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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-07

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-07
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nANClNG SCHOOL.

Tuesday, March the ro.h, 1879.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-07

yUtaAgyp&nD9 u Massachusetts are
putting Themselves in accord with the
women,s temporan nee movement.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-07

Tho Civilian congratulates itself upon
the success cf the Democratic ticket IN
the late municipal elections in Galveston.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-03-07

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Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
Is the Planet Mars a Desert ?

Can it be credible that, while every
drop of water on our earth is peopled
with millions, another world is desert
Owing to the eccentricity of its orbit,
the amount of light and heat received
by Mars from the sun must vary con.
siderable. Further, we may add that,
while the earth is $4,000 900 Of miles
from our source of light, the distance
between that luminary and Mars is fully
1900, 900 miles. From this difference,
and the relative sizes of the two planets,
we can determine the amount Of heat
transmitted to Mars as compared with
the quantity reaching the earth and
the average daily supply is found to be
as two to five. More nearly, when Mars
is closest to the sun. he receives some
what more than half as much heat as
the earth when furthest, his supply
falls to little over one-third of that of
our sphere. The sun would appear, to
O person Oh his surface, to be about
one-third the size that it does to u.s.,
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
He Found It Again,

The following story is told b
French journal: A physician, officially
connected with the prison OF La Force
and much beloved by his light-fngered
patients, perceived on leaving the Varie.
ties one evening that his pocket had
been picked and that his opera-glass
was gone. Next day on meeting the
denizens at La Force he expressed his
displeasure at the occurrence. "It is
all very well" he said, "for you to say
1 am popular among you, but I am
treated just as others are. Some OF
your friends contrived to relieve me Of
my oper.g glass last night at the Varie-
ties" "That was only because they
did not know you, DOCTOR" replied q
prisoner. "Who was on duty at the
Varieties last night ?" heinquired, turn
ing to comrade. The answer was
given in whisper. "You shall have
your glass tomorrow" he added. Next
day person called on the physician s
wife. Here" said he, care all the
opera-glasses stolen two nights ago at
the Varieties ; please to point out the
doctor's." The lady having done 80,
the obliging pickpocket handed it to
her, restored the others to their cases,
and disappeared.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
CuriOsities Of the Cold.

Every generation has its unexampled
experiences, betokening that the wea-
ther in particular and things in general
are out of joint. The Strait of Dar-
danelles and the Black Sea were en-
tirely frozen over in 642, while the
snow in some places drifted to the
depth of ninety feet, and the upheaped
ice broke down the walls of cities and
the battlements of towers. In $50 the
Adriatic was entirely frozen over in
1907 most of the travellers in Germany
were frozen to death on the roads in
1888 the Po was from Cremona to the
sea, spowdrifts made the roads every
where impossible, wine casks burst,
and forest trees split by the frost with
astounding noise in 1880 fine forest
near Ravenna was killed by the frost +;
in 1886 the Cattegat was frozen between
Norway and Jutland; in 1882 the
houses in Austria were buried in snow
in 1892 the Rhine was frozen; in 1914
all the rivers in Italy were frozen in
1884 tho Rhine, Scheldt, and Adriatic
were frozen in 1467 the wines in Flan-
ders was cut with hatchets in 1880 the
Great and Little Belt were frozen in
1894 forest trees and oaks in England
split with the frost in 1892 the starved
wolves entered Vienna, and boldly at
tackled men and horses and in 154O
the Zuyder Zee was frozen over.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
A Smuggler's Bed.Quilt,

ALI sorts of devices are known to be
resorted to by the enterprising persons
who buy dry goods in Canada and
smuggle them over Uncle Sans tariff
wall, but it sometimes happens that
their ingenuity is sadly thrown away.
An incident recently transpired at sus-
pension Bridge which illustrates this
phase of the smuggling business.
There was q sale of confscated goods
by the Collector at that port some time
ago, and gentleman of our acqnaint-
ance, for the fun of the thing, made a
bid for the possession of an ordinary
looking bed.quilt or comforter. He got
it for fifty cepts and took the second.
hand thing home, where its arrival
elected no great enthusiasm. After be.
ing contemptueusly kicked about the
house for some time, the quilt was
finally assigned to duty on a servants
bed. By and by rent occurred in its
calico integument, and the servant CIR!
one day chancsd to notice a corner OF
superior looking stuff emerging from
the aperture. An examination was
made, and some rich results followed
the old quilts dissection. Five yards
of rich pink silk, nine yards heavy black
ditto, quantity of velvet ribbon and
numerous silk neck-ties were sue
cessively exhumed from its capacious
interior, greatly to the comfort of the
comforter's owners. Since the affair
transpired there has been an active de-
mand at the Collectors sales for bed
quilts, but the importation does not
seem to be kept up.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
Swan Hunting.

