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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-25

THE DIsCovERER OF AMERICA-1t mat
tiers little how many historians proclaim
that Columbus was not the first discoveref
of this continent. old and young America
will in all times to come believe that Chris
TOPPER was the man. We have been SO
taught in our infancy, an. all the theories
which may be Matched out o: the brains of
latter day saints will not alter our cher.
ished beliefs. On the twelfth Of October
the Italians of this city will make their
fifth annual celebration in honor Of Go.
inmhn.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-25
Nicholas Daunoy IS. Charlie. Bendix.

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-25
A. RochePean & Go. -. Joseph elliott

". ?. HAKPEH,
SEQ II Oc1I Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

In l7S2 Governor Hancock receiy.
ed his guests in red velvet cap
within which was one of fne linen
turned up over the edge of velvet one
or two inches. He wore blue dam
ask gown, lined with silk. white satin
small clothes, white silk stockings
and red morocco slippers.
The judges of the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts,, as late as lI72,
wore robes of scarlet, laced with
black velvet, and in summer black
silk gowns. Gentlemen wore coats
of every variety Of color generally, the
cape and collar Of velvet, of a different
color from the coat.
In 1880 General Washington ar.
rived in New York from Mount Yer.
non, to assume the duties Of the Pres
idency. He was dressed in a full
suit Of Virginia homespun. On his
visit to New England be wore the old
Continental uniform, except on the
Sabbath, when he appeared in black.
John Adams when Vice President,
wore sword, and walked about the
streets with his hat under his arm.
AT levees in Philadelphia, Presi-
dent Washington was clad in black
velvet. his hair powdered and gath
cred behind in q silk bag; yellow
gloves, knee and shoe buckles. He
held in his hand q cooked hat orna-
mented with . cockade. fringed about
an inch deep with black feathers. A
long sword in white scabbard, with
q polished steel hilt, hung at his bip.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

The sponge fishery, as it is called,
is most active in the months of De-
cember, January and February, as
during the other seasons the spot
where the sponges are found is COW
cred with seaweed- The tempests OF
November and December clear away
the latter and allow the sponges to be
seen. The fishery has, however, two
seasons: one commencing in March
and ending in November, the other
occupying the rest of the year. In
the summer season the production is
small because diving apparatus is then
necessary, and can only be employed
when there is rocky or other firm
bottom; but the Arabs searching
along the coast, feeling for the spon-
ges with their feet beneath the mass
es of tangled weeds. The sponges
which they find are generally Of an
inferior kind, as they cannot go into
any depth of water. The success OF
the work Of sponge-getting depends
upon the sea being calm. There are
not more than forty or fifty days dur
ing the winter season which are fa-
vorable. The Arabs who inhabit
the coasts, the Greeks, and principal
ly those Of Kranidi, near Nauplis, and
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

The Commissioner Of Agriculture
in an article on agricultural machin-
erv, makes the following very Just re
marks on the use Of the roller He
saws:
OF all the implements for use upon
the farm, there is no one which tells
of greater benefits than the roller. 1t
pulverizes the clods, smooths the sur
face for the scythe or the reaper, and
compacts the earth about the seed
and roots of plants, but above all, and
Of more importance than all it de-
stroys vermin- That the earth should
be made fine is the object of plough
ing and narrowing. A roller greatly
conduces TO this. That small stones
and rough places should be driven
out of the way of the scythe OF mower,
is desideratum which every farmer
viii appreciate, and when his seed is
first sown or when the frosty winter
or tbawing of the spring have loosen
ed its growth upon the surface, it
may be imagined how II would De
benefited by giving it bed in the
earth again
But its most useful purpose is less
satisfactorily explained, for its only
proof is found in the experience of its
use. All know that mos. Of the ver-
min which aflicts the farmers crop
has its resting and often its breeding
place in the earth; there, and upon
the young and tender plant, where it
deposits its eggs. The eut-worm de-
stroys corn at the surface; the Hes
sian fy deposits lis eggs upon the
young wbeat-blade, which often falls
to the ground. The earth, in fine, is
fully charged with the eggs and the
embryo of vermin of all sorts, in all
periods of their existence, and it may
readily be imagined what an amount
of destruction would follow the pas
sage of a heavy roller over the sur
face
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05
Advice to the Girls.

