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FOR SALE.

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-09
NITURE
Changers Own Terms

The subscribers hAvir: the isst rc. montas fnly
tested ths tie "imbe sxpence will pay. propose as
there ~ sp-s factory nearly every article In the r
niure Inc and they buy from arst hand, only and Tor
cash, and ls gc discount OF from five TO ten per cent
sei goods or the next SIX months Of wholesale dealers
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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
A Temperance Turnout.

In response to the appeal of the
Woman's Temperance Association Of
Hinsboro, Ohio, to the women of High
land County, that village, says letter,
was the scene of the most gigantic tenn
perance demonstration probably ever
witnessed in Ohio. Early in the fore
noon the crowd began to pour in, in
buggies, in wagons, in expresses,
sleighs, jumpers, and sleds; on horse
back and by cars. They streamed in on
every street until the town was swarm
ing, seeming to be overAowing with the
mass of vehicles, horses, and human
beings.
Never since war times had 80 many
persons congregated on our streets.
The sleighing was excellent. It was a
pleasant day. Everything was favor
able, and everybody happy except the
"whisky men," About eleven O'Clock
the multitude made its way to the Pres
byterian church, where stirring meet
ing was held and severalspeeches made,
among them one by Van Pelt, Of Wen
ma, once the wickedest man in Ohio, "
now an effective worker for the temper
ance cause. The visitors were conduct
ed to bounteous lunch prepared by
the women of Hillsboro in the base
ment OF the church, to which ample and
summary justice was done. At half
past one p. N. the town hall was filled,
crammed, and jammed for further ex'
ercises. Van Pelt claims that the
women have adopted the right plan, and
that they cannot fail if they persevere.
He said he could stand as much as any
other man, but the prayers of the wo'
men were too much for him.
In Logan, Ohio, fcrty-six ladies ap-
peared in the streets and began their
work upon the saloons. In the after
noon their number was increased tt
eighty, and their success was quite en-.
couraging for the first day. All the
druggists signed the druggists pledge
at once, and some inroads have been
made upon the Glow places"
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
A New HAMPSHIRE Hero.

There is true hero living at North
Boscawen, N. H., and his name is
Jonathan Plummer. 1t will be remem-
bered that in the summer Of 1871 an
old building at that place suddenly
settled, and one corner of it swayed
over on the railroad track. The pas
senger train was due in few minutes,
and this Mr.. Plummer, q young and ac-
tive trackman, discovering the danger,
promptly seized an axe and cut of q
post OF the building in order to swing
the structure from the track. He ac-
complished his purpose, and endeavored
to leap from his dangerous position,
but was crushed and mangled in the
ruins. In a moment the train, behind
time, swept by with its passengers in
safety. The brave section man was
found to have been terribly injured In
his spinal column and lower limbs, and
to this day has never been able to leave
his bed. The railroad company has
furnished cottage at North Boscawen
for himself and wife, and continue him
at half pay upon the section-roll. MIR.
Plummer is free from pain only q
small part Of the time, but in his mis-
fortune he exhibits o patience and
cheerfulness that stamp him with the
highest nobility Boston Journal
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Stealing q Bride.

The raid against the brigands of
Thessaly by the Turkish troops seems
to be carried on with energy by Mehe-
met Ali and his subordinates, and ex-
pectations are fondly entertained of the
complete determination before long of
these interesting rufians. In the mean
time, the adventures Of the brigands
are well worth the attention of sensa-
tional novelists, who will ssldorn 6nd-~
more favorable opportunity for gather
ing elastic materials which may be
easily stretched to the length of three
volumes by the exercise of little inge-
nuity.
The hero of the hour in Thessaly is
the brigand chief Stratzo, who lately
distinguished himself by carrying off
the bride from the midst of q nuptial
procession, and who is now the object
of hot pursuit by the Turkish troops.
The bride who was thus abstracted is,
it is stated, young lady of no incon.
siderable personal attractions, who had
trifed with Stratzo's affections by re-
ceiving numerous gifts from him, and
consequently, according to the notions
of the country, had no right to bestow
her hand upon any one but the brigand.
It is probable that she was not altogeth-
er unwilling to be carried off by Strat.
20, who after her abduction departed
with her to Olympus, where he re-
mained for some time secure from the
pursuit of Mehemet Ali Pasha. He
enough to descend into the plain, and
the Turkish general having learned that
he was hiding in the district Of Alias
sonia, sent ninety men to scour that
part of the country; but Stratzo and his
band had again given the soldiers the
slip, and taken up their winter quarters
on the other side of Olympus, where
the authorities possess far less energy
and determination than the Turkish
oaneral
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Didn't Shoot to Kill.