Forest and Stream says that the
swans, early in September, leave the
shores of the Polar sea and resort to
lakes and rivers in and about Hudson's
bay, where they remain until October.
Then they collect in focks of fifteen or
twenty, and mounting high in air, in q
wedge shape, depart with loud screams
for a more genial southern climate.
They fly with great rapidity, at the es-
.timated rate of one hundred miles IN
the hour, which is about double that OF
the goose. They do not, like the geese,
follow the line of the sea-coast, but hy
far inland, reaching their feeding,
grounds at night and the first signal
of their arrival is given the next morn
ing by universal clamor. They seem
TO be greeting each other with their
musical notes after their completed
journey. When settled on their feed
ing grounds, they do not forsake them
unless driven away by very severe
weather.
In the Chesapeake the wild swans col
lect in large Aocks of hundreds, feeding
over extensive flats on the duck grass,
worms, insects, and shell-fsh. They
are found from the mouth of the Chesa-
peake to the Capes of Virginia but do
net pass southwark to Hatteras inlet.
We have seen few hocks of them in the
bays of Jersey; but have never met
with them in tile waters OF Long Island.
They feed with the geese but do not fly
with them. When crippled and caught,
they are easily tanned ; and we have had
them at the South, in our barnyards,
stalking majestically among the tanned
wild geese and other domestic fowl.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
Living on Society.

A correspondent writing from Wash
ington says
"I know of case where a lady and
her husband literally lived on the pub.
lie, and in the following manner: At
the afternoon receptions of notabilities
there is always a table spread in the
furthest of the suite Of rooms, whereon
boned turkey, bouillon, cold sliced
meats, cake, and chocolate, and some
times ices and punch, are temptingly
laid out. After entering the house and
paying ones devoirS to the hostess and
chatting until some newcomers demand
her attention, you are politely directed
to the refreshment room, where colored
walters, in immaculate shirt fronts and
white gloves, with the superiority so
disconcerting to poor David Copper
field, ask you if you will be served to
anything. This couple above referred
to took lodgings in fashionable por-
tion of the city, breakfasted on mush
and milk, or some other equally health
full and inexpensive luxury, then sailed
out to make calls, and-get their din
ner. A little at this house, and some
thing else at that mansion, soon stayed
their hungry cravings, and 10 they had
combined the business of eating with
the pleasure of calling on all the high
officials.
GAS the Justices receive Monday,
Cabinet officers Wednesday, Senators
and Representatives Thursday, and the
intermediate days by the lesser lights,
dinners could very easily be dispensed
with by these individuals. The money
thus saved from superfuous home sup
plies could be used toward handsome
visiting outfit, ccrds, and gloves.
Thackersy's chapter on How to Live
Well on Nothing Year" had evidently
been well studied and applied. But
they were found out, and fled ignomin-
iOuslyo
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
A Massachusetts, Grange.

The Springfield Union reports an ef-
fort by the grangers to secure the prac-
tical benefits of the organization. Some
weeks since the grangers at Greenfield
and Deerfield united in sending West
for a car load QOO barrelO of -four.
The -four was procured direct from the
grower of the wheat, himself the mas
ter of the State grarge of Michigan
was milled by another granger OF high
repute; and cost the recipients So. rs
per barrel. OF the supply, Greenfield
took A barrels, Deerfeld 40, and the
Northfeld grange received the remain
ing 16 barrels, though not participating
actively in procuring it. AS whole,
the quality has given satisfaction. 1t
has varied, as most carloads OF Hour
will. All who have used it testify that
it makes as good, sweet bread as can be
made from any -four, though it is not
the whitest. "It is just the same kind
of -four" said an officer of the Deer
field grange, "that the Greenfield mer-
chants are selling every day at from
S1I.25 to 11.75." Probably o safer
Statement is that of an officer of Guild
ing Star grange, that estimates OF its
market value ranged all the way from
SO. so to $12. The fault-fnding is GER
tainly outside the oranges. "There
are plenty of outsiders who don't like
it." said one of the patrons, and they
insist that the unfavorable criticism is
ali of the sour-grapes kind. A better
proof of its excellence is that second
load will be very soon, if it has not al
ready been, sent for, Deerfeld this
time taking the lead, as Greenfield did
in the former purchase. They will try
new place-very likely Minnesota, as
they mean to "get the best" They
are discussing seriously the purchase
of other groceries, especially molasses,
syrups and spices, on oil of which they
think they can make material saving.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
Benefits Of Cooperation.

