Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-04
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Items Of Interest.
The next worst thing to Draining pitch
forks must be hailing omnibuses.


forks must be hailing omnibuses.
What is the reason-can you guess
Why men are poor and women thinner
SO much do they for dinner dress,
That nothing's left to dress for dinner.
The editor of Missouri paper has
had engrayedon its heading huge pair
of shears inscribed with the motto,
"We clip only the best"
JOAQUIN Miller's "Life Among the
Modocs" is a strong defence of the In
dians, and condemnation OF the treat
ment they have received from the
whites.
Captain Werner, who recently seized
the Spanish insurgent gunboat vigil
lante, will be removed from the COM
mand of the German squadron IN the
Mediterranean.
A large sum lost by the Wilberforce
family, in times past, was said to have
gone in q scheme, which subsequently
provoked much laughter, for supplying
London with. milk through pipes.
The lovers of ga good glass OF Port
wine" will rejoice to hear that the vim
tage of 1873 promises to be one OF the
most remarkable that has been known
for many years. We refer to black cur
rants.
Three Chicago roughs attacked an
old man whom they found fishing, on
Sunday. and after knocking him down
and jumping on him, asked if his Bible
didn't tell him better than to fish on
Sundays
There is a story told Of an eminent
criminal lawyer who, on one occasion,
made such powerful plea in favor OF Q
notorious thief on trial that not only did
the jury acquit the rascal, but one OF
the jurymen remarked, on being dis
charged, that he felt great DISPOSE
ton to 20 out and steal something him.
self.
Two sons of David Kendall, highly
respected citizen of Henry county,
Tenn, aged 1S and % years, were
drowned in West Lake while bathing.
One of the young men, who could not
swim, got into deep water, and his
brother, in attempting to save him, was
clutched in his arms and drawn down.
A third brother, in attempting to save
them, narrowly escaped the same fate.
A green young man, who was working
for farmer as "hired man., felt HIM
self sighted when the girls OF the
neighborhood had party to which they
did not invite him. After sulking about
for several days, he finally hit upon
mode of revenge, and said to his en-
ployer's daughter, "You can tell the
gals that I'm a-goin' to have party OF
nv own, and I won't invite nobody"
II there is O virtue IN a newspaper
man. it is conciseness. Therefore we
regard with admiration the people who
have had to do with the Ida County
Gowa) Pioneer. That organ OF public
opinion having changed hands, W. +.
Evans's valedictory consisted OF one
word: "Good-night," and John Walls
salutatory was simply, "Good'mor-
ming"
The diplomatic title of the Shah is
"the sovereign 10 whom the sun serves
as standard, whose splendor and mag
nifcence equal those of the heavens, /;
the sublime sovereign; the monarch
whose armies are numerous like the
stars, and whose grandeur recalls that
of Diamschid; whose muniticence is
equal to that of Darius ; the heir to the
throne of the Keyanieus; the sublime
and absolute emperor OF all Persia"
Seven hundred Chicago newsboys
and bootblacks were picnicked recently.
And the manager did the thing sensi-
bly. too, for instead of boring them
about their dirty faces or their morals,
couple of lively young ladies who
were interested in the charity sang
Down in a Coal Mine," "When the
Band begins to Play" and kindred dit
ties, in which the boys Joined vocife-
rously, and theynever enjoyed anything
so much in their lives.
The charitable ladies of Chicago have
pleasant way of raising money for
benevolent objects. They rent rooms
in the heart of the city and spread a
splendid fifty cent luncheon for bust,
ness men. The tables are decorated
with flowers, and are served by pretty
volunteer young ladies. The managers
receive free supplies in abundance, and
the landlord refuses to charge rent, so
that q weeks operations usually fill the
treasury to the desired point.
BOYS and girls, if you wish to aston.
ish any members of the family, or any
coming guests, by some day allowing
them to discover their initials neotly
printed oa a pear, peach or apple as 1t
hangs on its branch, this is the way to
carry out your plan. Just before the
fruit tree ripens cut the desired letters
from q sheet of thin, tough paper
then paste them on the side OF the fruit
most exposed to the sun ; and when IN
course of time you remove the paper
from the ripe surface you will find the
letters distinctly marked upon it.
A Canadian is said to have invented
a substitute for India-rubber. The gum
is obtained from the milkweed plant,
or other plants of the asclepia family
and fax and other seeds, by macerat:
ing and fermenting the substances, and
then by evaporation reducing the n re-
sulting liquid to thick mass. line
pum thus obtained may be cheaply pro
duced. and is alleged to have many OF
the valuable qualities of rubber. 1t j.
insoluble in water, may be vulcanizee
with sulphur, &c. The price OF pure
rubber is now very high, and the dis
covery of an economical substitute is
matter of the greatest Importance il
the arts.
A man out in Montana squatted OF