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CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDjBfotMARCH 11, 1874. ; ? <??"?* NO. 23. '
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1! BELLE OE MOHTEBEY.
F Monterey of twenty-fire years
i t vastly different town from the
"to of to-day. The silent sreets,
i ftbaost exclusive property of
? vad nomadic hogs, then
; hoofs of the gay
hoi-se; the uni
Engliih [ fcnd American naval
rasted with the staid black
of the pretty tenorita; the
?rJfaikled on moonlit nights under
lattioe of the dark-eyed belle; and
| anoe of Spanish life mingled
I bustle and activity of a pros
sea-port town. Mow, an on
" harbor, a mass of half-ruined
s, and fc drowsey
Terence, constitute
Monterey. Still, the roses
eT?irls that offered them to
g wooers at the garden gates
?five years ago have grown into
matrons, wrinkled by family
whose margin is washed by the
-tides, "which kno wing no ohange,
r yet as of old on the creeoent
all its dreary somnolence, there
?a about the old town, sitting
sad widpw kj the Asa, mourn -
?g
^ir
globe* tikemselvee in'
>. tad inin
farmri? bot no Mil.
i the bay sunk the evening
? 24th of Deosmber, 1848.
the waters streamed its last
?le rays, glistening on
'"tenderly * *
shimmering
branches of the oak that
the old Spanish grave-yard,
among the pines that
iHl-tops in the back
t Ignaoia Gomes, as the angelua
MM from the Mission ohuroh,
devoutly, for a moment
> gOse vine that climbed to
lied* roof of her low. long
And as ahe stood in the gar
crossed hands and large
eyes uplifted, her black shawl
ng from her graceful shoulders,
f'her ted Hps moving in prsyer, a
iter could desire no better model
or an Evangeline, for
had all the sweetness of the
with the "resigned expression of
"it waiting of,the other. A [sonr
querulous looking face sp
at {he aeep window.
Ae here, Maria; 'tis supper
I, J/odrs miaand Maria,
"* **10 erratic vine to a nail in the
entered the house,
rs before the date of our
? '^Khris's sweet woman
tilt dawn, for many a mile
jOTlth of the southern ooun
, a glimpse of and exchange
' **? of Monterey. A
ingers was a rare
preserved and worn
glanoe from her
i recipient back to
" a happy man.
on thai' calm,
| found a mo
tHKriA -
row caine, in
the Rout ahip
k and dropped
of Monterey.
t great Hudson's
was boaad north to
t company on the
i livers of th? valu
J tD their store
rgo of Che Delight,
I son of the vice
pulent corporation,
ifcive disinr'ination
" I learned \
? possessing
Of the diU'tcinfr
* 5P? r?r Trtm & LJi BQlreni
The
of Jh? jaty t>f old
satisfaction, got his fancy
at the gangway, and in
fitting-on of the good
? merchant Teasel dons
the hill-aide r " >
^5 ** CHlMur. J
* ? Yfll.
you don't
oitv, ?ir?the ftrst eify in ?
ana if I mistake not.? continue. _
captain, " yonder st the custom-house
stands the alcalde, a hospital gentle
man to whom onr company is indebted
for many favors."
A.' few moments afterward, both
speakers were heartily greeted by that
official, who, as the boat's keel grated
on the sand, we loo mod them to Mon
terey.
Among the many young and pretty
Spanish girls whom Gilmour met in
Monterey was Maria Ignacia. A spirit
of rivalry induoed him to throw him
self into the list with the Spanish gal
lants who strove for the fair Maria's
smiles. He was more than suooessful.
The difference of his manner, his re
citals of adventure in Europe, and de
scriptions of the grand places of history, I
were something so novel to Maria, so
totally different from the stereotyped
oompliments -of her woers, that she
found a charm in his society which, in
her innocence, she cared not to oonoeal.
But the end came at last. The Delight
was to proceed northward, and the
supercargo prepared to take leave of
all his Spanish friends.
" Ana so, Msria," said Gilmour, on
the evening preoeding his departure,
"our pleasant visit oomes to an end.
Well, I have improved my Spanish, and
you, little Madonna, if ever the fates
.take you to England, will reoegnixe the
abbeys and the churches from my de
scriptions."
