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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Bright but Naughty Boys.

Mr.. John Ormsby, in his "Stray
Papers" tells the following story of the
London street Arabs: We once saw the
Strand thrown into terror, confusion,
and distress by the unaided wit of two
boys. It was one of those foggy, damp
December evenings, when the lamps
looked like blurred moons, and objects
twenty feet of are all but indistinguish-
able. These playful youths had got a
suit of old clothes and some straw, out
of which they made an image sufficiently
like man to pass muster in that uncer-
tain Light. With this. counterfeiting
the action of afectionate sons leading
home beloved but intoxicated father,
they would suddenly appear in front
of some passing omnibus, and then,
affecting to lose all presence of mind,
allow their helpless parent to fall almost
under the feet of the horses. The
scene may be imagined. Terror OF the
passengers, horror of the driver, horses
down through having been sharply
turned aside or pulled up on the greasy
pavement, general agitation, which cul-
minated at length when an omnibus,
with more way on than usual, actually
passed over the body, the wretched
driver, of course, suffering the mental
agonies of homicide, until relieved by
seeing the straw intestines OF his victim.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Fortunes Freaks.

Postmaster General Jewell recently
spoke most feeliugly to lady who ap-
piled to him for clerkship. She is the
daughter of a member of the cabinet un.
der former administration, gentle
man of large means who lived in great
state in Washington, and subsequently
was minister to one of the most impor-
tant courts of Europe, where also he
maintained an expensive establishment,
as his great wealth justified him in
doing. That was a score of years ago.
The war so greatly reduced his fortune
that his childran are now compelled to
labor for their own support. When
Postmaster General Jewell had respect
fully listened to the lady's application
he said, in tones of deep sympathy: cit
makes me sad for you to ask this of me.
Twenty years ago, when I was a me-
chanic, 1 was in -, and your father
was minister there. I desired to call on
him, but doubted the propriety of my
doing so under the circumstances. Now
sou, his daughter, come to me to ask a
5000 appointment. How do I know
but what in twenty years my daughter
may be compelled to ask similar favor
of one of my successors,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
They Waited.

Beside what was once church in De-
troit, the Free Press tells us, vine one
day took root in the dry clay soil. Men
tramped past it, and around it and over
it, but somehow it clung to life, and
by-and. bye it reached up and caught the
brown clapboarasand pulled itself along.
AS years fed away and the vine was
surrounded by great buildings, and hur.
rying feet were ever beside it, it covered
latticed window and the birds built
their nests in its shade and chirped JOY
fully at the roar of traffic. Thousands
of men have halted during the last de-
cade to wonder how the vine could live
and flourish among the dust, smoke and
cobblestones, but it lived on. Hundreds
of workmen have eaten their MONDAY
meal in its grateful shade, and more
homeless men and boys have crept be-
hind it to sleep. Wreaths from the
vine have been laid upon more than one
little coffin, and thesongsof the nesting
birds have more than once reached and
made glad some heavy heart.
Progress digs open the graves OF the
ucdu duQ odCllACS5 VIC VoAAoASos
thoughts which men can hold in their
hearts. Progress has removed the vine.
The little ground it covered had . cash
value, and sentiment cannot hold Its
own with cash. Still, there was one
thing to console those who will miss the
vine. The birds had nested in it every
year for this long time past, and "cash
was not heartless enough to disturb
them. When strong hands took hold
to pull down the vine mother bird flew
out in wild alarm, and five little birds
looked over the nest into mems faces.
Itwas great, strong, sunburned laborer
who said: "Let us wait until they can
fly" and they all went away. They did
wait, and only after the five young birds
had winged their way to the shade trees
and the clover fields was the vine pulled
to earth and rooted out. Can the world
be very wicked when men will do
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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
ChOctaW C0urtship.

The Cheyenne (Wyoring) Leader
has this bit of description The Indians
talk little under any circumstances.
Thus it is naturally to be supposed that
when a young fellow dons his best
(Which is generally set off with calico
blouse, having large flaming sleeves and
bis hat stuck full OF feathers, with two or
three yards of scarlet ribbon hanging
down his back, he would be about
speechless by the time he arrives at the
ola mans mansion. After dismounting
from his pony he takes his position on
tie fence and sits there till he sees his
fair one at the door, when he grins audi
bly. and If she does likewise he takes 1t
for granted that he is welcome and goes
into the house, which generally consists
of one room and contains all the family,
and therein he has to make his speech,
which. at the furthest, amounts to three
grunts. His success depends very much
upon an invitation to smoke by the
father of the courted lass. II the old
man has any respect for him he lights
his pine and, after taking Whit, hands
it to the Young man; who in turn takes q
Whit, and so proceed, Whit about. The
length of time they smoke depends alto
eether on the esteem the father has for
the beau. After o certain number OF
such visits he finally musters up courage
enough to say: "Che-te-h ha- del -la-h-
um.mii' which means, in English :
"WiIl you have me :" If she says:
"Ky-yo." which means No" be takes
himself off. If she gives grunt the
preparations are made.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Looking Forward.

