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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-08-13
"0UT OF THE DEPTHS"
Kate Woodbridge Michaelis in Philadelphia
Press.

No, sir, / amt a religious man. /
was brought up in the old way, to
think we were all poor sinners and the
maker a revengeful sort of being, who
had made us just for the pleasure of
Furnishing us. I've grown out of that
most of us do-and now / just try
to live a straight sort of life, do the
best | can for the world and myself
too. I'm willing to stand on that.
But, as / said before, that do be.
heve in the resurrection of the dead
and the glorified body that can be
gwen to us then, because I've seen them
both.
You see it was concerning my wife's
mother. Maybe you saw her as you
came across the garden to the fields,
sitting on the porch OF that little cot
tage you passed? Well, yes, it is a tidy
sort of a place. About 402 Whyl
bless you. sir, she'll be 60 in the fall.
Why, yes; if you care to hear, I'll tell
you about it, but, I'll have to begin q
good way back. Well, nigh upon for
ty years ago, they say that Nanny
Jones was by all odds the prettiest
girl anywhere around Salem. She ewas
old 'Squires Jones only child, and she
had less work and better teaching than
most OF the girls then.
OF course, she was q good deal
sought after by the young men, but
beyond gay word and q merry
laugh she'd little for any OF them un-
til Edward came. Edward Dawson
was as fine young fellow as ever you
saw, from Chelsea, and of good stock,
too; he had come to visit his uncle In
Salem, q great friend Of the old squire
BE was sailor lad, but not of the
rough sort, and soon all the girls were
thinking and talking Of him but from
the first he'd no thought savef for Nan
ny land she began to speak and smile
in shy, soft sort Of way she'd never
had before. Well, it wasn't very long
before Dawson thought he'd like to
My farming bit, with some one to
help hinn-so he and Nanny were mar
Red and went to live in little fancy
kind Of cottage that Ned built, mostly
By himself.
For two or three months they lived
I'm q sort of heaven, then letter came
10 Dawson from some shipowner in
Boston, saying that he had brig out
}n Bombay; that his captain was
dead and his first mate in hospital,
the second mate didn't amount to
shucks, and the owner wanted Ned to
10 out, take command OF her, and
kyinQ her home Now, you see, this
&hs d big promotion for Dawson.
He'd only had one voyage as mate,
and It seemed something like bsing
made president Of the United States.
He'd never promised Nanny to give
4p the sea, only that he would try
l1nd life d Bit
She didn't make any talk about it
-~saW how he felt, suppose and in
less than g. week alter that letter came
die was alone in the little house with
*s fancy trimmings. Folks often won
3ered how she put IN her time after
her bit OF housework was done up, for
she never went waiting, she wasn't
much Of hand to run about my
hiie isn't either.
After two or three months they saw
nek more oiten--for hours she stand
- fase gate with book ia her hand she
7sver looked at-starring over az the
He' lt WAS just about the time that
&ney pe8an to ieel little bit worried
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07

