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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
The Lion and the Unicorn.

James 1. was the first who united the
lion and the unicorn heraldically,
adopting the latter beast from the sup
porters of the Scottish sovereigns. The
conjunction of those animals on an
ecclesiastical vestment of the period of
the Reformation must be attributed to
religious symbolism rather than to any
heraldic arrangement; the lion typify-
ing fortitude and strength, while the
unicorn is typical of fortitude and
chastity. AS such the former may have
reference to the Lord, I" the Lion OF
JUDAH" and the latter may be an en-
blem of the blessed Virgin Mary. The
tradition with regard to the unicorn,
that it never would be caught, except
by virgin, and that if its skin was de-
filed it pined away and died, is well
known. Its capture was favorite SUBJ
ject with the medieval artist. I have
before met with these animals as pow
ering for a vestment, I think, among
the inventories in Sir William. Dug
dale's History of st. Paul's. Notes
and Queries. -r T,--
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Catching the Sea Lion.

So far as I can learn, says a CORE
spondeut writing from the California
coast, the Farallon sea lions are seldom
disturbed by men seeking profit from
them. In the egging season one or two
are shot to supply oil to. the lamps Of
the eggers and occasionally one is
caught for exhibition on the main land.
How do they catch sea lion9 Well,
they lasso him; and odd as it sounds,
it is the best and probably the only
way to capture this beast. An adroit
Spaniard, to whom the lasso or reata is
like a fifth hand, orlike the trunk to the
elephant, steals up to sleeping con-
gregation, fastens his eye on the big
gest one of the lot, and, biding his
time, with the first motion of the ami
nal, with unerring skill, filings his loose
rawhide moose, and then holds on for
dear life. 1t is the weight of an OK and
the vigor of half a dozen that he has
tugging at the other end Of his rope,
and if q score of men did not stand
ready to help, and if it were not pos.
sible to take a turn Of the reata around
q solid rock, the seal would surely get
away. Moreover, they must handle the
beast tenderly, for it is easily injured.
It's skin, softened by its life in the
water, is quickly cut by the rope its
bones are easily broken; and its huge
frame, too rudely treated, may be so
hurt that the life dies out of it. AS
quickly as possible the captured sea
lion is stuffed into strong box or
cage, and here, in cell too narrow to
permit movement, it roars and yelps
in helpless fury, until it is transported
to its tank. Wild and fierce as it is, it
seems to reconcile itself to the tank
life very rapidly. If the narrow space
of its big bath-tub frets it, you do not
perceive this, for hunger is its chief
passion, and with q moderately full
stomach the animal does well in cap
tivity, of course with sufficient water.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
What Constitutes q Car Load.

Some one who has been investigating
the subject says that in general 10000
pounds is car load, which might con-
sist of 70 barrels of salt, 70 of lime, 80
of flour, 60 of whisky, 200 sacks of
-four, 6 cords of hard wood, 7 of soft,
IS to 20 head of cattle, so to 60 head of
hogs, 80 to 100 head of sheep, 6,OOO
feet of solid boards, 1900 feet of
siding, $4,000 feet of flooring, 10000
shingles, one-half less hard lumber,
one-fourth less green lumber, one-tenth
less of joists, scantling, and all other
large lumber, $40 bushels Of wheat, $50
of corn, $50 of oats, 400 of barley. 800
of fax seed, 360 of apples, 4SO of Irish
potatoes, $50 of sweet potatoes, 1000
bushels of bran. The foregoing figures
may not be exactly correct, for the rea-
SON that railroads do not exactly agree
in their rules and estimates, but it ap-
proximates so closely to the general
average that shippers VII find it great
convenience as matter of reference.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
Having O Picture Taken.

