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The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
The Spectres Of Congress.

A Washington corresr ondent says !:
The House of Representatives has It's
daily habitues and noted characters
whose histories are interviewer with the
web of politics. Last year it had it's
"little Miss Flite," who watched the
proceedings day after day with starving
hopefulness until her suit was gained,
and then from her seat in the galleries she
rose in full view of all and acknowledged
the victory with pantomimic gratitude
and stately courtesy, which the House
received with laughter and loud ap-
plause. This year we baye the "Man
from Shropshire" His name is Schel
he is tall, heavy man, with light gray
ewes and straw-colored whiskers. Every
day, as re. ularfy as the House meets,
he may be seen lowering in the rear OF
the seats, lettering in the lobby, or
watching for his prey, III the person OF
some innocent member whom he thinks
ia to procure him the position he is after.
He is very Misunderstanding individu-
al. but woe unto the person who arousss
his wrath, as his record in that respect
is something alarming and stands thus
One night last winter he had little
stabbing affair with Col. Fairfax, OF
Virginia, at the Ebbitt House; another
time, when he was custodian OF the floor
of the House, he punished saucy page
by pitching him up to the ceiling Like an
infuriated bovine would toss dog, the
boy came down again considerably fright
ened out of his pertness another OF his
exploits was an attempt to hammer q
grocer who presented his bill to him at
the door of the House while it was in
session but the grocer returned this
kind oipayment by knocking him over
two rows of seats and half dozen
Congressman he also bruised a Phila'
delphh reporter into a tinge OF blush
black for daring to comment on these
stunning actions, and how he will re-
buke fhe present writer is left to his in.
genuiy and the imaginations OF tie
reader.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
Words Of Wisdom.

Faithfulness and sincerity are the
highest things.
From the lowest depth there is
path to the loftiest height.
It is less painful to learn in youth
than to be ignorant in old age.
Those who blow the Goals OF others
strife may chance to have the sparks fly
in their own faces.
There are sixty eight different sewing
machine stitches, and hundred and
sixty-eight different ways of lying about
them.
We are Taught to clothe our minds, as
we do our bodies, after the fashion in
vogue, and it is accounted fantastlcal, or
something worse, not to do so.
There is no teacher like experience
no scourge OF our faults comparable to
the lash. Time places in the hands OF
repentance
The world pardons its prosperous
children, and has courtly names for
their lapses from rectitude, which are
branded with strong sigmas when low
men fall.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
A Cure for Intemperance.

1t was suggested some years ago that
the use of cod-liver oil would have
tendency to promote O distaste for alco-
holic stimulants. According to the same
authority many people had found they
could take wine with animal food, Dut
not with farinaceoue or amyraceous
nutriment. A we'll known man OF
science, Mr.. Charles Napier, has under
taken to test these assertions, and the
results of his experiments are set forth
in paper read before the physiological
section of the British Association, and
which has attracted much attention IN
England.
The experience of Mr.. Napier's own
family had furnished a seeming proof OF
the accuracy of Liebig's statement. They
had for two years adopted vegetarian
diet, and although brought up in the
moderate use of alcoholic liquors, now
felt no inclination for them. More
decisive evidence, however, was supplied
By the application of the theory TO
twenty-seven cases, one OF the more
striking 81 which may be briefly cited.
The case is that of military officer,
sixty-one years old, of an aristocratic
Scottish family, who had contracted
habits of excessive whisky drinking
while on service with his regiment in
India. We are told that his custom was
to eat hardly any bread, fat, or vege-
tables, his breakfast consisting mostly
of salt fish, and his dinner almost wholly
of roast meat. During the day ne con-
sumed from pint to a quart OF WHISKY,
and was not sober more than half his
time. By Napier's advice he was IN
duced to return to the breakfast OF oat-
meal porridge on which he had been
brought up, and to adopt dinner OF
which peas and beans formed important
ingredients. He does not seem to have
liked the change at first, and made the
significant complaint that he could not
"enjoy his whisky as much rs formerly.
About this time there was panic among
flesh eaters in England, owing to the
cattle plague, and, consequently, the
whole family was put on vegetarian
diet. For some weeks the husband
prumbled very much, but his taste Tor
whisky gradually disappeared, and IN
two months from the time he became an
entire vegetarian he relinqnished alco'
holic stimulants, and, according to Mr.
Napier. has not since returned to either
Aesh or alcohol. l.-Ne,O York Sun.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
Items Of Interest.

