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' VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, S. C., DECEMBER 12,1878. NUMBER 22. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL Published Every Thursday At CAMDEN, S. C., bt O. G. ALEXANDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (In Advance.) One Year J2 Six nonllis 1 2P DR. I. H. ALEXANDER. Dental Surgeon, baduatk of the philadelphia collegk OF DENTAL 8CRQERT. Office, Next door to County Treasurer s Offi>:< CAMDEN, S. 0. DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, DENTIST, GRADUATE OF THE BALTIMORE COLLE?> OF DENTAL SURGERY. OFFICE?DEKALB HOUSE. Entrance on Broad Street WnT13~TRANT;HAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BROAD STEET, Camden, S. O. J. T. HAY, | ATTORNEY AT LAW I j&D I Trial Justice Office over store of Messrs. Baum Bros. Specie attention ven to the collection of claims. J. W. DEPASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Trial Justice. usiness of all kinds promptly transacted. W. L. DEPASS~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice In all the State and Federa C?urt9. JanMtf T. H. CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, S. C. Office?That formerly occupied by Capt. J. M Davis. jantttf UIATUI D A DlTil fIlVlVUI%4ii . Mr. W. S. Alexander being in Caradei on a short visit, will open his Gallery fc the accommodation of his many friends an< former patrons. II? is prepared to take a fine Photographs as can be made in tb State. Copying and enlarging also done in th? best style. He has on hand a splendid assortment e Picture Frames, Chromos, etc., for sale ai the lowest cash prices. Give him a call. FREDERICK J. HAY, Architect and Builder, CAMDEN, S. C., Will furnish plans and estimates for al kinds of buildings. Contracts taken a moderate figures, and promptly and care fully attended tv. Orders left at the CaMDKN Journal office will receive immediate attention. Marchltf , ~JOHN C. WOLbT, PLAIN, ORNAMENTAL, . AND SIGN PAINTER, Paper Hafiger Sc Glazier, CAMDEN, S. C. sept23.12m Riddle's Hotel, LANCASTER C. H.f S. C. . ?.?oa,i ?,? Ttntei formerly occuplec Having |nin>iur... ...? by Mr. Jones Crockett, situated on Main street, am prepared to receive transient and permanen boarders. Good accommodations at reasonable rates Stables and Lots free to drovers. JanlSlf J. M. RIDDLE. Be Sure to Stop at the Latham House. CAMDESr, s. c. (Transient Board, $2.00 per dat.) :o: Ample accommodations. Tables sup plied with the best the Markets afford. Eve ry attention paid to the comfort of Guests. Persons stopping at the Lathan House will be conveyed to and from tip depot free of charge. Passengers, witbou1 heavy baggage, will be conveyed to ano' from any part of the town, not above De Kalb street, at 25 cents. gsj^Connected with the house is a firs class Bar, which is located separately fren the house, and orderly kept. jJcsT'Conveynuces supplied to guests 01 liberal terms, either for city or country usr jan8-ly S. B. LATIIAM, Proprietor. /"? Wi?tche?*8toJ7. nwiTfriii.in^ y9S *?50. Orel- 1U0 latest NoTeMw ""WMt ^'unuwl.So-SuypiiCc.K*?b?llle.T?on.^^r^J BOOTS, SHOES, &C' The undersigned respectfully informs Iti friends and the public generally that h? may still be found at bis shop, one dnowest of the post office, where he is prepare to esecute promptly and in the most stylist and durable manner all jobs that may b given hira. He will also make or repni harness, or in fact anything else in h> line. He only solicits a call. ISAAC YOUNG. Aug- G?tf "srWOLFE, CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE ALSO, -J Ki/vltAcf mnrlcet Dric Days ana pays mc r for green *nd dry cow hides, sheep, fo? otter, mink, raccoon and rabbit skin-Also, rags, wool, tallow, beeswnx, old iror brass, copper. Ko. jnnltf Water-Purifying Chain Pum, Acknowledged to be superior to any olhc - .f ... , pump known So vmves to gtu out u< .. dor. Bucket and chains mad# of galrai ized inaleablc iron. The foulest wate made pnre bv the use of this putnp. 1i feet or less. $10; each additional foot, .It cents. This pump may be examined at th Latham House. janS-tf LATHM & PERKINS. bootmakert W. C. Young, having opened a shop on Bron Street, one door below R. J. Mcfreight A Son Q?u Fuctory. In Mr. G. S. Douglas' old atore, H spectrally solicits the patronage of the public, will make or repair Boots, Shoes, Harness &c. On the ^honest nottbe and la the moBt durab! nr*** " > -1.V THE MERRY HEART. 