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FRANK P. BEARD, Editob ixd Pbopriztor. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF KERSHAW COUNTY. TERMS ?82.00 peb lsxvu, in adtasci ? ????- ? ? ? VOL. I. CAMDEN, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 1874. NO. 40. 'lhe Farorlte Child. Which of five snowdrop? woald the moon Think whitest, if the moou could see ? Which of five rosebuds flushed with June Were reddest to the mother-tree ? Which of five birds. that play one tune On their soft-shining throat*, may be Chief eingcr ? Who will answer me ? Would not the moon know, if around One snowdrop any shadow lay ? Would i.ot the n>ee tree, if the ground, Should let olie blossom droop a day ? Does not tho oue bird take a sound Into the cloud, when caugftt away. Finer tha.u all the sounds that stay ? Oh, little, quiet boy of .t ine. Whose yellow head he# languid here? I'oor yellow head. It* restless shine Hnghtened the butterflies last year' - Whoso pretty bands may intertwine With paler bauds ucseeu but near You aro my favorite now. I fear ! WHO KOnilEI) MADAME. I had waited bat a few minates when she entered. The tasteful cap surmounting the brown locks clustering iu a pretty con fuhiou of short curls about her forehead proclaimed her no longer young, though the fair blooming face and shapely form were far more suggestive of youth than of old age. Altogether, Madame Le roux was u lady of most attractive up pearance. She approached me with nervous haste, her eyes fixed on mine. " I sent for?you are?" she faltered almost inaudibly, and then paused in a pitiable state of agitation, her slender lingers slowly intertwining themselvi-s, and her whole frame trembling. " Detective Asnton," J responded, hastily, drawing forward a chair. She 6unk into it, and by a silent kos ttire Invited me tu be seated.?Prraaut ly sho murmured in a low quivering voice : " Monsieur, I am in great distress. My " aud again paused, overcome by her emotions. I waited a minute in expectant silence, and then said : "A case of robbery, I understand, Madame. Permit mo to ask whether your seivants are entirely honest ?" " Entirely," she answered brokenly. "*1 hare served n?e for twenty Lnd your pupils ?" lot a shadow of suspioion mav 1 them." '** And the resident teachers ?" She gasped once or twice, and then Controlling herself with a mighty ef answered tremulously, " Pardon my agitation ; I am worn ith trouble and anxiety," adding eently, in more even tones, " I will [ you about it, Monsieur. My school _ as you doubtless know from report, _Ae best, aud, consequently, the most ^flourishing in the city. I take much aoney, and often keep large sums by ?e. This is my private business room", ad in yonder cabinet I store my snr s funds." ' A rather unsafe place," I oom ote'd. "Not at all, Monsieur," she answer ed, decidedly. " It is fnrnished with ?aeoret receptaole. Disoover it, if you 7 oan." And rising, she led the way to the cabinet, and threw open the desk. Ji But I exhanshed my wits to no pur pose. Madame looked on in silenoe till I drew back and folded my arms. She then quietly asked : "You would not suspect the fact I have (hated ?" " Of the secret compartment is here, moBfc certainly not." It U here," she replied, briefly and ? Emphatically, aa ahe closed the deak." "How many times hare you been , robbed?" \ "Nightly, for the past week/' she Jeaiwered, excitedly. " A large amount was taken the first night, bet since then on It a few oounterfeite winch I deposit id In hope of detecting the thief with out assistance." ? ? " Has any one nnder your roof a knowledge of the secret of the oabinet?" I inquired, after a little interval of silenoe. " But one !" sbe ode^ bunting into tears, and wringing her hands in an agony of distress. ?? Bnt one 1 hut one, alas r I sgain deliberated a moment, and then said tlrmly ?