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VOL. XI. ? CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1884. NO. 37. A Translation. : j My lnmp hath burned out, drop by drop* i n lone: My flro's last ctnbor falls with dying sound; ' Without a friend, ado?, to hoar tuo moan, ) t weep abandoned li? tno night profound. , Behind ine?If I would but turn my head, Sure I should see It? stands a phantom hero: J Dread xuent who enmo when my life's feast | was spreuU ? 8pccttv arrayed lu ranks of l aulshed cheer. j : l My dream lies dead: how bring It back In i truth? i for Time escapes me "ihd the Impostor Prldo Conducts to nolh I n# ness iny dujs of youth, Even as a Uock whereof ho was tho guide. I,sko to the Hood of some unfruitful deep. Over mv corpfo aal timber In tho tomb I feel o en now the world's oblivion creep. Which, yot alive, hath lapped mo hulf In gloom. 0 tho cold night I O tho nltrht dolorousl My hand upon my treust atrotnbio bounds; Who knocks Inslile my hollow bosom thus? What are those ominous beats, those mufllcd sounds? Who art thc.u?art thou? Bpoak, thou tameloss thtiiK That struggicst pont within tno unroprovod? A volco crloa?u volco faint with patsion Ing? "I am thr heart, and I havo nevor loved I" ?From the Prenoh of Louis Boullhet, NOT SO NOW. Tho slant February sunshino was streaming chocrfuily across tlio kit- \ chcn tloor; tho lira in tlio cooking Btovo snapped and crackled, niul tho kettlo sung merrily when Mr. Seldou came iu from tho barn with tho brim ming milk-pail. Mrs. Seidell started from tho brief do/,o that hail momentarily overcome , her, even whilo tho last ragged stock lug, pulled over tho dry gourd to bo da'rnod, was hold in one hand, and tho darniug-needlo in the other. "Asloop?oh?" said tho farmer dryly. "I don't have tho tiiuo to tako naps iu tho daytime!" ','1 am sorry," said Mrs. Soldon, col oring. "But I droppod oft' before I know It. Tho washing was very hoavy this morning, and 1 got over-tired, I "suppose." "Work is always hoavy," said Mr. Solden gloomily. "Supper ain't roady -rot, aud tho hirod man is waitin' out n tho shod, and you aro sittiu' hero asloop. Got out tho cold pork and beans as quick as you can! 'limo onco lost can never bo found again. Every miuuto counts in farm work!" Mrs. Soldon put asldo tho stocking baskot, and mado all tho hasto sho n a norvous and uncertain way; o door opened, and :i nan entered, r, to | bohindham' "And is that any should hurry yourself to tortod hor brother, ns ho took tho lioavy Iron kottlo from hor hand. "You will kill yoursolf with thoso pondorous weights yol!" "Humph!" remarked Mr. Seldou. "You don't soom to bo in any hurry, young man!" "Why should I bo?" said Carlos Dorr carolosslv, as ho Hung himself Into a Boat by tlio Window. "You'vo boon all day tramping about tho woods," said Soldon, "and you'vo fetched homo a bunch o' mistlotoo!" ??Yet I havo not been unoccupied," eaid Carlos quietly. "1 shouldn't mako much profit at tho year's end," said his brothor-in-law grimly, "if I workod in that sort of way. Como, Fanny, mako hasto, tho sun is down, and the chores lire all to be dono yet. And 1 don't want to bo disagrecablo, Dorr," with a sinister glance, "but if you moan to stay on hero much longer, I shall cxpoct you to help around tho placo a littlo." Dorr took his soat composedly at tho tablo bohind his sistor, whoso faint color variod painfully as sho lookod from ono to tho other of tho spoakors. ??But 1 don't moan to stay on horo," said he. "Humph!" said Soldon. "That was a good offor t)oacon Sloano mado you to work his farm on sharoB. I s'poso you'll aocopt tliatP" "I am not fond of farming," said Carlos. "And thoro's a fair look-out If you^ Ioin that load-mining businoss at Zoar 1111," addod Soldon. "Neithor do I intond to bocomo a load minor," said Carlos, as unrufllod as ovor. "And Dutton Mill can bo loasod for n song?a oapltal plaoo for ttodo," por slstou Soldon! "TliankB," Dorr indiflorontly an swerod. "But 1 don't think I should Bhino as a miller." "Humph!" growled Soldon, as ho carvod tho cola pork Into sllcos of por tontous thloknoss, audsorvodput Bolid masses of bakod boaus with them. "I BOO you don't want "to work, that's what's tlio mattor with vou." "Don't, John," said Mrs, Soldon np poallngly. ?'It ain't my duty to oncouraco Idlo ness," porslstod Soldon, drinking off ids tea in soaldlng draughts. "Iloro'fl Hannah now,1' nfl a blo6mlng girl, suf lloloutly llko him in featuros to deolaro their relationship as brother and sistor, j but not at all rosombllnir lilm in ox ^Mslon, oamo in. "Sho Booms to nk, booauBo ?ho toadies district sohool, that sho can sit with hor hands foldod tho rest of "tho day lnstoad o' gottln' a rapf-oarpot undor way, or bo glnnln' asenslblopatohwork nullt, bucIi as my mother used to mako." Hannah Soldon ?at down to tho tablo. '.?I'm sorry I was lato," Bald sho. "I moant to holp Fartny got tea. But tho I Shakosperoan Club was a littlo longor than usual. Wo finished 'Honry tho Fourth,' and " ?"Honry tho Fourth!'" contempt uously ropoated hor brothor. "What sort o* uso Is that trash go in' to bo to youf" . "Nothing, I suppose," Bald Hartflrvfe. "Kxoopt that I Hfc* .It!" * "Llkln' don't help oarn a llvln',' Bald Soldon shortly, whilo tho hired man, eating stolidly away at his ond of tho tablo, stardd first at ono, tlion at another of tho disputant*, vaguoly con scious that tlioro was montal olootrlcity In the air. "As for holpin', Fanny don^t nood no holp. Sho is ablo to do hor own work?and I don't want no nonssnso put Into hor hoad about boing a flno lady, with norvos and nouralgla, and all that sort of thing. Woll! -Whoro was IP Oh, about Carlos Dorr. He's my wife's brothor, and I'm wilUn* to troat him doeout, but I enn't have no Idlers about horo. I'm speaking for his own good." "Thank you, sir." said Carlos. "Iu my household," wont on Soldon, moro Irritatod than ovor," "thorn an oan't work