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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
The Winter Hut Described by One OF
the POlarls Crew,

A seaHian THUS describes the hut
where the party wintered The hut
was twenty-five feet by fourteen, the
materials used being chiefly spars and
the bulkheads of the staterooms of the
vessel. The roof was covered with sails
and was perfectly watertight; a fire
was placed in one end of the hut with
sto1epipe as chimney. A gallery and
stateroom were also provided. The
hut was simply one apartment with
berths around the sides. When
thoroughly banked up with snow all
around and supplied with the stoves
of the Polaris, the explorers found
themselves in possession of very COM
Portable lodging for winter, and, making
up their minds to wait in patience for
the spring, each man seemed to be COM
paratively happy. At this time the
weather was always dark and the hut
was kept cheerfully lighted by oil
lamps which bad been got out OF the
vessel, the oil used being from seals
and walras; the time was beguiled with
reading and games at chess, and good
fire was kept constantly burning, the
unused coal on board the Polaris having
been launched and used for the purpose.
On the 1st of February the coal was
consumed, and the ship was made to
supply wood instead. Till the LIST OF
April the time was spent in much the
same manner, when the party began to
consider the propriety of leaving to
seek their way to some spot where they
might be picked up by some vessel. 10
enable them to do this Mr.. Chester, the
chief mats, with the assistance Of the
carpenters and Mr.. John Booth, set to
work to build two boats, the necessary
materials being got from the vessel:
Each of the boats were twenty-five feet
long, with five beam, square at each
end, boat turned. up and capable OF
carrying seven men, with stores for two
months. The middle of May arrived
before the boats were completed, owing
to the great difficulty there was in get
ting materials for construction.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Something about Beef.

Two kinds of fluid are used besides
broth, says Pierre Blot, to make soups
milk and ,cater; but, although good,
they are light soups in comparison with
those made with broth. Butter is add
ed when water is used.
Bones alone make gelatinous broth,
but not as nutritious as when used with
meat. A pound Of meat and bones
makes pint and o half of good broth |;
two pounds make quart Of rich broth.
The more meat used with a certain
amount of water, the richer the broth.
The pieces of beef generally used to
make broth are the leg, the shin, the
neck, the round, and the chuck; other
pieces are just as good, But they are
dearer, end 90 not make more or better
broth. Besides beef, the trimmings OF
pieces of beef and veal, of chickens,
turkeys, and Guinea birds, ore excellent
to make broth also the bones and what
has been left of the same pieces after
having been served as roasted pieces,
and after having cracked the bones
with chopper. Any kind Of meat or
bones used to make broth must be
fresh the piece of meat or bird, the
bones of which are used for broth, must
have been roasted when very fresh.
The least taint spoils the broth. Many
epicures use every kind of game, biped
or quadruped, with beef to make broth.
either raw or the bones >of such after
having been served as roast pieces, es-
pecially such game as partridges and
like birds, rabbits, hares, etc.; such
broth has a gamy taste. Some 60 fur.
ther; when they have made rich beef
broth, they boil game in it to make it
richer, and then make consomHe with
it. 1t is then real assenee Of meat, and
very rich food.
The best utensil for making broth is
an earthen pot; next is a copper or
iron digester or kettle, well lined with
tin. An iron pan lined with porcelain
is excellent if the porcelain is not
cracked. Any kind of fire is good as
long as it is not too sharp, and will
keep the pot simmering; it does not
matter whether it is on stove or range,
in CRATE or furnace, or whether it is O
hard coal, charcoal, or wood fire. 1t is
not necessary to be thorough cook to
make excellent broth, for care and
watchfulness are the only two qualities
required.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
A Marvel OutdOne.

