University of South Carolina Libraries
?V V.' ?toi? T>V.O DOLLARS PER ANNUM. GOD A.TSTD OXJR: COUNTRY". ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. } * VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNING,. OCTOBER 3, 18T4. NUMBER 35 For tho Young Folks. Sammy's Arukst. i Sammy was a bright, dear little fel l?w as one would wish to see. His par ents riever thought boys wore trouble 60rue?in tho way?more bother than they wore worth; -uo, indeed, they wore as proud of bim and his brothers as they could be, and wanted theiu to nrtko good and useful men. So, as a begin ning,. when Sammy was nine years old This papa took him into his store ns '-cash oy.'" Sammy" was delighted with the hange from Bchool; be got very tired cuctimes, but bo braved it out and vcr made any complain.. He had, wcver, one fault which grew upon bis papa was afrr.id would spoil Hi for busiucss if indulged in?u fault, u can call it such, that every child possess in a greater or less do that of a desire or curiosity to sec everything that was going on. my got so bo ran to tho store cry unusual noise. Sometimes out on the sidewulk iu hi* to sec and bear; it might bo anT^organ-grinder?bo might have a xnolpkey (what boy could miss such a tight ?) er perhaps it was a baud, or dog/fight?surelv a great teuintatiou to a boy* Weu, tho trouble was Sammy wcu)d get out so far be could not hear tho "trat tat-tat of some clerk's pcucil, or the call of "cash," conseijuoutly there -was some dissatisfaction. Sammy, how over, was always so willing and pleasant when bo did hear that all wore ready to forgive his negligence. One day thero was soldier without any legs, and only one arm, on the street corner, and ho Imd a real lively moukey all dressc l up like a soldier. It was too much for Sammy; ho could not see it as well as he wanted to trom the store-do >r. so, hatlcss, he slipped aoross the street for ??just u minute," ho thought. But the minutes flew and flew; he was so do ' lighted rtitb tho funny pranks of the monkey (hat bo did not realize how fast the time passed. Hit? papa was watch iiig bim, and though if he s'ttved a reasonable time ho would not say any thing. As hi1, did not return to bis pijptj, ' 'his " papa."Spying lifo City Marshal, called to Iritti.ntitl whispered : ?2?.!*I want you to ..cross the street and nVYert Sammy; just cm-ugh to scare hitu. He has a- bad habit of leaving the stort without permission, und 1 want to break "him of it." ?Ob, fie!" said the Marshal. ' I don't want to touch Sammy; why, he's a favorite of mine; ho s uuly a littlo Its) low, let him alone." Mr Clay insisted; so'tbo Marshal w is ?oon at Sammy's side, and, grasping him firmly by the arm, said : y'jYou must go with mo." Sammy gave one look at his captor's 1?ce, and began to struggle aud try to get away jU hnvcu't done anything wrong," he paid; "please let me go. Why, I'm Mr. Clay's boy; I Work in the store; yon know, papa, don't you ?" "Well,, well, it makes no differ eure; Tcan't have any idle, vagabond boye 'Ih'ofctreeta; they must go to the Cala boose," the Marshal said ateruly. Sum toy's face was hot and flushed; ho wan greatly terrifiod, for he felt it would be a terrible disgrace to bo shut up in the calabooBe. . "Pleaselet mo go," he pleaded. "I'll promise I'll never trouble you again " -i-'^'Yott; .pTomiso," said the Marshal, etil! keeping his hold. Yi i"Oh I \C8, sir," replied Sammy, half frightened out of his wits, -enHe lodged bock to tho store; his papa did not notice his return. Sammy .was entirely cured of lounging; ho made a- very prompt, energetic business man. Hcr ricvor know until bo grew up to manhood that bis papa was tho cause of his ', arrest and tbo City Marshal only in fun,.""" 4 >i Want to See Mother." Night before last a young lady resid ing in Sncrooicnto, who had been ill for some ..months, ..died. That night hcr mother...