We have charity for fast girls. We
have often found them generous and
warm-hearted, and are fully ready to
believe that their disregard of conven-
tionalities is often the boldness Of in
nocenee. For example, in some FAM
lies the chamber of the sister is the
resort of the brother in the first place,
then of the cousin, who is almost a
brother, and then of the brothers in
innate friend, who is treated as one of
the family. When this style Of living
is transferred from the shadow of the
family to the apartments of crowd
ed hotel or boarding house, it gives
occasion for much speaking and free
thinking-for style of judgment
that often does the girl great injustice
We have said that our Americans
have their faults. The want of con-
ventiOnal limits or propriety between
the sexes is one of them. The young
French girl is kept secluded, and new
er suffered to see a gentleman, un-
watched. In America, from early
childhood, boys and girls grow up to-
gether, and on the whole it is best
they should In order that this liber-
ty should produce good effects, the
parents and guardians should inces-
sanity teach certain limits of proprie-
ty. There are certain other places,
times and modes of intercourse that
are improper, and it ought to be
part Of the early training of every
girl to teach her this. Every approach
on the part of young girl to any
personal familiarity with young man
such as she might most innocently
take with another girl, exposes her to
misconstruction which it is the duty
Of her mother to prevent by timely
warning. A favorite author has said
that such personal advances on the
part of women were ''immoralities of
manner even where the intention
was innocent Do, girls, take care
respect yourselves-respect your sex,
and do not give the enemy cause to
speak reproachfully. Listen, all Of
you. to what man says. 1t is out
of some old-fashioned Fathers Le-
gacy,r or some such antiquated book
He SAYS: "A fine woman has power
over US Of which she very little
dreams, but little too near acquaint-
ance often disolves the Illusion, and
converts the angel into very ordi-
nary girl Let a mother tell you,
girls, that mothers, when they send
their boys into the great world, with
its temptations, hope much for them
from the influence of good women.
Did you ever think of this when you
tell young men that you dote on
smoking-when you urge wine upon
them at parties (? Some mother, some
sister, may wish that you would lead
her son or brother 10 nobler, purer
conceptions of life Ought not some
higher metive to govern your inter-
course with the young men of your
acquaintance than merely the desire
to fasten their admiration upon your
self-to please them at any and every
hazard? +? Be sure that young man
who is pleased through his lower ma
ture, because you encourage bis indo-
lent and indulgent habits. and take
part with bis least elevated impulses,
win think of you after while only as
part Of something unworthy, which
bis better self viii seek to outgrow.-I
Mrs. Fl. B. .9otre.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

A most shocking accident occurred
in the rolling mill off. Painter 4 Son,
located in the Thirty-fourth ward,
West Pittsburg, yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock A boy named
James Welsh was employed as help
er on the heavy rolls used for press
ing the iron into fat bars. His turn
was up at three o'clock, and he was
preparing to go home 1t was his
duty. however, before be left to un-
couple his roll, and being in hurry,
he attempted to do so before the
engine was stopped His pants were
caught in the machinery, and in an
instant be was drawn through the
rolls feet foremost and flung out on
the opposite side q lifeless mass Of
flesh and bones, crushed almost Sat
The space through which his body
passed was only FIVE inches. and it
can be easily imagined how fearfully
crushed and mangled it must have
been. The skull was broken like an
egg shell, and the brains scattered
about the floor. Word was immedi-
atelv sent to Coroner West, who pro-
eeeded to the mili and held an in
quest on the reiaains, at which YER
diet of accidental death was rendered.
Deceased was eleven years of age, a
good boy, and the only son Of his
parents His father worked in the
same mill and it might almost be said
the lad was killed before his eyes,
The blow was terrible one to him
and the manifestations of his distress
were Of the most affecting character.-
Pitts6urg Dispatch 24th.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