'Tis well to have a merry heart. However short we stay; There's wisdom in a merry heart, What e'er the world may say. Philosophy may lift its head, And find out many a flaw; Bur give me the philosopher That's happy with a straw ! If life brings us but happiness, It bringi us, we are told. What's hard to buy, though rich ones try. With all their heaps et gold ; Then laugh away, let others say, Whate'er they will of mirth; Who laughs the most may truly boast Tie's got the wealth of earth. There's in a merry heart A mnrnl h^Aiitv. tftft* It shows the heart's an honest heart, That's paid each man his due, i And lent a shaje of what's to spare, ( Despite of "wisdom's fears, And made the cheek less Borrow speak, The eye weep fewer 'ears. t The sun may shroud'itself in cloud, j The tempest wrath begin, It finds a spark to cheer the dark, Its sunlight is within t Then laugh away, let others say, * Whate'er they will of mirth; f I* ho laughs the most may truly boast He's got the wealth of earth. ! , TALE OP THE OLDEN TIME. ! In the summer of 1757 when we were M iisthting against the encroachments of Krance on the northern and western ? orders, there lay amone 'he picture- 11 squo hills of Northern Virginia a large P lactation. The family mansion stood ? n elevated eround. with slonintr lawns " ind broad piazzas, shaded bj an abun- a fant growth of ivy and tall poplars u The owner of this beautiful estate ,s v?a an eccentric old p'unter, whos- " tiief pride lay in the immutability of :if> word. A law of the Med-s and Per- w -ians could sooner have been broken ^ ban his commands changed; and under is arbitrary role he had brought up n faughter?his only child. Shewasjus' nveotei-n. and was possessed of a b??u- " iy so rare and unconscious that, added al u her prospccive wealth, itcau9ed her f!< ame to spread far and wide. P1 About this time the atrocities of th?- f" udians grew so daring and terrifying 10 hat the planter determined on getting a < n in-law possessing strength mdcour- |a gn, even at the s?cri6ce of his dattgh- ? r's happiness; bnt he matured his lans before he revealed them. P One afternoon, late in August, the ,B If nterVdavuzMer stood on the western- -111 iazza. leaning agamst a pttlar covrrrU ?ith climbing ro?'-8. She was di jc -tedy gazing into the golden, hazy clouds . nt law nilcd in the distant west, and ,n ? "v r - - . .Tvously pulling apart the rosea, until P1 t>e floor at her fc t was cover d with ~ -?als 'Oh, dear.' she exclaim d at -t. I wonder if anything can be 1,1 done!' ?' Ab- ut what, honej ?' asked a moth- rf rly looking colored ?oman, looking up ;'rom her knitting, through a pair of arpe spectacles. c< Huven't you h??ard. mammy, of a' ither's last whim ?' uighcJ vu0 ?;?!.. si 'We are to have a jumping match on ^ e e8St lawn in two weeks. All the oung men of the village are iuYited to w tke part, and I am to marry the one ^ vho jumps the furthest.' at ;L>rd o'massy, chile! de butcher's J1 son might jump de furdest!' I n Oh. no; there is little danger of that. I fear otheas mora.' 'I reckon, darlw', d?m savages is d?* t{ yuse of all dis here trouble,' said the <# toman thoughtfully. 'Mussa is awful n v 'fraid dej'll come np here an' butcher is widoutjudge or jury, au' be'sgittio' I?, honny, an' need* a son dat can fiw, n n' laru de boys to fite, too.' ri A quick step on the grtvel walk made l' e young girl turn. 'Oh, here is Tom 11 r last!' she exclaimed, as, with beam- 'f ng faceand heightened color, she sprung lf ghily own the steps to meet a fine ? oking young military officer. o 'I am so g'ad 10 see you.' Bhu said, S .vending both hand". 'And so old e m actually found you ?' c t. J_ |i 'Y r,' he replied, taiung nor uauu*, d then lifting her tell-tale face to find " "unfirmatioD ??f* h* r words tu the innn- 11 nit. depths of her dark eyes. 'Tim 1 uod me, and here I am, N< ttie; but 1 8 ave only ten or fifte'-n oii. utcR to stay '' j t us walk in that path yonder, where s a Cati talk undisturbedly.' and he ew her hand through his arm. 'Your 1 ote tells me ol this jack a-uap. s whim f f your father's uud theconsequentson r n law business. It fairly males my lootf bf.il to think he would subject ' f-u to such a trial.' ; r..olll s Hut you can jump mund >i>?u .... ':e e'se. 'I om; and you wua't l.avv to J o to Carlisle, will you ?' ' No. thank fortuue, uot for some time ' Vc are at Cumberland dow. but in a I w days will b" nearer this plantation 5i.|. Sranwix sect me down with u party >f men to help dose these Indians wi li nnpowder. They have committed aouu* eartul ravaues nut very f-r off.' I wonder where Col. Washing m - ? Why do-sn't he stop these cru? l? i.