/ " Madame, I have not a doubt that I can, in time, clear up this matter with out assistance, bat it if no less certain that perfect candor QU your part will greatly aid me." It was ionw minutes before she oould compose herself sufficient to Sbfwer. When ahe did it was in. beaft4)roken ..A*0? Hght, ***& x must till rou. My ?u<picion?4oint to one who fcaa for yearabeenmy aK namely, Mademoiselle De Antoinette De Qrav Mademoiselle De OrtkyTia b prot*ff? since the death of her wbinh oor-tirred while she was j fan!. In her I have hitherto _ the moat unlimited confidence J now I am diatrMted with donbta it if impo*> sible tt> alienee." . ^ " But, Monsieur, I hav4 not sent for you to Ultravel this web of flhyatery with any intention of giving publicity to her cuilt. Heaven knowa I only de ?ire to learn the trnth for her own dear ?eke. I would not wrong the innocent even in thought; the guilty I would unoeaaingly labor to restore. *r . Thrn witL a sudden bnrst of grief lh^ exclaimed : My poor Antoinette I She ia so jfcung I Bo winning I end so beanUful !H V Does Mademoiselle De Or?y know of your suspicions ?" I inquired, as a deep sob choked her utterance. " She doeB. A few hours before I sent for you I told her of my loss, and entreated" her to confess and receive my forgiveness." " With what result ?" " She gazed at me with startled eyes for a moment, and then in proud, al most soornful accents replied that I, above all others, should know whether she was capable of suoh a deed." " And is she acquainted with the fact of your having secured my services ?" " Oh, yes, Monsieur. I hoped it would frighten her into a full con fession." ?? Your servants ?" "They know nothing whatever. For Mademoiselle De Grey's sake I have kept these startling robberies a pro found secret. After a few minutes serious consipera tion I said : " Madame, I will watch here nightly until the mystery is solved." Madame shook her hoad despond ingly. . " It is quite useless, Monsieur. I am no coward, and have already tried that plan, and, strange to say, my cabinet remained intact both times." " Perhaps Mademoiselle De Gr?y suspected your intentions," I replied. "This time we must guard against the possibility. And now, if you please, I ill trouble you with a few more de tails. About what time do these rob beries take place ?" '? Always between midnight and day break. I seldom retire till twelve o'clock, and on the night of the first theft it was considerably later. I re member distinctly : for by a singular coincidence Mademsiselle De Gray and I sat here discussing the possibility of tne very event which occurred. The recent Madworth robberv had im pressed us both deeply, and as we left T.-W-.TW T hiwln Mnrt nmniaal In Wlr t.ha door." " Did you look the other?" I asked, indicating ono I had noticed awhile be fore. " That is only a store closet." " It might secrete a burglar, how ever." " Yes, Monsieur ; but it did not. H was in there a refjr few minutes before we retired." " And the key of the door here? did Mademoiselle know where you pot it ?M " Certainly, Monsieur." " And since that night ?" " Alas ! Monsieur, I have hidden my keys in vain." After some furthor conversation I took my leave, promising to return about midnight. I did se. Mademoiselle .and the ser vants had retired, and, aa previously arranged, Madame answered my light tap herself. She ushered mo into the private room, and soon bade me good night. After a short absence she returned with a steaming cup of coffee and a | plate of Dutch cako. " falways take a cup before retir ing," Bhe explained, "asd thought you might find one acceptable." And with a final good ntght she left me. Feeling both chilled and thirsty, I emptied the cup alraoat at a draught. ! Then wheeling a chair behind the cur tains draping a bay window, I extin guished the light and sat down to await the appearance of the unknown I thief. But I saw nothing. Just at daybreak 1 Madame softly entered the room and spoke to me. I rose unsteadily to my feet and stepped from behind the our tains. Bhe gased at me in surprise for | a moment, and then smiled a little ironically : "Monsieur slept well, I perooive."' "Yes, Madame, if well means sound I replied. " The coffee was rugged." "Drugged I" she echoed, staggering back a pace or two. "Yes, Madame. Permit me to ask who made it?" Bhe covered her face with her hands for an instant, aa<f then dropping