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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08
Hank,s Trunk Story.

Hank Monk, the stage driver who gave
Horace Greeley his memorable mountain
ride, in common with all his tribe, hates
the sight of those ponderous specimens OF
architecture in the trunk line known as the
+" Saratoga baudbox." He likes a ''Sarato-
ga" about as we'll as cat likes hot soup.
He now drives on the stage line between
Carson City and Lake Tahoe. He was
driving on the same line last summer. A
Virginia lady who was stopping at the Glen
brook House had "Saratoga" at Carson
which she wished brought up to the Lake.
1t was about as long and wide as o first
class spring mattress, and seven or eight feet
high. The lady had managed to get it as
far as Carson by rail, but the trouble was
to get it up into the mountains. Hank had
promised two or three times to bring it up
"next trip" but always arrived without it.
At last Hank drove up one evening, and as
usual the lady came out upon the verandah
to ask if he had brought her trunk. Like
the great, good man, George Washington,
Hank cannot tell a lie, and SO he said !: ''No,
ma'am haven't brought it, but l think
some of it will be up in the next stage"
"Some of it p cried the lady.
eyes maybe half of it, or such mat
ter'
"Half of itp' groaned the Mortified own
er of the Saratoga"
Yes; half tomorrow, and the rest next
day OF the day after"
"Why, how in the name of common sense
can they bring half Of it ?"
"Well, when left them they were saw
ing it in two, and"
"Sawing it in two p Saving n,y trunk in
two?"
THAT was what 1 said," coolly answer
ed Hank. ''Two men, with a big cross cut
saw, were working down through it-about
in the middle, think"
"Sawing my trunk in two? and all my
best clothes in it Saving it in the middle
God help the man that saws my trunk p
And in towering passion, she rushed in
doors, threatening the hotel, the stage line,
the rail road company, the town of Carson,
and the State of Nevada with suits for dam
ages. 1t was in vain that she was assured
that there was no truth in the story of the
sawing-that Monk was great joker, She
could not be made to believe but that her
trunk had been sawed in two until it had
arrived intact and she had examined its
contents most thoroughly.
Hanks Saratoga" joke is still remem-
bered and told at the Glenbrook House, but
the ladies see no fun in the yarn.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08
KEARNEY'S EXT. BUCHU
For Stone in the Bladder, Calculus Gravel or
Brickdnst Deposit and Mucous or Milky Dlscharg-
and Diseases of the Prostate Gland.
Ke0rneu's Ect. Balchas

Habits of Dissipation, Etc, in all their stages, at
little expense, little or no change in diet no in
convenience, and no exposure. 1t causes fire.
quent DESIRE and gives strength to Urnate
thereby removing DISTINCTIONS, Preventing and
Curing Structures OF the Urethra, Alaying Pain
and inflammation, and expelling all Poisonous
matter. -
Used by persons in the decline or change of
life; after confinement or labor pains, bed-wet-
ting in children, etc. ~
Prof. Steele says: Zone bottle of Kearney's
Extract Buchu is worth more than all other Bu-
chus combined"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

CB- "oh gracious, no p exclaimed Mrs.
Marrowfat to Mrs. Quoggs, raising her
hands and speaking in very excited tone.
She was so i'll when her new bonnet came
home that she conldn't get up but dear
sakes Jane, that didn't matter nothing,
for she just put the hat on, and lay with
her head out the front window the whole
afternoon"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

GB- A small boy telling his 'pals" how
he came to be detected stealing apples in
grocery store, proceeded thus: "Well, I
didn't care so burned much about bein'
seen, but the clerk was cross-eyed, an l
thought he was watchin' a dorg fight cross
the street, but he was lookin' square unto
me, an he helped me clean into the gut
terr'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

eag- Some Chicago visitors went into a
saloon in Cleveland, kept by German wo-
man, and called for whislxey. She told
them she couldn't sell any, and then whis-
pered confdentially to one of them Ven
you wants viskey you must call for vine and
pinch NIT your eye
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

GB- An Irishman found government
blanket recently, and rolling it up put it
under his arm and walked off, saying
'Yis, that's moine-U for Patrick and s
for M Carly ; be me sowl, but this learnin'
is foine thing. as me fayther would say,
for il hadn't an eddiCation wouldn't
have been afther flndin' me blanket
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

GB- The New Orleans Picayune recently
contained the following notice: "The boy
who came into this Office yesterday, sat
down on a box, and then bounded up with
yell and fled like one bewitched, is re-
quested to return four long brass tacks that
were standing on the box when he took his
seat No questions will be asked"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

Gss Some one was demonstrating with
Clarke, the actor about his profanity, and
quoted the scriptural injunction, "Swear
not at ALL" don't said Clarke Il only
swear at those who offend me-.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

BB-" Haven't right to be saucy if
pleaseP' asked a young lady of an old
bachelor. Yes, if you please but not, if
you displease," was the answer.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08

Dg- Sam. Bowles, amateur farmer, pared
his potatoes before planting them. He
thinks that raising them pared will save
great deal of time to the cooks
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08
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August IS, 1874 SGT.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-09-08
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N. B.--We have speciality OF Garden Growth
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Our Teas are putup ia One Pound Packages
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be particular to address the President Of the
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We are compelled to request this, as other
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August 1S74-l0t
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
The Campaign Begun.