The operator is just about to with
draw the cloth. His back is toward
YOU. The index finger of his unoccu-
pied hand marks the place for the eye.
Every nerve in your body is braced for
the ordeal. The cloth is drawn, and
the noiseless and unseen fingers of the
prepared plate are picking up your
features one by one and transferring
them to its mysterious surface. What
an influence is this you are under and
which you cannot explain, which weak
ems every nerve and unloosens every
cord and muscle, and sets free upon
and over you q myriad of sensations
you never knew before. The EYE of
the camera glares upon you like the
eve of an offended and threatening
power. Prickling sensations are felt
in under your scalp, and q heat evolved
within with amazing rapidity flushes to
the surface of your body and leaves it
pierced with thousand pains. You
stare at the mark with an intensity that
threatens to obliterate your sight.
Heavens ! how slowly the time drags.
Your eyes grow weaker and weaker,
filling with water as they die out. You
know they are closing, but you cannot
help yourself. Will he never put back
that cloth? A thousand reflections
upon your appearance, on the sounds
in the street, on things irreverent and
disastrous to your composure, flood
your mind, and take such hold upon
you that you cannot shake them off.
And vet no move to restore that cloth.
He stands like statue cut from flint.
And you-Juivering from the sole OF
the foot to the crown of the head, with
eyes blinded by tears, with persplra-
ton oozing from every pore, and every
muscle strained until it seems ready
to snap and let you down upon the floor
a mass of disfgured and palpitating
flesh. He need not put up the cloth
now. The opportunity which he con-
trolled to reproduce you in perfection
is gone. It matters not now how it
looks, only that you may get away and
he at rest. You grow hysteric in your
despair. It settles down upon you like
a cloud compressing your throat within
it's grasp until your breath surges back
on your lungs as if it would rend them.
A weight is pressing upon you. You
struggle to wrench yourself free from
the dreadful oppression, and yet not
muscle of your body is in motion.
What dreadful thing is this ? You must
shrek; you The cloth is up-the
thirty seconds have expired, and you
are photographed. .-Dan6ury Ne'0s.
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The Great Wall of China. =

Seen from the Chinese side, the
Great Wall resembled a huge earthen
mound, crowned with battlements built
of brick. Everywhere it had an old and
dilapidated appearance. In some
places it had been altogether destroyed.
On the Mantchoorian side, on the other
hand, the Great Wall seemed construct
ed of bricks, resting upon a pavement
of stone. 1t is fanked by square tow
ers throughout its whole length. These
are placed at the distance of about two
bowshots, in order that the enemy may
be everywhere within range. It de-
scends into the sea in two parallel piers
or jetties, which slope so gently that
one can ascend to the top from the wa
ter flowing between them. The largest
ships may approach within two miles
of the WALL and, indeed, it is the very
place at which visitors should in future
disembark.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
Thomas Hood and His Wife.

I never was anything, dearest, till I
knew you-and I have been better, hap
pier, and a more prosperous man ever
since. Lay by that truth in lavender,
dearest, and remind me of it when I
fail. I am writing fondly and warmly ;
but net without good cause. First your
own affectionate letter, lately received 4;
next the remembrance of our dear chill.
dren, pledges-what darling ones ! of
our old familiar love; then delicious
impulse to pour out the overfowings of
my heart into yours ; and last, not
least, the knowledge that your dear
eyes will read what my hands are now
writing. Perhaps there is an after
thought that, whatever may befall me,
the wife of my bosom will have this ac-
acknowledgement of her tenderness
worth-and excellence-all that is
wifely or womanly, from my pen.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
4 New Pledge.

One feature OF the temperance revi-
val is both commendable. In certain
places pledge is now circulating
among young men by which the sign
ers bind themselves to refrain from
asking other men to drink. There is
nothing that is more absurd, in itself
considered, than the theory that man
is under obligations to pay for the
drinks consumed by his friends. No
man thinks of asking friend out to
take q social pair of boots or friendly
barrel of -four, and yet he is regarded
rs committing q breach of etiquette if
he ventures to drink without asking O
friend to drink with him. No man
would feel otherwise than insulted if IN
acquaintance asked him to accept a
friendly fifteen cent stamp, and yet he
feels himself insulted if he is not asked
to drink fifteen cents worth OF ardent
spirits. The exceeding folly OF the
custom is equaled only by the evil in
fluence which it exerts. Many man
is forced to drink by one of group OF
acquaintances when he is not in the
least thirsty, and he is thus in turn
compelled to invite them to drink n
second time with him to the detriment
not only of his purse but OF his health.
1t is not too much to say that at least
one-half of the ardent spirits consumed
in New York City is drunk by men who
do not want it, but who are compelled
by stupid and senseless custom both
to drink when invited to do 50 and to
invite others to drink with them who
had much rather not do anything of the
kind.
The pledge against " treating" ought
to produce good results. 1t commends
itself to all sensible men, and the fact
of having signed it gives them suf-
ficient excuse for ceasing to observe a
preposterous custom. The new pledge
ought to be vigorously circulated, and
the more signers that can be obtained
for 1t the more hope there will be of
putting an end to the folly of social tip.
pling.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
The Stars.