able orator, his intellectual cndowmcnts
presenting q remarkable example in
which great logical powers and the most
vivid imagination were happily blended.
AS Dryden said Of Halifax, he was q man
''Of piercing wit and pregnant thought,
Endued by nature aud by learning taught
10 move assemblies"
The great secret of his oratorical success
was his readiness. He never seemed at a
loss for an cpigram or rctort, and his
impromptu speeches were the best.
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, was noted
for his humorous speeches, especially
one in which he mercilcssly ridculcd u
lawyer holding militia commission,
who had undertaken to criticisc the mar
tial exploits Of Gcn. Harrison. 1t was
with him, however, a subject of regret
that hc had ever said funny thing in
debate, and he used to advise his young
friends never to make humorous speech
es. ga man, " said he one day, ''must
be funny or wise. You will rise higher
in the long run to be wise. This rcpu-
tation of mine for humor hangs about
my neck like the body of death. 1t is
tho Nemesis which will haunt me to my
grave. Shun it while YOU may"
u,
thick-sot man, with florid, clean -shavcn
countcnancc, and nervous manner,
which made him attractive to friend and
foe, and gained for him the sobriquct of
"Tho Little Giant" His mind was capa-
bic of grasping, analyzing and cluci(lat-
ing the most abstract and difficult sub
jects He had dccp-toncd voice, and
his gestures were energetic and some
what graceful.
We may not have the equals of Patrick
Henry, Samuel Adams, John Rutledge,
Webster, Clay, Calhoun or Prcntiss, but
rs whole the Congressional orator of
to-day is far superior to that of the near.
or the distant, past. Verbatim report
ing has proved a great injury to Con-
grcssional oratory. In the oldcn time
the Senators and Representatives would
listen to those who were speaking with
the attention of asscmblagcs of trained
critics. When verbatim reports of the
debates were made and printed, these
Congressional listeners were 40 longer to
be found. A Senator or Representative
who had carefully prepared himself
would, as he commenced his spcCch sec
his audience engaged III every other way
than listening TO his accents. Some
would be in groups chatting, others
would be reading newspapers or books,
ahd the rest inditing cpistlcs or directing
public documents to their constituents
1t would be difficult for him to say what
he had intended were there not another
stimulus by which his tonguc and his
patience were rendered incNINustiblc-
tho reflection that although his words
were falling lirclcss upon the ears of his
ostcnsiblc audience they would be read
by attentive constituents at home. 1t is
to them that speeches i'll Congress have
been addressed since the introduction Of
verbatim reporting. Congressman who
were noted for their cloqucncc upon the
homo stump have fo,mdcrcd through
written platitudcs ut the capitol, often
prepared for them by some journalist for
II stated compensation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07
Is Lager Bcer an Intoxicant !

A stone cutter, whose office adioined
his stoncryard, was seated in his Office
when friend called upon him, and they
discussed several topics together, among
them the question as to what extent
lager beer was an intoxicant. The stone
cutter maintained that beer was not in
toxicating, while bis friend maintained
the opposite. The stone cutter said,
there is man at work in the yard
(point;ng TO brawny-chested Germany
who could drink bucket (tbree gallons)
of beer Mt one sitting and feel none the
worse for it. The friend doubted, and
wager was made and the workman
called, who when asked il he could drink
that bucket (pointing TO large water
bmcket) full OF beer at one sitting, re-
piled: "Vell, dond know; lets you
know after q vile." The German went
away, and after remaining fifteen
minutes, returned, and said: "Yes, can
trink dot peer" The bucket Of beer
was procured and placed before the Ger
man, who very soon absorbed the last
drop, and arose from his seat, wiping his
mouth with his sleeve, and was walking
awey with firm step, when his employ
en- recalled him and said to him: "See
here, my friend, and hRye some curl
osity to know why You did not drink
the beer when you' were first lsked. y
The German replied: "Vell, / don'd
know dot j 0Guld trink it, so / vent out
und trink bucked, den ] know could
do it."-W,, in Harper's Magazine for
July.
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Not Hound To- kisa the nihle.

The court OF chancery III New Jersey
has just rendered an opinion holding
that witness III that State who swears
by the Bible is not bound to kiss the
book.
"A woman when sworn had laid her
hand on the Bible but refused to kiss it.
The only reason she gavc for the refusal
was that she had 'nevcr kissed the
book. She was allowed by the master
to testify, but motion was subsequent
ly made to strike out her testimony.
Here is the law, as laid down by Vice
Chancellor Bird:
Almighty God, or the ever living
God, or the like, is called upon by the
witness to witness that he will speak the
truth. The rest is form. The solemn
invocation, affirmation or declaration is
the substance. All else is shadow. Tho
witness III this case was sworn with her
hand upon the book. There can be no
doubt but that if she made false state
mcnt willfully she is liable to Indictment
for perjury.
''l}ut it Is said that this may be true
and yet the conscience of the witness not
be bound, which is the object of the
oath, There is great force in this. How
did the witness herself regard it? She is
presumably witness, for nothing to the
contrary appears. She accepted the form
OF the oath as usually administered, with
out objections, except kissing tho Bible.
l'y this act On her part the court is JUS
tificd in prcsuming, without further in
quiry, that the witness intended that her
conscience should be bound. Speaking
from the forum of her conscience, she
declared that it was not essential to kiss
the book in order TO impose upon herself
all the obligations of ON oath. New
York Herald.
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REFUSED HIM A sTATEltOOSY.
A CoIorcd Mans SUIT Against n steamboa
Company.


