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II ii I THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER; BY W. A.. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 16, 1873. VOLUME XXI?NO. 14. J. B. & W. WILL BE NO. 2 GRAN Are prepared to show tot&tejr friends a i>i?1- T> n 1 TT-1 ftl J "n siajie jjrj wiotts, mis, ?s m jj Also a Select Stoc] la the Dry Goods Line will be found, CALICOES, BLEACH ' * BROW5 SHIP TICKIS OSNABURGS, and many other thi In the Grocery I BACON, FLOUR, MOLASSES, NEW ORLEANS SYRUP MACKEREL, I RIC1 rOWIMSS AMI# SHUT, ana everytutu* Abo & complete Lot of Co ORANGES; LEMONS, JELLIES, BRA SARDINES. CRACKERS, SHEE both French and Common. We have on hands BAGGING and TI Come one! Come all.'! we think we t Sept. A3,13.72, 63-tf ".WANDO" a FOB & A. M. AIK GIpIENWl EARLY ORDERS WILL ENS Jany 15,1873, tf WALLER & MERCHi GREENWOi ARE now offering to the public in thi line of all the Goods generally nee THEIR S' mw ( have been selected with great < READY - MAC wrfTfi omnnv AT? 21 f IjRXi 01UVA vi A good a3? Groceries, Hardware, Cri To which the attention of purchasers is i WALLER Feb. 19, 1873, 45-tf ' " Marble mHE MARBLE YARD is removed fi I Shop and handsome Office propai Street, above' the Mai shall House. A ITALIAN AND Aft Can always be found on hand, and all rior manner, aod at prices lower than < Also, a fine collection of Designs for STONES, which can bo furbished at si mod styles. J. 1 w. D rioflAn'c If ; u. vaouu 01 VARIETY STORE, NINETY-SIX, S. C. FBI HE subscriber bas now on hand a I select stock of the best goods usually kepi in a First-Class Confectionary anu Variety Store, to which he invites the attention of his friends and patrons. In Uiii stock will be found a choice assortment of Preserves, Piekles, Candies, Raisins, Brandy - Peaches, Nuts of all kinds, Canned Peaches, Pine Aople, Tomatoes, Oysters Sardines, Syrups and 8auces of every variety, Prise Candy, Nutmegs^ Mae?, Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Oranges, Lemons, Ginger Preserves, Figs, Ginger Cakes t\t oavprfll vAr!f>t!?a. Parched Pea-Nuts, Soda, Mustard, Blaoklng, Segars, Tobacco, Chewing and Smoking, Marbles, Writing Paper, and almost every other article of like character that you may ask for. Come and examine for yourselves. W. B. 18017, Ninety-Six. May 7,1873, 4-3m BRWUMBEB THIS 1 We continue to sell oor Goods to Prompt-Paying Hen. TEBM8 LIBERAL. dTJARLES & PEEBDJ. Jan 22,1873 41, tf rntncwt!55 AND Handkerchief Extracts Of the Latest Styles and best quality, W.T.PENNETS. April 23, 1873, 2-tf J. ROGERS' FOUND AT ITE RANGE. select Stock of Fall Goods, consisting oi odd, Crociery, Groceries & Provisions. t of Confectioneries. [ED AND tTINGS, COTTON PLAIDS, *>-nn?jTiVC! II? 4 VC A VT1 ngs too numerous to mention. line will be found, . , SUGAR, ,ARD, RIO and JAVA COFFEE, 2, SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, j in the Grocery line. infectioneries, consisting of BANANAS, COCOA NUTS, NDY PEACES, OYSTERS, T CAKES, CANDIES, ES, which we will sell low. :an suit you. ,nd "SfONO" ILE BY E3KT, Agent, )0D, S, C. StTRE PROMPT ATTENTION. BROTHER, lNT8 A.T r^n q n L/ U 5 Oi V sir new and handsome .building, a full tied in this.community. TOOK OF care, and unusually attractive. IE CLOTHING. BOOTS AND SHOES. sortmqnt .of 3ekery, and Glassware. nvited. Give us a call. & BROTHER. "VSTorlis! com its old quarters to its now Workred ezpressly for the business oq Main fine stock of WAN MARBLE work warranted to bo done in a odos olsowhere. MONUMENTS AND FANCY HEADlort,notice. Call and see our price? ). CHALMERS. SFK1JMU Is upon us and with its advent Wardlaw & 'Edwards Are opening their Stock of Goods adapted to the season, not the largest, best selected, most desirable or cheapest ever i brought to this market, but sucn as tbey think tbey can make it to the interest of ; purchasers to examine. j April 9,1673, 52-tf Ladies Desirous of seeiug a convenient, economical and desirable household "Trick." are invited to call at WARDLAW & EDWADS, April.O, 1873. 