them reeled over to the cabinet. In a minute she was beside me again. "Who made it?" she repeated in deep hollow tones. " Mademoiselle De Gray ! And?and, monsieur, the, money in gone. I" " But," I answered, in some vexa tion, " mademoiselle, of all others, should not have known of my presenoe here." " Ah, monsieur, I was most careful,** returned madame, sorrowfully. " Tis a mystery how aLe gaincd her knowl & , '^tVell, Madame," 1 answered, after a few minutes' deliberation, "we will meet Mademoiselle on her own ^onnd. Permit her, if von please, to ptepare another ono of ooffee to-night. Bhe will no doubt, count npon its effects." And that night I received another steeming cup. But it was received obty. Consequently I was not found JftS watehed patiently for two Mlburs or more, when the aoor softly tfpefied and a pale, slender little old Em wrapped in a crimson dressing , and about whose bare head d ? few aoanty gray looks, stole noiselessly into the room. Bhe carried a bunch of keys and a lighted taper in a small bronse candle stick. Closing the door oftrefally be hind her, she proceeded at Ono* to the ?MMt, i ^ Jjr ? "Can this Weird-looking ohVwoeaan be Ma<lcYnoiA*lle De Frayr*'!thought, gar.ing after the singular apparition " No, it ettnot be. Csnftainlymade moiseUe U young. This mtotWlon? old relative o? friend of madaraa"' Quickly as noiseleesly she approached the cabinet, and in a moment it was unlocked, and the secret compartment open. After carefully withdrawing the notes deposited there by madame a few hoars previous, she snapped the spring and r?closed the desk. Then turning quickly away, Bhe went over to the Btore-closet. I now left my hiding-place and cau tiously followed. When I reached the door she was in the act of removing the false bottom from a large japanned box in'one corner. Dropping it on the floor beside her, she took from the box a roll of notes, and after adding the one just stolen, retnrned the bundle to its place again. Then hastily restoring the box to its former order, she rose and turned I away. I I stepped back a pace or two with the design of seizing her outside the closet. In a moment she appeared and con fronted me, and for the ffrst time I ob tained a fair view of her features.. But instead of the horror and dismav which I had been anticipating, I was the one to fall back aghast. My outstretched arms dropped pow erless as, with swift tread and strong gaze, sho swept past me and out of the room. " And this is the solution !" I mut tered, drawing a deep breath of relief as the door closed upon her.- "What will madame Hay? Will sho readily credit the reports I must give ?" Without deciding the question I dropped on the sofa and made myself comfortable for the remainder of the night. As on the previous day, madame sought xne early. Bhe looked at me scrutinizingly. " Ah ! monsieur has had another good night, without the aid of drugs," fdie remarked, somewhat tartly. *' Yes, madame, a very good one," I renlifid ? "but I flr?t earned tfre right." 44 Ah 1' ejaculated madame again ; but this time very tremulously. 44 Then you have?you?" " Yes, madame," I answered, finding she could not finish the sentence. " And now will you kindly allow me to see Mademoiselle De Gray ?" "No, monsieur! no!" she replied, with hasty emphasis. " My poor An tainetWhas sinned, no doubtj but she shall be protected. You shall not seeu, my poor child, monsieur, eluded pssionat*?y. ?? will make a good womjn of her yet !" " My dear madame, you quite mis take me," I answered feelingly. '? Ma demoiselle is innooent." I was hardly prepared for the little Frenchwoman s outburst of joy. " My Antoinette ! My pure darling ! My white dove ! My wronged angel ' Sweet heaven, I thank thee P she cried tearfully. ' And before I oould say more, she had darted from the room. In a few minutes she retnrned, leading a tall, elegant, golden-haired girl, whose proud eyes glittered with tears. This fair vision of youthful beauty left madame's side and camo to me. ^ thank you, monsieur," sho said, with simple,'earnest dignity. "I thank you most truly." "1 have done little or nothing to en title