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i. - /)pr\l /?7# BB JUST JL , , . . , ?? ?? l! CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNT] VOL. 6, 1878. NO. 27. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. aw THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. ^ OAH?U, S, APBIL 4, Mlt. FBIXK P. BEAM), Effior I Proprietor. i I i '"V" T* GmMpwUtaita. AU common IcoUoat tor t*l? paper abouM be ac companied by Uv. sum of U? Httpr, not mm. ?artfr for publication, Mmu ??Mmm of good faith on Um port of tb* writer. Write oal? on ooe ?Moot the paper. Be particularly careful la siring bum* and date* to have tbo letter* plain and <11 ? The Gazette ,%s , ' -f ?xi Job Printing Office > It bk it K k prepared to execute lu tin# utoet tioa of Job Prlnttu*, BUI Head*, Letter and l'oeters, IVxljfr r?, PlrruUr*, Hand Bill*, Vt*ltlug auil 4<ldre**CmrtlA, BuUneMt'ante, Ac. The public tuiut remain ber that the beet the cheapest. We iU> worV M Charleston Prices, aud entire satisfaction to our patron*. Work done I u Brouic, Red, Blue and We keep ronatantly on hand the largvet it?4k Papers aud Card a In towru. ?9?Tbe Advertising Agency o' Boa veil T. Logan, at Um oMce of tk? /Tmm and Gourltr, U the ?*? thorlsed ipiijr for thU paper la Charleetoa MffChtr frUnd* coming to town to m?*? vnr ch an*. or tn writing for information , will do ?# a/aoor by mentioning that tk ? advoriUotntnt w*o ***n (n tk* Kimiuw 0 azkttk. CAMDES BUSINESS CARDS. J W. MeCarrj, Dealer la Dry Qoods, Clothing, Shoea, Hardware, Crockery, Oro eirlw, Ai . Palmetfo Bakerr, by Mrs. B. Rich, 1 iwUirli rtBUfOraMMtul Oiirnl H?r*kM. dies IrMh Bread and Cakes always on hand. Weddlnge, parties and bells auppllad at short notice Ornamental Work m apeelal y. ?1. Danlap,Dragffl?t, dealer In pur# and ? reliable Drag send Medicines, Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles. Perfumeries, Soaps, As. Prescript llona carefully compounded. Store open regularly on Sundays from 10 toll 1. * PH?? dealers in Dry Goods, *? Clothing, Shoes, Groceries, Plantation Supplies. Ageats for several Staadard Fertlllscre. +> ^ Prank P? JBenrd. Auctioneer. Bales of llritil k,nd promp,ly *t^nd*<1 to- Consignments Jf?*T ."*? HIaekay,' Furniture Dealer. Re Paring neatly, p omptlyand cheaply done. prlco for .. ?? , .i wt old Metal* IMcCurry's Stores. I fieorge AJdra, Cotton Faetor and dealer ? la General Merchandise, also a fall assortment sf Parlor, QMoc and Cooking Stoves. J A* Arautreng'a Feed and Bales Bta ? bles, DeKalb Street. Horns and Mules al ways on hand. 1 ? Kennedy dfc Bojkln, dealers In Dry m Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Shoes, Hats, kp. Blgbsst aarket prtoe paid for eottoa. H C. KlrklOjTi Agent, Family and Fancy **? Oroos ' tee, Frolts: Hats, Confectioneries,- Glgara, ? Tsbacco. Ac. Tropical Prultln season. _ |)an Hosklas, Boot and Bboe Maker. Re "pairing attended to promptly. Orders solicited, and Sited with promptness sad at lowest prices. VD % Ij? Arthnr, dealer In Boots and Bhoes. Dry Qoods. Hats, Clothing, Ac. Hand Sewed Boots and Shoes a spojuitrT^ ; Mettg Btll.t Wheelwrights and Black smiths. Repairing promptly and well executed. HoteelSoolag a epoetin/. J M* Ingram), Jeweler and Repairer of ? ? n In ? .???'? 'ik- >>??">% ???? ;i.i> ' i ? ? ? [it J^?o?4aI?? manufiwturer abd dealer ,y?laTlnwarS, Sheet Xroa, Roofing, Guttering, Ac. fall Stock of Cooking, OHce and Parlor StoY?s al* waysea hand atlovrest ? rices, V?-:; ???* ;; ? > .iiaiagaa k^leCB^lst'M Cottaff <Bln yiiiiinfc| PTiTWr"" .'-"TV ' wlKelb Honse, by Mrs. A. 8. Rodgers. ** Regular and transient board on accommodating 'terms, Located In the centre of the city. Convey ances atdspotobarrlval of trains. COLUMBIA BUSINESS CARDS. rblna Hall, by W. B. Stanley, Importer v of and dealer la Onlna, Glass and Barthenware, silverware, Table Cutlery, Tinware and Houae Furnishing Goods. Main street, next to Carolina Hatlonal Bank. y J|eelc1Ing*? Art Gallery, opposite ** Wheeler House. Any style of pletnre, from miniature to life site. Old pictures copied and re duoed to anyfitte. - Tones, Davis A Bonkulghtu, Bucces " sors to R.C. Shiver A Co., dealersln Dry Goods, Carpets, Oil Cloths, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Ac. Sample* sent an application, and express charges paid on all bills of $10 or more. ? C. Stegers guarantees his Beer to be w ? pure and reliable. He doea not adulterate It, bnt brews from the best barley, malt and hops. \U I>. Love, wholesale and retail dealer In " ? Dry Goods, Notions, As. New Store, and Fresh Stock. Samples free by malr. Express charges paid on order* of $10 and upwards. Vftnard * Wiley, dealers In Clothing. * Six Shirts; with Linen Bosom and Cuffs, forte. Pants from #1.00 to $19. Vests 0k to $0. Suits #8. |b, $10 and upwards. Stock of hats largest and oheapest la the Stats. Umbrellas, Trunks and Travsllag SaUh4U . V II* Kelnltah, Drags. Mrdlolnes, Chera " teals. Seeds, Garden and Field Fertilising Chsmloais eh taps r than sver. Money saved and land enriched, Bend orders. Ten dollars will buy eaovghfor aton. This Is worth having. Look to it and address B? H. Hclaltsh, Columbia, S. C. J A. Headrlx Sc. Hen, Wholesale Gro ? ?ers and Commlstlon MsrohanU. ? If W* Tramp, m Mala street, dealer In Fancy Goods, notion', Ac Quick salts and small profits, Agent fvr Butterlck'a Patterns Qatalogttsfrsson appuenlon. Send orders. __ pat Ms?elian*? Restaurant Is the place to A get meals at all hours. Saloon refreshments of thsaest brands oaband Lunch dally from 11 a m. ? 1. !?. ? ? |)r. Thomas T. Moore, Dentist, Colum ? , fllereluA Bavls, Watches, Oloeks, Fine ^^SWslrFt Silverware. Platedware. Cutlery, Spencer Diamond Snee I repaired by first olass On approval and express 4 vorki Peter Kcmm, dealer In BooU?od8boM. M' ??"