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An Honest Convict.

At Des Moines, Iowa, q few months
ago, in moment of passion, q young
man of upright character, named Morris
Spangler, killed mate with whom ne
had hitherto been on friendly terms.
It vas believed there were extenuatlng
circumstances which would prevent a
verdict against him, but he was con-
victed, and sentenced to the penitentiary
for two years. He asked leave Of the
sheriff to visit his parents, who lived a
few miles from the city, promising to
return so as to go with the other prison
ers on the day when they were to be
removed. The sheriff accepted his
promise. He went home, and bade all
his friends and schoolmates farewell,
leaving with them various keepsakes,
gathered together his school books, and
returned promptly, and was convened to
prison. He took his books, saying he
should make o man of himself while he
was there.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
A Stubborn Suicide.

The London Court Circular says:
They are not very lively people in Suf.
folk, but it appears that when one OF
the natives contemplates suicide the
resolution is carried out ina very thor
ough manner. / read that at small
village the other day o tradesman's wife
got up in the night, and, having pro-
ceeded some distance from her house,
placed half pound of gunpowder in q
circle around heEc and set fire to it, but
it did not injure her. She then proceed
ed to her shop, obtained pound canis-
ter of gunpowder, placed it in bucket,
and held her head over it and set fire to
it. The result was that the clubhouse
was blown to pieces, and the woman
frightfully burned about the face. She
next procured shoemaker's knife, and
stabbed herself in the throat. Strange
to say this energetic female is still iv-
ing; but, as she is under medical care,
she need not give up all hopes OF e1-
tinction, for the doctor will probably
finish the work for her which she seems
to have commenced so vigorously.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
Lemons and Sugar.

CONGRESSMAN Williams, of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on accounts,
in his first speech in the United States
House said : "Let me read some OF
the items from the account for articles
furnished to the House of Representa-
tives:
"Four and seven-eighths gallons alco-
hol, and package for same, $13.l9.
"One cask of sal soda, $26.29.
"Fifty pounds tea, $3.50 two hun
hred and twenty pounds granulated
sugar, $3.50.
"Two hundred and nineteen pounds
powdered sugar, $25.19; six boxes OF
lemons, $78.
"Si4 boxes lemons, $7S; two hundred
and five pounds sugar, $23.58."
"Six boxes lemons, $75 two hundred
and thirty-two pounds sugar, $26. 30.
The next is zone hundred fans MIR.
Williams here initiated the action OF
using fan, amid great laughter.
"Two hundred and thirty-four pounds
granulated sugar, $26.91.
'"Two hundred and thirty pounds
powdered sugar, s26.45; six boxes
lemons, $72.
"Six boxes lemons, S72 one hundred
and ninety-eight pounds granulated
sugar, $22.77.
"Six boxes lemons, $72 two hundred
and fvepounds granulated sugar, $23. 5S.
| "Six boxes lemons, S72.
"Three boxes lemons, $36 /; one hun
dred and ninety-nine pounds granulated
sugar, $22, 49,"
The total is 81, 293.0S
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
True Love Out Of Fashion.

The country never possessed 80 many
beautiful manageable young women
as it does at the present time. And why
do we not have more marriages? We
answer, says the Albany Argus, because
marriage for love is the exception and
not the rule. The young people OF this
age have gone fashion and money mad.
If the dandy bank clerk who pays one
half of his income for board and the
other half for clothes cannot improve
his condition he will not marry. The
shop girl who earns good wages and
cannot be distinguished by her dress
from the bankers daughter certainly
will not plunge into matrih-ony unless
she can better her condition in life. If
a man is fortunate enough to possess
money, it matters not how old or ugly
he may be, hundreds of intelligent,
handsome young women can be found
only too willing to become his wife.
Love is an after consideration. They
marry to be supported aud dressed ex-
travagantly. How often do we hear the
remark "Better to be an old mans
darling than poor man g slave. Alas
too many Of them are not satisfied to be
darlings. They will persist in loving
other men after they are married. 1t
cannot be denied that great number OF
unmarried men are adventures looking
for wives who can keep them without
working for q living. The peace and
contentment of happy home are not
taken into consideration. They are
willing to suffer hell upon earth if they
can be kept in idleness. If our young
people do not abandon this extravaganza
of dress and greed for money our coun.
try will be filed with old bachelors and
old maids. We must have more genuine
courtships and marriages to have pros
perity and happiness in this world. Too
many marry for money, only to be disap-
pointed and unhappy the rest OF their
lives.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
Disease from Soap.

