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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
A Murderer's Defiant Plea.

George Morris, who so brutally muir
dered the Young mulatto woman, Sarah
Jones, in New Orleans, having been ar
raigned, pleaded guilty; but Judge
Steele refused to accept the plea until
the prisoner had consulted with his
counsel, who was appointed by the
court. Morris was then remanded, and
was again brought to the bar OF the
court. He walked into the court room
with cold and defiant expression, evl:
IDENTIFY disguised with the formalities OF
the law. gazing around the room while
the clerk was reading the Indictment,
and when asked the usual question
"How say you, George Morris, are you
guilty or not guilty2" he answered IN
loud voice "Guilty," at the same time
shifting his cap from hand to hand IN
careless manner.
Judge Steele said "You still entef
the plea of guilty2"
The accused-Yes, sir.
Judge Steele-I will not sentence you.
1 prefer that jury be impaneled to
pass upon your case. Let a jury be I'M
paneled, and the plea of not guilty be
recorded, and let the prisoner be re-
manded'
tThe prisoner went back to the dock,
muttering iuaudibly to himself. He
aiterward said that he "did not want
anv fuss made about him; he was going
to be hanged anyhow, and the sooner
the better"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
Getting Medical Science.

A New York correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette says: Every after
noon during the season couple OF men,
with q horse drawing close covered
wagon, are brought down In the muni-
cipal ferry and landed at Twenty eighth
street. All know what the wagon con-
tains, and at night its load is conveyed
to the different dissecting rooms. Three
students generally form copartnershlp
in the use of subject, which reduces
the cost to o very low rate. A subject
will. in cold weather, keep three weeks,
and during that time it will be thor
ouphly dissected. About five hundred
subjects are thus cut up for the benefit
of science every winter, In addition to
a large number sent to physicians and
to other institutions. They. are gener-
ally packed for shipping in pork bar
rels, and can be had in this shape at 50
per barrel. This facility in obtaining
subjects is a great assistance In the
study of anatomy. Formerly there were
such difficulties in the way Of procuring
them that there could be but little at
tainment in surgical skill. The late emil
nent practitioner, Alden March, has
told me that in the early years OF his
profession he was in the habit OF going
from Albany to Boston every winter with
a team and wagon made for the pur-
pose, in which he brought back from SIX
to ten subjects for his own use and for
his students. In such trips he was gen
orally supposed to be a peddler. A sub
ject would in this way cost $25 at Least ;
but at the present day they can be land
ed at Albany for S., including the
freight and price of the barrel.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
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worid' ~, anu %an% % Inov wbst Ia do With
you; ana aIa A T,ii A. nj Ads In
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ana a,1 InI1a. snSh : ard tbe more. apssedbric
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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
Starvation Food.

Those who have thoroughly investi-
gated the matter assure us that bread
made from fine white -four is "starva-
ton food" It does not contain the
elements necessary to properly nourish
and sustain the human body. If parents
expect their children to grow up with
good health, strong nerves, perfect
teeth, good eyes and hair, they must not
give them fine white flour bread as a
constant article Of diet. 1t is believed
that the prevalence of early -decaying
teeth and premature grayness and bald
ness OF the head are largely due to the
general use of white flour. The whole
of the wheat, reduced to,a uniform con-
dition, without loss or injury OF the food
elements, makes nutritious food, which
contains all the elements necessary for
growing and health. Fortunately many
people are beginning to understand this
important matter. s....
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
An Eccentric Englishman.

