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THE WAY OF LIFE,
DY JANR 8. M'(RRA.
Yes. I know what life is made of,
8anny smiles, then gloom appears ;
Dark, black clouds, we're half afraid of,
And life's sunshine's drowned in tears.
'.id bright Q,)wers entranced I wander
While o'er earth Spring's verdure falls
0'et their graves, how sadly ponder,
When appear their frosty paIls.
I have seen in youth's bright morning,
Joyous hearts with pleasure beat,
Then came death-a solemn warning
They lay lifeless at my feet.
Hence, I learn to value lightly
Joys that quickly pass away
Hence, I learn to clasp.nore lightly
hopes that never can decay.
While our friends are around is fallig.-...
Yielding neath the embattled strife -
Ilark I a voice is to us calling,
Lo ! am the Way, the Life.
Strive, life's pilgrim, ptrive to enter
. On the joys prepared for thee
Let. thy hopes but on him centre, "
Who, a ransom, died for thee,
On, then, on, the right pursuing,
Until freed t'rom doubt an't care,
In the home Faith now is viewing,
Thou a Crown of Life shalt wear,
Remarkable Oase of Fright,.
A MAX'S HAlt TUBNFD wilT IN A
NIGHT.
A Pariscorrrspondent of ti' Natfn
related the case of a, well known, mining
engineer, who ia voetched for as bheing a
man f tah-ni.t and edlucation,. of cool and
.nIt.hodicaol temperament,. a.nd; about ihir.
ty:ye arr'of ag. and .ha' beuatemat
unexpeeted to'hituiIt;'th, Ite nof ni'
days' :.t of wonderm, nt on hie pattrt. Of
the Parisians, froin the fact that ie hair,.
black and usually tuxurient, has been
whiten"d in a tingle niight under the
impression of a dream.
''We should not give plac tho the
narrative of this singular adventhtre,"
says the editor of the PuI/s.. ilh whose
columns t.he incide' t.was originally men
hioned, 'vere it not that Mi. C' , is
peraotuily well knows to. us as a truth
ful and honorable man and has himselff
furnished us with the account we pil.
Ii.hII, nffirmuing oin oath the abjoihte eo.
scrne.ss of every detail theroiti given."
From the.account thus given to the
public, it appiears that M:r (:' ,. when
in.,pectin certnin nmine'ra1 tracts in l3rit
tany, stopped one night at, a little road
side inn, a few hun1red! yards distanb
from a mine which lie had never seen,
bit which he pi;rposed visiting. next day.
Ifsving walk-d many mliles in tho course
f tie day, M. ( , on. reaching the
inn felt tired. He accordiigly w(ent, to,
bed early, fell asleep at. once and, dreana'
ed, lie asserts the following dream:.
lie thought he had just been appoint
eE'to the muanngership of .the mine in"
question, and he was busy itisupermten
(iig the work of tlie ipiners, when
the owner of the mine appeared on the
ground. This Ian rough and ill.hred,
addressed ihee new inanager rudely,
reproaching him with. his inhactivity,add
tug:
"Instead of standing there, with your
arms fol.il, seifig other men work,
you had better go down into. the wine
(nd drnw the plan oflit,.as-you.engngkd
to do."e
"I will go downs andl begin the draw
ing at once," replied ihe young:engineer,
hurt and annoyed. at, the manmier of:his
cPlacing hmef foth with. ini the has-.
ket, heordered thme-men/.at' the windlass
to let him downi inito the mabte. Tis
doteu; t.he baakst reached the bottom%
anid thon summnoning a. oouple of thle
workmen tp pregede him-w ith their~ lamfps
ihe explored the various galleries of the
nmde, and, having, made a plan. of.the
svorkings, returned to-the bottom,ofahe
shut, got irtto the basket, andigave eigt
3ial ioir the ascent. -.A~s lie pl&cedi hims,
self in the basiemt,he nomarkedithe great
thmickiness of thes rope which served D40
hoist; it, and calculated .that, the n ime
being uinusually di'ep4 the.ascent ci uld
*carcely be accomplished itn less thpusa
He hadl been asecohding thus two or
thuree ian.a wthan okanalna ini.