The following contribution on social
cookery, is evidently drawn from ex-
perience rather than from observa-
ton:
A young, innocent, eon6ding, just
married goose. Is the easiest to be
stuffed The following. is common
process:
She has been married month TO
husband who has gone a little fast,
but he promises reformation, and
starts of matrimoniaIly by setting
down and resolving to become a
model family man. The first few
weeks go of well be spends every
evening at home with the goose, who
imagined there would be no end to
the honev-moon. But one day the
husband meets a friend, and that
friend badgers him about the con-
straint of married life, etc The hus-
band, afraid Of being thought hen
peeked. resolved to spend that even
ing at his old resort, with his former
tfOUice- HtH COHluuCuCCo AhC Op-A0-
ton of stufing the goose:
i've got TO go down tothe Office to-
night, my dear, says he, to see man
on very important business
And leave me alone?" pouted
she.
$50 sorry. nv dear, but it can't be
helped"
Can't / go, toos'
'0h, it would be hardly worth
wbile-IH not be late-good-bye,"
and away he goes, ehuckling over the
success Of the operation
After this, the goose is stuffed reg
ularlv, and with growing frequency,
One night the husband comes home
with his breath smelling strongly Of
Bourbon.
Medicine for the cholera, my
DEAR
Next he stumbles in drunk
"Sun-struck, my dear"
Finally, in most cases, the goose
gets stuffed to its utmost capacity
very soon. and refuses TO absorb any
more, and then the fires of eonjugal
contention are lighted, and then
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

the Sicilians, all engage in the sponge
fishery but the Greeks are consider
ed the most adroit. and the Arabs the
least so. The gathering isperformed
by means Of trident, or -arth,n - akind
Of drcdgc, similar to that used in tax
ing oysters. The Araos employ
boats called asandab,r with crews Of
four or serea persons, one Of whom
only uses the harpoon. A soon as
the man secs sponge, the boat is
brought to a staDd-the work is car
ried on to the depth Of fifteen or thir
ty-fye feet The Greeks, although
very expert divers, also use the har-
poon, but they employ small and
very light boats. carrying only the
harpooner and the seuller. The for
mer explores the bottom Of the sea by
means Of a telescope tin tube
about fourteen inches in diametera and
twenty inches long. with thick glass
at the lower end the object of the
tube is to get rid Of the surface oseil-
lation and allow the fisherman 20 see
the bottom The Greeks exhibit
sometimes extraordinary dexterity in
getting sponges from depth Of sixty
feet with short harpoons they hold
in their hands three or four harpoons,
which they throw with such extraor-
dinary rapidity and precision that
scarcely has one barpoon disappeared
beneath the water when the second
strikes its upper end and ADDS to the
force of the propulsion ; the third is in
the same way stuck into the second,
and so on. Neither the Arabs nor
the SiciIians avail themselves Of eth
er of the above methods of using the
harpoon or the water tube. The
sponge fishery is considered to be
capable of great development, and the
danger of exhausting the supply is not
great, as new sponge takes the
place of one removed within twelve
months.--Journalof Society Of Arts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

