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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Good Living and Dyspepsia.

Good living is said to cause dyspep-
sia; but the most healthy people we have
ever known have been among those who
lived well-who ate freely several times
day of the most nutritious food. By
some it is said that tobacco, snuff, tea,
coffee, butter, and even bread cause this
complaint but whoever will make in
quiries on this subject throughout the
community will find that this is seldom
true. In fact dyspepsia prevails. accord
ing to my experience, altogether the
most among the temperate and careful
among those who are careful as regards
what they eat and drink, and the labor
they put upon the stomach, but exceed
ingly careless how much labor they put
upon that most delicate organ, the brain.
Such people often eat nothing but BY
the advice of the doctor, or some treat
ise on dyspepsia, or by weight; nor
drink anything that is not certainly
harmless; they chew every mouthful
until they are confident, on mature re-
fection, that it cannot hurt the stomach.
Why. then, are they dyspeptics9 Be-
cause, with all their carefulness, they
pay no attention to the excitement OF
the brain. They continue to write two
or three sermons or essays every week,
besides reading a volume or two, with
magazines, reviews, newspapers, ETC.,
and attending to much other business
calculated to excite the mind. 1t is not
strange that such persons have nervous
and stomachic affections. The constant
excitement of the brain sends an excess
of blood to the head, and therefore
other organs are weakened, and morbid
sensibility is produced, which renders
the stomach liable to arrangement from
very slight causes.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
After TWenty.Three Years.

A few days ago some workmen in
Allegheny, Pa, while e1cavating for a
cellar, came upon the bones of the leg
and the arm of a man. It was immedi.
ately recalled by the neighbors that
about seven years ago the skull and q
portion of the spinal column of O skele-
ton were found in the same place.
Rumor has it that the remains are those
of John Busch, who disappeared sud
denly on the nig hit OF Christmas, 1853,
having gone out to purchase some toys
for his son. He fell in with country
man, one Ernest Rinehart, and the
two spent part of the evening in John
Harris saloon. From that place the
two departed. Busch was last seen at
or near the house of one Hart. At the
time Hart was suspected Of the murder
and arrested for it, but the evidence did
not warrant a commitment.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
The Poetry of the Throttle Valve.

Not long ago an engineer brought his
train to a stand at little Massachusetts,
village where the passengers have five
minutes for lunch. A lady came along
the platform and said: The conduc-
tor tells me the train at the junction In
P. leaves fifteen minutes before our ar
rival. 1t is Saturday night; that is the
last train. 1 have very sick child IN
the car, and no money for a hotel, and
none for a private conveyance a long,
long way into the country. What shall
I do"
"Well," said the engineer, II wish
I could tell you"
"Would it be possible for you to
hurry little ?" said the anxious, tear
full mother.
"No, madam, I have the timetable.
and the rules say I must run by it"
She turned sorrowfully away, leaving
the bronzed face of the engineer wet
| with tears. Presently she returned and
said: care you Christian 2"
CT trust am, was the reply.
"Will you pray with me that the Lord
may in some way delay the train at the
junction p
"Why, yes, I will pray with you, but
| I have not much faith"
| Just then the conductor cried: All
aboard" The poor woman hurried
! back to the deforned and sick child,
; and away went the train climbing the
grade.
Somehow" sail the engineer,
everything worked like charm. As
| prayed, I couldn't help letting my en-
gine out Just little. We hardly stop
ped at the first station, people got on
and off with wonderful alacrity, the con-
ductor's lantern was in the air in half
minute, and then away again. Once
over the summit it was dreadful easy to
give her little more, and then little
more, as I prayed, till she seemed to
shoot through the air like an arrow.
Somehow l couldn't hold her, know
ing had the road, and SO we dashed
up to the station six minutes ahead OF
time"
There stood the other train, and the
conductor with the lantern on his arm.
"Well," said he, "will you tell me what
am waiting for2 Somehow I felt |
must await your coming tonight, but l
don't know why" 81 guess" said the
brother conductor, "it is for this poor
woman, with her sick and deformed
child, dreadful anxious to get home this
Saturday night" But the man on the
engine and the grateful mother think
they can tell why the train waited.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Printing Office Secrets.