MIR. Finlayson, town-clerk of Stirling,
Scotland, in the latter part of the sew
enteenth century, was noted for the
marvellous in conversation. He was on
a visit to the Earl of Menteith and Airth
in his castle of Taha, in the Loch OF
Menteith /; and was about taking leave,
when he was asked by the earl whether
he had seen the sailing cherry-tree.
"No," said Finlayson "what sort
of thing is it ?" ,
"It is" replied the earl, ga tree that
has grown out at goose's mouth from
a stone the bird had swallowed, and
which she bears about with her in her
voyages round the loch. 1t is now in
full fruit of the most exquisite flavor.
Now, Finlayson," he added, "can you,
with all your powers of memory and
fancy, match the story of the cherry
tree?"
"Perhaps I can," said Finlayson,
clearing his throat, and adding: "When
Oliver Cromwell was at Airth, one of the
cannon sent ball to Stirling, and lodg-
ed it in the mouth of O trumpet which
one of the troops in the castle was in
the act of sounding" ..
"Was the trumpeter killed ?" said
the earl.
"No, my lord" replied Finlayson
"he blew the ball back, and killed the
artileryman who had fred it"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
The Ashahtee War.

The English reverse met in the
Ashantee war was as follows: Five
boats manned and armed, started for
Qhareah to hold a palaver with the
King and chiefs Of the Chamah people.
The object sought was to obtain the
assistance of this tribe against the
Ashantees. The interview was very
unsatisfactory, however; IS the ghamah
chiefs said thsy *uuld aSt neither for
nof against the British Government,
and refused to send chiefs to accompany
the expedition into the river Prah.
The demeanor of the Chaniah Dten, not
withstanding, Wis 30 peaceful that
Commodore Commeren apprehended
no danger from them, and decided to
proceed up the river, keeping near the
Chamah side of the stream.
The Commodore says! "The river is
about seventy or eighty yards broad,
and NE we're proceeding satisfactorily
until about a mile and q half up the
river, when, without any warning or
without seeing any natives, we were
fired upon from the dsnse bush on the
6heriah side, and found that we had
passed an ambuscade of the natives,
who were pouring heavy and murder
GUS fire upon our boats.
"I Immediately gave orders to open
fire with the small=arn1 men,, but the
rockets could not be fired, as the steam
cutter was towing the boats.
"At the first discharge I was shot
down, severely wounded in the right
side, and at the same moment Com
mander Luxmore'and Capt. Helden were
severely hit. I then ordered the boats
to repair to mid-strearn, and, finding
number Of otir men wotinded, I gave
orders for the expedition to return to
the Rattlesnake.
"We reached the Rattlesnake about
6 P. NJ, where the wounded were at
once attended to.
"The Rattlesnake was cleared for
action, and in less than two hours time
the town OF Chamah was heap OF
burning ruins, and every e.ettion had
been made to aVenge treachery 80 foul.
at is not possible many natives
were killed by these measures but the
lesson will be severely felt, and those
who have gone to the bush will spread
far and wide the punishment their dis
loyalty and treachery have SO deeply
merited. The English lost four killed
and twenty wounded in the action.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
The Deadly Effects of Absinthe.

During the session of the Medical
Congress at Lyons, one day was set
apart for the study of alcoholic stimu-
lants. On that occasion the physician
of the st. Anne Asylum, DR.. Magnan,
comparing the chemical action OF alco.
hol and absinthe on man, drew the con-
clusion that the former acts more slow
ly, gradually provoking delirium and
digestive arrangement, while absinthe
rapidly results in epilepsy. Then, pro-
ducing couple of dogs, he treated one
with alcohol and the other with the es-
sence of absinthe, this latter being the
active principle of the absinthe liquor
which is commonly drunk. The alco-
holized brute could not stand up, be-
came sleepy and stupid, and, when set
on his legs, trembled in an inert mass
the other dog experienced at once
frightful attacks Of epilepsy. Anal
ogous effects are produced in mankind.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Natural Decay-.-f'rotect the System