that period to which sensual indul-
gence contributes nothing but repul-
sive memories, and which is called re-
pentancc. Both repented bitterly,
and took a course not difficult to an
tieipate. 1t was not without q touch
of poetry. Burning every copy of
their amorous songs and retiring to
the Gulf of Cannes, the one became
nun in the Convent of st. Marguer-
ite, which stood on the more northern
of the twin islets of Lorins, and the
other became monk in the Monas-
tery of St. Honoret, which stood
south of the narrow strait on the 9TH
er islet Thus effectually sundered,
though almost within earshot, they
spent the remainder of their lives.
In the case of Guillems de la Tor,
who flourished during the wars OF the
Sicilian Vespers, such companionship
had another termination. Travers-
ing Lombardy, he visited Milan,
where he fell in love with with the
wife of barber. The lowly dame
proved as frail as the high-born lady
of Bourbon, and abandoning husband
and home, she marched away with
the troubadour. All went well for
few months. At Como, however, the
BARRIERS wife fell victim to one of
those visitations of pestilence so fire.
quent during the Middle Ages. Her
lover, as infatuated as Raphael with
his Fornarine, could not believe in
her death. eShe is merely feigning,
the better TO obtain an opportunity
for abandoning me-" he remarked to
those around him. The people of
Como having buried the body in spite
Of his resistance.
Guillems took post upon the grave
There he remained continually for
ten days and as many nights. ''Ev-
ery night writes an unknown, "be
opened the grave and took out the
body of his mistress. Keeping it in
view, he would spend the hours of
darkness beseeching her to speak to
him-to say whether she was alive or
dead-to return TO him If living.
and if she were indeed dead, to signi-
fy what pain she suffered that he
might know how many masses there
were to be said, and how much aims
there was to be distributed in order
to procure her relief. Then. at break
of day, he would replace the body in
the grave and cover it up" When
the singular story was known
throughout the place, the people as
sembled, and, tearing Guillems from
the scene of his watch, expelled him
from their city. Thenceforth he wan
dered necessarily over TIE face of the
earth, seeking through many coun-
tries the means of restoring his beau
tiful mistress to life At length a
mocker pretended TO supply him with
what he desired so earnestly "If
you recite the psalms, iftv paternos-
ters, and as many aves, and feed seven
medicants every morning for whole
year, without breaking your fast,
quenehing your thirst, or speaking
word, the woman you love will be re-
stored to ycu," said the mocker
Outlines followed his advice in every
particular, keeping an exact account
the while of the progress of time.
But when the year was out, and he
had been cheated, he died of the dis
appointment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

Tread carefully over the sidewalks
if you don't want to fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05

91OS FOR RICH PANELED SOLID
VA~O NtLSCT CASE ORGAN. with rou
sfopx perfectly new. Factory price, el-5. Also
number OF Seco1d-hAnd Melodeons and organs
rznging In price from IS and upwzrds or for rent
n moderate prices. Call and ex.nine ~ the mu.
CHARLOTTE BLUME.
30. Is Sixth Aveune. Pifts5urx Pa.
Sole Agent for Prince Cas- Organs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05
THE RIVER PATH.
ny JOHN Q. WHITTIER


No bird song foated down the hill.
The tangled bank below was still
No rustic from the birchen stem
No ripple from the waters hem.
The dust of twilight round US grew.
We felt the falling Of the dew:
From us, ere the day was done,
The wooded hills shut out the sun.
But on the rivers fartheres. side.
wes the bin top glcrided-
A tender glow, exceedingly fair.
A dream Of day without its glare.
With US the damp, the chill, the gloom,
With them the sunsets rosy bloom;
While dark through willowy mist as seen.
The river rolled in shade between
From out the darkness where We tred,
We gsrcd upon the hills Of God.
Whose light seemed not Of moon or sun;
We spake not. though cur thought was one.
We paused. as II from that bright shore
Bcekoned our dear ones gone before;
And stayed cur beating hearts to hear
The voices lost to mortal earl
Sudden our pathway turned from night.
The hills swung open TO the light;
Thro' their green gates the sunshine showe'
A long, slant slender downward flowed.
Down glade and glen and bank II rolled,
Il bridgel the shaded stream sith gold;
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-02-05
NOAH CASEBEER.