?? C?Jl5*AHot*>* Ma B**4 ?y Mr*. I mtf-niah ? .. ? - -m 1 l I-' ? . , - , . . - . , M. , . l?UbH?k?a IMA. gssassgsz: Srayil Iwn^ 9,?>t0jriU. 0*rpo?ln?lh tojjki, ? yard flUXA**" T"k ' w." fcSart,?j*s? te? Cor VMbJon*b1? IU^, ??* W? jSkffht ItpHM tklMtiVli .11 or<Ar? of g^-spBass LgsBgs-gssas A M. Mt?l?, OhMI GRANDMOTHER'S 80CK8. i)Mr Grandmother Gray *u wont to say, " I hope never to live to wo the day Whtu 1 aw; not be useful. In mim tort of way, To somebody else, and for thU I prsy." Many the )oy? of body and mind () rand ma ha* left with the years behind ; But the thinks ber Heavenly Father's klud. For she sttU can kult, though old and bllud. . So, day after day, she knits with a will. As if she thought the wheels of Life's mill. Without ber help, would surety stand 4111. No tine has she on her hands to kill! And while she knits, her memory dim Recalls a text, or some favorite byiun. Which she repeats with so much vlin. That ofttlmes the tears her eyes bedim. But, ohl you would laugh to see the flt* Grandma makes of tike socks she knits i I'm sore It would puxsle the wisest wits To know how to wear such wonderful (it*. For though she won't owu It, sometime*, you know. Her head will uod, and then, very ?low Her Angers move, until? down tliey go! Grandma's had a napl Oh, not ob, no! Well, after her uap, she forgets, yn^i see. Where she Intended the httl to be ; Ho she sometimes makes? one, two, or three In a single sock, as the case may be! Ho Grandma's socks are never a fit. But never a ward shall she know of It ! For her Jopand comfort It Is to sit. Day arter day, aud patiently knit. And loving hsnds lay the socks away . With a word of p'ralsu to Grandma Gray, Who, over berknlttlug, continues to pray Bhe may be useful till Life's latest day . Much of our life work, like Grandma Gray's, May prove to be useless : but Love will praise What we've tried to do. In our several ways, For Love's sweet sake, through Life's fleeting days. ?Botion Tranieript, THE H0U8E AFLOAT. BY A CANADIAN LADY. . a Jnn Western Canada. Abovo *d?> murky, brooding sky-below* ffiv?nDluSIUg, dV4 .afinSS door' whIle ,ho 8U?0n twilight ?oatTer?~ SSWS^sSi cx^'Vuf,""; i",',ph bo?u> ?>"! uncouth cried! UOt Hfra^, MisaBruce?" he ri JI. i." B^e 8*^^? wniling tttlutly. "The **4 wfa$z, lumberman ?trode oh agffn.^^ - bJk?^tnr fo"? utter and dense and EH. i ,l ? an<* Margaret Bruce shut her door, and went in to whnr* )???? ivi 1 Ml .at, amid bits of ,Hk and rfbton oTOrP7hi'' hS1'"!? biroiw." k"U lnlOH'rown hgrtt[ B''? ,lold helptcealy in lu-r !i with a nigh of relief (torn L? th hat tninslorred to Hotte'? ?kim,I hand? aud*eH asleep!'1 rCW ?n th" *?unge ?only on the r?co of the sloepor ft?J?lnM8|?nf ?f Ulose fatC8 thftt pretty awake Th? "8 APreUy R9 when th?y are awiiko. ihe soft, rose tinted cheek th? n,i' tir,CUr\ n? la8^? laid on lu round ncss, the small, crimson mouth the llttin r?^fr?,n?r^W niSt % A r,u.,r "i"&r sa *WftJ?3?s ft>?o, and smoothly banded lm. 1/ 'brown ^"rief Rnd HWoet' and ,he ?^?8 This was Rette'sqaS: uiull Xce^No thing very striking, you TJ h.',. ?k?" ^aUrarelR,tnC<,rn ftu,y w'??n'she smiled ilSi' j 'ing R mouth, after all that's Mid, and the eye# deepened, and sparkled Sffi?S&a?*i , slept and Iiotte worked ami ?h?. evening wore on. The night .{I bin? ?lnck and threatening over the blank ^^5SSS3 after heri?t?e\PTU0<>i,er' thftt effiched ISs ilT?v ? K *Vm to *? n?v?r alono ^ iee te. aa hands clasped l>efore hor eye# sho tum<wt hearth.1"6 "" b?rn0" *?W Who How the wind erie<l! All the b.in?h??, f SSrlh?",' '*< k and nobbed hea^rofCS^'ntttr&'^rlZ srrir ????>* uf nr,,?? watches, while the iriiiltv ?|JH Tht bealde them. No? fill? #?. p new-lwrn iL. *?? ?>? troubled dream t Why are thifrhn?!? !' S^rcfe'iS.v^'"^*'^ tS!&. disturb lior: but" for" Sl lLT^""^" 1? ^'wel'l "tl it * J?"or for her. T'lr:^" "V i"""t ?s> awiH pSHHiSf? SS^Bta^SSS hiftmVp!" m WafllhkrL'iL:'^ "w.?p m,n* n"?h river. waiK ghosts, and rustle ymir nvlslhin ??r KSsis'S dropped into a light slumber ' Lap, fhster lap, thou hungry tide! Rise, ?witter rise, thou reckless, raging river t Stretch thy rapacious arm but a little fur ther, cruel wave, and' the treasure is thine! Ah, ungrateful! Had not her eyes looked on thee with pity t Bette started from her light sleep. Was the world slipping from beneath her? What was this rocking motion ? the glid ing rush of waters beneath and around tliem? "Wake, Lil, wake ! We are afloat ! Oh, heaven, have pity!" What was it she had said yesterday in her heart, weary of waiting, thinking, with the exaggeration of the young, that she despaired? "Would I were dead!" Oh, no; ltfd is sweet. "WLat is it, Rette? Oh, Ret to, what is it?" said Lil, sitting up in bed, trembling. "We are afloat, Lil, salt' Rette. "We are on our way to the falls!" Ah, it seemed to her she could see their }>iunge half a score of miles below; the agged rocks, bo sharp ? so sharp; the mill ? what if that were gone too? Oh, James Lawson, James Lawson, must she die, and never know that you love her? But she would be calm for Lll's sake ? Lil, who was trembling and sobbing, ]>oor pretty little Lil. "Are wo going to die, Rette ? are we going to die?" cried Lil. "Heaven knows, Lil," said Rette, throw ing an arm round Lil's waist, and at tempting to draw her nearer. "No, don't,' Rette. Don't touch me. Don't look at me so." "VoorLil!" said Rette, softly and sooth ingly, as one might to ? jplilldL. Rut Lil shrank away, and. cried again, "Are we going to die? "HuBh, Lil,"' said Rette, solemnly. "Prqvidenpe may save us .yet, but It is best to prepare for the worst." And again she sought to encircle Lil's waist with her arms. Lil stepped back, and turned her face, which showed a frozen white to Rette. "Morgare^" she said, "I can't die, and have you find me out there. I'm afraid to. James Lawson gave me a note for you that I kept. For, Rette, I loved him myself, and I couldn't