The human body ia machine, and therefore cam
not endure forever; but, like watch or sewing
machine, II will last much longer II properly regu-
lated and duly repaired, than II no pains were
taken TO keep II in order The great object OF every
one who desires long and healthy life should be
to put his body In condition TO- resist the life
threatening influences hy which we are all more or
less surrounded; and no inyigorant or corrective
NJ present known so effectively answers this pur-
oss al the fitalizng elixir which, under the un-
pretending name Of fIostetter's Stomach Bitters,
has been for more than twenty years the standard
tonic of America. In crowded cities, where the
atmosphere Is contaminated with the emu~fa IN
sep,rable from large populations; In marsny
regions, where the soggy soil reeks with miasma !
on the prairies and in the forests whore every fa
the air is tainted with exhalations from rottirg
weeds and grasses, or decomposipg leaves-in
short in every locality where malaria exists, this
powerful vegetable antIdote is urgently needed.
Fever and ague, bilious fevers, dysentery' cop)es
ton Of the liver, jaundice, rheumatism, ana al
diseases which are generated By infected air. Inn
pure water, or sudden changes Of temperature
may be averted by strengthening the system IN
advance with Hostetters Bitters. Autufnn 10 a.
vsys season Of peril, especially to weak, suscept
ibls oroariyations. Even the more vigorous are
ART IN be In some nieasirs depressed By the humid
atmosphere, loaded with deletetious gases pro-
duced by vegetable decay the faLi l ps.iSsG s =,
living machine is peculiarly important, and the
Bi,tefs should therefore be taken daily NJ TINS
critical season.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Exciting Scene in a Menagerle.

A terrible scene took place in Man.
ders' Menagerie, at Whitby, in England,
on Sept. ia, There were several hun
dred people in the show when heart
rending cries, as from one in mortal
agony, went through Tie air. A panic
ensued. The people, terribly excited,
ran en- nasse to the narrow outlet, and
endeavored to escape by other means.
A cry was raised outside thnt one OF
the beasts had burst through the BARS
of its cage, and the excitement amohg
the crowd without was scarcely less in
tense than that within. In the rush to
the door many psople, particularly the
weaker sex, were injured, and the con.
fusion was increased frcrn the circum-
stance of a couple of camels blocking
up the doorway. Meanwhile the cries
continued, aud it was discovered that q
poor boy named Langley was the VIC
tim of the viciousness of big tiger
placed alongside another ,ne*t to tile
cage containing the lion that worried
to death poor Mccarthy, the ion-tamer,
at Bolton last year. The tiger was in
furiated, and was making strenuous eff
forts to draw the lad through thu bars
of the cage. The beast growled fright
fully, and what with the pitiful cries of
the boy, the shouts of the men, and the
screams OF half-fainting women, the
scene was one of the most terrible de-
scriptiop. Some men ran for hot irons,
while others beat the beast with thsir
sticks and umbrellas, and did all they
could to draw the brute from its help
less victim. Ultimately, after severe
the animal relinquished its
prey, and the boy, helpless and faint
loss of blood from the injuries
he had received, was borne away
the crowd. His wounds, upon
being dressed, appeared TO be Of q Sc
rious nature, though they are not like
ly to prove fatal. The brute seems to
have caught it's victim just below, the
elbow, and tore deep lump OF flesh
right down the foreafn to the wrist.
There 10 also deep cash in the palm
Of the left hand, from which the hemor-
rhage is great. The patient lies in
great pain, and it is feared that he will
not recover the perfect use of his arm.
One of the keepers has also been se-
serely injured. He was struck by one
Of the elephants, and his ribs were
in. The man was taken to the
in helpless condition.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
fbeni and NSM.

