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QUATTlEiAUM, BURGEON DENTIST, WILLIS rON, S. c. Office over.Capt. W. H. Kennedy’s store Call* attended tbrougiput Bsrtiwel and adjacent counties. Patients will find it to tneir advantage to have wort •done at hit» offic». it' DK. j7rIEYS0N SMITH, Optrativu ant! Wtrlianiral llentist, , WILI T8T0N, 8. C. Will aferd cal's throughout this and ad- 3scent counties. ■ ,. Operatiots can he-more ratisfactorily per- fornieii at his Parlors, which sre supplied with alt the latest spproved appliances, than at the residences of patients. To prevent disappointments-, patients in- tending to v'ait him et Williston are re quested to correspond by mail before lesv- iaghoma. laepltf I, IS.'tS Kin}; Street, 4)pi>oaite Afnileiny of Music, CHARLESTON, 8. C. U’oms to let st r-0 cents a night. Meal* • t honr*—Oysters in ^ifcry -Alee, Wines, Liquors, Secars, &c.[mar301y CHARLES C. LESLIE 'Wholesale and Eetail Dealer in Fish, fianif. Lobsters, Tnilles, Terrajiins, < OvsterR, Ktc. Etc. Stalls, No?, is and 20 Fish Market CHARLESTON, S. C. . All orders promptly attended to. Terms Cash or Cify Acceptsnce. ru’eWty] -rr— ■J. A. PATTERSON. Surgeon Dentist, Office at, the Farnwell Court House. I’atien'* waited oirat Teaidenre jf rk- firrd. Will attend oal's in any portion of Bsrnwel! and Htmpton counties. •Sitistsction guaranteed. Terms cash -anpTIvj - 1 ■ J D. WHITT M A. K B JY E —AND— CRANtTE WORKS MEETING STREET, ^ (Corner Horlbeck’s Alley,) 4-——: 8. C OHA ULl'^tON, juntlMy] OTTO TIEOMN & —WHOLK8AI.E— Grocers and Provision Deale rs Z. ' '. N 1 •. 102 and T04 East B»y Street, angSlly CHARLESTON,^. C. Devereux & Co., .DE1.LKR8 IN Lnnr', Orapnt, Lath'i, Flatsfr, Hair, Slates anti Marble Mantles, Depot of Building MVerials No. 90 East Bay Hash, Blinds, Doors, Glass, Etc. w?p71yl CHARLESTON, 8. C. THOS. McG. CARR, WASHIONA.BLK Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon, 114 Market Street, (Oae Door East of King Street ) MilOty 1 CHARLESTON, S- C. w^TRY^a THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PULMONARY Dlt'EASE'j, COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHI! IS,.A A\J) GENERAL DEBILITY. SURE CURE FOR Malaria and Dyspepsia IN AJX IIS STAGES. ' •ft-For Sale by all GROCERS and DRUGGISTS. H. BI8CUOFF & CO., Charleston, 8. C. Sols Msuufacturen and Proprietor* 310* VOL. VI. NO. 41. BARNWELL, C, H-, H- G, THURSDAY. JUNE 14, 188:i. $2 a Year. - -V TILE MAIDEN'S LAMENT. [After Schiller.] The oak forest bend* To the tempeet'a roar, A* a maiden sit* On the lake'* green shore; The ware* are breaking with stormy might. And her sigh* go forth in the darkening night And her eyes are red with weeping. “ Oh ! the world is void, And my heart is sore, And nothing is left me t_. To wish for more. Oh ! mother of Christ! why still must I live? When I’ve known all the joy this world can giv# The rapture of living and loving.” “ Though many thy tears, In vain dost then weep; Thy cries will not waken The dead from their sleep; But tell me the balm for a wounded heart Where the death of love has left its smart— This solace I’ll send thee from Heaven.” “ Full well do I know % That in vain I weep, That my cries cannot waken My dead from his sleep; Yet the sweetest balm for & wounded heart Where the death of love has left its smart, Is love's sweet anguish and sorrow.” ADVENTURES OF A RAZOR. I, a razor of the finest steel, am about to speak and prove to the world that razors can tell stories worth listening to as well os men. My earliest recollec tions carry me back to the time when I ornamented with' my presence thu in terior of a showcase in the shop of a cutlery dealer of the little town of Ro- dez in the south of Frupee. -1 know only so much of my genealogy as I was able to gather from my owner, when he boasted of my good qualities in order to promote my sale. In the most eulogis tic terms ho affirmed that I had been made in tbo celebrated manufactory of Langres, of an exceeding fine and pure steel, and that I rivaled in keenness of edge the famous blades of Toledo. All these flatteries rendered me ambitious. Then I wiui, afraid I might be purchased by some peasant who, after having made mo a slave to his rough chin during his life, would leave me to rust in the bot tom of an old chest. I possessed, on the other hand, a lively desire to travel and to see the world, and I had no taste at all for the quiet and monotonous life of a rustic cottage. One day, while meditating on my fu- tiinyXwaa aroused from my reverie by the entrance into the shop of a man ae- ‘ com’,.allied by a lad. They asked per mission to examine me, found me to their liking, and bought me. .If wue i.ol until the morrow that I learned who my new master was.