Soap is so universally used at the pres
ent day that it seems almost impossible
to do without it. Tt may appear sur
prising to lealn that soap is not an Ut.
mixed good. and that some of the worst
diseases have originated in, or at least
been carried about by, the too frequent
use of some kinds of the article. Man.
ufacturers care but little what ingre
dients they employ so long as the article
they bring forth has the proper amount
of perfume or the requisite capability
of producing suds with little rubbing.
In this manner a vast amount of diseased
animal matter, taken from beasts which
have died of putrescent maladies, is en-
ployed.
Soap fat is we'll known in the manu-.
facture of the soap, and owing to its
condition and the imperfect way in
which it is refined, it sometimes con-
tains most deadly poisons, which, by
friction upon the skin, are introduced
into the pores, gradually soak into the
blood and develop into some local affec-
ton for which no cause can be assigned.
Typhoid fever has been often produced
in this manner, it is ascertained posi-
lively, but the most common form in
which this soap poison has made itself
felt is in the production of diphtheria.
It has hitherto been an inexplicable fact
that while doctors have been urging
great cleanliness to avoid this disease, it
is precisely whero this has been most
shown that the disease has made most
ravages. Boards of health have been
constant in their efforts to prevent diph-
liberia by urging cleanliness, with a re-
suit that is already known by the con-
slant increase of death.
It has also been found that a large
proportion of the soaps now used are
made from putrid and filthy grease OBJ
tanned from tenement houses, jails, hos
pitals and public institutions, and which
no possible process can remove of their
impurities and render fit for human use.
The medical faculty of Paris and London
have already sounded the keynote OF
warning in this matter. Alarmed at the
increase of disease transmitted from i'm
pure soaps, they have impressed on the
people the necessity of only using soaps
of tested purity. The annual mortality
of children, which is now SO great, is
also attributed in large part to this in
discriminate use of soap. The sensitive
and tender skins of the little ones more
readily absorb the poison and disease
transmitted by the soaps referred to.
Wise legislation is needed on this mat
fer
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
The Difference.

The flowers We lost will oil return;
Though dead snd buried long ago,
Beneath the winters ice and snow,
They greet again the sums bright face,
Eseh 10 its own appointed place,
And through the summer bloom and burr
The dead and lost will surely rise;
Though buried deep beneath the clay,
Through years and years they waste away,
Yet in brighter, better land,
We hope to take them by the hand,
And find them glorious in our eyes.
The flowers will come again, We know,
For touch, and taste, and sight, and smell,
The truth of resurrection tell.
Last season brought them back again,
And other seasons will, and then
We do not grieve because they 90.
We do not knew the dead will live.
They never greet our mortal sight,
Beyond the dark We see no light,
And we have naught to check our grief,
Except shadow called belief,
And such sense as hops can give.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
Fashion Notes.
Hats, as rule, are altogether larger.

Hats, as rule, are altogetner larger.
The last thing in aprons-one pocket
in the center.
Solid colors, unbleached and white
stockings for ladies,
Cream shades find favor in wash
dresses, as in everything else.
Fringes are brought out in handsome
patterns and are more popular than
ever.
According to Paris papers the Oxford
laced shoes in French kid are worn IN
doors and out.
Very broad leather or velvet belts,
with silver plated and nickel buckles,
continue to find favor.
The coolest possible dress for deep
mourning is either barege or black
worsted (not silk grenadine, trimmed
with Grape.
It is better taste to wear perfectly
plain black silk for the first month after
leaving off Grape, when lace will be ap-
propriate.
The bright, gay parasols and sum
shades seen in Paris are no longer con-
fined to red ones, but pink, green and
yellow figure conspicuously.
Shoe with the so-called Wurtemburg
heels, cut in one piece with the sole,
and wider and hig CHER under the foot,
are much worn just now in Paris.
The watch protecting pocket is another
novelty. DESIGNED to protect the watch
from pickpockets. 1t is made OF KID,
lined with wash leather, and bound with
metal like a portemonnaie.
The newest dust cloaks are Of silk and
alpaca in the form of listers. They
are showerproof. Some have jelly-bag
hoods. Others are Of the round form or
| have capes forming sleeves.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
A Living Chain.