live to see htm an othcr's,1tyiren if he were not mine." | Lll's voice waB broken as she began ; but she spoke the last firmly, and almost defiantly. She was not sorry. She was only afraid ? afraid of Rette in the here after, always before so dim and shadowy, now so real and near. Thqv were going to die together. He could never be Rette's. For a moment there was only pain in Rette's loving breast,. "How could you do it, L1J, how could you ?" sho moaned, thinking of the long years that sho had held Lit Ut her heart like a sister, only with loving service than a stave ' "I tell yon t loved him, "Rettb: ? "Don't go to the Bend Gardens with the sot to-night. It's the only evening I can have for the week, and I've something I can wait no longer to tell you. "Yours, > Jamkr Lawhon." Ah Rette lifted her eyes from tho note, Lil wont, on in a dry, mechanical tono: "He came when you were away; and when I told him, he tore a leaf from Ids memorandum -book, and wrote that, and gavo to me for you." Explained at last ? the mystery of the altered manner of him who had been so nearly her lover that Rette, unable to bear It and meet him dailj', had left her situa tion as l>ookkeeper in his counting house, and come up bore to keep tho country school. She had gono to tho bend with the rest; and, of course, Lawson never suspected LIU of such treachery a? this ? Lil, whom Rette loved so dearly ? Lil, whom Lawson petted and liked, as one might a pretty child. ? Rette forgot Lil, forgot how cold wero the waves of that unsounded sea to which oven now the roaring river bore them evor swifter, in the ono thought that lapped her soul in ocstacy ? James loved her then, after all ? he was truo and noble ? she could dio, and carry her love for htm even to tho pure heaven she hoped for. On, on they uped, In the mad race for the sea Before them, ton thousand logs leai>ed along tho waves ? behind them, ten thousand, and ten thousand more fretted in the l>ooms that, strained to the utmost, barely held them at James Law son's wharf. Rette was praying, and Lil was curling her hair, so Rtrong is habit, you know, when the gray light of dawn stole in the windows. Rotto looked out. "We are almost down to the falls, Lil." sho said, solemnly. And as one who forgets all that has been on earth, so near Is the othor shore, sho went and drew Lil's head in her lap, with out a word. James Lawson rodo up and down the banks of the rlvor, jaded, tired, forlorn. His mill had gone over an hour beforo; the night had worked something akin to ruin for him, and he must bepln the world anow. What uiot What wan there in life for him? Who earod? It was hut the mood of an hour, for James Lawson was a man not ensilv killed. Porhapa It wan the romark of hfa partner that he "must go home to his wife," that net him thinking of something lie had sworn to hlmnolf nover to think of again. Ho pulled his hat low over his brown, thinking dispiritedly that there was none for him t<> go homo to fbr comfort or sympathy, in sorrow or in ley. "Halloo, Lawson!" called one of his men, who were scattered up and down iho bankn, trying to navo a log here and there. " Chore's a house coming down tho river, sure as you're 1>orn." Lawson lookod up the stream. It was a house, certainly, hut prohahty no one w?? in it. Yet It seemed a desolate thing ?a home afloat. On it came. There was something at tho door. IfeHvensI la that a woman? and the fkiln so near? Is there no help? A voire rang to tho shore ? "Jamesl James!" "Oh, Hettol Oh, my love? my life!"""* The logs before the house got into a jam, and held it haek for a little; and, in an instant, James Lawson's saddle wan empty, ami a strong swimmer breaking the rushing tide, while clear atW>v? the rush of wind and wave oamn a cry: "Jump, Hot to, at the Inst moment. I will nave you yet." If the Jam hold two minutes longer ? only two minutes longer; for if she leaped before he reached her, 'he fierce current would sweep her away. "Only Hette ? alwayn Hette," said Ml, bitterly, for she had stood In the door, and he must have seen her. And Lil turned away, and crouched on the floor, sure that death had no shar|>er pang than this. The logs away again? one shoots out ahand? tho Jam breaks. "Jump, 1 telle? Jump for your life!" Ah, bittor cold! black darkness! Is this death T "No, Hette, darling Hette; llfo, life in deed I" for a strong arm in round liar; and < A\ TH with a frame doubly nerved bp James Law son pulls for the shore. A girl stood again at the do cottage. Up the stream she shout. They are saved? -Rette Lawson. Oli, why would this love follow close to the grave? for even ten have a peculiar tremble ? and louder, ever louder, grows the roar of the Canadian Falls. The waters spin? a crashing her ears. "Forgive, oh, heav aud " "Poor little Lill" ssid Rette, on shore, faint, dripping, saved. And "Poor little Lill was all said of her when llette said, never got your note." ??^^/ras It was wonderful to sec what a i there was in James Lawsoa's ffcc morning to noon of the day after ! was swept- away. If he wss a man, nobody would have guessed it| Ills manner. .That was ten years ago, and have got courage somehow; for .?.1 mill on the river again, with James, son for owner; and high up on the r| bank -very high, you maybe haB a house with Rette in it. - --ft But llette trembles a little, in her even now, when the spring flresljet*pHW MILDRED. i BY CONSTANCE MAITIiAND. ? ?? ? she lifted up her oyee, v/ir w And loved him with a love that vu her 4w, read Mildred, from that sweetest i * l Tennysori'? sweet Idyls ; and as she I* W a moment upon the suggestive worm . f " the conscious blush mantled over <v" and brow, our eyes met in f;lance ; and each, as if by earned for a truth what hi only a suspicion? that we us, Randolph Duhamel. ' "Mildred?" * ? " Constance T ' * V And, like stags at