me to your thanks, mademoiselle," I smiled in response. " But have you no desire to learn the name of the guiltv party ?" J 41 Ah, true 1" exolaimed madame. "I forgot all but my infinite joy. Tell us monsieur." First, madame, I answered, " per mit me to restore your stolen money. You have your keys, 1 see ; will you be Kind enough to open the treasure box ?" And hastening to the oloset I brought out the japanned box. Madame knelt down and wonderinfflv turned the key. I then lifted the lid and removed the false bottom. An astonished exolamation parted Mademoiselle De Gray's lips hut madame leaned over* the box like one * j'?*m i *nd oould not be oonvinoed until the notes wore in her hand and oounted, that it was no dream at all but a moat ploanant reality. " Yes, Antoinette," she at last said, rising and casting the notes on the table 44 every sou of it is here. And to think of its being in the old box. An? toinette I" " *e"?" ?miled mademoiselle, with s puxsled expression, " bat " *? * "Bat," interrupted madame, even more vivaciously, ?t* wh0 put it in to the box? Yes, that is the point, monsieur ; who put it into the bo* f ' And she fixed her eyee in eater ts peotanoy on mina* ? ' i* "The?the apparition," I faltered/ entered the room between two and three o'olook, and vent straight to the cabinet. In a lew moments the dMjH were purloined and Jfcpoei ted *4#1 yon juet now found H." "Butthe eeorat mmilmrf, m< aienr," intnmipted Wm it opADfld without " lea, ma dame." *' Strange I moetetrange 1" she < lated, in perplexing t&i next inetant, ?? Go on, " That in ell, madame." " All I But what did you neur t" she aaked, abarply. "Nothing, madame, nut, ?aide and gaoa like an imbecile alter the retreating form I had extended my hand to Mifsfl.** " Oh t" exelaimed madame, in a low, awed roioe. " Wae it?yon ealled it an apparition I reeollent monaieur. Wh*% ?what did it resemble t" ' *3 "It vh a women. A email, paliOT woman eled in a trailing orimaon robe " " A erltuson robe I" echoed madam? and mademoiselle, both evidently ?ghaut "Yes, and with silvery white hair?" "White hair!" *R?in *chqed both looking at each tlinr^fth fa0ea ?' oons ter nation. Mademoiselle De Gray recovered her self first. " What else, monsieur ?" she queried impatiently. V "Nothing else, mademoiselle," I re plied, " exoept that this singular ap parition carried a bronze candlestick and yonder bunch of keys. ' Mademoiselle gased at me a moment in silenoe, and then turning, suddenly flung her arms about the madame's neck, and kissing her on both cheeks exclaimed between tears and laughter? " Oh ! you nanghtj, naughty thief?" Madame stared from mademoiselle to me the pioture of bewildered dismay ; then dropping her eyes to the floor she revolved, apparently, some perplexing question. Presently she looked up. "Tell me, Antoinette," she mur mured doubtfully, " why did you drug monsieur's coffee ?" " I ?" exclaimed mademoiselle, flush ing with astonishment. " I did it no more than I stole the money. I knew not that monsieur was here, much less that he took ooffee. But perhaps," she roguishly added the next foment, as she again showered kisses on madame's roseate cheeks. " But perhaps you can plead guilty." Again bewildered dismay widened madame's eyes, and, after a "little, she faltered : "Oh, Antoinette, I?I?yes, I cer tainly did ! Monsieur slept well and I slept poorly. Yes, monsieur got my powders ! I never thought of it till this minute." "What powders ?" laughed Made moiselle De Gray. "The morphine J" exclaimed mad ame, more composedly, " I felt sleep less and exoited, and put it into a cup, intending to pour my coffee over it; but I must have given monsieur the wrong cup." Then, suddenly snstehing the keys from the table, she thrust them into Mademoisello De Gray's band, exclaim ing, tearfully : " There! keep them, my poor, wronged darling. I hate played * La Somnambula' long enough. And I, looking at madame's brown curls, roseate skin, fad faultless figure, Past Glories of the Steamboat. A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe, who has been making a trip lo look at the flood of the Mississippi, re