We suppose that speaker Lees address
to the house on its adjournment may be
accepted as the first speech for Elliott in
the campaign. He said:
II will now touch, gentleman, upon
subject which demands your close and
undivided attention. 1t is that of reform
None of us can but acknowledge that a
change of things is absolutely and im-
peratively necessary for the. preservation
of our institutions and stability of our
government. We must have an honest
and economical government in the future.
For six years have we been apprentices,
and moaof 1t IS time that zee should assume
the role of master. During the past six
years, experience has taught us many
bitter lessons-lessons that We shall never
forget; and in the future, which looms
up before US, many occasions will occur
when the application Of these lessons
will assist us most materially"
To our mind the election of Elliott
would be the natural and fitting fruit of
the political growth of the last four years.
Insolent, reckless and thoroughly de-
praved, Elliott can do more than any
man living to obliterate the last spark of
hope for the success Of the experiment
of universal and unqualified suffrage.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
A MUDDLED SENATOR.

Senator SmallS exhibited moro than
his usual spitcfullness and less than his
usual cunning IN his course of opposition
to the payment of the claim for printing
the tax duplicates of 1872. In his desire
to do Mr.. Thompson an injury he OPP
posed the claim of Mr.. Price. He knew
perfectly well that his statement that
warrants for $4,000 had been issued to
Mr.. Thompson for this work was untrue,
but he persisted in the assertion even in
the face ofthe denial by the comptroller
general and Mr. Gary that any warrants
had been issued. Mr.. Thompson did
give Mr.. Smals claims to the amount of
nearly ten thousand dollars Of which Mr..
Prices was part, and was forced BY the
pressure of Mr.. Price and other cred tors
to agree to sacrifice all and more than
his profits on the work III order to get
money enough to pay his debts to those
who had assisted him to carry out his
contracts. The trenty,fre per cent
which Smolls ,cas to get was not enough
to pay all the other cormorsnts, and as
the bills were made out at fair prices, no
greater shave was possible.
The truth of the matter is that the
claim is not steal, and therefore cannot
be divided satisfactorily to the legislative
brokers. fit had been made out at the
same rate which the republican printing
company received for the same work this
year (S25, ,0O0,) it would have been paid
long ago, though neither Mr.. Thorn. son
or Mr.. Price would have got the differ
encc. Smalls, Nash & Co., would have
heen richer and the state poorer but that
is all. ~
If Mr.. Smalis had opposed all the
~
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Pantalettes.

The St. Louis Republican has a lady
correspondent in New York, who writes
as follows: "Then we have low cut
shoes with fancy stockings, and oh an
other sweet thing, Pantalettes. You
can show 'em in the Spring. There's SO
many muddy places. They must be wide,
elaborately trimmed with lace, frills and
embroidery, and reach the ankle. They
are touching, and when worn with
thin and queer foot handles, very be.
coming. To be sure the irreverent youth
who enjoyed the privilege of taking me
to the charity hall, beheld these panta-
lcttes for. the first time beneath the
raised train of a belle. He rushed
forward, and in the most mysterious and
anxious manner, whispered to her she
was losing 'em off, NJ words can de-
scribe the look she rewarded him with.
Poor dear, he fell back dlscomffited, end
and let two or three couples pass him,
when he exclaimed why. they arc all
losing 'em off, and that's the effect Of
the pantalettes.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26

has paid with the same pertinacity with
which he has or posed this just claim, the
state would have saved hundreds of
thousands OF dollars; but Mr.. Smalls
would not have been able to add acre to
acre, and house to house, keep race
horses for his pleasure, and drive about
Beaufort in his elegant barouche, while
honest men toll to pay the taxes out Of
which he is able to extract the means to
support such outlays. The debate in
the senate will be found in an extract
from the Uuion- Herald in another colum.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Acid Phosphate and Cotton Seed Com.

