Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-26
Items OF Interest.

IlculS VI
The creditors OF d. A. Pierce, q
Springfield bankrupt, get one cent on q
dollar.
A uuack doctor advertises to this ef-
feet: Cough when you can, for after
you have taken one bottle Of my medi-
cine you can't.
The city attorney Of Des Moines,
Iowa, recently talked eight hours In or
der to prevent the discharge Of pr1s-
oner, against whom he had no case, until
al officer could reach town with war
rant for his apprehension on another
charge.
It is easy in the constant use OF ia
miliar saying to forget the circumstances
which suggested it, and probably there
are but few people to-day who know that
the author of the apothegm cit is the
little things of life that make or mar our
happiness" alluded to Aeas and mosqui-
toee.
An inquisitive young man visited q
State prison in New York, and among
his questions asked girl the cause OF
her being in such place. Her answer
WAS that she "stole watermlll, and
went back after the stream that turned
the mill and was arrested" The young
man left Immediately.
The Burlington HaWkeye says: The
first step toward making man OF your
son is to train him to earn what he
spends; then the best way to teach him
to be frugal is to take away his money
as fast as he earns it and spend it wisely
for yourself. There is nothing hSe
teaching the young by example.
The miners of South Yorkshire were
dissatisfied with their wsges, and at
tempted to become colliery owners them
selves. An association bought colliery,
the profits of which were to be shared
among them. The capital raised was
about $4OO,0OO. The enterprise has
proved unsuccessful, and the money ls
lost.
The ire of st. Louis paper toward
the editor of Chicago journal Is lot
loose in this way: He stands up and
lies, sits down and lies, eats lies, drinks
lies and dreams lies. There IS no other
name but lies for his preposterous and
unprincipled assertions. If there Is
really place prepared for liars, the
smell of sulphur already arises to his
nostrils.
A large boy attacked a smaller and
cuffed his ears, but the noble little iellow
did not strike back. He bore 1t all pa
tiently till the big boy had gone, and q
silvery haired old man had patted him
on the head and given him something:
Then he went around the corner and
licked that big boys little brother till
he couldn't stand up without leaning
against the wall.
There has been an interesting inquiry
in Paris lately as to which trees stand
town life best, and it is decided that be-
yond all question no tree is 80 good for
urban wants as the plane. The same
verdict is returned in London. Smoke
does not seem to affect them, and few
finer specimens of this graceful and um-
brageous tree can be seen than those on
Berkeley square in that city.
The annual Alpine horror has taken
place. George w. johnson, London
solicitor, and bis guide, Franz Saarbach,
being precipitated into crevasse over
hundred feet deep. and buried with
ice and snow. His companion, MIR.
Haymau, and the other guide escaped,
but only after great suffering. Large
parties OF guides have been out, but so
far have wholly fuiled to recover the
bodies.
It is the custom in Lima when any
religious question is debated in Parila.
ment for the ladies to go to the House OF
Assembly, carefully watch the proceed
ings, and, after way OF their own 1ahe
part in them. For example, during the
last debate on liberty of worship, each
speaker who defended the proposal to
separate the church from the State had
garland of weeds flung at his head from
the ladies' gallery, and the defen-
ders of the church were honored With
garlands.