bay, we ' other in the face for one long m> with a sudden flush, which, c.. left her fece as white as ashes, Ml "Constance, what are we to tfo " There nothing for us swered, turning away with my heart, ?"nothing, but other's secret." There was a pause, and with a slight tremor in * stance, whatever hapi come between our frle . , "There Is no r "Yes, there Is, . . . , between our love I Heaven true 1" And again and again, since that <ay, I have thanked heaven for the promise theu exchanged between us. On that same evening was Mrs. Murray's toires danaanU, at which wo wero both engaged ; and, with what cheerfulness wo might, Mildred and I dressed and wont. There is a dim feeling of vagueness mixed with my recollection of the earlier hours of that ball. A oonfbscd soneatlon of lights and porfume, of music* and dancing, and a cloud of forms and oplors, in which Mildred and I seemed to he for ever tossing to and fro, now apurt, now to gether, jet ever with a strange current of sympathy flowing ceaselessly from one to tne other, and keeping record in each of the other's heart beats. And then Ran dolph Duhamel's dark, clear-cut face came between us, and in the intoxication of his presence, Mildred ? all was forgotton. I know now how fully the happiness of a whole lifetime lived and died In that one short hour ; I know how the lights in the dazzling ball-room grew faint an&pale before the animated glow of hiB dark eyes ; how the hum of sound hushed into silence as hiB voice only found audience fa my ears ; how everything turned into Wetrf somo insignificance, and sight and qound became cold and dumb before the presence of tho man I loved ; and my foolish pieart kept beating a wild measuro te the words, " I love you, Randolph? I love yen? I love you I ' until .1 almost feared It might break into voice and betray my secret} And then ? then came tho awakonlng. I remember how the cool air of the con servatory blew over my cheek like a chill as wo turnpd In among the dark plants. I remember, as we passed, the white look of Mildred's faco as she stood by the side of some tiresome partner ; and I remember how, like a heavy blow upon the heert,' came, in their ftill significance, the words he was saying to her. "Randolph Duhamel Is engaged to Miss Fanny Powell I" ? I dropped his arm and 'looked at him. There was a glow over the dark choeks and a smile upon the pliant Hps, that gave confirmation to the story even he spoke, t "YeS, Miss Constance. I was bringing you into this quiet placo to tell you. Win you not wish me Joy?" And, with a dead weight whore all had been so light bofbre, I took the proffered hand, and murmured some low words of congratulation. "Home, homo I" I repeated, restlessly, to myself. ? Oh, to got homo and think? to think I How womd thinking help me now? But Roon we wore alone again, Mildred and I ? alone with eachjother. united more than ever in the agony of cur mutiutl trial. /?'?. .&?>'? Some little toars, some passionate words wero Indulged l>etween us ; and then, as by common consent, ihe subject' was dropped, and each bore her own woight of ' trouble as best she might. But I saw how Mildred's cheek paled day by day, and how the slight hectic flush came and went ; and I saw, too, that Mildred suffered under a still more trying form of sorrow than mine ; for thinking, as I know sho did, that Duhamel's chosen wife was too childish for h%$ love, she mourned tho downfall of an Idol ; I, only that It passed into another's keeping. To me. my god was a god ntlll. > And then spring came, and brought this wedding day. "flhall you got" asked Mildred. "No I" I Answered, choking back the stony i>aln that would rise In my throat. " Go, Mildred t Do you know how I hate to think of his marrying that'girlt Do1 you know I could almost hate him, too, only that I loved him onoeso dearly? that I love him so madly still I" Hor smile was very quiet, very sad, too, as sho answered, " It seems now as If I had loved a different person. My Randolph Duhamel Is dead. I shall go, Constance." And she went. And I laid h\t>carU4i vhits before me on the table, an^fwsnt over again every line and feature otf the noble, beautifhl face, and every woi* and look that, during our three years df ac quaintance, ho had ever given mej; and then, with a passionate pride Struifallng against uncontrollable love and yearning. I flung the photograph In the flrl and wept. T J They were my font tears. I have shedany since. never AjwI Mildred grew paler and more fragile ; and I knew that my tweet oousin was slowly, learlug for behind her the shadow or her short life*? sorrow. And oh, the bitter longing with which I craved to sleep also ! Life wm no weary, and I only twenty -two ! The prolonged wedding tour, waa over, and thty had pome home again ; but we had never seen them. Now it begun mm me, a clamorous longing that not go down, to look upon his face and a wild plan wove itself in my hat must be acted out. remember how olreuchingly it mined, v the dim lampe flared against the misty sky, how the oold wet of the pavements struck through my thin shoes as I hurried, like a guilty thing, along the streets that , led to their home. I remember my loud | heart-beats, how I kept wearily oountlng them, and wondering strangely If thoy would ever be still again, and the faint trembling of my feet, that seemed to make No progress through the slippery mud, and how forbiddingly the dark houses frown til upon my ertand, and how that house ? hit Aoum? seemed to reel, as if to Ml and crush me. And then, creeping up the lonely steps, I climbed, I know not how, over the low balcony mils,, and ttrouohed fearfully agalnsjbthe window. He was there, a? I Had thought, and ?Asf Oh, Mildred, my dying Mildred, cbttld that child lovo him aa we had done? *?.'