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VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 38,1871. PfO, XVII
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* 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.
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"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 ??
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, . 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. *
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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
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n Michigan nv. Smith states that one of :
ils ty-lvos descried liiui in Illinois anil tho uthr?"
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(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
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(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
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?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.
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Fearful Case of Hydrophobia.
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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
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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* ;
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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*'"
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RATES.
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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
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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
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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 ~ .
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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.