The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, December 28, 1871, Image 1

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* II* I ' ' . ! & THE CAMDEJODENAL. , // T " AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER. . ViinW j > J * PUBLISHED BY ' ' JOHN KERSHAW. Vy S SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year, in advance $2 50 9 *81iJmonth9 ' ^1 50 Three months;...j 75 tar Transient Advertisements must be paid kfafr' in1 advance. " ' * * ii r i i - - I ^^65^0 'A ^ / . ^ ^ " f jO J i .L ?. / r "' '' ' '' ' " ' '' \ ' "' " "' f' ^ A _______ ... J- '"J __ | t : C?v VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 38,1871. PfO, XVII / . '. ' - (* our nomtf? m w mtDi> * TIIEM BRIGHT?THE ART OF HOUSE DECORATION. Many pleasant and suggestive papers hayffiean written on the subject of house decoration, and the arts of design ha^e been useful purpose in the cultivation of refined-taste^ r It is so simple a matter to . make "a dwelling bright and cheerful in all -'ieadbhs, to fill a corner here, and a niche there with objects upon which the eye gladtrdSpIace'sharp angles and curves, to place upon the wall a bit of rich color, orA "branch of ivy climbing, that it is a cause of wonder that so littlo is done "fa (fits direction: The busiest man or woW&iT 'cotalcf spare an hour or two for the '*L? -f annR iiiAvnoiiKive and beau : 1MUU1 U1 Uia&lMl own aiivA^voM. . v tif'ul decorartons. A *6ntrrbutor to the Springfield llr.pubAnnie S.' Downcs. of Andovcr?offers son^QjjelxJ^anU sensible hints concerning thi use of house plauts in winter, showing %\vhatcan be doue with a few common flowwriter says: *!.<? yoit SUNNY "WINDOWS. ?5I, -i'< " ' i i "IF your window is sunny there is no !mi flowers you may have from ,'hrfstmas until the wild ones come again. 'WtwV. maurandias, one white, the other urnle. with a~,higk . colored dwarf nasturiiffi.Ar t rro'prcoleuni, as it is properly an . Inglish ivy, and a vigorous plant of Gcr\ i<h" **onocio scaudcuis^you can make sTretn for your* window more beautiful nan any Raphael or Da Tinci ever designd, for yours is the perfect original of their iefeetivc representation. The vines should ftiVends of Die box, so as to be trainfl nn tho cifips nnd over tll? tot) of the win Ipv, &iuue.. The a close to. the glassj -for, , wr w-rfarne, it loves the sun, put a lelbtropo or two, a trailing Winter bloom W^Tulnsia, a scarlet gcrauium, and for the ;ake of contrast, a white one. whose flowers have a tyiftht eye in the centre. Do not Vto fMAl'^Trtfwding the plants, but sow mignonette and sweet ulyssuui seed as well as the-^la^bF Ijfnaria'Cybalaria or Coliseum ivy. If not intending to have d/> not forget a,plant' or two-of the noat, handsomely marked petunias, for " they will give a mass of flowers from the fiu$t week of blooming until put cut in the garden in the spring. Yellow myrtle, and commonly called the Wandering Jew, tliil r pi ** as well as a variety of saxifr*~? known as beefs to.'.1" geranium, may be pi?Sa to droop o?7 t,ie *'lont. ?f y0111* oox, . 'juid tbfflr % aceful *WV* roat'h cvcn fTfrv ''ir.I , yoj# Jjo fcipwy wbtd)W. Well. # ri^Jfa'r a^hady ono. A box of the same Jcind must still be your resort." In one cud lOfietfrlPtauithy fctber of madeira vine, and jm the other a well started German ivy, for Mil add it? secu'.3 to like en""11^. iHcii \ jnstcad oi the flA.vcnng plants I have cnu- j " :: qp out .into the woods, and take up j before the frosty nights have enfeebled j &ok?tf tclastoi* of fern roots' and put fljoat | in the centre. Yon will fine] so many vario- I tiesl^ynu will b? bpwildppct}, but select j OV'pr a]) otlipr thy jovfily JYiyksonia* so com.- j won,ty -the walls; thp ty?y spjegnwopts, j the iBaufcn hair; am} the pi-1 quant polypodiums or rock crosses, Under the shadow of these fetus you may ^^A$yni}h?rA pbjHtaiiii both varieties ofj which are common in our wootjs, ijjitcJiella i vine, tnc old pitcher plant, apt} a Ifepaticas. j The lcaVcS of the latter arp pretty an}} inter- | all. Winter, and very early in Spring. I itsfovcly blue flowers will gladden you. If ?o??'shower this boy of wild plarjtg once a ! ycek, and (|o nut Loop your roojn too hot or ipt them got too wet,; they \yi.j q ncver-jeqding source of interest to your household.. The manner in tjhicl} tljc young fern fronds push thoir way to thp H&ljt, the 1 /dnguh^.