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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-04-15


is making q comfortable living should
leave it to seek the golden uncertainty
hidden in these pine-clad rocks. Nor
should poor men come here unable to
bring with them a years provisions and
few hundred dollars to help them
selves until they have made raise
There is room enough here for capital,
labor and enterprise, but no room for
helpless, destitute people or men who
expect to make sudden fortunes without
enduring the hardships of the most re-
mote frontier life. The land is rich and
fertile, but it requires capital and skill
ed labor to develop it. There is an I'M
limited supply of good pine timber, free
to all, but little or no market. for it.
There are countless lodges of rich
quartz all over the hills, but no men
with mills and capital to crush it and
smelt out the precious metals. There
is lime here but no plasterers. Coal,
too, exists alongside vast beds of iron
and lead, but no man here to take pos
session and expend capital in utilizing
this unclaimed wealth. As yet the
country is unsurveyed, neither lines or
corner stones mark the boundaries of
the Hills. What is needed here is capt.
tai, enterprise and skilled labor. At
this writing there are needed in the
Hills, a hardware store, crockery
store, a job-printing Office, q news
paper, post-office, a stage line Il
drug store, a furniture store, a dry goods
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Fashion Notes.
Clinging mantles arc fashionable

Clinging mantles are fashionable
wraps.
The close polcnaise is the accepted
oyerdress for church and street occa-
sions.
Ecru batiste dresses will be made up
with great deal of silk.
The capote remains favorite style In
bonnets both for straw and silk.
The long. pointed pocket or the newer
square one is seen on almost all
dresses.
0There is a decided tendency to d.
aeonal and shield fronts both in basques
and polonaises.
Gloves for evening wear are very
long, requiring from six to twelve but
tons.
Square bows are new feature in
dress trimmings.
SQUARES and crescents of Mechlin lace
are now used for ornamenting the ends
of China crepe neckties.
Fine gingham, in gay colors, trimmed
with Smyrna lace and elaborately made,
will be the rage for country dresses dur
ing the summer.
For general wear the Hndressed kid,
or giant de Suede gloves, are most fash
ionable, and white undressed kids are
now selected for evening dress.
Many of the linen collars are hem
stitched, and are made 80 high that when
they are worn it is almost impossible to
turn the head without turning the body
o1co
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Sorrow BY the Wayside.

A family from southern Kansas, con-
sisting of husband, wife and three
children, passed through Waco, Texas,
in q covered wagon, and the following
sad chapter in their history was related
by the man. He stated that they left
Kansas on the first of March, with the
intention of joining number of fam
lilies formerly from Kansas, who are
now living in Brown county. They
travelled rapidly, and met with no mis-,
haps until one Sunday morning, when
their little babe, aged about eighteen
months, was suddenly taken i'll and
died. The grief of the poor mother
on the death of her child knew no
bounds; in fact, she became tempor-
arily insane, and when her husband
wished to bury the body of the infant
she clutched it wildly in her arms and
fled from him and hid herself in the
woods, where she remained over night
along with the corpse. It was not until
nearly noon on the following day that
he found her. She was SO completely
exhausted by that time that he had but
little difficulty in taking her back to the
wagon. She was induced to take some
nourishment, and soon afterward fell
asleep. While she lay sleeping the lit
tie corpse was placed in a roughly con
structed box, and the father and chill
dren buried it under live oak tree by
the roadside. The mother slept several
hours, and awoke with her mind re-
stored. She assisted her husband in
building a fence around the lone little
grave, and then, with many backward
glances, the afflicted family pursued
their weary Journey.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
The American Prima Donna.

