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The daily gazette., 1877-09-10

Colonel Thomas A. Scott is desert bed
by an interview er as "a tine-looking man,
with a mild eye. rosy, fresh complexion,
white hair, with by no means formidable
looking whiskers and great dearth of
iewelry. The plain attire and VI ostenta-
tious appearance of Mr.. Scott were a
marked contrast to the sparkling ,jewelry
and fine-cut clothes of Bob Ammou, the
boss striker whom L interviewer Just q
wsek ago In Pittsburg Jail"
The daily gazette., 1877-09-10
s1,Jc1DE ON A FREIGHT CAR.

PIrrsBURG, Sept. Son opening a
freight car which had been standing on a
siding ,on the Vest Pennsylvania Rail
road, at Allegheny, several workmen
saw the body Of man standing in an
erect position. The man had hung hlm-
self with handkerchief to bar at the
ton of the car, and when discovered, he
had been dead several days. 1t is suppos-
ed that he was stealing ride in the car,
and, unable TO get out, had committed
suicide through fear of starvation.
The daily gazette., 1877-09-10
International Exhibition,
The American Industrial Palace at
III the Centennial Grounds. rta 7
The largest, grandesf, and most COM
w .pLete Exhibition in the World. ,.

Thirty. eight States and Territories, and
all principal Foreign Countries represent
ed In the Immense Display.
The great Main Building filed with Ez-
hibits, representative of every Department
of Education, Art, Science, and Industry
Among the many attractions, special at
tention Is called to the great diorama of
Washington at Yorktown, one of the largest
and most life-like representations of the
! kind ever on exhibition. The Jahrmarkr
an admirable illustration of q Germ an fair
The wonderful mechanical landscape, in
the northwest corner of the Agricultural
Department., most ingenious piece of me-
chanism. The New England log cabin pict-
urlng the simple habitations, customs land
manners of our forefathers. The glass
works, in which the manufacture of glass
is fully illustrated. One of the most at
tractive features of the exhibition. the In
dian encampmenG showing the home life
of the Red Man. The colored quartette, who
sing the quaint plantation songs and hymns
Of the South, with all the melody and feel
ing characteristic of their race The eleva-
tor, by which fine view of the park and
city is obtainable. Special amusement
features will be provided daily. The exhi-
bition band (Hassler Bros, Directors), give
an instrumental concert on Tuesday Thurs
day, and Saturday afternoons ofeach week.
RecitalS on the Grand Roosevelt Organ
Every day at and p. m.
Grand Promenade Concert
Every Saturday Evening.
The Summer Tourist will find no resort
possessing greater interest than this, which
quite rivals the exhibit in the Main Build
ing last year.
Admission Tickets, Price 25 Cents, Child
ren, 10 Cents. Admit also to the the COM
Idete Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Mu-
scum and School of Industrial Art, in
Memorial Hall aug27 -d3m
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
ConYicts Who Suffer Most.

The chaplain of Millbrook, London's
largest convict prison, says that the men
whose. condition is the most pitiable
when they leave Jail are mercantile
clerks, post-office employees, etc. In
competition with the crowds of reputable
men eager for every employment, no
matter how small the remuneration,
they have little chance of obtaining en-
ployment of the kind to which they were
accustomed, and being unused to manual
labor they find themselves in o position
which renders O return to crime an al
most overwhelming temptation. And
yet they are the most hopeful and re-
pentant class, and only dire necessity
compels them in most cases to repeat
their offenses. What is still more against
them, he says, Is the fact that they have
little to expect from their friends. "The
poor, it cannot be denied, are far more
ready to assist fallen relative than the
more well-to-do members of society, and
in the present instance I might cite a
case in which an application I myself ad-
dressed on behalf Of discharged con-
vict to his friends, persons OF some posi-
ton in society, was not deemed worthy
of even formal acknowledgment" ;"
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
Two Dog Stories.