^irjr. furze that pfjyelopps S<?inp, a^tne /ufrimito folding of othprs, will af- | jforu fooa Tor thought and topics for con version when now books are scarpp and the weather ' too bad fur friends to visit you. The. delicate, wpndcrful, peautiful ferns fr^Si41 the tropics, >yijl, with the same, <]q nearly as well; but they are of high cost, and I sometimes tbopuht when I had succeeded in domesticating these shy people . of our woods swauips, that they put uic more immediately iu sympathy with nature. &JM J'OTSm .i lit Besides those boxes you may liayo one, two, or even three, hanging pots in* every window, almost without reference to the surffroi" many plants, sqitablo for tl)is situation^ seem indiffeient to his presence. The cxfjwifel'te blue lobelia is very impatient of his bcaujs, ^Smiles, too, popularly supposed to flourish Only in hot-houses, does well in sunless situations, and is as valuable as beautiful ,* for no daintier ornament to a lu ?? ' > ' i it , . dy's dress can poss: uiy dc ucsircu. inuu iif> > . shining loaves and graceful sprays. Hp j careful-and keep off its deadly enemy, the1 red spjder; for so certain us ho touches | thjjse perfect loaves, their beauty is gone.! Ktinomberthat etorual vigilance is the price of: handsome srnilax, as woll as liborty, and shbwer early and whonever vou can find the time.?. Tho freely flowering pink oxalis canuot be praised too highly for a hanging pot.*iI never knew the bonny, cheerful, little creature [to harbor insects; and its way' of falling asleep at night, and waking in the morning is irresistibly attractive., first cousin, the ''oxalis flava." is vejyhamisome and should be cultivated at allcoate^ but it is chary of its flowers, an;l demands * far) more care of its poss ssor? less common' varieties of oxalis. sold by florists, are many of them very desirable, both in size and ;color; but they are comparatively j$Kcate,. and jerhaps in unskilled bands might fail. . eENGLISH IVY. *he use of English ivies for the purpose of decorating living rooms is more extensive ,?pery year, and cannot be too highly Kfoajmcndel L'eing very strong they will I ? live through almost any treatment; but study their peculiarities, and manifest a willingness to gratify them and they will grow without stint. Most houses are too hot for them, as indeed they are for their owners. Neither plants nor people should have the average temperature over sixtyfive degrees Fahrenheit. Take care and not enfeeble your ivies by undue heat or excessive wateriug, and you will find that they will not seem to mind whether the sun shines on them or uotj or in what position or direction you train them. I. deed, 8<j much will they do of themselves to render a room charming, that I would rather hav<i an unlimited number of them to draw uponj than'.anything else in nature or art. Do you "wish the ugly plain door that shuts on | your tiny"entry from your parlor were arch: I <><1 nr nilrrod lil-o tlinei* in tlin dm Willi* frHIMl \,v* vrvm.vw, ?.?v v..vwv ... ~ n of your richer noighbor? Buy a couple of brackets, such as lamps for the burning of kerosene ure sometimes placed in. and scrc>\* them on the sides of the door. 1'ut in each a plant of English ivy, the longer the better, then train the plants over the top, against the sides, indeed, any way your fancy dictates. You need not buy the bcauti-' ful but costly pots the flower dealer will ad- j vise; common glazed ones will answer every purpose, for by placing in each two or three sprays of Coliseum ivy; in a month's time no vestige of the pot itself can be discovered through their thick screen. i?.. ' Extraordinary Duel. Mr. Thomas Sheridan, in his life of Dean Swift, has recorded an account of a very sin jular charaoter, who lived in the county of Tipporary. The name of this gentleman was Mathew, and after a long residence abroad, he returned to Dublin in the latter end of j Queen Anne's reign. At that time party 1 spirit ran high, but raged nowhere with such violence as in that city, in so much that d_&els I were every day fought on that score There happened to be at that time two 1 gentlemen in Londun who valued themselves ! highly on their skill in fencing; the name of ' one of them was Pack and the other Creed; ' the former a major and the other a captain in the army. Hearing of those daily exploits in Dublin ! * they resolved like two knights-errant to go c over in quest of adventures. Upon inquiry they learned that Mr. Mathew had the rep- E utation of being one of the lirst swordsmen iu Europe. Pack rejoiced to find an antagonist vt:.:-1 c thy of him, and meeting him as ho Was car* j ? ricd along the street in Lit chair, jostlid ho * fore chairman. Of this Mathew took no no- v afterwards boasted 01 i? 15 house, saving that he had purposely offered i a vv. W 1 c U10 in^Ult IrU lltUb guiliivuiuii, ?1 uv U.IU uvk , the spirit to resent it. i c There hanrwrn/^ ^ j)C prcscnt a particular . * friend of Mr. Mathow liair.cd Itfacnaniara, a 1 J' man of good courage, and reputed thp fencer in Ireland. llo iuiinet|iatply took up c the quarro! and hp \\"M f?i|po Mp; ^J.