Maria Ignacia did not reply, but
stooped to pick up an abalone shell,
which, wet and sheeny, lay in the Band
at her feet.
"And now, Maria, I have only one
request to make, whioh our charming
acquaintance warrants. It has three
however?a aouvonir from this
. . __ talk to me across the
water ; and?a kiss."
Still no answer from the girl, who,
with eyes cast down, strolled along bv
his side.
" Then I shall t&Ln it for granted
that my prayers prevail, Maria r
Her soft eyes were raised to his, and
he was surprised to find how pale the
face was, and how moist the rounded
cheek. He raised her lips to his with
a half-sigh, and then, as if a new
thought had suddenly struck him, said,
abruptly, half to himself and half
her
"Good God ! it can't be so, Maria !
Tell me?do you love me ?"
The wonderful passion in the full
brown eves, so tender and despairing
told him all ? and when, liko a foolish
young man, he took her in his arms
and swore ail the oaths that all lovers
have so often sworn and so often
broken; and when they strolled back
over the sands, Maria's tears were gone,
and James Gilmour clasped the hand of
his promised wife.
This was all the romance in Maria's
life. The next day the Delight sailed
and for ten years neither ship nor su
percargo were heard of in Monterey
Bat she never married. She had a
strange way of every evening walking
to the hill-top where the old fort Rtood,
and looking wistfully out across the
water ; then sorrowfully and resignedly
retnrning to her home, nursing her in
valid and sour-tempered mother, and
training the roses about the adobe
walls.
On this Christmas eve, Maria Ignacia
kneeling before her old foahionod en
graving of the Madonna, thought of the
manger in Bethlehem oenturies ago,
and wondered sorrowfully if Jaraes Gil
rnour was enjoying in his English home
the Christmas-tree and the mistletoe,
and all those games he had told her of
when they had walked on the sands ten
years ago. And then her thoughts
went back to that June evening when
he kissed her lips and ealled her his
wife.
Boom I boom 1 boom I through the
still night air.
Maria opened her window and looked
rra . ^ ?' Portuguese whalers
went rapidly by, and she learned from
their excited exclamations that a ship
had gone ashore on the Point Pinfo
rooks.
" May Ood and the Virgin suoeor
them I' she mnrmnred pion?ly, an she
hurried to wrap her shawl around her,
and mui soon im-ihe atreet.
Everyone was astir. Men on home
hack with ropes rode farioasly slong
the beach ana toward the Point; the
whalers manned their boats, set their
sails, and sped before the blsst through
the moonlit water. They were all too
late. The cruel, pointed rooks had torn
the ill-fated Teasel to fragments ; and
the breakers dallied with spar and mask,
now flingiaf them high up on the
beach, and again drawing them baek to
hoii them oaoe more against the brown
eliflk. Bat not a tingle l*>dy did th?
wares throw up that night.
Christmas f)sy dawned, and whan
Maria Ignada Oomea looked from her
window down teethe orasosnt hsaoh.shs
saw a crowd of men standing about
something. They Mfted it np and bora
it through the street, and to hap door,
for hers was the nouSe nearest the
hAsnh.
N *' If he dead t* ah* asked, fearfully.
m wa first saw him," said a
wVM. Sli 4?tk
. ^ 4 ?> ...
beard wu full of sand and weeds, and a
white froth iasned from his lips; a finely
built man?handsome, no doubt, when
those eyes, now staring so .blindly, had
light and life, and those well-cut lips
moved and smiled.
.. ? " Maria?Maria, what ails yon T"
blanding by the bedside,
" * her breast; her
_ t as the dead be
fore her.
M Oj^m^ beloved 1" she moaned, lay
ing her white faoe on his bruised and
stained breast; "at last, aQex so manr
years." And then she smoothed back
the tangled hair, and wiped the foam
from the lirid lips, and straightened Out
the limbs of him who had oome to seek'
her after so long.
I*or it her great consolation that
he had been true even to death. * They*
buried him behind the old fort,' and
Maria took up the thread of her lifp
again. And now the roses were doubly
dear to her, for they were for his grare.
Power of Kindness.