Miss Emma Abbott, the American
singer, made very successful debut as
Daughter of the Regiment at Covent
Garden, London. Though her acting
leaves something to be desired, she pos
sesses voice of great power and purity,
and is almost perfect in her rendering OF
the character. She was twice recalled
after the first act.
Emma Abbott was born in Wisconsin,
her father being we'll known violinist
there, and although at an early age she
developed wonderful musical talent and
a voice of exceptional sweetness, yet
there was little encouragement given to
her, owing to the humble circumstances
of her parents. At fourteen years OF
age, when she was singing in church
at Milwaukee, she had the good fortune
to meet Miss Kellogg at Toledo, Ohio.
She called on the great prima donna and
asked her with childlike simplicity
"Wil you please hear me sing| A
cordial compliance greeted her request.
The rest is soon told, and it is story
that more deeply will enshrine in uni
NcI5dl lONluH 1CAC1hb1oASO <Ah4SAASes -
representative cantatrice. Miss Kellogg
discovered the undeveloped purity,
sweetness and power of her voice, and
placed her under the care of our best
musical teachers. Nine. Nilsson heard
her sing at DR.. Chapin's church, New
York city, and at the close of the services
the Swedish Nightingale, with the en-
thusiasm of genius greeting genius,
rushed up to her, introduced herself,
embraced her, and said: You can
sing as well as can; there are golden
ducats in your voice." The growing
talent of the fair young singer induced
a number of admirers of genius to sub
scribe sum of money sufficient to send
her to Italy, where she received the most
valuable instruction, and where re-
nowned n,aestri predicted brilliant
career for her. Whatever success Miss
Abbott may meet she owes to her own
untiring energy and determination to
succeed,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Another Wife's Protest.

In the Virginia City Nev.) Enter
prise is advertised "notice" which
reads: My husband, Michael cCarthy,
advertises that I have left his bed and
board. I wish to say that the bed was
my own, bought with my own money,
and that for the most of the time since
we were married I haveIjurnished the
board for both him and myself. Last
Sunday night he beat me. and forced
me, half naked, to leave the house: On
Sunday he came home beastly drunk
and quarrelsome, and compelled me to
seek neighbor's protection. I am
covered with wounds where he has beat
en- me. He has beat me and dragged
me by the hair repeatedly, and is Q
rufian and tyrant. he has never clothed
me, and has repeatedly robbed me OF
my little money and valuables. I could
not get credit on his account. He has
none himself. The public may judge
between us. ANNA MCCARTHY.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Emperor Of Shopkeepers.

The London Spectator calls the late
A. T. Stewart the emperor OF shop.
keepers, "and pronounces the reported
estate Of s16,00O,0O0 sterling perhaps
the largest fortune that ever was at one
mans entire disposal, and certainly the
largest that was ever made out OF . shop
or accumulated by trade of any kind in
one mans lifetime. 1t is four times the
fortune acquired by the late Mr.. Nor
rison, five times that of Mr.. Thornton,
two and o half times the highest esti-
mate over formed Of the wealth OF Mr..
Brown, of Liverpool, and probably e1-
ceeds that of any business man now
alive and without partners, except. per.
haps, Commodore Vanderbilt, the Amer.
can railway speculator, who is credited
by rumor-which may, however, be ex-
aggerated-with a larger accumulation
still.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Two Orphans Adventures.

Says the Atchison (Kansas) Patriot
Conductor Ben Cole discovered,
crouched under one of the seats in a
smoking Car, a boy and girl. "Mister,
is this road TO Havena" said the boy, as
he crawled out, and the girl said:
Mister, please don't put us of, our
folks live there, and we amt got any
father or mother, and here's letter, at
the same time drawing from her faded
calico apron q crumpled piece of paper,
and handing it to Mr.. Cole. After look.
ing at it long time, for it was badly
written, badly spelled and blurred, he
made out this:
"An good people: These children
amt got no father or mother. They
died here in February, and Is'e been
tending to 'em. They amt got no folks
here; and their folks live in Haven,
Connecut. Ise poor niger woman,
and can't keep 'em no longer. Is'e got
myself to support, and theyse going
back to their folks. They is good chill
dren, and don't do 'em no harm.
"JANE MAUPN."
Mr.. Cole sat down by the boy, who
was about thirteen years of age and
bright. He learned that in the spring
John Howell with his wife and two
children left New Haven, Conn.,, for the
West, and arrived at Pueblo, but that
there both died, and during their sick
ness the old negro, Jane Maupin, was
the only attendant at their bedside, and
when the children were thrown out upon
the world, orphans, friendless and pen
niless, she cared for them as she would
for her own children. But having
learned from the father that they were
from New Haven, and that they had an
uncle there by the name of Martin How
ell, she conceived the idea that they
ought to go back, and she thought that
the letter she wrote and gave them
would be passport to all the world.
They started, taking atrain for Atchison,
and a conductor had put them off near
Pueblo.
But they had started for Haven, and
they resolved that they would 60. By
stealing rides" now in a freight car,
now under the seats in the smoking car,
and now in the caboose among the piles
of trunks and packages, and begging
their food, they reached Topeka, fifty
miles from Atchison. They wandered
around Topeka all day, and at night they
hid themselves in fat car laden with
building stone. In the gray dawn they
reached this city, begged breakfast
and dinner, and at two o'clock hid them
selves under the seat in the car where
they were found by Mr.. Cole.
Mr.. Cole took the children to Kansas
City, the end of his ."run," cared for
them there, telegraphed to Martin How
ell at New Haven, Conn.,, and received
an answer to send the children in care OF
the conductar to New Haven, and to
draw upon him for the expenses OF the
trim
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Romance In the Kitchen.