q. McCants Stewart, the colored law
yer, formerly Professor of Mathematics
III the South Carolina State Agricultural
College, and at ono time General Agent
for Industrial Education in Liberia, has
begun suit for $20,0 damages against
the President of the Peoples Line of
Albany steamers. Mr.. Stewart states in
his complaint that on June 3, when about
TO start for Albany on legal business, he
went to Charles H. Orr, an acquaintance,
and one of the agents of the People's
Line, at No. 207 Broadway, and asked
him whether it would be better for him
to go to Albany by boat or by rail. MIR.
Orr advised Mr.. Stewart to go by the
night boat, tho Daniel Drew, on which
he would be able to have good nights,
rest Mr.. Stewart paid for ticket and
asked If he would have any difficulty in
securing berth on the steamer on ac-
count of his color. Mr. Orr laughed at
the idea, and said that he had mover
known of Hudson River passenger
steamer refusing to carry passengers or
to give them staterooms. Mr.. Orr telc-
phoned to the dock to engage state
room for Mr.. Stewart, and gave him q
check for the room, but told him to paw
the purser for it,. When Mr.. Stewart
reached the steamer he presented his
stateroom check to the purser The lat
ter asked who the stateroom was for, and
when Mr.. Stewart replied that it was for
himself the puuscr fatty refused to give
him the room. Mr. Stewart then cx-
planned that the agent had told him that
there would be no difficulty about his
securing room, but the purser still re-
fused to give him the room, although it
was vacant.
Mr.. Stewart went to the captain of tho
steamer, who treated him kindly and ap-
pearcd annoyed at the purser's behavior.
The captain said that he would see tho
purscr. He had talk with the latter,
after which, however, he told Mr.. Stew
art that he could not let him havo tho
room. Several passengers assured Mr..
Stewart that they would act as witnesses
for him if he went to law over the mat
ter. Mr.. Stewart left the boat, and soon
aftcrward placed the matter in the hands
of lawyer, who has since begun pro-
ceetlings. Mr.. Stewart says that he
brings the suit on the grounds of n
breach of contract and refusal to act as
common carrier. He says that he does
not wish to make his stand on his civil
rights as n colorcd citizen, MS an agita-
ton of that subject might prove injuri-
Gus. Algernon S. Sullivan and ex-
Governor Chamberlain have been retain
ed Tor MIR. Stewart.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07
ShOttcry and Shakespeare.

If there is one thing moro than anoth-
or calculated to shake down the tottcring
remnant of faith which is still left to tic
world it is the researches of restless
arch@ologists. Generations of English
men, Americans and, distinguished
strangers on paying the usual tribute of
respect and curiosity at Stratford-on-
Avon have extended their pilgrimage to
Shottery, and after gazing at the cottage
whore Anne Hathaway was hitherto
born, wooed and won have gone away
happy in the belief that they had seen
the spot whore Shakespeare was taken
in just as any other man might have
been. But now some record scarchcr
discovers that William Shaxperc married
Ammo Whateley, of Temple Grafton, and
explains that by "curious metonomy
common to the times" Whateley is mere
ly funny way of Hathaway, whereas
Temple Grafton contains no conundrum.
Hence Shottery has nothing to do with
Mrs. Shakespeare, Nobody gains any
thing by the discovery, il it is one; but,
on the other hand, common decency de.
mands that it should have been left hid
dea till the point concerning the identi-
ty Of Shakespeare and Bacon has been
finally cleared up. ---Pall Mall Gazette.
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THE BAR ROOM POET.
lie Is nj First tmusing-Thcn Gets Drunk and
IL Caricd Home.