The Columbus (Wis.) Republican
tells one as follows: ga four-year.old
child of Deacon D. J. Evans, of Elba,
fell into an open cistern few days ago,
and an elder brother leaped in after him (;
but the latter found it impossible to
reach the floor above while supporting
the child. A large Newfoundland dog,
comprehending the situation at glance,
ran off to neighboring field, bringing
back with him number of men, attract
ed by the strange actions OF the dog. A
ladder was put down in the cistern, and
the young man and his charge, half
drowned, were rescued"
The other is related by the Providence
Press thus: GA boy was driving one OF
Kennedy 4 Coughs teams down Manton
avenue, when the horse began to run,
the reins fell out of the boys hands, and
he was thus at the mercy of the beast.
A large Newfoundland dog belonging
to the firm was in the wagon, and, taking
in the situation, sprang for the horse and
fastened his teeth in the animals tail.
One of his teeth gave way and the know
ing canine saw that he could not stop
the horse in that way. BY this time the
frantic steed was running down Broad
way. The dog leaped out of the wagon,
seized the horse by the nose and sue
,eeded in bringing him to halt, no par
ticular damage having been done. The
owners of the sagacious dog say that
they would not take $500 for him."
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
Singular Escapes from Death.

A very exciting incident occurred not
long since at the village of Soudan, In
France. In consequence of the weather
cock at the top of the church steeple
getting rusty, and no longer turning as
it should do, it was determined to take
it down. A man clambered up the
steeple, but just before he could reach
the weathercock he lost his balance and
slid down for seventy feet, then rebound.
ed on to the roof of the church, and
rolling thence was precipitated to the
ground. He was not much hurt, but
being much shaken by his fall, he was
replaced by a man called Chevalier. In
about half an hour Chevalier made the
most gallant efforts to haul himself up
by means of rope; but at last his
hands slipped, and he fell backward.
His foot fortunately caught in the rope,
and there he remained 120 feet from the
ground, with his head downsbeating the
air with his arms, struggling to recover
himself, and swayed backward and for
ward by high wind. Pierre Pean now
stepped forth and volunteered to mount
to the rescue of the unfortunate Cheva-
ier, but, after doing his best for three
quarters of an hour, Pierre had to de-
scend. His place was taken by Mo-
reau, who, climbing higher up than
Chevalier, slipped a rope round his
body, and cutting that which held his
foot, freed him from the fearful position
in which he had remained for three
hours.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
Ages of Our Presidents.

General Grant is one of the three
Presidents of the United States who
have passed their fftieth birthday in the
executive office-the other two being Mr..
Polk, who entered the Office about seven
months before he was fifty years old, and
General Pierce, who became President
in his forty-ninth year. General Wash
ington was in his fifty eighth year when
he became President John Adams was
in his sixty-second Jefferson in his
fifty. eighth; Madison in his fifty y-eighth;
Monroe in his fifty-ninth; John Quincy
Adams in his tifty-eighth; General Jack
son in his sixty-second Van Buren in
his ffty-fifth; General Harrison in his
sixty-ninth Tyler in his fifty-second !;
General Taylor in his sixty-ffth; Lincoln
in his fifty-third, and johnson in his
fifty-seventh year. General Harrison
was the oldest man ever elected to tho
Presidency, and General Grant the
youngest. Washington, Jefferson, Madi
son and John Quincy Adams were in
their fifty-eighth year when they entered
the Presidency; Mr.. Monroe completed
his tifty-ninth year only fifty-five days
after he became President, and johnson
was in his fifty-sixth year when he sue
ceeded President Lincoln. -Four Presi-
dents went out of Office in their sixty
fifth namely, Washington, John
Adams, Jefferson and Madison. Presi-.
dent Jackson was the oldest of our retir-
ing Presidents, as he went out of Office
only eleven days before the completion
of his seventieth year. Mr.. Buchanan
left Office fifty days before he became
seventy years old. The President who
lived longest was John Adams, who died
in his ninety fifth year. The next oldest
was Madison, who died in his eighty
fourth year; John Quincy Adams was in
his eighty-frst year, Van Buren in his
eightieth, General Jackson in his seven
ty-eighth year. The youngest retiring
President was General Pierce, who went
out of Office not quite four months after
he had completed his fifty-second year.
Mr.. Polk retired in his ffty-fourth year
and died in little more than three
months later, at the age of fifty-three
years, seven months and thirteen days,
the youngest of all our Presidents in
death,
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Admiral Hobart PaSha.