52-tf At No. 3 Granite Basse, "Wardlaw & Edwards, Would call attention to their "Daily Opening" of Seasonable Goods{ Dry Goods, Staple and Fancy, j * SHOES AND HATS, ! Ready - made Clothing, I Hardware and Crockery, ! GROCERIES AND PROYISIOAS, ! Tobaccp"-a Specialty, Corn. 600 BUSHELS I Prime White in Store, 400 Bushels White to arrive in a few days. IWARDLAW & EDWARDS. April 9, 1873, 52-tf ORCHARD Grass Seed, Red Clover Seed, and Lucerne Seed, PARKER & PERRIK Fi THE LI1 DRESS GOODS, (In Great Variety.) SILK JAPANESE, St Striped Grenadines, i SILK STRIPED LENOS, P'LA.-Iisr LENOS, Fore Mohair, BM and Me Alpacas, White Goods, ! We can't be surpassed. Real Silk and Lisle Gloves, New Scarfs and Ties, And indeed everything nsually found in a Dry Goods Store. QUARLES & PERRIN. April 9, 1873,52-tf For the Gentlemen. Our usual well-selected and LARGE STOCK OP CLOTHING, CLOTHS, . CASSIMES, HATS, HOSIERY, GLOOES, &C., &C. k Quarles & Perrin. April 8,1873, 52-tf TO THE PLANTERS. Staple Urg (foofcs, GROCERIES, rr i nnm i T>T1 ClTTr\ TP a HJLltJJ WJLUJCj, OiiUiiO, g-v., g-i,. ftuarles & Perrin. New Store! NEW GOODS!! nriHE undersigned have just opnecd B au entire new stocfc or GROCERIES, Provisioir and liquors, As well as Other Goods in their Line. At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TROWBRIDGE & CO., where we will be pleased to serve the public CHEAP FOR CASH. A. M. HILL. Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tf CumRK^E The ouiy Keiiaoitt uin i>isuiuuiioii in the Country. A AAA A A $au,uuu [)[) IX VALUABLE J r GIFTS ! , to be distributed fu * L. D. BINE'S 162 Regular Montnlyf GIFT ENTERPRISE! To be drawn Monday Aug. Uth, 1878. One Grand Capital Prize, $5,000 in Gold. Two Prizes $1,000. Two* Prizes $600. Five Prizes $100. Each in Greenbacks. One Family Carriage and Matched Horses with Silver-Mounted Harnes, worth $1,500 each. 1- Horse and Buggy, with silver.mounted Harness, worth $6?>0. One Fine-Toned Rosewood Pian worth $500! Five Family Sewing Machines, worth $100 each. 750 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (in all,) worth fromj$20 to $800 each, Dolrl f'Via i n a R11 xrar-ma ya C-~ W?M-w, V. n?.v, MCWC1J V, at'i Whole number Gift, 6,000. Tickets Limited to 50,000. Agents wanted to sell tickets, to whom Liberal Premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $1; Six Tickets 5; Twelve Tickets $10; Twenty-five Tickets $25. Circulars contain a full list of prizes adescription of the manner of drawing and other information in reference t( the Distribution, will be sent to an; one ordering them. All letters must b< addressed to L. D. SINE, Box 86. MAIN OFFICE CINCINNATI, O 101 W. Fifth St. Rosadalis t Rosadalis I! FOB the core of Scrofula, in iti various forms, also for the curi of Cbronio diseases of the Blood Liver and Kidneys, for sale at W. *T. PENNEY'S. March 5, 1873, 47-tf To-Morrow. One little word I So often heard, How much from it we borrow; And build on air Such castles fair, For that bright day?To-morrow. When cares oppresss The troubled breast, A nrl Aftnn tirhori In c^prnur AUU ViWU *? MVH **- WW* * W II | We hide a tear, Suppress a fear, And think upon?To-morrow. How very true? And yet now few Would willingly believe me, Were I to say That happy day Was made but to deceive thee. This day goes by, Altho' we sigh, Much from the next we borrow; But when to-day Has passed away, Where is our bright To-morrow ? It is not here To dry the tear, Or yet, to soothe the sorrow? w ny, men, ?o we So trust in thee, Untold, untried To-morrow? Charles and Susanne. A REAL INCIDENT. Some months after the battle of Waterloo, Captain Thiery, at eight o'clock in the evening, was ?tanding in the court of the great posthouse, one arm in a scarf ana the other loaded with a small tronk, which contained nearly all the fortune of the officer on half-pay; for such was the condition of the captain, who departed in '89 from from Candebec, with a few crowns in his pocket, to enrol himself at T>nr>?o \ ro+nrnofl Ilia PAllllfPC in JL CV1 lOjy I WVUI I4VV? WV U ?M VW MM?