sha'nt oat." ? "Well, I hardly oomo undor that oat ogory," said Carlos; "I oan work; but Ulin't pitching hay andmoasurlng out bags of llour. I must claim tho privi- , logo of choosing my own profession, i ami?excuse mc, Mr. Sc'ldcu?of man- ' aging my own busines. s" "Mighty independent, to bo sure," growled tlio farmer; "but I wa.?h my hands of you ouco for nil! And I want you to understand thatarter to-morrow your room will bo wanted for thorn a*> is willing to work for ihoir livin'." "You are welcome to it to-night, Mr. Solden," said Carlos Dorr calmly; "after what you havo said you can hardly expect mo to remain hero longer. I will go to tho Parsonage, where Mr. Mildmay will, I mako no doubt, rocoivo mo as a guest." And ho walked out or tho room. "Oh, John! oh, John!" criod tho poor little wife, wringing her thin hands; "and Carlos is tho only brother I havo loft iu tho world!" "A shiftless vagabond," roared Sol don; *'who turns up his noso at them as could buy him up half-a-dozen times." "John, you shall not speak so!" said Hannah -juickly "Mr. Dorristiovag abond! Aud he never " "Ha, ha!" sneered Snolden, "So you'ro in the ring, too, aroyou? You'ro ono af tho l)orr worshippers!" Hannah blushed, but hold her ground bravely. "I honor his talent, and respect his principles," said she. "There now! And 1 don't believe iu your theory of work, all tho time, as if lifo woro all ono eternal tread-mill. You'vo bor rowed yourself down to a moro ma chine, and you aro killing Fanny, and I think it's a shame! Now you know my opinion about it, and much good may it do you." And sho went over to kiss and sootho her poor littlo sister-in-law, who was sobbiug piloously. "1 hato scones," said Solden. "Como, Timothy," to tho hired man, "lot's got out uud fodder tho cattlo aforo it gots to bo pitcli dark. Tho women will como to thoir sensos aforo we got back!" But tho next month ho heard of tho career his wifo's brother had choson with fresh contempt, "An artist?eh? ' said ho. "A poor forlorn wretch, out at elbows, and starving in a garret. rIlo needn't como to mo for help!" "Ho will not," said Hannah. "And I forbid any ono to speak his namo in my presence," said Scldcn sharply. "He s choson his owu path; now lot him stick to it. and koop outo1 mine." It was not long, howovor boforo tho demon callod 111 Luck began to porso "ohn Solden. Ho foil from a load roko his log?it hoalod found himself en tho Ik. necessary oxpomllt'tnSk jjf ,> $f?y7 Poor liannah, who had %!nng f? fully to thom through all thoir yoaT reverses, burst into tears at last. Sho had been compollod to givo up hor school?ami with it her income?to wait upon Fanuy, and to do tho houso work. "What aro wo to do?" sho said de spairingly to herself, for sho was too Sood a littlo nurso to givo way to her espondeucy in tho sick-room. "l)o!" repeated a cheerful voice, "stop crying in the first place, and iu tho next, tell mo all about it. For there's no one who has a bettor right to share your troubles than I havo, Hannah dear." And Carlos Dorr, handsome, travel bronzed, and smiling, stood before hor. Hannah's dark, toar-wet eyes sparklod. "Oh," sho criod rapturously, "1 never was so glad in my life. John and Fan ny aro in such trouble!" Aud then sho told tho wholo sad history. That evening sho enmo into tho room where John Solden lay on a chintz loungo, and his poor wifo was in bod, in tho opposite corner. "It's all right, John," sho said cheerfully. "The taxes aro paid, and Squiro Mallard's money will bo ready for him to-morrow morning. Don t frot, John. Choor up, Fanny. Tho whool of fortune has takon a now turn." "Havo you found a gold minoP' said tho farmer incrodulously. "No," said Hannah, 'but Carlos Dorr has como back. Ho lias suocoodod splondidly in his profession. "Ills pic turos of tho Yosomito Valley woro both sold on tho vory first day of tho exhi bition. And ho says his purBO is Fanny's purso. And hero ho is now. May l)o como in?" John Solden uttorod a doep groan of contrition. "I am ashjunod to look him in tho face," said ho. "1 ?I am anhamc i to ask his pardon!" "Thou don't ask it," said Carlos choorfully, as ho wrung his hand. "Wo'ro all ono family aron't woP Or, at loast, wo shall bo whon I am mar rlod to Hannah horo. Look up, Fanny. I am glad to soo a littlo color in thai palo ohook of yours. I boliovo I am making moro monoy out of my aft than I could havo dono as a farmor, John." "Forglvo mo," said Solden hoarsoly. "I'vo mado a mistake. I nan soo it now. Ihtt if Fannv gots bottor, and 1 am sparod for anotner ohanoo, I won't run aground on tho old rooks. Ilan nah, I congratulate you. You'vo dono wlsoly." And Fanny whisnorod softly: "Dear Hannah, I hopo you will' l>o happior than I havo boon. Hut oh, I am no thankful that hopo and comfort havo ooino back to us through my brother Carlos." Truly, thoro Is no preceptor liko ox? goriortoo, Tho losson had como to John oldon lato in lifo, but ho had profited by It, and Fanny's existence was brlghtor and oaslor thereafter. An nth or Oornor llimtni]. Tho n^ont for n Now York grooory hoUb'O hupponod into i\ nrnnll oHtnhlinh mont in n villiigo In Now Hnmpnliirn tho othor dny. nn?l, noticing that tlio grooor 1>n?l a thumping big ntook of codflnh on ho nnkod: "How did yon oon>o to Invost bo muoh In oodlUhP" "Woll, I kinder flggnrod for a oor nor, you boo." "HowP" "Why, I bought up ovory ponn<l of It In town, ftud tho rondn nro bo bad that no moro can bo got In horo for n month." "And how hnvo you nuoooedod?" "UiiHtod nil to Bnirvgh," wnn tho Ror rowfnl roply. "Jnnt ns I got tho oor nor fixnd tho only throo fnmillon In tho town who oat ood-llflh wont oft to Flor ida to npond tho wlntorl"?Wall fltreel News, Horeo Swapping in Qeorgla. Gontlo roador, did you over visit tho horso swapping grounds at tho Spring riding of tho Superior Court of North GeorgiaP Early Monday morning, and long boforo tho court convenes you may bohold them coming in