-. it' lie is as brave us they say V ?!?< ! Nettie. 'Because liov. Diuwid lic is always tert'erojr with him. flehasscnrctU uor? than enough un*n Ht his own hea-lI r.TH-rs in Winchester to proteet F< ri L-'odon alone As to his brav-ry. i. in't he que-tioneii. He received f<iu* ulhts through his coat at the battle ol donot-gnhela, two years afi", and h i" wo horses killed oudei him, and h- W is >, jo t recov. ring IV??ui a lever, too. Bu ' ttie we can talk of this s ime othei . rime. Now to business: On the da\ -f the match, if?' , '0'?, don't say it, Tom.' interrupted !? x'ettie, hidinu her face <>n his arm. Y >< r-?uow iktbtrr is ioasorubiu, uod if you fail?' 'Fail nr not fail, you belong to me, darling,' exclaimed th*} young man em? phat'Cally, and nothing shall separate us. Wear this ring as a pledge, and, if the worst is realized, you and I must be among the missing immediattly after the f. stivities. Will you do just as I tell you, Nettie ?' 'Yes.T-'m/phe replied, in a low voice 'Then we can make arrangements for a failure when we meet, far I can't think it possible that I can fail.' He spoke hurriedly, lor there was not a moment to spare. 'Duty is imperative,' he contiuu'd, with a smile, 'and I have scarcely time to reach my post, so goodbye, Nettie for two weeks.' The appointed day dawned bright and clear. Promptly the young men assembled, each eug*r to win so much beauty and wealth The gentry and farmers also came to witn-ss the unusual spectacle. The old planter, with his friends, tonka places on the judges' platform, while Nettie, at her father's comuand, stood at a li'flc distance, under a rroup of treep, with htr old nurse and a "ew young friends. The oootest b^ean, and had nearly dosed, when a horseman galloped up the oad, and se^iog the crowd, fastened his lorse. and walked over the lawn to in|uire what was g >ing on He was about tw. nty-fire, very tall nd with a military b aring remarkable a one so young. Such dignity of deortment would seem, in these duys, in uDBiRiciic wiin sucn a pastime as jump rip; but th*n it was a common amusei"Ut, like our ba?e tall. He stepped p to Tom, and asked : 'Can any on<* ik?* part? I should like very much to y my skill/ Certainly; I believe th" old planter's hiui includ'-s the world at large,' said f ' ui, curtly, as ho uioved off to take his irn. ! The soldier stood n?ar black Tim. who I id been watchiup the contest with j itch interest, but who now turned his ' tention to the long limbs of the stran- I r with a pood deal of concrn ex- ? vssed on his old-Mack features. 'I a y, tnassa,' aad Tim's eye9 rolled round t his anxi"ty in a way quite tearful to :hold, 'dis h?-re youf. what you was t lkin' to. is Ma<?a Tom, an' dey is c aped already?de young missus and 1 in. Sh? likes him wonderful, bat I j > . k*:_. vr . ripn you uunno ufc*. our iuiss < de prize what de nld roan put up for c 6 bijJiTfl't in mniT I'a nml.tl 'C? (fe nTrde^fc wi-i ?i.*m loop; i gs.x No di?peot meant. ntossa.' 1 Tl?? reply to Tim's discourse was lost t a shout from the crowd, for t'ie peo. ' es's favorit-?-young Capt TomLenard # -had outstiipped all of his competitors. * ut. to the surprise of many. thin mili- t ry Btnnger claimed a turn, and the old ironicler?tradition?bears a fabulous ? >cord of his succ ss across this chasm I '120 years. A taometit of sileot astonishment sue- i *oded. and then rose a f?*w shouts of \ Imitation. a feeling all would have t lared but for th.ir sympathy with ' .nnetEST Tr"u?onng nice a io?r,-^u. . aDed sadly on Tom's arm; while be hi*-pered hurried directions for their I ight, and was lending nor reiucium eps toward ihe ivy-coverpd tower thHt I ad been arrang<d cearthe platform for i er and her successful knight. i The oid planter stepped from his : ight elevation. and, putting his daiiirh* i tr's haDd in that of the victor. said : 1 You hav? wod the prize, sir, and, as ty word is nevor broken"? Excus mc, sir,' broke in the solier, holding tne hand of the blushing irl, 4but you must allow uie to interapt you o .e uioun nt. I t<>oK part io ic contest lor the simple pl.as??e of ying my powers with others and not a a rival. I confess this so itaire j- wel i a rare orzo, wond-rfully rare, for a ltb-r's heart to surrender to such an coxsioii. and as much as I might reret it tiiid-r other circumstances, my ngageno'iits rend- r it impossible lor ie to accept the lion r you s- em wil ir.g to confer. I, therefore, relinqui-h ny right in f?vor ??f him who came est in the !i-t.' and, turoiuir, he placed he hand he had h-ld in that of the urprtscd and happy Tom; adding, in a nwer tone, b- sides, the hand and heart h-mliJ never be divorced. Look here, young officer ' abruptly nterrupreo th- planter, 'I should be tlad to kti 'W your nauic and have you main with us.' 