> J ^ 1815, no richer than he was twentysix years before, but the bearer of most honorable badges of service, covered with glorious wounds, decorated with the cross of the legion of honor, and with the rank of captain. He was forty-five years old. The captain gave his little trunk to the post-boy, and awaited the moment of departure. The conductor gave the signal, placed everybody, then, opening the door of the interior? "Captain Thiery," said he, "Madame the Marquise of Belle-Chasse, and her waiting-maid. The captain moved courteously, to let the ladies get in,- and then 1 - TJa 1-v?*onnrl liimoolf IUUJ&. LI ID OCUl* UV/ Uiowu ummvii in a corner; and having placed his wounded arm in each a manner as to suffer as little as possible, he tried to fcleep. The Marquise de Belle-Chasse was quite as siTent on her part, and the timid voice of the maia was only.heard from time to time, when she asked, "Is Madame la Marquise well ? Is Madame la Marquise cold ? Does she wish me to put a shawl around her feet? Does she wish her fl&sk of ether?" "No, Lise," replied the Marquise; "I wish for nothing; I am perfect- i 1y comfortable." While trying to fall asleep, the captain actually did so; and for i some hours he had forgotten the * marquise and her maid, when the 1 ^ Mi neon nn on drtanlv atnnned. and her ? ?*?? ww j rr?j awoke. , < "Monsieur officer," ' exclaimed 1 the marquise, "save us!" < "Very willingly, madame," re- 1 plied the captain, throwing off his i cloak. "What'sthe matter?" "Robbers, monsieur!" said the 1 marquise: "robbers! They say we are in the Black Forest." < The captain puthia^heat out the i door, and saw that the diligence i was surrounded by fifteen or twenty gallants, well mounted and well 1 armed. The postilion was off his horse, the conductor had left his ! seat, and both were tied in such a . manner that they could make no i I further aesistance. Three or four, n A ' ?. M/%Ul%Awn tTTAHA I 01 IQ686 UUUUUlUue iuuucio v>cic already in the imperial, and rifling j every packet of its contents; oth-; ers had cut the horses' traces and broken one of the wheels of the diligence, which, at any moment, might lose its equilibrium, 'and upset. . ; "Madame," said the captain, "it is impossible for me to serve you; we are attacked in such a fashion that we must surrender without a blow, unless we , die like heroes on the field of battle; and I confess to you it would be very painful to me, who all my life have fronted the fire of the enemy's soldiers, to perish on the highway, and that, too, by the hand of a rob ber. Besides, lam unarmed, and wounded in the right arm." Ho -was still speaking when the chief of the troop opened the door and pegged the captain and his 1 companions to have the goodness to alight 1 ''Gentlemen," said the captain, placing himself before the marquise and her maid, "there are : twothings which, living, Iwill not ' allow; one is, insult to ladies; the other, this cross of honor to be r taken from my breast, which I have >, gained with the price of mj blood." [ I 'You keep your cross, monsieur,' said one of tbe robbers, politely, . 'bat yon will give us your watch.' 'Certainly,' replied the captain, drawing trom his fob a beantiful f gold watch. 