|t!i{jivd:d , notsup]?Of!p tlio aflV<?|?t intended, otherwise * iiu vhU littyo chijsvigcd hiiji ou the spofo J but it' ilic major woyld let hiiji kf)oy yylifcrp he itas to be found, he should be waited on immediately on his friends return, who was (| to dino that day a li^lq iyav oijp froju the ' cjty. ' * The major said that lie should be at the c tavern over the way, where he and hiq com- J pan ion would aiyait their commands. : Immediately on hiy fjrrival Mathew on being njndc acquitted with >yh^t had passpf}, J went from the coffee-house to the tavern ac- 1 - -) U.. AI V.ninfr cll<i\t?n t COUipUIUCU uy lU<|?;iJUiii<ii<i. fillip into the foom y,'l)p?*c (ho two gonticrncn were, after securing thp door, without any expos- I tulation, Mathew and Pack drey fheir swprtjs, but Macnatnara stoppcc] them. saying 1 ho had something to propose before they pro- i( cceded to action^ lie said,-in eases of this ; nature he C014I1) nevpr bear to fie a coo) J spectator. 1 ? ' iSiv," .addressing liimself to Crcei], "If !' you plcaso I shall have tlio lionor of 'entertaining you in the sauie manner." Creed who desired no better sport made c no othpr reply than that of instantly drawiiig his sword, ant) to work the four champions fell with the ffamo composure ap if it were on I)' a fencing match with foils. ( The conflict was of some duration and j maintained with great obstinacy by the offi- ( pcrs notwithstanding tlic great ciTusion of , blood from tlic wounds which they had sus- , tained. At length they both full ap4 yield- ] ed the victory to thp suporior skill of th.-ir , antagonists. lTpon this occasion Mathew gave a rpmacT < kahlo proof of the composure of his mind du- < ring the action. Creed had fallen first upon ( which Pack exclaimed: "Ah poor Creed, | aro you gone?" "Yes," said Mathew com- . posedly, "and you shall instantly pad: after him," at the sauip time making a home thrust (juito through his body, which threw him to ' 1 11. the ground. This was tlie more remarKsuic as he was never in his life, cither hefbrp or < after, known t0 have aimed at anything like < a pun. ' Thp number of wounds received by the 1 vanquished party was very great, and what sccins almost miracgloua, oppopants were untouched. The surgeons seeing tho desperate condition of their patients would not suffer them to be removed out of the room whpre they fought, but had beds immediately conveyed into it 011 which they lay many hour? in p state of insensibility. When they came to themselves and saw where thoy wcrp, Pack, in a feeble voice said to his companion: (fCreed, I think we are tho conquerors for we have kept tho field of battlp." For a long time they were despaired of hut to the astonishment of every one, they both recovered When they were able to seo company Mathew and his friend attended them daily, and a close intimacy afteryards ensped as they found them of probity, and of the best dispositions, except in this Quixotic idea of dueling, whereof they were now perfectly cured. , An Editor's Troubles. * -v * The deep grim silence op the fourth _ Story. No one over comes up into the rooms of the top story of a tour story building set apart for the staff of a daily paper. This is why every article reads so evenly and smoothly. All you've got to do if youi .belong to the staff is to climb up there, sit all day long in tho deep, grim silence, and when midnight comes you can lower yourself down stairs with a consciosncss that cvrrjr article will .read like clock-work. a Yesterday morning' FcomrnohceJan'article entitled "The Unseen Influences of tho Spirit World,T' an had got as far as to. say tbat;"AUhongh we hear no voices, there ju some subtile iiiflueuco pervading the-*'.. ':*j when a man came up with a demand Font correction of an article charging him ptith