'Thank yd, air,' was the reply, 'hut f have already lingered here to" loug. ^Ve are making raiiitu-y prep "rations to o.ip rhese [uct> to d^predati ns. arid yen >an jndg* it is no ti:ne h>r an offii:- r to ae loot; absent from his post I am s<?rry o be forced to bid you so hurried a farewell.' He shook haods with the young cou- ! pic and congratulated them upon the 1 h : pp y t rminatn.u of the contest, and,! waving an adieu to the rest, mounted hi- horse and wa9 so.in out of sight. I IVo rvlrl i.lmOPr Hid not long survive, . V ?... ,, itni never s;iw his young visitor again. T'-m -?n<i Net te married and settled town in tl'ft old houiesti-ud, which w alth and hupp u as turned into a pari'i-a. The Fr.neh war soon closed, t>ut a greater oil-' b"gan wh-n the colo111?-s "hrew <df th? voke of England. From this struggle rose the lame of ...lor,;,, .chief itor^e -?.t thi* Am-iicuo anni-R. until it nut inly fil ed ill Kurofii*. but rose higher till to b- 'fira to tl<e hearts ol tiis countrymen.' APr.?-r lib r'y w is trained f>r 3,000,000 uple Washington sought the reti>em'-nt oflinm '. On Gfinsttn is eve, 17S3 one wore reached M<>unt Vernon if'rr an ab-euce of eight yea-s and s b?U'j-uuriu? ivhiuh tiu>u ho bad diojppud there only twice?on hie way to Yorktown and hack. The September following his return he began au equestrian tower beyond the Alleghanies. where he held som< property, and, going near the plantation where twenty six years before he had participated in a jumping-match, lie called. Two young girls were sitting on the piazza, and rose to uteH him as he ascended the steps. lDo Captain and Mrs. Canard still reside herc.?' asked he. 'Yes, sir,' answered the younger. T will call mama:' while the ehler. pointing to an easy chair of willow, said, 'Won't you take a seat, sir; it is cooler out h*r?' than iuside,' blnshine all the while under his serutinizins.' gaz-just as her mother had done years before. 'Is your name Nettie ?' he asked. 'Yes, sir' foamed for your mother, L suppose ?' The astonished girl bad no time to reply. for tha Tom an^ Nettio of olden time appeared thr?tigh the arched door-way and the stranger rose to greet , them. | 'Will you take in an old friend and j wayfarer to dine with you to-day ? If. i is plensanter being with friends than at , an inn/ I 'With pleasure/ they replied, in the , old Southern style of true hospitality. | He noticed, however, th-ir look of per- , plexity, and said : 'I will not tax your ( memory too far, fir twenty six years | briiii. heavy changes, still you cant for- a gHt our last meeting. Do you remember ft vountr enlnnfcl onnf.ain presumption enabled him to outstrip ? you in a jumping match years ago, and s who yieM?d his ri ht to the prize you , 30 much coveted ?' . r 'Indeed I do,' exclaimed Oapt. Leo- h ird. springing up aod grasping his p land once more 'I kn-w I had seen ^ fon somewhere, general'?a name Tom t| iad unwittingly given hint from the * irst?'hut I could not recall the occa- p lion. Wo are indeed glad to see you. ,j ind give you a warm welcome to our t| able.' t( They sat on the piazza after dinner. a] he same old western piazza, with its ie dimbiog roses, wh-re Nettie stood in ler youthful grief just twuntv-six years rfore And here, shided by th?? sumo ild ivies and poplars, tbey talked of the b diungcs the y^ars nad wrought, par'ic- m bpton *pn|T^Zi^Jln,ry- 'ien. Wash* ic I'hey all addressed him as g-neraV b'ui h heir free and unrestruined rem irk* re' it ating to the late war. and their intense <>i idaiiration for the great leader of th< w American armies were evidence enough si hat he was unknown. a: When lie rase to take his leave, he w rive each a warm pressure of the k land in farewell, Capt. Lenard sa'd. h general, I pave you this name because oi t seemed to suit you, not that I thought T rou were one thr-n, and '? thn _aolv E ian.e we have known you by Were si ,ou aware you had never- enlightened b ?>'_ 1 Washington smil'd. 