on overy kind of nn animal?from a $10 horso dow to a $2 mulo?and Soout 10 o'clock tho fuu commcncos. Tho last one wo visited was in an adjoining county, and tho first man on tho ground wru a gontlomau uamod Undo Dick Statham, who has bocn in tho horso swapping business since ho left tho cradlo. Ho rodo on tho ground about 8 o'clock, with a horse wortli just $0, and tho othors came up to ask uftor his hoalth and to 8oo what kind of stock Uuclo Dick had to swap ou. "Well, boys, your Undo Richard has been under tho weathor for a few days, but ho thought ho would como up and soo if you all had any Btock that I eared about. You ucodnt look at that mare. Sho belongs to tho old lady. I ?ave her to Bossy ,to rida JU) meeting, ho is not for trado unlesa i could got a right smart to boot." About this timo George H., tho prince of tho brigade, camo carooring over tho hill on a $3 nag, and rodo him liko ho had boon born in the sad dle. Ho sported a wide brimmod hat, with a pair of 'spurs six inchos long. Grcon lookod Bomothing liko Nspoloon at somo of tho great victories (that is, wo imagino so, novor having soon Na poleon), and at onco joinod tho crowd and wantod to know who was on tho hill that day swopping stock. Uuclo Dick at onco bantorod Greon and thoy soon, exchanged by Undo Dick giving a pocket kuifo and a drink to boot. This was tho first blood, but not tho last by n long shot. A young follow from Walton county, who had his moustacho dyed for tho occasion, came in, loading a mulo that lookod liko ho had done nothing but pool tho bark off sapplings around a still house for tho last tnroo months. This young man had hoard that it was a shrowd dodgo among tho oducatod swappers to play drunk, and ho was playing it to tho quoon's taste. It was not long boforo ho had ohangod his mulo for a horso worth $7.25 and gavo fifty cents difference. Franklin county^ at this juncturo, sent in her dclogato in the shapo of Johunio Love, tho oldest trador on tho ground, and as such claimod some no toriety, and whoso word about tho qualities of a $5 horso was considered bettor than anybody's. Ho and Undo Dick Statham mot, and after exchang ing a few commonplaco remarks, Mr. Love inquirod aftor Uncle Dick's stock, and boforo long thoy tradod by Uuclo Dick getting $3 and tho uaddlo blank et. which was a pioco of an old quilt. ?VCf ;ybody was swap % WhUo, drinking. Up to _ made uightoon rVi,.v?,T[,rr no"?: ev, throo pockot kniv'fls, tW0 bridles,, two quarts of whisky and a horso wortli ^ just about as much as tho ono ho brought?Atlanta Constitution. Ilheiiino' Ism. Whilo it is much easier to dio of rheumatism than It is to got well, and f;ivo It an uncloau shako, it is docidod y more popular and much chcapor to remain ou tho upper crust of this con tinent and enjoy all tho luxuries that tho country affords. Thoro novor was but ono man cured of rhoumatism by tho aid of tho vocab ulary of a medical studonL That man had sixtoan different kinds of rhouma tism, and thoy woro of a charactor that whon tho pains camo on, would ?compol a man, whilo delirious, to mar ry a widow whoso formor husband had boon a wristlot poddlor. A physician, whoso famo had procod ,od him four milos aud two laps, wag consulted. A oaroful analysis of tho tonguo, lights, panes, sash and liver of tho 'rheumatio individual was taken undor advlsomont and thon tho patlont was pormittod to tell all ho knew about tho disoaso. Tho physiolan galnod many valuoloas points concerning tho com ? fortloss aiimont which ho carofully jot .tod down to discloso to any new pa jtiont that might requlro his profession }al sorvlocs. , Tho faculty of disclosing soorots to jtho dootor was groat. Ho would mourn ' fully obsorvo to a patlont: I "Lend mo your oar and a dollar, I (mako pain go." But what knocked tho rhoumatism sil^y in our friond was tho romark of 'the doctor when his patient told him that ho bolievod that ho suflorod tho I pains of tho damned. "What, so soonF" | This romark soomod to havo a pcou ' liar offoot on tho patlont, as it turnod his thoughts to tho placo whoro firo an (todates wator, and whoro rhoumatism 'Is a rolio of tho dark agos, and lini Jment doos not hoal up burns with tho ex fieditiousness dovoutly to bo wlshod or.?Carl Pretzel, in 1/ogannport Chron \icle. An Km?nolpat?(l I'm**. Ono of tho foaturon of tho prosont phaso of journalism is especially satis factory. Tho nowspapors aro moro froo from tho Infiuonoo of tho politi cians than ovor boforo. Kvon tho strong party papors display a robust indepondoneo. They oritloiso freoly tho measuros and loadors of thoir own party. Indeed thoy aro themselves tho loaders of <ho organization* thoy sup port, Tho political chief In Congress is muoh moro Influenced by tho opin ions and wishes of tho editors in Now York, Boston and Chioago than tho oditors are by his. Except in tho case of a fow obsouro sheets that live upon municipal patronage, tho dally papors do not oaro for the views of this or that party "boss" or leading statesman, save as a mutter of news. Their opin ions and politics are their own. This indopondenco of tho dictation and in fluence of professional politicians extends to the weekly press, whioh has largely outgrown its old subsorvlenooi to tho dispensers of county patronage, and becomo manly and solf-rellant.? K. V. HnxalUv, in th? Manhattan for April A five-gallon lug was plowod up on Samuel MoDaniefr farm, near Island Shoals, Ga. Tearing off a tin stopple ho found it containing somo vory good brandy and got drunk on It. Ilia mother went out to oall him to dinner, and, examining tho jug, found In It f9,600 in gold pleoes. The mono} wan burlod by hi* grandfather. What Ailed lllm. Down in a town iu Alabama i found ? uativo with his chnir tipped baok un der an awniug in (rout of a saloon, hat down on his cars, eyes half closed, and his toes showing through his boots. Out at the hitching post was a fadod old mule, head down and cyo? closed, and tho mud of last fall had1' not been cloaucd oft' his skeleton frame. I was looking from man to mulo, trying to seo if I could establish a chain of ovldonoo, when tho uativo straightonod up and said: "Strangor, yc aiu't goin' to sottlo iu this kontry?" ?No." "Powerful glad to hear It. Let's drink." 