Here is a beautiful thought OF
Thomas Carlyle: "When I gaze into
the stars, they look down upon me with
pity from their serene and silent space,
like eyes glistening with tears, over the
little lot of men. Thousands OF gener-
ations all as noisy as our own, have
been swallowed up by time, and there
remains no record OF them any more,
vet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and
the Pleiades, are still shining in their
courses, clear and young as when the
shepherd first noted them from the
plain of Shinar! What shadows we are,
and what shadows we pursue |"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-04-30
An Office Holder.

We are quite serious, says an ex-
change, in recommending office.seekers
to go to Gainesville, Florida. A cor
respondent sends paragraph from the
paper published in that place, which
says: "When the Hon. L. G. Dennis
left us for his Northern trip, to be abb
sent several months, we lost in him our
Senator, county commissioner, board of
instruction, deputy marshal, deputy
sheriff, deputy county clerk, treasurer
of school funds, custodian OF county
treasuSer's books, senior councilman,
and acting mayor. Nearly all public
business was suspended until his re-
turn" -"
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Adventure with q Panther.

Nearly half century ago, when that
beautiful section of the country, now
thickly dotted with villages and i'm
proved farms, along the Nolachucky
river, in upper Tennessee, was compara'
lively wilderness, the hero OF my
story had an adventure with panther,
which have often heard him relate,
and which I shall never forget.
Immediately after nightfall he found
that he was lost in an extensive forest,
without even a path by which to find
his way out. His first impulse was to
dismount, lie down and try to rest until
morning; but with the hope that he
might be heard, he resolved to halloo,
which. to his horror, was Immediately
answered by loud, shrill cry, which
was soon repeated much nearer him,
and again in close proximity to him.
He was riding o young, but spirited
herse, and at once knew that his only
safety was to remain upon him if posi-
BILE.
The panther was now crouching before
him-the noble horse leaped furious
ly over him-the panther in turn leap
ing over both horse and rider. He gave
the horse the rein and bade him go
through the trackless forest. The
flight was rapid and inexpressibly ter
rife. and great drops of perspiration
fell from the riders brow, as he felt
the keen breeze, made by the panther
in leaping over him. Hatless, lacera:
ted and bleeding, the rider was carried
over fallen trees and young saplings,
until the bride caught over one, as it
sprang back to its place. Having no
knife to cut the rein, various attempts
were made to bend down the sapling,
or unbridle the horse with last des-
perate effort the bride was loosed, and
the horse, maddened almost to despera-
tion, again bounded forward until he
reached cleared field, and having been
trained in regiment of light horse, (of
which our hero was ColoneD he leaped
the fence and the pather gave up the
chase.
A light was seen in the distance,
which, when reached, proved to be the
abode of friend, who took the horse
and bade our hero 'go in; and upon
going into the house and seeing the
scratched and bleeding condition Of his
guest, declared that he would not have
put up his horse for all he possessed,
if he had known of his hair-breadth
escape,
The next day, after hearing of the
adventure, Mai. James Britton and
others started from Greenyille with q
pack of hounds in pursuit, and reach.
ing the locality, soon 'struck trail, and
on reaching the river beheld large
panther emerging from the water on the
opposite side, which finally made its
escape.
The adventurer, bending under the
weight of nearly four score years and
ten, now lives within IS miles Of
Athens, Ga, having survived all of ten
children but three. He worked on the
Arsenal near Richmond, Va, and has
built forty public buildings in Tennes-
see and North Carolina, and was a
member of the Georgia Legislature
during the war.
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VOL. ". NO. 80.
COnnubialitieS.

A pretty little maiden
Had a pretty little dream,
A pretty little wedding
Was the pretty little theme,
A pretty little bachelor
To win her favor tried,
And ask her how she'd like to be
His pretty little bride.
With some pretty little bushes,
And pretty little sigh,
And some pretty little glances
From. pretty little eye;
With pretty little face,
Behind a pretty little fan,
She smiled on the proposal
OF this pretty little man.
Some pretty little Gloves"
And some pretty little "dears,"
And some pretty little smiles.
And some pretty little tears;
Some pretty little presents,
And pretty little kiss,
Were some pretty little preludes
To some pretty little bliss.
This pretty little lady
And her pretty little spark
Met the pretty little parson
And his pretty little clerk,
A pretty little wedding-ring
United them for life,
A pretty little husband
And a pretty little wife.
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want to be granger and with
the granger's stand, to wear q nap
kin apron with corn cob in my
hand; an honest son of husbandry,
to drive and hold the pillow, and exc
out living by the sweat of my eye
brow. Then I'd pounce upon the
merchant and that politician horde;
for the devilment they have done
I'd pitch them over board. Then
I'd run the ship of state in this
good new fashioned way, when no
one but the farmer should have a
word to say Then I would buy.
Tor a bushel Of wheat, a silk dress
Cor my wife, and with load of corn
provisions to last for life. A penny
then would pay for a yard of calico,
and a spool of thread thrown in
at the granger store, you knw.
The president he would como and
would shake me by the hand, be.
cause | belonged to the little gran
ger baud. O, yea, Iwant to be q
granger and battle with the storm
to sit in lodge ut Greenhe3d And
hold my ear of cora
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Cincinnati whisky.