The Napanee (Canada) Standard has
this story Miss Jennie Marshall, the
fortunate heiress of 81 ZOO, 900, married
the object of her affection, A. NJ. Brown,
and started for England to claim the
bequest. The cause of her leaving Eng
land was to avoid hateful marriage,
and having come out here was content
to live as servant, rather than live In
affluence by bartering away her better
nature. Nj. Brown was not aware OF
the possibility awaiting his inamorata,
but that need not cause all the young
men of Napanee to "pile on the agony "
in the back kitchens on Sunday even
ings, unless they are willing to take the
chances, which are about one in ten
thousand. Better L" "marry for love and
work for money" as the ancient adage
has it. By her marriage Mrs. Brown
forfeits part of her fortune.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Chinese Building Propensities.

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says The Chinese quarter of the city
is being rapidly rebuilt. The sons Of
Confucius work like beavers. They are
busy early and late, and both under
ground and on the surface. In their
part of the town the Celestials have kept
pace with the march of rebuilding in
that part of the burned district which is
in the hands of the whites. In ordinary
times no one ever hears of q Chinese
carpenter, but now all are carpenters.
One would suppose that "John," the
manner in which his eyes are set in his
head being considered, would never be
able to saw plank square across, yet he
manages to make all manner of joints
and bevels. When house much above
the ordinary size is to be built, they
precipitate themselves upon it In hosts.
They 60 at it much as they set about
tunneling through a mountain. They
swarm like ants, and Like ants each is
doing something. When alarge building
is being rooted by them, it seems, at a
little distance, to be covered with flock
of giant crows, each pecking with all
his might, and squawking with all his
"main." When Chinaman is excited
and is rushing things, he is very un-
happy unless allowed to "give tongue. "
To suddenly cut one of them short when
in full vocal blast would be as difficult
as to silence donkey when in the midst
of his bray.
We have limited at the underground
labors of the. Mongolians. It may be
necessary to explain that once John
Chinaman has come into possession of a
piece of ground, he not unfrequently
builds both up and down. He has an
innate love of subterranean dens and
caves. In Chinatown, as it is being re-
built, the underground apartments are
likely to be even more abundant than in
Chinatown as it is. In the "bomb-
proofs and other holes they are dig
ging and building, and they will have
their gambling and opium dens down
below the sunlight, underneath the
ground.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
The Dreamer and the Sunbeam.

