples, q
pound of sifted sugar is added, sprinkled
over the boiling mixture. Boil and stir
it well until reduced to a jam. Then
put it into pots. The above is the most
simple way of making it, but to have it
Of the best possible clearness, make q
thick syrup with three pounds of sugar
to each pi1t Of water and clarity it with
an egg. Then add one pint of this syrup
for every three pounds OF apples, and
boil the jam to q proper thickness.
WAX BEAN.-This snap bean, but re-
Gently introduced and not yet generally
known, is one of the very best for gar
den culture. When planted and cared
for in the same way. the wax is 10 or II
days later than the Early Valentine but
in every other respect it is superior to
either this or that other excellent variety,
The Refugee. The vines grow longer
than other kinds of the snap beans, pro
duce more beans of larger size, more
brittle, and of better quality. Those
who are fond ot young snap beans plant
seed three or four times during the
Spring-say two weeks apart-so as to
get 4 succession for table use. Where il
will take four paintings with other kinds,
two paintings of the Wax will be found
quite enough, because this variety will
keep tender just twice as long as the
sorts commonly grown for home con-
sumption. The pods of the Wax grow
long, thick, tender, and'of waxy yellow
color.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

A PERTINENT QUEsTIoN.-During re-
cent trial at Rockport, Indiana, Judge
Laird interrupted the testimony of a lady
witness, remarking that it was not rele-
want. The lady raised her head, and with
look made up Of injured innocence, in
quired, "Well, sir, am | telling this story,
or are youi" The Judge wilted, and al.
lowed her to talk as long as she wanted
to,
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

PROF. MoRsE's WnL.-The will of the
late Prof. Morse provides for the payment
of the following bequests and legacies out of
the residuary fund: Home of the Friendless,
Poughkeepsie, $4,000; Nassau Hall,
Princeton, to found two scholarships, to
be named Finley and Breese respectively,
$4,000; Union Theological Seminary,
Hampden Sydney, Va, $1,000; Old La
dies Home, Poughkeepsie, $1,000; Ma
tional Academy of Design, New York,
"for procuring a suitable medal for the
encouragem> mt of art" $1,000; Ameri-
can Geographical Society, a medal fer the
encouragement of geographical research,
81, 900; New York City University Schol-
arship Medal, $1,000. The cross of the
Knight Commander of the Order of the
Dannebroge, conferred on him by the
King of Denmark, is to be returned to the
Chancellor of the Order at Copenhagen.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

FIsHING IN JAPAN.-The japanese have
rare sport at certain seasons of the year,
catching fish by the bushe], as fast as they
can gather them in. In the spring, when
the fish are in the rivers and making their
way down to the sea. the young men and
boys throw into the water the pulverized
bark of a certain tree which has much of
the spicy qualities of pepper. The poor
fish take it in greedily, and then to cool
their burning mouths they drink such
quantities of water, which is now i'm
precnated with the bark, as to prevent
their swimming to purer places in the
stream. They drink and drink, making
matters worse and worse with every
draught, till they die, and are picked up
or hauled in by the boys to land. The
bark has no injurious qualities, so that the
fish thus taken are as nice for the table
as if taken with the hook or net. An
other way to entrap the unwary tribes is
to gather certain kind of green persim-
mon, which is the strongest possible as
tringent, and cast them into the river.
The fish swallow them, and are instantly
affected as if by paralysis. The fins drop
down powerless at their sides, as if they
were dead; and then the young Japs
wade into the stream and help themselves,
either by picking up their floating vic
tins or by nets.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

AN IYTRoDUCTIoN.-There is nothing
so affecting in child as certain sweet
Unborn spirit of self-abnegation. Sammy
was little boy, at school in village far
from his home. One day his father came
to see him, ard they took walk together.
Meeting the principal of the school, Sam
my performed the ceremony OF introduc-
ton. "Mr. ST." said he, "this is father
of mine."
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

FooD MEDICINE DR.. Hall advances
theory that food can be used as cura
tive remedy equally well with medicine.
He relates case where man was cured
Of blliousness by going without his sup
per, and free use cf lemonade. This pa
tent rose, he says, after he began the use
of this drink, refreshed, and with feel
ing as though his blood had literally been
cleansed. He further says that he cures
cases of splitting blood by using salt; epi-
lepsy and yellow fever by watermeions
kidney affections by celery; poison, olive
or sweet oil; erysipelas, pounded cram
berries applied to the part affected; hy-
drophobia, onions. If this theory is cor.
rect, drugs would soon become "drugs"
in the market, and people would soon learn
that the way to keep we'll was to eat GER
tain kinds of food. The world would thus
become healthier and happier.
Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis died in st
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-06-20

RAIsINs:-The finest raisins are grapes
merely dried in the sun. The Muscatel
raisins have the stalk of the bunch partly
cut through and dried upon the vine, the
leaves being removed to allow of full ex-
posure. Commoner kinds are dried upon
lines, and afterwards dipped into lye to
which salt and oil are added.