ports a conversation with an old steam boat man as follows: " You may think," said old Aleck Runyan to me, a few days ago, as we stood on the levee contemplating the boats, " you may think thar's only one difference betwixt a steamboat now and a steamboat twenty-five years ago ; you maybe think it's a difTrence in bilers. Bat thar's more difTrenoe than bilers. The boats is diff'rent; the people is diff'rent; the way they does things is diff'rent, and when I stand on this levee and look at them boats, I grieve, sir, I grieve for them times when things was known by their right names. Then one biler was enough for a boat; now a dozen isn't sufficient. Then rousters was rouBters ; now they are gentlemen, and wear Btand-up oollars and sleep in the cabin. Then the engineer was-only an owner ; now he's a gentleman, and the pilots and captains was the other owners. Why, I've seen this river and have known it, man and boy, onto thirty-eight year, and as I see it gof down it makes me grieve, it nllkes me grieve. Whar'a yer explosion's now ? That settles it ; yer don't have none like yer use to have, and yer going down stream, right along. Bah I This yer river never had but one boat on it. Old Bull Whitman and me and Jim Dunn,> We owned the steamboat. These yeer fellere wouldn't oall her nothin', 'oartae she had only one biler, and one owner was oap'n and pilot; and another engi geer, and the other roustabout. But that boat never was passed but onoe't, and then they only passed her wrepk. Bhe was blowed up higher'n a full moon when she waa three lengtha ahead,and every soul on ktt was killed." "All the owners on boardsAleek?" " You bet. Well, we had a meeting after she busted, and we oonabided to rrn her again, and we kep| h? in the trade till we split urn Yer see Mm way these boats tmat, fhsy gets a ptmpin' sand and it etfta tbe pump valves, so Ibey don'ITi*"" imp valves, so -Mar we was and the etflMtr tefe the piWt bis ginJR*and he ?urf?lop aad *> ? and me plays fos4h? plot's idM m gtlWflpl" ?atin Gtmtwino Marsul?Wh^a table-tops and like articles of marbla become soiMH, they should first be cone over with a soft sponge and some strong, but cold, soap snds. This wilt remove the dirt ana greaee; the soap la then waa bed off with 6t+ea water. When mtj. the matble should be rubbed over ?fth fine powder of Stlainj tin, moist ened with water, and applied with a cushion of ontton. After rubbing with this for a short, time, finish off by rob bing with a pi^o of ootton flannel or ?*"ft leather. - Harry HnUee's Trouble. Harry Hulsee and Bertha Lovelace had been brought up near t?*ch other. Harry left an orphan at twelve, and Bertha, who was two years his junior, promised Harry, iu his troubles, that she would be his little sister and friend. Harry was educated by Bertha's uncle, and things went on pretty well at Lovelace Hail, for the time being, except that the old uncle's manner to ward Harry was stern and rigid. Our story oommences on Harry's birthday; he was no longer a child, but a full grffwu man of twenty-one. He was seated in the grape-arbor, with his face resting in both hands. His brow was dark, with frowns, showing that a struggle was goiug on jn his mind. A rustling among the leaves aroused him from his reverv. A little white hand rested upon his shoulder, and Bertha's thoughts were framed into golden words of speech. " What ails you, Harry ? Cheer up ; you look as if a heavy calamity had fallen upon you." " My darling, there has," responded Harry. " What is it ? Confide in me, Harry." " Certainly, little one ; sit down, and I will tell you all." Bertha did as requested, and Harry went on to relate his trouble as follows: " Your uucle has nyulo a bold and unjust aocusation against me, Bertha." " What?" said Bertha, turning pale. " He states that he misses money from his desk, and as no one elua has been in his study but myself, ho thinks that I have taken it." "Did he say that?" queried Berlha, anxiously. " He did, and, were it not for your- | self, I would resent that accusation in a way that would be otherwise than I pleasant." Bertha stood still for * moment, i