According tea lyric poet in the Cou-
rier-J Journal, Is scarcely worth pray
ing for. The genius who penned the
following would scarcely, VIC think, be
inclined TO exclaim with Cowper:-
Cincinnati, with all thy faults. | love
thy still.
They sang and they prayed round Pats sa-
doom,
In sunshine and in rain;
But tho old lsaloot was quite prayer proof,
And they sang and prayed in vain.
But al last they bTibed q chap LATHE
To give him some whisky from Cincinnati;
Some forty odd drops OF the stuff
As, weary, half asleep, he reposed;
Hut forty-oda drops were quite enough,
For IL handled the old man mighty rough,
And that saloon was closed.
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why all nevada Rivers Rum into the
Ground

Ground
The Virginia City New. Enter
prise says: 1t lis % we'll known
popularity of our .Nashoe rivers
that they all sink into the earth.
Each river empties into what is
called its sink, or lake. None Of
them get out of the State or empty
into the sea. This curious fact was
once curiously accounted for by q
queer old fellow who made his
home in the shadow of Mount Da-
wilson. Said he: The way it
come about was in this wise: The
Almighty, at the time he was cre-
attn and fashonin' this ere yearth,
got along to this section late on
Saturday evenin.' He had got
through with all the great lakes,
like Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie, and them; had made Ohio,
Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers,
and as sort of wind up, concluded
to make river that would beat
anything lie had done in that line
He started an traced out Hum
boldt River, an Truckee River, an
Carson River, an Walker River, an
all the other rivers, an He was q
leadin' of 'em along, caikelatin to
bring EN- all together into one big
boss river, an then lead that off an
let it empty into the Gulf of Mex
leo or the Gulf of California, as
might be most convenient; but as
He was bringin' down and leadin'
along His branches - Truckee,
Humboldt, Carson, Walker, an
them-all at once it came on dark,
an'.not bein' able to carry out His
plan, He just tucked the lower ends
of the several streams inter the
ground Shar they war, an they've
STAYED thar ever since
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THE PALLADIUM.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL Is. 1874.


First Presbyterian Church-Fifth
Rev. 1. NJ. Hughes, Pastor. Services
at 1920. a. IN. and 2 p. m. sabbath
School at 9 a. m.
u. p. Church-Corner Eighth and
Mulberry streets, Rev. r. Turnbull,
Pastor. Services every Sabbath at
1870 a. IN. and D. m. Sunday School
at 8 o'clock, n. m.
Pearl Street M. f. Church-Broad-
way, Pearl and Front streets. Rev.
n. Gillian, Pastor. Services at 1870
a. m. and Z D. IN. Sabbath School at
2p.m-
Grace NJ. +. Church Broadwsy
and Seventh streets. Rev. r. N. Nc
Kaig, Pastor. Services at 1920 a. m
aud D. M Sabbath School at .. IN.
Friends (Whitewater)-North OF
Depot. Services 1910 a. IN. Sabbath
School at 8 a. m. :,
Friends (Hicksites) -Broadway and
Eighth streets. Services at IL .. m.
Sabbath School at 8 a. m,
Friends (Orthodox)-Fifth street,
between Walnut and Market. Ser
vices 1920 a. m. Sabbath School at 8
n. m. Mission Sabbath School at z
p. N.
st. Paurs Episcopal Church :
Broadway and Fifth streets. Rev. j !.
B. Wakefield, Rector. Services at
1890 a. m. and Z p. m. Sabbath
School at 8 a. M.
First Baptist .Church--Eighth ST.,
between Main and Broadway. Rev.
Pastor. Services
at 1890 a. m. and D. m
Christian Church Iate Central)-
Rev A. J.aLaflin, Pastor. Services
at 1870 a. IN. and p. m. every Sab
bath. Sunday School at 9 a. m.
New Jerusalem Church-Corner of
Franklin and Walnut. Services at
1870 a. IN. and 2:30 p. N.
St. PauPs Lutheran Church-South
Franklin street. Rev. Wickemeyer.
Pastor Services at 10 a. m. and : p.
m. Sabbath School at 2 p. IN. !
German Luthuran Church-South
Front street. Rev. Lowenstein, Pas
tor. Services at 10 a. IN. and p. m.
Sabbath School at p. m.
ST. Andrews Catholic Church
South Pearl street. Rev Father
-Hundt Mass q. m, High Mass 10
a. m. Sunday School at p. m. Yes
pers at ! p. IN
st. Mary's Catholic Church-Cor-
lrer Franklin and Broadway. Rev.
Father Mullen Mass 8 n. M,
High Mass 10 a. m. Sunday School
at p. IN. Vespcrs at p. m.
african NJ f. Church-Corner Of
Market and Marion streets. Rev. j
Mitchell, Pastor. Services at 1920 a.
IN. and p. IN. Sabbath School at 2
p. m.
African Bapist Church-Corner of
Sixth and Market. Rev. Nimrod
Lewis, Pastor. Services at 1890 a. IN.
and p. m. Sabbath School at 2 p. IN.
Progressive Lyceum-Lyceum Hall
at p. III.
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NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.