Some months since an Engllshman
named Atkinson bought a country place
near Pithiyiers, in France. For many
weeks thereafter carpenters and masons
were busily employed in repairing and
altering the chateau; and after. theii
work had been completed, Mr.. -Atkinson
issued invitations for O. Large dinner
party to all the most prominent families
in the neighborhood. r, The guests ar
rived at six o'clock, and on taking their
seats at the dinner table noticed with
surprise that there was not even one SER
want to be seen. The soup. was con-
sumed in silent astonishment. When all
had partaken of it, the host sounded
whistle, and as if by magic the soup
plates disappeared, and three amagnifi'-
cent silver platters, each containing q
roast goose, appeared. little cries OF
terror we're heard from the ladies. MIR.
Atkinson took no note of his guests sr-
prise, but remarking that it was a very
warm evening, whistled again, and the
whole ceiling disappeared, the hosts
black coat vanishing at the same mo-
ment, leaving him clothed in q white
suit. The guests, alarmed, we're about
to rise from their chairs, when they found
themselves, their chairs and the table
raised five feet above the floor. They,
however, were soon lowered again, to the
floor, and all took refuge In hasty light
from the demoniac abode. A judicial
investigation was instituted, and it was
found that Mr.. Atkinson had been for
ten years the chief machinist at Covent
Garden theater in London, where he had
amassed nice little fortune. The DIM
ner was alittle freak to indulge MS fond
ness for his old pursuit. r''S TO- ,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
Where the Bowlders Come From.

All have seen the immense powders
called s'lost rock" in some sections,
scattered over the northern part OF the
United States, which have little or nc
resemblance to any mass of rock any
where in the vicinity, and have perhaps
asked the, question: Where did they
come FRONT also the heaps of sand,
gravel, and cobble-stones OF various
sizes, which form many of our ridges,
knolls, and hills, and which are totally
unlike any fixed rock near them. All
these phenomena, says Scientific Anaeri-
can, are attributed to single cause,
and that is the great sheet Of ice which
nature stored up ages ago without the
necessity of protecting it in an ice-house.
According to Agassiz, the sheet OF Ice
extended in this country as far South as
South Carolina or Alabama, and was
thick enough to cover all the mountains
of the Eastern part of North America,
with the exception of Mount Washington.
This peak projected, lone sentinel on
that vast waste of ice, two or three hun
dred feet. In the latitude OF northern
Massachusetts,, he conceives the ice to
have been two or three miles thick. The
powders were all torn off by the ad-
vancing ice sheet, from the projecting
rocks over which it moved, and carried
or pushed as ssbottom drift" scratching
and plowing the surface over which 1t
passed, and being scratched and polish
ed themselves in return, till they were
finally brought to rest by the melting OF
the ice. They were not carried as far
south as the ice sheet extended, seldom
beyond the parallel of forty degrees
north. The native copper OF Lake
Superior was drifted four or fiye hun
dred miles south and the pudding
stones of South Roxbury, Mass, were
carried as far south as the island OF
Penikese.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
New York Cattle Market.

The annual review of the stock traffc
of New York for the year 1873 shows
that there has been a small decrease In
the number of beeves received. q very
marked falling off in the receipts OF
hogs, and o moderate increase IN the
receipts OF veals and sheep and lambs.
The average price Of beef cattle tor
the year is thirty two cents per hundred
pounds higher than for the year 1874
sheep ranged forty cents per hundred
pounds lower, and hogs aboutone dollar
and twenty cents per hundred pounds
higher. The total cash value OF the
beeyes, sheep, calves and hogs received
alive in this market during the year, Is
$50, 900, 600, and the annual cost for
marketing this stock, including the
charges for yarding and feeding there, Is
close to SO, ,000, 900.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
Rheumatism i'm Horses.