bigamy. You have to keep right on with an idea when you get hold of it, and so I run hi,'"rill. , T-Pervading the air about you all the tope Peter .Smith .baa called at this office to. say. that the unheard voices coming from-tho dead often swerve us from-he isn't the man mentioned as having two wives the path marked out by-the obstinate " ). *, (Here another man came in and wanted a notice of his new building.) > . ?spirits which refuse to yield to that, pew block on Mich'gin av., although Smith is1 directly charged by the police with a marble front and 120 feet deep. At night, afterji day's toil, who docs not love to sit down and' let his mind run to the mysterious shadojtgr basement under it and stone caps abbve ife widows we take great pleasure in setting Smith right before his fellow citizens.and-r-?' (Here a man came up aijd wanted to loolf at a .State map, although he could hare found one down stairs.) ?"Certainly, sir, look at ull the State mnpf jrou want to and call back the spirit of some l.w.w C-Irt-wl i.n.,o nu will Ruenrtnin the . iVyU I II l^tm pl'liV WV ?<M V H mmm ? y j( name of the jwliceman who wrongfully accua- j ;d Mr. Smith of having a frontage on j Michigan nv. which help* the look of that , hat street, very much, and you will find the .j bounty of Hillsdale further to the- left of hat land from which no one has ever ro3 ] urncd to tell us whether our friends arcsad >r joyful " ' \ (Ifcre a h y came tip anjd wanted to sell ^ ome tonka beans to keep moth off.) ? , ' Thank- yc bub. don't want any tonki , )cans if you ever want to look at any moi^ -j if our maps come right up with a Mansard \ oof to ?rowu all, and Su?itl? *now K* < icforc the public and his friends generaH^ J jj rho have thus improved the town and conkji a inc with them as to whet her a s they thiuk of ihc fond friends loft behind amo ?-.p again, and I'll talk with you about he tonka beans and every patriotic oitizens j .no-lit. tn Imon a State man in his now block r>--- ?- 1 > t n Michigan nv. Smith states that one of : ils ty-lvos descried liiui in Illinois anil tho uthr?" ' (Here a subscriber name In and wantod ?o 1 ;?ow wljy no j?apor TV?s issupd tf)P day uftpp 1 'luuiksgivirig.) i ]Jepai|so it tyas ft day set f?pt)rt for one mndrcd and forty-four window# ift tho cp- 1 ire block with tonka beans enampled ?n ? 'tatc maps to mourn their early departure |* hrough th.e valley an;l the shadowy of | 1 loath. I don't waiit yoij to bother me any ( noro, Mr- Smith about your wives and come * nib get right down stairs now with your icaug to that spirit lapd where all joy and 1 > >acc the pompositors wanted a holiday and 1 t's against the principles of Christianity o ' 1 (Ilerc a boy came up With a basket of ftp: * >jcs.)^ " Forcvorrnorp caij'f pftt apples owing to nv teeth and Smith is now made good for my boans which any State map connected vith this office lias nothing but joy and ' icace to mark the never ending time I'll : peak your neck if you say apples to uie ' igain and y<>u see that the new block spo- ' .en of has no bigamy to prove the months Ipn't ipple the tonka beans sold in Ilillsdalp souuty.? 1 """"" A?*A l^n ?10W -faper oiuiuoa MO iuauq, "Wearers of paper collars may be interestid in the reports on the manufacture o paper n Japan, which have lately bepu printed fqr he Ikitisli Parliament. There seeuis to be 10 reason why they should not wear po{ oijly japer collars b,ut alse paper shirts and washli.lo papor coats and trovers; |jy taking ad? ,*antage of t he-process described as follows; u.mode of making paper cloth warranted ' :o wash ('SltiJ'u.') - Take some of t^ie papor jailed Un sho' or some f f the besf 'senka' and lye it of the color required, lloil some of .* the 10 its called Tvon-niakw-nodama with the >kins i n; try them with the inner portion of i rice stalk, when it penetrates easily they re sufficiently done, l'eel them and let the water run off and then pound them into a paste. Spread this paste on either side of the paper and let it dry in the sun until it is quite stiff. Then sprinkle water on it until it is thoroughly damp and leave it in that condition over night'. The next morning roil it on a bamboo the thickness of an arrow - - . i . t t in M shaft and force it witn tne nanus irom mncr cu4 into a crumple in the cpi^p]-, Unroll it and repeat this process two or three times rollinc it from pach siijp and corner of thp paper. Then crumple it well in