*ff*rn.. out by weeks of care aud watebiP.gi ..bad lain down upon tho foot of the bod,, leaving two women to watch ovejf the suflb rer, who appeared to bo in a '.upor. Sbo had hcen asleep but a few . minutes when hcr daughter awoke and inquired of the nurses : ' Where is dear mother ? I want to seo her this minute.'' Tho ladies explained tho cirepmetarices, to Whioh tho girl replied, "YeBj TkndW niother is tired out; but I Suet see her right now." Expostula ted wore Useless; sho beoamo excited, and reaching over to her mother cu irJeavored' to arouse her, but was too week. Tho ladies finally concluded to v.ako tho parent, who immediately sat Up iri bed and looked at her daUghtor. The latter.glanced full in hrr faca lur a second, and fell back dead. - ' ? " ' ???:t "' ? itmm it _ "Had you; sir'/' said Henry Erskine to a dilatory carpenter, "been to build tb? ark, wo should uot bavc had the flood yet." About Girls. Girls ore often wild, wayward and hnrd to govern. They give their anx ious mothers and foud fathers nrtny serious hours of thmightand euro. Thoy principally delight in having their owu way : they are impatient under some re straint, and they frequently limey that they know a great deal more than thuir mothers do. They giggle and act very Ibolin h sometimes, when anything h ippcns to please them. Thoy pout aud make up faces when they feel cross aud unonn fortablc, or when any one is unibrtun a c enough to iuour their youthful dis pleasure, and thoy resort to tcirs and find a gru.tt deal of comfort in a goud cry wheu the world docs not move upon its axis exactly in couformity with their wishes. They arc very roinnntio with regard to their expectations for the future They have an uncontrollable passiou for cheap, sensational literature, and they usually entertain about as unreal and exaggerated ideas of lile as they find pict- red aud described in the start ling narratives which thov are in the habit of readiug. They look forward to find tlieiuselvu.s in the same impossible situations as the imaginary heroines, whoso chequered careers they follow with such thrilliug iutercjt, anxiety ami enthusiasm. They condescend, sometimes, to flat ter and flirt With the teudor hearted aud contiding youths of their acquaintance, who at an early age are so untoetua i to as to feel that "Tue rosy boy with a cherub wing Has many u shaft for his slender sling." The girls some howaeem to delight in tormenting und teasing such boys, nor appear to feel one atom of pity or com passion lor what theso tender youths suflcr and endure by ruasou of hopelessly loving them. Girls iouieliines make old and gray headed men say and do a great inn y foolish and undignified things. Sujh instances arc nut uncommon, and who can fancy ? more ridiculous picture thin that of atl old in.in, with hair and whiskers -freshly and ingeniously dyed, Jfftinly endeavoring to conceal the fact Th?t has the 111euina?? islil, liiskiug round like a y uug cult iu a green pasture, in futile endeavors to pct'auu le home youug girl uf sweet sixtcm that he is as young as ever he was. Gir's arc very communicat ive with euch other They arc in the habit of talking over between themselves all their joys and sorrows, enjoining eich other the most solemn obligations u'jv'Or to tell what they hear to an , b >dy else; how well they obey these muluil iujuud tinit is evident lrom their subs^juent com sc of conduct. If you would how u secret broadcast over the laud, tell it to a young girl, and make her promise to religiously keep it. A girl becomes a complete girl only when she doesup her back hair in ma turc fashion, and gets her first long dress on. Then uhc sails out into the beau mundo, with u great many lofty and supercilious, airs uud fancies that she is a full fledged woman. But with all their failing aud short comings, girls urc a lovely, lively and in teresting institution. Tai world we live iu is a great deal brighter, better and more beautiful for their being in it. When grown t > perfect maturity t hey make our best and loveliest women, and a noble uoman is God's greatest uud grandest earthly creation. Kepose the Secret of Tower. A peaceful life is most likely to he a full one, with finer and keener schsibili ties; better related to beauty and p ?e'.ry and all higher matters; more dignified and 'self respecting. 11 r pose is tho sccrcct of power in per sons, pictures, statue*, architecture, books, and nature, ns if it were a means of retain!uiug as woll as disclosing jifoj and health demands a frequuut paining to restore tho balance of the systuui, and keep up perfect circulations. The night, if spout in healthy sleep after proper oveniug hours, reduces the world's chaos, aud wo arc new every morning. Who does not know the magic of a brief pause in tho midst of the worst confusion? A clam of five minutes will iuvito back our vagraut ideas and powers. So the homo should bo lik a hush and n lullaby in thin headlong, whirling, noisy, furious and distracted world of tho nineteenth century?a nook upart from tho thoroughfares?a grot oor bower under tho sky, where tho beauti ful .'