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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-01-25
Dun Territorial Superintendent of Publi

Our Territorial Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Cornelius Hedges, advocates,
in Il recent communication to the Helena
Herald. the passage by the Legislature of
an act providing that no common school
district SHALL be entitled to an apportionment
OF puhlic money unless they have six months
school during each year, instead of three
months rs the law now stands. This is al
together prematt.se. anil would work a pos
tive injury to our sparsely settled districts.
We regret that Il lack of space preclndcs-om
entering into the spirit Of the question at
length. Bnt we trust there is TOO mncl
good, hard sense existing in u Legislature
to entertain such = proposition for III instant
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
A Sensible Present.

Last year wagon and carriage manu-
featuring company of South Bend, Ind,
presented each of their army OF work
men (about nine hundred in ally with a
twelve-month subscription to weekly
newspaper, the employee signlfy1ng
whichever paper he desired to take. The
aggregate expense of this token OF good
viii to their workmen by the company
was large sum of money, but they pro-
pose to incur it again, and as a prehm--
nary step, have taken vote OF the
force to see how many would prefer a
turkey instead of the newspaper. Only
three of the entire number expresst q q
choice for the turkey.
The course of manufacturing com
pany that will have a'care for the intel
fectual well-being of its men, indepen'
dent of their attitude each to the other,
AZ EMPLOYER and employed, ina pecunl'
ary point of view, cannot be too strong,
" commended. The so-called natural
antagonism between capital and labor
will have hard work to assert itself when
capital thus takes labor by the hand and
saws: "Come up higher" The ex-
ample of the company in this matter is
worthy of imitation by manufacturers
throughout the country, and the press
would do well to give them a gentle
hint to that effect BY bringing the one
under consideration 10 their acsics'
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
An Honest Rebuke.

A group of elegantly dressed young
ladies met in one of the streets Of New
York, and stopped to talk together. Near
them rough looking man was on his
knees repairing the pavement, and un-
noticed by the young girls, who talked
loudly, fast and slangy. At the sound OF
one of their expressions the man rose to
his feet and came toward them. Don't
say those things again" he said, looking
squarely at the lady who had last spoken;
"you wouldn't if you knew what they
meant" Silence fell on the noisy group.
The man, realizing what he had done,
seemed abashed, and turned away. The
young lady to whom he had spoken took
a step toward him and impulsively thrust
out delicately gloved hand. "We all
thank you, sir, she said, in clear, ringing
tones. He grasped his trowel in his left
hand, while with his right, soiled with
his honest work, he raised his ragged cap
with a grace that showed the gentleman
in the bsicklaysr, and silently returned sa
his place.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
Women in the Treasury.

The detection of another thief In the
cash-room of the United States treasury
affords Washington correspondent the
opportunity of calling attention to the
superiority of women over men IN resist
ing temptation. :,
Since the first greenback was printed
the counting and putting up OF packages
of money have devolved entirely upon
girls and matrons. There are few III
office now who have been there from the
beginning, and billions of dollars have
passed through their hands without the
fraction of dollar sticking. Have they
been rewarded2 No! Numbers OF men
like Winslow, the last thief caught, have
been appointed by political influence at
salaries double those paid women and
these experienced, tried and trusted wo-
men, who cannot be we'll dispensed with,
are not only never promoted, but are
treated as though they should be thank
full that they are permitted to serve the
government for S75 month. Sometimes
a package that has been counted by a
woman has been found short in the ac-
count, and no matter how innocent the
counter may be, the amount missing ls
taken from her months salary. In al
most every instance of this kind eventu-
ally the thief has been found to be male
messenger, or some man who received the
package from the lady, and abstracted
one or two notes.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
What a Comma Did.