STATE OF INDIANA,)
Wayne County, 81. zzes
Before Enos Thomas, Justice of the Peace,
in and for Wayne township, in said county.
William May US. Charles Quinby. At
tachment.
The defendan in the above entitled cause
is hereby notified that on the 2sth day of
April. 1874, at the Clerks Office, at the city
of Steubenyille, in the county of jefferson,
State OF Ohio. between the hours of O'Clock
a. NJ. and s O'Clock p. n. of said day, before
some officer authorized to take dispositions,
the plaintiff will proceed to take the depo-
sitiens OF witnesses to be used in evidence
on the trial of said cause, in behalf of the
plaintiff, and VIII, If necessary, continue
said taking from day to day, until said depo-
sitions are completed.
A. B. YOUNG,
March "a, 1874. Attorney for Plaintiff.
3-Sw
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STATE OF INDIANA,)

STATE OF INDIANA,)
Wayne County,
Before Enos Thomas, Justice Of the Peace,
in and for Wayne township, in said county.
william May and robert Howster VS..
George Daugherty. Attachment and Gar
nisllineEt.
The defendat in the above entitled cause
is hereby notified that on the 27th day of
April, 1874, at the Clerk office, ut the city
Steubenyiile, in the county of Jefferson,
state of Ohio, between the hours OF So'clock
A. NJ. and O'Clock L. NJ of said day, before
SOME officer authorized to take deposi tons,
sitions of witnesses to he used in evidence
on the trial of said cause in behalf of the
plaintiff. and will, If necessary, continue
said tn king from day TO day, until said depo-
sitious are completed.
A. B. YOUNG,
March q, 1871. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE IN ATTACHMENT.
STATE OF INDIANA,D

STATE OF INDLANA,)
Wayne County,
Before Enos Thomas, Justice of the Peace,
in and for Wayne township, in said county.
William May VS.. Charles Quinsby. At
tachment and punishment.
The above named defendant is hereby no.
titled that on the 2lsf day of February, 1874,
[ issued a writ of attachment and garnish-
ment, i'm the above entitled cause, and that
the hearing of said cause is set for 10 o clock
A. NJ. on the 18th day of May, 1874.
ENOS THOMAS, ]. p.
a. b. Young, Attorney for Plaintiff.
3 3w
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NOTICE IN ATTACHES r.

STATE OF INDIANA,)
Wayne County,
Before Enos Thomas, Justice of the Peace
in and for Wayne township. in said county
William May and Robert Howerter vs.
George Daughcrty. Attachment ana gar
niShnent.
The above named q PENDANT Is hereby no
titled that on the 2d day OF March, 1874, i Is
sued n writ of attachment, and also writ
of garnishment in the above entitled cause
and that the hearing of said cause Il
set forlI O'Clock 4. NJ. ON the 25th day OF
May, 1874 ENUS THOMAS, j. Z.
4. b. Young, Attorney Tor Piaintis.