-pints of tho uir will hover and duller f. It? atmosphere should bo a little oriental and cheering, us if exhaled from poopies and balsams. i?M-.->.<? Medical students uro warned uot to ask a certain minister to proach for the n* lie has his text ready : "In his diseases Ana sought not to tho Lord, but to the physician. And Asa slept with his fathers." The Pleasure of Doing Nothing. M. Berryer, who was ono of tho great est French statesmon of tho presont con tury, in his youth was Tory lazy. H iB masters had great trouble in making him submit to school discipline. The undcriuastor quito despaired of him, and went one cay to loll tho head-master that this boy would never do anything, and they could not make anything of him. He sent for him into his study, aud said to him: ''My boy. work is disagreeable to you, and you think that happiness consists in doing nothing. Well, come into my study; you can look at mo while I am at work; that won't fatigue you, and you will do nothing. Hut lot us understand caoh other? uothitig of any kind, roinombor." The boy was delighted. The first hour passed away to tho grc.it pleasure of the scholar. lie congratulated him self on neither having to open his dictionary nor learn his rudiments by heart. At tho end of an hour and a half, however, ho had sufficiently on joyed the delights of fancy. He put out his arm to take a book. The raastjr stopped him atoncu "You forget our agreement; you arc to do nothing. 'Co read is4.0 do somethiug. Enjoy the per mission t have given you, do nothing." The boy soou began to discover that the pleasure of doing nothing soon be came monotonous He hazarded some questions; the master did not reply. Then, when he had come to the end of the page he was writing, he said, "My hoy; cauh has his taste; you have that of doing nothing, 1 have that of work ing. I do nut trouble you,so do not disturb me " Young Berryer could scarcely help saying that it would be difficult for him to find happiness much longer in such patience. At the end of three hours the master got up and went to take a walk under the shade of the trees in the park. As soon us he came into the garden ho wished to leave his master and go with his schoolfellows, who were having a merry game. The master held him by the arm. "You are uot chinking of our agrecmeut. I'h^'ing is doing some thing. Domain by my side; we will wulk up and dowu this nvenuo, or you tau Bityluwu if >ou-li.kji it hotter." But tho boy had h.iil enough of doing nothing. He was very willing to promise to leuru his lessons iu order to escape to hit. companions. An Astonishing Story Here is a story which may well as tonish all naturalists! Iu Murraysville, Cdoko county, Tenn., a Mrs. Kennedy has for some years Buffered great pains and "felt something running up and down her stomach." So at last, after snmo hospital treatment, she went for Perriain Gyles, M.D. This physician having summoned two of his brethron, tin n|oration was undertaken. Surgical particulars are unnecessary. The ro suit was that two living rattle snakos, one 30. the other 32 inches long, were removed from the woman, and she is now perl'aetly well, whilo tho snakes (in a stuffed Htute) adorn the museum of Col John Stephens. Mrs. Kcuncdy says that several yoars ago "she sw.illo.ved two small, Hoft. white eggs" which she found iu a field, "supposing them to bo partridge eggs." Ahout a Bear.?Several hundred persons attended the funeral of a tame bear near Boston a few days ago. An invitation to be present was sent to tho Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, who responded as follows: "Dear Sir?Many thanks fur your polito invitation to attend the obsequies of the lamented plantigrade. I nm sorry that it will not bo in my power to be present upon the melancholy occasion. I have a greut respect for boars since those two female ones taught the little children of Bothol I and of Belial that thoy must.not bo 1 rudo to elderly persons. 