A very strange case recently came up
in the courts of Cumberland, Nd. John
Coleman loved Orpha Miller, and they
were engaged. For some reason the
marriage was delayed nearly year,
when Orpha thought better of it and
gave Coleman his dismissal. She re-
ceived other suitors, whereat Coleman
became enraged and threatened to kill
his rivals. On the morning of Monday,
August 26, last, he met Miss Miller in
a path in the woods, about half mile
from her her home, as she was going
to a neighbor's. He asked her to sit
down talk with him, which she did.
The interview lasted six hours, and was
no doubt one of those replete with re-
proaches, explanations and forgivings
that may have experienced and modern
novelists delight to sketch. Finding
his case apparently hopeless, he pro-
duced q revolver and asked
her to shoot him or he would
shoot her. As she turned to look away
the weapon was discharged, the ball
entering near the centre of the breast,
inflicting very dangerous butnot fatal
wound. She fell to the ground, and
Coleman started off and went home,
hiding his pistol on the way under
some bushes. Miss Miller lay there
about three hours, when she sufficient
" revived to get upon her feet and
managed to walk, though slowly, about
half the distance to her home, then
meeting a farmer who assisted her the
rest of the way. Her situation was
critical for several days, but strong
constitution successfully withstood the
shock and she recovered. Strange to
say, the parties have become reconciled,
and though Miss Miller still refuses to
marry Coleman, she asserts that the
shooting was accidental. The case for
the defense was conducted with a view
to work upon the sensibilities of the
jury, and the would-be assassin was
auuitted.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
VOL. ". NO. %.
Little Miss Meddlesome.

Little Miss Meddlesome, scattering crumbs,
Into the library noisily comes
Twirls of her apron, tits open some books,
And into the work-basket, rummaging, looks.
Out go the spools, spinning over the floor;
.Beeswax and needle-case stepped out before;
She tosses the tape-rule, and plays with the
floss,
And says to herself, "Now, won't mamma be
cross Z"
Little Miss Meddesome climbs to the shelf,
Since no one is looking, and, mischieyous elf,
Pulls down the fine vases, the cuckoo clock
stops,
And sprinkles the carpet with damaging
drops.
She turns over the ottoman, frightens the
bird,
And sees tha. the chairs in a medley are
stirred;
Then creeps on the sofa, and all in heap,
Drops out Of her frolcsome mischief asleep.
But here comes the nurse, who is shaking her
head,
And frowns at the mischief asleep on the bed !;
But let's hope when Miss Meddlesome's slum-
ber is DER,
She may wake from good dreams and do mis-
chief no more.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Remarkable Longevity.

During the year 1873 fifty-two per-
sons over ninety years old died in New
Hampshire. OF these one was one hun
dred and two years, one month, and
twenty days; one was one hundred
wears. one month, and nineteen days !;
one was ninety-nine years and ten
months three were over ninety-elght,
one over ninety-seven, one over ninety
six, four were more than ninety-ive,
eight were more than ninety-four, four
over ninety three, ten over ninety:two,
five over ninety-one, and the remainder
were in their ninety first year; Twenty,
one of these were females. The united
ages of the ffty-two amounted TO four
thousand eight hundred and fifty -four
wears, ten months, and ten days, making
an average of more than ninety-three
years. No record is made OF any one
even one day short Of ninety.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Alpine Lakes.