We are asked what can farmers ac-
complish by cooperation u? We answer
that they can, as organized clubs, as
certain what implements each member
needs, and can afford to send to the
manufacturer and buy them at first
cost, saving the heavy percentage now
paid to middlemen. They can, by a
moderate monthly contribution, soon
raise the means to build q shop fer
stocking plows, repairing wagons, and,
ultimately, for the manufacture of the
Implements they need. They can
manage their district schools and roads,
procure the best works on agriculture,
establish libraries, improve their minds
as we'll as their lands, and make their
influence felt in Legislative halls, and
become the controlling power in politics
and commerce. With a majority Of
votes and enlightened views of free
government and their own right under
it, what is to hinder them from becom-
ing the power in the land, provided
they act in concert, as the various rings
which oppress them. Are not these
aims high enough to stimulate their
ambition and nerve them with resolution
to attain them9 Have they not been
the world drudges long enough to have
learned their wrongs and the means of
redress? !? If they prefer to prolong
their servitude, they are in fair way
to realize that wish if they do not it is
time they were taking active steps to
enforce their rights and establish their
independence. To do this without
unity of purpose and concert of action,
is simply impossible.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
George EHot's Sayings.

Faithfulness and constancy mean
something else besides doing what is
easiest and pleasantest to ourselves.
They mean renouncing whatever is op.
posed to the reliance others have in us
whatever would cause misery to those
whom the course of our lives has made
dependent on us.
I couldn't live in peace if I put the
shadow of willful sin between myself
and God.
desire no future that will break the
ties OF the past.
If the past is not to bind us, where
can duty lie? We should have no law
but the inclination OF the moment.
You must remember it isn't only lay
ing hold OF q rope-you must go on
pulling. It's the mistake you lads
make that have got nothing either in
your brains or your pocket to think
you've got better start in the world
If you stick yourselvesin in place where
you can easily keep your coats clean,
and nave the Bnop WencneS Jake you
for fine gentlemen. That wasn't the
way I started, young man. When l
was sixteen my jacket smelled of tar,
and I wasn't afraid of handling oheeses.
That's the reason can wear good
broadcloth now, and have my legs un-
der the same table with the heads Of the
best firms in st. Ogg's.
If got places, Sir, it was because l
made myself fit for 'em. If you want
to slip into q round hole, you must
make ball Of yourself-that's where it
is.
You'll have to begin at low round Of
the ladder, let me tell you, if you
mean to get on in life.
You youngsters nowadays think
you're to begin with living well and
working easy you've no notion OF run
ming afoot before you get on horse
Ioalr
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
A South American sitate.

Tho population of Chill is over two
millions. The navy has q dispropor-
tionately large share ef officers, but
these are. kept in reserve for: that curl
GUS state of war which exists between
Spain and Chill, by which both agreed
to maintain a truce, and give three
years notice before resu ming hostili-
ties. The business of education is
gradually growing in importance, and
1, 100 schools gave instruction to 80, 162
scholars. The growth of railroads and
the proportional advance in trades and
industry furnish the material for the re-
port of the Minister of the Interior,
who also gives very full account Of
the National Exposition in Santiago,
and the memoir prepared by Don Eu-
genio Hostos, on Chill, its climate,
character, institutions, civilization, its
prospects for the future, its advantages
for emigrants, and the results of the
Exhibition, as showing the progress
made in agriculture, mechanical and
other arts and industries. The British
Consul at Coquimbo reports that there
is in Chill, at Guayacan, a copper
smelling establishment said to be the
largest in the world. It employs about
800 hands, of whom from 40 to 30 are
Welshmen, and produces annually from
8 600 to 10, 900 tons of copper, destined
almost exclusively for the English
market. The fuel used is principally
Chilian coal, with small amount Of
English coal. The little Guayacan col
ony of workmen from this country,
nearly all from Wales, comprises from
so to 100 persons of all ages. They are
lodged in excellent houses, and receive
from 12l. to 30l. per month, according
to their skill, with coal, water, medi-
cines, and medical attendance gratis.
The climatei is exceedingly dry, but mild,
eouable, and healthy. The most preva-
lent form of disease is a low fever of the
typhoid type, which frequently pros
trates new comers, but is seldom fatal,
and generally is not repeated. The rain
fall in 1872 is said to have been under
two inches, and the fall of snow in the
Cordillera was Insignificant. Mules,
the ordinary means of carriage, could
not be supplied with food, and mines
were suspended or reduced.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
A Coroner's Court In China.
!, No. xv,v 10 Met. Out Justice.