Horses, as we'll as men, are frequently
attacked with rheumatism, and we some
times meet with cases of this description
that require patience and perseverance
TO effect cure. From my own expert
ence in the treatment of this disease In
the horse, says correspondent, l know
of no more reliable remedies than the
following though sometimes mllder
remedies will accomplish the same pur-
pose): Have a seton inserted IN the
shoulder, and use some OF the folloT1ng
iniment two or three times day: Gum
camphor, three ounces; alcohol, one and
one-half pints; tinctrre of cantharides,
two ounces; tincture OF arnica, six
ounces. Mix, and give internally two
ounces of the following medicine morn
ing and evening: Iodide of potassium,
one ounce; tincture of colchilum, one
ounce; water, fifteen ounces.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
A Singular Murder and Suicide.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ritter were middle
aged couple who had long been resi-
dents of Flatbush, N. Y. They were
people in comfortable circumstances,
and among the most respectable in the
locality. A difference in religious be-
lief was constant bone Of contention
between the husband and wife, and led,
indirectly, to double crime.
The night previous to the murder and
suicide there was, Methodist prayer
meeting at the house of neighbor, and
Mrs, Ritter, who had for some time
manifested great anxiety for her hus-
bands soul, wanted him to attend the
meeting with her. He declined, and
she went away alone, highly displeased
with him. Ritter spent the evening at
the house OF another neighbor, a mem
ber of the Reformed Church. The
Methodist meeting was out, and Mrs.
Ritter got home and abed before her
husband returned home. When he re-
paired to his bedroom he found that his
wife had locked the door on the inside
and positively refused to lethim in. He
found every other bedchamber IN the
house and every room with fire in
locked, and he was finally compelled to
90 into the attic. The night was bitter
cold, and he got but little Sleep 2Iai~
The next morning he came down and
found the kitchen unlocked, but his wife
not vet out of her room. She presently
appeared, and at once assailed him for
his persistent refusal to repent OF his
sins. Warm words followed, and at last
Ritter picked up q hammer that lay near
and exclaimed: .rt,-r. - go :.,la.l.a.3 ~
"We might better be dead than live
in this wsyl" -...,s., -....
He then dealt his wife several blows
on the head, and she fell to the floor.
Her screams were heard by Eli Eph-
grave, a neighbor, and he at once
rushed into Ritter's apartments. He
found the husband standing over the
PROSTATE form of his wife with the ham
mer raised as if to strike again. Eph-
crave seized hold of him and threw him
aside, and carried Mrs. Ritter into his
own part of the house. Ritter repeated
the above remark as Ephgrave went out
with the wounded woman.
He was left alone in his room but a
moment, but when Ephgrave returned
he found Ritter on his knees before his
bed with his head fallen over upon it
and blood streaming from his throat to
the floor. Ritter was taken up and laid
upon his bed. when it was seen that he
had cut his throat from ear to ear with q
razor. He died before physician could
be called, and his Sictiba died shortly
after.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
The King of Beasts.

Samuel Haughton, author OF q work
on "Animal Mechanics, " writes to Ma
tire of the relative strength OF the hon
and the tiger :: 4" have proved that the
strength of the lion in the fore limbs Is
only 69.9 per cent. of that OF the tiger,
and that the strength of the hind limbs
is only 69.5 per cent. of that of the tiger:
1 may add that five men can easily hold
down a lion, while it requires nine men
to control tiger. Martial also states
that the tigers always killed the hons In
the amphitheater. The lion isr In truth,
a pretentious humbug, and owes his re-
putation to his imposing name, and ne
will run away like whipped cur under
circumstances in which the tiger will
boldly attack and kill"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
the husband showed it to the others,
saying " Behold bent this branch
while it was still green-you ought to
have done the same !"
Meritless MartYrdOm.

For the existing state of things, In
very many cases, farmers wives are
themselves to blame. They put too
much heart into their work, and not
enough brains. They set their affections
upon preserving an immaculate order,
upon doing everything which they con-
slider indispensable to good housekeep.
ing, with conscientiousness worthy of
higher object. They act the martyr,
utterly ignoring the fact that martyrdom
is only sublime when the object OF de-
votion is worthy of the suffering endur-
ed. II the farmers wife would use her
intelligence more, and consider that her
chief function in the family is to make
home, not to be mere housekeeper
to be mother, not a drudge to supply
her children's physical necessities to
be q helpmeet for her husband, not IN
one or two particulars merely, but In
all, then would come the beginning Of
better things, IF she would consider
that upon her depends in 80 great de-
gree the cultivation in those about her
of refined, aesthetic tastes, and the lift
ing up of the life into something higher
than the mere execution of life's chores,
surely she would not exhaust all her
strength upon that which perisheth with
the using,
I know farmers wives whose husbands
are worth from 800, 900 to $500, 600 who
are frequently without help, simply be-
cause good help is scarce, and poor help
not to be endured by them SO they
work from four in the morning until late
at night, and expect their neighbors to
commend them when they declare they
have not read book or paper for
months. There are others who keep
some help, but do not take the time
gained thereby for recreation or i'm
provement, but hold on to the old ways
of doing things which furnish extra
work enough to consume all the tune
gained; as, for instance, with q asewing
machine idle in the corner, they slt pa
tiently sewing by hand little calico
patches together, which are too small to
put through the machine, and which it
is perfectly absurd for any woman to ex-
ha1st her nerves over. 7et women,
oyerworked women, will commit this
folly, although a very slight exercise OF
their reasoning powers would suffice to
show them that when comforters can be
tackled 30 quickly, and when cotton and
woolen blankets and white spreads can
be- bought so cheaply, it is deliberate
murder of time and vital strength to
spend SO many precious hours over IN
significant, ugly patchwork quilts. Ag-
ricultural fairs should be ashamed OF en-
couraging such work by offering premi-
INNS for it.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
His Notes.