—What luck! What happiness I I belonged to a future capillary artist. My young master was very anxious toAry me, and begin his apprenticeship, but was unable to find any bearded .subject who possessed cour age enough to serve as his model. Fi- ually, after—a—host of persuasive and reassuring arguments, his hither con sented to be the victim of his first at tempt. . I still retain in my razor-edged mernofy the touching counsels that he gave to his son at the moment when the young novice, holding me with the tips of his inexju-ri- enced finyots. prepared to begin opera tious. ‘.‘Take care! Go easy! Don't hurl me! And aliove alFdon’t forget Unit 1 have been a good fatlier to you. “But, father, don’t be afraid.—You talk as if you were going to die.” “My dear boy,” replied the father, “when I see you brandish that sharp iu- strumont over my head I am reminded in spite of myself, of the sword of Damo- clea.'' Thanks to the w atchfulness and I In careful advice of the chief of the estab lishment, the operation was finislml without any tragical accident. Being of a waggish and restless disqio- sition, my young master, after ho became more expert in managing me, took a live ly pleasure in playing Iru-ks upon-fb. customers who fell into his hands. K -m times ho used the back <*f my f 1 .1 shave young fello"s wb' ^<- f .- *-'•* yet ornamented with nothing more than down, and he was greatly tickled because they did not perceive the imposture. When by chance he caused mo to make too profound incisions in the epidermis of some crass customer, he hastened to put the only mirror in the shop out of sight, in Order to prevent him fronl'‘see ing the havoc that ho had male me com mit. My days passed away in the most agreeable manner, and I would probably I have enjoyed for a long time this delight ful existence had not the young hair dresser taken it into his head to fall in “■■—Move. A* it is perfectly well known to everybody that Jove is madness, that every sort of inconsistency pertains to it, and that the region of the absurd is its kingdom, no one will be surprised to learn that he delivered himself of a piece of, folly which resulted in his be ing obliged to qfiit the country. Here is the story: Every day, a charming young girl, whose father was a nobleman ami a millionaire, passed the shop either on her way to church or while »biking a walk for pleasure. My yi aasfcr was deeply smitten by ner. ton lulling folly ! It was impossible for him to tell the girl of the impression that ghe had made upon him, inaamnch as she was always accompanied by a duenna of the most crabbed aspect. My master, who/ns usually so gay and cheerful, boMM aud m4 downcast. He mused tor hoUfs Upon the means he should employ to make known his find ing. Finally, one night, when all the world was asleep, he arose and directed his steps toward the home of his Dul- cinea. Having arrived under her win dows, he suddenly began to shout like a maniac: “Fire ! fire : fire I” This frightful cry breaking the silence of the midnight caused a sensation From every window in the neighborhood were thrust forth night caps of the most grotesque and various forms. Presently in a second story window of the young lady’s hottse, a Wautiful white-rolied form was seen, and a soft voice, trem bling with alarm, asked excitedly. “Where r« the fire? Where is ’he tire?” And the young Romeo erieit: “Fire, mademoiselle! the fircis here in my heart, which ia burning with love for you!” Naturally, and as Ire ought to have foreseen, he was arrested. B*Jt on ac count of his youth the j>olice justice re- leasul him the