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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
The Funerals OF To-Day.

Modest funerals at modest prices are
not the rule in New York, local paper
says. A prominent undertaken says
that every funeral he has had charge of
in the last few months has cost at least
S475. That sum represents only the
amount paid to himself. Metallic cas-
kets only are used in fashionable fu-
nerals, except for very old people, who
are content with wooden coffins covered
with cloth, costing 800. The caskets
range from 800 to $3.50. The last are
marvels of luxury and are furnished
with all the modern conveniences. In
a funeral, then, where sorrow can be
indulged in to the widest excess, the
casket will cost $3.50: the hearse, S12
eight carriages at 81. so each, 500 por-
ters, Sc; gloves for she pall.bearers,
porters, undertaken, and clergyman,
$50; undertaker's attention, SO; and
the opening of the grave, 81, which
makes up the total S475 that the under
taker receives. If the funeral takes
place ut church, the sexton receives
SO; there is 81 extra on each Of the
carriages, The choir in most churches
is paid. In Catholic churches the
organ, choir, and draping of the church
completely in black will be furnished
for $50. These expenses added, which
are by no means unusual, bring the cost
up to S635, and by no means includes n
number Of important items which 60
to make up q fashionable funeral. Not
the least of these is the flowers. They
arc furnished as certainly as the coffin,
forming G. very important part of what
one might call the trousseau of death.
These are, to be sure, not all furnished
by the family OF the dead, but they are
in part. A moderate basket of flowers,
such as are used on these occasions,
costs $40, ont of season and one bas-
ket of flowers is scarcely perceived in
the floral luxuriance which usually is
seen.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
VOL. ". NO. q.
Too Late.

If this love that is gliding life's summer
Had come i'll life's spring,
How my soul would have met the new conner,
With garment and ring;
With sacrifice offered in gladness,
With hope for the beautiful years
Alas from the depth of my sadness.
greet it with tears.
Too late do we stand at the altar
Too late you rejoice!
Too late do you tremble and falter
At the sound of my voice!
The hand that you hold has grown thinner,
The heart has known anguish and fears;
am yours, o victorious winner!
salute you with tears
You say that loves golden September
Is faithful and strong;
You marvel that should remember
LoTe's May-time of wrong!
The sorrow for YOU is all over;
Ny heart is prophetic in fears,
AndNeeSor your kiss as my lover,
offer my tears.
What give to the cheek in its whiteness,
Praise lost to its bloom?
What turn from the eyes in their brightness.
Aud worship their gloom?
Tie rose in it's freshness and beauty,
You crushed in your earlier years;
Will you cherish it, faded, from duty'
Ianswer with tesrs.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
PORT ROYAL, S. c., THURSDAY, APRIL g. 1874.

"Why," resumed Peter, 81 have
been doing the work OF butchers boy
for q whole week.
Mark was incredulous, but his COM
panion convinced him, and then they
separated, one going home happy and
contented, and the other going away
from home to find some sort of excite
ment in which to drown his misery.
One day Peter had basket of pro-
visions to carry to Mr.. W, his for
mer employer. He took the load upon
his arm, and just as he was entering
the yard of the customer, he met Mr..
w. coming out.
"Ah, Stanwood, is this you? asked
his old employer, kindly.
eyes sir"
"What are you up to now?"
"l'm butchers boy, sir"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
A Cruel Disappointment.

A story is told in Paris OF son OF NJ.
Bixio. This eminent man was for
short time incarcerated in the fortress
of yircennes, after the coup d'etat.
His wife, accompanied by one OF her
sons, went to see him. They dined
together in his chamber. The SON was
extremely sad and taciturn during the
dinner, and at last attracted his fathers
attention.
"Why, my dear boy, what is the mat
ter2" -, +.
Nothing, father" replied the lad OF
eleven.
"Nonsense I see something is the
matter with you. Come, tell me what
it is7
The boy blubbered, 'fWhy, pa, 1 am
so disappointed. I made sure OF see
ing You. in dungeon, chained 70 the
wall, and you amt" 2S-
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
New York City.