A driver, belonging to the great
Northern Railway goods station, had;
occasion to pass np the Quadrant Road
highway, New York, to deliver a pack
age. On approaching one of the |
houses, he was seen by a lady in the
window, who immediately said to some
friends staying with her :
" Here ocmes the kind driver ; do
oome and see what power he has over
his horses."
The friends aooordingly came to the
window, when Benjamin Smith son, the'
driver in question, was asked to "shake
hands" with his horses. With great]
good hamor he at onoe complied. |
Standing in front of the pair of hones,
he oallea out :
" Tom, shake hands." ^
Instanaly the near hone lifted up hi*
right foot. After a shake, the driver
said : * ^
" Now, Tom, the other foot."
Up went the foot- instantly.
driver then went in front of the
horse, when a similar scene doc
Perhaps, however, the moat
, inoident remain* to *
Ling backwards seve
horses, he oried ont. ...
" Now, Tom, turn round, and oome
OIL.
Instantly the horses pulled away at
their load, turned the van ronnd with
out the slightest need of so much as'
the craok of a whip, and followed the
dever ; driver, as the dog would the
shepherd.
Such an instanoe shows clearly how
much can be done with animals, but
especially with the horse, simply by
the power of kindness. u
? *
Producing Somnambulism.
Somnambulism, which is natural to
some persons, may be artificially induoed
in others,as by what are termed magnetic
passes, or causing the person to look
steadily at a small object near the eyes.
The proportion of persons who can be
thrown into this somnambulistic or
mesmeric state is about one in fifteen.
The late eminent naturalist, Agassis,
was a subject in his youth. When in
this condition, all directive oontrol of
the will is in abeyanoe, and the subject
sees, hears, tastes, feels, and believes
all that is told him by the operator. If
told that he is drinking something
sweet he relishes if,; if told that it is
nauseous he spurts it out, and if as
sured that he is in the water and must
swim for his life, he begins at once to
make the movements of a swimmer.
He is assured in a confident tone that
he oan lift a heavy v eight, and at onoe
raises it on a finger ; or is told in the
same oonfident manner that h* can't
lift his handkerchief, and fails in the
attempt. He is the subject of a domi
nant idea which exoludes all others
from his mind. He oan think of
nothing but what is suggested to him.
He has no power of directing hif
thoughts, and so when the operator
says to him, " yon can't tell me your
name," he is unuble to pronounoe it;
and when told, ?'ycu don't know your
name," his face assumes an expression
of hopeless imbecility, and he will tell
you afterward that he had actually for
gotten it.
In Chains.
" Parley " writes to the Boston Jour
nal that one of the best looking and
best dreesed of the lady boarders at a
first-olass hotel in Washington, who has
been a regular attendant at ohuroh and
taken n deep interest in several private
oharitiea, has been invited to return to
New York, by a gentlemanly detective
of that city. She left, not with " gtves
upon her wrists," but well watched by
her escort, who says that aha is one of
the most adroit sneak thieves on this
continent. He* plan here has been to
enter rooms while the lady occupants
were ont, and, if surprised, to say that
she hfcd found the aoor open, and so
waited the lady's return. Her bOoty
has probably been remunerative as nu
merous articles of Jewelry, gold thim
ble*, Ac,, mi???<i nor, were probably stolen
by her, but she hsa been taken to New
York on a graver charge.
Treated DtMnrtMmly,
Discourtesy, and even insult, is ex
Erisnced by the women of Ohio id
sir temperance movement, a letter
writer lays, notwithstanding wbrfeh they
fig*
Joined interests wMk the dram shops,
and as tksMin oh the n
offering nrayeaa, theee el
sought to drown the
???
Oft the Fusions.
buttons, it is Mid, will re
square joke ia made of
laoe lor' trimming baaquea of
?aid that the old-time shovel
et iacoming baok, though in
form.
Row* of serpen dicular trimmings on
baaquea will be a oonapieuoua feature
of spring ooctumee.
/ Tortoise-shell buttons, both plain and
carrot, are annonnood at the fancy
stores ?a likely to supersede the metal
butftdBsnow used.
Baftue back* of silk dresses have
tabs eat in the aeams below the waist in
the W now seen in English walking
The postilion pleats are
jfcew dress-ooats or swallow-tail
W announced for ladiea open over
with double points, like that now
by gentlemen; they are both
i and single breasted.