1 think a loose bear or two might be of service in our cotiiDunity, and 1 regret much the loss of an animal who might have done"so much ns n moral teacher for the youug of this city and its suburbs. irours truly, O. W. Holmes. A Clergyman had a fondness for long words, and undertook to instruct the clerk In the uso of them. One evening as they were about to leave tho vestry, John asked (ho minister ii he should put out the candles. "But out ! Say extinguish," answered the clotgyman. "And," said John, "does extinguish always stand for put out?" "Alwtiys," replcd the clergyman. Next Sunday it happened that a dog began to bark in tho church. John roso iu his seat and solemnly gave the order : "Somo one will please to extinguish that thar dog." An old geutlouiiu of muoh cxporionoo in the world says that nil that is nocos sary for tho pcrfoot enjoyinout of love sausages is confidence. Josh Billings lin Fnglish. Timo is^tnoney aud many people pay their dcb'? with it. Ignorance m tho wot-nurso of preju dico. Wit without Bcnso is a razor without a handle. : Half tho discomfort of lifd is tho re sult of getting tired of ourselves; Bcnovplcoco is the cream on the milk of human kindness. People.df good sense are those whoso opinions Agrco with oura. Face ail things; even adversity is po lite to a^nxan's face. Passion,1 always lowers a great man, but sometimes elevates a little one. Stylo iiovorythiug for a sinoor, and a little of it would not hurt a saiut. Men now a days aro divided into slow christnins aud wide awako sin uors. There are people who expect to es cape hell because of tho crowd going there. Most people arc like eggs?too full of themselves to hold anything else. It is littlo trouble for a graven imago to bo patient, even in fly time. Old ngo often increases us in wisdom ?and in rheumatism. A mtolo is a bad pun on a horse. Health is a loau at call. Wheat is a serial. I am glad ol it. Manner is a great doal more attrao tho than matter especially in a inou key. Adversity to a man is like training to a pugilist. It reduces him to his lighting weight. Pleasure it like a treacle. Too much of it spoils tho taste for everything. Necessity is the mother of invention, but palcut right is the father. Did you over hear a very rich man sing '{ Beware of the man with half-shut eyes. He's not dreaming. Man was built after all other things had bcou made and pronounced good. If uot ho would have insisted on giving his orders as to tho rest of tho job. M|? fatten slow in a church?they can't divo on religiou no more than inim-.t.-'iv can. lition cheats tho econtrio with tho lorn; and makc3i them scrvo^hi the hab ilia incuts of the bar lequij There are farmers so full of science that they won't set a gato post till they have had the earth under tho gate post analyzed. Whop lambs get through being lambs they become sheep. This takes the sentiment out of them. A California Gas Spring. About half a mile over a mountain from Harthat Spring there is what is called tho Gas Spring. This is probibly the greatest curiosity of tho mountain . Tho water is ice eold, but dabbling and foaming as if it boiled, and tho greatest ponder is the inevitable dostruotioa of life produced by iuhuling tho gas. No live thing is to he found within a cir cuit of one hundred yards of the spring The very birds, if thoy happbn fly over it, drop dead. Wo experimented with a lizard on dclructivouos its proporities by holding it two foot above tho wator it stretched dead in two minutes. It will kill a human being in twenty mitt utes. Wo sto.id over it ab mt five in in utcs when a dull heavy, aching sensa tion crept over us, and our oyes began to swim. The gas which escapes lure is tho rankest king ofcarbonio and, a id hence its sure destruction of life; also, quenching of flame instantaneously. Is it a Trne Allegation. I once owned a pet nlligitor, about tou or twolvo inches long, and h id j him fixed up uiccly, his domioilo soar ran god that ho oould take it |wct or dry, just as 'Garter* preferred. Ouoday l*o.iught a mouse, and concluded to turu it Jovcr to my pet, and stood by to watch the ro suit. The mouse was (put in tho water and was swimming around; tho '(Jartor' advanced to tho [jatt.. k and seized the mouse, which instantly acting upon tho defensive, turned upon the alligator, biting it about tho eyes and face cans ing it to relinquish its hold and boat a hasty retreat. The aligator could not again ho induced to couio up to the scratch. That the alligator is a natural born coward, no ono can deny. "I shall toll how it vas. I drink mine lagor; den I put mine hand on mine head, and doro vas vonj;pauo. Don I put my baud ou mine body, and dero VHS auodor pain. Den I put mine hand in mine pooket, und oh min.