The present product of the oil country
is estimated at over 10000 barrels per
day.
Out of the SO, 600, 900 people in Great
Britain $4,000, 600 live upon imported
food.
BARRIERS in Denmark are compelled
to pass an examination in elementary
surgery.
At the Krupp cannon works in Ger.
many is hundred thousand pound
trip-hammer.
Fourteen ex-Governors in the Senate
and eight in the House; so Chow do do,
Gov, rarely strikes amiss.
It is announced that the order Of Or
angemen in the United States has men,
bership Of $1,000.
The principal resemblance between a
man who stops team on the crosswalk
of a crowded street and half a barrel OF
-four is, that both make about hundred
wait.
A Boston minister recently reused
some of his sleepy hearers by stating ia
very positive way that, notwithstand-
ing the hard times, the wages OF sin had
not been cut down one iOta.
The problem of buying ten-dollar
Christmas present with seventy-fve.
cents available cash will present itself
for the elucida!ion of the bravo Young
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Tack black velvetine on board or paste
board, arrange white, yellow, and green
ferns upon it to your liking, fasten them
down with drop of gum here and there,
Aea Msn; sDa MlI aoHs aaHs Se1 yeu Moa that Your
baby will catch it's death Of cold thereY
"No, SIR" she promptly responded:
"Weli, it's such carelessness as tnae
which fills our cemetery with httie
graves" he continued. While all the
Old fools continue to live" she replied.
Ann Wilson was courted twenty years
~so in Bourbon, KY, by George M. Gh-
lespie, VINO afterward went 10 Cail1ornia,
! and she saw nothing of him again until
very recently, when he returned, witn
eleven children by wife who had died,
and renewed the courtship. Ann accept
ed him.
There is what seems q preposterous
rule in the Turkish army, according to
which q Turkish soldiers limb cannot
be removed by surgeo.l without the
sanction of the authorities at Constanh-
pie, whose decisions are oftentimes de-
tayed for weeks, and the poor fellows
will lie day after day in agony, awaiting
their fate without murmur.
Allegheny's talk is about the attempt
ed elopement of pair of lovers whe be-
longed to the wealthiest families IN the
city. The respective parents were as
| full of hatred as the Capulets and Mon
tagues, and would not sanction mar
riase. Romeo went at night underneath
! Juliet's window. She let down string,
| to which. he attached O rope ladder,
which was then speedily placed in posi-
ton. Juliet descended, and had barely
reached the ground when her father
popped his head out of the window. de
climbed down the ladder as fast as he
could, and caught her. Then there was
a struggle between the father and the
lover for possession of the girl, who, OF
course, tainted. The father was the
victor, and she is now under close guard.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29

much! have been 80 mad about you
as even to be jealous of poor little Dick
Spur. Last night I felt like killing
him when you smiled on him co."
She was too happy to feel passing
pang for poor Dick. How could she
think of any one but Reuben, with his
cheek against hers and his eyes ON her =!
"You told me not to touch you," she
said, presently; "don't you think you
are acting inconsistently, cir p
"God forgive meP he said, loosing
her. CT am selfish brute, to be hold
ing you against me, vet and dripping as
I am Iforgot every thing but myself.
Do you feel cold ?" anxiously.
"Not bit"
"Maybe the overcoat kept you from
getting damp. I never thought to have
Rugged that old Ulster with as much
zest as 1 have done tonight. Come,
let's hurry home, and III begin giving
you that barrel Of medicine yos were 80
anxious to take"
"You must take part of it yourself" "
sne e.,, as they started up the slope in
double-quick tinna "T'm dreadfully
afraid this wetting Will make you sick. :"
"I'm too happy to be SICK" he said,
looking at her in way that made her
blush and tingle to her fnger.ends.
"Wen give grandpa and Ben double
surprise. They think you are in town
somewhere but [ had presentiment
you were at the pond, so I slipped down
there quietly, without telling anybody. 4"
Eyes, they will be surprised at our
-" And Lutte stopr ed and redeemed.
cat our what, darling?"
"Oh, here we are at the house now"
said Lutte, irrelevantly. :.
cat our loving one another ?" said
Reuben, inclosing the ulster in another
rapturous hug. "Oh, my precious
fiower-my darling-my-" You may
be sure the doctor filed these blanks IN
an appropriate manner.
YOU'RE q nice DOCTOR" said Lutte,
disengaghs herself, in very rosy state,
"to be putting, such cold wet arms
around a person hoasae. with the cold. /"
ooh, I'll soon cure yon,n-making as
though he would seize her again but
she eluded him, and fed up the steps
and into the house.-Ha'per's BazE.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
Can Write but not Read.