The Sonoma Democrat Is responsible
for the following story: A special dance
was in progress at Brunsen's ranch,
Green Springs, in the lower end of the
county, and after the dancing had got
well under way two young men, named
Tom Adams and Joe Russian, stepped
out, intending to visit a neighboring
house for the purpose of procuring
cigars for a social smoke together. The
night was unusually dark-absolute]y
nothing being discernible foot distant.
Consequently the two men proceeded
slowly, trusting to their knowledge OF
the locality to carry them to the direc'
tion they wished to take.
Suddenly, and without the least warn
ing whatever, their feet slipped from
under them, and the next instant they
felt themselves plunged downward, neck
deep in slum and water. They had fall
en- into an old shaft, dropping at least
forty feet from the edge. Fortunately
both fell on their feet, and the mud in
the bottom prevented their being bruised
in the fall. A new danger, however, i'm
mediately presented itself, namely: in
the auicksand. Both made desperate
efforts to keep their heads above the
water, but in doing so nearly spffocated
from immersion.
Adams at last caught hold of projec-
tion on the side OF the shaft, and al
though possessing but one arm, sue
ceeded in holding on until Russian
climbed over him and reached the mouth
of the shaft. Russian then called for
help, and the party at Brunsen's was
soon on the spot. No ropes were pro,
curable, and something had to be done
Immediately to save Adams from death
in the bottom of the pit.
Men think very rapidly in cases OF i'm
mediate danger, and one OF the crowd
around the top of the shaft proposed
that the most muscular form them into
a chain, and drop into the shaft. This
was acted upon at once. The heaviest
man was held by one arm by several
men at the mouth of the shaft, and a
second man sliding into the shaft, cling
ing to his waist. A third man did like
wise, grasping the second mans waist,
and each successive link in the human
chain did likewise until the bottom was
reached, and Adams dragged from bis
awful predicament. Through the mu'
tual assistance of Adams himself and his
friends he managed to reach the top
completely exhausted, as were his brave
rescuers.
It was indeed narrow escape for both
young men from horrible death, and q
ere litab.e action on the part OF those
who undertook in this novel and danger
GUS manner to rescue Adams.
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remembrance: "When an old horse
that has alters walked takes to runnln'


away, there's no ind O. damage"
Excitement third was sealed letter
dropped by Mr.. Seaman's Ezr4into the
post Office at ten o'clock, the hour o
general delivery, directed to the trustees
of the district school, which body, be-
ing in quorum on the spot, opened al
once the resignation of Miss Thatcher II
favor of the highly recommended candl
date for the winter term, to whom they
had kindly given her the preference.
Excitement fourth attacked ha1er
haired Nettie's mother, pleasant faced
little widow, to whom Tim, who had
ridden to U. and back again at break
neck speed, brought a note from the
minister of O., saying he would sup
with her that evening, "li agreeable
as he was coming to Red Cedar Pond
"in virtue of his Office" q sentence
underlined like pleasantly, that so up,
set the good widows brain as to spoil
the count of her one-two-three-foUr cake.
Last of all, and the grand excitement
OF the day, was the ringing, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, OF the meet;
ing house bell. "Who is dead p every
one asked, as the first few slow strokes
were counted; but once fairly set going,
the old bell tripped up all calcula
tions: fifty, eighty, hundred still on;
quickly, jubilantly-ringing not for the
dead, but for the living; ringing fol-
wedding!
Such as campering as there was up the
Mill bridge road! There was no lack OF
witnesses to the simple, solemn service,
and of the coming down the aisle, on
the arm of her proud young husband, OF
a delicate little bride, with mourning
laid aside for purest white, and day
lilies on her bosom.
Not married in haste to repent at
leisure were the two loving people who
took the evening train at 0. for a
far commercial city, preceded by their
good fortune in shape of strong box
filed with Spanish doubloons and English
banknotes ingeniously bequeathed by
an eccentric misanthrope, and discovered
in it's hiding place by a woman's wit,
kindled by woman's sympathy.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27
Birthdays.

