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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Careful Mother and Model Boy.

The two didn't belong to each other;
and this very good boy may have been
little too smart and saucy.
Little Mary was prettily dressed, and
standing in front of the house waitlng
for her mother to 60 out to ride. a
tidy boy, dressed in coarse clothes, was
passing. when the little girl said "Come
here, boy, and sake hands WI me. i
dot a boy dus' like you named Joey.
The boy laughed, shook hands with her,
and said "I've got little girl just Like
you, only she hasn't any little cloak with
pussy fur on it II :,
Here q LADY came out Of the door, and
said Mary, you must not talk with
bad bows on the street. I hope You
haven't taken anything from her,. 60
right along, and never stop here again.
boyl" ..u,a
That evening the lady was called
down to speak with boy in the han;
He was very neatly dressed, ana $1,000
with his cap in his hand. 1t was the
enemy of the morning. 81 came TO
tell YOU that I am not bad boy. ne
said. CT 90 TO Sunday school: and help
NV mother all I con. never tell lies.
nor quarrel, nor say bad words ;; and l
don't like lady to call me names, ana
ask me if I've stolen her Little sris
clothes off her u
"Tm very glad you're so good" said
the lady, laughing at the boys earnest
ness. "Here's quarter OF dollar Tor
vou" "I don't want that" said Ben,
holding his head up very high. my
father works in foundry, and has lots
Of money. You got boy bigger than
I. haven't you9" "Yes, whyG" "Does
he know the commandments" I'm
afraid not very we'll" "Can he say the
sermon on the mount, and the twenty.
third psalm, and the golden raie!
"I'm very much afraid he cannot, said
the Lady, laughing at the boys bravery.
t" Doesn't he ride on his pony on sun
day, instead of going to church r. I'm
afraid he does, but he ought not, said
the lady, blushing little. >,
"Mother don't know I came here, .
said the little rogue, but I thought !
would Just come round and see what
kind of folks you were, and-and-l
guess mother would rather your boy
wouldn't come round our doors, because
she don't like Susan to talk to bad boys
in the street. Good evening"" And the
boy was gone.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
A Centennial Safe.

A large iron safe, known as the "Cen-
tennial safe,". is now on exhibition in
Memorial Hall, and is designed to con.
tain memorial articles. It will be locked
up on the thirty-frst of next December,
and not opened for century. 1t has
inner doors of plate plass. Portraits OF
President Lincoln and Grant are painted
on the outer doors, and portrait OF
Washington, supported by flag and
the pine tree shilling, forms the central
pictures in the cornice. The safe is to
contain albums of the photographs and
autographs of the leading Centennial
officers, governors of States, and other
prominentmen autograph books called
the United States Centennial album, a
silver inkstand lined with gold and two
pens used in recording the names in
the books. One of the pens was pre-
sented by Henry W. Longfellow. One
album is larger than the others, and
whoever records his name therein is en-
titled to the space below his name, 80
that when they are opened in 1875 the
direct ineal descendant of the sigrer
can record his name below that of his
ancestor. There is also in the safe an
album to receive the autographs OF
foreign ministers and visitors, Presi-
dental album to contain the photo
graphsand signatures of all the Presidents
of the United States from 1876 to 1876;
an album to contain the judges OF the
supreme court, cabinet officers, presi-
dent of the Senate or president pro tenn.
and speaker of the House; also every
twelve years the six oldest senators and
six oldest represe natives in service.
These albums will be deposited in a
glass case aud opened when necessary.
The safe will also contain ten months
publication of some leading journal.
When the memorial articles are to be
deposited in the safe President Grant Is
expected to place away the large album.
General Hawley will place away one
Vice President Orestes Cleveland, origi-
nator of the Centennial Exhibition, will
deposit one Alfred T. Goshorn will
place another; John Sartain, superin
tendent of the fine art department, will
place one, and Vice-President Ferry the
other. Hon. James Gopsin will deposit
the silver inkstands. Chief Justice
Waite will be invited to place away one
of the gold pens and General Cameron
the other. Mr.. Peter Cooper, whose
name is on the safe, aud to whose gener-
osity they are indebted for it, will then
close one door and the Hon. w. @. Bry.
ant the other, and the lock will be
turned by Mr.. B. Sherman, of the
National Exchange Bank of New York
When the safe is closed it will be con
veyed to Washington and placed under
the rotunda of the capital. The iror
doors will be left open, so that the Cen
tennial relics can always be seen.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
THE MUSTANG RACE.
What the Mustangs ape..A Record OF .th'
Time Made by Parker in his Great Race.