Several years ago, a noted highway
man was arrested in the south of Ireland,
and curiosity drew numbers to the Jail tc
see the man loaded with IRONS who had
long been q terror to the country.
Among others was o banker, whose notes
at that time were not held in the high.
est estimation, who told the prisoner
that he was very glad to see him there
at last. /, The highwayman, looking up,
replied !: {" All, sir, I did not expect tnal
from you-indeed, I did not for you
know we'll that when all the country re-
fused your notes, I took them.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27

manufacturing region, like Bradford,
as compared with manufacturing States
like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,,
would seem to be this his wages have
about the same purchasing power in
each country, excepting in house rent
and board in these the American sui
fers at a disadvantage Of fully one-half,
while on the other hand his average
wages is one hundred per cent. greater
than his competitors. The ultimate su-
periority seems, then, to rest with the
American factory laborer, at least in the
districts above mentioned.-NeU York
Times. ...... .r...
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27
Increase Of Human Health.

Says the New York ledger. Some
of our correspondents want 70 dsnew
whether men live as long nowadaEs as
they did a thousand years sgo, s9.d snd u
they are as large and strong nowas thsy
were then. II is difficult 10 getsssAe
exact truth with regard 10 this sabisct;
but, OF late years, has become va q matter
Of belief among the best informed That h I
the health, strength and longevfty OF
the civilized portion of the humaa race
one greater now than at anJfstorner
As to the comparative sze 0f tie
rnoderns and the ancients, it IS pretty
generally conceded that We base the sd-
vantage The suita of ancient .nrmor
which are preserved insu paIh OF Ep-
rope are confcssedly too small fpr men @
of average size in these days. And MS
probable that prize boat crew Of any
American or English college could row
around the best crew that pulled oars
thousand years ego. - "a.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-01-27

"smothered Venus % ia a Californ'
dish in spite Of its name it is onls<
beefsteak and onions.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18

How the South Carolina Denosa4s Do lore
free speech, to be sure Hers is an ipssasee
in the following despatch from KiAgstree, .
small interior town, 10 the Glaflessoasn Asse@s
FAT this point lumor reached the ssaitd that
Swails, the muatto leader Of the radicals. to-
gefler with his chum Hiiseh, had organized .
meeting at the courthouse for the purpose OF
drawing off the colored people-frem the dem-
ocratic meeting. In view Of the fact that he
and his party had been invited to divide time
at the Democratic meeting, this was more
than human nature could stand. The boys
couldn't see It.; they had no intention Of al
lowing such a game. A half dozen speakers
were ,dytailed to go mp town and divide with
the Radicals Two hundred of the cavalry
aud about one hundred Of the infantry were
detail d to escort them, and in few moments
the cays,lcade was en- route for the courthouse
alta gallop. On their way, however, courier
arrived, who stated It was false alarm, and
80 the the cavalry turned back.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18

TF0ncte3.fstE Success.