Agent for the Company at Somerset
uecs
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-27
TAX NOTICE
OFFICE or COUNTY TREASURER,
OhANaRnrRa CouNr1,

SBrsass D@ 2eth, 1878.
n IN aosssdasss e!swRA SssJatiDn 10 of "sr
T.. E lssIa :as 1s15, ''.s. .ss
to Alter and Amend tho Law in Relation to
: Up ColleGsiyn Sf Ta1ess' W Um
II Notices herebS given that my Offce vii
be Sgensd for the, receipt Of, Taxes on an
after BatafaSy the sf0th sdsy Eoff January
1879 aufl a6a 2ist dsy 81 fFibat FsibardtaSssy,s Sss 1874
after Mhi56 Gins penalty 81 2opsIr! Can't
VIII Be Aadaed to tilo.n Ill unpaid ,id Taxes T Of Tia,
date. ..-.,,,.
Faxes will 8! received ii Gosol;d or Silver
1Coih, ~. 'sH cGrEehoy, NsstiGnal Bank Notes
and. CeftihcatSs 81 NInde ebtcdncss, authorizes
blythe q ensfal Assembly, and issued to the
;Repphllicgpg Printing Company pursuant ID
sher Act approved November 10, 1873.
~ The rate percentum will be as follows.
Fer general State purposes, IL mills on a
ldollar.c ,G2isReh,aS + saB BE65AA
y Forscodnty pnrposos, g mills on dollar
% Forapast Indabtsdness Of county mills
on aYsdloellaE loellaE JtDap
) lLocal, School Tar, District No. l.-vances,
l mill on dollar.
gEsAseal School Tar, District No. Poplar,
a mills On dollar.
3 xLoedl sthooIl Tar, District No. s.-pine
Grove, mill on dollar. es eass
Local School 7'az, District No. 4.-Amelia,
8 mills on dollar.
Local School Tar, District No. 5.-Provi-
deuce, Il mill 'on d dollar sa-sssssisass
mills on dollar.
Local School Tar, District No. 7 Lyons,
) mills on the dollar.
Local School Tar, District No. 8.-Cow
Castle, 8 mills on dollar.
LoeqipSchpet Tag Dfar'ct No 9.-Middlo
l mil o. dollar. .
Local School Tar, District No. l0.-Orange
2miIlsofl dolldr. 3aRTT8
Local School Tai, District, No. 11.-Caw
Gawsd3 3smills onsa dollar.spdissaBrs eST
. Isedl.Seh6oli TAI, DisriepN NO 10. .ABranoh.
vile. mill on q dollar ga .s sosgssss Y.
local School Tar, District No. l8.-.New
Hope, mills on dollar.
Local School Tar, District No. l4.-Elira.
beth, mills on dollar.
Local School Tar, Di.frict No. l5.-EI:sto
mills on dollar.
Local School Tar, District No. ls.-Union
2 mills on n dollar.
Local School zax, District No. l7.-Ziop
8 mills on dollar.
go.,I CnIooy T,,x D:.,.:..
mills on the dollar.
caTL.oealassehqgl zazssF2 Districts s1o.-Libcr-
VI, nillsoasa dollar R- esISsls,
Local School Tar, District No. 3O.-Good.
land mill on dollar.
a. Locat Seho0iTa1. D,isiriet NIo. 2l.-Hebron.
/ mill on dollar.
Local School Tar. District No. 22.-Rockcy cy
Grove, ] mill OH u dollar.
Tax Tax fassrs mpat I'll Tor The Tax on es c i
piece q property Gin the townships where
sitll i Iliea AsBa gkA H&a
viii collect Tnxcs ns follows: At j.
Hamp Felders Store, Tuesday and Wcdncs-
day, Ii and IA of Januury 1874.
E 1AU BgahehvIits, sFriday and Saturday. 16
and 18th Of January 1874.
At Lewisville, Wednesday and Thurs,la !
2ist md I'D, January 1874.
, q3At Fort Mottss Friday, a3d, January, 1874.
D A. nSILiyingaron's Mal Tbnrsiay & 5an /
Friday 2alhand s0th, Janua Try lsf4hrSiS Jon
allsotiieE dayssat, ,Orangeb Court Honss
! y VOS4 J.a2aaiadBERT Ia8
County Treasurer.
dec 27 1878 If
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-27
Sheriff S Sales.