< i ItrOee into sound, almoat like a crvAj And then again and again I pressed to the on tlfo sacnxl head oP my Tost* love? hih! on k*r$, too, slnoe he lovedher. And then, with, a last ? despairlug gate, | turned Butasltrted my purloined latch ) with shaking fingers, a cold hand wtfaL on , mine, and a (Klnt voice aaid, "Help \ In.^Cwstanoelf I aa w%oifygo^out, a too late for blame J, Now that I liave t ideed. I wondered ^agu^y which lot waa bcstS^ this, or the one ahvwould (Kin have chosen t And would EtentHy tell Duhmael our , upo* tWl tor, roam none more conspicuously than in that of hunting. The particular tribe of Nob Perces who occupy the region referred to seem to bo cut off from ail other IndianB by their peculiar and almost di?gU8tlng method of obtaining food, from which they have derived tholr distinguishing name of Diggers. In certain parjjp of South America, in Brazil and Patagonia, there are races of men known as Diggers, so-called because they live upon roots and wild herbs which they dig from the earth ; but the name, as applied to the Indians of the Northwest, arises from an entirely different custom. These Noz I'crces of the Lewis Fork country llv? upon grasshoppers. Grass hoppers raw, stowed and fried in summer ; grasshoppers dried and made into soup In the autumn ; grasshoppers ground and baked into bread or cakes in the winter ; and too often, from lack of provisions, grasshoppers momorles in the spring, until the warming sun brings again their winged game to save them from starvation. Hut it is not their habit of eating the grasshopper, but the mode of capture, which has given them their name. Early in June, the Indians selcct some open prairie well covered with grass, and dig a trench, half a mile in length, some six feet wide and three deep. Along one side of this they collect great heaps of dry grass, mesqulte and sage bush branches, and having arranged their trap, they await the coming of tholr victims. As soon as the insects arrive, covering the entire country In countless swarms, the Indians, with their horses, post themselves upon the prai rie some thirty rods apart, ]>arallel with hut upon the opposite sldo of the ditch from the dried brush, and a mile or more distant therefrom. Then tying lariats or long hide ropes between their ponies, one end to one and the other end to another, and allowing the slack to trail along the ground between them, they slowly rido toward the trench. The grasshoppers, slowly and with short flights, are driven beforo thom, until, as they advance, the air becomes black with the flying cloud, and the long ditch Is reached. Millions of the insects spring Into It, millions more follow? the hole Is nill j then up rush the squaws of the hand, who have been waiting near ; they nelzo the brush and dry wood and throw ft upon the struggling mass, preventing escape j at either end flro Is set, and as the hot flames run crackling to meet each other the grasshoppers are roasted to death.. The Indians thon empty tho ditch, eat such portion of their strange food as they desire, grind other portions of it between great stonos, and pack It as meal or flour in buckskin bags for winter use ; and, waiting a day or two, until the prairie Is again covered with the Insect army, repeat the operation. This goe? on through all the summor season until the chill blasts of autumn drive the Indians to tho mountains and kill tho grasshopper host; and it Is from nuch-a strange custom that this tribe of Ner. 1'oroes are to day known as Diggers. Vortht and Htream. . HIDE8 AND LEATHER. leather can bo made of the skin? of all animals, but those furnished by cattle are preferred. The quality of a hide de|>ends much on the kind of food and modo of living of the animal, those of wild cattle being stronger and more oompact than those of domesticated cattle, while those of stall fed are bettor than grazing cattle. The thickness of a hide varTiss on different parts of the l>ody, that on tho Iwek and head being much thicker than other parts, while that on. tho belly Is tho thinnest. This diflerenco of thickness Is loss con spiouous in tho case of sheep, goat* and calves. In sheep the skin Is thinner as tho wool Is longer. The butt or oaek of the ox -hide forms the stoutest and heaviest leather, such as Is used for the soles of boots and shoes, for most parts of harnoss and saddlery, also hose for Are engines. Formerly,' when the u#e of metelllo armor was on the decline, its place was supplied by a very thick, pliant leather mado from the hide of the wild bull of the forest* of Poland, Hungary and Russia, This animal was commonly " buffe," whence originated tho term huff leather. The Russian Com pany, chartered by Henry VIII , was compelled to Import a certain number of buffehldea for military purposes. Real buff-leather was pistol proof and would turn the edge of a sword. The hides of the wal buffalo of Italy were alto Imported for the aame purpoae. The modern buff leather la made from cow hide, and Is quite a different article. Hides are properly thick skins, thick hides being called butts, whereas, those only that are thin retain the name of skins ; yet the latter even differ much In thick nees, that, for lnstanoe, of the hippopota mus being from one to three Inches thick, while thoae of the lamb and kid do not equal the thickness of ordinary pasteboard. The sklna of bulls make thicker, coarser, and stronger leather than thoee of the cow, while that of the bullock is intermodlato between the two, and that of the calf Is thinner tluui that of the oow. Of ox-liides, the moat valuable aro Imported from the plains of South America and from jthe Cape of Good Hope. The Bouth Ameri can hidee, which are in the highest repute, are obtained from the half-wild cattle which roam over the wide plains between Buenos Ayres and the Audes, and are prepared for the market by being dried, smoked or salted. Horse -hides