A properly conducted printing once
is as much secret society as is ma
sonic lodge. The printers are not under
an oath of secrecy, but always feel them
selves as truly in honor bound to keep
secrets as though they had been put
through triple oaths. An employee in a
printing chice who willingly disregards
this rule in regard to printing office
secrets would not only be scorned by his
brethren of the craft, but would lose his
nosition in the Office at once. We make
this statement because it sometimes
happens that communication appears
in newspaper under an assumed sigma
ture which excites comment, and various
parties try to find out who is the author.
Let all be saved the trouble OF question:
inc the employees or attaches OF the
printing Office. They are "know moth
inps" on such points as these. On snca
matters they "have eyes and ears, but
no mouth, and # they fail to obseI
this rule, let tn, NJ be put down as dis
honored members,-Ezchange.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Mining in Germany.

The German Mining annals states
that the proprietors of most of the mines
in the districts of Dortmund, Bonn, and
Halle have been at considerable e1-
pense in providing for the use OF work
men coming from q distance sleeping
houses and canteens. Nearly all these
buildings have been erected upon the
model of similar establishments belong,
ing to the State at Saarbruck and else
where. The workmen are lodged In
them and are provided with food from
Saturday till Monday, and many OF the
unmarried men take up their residence
in them altogether. These establish
ments have accommodation for from
fifty to three hundred persons each
and, as a general rule, the proprietors
let them at trifing rental to con-
tractor, who is bound to lodge the un-
married men for moderate sum, and to
afford them facilities for cooking their
meals in the house. The price of lodg-
ing aud food varies from 5d. to Is. I'd.
a day, but is rather more in Westphalia.
where tho workmen get coffee twice q
day and meat once. Lights and firing
are in nearly every case supplied gratis
by the proprietors of the mine, though
there are few places where the work
man pays 3s. o month for bed, lights
and firing. The dormitories have from
six to ten beds, and the workmen are
provided with bedding and linen. Al
the end of last year the district OF bort,
mund alone possessed twenty eight large
and seven small sleeping houses, with
canteens attached, capable OF receiving
1890 dodgers. Several of these houses
contain reading-rooms, Libraries, lecture
halls etc., and in few of them are to
be found baths, to which the occupants
have free access. One of the best is OF
Silberau, near Ems, standing upon
2, 500 square feet of ground, and large
enough to lodge 200 workmen in
dormitories, with from three to seven
beds in each. The refreshment-room
on the ground floor is constructed to
hold 300 people, and all the rooms are
heated in winter by hot water stoves.
The building cost "a, 500, or at the rate
of G22 los. for each lodger.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Banks in the United States.

There are to-day in the United States
9O7 chartered State banks, 2, 118 national
banks, 666 savings banks, and 2,375 pri-
vate banks-6,O66 in all. The pioneer
was the Bank of North America, estab-
lished in Philadelphia by the Continen-
tai Congress in 1882, with a capital of
100000. 1t issued notes redeemable
in Spanish dollars, and aided Robert
Morris in carrying the colonies through
the closing years Of the war. Two years
later the Bank of New York was opened
in Walton House with Alexander Hamil-
ton on the board of directors. In 1893
the Bank of the Manhattan Company
was organized with Aaron Burr as one
of the managers. When the second war
with Great Britain broke out eighty-nine
banks had h"en organized under State
charters, with capital OF over $40, ,0OO,:
O"O. The State banks at the present
t:ne have capital of 1854, 1866, 669, while
the national banks have attracted over
$500, 900, 900 to their support.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Simple Remedy for Scarlet Fever.

Take an onion aud cut it in halves,
cut out portion of the center, and into
the cavity put spoonful of saffron
put the pieces together, then wrap In
cloth and bake it in an oven until the
onion is cooked so that the Juice will run
freely, then squeeze out all the Juice
and give the patient a teaspoonful, at
the same time rubbing the chest and
throat with goose grease or rancid bacon,
if there is any cough or soreness in the
throat. In short time the fever Will
break out in an eruption all over the
BODY. All that is then necessary is to
keep the patient warm and protected
from draught, and recovery is certain.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
The English Schools.

The subinspector of English factories
gives many striking particulars Of the
hostility on the part of the working
classes to the educational provisions now
made for their children. Is this your
Switchboard ?" asked a woman !; "I wish
my master had dropped down dead be,
fore he'd gone to vote for it.. May
my arms drop off" said a man, eff l
ever vote at any kind Of an election
again" Another remarked : "Talk
about England being free country,
when a man can't do as he's mind WI
his own children !" In a parish of
50,0O0," asserts the government inspec-
tor, eff the question of schoolboard or
no schoolboard could again be put, there
would not be 800 votes in favor OF
hoard"
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
HALF HANeED.-About half a century

HALF HANGED. half century
ago an old man was hanged in Scotland
for completely in murder. The rope
broke and he fell violently to the
ground. His first words, when he re
covered his breath, were "Ah sheriff.
sheriff, gle us fair hangin':" His sors
leaned forward to claim their fathers
life on the ground that the law had no
riobt TO exact second hanging. But
the old man cried out "Na, boys, I'll
no eepg hame to hae people pointin' me
oot, and saying: " There's Joan w.
the half hangit man."
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12
Unsatisfed.