next day, ordering him, however, to quit the town, so that he might not lie again tempted tadisturli tin* nocturnal feposc of the peaceable iii- habitaula of the ancient capital of Ronergno. Five years after this eVent we arrived in 1'am. By a stroke of luck my master obtained employment witb a celebrated hairdresser, whose establishment was situated in the Boulevard Montmartre, above the Passage Seraphim On the same floor was a reading room, fre- j quented by most renowned journalists. ! These gentlemen, whether in going or ! coming, stopped in this hairdressing [ salon to have their countenances embel- I lished, • I ought to Aey here that ! should s»- i b elli this period as the most agreeable j, of my existence. B ing very fond of elegunj intellectual company, I ex per i- j enoed genuine pleasure in’hearing these ! witty men iutST Besides, I was so nnx- i ions to please them that never, either be- . fore,pr since, have I polished chins with j more graciousness' and delicacy. And I ! am persuaded that it wn* owing to me ! that my master became their favorite, and even their confident in one. serious affair. It was at the beginning of that year, 1870, which was so fertile in sur prises for France. Prince Pierre Bopa- .parle.luul ju&t assassinated Yictor Noir. All iniiuls were excited. The Henri Rochefort’s newspaper La Mar- nf.illaifie, contained n. very violent article aimed against the imperial family which ended with these words: “Are We under the reign of the Bonapartes or of the Borghw?” The newspaper was seized, ;nid orders of arrest were issued against the subscribers of this diatribe. Among them was M. Rano, now a Deputy, and one of the most brilliant champions ot opportunism. Knowing that they were looking for him, he took refuge with his -intimate-friend, Franoisque Sarcey, the ’eminent dramatic critic. Fearing that his hiding place would lie discovered, he resolved to go abroad, in disguise. It Was then that be appealed to my young muster, telling him that he wished to at tire himself .is a priest, and that, conse quently, it would be necessary for him to. havo. a pricat’s .head 1 was cm- life. -Wliy r wbat awonian she had been! ployed In take off his benrd, which he wore full, and to shave Ins crown, in order to make the transformation more complete. ‘ Home days later, when I learned that he had -readied, .Belgium safe and sound* I congratulated myself upon the part I had taken in throwing the Ixrst spies of the imperial police oil the scent’ - * ’ _ Disgusted with living under the regime of Napoleon HL, and curious to behold a great republic, my master resolved to start for Ameriea. The steamship which carried us was filled with emigrants, who had come from every corner of Europe. As there was no oflieial hairdresser on board, my master, in order to increase his capital, turned his professional skill to account. At the end of a week I had seen such a great variety of the human race that my oliservations and the knowledge I hail obtained were equivalent to the results of a course in ethnology. Now, since I havo lived for several years among the Ametricans, I feel an immoderate desire to draw the portraits of some personalities of the literary, the [iclitieul, and the financial world here Whom I have served in emliellishing their countenances. But I abstain, at the same time milking this reservation, lhat what is dofewed is not lost. I will confine myself, then, for the present, to some n marks upon the hairdressing establishments of New York. Some, maiuly those in the big hotels, are ^furnished with luxury, but they lack picturesqueness. With a few excep tions, they all look alike, so that wher! yon have seen one you have seen all. What they lack and what would be, in- oontestibly, their greatest ornament, is the presence of a lady at the counter. And then I find the signs which serve tip designate the business a little boo pro saic. In France, establishments of this kind are distinguished by the variety of their Sbd, by the pr^eooc at the casli-bbx of the wife of the proprietor. The signs also vary according to the taste of the owner. Many call them selves the Praxiteles of hair cutting, and