tho hands by rubbing it togcthpr m^il ithepomes q\ptpsoft, and tlipn sprinkle water on it agaiq to damp it. flirlr it out straight and smooth then fold }t up and pound it with a wooden mallet, It may then bq put intq wator as much and as often as '8 liked without sustaining any injury, having become a Strong aud lasting material. The cloth is made principally in the Dar uiaiate of Sendia. Boxes, trays, and even saucepans may be made of this cloth, and saucepans made in this manner sustain no injury from a strong charcoal heat. Bags may be made of it, wherein wino may bo put and heated by insertion in boiling water without injury. f Fearful Case of Hydrophobia. v Among tho prisoners in the Pennsylvania Western Penitentiary thore is a young German suffering from that dreadful disease, hydrophobia. He is about twenty-eight years of age, apd was a member of tho Virginia cavalry. In the spring of 1865, when'near LynchbuTg, his company was ordered to sack a railway freight depot where a large amount of provisions were stored. The pris 'oner was the.first to enter the depot,, when a large dog jdfnped upon hiui and bit him in the back of the neck. A comrade of the prisonerrtilled the dog, and the man was taken to the hospital where the wound was i dressed. " Nine days after this occurrence the i man was seised with convulsions, and so violent.did&e become that he soon after was i 'i'" " ? ' SV-* Ai. ' 1 ^ ; uociiui^eu uvui tnu nimj auu imuinuu vu ;i his home*. Ho had been with his parents 1 but a short time, when his father died, leav-, i ing him,$b)000 with which to visit Europe and be tfttjated for the awful disease from 1 which,lt^was suffering. This, he did, and < under notice of several English doctors, to i whom, ilHLondon, he statedhis case, he pro- 1 ceeded Berlin where he was' treated for 1 utynt six months. At the end of the time, ( having gone through noarly all his funds, he i returned to America, and about one year ago t made his appearance .ijn Pittsburg. He.had j not beet\.long in the city until he was"arrested ofi a charge of larceny, tried, found guilty ffnd sent to the Western Penitentiary:' ""'Shortly""after Ill's incnrecratidri"' lie"fwas poized with.convulsions and' consigned to the hospital. A few days ago, while sitting on the edge of a bath "tub in' the hospital de- j noftmniif o rlrvrr trliinh Vtn/1 firmnrl ltvi wnv in |?WI VUIVMV} ?UU^ nuivii AIUVI a V?# ?. l to the chapel suddenly began.to bark, which caused the mnn to fall into the bath tub in*a a terrible $t. On getting out of the fit he " dropped upon his hands aud knees and be- fi gari to'burk at his keepers; his eyes glaring 8 and of that brilliant appearance which the or- , gans ofWision "present in the cases of iusanity. Foaming at the mouth he crept over to ^ a pan containing water, and, stooping down, j lapped it up exactly after tho manner of a ^ iog. . In this condition he remained for some- ^ hours, ^presenting a most frightful appear- j ince. iSbvbral physicians hayfe secn'him, and ill admit that nothing so terrible over came 0 andpr.th^ir notice before.- iTheir only won- ^ ier is liowthe unfortunate man survives at J ill. The physician of the institution enter- .1 aius hope? of saving thd man's life, but they , ire vegr slight. He has adopted a new feinloy.aqoyU as cliioral hydrate, which he is P ha#BUgntiy 1UVVU VUV tuu- i ^ :' ^"Siy-Scarra T . - .j. Si Mark Twain says the following story C] vas told him by a fellow pnssongor, who said it hut he hud never boen scared since the time X hut he loaded an old Queen Anne's musket ai or his frthier; Jj You see the old man was tpying to fqach y ne to shoot blackbirds, and beasts that tore h tp thp young oom and snch things, so that I C1 luuld hp of somo psc about the farm, because ^ [ wusij't hig piiongh to do much. My gup p vas'a single barrel phot gun and the old ma# t< iarried an old Queen Anne musket that a! yeighed ubont a (on, making a report like a r, Jiunder cjap and kicking like a mule. The Cl >Jd man wanted me to shoot the musket C( ometiines, but I vri\$ afraid. One day, tho', & [ got her dowq, and taking her to the hired 01 nun, asked him to load herbecauso the old "jl nun was out in the fielcja. If iram said, "do h fou see them murks on the stock?un X and h i V? Well, that means ten balls and five ti ilugs-^-that's her load." Jj "iiut how much powder ?" "Oh, it dojj't matter; put in four hand' 11. II una. So I loaded her "p that way, and it was an twful charge?I had sense euongh to see that si ?and 1 started out. " I leveled her on a n pod many birds, but every time I attempt- n jd to pull the trigger, my hpart failed ">e; I I was afraid of her kick. Towards sundown h [ fetched up ai the house and there was the o olj man resting on the porch. ii "Been out hunting, have you ?" "Yes sir," said I. '(What ditj yoit ki{) ?'