The Raleigh IN. Co. Observer says !:
There is man that resides IN Buckhorn
Township, this county, who has until
recently been a county official for thirty
wears. He is an illiterate man, cannot
read line of print or manuscript, bnt
can write page after page as smoothly
and correctly as any bookkeeper In the
city. He is very fond of writing, es-
necially if any one dictates, and then
when the manuscript is completed, he
knows no more about it than a hog does
of Greek, He bought o common cedar
pen staff and holder thirty years ago,
and has used no other since. These
facts can be vouched for by number OF
reliable citizens Of this city.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29

Wayne county IN. ~ farmer left
his vest hanging upon chair. In one
of the pockets we're about dozen
strychnine pills. His two little children
discovered them, thought they W re
candy, and ate them. Physicians were
called and antidotes administered. but
both died within an hour.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-11-29
The Man.

Is a man 9 whit the better
For his riches and his gains?
For his acres and his palace
II his inmost heart is callous-
Is a man a whit the better?
And if a mans no whit the better
For his Golfers and his mines,
For his purple and fine linen,
For his vineyards and his wines,
Why do thousands bend the knee,
And cringe in mean servility,
II a mans no whit the better?
Is a man a whit the worse
For lowly dress Of rags?
Though he owns no lordly rental,
II his heart is kind and gentle,
h a man a whit the worse?
And if a mans no whit the worse ?
For a poor and lowly stand,
For an empty, even pocket,
And a brswny, working hand.
Why do thousands pass him by,
With proud and scornful eye,
II q mans no whit the worse2
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26

Mr.. Editor Again | beg to impose upon
your iudu lgeuce, but as ! believe you pay as
much attention to the humble views MS ex-
pressed by the workngman as you do to the
brilliant politician, / can with but little deli
cacy occasionally express my views in few
feeble words There has been 80 much ado
over primary meetings and so many PROPOSE
lions to select from, aud rs one of them has
been selected to the dissatisfaction OF the ma
ior part OF our party, something should be
be done to work more smoothly. Ii seems
that nothing could be palmer than majority
nomination, that is let the aspirant who re-
ceives the most votes he the nominee. The only
argument against this is that Mr. b. may hail
from Rockville district, aud as Rockville is
much larger than Clarksburg district in popu-
latiOn, ii would no. give the Clarksburg can
didate a fair show That may be true. But
it would give him the same show in other dis
tricis Aud II the people wanted and deemed
the Carksburg aspirant most competent, Rock
Vile with her 500 votes could not prevail
against the peoples choice.
Eph Plowman is certainly solid man -
He told the people from the FIRST that the mi
nority nomination would G2zle. And Med
ley, the father Of the present scheme, is as per-
sistant as ever, but admits if a selection was
not made without the 'ocean of figures, then
ddate | suppose this would soon revert
back 20 the old ring nomination. 1t is very
hard to get twenty-five delegates to attend
any county convention from each district
aud consequently often six or seven men con-
troll the twenty-five votes, and having thai
4 power could trade or or by such means nomi-
nate candidates obnoxus TO the majority o
/ party At the late convention, to facilitate the
! business, five delegates, or one from each dis
trict, decided The great question of who the
candidates were. Why not then elect or ap.
| point FIVE delegates from each district, and
those five to pledge themselves TO support The
/ tayorites Of the people and the county conven-
ton This might expedite the business and
to the satisfaction OF those they serve without
the aid Of "a "Reurnng Board"
Would it not save time and be satisfactory
to the party to decide at the coming election
what plan at primary meetings would suit
best2 There are three judges elected to serve
at primary elections, and when a Democrat OF
Conservative came to The polls could be not
express himself to them by voice or ballo,
what plan he endorsed This may be too late
now, but it might meet the views OF the Stat,
| Central Committee and carry it into effect at
our next election for Congress This would
give every man a chance to so express himself
as al such an election the party turns out to a
man, and save time and expense Of holding
primary meetings inst when The farmer OF
laborer cannot leave his post to attend them
Hoping You will excuse me for consuming
50 much OF your valuable paper, | will close
repeating "all 5 well that ends we'll"
WoRElNeMAN.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26
BREVITIES.