others add to Their names these very significant lines: Ilf Apollo were alive, Hero’s the place where ha wvakt ahavs but since Beaumafchai* itUtfiottalized the barber of Seville, the intellectual and artistic level of the Figaros of New York has been «o Witch elevated that I do not lielievo 1 am mistaken iu pivdict tug that the future sign of the American hnird reuse Hi #111 be this : “ ttait-cfliUln# attidio," The story of my adventures would not be complete if I should forget to men tion Ibat after Wtany peregrinations I once fell into the lianas of A village bat her. Only a few days after I had changed masters I saw entering the shop a poor devil with ft piteous air, who politely asked if they Would be so genetoiis as to shave him for the love of Ood, for, he said, he found hiatscif Without a penny*; The rustic tiarber was charitable jnough to consent, and invited him to *U in the Arm ehaiti Nevertheless, when he saw the bristling chin of this unlucky fellow he judged it proper not to make use of ms oest instrument. Some little time after the operation was Ig'gnn a great caterwauling was heard from the back shop. These cries l>e- camo so persistent that the barber final ly pemarked: “ Wllat in the World Cali they lie do ing to the cat to make it cry like that ?” The unfortunate customer his eyes filled with teats, replied With a deep sigh: “ Perhaps it is a Cat they ate shaving for the love of God.” Tills pathetic response Completely softened the heart of the hairdresser, and he took a sharper razor to finish the shaving. ' Henry Potuou THE OLD WIFE. A Hp se Nt«r» 4»Sr Fir** Pnt-tlitft In OtPt tovraty Year*.” She hail lain all day in. a stupor, breathing with heavily-laden breath, but as the sun sank to rest in the far-ofl western sk/, and the red g'ow on the wall of the room faded into dense shades, she awoke and called feebly to her parU ner, who sat motionless by her bed-side. He bent over his dying wife, .took her wan, wrinkled hand in his. “Is it night?” she asked in tremulous tones, looking at him with eyes that saw not. “Yes,” he answered softly; “it is growing (lurk.” “Where are the children ?" she queried; “are they all iu ?” Poor old man ! How could he answer her ? The children who had slept for long years in the old church yard, who had borne the burden and heat of the day, and, growing old, had laid n the cross and gone to wear tin crown before the father and mother bail finished their sojourn. “The children are all safe," answered the old man, tremulously“don’t think of them, Janet; think of yourself. Does the way seem dark ?" tz . “ ‘My trust is in Thee; let me nflvfjp tie confounded.’ What does it matter if the way is dark ’ I’d rather walk with Godin the dark than walk alone in the light. I’d rather walk w ith Him in faith than walk alone by sight. John, where’s little Charley ?" she asked. Her mind was in the past. The grave-dust of twenty years had lain on Charlie’s golden hair, but the mother hud, never forgotten him. The old man patted her cold hands—hands that had lalHired so hard that they were seamed and wrinkled and calloused with years of toil, and the wedding-ring was worn to a thread of gold—and then he pressed his thin lips to them and cried. She had encouraged and strengthened him in every toil of POOR LITTLE KATIE. A POOR DtOTIIKU’H AOVICB TO IIICB t'HU.nKKN. K*.tl-’ laipratllM a lW*fK-I-hbpA. Relate* u»r Hilary. A fieri* ftet TeaeAef <• ritd Itrtnft* Unfair Kellef, Mfp. iftrtelf. Katie’s mother, was a seamstress, atul tiiefc Wcte man* days when she had but little work to aO, Atid the pay was always small—only a few centn la; ft gfifment tWt she must work an tbe whole day long. But slid rtftlg-’ gled hard to pay the rent and keep Tim and Katie in school. Iq eriliWil—that Was the gfeii thing. “Plenty of money may Cdirte one day, little ones,” she would say, “ tidt it Will not to Worth much if you do not know how to use it. This ia tlieJ30*l wonder ful country hi the world, my birdies. Tim may lie Ptesidetit, and Katie a Mrs. President, and you can’t knoW It# Rrttch of seliool-books. I’m sure^that, when you’re grown up, you can never be glad ami thankfitl enough that