Believing phosphate of lime in a solu-
bic form, combined with a certain amount
Of ammonia to be the best commercial
fertilizers we could use, I have tcen for
q number of years, making the pure dis
solved bone the basis of the fertilizers
used by me, and when the articles have
been pure, they have given me entire
satisfaction.
In noticing the analyses Of the Charles
ton phosphatcs given by Prof. Holmes,
and others, l found those pho3phatcs
give as great percentage, and in some
cases greater than pure bone. [ conclud-
cd therefore TO try them in place of
the dissolved bone, and after three
years experience. | am convinced that
they are as good, if not better than the
dissolved bone, obtained by us from the
North they are pure, free from dirt,
charcoal, plaster, &c., &c., and cost sew
cntcen dollars per ton less.
As / have been frequently asked to
give my mode of composing, using, &C.,
will give it through the columns Of
your valuable journal.
First. in composing with cotton seed,
my experience leads to believe that
seven bushels, or two hunrdred and ten
pounds cotton seed, to one hun lrcd
pounds acid phosphate, is about the right
proportion of each. To compost, lay
down five boards, % feet long, with one
board on each side, cdgcways with stakes
driven to hold them firmly. Now we
have something like the bricSlayers NOR
tar mixing board. 1t should be near
water. Measure or weigh fourteen
bushels Of cotton seed and place on the
boards; wet them well with water, stir
ring them with hoes, then empty on them
one sark, or two hundred pounds Of the
acid phosphate; mix we'll with hoes,
using more water if necessary. We have
now six hundred pounds, fair amount
Of manure for ono acre. Havc a close
ren to throw il in and repeat as often rs
required until enough has been COM
rostcd, then cover over to shield from
excessive rains; in about six weeks it
will be ready for use. This is ore of the
very best and cheapest fertilizers now
known and in use. 1t will invariably give
satisfaction when properly manipulated
and the preparation and cultivation
good. The quantity per acre can be in
creased or diminished at pleasure; it can
also be used by opening burrows early in
February, drilling in the same the cotton
seed and sowing acid phosphate on seed
and tapping one tirrow. Or take two
hundred pounds acid phosphate, one
hundred pounds Peruvian guano, mix
well, apEly to one acre. This has given
me satisfaction, yielding equal to compost
of cotton seed and acid phosphate.
I believe greater quantity of cotton
seed than given in the above formula, is
waste of ammonia. If an increase is
desired, then increase the acid phosphate
in like manner.
W. f. BARTON, IN the Rural Caro-
Rnian, March No,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
WHAT Is THOUGHT.


What is thought that so swiftly flies?
On IS bird OF air.
To speed where the riystic future lis,
And be in a moment there;
Or like the waves Of the mighty deep.
Roll backward to the past
Der the shore Of Long Ago to sws p.
Where the paris of life are cast.
Is it o vessel with outsprcad sail
That glide. e'er the waves Of Time;
And watts our hearts meath gentle gale
To far and fairer cline?
Or is it a ladder up which we go
To dwell in the cleaning skies?
Where the stars at night walk 10 and fro,
When the earth in slumber lies.
Or is ii river that onward goes
With many a curve nd sweep?
That holds 10 its bosom rs 1t flows
The flowers that round it sleep.
Or is 1t fount that upward springs
From where twas hidden long?
Till there where the shy birds plume their
wings
II finds for itself song
Not these. But thought is the eye Of the min'
That its glances send afar,
To follow the track of the laughing wind,
Or up to play with star.
'Tis chain that's bound round Long Ago,
With an end in the far unseen;
That keeps them side by side, although
There's many link between.
JULIE.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
E2r BY some means the joint resolu

E@~ BY some means the joint resolu-
ton directing the prosecution ofEx-trcas-
urer Parker was lost before being signed
by the governor. A duplicate copy was
sent to the governor regularly signed by
the president of the senate and speaker
of the house, but he referred to sign it
upon the ground that it was not received
during the session of the legislature.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Well Waited On.

There are said to be about one hun
dred and twenty-five attaches to the
General Assembly; that is an expense,
ofS23, 900 for the Senate and S2S.000 for
the House, or S5l 900 for both house.
How is that for attaches Is the State
of South Carolina not played out YETI
Union Herald.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26

sS~ The desertion of their posts by
the conservative senators and representa-
tives on Friday last, before the adjourn
ment, should be made the subject of in
dignant comment by their constituents.
The last hours of a session are often the
most critical. Men so easily tempted
from duty are unworthy of future trusts,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
Legal Advertisements.