'Aa for tbe ladies/ continued the 3 robber, 'they have nothing to few, 3 if they are only reasonable} if ' they will give us their purees, their .goldchains, and especially/ added the robber, approaching the marquise, 'If madame will confide to me that little jewel which ornaments her pretty hand.' It was a large diamond, a solitaire, which glided from the marquise's slender lingers into the callous hand of the robber. All was done in an instant; the booty placed on their horses, which, mounted by the bold horsemen, started off* at a full gallop. It'< was nearly midnight. The travellers assembled on the highwaythey first untied the postilion ana Conductor, who# were fastened back! to back, and then consulted on tile means of continuing their journey, or, at least, of finding a shelter for the night. Fortunately, theyjhad not far to go to reach tlj? town' of Vernon; the captain gave his arm to the marquise, and at the i i ? i nr_j ena or nan au uuur iviuuume uo Belle-Chasse was seated by a good fire, opposite the captain, and ootb of them relished an excellent cup of tea, concealed by the maid from the investigation of the robbers., 'Indeed,' said Madame de Belles Chasse, speaking to herself, 'it was only'from the marquis.' 'And I.'said the captain, in his turn, 'I only had it from the watchmaker, anp it was not as good as he represented it to be." Tfcore was a moment's silence, and the captain who had lost a littlel of his dislike for marquises, or perhaps the event of the night had made him forget his political prejudices, drew nearer to Madame de Belle-Chasse, whose veil half hid her face, and said familiarly? "Parbl'eu! madame, this route is favorable?futal, I mean, .to me. It is not the first time that I have been stopped on it.' 'Indeed, monsieur!' 'Yes, madame; and I confess that'souvenir is one of the sweetest of my life. Imagi^ that in '90?I was twenty then, and had left Caudebec to go to Paris, republican as all-were then. Pardon, madame?' 'Not at all, monsieur, not at all; opinions are free.' 'This marquise is very liberal,' ) thought the captain. He wanted to see the face of the marqnise, but a green veil nearly ; covered it; yet, from a smile on her lips, he ventured to proceed. 'I was then a republican,' said ; he, 'and I was going to Paris to demand arms and a passport to the . frontier. At. "Rouen I took a bad carriage into which about fifteen passengers were stowed in the most uncomfortable manner, and which took two days to go thirty leagues. In those times thei<e'.wexe robbers?" 'As v^ell as now, monsieur/ 'Oh! madame, many more, and tar more dangerous f the chouans, forgers, and companies of Jesuites, , terrible frequenters of the highways, who, under political pretexts, j infested the roads, and killed peasants even in their cottages. We j were assailed as we were to-night, | by ferocious men, plunderers and < aHRnssins: thev were auite numer- \ ' A ? 0U8, and, as at this time, all resis- , tance was useless? They made us ' leave the carriage, forced us to sit < down on the road-side, and brutal- i ly searched us. What should we ] do ? Let ourselves be killed by the , brigands? It would be to die a ( useless and almost shameful death. . The two or three men who were , with me in the carriage submitted; j E did the same. I had a young ^ ritoyenne near me. Pardon, mad- , ame; they were called citizens , then.' | 'Proceed, monsieur,' said the ] marquise. , i 'A voune woman. Ah! madame, , 1/ v [ have travelled f^yer all 'Europe, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, and-< never saw one so beautiful, so j graceful, so perfect. The poor , child was from Rouen; she was , j*oing to Paris to be married to a ; jotkey, to to whom she had been ( betrothed^'and carried her dowrie ; in her bodice.' , 'In her bodice, monsieur!' ex- i claimed the marquise. 'Yes, madame, replied the cap- < tain. 'Susanne, (that was her name) , needed no fortune; had I been i king, I would have shared my crown with her, only for her beau- 1 tiful eyes; she bad, nevertheless, stitched sixty louis in her bodice, which she was carrying with her to her betrothed.' 