your mother sent ynu regularly to school. So don’t mind the patched clothes, but keep at the head of the class, if you haven’t a hat fur yottr head 1” But the winter Katie was eleven years old, the lirave' little mother had less money than ever liefore, and as the spring-time came on they grew so very }K*jr that then- was not always enough of bread left after breakfast to make a school-luncheon for Tim and Katie. l“ Gije it all to Tim,” Katie would saj “-Lbenevo I don’t want anything nf noon.” Poor little Katie! How hard die tried to think that she was not hungry ! How empty her hands felt at .irst ss she trudged along without her dinner! And how her heart lieat, and how the blood burnt in her cheeks, when The nooning came, and she of all of the girls had no luncheon to eat! OV if anybody should notice it! she thought, fthd she studied Wow she might liehave that noliody should know she was so very poor. The hunger in her stomach was not half so hard to bear os the fear that somelHsly would know that she had nothing to oat But, after a few days, jioor Katie lie- gnn to think that the girls noticed that she brought no luncheon. Then she thought that - jierlmps if she brought something that looked like one, they would, never think about her eating it How she thonghtliall out, I cannot tell; I Tend and tfiUk, mid new aboea, and coal, and all other needful things, soon came to their home tlmxurh the mother's in dustry. And Tim's blocks went back into their corner to stay there. Happy little Katie I—Air. Nicholtu. THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE. KOftEHT Pl'I.TON NOT THE INVENTOR. Tha Heal iHventar <rf It a*4 ifc* !>•■<> «• Ills .Hearer*. iRlasitre W"6*D RIMt CfN Oratnct ' ’ day* af tag Ant i of tu 'witor, ** giMtatioR, but gaamtjof p Addren, THE PEOPLE, Banwafl 0L If., 8. O. A SIMPLE REMEDY. HOT WATER AR A A Care In What a worker! What a leader iu Is rael ! Always with the gift of prayer or service. They had stoml nt many a death-bed together—closed the eye* of lovjed ones, and thou sat down with The Bildebetween them to read the promises. Now then she was able to cross the dark river alone. And it was strange and sad to the old man, and the yellow- haired granddaughter left them, to hear her babble of walks in the woods; of gathering May flowers and itrolling with John; of petty household cans that she had always put down with a strong, resolute hand; of wedding feasts and death-bed triumphs; and when at midnight she heard the bridegroom’s voice, and the old man, lien ding over her, cried pitifully, and the young grand daughter kissed her pale brow there was a solemn joy. in her voice as she spoke the names of her children, one by one, as if she saw them with immortal eyes, and with one glad smile nut on im mortality. They led the old man s b- bing away, and when he saw her again the glad sun was shining, the air whs jubilant with the songs of birds, and she lay asleep on the couch under the north window, where he had seen her so often lie down to rest while waiting for the Sabbath bell. And she wore the same best black silk, and the string of gold (leads aliout her thin neck, and the folds of white tulle, only now the brooch with his miniature was wanting, and in its place was a white rose and a spray of cedar - she bad loved cedar—she had loved to sing over her work; Oh, may I in Hi* court* be seen. Like a young cedar, fresh and green. But a strange transformation was there ! The wrinkles gone; the traces of age and pain and weariness „were all smoothed out; the face had grown strangely young, and a placid smile was on the pale lips. The old man was awed by the likeness to the bride of his youth. He kissed the unresponsive iips, and stud softly: “You’ve found heaven, Janet, but yon’H come for me toon. It’s onr first parting in over seventy years, but it won’t be for long—it won’t be for lone !” And it waa not. “The winter snows nave not fallen, and to-day would have lieen their dia mond wedding. We planned much for it. and I wonder—I wonder—but no! Where they ore there is neither marriage nor giving in marriage. A nrrm* girl unconsciously and touchingly testified to the excessive