While there is much instruction III
this resurrection OF d dead past, says
the New York Herald, and some points
of similitude in the general conse-
quences produced in 1897 and 1857 with
those now current, there is more of en-
couragement and confidence in COM
pairing the different conditions existing
in this teat Of grace 1873, this latest
historic epoch in the world Of finance.
In 1887 we we're dependent Upon Europe
for o1ir supply Of hteadstuffs; now
Europe looks to DIS for both breadstuffs,
and, in spite of all experiments, full
supply Of cotton. In 1887 we had q
currency depending wholly upon the
credit Of individual corporations, elias
tic, it is true, but too much 30 for the
security it offered as permitting unlim-
tied expansion, the real CURRENCY Of the
country, gold, being locked up in the
vaults of the Treasury as surplus rev.
enue. What wonder the infant giant
grew weak and staggered under such q
regimen.
In 1857 the same evil of an unlimited
paper circulation upon limited gold
basis brought about crash in CONNER
cial values, over-stimulsted by redun-
dant bank issues which the banks we're
unable to redeem. Europe shared in
this teSrtlsioh Though excessive specu-
lation, and in reality suffered morethan
our new country,
How changed all this now Our cur
rency ($7OO, 600, ,OO0), uniformly resting
upon the credit of the country, one
half in direct legal tender notes Of the
United States, the other half national
bank notes, SECURED by the deposit in
the United States Treasury of bonds of
the United States, the property of the
banks. In the matter of breadstuffs
and cotton we control the markets of
Europe owing to the fhort crop there.
Our imports and exports for the last
year show gradual reverse movement
in trade, the former being. below and
the latter above the respective amounts
of the previous year. Iron is just en-
tering into our commerce as an article
of export, inspiring full expectation
that it will ere long turn this balance in
our favor.
Such are some of the great results
we have achieved since 1857, and in the
expefiehce Of the past week, an e1peri-
ence that has also its lesson for us, we
find how much we have gained, and,
while stimulated to 60 forward and COM
plete the work of bringing confidence
into monetary dealings, which we lost
wheti we substituted the complete se-
curityof the national credit for that OF
mere local corporotions, we may be
proud of the record, that in all this
great revulsion in Wall street, there has
not been one banking or commercial
failure caused by insolvency. The
banks, instead of precipitating disaster
as in former periods of financial dis
tress, have stood firmly in the breach
occasioned by the smash-up of some
weak railroad enterprises.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Romance of a Young Man.

Not long ago, young man of Spring
field, Mass, had most favorable op-
portunity to enter business house in
his State, at large increase over his
present salary, with prospect of soon
getting place in the firm. His recon-
mendations were frst-class, and the
officers of the institution were decided
ly pleased with his appearance. They,
however, made him no proposals, nor
did they state their favorable impress
sions. A gentleman was requested to
ascertain where tho young man spent
his evenings, and what class of young
men were his associates. 1t was found
that he spent several nights of the week
in a billiard room, and on Sunday
afternoon drove hired span into the
country, with three other young bloods.
He is wondering why he didn't hear
from the house concerning that coveted
position.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
A Meeting at sea.

There was a curi6ds stats of affairs
on board the ship Sea Witch, Capt.
Baker, which sailed from Liverpool on
the 26th of August for New York. Fair
ly out at sea, Peter Lee and William
Hartigan assumed the leadership of the
sailors, who styled these the forecastle
lawyers. Under their direction the
crew revolted on the 4th Of September.
There was constant reign of terror
the rest of the voyage. Capt. Baker
and his mates were compelled to set the
sails and perform the most menial du.
ties. Such of the sailors as opposed
the munity were obliged to join it to
save their lives. The crew were arrest
ed in New York harobr and sent to
prison,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30

LET Us CONSIDER. Since the intro
duction of distilled spirits in the Six
teenth Century; they have been habitu-
ally prescribed as remedies. We know
that alcohol, in all its forms, is pernt-
cious to health. Knotoing these things
and that under the system Of treatment
which includes their use, the mortality
among the sick is, and ever has been,
enormous, Is 1t not worth while to try
the effect of remedy which combines
in their highest excellence the Qualities
of a Tonic, an Alternative and Regula-
tor contains no mineral bane or muir
derous alkaloid or alcoholic po.con |;
does its curative Office without pain and
with uniform certainty? DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BrrTERs fulfills all these con-
ditions, and is now effecting the most
extraordinary cures in cases where every
specific" Of the faculty has ignomin-
iously failed. Consider, in view OF
these facts, whether any sick person is
justified by reason and common sense
in declining to test the virtues OF this
undefled and irresistible remedy
Gt13,1
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Rational HOrse.ShOeing.