Why turn, faint spirit, to the vanished past7
Why grieve that some vain longing might
have been?
Why brood DER broken hours no longer thine,
Or sigh fer conquests thou may y'st Z ever win
Leave the poor faded hope and trust long dead,
And nurse the hearts unfolding bloom instead
Fling your misgivings to the idle wind!
Fruition is the patient souls reward
Thy path through trouble to the good mans
goal
Let not these petty weaknesses retard-
Tread with unfaltering step the rugged way
That leads this trial to the perfect day!
Press not thy bosom, like the imprisoned bird,
In sad repinings 'gainst the bars Of fate;
What though the skies are sometimes hung in
cloud,
Deem not, therefore, thy whole life desolste
Make thy own destiny, though dangers throng-
Fearless advance, with every step grow strong !!
Turn not thy minds eye inward, where waste
Spreads meath the spirits sky Of doubtful
gloom,
Bot look thou rather to the scenes without,
Where all Gods fairest, holiest treasures
bloom;
Forget thyself-cast each dull clog aside
And look in trust above, whste'er betide!
Fold not thy hands in weary, dull despair,
Whatever shadows thy fair hopes enshroua-
Sleep not thy life away in idle dreams;
Nerve thee for Gods own work-nor heed
the cloud
That breaks above thee; toll will bring release,
Care fade away and struggle end in peace!
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Wife Whipping.

The last Legislature of California
passed law authorizing the indiction
of corporal punishment upon men for
whipping their wives. There have
been several cases of wife beating since
the enactment of the statute, but magis-
trates have he.itated in ordering
the use of the lash. A justice OF the
peace in Colusa, however, resolved to
enforce the law, and sentenced man
convicted of beating his wife to receive
twenty-one lashes on his bare back. The
attorney for the defendant has appealed
against the conviction and sentence, and
this will probably raise the question as
to the constitutionality of the act. The
constitution of California says :" E1-
cessive bail shall not be required, nor
cruel and unusual punishments be IN
ficted." It was claimed that whipping
is both cruel and unusual punishment.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Advice to Young Men.

P esident Porter, in his sermon be-
fore the senior class of Yale College,
gave theyoung men the following advice:
The last stsp must soon be taken, and
you will find yourself each fighting his
battle, no longer mimic, but a stern
struggle for what are called the prizes Of
life. You will stand upon the threshold
and wistfuny inquire whittier will life
take me and what will life give-me2 I
hear voice replying in the distance to
each of you, gentle but clear, tender but
firm, loving in its accents yet capable of
sterrest command, and its answer is:
Life will bring back to You what you
bring to life in purpose and resolve,
only with ampler returns. 1t is a good
time for an honest and earnest man to
begin life. It would seem that there
has never been time, for generation,
which is so full of hope to young man
who is willing to make full proof of an
earnest, intelligent, courageous and low
ing Christian life. The country has
been chastened. If it brings wealth and
power and culture and freedom as the
fruits of the first century. Of its inde-
pendent life, it begins the second with
some just convictions that the manhood
of the people aud their rulers ale its
only security; that truth and honor are
the only reliance of free common
wealth which hopes to remain. Go
forth, then, in this time of fear and of
hope, of thankfulness and of Christening,
90 fo.th in the name of the Master, to
labor in His service and to live for His
kingdom. Yield to no fear. Remem-
Der that you arenot brought to this open
door by your own hand. No man is
self commissioned except he cuts him
self off from God. He who has brought
YOU to this place will guide you to the
end. May we now and then hear of
each one OF you that he is high-toned
and intelligent servant of his country
and his time, and that .he world is daily
the better for his living IN it, that his
life is suided and blest by the living
God. With these wishes aud this prayer
| bid you all affectionate farewell"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
An Army of Them.