The claim of the United States for the
return of the S1,500,000 advanced to
help out the Centennial Exposition has
been rejected by the United States cir
cult court at Philadelphia, although
there are abundant funds remaining i'll
the hands of the managers with which to
satisfy it. Consequently, unless the de-
cision of the court is reversed on appeal,
the 81, 500, 900 will be distributed among
the shareholders in the enterprise. That
this would be the result was foretold by
the opponents of the loan at the time it
was proposed, and was Indignantly de-
MED by its friends.
The. clause which was relied on to pro-
tect the interests of the nation, and
which was used to secure votes for the
grant, reads thus:
"The appropriation hereinbefore
made shall be paid in full into the trea-
sury of the United States before any di-
vidend, or percentage of the profits shall
be paid to the holders of said stock.
The advocates of the grant professed
to read these words with q comma after
the word dividend" and persuaded the
public that no dividend OF any kind
would be paid to the stockholders until
the loan from the United States had
been first returned. Now, by their corn-
sci learned in the law, they have success
fully contended that there is no such
comma, and that only "dividend Or
per centage of the profits" was intended.
Inasmuch as dividend of capital is not
a dividend of profits, they have got the
Judge to say that the stockholders may
pocket the 100000 as returned capi-
tai, and the United States may lose the
whole.
This is not the first time thata comma
or the want of it has made trouble with
the United States treasury. A clause IL
the Tariff act of 1875, by the omission OF
this modest sign of punctuation, admit
ted free of duty all kinds Of foreign
fruits, when the intention of Congress
was merely to exempt fruits imported
for the sake of their seeds. The trick In
that case was universally denounced and
speedily frustrated, but i'll regard to the
81, 500, 900 now in question the nation is
very possibly without remedy.-Ne'c
York Sun.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
A Vermont Farm.

The Rutland Herald says: The farm
of Counselor Evarts contains between
seven and eight hundred acres, seventy
head of cattle, including twenty COWS.
three yoke of oxen, averaging four thou
sand pounds per yoke; fifteen calves, a
three-year-old Durham bull, a splendid
specimen of that famous breed; a fine
Jersey bull, and other young cattle, all
of which show care and skill in handling
and feeding. There are two hundred
sheep on the farm, many of them being
superior animals Of horses and colts
there are sixteen; one span, as smooth
and active Us colts, aged one twenty-five
and one twenty-six, showing that gener-
Gus feeding and careful usage are strong
incentives to longevity. Several spans
of young horses show good blood. Mr.
Evarts has his best pair of horses IN New
York, no doubt competing, as far as he
may, with Bonner and other horse fan
ciers in, that city. Last, but not least,
come the swine, twenty-five in number.
Brick from the old Baptist church,
bought by Mr.. Evarts, furnished mate
rials forShe walls of new and conve-
nient piggery, and the interior was fin
ished with due regard to neatness, ease
of feeding, and the comfort of the in
mates. One breeding boar, imported
from Lancashire, England, is as near a
perfect type of the hog as we have ever
seen. The products of the farm average
two hundred tons of hay yearly. This
wear two thousand two hundred bushels
of corn were raised on twenty acres, be-
sides several acres of fodder fed to cows
in the fall. Oats and roots of various
kinds are largely raised.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
An Extraordinary Story.

The New York Herald publishes an
extraordinary story, of which the follow
ing is very brief synopsis: Elizabeth
Mary Sanxay was born in Mulberry
street in 1927, and was married in 1841
to her cousin Louis Gordon Keith, a
naval captain in the United States SER
vice. On the death of her husband she
remained in Baltimore under the care OF
her cousin Archbishop Eggleston, who
placed her in supervision of st. Vincents
Asylum for Orphans on First street in
that city. The institution was formerly
in charge of the Black Cap Sisters, who
refused to retire until threatened with
legal process. A year later Mrs. Keith
and her infant daughter were kidnapped,
and conducted by one Lovegrow to the
Mount Hope lunatic asylum, where the
mother was forcibly detained for seven
years, being mourned as dead by her
relatives. She finally regained her
liberty through the interference Of
Archbishop Hendricks, and returned to
her father in New York. In search Of
health she went to Williamsburgh, Va,
where she was again kidnapped, and
confined in q lunatic asylum for eighteen
years. She was finally liberated by a
military commission, appoined by Major
General Hanco *, by which she was
pronounced sane. Even then she WAS
detained on various pretexts for some
months, but was finally restored to her
brother r. Selby Sanxay, who had been
informed of her existence. Tie lady who
is said to have undergone this terrible
experience is now living in East Twenty
eight street, In Ssw York eitye
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
How She Obtained a Necklace.