'T supposed n from s-vi ral remarks made to-day that a ( was unknown, and I have enjoyed our si free. Rncial intercourse too much to en- S lighten you. Will you excum what has n MM'uicri liko a breach in politeness ? \ iod I will rectify the error now as far c is possible.' Saying this, he presented u his card ; George Washtngton, M >unt Vernon. li Not a word wns spoken, and in the a silence of amazement their world^famed guest departed. c The Poisoned Waters. >r Our smack fishermen arc nearly dis * ' 1 T3I _ ] con-aged with'heir w iuck. r<?r uv.-r two months they have b-cn unnhle t<> ' get live, fish 'o Havana, they all die on !l reaching the putrid water of the bay, ( which ha" now extended over one hundred and fifty miica to the Gulf of Mexico. The smack, George Storrs, Capt. Zeb Allen, attempted to run weatwurd ' in hopesTtf escaping the deadly waters. y and whon fifty miles wst of Tortugas. ' ' o , -i *-e I,to I in twetny-nve iaioom? 01 wmn, >?? ?? . whole fare of fish in a very short time 1 fie di-scribea the poisoned water to the 1 south and wesi of him. as fur as he could 1 see. The largest fish such as shark. ' jew fish and turtle were floating around 1 his vessel. He pointed his vessel eastward and entered our port on Tuesday almost disgusted. Oo Saturday the water appeared near the norihw st lighthouse, with its thousands of dead fi-h, floating like tufts o' 1 co'tnn over the sou. On Monday eod Tuesday the water was dotted with dead Portuguese men?of-*?r. but not until Wednesday did the dead fi-<h appear in sight. The stratus of d irk reddsh water pa??r!.l through our islaod channels, carrying on its -urfacc G-h of all kinds ?muuv of thein of the largest specimens of si.arks, jew fish, barracouta. , grouti'T, grunts, interspersed with a | f-w kinds of the tresn wafer varieties > sueh as th>* niud'eels. bullheads, catfish, j bream. perch &c. The fresh water fish, i eels, itc , are found in uro.it abundance j in Like Ok- echobe--. KNsiuimre River j and Fishoatinp Cr-ek. w A" these dead fish approached our i | wharves the stench became aloi"St in j tdlerable, and plans were ai tempted and i ! s'luuesrcd to keep tliem in tide water ! Had this occurred in the hea of summer a plague must Imvo followed. It is even yet feafed. The fish are dyinpr in i, our liarhnr. and no one knows where . I this ?rea' evil will 9top. Onr people , are largeJlBlr triers, and sprived of . this oheap class of food there must b>? i n-eitssarily much suff ring.?Kej Went , Key. The Indians and their Dead. A girl about twelve years old ha died, and her relatives had appointe that evening as the beginning of he funeral After death takes place in a Indian village the weeping and wailin; takes place immediately, and continue among the relatives in the wildest am most demonstrative manner for man; days. The evening before it bat reached its highest pitch the ramily o the dead girl had given away evorythim they possessed and were then engager in pulling down the very lodge thai sheltered them, and cutting the bufFa'c robes that composed its sides into snai pieces, while the mother of tho tleac girl had chopped of some of her fingers with a butcher knife and was being pounded by sympathizing friends tc keep from fainting. Everybody had their faces. painted black and were moaning as onlv a grief-strick-n Indian can. The wood* and fantastic lodges and weird faces of the Indians, lit up as they were by the flickering glare of a large earnp-fire, formed a picture at nnce grotesque and startling. WheD our party vi-dted the enmp in the morning the girl's family, weuk from hung r md loss of sleep, were still keeping up . I. _ I I I. . .UL L ?l._ fciio uarnnrnua want*, aiuiuujiu inn n?rpsc had hen placed upon its burial platform in some secluded spot on thr irarie, where it is to be hoped the wild 1 ?wers and bird* will watch it evernorn. Riding out fr?m the d >zen or so pecs that comprised the village, *ir [loyt and myself made a snort cut icmss a curve in the trail, and discovred a dead Indian on a platform of talcs about ten feet above the prairie. V.t first, like all whites out here, we et. out with the determination to ake what trophies might be on the ack, but upon reading the prayer of is friends, written in English and inn?-d to one of the stakes that he light not be disturbed, as iMIowfaee, n 1 | * j fie dead man, had always hwiped the 'hiie man and was u friend of all who j a-sed that way, we left the grave no tsturbcd. The Indian had only ocen here since April, and hud his pun. miahawk. knife and beaded ormanerits II upon his person.?Montana Lr.tT. A Revolution Indeed. During slav- ry I owned one of (he Tuckcst as wi'l) as the meanest negro ! ien in South Arkansas. He was known i the neighborhood as Crow ^am I { e'd VtrtA-rf^^xhwH?llWMV>#nW^>.