Although Professor Gastaldi, OF Tu-
rim, after careful study OF the Italian
Alps, has adopted Professor Ramsey's
view of the excavation Of Alpine lake
basins by ice, Sir Charles Lyell is
strongly opposed to that view. He
maintains that they Lave been produced
by changes of level in valleys. pro-
ducing depressions which have been
preserved during the glacial epoch by
being filled with ice; while at other
times they were either soon filled by
debris, or their lower barriers were cut
down as fast as they were formed. He
then accounts for the fact that lakes
only occur in any abundance in glacia-
ted districts. He further maintains
that the erosive power of glaciers, as
indicated by the muddy torrent that
always issues from them, has been
overrated, because "the flower OF
rock" thus produced is due, not solely
to the wearing down of the floor OF the
valley, but to q considerable extent to
the grinding up of the stones which
fall upon the glacier and are engulfed
in its creyasses. s.-Nat,re.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Brutal Massacre.

A brutal massacre Of Chinese has re-
Gently taken place in Costa Rica. some
of the men employed on the railroad
had offended the chief of the camp, an
irascible Frenchman named Lafeychine,
in consequence of which he thrashed
them with a whip. The Chinese re-
sented this treatment, and drove all
the white men out OF their camp,
whereupon one of the contractors named
Meyers, in his fright, telegraphed to
Cartago for troops. A force Of thirty
five drunken soldiers consequently ar.
rived in the middle Of the night, and at
once proceeded to fire into body OF
300 Chinese, as they lay asleep in their
tents. Six were killed and nine others
mortally wounded. The officer in
charge is now to be tried by court
martial, and the residents are regret
ting this episode in the history OF the
Costa Rica Railroad. But there is no
redress for the Chinese.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
A Comma that Cost 100000.

The importance Of correct punctua-
tion was strongly illustrated at meet
ing of the Ways and Means Committee
of the United States House Of Repre-
sentatives, when it was shown that a
comma in one place was worth s2,OOO,-
900. In the tariff bill which
went into effect August 1, 1872,
the free list was extended by
the addition of several hundred ar
ticles. Among the number was "fruit
plants, tropical and semi-tropical," for
the purpose Of propagation and cultiva-
ton. In engrossing the bill, or in the
process of copying it for official print
ing, a comma was inserted after
"fruit," and all fruit was thereby
placed upon the free list. The customs
officers, however, not noticing the
change, continued to collect duties on
fruit until the error was discovered.
The Ways and Means Committee have
now agreed to report bill to remove
the comma, in accordance with the in.
tent OF the law of 1872. The amount of
tax illegally collected is not far from
$4,000, 900.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
A Faithful Agent.

