Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-02-03

It requires less philosophy to take
things as they come than III does TO part
with them as they go. al : nga
"If there is anything which will
r axe my mouth WATER, said, an old
topper, 81 don'S want to see it." Ia
Mrs. One Who -Hold ds-the- LODGE Pole
With Hands was before o Dakota grand
jury as witness the other day. '"a q
A schoolmagter said :r"I am like
hone-I sharpen number of blades,
but wear myself out in doing it. II
An Indianapolis witness testified the
other day that he kept o fire burning in
his stove all night to save matches.
A girl of Sam Lnis, Mexico, struggled
with q burglar and lassaulter for three
hours, at the end Of which time she
killed him. i, tsr5Y & Il 81
The lady who fell back on her dignity
came near breaking it and the man
who couldn't stand il has taken 8 seat,
and is now quite comfortable. 81 p'f
A nice point for casuists has just been
r,ised in Montreal. Two mem were
uuarreling on st Francis Xavier street,
and A knocked B down, whereupon
horse. alarmed at the struggle, kicked
B on the head and killed him.. What is
A guilty off p .9.4ssl5st a. .-,s.2}2
A simple looking country Lao, to whose
lot fell the leading questions in the
catechism, -"What is your nameP re-
piled: "Carrots I" "Who gave you
that namea'' "An the boys m the
parish, SIR" vhiningly replied thetred-
haired urchin. .a.r.1wl stan.4
Charles" said young wife to her
husband. as they sat at the window
Watching the fashionables ON Their way
to church.. "when you die and get
hold of Reinsurance money ! intend TO
have fur cape and muff Just like that
lady has on over there. :. e{ 8 ~,
In Germany there is popular hostility
to Americans because the batter are sup.
posed to have favored Frauce In the late
war. and because American travellers
make hotel living dear. The German
government and its newspapers, now
ever, try to cultivate friendly relations
with us. 70. -sssts7 s'.--
To all whom itmay concern. A PHI
losopher says: never yet heard man
or woman much abused that 1 was not
inclined to think the better OF them, and
transfer any suspicion or dislike 70 the
person who appeared to take delight
in pointing out the defects OF q fellow
creature. - =, ~. .
An enthusiastic young produce dealer,
few evenings ago, in O serenade TO his
inamorata thus recorded his high resolves:
"Ill chase the antelope over the plain, and
the wild spring chicken I'll bind with 9
clain: and the caulifower, so fierce ana
neat, I'll give thee for nosegsy sweet.
It is over six years since the terrible
disaster at the Avondale coal mines IN
PennsylSania, which resulted IN death
OF no men by suffocation. The sum OF
S155. LAG. Al was subscribed throughout
the country as relief fund for the
families of the victims, and this sum was
Increased to Sta, ,222 by interest. The
fund has just been exhausted.
The Baltimore dealers In terrapins
keen them in nearly alright chests,
packed layer upon layer, and deprlye
them OF food. They grow fat under
this treatment, although the fatness
doubtless is the result of disease. Phey
must each measure seven inches across
the under shell before they are con-
sidered fit for the table, and are then
sold at $A dozen.
According to q recent calculation,
Lowell, in Massachusetts, now manufac.
lures forty miles of cloth per hour, and
fifty pairs of hose per minute! Inc.
beginning of this enormous business
dates back to 1873, when the first at
tempt was made in America to manu-.
facture cotton by machinery. In that
wear Major Josiah Fletcher erected a
wooden factory in that place. so IL
He came back to bis mother looking
very forlornly, with a big red swelling
under his left eye, and four OF five
handfuls of torn shirt boiling over his
Ibreeches.band. g Why, where on earth
have you been7'' she asked. Me and
Johnny's been playin'. he played ne
was pirate, and played I was duke.
Then he put on airs and 1 got mad,
and"- "Yes, yes," interrupted his
mother, her eye flashing, "and You
didn't finch ~" "No'm, but the pirate
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