The trial Judges Grason and Yellott is set
for November @
a picllpocket at a county fair is as happy
as pig in potato patch, or clam at high
water
dispatch from Knoxville, Tennessee. an
nounces the death of the Rev. W. Il. Mnnsey,
D. D.. an eminent divine OF the Southern
Methodist church.
The people of Emmiusburg. Frederick coun-
", Nd, are agreeably surprised at the recent
alleged discovery near that town OF a vein of
bituminous coal OF rare quality.
1t said that a birds-e view of the present
Congress- glimpse from The galleries-re-
veas mnch more respectable body of men
than those of former years.
The Milwaukee Sentinel thinks it easy to
run paper in France. For instance, you
write an article against the administration and
then you don't write any more for several
weeks.
On Saturday at York, Pa, Frank Frey
while intoxicated ran a-muck with revolver.
He wounded two omen employed in laundry
Of the National House, and n colored man he
encountered on the street. He emptied the
remaining ehai ges in his revolver at other
persons but they escaped without serious in
iuries. He was finally arrested, and was
himself shot in the hand.
An awful destruction to human life occurred
on Monday through an explosion of fre-damp
in the colliery at High Blantyre, near Chs
gov. Of 232 men who descended the pit in
the morning, only one, who was near the shaft,
succeeded in escaping. All the rest are sup
posed TO have persisted. There is a chance
l.g h 81,
gallery by the ia Hing Of the roof caused by
the explosion A faint knocking is reported
to have been heard, but tho air in the pit was
SO poisonous that the rcscuing parties could
not continue the search.
The town of Portland, New Brunswick,
was ravaged by fire on Saturday morning.
Over two thousand people are rendered home
less The quarter of the town destroyed was
composed OF wooden buildings, and two hum
bred and thirty were swept away. The loss
is estimated at two hundred thousand dollars,
and the insurance at about eighty thousand.
| Two dead bodies have been recovered from he
ruins, aud while men were engaged in search
! ING for others the foundation of safe gave
away and buried half dozen boys aud a man
| The latter was taken out dead, and boy was
fatally and the others seriously injured.
The Paris Universal Exhibition building
for the exhibition Of 1878 is being pushed
rapidly to completion by the French Govern
ment. and already has grand appearance
The Great Hall is completed W to the sprngina
of the iron roof trusses, and more than three
quarters of the iron and glass roofing over the
| industrial galleries on the Champ de Mars
has been completed, In the centre Of The
| building is wide open air avenue, in which
will be placed the.ine art galleries. 1t was
at FIRST thought that there would be no neces-
sity for anuexos but the idea has been giver
mp, and the Champ de Mars will be NOR,
crowded with supplementary buildings thar
it was in 1861. Half Of the space of TN
Grand Vestbule will be used for the exhibi
ton of the presents received by the Prince 0
Wales during his visit TO India
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26
ToURN A.nm E2nT .rs