"Oblv . housemaid!" She looked from the
Kitchen
Neat WAS the kitchen and tidy was she (;
There at her window q ssmpstress Bat stitch
ing;
Were 1 sempstress, how happy Ia be-
"Ouly queen!" She looked over the Wa'ets-
Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she !;
There sat an empress, with queens for her
daughters;
"Were an empress, how happy I'd be"
Still the old frailty they all OF them trip In
Eve in her daughter is ever the same;
Give her all Eden, she signs for p'ppn;
Give her an empire, she pines for Q name!
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-10-12

FArrHLEss. - The Indiana supreme
court has just made decision of no lit
tie Importance to faithless swains and
forsaken maidens. In the case of Paris
vs.. Strong it is held that if a promise Of
inerriAg" is hy IL terms not 20 be PER
formed within year, it is void unless
in writing and signed by the parties.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07

Charles dudley Warner, Mounting
the camel Is not difficult, but II has
some sweet surprises for the novice.
The camel lies upon the ground with
all his legs shat up under him like a
jaok-knlie You seat yourself In the
broad saddle, and cross your legs IN
front of the pommel. Before you are
ready something likoa private earth.
quake begins under you. The camel
raises his headquarters suddenly
and throws you over his neck aud
before you recover from that the
Strengthens up his knees, and gives
You Jerk over his tall; aud while YOU
are not nj all certain what has hap
pened, he begins 10 move otfwith thai
dlslooated walk, which sets you Into a
see-saw motion, weaving backwards
and forwards In the capaclous saddle.
Not havinga hinged back NJ for this
movement, you lash the beast with
your koorbash To make him change
his gait, lie Is nothing 10Th TO do il,
and at once starts into u high trot,
which sends you up foot into the air
Mt every step, hobs you from side TO
side, drives your backbone into your
brain, and makes castanets Of your
teeth. Capital exercise. When you
have enough Of II you pull up, aud
inquire what Is the beathen
method of riding q dromedary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
The vanity Of Human wishes.

There is no more striking evidence
OF the vanity OF human ambition than
In the proposal 10 sell the house OF Mr.
Jay Cooke, In Pennsylvania, aud the
transfer TO railroad company OF the
palace of Mr. LeGrand Lockwood. of
Connecticut. Ten years ago Mr..
Cooke and Mr.. Lockwood were among
the richest, most enterprlsing and
most celebrated merchants OF this
country. Wealth rolled upon them
In the fillness Of spring tide. With
wealth came the ambition TO found
u family and home-an ambition
which, whatever we may think Of our
democratic aud liberal institutions,
seems to be an instinct OF human ma.
ture. Mr.. Cooke built his house at
0gontz, which, from reports, cost him
more than a million dollars. The auc-
tioneer the other day could only obtain
a bid OF three hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars. Although the sale was
under decree of bankruptcy, IL was
postponed. Mr.. LockwOod's palace ut
Norwalk cost 81 100000, and was re-
Gently offered for sale at $4,000.
This, the reporter Informs us, is proba.
bly, the finest private. dwelling In
America, constructed OF solid blocks o T
granite, finished inside with rosewood
aud mahogany and cedar Of Lebanon
Mr.. Lockwood Is dead, and u railroad
corporation possesses his domain. Mr..
Cooke is a bankrupt, and the auction
GERS are vainly asking the world TO buy
for song what cost him fortune.
How true 1t is, rs the wisest of men
once said "All Is vanity and vexa-
ton ofspirlt.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
Talking at TabIe.