* i'.Didu't kill anything, sir?didn't shoot her off. I was afraid she would kick apd liurt me." "Gimuius that gun !" pared the old man, giad sssiq. t'I>o yousoc thatsapling?" I saw it and began to drop back out of danger. The next moment 1 heard an earth (juake and saw tho Queen Anne whirled end over end in tho air, and the old man spinn- l ing around on one heel, with one leg up and both hands on his jaws, and the bark flying a from the sapling,. The old man's shoulder v was set back four incites, and his jaw turned f black and blue, and ho had to lay up for three days. I have ucyer been scared since * then. An nSflnn was decided in Philadelphia last week, by Judge Thayer, in favor of a j, husband who had boeu sued by a dry goods firm.for the amount of a bill of goojs run ^ up by his wife. Defence set up that defen- B dant furnished his wife with an ample sup- j. ply of nJcdssarios. In (Jie course of his j charge Judge Thayer said: ' It is a falsp ; und |bolisU notion for trades people to entertain tlpit a husband is bound to pay all bills contracted by his wife. No such monstrous doctrino is allowpd by law. Morchants must ascertain the facts and the true relations of man and wife before allowing the latter to run up Jnlls which he is ?o be lopkcd to to pay-', s A curious experiment was tried in Russia 1 \vith some murderers. They were placed, without knowing it, in four beds where four persons had died of the cholera. They did not take the discaso. They were then told that they were to sleep in beds were some \ persons had died ot malignant cholera, but , the bed? were, in fact, new and had not been ] used at all.' Nevertheless three oftbem died , of the disease within four hours. / Tribute to the Memory of the Rt. Rev. Thome s F. [Davis, by the Standing Committee of South Carolina. The Standing Committee of the Diocese record with unfeigned sorrow, the death of the Ht; Itev. Thomas F. Davis, the beloved Bishop of the Diocese, who died on the 2nd of December in the sixty eighth year of his age. . a in : > ; ' ; . In him wo mourn the loss of a wise and venerated ' Pustor of the Church, a large hearted Christian Bishop, a father and a friend of tho Clergy. ' Yet in our grief we recall with gratitude the enduring fruitS af his Episcopate, in the midst of many bodily infirmities. We recall the ontire harmony which has existed between us in the confidential relations wbitA-l^ Siauding -Comihittee b<?tt to toe JJisnop as nis constitutional council or i ldvice. I ^Ve record. with eqturl satisfaction the blessed harmony which prevails in the Diocese, resulting under God, chiefly from t|ie vise, impartial and Godly administration of ,, lis Holy Office during the oighteeu .years of 1 lis Episcopate. And #e will endeavor, to 1 herish his memory by following Christ ' n truth and love and in abundant labors for J he Church of God until wo enter into the ] iromised rest. .. . ] W. Alston Peinole,;., .: i . ' iSoc'y.,. 1 From, the Minutes. : ' Charleston, S. C., Pec. .11,1871. , ? i A Good one On Thurlow Weed* ; ; : . ___ ' J. i Weed had about as much system in keep-1 ' ng his accounts (and'his money)as Micawter. He was a little greater wan though ' ,nd had that grain of good sense which isug- j jested to himftho propriety of placing any j pecific sum cf money which he didn't want pent at random in the hands of some finanier friend. In 1856-T. W. came to'New ( fork and received from his republican' frie- < ds ?2a,000?$10,000 for the purpose of efeatine Filmore for President, $10,000 fufr < be uso of republicans in Albany, and 85,000 * jr the Evening Journal.. For safo keeping J e gave the Albany central .oothmittee ten 1 bousand, placed five thousand to the credit 1 f tho Journal, and requested his partner c Mr. Sinclair, I believe) to place the secret f sn thousand (to be used against his old' | riend Filaiore) to his, Sinclair's, credit in I ank, which could be drawn as required.? t le did so. One,fine morning Sinclair drop- t ed dead from heart disease. The ten thon- J md stood to his personal credit without a ii ord of explanation. In vain Thurlow Weed t1 rcdit. They could not without proof hand I , ovor to Mr. Weed or his political frieuds. 