Who weeps when love, q Graded babe, ia born?
. Rather we bring frankincense, myrrh and
gold.
While soitest welcomes from our hips are
rolled
To meet the dswning fragrance Of morn
OF checkered being. Even while the thorn
Keeps pace with rosy graces that unfold,
Do We with rapture cry: Behold, behold,
A Heaven dropped flower our garden to adorn!"
And yet, when from our darling fall the years
As from the rose the shriveled petals raip,
And into newer life the soul again
Springs thornless to the sir Of purer spheres,
So blinded are We by our bitter pain
We greet the sweeter birth with selfish tears.
Catholic World.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27

A CHLD's MORNING PRAYER.-Some
one asks why there is not q morning
prayer for children corresponding to the
evening petition, "Now / lay me down
to Sleep" The New York World replies
that there is such q petition, and this
is it:
"Now I wake and see the light.
'Tis God has kept me all the night.
To Him lift my voice and pray
That He will keep me all the day."
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27

A clergyman was turned down " alta
fashionable spelling bee for spelling
drunkenness with one n. Shortly after.
ward he returned to his parish, and
found himself very coldly received by
his parishioners. He sent for the parish
clerk and asked him what was the cause.
"Well, sir" replied the man, ga re-
port has come down here that you was
turned out of great lady's house in Lon
don for drunkenness.
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When you reflect that at picnics one
hundred years ago it was the custom ior
the girls to stand up in row and let the
men kiss them all goodbye, all this en-
thusiasm about national progress seems
to be grave mistake.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-07-27

Mark Twain, speaking of a new mos
ouito netting, writes 1.-The day Is
coming when we shall Hit under our
nets in church and slumber peacefully
while the discounted flies club together
and take il out OF tie minister.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-22
Changes in the Earth.

The date of mans appearance on our
globe Ito say nothing Of the beginning Of
organic life) will probably never be ascer-
tainable beyond q rude approximation !;
but this much at any rate is certain, that
if " creation" is to be spoken Of at t.all,
it must be taken, not as single isolated
act, but rather as an unbroken series Of
productions, extending from the dimnaest
past to our time, and destined doubtless
to extend beyond us. Everybody knows,
says the Westminster Review, what the
nature of the record is, everybody knows
that the crust Of our planet, 30 far as we
have sounded it, is composed entirely Of
mud, deposited in gradual successive
layers under water; that these layers
through the slow bu constant undula-
tions Of the crust, have been upheayedt
again, unlated to the enormous thickness
Of sixty ora seventy thousand feet; and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-22

Too YOUNa FOR HER.-"J Jennie,
you're my sweetheart" said nine year
old suitor, as he sat alone with his hearts
idol, the other evening.
How can be your sweetheart" ask
ed the little Miss, "when l am thirteen
years old and you are only nine?"
" Are you thirteen I" Ii, r..
"Of course am" Y. - 43sf
Well" answered the Juvenile beau,
after rejecting little, I'd q been thir-
teen, too, if / hadn't been sick 20 much
when | was little. - NcEsbsvg Herald.
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~ BELLEVUE BossER PARISH, LOUISIANA 3slgsasas

finally, that each deposited a. it harden
ed, preserved imbedded In the mud the
shells and boIies'Of creatures which diBd
at the time Of its formation. Similar
formations are continuing At, present =
the soundings made in the Atlantic cocean
preparatory to the laying of the tele-
graphic cable, prove that over the whole
of the immense area explored 900
miles from east to west and ebout 700
miles from north to s0uth) an exclusively
fine .chalky mud is being deposited, con-
sisting solely Of the hard parts Of animals
which have lived and perished in these
regions. The chalky mud will gradually
harden into limestone rocks possibly
some day these rocks will bd kfadually
upheaved, just az the Himalayas were,
end the new continent thus formed, sub
jected to the wearing influence Of air and
rain, will furnish the mud which is to
bury new creations Let us not smile
incredulously, far greater changes have
been wrought than those, and as far as
we can judge, by the same influences
When Scotland stood higher than it
stands at present, it was covered with ice
descending from the Grampians; later,
it became an archipelago, and marine
sand with shells was spread over the
former glacial drift; later still, the land
emerged again, glaciers were reformed,
though probably to, less extent, and
Britain was connected with the c0nti-
nent; lastly, minor changes separated
England from the continent, and Ireland
from England.
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One Of Horace Greeley's Old Letters.
NEW YoRK, July 24, 1857.