Eag- There will be a Grand Tournament
at NORBECK, Montgomery county, Nd, 4
miles east of Rockville and IS miles north Of
Washington city, on the Seventh street turn
pike, on SATURDAY, November 10th; if a
bad day il will be postponed to the next good
Saturday. The prize is a fine TWO HUN
DRIED DOLLAR BUGGY.
Another prize of a One Hundred Dollar
BUGGY will be put up, if desired, for those
who never took a prize; this is TO give all a
chance for a prize. The amount of tickets
depends on thenumber Of knights prescnt-
All Knights intending to ride must send in
their names before said day Knights from
Virginia and adjoining counties are invited
to attend. Accommodations for parties and
their horses over night will be made.
For particulars address c. P CASSEL,
Norbeck, Montgomery county, Nd.
oct 2C-td
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26
poLITICALNOTEs.

Pinchback comes up smiling to take his
chances with Kellogg.
A number of Ohio papers are calling upon
the ancient VIM. Allen TO rise up and so for
that Senatorship.
a New York paper attacks Blaine and Conk-
ling, and Grant attacks Sumner and Motely /;
and it would seem that there is no more re-
spect for the dead.--Bostoa Globe.
The New York Sun thinks that "the bloody
shirt will soon be ilapping again right under
Mr.. Hayes nose.n The material is too thin
and rotten to flap to any great extent.
Gen. Butler is said to be again looking to-
ward the presidency. Several of his friends
who have been watching bis eyes closely have
not, however, been able to determine in what
direction heis glanciug.
James Alfred Pearce, of Chcsteriowu, has
written to the Transcript, Of that borough.
| declining TO be considered in the race for
| United States Senator on The ground that
/ there are others in toe State better fitted for
the place than he. The admirable tone Of the
! letter greatly commcnds him TO public esteem
and respect, and IN no more graceful way
could he have indicated his belief in the truth
that 1.-THE post Of honor is the private sta
ton
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26
Proceedings Of Congress.


In the Senate on Monday various bills for
the repeal or amendment Of the Resumption
act were referred to the Finance Committee
Mr.. hdmunds amended his resolution for the
appointment of a committee to consider the
subject Of Presidential elections so as to au-
lhorize it to act jointly with any committee
appointed for the same purpose by the House.
The resolution was adopted
The House debated the contested seat from
Colorado. Mr.. Harris, of Virginia, commended
that the Governors certificate was prima lacie
evidence Of Mr. Paticrson's right TO the seat,
and that Mr.. Belford's election was not legal,
because the law provides for the election on
different day Mr.. Butler, OF Massachusetts,
argued that the Constitutional Convention Of
Colorado had fixed the day Of election under
the Enabling act and cited precedenis in the
cases Of other States where members were
seated who had been elected under similar cir
cumstances. No action was had on the sub
ect. Mr. Cox offered a resolution directing
the Secretary of the Navy TO report whether
the eight-hour law for labor was observed in
the navy yards Of the United States.
In the Senate on Tuesday bill was intro
duced providing for the issue Of one hundred
millions of coupon bonds Of twenty-five, fifty
and one hundred dollars for the investment of
savings, drawing So per cent. and payable
in coin. This is designed as a substitute for
saving banks. Another bill proposes the coin
age of four hundred millions in value Of
coin metal patented by W. H. Hubbell, of Pa,
called "Goloid" consisting of gold, silver
and copper, the metal 10 be purchased by the
issue of four per cent bonds, redeemabe in
ten and payable in twenty years.
The House was not in session.
In the House on Wednesday the debate on
the Colorado question was again resumed, but
no action was taken, and consequently the
question went over.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-26
.,NOT nor J0En

The municipal election, which has been
creating so much excitement in Baltimore city,
terminated on Wednesday in a splendid tri-
umph for the Democratic nominee, Col. Kane.
He WAS opposed by Thompson, who spells his
name with plebian "p' and was the work
ingman's candidate and Warfeld, the nom-
nee of Fulton and Thomas. Col Kane's
majority is 1921, and II is quite a surprise to
Fulton who promised Hayes a Reform Mayor
OF Baltimore.
The shroud is weaving rapidly and the grave
that Mr.. Hayes has dug for his party is now
ready for the corpse.