his eyes, he espied what seemed to him
to be an abrasion of the rope by which
he was bemig drawni u. Startled by
this appearance, he fixed his eves on a
portion of the rope which had 'attracted
his at,tjntion, and saw distinctly that the
rope was cut a few feet above his head,
just out of reach of his hand. I [is terror
at this discovery was such that lie near
ly fainted. Rousing himself, by force of
will, from the stupor of su.pension. which
had so nearly o.vercome him, he compell.
ed' himselfto cInrness, and set himself
again' to exisne the rope. Perhaps lie
was m)istatk n'; be would look again.
litt no ;. ;h was not mis'ake!i. The rope
had rubbed against somo projotion of
the rocky walils which hen)ed him in,
and its ssriands were untwisting slowly
but visibly. At the injured' point the
thickness of the massive cable was al.
read" reduced to les" than an inch.
Tie fortunate man felt that his
doom was sealed ; the conviction of
the utter hopelessness of his position
chilled him to the very marrow of his
bones. lie tried to call out, but his
tongue seened frozen. Moreover, he
felt that, if he should make himself
heard, (which was totally impossible,
as he was now half way up,) no huian
aid could rech him. Looking up
wards he' could see dayligh.t at the
mouth of the shaft, bright,. but dis
tant, Like- a star. Gazing downwards,
over the edge of the basket, at a
depth that it made him dizzy and sick
to look down to, lie could see, like so
many glow worms, the lanmps of the
miners.. And the basket ins the mean
time, mnounto I higher and higher
every instant, the rope cracking audi-.
bly'ndor the ihoeltsinag straiot tie
ascent.. The unfortunate engineer
saw clearly that there. was: no possi
bility of escaping the horrible fate
awaiting him, and could alumst count
the seconds that would elapse ere the
breaking of the r ipe n.ust prceipitate
him inito th'e fcurful void below. Such
was the intensity of his anguish that
he- was tempted to abridge its duration
by throwing himself down at once, in
stead of awaiting any longer the inevi
table instant.. As he hesitated, long
ing, yet fearing to take. the fearful
leap, the basket reached the nuouth of
the shaft.. I!c was saved ! With a
loud cry he leaped from the' basket,
awaking as he-felt once more- the solid
earth beneith his feet.
The horrible-adventure was only a
dream ; but M. U was trembling,
exhausted, bathed ini perspiration and
incapable of isaking a movement or
uttering a scund. At'oer a time lie re
covered hiis self comnaund was so far
as to,be able- to ring for help. The
peoploof the- inn hastened to obey the
summons, but could not at first recog
nize their cumtomer of the previous
evenitg, fot his inx.uriant raven hair
had become ' perfectly gray. And,
stranf e- than even this physical cvi
dence o' the violence of the emotions
lie had undergone during his troubled
slumbers, there lay upon his bed, and
evidenly drawn by his own hand,. a
plan of the adjacent mine he was to
visit the following day, but which he.
had never seen, and of whose- internal
arrangements lie, had no. idea ; ,and
this plan,,so unaccountxtbly produced,
iroved,.on examination of the nine,
to be absolutely correct in. every par
ticular.
So much for the story vouohed for.
by one of the five "leading journals"
of this capital ; its exhination I teavse,
to the. ingelnity of your readers.
IlN A No-r Smtiu,; -Gov. Jenkins, of'
Georgia, thus epitomises thme objection
to the cona-titutionail amenidment:
"1' suibmit to injuirions chlainge's in
the Constitution, whena forced upon a
Siate, .Nceordinig;to the forms prescribed
for ita,ameainmnt,. would he one thinug;
t.participat9 in- making them, unidm-r
-duress, against lier sense of- right and
'jist ice, vouild' be-a-very dli'&renit thing.