2 hus it was swept into the dead man's estate C nd into the hands of his fascinating wujow. Cot a dollar was used to defeat the placid Iillard Filmore. A year thereafter the n onorable ex-President from Buffalo and the ] ' * IVTm WnA/l'o VMlt*fnOP Harming wiaow ui mi. t?cw>o ere attracted by the mysterious influence u resided over by Venus. A few mouths la- u ir they were united by the hymenial knot; nd poor Weed saw his darling t?n thousand lised to defeat Mr. Filmoro, in 185G, divert- a i from its original purpose into the unsuc- t Dssful candidates marriage portion!" It is lid that Thurlow Weed tells this gooc} joke t 11 himself with a relish, and joins as hearti- a y in the guffaw it never fails to inspire, us e used to in those halcyon days of yore when o used to tell stories" on the stage coaoh beveen New York city and tho capital of-the v IxccLsior State. f . a Not Appreciated. / A young gentleman anxious to learn to ing, went up into the garret one Sunday ^ ight about bedtime, and resolutely comicnced hi? exprcises with his psalm-book. Ic had been singing but a short time, when o is father, a fidgety old gentleman, stole out s f bed with his night cap on. and on reach- r ig tho foot of the stairs, mildly inquired : "James?" ^ Ifo answer camp. James was ypry b1wy c nth his musical cxeruises. " " 1 "James ?" ^ Sfill no answer. "Jamca ?" . "Sir." ... "Have you heard a very peculiar noise ?" c "No." . J "I?ah?I thought?hut never rnr^d." ' And the old gentleman walked back to ^ lis room muttering indistinctly. Presently James resumed his exercises ~ nd was getting on famously, as he thought, rhen his parent, like the ghost of Hamlets nthcr came forth exclaiming: 1 "Jamcr?" . t "Sir." . 1 . 1 "Are you sure that Bose is fastened up?" j "Yes sir, I attended to it myself." t "Very well, very well, no matter." And j ie once moro returned to his room. t Wondering what his father meant by in- ( juiring after the house-dog Bose, James was ilent for a moment, but soon returned to lis exercises more vigorously than ever.? * ^gain, however, he was interrupted by the oicc of his parent shouting: 1 "James ?" "Sir." ^ j "I am suro Bose is loose." "It can't be possible sir."' "Tie is, 1 tell you." "What makes you think so sir ?" "Whv. fbr the last half hour I havo heard lomothiflg that sounded vory much as ii' the < log was worrying the poor old cat again." 1 James never resumed his musical exercis- ' ;s after that overwhelming compliment. ( The editor of tho Boston Medical and i Surgical Journal says : " We do not vouch 'or the following itoui which has been sent i as: 'A surgeon in a distant place is said to i have removed a tumor weighing sixty-three ' pounds, and thinks of presenting the same < (o General Grant*'" Ziy- ^1 IJ \* !1 I .-? ...:. - .< ---. 1- t ADVERTISING RATES. ? /" < 1 . . / r 'i "TTT t* Space. 1M. S.M. .3JS6?;iCM. IT. ? - - * 4 1><uiV 3 OQ, G 00 "aJOollSol 16 00 2 nquares 6 00 9 00? 12 00 18 00 26 00 8 HquRjr-a 9 00 rl8' OO1 Iff 00 24*66 m 00 4 squares 12 OOi 16 00 20 00 80 00 48 00 i coli'mn 16 Of) 19 00 24 00 84 00 60 00 J column 20 00 30 OOi 40 00 56 00 80 00 1 column 30 Of) 60 00 00 00 90 00160 00 . AllTrnn*ic<it Adv:.-ti??n<nU<wiH be iriiai-ge< One Dollar per 8qu?re for tie fyrst and SfyEX ty-tiye Cents per Sq'iiare'" fof'each Bubscqucn 'Knew His Fert.^?A? 1 fudictous trcciden lately occurred on, a Mississippi sfceawe; which we relate as a warning to thpso wh attempt to change tlie persdhal adornniehf ^ which Nature has given theut A maamh . was journeying _ to Texas with h^^A thought he wotol'd enjoy the iuxmy ot sha* ing and shampooning. While tbtowmHging on, he concluded to surprise bis wife, on at his request,' h'aTr, eye-biows,1 Whi kors, were changed froii ji fiery red/tavftwr. blackness. - He hastened to bis..sfaai^40Qi; but was mot at the door try 'tis spouse' or ruged by the intrusion ofa-stoHfj^'wW supposed, and udmittaqce ,lY^4:gfa^d-i .f, called hintself her husband: she said her, an impostor. He ^*e?j}KjtfeT wat useless. A crowd gathered rounds 16 the laugh became general At lost, at j perplexity,' the Hohsiet" ' look at my feetr One glance at the p? -> appendages.assured her. -"Xca, Johu/'i said, I know them feet. tuThty ?tSPcome : but keep that^ead oqf jCjf, sighV"- /..