The present Duke OF Hamilton, Will
liam Alexander Louis Stephen, is the
twelfth. He was born in 1888, and is
now consequently in his forty-first
year. His father married in 1928 the
Princess Marie of Baden, cousin Of
Napoleon III. At the early age Of
eighteen, the present duke succeeded
to the great possessions which consti-
tute the inheritance of the house Of
Hamilton, Hamilton palace with its
associations and traditions of centuries,
crowded with the treasures of art, Of
luxury and taste, standing in its mag
nificent domain of $4,000 acres; Brod-
rick Castle, on the island of Arran, with
the fee of almost the entire soil of that
romantic and beautiful island; extern
sive pro ,erty in LinlithRowshire, Stir.
lingshire and Butte the English estate
of Easton Park, in the county of Suf-
folk, with their enormous revenue, with
the care Of their management, and the
responsibility of their administration,
fell into the hands of the young heir at
an age when by law he was incapable of
making binding contract. The young
duke was very soon surrounded by asso-
ciates who themselves ruined, fattered
and caioled him, lured him to the race
course and betting-room, and before he
obtained his majority had borrowed
his name for thousands money lenders
and usurers hunted him, and the losses
and extravagancies of others involved
him in liabilities which seriously en-
barrassed even his colossal fortune. 1t
was little to be wondered at that in the
course of a very few years the pecuni-
ary affairs of the Duke of Hamilton
were known to be in inextricable con-
fusion. Actions and judgments in
England, sequestrations in Scotland,
followed in rapid succession. The rent
roll was insufficient to meet accumula-
ting emergencies, and the owner OF
these vast possessions was without an
income adequate to support his posi-
ton. Affairs were at dead lock. The
trustees appointed by the dukes father
to administer the estate, men Of honor
and high position, were incompetent to
deal with the financial pressure of the
moment. At this overwhelming crisis,
by the wish of the duke and the consent
OF all parties interested, the trusteeship
was resigned, and the means of extrica-
ton from the then almost hopeless
state OF affairs were confded to an agent
of great financial resources and ex-
perience. To him also was intrusted
the exclusive management and control
of the property, and it is but justice TO
Henry Padwick to state that by his
faithful and judicious stewardship of
these princely estates, he has 80 i'm
proved them, by developing their min
eral and other resources, that the in
cumbrances have been entirely e1-
tinguished that all the personal en-
gagements of the duke, whether his
own or for others, have been honorably
discharged; that rental Of 9l40, 90
year has been secured and the result
of his seven years personal admins
tration has been to place the possessions
of the duke in the foremost rank of the
r;obaet inheritance of ENGLAND
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
Duration Of Criminal Trials.

In ancient times trials never lasted
beyond day. Mr.. Burke said trial by
jury was unfit for cases which did not
lie within the compass of day and it
was not until modern times that they
lasted longer. In the case of Lord
George Gordon, in 1871, Lord Mansfield
sat from eight in the morning until five
next morning, and, as long as he and
the jury were able to sit, he felt himself
bound in law to do 80. Butwhen trials
came to last several days, it was physi-
cally impossible.
In the case of Elizabeth Canning,
tried for perjury, and which excited
immense interest, the trial lasted fifteen
days. In the State trials for treason in
1894, Thelwall's lasted four days, Horne
Tooke's six, and Hardy's nine days.
OF course in such cases it was physi-
cally impossible to sit on without inter-
mission, and accordingly Lord Kenyon
and the Judges resolved that they had
power to adjourn, but only, as Lord
Kenyon stated, on the ground OF actual
physical necessity. This was laid down
in 1896, and in 1919 Lord Tenterden
applied the same rule to trials for mis-
demeanor.
Until the Tichborne case, no one had
ever conceived that there was power to
adjourn criminal trial for any other
cause; and a long train of judges
Quincy, Cresswell, Wightman, Willes,
and Watson-held that it was inadmis-
sible to adjourn for purposes OF evil
dence, though it might be admissible
to suspend the trial for short time for
the attendance of witnesses in conse-
quence Of some unavoidable accident.
Even in civil cases adjournment is only
allowed by a statute passed in 1854, and
that statute does not apply to criminal
cases. The adjournment in the Itch
borne case for the purposes of evidence
are therefore unprecedented in British
law, especially the first adjournment,
which was not for the attendance of
witnesses, but for the discovery of new
evidence.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
When Water is Good.

An English technical periodicalpoints
out an easy way of testing whether wa
ter is good and fit for general use.. 1t
says:
"Good water should be free from
color, unpleasant odor and taste: ana
should quickly afford lather with
small portion Of soap. II half pint OF
the water beplaced in perfectly clean,
colorless, glass-stoppered bottle, a few
Grains Of the best white lump sugar
added, and the bottle freely exposed to
the daylight in the window OF q warm
room, the liquid should not become tur-
bid, even after exposure for week OF
ten days. If the water becomes turbid
IL is open to the grave suspicion OF
sewage contamination, but il It remain
clear il is almost certainly safe. We
owe to Heisch this simple, valuable, but
hitherto strangely neglected test" =
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
WOmen's Wages.