There are 1853 employees at the Gen.
tennial gates, divided into six money
groups, four groups for complimentary
and exhibitors gates, three return pass
check groups and the wagon gate keep
ers. The chief inspector is assisted by
thirteen general inspectors. The money
groups are so divided that they are re-
lieved twice a day, and are consequently
changed from one post to another. The
return pass check men are placed near
all the exit gates, and are under one in
spector. Nos. IS and Sc are kept open
all day and night, except between the
hours of twelve midnight and four A. NJ,
for the accommodation of guards, MEM
bers of the fire department and persons
residing in the grounds. Gates Nos. 63
and g. are for the admission of work
men from four to eight A. NJ. After
that hour no teams are permitted to en-.
ter the grounds except on special
passes, which are only issued in cases OF
absolute necessity.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Fish for Dinner.

How to have fish dinner when you
please, is provided by Seth Green as fol-
lows-always provided you know some
thing of management and are In the
right locality: Never take any more
than you want for present use, and stop
fishing when you have got enough. II
you catch small one, take him careful
" off from your hook and put him back
in the water don't throw him down in
the boat and take him ashore for the
purpose of counting him, and then
throwing him away. That little fish, If
put back, would grow to be large one
in time, and the man, woman or child
that does not put the little fish back is
worse than brute for the brute, with
few exceptions, will not kill anything for
fun. If parties living near the lakes that
were stocked with salmon trout In the
years 1872 and 1873, will anchor buoy
in the deep water and bait it with small
pieces of small fish twice week, they
can 20 to that buoy and drop a hook
baited with piece of the same kind OF
fish that you have been in the habit of
scattering around it, and take mess OF
fish whenever they please. This fishing
will last the season through, provided
you manage taking the fish with the
same Judgment that you do your stock
of chickens, and stop killing when you
have got a mess. Fish are local, and
there is a certain number of fish that
live in the neighborhood of your buoy,
and they do not go much further from it
than your chickens do from your barn
and there is a rule among fishermen that
is generally observed-if a man sets up
a buoy, and keeps it baited, it belongs
to him, and no we'll meaning man will
fish hear his neighbor's buoy.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
To Restore Drowning Persons.

1. Lose no time. Garry out these di-
rections IN the spot.
2. Remove the froth and mucus from
the mouth and nostrils.
8. Hold the body, for few seconds
only, with the head hanging down, 80
that the water may run out of the lungs
and windpipe.
4. Loosen all tight articles of clothing
about the neck and chest.
5. See that the tongue is pulled for
ward If it falls back into the throat. BY
taking hold of it with q handkerchief it
will not slip.
6. If the breathing has ceased, or
nearly so, it must be stimulated by pres
sure of the chest with the hands, in imi-
tation of the natural breathing; forcibly
expelling the air from the lungs, and al
lowing it to re-enter and expand them by
the elasticity of the ribs. Remember
that this is the most important step of
all.
To do it readily, lay the person on his
back, with q cushion, pillow, or some
firm substance under the shoulders;
then press with the flat of the hands
over the lower part of the breast bone
and the upper part of the abdomen,
keeping up regular repetition and re-
Taxation of pressure twenty or thirty
times minute. A pressure of thirty
pounds may be applied with safety to a
grown person.
7. Rub the limbs with the hands, or
with dry cloths, constantly, to aid the
circulation and keep the body warm.
g. As soon as the person can swallow,
give tablespoonful of spirits in hot
water, or some warm tea or coffee.
9. Work deliberately. Do not give up
too quickly. Success has rewarded the
efforts of hours.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
A Picture Of Marie Antoinette.

Once upon time there was young
princess, beautiful as day, according to
her flatterers, red headed as the March
moon, so said the envious, who, at the
age of fifteen, was married to the heir OF
the throneof q friendly state. The prince
was but one year older than she, but OF
a very different disposition. He was
as dull and heavy as she was gay. No
one had ever heard him utter word in
public, and his only taste was for hunt
ing and masonry. After his marriage
he continued to hunt the stag, to help
the masons when they came to work on
the palace and to sit at the table with
out opening his mouth, except to greedi-
" devour his food. As to the princess,
she cared for no other society than that
of number of dirty, noisy little dogs,
that tore and spoiled her dresses. Her
greatest pleasure was to ride on o dom
KEY at the risk Of being thrown, and she
liked to have some one point out to her
all the old visages of the court-a pro-
ceeding that amused her 80 much that
she often burst out laughing in peoples
faces. Her only intimate friends were
ladies who were as fond OF talking scan
dal as herself, which Is saying not lit
tie. Called by the DEGREES OF Provi-
dence to govern great country, one
day. side by side with her stupid hus-
band, she despised her future subjects
so much that she ceased to respect her
self; she neglected to put on corsets
when about to appear in public, and she
never brushed her teeth, although, as
We have stated, she was very fond OF
laughing.
Knowing well that the slightest OF her
caprices were to be obeyed, she refused
to learn anything. Her ignorance was
excessive. She could scarcely form her
letters, and although che had q reader
she could not endure to listen to him
for more than half an hour day, and
then only by dint of playing with her
dogs or with little children who were
brought to her expressly. Neither
music nor even singing had any charms
for her, because to study them would
require some application.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
Fashion Notes.