(A _ ; HV?; -.1 U9V?>TI - How a Tipler Reformed, tho comedian, tells a capitaf story of ,ji w ter at one of the Odbdotf^l&tarnl'fiHlo V*f> adly givem to "dlriiikr. ^lA/qikitejr ' ywrf * men determined to refjrm.iu?jhBd?ooesdl' read an imaginary paragraph por rektin-.a terrible^m^ntj^h^ inebriate, in blowing out a CaiiaTe, yraskil by the flaule 'igtmid^ *ihi? MBw ^bf ! 1 breath. Jerry pricked- up his;eura'at th ' ind retpx^^d'dE^th^p^ragwphsiii^t ? reaa to min again, ,wpij;iit jvideot horror of the poor man, who imn', iiutely wcfat in seai'ch of the-'iBoicld ^o^ri1 ' i'prtyer-bookj returmnfg he </'' pressed an urgent desire to>1take.k?>isolei l?? with upon..vit,, bemoaned .the, fact that! ,r ladbc'en & sprry tipler and wasbringi.. ihhsclf to ruinj and then /swore "that'pet tgain would be-^atecmpt to blowout1' iandlei ' ' 3 s'<^ ' -"hi t?f .'A *' " YVfc *A'' Hl8T0RT>I? ADVUtTI8Ti>MHfciTal'-^Ill<l jftcn been said that the history pfa> uativ-h nay be found in its newspapers.,. Thei,.^ lOi'tant port that the advertising, colum keurin the record (bay be sceh'in the' ?' owing, published within tbfttjr yearWeferfi"' ither: .'A \ ? |IteLLAR8 RKWAHD.r-5na , awl : < rom the subscribers, on the 23rd of Noven ker last, fine negro boy Oscar 'liunn, a .pjjrentice to tne plastering iraue. ae ? v J dolor, between twenty and twaaty-otrt^ ear&ij^age, and about five feet ten nchea high._ All .pqrwjua ape cai^ 2.1871, Hon. Oscar. J Dunn^ieutenaqtlovernor of Loaisana. ~]S ~ . \ i ?>SWUr o < ^v, v In Chicago the other njornirig, " a'younjj ^ lan named Pboeuix rose from the aehes of * 3riggs'house. w Good morning, Smith, you look sleepy." si Yes," replied Smith, " I was up ^llnignt/'u. 1 Up where ? '% " Up stairs in bed^ ^ An old bummer says early .rising was once '1 n indication of thrift; but pow it indicate?/ hat a man is dry. , r In Titusville, Pa., the gas is so bad .that : he ( tizjns who wish to find a street lamp , t'night have to go out with a darjc lantern nd a pointer dog. The treasurer of a Georgia colored society , rho is strongly suspected of pocketin'g the ' up^s, wopders ' how do rats come to run ^ way wid all dat money." . .i<? . a ai^L- mnn was told thathis wife would pro-:u ably marry again. " All right," said he, 1 for there \yill bo one man to lament my leath." At a Louisville ball, a waggish youth took ut the ham from the sandwiches and sulftituted slicps of soap therefor,.,,3?Ue result,;); iiay be injagined; lie was lathered.. ^ . A woman in the Albany jail died on Mon> , lay from " excessive use of alcohol, Brfgh^a lisease of tho kidneys, hypertrophy or the"1 ieart and a tumor at the base of the skull." ' Are dou't blame her. .! ..: A reckless female suffragist was recently ^ tolding ibrtb at Farwell Hall. In the couToe < if her remarks she shrieked: "Vhat shall;-,/ re do with our helpless female children f " Smother them," cried a wag from the aiilience. "No, no," shouted a benign 1 bid 1 ady. "mother them. It will do a heap 'oF rood." We do not knoty tybjeh advice was r aken. tl. There is another Trojan war jn Troy New {ork. The belligerents arc rival editors, and?, his is what one saya about the other, that ,. - ?: 1? Uniinvoo fVmt. tin ftmilil carve a 1C SUriUUMJf uvjiv,?w ? rr:-r ? nan out of an old cheese, andgivc him brains hat would be much more active than the ; imall amount of dead matter which lies un* f ler the two-inch skull of tl\? editor r^ferr :d to. . ,r Just bcforo Capt. 0. P. Jlall sailed on his ixpedition to the Arctic rcjions, he received i small package marked, "not to be opened intil the ship has reached the Arctic Sea."? ' [>y some accident the package received a >' ihock and burst open, when it was found to jo a can of patent axel grease, accompanied )y a letter in which Captain Hall was rejuested to lubricate the axel of the world if t was discovered at the North Pole. TIIK ODDEST TREE IN EuRorE.-jrTha eldest tree on record in Europe is asserted to ,s be the cypress of Somnia in Lombardy. Italy, fhe tree, is believed to have been in existjnce in the time of J ulius Caesar, forty-two > ? < r> years before Christ, ana is, mereiore, .pne thousand nij)c hundred and eleven years old. It is one hundred and six feet in hight and twenty feet in sircnnifcrenceat one foot from the ground. Napoleon, when laying down1 his plan for. tho great road over the Simplon, diverged from a straight line to avoid injup* ing it.