1 declined, and ho took fifteen cents' worth and came back and said: "Strangor this is a poworful bad kon try?powerful bad." "What's the matter?" "No chanco fur a poor man?not a shake of a chance. Lot's*drink." I docllnod, and ho took his usual doso with a sigh of satisfaction. "Look at mo!" ho said as ho roturnod to his chair. "I'm a livin' ovidenco of tho fact that this is tho wust kontry on earth fur a whito man who honostly dosiros to break his back in agrycultu ral pursuits, l'vo been goin' down lull as stiddy as clock work fur tho last twenty y'ar. Stranger, wot your whistle." I replied that my whistlo requirod a dry atmosphere and ho wont and took It straight again. "Yes, sir, ho said, as ho got his chin dried oft", "tho durnod Southern nabob grinds mo on ono sido and tho infornal nigger on tho othor, and I'm bound to bo pulverized." "Do you farmP" "What's tho usoP Nothln' that I planted ovor growod. It's alius too much or too littlo rain, and if I hiro niggers thoy don't stay." "Then you spoculato?" "Mobbo I do. Mobbo if *1 trado a mulo wuth a hundrod dollars for ono wuth sixty you kin call it speculation. Say, lot's lickor." I doclinod, and ho never shod a tear as his c?rn juice wont down. "I toll you, a poor man hain't got no rights 'round yore, and he's boin' Sround into tho dust," ho observed as o onlargod tho holo in tho top of his hat so that a tuft of hair could stick up through it. "It sooms to bo a fino country." "That's a deception." "But you havo a nico cliniato and can ruiso most evorything." "Thon, what ails mo? Why hain't I a Southern nabob? Why don't I rido a lioss, an' woar good clothoa an' hold an offis?" "liocauso," I answered, doterminod to lio to him, "your wifo is probably a vory caroloss manager, while you havo never carofully studied the foundation principles of economy." .'^Stranger!" said ho, as ho rosp up lands at ouco, "you'vo hit tho only kin 46^ o rost of Turgiicniufl's A Russian papor publishes a turo of tho mothor of Turguonoiflf which is anything but flattering. It appears that this lady was proud and vain to tho point of folly, ruling lior childron as despotically as her slaves. Sho was as proud of her noblo descent as of her richos, and after sho bocaino a widow lior arroganco know no bounds, so that this woman, who was anything by naturo but foolish, Boomed mad. Sho ordorod her household liko to a royal ono; her sorfs boro tho titles of ofllco in uso at court. Thus, hor postboy wascallod postmastor-gouoral, hor stoward chief of tho gondarmes, and so forth. No ono mii;ht spoak to hor unloss addressed. Not ovon hor sons might appoar in her prosonco un announcod. And when hor oldost son Nicholas marriod without hor consent, sho withdrow from him all poouniary aid and lot him suffer tho most cruol privations. When, in 1849, tho oholera broko out in hor district sho happonod to hoar that tho infootion was sprc.iu by moans of bactoria that provadod tho air and woro broathod In with it. Sho thoroupon ordorod hor stoward of tho housohold to construct for hor somo contrivanco by moans of which sho could soo objects whon going out of doors without breathing tho postilon tlal air. Sho thoroforo causod a kind of sodan chair to bo mado with a glass roof, which had tho appoaranoo of ono of thoso choHts in which in tho Grook Church tho figures of saints aro borno abroad. Thus it camo about that go ing out in hor machino a pious porson wno saw it pass fool on his knoos ao cording to custom, crossed himsolf, and offorod tho boarors a ponny for tho good of tho church. ? London World. Ho Always Hold a Qoort Hand. Two yonrs ago a good-looking young fellow oamo to tho town, and stuck put hln shinglo as a physlolan. Somebody invited him to play, and, lust for ac commodation lie did so. llo won. Ho playod again, and ho won. Tho hand* that man usod to hold wero paralyzing. Ho wa& in bad iuok if ho diun't have at lonst an aoo full. Ono night, aftor ho ha<l boon horo about threo wooks, and wan about $2,000 winnor, ho sat down to a gamo with Homo gontiomon, whon Col. ??, a prominent Stato official, loungod into tho room. Instantly tho doctor aroso and started for tho door. Ho wan gone boforo any ono oould stop him. TTion tho'oolonol told what tho doctor's littio gamo wn*, and how ho dotootod liim. Tho dootor's hands woro vory largo, and In tho palm of his loft hnnd ho kept a bit of stlolttng plaHtor. Ho would slip In throo cards, which tho sticking plastor kopt in place. Tho rost was oasy enough to an adopt ' Tho colonel dotootod hTm aftor ho-hnd boon hoaton out of sevoral hun dred dollars. Tho dootor suddenly and mystorlously disappeared tho noxt day.?Frankfort Cor. /lotion JleraUL A story of a fuhy nature comes from Oregon. It Is about a man and a dog. There Is nothing remarkable about tho man oxcopt his powers of narration, but tho dog possesses vnrlod accom plishments. Among othor things he dlvos into tho river and catohos largo salmon In his month. Recently he was by tho sldo of his maator, who was fish ing through a hole In tho ice, when he dlscovorod a oholoo salmon, and dlvod down aftor it. Tho ourront carried him beyond tho holo and nnder tho ico, but ho swam fifty foot nntil he camo to another holo, whenoo ho scrambled oul with tho 1W1 in his mouth. ' ( Mathematical Prodigies. ' A mathematical wonder at Falls VUlago, Ct.,ls Robert Wilcox, Jr.,aged about 21. Wlloox la a young man of ordtaarv intelligence, and has a oom moa school oducation, but in matho rnatjos baa doveloped romarkable abil ity (o add, subtract and divide men tally. It is said that bo ia not able to ?nlvo complox probloms, but In