New Way to Mete Out Justice.
A correspondent gives the following,
account of recent scene in Chinese
Court. The case was one OF homicide
of Chinese coolie by a British subject,
and Chinamen generally were greatly
exercised over it, besieging their iora
and master, the Magistrate OF the CITY,
in his Office, in crowds, and bawllng for
vengeance for days together. 1t ap-
pears that the accused was wranglng
with six coolies about the amount OF
wages due to them, when he lost MS
temper. and went for his gun to frghten
them off. This he succeeded IN doing,
but not until after he had fired both
barrels and blown off the head of one
of them, and for this he has been
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
The preliminary inquest was held by d
Chinese Coroner, conducted on Chinese
legal principles. The witnesses who
cave evidence were four of the coolies
present when the man was shot, about
twenty relatives of the deceased, who
were none of them within miles OF the
SPOT when the crime occurred, but who
unanimously testified that the case was
one of willful murder, and about 50O
friends from the deceased's native VII
lage, who kept on "testifying' at the
pitch of their voices to the virtues OF
the deceased, and to the foulness OF the
crime. The four coolies all spoke at
once when they were asked by the Coro'
ner the usual string of questions, ut
terly foreign to the point at issue, which
Chinese officials put on such occasions,
and their answers were accompanied
with a chorus OF wailing by the twenty
relatives, and Of maledictions by the
500 friends. The hubbub Was fearful,
and the Coroner soon thought he had
had enough of it, so ordering the dead
body to be sealed up in its coffin, and
taken away for burial, he began to
make for his chair without giving any
verdict. Neither relatives nor friends
| would hear of this, so they kicked the
coffin over, pulled down the mat-shed
that was doing duty for a courthouse,
and began to hustle the Coroner and
his people. His sedan-chair was banged
against wall and kept there, and
while he was covering with terror in
side, a free fight ensued between his
retainers and the deceased's relatives
and friends, in which a few enterprising
foreigners, who were only too happy to
espouse the cause of law and order by
punching somebody's head, Joined. The
aged mother and sisters, who were In
| the fore front of the battle, Jared badly,
as the scattered chignons and back
hair plentifully scattered on the road
betotened, and a few of the more
prominent friends noses bled, but no
great harm was done in the scuffie. A
sudden rush by the chair-bearers, an
extra hard knock or two to the noisies'
relative, and the Coroner's chair was
clear of the crowd. Next day, when he
had sufficiently recovered from his ter
ror, he gave verdict Of willful murder
against the man.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
Kanaka Simplicity and Hospitality.

A letter writer in Honolulu says
"In travelling about these islands the
observer is struck with the simplicity
and generosity of the Hawaiian people.
1t seems a pity that such race should
perish. A man may journey from one
end of the archipelago to the other, in
open day or the midnight darkness, and
he is as secure as if he were in his own
house. A foreigner never thinks OF
carrying firearms, for there is no one to
modest him. He never goes hungry,
for whatever the Hawaiian has, whether
POI, taro, or fish, is shared with the
stranger. When they were wealthy
and powerful people, when almost every
foot of land was cultivated, and there
were from 100000 to 100000 inhabi-
tants, they killed fat hogs for their
guests but those halcyon days are
nearly passed, because in nine cases out
of ten they are now too poor to afford
that luxury. But the aloha Qove to you)
is as hearty as ever. And hearing this
aloha and seeing the miserable sur
roundings are contrasts indeed. The
surroundings, generally speaking, are
poverty stricken in the extreme. The
majority of those who meet you and
greet you are but the wrecks of a peo-
pie healthy and powerful in their bar
barrie state, but diseased and helpless
in the civilization brought to their
doors. But even to this day, like an
oasis in the desert, there are now and
then families to be found whose blood
is untainted with the terrible poison
which has nearly decimated the
Hawaiian people. This is especially
true of the chiefs and chiefesses, some
of whom are splendid specimens in
physique, princely looking men and
queenly looking women.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-03-19
MISSED ONEs.-..Durinp the

MISSED ONEs.-..During the prev
alence OF the cholera the Roman au-
thorities punched and fumigated all let
ters from suspected places, but one Of
the clerical town councillors complained
of their inconsistency, for while they
were 30 particular about letters they
allowed kilograms to come in without
fumigation. Noticing an incredulous
smile, as he supposed, on the faces of
some of his audience, he drew several
kilograms from his pocket and threw
them on the council table, saying !:
Gentlemen, you seem to doubt it |;
there, then, is the positive evidence"