Journal of Health: Talking is one OF
the very best digesters; there Is ~
tonic known to equal it, as it Is OF tne
kind calculated to promote hliari.y
and good feeling generally. M0s' p par
ents are prone to prohibit their cnl'-
dren from laughing and talking az tne
table; it is unphysiological; II Is cru
elty. Joyousness promotes the circu-
lation of the blood, enlivens 1t, invlg-
crates 1t, sends it tingling to the re-
hottest part OF the system, carrying
with 1t animation, vigOr and life. me
louder the little ones laugh the better;
The faster they talk the better, for then
they eat less in a given time, cohse-
quently chew their food more tnor-
oughly. ,n
;na'table. Discourage all subjects
which invite political or religious ran
oor Let every topic introduced be
calculated to instruct, to Interest or
,o emuse. Do not let the mind run on
S,,s;nsss or previous mishaps, or past
S;sanno,ntments. Never tell bad news
a. the table. nor for an bour before
Let everything you have TO commu ,a,,
cate be, II possible, OF gladstone, ny,
ous. hilarious character, calcuIa'eu W
briog out pleasant remarks OF agree,
ahie association. On the other hanu
MAYER administer q reproof at the so
c;al hoard 10 either servant or chiid;
And fault with nothing; speak un'
kindly TO no one. II remarks are
made of the absent, let them contain
some word Of commendation, when,
n repeated In their hearing afterward'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
spicy Excerpts.

"Brother why don't you ask the
stranger to pray?n because re-
knowingly observed the deacon, "this
amt no place for practical jokes. mat
mans the president of gas COM
pany." RNJ
Old Mr.. Perkins has grown sick and
wearied with hearing his grandchii-
dren necessarily talking about the
coming glories Of the Philadelphiai
show: but he succeeded In silencing
than for a time the other day by re-
marking querulously, "Aye, aye, we
NAV saw what ye please about yer cin.
tinyals. but We can't make 'em what
thew used to be In my young days"
and he turned off the gas and shuliied
away to bed In the dark.
There Is not much danger Of his
Holiness the Pope coming to want ID
his old age. Last year the Peters
nencep and jubilee indulgences netted
him "a 600, 900. The Emperor Ferdi-
nand Of Austria left him 5000 ,OOOi
as hair OF the Duke OF Modena he can
oslcnlate on an income OF s5o, wy q
year: Lord Ripon gave him S y Soe
outright: Belgian convert yio,oVo'
and a pious old lady, recently de-
ceased, 100000. tt az ~sY
nC,ot any silver change about You = =,
sald Quilp, jingling the contents oi n,s
noel mock ct for the delectation OF q broker,
The other day. ooh, lots OF IL" was
the the merit reply. elbow do you like tn u,
new pieces, three OF which make a do, .
lar q' continued Quilp. "TnTee 70 y
dollar p,i oueried the broker. nH l,. !,
seen any Of that kind. Show Us M lew I'd
oniIp then produced q half dollar anu =
two quarters, and without further par Is
lev the unwary broker led the way "
the nearest sample room.
1t would make Horace Greedy tuL.
over in bis grave II he could hear .h '
Iowa papers calling Miss Clagett OF ny
Keokuk Constitution an editress. W.
nresune these same papers look upol
her as a brilliant young journailsstssss'
and understand that she VIII pe ne'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
A Bra,n.soo,hing Remedy.

The wondrous organ that crowns the edihce
OF man Is not only the seat Of reflection and
the home OF ideality, butt liz the governing
centre OF the nervous system. When II IL
overweight, unduly excited, or affected ly
Irregularities OF those bodily organs with
which 1t most closely sympathizes, NIL the
nerves suffer, aud the general henlth is i'm
paired. TIE reason why Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters exercise such n soothing inilu-
ence upon the brain Is, that they remove
those digestive and bilious arrangements
which react inJuriously upon II and that In
relieving Irritation or weakness OF the great
sympathetic nerve which connects the
stomach and the brain, they beneficially
AFFECT the latter organ NJ well as the former.
Sound sleep, clearness OF mind, cosy diges-
ion and freedom from biliousness are In
ured by this prime regulative tonic and
uaryinn. g. ..HHH |.-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
Two Intrepid Riders and the Time
they Made with Ten Horses Each.