Admiral Hobart Pasha, of the Turk
ish navy, was q blockade runner during
our civil war. He was captain In the
British navy, aud took advantage OF a
leave of absence granted him by the
English government to go into the
blockade running business for Collie &
Go. When this matter came to the
knowledge of the lords of the admiralty
he was suspended from his rank In the
British navy. Thereupon he entered
the Turkish service, and, besides being
invested with the rank of admiral, was
made pasha by an imperial frman: He
next became conspicuous in check 6
the rebellion in Crete, where his knowl-
edge of the blockade running business
was of great service to him in prevent
ing the Greeks from furnishing sup
plies of arms and ammunition to the IN
surgents. By a subsequent decree IN
council of the lords of the admiralty he
has been restored to his rank and num-
Der in the British navy,
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Point D,Alenc0n Lace.

It is estimated that there are 500, 900
lace makers in Europe, of whom nearly
one-haf are employed in France. Almost
all of the latter work at home. Of the
French laces, the most noted is the point
d'Alencon, which has had wide celeb
rity for more than two centuries, and has
been styled the queen of lace. 1t is made
entirely by hand with fine needle on q
parchment pattern, in small pieces,
which are afterward united by invisible
seams. The firmness and solidity Of the
texture are remarkable. Horsehair is
often introduced along the edge to give
frmness. Although the workmanship
of this lace has always been of great
beauty, the designs in the older spec;-
mems were seldom copied from nature.
This circumstance gave marked ad-
vantage to the laces of Brussels, which
represented flowers and other natural de-
signs with high degree of accuracy.
The defect, however, has disappeared in
the point d'Alencon of recent manufac-
ture; at the Paris Exposition of 1867
were specimens containing admirable
copies of natural flowers intermixed with
grasses and ferns. Owing to its elabo-
rate construction, this lace is seldom,
seen in large pieces. A dress made OF
point d'Alencon, the production of Bay
eux, consisting of two founces and trim
mings, were exhibited at the Exposition
of 1867, the price of which was S5, ,0OC
francs. 1t required forty women seven
years to complete it.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
A Mystery Solved.

About two years ago man by the
name of John Olenheimer, a German,
was suddenly and mysteriously missing
from his residence in Western town:
He left family, consisting Of wife and
six children, the youngest child but .
few weeks old and the oldest girl
scarcely thirteen years. Tired OF wait
ing, they soon mourned for their Pro
tector as dead, and the mother set about
the real problem of providing for the
family. They had been left quite desh-
tute. Recently, as this little family
were seated at their frugal breakfast OF
porridge the postman left letter ad-
dressed to the widow of John Olenheimer.
It bore the stamp of the United States
treasurer and was sealed with wax. 1t
contained an official notice from the
Treasury department in Washington that
a United States consul in Australia had
forwarded to the department trunk
filled with the effects of her late husband,
who died in that country. Along with
this property was also $4,000 in gold.
Letters of administration were taken out
and the proper papers, signed and seal
ed, were forwarded to Washington.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
Man Of the Eastern War.

The map which we publish this week,
under an arrangement with the New York
Herald, will afford our readers COM
prehensive view of the locality and
movements of the Russian and Turkish
armies in Asia Minor, to which attention
has been drawn by recent events. At
the beginning of hostilities it was sup
posed the first clash of arms would occur
in Europe; but the Russian campaign
thus far has been confined principally to
Asia Minor. Bajazid, a fortified town
southeast of Kars, has been abandoned
by the Turks and occupied by the Rus
slams without blow, the Turks leaving
behind them supply of ammunition and
retiring to Toprak Kaleh or Van. If
battle is to be fought by the late Turk
ish garrison of Bajazid it will, in all
probability, be on the road to one of
these places. If the Russian troops suc-
ceed in isolating Kars from the main
body of Turkish troops, the Turks will
be compelled to fall back upon Erze-
roum. Meanwhile the Russian army
along the Danube remains inactive,
probably awaiting further move west
ward of the army in Asia Minor before
taking any decisive step. Should the
Russians succeed in taking the town Of
SiGstria, on the Danube, the Turks will
be driven to Schumla and the Balkan
range
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Wine and Glory.