What the Mustangs ane..A Record of the
Time Made by Parker in his Great Race.
The race against time, which came of
in Fleetwood Park. New York, was a
trial of human as well as equine endur-
ance. The thirty horses deserve less
credit than the one man, Parker, who
undertook what is, even for Califor.
MAN, a severe ride. The wild horse of
the California plains, descended from
the Arabs which Cortes and his success
sors brought into Mexico, has retained
many Of the features and qualities OF
the Arabian horse. It is small horse
NOT pony, though pony sized; it has
immense endurance, is very sure footed,
has good though seldom extraordinary
speed, and can live and prosper on very
rough fare: It is singular that among
the native horses of California, as among
the Arabs of Spain, the tiato, or pie
bald, is a favorite color where speed and
bottom both are desired. A well known
southern Californian once rode from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and back,
a distance altogether Of nearly two hum
dred miles, in q day, using but three
horses for the ride, and stopping two
hours in Santa Barbara to transact busi-
ness. The road is an extremely rugged
one, and crosses two high mountains,
and the rider was nearly fifty years OF
age. This feat shows what such horses
and riders can do. There is no doubt,
however, that the dry, pure air OF Cali
fornia gives both horse and rider there
an advantage in such violent exercises
which our moister climate does not
offer.
The mustang is usually broken at
from three to four years Of age, and the
process is one which teaches him at
once the superior power of man. The
animal, singled out of q herd, is lassoed,
thrown to the ground, blindfolded, and
the saddle put on while he lies prone. A
nose strap is used instead Of bride
and bit, and the rider mounts before
taking the blind from the creatures
eyes. Then begins a contest between
man and horse, in which the spur is
freely used, and the object is to force
the horse to 20 ahead at top speed until
he is exhausted. This treatment, con-
tinued for some weeks, is followed by q
more regular training with the heavy
bit used by Californians, and he is
finally taught to obey the slightest i'm
pulse of his riders leg or finger and
learns to take an intelligent and almost
human delight in the management OF
cattle and in all the tricks of the rodeo
or annual cattle marking.
Parker, with thirty mustangs, under
took to ride 305 miles in fifteen hours.
At the 226th mile he gave out from e1-
haustion. The mustangs were badly
used up, too. The following is a COM
plete record of the time made:
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Tartar TattOOing.

A very singular parsonage is now
visiting Rome, Italy, where he creates a
good deal of excitement in scientific chr.
cles. This is no less than tattooed
man named George Constantinos, a
Greek by birth, forty-eight years old,
and of massive hurculean frame.
Fourteen years ago he, with two
others, q Spaniard and an American,
were taken prisoners of war in Chinese
Tartary, and all three subjected to this
terrible torture, to which the Spaniard
alone succumbed. The description
which this man gives of his suferings is
almost too horrible for belief, and it is
difficult to find reason for the selec-
tion of this mode of punishment, de-
manding such a profusion of skillful
and wearisome labor; but the victim is
of the opinion that the natives, who are
extremely jealous of their iudepend-
ence, wished to have in all who might
escape living witnesses of the danger to
which those exposed themselves who
dared to make war upon them.
-Four hours every day, for four months,
ne was V1SlGeQ Dy III aI tlst VI 1uo Couu-
try, who, while the prisoner was firmly
held down ly three men, with a sharp
lancet dipped in India ink, executed all
manner of designs upon his skin. In
this way the whole surface of his body
was covered with hieroglyphics, Bur-
man characters, figures of men, women,
elephants, monkeys, crocodiles, tigers,
plants, birds, etc. =; in fact, complete
illustration of natural history seems to
be represented on him, and all with
fneness of execution and profusion OF
design bard to imagine. -Four years
since he managed to escape from his
enemies, and since then has been travel
ing in Europe, wherever he goes being
the subject of curious study to medical
man
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Politics i'm New Mexico.