'Do^ou believe,' asked the mar<*110+ ol\a TKttpH thp, in/'kev V Ui?u J J 'He was from Rouen as well as she; their parents had' arranged the marriage, and ahe asked nothing but to love him. But yeu are going to see. The chouans began . with me; I had no watch.theu, nor captain's epaulettes; but they robbed me of a few crowns in my little purse, then went to Susanne; they searched her. One chouan, very skillful in his profession, discovered without difficulty the young girl's treasure; and in a wink the lace which confined her bodice was cut, and Sueanne's dower passed into the hands of those gentlenie. The young girl was near me, sitting close by the fence, weeping and half clad. I I began by giving her an old cloak, which had not .tempted mercmDers cupidity. Then, ou efcfeing her so beautiful, I -comprehended thtere was something left her more precious than her dower. I said to her, 'Citoy.enue, we are in had hands; trust me, and let us get ! away from this place.' She thought as I did, and decided to follow me. "We crouched along < the road in the dark, and when we ] thought we had got far enough,* . we arose, took each others hand, and ran without knowing where." . "At length daylight appeared. We were in a little village, whose name I have forgotten, but which was not far from the road'to Paris, and both of us were without a sous; she without a bodice, I without a cloak; we'took the road to the cip'tal; that unites a great deal, madame." iT UAKavta AA 9 r? *na*r?nicj/i JL UCI IC? t OVj OUIU 1(4 V IU(?l\j|UiQW? 'At Paris the business was to 1 find Susanne's jockey. I might 1 have injured her in seeking for ( him ; she took it all alone. 1" saw ^ her depart with tears in her ej.es. { "May heaven conduct you, cito- , yenne Susanne," said I, 'and make you as happy as you deserve to be/ 'Had I made the compaign of Italv before that time. I should haVe ' found something else to have said i to her. She appeared, on her part, i sorrf to leave me; I was then a ] handsome youth, ruddy and well J built, such as I still was five years ago in my regiment, where they t called me the handsome captain. t I gave her my address, told her to t count on me, if she had need of j assistance or protection, and at last t we separated. Two hours afterwards, she returned to me. "Would c you believe <hat her jockey did not ? want her? fie was a coarse young * man, avaricious, more tempted with J the dower than the young girl; he would have refused Venus herself, ^ if she had not sixty louis; he proved it, for 6usanne was as beautiful as Venus. She was -then with me, . * ? i 1 i i i i I who lovea ner, ana wnom sne iovea; refused by JeanOcchart, (thpt was c. the jockey's name,) and not daring J to return to her parents, because her fortune had been .stolen from v her. She bad not a so^s; I was a , little richer than she, for I had found a relation who had .lent me * fifty crowns. I put my little for- ? tune into her hands, ana soon after- . wards they called me into the c army. . ' , . : I left her, and with her I leffimy 1 heart. For fifteen years I wrote from Italy, Egypt and Spain. It is ? now. ten years since I have wntten to her, but I had always hnped. r Since Waterloo, I have hoped no I longer. The old sojdier has* lost c all, his emperor, rank in the world, J; his eagles, and her whom he loved. Pardon, madame! perhaps you d6 not understand such things.' 8 'Charles! Charles!' exclaimed f the marquise, 'do you not recognize me ?' - 5 til . 1.~:_ ?.. jute cupihi 11 sprang, upuu mo . chair; his movement was so vio- ] lent that he upset his cup of tea. A He lifted the green veil which covered the marquise's face. 'You, Susanne!' said, he, 'you, Susanne! Madame la Marquise!' And he looked at the black eyes, ? 3till beautiful, although she was as l( much as forty>-three; the forehead white, and the lips still rosy; a 0 1? ? ? -"ii 12 ua/3 ?%ma1amma/1 it a?t ^ tranquil iuc uau piuiuugcu uci pouth. 