IL Carried Home.
Every city in tho country numbers
among its inhabitants class of individu-
ais known as whiskcy poets.
The whiskcy poet is very decent sort
of person until he gets drunk, and then
if a house suddenly fell on him he would
not be missed. When he loads hims,:'
with an alcoholic stimulant he likes r.
stand in bar room and rccitc poetry to
an admiring and bibulous crowd which
divide their appreciation between the
drinks he pays for and his flights OF
fancy. On such occasions tho whiskcy
poet scars far up into the blue cmpyrcan
and snatchcs fire from the stars, and as
a general thing rccitcs some little poem
of his own, which is very bad, and then
explains the beauty of the thought, which
is n good deal worse.
He is never at his best however, until
he expresses to his companions II desire
to know the name of the author of an
anonymous poem which he declares to
be the sublimcst and most touching thing
i'll the English language, and then pro-
ceeds to launch the poem III n grave and
measured tone. His manner is solemn,
his eyes reell with sadness, and his gcs
lures are like those of Il man who thinks
that this world is hard and bitter pill.
When he finishes the recitation he wants
to know if tho poem is not sublime and
exquisite. The crowd, of course swear
that it is the sweetest thing that ever
smote their cars, and then the whiskcy
poet, cnthuscd by their enthusiasm, dis
sects the poem, takes it apart as it were,
picks out the pathos, which he declares
goes straight to the heart, shows how
true to life it is, how it moves the soul,
and finally he wceps and mods to the bar
keeper to set out once more tho tincture
OF inspiration.
At first the whiskoy poet is rather
amusing, but in the course of time he
gets as drunk as the provcrbial boiled
owl, jumblcs his poetry i'll maudlin
way and becomes 80 grief stricken and
idiotic that his friends realize the ncccs-
sity of carting him off to his homo in
order to prevent him falling into the en-
brace of the police.
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a Fair Exchange.

Mr.. Warner Miller is very much
alarmed about tho rice birds. They are,
he thinks, destroying about 81 worth of
rice for every acre raised. 1t is little
strange, If this be so, that tho Senators
from South Carolina and Louisiana aid
not come to the front According to the
best of our recollection, the State Of
New York Is not much giycn TO the pro-
duction OF that cereal. As o general
thing, local interests are looked after by
those who 9Tc supposed 10 hayp some
first-hand knowledge Of tho subject.
Pcrhapa Mr. Muller win take in hand
alligator fences, and that hereafter one
of the Palmetto or Magnolia Senators
win look after wood pulp. Chicago
Inter-0 0ceag Wep),
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SOME NONSENSE ALLEGED.

A great deal of nonsense has been
written about these "first families. " They
are usually represented as thriftless, vain
and scornful to all outside the magic cir
Gle of their society. They lack, it is
true, much of the energy and goahcadi-
tiveness of the Northern man, but it
must be remembered that most of those
yet living were brought up under condi-
tions that paralyzed energy. With large
estates and hundreds of slaves they had
no motive for exertion, and now that the
war has swept away all their wealth, they
must change their very natures before
they can become tho pushing business
men who build up communities. The
new generation is growing up quite diff
ferent, and it is more than likely that
when they come to tho fore tho Virginia
farmer will no longer let his acres lie
useless or half cultivated The fact is
that the landholdcrs in Stafford county
arc yet in dazed state over the results
OF the war. They can hardly realize the
change, or il they have they think it is
too late in life to start out afrcsh.
AS to the "proud, scornful women" Of
the "F. f. w., it is pity to strike q
blow at the pictures which have been
drawn by imaginative writer's, and which
have long been regarded as genuine in
the North, still the pictures have no
prototypes in real life. Everyone has
read those fanciful stories about rich
and cultured Northerners sueing for the
hand of poor Virginia girls and being
refused, solely because they did not be-
long to the "F. f. "" These are voriest
bosh. Here among the very oldest Vir-
ginia families there arc many marriages
every year between Northern men and
Stafford women and vice versa, The
society line differs from that in tho
North only in this particular, that here
wealth without culture is insufficient to
gaic entrance into society, while in other
places 1T is sometimes quite sufficient.
On tho other hand, culture, oven if un-
accompanied with q dollar, will open to
o man the best houses IN the county,
providing, of course, thet he has the
usual accommodation OF responsibility.
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A matrimonial authority says: "These
two rules will be safe to follow in oil but
few exceptional cases: First, for wo.
man to refuse marriage with any man
who is objected TO by her male relatives
provided they arc reasonably well ac-
quainted with the object of supposed
affection; and, secondly, for man TO
refrain from offering his hand in mar
riage 80 q woman who is not approved
by his sister, or If he has none, by his
judicicus lady friends.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07

Little Willie prayed long and ineffectu.
ally for littlp brother. At last he gave 1t
up as rao use: Soon after his mother
had the pleasure OF showing him twin ba-
bies. Hc looked at tlem moment and
then exclaimed; "dow lucky II was that
1 Lstopped preylugl Theremlgbt have been
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-12

THE VICTORY OF ELECTRICITY.