loss than ? miuuto.can givo corrcot an swers to suoii quostlons as tho follow ing: Gtvon a locomotivo driving whool 6 loot 4 incbos in diamotcr, how many revolutions would tho whool mako in going six miles P Or how many sooonds has a uan livod who has attained tho ago Qf 37 yoars 5 months and 8 days, suppoung oach month to contain thirty davsP Kiokmond, Ind., has an untutored mind which Is capablo of astonishing roBUlcs In a mathematical way. A boy who will not bo six years old until noxt May, and nolthor knows his sixes nor hie lovons nor his alphabet, outranks In mental arlthmotlo soholars of throo times his ago and well up In tho higher branches. It is Master Goorgo Row land1 Price, whoso father, M. L. Price,a carpontor, works for Oliver Yatos.and, like his wifo and his other childron, has novor manifested any raro montal at tainments. Ouo morning last fall tho boy camo dowu stairs and askod, "How much aro 2 twico uud IP" His fathor ropliod that thoro was no such thing, whorounon the lad rejoined: "Yos,thero is; 2 twioo and 1 mako 5." From that on to tho holidays ho was constantly stumbling on to somothlng of tho kind, which porplcxod his parents, as thoy had taken no pains to instruct him, and they could not uudorstand wlioro ho got his ideas from. With tho oom )irig>of tho holidays, nowovor, his mind booamo engrossed with moro childish things, and ho for a tlmo abandoned his mathematical problems, but, subse quently resuming thom, ho lias lat terly dovolopod into a montal marvel. Perhaps If you ask him how much forty times oighty arc, ho will answor: "Two thousand and twonty sixtios over," but ho generally givos tho corroct answor In ouo total, and does It apparently with as littlo thought and as promptly as ho would tell you his name. And whilo ho does not deal in fractions, ho computes odd numbers just as readily as ho does ovon onos, whothor tho oxainplo bo in addition, subtraction or multiplication. A follow workman of his fathor said: "Rowloy, I have 41 cents and your fathor gavo 7 and then 1 glvo you 9; hoW many havo I loftP" "Thirty-nine," ho ropliod as quick as a Hash, and tho man said, "I am 44 yoars old; how many weeks is that?" Ho just as promptly rospondod, "2,288." Instoad of having a massivo hoad and a dwarfed body as is usual in such individuals, ho is very ovonly propor tioned for a boy, weighing about forty live pounds, and his extra broodth of forohoad would hardly bo noticod woro ouo not apprised of his characteristic. In habits ho is older than his years, re maining with his paronts instead of taking to children's sports, and ofton ing to noighbor childron whon thoy * with him: "You had bot has enough kids n faot,;ho ? their pedigree common workmofc,. .!j young man havo Tkn tudos callod to him with afffllo ous demands of instinct to loarn a trade, but ho wasprovonted from doing so by his paronts, who proforrod to soo him filling tho moro Important and dlgnifiod position of clork, ofton work ing liftoon hours a day for $16 per month, and somotlmos ylolding to tho Bmall temptation to loavo unpaid his tailor's ana washerwoman's bills. Or If he osoapos tho olorkship ho was al most sure to bo found among the luck Iosb ninety and nino professional mon who stand off and eyo with groon envy tho ono in tho round hundrod who has made a suocoss. It Is not lack of attention to tho now workman that Is loworlng tho Btandard in mochanloal trades, but tho folly of paronts In closing tho doors of tho trados in tho faco of thoir sons, and in tho ahsonco of good material wo got bad. It Is vory ofton tho oaso that wo got hold of a boy who has but fow or no qualifications, natural or acqulrod, for a trado, but ho can probably mako moro monoy at that than at common l&bor, and, as wo can got no bottor, wo havo to do tho host wo can. There is no doubt wo aro getting pooror sUb jocts ovory year for approntioos for this vory roason. Hut wo oan roach a point so low that It is Imposslbio to go any lowor, and I bolloVo wo havo about roaohed that point in Homo linos of businoss. Some paronts, and boys too, aro at last get ting thoir oyos oponod. Thoy . aro learning that they cannot plant dudes and raiso mon. Many bubbles havo boon prlokod, and mueh gilding has worn through. Labor Is bocomlng moro dignlfiod, booauso moro than ever it Is Woddod to thought Tho manual* training school* which aro springing up in noarly all of our largo cltios aro giv ing Instruction to many boys whoso paronts, porhaps, would not at first oonsont to thom ontoring tho shops. Thoso schools aro doing a good work in toaohing the prlnoiplos of trados, in fostorlng a genuine lovo for mechan ics, and In pointing out tho way to tho special field whero tho young man can labofe with tho assurance of receiving his highest reward. With suoh bright ening prospects as tho work of tho manual-training school warrants, wo soo no roason for foarlng that the raco of good workmen In any trado will soon dlo out. On thto Contrary, tfe be Hove wo will soo meoh*ti|es increasing In numbors and ikllt from year to year. ?HeitnUflc American. He Had * Plan. A Oormftn tailor in a vllUgn In Can ada lallod a few dftja ago and oaIUmI a mooting of hla orodTtora. AH inroiti gntlon roomed to ItablH tlOH woro $1,000 nn^ ??it uiuh *ppoAra,j oredltom, that yot tho dollnT." ??Vholl, I doan'i ]>lio<l tho tailor. ??How do you "Vhy, I pays lar." "How can yc ?ot? only allo^ '?Vholl, I down from ( Ho wan n< Street Newt. William about 80, ( ited hl? ?i A FAITH CURE. An Invalid fbr Thirty-Two Year* Cur? od by Faith, I*raycr and Anointing, On tho King's Highway to Boston, ovor which Washington travolod, Just off Iho main street, in tho town of btratford, stands an unassuming houso, in which a romarkablo euro by faith, prayor ami anointing is allegod to havo boon offoctod. Miss Fanny Curtis, about 40 yoars of ago, has for twonty* throo yoars boon an invalid, and incap able of walking, except a fow stops