A correspondent writes New York
City is the entire area of m island ten
miles long and averaging one and half
in width. This island contains twenty
two square miles, or 1900 acres.
Building lots are laid 25x100 feet, and
this is the full measurement of lot,
sixteen of which are contained in an
acre. The number of building lots,
after deducting the parks, is 10000,
and more than one-half is covered with
buildings. The population is about
100000 At the close of the Revolu-
ton it was 10000, and in fifty years it
has increased 100000. Central Park
contains eight hundred and fifty acres,
and cost SlO,000,0O0. It is open to all,
but is seldom visited by any except the
rich or their servants. The tax is IN
unjust one, rs it favors n small class Of
our population at the expense of vast
number who reap no benefit from 1t.
During the year seven hundred and
forty fires have occurred, with loss esti-
mated at more than s., ZOO, 600. There
are three hundred public schools under
charge OF the Board of Education, with
an average attendance Of los, 900 schol-
ars. The cost of these schools is 49,
100000 a year. There are, it is sup
posed, one hundred establishments in
the ity where stolen goods are received,
and there are two thousand professional
thieves besides those in Office.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
4 Grand Cathedral.

A correspondent, writing from the
City Of Mexico, says: "I cannot pre-
tend to give description of the Cathe-
dral. I never saw so much gold and
silver used rs ornaments in the interior
of building in my life-solid silver
columns, ten or twelve feet high, sup
porting golden candle-sticks, surround
every altar; bronze ratings protect the
precious decorations from the cupidity
of the devout worshippers. In every
recess was an altar, at some OF which,
during my visit, ladies, georgeously at
tired. were kneeling on the bare floor
beside the filthy Indian saying mass,
and each alike dropped their fee-much
or little as the case might be-into the
golden box which the priest held out.
Paintings on the walls, gold trappings
around the sacred alcoves, and burn
ished gold and silver in great masses
behind the principal altar make the in
terror one scene of splendor."
II Il Il
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
A Rattle of Rattlesnakes.

The formation OF rattles upon the
tail of rattlesnake is curious phe.
nomenon. The notion that one IS
developed every year is incorrect.
Young ones have been known to have
six or more sometimes two OF them
appear in q single year. The skin OF
one that was six feet long, now in the
museum of the Long Island historical
society of Brooklyn, has thirteen rat
ties. DeKay cited, in 1S42, the CVa' ion
newspaper, published at Bolton, New
York, which stated that two men killed,
in three days, in the town of Bolton, at
Lake George, one thousand one hun.
dred and four rattlesnakes, some OF
which carried from fifteen to twenty
rattles. They were killed for their oil.
The same author states, on the au-
thority of the Columbian Magazine for
November, 1885, that a rattlesnake was
killed having forty-four rattles, which
seems an incredible number. The use
of the rattles is subject Of discussion.
They are evidently well developed
not rudimentel merely-and the con.
clusion is irresistible that they are OF
service to the creature. We cannot
suppose the organs which are constant
in a class of animals could have origi-
mated. if entirely unserviceable and
useless to it. Professor Aughey sug-
gests that whirring rattle is call
note by the animal to its mate. That
it was thus used on one occasion which
he was eyewitness or to paralyze its
victim with fright, or to call assistance
in danger. He says: ~ once wit
messed an attack by seven hogs on a
rattlesnake. Immediately the snake
ratified, and three others appeared; but
the hogs were victorious"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09
nIseracefuI Scenes In DAYTON.

A letter from Dayton, Ohio, says:
The crusaders marched this afternoon
in three detachments Of twenty each,
and stormed thirteen saloons on Fifth
and West Third streets. A large surbu-
lent rabble followed them from place to
place, and the turmoil at times was al
most deafening. The voices of prayer
and songs were frequently inaudible.
Ribald jests were banded about by
the outside mob with indecent loud
talk, and rough, swearing crowds OF
beer drinkers pressed into and infested
the saloons and drank rs fast as they
could, mocking the praying women
with loud b!asphemy and louder bac-
chanalian songs.
Even women joined in ribaldry, and
at once place flung out bits of bologna
and fragments of crackers among the
crusading women. who meekly bore
these CALLING insults, and persisted and
Drayed,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

WOULD Nor Goa commodore being
confined to his room by severe fit OF
the gout, some sweeps were employ
ed to sweep the chimneys of the house
next door to him, and QUE of the boys by
mistake came down in the commodore's
apartment. The boy, confused at his
mistuke. seeing the commodore in bed,
said. "Sir, my master will come for you
presently" "Will he?" said the COM
modore, leaping out of bed, II beg to
he excused for staying here any long
er, ,thqs." and Immediately ran down
az ,,ssss
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

eff naughty girl should hurt you,
like a good girl you would forgive her,
wouldn't your" Yes, marm," she re-
piled, eff 1 couldn't catch her,"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