A singularly cunning robbery was
lately perpetrated at Florence. An Eng
lishman accompanied by girl OF eight
cen arrived at fashionable hotel, hired
handsome rooms, paid their bill regular
ly every week, and lived exceedingly
well, but without any foolish expendl-
ture. The man brought with him a
writing bureau, which he placed against
the door of the room which communl-
Gated with the apartment occupied by
his daughter, and she had her escritoire
against the same door in her room.
Soon after their arrival the man visited
q leading jewelers. store, and made sew
eral purchases, paying for them on the
spot, and at length told the jeweler
that he was on the lookout for a really
splendid parure of diamonds, with
which he wished to present his daugh-
ter on her marriage The jeweler said
that in this case he luckily had precisely
the right thing, and forthwith produced
a splendid necklace, which the man ex-
amined, stone by stone, and at length
decided to take for $4,000; but he e1-
planned that he had not so large sum
by him, and must communicate with his
London bankers, and appointed the
Tuesday week following as the day
when the necklace should be bought and
the money paid. On that day the jewel
er repaired to the hotel, and he found his
customer seated at his writing bureau.
He took out bundle of banknotes, and
WAS proceeding to count them, say
ing: "My daughter knows nothing
about this. am preparing a surprise
for her." when there was knock at the
door, and the young lady came in to say
that papa's tailor was waiting to try on
some clothes. Papa instantly closed the
secretaire to conceal the necklace, and,
as she stayed in the room and begun
talking to the jeweler, said he'd 60 and
see the tailor and come back presently.
The young lady stayed some time, and
gave the jeweler the chance OF quite an
agreeable Irritation. At length she said
she really must go. The jeweler then
tried the secretaire, found it locked, and
felt quite happy as to the necklace. He
waited and waited, until, when three
hours had elapsed, he rHng the bell and
told the waiter to tell the gentleman he
could wait no longer. But neither faith
er nor daughter were forthcoming, nor
have they since been seen, nor has the
necklace. 1t was found that a nice little
hole had been made through the door,
and the splendid ornament having been
neatly hooked and landed, the hauler
had quietly stolen away. The de-
spair of the poor ieweler may be i'm
agined.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
An Irish Arcadia.

John G.. Richardson, the great manu-
facturer of linens, seems to have success
fully solved the problem of giving en-
ployment to community of 1000 per-
sons, whilst at the same time greatly bene-
fitting them by surrounding them with
every incentive to temperance and moral
restraint.
Mr.. Richardson is the owner of 5000
acres of land at Bessbrook, Ireland, on
which are quarries of blue granite and
farms that are successfully worked, and
in the midst of which is the village of
Bessbrook, with the great mill, offices
and warehouses of the Bessbrook Spin
ming Company.
The village is laid out with streets that
are lined with little cottages for workmen,
with larger houses for the mill officials,
and there also is q beautiful villa occupied
by the owners of the vast estate.
Every cottage has dooryard deco
rated with beautiful flowers, and the
property includes public square to add
to its attractiveness. There are shops OF
different kinds for the sale of articles re-
ouired to meet the wants of the village,
DllU the sale VI DccI dlil uluOu0 SplllCo iS
forbidden and there is not a police Off
Ger. police Judge, or police station in
the village, neither is pawnshop to be
found.
The different denominations, of which
there are five Gncluding the Catholics, }
all live together in harmony, and foul
churches stand in close proximity upon o
hill that looks out upon beautiful land,
scape with it's green fields and undula-
ting surface as far as the distant Newry
mountains.
The streets of the village are kept
scrupulously clean, and the whole aspect
of the place is one of extreme neatness.
Mr.. Richardson is prominent member
of the Society of Friends. He has given
SO largely of his means and time to fur
ther the great cause of temperance In
Ireland, having recently served as the
presiding officer at meetings held there,
| that he will be welcomed in America by
many who believe that intemperance is
the greatest curse our fallen humanity
has to contend with.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
Rain in California.