at a tirno, and whilo doing so tho offort has boon accompanied with extromo pain. A roporter visited Miss Curtis at hor homo to loam whothor tho roport of hor euro was authoutic. Sho was not in clinod to talk ou tho subjoct, but said that sho had positivoly boon cured at tho hands of Rov. Arthur J. Sloan, rector of Christ church. Sho roforrod tho roporter to Mr SloaD, who, sho said, was familiar with all thocircum-, stances. "Without being norsistont," said tho | reporter, "I would liko to hear from your own lips that you know a cure has boon eflocted." ??Positive ! of course I am," said Miss ' Curtis. "I think, after twonty-throo yoars of suffering and being unablo to walk out of doors, I havo Lad an ox porlonco that is not to bo doubtod. This change was mado instantly, on 1? rid ay, March, 7. I had prayod ear nestly that I might bo curod, and with our roctor, Mr. Sloan, had often spoken of tho faith euro in which ho has boon so much iutorostod. Wo docidod on the date 1 havo montionod, and each of us had perfoct faith that God would lit orally answer prayer and grant mo a relief from my long contiuuod suffer ings. lie anointou mo with oil, and ?6iuco that moment I havo boon woll," "Did you fool any sudden changoP" "I caunot say that I did. I did not expect any. I simply know that I was woll, and that samo night walked to tho yvoning Lenten sorvico at Christ church, a quartor of a milo away." - "Havo you thoroughly tostod your strongtli, and aro you not afraid of a rolapscP" "I can answor that quostion best by stating that on Sunday last I attondod morning church sorvico, and Wodnos day ovening again walked to tho church. As to a rolapso, I im confi dent that so long as I rotain my faith my euro will romain pormancnt. -v, "It has been reported that you havo boon coufiued to your bed during tho oxtoudod poriod you mention. Is that a fact?" "I havo alroady told you that I did walk at times. I rodo occasionally in warm weather, but not often." Tho reportor then wont to tho roc tory, a half milo distant, and found tho llov. Mr. Sloan at homo. Tho roctor is of commanding figuro, though of ?light build, and has an eyo that is noticablo for its penetration. "I wish to gain no notoriety in con nection with this euro," ho said, "but am porfectly willing to givo you tho facts as thoy arc. Iwill say first that faith cures aro known to bo a fact, I)r. Charlos Collis, of Boston, perhaps, is tho pionoor of such cures in this country. A largo number of romarka blo ouro8 aro placed to his credit, both fcpgo ntid in Germany. Tho Lord euros "at.oly and without tho aid tyiss Curtis, W'?> o or 'Xpniij with ?r to (}UVO. ' Afs After a prayer I anointed her with oil in accordance with St. James, v., 11. 16. Besides Miss Curtis and Mrs. Sloan, a Christian woman who had previously been healed by Dr. Col lis, was in tho room. It was puroly a matter of faith, and I had no doubt whatever of buocoss. Faith on tho part of tho patient, on tho part of thoso who woro present, and on tho part of myself, as tho authorised agont, was of oourse neoosaary. I bollovod that tho Lord would fulfill Ills promiso, and Ho did." ^ "Do you wish to say that tho euro is a pormanont onoP" asked tho reportor. "Thoso who aro hoalod by faith and prayor aro vory strongly tostod aftor ward. Sho Is a woll woman now. Hor pain may como baok as a tost, but if bo, rosistanco and prayer that it bo romov od will provo offoctual. Tho Lord por mits this to tost tho faith of tho nub joot."?New York Bun. IIow to Train Children* Bo onroful with tho childron. Ex plain things to thorn. Do not got im patlont If they fail to porform things corrootly or Just to your tasto. Thoy aro different, a groat doal dlfforont from ?'0U. Everything is now to thom. Life n a sort of dream opening out to their Innocent, puzzled young hoarts and brainl: thereforo do not bo surprisod if tho ohildren are slow, and apparontly dull, or if thoy do not undorstand ev erything. Do not, olthor, when you aro 6ut of sort*", praise tho noighbor'a ohildron, or any particularly bright ohild that you may happen to know. Earlv Impressions are lasting on ohild hood, and many an honoBt little girl and manly boy has folt tho young lifo within thom grow sour with disgust at tho pralsos of othors that aro continu ally dinnod Into tholr heads. Nino tonths of tho swoot scontod dudos and loafors who hang around publio plaoos with their hands in tholr pookots, wero smart whon they woro young; but tho dull youngstors always turn out woll? some of them deop and profound schol ars, some lawyers, somo morohants, and othors groat moohanics. If you will always troat your ohild as a | ohild, you will bp moro aucoossful with him. ' i ^ a coioroa individual who wont down on tho slippery flags at the oornor of Woodward avenue and Congress street sorambled op and backed out into tho ?train aiid took a long look towftrds tho roof of the nearest-building. "You fell from that thlrd-sttiry windowl" re marked a pedestrian who had witiiossod imblo. "Boss, I bollovos yorl" Tfo prompt reply; "but what pu* \e am de quoshun of how I got t' an' why I was loanin' outer do \x\^?DitroU free Vrtn?. rTexas man ?u left $2,000 by the ;h of an nnole in New York. He ik deeply end wont through with property In two month*. While in the completion of dine of i railroads he rooeifed notice it ho had again fellen hoir, thU time $6,000. "Allow, mo to oongrattlate j|u, said one of his follow workVion. Congratulate nothing," said the many d??fcu3ly: "It looks vory m,uoh a?j thokarh there wm somo kind of a plot on fofot to kill me off."