are not so fine in the grain an those of the ox, and are generally used for saddlory or thongia for common whips and other similar purposes. Sheep-skin# servo many usefbl requirements, since by dressing they can be made to] Imitate almost any of the dearer kinds of tight leather. Goat-skins have long been prized for the excellence of the leather which they yield. In Switzerland, tho south of France,' and Italy, great numbers of goats are reared for the qake of their milk, and their skins are exported to this country and England to be prepared as true morocco leather. Goat-skins, and espe cially those of Swi xerland, have a bcau^l fol grain, are easily dyed brilliantly anf permanently, while they are much stronger and more durable than sheep skins. The leather is largely In request for covering chairs, carriages and books. In Germany It is made into drosses by tho peasantry. ) ?,' Tho couth of France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Italy produce large quan ?titles pf kld:sklns, those of Franco belug tho moat perfect and of the finest quality. Great care is taken in tho rearing of kids, which are generally killed before tho/ commenco feeding on herbage, for as soon as they leavo off their mother's milk the delicacy and fineness of tho skin is Injured, and ^rendered Unfit for glove-making. Older kid-skins are used for shoes, braccs and binding, for which they are suitable from their great strength and elasticity. Pig or hog-skin leather is principally valued by saddlers. In England and Ire land pork is generally cooked with the sklntm, whll$ hi Scotland the opposite cus tom prevails. Skins of wild boars have been known to be of the thickness of two ipchea, and even thicker skins have been exhibited, one in particular requiring sevon years to tan, Deer, antelope, cat, dog, rat and seal skins are also made into leather /or various purpoa*. ? vr w * iiwiMTiiiM ?ni stummpi Our merchant was a Quaker, andfjluie* . himself on hia honesty. He would not have told a downright falsehood to save the value of his best ship. Jacob suffered one of his ships to set sail from Calcutta for home without any insur ance upon either vessel or cargo. At length he )>ecanie uneasy. He was confident his ship had encountered bad weather, and he feared for her safety. In this strait he went to hia friend Isaac. He called him friend, though I am under the impression tliat Isaac was one of the children of Israel. "Friend Isaac," he said, UI would like for thee to insure my ship which is at sea. I should have done it l>efore. but have carelessly neglected it. If thee canst have the policy signed, all ready for delivery, at three o'clock on the afternoon of the morrow, 1 will send and get it, and send thee money in full." Isaac did not seem to be anxious to insure the ship, but upon being assured that no unfavorable intelligence had been heard from her he said ho would have the policy made out, t o take effect on and after three o'clock of the follow ing day, but to cover the ship and cargo from the date of her leaving India. Early on the following morning .Ja cob received a message by tho hand of a captain just arrived, to the effect that his ship was stranded and Jier cargo lost. This was very unfortunate. .Should Friend Isaac happen to hear tho news before tho policy was made out, ho would not make it at all ; or. if it was made and not signed, ho would not sifrn it. What should he do? He wanted to act honestly. It would not be right to let Isaac go and make out that policy under such circumstances. Finally ho hit upon a plan. He sum moned his confidential clerk, and sent him with this message : "Tell friend Isaac that I have heard from my ship, and if the policy is not signed ho need not sign It at all." The clock was close upon tho stroke of three when tho clerk arrived. Friend Jacob's message was delivered. The ship had l>eeii heard from, and if the policy was not yet signed, ho need not sign it. "1 think I am in season to save It," the clerk said. "No, sir," answered Isaac, promptly and emphatically. Now, In truth, tho policy of insur ance had not been signed, for the in surer had l?een In doubt : but when ho heard the message he judged at once that tho ship was safe, and that Jacob sought to save the heavy item of pre mium he had agreed to pay. "No, sir " he said ; " you are not In time. It is past three o'clock. The policy is signod. I will go and get it." Iloslipttcd out and hastily finished and signed tho policy, and, having dried the ink, he brought It to the clerk, de manding in return the sum which had been agreed upon. The money was paid and the policy was taken home to Friend Jacob, who received it very gladly. The end wo can readily imngino; and it is not difllcult to judge which of the two felt most soro over the matter. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. For cruelty to nnitrmlH there |>c no excuse. Brutal treatment to man or l>east should Iw alike put under the ban. We never knew a person cruel to IiIh Insists who whs either tl #00(1 man in himself or kindly disposed to his fellow-creatures. Humanity, how ever, is much the result, of example and education. Many Ignorant people know no letter. They have an Idea that, their animals should have as much sense iw themselves ? in some instances j they are not mistaken? and they beat | them one every occasion that they do- i part from the course marked out for | them. Others, who have naturally violent tempers, never think at all, hut maltreat their animal?, frequently to a shocking dearce. with or without excuse. tn all civilized countries measure* have been adopted to put a limit, to those brutalitioft. i ? 