An enthusiastic citizen declared, says
San Francisco paper, that an inch OF
rain in this State was worth million
dollars. He certainly did not make an
overestimate in this instance. The agri-
cultural products of this State were
worth last year not less than $40, 600, 600.
With no more rain thsn has fallen this
year up to the tenth of January only the
fruit crop would have matured. Grapes
would have done tolerably well, but the
cereal crops would have been a failure.
Three OF four inches of rain, in addition
what has fallen within the last two
DAYS. will be sufficient to mature most
of these crops. Now that the rain has
come, it brings also promise Of more.
1t has put heart into the whole farming
community. They will shape all their
operations for a dry season-one with
Just enough moisture to bring forward
the crops where the tillage is good.
After the middle of January, and in a
dry season, we cannot expect more than
four or five inches of rain at the most
If this is we'll distributed we shall get
fair crops over considerable area. Ex-
cept on irrigated lands wheat and other
cereals will be failure in the San Joa-
quin valley. Irrigating canals will be
pushed by private enterprise, and those
who can turn water on their laads this
year will probably find their account in
high prices for pasture, hay and grain.
There is little prospect that more than
twelve inches of rain will fall in any OF
the coast counties or in most of the In
terror valleys. 1t is reasonably certain
that it will be relatively dry season.
The present rains will revive the pas
lures, which by fro t. and drought had
been nearly ruined. The grain crops
will be brought forward. In many In
stances grain sown late had not even
sprouted; in others it had terminated
and died. Some fields will have to be
sown again. But in most cases the
rain Will bring out enough dormant seed
to make good start.
Il is quite within bounds to say that
every inch of rain which falls after this
date will be worth a million of dollars
to the State; and every foot of snow on
the mountains will be worth nearly as
much more to the miners.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
What he Kicked.

The Detroit Free Press reports the
following: He was young man, and he
looked like a student-like one of the
students in attendanceatH Harvard college.
Moreover, his prompt action, as he saw
a loaf of bread on the crosswalk up Wood
ward avenue, went to show that he was
fond of football, and therefore a student
at Harvard. He reasoned that the loaf
had fallen from bakers sleigh, and fur
ther reasoned that it was better for him
to kick it into forty pieces than for some
poor man to find it. He kicked. He
kicked for all he was worth, and uttering
a wall of agony he imped to the fcace
aud leaned against it and swore like a
pirate. The interior of that "lost loaf
of bread was handsome cobblestone,
put there for Just such an emergency
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
Suffrage by Machinery.

An ingenious Belgian has contrived an
apparatus for the application to general
elections of the system of the bell punch
and the telegraphic tape combined.
There is to be in his scheme at each poll
ing place one machine for every candi-
date. The voter is to touch the machine
inscribed with the name of the man for
whom he wishes to vote, and the ma
chine records one on the tape or g blue
trip ticket" and rings bell. Each tape
punched with the votes is rolled up on q
graduated scale in such a way as to indi-
cate without counting how many votes
have been cast for each candidate. In
the operation of this machinery all that
the returning boards would have to do
would be to bulldoze the reel on which
that tape has to be wound, and thus they
would swell the majority of favorite
candidate.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
Lost it ALI.