^r. i. Well, wh?n the war came on he Was aeof the first to iiifn against me. He ent into (he army and eprved till the irrender Aftei pence was made I lov-d over in an adjoining county and J eut to work, trying to repair my bro- J n fortune One day a negro that Ij ad working for me knocked down one j f my horses, which so enraged me that j struck him several times with my csne I [e^weptjxwaj and returned wi h aeon- j ?u.e ?.,o -Munu.nnea me to appear efore a magfel ^ _Q&CJu uite so numerous then as now, ana toe , lapistrate's office was several miles J way. Well, sir. when I pot there who ' houli I see on 'he bench but old Crow j am. He was fat and greasy. an 1 had ' n an enormous pair of spectacles.? j Vhen everything hail ben made ready, i ourt was opened, and old Sam, giving ( lie a searching look, remarked : 1 "'Pears that I've seed you afore." I "Look here, Sam-," I said, "I don't ike to be mix. d up this way. Try to ettle this affiir without malice." ' Do law U gwine to hab it* direck lourse," said Sam. "Tilings hab kind -r ;hamred since we was in business toredder, but de principle of do nipper lavn't r- volu'ed. Dis nipper is as big i rascal us I used to be; so, Mars John, 'II discharge you and fling (lis bla>-k ipe in de cost."?Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.. Harmless Dueling. "Rifles at ten pacs," was the answr if the Arkansan. when asked by his adversary to nomiuato his weapon for nortal combat. "Pi-tols at ilurty-five jnc- s," smiled Dc Fourtou. when Gamaetta made a like request of the diplonatic ox minister of the interior, a'ter he lie had been passed and the chal nge accepted as the result of their r?'ceDt quarrel io the rreDcn cr.amui. It is true this was a trifling innovation in the ordinary rae:hod? of the duello, which do not contemplate a distance at which two infuriated politicians might pepper away at each other all day without sustaining the slighe-t injury. De Fourtou knew that Gambetta was more nfan expert with the pen than with the pistol, und with native magnanimry suspended the ordinary rules of tins rode, so to speak, and chose a distanro at which neither could hit a barn doc>r. Gatubetta's personal safety being th is u?sured by the gallantry of his opponent, each t<-ok as deadly an aim as too circumstances of the case woulu perm t, and being under no painful apprehe i 1. firrf hnt.ll blazed xion rrum euun o away, auil?misled, an a matter ol course, had b-en burned, and Frcueh lienor was pronounced ^atisfit j, I'liis improved method of dueling, by which tli" challenger or challenged ma) select his own favorite distance, tuns! necessarily popularize the duello ir Prince and elsewhere. Instead of th< dangerous proximity of the combatant so general in this country, we may n< v xpet to hear of duels being safely coo ducted at respectable distances withou awkward consequences.?iV Y- Star. Flood's Sm Francisco mansion wi not be completed before 1884- It wi cobt over $-,000,000. mow it is Done. ,] Scene in a library?gentleman busj d writing?chiM enters. r 'Father.give me a penny?' n 'Haven't g'?t aoy now, don't bothei r inc.' "s 'But father, I wan't it. Somethins j particular.' ? 'I tell you I haven't got one aboul ] me.' p lT must have one; you promised me , one.' j 'I did no such thing?I won't give . you any more pennies; you spend too . many. It's all wrong?I won't give it I to you, so so arooy.' R> [ 'Chili! begins. ta3#Bttftper. 'I think , vnu might give tne one; it's realty , in fan.' J 'Nn?go away?I won't do it; so there's an end of it.' Child cries, teases,coaxes?father gets out of patience, puts his hand in his pocket, takes oat a penny, and throws if at the child. 'There, take it, and don't come hack again to-day/ Child smiles, looks' thy, goes nut conqncrer?determined to renew thestrupgl' in the afternoon, with the certainty of like results. * * * * # Scene in the street?two boys play ioe?mother opens tho door, calls to one of them?her own son. Joe come into the house instantly.' J"e pays no attention. 'Joe, do you hear me ? Tf you don't come I'J give you a good beating.' Joe smiles and continu-s his play; his companion is alarmed for him, and advises him to obey. 'You'll catch it if you don't go, Joe.' 