In 1916, when the war growing out OF
the annexation of Texas was in pro-
gress, General Kearney took possession
of Santa Fe, and soon afterward con-
quered the whole Territory, which was
formally ceded to the United States in
1S48 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, and reconstructed by the estab-
ishment of the Territorial government
on September 9, 1850. 1t included at
that time a part of Colorado and OF
Arizona, which were successfully sep
arated from it, leaving an area OF about
12l, POI square miles. Its greatest
breadth is 32O miles, its greatest length
$50 miles, and in acquiring it the United
States made citizens of 10000 impover-
ished and ignorant people-60, 900 peo-
pie alienated, as I have already said, by
language, faith, customs, education,
and, I might add, sympathies, since it
is not denied that in event Of another
war with old Mexico, many of them
would be found leaning toward, if not
actually engaged on, the side OF their
quondam compatriots.
Though the native American settlers
are insignificant in numbers, they con-
troll the politics and hold nearly all the
important offices among themselves. The
principal executive powers are vested in
a governor and secretary, who are ap
pointed for term of four years by the
President of the United States. The
other offices of State, including an au-
ditor, treasurer, an acknowledgement,
and also an encouragement, are
chosen by the Legislature, which
consists of q council Of thirteen and a
House Of twenty-six representatives,
most of whom can neither read, writo,
nor talk English.
In front of an adobe hovel, near
TERRA Amarillo, we met, says traveller,
frowzy looking fellow, whose dress
consisted of a pair of trowsers and q
shirt, and whose natural brown COM
plexion was darkened by untold depths
of di1t. In q brief conversation with
Lieutenant Morrison in Spanish, he in
formed us that he was q member OF
the Legislature, and was astonished be-
yond measure that he was not already
familiar to us by reputation. he
imagined that his fame had been carried
worldwide, and was amusingly sorry for
our ignorance when we assured him that
we had never heard of him before.
The language of the courts and
church is Spanish, and in conversation
patois is used which bears about the
same degreeof relationship to the moth
er tongue that the dialect OF the Cana
dian habitaat bears to Partisan French.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Paris Exhibition Of 1878.

The committee appointed to consider
the question of the Paris Universal E1-
hibition of 1878 has framed It's report.
The site recommended covers surface
of 27O, 900 meters, 10, 600 more than was
occupied in 1857, including spaces OF
the Champ de Mars and of the Troca-
dero, on either side of the Seine; the
building will be of iron, filled in with
brick masonry. and rooted with glass,
and in the interest of economy the form
of construction recommended issuch that
the iron material will be saleable at the
close of the exhibition. The central
building, hanked with large gardens, Is
to be disposed in the form of what is
known in arithmetical phraseology as q
Table of Pythagoras-each aisle, longl-
tudinally followed, presenting series
of similar products, while transversely
each separate nation exhibiting is passed
in review. A rectangular space in the
immediate center will be apportioned to
the fine arts. From the side OF the
edifce facing the Seine gallery will
run across the river, connecting the
larger pOI6lOu Ol tuS Uu1iSlhS "AeAt oAAS
Trocadero. The gallery is to be q
kilometer and half in length and about
fifty meters. wide. There will be shops
on either side of it, and it is expected
to present from either end very effec-
tive coup d'ea. The Trocadero di.
vision of the exhibition will be devoted
to agricultural products and engineer
ing industry, while the higher portion
of the hill will be crowned by vast bal,
in which the official ceremonies and
gatherings for concerts, etc., incidental
to the occasion will be held. 1t is proba-
BILE that subdivisions of this hall will be
set apart for various purposes, such as
committee, lecture and reception rooms.
So soon as the principal points In the
programme of the committee have been
approved, definite plans for Carrying them
out will be invited and decided upon,
the State reserving to itself ab'
solute freedom of accepting or reject
ing them in accordance with what the
committee may deem most consistent
with the general interests OF the exhibl'
ton,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Condensed Eggs.