1 - ? - - A CALIFORNIA CLOUD BURST. | DASHING WITH TERRIBLY FATAL EF I FECT UPON A CHINESE SETTLE MENT. The Virginia City Enterprise says : I A cloud-burst struck the town of Camanche,CalM last Sunday afternoon, i causing the death of ten Chinese. Four ! funnel-shaped clouds, apparently about j five hundred yards apart, with their apex trailing the ground, were observed passing in a northeasterly direction, and it was apparent that there was a very heavy precipitation of rain. Soon the slopes of the hills were covered with ! torrents of water, that carried with it i brush, fences and even rocks to the i gulches below. In a few minutes Ca- i mancho creek, already carrying its | maxiununof water, was vastly increased in volume, so as to over-spread the Hats i on either side, and fences, hen-coo|>s j and the litter about the houses in < Chinatown began to move. While I j was speculating upon the area of water- : tvay it would require to pass this J amount of water beneath theacqueduct i to be constructed across Camanche ) creek by the Mokeluinne Ditch and Ir- i rigation Company, we wore startled by , a liorseiuan who rapidly rode into town ? shouting that tho resorvotaliad broken. ! Almost at the same time^i hunk of | murky water several feet In height, 1 bearing Jjrush, fences, debris of all i kinds, (tattle, horses and pigs, wan hurled forward" with fearful momen tum. As it. struck Chinatown, with his wife and child, who had mounted the roof, were borne past, vainly ap pealing for aid it was impossible to give. In a few minutes another house vielded to the mad torrent. As it fell and parted I had a momentary glimpse of its half-dozen inmates, including a woman and her new-born habe,'when the roof closed down, burying all Ixv neath the flood; only one man arose to clamber uj>on the; roof, where he re tained his position until out of sight, lie was finally rescued by seizing a brush and dragging himself out. A STORY OF A MAGPIE. About three leagues from Nantes, in France, is a pretty village called i Thouare. In this village nourished, a ! few years ago, a magpie, whose memory deserves to be cherished. Iler master was a justice of jhjucc, and mag lived on excellent terms both with hhn and his maidservant/ The justice, who was a great epicure, had a brood of ducks, which were daily taken to the fields for food and exercise. The ser vant always conducted them, and mag accompanied her. The maid remarked ?K**|Vattheh6ur fixed fortbelr walk, iiw? the hen-house door. 0?$ great "surprise, on its way to the field, under the sole , guidance of mag, who, with her beak, was urging on those who lagged behind I to mend their pace. Next day the ser- 1 vant purposely let her go alone, when j she again took the command of the I j flock, and from that time the whole j 1 charge was left to Iter of conducting \ them, and bringing them in at night. ! Hut the justice di?F not keep ducks for ; the mere pleasure of looking at them ; j his views were towards the spit; and, j as they had now attained a proper i fatness, queen mag saw the number of ! her subjects gradually diminish. She j Ixtre up with firmness against these trials, and when only a solitary (luck ! remained, she led it to and from the ' field with her usual punctuality. At length the cruel order was issued ; the last duck was to follow its companions, and appear at the justice's table. The maid caught the poor victim, and was about to execute her master's com mands, when mag, giving way to her fury, flew upon her, tore her face wit h her talons and beak, till she left her streaming with blood, then took her flight, and never returned. A TEACHER'S QUICK WIT. A special despatch from Port Jervis, says : Joseph Van Nov, of this place, is teacher in the district school at Log town, in Greenville towiiship. this county. Certain of his hoy scholars being detected at various times throw ing a base-ball from one to another, the teacher announced that he would con fiscate all bulls he found in the posses sion of any scholars. On Wednesday last he saw a ten-year old l>oy playing with a ball during school hours. He took the ball and threw it in the stove. On Friday last the same t>oy was dis covered making a very public display of another ball. This the teacher took and was al)out to throw it in the stove when the manner of the l>oy and others about him struck him as )>eculiar, and he laid the hall in his desk. He subse quently took it apart, and wa? startled to find that tho ball cover contained a sealod tin box filled with powder, in quantity sufficient to have demolished the school-house. The quick wit of tho teacher, no doubt, prevented a fright ful casualty, as, if no other effect re sulted than blowing tho stove to pieces, thoro were close to tho stove at the time, a number of small scholars recit ing tnoir lessons. SNAKES AND 8ENTIMENT. The Now York World walls an amusing Incident in tin? life of Agassi/. It has just the least flavor of a " snake Htory M about it, hat wo give it as wo find it : Mr. Agassi/, it will ho romemliorod, ! married a second tinio aftor ho cstah- j llshed himself in this country. Tin* j honeymoon had hardly expired when : some enthusiastic correspondent in j Florida sent him a Ih>x containing six rare and dangerous snakes of a variety he had long d eft i red to soo. and study. ! Knclmnted with ins prize, and mindful ' of the difference of temperature l>o twoon the C? 11 If of Mexico ami Massa chusetts Buy, Mr. Agassi/ carefully took the Ih?x up to his hcd-chamher ami put it comfortably away in a closet. The next morning, when Mrs. Agassi/ arose and hastily put one of her foot, into a si ipjior hy tlio Itednido she was horrified to llud it in contact with something of a deathly coldness and dampness. She instantly withdrew her foot and nearly fell into spasms on seeing it followed out of I ho slipper hy an odious little green snake, which curled and coiled and hissed in the most satanic style. "Agassi/! Agassi/!" she screamed The professor sprang up in the Ited