'Oh no, I won't; she always says so. but. never does. I ain't afraid.' Mother goes back into the house, put out. thinking herself a martyr to bad children. That's the way, parents; show your children hy your example that you am weak, undecided, untruthful, and they learn aptly enough to despise your authority and regard your word .as nothing. Thi y soon graduate mockers and liars, and the reaping of your own sowinrr will nnt. f;iil An Oi l Tiina Danca in Colorado. The fir<t settlers of Boulder cam'* here in 1858. In 1859 quite a number came, and some sixty log-houses were erected bcforo I860 stepped in Of these log houses but a few remain j Christmas, 1869, saw a jovial crowd of .dancen in one. oj'these he uses. window-, hardy pioneers when after fun had it. On the night jD question about two ( hundred sons of toil and seekers of gold ( and their fortunes aD'l seventeen ladies f had ussembled at the abovp-named F place to Partake of a frontier terpsicho- ] rean. Marinus G. Smith was then one t of the beaux of the town, and his dress ( consisted of a pair of pants made out of j seamless sacks and colored blue by the , aid of logwood. A lady now living in r town had an elpgant. dress made out of ( 4^3acks^aU^col;THdhy .the^aid^,. in the ne'ghhorhood then, most of the , pioneers wearing woolen or flannel 00'*s. A man with a white shirt on was in th ( style, and could dance with his coat off; ( a man without anv would wear a coat buttoned up to the neck. Coats for dancing purposes did not seem to b" any too numerous, consequently the 1 pioneers helped each other out. For 1 instance Alf. Nicholas had six white shirts, which were all at the ball, and j the coats of those white shirted fellows went to cover the hacks of some one ! else When one fellow had a dance he would loan his coat 'to auo.her, and i 7 then his turn would come, and so the i white shirts Hnd long coats were danc' ing all night, and went around among the two hundred men. There were no | wall flowers among the seventeen ladies. | But thoy suy the supp r for the occaj sion was a grand affair. Wash-boilers | full of coffe-?, great hunks of black I tailed deer, jack rabbits, Ash, game and i delicacies br.uglit from the state in ' cans, all went to uiake up a glorious ' - -L - 1 supper?one tnat me puruinern nuui-i j like to s?.-e repeated There may not | have been much style, but the seamless i sacks and fl >ur bags saw as much pure enjoyment as does the finest and gaudiest nttire of to-day.?Boulder (Co/.) Mirror. Girls, Read Thi6. j The time has passed wheu womaD I must be pale aud delicate to be intens-i : ting?wheo s^e must be totally igno rant of all practical knowledge to h3 called refined and higli-bred ?when she : must know nothing of the current polit ical news of the day. or be called mas I culine and strong minded. It is nor, a ' sign of refinement or high birth to j be sickly or ignorant. Those who afij feet anything of the kind are behind 1 themselves mentally and physically, or i drop under the firm strides of common , sense ideas, and be crushed into utter insignificance. In thrso days an active, rosy-faced girl, with brain quick and i clear; warm, light heart; a temper I quick to forgive; whose feet can tod , j as fast as h<-r tongue, an 1 not put her r j out of breath; who is Dot afraid of her P fn Krantlio fKo nil r A HIT ! irt'UM'-O, lltfl lu V/? *.1*1 uv. fiw jw.w t of heaven unrestrained by the drawn \ curtain of a close carriage; and above 3 all, who can speak her mind aud give s nn opinion on important topics which ? interest intelligent people?is the true - girl who will make a good woman. Even t fops and dandies, who strongly oppose women's rights, like a woman who can talk well, even if she is no' handsome. II 11 Tho pleasure of doing uood ia tbt Only pleasure that never wears I ' I I L ADVERTISING RATES. Tiue. 1 in. J col. J col. 1 col. 1 week,Si 00 $5 00 $9 00 $15 00 2 ? 1 76 7 50 12 25 20 00 3 " 2 50 9 00 16 25 24 00 * ' 3 uu 10 DU 18 UU 'H 6U 5 " 3 50 11 75 20 50 31 00 6 " 4 00 12 50 22 76 34 00 7 ? 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 00 8 " 5 00 14 00 26 00 40 00 3 mos 6 50 17 00 82 00 50 00 4 " 7 50 19 00 39 50 59 00 6 " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 " 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 00 12" 10 26 35 00 68 00 120 00 W Transient advertisements must be accomanled with the cash to Insure Insertion. Touchingly Beautiful. i Honor the dear old mother. Time has scattered the snowy flakes on her brow, plowed deep furrows .on her r cheeks, but is she not sweet ana beautiful now ? The lips are thin and shrnnk: en, but those arc the lips which have kissed many a hot tear from the childish i cheek, and they are the sweetest lips in all the world.. The eye is dim, yet it t