thinking intently, and then placed her I hand upoh Harry'H Bhouldm and kissed his foreho&d. " Cheer up, Harry ; remember my promise to be your friend and vindi cate your cause to the last. I will do it ; remain here until I return." The young girl darted swiftly away and entered Lovelace Hall. "What can she mean? The little sprite!" mused Harry. Bertha soon returned, holding her unole by the hand. Entering the arbor, the old laMUtWf? . ? " I have found the money, Harry!" " Harry oould soaroely speak ; his pride was deeply wounded, but he most conscientiously respected old age. Bertha came nearer and said,? " You know, Harry, poor unole is old and forgetful. I went into his study yesterday, to search for some papers. I knew I was breaking rules, and when I heard unole cotoing I hid behind a long curtain. While there I saw him Ake something from his desk and go to the oloset with it. I told him this, and we have searched the closet, and found the money where he had placnd it, and forgotten the transaction. And now make friends with uncle, for he is soi-ry [ that he acoused you wrongly." I " Harry laughed outright?he oonld not help it?to see this little peace maker's ooaxing ways. In six months Bertha and narry were married. Boon afterward the old tf!nn died, leaving them tfW owners of I^ove laoe Hall. * Got. Dlx's Temperance Principles. The Syracuse (N. T.) Journal pub lishes authoritatively a letter giving the views of Got. Dix on the subject of temperance. It relates his practioe in the regular army in early life of total abstinence, and contrary to army cus tom never drinking or offering liquor to any one. He was at a later period an active eo-operator with Edward 0. I Del a van ? ifk . the teitiperance ^anse. During the war of the rebellion his flrti act in taking command of the De partment of Yi%inia was to prohibit the introduction of spirituous liquors. When in oomAland at Huffblk he disafV J>roved of the requisitions for whisky or the Medfeal Department. His order issued ^ Jaltimore denouncing the use of Lntoifcating beverages by ofti<wtra-of the army tr perniolons, and character-" ijHng drunkenness as the bane of the militiry profession, and appealing for tM banishment from oanpand quarters of all intoxicating liquors, is quo^d. 'The letter states that the Goi#M|oT ve?< toed the so-called Local Option b()l because it was not an option bill, and" would dp to this temperance ca^aMf He "JwouUl h**o signed the arnendmetiVMU, had ft not failed in the Afllftmbly. Tht Civil Damage bill was signed in its stead. The bill legislature, givigi the right to eleotfixoiseC his ]Mrfsonal pi his notion in regard to tempo in his official' ana private ohi flitod in snpport of his temperanJ^ ] '?Won", ^ Ravage. A. singular aocident which happened to Sir Chreville Smyth is recorded J?7 the Ijondon Si?Yrting Qaxette. Sir Greville went into the stable to see a favorif ' horse. He generally takes ijHh him ? tamp or two of sugar, whioh he gives the hone, but on this oenasion he forgot the ngar, and while caressing the horse, the animal, probably anger ed at not getting his nsnal sweet mor sel, suddenly turned on the baronet, sained him by the throat and severely horn the fissh. The laceration was con siderable, but medieal assistance was promptly prooured. and no serious re sult* are apprehended, Items or Interest. Spilkins says that every newspaper he takes home only serves to create a bustle in his family. The Rural Messenger says a corre spondent checked peur blight bydigging down to the roots of his trees and throwing in a quantity of scrap iron, and covering all over. The other day a Keokuk local aston ished a visiting editor by picking up the pastepot and a pair of scissors, v.