TVhe difl@ronce in-Yrinciple is as broad
.as.4hat 'which, distinguishes martyrdom
ftom,uicide. l?ir better onlmly aw,ait
a, returning-sgenisi,ofijtstice, ande a cons
ggest refihir, of' t,he tidb now running
8 h vnit ' 'd n '> u
Fossil Remains of a Kastodon 1chumed.
About a month since, 'during the ox.
cavations of a peat bed in Cuhoes, New
York, for the foundation of a t ill now
in course oferection by the l armony
Manufacturing Company, the jAw-bone
of a mastodon was discover'i about
thirty feet below the . surfac4 of the
eart,b. This relic of the ante luvian
age is of imnmense proportions, a d has
attracted the attention of geolois mtud
students of nature from all partA of the
country-letters of inquiry respewting-it
and pe'-sonal exit miations htviig been
made by som of the most distin lished
s:wewatts of the United State4. t yes.
terday even this wonderful d' overy
was eclipsed by the excavation' f still
further fossiliferous remains. wlti cons
plete nearly the hone3 or frame rk of
the mastodon ighty five feNt elow
the earth's surface, and about 1Y- feet
beow the place of the original di very,
the workim"n yesterday caid n . the
remaining bores, consisting as J ows:
Two tusks, backhoneb, the upper jauv and
cranium, a nitenber of ribs, the hip b".e,
shoetlder blades, and the bonrs of the
hind leg. The insks were eacl, rarly
six feet long and about nine tn' es in
diameter. One of them upon a nro
to thelight crunmbl d to pieces like glay,
resembling nst substance in npp4 Once
anl texture.
le r:bs, of which there wor4 'futur.
teen feoil, are abot for fet long,'the
largest being, four feet nine inches.,Thi
upper jaw hone is four feet ninh -/olles
long from the uxt remity of the meiqj h. to
the craninnb, anele across tim for>,shettd
measures about three fent. at Ih is
it that it was with difotolty ,fons'i,4ni..
era eould movQ 't.e.i inaius, T'I'hsock"ts
mo which originally w.ore located the
eyes of the monster are Ithno4t large
eetoutgh to aedmit the head of a man,
'lhe hip-hone is five ttt. loug aid weighs
one lhtudred' pound ; the sh onldgp-blades
menautre two feet. nin e inches. -m al weigh
abount fifty ponnds each. The bone of
tihe leg at the knee.joina measures Ihir
teen inche in diameter The vertebra
of the back-lxoe tret eight. iches in
diameter. The Other fragnents funnd
are in harmonious prsportion to those
alreadv mlentioel.
* Profess'r Marsh, of Yale College,
vras present soon aler the discovery was
made,. and pronotunced it.' the most re.
ttuarkubrl- sciernti:ie evr'nt ofth.te age.
Thie st ructure will now hit uented in its
several parts by teans of wire, and thus
a very adcuirre idea can: be furned of
the-s az and weight 4tl.eo nonster to
which it, b.-longed. After i se,paration
of countless atns, probably, the several
parts will' be re-united.
Tm Fr .k.-As the gnat and the
mustquito will leave us under the influ
ence of cool weather,.. and the lively
and persevering flea will begin to stir
about to take lis plWee, we- will fore
stallt hi arrival by some notes con
cerni'ng observations wey have made of
him under the microscope
When a flea is made to appear as
large as an elephant, we can se' all
the wonderful parts of its formation,
and are astonished to find that it huts
a coat of armor much more complete
than' ever warrior wore,and composed
of strong polislfed plates fitted over
each other,. each covered like a tor
tose'shell,.where-they meet, hundreds
of strong quills project like those on
the back of the porcupine or hedge -
hog. There are' the- arched neck,. the
bright eyes, the transparent eases,
piercors to puncturethe skin, a sucer
to draw away the- blood, si. long legs,.
four of which. are folded on the-breast,
all ready at any mnomnt, to be thrown
out with tremaondone force for that
jump which bothers, one when they
want to oateh him, and at the end of
each leg hooked claws,.to enalJe himi
to cling to whiatever ho alighta .stron.