? T&xa* Bifling?, Mrs. IjchUc'h Ia>to Story. It was nearly throo yoars ago that Mrs. Leslie and tho Marquis first mot, Tho Marquis do Lcuvillo had corno to this couutrv to onlargo tho scopo of his litorarv and sclontilio studios. Quo day whilo In tho city ho startod out to call upon a friend. As ho was about to as cond tho stoop at his frioud's houso a carrlago dashed up to tho samo houso. "Tho door llow open and tho pret tiost littlo foot I hau over soon in my lifo was placed daintily on tho carriage stop. And tho next instant tho most charming littlo boing eyes over rested ou sprang out all dono up in crapo," said tho Marquis in describing tho mooting to a frivnd. "Wo both stood on tho stops a moment beforo tho door was oponod," ho continued, "and I caught a glimpso of two beautiful eves almost hidden by a big crapo vail. I was so infatuated at lirst sight that I walkod up and down tho room with tho utmost impatienco until our mutual friend camo down and introduced us. I roallv don't know ???>.<>??,p* it was that dainty little foot or tho luvLr0 dreamy eyes that lirst captivated me." Aftor their introduction tho Marquis paid tho most devoted attention to Mrs. L/oslio, but she was so dooply im mersed in tho cares of business at that timo and so earnestly engaged in oxtri cating tho enormous businoss that had boon left to her charge from an almost hopeless tangle that she had little timo to think of matrimony. About a year ago Mrs. Leslie was ly ing almost at tho point of death, and tho chivalrous Marquis, on hearing of it, hastened to her bedside, and, by ov ory littlo attention conceivable, en deavored to sooth her bod of sickness. Still tho lady's heart was not altogeth er won. and it was only when tho "Mar quis do Leuvilio o:;m > to this country for tho third tune atul pressed anew his suit that sho linally consented to boconio his wife. Mr-i. Frank Leslie is ono of tho most romarkable women living. Sho posses ses far more business sagacity atul as tuteness than most mien, and at tho same time she combines with it tho del icate refinement which tho highest cul ture alono can give. Her literary at tainments alone would have won for her an enviable reputation had sho not bocomo renowned for her business abil ity \\ hen Frank Lost. ? was about to dio ho called Mrs. Leslie to his bedsido, | and said to her: "(Jo to my ollioo and sit at my desk until my debts nro all paid." The weeping wife gavo her sol emn promise to the dying man to fulfill his wish. That was' live years ago. Immediately r.fior tho funeral sho took hoi seat at her l:.te husband's place, and to-day tho mammoth publishing house that bears his name is frco from debt. When they i.re married the Marquis and Mar. uisode Leuvilio will reside In Now York ami the fair wife of tho gal lant Chevalier will continue to carry on tho business of l'rank Leslie, pub lisher, but will dovoto about ono-half as much time to her desk as sho doos at present. llow She Was Doworod. Both tho Packor bovs, Itobert nnd Ilarry, wero troatod like equals by thoir father and mothor, says tho Pitts burg Post. In tho littlo viilago whoro this good old man lived was a aummor to', tel. which was patronizod considera bly dtn'ittjs t>"> season, young Harry Packer often >f\i meals there. A Waiting on tho table.. a Uuny 'hT, httraofjd some utL4juiur>t i%hd .ids' brother JULobcvt or "tyobj" an h?> wan familiarly ?vpd uiVoctlo/ufo.iy otu cd by frim9.1t all who ever kuow hiu^ ?) dd.ot-0 divy before tho father nnd Hatflv it tlxft broakfAst table that ngrvy wua .v,veofc on a littlo gin do.vn m tne hoto)uwQ, that ^yas tho reason ho did-.i??& noioo.vp' hla meals regularly. Harry colored'up", ft little, ancl after tlioy had finished thoir breakfast tho old Judgo seated hlmsolf on tho front porch, which over looks Mauch Chunk and gives such a magnificent view to tho Leldgh Valley, tho moving boats and trains* which his own industry had croatcd and brought togothor. Tho old gentlemen said ?'Harry, who is this girl RoboVt rofers toP" } "Miss Look wood, father, Ilia dttugli tor of a man you know very will." "Aro you going to marry iror, Ilnr ryP" said tho Judgo. , "I havo sorao notion of It/father," ^ Bald Ilarry. / "Woll, wait till I go dow? and hoo hor,' said tho Judgo : and picking up his old white hat. and Oano, tho Judgo qulotly amblod down to tho hotel and askod for Miss Lockwood. Sho inno oontly oamo into tho office of tho liotol, with hor dining-room apron on, and floatod horBolf besido thf Judgo. Just what bo said to hor, or *ho to lilm, will novor bo oxactly known, unloss sho tolls it, but when tho Judgo camo out, ho was smiling, and npponrod mighty woll ploasod. Ho wont homo and found Harry still soat?d on tho porch whoro ho had loft him. 1 ty this time tbo Judgo's face had rosumod its us ual gravo but kind oxprodsion. "Woll, Harry," ho said, "that is a vory nioo girl clown thoro, but sho has no monoy. Wo must ralso hor somo." Tho old Judgo nut down his memor andft for $50,000, tho mothor and othors for $25,000 oaoh, and this $150 000 was plaeod In tho bAnk to tho exclusive and immediate credit of Mist Look wood ; tho ongagoment was on nounood, the wodping day ilxod, tho marrlago took plaon, and Ilarry I'ack or got tlio girl ho liked. TIioI*oo(llo nml tlio Whip. A frlond of mino know of n gontlo man who lin?l ft noodlo dog poflnoflfiod of moro than ordinary sngnoity, but ho wnn utxlor llttlo command. In ordor to koophlnt In bottor ordor, tho. gentle* mnn purohftflod n nnmll Whip vflth which bo corroctod tlio dog onco or1 twloo during ft wnlk. On bin return tho whip wrifl put on a tnblo in tho hall^ ftiul tho noxt morning It wan mlnnln^ It Was Boon rvftorwnrd foUnd ion con) In an outbuilding:, nnd ngnin mad< of In oorreoting tlio dog. -It urn*,/ ever, again lost, but found hidden In another plnne. On watuhlng th/ ho wn? ACtunlly noon to tnko whip from tho tnblo nnd run awuy \wth It in [ Otdor nftidn to hide It.? CalL - ^ [ j . Atior nil the talk about tho tlon of tho Queon'fl book nowl stated that It wa? written i. . w in Gorman, really the Victoria l? most at badly rendered Ip*?"; V?l 11 ?J" fcook ha# boon knK1'*\l; 11 oyntinont, ??boomc.l on the wolLAai&rod^r"0 Qtaeon 1? now Bt, Huocochful ?aie that tho publl iOIcb of tho April. WIT AND -Hl'MOiy Mnrriago Is tho natural lot of all things terrestrial. Even corns havo tr bo pared now and again. It is not every womau who van trav? el all over the country on a dollar; but tho woman whoso picture is on that coin manages to do it. "Do you carry a walking stick?'' ftsked ono avcuuo belle of anothor. "No," was the nonclmlant rospouso, "but I have a beau, widely is just about the same." On an occasion when her grandfathd in his haste forgot to ask tho blessiu/. Dot called out, "Whoa! whoa! l'a^r \Y illard! back up and say your pr?y* ors's. ?Harper's liaziir. A Bismarck woman says sho can pu' hor baby to sleep in two ruinutesJ by singing "Sweet Violets." Tho knif ing littlo one probably feigns slei/p t< get hor to stop the music. Tho novol "Two Kisses" is snj bo having a croat run. Wo knovf man In this town who took Kisses" and V??vin<?, ?