Hereafter, all legal advertisements,
such as shcrfns, Administrators and
Referees sales and notices will be
Published in the COMMERCIAL wheth-
or paid for or nct-
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Ifyou think Of buying Sewing Machine It win
nav YOU to examine the records Of those now in
and profit by experience. The Wheeler d
Wilson stands alone as the only Light
Running Machine. using the Rotary
Hook, making Lock stitch, alike on both
sides of the fabric, sewed. All shuttle machines
waste power in drawing the shuttle back after the
stitch is formed, bringing double wear and strain
upon both machine and operator, hence while other
machines rapidly wear out the Wheeler & Will
son lasts n lifetime, and proves an economical
investment Do not believe all that Is promised by
the Cheap machines, you should require proof that
years Of use have tested their value. Money once
thrown away cannot be recovered.
Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy
terms or monthly payment taken. Old machines
put in order or received in exchange.
WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO.'S OFFICES
Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Columbus Ga.
Columbia and Charleston, s. c.
W. B. CLtyEs, Genl Agt.
Savannah, Ga.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
A GOOD BARGAIN.

Tor RSALE-A STATIONARY EN-
+ CINE, four (4) horse power-in
good order; Can be seen at my car
penter shop.
J. BRODIE.
9th and Bay street.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26
The Sorrows Of a Creditor.

The following appears in the Union-
Herald. Mr.. Barrett has the sincere
sympathy, of the editor of the CONNER
CIAL. He knows how it is himself
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-26

Communications may be addressed 10 THE PORT
Royal COMMERCIAL, Beaufort, sc.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-29
The Ballet Al st. Petersburg.

The orchestra plays the proud, pacing
music Of the polonaise we have SO eften
heard Of late, and the Polish cavaliesr,
in bronze boots, red breeches, blue and
red tunics, and tall plumsd caps, lead on
ladies in smart, short birn rr--,... an.
boots, and white-must we call them
''tights 2" The costumes OF these dancers
are exceedingly pretty, their dancing is
imitable air and pride and grace in their
carriage. The winding procession and
resounding march of the polonaise over,
eight couples dance the cracoveck to the
clinking of the cavaliers spurs, and with
thousand graceful and coquettish turns
and quirls. Then comes the mazurka,
the real, true, Polish mazurka. Who
shall describe it 7 Who can describe a
dance, and this least Of all Imagine
everything that is most graceful and most
pretty OF step and attitude; imagine brief
waltzes and short promenades, broker by
the continually recurring mazurka step,
and by dainty stamp Of the dancers
foot, and lifting now Of one arm and now
OF another. But you never will imagine
it; you must come to st. Petersburg and
see it.
1t was especially btaltiful to watch the
skill and lightness of one male dancer
named Ceschinski, and the perfect ease
and training of an old man who waved a
handkerchief in his hand as he made his
steps, and called down loud applause. lie
always ended his figure by dropping on
one knee and kissing the hem OF his part
ner's blue dress.
Twas told, and ought to have been glad
to hear it, that the very prettiest and
the most perfect of the female dancers is
the mother of seven children; but posi-
bly, my informant may merely have prac-
ticed graiuitous piece of cruelty. When,
at last, the dancers passed off the stage
there was laundering applause, and loud
cries of Bisi Bis!" They showed
themselves and went again, but still the
call continued louder than ever "Will
they come q" mo. they WON'T 'Yes,
here they arel" and on they came again,
and gave us second pleasure.
In no capital Of Europe will you hear
! and see such trained cho.usses and corps
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-29

Senator Ferry, Of Michigan, in his
able reply to Senator Carl Schurz, Of
Missouri, on the currency question,
puts the amount Of our circulating
medium eight years ago nearly twice
what it Is to-day. He says: "Were
il possible under free banking to in-
ducs all Of the home and abroad.
holders Of our outstanding $l,600,s
100000 Of bonds to deposit them
With the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and reissue them on1$l, ,44o, 900, 900
OF currency, 1t would not equal the
volume Of various forms OF circula
tion we had at the close of 1866, for
ve then had $l,57l,7s7,ooo. Now
We have about $3.50. 100000, and we
arc told that is enough"
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-29

An advertisement Of a medicine, however candid
and conscientious 1t may be, does not Always carry
conviction with 1t. The public know to their sor.
row that the boastful claims pu forth in behalf OF
many so-called remedies are literally ''delusion
an asnarc." Probably the best use the cfore, that
can be made OF the space devoted TO this notice OF
Hostetters Stomach Bitters Ia TO invite those who
read 1t ts inqaire OF the parties thai have tasted
the curative and preventive properties OF the article
what they think OF 1t. We earnestly request all
ouhters to ascertain from such Of their friends and
neighbors az have taken this standard tonic and al
raiiye as protection kgainst malarlous diseases,
or cure for indigestion, liver complaint consii.
patton, Rheumatism, nervous debility, headache.
low spirits, languor, billouFness &C.. what Hos
letters Btters has dsne for them. The l. lo t,s
aony 60 Trustworthy rs that which is he result Of
personal experience.