A fly, on the brink Of tankard, was slipping
The rich mantlng wave Of the ripe Rhenish
wine;
"oh, what are you doing? You rush to your
ruin!
Be wise, foolish fly, and to reason incline"
Thus argued another, careering in gladness,
Around the bright flame of a taper afar,
GAN drinking's folly and brings melancholy
Take warning and shun it, lost fly that you
are
"Behold how passion more noble should
move you;
'Tis glory alone has charm in my eyes;
Whatever betide me, its radiance shall guide
me;
Goodbye, silly topper! and learn to be wise. '
Thus saying, he sported his wings for aminute,
Then few to the light that so tempted his
gaze;
But burning his pinions in glory's dominions,
He fell in the candle and died in blaze.
Alas :" cried the fly that was perched on the
tankard,
"Can aught for the want Of self knowledge
atone?
We rail against others, see faults in our
brothers,
And blame every folly and vice but our own. !"
But whether this fly was converted from TOPPING
Or led a new life, is not easy to say;
But if flies are like drinkers mong two-legged
thinkers,
Tis likely he sips the bright wine to this day.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
From the Mouth of Babes.

It was at grand dinner given to a
select number of guests, when a certain
pompous Mr.. B. was smilingly welcomed
by the P. s in the most gracious manner,
as though he we're one held greatly in
their esteem. But at this moment, Mas
ter Pappleton, bright youngster of
seven, suddenly addressed the big-feel-
ing gentleman in voice distinctly audi
BILE to every visitor present, with the
query: ,.,
"Mr. B., when you were little boy,
did your mas cook stove have a poor
bake oven ?"
"Well, really, my dear boy" the gen.
tleman replied, "I don't remember.
But why do you wish to know!"
Here the pa and ma of young Papple-
ton gave frantic looks to choke down
their beloved offspring; buthe blundered
on without the slightest check:
"Oh, because, when you were coming
up the walk, I heard ma say she did not
believe you were more than half baked p
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The Court Indignant.

At a late hour John johnson stood
under an awning waiting for the rain to
slack up. Along came stranger, who
sought the same shelter, and remarked {:
"This rain will do the grass good"
eyes; and it will also help wheat, "
replied johnson.
mice for fower-beds," continued the
man.
"And splendid for grape-vines," said
johnson.
"How mysterious are thy works, oh,
nature!" sighed the stranger, after along
pause.
"And what poor worms of the dust
we folks are," sighed Johnson, and that
was the last he knew until he found him.
self at the station. He said he thought
he had been struck by lightning.
"There was neither thunder nor
lightning all night - Indignantly ex-
claimed the court. "You were drunk,
sir, and the officer found you dripping
wet and without sense enough to tell the
American flag from clothes-pin. Don't
try to come any thunder and lightning
game on me.
"Do you suppose you hear all the
thunder there is around?" softly asked
the prisoner.
Yes, sir, and about everything else ;
and I don't want any impudence, either.
You are sent up for thirty days"
"I'l take paris green and die on the
way ND there!" said the man.
every well, sir. The Black Maria
passes q graveyard, and it will be no
trouble to toss you over the fence.
Don't take too much of the poison if you
want a good effect.-DetroH Free
Press"
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-31
Youthful BeggarS.

Two tiny beggar girls were brought
into police court in New York city by
an officer, who found them begging in
William street One'was three years
old, the other six. They were poorly
clad, cold and wet from exposure to the
rain. Both of them sobbed bitterly as
the Oldest told her little story: Father
and mother both out of work, and the
family lived on what these two mites
could beg from down town restaurants,
and the earnings of a brother by boot
blacking after school hours; occasionally
also, the father found an "odd job. "
The Judge asked if they would not like
to be in good home, where they would
not need to beg. Both sobbed faster
than before, while the older replied L
don't want to leave me mother" Ar
rangements were made to Investigate
their case, and for the time being they
were sent home.
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A Mans Fight with a Panther.