It is reported that Bosc1iEE's GERMAN SY-
Rup has, since its Introduction in the United
States, reached the immense sale of $4,000
dozen per year. Over 5000 Druggists have
ordered this medicine direct from the Factory,
at Woodbury., N. j., and not one has reported
a single failure, but every letter speaks of its
astonishing success in curing severe Coughs,
Colds settled on the Breast, Consumption, or
any disease Of the Throat and Lungs. We
advise any person that has any predispo-
sition to weak Lungs, to go to their Drug
gists and get this Medicine, or inquire about
1t. Regular size. 70 cents Sample Bottle,
10 cents. Two doses will relieve any CASE
Don't neglect your cough. For sale by G.. F.
Moore and Dir. l. NJ. Severns, Lambertville,
and DR.. ii. Calvin Robbins New Hope.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18

The Democratic speakers, at their meetings
around the country, AFRO boasting tremendously
of their "great victory" in Indiana last
week. But they arc very careful not to COM
pare their majority of about $500 this year
with the majority of 1889 in the same State
in 1874 neither do'they allude to the gain of
nine Republican Congressman in Ohio and
Indiana last Tuesday. Such results do not
make them feel very jolly, no matter what
they pretend Only few moro such VIC
tories " will give us Republican majority in
Congress. The Democratic orators are only
glad because their political funerals has been
deferred until November.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18

CO The Democratic papers are constantly
talking about the SANDERS . of the Repub-
lican papers against 1ildeu. These so-called
ISLANDERS were furnished principally by Demo-
cratic sheets and ii is not at all likely ihat
they are wi;hqut any basis Of truth. We re-
produce some of them on our first page that
our Democratic friends may see what Demo
cratic papers said. a5sat tiisir candidate tor
President previous 10 bis aominaii9ID Is It
safe to vote foF . nsaa vioso owR party cs-
gans thus speas Of hin?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18
PUBLIC SALE

HoCsE & LOT IN NEW HorE, PEYNA.
rV win sell on SATURDAY, NovEMBER.4th, 1875. a
Ekf1IOUSE and LOT on Mechanicstreet New Hope Pa.
The house is frame contains two Kitchens rarior and
cstcrn and spring OF water the PREMISES also good
garden with various kinds of Fruit This property will
be sold without reserve Let IT bring what Ii will Any
one wanting cheap house ought attend this sale
very little money will be needea at present Sale to
commence at . O'clock D. M. conditions viii be made
known by PETER s EAYL0R,
Agent for David Cunningham.
Esg Persons desiring TO look at the premises previ
u tie day Of sale will be chcerfuy waited upon by
either Of the above. octiS-3t
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Stockton. n. j. Oct. 10th. 1915.

CtOChtOff, ~. D., OCb. lOttis 1DtDs
Mr.. EDITOR :-0n last Friday eyening the
QUESTION which had been selected for debate !:
@REsoLvTsp. That females exert more inilu-
ance upon societysthah malesg' was laid ov-
er for one week, because of the absence of
G. s. Hurley (captalnl and one or two Of his
colleagues and The question:, g RESOLVED,
That Che horse isl more useful animal than
the COW ?" was taken up for discussion
Messrs. Romine and Weller were appointed
captains and Messrs. A. II. Hunt and A. T.
Walratli judges. The following gentlemen
argued the question: In the aiiirmatiye-A.
W. Weller Captain, G.. Wolvcrton, and r.
B. Maxwell. In the negative-G. L. Romine
Captain, II. G. Iowre and S. Walrath.-
The judges gave their decision in favor of the
affirmative unanimously.
This question made a very laughable de-
bate, as ono Of the speakers made some mis-
takes in his figures and statements which
were very mirth-proyoking, ard somewhat
embarrassed him, although he is generally not
very easily bothered in this way. Iguess we
have said enough for humble reporter--al-
though we are A MEMBER.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-18

Forty one members have thus far been
elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. OF these
he Republicans have securcd thirty, while
the Democrats have only eleven. Two years
ago the same Congressional districts elected
twenty Republicans and twenty Democrats
the additional member coming from the State
of Colorado. The Republicans thus far,
therefore, have gained Just one-l1af of the
seats in the House now held by Democrats,
and if they carry out the same ratio in the
Northern States yet to vote there will be a
fair Republican majority in the next House
Of Representatives. This is feature of the
late election upon which the Democrats do
not dwell in public, however sorely they feel
it in their bones.