plows with the soft raidiance of holy love which can never fado Ah von *hc is a dear old mother. * The sand* of lifo are nearly ran oat, but feeble as she is, she will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon arth. You cannot walk into a midnight where she cannot eeo you; you cannot enter a prison whose bars will keep her oat, can never mount a scaffold too high for her to reach that she may kiss and bless you in evidence of her deathless love When the world shill despise and forsaLa you. when it' lea'. es you by th? wayside to die unnoticed, the dear old mother wiH gather you iu her feeble arms and carry you home and tell you of all your virtues "until you almost forget that your soul is difigur.-d by vies. Love her tenderly and cheer her declining years with holy devotion. Singular Suioide. One of the most extraordinary attempts at suicide upon record is that made by a resident of a little village in Lalv, in 1805. He was insane on religious Subjects and conceived tho id ?a of imitating upon his own person tho crucifixion of our Saviour. He constructed withiu his lodging room a wooden cross and provided himself with nails, ropes, a crown of thorns, etc Anticipating that he could not easily nail himself to his cross, he made aD't which he fastened over, it securing it at the bottom of the upright beam, so that it might partly su9taio his weight. He then assumed his crown of thorns, removed his clothing and girded his loins with a white cloth, wounded his side with a knife, and introducing himself into the net, nailed his two feet and right hand to the cross. And at last he succeeded, by a series of icgenionp pre-arranged contrivances, in swinging the cross, with himself upon it, out at the win low, so that it confronted the villagers as they came out the n<xt morning He was, however, taken down md cured of his wounds, though not of his melancholy. The future falls under the cognizanco if God alone; we encroach therefore lpon his ritiht when we would fain br?see all which may happen to ub, and mcure ourselves from it by our cares. Sow much good is omitted, how many vils caused, how many dut:es neglectid, how many acts of injustice authorzed, by those timorous forecasts of what may happen, and these faithless ipprehensions concerning the time to :ome ! Let us do in season what Qod _ or the consequence. The future time, which God would have us foresee and jrovido for, is that of judgment and ternity; and it is this alone which we will not foresee. The annual pilgrimage to Mecca will *non be made, and devout Mohammedans ar* preparing for the journey, or >re already on the way. One hundred thousand is the average number yearly joining in the pilgriuiace, and among them are Hindoos, Malays, Persians, Turks, Arabs, negroes, and meu from the Barbarv States. The French Gov.* .'rnitjent endeavorsJto preveut tho departure of Alperineson account of the cholera that they sometimes brinp back with them, but they faithfully evade the interdiction by poinp first to Tunis or Morocco ostensibly for some other business. The pilprims always travel in larp.* bodies, as they are often attacked by Bedouin hordes of the Harb mountains. When an Afghan is about to sell his horse he carries on the dicker with the intendiop purchaser by pressures of their fingers concealed by bis robe, and thoupli the auimul is carefully exam ined, of course, not a word is said. Each squeeze of the band means fivo rupe'-s. The theory is that the horse would lose fl-sh through sorrow if he thought his master would part with him. 'Prisoner at the bar,' said the Judge, 'is th?re anything you wish to say before the sentence is passed upon you ? The prisoner looked wistful'y toward ?he door and remarked that he would 'ike to say ''good evening," it it wou!d he agreeable to the company. But they wouldn't let him?Harokrye. That was a bitter souled man who said to his enemy : "I wish you had 1.000 countries, and each country 1,000 cities, and each city 1 000 houses, and each house 1.000 beds, and that you would have to lie in each of those 1,000 bed* 1.000 years, with the most fearful toothache." * A single word may disquiet an entire ftrnily for a whole day. One surly /lance casts a gloom over the household, while a sinile, like a j/leanj of sunshine, may light up the darkest and weariest hours. Is it right for a man to read his neighhors paper and aid in so-doing to starve the printer? No. it is not and no person whofoilows thn dictates of a right> eons e-nscieoce will bo guilty of tko I'tn*