-. Got dere vas nothing. So I jino mid do detnpor a nee. Now dero is no paiu more iu miuo head, aud paiu iu mino body vns all gone away. I put mino hand iu mino pocket, aud doro vas dweuty dollars. So I shtay mid do dcinporanco." Who fears t'offend takes the first stop to please. Tho Chin. A pointed or round chiu indicates a congenial love. A person with such a chin will have a beau ideal, and will not bo easily satisfied with real men or women. Tho indented chin indicates a great desire to be loved; hunger and thirst for affection, When large in women, she may overstep the bonds ofetiquettc, and make love to ono that pleases her. A narrow square chin indicates a de sire to love, and is more common among womon. The broad square chin indicates vio lent love, or at least devoted attach ment. The broad round chin indicates ar dent love, combined with groat stead fastness aud permanence of affection. The retreating chin is in licative of the want of attachment, and but little ardor in lovo. The chin, iu its length and breadth, indicates self control, ^solf will, resolu tion, and decision; &c. Carnivorous animals have the upper jaw projecting, while those of a gramin ivorous nature have the lower jaw pro jecting. In a man with projecting up per jaw, w'o"^ found large destructive neos and love of animal food; when the lower jaw projects, then the lovo r,r vegetable food. In a 'Ventilator. The terrible stories of death in chests with secret springs, came noar a ropcti tiou lately in an English provincial town. A Mr. Kelk, quito recently mar ried, had invited a party of friends to his house, and his young wifti, in her auxiety to get rid of the hot Vir, ventur ed up stairs, aud seeing a small closet with a ventilator, she entered to open it, when the current of air closed the door. In vain she called to the ser: vant, although she could bear tho door bell ring and h?r visitors enter, aud ns none .suspected that the<imprisoned lady was iu the roof of tho house, all the other parts of the dwelling and grouois were searched Oue of the visitors aug gestcd that there might be au Jold chest with a secrot spring, and this gave a clue to tho closets and when at last fouud. Mrs. Kelk was seriously ill and hysterical. Violent epileptic fits follow cd, and the shock bciug inoro than tho uervous system could sustain, death shortly put nu cud to ^the poor young lady's sufferings. A Troublesome LonoEtt.--W*c once over heard a conversation bctweeu two scrvauts at a first cla<s hotel. '?What's do matter wid No. 8 dis morning Mr. Johusing !" "Why, you see, he come in berry drunk last night au' got in on No 20, dat rasible ole man, an' he fust took him him fur a thief an' thou he took him in the countenance. Dat'sall." "What de debble docs 20 leave his doah unlocked for den, eh 7" "'Cause do onrasonable ole cuss just lays iu dc bed an' rings dat bell all night" "Numbah 20 is de trooble3omost ole cuss we eher hub." Foor.bo IIim?A story is told of a verdant youth who went to buy the praetioe et a country doctor. The d izt ;r said his patients were so numerous he could not remember them all, but his horse knew them and always stopped at their doors. The next diy tho country doctor drove his customer through the town, und as he said, the horso stopped at uoarly every door. The barg iiu was concluded aud the mouey paid. Tho purchaser remained in town, lor several days wondered why no patieuts came, lie ceased to wonder, however, when ho found his predecessor had borrowed his milkman's horse iu showing him around. Fashion notes for tho fall set forth that three new shades of oolor will bo in troducedthis seas >n, aud that two of these?flour do soufro (flowers of sul phur) a peculiar yellow and cardinal, a handsome red will probably be very fashionable. The other color is called volcanic. Also that autumn bonnota will have low crowns, but tho trimming which will bo in tho mo.Jt cases