'Yes, 'tis I ?' said the- marquise; ;and although I am a widow, 1 have c been almost as faithful as you, for u [ have always loved you. If I did e not answer your letters, it was be-n :ause I only received the first ones, P ind not knowing at that.time how | to read or write, the idea of taking Ji third into our confidence was re- b pugnant to me. You advised me Cl fo return to .Rouen?it was im- n practicable; you do not know how sensible a Norman family are to the loss of sixty louis. Thev would n not have received me at home; I P remained in Paris; still I' must live. 1< A young marquis, who wished nei- n ther to serve the republic nor.go to ii fereign countries, fell in love with tl rae. I loved you; I had no ditK- C sulty in remaining wise. Then the e Nfarouis of Belle-Chase proposed fJ to marry me at the altar of reason. %t [saw through his intentions, and I b told him he would not lead me be- s' fore the altar of reason, uutil we b had been married by a priest. He a consented. As I have already told a you, I did not love him; and I soon t! aaw that he waa a feeble being, t whom it was necessary to govern, a to avoid being unhappy with him? r for there is nothing 'wWse than g being governed by weak people, u I easily escaped this danger, and I for twenty years he was my ijumble 8 servitor He knew nothing more F than to regret his lost nobility, and 1 died, very mal apropos, two or three r years before the return of those f whom he called masters, and his i deatn has left me a rich dowager. * I have, my good Charles, houses in t Paris; I have claims on the estate; I have, in fine, at two leagues from Rouen, the superb estate of Belle- r Chasse.' 'c At this moment, which was about day-break, Lise entered the room I rohprfl ?Vin m..fnniao nnH the rantftin T w , ? r wero sitting, to tell them that a dili- { genco was going that very instant from Vernon, and that it had places c to accommodate the marquise and the c captain. j 'Captain,' said the marquise, 'it is r impossible for you to go as far as ' Ctiudebec without suffering a great I deal ; you ars wounded, and you have [ no orders for the hospital; you must . go to Belle-Chasse.' 1 This proposition was aeceptrd, an J J the souvenirs .of love were so sweet 1 and powerful?the captain was still a < handsome man?that M. Thiery left Belle-Chasse only to go and visit his old father, and get indispensable papers. He afterwards returned and t married the marquise. Thus the poor 1 officer on half-pay became a rioh proprietor. ' Sotne days after the weddings a fat individual, in a bine; jacket and cap fAstracan, presented himself in the saloon, just atter breakfast. Pnrdon, excuse, monsienr and madame,'. said he, with^-a canting 3inile; 'yon-do not recognize me P 'Ah!'* said the marquise, 'you were jondnctor when we were stopped on the -highway I Vcry well, there was ao harm in it.' 'Indeed, madame! There's a reajonable person f They do fiot at all resemble you in the post house. Tbey want even to make me pay for the wheel which thefrobberfl broke, and I ;ome to askfor a certificate?' jVery willingly, my friend/ said ;he captain, withont giving him time ;o finish the sentence. 'What is your jame?' 'Jean Crochart' ?Taon Prnnhftrl.f sftfil f.hfl pn.nf.fl.Jn. Jean CrooKart!' repeated Madame rhiery, with that disdainfbl air which voraen always have towards men who have proved theraaelves anvorthy. 'Jean Crochart, formerly a ockey?' . 'Yes, madame, at yonr service.' 