It is astonishing what progress has
been made during the past few years in
the art of preserving ailments generally,
and what great boon has thereby been
conferred all round We have daily evi-
dence. The superauous herds Of Au-
stralasia and South America are now
potted, or we should perhaps say,
"tinned," for the English and other
markets, thus affording comparatively
cheap animal food for the less opulent
classes. America sends in large quan-
titles the products of her waters, which
but for preservative processes would be
lost to the old world; Switzerland is
fast running the milkman's business in
this country; from across the channel
come supplies of vegetables in a form
qualified to journey round the world
without deterioration and Denmark
exports her delicious butter in ever-in-
creasing quantities, we'll protected from
the effects of keeping and climatic
change.
In fact, preserved provisions now in
clude vast variety of substances hail
ing from all parts of the world. Al
though more the recipients than the
producers of such goods, there are
many articles of the kind which we are
able to send abroad, and the produc-
tions of the Scotch provision factories
are especially esteemed in certain parts.
But we have strayed somewhat from our
immediate object, which is to call atten.
tion to condensed egg, a sample tin OF
which, prepared in Bavaria, has reached
us. This article is prepared from fresh
raw eggs by a process OF desiccation,
which, while efectual in removing all
traces of moisture, leaves the natural
properties of the egg unimpaired. 1t
is only necessary to add q due proper
tion of water to the egg powder to rem
der it fit for culinary purposes, the &C
tive constituents of one egg being con-
tanned in about a teaspoonful of the
powder. That this is a valuable addi-
tion to tn, line of concentrated natural
ailments will be admitted, we think, by
those who, getting the better of per-
haps not altogether inexcusable pre-
judice, venture on o trial. The con-
tents of small sized tin are about equal
to twelve eggs.-1rade Journal.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Canned Goods.

The London Lancet discourses at
some length upon the fashion OF the
present day Of feeding invalids and
children upon food sold in hermetlcaily
sealed cans, the composition of the
food being unknown. Doubtless these
nreparations are often valuable, or at
least harmless but the Lancet urges
that the public have right to know
of what they are composed, and that a
plain statementof the Ingredients should
be placed upon the covers. We think
this same suggestion might be applied
to numerous other articles; for example,
when coffee and chicory are mixed to-
gether for sale, the purchaser would
choose to know the fact; and so in hun-
dreds of other cases.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Items Of Interest.

A poor prospect for peaches this year.
A dishonest grocer has been lying In
weight for customer, 49,,
Three new ironclads, ordered by the
Japanese government, are now being
built in England.
A prominent poulberer in Montreal
was fined 80 recently for plucking s
fowl while it was still alive.
A Salt Lake City paper asserts that :,
the recent gunpowder explosion caused
one hundred premature births.
Moses L. Swift, of Reno, Nevada, has
been granted q divorce from his wife
on account of her " "mental cruelty"
The supreme court of Massachusetts,
has decided in test case that the ten
hour law OF that State is constitutional.
A young Philadelphian, threatened
with o breach of promise suit, says:
Sue away. Contracts made on Sun.
day amt legal"
Prussia has $500, COO acres OF forest
and woodland France, 2, 700, 600 Aus.
tria, 1880, 600; Bavaria, 8,249,0O0, and
England, ll2,3fo.
The take of buffalo robes in Montana
the present season is the heaviest fo1
several wears. Some of the dealers VIII
ship from 5000 to 10000. Z y
A city ordinance in San Frsncisco for
bids slee ping in a room containing Jess
than 500 cubic feet OF air TO each occu,I
pant. Twelve Cinnamon were arrested
some time ago for violating it.
Artificial clouds OF smoke are often
used in France and Germany as q pro
lection against frost. One plan, which
has been very successful, consists IN
carefully mixing gas tar with sawdust
and old STRAW and piling this mixture In
large heaps in thevineyards. When re-
ouired for use, smaller heaps are dis
tributed about the vineyard. and these
will burn freely in few hours, and pro-
duce a very dense smoke, which de
creases the radiation and prevents frost'
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22

A correspondent of the Raleigh Nescs
has seen in the North Carolina asylum
for deaf mutes daughter of one OF the
Siamese twins. She has lately been
married to man similarly afflicted. who
is teacher in the institution.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22

If Parker had been on time he should
have completed 226 miles in 11h. 6m.
So 1-9s., which therefore made him
20 m. 6 8-9s. behind when he obliged
to give up.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
Total. 10 90 1s%l1O 90 1871

Parker allowed himself ten seconds to
change horses, but he really averaged
about fifteen seconds, which would make
in 1s1 relays 45m. 15s. That gives the
following
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-22
The Widow.

Her smiles are temper'd by her sighs,
Her gsrb scaIce wells her glory;
The tender glamour Of her eyes
Enshrines her and her story
No greenling girl, nor spinstsr tart,
She's all things that become her;
Her life, her beauty, and her heart
Are in their Indian summer!
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-10-28
SPrRIT OF TEE PRESS.