Marie Stuart ruff, rery high,
_ and flaring, will continue to
be Mjftrof the dreaa material. The
oollar with turned-orer points
?be used, aa well aa the rounded
_ embroidery will be much
oaahmere and' ailks during the
and on the mualin and batiste
! summer. This, it will be re
1, is the open eyelet-work ao
a few yeara ago.
SicOienne oloth ia used for
and facings of spring mantlea
[ of the turquoise silk that will
? season without fraying. A
fabric of soft wool will, it
jie more used for apring wraps
loftg popular cashmere and
gttfrVrin ? i
black chip, and other soft
will be made into
There are to be few
though some ahapee
?round like sailor
branoheein front
i many flow
Little Children.
I am fond of ohildren. I think them
the poetry of the world?the fresh
flowers of onr hearths and homes ; lit
tle oonjurers, with their " natural
magic," invoking by their spells what
delights and cnriches all ranks, and
equalizes the different classes of
society. Often as they bring with them
anxieties and cares, and live to occa
sion sorrow and grief, we should get on
very badly without them. Onlv think
if there was never anything to be seen
but grown men snd women. How we
should long for the sight of a little
child. Every infant comes into the
world like a delighted prophet, the
harbinger and hearld of good tidings,
whose offloe it is to " turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children, and to draw
the disobedient to the wisdom of the
just." A child softens and purifies the
heart, warming and melting it by its
gentle presence ; it enriohes the sotri
bv new feelings, and awakens within it
what is favorable to virtne. It is a
beam of light, a fountain of love, a
teacher whose lessons few can resist.
Infants recall us from muoh that en
genders and enoourages selfishness,
that freezes the affections, roaghens
the manners, indurates the heart; they
brighten the homes, deepen ic*?, in
vigorate exertion, infnse oourage, and
vivify and sustain the charities of life.
It would be a terrible world, I do think,
if it were not embellished by little ohil
dren.?Binney't Both Worlds.
Working in the Mad and Rain.
A letter from-Springfield, Ohio, re
/erring to the whisky war in that S?tc, j
says two bands of women, each num
bering 150, have been going abont all <
day in the mud and rain invading sa
loons with the pledge or kneeling out
side praying and singing. Two saloon
keepers pledged themselre* to quit. A
joint stock association^ business men
representing two million dollars of
money is formed to back the women np
with funds to carry on the campaign.
Many thousand dollars have been sub
scribed. In one saloon in Osbern, vis
ited by a party of ladies from Boring
field. powder had been sprinkled over
the floor, and the proprietors threatened
to fire it if the ladies entered. Thejr
went in notwithstanding. The women
are determined, and gain eourage and
members every da v.
There are but few saloons left open
'in the eounty, and from the way thej
work is being prosecuted all wHl have
to surrender soon.
'? '
Feeding at Washington Parties.
At twelve o'olock, says a correspon
dent, the doors of the supper room are
opened, and then the jam beggars de
scription. Ton may take ronr ohoioo
to M pushed or to push, and in eithe*
case to aee plate * of oysters, salads, and
creams, with threatening spoons and
fork* VristHef in aid-sir, glancing by
vow nose; of. awtmming low* your
baok. I was' never sure thai ws were
how a civilised people till Ioontem
plated my domprtriots in the Washing
ton supper-room of ''festive Oooa
sion." .There X hate seen dignitaries
whtptbe ptobUe he lie v* have m
to eat at hmoa, pushing toward a
per-tobla as * canriW -night i
?bout CIotm.
Cloree are the unopened flower* of m
small evergreen tree that reeembles in
appeaMaee tfee laurel or bey. It is a
native of the Molaooa or Spioe Islands,
bnt hae been carded to all the warmer
parts of the werlJ, and is now oultiva*
ted in the tropical regions of America. j
The (lewera are small in siae, and grow
in large numbers, in clusters, to the
?err edges of the branches. The doves
we "use are the flowers gathered before
they are. opened, and while they are
still green. After being gathered, they
are smoked by * wood tire, and then
dried in the sun. Each clove consists
of two parts?of a round head, which is
the four petals, or leaves, oc flowers
rolled np, including a number of small
stalks or filaments, the other part of the
clove is terminated with four poi uts.
and is, in fact, the flower of the unripe
stted-vessel. All these parts may be
seen if a few cloves are soaked for a
short time in hot water, when the leaves
of the flower softeD, and readily unrolL
Both the taste and the smell of cloves
depend on the quantity of oil they con
tain. Sometime* the oil is separated
from the oloves before they are sold,
and the odor and taste are in conse
quenoe much weakened.