'Very well, sirran 1 Go dowji jfco he office; my husband will send ybo he certificate yon wjuit; and if the, idmiriistration of the^ost make yon >ay for the broken wheel, write to ne, and I will re-jmhorse yon.' / Jean Crochart obeyed, and left the hateaa de Belle-Chasse withoqt ever oapecting that he had refused the tand of Madame Thiery, or by what trange chance Snsanne and Charles tad been re-united, after one bad ac[uired glory, and the other fortune. Hard Work. "What is your Becret of auc-; :es8?"" asked a lady of Turner, the listinguished painter; He replied, 'I have no secret, niadara, bat hard : vork." Says Dr. Arnold, "The difference between one boy and another is 1 lot 90 much in talent as in ener- ' y." ' 5 . ' "Nothing," says Reynolds, "is i lenied well-directed labor,. and lothing is to be attained without "Excellence in .any department," 1 ays Johnson* '-can be attained only j >y the labor of a life-time; it is J lot to be purchased at a lesser . >rice." * P' r # , "There is but one method,". said Jrdnfiv Smith, "and that is hard abor; and a man who will not pay hat price for distinction? had better ,t once dedicate himself to the lursait of the fox." 1 "Step by step," reads the French ?roverb, "One goes very far." 1 "Nothing/' says Mirabeau, "is rnpossible to the man who can jvill, 1 [8 that necessary ??that* shall be.' , 'his is the only law of success.0 ] "Have you ever entered a cpt- , age, ever traveled in a' coach, ever ] ilked with a peasant .in the field, ] r loitered with a mechanic at the )Om/' asks Sir Edward Bolwer ?ytton, "and not found that each c f those men had a talent you had j ot, knew somethtng yon- knew ot? The most useless creature c lat ever yawned at a club or * ounted the vermin on' his rags 8 nder the suns of Calabria, has no 9 xcuse for want of intellect "What ten want is not talent,' it is pur- c 080; in other words, not the pow- < r to achieve, but the will to labor. 1 am no believer in genius, but I t elieve that labor, judiciously and 1 ontinuously applied, becomes ge- i ino " J 1UO. One of the Lost Arts. ? The i ew discoveries in Egypt will add i lausibility to Wendell Phillips' i jcture on <lThe Lost Arts." It ? ow appears .that the smelting of ' "on was carried on in Egypt from ? be very earliest period. Mr. i Jharles Vincent, in an English sci- < ntific journal, sets forth some new acts in reference to this subject: In the sepulchers of Thebes may j e found delineations of butchers barpenin^ their knives on round * ars of iron, attached- fo their j prons. The blades of the knives re fainted blue, which fact proves , hat they were of steel, for, in the j amb of Rameses HI.,, this color is sed to indicate steel, bronze being epresented by red. An English [ .?i.i ?i.i? i euueiuuu uao rcucunj uiotuvcicu ; iear the wells of Mosea, by the : ted Sea, the remains of iron-works o vast that they must have em- J >loyed thousands of workmen. ; sfear the works are to be found the uins of a temple and of a barrack or the soldiers protecting or keepng in order the workmen. These corks are supposed to be at 'least hree thousand years old." Rural Carolinian.?The July lumber of the Rural Carolinian is >n our table. The agricultural rnblic are greatly indebted to the mblishere for their unceasing eforts to maintain the high standard >f the magazine, ranking; as it loes, first among tbe agricultural mblicatione on this continent, rhe terms of subscription are $2 jer annum, with liberal club rates. Che terms of subscription are $2 jer annum, with liberal club rates, iddress the publishers, Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S* ' A Western editor reoently rodesixty miles on a eow-catcn'er, and failed to catch tht cow, after all. ' s'' ~T,-< --J"1 ? ' '. rr " 'm ' SCRAPS. A bald-headed editor offers one < * thousand dollars, "for a story tbpt t * wiH make bis bair stand on end. It is said that tire would owes every man a living but a great . many men are too my to collect Jfcw! Josh Billings saye, rery truly: ' <45pu'd better not know eo -much/than to know so u^ny tlnngs^ that eused of borrowing a che^v of g oaeco or a prisoner ana tnen send- ;i M ing 1dm ap for iferee years. The difference between a countrjF r " ' and greenhorn is, that qne^ i would like to know evetything, the other thinks he can