- ^^ruu* i lie woman's husband is aftor hiiW? _ JiockUnul Courier. "It is terribly trying," remarked the ' woman with tho bass voice, "aud 1 can't stand it another day. Whenever I go to tho speaking-tube to ask a ques tion, I am invariably answered 'Yes, 'sir,' or 'No. sir.' " Wo think if Shakspoaro had lived in Vermont he would never havo written "Wuat a fall was thero, my country men!" lie would havo put it "What o Winter was there, my countrymen!" ? Burlington Free l*ress. "Do you paint yet?" asked an old friend of a feminlno artist, whom she had not seen beforo for many yoars. "Yes," was tho answer, "I still paint. Paint tho children red and I put it or with my slipper." "So Miss Skimps and Mr. Limbs are to g<-t married. Woll, I doclaro! Thai aged couple. And she is old onougb i to bo his mothor." "Indoed sho is. j And as for him?why, ho's old enough to be her father." | "Aunt Jane," said an exasporatod .wife, "I wish it was a custom foi I women to trado husbands as it is foi I men to trado horses." "Why, my dear?" "Because, if it was, I'd cheat some woman droadfully boforo sun down." . A now polico regulation in Saxony forbids female singers undo* 21 years to perform in publio places of amuse ment. A law relating to ballot-girls might oxcludo all under tho ago of 33 years, and very few now on tno stage would havo to rotire. "lie stood six foet two in his stock ings, and every inch a man," says an exchange. Il'm'. That is soventy i 'four inches; "ovory inch a man" would make sovonty-four men. This must bo tho samo identical customer who was o "host in himself." A volublo chromo-peddler, who was braggiug of hi3 acquainjanco with prominent mon, was askod if ho know tho marquis of Buto. "Tho marks of boot?" ho cchood, feelingly. "Woll, I should rather think I did." And no ono disputed his word." I "What arQ you doing?" askod a boarding-houso man of his chum as ho caught him tip-tooing up and down stairs. "I am going to get married noxt month," was the solemn reply, "and I'm practicing how to in lato at night without raising ? rackot." A Texas postmaster boasts of being a veteran of throo wars, but his boasting ^csvftyjklonco of his bravery. Wo man up hero who and ho marck 7WbuiifiU: for m >is- W ow ^ ?"/?av'alnot wUdtJ ? ilic pvcf/erttiOr. ? _yj (fcuc. wludge >Y<iH KOt\i , eU men, hut nO>w? ,<ionkoy krvpjva an Th<>' afcudOntn A atxlMd, r\#d Wht '1 cxtts tiiylxiiya, ? . ???;, Honry ViHard* William Lloyd Garriton, Rpd pluck. Sho wouldn't bo ft i^uo Garrl son if sho wasn't. It may also bo *ald ' that tlio man who capturod a wtolo Garrison, all bv himxolf, panirot bo kopt down long for tho want vl a fow dirty dollars.?New Orleans U. S. Sonator Farloy, of C^r/VtrnJu, has a long board of which ho is vory* proud, and, its natural color not boinj according to his tastes, ho attempt to improvo it by tho uso of .odiue, wl a painful result. Ho has boon ill f sovoral months from the oiVocts of pois onous hair dyo, and i? but tho shadow of his former Bolf, Tho last number of tlio Chicago Eyo contains an alleged likeness of Mrs. Langtry. If tho noso woro knocked a littlo furthor to ono side, If tho chin woro moro out of plumb, if thoro was a soar on tho forehead and a picco of thor / loft oar woro missing, it would bo ono of tho best woodcuts of the lato Eli/.a Plnkston over published. A witty physician in Pari.*, boinfLi oallod to attend a very preity actros^ aftor duly fooling lior ptiImo and low ing at hor tongue, protiouncod t/f?t marriago was tho only euro. 'JKou aro single, aro you not, my doninfloo torP" sho asked. "Yes, madantf but tho dootors only proscribe romo/ios? thoy do not tako them," joinder. - y7 / "Hoy," ho asked, as ho stoodt'10 foot of Woodward avonuo a/dlooking across to tlio Canadian sh6i'e, /what is tho dopth of water off tho dycl hero?" . Tho boy looked him alf ovU" with a caroful oyo and thon fcH)wlyA',*m,n'(' "That's tho way It's Alius '?on,l! n follow wants tocomMllt/^"'1'0 '' nomoono so big that if clothes won t begin to fit njol I vv**11 to^' you.noth ing about Itt/ ,, .v I'orson*/Whotl'?"fl /Cfit a?*0? don't hxtu^L o'm* *ro,rt chlldron. Ono 'at two wp<< <pio?tionliig a Sunday Urbrttfl' bin** about tho m?tn who foil afhcIO? thlovfcs or! tlio way ffoin Joru?fi tonAo Jericho. Hringlng tho sto^y to n/t)Int, ho Askod: "Now, Why dKl tho flfiost and Invito pass by ?*>?r rth/ otfcpr A scholar IAJU kit hJH hand. "WoJf, my boy, why did tho priest, pasrf by on tho Other sldcP" "I know," said tht lad; "becauso tho man was alroady lywbod." Mr. Charles Barrett, of Ashburnham, Alass., Is 00 years old. In 1840, when ho was 68 ydars old, lie was Insurod for $1,000 In ono of l ho best known life in siirWiof^7,iUi)anies. Tho policy was t^Vablo at death only, toutwithln a few ?i,. liitrrrtt lnm ro.?oiv<<l ^ choclc from t?o - yt) or wlth tho dividend ?f o Jtiili>t Vcar? I" transmitting tho ( hock tho president of tho company thei chocK i 1 ott 1(j t))0 otlly , writes t?1 ftnv wi,o has out i oAS "y'T/blo ?"?> >"?' thorn . " not "? ?lmllar '""iH'n ?Uon?.?lty In nny Othor <*>'ni>??? thin oountry. ~ _