.A flea enn j'ump a huindred .tim -s hia
own length,. whi'ch is theo same as if a
man juinpod to the hight of seven hun
dred feet ; and he can draw a load
two hundred tinea liit own w'eightt..
Bether strange, aii't it, bult truo'
nevertihees..
Never abuse one 'who was oncen your
bosom friend, however.hitair nolw4.
NEW O LASSES FOR WEAK EYEs.-A
recent discovery, that was purely
scientific inl its origin, has led to a fur
ther discovery of means of relief for
person who are troubled with weak
eyes. Some tiirn" itce,, it was made
known to the Phris" Academy of
Sciences that a liens, or glass, covered
with a thin fihn of silver leaf, would
enable a person to gaze at the sun
througIh it without the usual ;aint'nt
dazzle and glare. More recently, the
Academy received .a communication
from another member, in which he do
scribed an application of the above
.mentioned discovery for the p.otcet it
of weak eyes.. Iiis own sight had been
lmpaired in the course of some client
cal experiinents, so that the I glit had
become painful to him, andi he had re
course to the ordinary colored specta
cles Used in such cases. le used
spectacles with black glasses, at first
he then put green glasses over tie
black ones. These answered tolerabl j
well, but he ultimately took a set of
blue glasses, which he hatl covered,
as above with a thin film of silver
leaf. These answered the best of all,
and afforded him the relief lie was
sucking after.. A film of gold le:a
over the glasses has a sinlar effect.
The light transmitted is very pleas
ant, ospecially in the ease of gold leaf.
The latter, when yellow, lets green
light pags ; when green, (that is, a1
loyod with silver,) the eye receives
blue light. He, therefore, thinks
that persons laboring under the incon
venence of weak eyes will derive
groat relief fronvspestacles so prepar
ed. ~ .
liti: EXPrANrToN OF I3ANst.-G -
Old Mr. Lefevre, f.ather of the fl rmer
sp.'aker of the lionge ofC'ummons. and
tlh:! principle founder of Cur iis & Co.,
illustrated the simple theory of banking
to a. cnt omer one day, in a manner ri
vatli.ng the b "yt treaties on that subject.
The etstomer in nnest.ion was ott of
those men who find it. very conveiiimtit
to ltve bad' miemrories, and very tant ali.
zimg to have good ones. IIis account
was anmost always over drawn, an.1
whenever sp' ken to on the iitch this
occasionId', his answer was inivarmbilly
1he satne-he realty had forgotten liowv
it stood. At. last, Mr. Lefevre w: tehed
his opport unitry. caugh t him one day at
the couiter and said' t , him :
'.1r. Y-. you and I must uiderstand
one anthter something bet'er Ihan we
seem to. I am afrahil vo don't kno,w
what. bankiag really is; give me leavc to
tell vou. IL's my busmiess to take care
of your money, bitl. I find you are nh
ways tiaking cart. of' mn.e. Now, tim.-t
is not bainking. Mr. Y. , it must he the
other way. im the banker not you.
You understand ime now, Mr. Y. ; I'm
sure you do! "
BEAUTIFUL,.--When the summer day
of youth is slowly wasting away into
the nighitfall of a" e- and the shadows.
of the- past years grow deeper and
deeper, as life wears to a close, it is
pleasatt to look back through the vis
ta of time upon the joys and sorrows
of earlier years. If we have- .a home
to shelter and hearts to rejoiee with us,
anid friends who have been gathering
around our firesides, then the rough
places of our wayfaring: will be worn,
and smoothed away in the twilight of
life, while the bright, sunny spots we
have passed through will grow bright
er and more beautiful.. Happy in
deed are' they whiose- intercourse w ithi
the world hats not changed the course
of their holier feelinigs or lirokeni those
n.usical cliords of the-lieart whose vi
brati~ons are-so mielodious, so tender
andi touching in the oveninig of age.