Foot-lameness in horses is an evil 80
common, and against which tie horse
owner struggles so Intellectually, that
the W ,rld is waiting for some one who
will teach q more excellent way of nail
ing iron to the organic structure of the
animal, to increase his usefulness with
out destroying his powers of action.
It is claimed that this desired result
is obtained by the shoe, and the sys-
tenn of applying it, invented by Mr..
Goodenough, which has been in use in
some parts of this country and Europe
for several years. The object OF this
system is to protect the hoof from
wearing away by attrition, but at the
same time to, allow to the horse its
natural use and action. The motto of
this system is, "No frog, no foot; no
foot, no horse" saying abundantly
significant, and evidently the keynote
to the whole method. From his first to
his last page, "Wildair" enforces the
truth, that without the action OF the
frog on the ground there can be no
healthful condition of the foot. We
cannot do better, perhaps, than to
quote from page II of the book on this
point:
"The world is for the most part Cn
horse-shoeing) just where it was a
thousand years ago, possibly worse OH,
for the original purpose Of shoeing was
only to protect the foot from attrition
or chipping, and but little iron was
used; but, as the utility Of the opera
tion became apparent, the smith bold
ly took the responsibility of altering
the form of the hoof to suit his own un-
reasoning views, cutting away, as su-
perfuous, the sole and bars, pairing the
frog to shapely smoothness, and then
mailing on broad. heavy piece OF iron,
covering not only the wall, but q por-
ton of the sole also, thus putting it ont
of the power of the horse to take ma
tural, elastic step.
In short time the hoof, embraced
by the sole and bars, begins to contract,
the action of the frog upon the ground.
which in the natural foot is three-fold,
acting as q cushion to receive the force
of the blow, and thus relieve the nerves
and joints of the leg from ooncussion,
opening and expanding the hoof by its
upward pressure, quickening the cir
culation, and thereby stimulating the
natural secretions-this all-important
part of the organization, without which
there is no foot and no horse, becomes
hard, dry, and useless. Then follows
the whole train of direful conse'
Quences.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30
Matipr fin Lost Time.

1t il such taelancHol5 dp-hill busi::
ness, this working to make up for lost
time or lost labor or paying olddebts !
The ground does not seem to slip from
under our feet; and like q horse in q
sawmill. or Jerome Ravel with his ia
nous ladder, we can't imagine how with
all our effort we don't get on. "Jack,
said sailor watching militia compa-
ny, witch he'd halted and was marking
time" to the music, "seet1s to me there
must be an awful strong tide runnin' /,
for them poor fellows has been tourpin
there this half-h6ut; and. they haint got
ahead q foot yet!' That's itS Spfeoiselyl
The poor fellow with old scores to clear
warps and warps, but the current is ter
ribly strong against him, and well for
him if he goes upstream instead OF
down.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30

DEATH OF SIR EDWIN LANDsKER.-
The cable announces the death OF this
distinguished painter. He was the
third son of Mr.. John Landseer, an
artist of note in his day. Sir Edwin
was born in 1902. and in early man
hood became we'll known throughout
England, and only few years later
was well-renowned as q painter and
sculptor. His most prominent work in
the latter art is the group of lions at
the Nelson monument, Trafalgar square,
London, which are the subjects Of imi
tation in all countries, and in every
kind Of plastic material.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-10-30

WROUGHT IRON SToRY.-The story of
the shipment of one hundred tons OF
wrought iron from New York to Liver
pool, to be sold at a ptofit for less
price than the corresponding quality OF
English make, turns out to be myth.
An order for one hundred tons was So
icited by the agent of an American
house in New York city: A Liverpool
firm sent an order for that quantity
but the American house could not gil it
without loss, and there the matter ap-
pears to have ended.
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CHAPpED HANDS, face, rough skin, pitn1
ples. ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutaneous
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUNrpER TAR Soar, made
bv CAswELL. HAZARD d Co., New York. Be
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made by
us. as there are many limitations made with
common tar which are worthless.-Com.