Since Electricity has been applied for lighting al efforts inventors hare
lem
idea and that all have adhered the SISTER. producing the electricity
& LAMP w SIeo dTf e become sneS gsf and pGPq %u be PAS
The Norman Electric Light Company has last succeeded in completely realizing
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and neither complicated dagabe manpSt all that
hour and has before the the Of neither producing
fr en but te dao asnnS fy a p eaf sP
Its manipulation thai child kept
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That will burn even the strongest wind completely unaffected thus being
This lamp constructed for the present different
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Perlam delivered freeto any part world.
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kO0t lamp IN either 0nze japanese snGe or silver oxide
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lighting nd two or ahd 1a. 'ss
chemicals can be purchased any drug the smallest
changed refunded the should
On all
orders abroad filed
procured
banker enclose the bank
All wir thsa particular
g7-ou Electric Lamps protected by law iningomn
cnsnees lamps
fortune be made
Address THE NORMAN ELECTRIC LIGHT co.
3S7ma6 DIV PHILADELPHIA, U. s. OF AMERICA.
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SNAKES.
Two Small Snakes Found In n House
Om smith street.


On Thursday evening last resident
Of Smith street gave information at
this office that on the previous day a
Chinese storekeeper, also residing on
that street, had discovered two young
snakes in one of his store-rooms con-
cealed in heap of rubbish underneath
an old bedstead. The vicinity was
visited the next day by an ADVERTISER
representative who was unable to CLEAN
any facts from the Chinaman more than
that he was cleaning the room out, and
in removing the rubbish one of the
snakes, the larger of the two, stood
straight up, opened its mouth, and
showed a fang. The Chinaman got
frightened, and picking up stick gave
it a blow which killed it, and directly
after he also killed the other one. He
stated that another Chinaman had taken
them away. The Chinaman who killed
them is son of an old storekeeper on
Smith street, and talks good English.
Being determined to find out the truth of
the matter, the ADVERTISER representa-
tive called at the place on Friday, and
was told the same story. Yesterday
afternoon he informed Deputy Marshal
Dayton of the affair, and he directed
Chinese policeman to accompany him to
the place. Arriving there, the police
mar. asked for the snakes and was inn
mediately answered by the Chinaman
producing them. After death they had
been placed in spirits in Il bottle, and not
removed from the house as stated. They
are what are known on the Coast as the
garter - snake. The largest of the two
is about eighteen inches long, and the
other twelve. They are marked very
similar to a rattlesnake, but their bite is
not considered poisonous. How they
came there is Il mystery, though the
storekeeper is constantly receiving new
supplies of goods which come from San
Francisco. They may have come in
some of the boxes, the same as larger
one which was found in bale of hay
some time ago. The larger of the two
Slows mark where the Chinaman
struck it with Il piece OF wood. The
snakes are ut this office, where they can
be seen A native states that on Satur-
day the Chinaman had them on exhi-
bition, charging twenty-five cents adj
mission.
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The Feast of Epiphany.

The Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord
was observed on its very day, January
9th, with grand solemnity at the Roman
Catholic Cathedral. Several persons
were baptized, and the sacrament of con-
firmation was administered to about 40,
both adults and children. This feast is
kept by the Church, with octave, to
commemorate the manifestation of
Christ's glory Epiphany means the
manifestation, %, When the NIagi
adored Him; (2), in His baptism, when
the voice from heaven proclaims Him
the Son of God; (3), in the miracle of
changing water into wine, when Christ
began His miracles and manifested"
His glory. And this same feast does re-
mind us, too, that all the nations of the
whole world were then called to enter
the kingdom of God, which was in for
mer times limited to the Jews, the three
Magi representing the three great races
of men descending from the three sons
of Noah. Com.
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judicial ACHIEVEMENTS for Isse.

The following are the assignments OF
the Chief Justice and Justices of the
Supreme for the holding OF the Supreme
and Circuit Courts for the year 1886
January term, Honolulu, Mr.. Justice
Preston; February term, Kauai, Chief
Justice Judd April term, Honolulu,
Mr.. Justice McCully; May term, Hilo,
Preston, J.; June term, Wailuku, Judd,
c. j.; July term, Honolulu, Judd, CD.
August term, Kauai, McCully, j.. Sep
tember term, Kau, Judd, C. J.; October
term, Honolulu, Preston, J. November
term, Waimea, McCully, J.; December
term, Lahaina, Preston, J.