The Dreamer and the Sunbeam.
A little sunbeam strsyed into his room
And nestled ON the paper, ss his pen
Traced wearily the word "sometims. The
gloom
Which shrouded his sad fancy there and
then
Drifted away,
Like melting mist before the god Of day.
Just like q crown of gold the little beam
Circled the word-so little meaning and
Within the golden space he saw the glesm
OF snow-white fingers and dimpled hand,
Which seemed to write
Mysterious letters on this spot Of light.
Circling still the little word Sometime"
The fair hand softly moved, until the same
Was all surrounded, not with liquid rhyme,
But flashing pictures in golden frame
Then passed away,
Like fading cloudlets at the close Of day.
The sunbeam still remained and still the word.
Like tabled picture in lis frame Of gold,
Cleaned thro' it's veil of sunshine, when he
heard
The music of voice, oft heard Of old,
But silent long
Amid the chorus Of sadder song.
"Read, dreamer, yonder mystic scroll
My hand hiss drawn beneath the golden
beam!
Then cast the shadow from thy doubling soul,
And change the tenor Of they idle dream!
Look, and behold
The future hidden beneath its veil Of gold!"
The dreamer" looked, and round the word
Sometime"
Such fairy pictures clustered that his heart
Filled with an ecstasy at once sublime,
Seemed Of the sunbeam and the word part,
While all the earth
Was filed with music, such as hailed its birth !!
The vision of his brightest dreams fulfilled
A sunny pathway, free from cank'ring care
A heart with every yearniug passion stilled--
A happy future-all we're pictured there!
And-brightest, best
Beyond the lines, calm eternal rest!
With hesd still beut but not with sorrow
bowed,
The dreamer long in client rapture stood.
The years Of quiet sorrow round him crowd,
silent, uncongenial brotherhood!
,-.. Each friend Of old
Stands smiling there, with folded wings OF
gold!
Sweet hope, How welcome to the heart thy
Voice,
When naught but echoes OF the haunting
past. -:
Sound in its chambers or the louder noise
or battling passions, crowding fierce snd
fsst
rs portals, filed
With voicsless singers cruel fate has stitled.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01

A GooD IDEA.-A committee OF the
Cincinnati Bar association has applied
for the disbarment of a member for ad-
vertising to procure divorces illegally
and quietly" for incompatibility, ETC.,
without any change of residence being
necessary. As no divorce can be OBJ:
tanned in the courts OF Ohio without
publicity, as incompatibility is not a
lawful cause for divorce, and as resi-
dence of one year is necessary before
fling petition, the lawyer in question.
il is claimed, is q fraud.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Bad for the Farmers.

Potato bugs are ravaging Long Island
farmers hot.beds. Beetles, the parents
of the potato bugs, that had slept in the
beds all winter, awoke on the appear
ance of spring, and settled on the ten.
der growth about them. They laid
their eggs on the softest leaves. From
the eggs were hatched potato bugs, and
they begun to devour the leaves on
which they we're Matched. Taking the
reporter to his hot. beds, wherein were
egg plants, Flatbush farmer uprooted
a plant, whose leaves were pierced and
withered, and peppered with bugs, and
said "See how lively they are The
potato bug eats farmer out OF house
and home, until it gets to be perfect
beetle. Then it dives into the earth,
and stays nine days, probably getting
ready to lay. When ready, the beetle
comes out of his hole, and lights upon
the youngest plants. On them it lays
eggs, and then bobs away. Last June
the beetles came upon US, and caused
thousands of dollars loss by breeding
upon the plants in the hothouses. I had
egg plants enough to yield two hun
dred pounds of seed, that was to sell
to Philadelphia scotsman for $500
butt potato bugs ate all but $40 worth.
They couldn't hurt the potato shoots,
because they were about foot high.
The beetles hung around all summer,
crawling and jumping in the sun, and in
the fall burrowed in the earth. Farm
ers are setting out only half as much
potatoes as usual, and are terribly
afraid. In plowing, we turn up lots OF
beetles. The ground is full of them,
and as soon as real warm weather comes
they will begin to hatch. ."-Neso York
| i(1l1a
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Practicing.

There are some phases OF savage life
that it might not be amiss to adopt as
laws of civilized existence. Tor m
stance, squaw belonging to the Indians
occupying portion Of Modoc county
Gal, recently undertook the practice OF
medicine, and tried her skid! upon one
of the tribe who happened to be i'll.
The result was the patient died, and the
sauaw, in accordance with . custom
among the Indians, was put TO death for
undertaking that which she could not
accomplish,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01

Dealers in trees assert that expert
enced men buy small, thrifty trees,
while those who are just starting are
anxious for the largest ones to be had.
Those who are to set trees the coming
season will d. VIII to learn from the ex-
perience of those who, at considerable
/, to themselves, have demonstrated
that small trees are the ones to buy.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01
Tn huildino a new harm. 7 would stud

In building a new barn, I would study
to put in all the windows I could pos
sibly get in, of course not making q
greenhouse of it, but as many as most
folks put into dwelling houses. 1t is 50
much better doing the work in light
barn than q dark one, cattle are more
easily taken care OF, and are more quiet
and better contented in light place
than in dark enc.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-06-01

UNsAT1sFAoToRY.-Anxious Lover {:
"Does your sister Annie ever say any
thing about me, sissyf" Sissy: Yes
she said il you had rockers on your
shoes, they'd make such nice cradle for
my doll"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-23
CHALLENGE FROM TEXAS TO EVERY
STATE IN THE UNION.