That man is rich who has good dis
position-who is naturally kind, patient,
cheerful, hopeful, and who has o flavor
of wit and fun in his composition.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

Lazy husbands are known out West
as stove watchers.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

made out to get dinner with an old
chum, but could not find work."
"And where have you looked to-
day?'
"O-everywhere. I've been to hun
dred places, but it's the same story in
every place.-It's nothing but one
eternal no-no-no I'm sick and tired
of it."
"What have you offered to do?"
''Why, I even went so far as to tend
liquor store down town"
The wife smiled.
"Now what shall we do" uttered
Peter spasmodically.
"Why, we will eat our supper first,
and talk the matter over"
Supper! Have you got any?"
"Yes-plenty of it,"
"But you told me you had rone."
"Neither had we this morning, but
I've been after work to day, and f6lln1
some" :
"You been after work ?" u
husband in surprise.
eyes"
"But how-where-what?"
"Why, first went to Mrs. s
knew her girl was sick and I
might have work to be don
to her and told her my storJ
set me at work at once doing
ing. She gave me food to bri
to my children, and paid me th
linPs when l got through"
"What-you been washing
butchers wife?' said Peter.
very much surprised.
StOf oourca boya opJ boua.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-09

"Grange" is French word, and
means O barn.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-08-27
SHORTS.

The fashion OF parting peoples
names IN the middle is sometimes a
little inconvenient. A young lady
saw A. Devon Bull mentioned IN q
paper and wanted TO know who be
was.
eyes, sir" said Michigan 4th OF
July Orator, "Putnsm went right in
TO the VOLTS den, dragged her out
and the independence of America
was secured"
The Moulton Appsnoose Co. Re.
cord esys: "The n Tsior:ty which this
cour:y vii Civ ivr Judge Sampson
will be q warning to certain sorehesd
Republicans not TO sell out TO Gen.
Duane Wilson. The sale is mace
now let's see the delivery"
Ii is predic:e ], as one Of the posi-
BILE pi actical uses OF balloons, thst
the time vii coms SheG mechanics
who lave 70 work on churchlspiresand
tall buildings, will DO IT by mears OF
Dal,oo9s, 1nsteao VI "'' SS'"ee
scaffolding now in use.
A youog man who epjoys.ths sob.
riquet Of 'Frsok, in parting with y
young lady the other night, endeay-
ored to impress bis customary kiss,
when she forcibly pushed back his
head, and said, "Eo, sir, you don't
the franhing privilege is abolished. /"
A porter on one Of the Pullmsn
sleeping ears runniag on the New
Haven road was asked by q rustic.
looking passenger in shirt sleeves il
he had nail handy. He said be
found splsce for bis coat but wanted
q nail TO hang up bis pants. The
porter tainted dead.
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Resisting the Evil One.

At camp. meeting, not long ago,
q man clad in thin linen suit seated
himself on one of the rickety benches
beside fat man who occupied full
One-third OF the concern.
When the services were ended
the fat man arose, and the gentleman
in thin linen suddenly began twisting
around in surprising manner, while
his countenance was significant Of
mortal anguish.
His actions attracted the attention
Of some Of the brethren, and one Of
them, q solemn.yissged individual,
who looked as though he had just
swallowed a pill, approached the
writhing body, and laid his hand on
the mans shoulder, and SAID
"Brother, if you are resisting the
promptings of the Evil One, strive
manfully, and you will triumphat last.
Remember, Jacob wrestled with the
angel, and"
81 dunno but he did," interrupted
the sgonized man, "but if Jacob had
the seat of his trowers and little bit
Of his meat caught in condemned
crack he wouldn't feel like rasliDg'
with an angel or any other critter.'
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THE MOTIVE.
I FTOm.SigOurney News |

We learn from reliable source
that before Carleton, of the Stand
ard, would consent to do battle for
Gates as a candidate for Congress
he first exacted from him a promise
that he should have some position
equal in salary to the Oskaloosa
post office. This accounts for the
unscrupulous lying about Sampson
which fills that sheet, and the people
will understand the mercenary mo-
tive that prompts it. But Gates had
better watch his man, and see to il
that no one augments the thirty
pieces Of silver with which he bought
his editorial Judas. An editor who
could lick the dust from the feet Of
Loughridge with a relish when the
vision Of a post office was before him,
aud then 30 soon as that vision faded
thrust his editorial poniard into the
y:tals OF the man at whose heels he
had trotted like lousy spaniel, is
capable Of concocting even worse
falsehoods than have yet appeared
in the Standurd In connection with
the Congressional contest in this
District.
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LET OFFICE SEEK THE MAN.
The Anti-monop Candidate for consrsss
In First District, Leroy @. Palmer,
From BnrIingto a naNkeYe.l /