San Francisco Call; The tifty-mile
mustang race on the Bay District
Course was decidedly successful. This
species of turf sport has its merits OUT
side OF its novelty. The race was for
$500 u side, fifty miles out, each con-
testants to be allowed ten horses, and
required to change horses every mile.
The parties to the match were II. N.
Mowry and j. p. Smith, both men
whose business is In the saddle, and
who have become Injured by years Of
experience to the disagreeable iirmness
of the Spanish saddle and the
unpleasant peculiarities OF the
mustang horse.
The quarter stretch was crowded
with bucking, rearing and kicking
half-bred horses, among which IL was
dangerous TO be safe.n At three
o'clock the judges ordered the riders
up, and they set OIL with promptness.
The horses used by Mr.. Smith
were notably superior to those of
Mowry; but he was deliberate III his
mounts and dismounts, while Mowry
threw himself from one horse to an
other almost without losing his head
way. BY this means he more than
made up for the difference In the speed
of his horses. He was repeatedly
timed, and he at no time occupied
more than from three to five seconds
In making change. AT the close OF
the tenth mile, Mr.. Smith, In attempt
ing to mount an evil-lisposed bronco,
received a severe kick just below the
right knee, which rendered him very
stiff and sore. 70 this mishap he
ascribes his defeat. With few excep.
tions, Smith led to the end Of the for
tieth mile. At this stage, Mowry
turned loose his choicest horses, and
at the end OF the forty-eighth mile was
a full quarter ahead. Smith rode des-
parately to close itup, but without sue
cess, and Mowry came under the wire
winner of the race aud money by two
hundred yards.
Time-iO miles, 20 minutes; 20 miles,
al minutes; rs miles, IS minutes 30
miles, II minutes 40 miles, hour,
4s minutes so miles, 2 hours and .
minutes.
Mr.. Mowry, the winner, insists that
he won the race upon his merits, aud
that Mr.. Smiths accident made no DIFF
ference In the result. He has ridden
several races Of this kind in this State.
and won reputation as daring ana
skillful horsemsn. 1t Is his intention
to visit Philadelphia, taking a number
of California horses, and intending to
challenge any man, or the world, to
ride against him in long-distance races.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-07
OONSTABLES.
SOCIETIES.
Masonic.

hAaHV1hNs
All Masonic bodies meet at $40 Main street,
over {. N. Wheat's store.
DALLAS CHAPTER, No. AZ, Royal Arch
aasOns, meets at the Chapter Rooms in the
wy OF Dallas, on the first Monday In each
month.
A. A. JOHNSTON, M. e. HIP.
JOSEPH l.. FISHER, Secretary.
TANNEHILL LODGE, No. 50, 7. & A. M,
meets on the second and last Saturday even
Iss OF each month, at the Masonic Hall.
LIB, LoucKx, Secretary.
DALLAS LODGE, No Az f. 4 A. NJ
meets ON the first and third Saturday even.
,,ns OF every month, at its hall over Z. NJ
W. O. COMMON, W. NJ.
-PADdETT, Secretary.
Odd Fellows.
n sSSHiLLERBUND LODGE NO. 2s3, ]. Q;
Fellows Hall. j, GKoSSMAN, N. G.
L. WAGNER, Secretary. m
R sa'sSs Lodge y D. 10 O. p, meets at
uAy evening, at half-past7 o'clock;
10 T. L. FRANK, N. q.
RlDGELEx ENCAMPMENT No. Is, 1. o.
NJ y; 4, meets on the first and third Friday
NH HSn~ In each month, at the Odd Fellows.
l. WAeNRa. Scribe. ~
a. DALLAS LODGE No. "A, ]. o. o. f., meets
l ow every Wednesday night. at the odd Fell
WIS NJ Hall Hall. B. CANDY, N. u.
y. THEvESEr, Secretary. III
TRINITY LODGE No.lss O. o. r., meets
very Monday night at Odd Fellows hall;
n c. II. CALHOUN, N. g.
TunuSkLEY. Secretary.
CSsns,e every Saturday night at the Thomas
=, w - SION 8. RECORD. W. G. T.
W. RECORD W. Secretary.
ava aaLLAS LODGE No. lls, /. O. g. T., meets
Nais ,tr rluay night, at their lodge room, on
''n s'reet, between Austin and Lamar.
Jcy JOSEPH SWAIN, W. Q. L.
~. McNEALUs, W. s.
United FRIENDS OF. TEMPERANCE
Nery Monday night ut old College
''hg, Elm street, at eight o'clock p. N.
in pr NJ. B. FRANKLIN, w. T.
B'Nai Birth.
nssa, l LODGE NO. lT, B'NAI BIRTH
each every second and fourth Tuesday In
hent mn. President, ID. Goslin; vice pres
Priena.% olse Kahn; secretary, Joseph X
uei Kahn monitor, ID. aoslin; treasurer, Eman
Medical.
ASST ASH LAS MEDICAL and SURGICAL
and ~ n.luN Lleets regularly on the ID
b. m Aussaays OF each month, ct B o'clock
A, n a. y. III kSTON, M. D., President.
saAHAM, NJ. D.. Secretary. y
Asos,.HG A;eThs Young Mems Christian
day, rrayer Meeting at p. m, every