Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04
Items Of Interest.

Items OF Interest.
The little ironclad which the Chinese
government has added to its navy is
named the "Terror to Western Nations.
A st. Louis girl, who was married
lately, made her husband give her, pre-
yious TO the ceremony, written promise
that he would take her to Philadelphia
and reside there with her during the
Centennial.
A Wisconsin editor illustrates the
prevailing extravaganza OF the people OF
the present day by calling attention to
the costly baby carriages in use now,
while, when he was q baby, they hauled
him around by the hair Of the head.
The steamer City of Peking, arrived
at San Francisco, brought !, OF Chinese
passengers. It is stated that the whole
steeraee accommodation OF all the
steamers sailing from China for the next
six months has been contracted Tor py
importers of coolies.
A.. L. Robinson, Of Evansville, Ind,
held an Office as customs appraiser, the
expenses of which were $4,000 moro
than it's receipts. He wrote to the se3re-
tary Of the treasury that his office was
sinecure and should be abolished, thus
giving up 90, 900 position.
The Reading Pa.) Eagle says that q
Philadelphia firm is sending hthograph-
ed letters to village girls inviting them
to leave home quietly and accept po-
sition in the Centennial. The meaning
of this villainous invitation will be ap-
parent to people Of the world.
The $40, 600, 900 in silver bullion which
Flood & O'Brien intend to exhibit at the
Centennial would make Solid block ten
feet long, ten feet thick, ard eight
and one-tenth feet high, containing BIO
cubic feet, and would weigh nearly sSe
hundred and ninety-four and one-hsiz
tons.
Between the years of 1865 and IL "A,
1s3. $50 men enlisted in the United States
regular army. OF these 97,066 were
horn. in the United States, 1854 In
Ireland, 23,127 in Germany, 9,O37 In
England, 4,7O3 in Canada, 2, 456 IN Scot
land 1893 in France, 1,562 in Sweden,
ZIG in Denmark, 58l In Austria, hye In
Africa, three in Arabia, and seventy-fYe
at sea.
Two drunken hunters in Nevada saw
Chinaman washing gold dust in Q creek,
and made a target OF him with tneir
rifles. One fred and missed. You
always ought to aim above the mark
wheh it's so far off," said the other.
" Sea how I do it." BE was correct In
his theory, and succeeded in bus lllustra,
ton. The Chinaman was struck ana
wounded.
A couple were recently married at
Waynesboro, Pa. the bride being seven
ty-fye and the groom seventy one. The
latter had never been married before,
and he was so overcome that he tainted
at the conclusion of the ceremony,
which incident led the newly married
wife to exclaim "Poor fellow, have
feared all along that he couldn't stand
it."
A New Orleans merchant was induced
by a woman, who told spitiful story OF
noyerty, to give her $14 with which to
bnrv her dead husband. Before giving
the money hetwent to thehouse and saw o
discolored corpse that he thought ought
to have been buried days before. In
his hurry to get away from the place ne
forgot his umbrella. When ne returned
| for it he found the corpse sitting up and
counting the 81
The sedate Journal des Debats tells q
wonderful story from Andennes, Bel
eium. where an express train struck q
wagon laden with powder and exploded
IL. The shock was tremendous, lifting
the whole train up into the air, but 1t
fortunately fell back on the rails ana
sped on toward its destination. Not a
single passenger was injured, but all the
windows were smashed and the curtains
sineed; the cars were also seriously
damaged.
Finney, the great revivalist, was pass
ing an iron foundry when the works
were in full blast, and heard o workman
swearing terribly. "Young man, said
the reyiyalist, addressing the swearer,
chow hot do you suppose hell Is 2
The workman recognized his questioner,
and placing his arms akimbo, and look
inc him sauare-y in the face, said !:
"WeIl, MIR. Finney, I suppose It's so
hot that If somebody brought yoG q
spoonful of melted iron you'd swear
twas ice cream.