From Darlington Hawkeyel
He is lawy or of moderate ability,
In Mt. Pleasant, and IA brother of
illinois greatest political summer
sault'st, ex-GOv. Palmer. AS re-
CARDS the political anteoedents of
Leroy We again clip from the Hack
eye by which it will be seen how
office has sought this Anti monop
candidate; ale has been a resident
OF MT. Peasant for 27 years, aud
during his residence in Iowa b d has
been an active politician, and every
political party that has been organ
'zed N tnis country sipoe Palmer ar
rhed at his majority has heard his
rap upon its door aud his shuffling
walk upon ,ts kitchen floor hunting
for crumbs. In 1861 he was sen, to
the State Senate b" the Republicans
for Henry county, and after serving
his time out he was ki ndly excused.
He was a candidate for re nomination
but was defeated by Hon. Il. W.
WoOlsoH. Alter this Palmer became
completely disgusted with parties,
and he i;"mediaiely went into tho
reform business, and, from t1at
time dove to the present, Palmer
has been I'm independent candidate
at almost every electiOn-sl ways a.
nOuncing himself IL man abOv,
parties, too pure and too good to act
with any party, but willing to ac-
oept votes from men who were not
pure and righteous. In 1866 he an
nounced himself AS All independent
candidate for district attorney against
Judge Tracy, who was then a candi-
date OH the Republican ticket for
that position. In 1868 he announced
himself AZ an independent candidate
for State Senate" against the Repub-
lican nominee, Hon. John West, and
again he WAS sent whirling over the
rough and rugged road of defeat.
But, not discouraged, he turned up
the next year as an Independent
candidate for Judge against Judge
Tracy, who was ,hen the Republican
candidate, but the people again fail
ed TO see his superior qualifications
and fitness for place of trust, and
they set him down amid the ashes of
defeat to muse over the ways Of an
unappreciative public. But 1869
found Palmer out AS an Independent
candidate Tor Representative against
Hon. j. w. Satterth waite the Re
publican nominee. and when the
votes were counted out Palmer was
counted out too, and he retired to
his law office, and did not again en-
ter the political arena until 1871,
when he again announced himself as
al Independent candidate for Rep
resentative against the Republican
nominee, HOn. J. G.. Newbold and
as usual he was defeated
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Would you believe il 2

A circular directed TO the agent of
Appleton's New Cyclopadia at Bar
lington informs him that the second
volume of that work has been "call-
ed in" owing TO serious error in
the autobiography Of III. w. b., and
directing the agent to collect that
volume from all who bought the
work, and return it TO New York-to
be replaced without extra charge to
the buyer. Appleton Gays in q j.
s.. 'The autobiography of the
great man is lacking in many psrtic-
ulars. The fellow who wrote it was
not up with the times he has been
discharged. K. N. or T. L. will for-
nish revised autobiography Of ID.
w. up TO the present time"
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WASH-DAY.
BY OIL We STEVENS BROWN.