~ 1 EEVE% Y 81 ''k#sR#
BysfsSiFtde of sinilry Executions To me di-
rcctcd, will sell TO the h;ghcs, bidder, ut
Orangehurg C.aH., onl theiFIRSTT DIi,Ne
DA9Ein @innuary next, FOR CASH. all
the Right. Title and Interest Of the Defend
ants in the following Property, viz:
One 9trpct, Of eland containing lGO acres
more oEgLss sih E6sRs F6rk, bounded by
lands OF Jho: 8: Foicn. DIP. Murphy, Geo
+. Golrn. l.. \. tosle. Est. of .Ino. Kicken-
baks pandiP: r. ,Relrson. Levied ong.s the
pro- ertxs9f9 Geos AE.gtBolen at the suit of
Jno +. Addcn ct. ul. .r.
Shcrin4s Office, f.. CAIN,
.ofangebprg7 GlH.sS. Cay Istil $. o. C..
o GyoDce l6th, lS73.siyasj 5a -i if
dec ID til
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-27
LAND AGENT
e NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
OnAyospuRo Corsry

ORASGBDUR0 CouyrY,
Orangeburg, S. c., Nov. LIST, 1878.
To all irhom II niay Concern:
Pursuant to Titlo 81. ohap.. 18, Revised
Statutes s. C. Section 5S requires = = A'
SEC SO. If any,person, compan. or oor-
porntion shall commence any business In
any countySof this State after the first day
Of September in tany year. .thecaptial or
property employed in which shall not have
been previously listed for axation in said
County, and shall not within thirty days
theroafier kespehl report ,othe lAalitor
Of said County us Is required in the fifty
sixth Section of this Aet le or ritheysshall
Forfeit and pay the sum ofono hundred dol
larsfwhioL shall be collccted by civilization
in the hamo of.tho; County Commissioners,
and paid into the County Treasury for. the
exclusive ,bcne eftsof tho County, And9pro-
cess in such case may issue out OF. tho Court
Of Common Pleas Of the Gountyfin wliioh
such business was commenced, directed to
tho proper officer, and be served in my
County of this Stato.N - $40 y
>, JAS. YAS .TASSEL,
nov ST. = III Go, Auditor.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-27
Sale Under MORTGAGE.

BY vr,uhss 81 of i'lR lsssse sSss essssSteab ss
Samson Thoufss Ia lMa Rinh on j 0th Sarxs ,cf
March, 1878, will sell for cash, on
Monday, the fifth, day. of January 1874, ut
'ofahg geburg, sfin' front Of tRs sKe Office!
Immediately after tho oifioiaf salcs nnS
HORSE and WAGON.
PgIaeQ QAIIR0B 0BNsDN, ,AEtIf 4
Orang geburg Q. HA sDSoenfberA Goth 1873. Z
deo 20 1873 td
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-27
At Private Sale.

H'HE PLANTATION forming part of
known as the. DARBY PLACE. The traot
consists of about GOO acres, one half well
Timbored, the remainder Rich, Red, Loan
Soil, adapted 70 Crops of all kinds. These
are tho Finest Lands II the District. and
were valued at $50 per mere in 1866. Would
be sold for one-haif thai ,,rico now One
fourth cash, the remair or in three install.
mchts bearing interest from date and SO,
cured by mortgage of tho same.
This is n splendid chance for aneryac do.
string to- secure Rich Lands, fne Wator Pow
er, excellent Cattle Range and a Refined
Neighborhood. Apply to- 1i}tf4l
j. Mrs. t. SElTT,
~ Or J GlskkirT, Esq.