MY DEAR SIR: Seeing in the Tribune
the death of your sweet child, whom ] 80
we'll remember, impells me to write you
word. I offer no consolation, and /
need not assure you Of my sympathy.
But you and your wife are still young
and hopeful, other children will doubt
less be lent you; and though you viii
never forget this firstling Of the flock
nor fail to remember her with pensiw
and chastened sadness, yet you will live
to realize even in this state Of being, hov
wisely prescient and merciful in the
chastisement which "smites but to heal"
Let me give you in this connection a
leaf from my experience.
| have had seven children of whom
five are gone. Of three sens none sur
vive, and two Of them were respectfully
five and half and six years of age when
they were reclaimed. need not say
how beautiful and good they were-the
early called are always thus. When the
first of them died my youth ended. ]
thought / could never be SO sorely bitten
thenceforth. Yet in due time there
came another, not 90 delicate, 50 beauti-
full, 80 poetic; yet 50 loving, 90 tender,
50 devoted to me, that / thought /
had never been understood before. l
cannot remember that during his six
years. abode with me he ever wished to
contravene my will. Is
/ left, January IA, for that hard
western tour in brave spirits and good
general health. At Galesburg after
leaving you, ], had letter dictated by
him, leaving him in excellent health. 1
heard no more until / reached Scranton,
Pa, on my way home, when telegram
reached me during my lecture, stating
that he was dangerously i'll Of Group. i
hastened home next evening at eight
Eo'clOck only to find him dead an hour
before, after enduring q severe operation
and extreme suffering. With him /
buried my last earthly aspiration. / have
two little daughters, one eight years old,
and another but four months, having
been born since his death, but they are
very different from and do not replace
him. ls
Did you not mean to see me this sea.
son? Kind regards to Mrs. . Yours
HORACE GREELEY. !.
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FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.


Full List ofsenaters. Representatives. and
Delegates. .5 .,.s
The regular session of the National
Legislature will begin on Monday, Dec.
s, and the following List. of Senators and
Representatives will be convenient for
reference. b
All the elections to the Senate have
been made, and the list published, and
all seats, except one (Pinchbacks) for
Louisiana, disposed of. In the House
there is vacancy in the Fourth Tennes-
see District, caused by the death of Hon.
John w. Head. Hon. Samuel M. Fite,
who was then elected to the seat, died at
Little Rock, Ark, a few weeks since, and
there is still q vacancy; but as there is
no lack of candidates it is expected the
seat will be occupied early in the session
THE SENATE.
Republicans (marked R.), A; Demo-
Gratis (D.), %; Independents (sMALL
CAPs). 2.
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To the above number of twenty4one
contested seats may possibly be added
others of which we have no. present
knowledge. Some of the above, also,
may not be brought before the house at all.
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THREE Oranges and Council of Sow
ereigns Of industry in Massachusetts, have
united in cooperative store, at Hol-
ok,4 81
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Arixona-HIRAM . STEVENS, /
Colorado-Thomas M Patterson, d
Dakota-Jefferson p Kidder, Il
Idaho-Thomas w Bennett, r
.Montana-~Martin Magginnis, D
New Mexico-Stephcn B Elkins. h
yltah-sGEoRGE Q CANNON, /
Washington-Orange Jacobs, h
Wyoming-"William X Steele. d II
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BY the time a man knows himself
thoroughly he doesn't muck care for any
other acquaintance.
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THE HOUSE.

Republicans (marked r. }, 107; Demo-
Gratis (marked D.), 178; Independents
(marked l. }, 6. One vacancy exists in
Tennessee, caused by death. The aster-
isk (*) indicates members Of the last
Congress reelected. The G. stands for
cOlored. s1ts-tas' f$