Savage animals are not yet extinct in
Vermont, as Thomas PeggiDgton OF East
Richford found to his cost. He was on
his way to his sugar orchard, in company
with his dog, when he suddenly came al,
face to face with huge panther. The
dog was torn to pieces in twinkling,
and the beast then turaed his attention
to Mr.. Peggington, who, though unarm-
ed, kept his presence of mind, and avoid
ed the creatures first spring by falling
on his face. The second time he was
caught by the shoulder, and desperate
struggle followed, both rolling over and
over on the ground and finally falling
over a precipice twenty feet high, which
ended the combat. Mr.. Peggington lay
unconscious for several hours until
found by his friends, and he was severe
ly injured. The panther has not been
seen since the fray, but it is thought he
was badly hurt by the fall.
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Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Youth holds no society with grief.
Don't put too fine point to your wit,
for fear it should get blunted.
It is inconceivable how much wit is
required to avoid being ridiculous.
Inever wonder to see men wicked, but
I wonder to see them not ashamed
SUif.
The saddest failures in life come from
the not putting forth of the power to
succeed.
Wickedness resides in the very hesita-
ton about an act, even though it be not
perpetrated.
The general of large army may be
defeated, but you cannot beat the deter
mined mind of peasant.
Seek not proud wealth; but such as
thou mayest get Justly, use soberly, dis
tribute cheerfully and love contentedly.
The first petition that we are to make
to Almighty God is for good conscience,
the second for health of mind, and then
of body.
Is not prayer study of truth, sally
of the soul into the unbound infinite ?
No man ever prayed heartily without
learning something.
It is an observation no less just than
common, that there is no stronger test
of a mans real character than power
and authority, exciting as they do every
passion and discovering every latent
vice.
It is the great privilege Of poverty to
be happy unenvied, to be healthy with
out physic, secured without guard, and
to obtain from the bounty of nature what
the great and wealthy are compelled to
procure by the help of art.
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A Heroine in Real Life.

A young lady acted the part OF q hero
inc on Kearney street, Sam Francisco,
one evening, and what she did was all
the more beautiful and brave because it
was characterized by great presence OF
mind as well as extraordinary courage.
The street was crowded with vehicles,
and a woman and child stood waitirg ct
ono of the crossings for an opportunity
to walk over. Suddenly the child made
a dart across the street and fell In front
of a passing wagon. The young lady
saw the dangerous position OF the little
one. and acting on that impulse that Is
of more service at times than the reason
ing power, bounded to the rescue. The
wagon wheel was on the point of grazing
the child's head. To have stopped to
lift the little one would have been to lose
the moment there was left to save Its
Life. So she unhesitatingly put her foot
in front of the wheel, and with her
hands held on to the spokes until the
wagon was stopped. The child was
picked up unhurt, but its savior had her
foot crushed, and from pain and e2-
citement combined tainted away when
her deed of bravery was done. She was
carried to house in the neighborhood,
and physician attended to her INJURIES:
When she recovered consciousness she
was told by her brother that she had done
that which might make her lame for LIE.
Her answer was "Don't scold. II l
had besitated a moment the child would
- Lao,, crnsbed To death. The wheel
would have passed over its head, and 1t
is only my foot that is hurt" Lizzie
Mcpherson is the heroine's name, and
she is said to be as good looking as she
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Niagara Falls.

The amount of water passing over
Niagara Falls has been estimated at 1OO,-
600, 900 tons per hour, and its perpen-
dicular descent may be taken at $50 feet,
without considering the rapids, which
represent further fall of $50 feet. The
force represented by the principal fall
alone amounts to 16, 800, 900 horse power,
an amount which if it had to be produced
by steam would necessitate an expendl-
t,lre of not less than 266, 900, 900 tons. OF
coal per annum, taking the consumption
of coal at four pounds per horse power
per hour. In other words all the coal
raised throughout the world would hard
ly suffice to produce the amount of pow
er that annually rahs to waste at this
wonderful fall,