plaoed in front, will add matorilly tot hoir olti tuco. Flowers will not bo worn so much as last season* Beautiful.?A poor Irish woman applied to a lady for u flower or two to put iu the baud of her dead infant, and when a handsome. Douquet was handed her she offered to pay for it, which, of course, was deolincd, when, with a look full of gratitude, bIio exclaimed, "May tho Lord Jesus meet you at tho gate of hcaveu with a crown of roses." Nothing could bo inoro touchiugly beautiful as well as poetical.?Darlington Souther ner. Why should there bo moro marriages in winter than in summer? Booauso in winter tho gentlemen require oom foetors and the ladies muffj. Never Retract. A distinguished- editor Woi- ia. his study. A long, thin, ghostly visaged indivi dual was announced. With an asthmatio voico, but in a tone of stupid civility?for otherwis tho editor would have assuredly traufixed bim with a fiery paragraph tbo next morniug?the stranger said : 'Sir, your journal of yesterday con tained false information.' ?1 ?Impossible, sir: but what do "you, al lude to?' * ?You said that Mr- M. has boon tried.' 'True.' tji 1 Coudemned.' ' j l0\ ?Vory true.' 'Hung/ 'Y'es.' I 'Now, Bir, I am that gentleman.' 'Impossible.' , - 'I assure you it is a fact, aud now rI hope you will contradict wbat you have alleged. 'By no moans.' 'You are deranged.' '1 may be, sir, but I"will not take it back.' *I will complain to a magistrate., 'As you please, but I never retract. Tbo most that I can do for you is to au uounco that the ropo broke, and that you arc now in perfect health. I haVe my principles; I never retract.' 1 >t*'i Things That Look Bad. ?di A gentleman playing base ball. A poor boy putting on airs. A fool teaching a school. A rhh man disowning his poor kin. A man trying to sing when he can't A bankrupt who has moro than ho ever bad. An insurance agent smoking in a wood shop A misanthropist talking about ohari ty aud benevolence. A young man calling an old man by biscbristain name; his father 'thegovor nor,'and 'bis mother 'the old woman/ Dr. Simon a physiciaa of Lorraine, gives a now ouro"for boils, namely, by treating them with 3camphorated oloho hol. As soon us the culmination point of the boil "makes its appearance, he puts a little of the liquid iu a saucer and, dipping tho ends of hiss little fin gers in Jit rubs the inflamed surface, especially the central part, repeating the operation eight or ton times for about half a minute. He then allows the surface to dry, placing ovor it a slight coating of camphorated oil. He says that four such applications will, in almost all cases, cause boils to dry up aud disappear. A loving husband onoe waited on a doctcr to request him to prosoribe for his wife's eyes. "Let hor wash them every morning with a glass of brandy/* said the doctor. A few weeks after the doctor by chanco met tho huabtnd. "Well, has your wife followed my advice?" "She has tried to do so, dop tor," said the spouso, "but she oould never get the glass higher than bor mouth." A Critic thus alludes to tho merits of a rising young artist: "He possesses some merit as an artist, but it is hard to say whether it lies in landscape or marine painting; you never oau tell hts cows from his ships, excopt when they have their tails exalted, when tho absence of spars betrays their character. Even then thoy may bo mistaken for schooners scudding under bare poles." Soundings on a Jbar?Rapping for drinks. A little nonsense now and then, is ro linguished by tho best of moo. California makes two million dollars this year from berry crops. Dramas with legs naturally have tho best run. Wise sayings often fall to the ground, but a kiud word is never thrown away. Iho newest thing in oar rings are sli] pors of painted wood '? ??' in % The best part of boauty is that which a picture cannot express. Tho most useful thing in tho long run?breath. Au article you oan always borrow? trouble Modern rod of connection?Stioks of candy. It is an orrorto imagine that women talk moro than men. They're listened to?that's all. A baby was born last week with one log in Chieago. Whero was the other leg? 'Talk about tho severe mental labor of men,'says Bertha. 'It takes more haul study to 'discover tbo front of ft new spring hat than Bwould win a caso in tho supreme court against a rail road/