The Sutro tunnel is now in II G64 feet.
Two hundred and forty miners ircb.2,
quito q river, is the present to-"
The Sooner Mining Company has in
corporated in California. Sooner levy
assessments than pay diyi3ands, prob.
ably.
The Salt Lake Tribune says il is the
general impression among niaio5 mea
at Alta, that Trenor W. Park will show
tho world what there ia in the Emma
aine next Spring.
The bricklayers are rapidly Bringing
ont ths design OF the now Roman Oatho-
lie Church in Virginia City. II many
RESPECTS it will be an improvement on
tho one burned down, although lacking
its towering spire.
One Of tho heaviest creditors Of the
Temple estate, Los Angeles, holding an
indebtedness of $17,002, was rompal'el
TO make IL cross on tho bankruptcy docu-
men,s i'll lieu Of his signature,
The Eare&a Sentinel mas copjoOs NOTES
in reference to tue mininB district of Gov
tsz. which is one of the oldest districts
in Nevada. having beou discovered and
ocoupiedin the summer OF 1868, about
the time OF the great rush to Neese River.
II is situated on tho dividing hua b.
tween Iander.aud Eureka counties, and
is about eighty miles porthwestcriy from
Eureka,
Sam Hughes came into Tucson, Ari'
iona, from the Sonoitn, San Rafael and
Santa Ocuz settlements recently and
reported that within six weeks oyel
one hundred head Of horses Rut
mules have been stolen 10y Apache'
from tho people, mud quito number O
cattle killed. The Apaches kin bee
when they are in want Of beef, and take
Abat they need at the time, aud let thu
balance remain to spoil or be eaten b!
wild beasts
A Salt Lake dispatch says; There pa
been considerable disturbance at th
Sandy Smelling Works, in consequence
of the Increase of time BY employers
The employees OF the furnaces, Belonging
, to the Miners Union. refusing to acced
to the increased time, We're discharged
and new men were employed; but thes
were driven from the works. Niue q
the rioters have been arrested, aud f4i
ing to give secnFiiy, are now IN T.
County Jail.
At the Republican Territorial CoAVei
. ton held in Santa Fe. New Mexico, Q
September 14th, Triuilad Romero wa
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-10-28

MaRE IusloY. - The Beaver EDter-
prise says: "rhere Is oue thing The
Democrats expect to 10 in Colorado re-
CARELESS Of the result Of ths late contest
they expect 70 choose the Presiasntia!
electors" An oIpectant nation stands
on tiptoe o1d respectfully asks /" How
ara they going to Do it?'-l Phoebe
RECORD.
An expactant nation is doing no such
thing. The "expectant nation is re
spectfuilv asking about the probable re-
suit in New York. We were Of the
opinion that under tho Constitution d.
Colorado, the old Legislature, which is
Democratic, would choose the Presidcn-
tial electors. We may be wrong, bu! the
REcoBD viii have to quote from the
| States Constitution, TO disprovs our pO-
sition. and We don't thnk it il well
enough posted to do that Beaver En-.
terprise.
What a precious ass the EnterpEls.
man must be. Let the Enterprise mani
kin asl, the FIRST sohool.boy he meets, an(
be will be told that the last Legislature
of Colorado 20 longer exists; that being
n Territorial Legislature, IL could bg ~
possibility elect Presidential electors, O.
have any voice in the matter; and tina
the newly elected Legislature, will in
meliately upon convening, proceed T.
act in the matter OF tho Presidential
electoral vote. But wha. is the uso 0
wasting our time upon such an isuor
anus an the Beaver lumjnGry proves tc
be?
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-10-28

A mining company with capital Of!
$1,000, 600 has been organized in San
Francisco to work the gold mines OF
Catoplico in Chill. The projectors are
already on the ground.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-10-28

Condensation is the last literary idea,
4 San Francisco house publishes a con-
den8ed edition of Walter Scotia works,
In which the Waverly Novelst's produc-
lions are concentrated into short space
and curtailed incident.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-10-28

Pie, oil, ink, tooth powder, vinegar
aud soap are what an enterprising Phll"'
delphia firm manufacture out OF the ja'ey
cocoa nut.