Byzantine is considered the handsom-
est thin fabric for mourning dresses, and
is also the most expensive. 1t is all silk,
thin and wiry like gauze, and with close
" woven smooth surface. 1t is made up
over silk, and is trimmed with plaitings
and with crimped taped fringes that
modistes call mourning fringes. Next
this comes the iron grenadines OF mixed
silk and wool.
In making grenadine suits no one now
uses lower skirt of grenadine. The
dress must he worn over silk, so that
the grenadine founces are at once put
on the silk of the foundation. Taffeta
silks, or else the gros grain that cost
from $1.50 to 50 yard, are used when
new silk must be bought, but it is more
usual to utilize some partly worn skirt OF
black silk by turning it, aud cleaning
with diluted ammonia.
Henrietta cloth is q favorite material
for the wooden dresses that are worn in
this climate all the year ronnd. Mer-
chants say their customers demand it in
finer qualities every year, and that it is
now preferred to the English bomba-
zines, as it is not 80 hard to the touch,
and is entirely without gloss. Very fair
qualities, heavy enough for summer and
the demi. season, are sold for $1.50 q
yard, but finer cloths are 81. 30 or $3.
Wraps to be worn with mourning are
usually made Of the material OF the
dress. To wear with various
dresses are sacks Of thin silk GOV.
cred entirely with English Grape.
When greater warmth is required there
are graceful mAntles in scarf, mantilla,
or Dolman shape, made OF the soft and
lusterless camel's hair, trimmed with
crimped fringe and folds Of repped silk.
or else with wool brsid in many parallel
rows.
Rough finished but soft camel's hair is
also used for handsome polonaise suits.
Nice qualities cost from 50 80 to $3.50 q
yard, and are q yard and three-eighths
wide. Some are made up entirely plain,
with only stitched hens; even the sleeves
have no cuffs, but arc piped around the
wrist and left open two inches up the
outer seam. Others are trimmed with
crimped fringe, and with many rows OF
narrow wool braid, or with one or two
rows of very wide braid. Those who
are tired of twilled surfaces select the
basket woven cloths that cost from $l.25
to $1.75 q yard; these are especially
liked for young ladies' who begin 70
tighten their mourning with folds and
pipings of silk.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-08-03
A Strange Suicide,

The Overland China Mail gives an
account of strange suicide that was
lately committed at Fuh Chow Foo. A
young lady, who had the misfortune to
be left widow while yet in her teens,
was urged by some injudicieus relatives
to enter again into the bouds of wed
lock. The thought thus suggested of
supplying the place of her late husband
was go repugnant to her feelings that,
in order to escape from the persecution
of her advisers, she determined to cas-
cend to heaven on the back of a stork, I"
or, in other words, publicly to commit
suicide. Having arrived at this deter
mination day was fixed for the cere-
mony. Early on the fatal morning the
lady, dressed as the "queen of heaven" I"
and surrounded by large following Of
admiring relatives and friends, started
from her late husbands house in an
open sedan chair for the scene of her
self-inficted death. By the way, she
visited her parents, to bid them fare
well, and stopped occasionally en- route
to taste the viands which were placed
at intervals by the side of the road, as at
funeral. On arriving at an open space
at the back of the Hai-chaou temple,
she mounted on scafolding which had
been erected for the purpose, and, hav-
ing bowed to the vast crowd which had
assembled to witness the proceedings,
she cried with loud voice: Heaven
and eartu and my friends I am quite
satisfied to die in this manner" Hav-
ing said this, she stepped on to q chair
on the platform, and thrust her head
through moose of red cord, which
hung suspended from q cross-beam
above her. At the same moment red
cloth was placed over her head and face,
and then, without the least hesitation,
she jumped off the chair. Death was
almost instantaneous, and she expired
without the least apparent struggle.
Unfortunately, the effects of this young
lady's sef-devotion did not end with her
life, for so deep an impression did her
conduct make on some boys who had
witnessed the spectacle thatthey amused
themselves on the following day by
making believe to follow her example.
By misadventure, while one of them
was adjusting the rope roand his neck,
his playmates ran off, and on their re-
turn they found that he likewise had
"ascended to heaven on the back OF
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