Coxa Tir Wau. -To- measure I
corn in the crib, 'savys the Rutral New
Yorker, multi .ly together the lengt h;
breadth and p4th jn fee t, and dividet by
12. T1he qpotient will'be the inimber of
barrels of shelled corn. Muhiij.ly by 5
to find the number of bushels,
W.HAT AFINE WOMAN isIsiE-A
fine woman is like a locomotive, be
oa.usoshe drawna train after her, scat
ters the sparks and transports the
males. *
II1ouRs OF Tr[E FAMINE IN INDIA.
The Rev. J. Buckley, an England
Baptist missionary, stated at Cuttack,
Orissa, writes :
Orphans have been brought dying to
our -loor, and nnyiv that we have re
ceived have becn too deeply famine
stricken for nuiig and medicine to
restare.. After a few short days death
has closed the scene. Tender and deli
Cate women lying in our verandah have
implored rice, or money to purchase
it, with cries that pierced our hearts.
Two cases fit eating.luman flesh have
been repirted ; in the one case it prov
e-l that the peison was insane ; in the
other a child was found eating its dead
father's flesh, whicl had been roasted,
and a fuw days after the child died.
Motlcrs have left; their children in the
maidei (dung !iill) to die, or have
sold them. for a few pice. In one
case, ant only sc:n was sold for a pint
of milk : the mother eagerly drank it,
gave up l'cr eh ibl,.v.qdlked a few steps
and then idro;ped- dead.. The dying
and dead have been socin lying in our
streets ;.tough tis has not, been so
mineh at Unttack as at Balasore and
some other places. At PIoorce it has
been conmlo for the police to find,.
mor: iing after morn ig, in the streets
and lanes, sixty, seventy, eighty, or
more corpses ! In the Cuttack district,
:3,O00 deaths from faniin e and pesti
lence were reported in one week, and
it is generally believed that at Bala
sore abd Peoree the distress has been
severer than here..
Wu Q tArewzt .c.-:,Tho.. fol
lowing novel qpdation has been. .sub
mitted to its tor- Iublication-: Sup
pose it miaw and v girl were to get
married ; the iman thirty-five years old
aml the girl five years ; this makes thy'
mnain seven tines as old as the girl,
anl they live together until the girt
is ten years old, this makes the man
forty years old, and fonr times as old
as the girl ; and if they still live to
gether until shte" i.+ tifteen, the nmn
would be forty-fie ; this makes the
man three times as old, and if they
still live on till the girl is thirty years
old, thii makes the man sixty, only *
twice as old, and so on. Now, how
long would they have to live to make
the.girl its old as the man, at the same
rate of reasoning ?-.Ala{na latdeh
Toe wrote from the country ti
John that he was "constantly employ.
ad in breaking colts.' Johnt wrote in
reply that all lie had to say was "to
"save the pieces."
"Can you do all tiorts of castings
here ?" said a soleii'n-looking chap at
the ii-on works the other day..
"Yes;' said Frank,. preparing to
take hi #order ; "all sGats.'
"Well, tlon!''ret nrted the solemn
inquirer, "I wor"ld like to- have you
rast a shadow.!'
.l(. was cast out..
fchedulc over the South Carolina R. R,
EFNEtAI. Siup'Ts OriEr,
(f[A R fEsToN, S. C., NOV. 3.
n N andlaiter Wednesday, November 7th i he
l Passenger Trains of this road will rn
he folic wing sohedtle
Leave Chnrlesion, 8.00 a in
Arrive at lolhin bia, . 3.20 p mu
heave Cohninhia, -61.60 a at
Arrive att Uiuttleston, 41.00 p. am.
TiRtJoUWM3AIL TRAIN.
LeBave Auguistia, 65 i
Aurlvte it Kingsville .5ai
Arrive at. C,ohnnbia .1a
Leatve Cn,nbia . 20)pa
Ariv ail Kingsvilie 34 i
It TV. PE.\ KE, Gm' iL
nov.50-ptm
Lumber,Lumber, 05mae m
T lE sbiciht.r ega toI .0r 0 lia mnd.
aLumberng aLumber,oas* timber. h
ead th "Llluit crUres.Nd, tRde
G& P. HIOFFMA..
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