teilfeua, * M "Our little Annie dted last week, after reading the last number of your ralaaWe paper,4' writes a lady to the editor of a child's journal There ain't notnasting an Injun; V, He's a catawampns cose. And when he's doing su'thin bad; He's wishing 'tWas ea'thin wuss. A wicked man in Davenport, being on his death-bed, wished to consult some proper person regarding bis future state; and his friends sent a fire insurance agent to him- "I'm not in mourning," said a young lady, frankly, to a young querist, "but as the widows aregetting all the offers nowadays, we poor girls have to resort to artifice." r, The Prussian veteran, Gen. Voa > Moltke, who is almost as bald as 4eschylus or Julius Caesar, is much annoyed by applications, from Teuton ladies, for locks of his hair. > j x . I A contempprary asserts that "half the mariiud womqfc-in the world wonder who their Irusbands will marry next." The "other haff more sensibly wonder whom they will many next ' ' , A Memphis jury, having convicted a man of murder, now finds that the supposed murdered man is living. The question is, whether the verdict shall be rescinded; or the man allowed to murder his victim. . ' . In the late editorial convention in North Carolina, Captain William ?. Biggs gave in his experience as follows.: He had been several years conduction a newspaper, most of which had been, spent in raising the means of doing it A country editor has answered the question: "What is tho use of jogs ?" He says wait until a man , liangs round your office for four days, reading exchanges and proffer- # iug good advice, and then you'll' snow what a dog is good for. A youth and a maiden were tannine the lancers. In the course' >f the inane conversation which ;be dance necessitates, he took to [uestioning her as to heraccom>iidhments. "Do you paint ?" ho isked. He wonders what on earth he got road about. Owing to the careless changing >f two labels by a Peoria clerk, an >ld lady in that city has been swalowing rheumatism liniment three ;imes a day, and an old gentleman ias robbed himself with blue pills ' mtil he has become a perfect thernometer. Both are happy. A quaint old gentleman, of an ictive,. stirring disposition, had a nan who was at work in his garden ybo was quite the reverse. 'Jones/>aid he, 'did you ever see a snail V Certainly,' said Jones. 'Then,' said the old man, 'you must have net him, for you could never have )v$rtaken him,' "In Pesth, the other day, a ?outhfu} prodigy repeated the Lord s Prater in twenty-two languages." We know a newspaper nan who can "criticise" in fourteen anguages, and speak them all. at >nce. But an editor 4pes well arho can repeat the Lord's Prayer to one language. "Is Pat Flanning on board this ship?" roared Nelson, during a lull in the firing at the battle of the N"ile. '-I'm here, mv lord." said Erin's son. showing himself on the deck. "Then," said the gallant Nelson, looking satisfied, "let the battle proceed." That story is Pat's. A young man in a suburban ', town sent off his first postal card on Thursday morning. After writing a message on the back, he inclosed it in an envelope, clapped on a three-cent stamp, and dropped, it into the post-office, remarking that it was a very handy arrangement, and should hare been introduced years ago. An exchange says an economical lady in Oberliu, Ohio, recently engaged an old man, who had a wife ana six .children to support, to die and fix her acre garden. The old mrtn worked about a week, and on asking for his pay the "3ady" handed him a bundle which she said contained a valuable waterfall which he could sell. He took the "fixin" .to a hair-dresser, and found to his chagrin that it was not worth a quarter, being an old jute concern which had done long service. He declined to go baok to the lady, as he said: "for she might poison him for the purpose of stealing his old boots.'' ... )