drudgery of her mother’s life wlicp, ou being asked, “Is your m imniu's hah ay?” she replied: “ I don’t know. ’* too tall for me to see the top ot her head, and *h« never gits down.” but if any of you have ever been in tron I >lc and tried to think your way out of it, |m fhaps you may remember that you thought of some very foolish and queer tilings, and this was the way with Katie. She mighTtie up a few coals iu a paper, she thought, but her mother would need ■•very coal to keep up the fire. There were some blocks in one comer of the small ixxim—Tim’s blocks, that Santa Claus had brought hint one Christmas two or three winters lieforc. She could »i(j up - 3bmo of thosein a pap.T for a make-believe lunaheon, and nobody would know. So she tied up a few blocks neatly, and when her moth er noticed it as she started for school, and nsked in surprise what she had in the paper, the poor child hung her head, and then burst into tears. “Oh, Mamma!” she sobbed, “I wanted to make believe that I had Dome lunch eon—it’s only Tim’sTilock’s!” For one moment the little mother did not nnderstnnd, and ^ •’ suddenly it all come into her mind—flow the pride of her child was wounded lieeatue she could not appear as the other school-children did, and tliat she had fixed upon that sim ple drrsoe to hide her want And how it mi,-vie her heart ache more than ever, that her poor little girl must go hungry! But she would not deprive Katie of the poor comfort of trying to “keep up ap pearances,” and her throat was too full of choking lumps for her to trust herself to say much ; so she smoothed the little girl’s hair aud wiped away the tears from her face, and said bravely: “ Never mind, Katie! Better days will come Mother feels sure of it I” And then Katie slipped away with her little bun- dW amid he poor little mother sat down and sadly wept at the hardships that had lx fallen her little ones. When the nooning came, Katie sat at b< r desk with her make-believe dinner before her. Her teacher noticed that she kept her seat, and seeing her luncheon, went to her and said: "Why do you not go into the lunch-room and eat your lunch eon with the other girls ?” at the same time reaching oat for Katie’s bundle. “Oh, teacher!” cried Katie, bursting into tears, “don’t touch it! and oh, teach er, don’t tell, please! /fa only block*!' “Only blocks!” softly repeated the teacher, and tears filled her eyes. “Never mind, Katie, I’ll not tell Are girls. You are a brave and a dear little girl, and one of the licst in the school” Poor, pooY child! The kind word* were like manna to her heart; but, long* ing as the teacher was to give the chih a jiortion of her own luncheon, ahe wouli not hurt her pride by the offer before others. But during a short session "of the teachers when school waa over, she re lated the incident, and sixdte in such high terms 7ft praise ot Hie little gitl, tliat each one resolved to do all possible to bring “better days” at once to the 1*xt mother; and early next morning the better days began. No one. touched the brave little m ther’a self-respect by offering her charity, but plenty of work, with good pay. was carried to her, and enough uf A *tat lid Uf Hubert Fulton has lieen erected in the Nations] Hall of Statuary, in the crpitol st Washington, to repre sent Pennsylvania. Rolieft Fulton is generally credited with Ix'ing the inven tor of the steamlx>st; and by many peo ple he is also supposed to have licen a native of KeW York. Both of these no- tR>us are erroneous. He whs not the in ventor of the steamlxXlt; and be was • a native of Psnnvylvania. The inventor of the steamboat was John Fitch. Thia^remarkable man, R native of thet part of old Windsor that i* on the east side ol the CVmneeticut River and is not included in the newt? township oi South Windsor, conceived the idea 0* n *ti aml*nit while living in Philadelphia, in 1784, twenty-three years Defers Ful ton started hi* bout. Fitch went ahead with his idea—petitioned Congress in 178S for aid to btUd his vessel, and sub mitted his mode) fc> the American Philo sophical Society of Philadelphia. He received some assistance! from tndivMn- - als, went ahead, built a boat, the Per- sevefence, and had it in actual operation on the Delaware on the 1st of May, 1787. His engine was the flret double-acting condensing engine transmitting power by cranks ever constructed. The boat mode several trijis, up and down the river; but; owing to Ihe difficulty of keeping the piston tight against the comparatively rough interior surface of the cylinder, the rate was slow, only three miles an tour. 