A story is told of well known New
Yorker who, on his way home from the
club the other evening, managed to oc-
cupy considerably more than two-thirds
of the sidewalk. In this predicamept he
VI was met by two seedy individuals, who
first relieved him of his watch, and then
tumbled him over into the snow. As he
lay there shouting for help, two other
individuals came along and inquired ::
"What's the matter?" "Why, said the
broker. "here Tve-hic-beea robbed OF
mv-bic-watch." Didn't they take
vour money!" asked the strangers.
"Don't know" said the broker, feeling
in his breast pocket for his wallet. "No,
here 'tis-hic-money's all right. "
"Wen, we'll take that, then" said the
strangers, as they seized the wallet and
disappeared syeund the axst eosnss.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22

If had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
said when you went away,
1 had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But We yex our own
With look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in quiet evening
You may give us the kiss Of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart should cease.
How many go forth in the morning
That never come back at night!
And hearts have broken
For harsh words spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
All lips with curse impatient
All brow with that look Of scorn
Twere cruel fate.
Were the night too late
TO undo the work of the morn.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
What he Wanted.

"Well, old fellow, what's the news?'
Nothing, only I am about to be
married"
"But why so gloomy about it ?"
because I want 10000 francs. The
contract is to be signed to-day, and on
my side I have to show 20, 900 francs.
I'm 10000 francs short. You might
lend them to me-only till this evening. "
.'God forbid But I'll tell you how to
manage it. OF course there is mantel-
piece in the room with mirror behind
it. Pile your 10000 francs up there
the glass will repeat them, and at little
distance the illuion will be perfect.
81 have thought of that, but" -
"But what %
THE 10000 francs I have got are the
10000 in the glass"
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
The Bridal Party.

When the bridal party arrive at the
church, they are met in the vestibule by
the ushers. The procession then begins
with the ushers walking together, arm
in arm; then the trademarks IN pairs;
then the brides mother, escorted by the
groom, and last the bride comes with her
{ather' There is no improperly IN hav.
ing the little girl walk in just in front OF
the mother. Upon reaching the altar,
the bridemaids pass to one side, and the
nsbers stand opposite them, leaving
space between for the bride and groom.
The parents stand just behind the BRIDE.
When the ceremony is over, the newly
married pair go immediately Gu OF
church, without being Congratulated,
followed by the bridemaids, who are
now escorted by the nshers, and lastly
como the parents,
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-02-22
Uncle Remus' Revival Hymn.

Oh whar shill we go wen de great day comes
Wild de BLOWN nv de trumpits an de bangm
Nv de drums
How many DO sinners II be cotched out late,
An fine no latch to de goldin' gate
No use fer ter wait 'twell to-morer-
De sun mustn't set on yo' sorrer. >.
Sins sz sharp ez bamboo brier- ar
Oh. Lord fetch de moners up higher
Wen de nashuns Nv de earf is stannin' al
aroun, E.r
Who's a ewine ter be ohoosen fer ter war de
glory crown
Who's gwine fer ter stan stif-kneed an tof,
An answer to dere name at de calm Nv de
roll? ~
You better come now eff you comm
Old satan is loose an bummin'-
De wheels Nv distrucshun is hummin-
Oh, come along, sinner, eff you comm
De song nv salvation is mighty sweet song,
An de paradise wins blow fur an blow strong
An Aberhams buzzum is SAT an it's wide,
Au' dat's de place whar de sinners oughter
hide
No use ter be stoppin' an q lookin,
Ef you fool wild satan you'll git took in,
You'll hang on de edge an git shook In,
Eff you keep on stoppin' an lookin'.
De time is right now an dis here's de place
Let de salvashun sun shine squar' in 20 face.
Fight de battles NV de Lord, fight soon an
fight late,
An You'll alters fine q latch on de goldin' gate.
No use fer ter wait tweli to-morrer-
De sun mustn't set on yo' sorrer. -
Sins ez sharp ez bamboo brier-f 80
Ak de Lord fer ter fetch you up higher.
Atlanta Constitution.