Idleness.
Many young people tliink that an
idle life rouBt be a pleasant one ; bnt
there are none who enjoy bo little, and
are such burdens to themselves, as
thoee who hare nothing to do. Those
who are obliged to work hard all day
enjoy their short periods of rest ana
recreation so much, that they are apt
to think if their whole lires were spent
in rest and recreation, it would be the
moat pleasant of all. But this is a sad
mistake, as they would soon find out if
they madea trial of the life they think
so agreeable. One who is never busy
oau never enjoy rest; for rest implies a
relief from previous labor ; and if our
whole time were spent in amusing our
selves, we should find it more wearisome
than the hardest day's work. Recrea
tion is only valuable as it unbends us ;
theJdle oau know nothing of it Many
pefcpTe leave off burinSs and settle
down to a life of enjoyment; but they
generally find that they are not nearly
so happy as they were before, and they
are oiten glad to return to their old
occupations to escape the miseries of
indolenoe. ?Herald of Health.
No Demagogues Need Apjlj
The Grand Master of Patrons of Hus
bandry, says he is fully alive to the
danger to which the Order is exposed
from the demagogues who are anxious
to join it fer their own selfish purposes.
In his addresrio the Grand Lodge he
remarks: "The Order has been reoog
nized as one of the great powers of the
land, and the gates are besieged from
ooean to ooean hy hordes of speculators,
demagogues, small politicians, grain
buyers, cotton factors, and lawyers, who
suddenly disoover that they are * inter
ested in agricultural pursuits.' It is
true that they are interested in ' agri
cultural pursuits,' but only as a hawk
pis interested in the sparrow." Unless
the Grangers follow the advioo of their
Grand Master and keep themselves
from the presence of the professional
politicians, the Order will be short
lived, and will utterly fail to^coomplish
any useful purpose. '
Apropos of Zero.
Here is a joke going the rounds from
the Boston Journal, which many per
sons will read as describing rather a se
rious and altogether too seasonable a
reality:
Citizen?" Well, yon see how it is
yourself, Mr. Plumber. The girl left
the laundry-room window open, ther
mometer touched zero, water pipes
froze, then bnrst, and an no one knew
how to shut off" the plagney thing, the
water run half of the night."
Plumber??' Yes, I soe; very bad
break; wants new plumbing through
out; miserable pipes?wonder it didn't
happen long sgo."
Citizen?" How muoh is it going to
oost to plumb up in good shape, inclu
ding tenders ?"
Plumber??? Well, I don't know, but
I think 1 will take the house in part
payment."
Frkkch PoiiiaH.?Take of orange
shellao, 2 onnoes ; of wood naptha,
! half a pint; of benzoin, 2 dra<!hms.
Mix sna put in a warm place for s
week, and keep the raftUrials from set
tling by shak*?g it ?p. To apply it,
after having prepared your wood by
robbing some raw linseed oil into it,
then wiping it off again, aiake a rubber
of cotton wool, and put some old calico
over the face, and till you have a good
body on your wood keep the rubber
| W1 saturated with polish. When your
rub be* sticks, pot a very little linseed
oil or and rub vour polish up.. Allow
it to stand a few hours, ahd rive it
another ooat, using rather more linseed
?n?yvur m to get a finer
Clish. Then let it stand again, and
ish off Wi U| spirits of naptha, if you,
*?" 1 # ' 1 lil II
For FhfncHtj>T fwanors
, and.wton
. ?
? ? Facta aid Fancies. V U
One suicide in Norway to our* 182,
and it isn't maoh of a suicide either.
- Moderation is the silken string ran
ning through the pearl chain of all vir
tues. * ? r- j'
A girl of 14, in Brooklyn, Iowa, Im
sued a boy of 16 for breach of promise
of marriage.