BY OIL We STEVENS BROWN.
We's fany'n out our wash'n,
Don't you see our teenty Ines?
The shoeSt ing one is Biro.e's,
The other Oae IS mine.
We ale 8 wash OF Mooday,
Cause gran'ma alless does
AID the coolest way TO housekeep
guess our gran'ma knows.
We've got teenty washboard,
And cunnin' little tub,
does most all the rirs'n,
Cause Bride loves to rub.
l tell yoI she pes soap Oh
Most more then B-idget does
To do & great, big wash'n:
But Bridget never knows.
Shed scoid us more thar fifty
lfsbe snould fip6 it out
Bet we's gen'al'y pretty quiet,
And ,e don't know what we's bout
ETarma't come and see us,
s)ect sne'd scold some more,
'Carse we've wetted up our sashes,
And stopped the pa IL y floor.
We've c-i19'ed NJ our fingers
TIL trey ,ook as gren'ma's do.
Ald FL de stopped some sos psuds
Right on my new blue snoe.
We SET it IL The oven
guess it'll dry re ut soon.
There, we We done this d eat big " esh' n
Ard hung it out fore nooa.
-Youths Companion.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST TCHURCu.-Eev. j. F. Childs, Pas
tor services at 10Y u. m, and ~ D. m. sun
dsy schools ga. m. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
Z. CHURCH-Rev. c. b. CLARK, Pastor.
Services at l0k q. m, and p. m. sunday
School, p. m. Prayer meetings, Thursday eve
SIMPSON CHARGE-(M. E.) Rev. C: L. Stat
ford Pastor. Services at l0h a. m, and D. m =.
Sunday school att D. m. Prayer Meetings Thurs-
uIy ICyoNGREGATIoNAL CHURCH.-Rev. j.. Z.
sno-vden Pastor. services at 10Y a. m. sPo .zei p
M sunday school at 12h p. m aver
meetings. thursday evenings. cn.r
Fi6S' PaESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SnoS
OF n4l,ison and Monroe Streets. II. .. 80
erase Pastor. Regular services at IL n "
6Hp. m Sunday School ~ a. m.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN oi' '0-i.
No pastor. c.,.ovs
Ep. SCoPAL CHURCH. Scr zee en- sunaays 1aayy
al ]" 90 a. m. ard 1880 p IN. aiui Tsnes Allen
m 81 .day school at lz'lo p ih
ReCi.r. ,
.UNIyERsALISTSoClE ET1.-No regu ei'i
ces Sabbath school st p III.
CuRIsTIAN CHURCH. - Elder b. W;
Johnsop Pastor. Services al Ioh .. a,;nn o..
In. m. Sunday School 211p. N. Prayer mee'ins'
Thursday evening.
II. p. CHURCH.-Rev. A. mShyse,,
Pastor. Services 1Oh a. IN. and p m. ounua' nnn1
school 9h a. IN. Prayer meeting Inursu's '''A
ings, at Z p. N. , n,
SECOND M. Z. CHURCH (Coloredl..Rfee,v;;
Pastor. Services every SaDDath ~ i0n
an. Sunday School at 81 p. m.
FRIENDS MEETING.-Corner OF monroe anu
High streets. On let and 4th days OF the MeeH; "
10 a. m; on 1st day at p. m. SabDath o.hoo' s iA
mediately after services on lst day morhihP'
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a Oood Cure.

The coolest man has been dis
covered at Burlington. A funeral
was in progress. Just as the coffin
was being lowered into the grave
young man stepped out from the
crowd OF mourners, deliberately
opened q penknife, clipped splin-
ter from the pine box ia which the
coffin was encased, and cody pro-
ceeded 70 wh'ttle out toothpick.
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100. r.
NfAHASKA LODGE, NO. 10, ]. o. o.
wi REGULAR MEETING, SATURDAY
evening of each week. Brethren visiting the city
are invited 10 meet with US. -
W. B. ISGELs, Sec. nla
COMMERCIAL LODGE, No. l2s, 10. .. r.
meets in the third story of No. q, nion
Blocd every "Wednesday evening. Brothers visit
ing the city are invited to meet with ue.
CHAS. BI.ATTNER, n. g.
FRANK KELLY, Secy. ..
TUSCALOOSA ENCAMPMEST, No. 13, 1. o..
" 0. F., meets let and Sd Monday nights in
each month. HAM DUNE, Y. +.
A FRHLIS GER, Scribe
DEACON LODGE, No. 2G4, l. o. o. F., meets
d every Saturday night. Whiting brethren
invited. - =. -
:. Il. JoSFs, Sec'y.
odd FELLOWS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA-
" FION oIOskaloosa, meets regularly every
d Thursday In each mouth. The Brothers are.
invited 70 meet ID. SHRIVER, Prest.
z. BACH, Sec'y.
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On Friday night q young somnsm-
bulist, in the shape of son Of law
yer, residing in the Third Ward, was
completely cured of the disease. He
went into the room where the hired
girl was sleeping, and she got out OF
bed and knocked him down with 3
chair. The moral is obvious.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-08-27

Encouraging. The Leading bust
ness papers of New York say that st
no time since the outbreak Of the
war has the mercantile Indebtedness
Of the country been so small Is now.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-08-27

Colonel s. G. Faulkner, one of the
Oldest citizens Of Arkansas. died yes
terdsy ct Little Rock, in his fist
year. he was the author Of the f.
mons "Ayksnsss TrsYslsr.n