'Fitch then improved it, so that, in 1788, it made eight ^rtilcs per hour. It was then put into regular use on the Delaware. ' * Fulton saw it—and in a later year sa« Fitch’s model in Paris, where the in ventor hud taken it iu the vain ho|x> oi getting French artisans to build a steamer. Fulton, who, nnlike Fitch, hud the important aid of wealthy friends, failed in an invention of a submarine torpedo boat. Then he naderhxik, some seventeen years after Fitch’s triumphant demonstration on the Delaware, to make a steiimlx >nt to ply ou the Seine, at Paris; but it proved a total failure. He then went to England and Scotland, and studied up the mechanism of a steam canal towboat, which, built on h wrong principle, was trying to do work on the Clyde. Having the means, ho txmght s powerful engine, of Watt's invention, in England, in 1806, and sent it to the United States, where, iu 1807, he got it at work in the first Hudson Rrirrr steamer, the Clermont. This Ixoit made five miles an hour up stream—not equal to Fitch’s boat on the Delaware,' twenty years liefore. But Fitch was poor, and destined always to bitter trials and disappoint- au ats. Fulton had powerful friends, and obtained unjustly the credit of being the inventor of the steamboat, f Fitch died in (lisapixiiutment aud oliscuiity in Kentucky, by an overdose of opium; Fulton goes into the Hall of Statuary in the Capitol But history will jit right this matter and do justice to John Fitch. A Dime Novel In Real Life. A young man who waa compelled to resign his position in on* at the pnbUo sohoolsofN.Y. city brnnoM he wa* break ing down with oonsumptioo, and who has ever sinus been battling far hie, although with little apparent prospect ot recovery, waa encountered several daya ago in a Broadway restaurant. “I see,” he said, “ that yon seem sur prised at my improved appearance. Ho doubt yon wonder what could have caused such a change. Well, it waa a verv simple remedy—nothing but hot waters*- ' ‘ “Hotwaterr , ^ ‘That’s aR Ton remember my tefixng on that I had tried all of the usual remedies. I consulted some of the lead- mg specialists In affection of the lungs in N. Y. city, and paid them large fees. They went through the usual coarse of experimentation with me under all aorta of medicines. I went to the Adirondack* in the summer and to Florida in the win ter; but none of these things did me any Hulxrtawtial good, I lost ground steadily, grew to be almost a skeleton, and had all the worst symptom* of a consumptive whose end is near at hand At Dial junc ture a friend told me that h* heard of cures being effected by drinking hot water. I consulted a physician who had paid special attention to this hot-water cure, and was using it with many pa tients. He said; ‘There is nothing, yon know, that is more difficult than to in troduce a new remedy into medical prac tice, particularly if it ia a very simple one, aud strikes at the root of erroneous views and prejudices that have long been entertained. The old school practition ers have tried for years to cure consump tion, but they are as far from doing it as t-ver. . ■ ■y “ ‘Now, the only rational explanation •f consumption is that it results from de fective nutrition. It is always aoeom— panied by mal-asainrilation of food. In nearly every case the stomach ia the seat of a fermentation that neocsaarily pre vents proper digestion. Ihe first thing to do is to remove that fermentation, pnt the stomach into a condition to r*i> oeivo food and dispose of it stomach as hot as it can be bone, an hour lief ore each meal This leaves the stomach clean and pore, like a boiler that bos been washed out. ‘ ‘Then put into the stomach food that is in the highest degree nutritious and the least disposed to fermentation. No food answers this description bettor than tender beef. A little stale bread may bo eaten with it Drink nothing but pure * water, and aa little of that at possible. Vegetables, pastry, t^a,-coffee, and alcoholic liquor ahould be avoided. Put tender beef alone into a clean and pure stomach three timer a day, and the system will be fortified and built np until the wasting away, that is the chief feature of oonsum; and recuperation sets in.’ » This reasoning impremed me. j be gan by triring one cup of hot Lour before each meal, and gradually in creased the dose to three caps. At Amt it ^waa unpleasant to take, bat now I drink It with a* relish that I ienced in drinking I began to pick np immediately after the new treatment, and gained fourteen pounds in two months. I haws grined ground steadily in the trying flfimnte of New York ; and I teU ym^ qftfcSlBefr a sure way to recovery.*' - Here an old gentleman who !■■; i near, and evidently 1 the con venation, tamed to the and said: “This drinking has attracted rnfatteiitilR to# some time. It has been at bomenaa Mte vice in relieving me of a terrible dyspe^ sis that tormented'me for many yeeali 1 tried numerous able pbymciana, end there ia probably no medkaas that to e In the neighborhood of Sixth street, says a Los Angeles (Oal) gaper, there is a gang of little hoodlums which have lie- come the terror of that vicinity. They have operated there for some time, but recently they have begun to branch out and extend the circle of their adventures, It seems like a dime novel story, but the captain of the gang ia a girl They are regularly organized, and began business under rather favorable circumstances. On the day Mr. Lothian was buried the captain and some of her pals broke into _ the lumber office at Walsh’s yard on San f Prescribed for such an ailment whkfcwaa -* ■ not given to me; but none of Pedro street, and took whatever their fancy dictated. They become posseased of a diamond glass cutter, aud cut a pane of glass from Lazarus’s show window. They also stole some things from Hell- mann’s notion store. Lately Offic.-r Fletcher was detailed to arrest others of the gong, and succeeded in bringing in four. Now what on earth is to be done with the children The oldest of them is the girl captain; she is about thirteen, and the others range down to ten. Two of the liova are Johnny and Willie McDon ald, whose father murdered their mother and ix now in San Quebtin; another ix a (-.,lured lx>y named Smiley; the captain is Nellie Devine, and bar younger brother is a member of the gang. A Sf.nkibi.b Dog.—The Montague (Ga.) Northwest tells the following story: “Monday evening a stranger came into a saloon in Montague and called for a drink, which was handed him. He raised the glass to his lips, when a large dog took luw by the collar and tried to pull him out of the door. A crowd collected around and attempted to take the dog off, supi>oeing it would hurt him; but the stranger said: ‘Let him alone—he is my dog. I have been on a spree at BoWie, ana the dog pulled me oat of the saloon there and made me sober up.’ The stranger left without his drink, accompanied by his faithful dog.” -rir me any permanent benefit. “Bat the simple remedy ot hot water, accompanied by a regulation of my diet, has entirely eared me, advanced though I am in life. It was not the dieting alone tftnMidJI. 1 had tried that before. It was ths use «f hot water that cured me, ter thsl made It possible for me to derive bomAt from a judicious diet I have also found treatment of great benefit in kidney die* eases, which are largely owing taiAkk mal-assimilation of food.” The teacher lietened very aftentiveg to the old gentleman’s remaxka. “I am glad to leant that your once,” he said, “agrees so fully mine. I have become acquainted various cases in which this method of treatment haa effected uent cures after all the efforts of physician# had failed. 1 am simply from what I have moat any disturbance of the tom Iha*. t—nltji from dicOcdSU of stomach can ha alleviated, mad instances cured in the ‘‘The very rim; cause aome to mneh importance to It; proper ventilation cf may prr ‘ “ when all wiUtea* *<SAt