*ith the remark that ho " must go out on the street and look up a few items." A thief who was trying to enter a jewelry store in Belfast, the other night, was deferred by a plucky woman on the other side of the street, who threw lumps of coal at him from her open window. A young at matSt. Jose.Cal ,bet that he could get a billiard ball into his mouth. Ho succeeded, and hereafter will get the ball in quite easily. Tun doctor had to rip his mouth a little to get it out. It is not uncommon in giving advice to newly married young ladies who mar ry poor.young men to allude to the fact that Eve married a gardener, but they don't say anything about the gardener losing his situation on account of fliat match. " Can you tell me where wicked boys go who fish on Sunday?" asked a sober looking gentleman of a little chap who had worms and a rod. " Yes ; sumo of 'em goes to the river, and them as is very wicked goes to the lake. I'll show you the best plaoe at the lake." This is the kind of letter Western editors occasionally receive: "On Tuesday Four Gentlemen of this Place went Squirling and left town at one Oclock P M and Rode Four miles and Killed 55 Sqnirles and was Back home before Suu Set. not a good day for Squirling." ?Bulls w^rpi frnllft.l when the death of Sumner was announced in Dan bury, and during the knell a Ijiberty-etreet man rushed infc^he street and wanted to know wheqa tne fire was. He was informed thai there was no fire. "Then what's tlie matter ?" "Sumner is dead." " Kid he live here ?" "No." " Die here ?" "No." " Goin' to bnry him here?" "No." "Well, what's up ?" A verdant ate,* Troy hotel left hh oung wifeinhi# room one evening and he lightear^' " Well, "s am the oommodating olerk, with a smile, " wo usually light up at nine o'clock, tfnt to acoommodate yon I'll light up imme diately." He then sent a bell boy up to the room of the verdant to light the gas. The young man from the country was profuse in his thanks, and would not go back to his wife until the clerk accepted if cigar. Chinese vegetable peddlers are, as a rule, >ery accommodating to their cus tomers. A Celestial Vho had been serving a San Francisco family witl^ garden-sass, was reoently stricken down with small pox, since which time the vegetables have been procured from an other quarter. The lady of tho house afterwards overcame her scruples, called in a passing peddler, and pur chased from him a quantity of straw berries, potatoes and turnips. As he waa dealing these out she sort of weak ened, and said : " John, you no got small-pox, eh ?" "No, no ; me don't liabe got ; bringee he to-fcorrow." Taking the Near Cut. A boatman on tho Mississippi river tolls the following rich one :?" A poor chap wan going down the river in a dagout, and had been informed of a certain locality called Kick's Bond, [ which is eighteen miles nrrm%], :i#il in one place abont a hundred yards across. He was advised to land at the narrow point and drag his craft over, bnt he passed the spot, going down without observing it, and paddling on eighteen niiles around, he strnoV it on tho other side. Landing at once, he dragged his boat across, and went gliding nlong down with a light heart, till ho came along withiu a few pfeortr of the spot where ho had draggedracross before. Thinking it was a now cut off, h?> went aahor#and tnggell bis boat over again. Jftoeo-hogot back to the river a second tto* he sauntered round a little to TOreich himself, and sqpn discovered an old newspaper, ont of #f\ioh he lmd hierbreakfast. that morning. It wM now wont sundown, and lie had paddled about thirt^aiz miles without any flatterinfftnrogress, he scuttled bis dugout with a hatchet, built a camp id waited six days for a steamboat." f *?lP Sootchman Was taking his mill in sacks thrown across the bis horse, when tho animal M, ftnd the grain fell to the He had Hot strength to raise being an aged man, bnt he saw a hors*nian riding along, and thought ho WatlM appeal him for help, lint the h<yrs?man proved fo be the nobleman wpo-Hved Ml the castle hard by, and the fitaOMr ooald not tnnster courage to nsk a favor of him. Bnt the nobleman was a gentleman also and, not waiting to be asked, he quickly dismounted, and between them they lifted the grain to tbO horse'* back". John?for he was a Ktleman too?lifted his Kilmarnock net, "and aald: "My lord, how shall I e^er thank jjronfor your kind ness ? ' "Very easily, John." .replied tbe nobleman. " wbenevetf you Ma another maa In tbe same plight as ton were In J nut now, help him, and that, i will be thanking me."