A young lady jumped into the Ohio
river to recover her muff-jus* to" keep
her hand in.
Rochefort proposes ?when ha gets his
pardon to oome to America and start
a daily paper.
The narrow way of life is broad
enough for men who carefully, gently,
evenly walk in it.
Everything in Philadelphia is " cen
tennial "?except the ladies. They'll all
be twenty next spring.
It is estimated that a pair of healthy
sparrows having a family to bring up
will consume over 3,000 caterpillars a
week.
The bed to be avoided, next to an
onion bed, is probably the bed of the
river?unlees one is partial to sheets of
water.
A newly appointed Constable in West
ern Pennsylvania recently served a no
tioe'on a clergyman while he was in the
pulpit.
"I'm particularly * uneasy on this
point," said the fly to the young gentle
man who stack him on the end of a
needle.
"Leaf by leaf the roses fall," is the
tonohing preface to the Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiser's aooountof a default
ing postmaster.
The agent of Adams Express at
Granby City, on the Atlantic & Pacific
railroad was robbed by a lot of masked
burglars of $5,100.
A bill introduced in the Maryland
Legislature prohibits the attachment
of wages where the sum due the em
ployee is under $100.
I. How to destroy wbrms?Bury the
pork. And we beg to remark that it
had better be done quickly, for trichina}
items are multiplying. ??_ >
The English Post-ofice carries annu
ally abOut 70,000,000 letters, 75,000,000
postal cards, 103,000,000 book packets,
and 99,000,000 newspapers.
An eooentrio and rioh Englishman
has bequeathed ?50 to the London Gas
Co. on oondition that they burn his
body in one of their retorts.
There are two reasons why some peo
ple don't mind their own business.
One is that they haven't any business,
and the other is they haven't any mind.
The destruction of Taylor's fnrniture
repository in Belgravia, London, by
fire, is estimated at a loss of $15,000,
000. The amount of insurance is un
known.
An Indiana paper thus politely ex
presses an opinion of a judge: "He
knows just about as much of law as a
mule does of mineralogy?the chanoes
being in favor of the mulo."
Mrs. Gussel of Oswego advertises
that Ludwig Gussel, her husband,
takes no advice but that presented by
his own name, and that the groggeries
must stop presenting him the oppor
tunity.
"A Smoker" sent twenty-five cents
to the United States Treasury in full
payment of the duty on a ten-oent
cigar, whioh the oonsujner knew to have
been smuggled.
Chicory is said to be one of the most
hurtful things that can be taken into
the stoidaoh, causing inflammation and
dyspepsia, and several of the Eastern
States are talking of laws against its
being put into coffee.
Many of the Connecticut farmers will
abandon the cultivation of tobaooo.
Last summer's crop did not properly
mature, and still remains on the han*4s
of the producers, although in some
cases offered at half the nstial prioo.
Two cleavermen in Wilmington, O.,
the other day, receiving permission to
?how what they oonld do in cutting up.
hogs, actually dismembered 100 KP90/
average animals in 30 minutes. Tnoy
now offer to perform the same feat
25 minutes.
A fourteen-year old Lafayette gitt*
fell in love with a man at a hal masque,',
and the next day attempted death by,:
poison upon finding out that-ihe objeol
of her ipfatdatipn did noi reciprocate
her affection* ana would hM# nothing^
to do with her.' V ?
Knitting needles are made {n*ih<
United Btates only at Law^pnoovillcy
Penn., where aboul fire hnndred
rieties are produoed. New
Oonn., is the only plac# in ihp count
where common sewing needlea
made entirely by machinery. ?
If there be a class of^Timafi be*
ings db earth who may # ^
nominated low it is thatel
without earn in#, whrr<
producing, ino diasiak- w.AI
of their fathers or 9bUtMe% without 41
being anything in aft<^,g| theflNa^est^
Chorus of ladies (to odteeljr^fcnrate,
who is ascenfflng th# folder to hang
deooration^)?"On,"Sr. flwAiow, do
Uko c*re! Bos't j? upl Bo .danger
ous! Do *0una flown 1 Oal' Rhetor
(sarcssticsllv) Z- ?*He*lly,* flweettow.
don't yen tifnlr jn%IW.
riod man ?U that V *'