The New York Sta,, noting the fact
that the highest average wages paid to
women in the better class of employ
ments into which they are crowded is
S7a week, admits that upon this sum a
woman with no one depending upon
her, and with health and strength, can
find home, wholesome food, and have
enough left for modest clothing.
But she must be attractively clothed,
and economies, therefore, where it
will least show.
She goes without clothing sufficient
for decency or warmth, the editor says;
she wears altered underclothes or none,
ragged stockings or worn-out shoes.
She does not do this without shame and
concealment, at least at first but in
every struggle which enables her to do
it she loses that which she never can
regain.
A widow with children, on the same
sum, abapdons at the outset everything
beyond mere existence, and home in
dark, greasy tenement house, sur
rounded by low and vicious inmates.
The extra penny on pail of coal,
a frozen potato in the measure, brings
tears to her eyes. She is not clothed ;
she is only covered. If she has hus,
band and he at home idle, her fate is
only so much the worse there is an
other mouth to feed-that of q strong
though helpless man. To keep ones
faith in God, to hold ones self-respect,
to be true to the better instincts of true
womaHhood is all that the strongest
can do. He who helps the widow and
the fatherless in times like these, says
the Star, takes the place of the Divine
Master; he who lays straw in the
path of any serves well and faithfully
the devil himself.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
A Touching Incident.

The Cincinnati Commercial, speak
ing of the closing scenes in the ad-
ministration of Governor Noyes, of
Ohio, and of the Inauguration Of Gov
ernor Allen, says:
Hundreds of guests had called, and
scores were calling, to say their good.
bys to Governor Noyes. Among those
who entered the chamber, however, was
an old man, thin, wrinkled, pale, and
gray-haired, and much bent by age and
manifest suffering. He timidly asked
to see the Governor, who stepped aside
to a window with him. The old man
said he would have called before, but
had been sick. He came at that late
hour to make an appeal for the pardon
of an erring son who had been confined
in the Penitentiary for seven years, and
who had three more to serve.
"What is the name Of your son?
asked the Governor. The old man gave
it. Governor Noyes then, without
making him any definite reply, re-
quested him to step into his private
room and wait till he was at leisure.
The fact was, the pardon had been
granted early that morning, and the old
mans daughter had already gone to
carry the pardon to her brother and ac-
company him from the Penitentiary to
the Governors Office. In few min
utes the liberated man arrived with his
sister, neither expecting to find the
other there, and the father not dream
ing that the pardon had already been
granted. One can readily imagine the
scene as the Governor conducted the
two to his private room. The son flew
to his father and embraced him, and
then, finging his arms around the Gov
ernor's neck, covered his face with
kisses. The old man, overcome by the
great happiness of the moment, sank
into his char, sobbing like child.
There were no dry eyes in that room,
and those who, few minutes later,
were talking and chatting with the re-
firing Governor in the reception room,
little imagined in what touchiNgly
pathetic scene he had been partici-
pant. The liberated man has a wife,
and child eight years old. sister, and
aged parents. 1t will be pleasant re.
Election during his lifetime to General
Noyes that it was one of the last acts
of his executive power to fill one house.
hold with the sunshine of happiness,
and restore the beloved one long sepa.
rated from them, who had fearfully
condoled for his crime.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-12
No Place for Him.

A very singular present has been
made to the aquarium of the Jardin
d'Acclimitization at Paris. 1t is me-
dusa polyp, which, on the day after its
entry into the pool assigned it, had
created void around it, and skillfully
got rid of all its neighbors. How
This was mystery until the water Of
the pool was analysed. The water was
found to be converted into solution Of
vinegar, and it was apparent that it was
one of those very rare mollusks, the
vinegar polyp, whose body, upon its
being immersed in pure water, pres
emily gives forth a strongly character
lied acetic solution. The working OF
this animal is very curious. 1t pro-
duces alcohol, which it transforms into
vinegar. The poisonous mollusk was.
of course, quickly withdrawn, and
placed in clarified vinegar in a closed
jar, where it will pursue undisturbed
the economical manufacture of vinegar.