Dallas, the Queen City of Northern
Texas, sends forth, in behalf of the
State of Texas, the following challenge:
We challenge each and every State
in the Union to meet us in a friendly
contest in November next, to see who
can roll up the largest majority in favor
of Tilden and Hendricks, the prize to
be splendid silk banner.
The terms of the challenge are these
If any State gives larger majority for
TiIden and Hendricks than is given by
the State of Texas. then Dallas will
send to that State a splendid silk ban
ner. But if Texas gives q larger ma
jority for Uncle Samuel than any other
State, then the State giving the next
largest majority must send banner to
Texas, Dallas to be its custodian.
Whichever State wins the banner is
to be considered the Democratic Banner
State of the Union, and is to hold on
to the flag until the next Presidential
election, then give it up to any other
State which may win it by giving the
largest Democratic vote.
Now, while this challenge is given to
each and every State in the Union, yet
we would single out the great States OF
Kentucky, Georgia and New York, and
invite them to the contest. What says
Louisville, will she take up the glove in
behalf of Kentucky? And what do you
say, Atlanta, in behalf of your grand
old goober-grabbing State of Georgia!
Come, now, New York city, we dare
you to enter the list.
Every city or State which accepts this
challenge, will please make it known by
publishing their acceptance in the Dem
ocratic papers of New York, Atlanta,
Louisville and st. Louis.
JAMES B. SIMPSON,
Pres't First Ward Tilden and Hendricks
Club. BARNETT GIBBS,
Pres't Second Ward Tilden and Hen
bricks Club. V. w. CLEVELAND,
Pres't Third Ward Tildren and Hen
bricks Club j. D. KERFooT,
Pres't Fourth Ward Tilden and Hen
bricks Cub.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-23

selection By the MONKS % 2 residences
is not surprising. The abbey the
ruins of which are now very meagre, is
supposed to have been founded A. D.
600 by st. Finian. The annals of In
installer" among the earliest records of
Irish history, were composed here by
two monks. A short walk from the
Victoria and We reach the
RUINS OF APHEDoE.
These are said to be the most ancient
ruins in Ireland, and consist of an ab-
hey, round tower and castle. The most
interesting portion of the abbey is an
ornamented doorway of the early Nor
man period. The round castle is a
massive building 80 feet in heigth.
From the summit of the round tower,
which is situated on elevated ground,
the eye wanders with delight over the
whole scenery of the Lower Lake and
adjacent country where the Kings of
Munster once held undisputed posses
sion. Some othe places of interest re-
NAMED to be seen but want of time pre-
vented longer stay. The lakes and
the country which surround them are
certainly very beautiful, but having
been accustomed to scenery so much
grander, they failed to make the im-
preston upon my mind they have upon
SO many others. But these ancient
ruins and the associations, which cluster
round them, are to me of intense in
telest. RUFUS WILLARD, NJ. D.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-23

The MAINE ELEcroN.-The recent
election in Maine resulted, as was con-
coded beforehand, in Republican VIC
tory. When this election is compared
with the election of 1872 the Republi-
cans have nothing to feel proud of. In
1872 the vote of Maine was 126, 618, in
which the Republicans had a majority
of II, 216. In the election on Monday
the vote cast was 134 900, and.the Re-
publican majority will be only about
$4,000. Thus it will be seen that
though the vote was over 1000 larger
than in 1872, yet the Republicans have
their majority reduced about 5000,
showing that there are thousands of
Republicans, even in Maine, who have
been sick and Disguised with the nefa-
robustness of the Radical party, and they
are rapidly leaving its filthy folds, at
least until more honest men get into its
leadership.