startled, and ruhhing his eyes. " Agassi/," she continued, "got, up! here is a snak? in my slipper!" " A snake in your ?1 1 p|?or ! A snake in your sllpi>er !" exclaimed her affection ate connort in unfeigned dismay ; " only a snake in your slipper ? Where under heaven are the other live ?" Varieties. ?Paris has 5000 rag-pickers. ? Rents have gone up in Paris. ? More trouble In St. Domingo. ?The Gteeks are very i^easy. ? Russia holds the trump cards. ? Is China tumbling all to pieces V ?Turkey's last tail feather is gone. , ? The sugar crop of Cuba gives good promts?. ? The K itiK of Siam wants to establish commercial relations with this country. ? Figure# show the military strength of Italy to be a standing army of 340,-% ooo. ; * ? The c;ujo in a nut-shell? Russia is too strong, and England is too pru dent. ? Friday, which is generally held in superstitious awe elsewhere, is held to Im> a lucky 'day in Scotland. ? Princess Marguerita of Savoy now graces the throne of united Italy as queen. She is a deserved favorite in Rome. ? The news from Liberia shows thai those men and brothers are kicking considerable of apolitical row themselves. .^-There are people, strange to in central Russia, who adore trees as they did in their 300 yours ago. ?The ex-Quoen of Spain got $00, for the necklace she was obliged to It was composed of diamonds and precious stones. ? ^he natives of Greenland believe that the interjMLof their country is in habited bv A^fitoe of enormous and malignant'beings. ? Among other reforms l)om Pedro proiwSses to separate the relations of State and Church, a consummation de voutly to l)o wished. ? Sugar is an article of modern use only. The ancients, wero not ac quainted with it. It has become to us an absolute necessity. ? The Chinese seek every opportunity to emigrate to this country, notwith standing strong and organized effort is l>eing made to dissaude them.. -?Among the great men of the .world * blue eyes seom to lwve predominated. v Socrates, Shakespeare, Locke.Baco'n, Milton, Goethe, Napoleon, Franklin and Humboldt had blue eyes. * x ' ?Mr. Gilmore, and his American instrumental band, will give a series of todnstel' concerts tlie coming season ?One or uie City Exposition was calf. It managed to trot ease as the fat four-legged bulro^^^^H ? There is an old lady in who owns two shekels, one of dates from the reign of King Soloin^^^fl and the other a thousand years lat^M^I ? The Cholera is sweeping off the" il pilgrims to Mecca by U>" hundreds. ^ It, is feared that on t' return to Constantinople it will lm-uK out in that city, where so much filth and misery exist. The despatches lately stated that Mr. Pet 't Ilerdic, the Pennsylvania lum berman, because ho owed $1,000,000 more than he could pay, was "seriously embarrassed.'' We should think his creditors Were the men who would feel "embarrassed." ? Father Gnillaume, the priest of Russell township, near Ottawa, recently arrived at thu Canadian capital convey ing a t rain of eighty-five cords of wood, tl^gift of his parishioners to the poor of the city without rwgard to nation ality or creed. ? Jules Verne is planning a yatohing ' trip into all the seas of Europe. lie intends to take, notes of their scenery and surroundings for the purpose of giving a true local coloring to forth coming stories, in which new herpes and heroines are to disport themselves. ^ ? The net imports of merchandise into t he I'nited States from 1820 to 1878 wore $12, 257 ,753, 107, and the domestic exports $10, 7/7,782, 372. Since 1870 the imports liave exceoded the exports In value by the sum of $140,114,339, although the excess of exports in the last four years was $305,481,310. ? The streets of London, if placejjln ? one line, would form an avenue' of 7.000 miles in length. In the daily cleaning of the streets 14,000 men find employment and 0.000 horses and 2,500 carts. The engineer in chief has a salary of ?2,000. The work goes on night and day, hut the actual sweeping dots not begin until eight f. m. ? WiUdn the past ten years no less . than 12,000,000 acres of forest have been cut down or burned over In the United States. Much of that timl>or is used for fuel, 25 cities being on record as consuming 5,000 to 10,000 acres each. Fences use up much timber, and rail way sleejters require the product of 150, 000 acres yearly. The amount of ie luinl>er and timber yet standing u United States is no longer large. sum of $144,000,000 Is estimated to t?o invested in the whole lumber industry, employing 200,000 men. ?The Sen of Marmora, lying Iwtween the Dosphorus and the Dardanelles, in of the highest value to Turkey in her strug gles for exifltence. It is remarkably deep and easy of navigation. Its.watern are hounded by the coasts of rich territories and urn dotted with numerous large islands that contribute much of their productions to the support of the popu lation of the adjacent mainland. The fiea is alxnit 120 ?ni1es long from east to went and forty wide from north to south, but its outline in broken up by deep bays and golfs that lengthen it* coaatfl very much. ? A Private letter from I/ondon flayn : " Captain Schenley died a few day* ago. He wa?, with the exception of '1 roiaw ncy. who is still living, t.helast survivor of the party of friend*, including Lord ?y ron and liCigh Hunt, who bufned the IhmI.v of Shelley on a funeral pile, after t he fine lent fashion, andhewaa pre sent when the poet's ashee were de posited in the Protectant burial ground at Home, near the grave of Keats. M T Jap tain Sehenley was at Waterloo, juid nearly forty years ago canfled groat ex citement in tho vicinity of New York l>y his elo|iemont with Miss Croghan, a noted heiress, *>f Pittsburg, Pa., then at ' school on St at en Island, He leaven an . estate vnlued at from $7, (KM), 000 to ' $10,000,000, and a large family of 1 daughters.